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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-06
STATE GUARD:ENCAMPMENT
Strong\ Probability that Wilmington
will be Selected for 19OO-Every Eff.
fort Should be Made to Insure This
End.

There is a strong probability that
Wilmington will get both the North
Carolina state guard encampment and
the North Carolina Teachers Assembly
this m AS noted in another
column OF this paper Superintendent
of Public instruction Mebane will be
here Monday with a view to holding
the Teachers Assembly here and the
following special was received from
Raleigh last night regarding the posi-
bility of the encampment of the state
guard being called for this place.
to-wit:
"A state guard official said today
tina it is probable the state guard en-
campment will be al Wilmington this
year; that the matter is now being
given special attention. By Wilmington
he meant Wrightsville sound"
This matter should be vigorously
taken up by the commercial organiza-
tions and no stone left unturned to in
sure the coming of the state guard
to Wilmington's seaside resorts for
their annual encampment, in so doing
they will accomplish a double good
work that of bringing the gallant sol
der boys to the best rendezvous they
could find in all the state. and of in
surfing to the people of this city the
many advantages and attractions
which their presence will give.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-06

Leveled n Gun Upon and Threated to
Shoot White School Children on
Greenville Sound.

A gentleman from Greenville Sound
who was in the city yesterday, told Of
an outrageous act of a young negro
boy named Ben Nixon, who levelled
a gun on some school children and
threatened to hoo them.
On Thursday morning it appears that
a number Of children were on Mill
tary" road on the sound on their way
to school Inc met this young negro
who had a gun He pointed his gun
at them and threatened to kill them if
they dared go into the school house.
He repeated the offense before they
could get to the house.
Miss Alma Hewlett, followed by
a number of children, came out Of the
school house, and found the negro still
threatening them. The children were
Joined by Mr.. Woody and very soon
thereafter by their teacher, Miss Ethel
Herring, and in the meantime the ne
gro ran of and a not Yet been pun
ished.
The matter was reported to Captain
Ed. w. Manning, superintendent of
porter yesterday that he intends to &c
down to the sound at once and thor
oughly investigate the matter. and if
there is any nance he expects TO see
hat the boy is punished to the full
extent of the law. Captain Manning
says such conduct will not be tolerated
n he will take vigorous steps to put
a stop to it.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-06
MR.. MEBANE COMING SOON.
superintendent of Public instruction
DESTROYS of Calling 1900 Teachers
Assembly for Wilmington Should
Recefve Hearty Cooperation Here.

The Messenger announced yesterday
that Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton Mebane was expected to arrive in
the city yesterday to investigate in re-
gard to the feasibility of holding the
1900 session of the Mort Carolina
Teachers Assembly in this city. It de-
velops hat he was unavoidably de-
tanned, but will be here On this mission
on next Monday, as the following spe-
cial received from Raleigh last night
will indicate:
THE state superintendent of public
instruction expected to go to Whining
ton today to see whether the Teachers
Assembly can get a suitable meeting
place on the coast near by, but will
not go until next Monday"
1t will be we'll in this connection to
state that many people in this city
are especially anxious hat the assem-
bly, meet here as it will bring into our
midst many of the brightest and most
cultured people of the state and will
afford the visitors a splendid opportu-
nifty to observe for themselves the
many advantages which the city pos
sesses and the unrivaled and scarce
ly equaled excellence OF our seaside
resorts.
By all means let railroad authorities
and city and seaside hotel and board
ing house people meet Mr.. Mebane
half way in this effort to bring the as
sembly here. Aside from the immedi-
ate pecuniary results there is the very
much more important consideration OF
the enormous and very advantageous
advertising which the city and her re-
sorts would receive throughout the
state When the teachers shall have re-
turned to their BONES, and, too, there
will be ample time for much of the
results of this advertising to be felt
during the 1900 season, as the assem-
bly, will be held in the early summer
In addition to this, however, through.
out the ensuing year Wilmington anC
incidents and attractions hereabouts
would be talked of in the great major
ity of the schools throughout NORTH
Carolina.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-06

Mr.. A. NJ. Prince, Of Holly Ridge,
was here yesterday.
Mr.. T. z. L. Lipsey, of Fort Caswell,
was in the city yesterday.
Mr.. Chas. E. Cause, of Southport,
left last night for Warsaw.
Mr.. F. I. Groom, of Burgaw, was a
visitor in the city yesterday.
Mr.. ]. NJ. Shipman. of Clarkton, ia
vored this office with a pleasant call
yesterday.
Miss Margaret Stedman returned 10
-EliZabethtown yesterday after a visit
to friends in the city.
Miss Wall. Of Buckingham. after a
pleasant visit 20 Miss May Borden,
returned home yesterday.
Mrs. w. n. Bowden. who has been
visiting Mrs. W. w. Hodges. returned
to her home in Portsmouth yesterday.
Mrs. H. E. King, of Raleigh, who
has been visiting relatives and friends
in the city, left today for Onslow coun-
ty to spend several weeks.
Mr.. w. H. Peterson, who a been
employed in the auditors office of the
A. c. L., will leave at once for his
home in Goldsboro to accept a position
in his fathers store.
The following composed a party of
gentlemen from Red Springs, who were
in the city yesterday: Messrs. j. r.
Mcmillan. B.. J. Sanderlin, E. Y.
Wallace, NJ. Rowles and J.. B. Nc
MILAN.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-06
THE PEROGOY-JENKINS MILL.
Mr.. :. u. Shane Here to Repaint the
Roofs of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Being Made in All Depart
mentS.

Mr.. S. c.. Shane, of Shane & Co.,
managers of the Rubber Roof Paint
Company, of Norfolk, arrived here yes
terday and will direct the work of
thoroughly overhauling repairing and
painting the roofs of the Peregoy-
Jenkins mill buildings, which property,
as announced some days ago in The
Messenger, has been purchased and
is being put in order for operation on
an extensive scale by the Angola
Lumber Company, of Norfolk.
To a ms0be of The Messenger staff
Mr.. Shane a asst night that he
thought it very probable that he will
spend quite a while here doing a num-
Der of contracts other than hat on
the lumber mill.
The general work on the plant beirg
done under the direction of Mr.. w. T.
Sears, general manager of the Angola
Company, is progressing very sa~tisfac-
toriiy. Mr.. J.. w. Perry, of Norfolk,
president of the company, has been in
the city the past two days and ex-
presses especial qualification at the
progress being made and the prospects
for the early and profitable operation
of the plant
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-06
TO REOPEN THE SCHOOL.
District No. I3-Public school to Be
Held Temporarily In the Old Build
ing.

Is, Harnett township, met with Cap
tain Ed. w. Manning yesterday and
reported that they had succeeded in
securing the old school house which
was used some time g to be used in
the place of the one which was de-
stroyed by fire recently. The school
will reopen as soon as new books can
be secured for the children who lost
all their books in the fire.
Captain Manning a appeared be-
for the Hemenway and Union schools
and asked the children to contribute
all the books they have finished and
laid aside and he feels confident that
he can get enough books to open the
school without any further delay
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-06
Mrs. P5nkaaEss HeIuS
Two Women Through
Change Of Life and Ceres
Another of W.
Read Their Letters.

DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM-I feel that It
is owing to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound that | am alive to-
day. 1t has taken me out of a sick
bed where / had lain for six weeks
with a good doctor to tend me twice a
day. My trouble was change of life,
had frequent hemorrhages. Your medi-
cine checked the flow right away. /
am now able to do all my work, and
backache is unknown. | am forty
three years of age and enjoying good
health."-MBs. ANNIE FOSTER, Cascade
Locks, Oregon.
DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM-When L first
wrote to you, l vas in a very bad con-
dition. l was passing through the
change of life, and the doctors said |
had bladder and liver trouble. | had
suffered for nine years. Doctors failed
to do me any good. Since l have taken
Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound my health has improved very
much. L will gladly recommend yol r
medicine to others and am sure that it
will prove as great a blessing to them
as it has to me."-MRS. GEO. Fl. JUNE,
9O1 De kalb Ave, Brooklyn, N. Y.
DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM-It wa nv
ardent desire to have a child. l had
been married three years and could
not become a mother, SO wrote to you
to find out the reason. After follow
ing your Kind advice and taking Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, L
became the mother of a beautiful baby
boy, the Joy of our home. He is a fat,
healthy baby, thanks to your medi-
cine."-MRs. MINDA FINKLE, Ros-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-06

We have saved many doctor bills
since we began using Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy in our home. We keep
a bottle open all the time and when
ever any of my family OF myself be-
Cough Remedy, and as a result we
never have to send away for a doctor
and incur a large doctor bill, for
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy never
fails to cure. 1t is certainly a medi-
cine of great merit and worth.-D. S.
Mearkle, general merchant and farm
er, Matte, Bedford county. Pa. For
sale by X. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-06
Y. NJ. &. A.. CONt LINTON
VIII in Greensboro Next
Observation-Disclosures TO Send strong
Delegation.

Mems Christian Association are now
looking Onward with interest to the
state convention of the Young Mems
Christian Association which will be in
session in Greensboro April 5th TO Sth
inclusive, and it is very probable hat
the local association will send quite a
representative body on hat occasion.
Greensboro will entertain the dele
gates and endeavor in every way to eS-
eel all former conventions. The rail
roads la agreed to- give greatly re-
duced rates.
The convention was held last ear
quite successfully in Durham.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-06
LITTLEFIELD HAS NO FEARS
Especial to Baltimore SUM-

Washington, March L-Representa-
tive Littlefeld has not changed his
views on the question Of a Porto Rican
tariff because of the passage Of the bill
yesterday, nor does he consider his op-
position TO the bill any reason for os-
tracism by his party in the house or
out of the house. He has no fear Ct
any such results, n expects to vote
with his party in all party matters
where its attitude is not strictly in de-
fance of what ne believes TO be the
proper construction of the constitution.
Mr.. Littlefield called On the president
this morning and had a PLEASANT chat
with him. Incidentally he recommended
two of his constituents for federal DO
sitions. and expects to receive the ap-
pointments. He maHu Ala2istaken.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-06
Two More Women Who
vile dye the Help
they Have Received from,
Mrs. Pinkhaiss.

DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM-The doctor
says / have congestion of the womb,
n cannot help me. There is aching
in the right side of abdomen, hip, leg,
and back. If you "a do me any good,
please write" Mrs. NINA CHASE,
Fulton, y. Y, December 90. 1897.
DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM-I followed
your instructions, and now | want
every woman suffering from female
trouble to know how good your advice
and medicine is. The doctor advised
an operation. / could not bear to
think of that. so followed your advice.
Igot better right off. Itook six bottles
OF Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound n used three packages of
Sanative Wash; also took Your Liver
Pills, and am cured."-MRs. NINA
CHASE, Fulton, \. Y, December II,
1898.
DEAR Mrs PINKHAM-Have been
suffering for over a year and had three
doctors. At time of menst-uation |
suffer terrible pains in back and
ovaries Ihave headache nearly every
day, and feel tired all the time. The
doctor said my womb was out of place.
Would be so gladif you could help me-
-MRs- CARL Voss, Sac City, Iowa,
August 1, 1898.
PLEASE accept my sincere thanks for
the good your advice and lydia E..
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
done me. 1 did everything YOU told
me TO do, and used only three bottles.
and feel better in every respect
Mrs. CARL Voss, Sec City, Iowa, March
%, 1899.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-06

A. r. De Fluent, editor of The Journ-
al, Do~ylestown, Ohio, suffered for a
number of years from rheumatism in
his right shoulder and side. He says:
my right arm at times was entirely
useless. 1 tried Chamberlain's Pain
Balm, and was surprised to receive re-
lief almost Immediately. The Pain
Balm has been a constant companion
of mine ever since and it never fails"
For sale by R. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-06

Use Aliens Foot-Ease In Tour Gloves
a lady writes: II shake Aliens Foot
Ease into my gloves and rub a little
on my hands. 1t saves my gloves by
absorbing perspiration. 1t is a most
dainty toilet powder" Aliens Foot
Ease makes tight or new shoes easy.
Always use it to break in New Shoes.
/. keeps the feet cool and comfortable.
We invite the attention of physicians
and nurses to the absolute purity of
Aliens Foot-Ease. All drug and shoe
stores sell it, Csc. Sample sent free.
Address Allen s. Olmsted, LIE Roy.
N. Y.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-06
A STOCK COMPANY
OF BEING ORGANIZED TO OPERATE
CASTLE HAYNE PHOSPHATE MINES.

VIII IA Mammoth Guano Fac
tory Equipped with o Horse Power
Engines-Stock Practically all Sub
fected Number for Whining
tons w~ealthiest Citizens Behind the
Enterprise Outside Capital also In
vested Plan in Operation by Early
Fall.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-06
Smallpox on Grenviue sound.

DR.. Mcmillan, superintendent Of
health, received notice yesterday even
ing about 6 o'clock that there was a
suspected case on Greenville sound be-
lieved to be smallpox. He went down
Immediately and investigated the sit
uation n found that the 1~4-year-old
daughter Of Jason Loftin, colored. on
Mr.. Percy Cowan's place, had a fully
developed case. Everybody was vacci-
mated on the place Quarantined- The
patient will be kept on the premises.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-06
Crusade Against Southern Election
Laws.

Frankfort. KY, March 1.-The COM
mittee appointed by the republican
legislative caucus to arrange for a con-
vention Of the republicans Of Ken
lucky. Virginia. Missouri. Mississippi,
Alabama. North Carolina and South
Carolina, 70 inaugurlte a movement
against the election laws now in force
in these states, organized tonight. Sem
ator y. T. Howard, Of Butler counts
was elected chairman. The Kentucky
state convention this month at Louis
vile will Issue an address. calling a
convention fog this purpose at Nash
vile.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-06
SAYS HE WILL PROVE AN ALIBI
C. E. WORKMAN INSISTS THAT HE IS
NOT GUILTY OF ENTERING A. G..
CALLS RESIDENCE.

Mr.. Call and His Daughter, on the
Other Hand. Claim to Have Recog-
nized Him Both by Features and
Voice When He Assaulted Mr. Call.
workman,s story Incidents of the
rrest Condition of Mr.. Call.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-06
Indicted for illuminating Voters

Louisville, KY, March 3-The federal
grand jury has returned nine indict-
ments against persons accused of in
timidating, bribing or otherwise inter-
fer1ng with colored voters in the free
exercise Of the right of franchise"
Among those indicted Is Harry
Weaver. city buyer and brother of
Mayor Charles 2. Weaver.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-06

Better late than never II is best,
however, to be neverl ate about taking
Hoods Sarsaparilla to purify your
blood. Take il now.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-06

EaGns@nabeP
Ibis
fact

That in addressing Mrs. Pinkhara
you are communicating with a wo.L"
"a woman whose experience in t-rql-
ing woman 5 ills is greater tina, that
of any living person-male or female.
4 woman "a talk freely 20 d wo-
man when it is revolving to relate her
private troubles to a man.
Many women suffer in silence and
drift along from bad to worse. know
ing full well that they should have
immediate assistance, but a natural
mOdesty lmpels them to shrink from
exposing themselves to the questions
and probable examination of even
their family physician. 1t is unneces-
sary- Without money or price you can
consult a woman. whose knowledge
from actual experience is unequaled.
Women suffering from any form of
female weakness are United to frey
communicate with Mrs. Pinkham at
Lynn. Mass.
All letters are received, opened,
read and answered by women only.
This is a positive fact-not a mere
statement. 1t is certified to by the
mayor and postmaster of Lynn and
others whose letters. all in a little book,
Mrs. Pinkham has just published.
Write for a copy, it is free. Thus
has been established the eternal con-
fdence between Mrs. Pinkham and the
women of America which has never
been broken and has induced more
than 100. 900 sufferers to write her for
advice during the last few months.
Out of the vast volume of experience
which she has to draw from, it is
more than possible that she has gained
the very knowledge that will hep
your case. She asks nothing in 70
turn except your goodwill, and her
advice has relieved thousands. Here
are some of the cases we refer to:
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-06

Mr.. J.. A. Duncan. of Apex, spent
yesterday in the city.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-06
Mrs. PknEhans has Fifty
Thousand Such Letters as
Above on File at Her Of
flee She Makes no State
nnenfS She Cannot Prove.

Captain Kenan's Uncle Dead.
Mr.. Stephen Graham, the uncle OF
our townsman, Captain w. Il. keenan,
died YESTERDAY at his home in Kenans-
vile. N. c., in the 18th year OF his age.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1900-04-27
PIT AHD PENDULUM.
A Prisoner Waiting to be
Hacked by Time'o
Scythe.
Thousands Whose Situations
Are Scarcely Less Terrible
i.iay Easily and Readily Find
Help.

A man lies fiat on his back, bound SO that
he cannot move an inch. He is in dun
geon, at first dark as well, but in few min
utes light in the ceiling, far up, shows a
mechanical figure Of Time with his scythe
The figure dcscends slowly, the scythe
swings, and the prisoner realizes that unless
some unexpected help should come, ne will
be slowly cut to pieces. What followed Is
told by Edgar Allen Poe in the fantastic
story called The F.s and the Pendulum" !"
The man awaiting the approach Of a
dreadful death is type of large class of un-
fortunates who, entangled in the strangling
coils of an octopus, have lost all hope of free
dom. This monster is Morphine. Perhaps
the victim is yet reveling in that glorious
state of exhilaration which follows the first
use of the drug. fso, like the man in Poe's
story, he has not noticed the light in the cell
ing and is unaware Of his danger. Maybe
the disease has progressed so far that the
sufferer notices weakness of the heart's ac-
ton, that the general health is feeble the
body poorly nourished, the sight double,
This is soon followed by peculiar twitch-
Ing of the muscles, numbness of the hands
and feet, and the utter collapse Of the
AerYous system. The victim now becomes
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1900-04-27
BROKEN CO.M.NINDN NENTS.

The brilliant young preacher when
he makes his parochial calls endeavors
to cultivate an acquaintance with the
development Of the younger minds,
thus after a fashion keeping tab upon
his Sunday school teachers.
7 he other afternoon, while he was
waiting in the drawing room of a Cass
avenue residence for the DELAYED ap-
pearance of EIsle's mother, he was
entertained by her little daughter her.
self. Taking h'r npon Lis lap he be-
gan review Of the ch rch lessons that
had been .iven 10 the li,t!e maid of
five yeas.
"Ian you tel me, Elsie, how many
commandments there are?'
Yes, sir; seven or eight
"Oh, no, dear; there are ten
eyes, know there used to be, but
| heard papa tell mamma yesterday
tina. you had broken two or three Of
them at least, and that would leave
only seven or eight, you know"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1900-04-27
WHY IOING MEN FAIL.

Thomas B. Bryan, ex p, esident of
the Worlds Fair, lawyer, capitalist,
scholar and man Of affairs and socie-
ty, has Il personal acquaintance pecu-
liar in its extent and nature. In
Chicago, his home city, Mr.. Bryan is
know us the friend of young men, ana
it is to be doubted if any other mau
of advanced yea1s is in closer sympathy
relations with larger circle of young
men than Mr.. Bryan. He states his
view of the most general and potent
causes Of failure on the part Of the
young men of to-day as follows:
"Cbief arlong the causes which
bring posi- i've failure or IL disappoint-
ing portion Of half-success to thou
sards cf honest strugglers is vacilla
ton. The lack Of an undeviating ap-
rl ca ion to one pursuit is cardinal
weakness in the youger generation Of
toilels in almost every line of effort.
The young men who keep their eyes
fixed on definite goal, never yielding
an inch until effolts are attended with
absolute success, are not as common
types as we light wish. lndomitable
will is a quality of characte that the
young man Of today may well afford to
consider and cultivate.
at is a so my observation that uni
form courtesy-kindness Of disposition
cX, ressed in graciousness cf conduct
-coutlibutes, to a larger deer Ian
is gene rally appreci tied, to 'ht advance
meni Of The young man Who f ste
this trait. On the other hand, sur
Illness and even indifference initiate
against the promotion of the one who
is so unfortunate as TO allow these re-
pelant forces to influence his relation
With others. PoIiteness is so EASY f
acquiremc ntand so prcftably entertain
ed that marvel its cultivation receives
so little serious attention. Cel talnly
the failure rightly to plize this ele-
melt of character ei IS the key to
many life failure.
The disposition to look on work as
a task to pe thrown off at the earliest
poSsib' moment is too common fail
ing, and is the reverse Of that sta]wart
faithfulness which attracts the atten-
tion and approval of employers and
gains promotion and advancement for
those who thus identify themselves
with the interest of those whom they
serve. 1t is with the young man as
| with the farmer, he best succeeds ho
plows deepest. To scratch III surface
of things Ii chilly is not enough to IL
sure bouE Etiful harvest. The crop
of such seeding is failure. He who
would win must go deeper, must live
more seriously and with greater deter :
mination and fixedress of rurposn. =
,Sutwd'y Ereni"y ioSt.