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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-15

Urges Use OF the State Educational
Fund, If Necessity, for Public Edu-
cation.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Especial to The MeSSenger.)
Raleigh, March 12.-The governor to-
day sent a message to the Legislature.
in which, after quoting article 9, sec
ton 4 of the constitution, he says:
There is now in the hands of the
state board of education $32, SAB in mon
ley. and bonds. amounting at their par
value, to $145, $50. We are confronted
with expenditures in excess of our cur
rent Your honorable body
has just appropriated 5000, 900 for public
schools and that amount will be neces~
|sary to bring the schools up to tn.
four months required by the constitu-
ton. 1, therefore, recommend. the pas
sage of a law authorizing the board of
education to turn over to the treasurer
the money on hand and to sell the bonds
and turn over to the treasurer the pro-
lceeds thereof, if it shall be necessary
to meet the appropriations for public
schools.
This course will not be taken by the
board of education if the receipts from
the ordinary are sufficient to
ment the appropriations heretofore
lmade. There are those who think the
fund held by the board of education
lcannot be used, or at least ought not
W DC uSeu III the HldHuer IQOlcdteu, Out
lit is evident they lave not considered
the history of our constitution.
The constitution of 1860 expressly
forbade the use OF the body of the edu-
cation fund, but permitted only appro.
lpriation of the income arising there
from. but in 1875 the convention which
framed our present constitution struck
out this provision and directed the ap-
preparation of the fund itself to the use
lof the public school,. and an act was
passed N 1881 forbidding any further
investment. but requiring distribution
from time to time of all funds belong
ing to the school fund.
"A poor and unlettered people can
mot afford to hoard funds for the pur-
pose of education in the future. They
need money now. By this expenditure
now those who come after US will be
better enabled to educate themselves.
1t may be urged that the educational
fund will not be necessary to pay the
$780, 900 appropriations; but if this be
true, the funds belonging to the board
of education will not be used for that
purpose. If it is necessary. those fund.
fought to be so used rather than to is
sue additional bonds.
The cause of education will be help
led and not hindered by the utilization
of funds on hand rather than by issuing
bonds and putting further urden on
1.-THE people.
Taxes and bonds have never been
iprime favorites with North CaroIinians.
and education will grow in favor by
lusing what We have rather than by in
Icreasing the burdens of the people"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-15
IN THE SUPREME COURT
Cases from the Sixth District Argued.
Decisions Handed Down.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Especial to The Messenger.)
Raleigh, n. c., March I'm the u
preme court today cases from the
Sixth district were argued as follows:
Heyer VS.. Rivenbark, by Stevens.
Beasley and Weeks. for plaintiff: ].
T. Bland for defendant: Wooten VI.
Railroad, by J. d. Bellamy for plain
tiff. Junius Davis and Rountree and
Carr for defendant; Chemical Compa-
ny va. Kirven, by p. A. Wilcox and
Rountree and Carr for plaintiff; ]. d.
Bellamy for defendant: Weeden vs.
Trust Company. by Bellamy and Pes
chau for plaintiff. Iredell Meares for
defendant.
The Seventh district will be called
next Tuesday as follows: Koch vs..
Porter. Lehw VS.. Hewett, Carter vs..
Railroad Company.
The supreme court today filed the fol-
lowing opinions: Manufacturing Com
pany VS.. Liverman, from Hartford
county. reversed; Price VS.. Stanley.
from Johnson, no error; Wood VS.. State
Prison. affirmed: State Hispital va.
Fountain. from Edgecombe. reversed.
Miller VS.. Railroad. from BERTHE, error.
Manufacturing Company VS.. Hobbs.
from Chowan. affirmed: Bates vs..
Bates, from Wilson. no error; Floyd
vs.. Rock. from Northampton. no er-
ror; Dowdy VS.. White. from Craven. no
error; State VS.. Rogers. from Vance.
affirmed; Cooper vs.. Jones. from Frank
lin. error; Shepard's will case. new
trial; Sherrod vs.. Vass, from Franklin.
affirmed; Porter VS.. White, from Pitt.
affirmed.
The following appeals were disposed
Of by per curtain order: Marshburn VS..
Lashlie. from Wake. affirmed: State -.
WILDER. from Wake. affirmed; State VIZ.
Whitaker. from Wake. affirmed.
George VS.. Hill. from Franklin, affirm
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-15
A q I r DYING
From Fiepdish Treatment at the
Hands of Three Men.

New York. March 12.-Unconscious
and, the physicians say. dying, Mary
Paige, the pretty 16-year-old daughter
of G. H. Paige, lies in her fathers home.
Brooklyn, the victim of assault. Since
she was found yesterday morning,
wandering in the streets, it is said, she
has been conscious only a few minutes.
when she managed to gasp out that
she had been lured to a livery stable
by three young men. forced to drink
a drugged drink and then assaulted by
the three.
The police acted promptly after the
girls father had reported to them.
This afternoon they arrested George
Abbott. Jr., IL years old, of Brooklyn.
He admitted knowing Mary; said he
had taken her for a walk Sunday night
n hat two other young men had
Joined them. but declared that he knew
nothing about her having been drugged
and denied that there had been any as
sault. He gave the names of the other
two youths. and warrants were sworn
out for their arrest.
Lat this afternoon the detectives
took a young man to the Adams Street
police court where he made a long affi-
davit before Magistrate Bremen. The
detectives said he youth was a most
important witness in the case They
would not permit him to talk.
This evening young Abbott was AIKEN
before Mary Paige and fully identified
by her as the one who had given her
the supposed drugged liquor and as
Saulted her. The girls condition was
very much improved tonight and the
attending physician says there Is little
doubt of her recovery.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-15
Religious Liberty and federation.

London. March liking Edward re-
ceived a number of addresses from dep
utations representing various churches,
at st. James palace. today. He assured
all that it would be his constant care
to maintain religious liberty and toll
and aid in the progress Of
truth. morality and peace.
Replying to the Quakers' delegation.
his majesty said he prayed that his
reign would witness the widespread ac-
.ceptance of their principles, the estab-
lishment of peace among nations and
the growth of mutual help among the
of Great Britain.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-15
Bryan Drumming for Advertisers

Philadelphia, March 2.-Wlliam j.
Bryan paid q visit to this city today
and was entertained by publishers and
of the leading newspapers. He
visited the big newspaper offices and
several publishing houses. Mr.. Bryan
said that his visit was one of bust
ness alone. He stated that he is pre-
pairing to enlarge The Commoner and
that he wants advertising.
II a found" he said, that the ad-
|vertisement end should never be over
Hooked by a progressive newspaper
man. 1 started small, but 1 am ready
to expand"
MI. Bryan tonight attended a. public
meeting which was addressed by Sixto
Lopez. After the meeting he left for
New York.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-15
Kx-President Harrison Sinking.

Indianapolis. March 12.-At s:45 p. m.
DR.. jameson gave out the following
statement:
General Harrison IS growing weak
er. The congestion Is spreading, which
is alarming. He is gradually growing
worse. Hour by hour his vitality de-
and he Is less able to resist the
attacks of the Inflammation. II Is i'm
possible at this hour to predict how
long the struggle viii endure. IL may
last thirty-six hours: it may last for
ty-eight- 1 think h general viii be
able 10 go through the night success
fully. The vitality and power OF resist
ance manifested by General Harrison
are wonderful"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-15
Providing for the Ex-senators.

Washington. Marc 12.-The presi-
dent has practically completed the list
of st. Louis fair commissioners and the
announcement OF their appointment
may be made at any time. The list
includes ex- Senators Carter, OF Nom
tana; Lindsay, OF Kentucky; Mcbride,
of Oregon and Thurston. OF Nebraska.
and ex-Representatives R~odenburg. Of
Illinois. and Allen, Of Mississippi.
There are to be nine members Of the
commission.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-15
lDoremus Charged With Involuntary
Manslaughter.

Chicago, March 12.--Formal charges
of involuntary manslaghter" were to-
day entered against A. NJ. d. Doremus.
manager Of the Doremus laundry. The
charges We're entered with the consent
of Mr.. Doremus. who has been under
nominal arrest since the explosion in
his establishment. This action enabled
him to regain his LIBERTY by securing
bondsmen in the sum of SO, 900, which
he promptly did. Hearing was set for
March 22nd. A large force of men
searched through the ruins today, but
no bodies were found. One death has
occurred among the survivors making
the total death nine.
The Nebraska Senatorship.
LINCOLN, Neb.. March 12.-Fifty-one
republican members of h Legislature
held another caucus or the ~senatorship
tonight, under old observation-disclosures
nominations, fifty to nominate Three
ballots We're aiken without result, but
showing gains for Rosewaeer and Cur
RE and a loss for Meikeljohn. The
third ballot resulted: Thompson 90.
Meikeljohn 13. Rosewater is. Hinshaw
10, Crounse 5, Kinkaid L. Currie Is,
Martin 8, Harlan 2.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-15

Perry Davis Pain Killer.-Its valu-
liable properties as a speedy cure for
pain cannot fail to be generally appre-
tciated. and no family should be with
Iout it in case of accident, or sudden
lattack of ~dysentery, diarrhoea or
cholera morbus Sold everywhere
AVOID substitutes, there is but one
lPain-Killer. Perry Davis. Price Csc.
land SOC.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-15
Unimportant Cabinet Meeting.

Washington, March 1.-THE cabinet
meeting today was uneventful. moth
ing Of Importance being considered.
The answer OF the British government
to the senate amendments to the Hay
Pauncefote treaty was not discussed.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-24

which is all the cape, is the most law
abiding community on earth. It's the
only place l know where the summer
visitor has no need to fear tramps.'
THE semi vagrant who
is rash enough to stray that way is
put at hard labor. During my first
Summer there the county Jail had just
one inmate, and he went out every
day and did odd jobs, going back to
his cell at night to sleep.
THE county almshouse was kept
open for the benefit of one man, who
was not really a pauper at all, but
staid there because he could not sup
port himself, and didn't care about
living with his kinsfolk. The Deputy
Sheriff was a sort of Pooh Bah. He
was a real estate agent, dealer in
coal and wood and ice, an occasional
undertaken, local agent of the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ami
mails, Fence Commissioner, and dealer
in beef and mutton. He was farmer
besides, and I think he owned a cram
berry swamp.
"Barnstable has a good library of
about $4,000 volumes, | believe, and it
is absolutely free. You may carry as
many books home as you like, and you
are not asked to leave a deposit.
Nearly everybody on Cape Cod is
kin to everybody else, and there are
so many people of the same name, it
is hard to tell who's who. Hinckley,
Nickerson. Croker and Harding are
the names you hear most, and see on
the stones of the old graveyards. One
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-24

out of the winnings. The stakes were
to be placed with the association and
he need put UP no money of his own.
When the victim bit on this PROPOSE
ton he was sent on to Webb City.
There he was soont convinced that he
must have from $1,000 upward to his
credit at the bank to convince the bet
tors on the other side that he was
betting his own money.
When he had his money where he
could get at it the gang gave him So
900 and he returned it to them as a
debt After that it was easy to per-
suade him to risk a few hundreds or
thousands of dollars on the same side.
Then the race was run. OF course
the sprinter on whom he had bet would
fall before he reached the tape, so the
bets were lost. Some of the victims
have bet their watches, their revolvers,
all their loose change, everything. in
fact. but the clothes they have been
wearing.
The last loser was ]. A. Randall, an
apple buyer of St. Louis. He had the
gang arrested in Webb City. The
court set them free the next day.
Other victims have obtained judg-
ments against Boatwright, the treas
urer but he carries his thousands in
cash and under a provision of the law
they canrot be reached by Judgment
Davis says he'll reach the gang by
means of the criminal law. He is re-
ceiving letters daily from victims who
promised to help him financially in the
prosecution if he will not divulge the
names OF the writer's, and he is taking
all the help offered.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-24

Barnstable man has made a directory,
if l may call it so, of the tombstone,
names in all the burying grounds of
the Cape, and can tell you just what
Hinckleys and Nickersons are in each
of them.
Your. real Cape Colder doesn't be-
lieve in being too easy with his names.
When he has found a good name for
a village, he gets all the work out of
it he can. He doesn't stop with using
Sandwich for just one place. He has
plain Sandwich, and East Sandwich,
and West Sandwich, and Sandwich
Centre, and if there's any water near,
he has Sandwichport, too.
There's Chatham, for example.
don't know whether there is a Chatham
for every point of the compass, but
there's Chatham proper, Chatham
Centre. East Chatham, and Chatham
port. It's the same with Harwich and
Hyannis and Yarmouth.
"Barnstable has a natural curiosity
in spring of fresh and very cold
water, which is on the beach, so near
the salt bay that from half tide to
flood and back again, it is covered
with salt water. Half a mile back from
the bay there lived during my first
summer there twin sisters, widows.
more than ninety years old, who had
never been further away from the viii
lage than Boston, to which they went
in stage coaches, on their wedding
trips"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-24
GLASS BOTTOM BOAT FOR TOURISTS

Manager Bemis of the East Coast
Hotels at Nassau is having built at
Palm Beach a launch forty-eight feet
in length. with twenty eight feet of
plate glass bottom. This will be used
for trips to the sea gardens. Prior to
this innovation the only way for the
tourists to see the wonders of marine
plant life was through buckets with
glass bottoms and small rowboats with
small glasses. Mr.. Bemis conceived the
idea of a large boat with power and a
large space with plate glass bottom,
which would enable the tourists to get
a better view of plant life, which is
very rare in many of the bays sur
rounding the island. This is the only
boat of it's kind ever built.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-24
SHOULD MEN CRYf
The Tears of Mckinley Move an
English Writer to Discuss Many
ExpressiOns of Grief.


Expressions of Grief.
From the London News.
In the shock of the sad news from
Buffalo one fact has probably struck
the newspaper reader-the tears of the
men at the bedside of the departing
President Many deathbeds are cele-
brated for the uncontrolled emotion ex-
hibited by the bereaved; yet we fear
that the commonly accepted ethics of
manhood demand that, ordinarily man
should not weep. The man who cries is
thought to be effeminate. And it is so
in every language. Why? II is not easy
to say why it should be deemed not
merely unmanly. but unworthy, for
men to ease the grieved heart with
tears. al Plutarch advises. Yet it is
a fact that we are ashamed to cry, and
some apology has TO he made for the
soldier who on leaving home. leans
upon his sword and wipes away a
tear" At the memorable closing scene
of Socrates, described by Plato, the
philosopher chided his disciples for
descending in their grief to tears. Plato
put force upon himself TO suppress his
tears. but in vain; and soon all were
in grieVous lamentation. eXhorting the
reproof of Socrates: What do We, my
friends? Truly l sent away the women
for no other reason, but lest they
should in this kind offend" The poets
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-24
To eoTANIZE FLORIDA.

During the holiday vacation active
field work will be pursued in connec-
ton with the Botanical Department of
the University of Pennsylvania. Prof.
John NJ. Macfarland, along with four
graduate students and seven members
of the Botanical Society of Pennsyl-
vania, will botanic along the main
land. into the Everglades and on the
coral keys of the South Florida coast.
Last year a similar expedition was
made and the results obtained proved
of high value alike in graduate study
and in research work.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-24
FLORIDA.

A shooting affair occurred near Oak
land a day or two ago, in which John
Hughes. a one-armed white man, shot
another in the thigh. inflicting a pain
full but not necessarily dangerous
wound The men are both engaged in
fishing on Lake Apopka, and fell out
about some matter connected with their
business. Hughes was arrested and
brought to Orlando by Sheriff Wick.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-24
From the New York Times.

She had been spending her summer
in Cape Cod, and was expatiating up
on the peculiarities of that neighbour
hood.
81 can't imagine" said she, "any-
thing more incongruous than a murder
trial on Cape Cod. Barnstable County,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-24

Misplaced Solace.-Optimist-
cheer up: cheer up. Spring will come
again" Pessimist-"That's just what
am sad about; haven't got new win
ter overcoat yet.'-Detroit Free Press.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-24

has to be used to induce a flow of
tears Wnere sudden grief has dried I'D
natures own blessed safety valve
Tennyson very beautifully brings this
out IN his plaintive ballad: Home
they Brought Her Warrior, Dead. "
Ihe wife is struck dumb and motion
less with sorrow, and thu cry is she
must weep or she must die No ex-
pedient works the necessary miracle
TIL she is given his child, when like
summer tempest came her tears" and
the stricken soul returns to earth
again. And in men, Mrs. Hemans has
powerfully introduced the grateful re-
lei AFFORDED by tears. In the Span
lsh Champion the tardy warrior is
struck poWerless with horror at the
sight of his dead father-perfidiously
murdered
Father. at length he murmur'd low,
and wept like childhood then
Talk not of grief till thou hast seen
the tears of warlike men.
Martial men have not been ashamed
to weep, though they have been slow
to acknowledge the weakness. SCOTS
Col. Talbot is surely as manly and
brave soldier as we could hope to
find, and he wept genuine, human
tears; though even Scott was aware
Va tAlC Ia CJudlNt against men WeaDllR,
and especially soldiers and felt it nee
essary to make Talbot apologize to
WaVerly for his tears, though Lady
Emily was "a woman who may justify
even a soldiers tears. Surely there
are honorable griefs where man only
properly seek the sweet meth
cd of nature to relieve the
overcharged heart. The men
of Rome were twice in tears, and per-
sonal sorrows are no less honest and
moving. Ovid, who has given US
more axioms than any other poet,
says pointedly that tears, at times,
have all the weight of words. In
many cases they have more. A man
steeled against all emotion is lacking
in one of the essentials of nature, a
lack which may easily develop griev-
Gus fault Lytton very forcihly ex-
pressed this opinion; he says it were
better to trust one pocket to a pick
pocket than to give royal friendship
to the man who boasts an eye to which
the heart ne'er mounts in dew" Tears,
then, are the happy prerogative of men
as of women, and, used righteousiy,
are a blessed gift of God; a gift not
merely to serve the honorable pur
pose of softening personal or wider
sorrow, but to demonstrate that God
has given mankind hearts by giving
us tears. Mems tears should be
worthy tears, and perhaps. as Lytton
argues, private tears; but neVerthe-
less the fearless man may fairly be
said to be an unnatural man.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-24
NEGRO kILLED BY Ex-soLpIER.

Charles Bostwick. a negro. was shot
and killed at Athens Saturday by Dock
Harper, a young white man, who
served in the Fortieth Regiment, u. S.
V. in the Philippines. Harper gave
himself up to Sheriff Wier and declares
that. the negro was following him UP.
seeking a row and finally drew his pis
tol on him. forcing him to fire in self
defense. Coroner Rogers held an in
quest over the remains at once, and
from the evidence of one of the wit
nesses. a young. man named Thornton,
a verdict of murder was returned, and
Harper is held to answer that charge.
The witness sWore that the negro drew
his pistol from his hip-pocket, held il
in his hand moment. and then put 1t
back into his pants pocket, showing
both his hands in at the same time, and
that while in that position the shot
was fired by Harper.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-24
NATIONAL BANK OF MOULTRIE.

y
Moultrie Observer: Moultrie is TO
have a national bank. 1t will be capt.
talized al $4,000. There is said to be
S35. 900 subscribed already. and the re-
nlainder is in sight. The leaders in the
movement are q. A. Horkan, Miles
Monk. ST.. j. F. Monk, G. r. Battle
and A. Huber. There are said to be
other prominent business men con-
nected with the enterprise whose names
have not yet come to the surface. The
projectors have an option on the Hum
phreys corner. at the junction of East
and South Broad streets and If they
secure this property, will erect hand
some stone front bank building. But
they will open temporarily somewhere
while building is being erected. The
application to organize the First Ma
tional Bank of Moultrie Ga, has been
approved by the Controller of the Cur
rency.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-24
Too Much Holiday Fun and Folly

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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-24

Father" at length he murmur'd low.
and wept like childhood then
Talk not of grief till thou hast seen
the tears of warlike men.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-24
CEORGIAAND FLORIDA
MEN AND EVENTS OF TWO STATES
BRIEFLY DESCRIBED.

A white tramp created great excite
ment in the town of Sylvester last
week by drawing a pistol and threat
emng 10 shoot a lady who told him
that he looked as if he was able to
work instead of begging for something
to eat. The tramp was chased down
bv a crowd and caught in a negro
house. but had gotten rid of the pistol
in his flight When brought before the
court at Isabella the tramp said his
last work was in the harvest fields of
Minnesota The court decided that
this was too long between spells and
gave him eight months in the turpen-
zine fields of Georgia.