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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-10
DIR. Mcmillan REFLECTED S~uperinten-
dent of Health

The sanitary committee of the county
board of health met n organized yes
terday afternoon at the office of the
board of county commissioners. The
county board of health consists Of all
the registered physicians in the county
and h sanitary committee is COM
posed of the board of county commits
sioners and two physicians, n OPP
pointed by the board of aldermen n
one by the BOARD Of commissioners.
All the commissioners were present
yesterday, n DR.. L. H. Love, APP
pointed by the county commissioners,
and Dr.. Thomas S. Burbank, appoint
ed by the mayor, were present to act
with the board.
After taking the oath at the hands
of Chairman McEachern, the commit
tee went into the election of a county
superintendent of health to serve for
two years. DR.. w. D.. Mcmillan, the
present efficient incumbent, was UNI
animously reelected.
The committee then adjourned sub
ject to the call Of the chairman.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-10
NEW YORK AIDS THE DESTITUTE.
ville-More to OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ofS32.59O.

New York, May IA meeting of the
joint relief committee of the chamber
of and the merchants aSso-
citation was held today. Enough fooi
supplies were purchased on Monday by
the committee to fill eight to ten cars.
By noon today six cars a been load
ed. The train left tonight and is ex-
pected to reach Jacksonville on Thurs
day.
Two kilograms were sent by the CON
mittee to Mayor Bowden, of Jackson
vile. They read:
Your reply to our former messages
miscarried. With the customary iber-
ality Of our citizens, responses for
e of relief for those suffering
from the great calamity of your
city are coming in rapidly. We
need full advices of the character of
supplies required by you, whether food,
clothing or household goods. Please
advise us fully as possible. We shall
despatch tonight a number Of loaded
cars. containing food supplies and ar
ticles we think must useful. Answer
promptly"
w ship today 1000 cots which are
all that a be obtained at the moment.
We can ship 5000 more by the enc of
the week if you wan them at that time.
We SEND quantities of mems under
wear and sheets today. Will send more
in following shipment If you want
them. Reply instantly on receipt as 20
cots. as we must place order today"
The total subscription to the mer-
hants' association Jacksonville relief
fund UP to this evening was $50, 592. so.
William Mills. Jr.. left on the special
train tonight which carried supplies.
His instructions were to cooperate in
every way with the local committee in
the distribution of the goods and to re-
port daily all details necessary for the
information of home committee.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-10
The Diocesan Council

Delegates to the Council of the Do
ccse of East Carolina, at Edenton, May
22nd, have the choice Of three routes
from here viz: via New Bern leaving at
1920 p. m, on Mondays and Wednes-
days, reaching Edenton IL m. next day;
via Plymouth, leaving here at 9:05 a. m.
daily, arriving at 1 p. m. next day; via
Tunis. leaving here at sos a. m, ar
irving 10 d. m. same evening. The
fares will be as follows: Via New
Bern, 1875; Plymouth 1915; and Tunis
$40. Meals extra, staterooms on
steamers free.
The night will be spent at Plymouth
each way. The steamer Neuse leaves
for New Bern Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday, reaching New Bern early
next morning.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-10

The board of audit and finance met
in regular session last night, those in
attendance being Chairman Mcqueen
and Messrs. Riach. Yates and Wilder.
Besides the members Of the board.
Mayor Waddell, Alderman Harriss,
Alderman Johnson. City Attorney VIM.
J.. Bellamy, DIR. Chas. T. Harper, city
superintendent of health, Fire Chief
Charles Schibben, and City Cattle
Weigher ]. T. Bland were present.
The clerk read a communication from
the board Of aldermen embodying the
recommendations as to the salaries of
the city attorney. chief of police, the
wages Of the city hands and other mat
tors.
Mayor Waddell appeared before the
board and gave reasons why the alder
men desired that the salary of chief Of
police John Furlong, shall be put back
to 81. 200 n the board agreed to do so.
Alderman Harriss appeared before
the board to present h request Of the
aldermen to have the salary of City
Attorney William j. Bellamy put back
to $500 from $500 to which it had been
reduced AND also the request Of the
board of aldermen hat the pay Of the
city hands be increased from Sc to 81
per week. No action was taken by this
board as to either of these matters.
The board, however, increased the pay
of Cattle Weigher ]. T. Bland from
SIS to $50.
This board having refused { o concur
in the appropriation made by the board
Of aldermen to enable the city to do the
scavenger work itself. Alderman John
son of the sanitary committee, and DIR.
Chas. T. Harper, city superintendent of
health. appeared before the board to
urge their concurrence in this matter.
Alderman Johnson said he had inves-
tigated the matter and he was satisfied
it was to the sanitary interest Of the
city for the s~cavenger work to be done
by the city. DR.. Harper also informed
the board that he was satisfied SANTA
ton could better be looked after IL the
city does the s~cavenger work. He esti-
mated that the service would cost the
city about $4,000 and he believed that
il could be made to afford a revenue
of Sl2, 900 a year and that at least the
scavenger work could be made self sus-
tanning. After discussing the matter
the board agreed to try the scavenger
work for one month as an experiment,
and appropriated 500 for the purchase
of 4 carts with iron lined bodies and
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-10
United States Court

Pursuant to recess on Saturday even
ing, the United States court met at
10 o'clock yesterday morning, Judge
Purnell presiding.
The only case tried was that against
J. d. Jones, of Bladen county, charged
with breaking into a distillery c%istern,
and removing and concealing spirits.
A verdict of not guilty was rendered.
The jurors were hen discharged
and the court took a recess till June
25th when the admiralty and civil
cases will come on for a hearing.
Judge Purnell left the city las night.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-10

Morgan 70 Buy the Red star Line.
London, May 7.-Simultaneously with
today's meeting OF the Leyland Line
shareholders to vote upon the agree
ment with j. Pierpont Morgan comes
a reiteration of the statement hat the
Morgans are about to acquire h Red
Star Line as well as the Atlantic
Transport Line.
The American Line officials here,
however, deny the report that Mr..
Morgan a acquired the Red Star
Line.
New York, May flames A. Wright,
second vice president of the Interna-
iona Navigation Company, was shown
the dispatch of the Associated Press
from London referring to the reiterat-
ed report that Morgan was about to ac-
quire the Red Star Line. He said II
have nothing to say. The statement
has been contradicted before. I know
nothing about it"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-10

Before the University Law School.
Chapel Hill Municipal Election.
Especial to the Messenger

SPS~AoA ~ III <ACScCnkSI-
Chapel Hill. n. c., May THE an
nual address before the university law
class was delivered tonight by Hon. L.
h Battle. OF Raleigh. His subject was
Personal "reminiscences OF the Ba.
Of North Carolina" II was thoroughly
enjoyed and Will prove valuable TO the
young men Of this law school
The regular municipal election was
held today and all was very quiet. Mr.
James c. MacRae. Jr., son OF Judge
MacRae. dean OF the law school, was
elected mayor over the present incum-
bent Mr.. A s. Barbee who has held
the position for many years. The same
board OF aldermen were elected.
n base BAH team left today for its
southern trip While away they will
play two games with the University az
Georgia. one with Clemson. and one
with Georgia Tech
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-10
Big Huckleberry Crop

Colonel E. ". Kerr, Of Clinton, was
in the city yesterday. He tells us that
the prospects are that the h~uckleberry
crop in Sampson this aso will be
n Of the biggest for years This will
be good news, for one res Sampson
blues added $100, 900 to the wealth of
the county. Huckleberries ripen the
latter part OF this month and they are
shipped in great quantities to the
northern markets.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-10
BIG r SHIPMENT
Thirty Carloads Went to the
Northern Markets Yesterday from
Along the Coast Lfne-Heavy Ship
ment from Wallace.

As was expected the warm weather
that set in towards the end of last
week ripened Strawberries rapidly, so
that yesterday the shipments were
very heavy along the Atlantic Coast
Line. The Fruit Growers Dispatch
loaded "a refrigerator car and the
Southern Express Company about six
making some thirty carloads in all.
The shipments must have been in the
neighborhood of 5000 crates, and at the
ruling price that means $4,000 worth
Of berries.
The berry fields are now red with
the berries n pickers are in demand
Not less than a thousand negro wo-
men, men, boys and girls have left the
city to pick berries. On Sunday even
ing a large numbe went up the Coast
Line for the various stations in the
berry districts, about 200 left yester-
day n about fifty went up on last
nights train. Several hundred went
up last week.
The Messenger received iast n1gnt
the following concerning strawberry
shipments from Wallace on yesterday,
which indicates that from $4,000 to S.
900 was the money value Of h berries
forwarded from that point:
This place shipped nearly 1000 crates
of strawberries today. One carload
of 300 rates was bought by u w
Pittshurg buyers, who have been
purchasing on this market for the
past three seasons, and they paid o
81, 200 for it, or So to Sc per crate ac-
cording to quality. They are in it to
win the horse or lose the saddle. There
are also some other buyers here all of
whom make it lively for the farmers.
A. Boston house of we'll established
reputation, was also the consignee Of
one car and the remainder of the
shipments were scattered around.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-10
CITY AFFAIRS.

The Board OF Audit and Fidance-An
Appropriation Made For the City to
Do Scavenger Work Other Business
Transacted by the Board.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-10

We are informed that at s o'clock
on Saturday the local freight train on
the Atlantic Coast Line set fire to GER
tain timber lands nea Castle Hanyes,
destroying about 500 acres. All people
Of that section have been fighting fire
from Saturday night up to yesterday
afternoon at 2 o'clock. There has been
no rain in the neighborhood for some
time and the woods burned like a tin
der box.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-10

The strawberry shipments along the
Atlantic Coast Lin yesterday reached
large proportions. The refrigerator
trains alone carried thirty-three cars
and they loaded about 5000 crates of
berries. The Southern Express Com
pany's train carried eight or ten cars
and loaded 1,50O crates.
Along the Atlantic n Yadkin
branch the Southern Express Company
loaded 600 crates n h refrigerator
car took on 100 more. The total ship
ments must have been 10000 or more
crates, which would be 800, 900 quarts.
The money value of the berries was
from $35, 900 to $40, 600.
Yesterday afternoon there was a
heavy rain and hail up the Atlant
coast Line, the a extending to Rocky
Point, and to a less degree as far as
Wilmington. Hail fell at Goldsboro
and Mount Olive and points south and
we learn that considerable damage
was done to strawberries and truck
generally.
Mr.. James F. Moore, of Currie. writes
us that there was also a terrific wind,
rain and hail storm along the Atlantic
and Yadkin. He states that the berry
crop was almost entirely destroyed, and
corn, beans, beets, Irish potatoes and
cotton were badly damaged. He writes
that a cyclone passed within a few
hundred yards of Currie.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-10

Bears the The Kind You HaveAlways Bought
An Elevated Railway ColIaps,

Savannah, Ga. May Am elevated
tramway used by the Savannah Guano
Company to convey guano from its fac
tory to steamer. at the Plant System
wharves collapsed at 3 o'clock this af-
ernoon. The small train used in the
traffic and it's crew were precipitated
to the street. forty feet below. Edwin
Williams. colored. was instantly killed,
and Ed. Montgomery and David Gaines,
bot colored. were badly injured.
Skin affections will readily disappear
by using DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve.
Look out for counterfeits. If you get
DeWitt's you Will get good results. 1t
is the quickest and positive cure for
piles. r. R. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-10
Morgan to Buy the Red star Line

mar 19-tu,t tn, sat and s-w
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-10

Chadbourn LEO g. m.. arrive CONWAY
1:S0 p. M, returning leave Conway aga
p. M, arrive Chadbourn $50 o. m.
leave Chadbourn 5:35 p. m, arrive n.
roo $40 p. m, returning leave Elrod
$40 a. m. arrive Chadbourn 11:25 a. no.
Daily except Sunday.
Trains cave Sumter SIS o. m. Man
ming e:H p M. arrive Lanes s:2 .. m.
leave Lanes 500 a. m. Manning s:47 g.
No: arrive Sumter 1875 q. m. Daily.
Georgesown M Western Railroad
ssorseso~n 900 200 a. =. @ NJ, t 81 p ?. M m. 1 issy:
georgetown $50 g. m. t4:15 p. m, arrive
lanes 500 a MT SIS .. m.
dsy go . =. m.. fa s9rs0e 1 Saalz sase2 To-. San.
M M Narssvins s;ns 2 m. chsraw NJ 2
ence daily except Sunday 500 p. m. ar
~ " p D m. assson 10 ie:sS 3 p. nm m f neass Esoe
snce Sunday only $50 q M. arrive Dar.
nngton lob a. m
Leave Gi5soas daily except Sunday $50
Darlington 7:s1 q M. leave Darlington
$50 g. m, arrive Florence SIS a m.
Leave Wadesboro daily except SUNDAY
70 2 p m M. isl on s 2: NJ Q. MA nar ssziv.
Florence TOO .. N. Leave Darlington
Sunday only $50 q M. arrive F1orsnos
e:15 a. m
Wilson and Fayetteville Branch leave
ma z:s y. M. Ills .. m, 6mithisid &c
p. M, Dunn 80 p. m. Fayetteville ~ D
NJ, 1872 a. m. Rowland SOS p. M, re-
turning leave Rowland 1e:ss g. m, Fay
etteville 1870 y. m. 1922 y. m, Dunn
1:04 p. m. 6mtth1eld la .. m. Selma
1:so p. M. u:3s D. m. arrive Wilson 1:as
?. m, I3:11 q. m.
fDa1y except Sunday. SUNDAY oniy.
Trains leave Sumter 400 q. m, Cres-
ton 4:52 a. m. arrive Denmark SIS a.
m-,m. Returning leave Denmark AIS
p. m. Crezton 5:3 p. m. Sumter e:24 p
IA. Daily.
Il Il EMERSON.
General H8seBnger Aren't
]. h KENL1, G<1eral Manage.
Z. II EMERSON. 3raMc Massage.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-03-13

the integrity of the organization is to
be maintained. Considerable enthu-
siasm was manifested and means were
pledged from the counties represented
for the preliminary work Of placing
the party in better working order.
There was no unfriendly criticism of
allied political forces, nor of leaders
whom the Populists have supported
The action of the commit. Q is consist
ent with the declarations made by the
conventions of the party in which CO.
operation was agreed to but not at
the sacrifice OF the organization.
This is in harmony with our own
views and knowledge. The Peoples
party must not cease to be the educa-
tional factor in tie body polite OF
this great nation. It represents the
spirit. of 1776 and is commissioned
with the duty of keeping alive the
principles that controlled the revolu-
tionary heroes and our assassinated
Lincoln. Eventually all true Ameri'
caps-and none are true who do not
put the Declaration of Independence
above party-will be ranged unde,
one common banner against imperial
ism. Then political corruption will
be stamped out. All special privileges
will be surrendered to the people fol-
whom government was instituted -
National Republican, (Preston.)
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-03-13
The PEOPLES PARTY.

The State Central Committee Of the
Peoples party Of Minnesota, met at the
Merchants Hotel, ST Paul, the Isl
instant. Sickness prevented our be
ing present. It was an important
meeting, the proceedings Of which
were not reported by the daily papers.
Chairman Lawson has sent US the fol.
lowing statement:
81. The Peoples State Central Commit.
tee met at ST. Paul last Friday even
ing and discu sed the condition 81 tbe
party Organization The MT mbers
present were determined that the Or
sgnnizatio should be preserved. a
;reso lution recommend ing that hereaf.
ter the Peoples party nominate q ma
|tional ticket of its own Was passed.
Such = step q constde Tered necessary 4
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-03-13
DEN SEDNASTE KONGRESSENs
VERK.

DEN SEDNASTE KONGRESSENS
.>,@.s i fEs, VERK. Il. .:,..s:s,-H
Den ste kongressen har slutat sina
dagar. En- liten 6fversigt at hvad den
utrattat torde 81 vara ur vagen. IN. :
Den antog den enkla myntfoten, o b
utstrackte ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. prlvi-
legier ga att dessa banker kunna kon-
trollera sedelmassan. sss n :.z> !. 81.
Den fyrdubblade F6renta Staternas
staende arme. III. s.3e=Es <.s. a. I'll, ".
Den antog den berry ktade Porto Rico
lagen som utg6r grunden for en- kolon-
ial regeripg utan konstitutiorell
granser: for regeringens makt. Folk
ct och pressen utan afseende pa parti
protesterade pa det kraftigaste mot
delta angrepp pa grundlagen, men
kongressen taste intet afseende dervid, ,
itande pa att pa1 tibandet var starkt
nog att hindra folket fran att strata
partiet for delta 6fvergrepp. Resul-
tatet ct valet visade att Mark Hanna
kande 5sina Pappe heimare.
Den beviljade en- och en- half billion
dollars for regeringens tighter nara
iva och en- half do llar for hvarje man.
kvinna och barn inom q renta Slater
|ns Som nationalreg eringen indrifver
'skatt RI hysd man forbruksr, icke
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-03-13
TEMPERANCE COMMENT.

Edited by the Press supt of the W. c
7. U. Of W'lmar.l
We have worshiped Him with our
words, but henceforth we must wor-
ship with deeds.-F'rances Willard,
Xxx
The Satter'ee Trio who have lately
held temperance concerts in Willmar
and Atwater were listened to with
marked attention by goodsized audi
ences at both places. Their singing
was good and nobody seemed to feel
disappointed for coming At Atwater,
Mr.. Hemrod gave a short talk, in adj
dition to the singing, the first even
ing. He has been working for our
cause in San Francisco, CAL, but is
now "doing' Minnesota. He is ex-
pected to give several lectures in this
county in the near future.
Xxx
Lobeck, the Norwegian temperance
worker, gave two excellent addresses
last week in Atwater, under the aus
pices of the Scandinavian Temper
ance Society of that place. The Tenn
perance choir sang some good selec.
tions, suitable to the occasion.
*x*
Thu bill providing for the closing OF
the wine rooms of the state, which was
intr oduced into the legislature, has
been killed in the senate.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-03-13

Behind the scenes, at Washington,
there is an interesting struggle going
on, the contest being waged betwee n
he sugar trust and iron and steel
combine over the tariff complications
with Russia. It is said that the i'm
position of heavy tariff duty on the
four hundred thousand dollars worth
of sugar, annually imported from
Russia, was done at the instigation OF
the sugar trust. The Russians re-
scented the action of our governments,
and retaliated by imposing a heavy
special duty upon the eleven million
dollars worth of iron and steel which
this country sends them each year
OF course the iron and steel combine
demand that the extra duty On sugar
be abolished so that Russia may not
impose the thirty per cent. duty on
all iron and steel imported from thi'.
country. When decision is reached
the question of which of the two giant
monOpo|ies have the greatest polit'cai
pull will be settled.-MOrris Sun
(Rep.)
1t is refreshing to hear a republican
paper confess that the trusts control
the government, and that it is only a
question as to which trust has "the
greatest political pulp. 1t is what
the populists have claimed all the time,
but during the last campaign the re-
publican papers claimed that their
party was the only one that could be
relied upon to 'egislaue against the
trusts. If the republican papers were
as bold in telling the truth during a
campaign as they are in an off year
the trusts would not find it such al
easy task to dominate the party.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-03-13
ARE THE PEOPLE ABLE?

Democracy as a working hypothesis
is at the bar of public opinion. If
the discussion of our ability to deal
with the new problems of the far East
and our necessity for being there were
not enough, the increased favor being.
shown to monarchic government in the
old world should convince thinking
men that 1T IS NOT YET DEMON STRAIT
ED THAT GOVERNMENT BY THE PEO-
PIE IS MUCH MORE THAN ONE OF MIR
INGALLS, IRIDEsCENT DREAMS. There
have been theorists perpetually who
thought and taught this. They have
persisted in the hest thought of the re-
public from Alexander Hamilton down.
AT no time have the merits Of demOc-
racy seemed 10 balance its faults.
These people have been pessimi>ts,
but have exhibited a pess1m,sm which
was invaluable as a Corrective for the
hag-waving Of blinded optimism.
The world has to face this question
squarely, the question, Does democ-
racy pay? We are facing a new front
to the world, and We must choose he
tween definite accepted forms of gov
eminent or we must modify the one
we chose to retain by the virtues of
the other. Nothing is more evident
today than that ''time makes ancient
good unconth, and NEW FORMS MUST
BE DEVISED FOR NEW DUTIES.
There Is nothing about the "Latin
Temperament" in the above. 1t is q d.
rect attack on popular government in
our own country.
We may be ''idealists and horror
lists" for calling attention to these at
tacks, but it can't be helped. While
there is much in the present manage
ment of public affairs that. does not
reflect credit on popular government,
yet it must be borne in mind tn at these
things are being done by the class of
people that believe in the Hamiltonian
idea that popular government is i'm
practicable. !" WEI plead guilty Of be-
ing ''idealist" enough to believe that
the people will once more assert them
selves and prove that democracy is
not an "iridescent dream" but the
best form Of government for intelli-
gent people. @ I: IS. f.z 4
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-03-13

The English secretary of war has
asked the parliament to increase the
army to $4,000. The plan calls for an
increase of $4,000 regulars, $4,000
mili1ias,' % 900 geomnary, and 10000
volunteers. Wars of conquest come
high, but England, like some other
countries, is ready to make any sacri-
fees to carry "the blessings of civiliz-
alton" to weaker nations.