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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-04-04
EMPRESS LINES ASSESSED.
There Is a Slight Raise IN the General
Assessment.

Des Moines, March 3O.--Tbe arith-
metical problem, of assessing the ex-
press companies of the state has been
completed by the executive council.
There is a slight increase in the as
sessments made this year over those
of last year. All of the members of
the council are agreed that the in
crease should have been greater but
the Cheshire law gives the council
no alternative than to follow its pro-
visions to the letter.
The new assessment compared with
that of last year, also the number
of miles operated by each company,
follows:
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-04-04
IfaIiet I'm III No.r.

Davenport, March 31.-Harry
French, who has beeen attending the
school at Faribault, Mimi, is in the
hospital there as a result of bullet
fred by a companion. lodging in his
nose. He and a schooolmate were
having target practice with pistol.
Harry was throwing objects in the
air for flying targets, and the other
lad was manipulating the firearm.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-04-04
Swift After Express Robbers.

Burlington, March 2S.-Superintend-
ent Swift, accompanied by two de-
tectives, was in the city on n new
scent in the daring robbery of 100000
from the Adams Express company of
few months ago. 1t is reported
that the detectives have obtained
from Montgomery Ward of Chicago a
complete list of the persons to whom
the particular catalogue was sent,
pieces of which made up the dummy
package used to displace the original.
They are now tracing down every
man, woman or child who received
one of these catalogues, and expect
in that way to find where the dummy
was manufactured. Superintendent
Swift said that they did not despair
of ultimate success and were confident
that the daring robber would yet be
placed behind prison bars.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-04-04

The average man when weighed in
the balance is found wanting-some-
thing he can't get.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-04-04

When a man dissipates, he feels
badly three times longer than he has
q good time.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-04-04

Burlington, March 2s.-Jake Decker,
the night fagman at the Main street
crossing of the Burlington railroad.
was accidentally shot by Morris Dow
ling in the little shanty near the
crossing about midnight and died
shortly afterward.
Bowling was passing his revolver
TO Decker for inspection when in
some unaccountable manner the wea-
pom was discharged and the ball
crashed through Decker's mouth.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-04-04
TweIve-Year-OId Hero.

Rockwell City, April Elmo
Adams, aged 10 years, beat out the
flames which had caught in the cloth
ing of his little 9-year-old sister, Luz
ciie. She had brushed her cotton
apron against the redhot stove, and
her clothing caught fire. The brother
seized her and with his heavy mittens
beat out the flames. Neither child
was injured by the accident.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-04-04
Muscatine, March Slice b

Muscatine, March Slice Berry,
aged 81 years, while duck hunting
with Joshua and Lewis Mills, was
fatally shot by the discharge of the
gun of the latter. The two were
crawling up on ducks, when Mills
gun caught on his boat and exploded,
The charge entering the hip of Berry.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-04-04

Justice Iris has notified every pro-
prietor of every establishment in
which slot machines are worked that
the operation OF such a machine is
gambling, and unless stopped at once
he will Issue warrants for arrests,
according to the statute prohibiting
gambling. This notification has re-
suited in the closing of every machine
In West Des Moines.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-04-04

Smallpox has crept into the schools
of this city and orders have been
issued by Superintendent Hiatt and
Sheakiey closing every door for one
week.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-04-04

A general canning plant will prob
ably be established in Des Moines in
the next few weeks with plant at.
tached for the manufacture of cans
and boxes and a capacity for putting
up a couple of million cans of vege-
tables and fruits each year. 1t will
probably be located on the Rock
island tracks between this city and
Valley junction.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-04-04

The city council has directed the
purchase of Tracy Home for "A small
pox and contagious disease hospital.
The hospital costs $4,000.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-05
BODY FOUND N 4 CREEK
Remains or an Unknown Ne<ro-short
Paragraphs OF Local New.

Correspondence of The Messenger.)
Fayetteville. ~. c.. July 1.
On Saturday evening a colored man.
miles from Raeford. In the extreme
western part OF Cumberland county.
came upon a human body. which. with
the assistance of others. he dragged to
the bank The ~coroner's inquest devel-
oped the facts that the remains had
been in the water for many days. and
were ascertained to be those OF a negro
only by the kinky hair on the back 81
the head The man had been tightly
bound about with straps, TO which
heavy weights were attached; his chest
was full Of bullet holes. his face was
cut TO pieces. and he was otherwise dis
inquired No. n a yet given any clue
TO the Identification OF the remains.
AT the last meeting OF the Cumber-
land County Medical Society the follow
ing officers were elected: DR.. J. F.
Highsmith, president: DIR. T. d. Haigh.
vice president; DR.. John d. MacRae.
secretary and treasurer. DR.. A s. Rose
was made a member of the society.
The well deserved promotion which
transfers TO Florence, s. c., Mr.. E. E.
Howell, the excellent agent of the
Southern Express Company, gives cause
for regret at his departure and that OF
his family from Fayetteville; but there
is compensation in the return of Mr.. ].
j. Crosswell to this city, where he is
so much liked.
The reception at the residence of DR..
and Mrs. j. H. Marsh, given by the &c.
T. Club" of the Presbyterian congrega-
ton in honor of the newly-weded young
folks, Mr.. and Mrs. j. G.. McDiamid and
Mr.. and Mrs. r.. NJ. Prior, was an even
ing of unalloyed enjoyment.
The accumulation of lumber and other
material on the company's lot, with
other indications of coming activity,
gives prospect that work will soon be
resumed on the new Atlantic Coast Line
railroad depot.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-05
PENSION APPLICANTS.
The Boards Considering Their Cases
New Machinists Attacked by Strik-
ers-Public school Text ~Books-State
Smallpox Statistics.
Messenger Bureau.

Raleigh, n. c., July /.
There was a great rush of applicants
for pensions at the court house today.
The applications were considered by the
county officers and commissioners and
board of veterans.
The years revenue collections for this
district are So, 524, OO5, against 81, $50, 4sS
for the last fiscal year. The June col
lections were $685., 14O.
Saturday night several of the striking
m%achinists of the Seaboard Air Line at
tackled two of the new men on the street
in a savage manner, peat them and
ran. Yesterday warrants were served
on three of the men. The impression
prevails that the various assaults made
during h part month have been by the
wilder spirits among the strikers The
strikers are daZed by the railways new
move in closing the shops here. They
say they will not, for awhile at least
leave Raleigh in search of work.
The state board of public school ex-
aminers decided at it's meeting al
Chapel Hill on Saturday to defer action
regarding the seven negro normal
schools until after the state board of
education passes upon the matter. The
latter board meets July 18th.
Next T1udy lie lSHlS lOT the use il
the state guard will be taken to
Wrightsville. There are one hospital,
fifty officers n 800 enlisted mems
tents.
Attorney General Gilmer decides that
the state tax book commission did not
have the right to adopt intermediate
books. This therefore causes the drop
ping of "Hyde's Second Language Les
sons" and of Moses Speller." Mines
Arithmetic will not be on the list. The
publishers declined to furnish it at the
prices the commission named. even il
the price had been satisfactory the at
torney generals opinion would have
ruled the book out.
During the year ended May Goth there
were 1,945 cases of smallpox in his
state, of which $50 were of whites; and
Sc deaths. of which Is were of whites.
The state board of election appointed
by Governor Aycock, composed of Will
son G. Lamb, of Williamston; r. A.
Dougton, of Sparta; Robert L. Clay
well, of Morganton, democrats, and
Clarence Call. of Wilkesboro, and A. B..
Freeman, of Henderson, republicans,
met today, as required by law. and or
ganized by electing r. A. Doughton
OF the ffty-five inmates of the sol
diers' home here sixteen are now sick
in the new hospital.
In the next sixty days two more rural
free delivery routes out of Raleigh are
to be established.
The receipts of the Raleigh postof1ce
for the fiscal year ended yesterday were
s45, $50. against $42, 955 for the previous
year. In 1894 they were SIS, GIG.
DR.. D. II. Abbott, of the corporation
commission, has returned from his trip
to California.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-05

closing paragraph Of this letter says
the author Us as follows: 1t may inter-
est YOU TO know that I have Mr.. Je5er-
on's little pocket prayer book. which
he used in his constant attendance at
the Episcopal church in Chariottes-
Vile" The writer describes a chair or
peculiar construction which Mr.. Jener-
son carried on horseback and used as
his seat in church.
Mr.. Jefferson evidently fought that
his religious faith vas safe IN the
hands OF his friends For his enemies
he cared nothing. The most potent
weapon Of a political enemy Is to attack
the religious faith OF his adversary.
Mr.. Jefferson refused the mission TO
France. the most distinguished office
in the gift OF the American government.
and preferred the humber office of a
member OF the house Of burgesses in
in Virginia that he might be able TO
reform the civil and criminel laws or
his native state. That he was a
statesman and a patriot no one doubts.
and IL is a matter Of surprise that no
attempt has been made. SO far as /
know. till recently to refute h charge
of his enemies that he was an tnfidel-
II. Nom.
Red Springs. July l.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-05
The Best Remedy for Stomach and

The Best Remedy for Stomach and
Bowel
81 have been in the drug business for
twnty years and have sold most all of
the proprietary medicines of any note.
Among the entire list 1 have never
found anything to equal Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera and D%iarrhoea Remedy
for all stomach and bowel troubles"
says o. w. Wakefield. of Columbus.
Ga. This remedy cured two severe
cases of cholera morbus in my family
and I have recommended and sold hum
dreds of bottles of it to my customers
to their entire satisfaction. 1t affords a
quick and sure cure in a pleasant
form. Sold by r. r. Bellamy, druggist.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-05
For Me rger Of the Plant system

Atlanta, Ga, July 1.-Application was
made to the secretary of states's office
this morning to increase the capital
stock of the Savannah, Florida and
Western Railway Company from it's
present capital TO s25, 600, 900. The rea-
son assigned in the application is said
to be the absorption of the following
roads: The Charleston and Savannah.
the Brunswick and Western, h Ala
bama Midland. the Silver Springs, the
Ocala n u and the Tampa and
Th~onotasosa.
This combination of interest foreshad-
ows the merger of lines concerned with
the Plant system.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-05
Was Thomas jefferson an Infidei .

The popular conviction is that JEFF
ferson held very loose notions in re-
gard to the Christian religion; in other
words, that he vas an infdel.
Bishop Wilberforce. in his work 1sThe
American Church." speaks of him as
the "Deist Jefferson" In a recently
published work by Rev. William
Montgomery Brown of Ohio. an auto
graph letter by Jefferson is published
dated August 10, 1923. written in re-
Spouse TO an appeal for p~ecuniary aid
from which l make the following ex-
tract: Il have been from my infancy a
member Of h Episcopal church and to
that / " and make my contributions.
Were I TO 90 beyond that limit in favor
Of another sectarian institution I
should be equally bound to do so for
every other. and their number is be-
yond the faculties OF any Individual"
The publication OF this letter ELECTED
a letter from Sarah y. Randolph, a
grand daughter Of jefferson, a letter
dated May 1s. 1855 confirmatory Of the
statement made in that letter. The
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-05
Heartburn

When the quantity of food taken is
too large or the quality too rich, heart
burn is likely to follow, and especially
so if the digestion has been weakened
by constipation. Eat slowly and not
too freely of easily digested food.
Masticate the food thoroughly. Let
six hours elapse between meals and
whe you feel a fullnesS and weight in
the region, of the stomach after eating.
Indicating that you have eaten too
much. take one of Chamberlain's Stom-
ach and Liver Tablets and the heart
burn may be avoided. For sale by r.
r. Bellamy, druggist.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-05
RHEUMATISM and CATARRH CURED
JOhnStOn'S
Sarsaparilla
QUART BOTTLES.
the SHADOW OF Death.

Mrs. c. d. Kingsbury, who keeps o.
millinery and fancy goods store at St
Louis, Gratiot Co., Mich, and who 10
well known throughout the country.
says:
Il was badly troubled with rheumac
tism, catarrh and neuralgia. / had
liver complaint and was very bilious. /
was in q bad condition; every day I be-
gan to fear that 1 should never Be .
well woman; that I should have to
settle down into q chronic invalid, and
live In the shadow Of death. / had
JOHNSTON'S SARSAPARILLA rec
commended to me. I TOOK EOUR
BOTTLES AND IT CURED ME, and
cured my family both. / am very glad
that / heard Of It. / would cheerfully
recommend it TO every one ] have
taken many other kinds Of medicine.
] prefer JOHNSTON'S to all Of them
AICHIoAI D1U0 CO., Detroit No..
For Sale, Wholesale and Retail.
ROBERT r. BELLAMY.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-05
The Arkansas Anti.GambIing Act

Little Rock Ark, July 1.-The first ar
rest under the anti-gambling act. pass
ed by the recent Legislature, was made
today. r. A. Furth. who runs the larg-
est club in the city, was a~rraigned be-
fore a local justice of the peace on the
charge of running a gambling house.
The penalty is 81 200 fine. The club
rooms were running today as usual.
Furth. il is claimed. will be arrested
every day he keeps his club rooms open
The opening of the resort. IL is under
stood, is for the purpose Of testing the
validity of the anti-gambling act.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-05
Petition in Bankruptcy

Certain creditors of j. E. Hinnant,
who keeps a saloon at No. 6 South Front
street, filed a petition in the United
States court last night, petitioning that
he be declared a bankrupt. The petit
TONERS are Charles O.. Alexander, Sol
Bear & Co.. George Harrell, H.. ]. Ger
ken, I. B. Rhodes, and VIM. ]. Bellamy,
Esq, whose claim is for services as
counsel. The attorneys for the credi-
tors are Messrs. Bellamy & Peschau.
W. ]. Bellamy is counsel for Mr.. Hin
nant. The assets are estimated at $500
and the liabilities at 81, 500. We I'M
derstand hat Mr.. Hinnant will admit
tina he is a bankrupt, unable to pay
debts and without sufficient credit to
CARRY on his business.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-05
Suit for Sd, 900 Damages

A suit for five thousand dollars dam
ages was entered in the superior court
of Fender county yesterday against the
Angola Lumber Company by Archie
Waters administration for the killing
of Louis Waters colored. at Point Cas-
we'll, on the 10th of May. The plaintiff
alleges that the defendant through its
overseer negligently and carelessly
caused a tree to be cut down on the de-
ceased.
r.. G.. Grady. Esq. of the Wilmington
bar. is counsel for the plaintiff.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-05

During last May an infant child OF
our neighbor was suffering from cholera
infantum. The doctors had given up
all hopes OF / took a bottle
of Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy to the house. telling
them l felt sure ii YOU do good II
used according to directions. In two
days the child had fully recovered.
The child is now vigorous and healthy.
I have recommended this remedy fire.
quently and have never now Ii to
fail.-Mrs. Curtis Baker. Brookwalter,
Ohio. Sold by r. r. Bellamy, druggist.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-05
Shot by His Bride

At Delgado on Sunday morning, Mr..
Henry Sunggs was seriously shot with
a pistol in the hands of his young wife
who is a bride Of a couple of months.
She was toying with a thirty-eight cal
ibre pistol, supposing 1t not to be load
ed. but with the usual result. IL went
off. and her young husband fell over
nearly dead. The bali struck him on
the bone at the side Of the right eye.
shattering the bone, passed through
and destroyed the eye and lodged in the
region of the forehead.
The bali was extracted by DR.. w. j.
H. Bellamy and al last Mr..
Suggs was doing well, although his
wound is a dangerous one. He viii be
blind in the right eve.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-05

AZ Least 10000 A~pplication Blank
for Confederate Pensions Applied
for from the Various Couuties-Meee-
Ing OF the Local Pension Board Yes-
terday.

The confederate pension board of
New Hanover county met yesterday at
the office Of the board OF county COM
m~issioners. The following members
were in attendance: Commissioners
McEachern. Holmes, Montgomery.
Alexander and vollers. and Colonel
VIM L. DeRosset. Colonel John D. Tay.
lor. Captain J. B. Higgins. Sheriff F.
II. Stedman n Messrs. A. G.. Hawkins
and Owen Fennell.
Chairman McEachern presided. and
Colonel Taylor read the following from
a letter from the Ion B. F. Dixon. the
state auditor:
The number Of pension blanks called
for n n out by this office has been
unprecedented, At least 80. 600 have
gone to the different counties. II one
half OF this number gets upon the pen
sion roll. the amount paid to each one
will be so small it will not be of benefit.
/ ask you to use you utmost dill
gence in guarding against the admis-
sion OF n n not clearly entitled { o
a pension"
Colonel Taylor on behalf of the ad-
visory board which held a previous
meeting in his office. reported the fol-
lowing recommendations for PENSIONS:
Soldiers-C. S. Garrison, j. j. Taylor.
Morrison Peterson, Louis A. Watkins,
Thos. ]. Ramsay. Doctor ]. Britt, Peter
H. Smith, James B. Farrar. J. ]. Cam
ady, ]. r. Rackley, VIM. H. Darden, Jas.
H. Porter. Robert Chadwick, Charles
D. English.
Widows of Soldiers-Mrs. Mary a.
Davis. Mrs. Martha A. Potter, Mrs.
Elizabeth Kerr. Mrs. Emma Elizabeth
Piner, Mrs. Rachael Jones and Mrs.
susan A. Jones.
The board approved the applications
and the nadjourned.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-05
Entrance Examination for A. and NJ.
College

Candidates for admission to the A.
and NJ. college at Raleigh will be ex-
amined by the county superintendent
of schools in the court house at 10
o'clock a. m. July II, or at the college,
September 8. This college is giving in
instruction the most important lines
of practical education, and it's students
are in great demand, always securing
profitable employment on graduation.
1t offers special advantages to students
of agriculture. including free tuition
and lodging and work on the college
farm. TIE textile building is now be-
ing erected. A professor Of fancy
weaving and dyeing has been added to
the faculty, and about $4,000 of textile
machinery secured. AS dormitory ac-
commodation is very. limited it would
be we'll for candidates to apply early.
Write to President Winston. Raleigh,
N. c., for catalogue and booklets. See
advertisement.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-05
Thomas Barker's Appeal

Trenton, N. j. July Counsel for
Thomas Barker, who was sentenced TO
five years in the state prison for as
saulting Rev. DR.. Keller at Arlington
today took out a writ of error which
will carry the case to the court Of er-
rors and appeals. In the meantime
Barker will not be sent to the state pris-
on to serve his sentence. If the court
of errors grants the writ, Barker may
again be released on bail.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-05
NOTICE..

The National Bank OF Wilmington,
located at Wilmington. in h state Of
North Carolina, Is closing up its affairs.
All note holders and others. creditors
OF said association. are therefore here
by notified 10 present the notes n
other claims against the association
for payment. ]. ". YATES,
9Th May 1901. Cashier.
my g SWIM.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-05

If people only knew what we know
about Kodol Dyspepsia Cure, it would
be used in nearly every household, as
there are few people who do not suffer
from a feeling Of fullness after eating,
belching, flatulence. sour stomach or
waterbrash, caused by indigestion or
dyspepsia. A preparation such as Ko-
dol Dyspepsia Cure, which, with no aid
from the stomach, viii digest your
food. certainly can't help but do yol
good. r. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-05

Fifteen person died from heat at
Chicago yesterday. Reports of intense
heat and numerous deaths from pros
tration come rom all the northern
cities as Tar west as Chicago.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-05

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. It
is the quick and positive cure for piles.
r, r. Bellamy.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-01-10
NOTICE FOR PuBLIoATIoN.
United States Land Office Helena Mont.
pecemhnr IL. 1000.

United States Land Office Helena Mont.
december II. 1900.
Notice Is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
TO make final proof 10 support of his claim,
and that said proof will oe made before Geo.
w. Magee U. =. Commissioner at Dupuyer,
Montana. on February End, 1901. viz.
CLARENCE n OowELL
Of Dupuyer, or his homestead entry No.
1886 for the NJ nw4 and NJ ne4 Sec. IL stp % n.
\. 6w.
He names the following Witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land, viz:
Samuel l.. Potter, Eugene f. Leech. Carl
Harris, PeterF. st. Denis all of Dupuyer.
Montana.
GEORGE d. GREENE.
Register.
First Publication Dec, 20, 1900.