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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-10
Change In London Types

Richard Hinton. who is visiting Lon
don, vas asked the other day how the
city compared with the period of the
fifties when it was his home. Il find
he replied, "a new type Of Englishman.
which 1 have difficulty in recognizing.
/ see very few of the light-haired Eng
lishmen of my youth-men with mas
sive. quiet faces and broad. well-bal-
anced frames. On the other hand, the
dark-haired Celtic type seems almost
universal people with short noses,
fiabby checks and heavy Jaws, a face
which is entirely strange tome. Then
/ am amazed at the large prevalence OF
slight physical deformities. especially
the carrying of one shoulder higher
than the other. I assure you that
have stood in your streets and care
fully counted the crowds as they pass
ed. and the majority-say 500 out OF
500 were imperfectly formed. This
predominant type OF yours seems
brainy and nervous. but its physical
basis is not robust. I note. too, with
sadness the drinking habit OF the
women, which is unknown in the
states."-Exchange-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-10
THE SEASHORE HOTEL
ANOTHER TEN THOUSAND DOLLAR an
NIX TO Be BUILT.
The wrixhtsvilio Beach Hotel Com
pauy Held It's Annual Meeting Yes
terday- Old omcers Re-eiecfed-An-
mex With sixty Rooms for tho Hotel

The annual meeting OF the wrights-
Vile Beach Hatel Company was held
yesterday afternoon.
Mr.. c. W. Worth. h president. pre-
sided. and Mr.. G. Herbert Smith. b
secretary. was in attendance.
AL the officers were reelected
The company owns the Seashore Ho-
tel. on wrightsviIle Beach and not
wi.hstanding the large annex built last
spring the patronage last summer was
such that the house had TO turn way
guests or some occasions. The business
for the season was excellent under Mr..
J. II. Hinton. the popular manager
AT the meeting yesterday il was de-
cided TO build still another annex n
the following committee was apointSd
to secure plans and specifications:
Messrs. c.. w. Worth and L. l. Hinton
AS soon as the plans and specifications
are ready a meeting Will be called TO
pass or them and work on the new
building will be- commenced 81 il will be
finished in ample time for next sum-
mer's business. 1t is to be built at the
southern end of the hotel, as the annex
built last year is on the northern end.
The two anneXes will extend further to-
wards the railroad than the main build
ing. forming a court which is to be
beautified with palms, palmetto trees
and other plants. The interior finish or
the new annex is to be much hand
somer than the one built on the north
end last Summer. 1t will be contain 90
handsome rooms that are to be in suits,
with bath rooms and convenience at
tached. The rooms will be lathed and
plastered and will have all the modern
conveniences of an up-to-date hotel.
These handsome rooms are TO be add
| ed to the hotel in order to meet the de-
mands of all classes. a summers
business convinced the company that
some people preferred better rooms han
those in the main hotel building and an
mex, and the company is determined TO
meet that demand. The improvements
will cost from $4,000 to SO. 900, and will
give the Seashore Hotel $50 rooms.
The Seashore hotel becomes better
known every season, and Zach summer
1t attracts guests from different states.
The new annex means that the hotel is
to be prepared for the increased patron
age that is in prospect for mex summer
Among the improvements also will be
an octagon shaped pail room that is to
be built out on the beach in front of
the hotel. The sides will be glass and IL
will have a hard floor. Around the ball
room will be a piazza for p~romenading
and there will be many features that
will make it ar ideal place for dancing.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-10
Colonel Wadden iu Charleston

Correspondence or The MeSSenger.)
Charleston, S.. c., December 2.
On last Saturday night at the Char
lesion hotel the st. Andrews Society,
of the Sons of Old Scotland gave their
172nd anniversary dinner. 1t was 4
grand affair and 200 of the members
and their guests enjoyed the delightful
occasion.
The Charleston Sunday News cor
tains the following concerning Colonel
Waddell's speech:
1.-The next regular toast, THE Unit
ed States" was to have been responded
to by the Rev. James A. B. Scherer,
who was, however, unavr dably pre-
vented from being present. In his alb
Sence. the president announced that the
Hon. A. NJ. Waddell, mayor of Will
mington. N. c., would respond to the
toast. Colonel Waddell said that he
had Just landed from h United States
revenue cutter Algonquin, in which his
friend. Captain Wiley, had brought him
to Charleston. He had been captured
unaWares by the ST. Andrews officers,
n was not ready for speech-making.
He had come to Charleston to enjoy a
quiet time, and was k off his guard
Nevertheless he felt sure no one could
speak to the toast, 1.-THE United States
80 lhoh Ill ofo ANSoSi Inv iHiSN
and only his knowledge of Scottish
taste for a strict observance Of the
Sabbath would prevent him from max
ing a speech several hours long.
The st. Andrews Society, he said
was so much older than the United
States that the United States ought tC
feel honored to be toasted by it. He
had long been unable to decide whether
to say 1.-The United States is" or "the
United States are" but he had come
to the conclusion that 1.-The United
States is It." which fact several of the
nations of the world have discovered
in the last hundred years or SO. Colo.
mel Waddell told several funny stories
aid kept his hearers in a roar of laugh,
er. and ended by paying an eloquent
tribute to the City of Charleston. which
had been the first place in America t.
put a Spanish fleet to rout. The hear
Of the United States. he said. was will
Charleston at the opening of it's grea
exposition, and he was certain hat thu
people of the nation would throng t.
the City by the Sea during it's continu
ance."
Colonel Waddell is honoring Will
mington by his visit here, and if yol
were here you would see that Charles
ton is highly honoring Colonel Waddell
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-10
NEURALGIA

We suggest curing a pain in
the face by taking SCOTS
Emulsion into the stomach.
Usual way of treating neural.
gia is to rub liniment on the
outside. That's only a make.
shift.
SCOTS Emulsion is nerve
food. SCOTS Emulsion feeds
and strengthens nerves.
For an obstinate neuralgia
tor nervousness, for nerve
weakness take SCOTS Emul.
sion. It's nerve food and nerve
strength.
"et.ssad you a little to TT, il you Ike.
SCOTT BOVINE, 4c9 Pearl street. New Yorz.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-10
North Carolina In the Civil War

The Baltimore Sun of Tuesday does
North Carolina honor and credit by the
following editorial, referring to the re-
cent article by Captain James L. Metts
which appeared in The Messenger:
1.-The record made by North Carolina
troops in the civil war was not sur
passed by that of the soldiers of any
other state in the Southern Confeder-
acy. North C~arolinianS are justly
proud of the courage and endurance of
the men from their state who wore
the gray. They claim that in not a few
instances when III brunt of battle was
borne by the gallant men from the
Tar-heel state the glory was awarded
to others. In the past few years an eff
fort has been made in North Carolina
to vindicate the truth of history n
TO secure for the confederate soldiers
of that state the credit to which their
valor in the bloodiest battles Of the wa
entities them. In an article in a recent
issue of The Wilmington Messenger
Captain James I. Nets asserts that
North Carolina troops We're conspicu-
Gus for their bravery in the desperate
charge at Gettysburg, in which Pick
ett'S VirginianS covered themselves
with glory. Lanes, Pettigrew's and
Scales brigades of North CarolinianS
tanned heavy losses. Captain Nets al
legeS. on the authority of a distinguish
ed Virginian. that General Pickett, then
on the field. did not actually lead his
division in the great Gettysburg charge.
General Pettigrew was at the head of
his men and was severely wounded,
while hardly a member of his staff es-
capped injury. Captain Nets presents
figures which show that Pickett's loss
in killed and wounded was less than
that of any other division engaged and
only 1863 more han that of Pettigrew's
brigade. Lieutenant Colonel Gordon,
an English officer who held a commits
sion in the Thirty-foutrh North regi-
ment. displayed marked gallantry in
this fight. He was badly wounded and
borne from the field. Captain Nets
states that when the Englishman reach
ed the brigade hospital General Scales
asked him what he thought of the fight
ing: THE charge at Balaklava was a
ID humbug- a id humbug, sir.
1t is plain from the articles which have
appeared in recent years in the North
Carolina press that the confederate
veterans of the Tar-heel state no not
intend to be deprived of the laurels to
which they believe themselves entitled
A state which gave to the c~onfederacy,
according to the records, more soldiers
in proportion to population than any
other state is justified in demanding
that it shall receive due credit for the
achiements of it's gallant sons"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-10
Railroading In One Generation
New York Times.)

tNGW IOTk IlTneS-1
It must have surprised many OF our
readers to learn through our news col
umns Of the death in st. Louis Of d
venerable man who. as an engineering
apprentice assisted George Stephenson
in the building Of the first English To-
connective. Stephenson was the inventor
of the traction engine, which made the
modern railroad possible, and that the
development Of this system OF inter-
communication has taken place within
the recollection of a man who until two
days ago was living is a startling Illus
tration of the newness OF modern con-
ditions. Within this one lifetime the
railroad system Of the world has grown
from a few miles of strap-rail Yer
which cars were drawn by horses to a
network Of 465 539 miles of operated
tracks, carrying in the las year for
which international statistics are avail
able 1889 000. 600 passengers, moving
1871. 900. 600 tons of freight. and showing
gross earnings of Bliss. 600. 900. agains,
expenditures Of $1.865. 000, 900. The mar
whose death recalls the astounding
rapidity Of railroad development be-
cause with his own hands ne helped to
build the first locomotive was not OF
great age. Many are still living within
whose memory the whole development
has occurred. It cause US to realize
that We are living in times when tie
passing OF / things n the coming
OF the new take place with a rapidity
which confuses statistics and silences
prophecy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-10
G~OLDSBORo GOSSIP.
Correspondence CT the Messenrer.)
GOl6ShOro N q Daombar A

Goldsboro. N. c.. December 4.
The Smith G. Yelverton Hardware
Company mas been organized. The fol-
w. T. Yelverton. E. F. Aycock, J. b.
Edgerton, N. O'BeTry. E. B.. Borden.
Chas. Dewey and Geo. c. Royal. 1t
will be a strong concern, as the business
men are among the strongest in Wayne
county. They will succeed Smith &
Yelverton. who fol years have conduct
ed a successful hardware establish
ment
NeGSe Lodge I. o. O. z. No. 6. passed
resolutions last night expressing SYM
pathy for Grand secretary e. H. Wood
ell and his family in the death of Miss
Lula, his daughter.
Quite a representation of citizens
from Fremont and adjoining territory
this morning were here as witnesses in
the case Of Kajar Hales against Leon
ard Dickinson. The controversy was
over a guano account in favor of Mr..
Ino. r. Short. The case was stubborn
ly contested on 10Th sides.
The board of aldermen will hold their
regular monthly meeting tomorrow
night. The question Of employing an
expert to get at the true value of the
Waterworks will be considered, as well
as selling the bonds recently approved.
A site for a city hall and market house
will receive attention. The board has
delayed selling the bonds until plans,
etc. were m2tured as to spending the
money, therecy saving the interest. The
purchase of the electric light plant is
the only thing definitely determined
upon yet.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-10
NoRrH CAROLINA z
The Genuine Chinese Variety Grows
~LuxuriantIy Near wilmington-The
Has a Specimen From
Plants That Have Thrived Fifteen
Years without Cultivation

Mr.. James r. Moore, OF Currie, Pen
der county, came down to the city last
night and was 4 welcome caller at The
Messenger Office He brough. US a sur
prise in the nature OF specimens from
tea plants hat are growing luxuriantly
in the yard at his residence a mile from
Currie. which is eighteen miles from
Wilmington.
About fifteen years g the Rev. Co
lin Shaw brought some tea plants from
Florida in which state some n was
making an experiment at tea culture
The plants were set put in the yard o.
the late Mr.. James P. Moore, father of
Mr.. James F. Moore, who now brings
The Messenger several sprigs from the
bushes in his yard. Sight was lost Of
the fact that they were tea plants until
Mr.. Moore recently read some articles
on tea culture in South Carolina, re-
calling a faint recollection that the
plants which Mr.. Shaw brought
from Florida were tea. He consulted
Mr.. Shaw and that gentleman told him
that the plants were tea.
When Mr.. Moore brought the speci-
mems to the city last night he called on
some of the Chinese residents n as
soon as they saw h sprigs they told
him they were genuine Chinese tea.
Mr.. Moore tells us that notwithstand-
ing hat no efforts have been made to
cultivate the , plants, but on the con-
trary no attention has been paid to
them. they hav thrived all these fifteen
years. The three clumps of bushes in
his yard are about five feet high. The
leaves are a bright green and remain
SO throughout the winter, the plant
being an evergreen. Stock, and es-
pecially horses, are very fond of. the
leaves.
Mr.. Moore says now that he has found
out that he has tea plants growing in
his yard, he will gather some of the
leaves this spring and nave him a cup
of North Carolina grown tea. Judging
from the luxuriant manne in which his
plants grow, Mr.. Moore is confident
that this section is well adopted to tea
culture. He has become deeply inter-
ested in the matter and as expects soon
TO AXE in the exposition at Charleston
he will take that opportunity to visit
DR.. Charles u. Sheppard's tea farm at
Summerville, near Charleston.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-10
For Protection of the President

Washington, December 4.-Senator
Hoar today introduced a bill for the
protection Of the president OF tia Unit
ed States. 1t provides hat any one
who shall kill the president or shall
make an attempt Upon the life of the
president shall be punished by death.
Any person who shall counsel or advise
the killing of the president shall be i'm
Iprisoned twenty years. Any person
who shall aid the escape OF any person
concerned in the killing or counseling
OF the killing Of the president shall be
punished equally as an accomplice.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-10
How to Cure "a Group.

Mr.. r. Gray, who lives near Armenia,
Duchess county, n. Y, says: Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy is the best
medicine 1 have ever used. 1t is a fine
children's remedy for Group and never
fails to cure" When given as soon as
the child becomes hoarse, or ever after
the croupy cough has developed, it will
prevent the attack. This should be
borne in mind n a bottle of the Cough
Remedy kept at hand ready for in
slant use as soon as these symptoms
appear. For sale by r. r. Bellamy
druggist.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-10

Among the tens of thousands who
have used Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy for colds and la grippe during the
past few years, to our knowledge. not a
single case has resulted in pneumonia.
Thos. Whitfield & Co., 240 Wabash
avenue, Chicago, one of the most prom
inent retail druggists in that city, in
speaking of this, says: I'VE recommend
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for la
grippe in many cases., as it not only
gives prompt and complete recovery.
but also counteracts any tendency OF
la grippe to result in pneumonia For
sale by r. r. Bellamy, druggist.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-10
DrplIn Superior Court

Solicitor Rodolph Duffy. who has been
attending the superior court Of Dupiin
county. which convened last Monday at
Kenansville, Judge Oliver II. Allen pre-
siding. returned to the city last even
ing. The court finished up the criminal
docket and took a recess Wednesday
evening until next Monday when the
civil docket viii be called
On the criminal docket there were
no really important cases A couple of
convicts were sentenced to work OF the
public roads Of New Hanover county.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-10
Another Bank Suspenfs

Knoxville. Tenn. December 5.-The
Lenoir City bank, at Lenoir City. Tenn.
closed Its doors today. 1t had a capital
or 100000. II is stated deposi;ors win
get all due them. The suspension Of
business is said TO be due to depressa-
ton in Lenoir City real estate
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-10
Health and Raanfr

Poor complexion is usually the result
of torpid liver or ir~regularity of the
bowels. DeWitt's Little Early Risers
stimulate the liver. Promote regular
action of the bowels. Never distress.
r. r. Reilamy-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-10
OF Renent to Ym-

D. S.. Mitchell. Fulford, Md: Dur
ing a long illness 1 was troubled with
bed sores, tried DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve and was cured" Cures piles,
sores. and burns Beware OF
feits. r.. r. Bellamy-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-10

holds out the helping hand to you, and
will advise you without money and
without price. Mrs. Pinkham's labora-
tory is at Lynn, Mass. Write a letter
there telling all your symptoms and
get the benefit of the greatest expert
ence in treating female ills.
81 was suffering to such an extent
from ovarian trouble that my physi-
clan thought an operation would be
necessary. :
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound having been recommended to
me, 1 decided to try it. After using
several bottles I found that / was
cured. My entire system was toned
up, and I suffered no more with my
ovaries. 'MRs. ANNA ASTON, Troy, No.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-10

About ten years ago the church had
a debt OF s35 900 Z year by year II
has been paid of. At the beginning
of this yea the debt was sl2. 900, which
was represented in bonds that had been
issued under a scheme to pay off the
debt. The pastor, Rev. John II. Hall,
recently effected an arrangement by
which the debt was scaled to So. 200 and
when he left for conference the other
day he went with a report showing that
he had in hand Sc, 900 in cash and good
subscriptions as a fund towards paying
off the debt. This left $4,000 OF the
debt unprovided for and now conference
has raised funds to wipe out that rem
nant of the debt.
The outstanding bonds are due in Oc-
tober 1902. but we understand that as
soon as practical the bonds will be
called in and paid without waiting for
their maturity.
The people of our city without regard
to UNCONVENTIONAL lines will rejoice with
the members in the good Jews that the
church will at last be freed from the
onerous debt which mas caused them
SO much concern and anxiety.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-10
Wksas is
Dw@R,SaESSS

A dull, throbbing pain, accompanied
by a sense Of tenderness and heat low
down IL the side, with an occasional
shooting pain, indicates Inflammation.
On examination it will be found that
the region Of pain shows some swell
ing This is the first stage of oVaritis,
inflammation OF the oyary. If the roof
of your house leaks. my sister, you have
it fixed at once why not pay the same
respect to your own body?
You need not, you ought not to let
yourself go. when one of your W SCI
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-10
JOYOUS NEWS
The North Carolina Conferences &C Fay
etteviile Yesterday Raised Sufficient
Funds to Wipe Ont the Debt of Fifth
street NJ. Z. Church-The Debt Oriei
naliy S35 200

Mr.. John T. Sholar received a tele-
gram yesterday from the Rev. John n.
Cole. pastor OF Grace NJ. E church, who
is attending h North Carolina con-
ference now in session at Fayetteville,
announcing that the conference had
raised a sufficient amount TO wipe out
he balance of the debt Of Fifth Street
NJ E church This that 5000
was raised. and the good news caused
the numbers OF friends OF the church
to be full Of rejoicing. The ladies of
the church who have worked so ear
nestly and faithfully to aid the church
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-04
FOUGHT WITH NEGRO THIEVES.
A Chinaman Robbed of So1 and
Shit of Clothes.

Hing Lee. a Chinese laundryman, resid-
ing on the southwest corner of New YORK
Avenue and Twelfth Street northwest,
last night reported to the police OF the
First precinct that he had been robbed
of s57 and new suit of clothes by three
unknown colored men, about o'clock
Sunday morning.
Lee was asleep at the time, and the
thieves forced their way into his shop 10y
breaking the glass In the front door The
first intimation that he had OF anyone
being in his room was when two burly
negroes grabbed him by the throat and
told him that If he made an cutlery they
would shoot him. one of them at the same
time displaying a revolver.
While his two confederates held the
Chinaman the third coolly walked to the
cash drawer, and, after having secured
all the money it contained. picked up
new suit of Lees which was lying on a
chair and walked out. In the mean time
the Chinaman. weak from his struggles
with the two men, became unconscious,
and did not recover until last night. he
can give no description of the men what
ever. except that they were colored.
The police have been informed by
workman who was passing that locality
that he saw a tall colored man without an
overcoat running In the direction or the
Avenue. Precinct Detective Herndon mas
been assigned to the case.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-04
GEORGE sHAEFFER CAUGHT.
with Him Were Two Youths Wanted
by the Junior Republic.

Walter Posey and Frank James, charged
with being fugitiyes from the Junior Re
public, Md. ana George Shaeffer. who ac-
coinpanied them, were arrested early yes
terday morning and locked up at the Ninth
precinct station by Policeman O'Dea.
Shaeifer will be taken into court this morn
ing on a charge Of incorrigibility, while
Posey and James will be returned TO the
Junior Republic, from which they escaped
several days ago.
Young Shaeffer is said to have robbed
his father about ten days ago of $50 and
to have skipped from town Mr. SHAFT
fer soon discovered his loss. which ne
reported at once to the police. His
son had fed, however. and all trace of
him seemed TO be lost. until he appeared
yesterday morning, coming into the city
from the direction Of the Benning freight
yards. The boy had Posey and James as
companions. and Policeman O'Dea recog-
nized the latter couple as fugitives from
the Junior Republic. He arrested them
and took Shaeffer to the station on gen
eral principles. Then II was learned that
Shaeffer was wanted and all three were
locked up. The Shaeffer boy said he had
been out TO see the world He says he
has been to New York, Chicago, and 81.
Louis, since he babe hasty farewell to
Washington. 1t is SAID the boy has been
in trouble before and he may be sent to
the Reform School today. His father was
notified of his arrest last night
Word was sent TO the superintendent OF
the Junior Republic last night of the arrest
OF Posey and James Both prisoners are
known TO the police, and have served time
before.