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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-01
Death or a Former Resident

Mrs. A. s. Holden received a tele-
gram las night informing her that her
father, Mr.. J.. w. Taylor, died yester-
day evening at 7:30 o'clock in Hahira,
Ga The remains will be brought here
for interment, arriving on Sunday night
about / o'clock.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-01

Patents for North Carolina Inventors
Messrs. Davis & Davis. Washington
patent attorneys, report the grant this
week OF the following United States
patents to residents of this state:
No. s04, 507, improved pump, William
+. Singer, Raleigh. No. 664, sos, scat
fold, Walter P. Smith and Allen Tenni-
Son. Salisbury. No. s64.5z3. die punch,
George G. AinsWorth. Wilmington.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-01
DR.. Strange Preached Christmas
The Richmond Times of Wednesday

says:
Rev. DR.. Strange preached the
Christmas sermon Tuesday morning at
St. Paul's Episcopal church, and for
the first time h church had an op-
portunity of seeing and hearing it's
new rector. The sermon was on the
subject. The Good News of Christ's
Coming" n was a clear, powerful
and eloquent production At it's con-
clusion expressions of the creates:
satisfaction We're heard on all sides,
and the vestry was highly praised for
its happy selection of a rector.
DR.. Strange appeared much i'm
proved in health. and left Tuesday
evening for Lawrenceville to spend
the remainder of the week with his
family. Accompanied by Mrs. Strange,
he Will return to the city tomorrow,
and will take up his residence at No.
201 East Franklin street"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-01

Pursuant to recess on Thursday
evening, the examination of the states
witnesses in the railroad tax case was
resumed yesterday morning at $50 in
the United States court room before
Judge. Shepherd. the standing master.
The attorneys. who conducted the ex-
animation for the state were Colonel J..
w. Hfnsdale, of Raleigh, and former
Judge HI. G. Connor. of Wilson. The
railroads attorneys, the Hon. George
Rountree, of this city, and the Hon.
Charles Price, of Salisbury, conducted
the cross examination.
The following witnesses from Pen
der county were examined: Isaiah
Carroll, G. F. Jordan. J.. E. Durham, G..
=. Lee, j. E. Henry, J.. A. King. w. HI.
Lucas, c. c. Woodcock, A. c. ward.
f. z. Flynn, A. R Hilburn, w. J. Hol-
l1ngsworth. F. B. Orr. former asses
SorS; K. r. Powers. chairman or the
board OF county commissioners: F.. P.
Sudbury and A. T. Herring, members
OF the board of commissioners; Sheriff
w. w. Alderman: ex-senator II. J..
Armstrong; eX-Representative Gil
James. They testified hat the real
and personal property in Fender coun-
ty was assessed at its fair cash value
that is to say, at what it would bring
at a voluntary cash sale: tina there
was no understanding or agreement or
purpose, practice or custom of assess
ing property in Pender at less than it's
true value, and never a been: that
where property was u~ndervaIued or
it vas through mistake Of
judgment and not Intentional. On
cross examination many of the wit
nesses mentioned several instances
where property had been under
valued and also where it had been
overvalued. The railroads attorneys
brought out the fact that in several
instances property had been sold at
from three to ten times what it was
assessed at. and in one instance where
one tract had sold at twenty times
wha it vas assessed.
j. I. Bland, Esq, testified that. as
county attorney he was present at a
meeting of the commissioners and the
county assessors just before they en-
tered upon the discharge of their du-
ties in June, 1899, and that he instruct
ed them that it was their duty to as
sess real and personal property at it's
fair cash value, and hat has been the
practice in Pender county ever since
he could r%ecollect.
The court o a recess till his morn
ing at $3.50 o'clock. when the witnesses
from Bladen and Brunswick counties
will be examined.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-01

We cannot think of a single point in
favor of county adoption OF school
books, while it seems to us that every
reason favors state adoption.-Nash-
vile Graphic.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-01

Mrs !. Mills, 44 Main street,, Norwich, Conn, m q recent letter says:
81 write to let you know what Peuna has done or "a. IhaVe been troubled
with catarh since was fen years 0d At times my head troubled me s. that
Iwoud be Obliged to stay in a dark ROOM Nothing helped me and my physi.
said I could never be cured
"Ibegan taking Peruna this spring and find myself greatly benefited by IT,
i have hd a attack since I took my Hst bottle. think in time 1t will
curem me. Peruna has improved my appetite and health In general I have
gained twenty pounds In three months. Ihave recommended 1t o several Of
catarh to ue Peruna"
Thousands Of lei and women all yer the United States use Peruna
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-01
RAILROAD ASSESSMENT MATTER
Opened Here I'm the Injunction
Proceedings by the Railroads To Re-
strain the Corporation Commission
alton of Railroad Property.

In the United tSates court room in
this city Yesterday morning at 1880
o'clock, the examination Of witnesses
o tax matter was resumed before
Judge James E. Shepherd. standing
master of the United States circuit
court.
The attorneys present for the rail-
roads were the Hon. George Rountree.
Price. of Salisbury. The attending
counsel for the state were Colonel
John w. Hinsdale. of Raleigh, and
former Judge H. G.. Como Of Wilson.
Hon Franklin Mcneil. chairman of the
North Carolina corporation commits
sion. sat with the states counsel.
Thirty witnesses from Fender county
were in attendance, and there were a
number Of spectators.
Immediately upon converting. Judge
Shepherd. in a few Feeling and an
propriate remarks. announced the
death of the Hon. r. O.. Burton, who
died yesterday morning. as chronicled
In The Messengers Raleigh dispatches.
Mr.. Burton was one of the attorneys
for the Atlantic Coast Line in this
examination and was mere when the
railroads witnesses were examined
about two months ago. After Judge
Shepherds remarks. sympathetic re-
sponses were made by Messrs. Roun-
tree. Hinsdale. Price and Common. all
of whom expressed pain at the death
or Mr.. Burton. and paid high tributes
10 the character and ability of the
distinguished deceased. On motion of
MIR. Rountree. h court adjourned un-
til II m. in respect to the memory Of
Mr.. Burton.
The court met again at II o'clock and
during the further sitting during the
lay, the following witnesses from Pen
der county were examined:
w. NJ Hand. r. w. Collins, D. S.
Black. II. T. Williams, M. NJ. Billiard.
A. E. Burton. w. j. Player, J. H. Col
vim. R. K. Bryan and ]. H. Moore.
These were ell assessors. They testi-
fled that in the assessment of real and
personal property in 1899 the purpose
was to value such property at its &C
tual cash value at voluntary sale and
that they had so assessed it; that there
was not then and never had been any
purpose Or design or rule or practice
among the assessors OF Pender county
to under-assess property. and tn 1t
whenever property had been over
valued or under-valued it was by mis-
take of judgment and not Intentional.
A number of the witnesses stated that
they would now sell their property at
Its assessed valuation. Upon cross
examination they reiterated their testi-
mony In the main. Some stated tina
they did not know of any cash sales OF
real estate and that credit sales Of
land were at a price far in excess of
its assessed valuation.
Twenty more witnesses for Fender
county. who are present, will be exam
ined today. When they shall have
finished, witnesses from Columbus
county will be examined.
will be introduced later
on regarding the under-valuation Of
railroad property.
The court took a recess till $50
O'Clock this morning.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-01
PARDON FOR AN OLD MAN

A Grey Haired Brother on His Way to
Raleigh TO Petition the Governor for
a Pardon for a brother "a Years OF
Age, Sent to the ~Penitentiary for
Manslaughter.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-23
Pennsylvania Wease1s.

Possibly few who read of "king's
robes of royal ermine" appreciate that
the rightful and first possessors of the
beauteous coat is sometimes a deni-
zen Of the keystone State. 1t may be
that some subtle force suggested to
turn-coat monarchs to choose the pelt
of this animal for their own. In fact,
during the greater portion Of the year
the ermine Is q plain egg-sucking
weasel. AS winter comes ON he as
sumes a white coat, with a black
tipped tail.
Putolus noveboracensis, as the sci
enlist calls the weasel or ermine,
ranges from North Carolina way up
into Canada. 1t is rare, however, to
take ermine or white-coated weasels
in Pennsylvania, although two speci-
mems have just been received at the
Academy of Natural Sciences from
Sullivan County. In fact, south of
Pennsylvania the weasel never
changes color in winter, and this fact
goes far to substantiate the theory of
protective coloration. Thus, when
snow covers the ground. the white er-
mine become nearly invisible, while
in his weaseps guise during the sum-
mer he is not nearly so conspicuous
as he would be did he wear his white
coat all the year round.
Another interesting fact is that,
while the animals that live in the
North always change color, yet those
in the South do not, the reason being
that their white color would not pro-
tect, but destroy, them, as there is
almost no snow in the South. -Phila-
delphia Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-23
First Born Children Strongest.

1t would seem that first-born chill
Gren excel later-born children in
height and weight, says Arthur Mac
Donald, in Everybody's Magazine.
This may be due to the greater vigor
of the mother at the birth of the first
child. We are reminded of a fact.
mentioned later, that out of so great
men of this century, 80 percent were
the youngest sons.
In England it was found that growth
degenerates as We go lower in the
social scale, there being difference
of even five inches in height between
the best and worst fed classes in the
community.
An investigation of 10000 children
in Switzerland showed that children
born in summer are taller for their
age than those born in winter; as a
majority of children in the public
schools are poor, in winter their par
ents are forced to economize more on
account of expense of heating; their
rooms are also liable to be small and
poorly ventilated, while in summer
they are out in the fresh air; food is
cheaper and more varied. The in
fluence of unhealthy conditions on a
very young child would be much great
er than when it is older and better
able to resist them.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-23
Tried Both Ways.

Some of the inmates of a Yorkshire
asylum were engaged in saving wood,
and an attendant thought that one old
fellow, who appeared to be working
as hard as anybody, had not much to
show for his labor.
Approaching him the attendant soon
discovered the cause of this. The old
man had turned his saw upside down,
with the teeth in the air, and was
working away with the back of the
tool.
Here, I say, j." remarked the
attendant, what are you doing? You'll
never cut the wood in that fashion.
Turn the saw overr'
The old man paused and stared con-
temptuously at the attendant.
Did ia liver try saw this way?" he
asked.
"Well, no." replied the attendant.
"Of course l haven't"
"Then hod thy noise, mon,", was the
instant rejoinder. 1--WE tried both
ways, l hev, and"-impressiv
is t easiest. ."-London Spare Mo-
ments.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-23

Answering correspondent who,
while not asserting that systematic
education is bar to business success,
yet uses again the familiar-and weari-
encouragement that many of the
magnates of industry and commerce
are as short on letters as they are long
on money. The Electrical World and
Engineer sensibly remarks that before
making deductions from this phenom-
enon one should remember that ''the
success Of these men is rooted in the
conditions of thirty and forty years
ago-in a period when college educa-
tion had for its object the fitting of
young men for the so-called learned
professions or imparting to the sons
of the wealthy and well-to-do the
traditional academic culture having no
direct utilitarian object" The result
was that the college man of those
days, having been educated out of
sympathy wi h the Industrial and COM
mercial spirit, was viewed askance by
men Of affairs and was really handi-
capped in the few instances when he
turned his attentions to business.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-23
The Appreciatlve Boston Lady.

Miss A, who is a teacher of Eng
lish in school of high rank in her ma
tive state, Mississippi, and who, in
spite of her vivacity in conversation.
is perhaps, if anything, too fastidious
in her choice of words, was spending
the summer at the New York Chau.
tauqua. Her flow of spirits made her
the delight of the dining table at
which she was first seated; but at
the end of a fortnight she was moved
by her landlady to another place. A
lady from Boston, who had, been sit
ting opposite the southerner ex.
pressed her regret at the change. I'm
SO sorry you are going to leave u.s."
she said, with warmth, I'VE have all
enjoyed your dialect so much"-Har.
per's Magazine
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-23
Birds Nest in Cromwel,s Cannon.

The gun which Cromwell placed in
the Curfew Tower of Windsor Castle
when he held the royal residence has
been turned to a peculiarly domestic
use. A pair Of starlings have this
nesting season brought up fine brood
of young in the old weapon. The gun,
which was put in its position to COM
mand Windsor Bridge in case of a
royalist attack from Eton. points from
the upper story of the tower, and peo-
pie walking in Thames street far be-
low have watched with interest the
anxious devotion of the old birds in
teaching their young to come out of
the mouth of the gun to take lessons
in fying.-Pall Mall Gazette.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-23
licked For -Four Hundred Years.

A bUrgh that possesses a clock
four centuries old many fairly claim
respectable measure of antiquity.
Such is the boast of Musselburgh, the
ancient and evil-smening neighbor of
Edinburgh. This week, however, the
clock has ceased to go, and in due
course will find a resting place in the
town museum. 1t well deserves thus
to be preserved, for 1t told the time to
the Duke Of Somerset and his army.
so far back as 1917, when on the
field of Pinkie. hard by, they tried
to force the Scots to give their young
Queen Mary in marriage to Edward
VI. Of England. Prince Charlie and
his Highlanders, too. marched under
it in 1745 to do battle with Sir John
Cope at the neighboring village Of
Prestonpans.-London Chronicle.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-23

American owners, trainers, jockeys
and horses are getting many honors
and prizes in England, France, Aus
tria, Germany and elsewhere. James
r. Keene, William G. Whitney, Pierre
Lorillard and William X. Vanderbilt
are conspicuous among American
owners of thoroughbreds who have
seen their colors borne in triumph on
the turf outside of their own country.
And there are others, observes the
New York Tribune. Yankee dash and
spirit and enterprise in racing, as in
many other things, know no ocean
barriers, no obstacles of time or dis
tance. Few turfmen of any other land
have been bold and adventurous
enough to send great stables oversee
and to challenge the foremost foreign
breeders and owners on their own
grounds-in their own preserves, so to
speak.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-23

was near, nearer than it seemed be.
cause of the mist. We touched sandy
bottom, waded out and saw dimly a
man bailing catboat high on the
beach, who turned and stared at us.
well" he said. Nov, where'd you
come FROM" For no doubt we seemed
to come like ghosts out of the mist
which hid the lake, with noting to ac-
count for US.
raft come ashore. Fact" said
Harry, and we went right on to Kin
caroline, in Canada.
mo good explainin' things to folks"
said Harry to me. "Wear a mans jaw
out that way. Fact" and know that
this true yarn of the John Andrews
was never told before.-Youth's Com.
panion.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-23

The absolute necessity of verifying
theories by the observation of facts is
beautifully illustrated again. A re-
cent issue of Science shows that the
sea lions, which have fallen into dis
cause of their supposed fish devouring
habits, do not, as a matter of fact,
endanger the fishing industry at all.
A critical examination of the stom-
achs of twenty-five slaughtered sea
lions shows that they eschew fish al
together and live mostly on squids and
similar food.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-23
MONUMENT TO A HORSE.
Granite Shaft Ere cted by Grateful Man
to True Friend.

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer says:
On one of the highest spots in Lake
View Cemetery stands q granite shaft
which was erected by grateful man
to mark the resting place Of true
friend. An inscription on the northern
side of this monument reads: in Ad-
versity Faithful"
The shaft was erected by w. Irving
Wadleigh. 1t marks the grave of his
horse Buck. Few monuments have
ever raised greater controversy than
this. Passers by read the inscription
on the faces of the stone. On the
southern side is engraved:
BUCK"
Ny Favorite Cattle Horse.
Died September 20, 1884.
Aged
Is Years and Months.
On the eastern side is:
For thirteen years my trusty compan-
ion in blackness OF night, in storm, sum
shine and danger"
On the north side are the words:
Corraled
In Adversely Faithful.
There are those who criticise, and
some harsh words have been said by
a few. The greater majority, SO the
sexton says, are touched by the SEN
timent. All wonder what the story
may be.
Mr.. Wadleigh, who erected the
monument, is well known among Seat,
ties pioneers. In 1871 he first saw
Buck in Portland. The horse was a
magnificent sorrel-a thoroughbred.
He stood fifteen hands high, and, ac-
cording to the story, was Mr.. Wad
leigh's constant companion for many
years. through prosperity and adver-
sity.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-23
AN EVENING PRAYER.

Lhe bghtwnged poised lightly
prov
sheltered restran
rrotece my shortening days My troubled soul
my youth When
my BARK, "
he she unknown and AS vanish
Becped by idle ~ "p"0n' "hu
from these,
lmpart uplifting Oh, the with hme!
in
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-23
Florida's Lovely Ladfes

Just after the fire the ladies of
Jacksonville had woe-begone and
rumpled look. 1t is not the least
proof Of our immediate recovery that
their smiles have come back, and they
shine like the rose with the dew upon
it.--Florida Times Union Citizen.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-23

In the City of Mexico there are
1,071 private artesian wells and IL
public ones. This number will soon
be increased, for, at the present time,
many property owners in the neigh
borhood Of Guerrero are having wells
bored in their yards.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-23
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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-23

New Zealand's cattle runs are let
by auction for varying terms not ex.
ceeding % years.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-23

England has one clergyman to every
Clio people; Ireland, one to every 1870.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-08-23

Entered at the PostofIice at Freeland, Pa.
as Second-ClasS Matter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-04
ANNUAL ELECTION,
Columbia Christian EndeavOr Union
- Under New Leaders.

The meeting of the District of Columbia
Christian Endeavor Union, held at the
First Congregational Church last evening,
was one of unusual interest by reason of
It's being the occasion for the annual cleo
ton of officers for the union. The newly
elected officers will not take possession
until next September. A nominating COM
mittee had been appointed at the last
meeting of the union. consisting Of the fol-
lowing persons: Baptist, Miss Alice NJ.
Fletcher Mr.. Charles F. NJ Browne and
Miss Anna ]. Bell: Christian. Mr.. George
w Stose DR.. G. T. Prewitt, Mr. Harry H.
Stewart: Congregational, Miss Bertha
Steward. Mr.. George w. Coffee and Mr.
Irving P. Tade; Lutheran. Miss H. l..
Johnson. Miss Sadie S. Kniple and Mr.. Geo.
F. Muth: Methodist Episcopal, Mr.. w. w.
MILAN, Miss Rhode Cookson and Rev. I.
B. Smith; Methodist Protestant, Mr.. R. B.
Phelps, Mr. w. ]. Brewer and Mr.. o. NJ.
Miss Sally Randolph and Mr.. S. NJ Fly;
United Brethren. Mr. Howard Morrison;
Junior Union. Mr.. w. T. Watts, Miss NJ
E. Wood and Miss Eleanor Keene. This
committee was organized by electing Mr.
Stone as it's chairman and Miss Bell sec
rotary, and last evening the list of NOM
inees for the respective offices was pre-
sented, and Were promptly and unani-
mously elected to the offices named. as fol-
lows:
President. James VI. Pickens of the Yer
mont Avenue Christian Church: first vice
president, W. W. Tuckey of the Sixth Pres
byterian Church, second vice president ].
". Butcher. jr., Berean Baptist Church;
third vice president, Miss Louie D. Leeds
of St. Pauls English Lutheran Church: re-
cording secretary, II. c. Hengstler of the
Gurley Memorial Presbyterian Church: as
sstant recording secretary, Ralph L. Clark
of the First Congregational Church: COR
responding secretary, Miss Bessie E. Tay-
lor of the Union VI. f. Church: treasurer.
r. T. Ballard of the Congress Street NJ. p.
Church: president of the Junior Union,
Miss Gertrude w. Allison of the Gurley
Memorial Presbyterian Church.
OF these Miss Taylor, Mr. Ballard and
Miss Allison were reelected. while Mr..
Hengstler's election is in the nature Of
promotion. he being at present the assist
ant recording secretary of the union.
Another feature of the meeting last even
ing a detailed report by Mr.. Tuckey,
transportation manager of the interna-
national convention of Christian Endeavor,
to be held in Cincinnati in July. Plans
have been made for the Washington dele
cation to leave here at 3:45 pm. July 5.
via the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, ar
irving at the convention city the next
morning. They will have special Pullman
sleepers, and the railroad rate has been
set at fare for.the round trip, tickets
extended to the 31st of August
The address of the evening was by the
Rev. F. d. Power, pastor of the Vermont
Avenue Christian Church. the subject being
"Civic Righteousness The speaker was
heartily applauded.
During the evening Mr.. John Duffy rem
dered baritone solo.