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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-30
OH Wessenger.
A DREADFUL RECORD OF CRIME.

There Is One subject h will not
down. 1t is too awful, too appalling 10
humanity's interest. too important to
society generally to be showed aside.
1t is the homicida1 mania now prevail
ing in these United States. The Mes
senger has often pointed to the increase
Of crime, to the cheapness of human life
over the crime record in England. In
this country h great sin and crime of
murders, of killing humanity is out
OF all proportion with what it should
be in an enlightened and free
Human fife is taken in our country
with Z freedom and a frequency that
are not only alarming, but are most
barbaric and Internal. The figures OF
homicides in the United States are
really staggering, most startling. The
Mmphis CTenn.) Commercial-AppeaI re-
Gently published a table we'll worthy
of the attention Of lawmakers, execu
tors. philanthropists and people every
where. The record beats the cruel war
waging in the Philippines. 1t is posi-
lively appalling.
After noting that the record for 1890
was 4s78, for 1891 more than 5000, for
GOO, for 1894 more than 10000, for 1895
more than 1000, 1886 for nearly 5000.
n for 1898 nearly 10000, the CONNER
c~iaist-Appeal gives the following table
as showing about the annual average:
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-30
Fiaser-Kenan Marriage In the Spring.

Atlanta. Ga. November ee-The
Journal prints a dispatch from Spring
field. saying II. NJ. Fiager. she Standard
Oil magnate, will marry Miss kenan.
OF Macon. Ga. in the spring.
Macon, Ga. November 26.-Mr. ]. c.
Wise .brother4n-law Of Miss kenan.
who. a dispatch from Springfield, O.
says. is soon 10 wed ii. NJ. Flager. was
asked tonight If the report was rue
He said:
If there Is any truth in the report
We do not know of 81 here and | think
we would IL II was true. These reports
have been current from tame To time
for several years and so far AZ / am
aware there is no moT truth I'm his
one than there has been in the others
Miss Kenan is at present in New York
state with her mother.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-30
Senator Davis steadily sinking

St. Paul, Mimi. November eft now
seems to be simply in question of hours
until United States Senator Cushman
NJ. Davis passes away, the reports from
his bedside this afternoon being that
his strength was slowly ebbing. His
physicians do not anticipate dissolution
Immediately, but practically admit that
so far as any human agency is able TO
know, death as certain.
Today he was noticeably weaker and
as the day advanced the weakness be-
came more pronounced. He was I'M
able to take much nourishment and
when not delirious sank into a stuper.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-30
General Fitzhugh Lee in Washington

Washington, November 26.-General
Fitzhugh Lee, who recently was reiiev-
ed from duty as a commander of the
division of Havana and Santa Clara
and ordered to take command of the
department of the Missouri, relieving
General Merriam, was at the war de-
partment today receiving his fina in
structionS. He will proceed to the
headquarters of the department of the
Missouri, at Omaha, within a few
days to assume his new duties. Cen
eral Merriam will retain his position
as commander of the department of
Colorado with headquarters at Denver.
Later in the day General Lee called
on the president and discussed Cuban
affairs with him.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-30
Two Men Killed In "a Fight

Daisy, Ga, November ga shooting
ARRAY occurred at Kennedy's mill, near
Groveland. last night about 10 O'Clock.
in which L. Johnson and Robert Hat
ten. two white men. were killed They
had a misunderstanding. and Hatten
shot Johnson through the neck. and
after johnson was down IN the ground
he raised up and shot Hatten's brains
out 1t is not known what the fracas
was about.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-30

Could there be a much more doubtful
story of crime and villaimy than those
figures show. What must be the true
character of an alleged civilization
that brings forth such bitter fruit as
that? Look at Texas. Over 1000 men
killed in one year. North Carolina
shows up wrechedly with it's 2S5 of
homioides. Well may the Houston
(TeXas) Post say in surveying the above
record of most cruel crime:
This is worse than the slaughter in
the Philippines, shocking as that is and
as greatly &gftated as the nation is
about the human sacrifices over in
those islands. And yet what national
or party movement is seen or heard Of
in this country to put an end to this
home slaughter?
What are out our and juries and
peace officers doing to wipe out such a
stain and reduce the list OF killing? Is
there n aroused public sentiment
here in the premises? Is the press do
ing its duty with reference to this mat
ter?
THE people of Texas should awaken
to the enOrmity of this evil. If the fault
is with the courts and juries public
opinion ought to rectify it. If the
weakness is in our technical criminal
codes h legislature should reform the
laws"
How much has carrying concealed
weapons to do with this bloody, fe-
rocious record? The truth is the GRIM
inal class go armed while the victims
obey the law and are ait the mercy Of
ten of the hot-heads and the villains.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-30
Amdavits of the InsuIted Ministers

New York. November 26.-Mayor Van
Nyck received a letter from Bishop
Potter today saying that the statements
made by the Rev. Messrs. Braddock
and George regarding insulting Ian
guage used to them by certain police
officials would be sworn to and for
warded to the mayor. These state
ments were requested by the police
board several days ago, presumably
for use in connection with the trials of
Inspector Cross and Captain Herlihy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-30
ChriStmaSt Trees.

The Kennebec <Me.) Journal says:
They are cutting Christmas trees
down in Washington county. The sea
sons cut will include 400 carloads, with
$50 punches to a car From n TO six
trees are included in zach bunch These
trees viii be sen TO wholesale mar
kets in New York and Philadelphia,
where trees worth Is cents in Maine viii
bring $50 and more"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-30
The Wreck Of Schooner

Portsmouth, ". H.. November 90
The battered hulk of what was the St.
John schooner Advance was washed
ashore on Wallis sands this afternoon
with no signs OF life aboard. Whether
her crew OF four or five men have been
AIKEN on by a passing vessel, or have
been drowned can only be conjectured.
There lisa chance hat they may have
reached the Isle OF Shoals, eight miles
10 the eastward The schooner IS a
comUleta wreck
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-30
Repeaters

Was there any repeating at the re-
cent election?"
My friend" answered the Kentuck-
ian, as q look OF crossed his
face, you don think we're such back
number as to go into an affair of that
kind with a lot of old-fashioned mus
kets. do you?"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-30
The Harpoot ConsuIship.

Washington. Novembre 2s.-The is
sue between the state department and
Turkey over the withholding Of an 4
quatur to DIR. Thomas II. Norton. to be
consul at Harpoot has passed into the
controversial stage. and the Indications
are that II will be weeks before the
matter can be settled.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-30

The Standard Oil Company has OBJ
tanned concessions for mining and erect
ing pipe lines on all the government
tracts, as well as almost a monopoly
in sinking oil wells In Roumania- The
price Of the concession was e40o .oe.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-30
The Mary f.. Lermond burned

Philadelphia. November IS. - The
Norwegian steamer Rey. from St. Jago.
now in port, reports that on November
18th. latitude 29:f5. longitude H:3S. she
boarded the derefct schooner. Mary e
Lermond, and set fire to her. When
last seen she was burning fercely.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-30
virginia's Official Vote

Richmond. Va, November as-Tba
official vote of Virginia in the last pres
idential election, as ascertained TODAY
by the state board of -nvassers vas
as follows: For Bryan 146. 179. for Nc
kinley 117.151, for Wolley 2,Is7: Bryan,s
plurality 2s.o2s; Bryan's majority &C.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-30

Last week the mercury stood at 10
degrees below zero. In Wilmington it
was May weather. with the thermome-
ter at so.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-30

The French have a severe fight with
Boxers thirty kilometers south of a
Ting-Fu.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-30

A~guinaldo is again reported dead. But
is he. General Trias signs himself as
'commander-in-chief, etc"
Roosevelt has had a vision, or sees
light. He declines to remove Mayor
VanWyck, of New York, about that ice
trust, but he fails to give the very i'm
portant international fact-that the
trust is controlled and owned by very
prominent republican ~office-holders.
Behold,
South Carolina increased in the last
ten years in population Is per cent. 1t
has now 1,34O.366.
Connecticut cotton mills may close
soon. The Hartford Dispatch says:
Mills are buying only in small guam
titles to fill present orders. There is
danger of overproduction of cotton
goods by Connecticut mills. In several
cases mills anticipate closing because
of low water power"
Among those mentioned in connec-
ton with the presidency of JOAN hop
kins university. is Professor Woodrow
Wilson. of Princeton university. DR..
Wilson is the distinguished son OF Rev.
DR.. Joseph r. Wilson, now residing
again in Wilmington. Other distin-
guished gentleman are also mentioned
for h place.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-30

Last week we saw in "a northern pa
per reference to a report of Mr.. Nathan
Straus, of New York, on death in the
milk pot, or something to that effect.
We find in the Charleston News and
Courier and editorial on the subject
from which We take this:
Milk, it is suggestively noted to be-
gin with, lis the one article of Doc in
which disease and death may Turk
without giving any suspicion from its
taste, smell or appearance The United
States department of agriculture,
which has investigated the subject,
estimates that one third of the chill
dren die before, they are 8 years old
and that ON of the leading causes of
the great mortality among them is i'm
pure milk The same authority reports
that typhoid fever. diphtheria and scar
let fever are all communicable through
milk from infected sources. and its
sterilization is the only safeguard
against them"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-30
Correspondence of the Messenger
~ Io++oY;1a NJ ~ November oe

FaletteVllle, N. u, November 20.
Colonel A. w. Shaffer, on the rounds
of his official visit through the state
under the provisions of an act of the
general assembly, forwarded from this
point two bottles of Cross creek water
for analysis by the state chemist The
long-celebrated Fountain head" water,
which many of the citizens of Fayette-
vile, brought up on 1t for more tha
half a century, are still using, has al
ready been analysed, n we regard
it as the best Adams ale' this side
of Croton river, New York. The arte-
sian we'll water, too, haS proved very
satisfactory, many persons sending long
distances to procure it.
This community is much Saddened at
the news of the death, this morning, of
Miss Lizzie Bynum at Hope Mills, Of
heart failure, Superinduced probably by
a sever attack of typhoid fever Dur
ing the residence of her father in Fay
etteville as register OF deeds, she assist
ed him in the work of his office, i'm
pressing everyone with her intelligence,
quickneSS, refinement and winning
n
Dr.. T. B. Kingsbury, the cultured
editor of The Messenger, in the issue
of last Saturday, notes the return to
L~ouisburg, Franklin county, of Daniel
r. Goodloe, after a residence of nearly
fifty years in Washington city, paying
a fine tribute to his requirements and
equipment as a scholar and a jour-
nalist. About two years 6 Cen
eral LIE Due, at that time re-
Fayetteville, and formerly commission
er Of agriculture in the administra-
ton of President Hayes, Informed the
writer that, according to his best i'm
preston, Daniel r. Goodloe vas the
author of that remarkable travesty
on The louise That Jack Built" a
very polished and e~uphemistic transla-
ton of the terse Saxon of that old
nursery jingle into words of Greek
and Latin origin, as note the different
renderings of the second stanza:
This is the malt that lay in the house
hat Jack built"
See the malt stored ir many a Rhetoric
sack.
Around the proud CIRQUE of Ivans'
~bivouac."
Can the editor of The Messenger
confirm or correct the recollection Of
General LIE Due as to this interesting
matter? The literary curiosity has for
years unfathered.
Mrs. Charles Rankin's afternoon re-
ception in honor of her guest, Miss
Faison, was very much enjoyed by the
many friends who thronged the taste
fully decorated parlors of the residence
On Russell street from $3.50 to : p. m.
The collation. served was especially a
triumph of housewife skill and elegant
hospitality.
This morning Officer Benton had an
arrest to make for such a queer theft
as lmost to take his breath away, used
as he is to all the vagaries of the
criminal crank. A negro woman, get
ting ready for the sewers writer indi-
Gated by the big persimmon crop. stole
a lot of blankets out of the Jail,
Charles Simmons, negro, was COM
mitted to Jail by United States Com
missioner Morrisey, charged with OPEN
ing a registered letter addressed to Ma
tilda Parker-and all for nothing, as
the letter contained no Money
A very severe wind and electric storm
passed over this city and section last
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-13
MUST USE WIDE TIRES.
Passed by the PrOgFeasive Leg
islat0rs of fMassachusetts.

The wide-tire law, passed by the Mas
sachusetts legislature through the ef-
forts of the Massachusetts, division of
the League of American Wheelmen, pro-
vides that on and after January /, 1902,
1T shall be unlawful, except as pro-
vided in section 4 of this act, to use
upon any road, street or way in this
commonwealth draft wagon or cart
having tires of iron or steel, or of any
substance equally hard, which are less
in width than one and one-half times
the diameter of the axle, measured at
tho shoulder thereof; but in no case
shall tire more than four inches in
width be required, and wagons and
carts built with wooden or hollow axles
shall have tires not less in width than
the diameter of the axle, measured at
the shoulder thereof.
"This act shall apply to all wagons
and carts the axles of which are two
inches or more in diameter, measured
as aforesaid, and to all stage coaches,
ta]ly-ho coaches, barges and other pas
senger vehicles not built to run on iron
or steel rails and constructed to carry
eight or more persons"
The fourth section states that the
act shall not apply to wagons or other
vehicles owned and used in the state on
January /, 1902. This is the weak
clause in the bill, putting off the best
effects of the law for many years. The
penalty for violation of the law is a
fine not exceeding $10O.
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-13
CH0ATE AND THE BABY.
The American Ambassador's Nai
Head Wit In an Address In
England.

Lately, at the opening of free library at
Acton, England, Hon, Joseph H. Choate,
delivered an address, and caused much
laughter by his impromptu references to a
baby who persisted in distracting the at
tention Of the audience by making its voice
heard at the most inconvenient moments,
says the San Francisco Argonaut. The first
Interruption occurred early in the speech
Mr.. Choate was saying: "There is a spe-
cial provision for children in your library,
and I think when men come to make
choice Of residence in Acton they will
not forget that fact" Here the baby
screamed in such manner as to drown the
words Of the speaker. There was some dis
turbance, but Mr.. Choate said: Don't be
disturbed by the baby. Nobody knows bet
ter than my Lord Bishop that out Of the
mouths Of babes and sucklings cometh wis:
DOM" Things went fairly we'll after this,
the baby appearing to be Aattered by the
reference, until Mr.. Choate was saying:
"There is book with which all of youS'
Here the baby walled loudly. Except, pos
sibly, the baby-are familiar" the ambassa-
dor went on; ."it is Ecclesiastes, and it says
that of the making of books there is no end. :"
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-13
CREplTasHE DIDN'T SEEK,
EmbaFFassin1 Position Of an Absenf.
hinded Woman who Had Made
. Mistake..

/ A lady who keeps summer boarding.
house At the seashore near Boston went
down the other day to look the house over
and find out what must he renewed. She
found numerous umbrellas left, by former
boarders, says the Boston Transcript, and
tying ..aem together, she took the bundle
t. Boston to have them repaired. She
stopped In 1t tHovey's and laid the, bundle
on the floor at her feet at the counter.
When. she had made her purchase, she for.
got her umbrellas, and absent-mindedly
picked up an umbrella lying on the coun-
ter, thinking it was hers, OF not thinking
at all, and started off.
Then the owner of the umbrella, a wom-
an standing next her, seized her and said
very sharply: You have taken my %m.
much cut up about it, and went on forget
ting in her fuster her own bundle of UNI
brellas. The next day, on her way to Cam
bridge, she went to Hovey's and readily
recovered her lost; package. of umbrellas,
which had been kept for her. On the car
for Cambridge she, e,noticed lady eyeing her
very closely. Presently this lady leaned
forward and said to her, with elegant en-
"You seem to have been more fortunate
to-day!" ~
It was the lady whose umbrella she had
taken the day before. =
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-13
Specter Of the Brocken.

The summit of the Broken, or
Blocksberg, the highest of the Hartz
mountains, in Prussian Saxony, pre-
sents singular optical phenomenon
eight or nine times during the year. 1t
is usually seen at sunrise or sunset, and
consists of gigantic projection of the
observer, or observers, upon misty
clouds, which rise out of the valley
ON the side of the mountain opposite to
the sun. Sir Walter Scott wrote of it:
Among the varoius legends current
in that wild country there is favorite
one, which supposes the Hartz to be
haunted with a kind of tutelar demon,
in the shape of a mild man, of huge
stature, his head wreathed with oak
leaves and his middle cinctured with
the same, bearing in his hand a pine
torn up by the roots. It is certain
that many profess to have seen such a
form, traversing with huge strides, in
a line parallel to their own course, the
opposite ridge of a mountain, when di-
vided from it by narrow glen; and,
indeed, the fact of the apparition is so
generally admitted that modern skep-
'ticism~ has only found refuge by as
cribing it to optical deception. De-
troit Free Press.
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-13
NOTES FOR THE SEASON.

Treat the rose slugs to dose of paris
green and water.
busting in the early morning with
powdered white hellebore is effectual
treatment for the currant and goose
berry worm.
Shading celery plants, cabbage, etc.,
for few days after transplanting is
good practice, especially if the wealth
er is warm and dry. Boards eight or
ten inches wide, supported over the
row on bricks, laid on edge, will answer
we'll.
Picking off the seed pods as soon as
the flowers fade saves the vital force of
the plant for another season. What is
probably better is to gather the flow.
ers in their perfect condition and have
them in water in the house, or give
them to friends or to the sick.
The young gratis and buds in their
first seasons growth will need atten.
tion occasionally. The sprouts will
come out very freely from the stock
and will act as robbers if left alone.
They must be rubbed off from time to
time, being careful to do no injury to
the growing bud or graft.-National
Farmer.
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-13

not be planted too closely together.
When evergreens crowd each other the
crowded portion is quite sure to die
out, leaving open spaces for the wind to
blow through. In setting out wind
break, therefore, put the trees far
enough apart so that when they be-
come of average size they will form a
compact screen. In setting out small
trees one is always in danger of setting
them too near together, whether they
be fruit trees or ornamentals. The ul-
innate size of the tree must always be
kept in mind when setting it out. 1t is
asserted by those who have had ex-
perience that a double row of ever
greens do not afford so good a protec-
tion from the wind as single row that
has grown up into compact hedge,
since the double rows so shade some of
the trees that they do not grow we'll.
In transplanting evergreens it is i'm
portant to keep the roots from becom-
ing dry and to give plenty of moisture
after setting. When the roots of an
evergreen get thoroughly dried out it's
chances for life are very small, indeed.
IN. Y. Tribune.
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-13
COMBINATION CROPS.
a Mixture Of Fruit Growing and Mar
ket Gardening That Possesses
Many Advantages,

I always like to make the best use
of every available foot of land. For
instance, l have set a new strawberry
plantation this spring (as I invariably
do every spring). Most people set the
plants foot apart in the rows. With
rows four feet apart this takes about
1900 plants to the acre. When have
varieties that are good plant-makers,
such as Splendid, Warfeld, Crescent,
Bubach, Haverland, and in fact most
others. I set the plants not less than
three feet apart in the rows, and often
as much as four feet apart. Even then,
as 1 look over the patch set in this
way last spring, find that have too
many plants in the row. Plants might
be set five feet apart and yet make a
good matted row. In the first place,
/ have this saving of plants, as need
only 5000 plants to the acre instead
of 1900, like most other growers.
Then have a better matted row, and
I also have q lot of space left for i'm
mediate use that can devote to cab
bages or other crops which will be
off by the time that the young run
ners will need the room. My COM
bination last year was Strawberries
and cabbages, a cabbage-plant being
set midway between each two straw
berry-plants. To-day you cannot see
by the looks of the patch that the
berry-plants were set so wide apart,
or that any other crop was grown be-
tween them. This year I have double
combination; namely, strawberries,
cabbages and onions. The ground is
laid off in rows % inches apart. Straw
berry-plants are set four feet apart
in every other row. Between the
strawberry-plants in the row I have
set Prizetaker and Gibraltar onion
plants, the latter to be pulled up for
bunch-onions as soon as large enough,
which will give to the strawberry
plants the whole row as soon as they
need it. The middle row, between the
strawberry rows, is planted with early
cabbages and cauliflowers. This ar.
rangement will necessitate close cult
vation and prompt attention to all
these crops right along.-Farm and
Fireside.