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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-28

hinston Free Press: Rev. W II
flcn preached a powerful sermon AT
the BAPTIST church last night. The at
lenoance was large. There were three
proIesslons. About Is people made re-
quests Tor prayer. Services again to-
had the pleasure of mAet-
ths Alr. McNeill, chairman of
the corporation, this mornino he
came to confer and advise with the
tax listers today. The urn is To
orins about an equalization of tax
Valuations all over the state. If the
is all put on the tax lists at
ls true value, each individual will nav
as much and only as much as he ouebt
I'd pay and b tax rate can be reduced
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-28
home

Governor Aycock's New York address
is applauded and much praised in the
north. The New York correspondent OF
the cantankerous republican Philadel-
phia Press writes that those who heard
the North Carolina orator have been
speaking eve since with fine enthu-
siasm of his brilliant speech Accord
ing to the Pres correspondent, no ad-
dress has been delivered in New York
to compare with it since Henry w.
Grady astonished and delighted the
members OF the New England Society
by a revelation of the higher gifts of
oratory.'" The Baltimore Sun says Of
him: "Although comparatively a
young man, he has a wide reputation
as an eloquent and forceful speaker.
AS a political campaigner he is with
out a superior in the Tar Heel state,
which has never lacked able and eff
fe0tive orators" Perhaps slightly ex-
aggerated but it is kind and just in
the main.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-28

1t now looks very much Ike co,.on
will continue to decline. There is III
teihng what course the market viii
take. but 1t seems to be the opinion of
many That It win go lower stu
Washington Progress.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-28

The damage to the lands, crops,
bridges. ETC., in North Carolina is
really great. The reports from various
sections are damaging and doleful. The
Durham special to Raleigh News-Ob-
server says:
"A long country bridge was swept
away.
Long bridges at Cox and Christians
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-28

The New Orleans Times-Democrat
since the gifted North Carolinian DR..
E. A. Alderman, became president of
Tulane university, and the advent of
athletics as an educational factor, has
heard of the old university of North
Carolina and praises it. We copy
part of what is so kindly said:
During the earlier half of the cen
fury the graduates OF the university,
or Of what was then known as Chapel
HILL tool and maintained, wherever
they went, high rank in law, In politics,
in medicine, in theology and in h pro-
fession Of arms. and by their character
and culture made no mean contribution
to the enrichment of the south and
southwest. Throughout the war, when
ITO, 900 North Carolinians-the largest
number in proportion to its population
furnished BY any southern State-en-
listed under the Stars and Bars, the
doors Of the honored institution were
practically closed, and the university
was all but stripped of the means and
equipment necessary to carry on it's
work. During the reconstruction period
Chapel HIPS history was not without
a sombre coloring. Yet of recent years
and especially during the last decade,
the university has so grown in power
and popularity that it has won honor
able rank among the universities of the
SOUTH"
North Carolina had more troops than
is stated above. The new Confederate
Handbook" prepared by the late Col
onel Robert c.. Wood, of New Orleans,
gives the total for North Carolina
dead in the great war at 4O,3O5. (See
| page 34.) This is not too many. The
Wa Records, Of the United States gov
eminent made it, we think, over 4 1000
| The number Of c~onfederates furnished
by his state will probably exceed
when the roster is re-edited. 120,O 900. 1,
has been estimated by the late Govern.
or Vance at 125, 900. We have usual,
written it at 126, 900.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-28

Mr.. John H. Bonner, of Washington
City, is visiting Greensboro. He is one
of three or four best writer's of verse
belonging to North Carolina, of which
he is a native. We are regretful that
he is in poor health. The Greensboro
Telegram says:
LAS is well known Mr. Bonner is a
native Of Salem, N. c. He went to
Washington several years ago and was
engaged for some time in the service
of the government. Later he gave
himself up wholly to journalism in New
York city, where he was connected with
various publishing houses. He was on
the editorial staff Of the New York
World and the Literary Digest, and
vas one of the editors of The Century
Dictionary"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-24

A man was sitting on the hotel veran-
do ,azilv smoking briar pipe, Drowned
nv long use and well-burnt about the
howl. 1t was one of those pipes whicn
have no commercial value but are
nriceless to the owner and the conf
dant of mony tale
If was Thanksgiving day, and the
mans thoughts went back regretIulIy
to a little New England village where
today Thanksgiving would be observed
in puritan style, with the added pleas
ure of later carelessness for the reh-
gious Significance of the day.
There would be the union services
In the little Congregational Church on
tha hill and after the spiritual nature
was satisfied, there would be dinners
that would fill to repletion the body OF
man The after-dinner games and
corner limitations also would be in or
der.
to his pipe which smoked merllly
enough: "Well, here am a wanoereI
on the face of the earth ana not SOU
who cares for me"
He looked about him in dissatlsneo
sort Of a way. Yet the view was far
from unpleasing.
To the left from where he sat
stretched out the coast range with the
foot hills green from the early NoVem-
her rains: the mountain peaks, snow
crowned standing out in their savage
splendor. 10000
and lemon orchards crossed by the
grew threads of the roadways, stretcn-
ing down to the white sands Of the
beach washed by the gehlle WAVES VI
the slumbering Pacific.
In nfd-winter, the hotel was fash-
ionahIe resort: now there were rev
neopIe TO be seen in its huge halls ano
narlors and they to the last man. Wo-
man. and child had some chrome as
ease a source of unending monologues
on baciIli. and mournful yet compla-
cent personalities on lungs.
Travers had no physical excuse Ioi
being here. He was SOUND OF WING anu
limb. , 20,
b;s fioht to the Pacific. There was
girl. the universal reason!
In this case, the tragedy element
was almost entirely lacking; II was
the mans fault and she did not WlsI
him 10 leave. It had all started oVel
a discussion over his morals
The remaining branch of FANNY
tree long dead, he was one OF Bans
toms leading sons on MS ~ I'M.
law school, and pretty Edlth MliIeL
the narson's daughter thought him
demirgod. until stories Of dissipation o.
course made stiff by the admixture o
catnip tea and ginger freely bestowed &c
by the Tables of the village at t.'
weekly sewing circles, and other ener'
eetic centres of gossip and heather
lingerie. where shirts and tracts wer'
carefully packed in barrels ana lot
warded to countries whose civilization
antedated that of Balliston oy seVera
thousand years. -,
And when Edith, who had beel
keeping company" with the yount
law student for more than year
tearfully gave him up, Travers In
very silly manner sold out mouse an
land and took the next train for thu
West. To his mind at that time, !
was easier than being good, and dous
ing the tabby-cat tales in 50 muci
1zna water of righteousness that all o
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-24
written for The spy.l

One day I sat by my window and all
of a sudden l felt a warm kiss on my
cheek. Raising my eyes, l saw the
bright, cheerful, friendly sun looking
down into my face as if he had some
thing to say With a smile ] said,
well, what have you to tell me? Can
I do anything for your" With merry
twinkle in his eye, and another warm
kiss on my cheek, he said, Yes, have
something to tell you. have been Wis
iting the sick, today, in cities, towns
and villages. l nave peen Trying 70
make them better and happier. l have
found girls and boys among the sick,
and babies, too. One thing that Is
strange, but true-the babies always
seem to recognize me quicker than the
older ones do. They never fail to laugh
and COO, as much as to say, How 90
you do my dear friend?' l nave peeh
very, very busy, today, and as happy
as any need to be, but you already
know that busy people are always hap
DIV. I can always find plenty to do for
willing hands are never idle, but am
never too busy to visit the sick. To-
day 1 have been kissing poor, little pale
faces. trying to brighten them with
smiles and a rosy health color. Some
times the dear faces Will look up at
me smiling, as if they would say, Dear
sun. now nara you WI 4AC" 5RS0
i Won are to try to make us better and
happieri | will never be cross again,
and if the pain comes l will be Drawer
If YOU will only kiss me every day.
What a long way you have come!
You never seem weary in well-doing!
If the rain clouds hide your face you
never fret, but you wait patiently TIL
they pass by, when you seem to SHINE
brighter than ever.
OF course. when the sick ones treat
me that way go off very, very happy,
and I think the next sufferer feels a
greater warmth from my heart, but 1t
is not all sunshine in my life some
times. children, and even grown people,
who ought to know better, get very
cross at me and snap out, Pull that
curtain down; that sun shines right in
my face" They do not stop to think
that God sent me to make them better.
No matter how they treat me; l love
them. for they are Gods dear children,
/ and I am His willing servant. We
must bear whatever comes of good or
! ill if we would be happy.
You see 1 cannot help anybody I'M
/ less 1 am happy. I cannot be happy
unless I have a shining face. 1 cannot
have a shining face unless I have a
kind heart. A shining face does a
! great deal of good in this world. Many
] times doctors say SHlleS anu SUNSHINE
| cure their patients.
! Now by this time you know Of some
| Of the work / have been doing. The
| snrins will soon be here and that
means still more work for me. for 1
must wake up the flowers that are
asleep under the sod, and the trees,
bushes and grass must have good
| shaking to get them fairly awake, for
/ thew are much like sleepy children.
One day l will work hard to rouse
them. when perhaps a chill at night, a
few cold drops of rain, or a handful
! of snow flakes will make them hide
their heads, but no matter how they
behave. I must be patient, for they,
/ too. are Gods children, and are in His
keeping.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-24
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!; i TO GIVE"
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A THANKSGIVING SToKY

: their nine lives and lies would be
drowned togather.
And so on Thanksgiving Day, alone
and fretfuI at fate, he sat, clad in an
outing suit, and communed with his
pipe and thought of home.
The young man at lenght arose and
was about to seek his room in search of
| a cocktail to engender an appetite and
book to induce forgetfulness, when he
saw a funny little procession march
ing along the road in front of the hotel
In the correct advance guard position,
was a boy possibly 10 years of age,
carrying a stick in lieu of sword. He
was barefooted and a ragged jacket
showed a shirt evidently made over
from a mans, for the sleeves We're
yards too long, and the collar-band
I large enough for two necks like that of
the boys.
Two girls formed the company, both
barefooted, and with skirts which were
torn, and poorly patched.
| But their faces were clean-a mira
! Gle for most children-and their hair
wass a browning glory of golden beau
| ty. making one think of the FURNISHED
helmets of knights of old.
Drawing near the young man who
/ stood watching them from the veran-
/ da, the boy politely touched his rem
nant of a cap and said: please, Mis-
/ ter, could you tell me where 1 could
/ get my sisters a drink? They are aw-
! fully thirsty and we have come a
/ long ways
| Travers was interested in the little
/ group, which stood looking expectantly
| at him and he replied with wonderful
! softness in his voice-sinners always
| have some redeeming traits and his
was a love of children-:"I can get you
some water, but don't you think a
little lemonade would be better?"
/ They all thought it would, and Trav-
ers hastily called a bellboy and ordered
/ pitcher of lemonade and some cake.
While waiting, he opened conversation
with the boy:
Where are you going?'
I'VE are going to Swallows ranch.
for father if we came for them"
! rs your father sick?"
Eyes. awful We came out here,
I cause he got bad lungs and he don't
get better and mother cries a lot,
don't she Bess?''
The girl addressed solemnly nodded
her head. ond her sister looked almost
ready to cry.
BY the time the refreshments were
] brought out the children and Travers
had become instant friends. With the
intuition of childhood, they knew he
was a good friend and they told all
their little family woes with no
thought of concealment.
They had recently come from the
East. and their father had hoped that
the genial California climate would
heal or at least alleviate his lung
trouble but like many others. he had
come too late, 50 said the doctor. They
were very poor, but back East they
had had everything they wanted to
eat. They guessed it took lot Of
money to travel and to pay doctors
bills.
flash of th9' ~er nature which
comes to all OF US at times. he formed
a resolution.
Now see heIe children" he said
gently, Il am coming home with you
and see your father. l have a car
rage and we will ride back in fine
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-24

style and have dinner together. Its
Thanksgiving, you know"
Here the girls began to whisper t
each other and one of them said tim
| idly 1--WE want you to come, put.
here she hesitated the little woman Of
| her nature reluctant to make the con
fession, I'VE havn't got much to cal
and perhaps mother would not like tc
have us bring you"
"Oh, / will fix that all right, re-
piled Travers confidently.
He sought out the steward, dollar
| slipped into the warm palm of that
| important individual and graphic
story of the family's needs set the lord
of the kitchen to bustling about as he
had never done before.
Such a huge hamper of things, he
put up! There was everything inclu-
ded, with a bottle of port for the invi-
lid. The carriage came around to the
front entrance and the children clam
bered gaily in.
II was such a treat for them.
The ride was enjoyed immensely by
the man who had thought but a half
hour agone, that life was not worth
the living and that his happiness lay
buried in an Eastern churchyard so to
speak.
The house was soon reached. 1t was
a poor AFFAIR out IH6 SIdSiOoS SAlil5iA6
roses and tropical vines hid its bare
ness and made it a bower of flowers.
Mrs. Aiken was a pretty little wo-
man. careworn and with a worried
look on her face. She was inclined to
be distant at first but the thought
fulness displayed towards her children
won her heart, and the simple, cordial,
unaffected manner of Travers compile
ted the conquest
The invalid, Travers, saw it was but
a few months at the most before his
death, was cheered with a glass of
wine, and the table was soon spread
with the bountiful supply Of food. The
girls could not contain their delight.
The boy as befitted the practical head
of the household was more dignified in
his expressions of rapture. The father
was feeling at his best and the meal
| passed off without incident.
Travers spent the afternoon with
! them and this was the beginning of a
close friendship Some months later
when the father died, Travers paid all
the bills and sent the widow and her
children home.
To his establishment he found they
were going to Ballister.
81 have a sister living there" Mrs.
Aiken explained, who will be glad to
let us stay there until get something
to do"
Travers bashfully said with many a
stammer that if she met a Miss Edith
Miller, the daughter of the Congrega-
tional minister, he wished she would
remember him to her. He had known
her long ago
The woman was wise beyond the
wisdom of men, and only smiled
Weeks after, a letter came from
Edith, which made Travers pack up
his things and hurry back to Ballister
with a glad heart.
And when the aged clergyman
! preached some sundays after, on the
text: 1T is more blessed to give than
to receive" all eyes were fixed on Mr..
Travers who sat in the same pew with
Edith. and Widow Aiken murmured to
herself: 1T appears that some people
who give receive a lot also. They make
such a handsome pair"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-24

the Journey. for I must be back be-
fore your breakfast time. tomorrow
morning ! have had no food and no
sleep. But it is not what 1 receive. but
what / can bestOw that makes me
happy. Good night. God willing, I viii
shine for you, Tomorrow
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-24
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
We Save YOsg

the cost of double set Of linen towels and the
cost Of their renewal when Save the cost and
the bother of irregular laundry work Save the cost o.
Toilet Soap and Backing Save cost of Hair Brush
and Comb Polisher Dauber and Soap DISH and cost
of renewal when necessary. We call promptly eacn
week. and keep you perpetually supplied win Inc
above and so that you will have place IN Whlcn 10
put all these supplies, give you the use OF an ee
giant quartered Oak Cabinet with plate glass MIRROR
and claim it's all we'll worth
SE.OO Per Month
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Furniture
Repaired!
Prices
ak!

Our Prices will surprise you on
all kinds of Upholstery Work,
COucheS, Hair Mattresses and Gus h
ions. Send Postal and | will call with
full line of Coverings and quote
low prices for good work.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-24

DERANGEMENT OF THE LIVER,
with constipation, injuries the complexion,
induces pimples, sallow skin. Carriers
Little Liver Pills remove the cause.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-24
| Our $500 |
CABINETS
| CANNOT Be EQUALLED ||

We do not follow the
leaders, but lead the fol-
lowers. A visit to our
studio will convince you
that we make nothing
cheap but our prices.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-24

#EMM ~ M " A Is v " Is ~ q = " = y ?.
With six clean towels week. including all the
above articles.
PRICES FOR FAMILY WORK: Family wash
inc returned wet 36 pieces for 80 cents Rough dry
with flat pieces such as sheets, pillow slips, towels,
table and napkins ironed 80 cents per Dozen.
All roned plain Clothes no starch 40 cents per dozen.
Starched clothing extra charging simply for the time 1t
takes Overall jumpers, bed spreads and blankets are
charged extra.
NoucE-Shrts collars and cuffs are guaranteed
strictly all hand work, no machine touching them.
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMaEM MMM
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1901-01-24
PITCHING THE o

A Montgomery correspondent
thus explains the new crop stu
"That preparations for a big
crop of cotton are being made
there can be no question. It the
purchase of mules, farming i'm
plements and supplies are evis
dences of such intention. Prepar-
alton of the land for the next
crop has already begun, and the
high price of cotton now will
cause much more to be planted
this year than last. The cotton
planters are in much better con-
dition financially than a year ago.
and they seem to ,hink that they
are able to hold their cotton, if
a big crop is made, until the
manufacturer will be compelled
to pay their price. The price of
mules, they say, ranges very
much higher this year than last,
having to pay from 1925 to 5000
for mules suited for the heavy
farming in the praries in this
section of the State.
"Waeons and agricultural i'm
plements r also advanced in
prices over last year, while corn
aud meat, the standards for crop
raising, are far above prices for
last year Labor, it is thought,
will be abundant, as the negroes
haye, as a rule, paid out Of debt,
and some of them have a good
surplus on hand for the coming
crop. Fertilizers will be used
lavishly where the land is poor,
and more than twice as much is
expected to be used this year
than last. Many farmers who be-
come tired of the country two
years ago and came to the towns,
having rented their farms, have
taken on new life this year by
the high price of cotton, and will
move back to the farm and begin
life anew. What the organization
of farmers will do to prevent a
large acreage from being plant
ed is not known, but it Is be-
lieved 10 cent cotton will break
all the resolutions they can
make"
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1901-01-24

to me I shall wear the jewel close
to my heart"
Pleasant remarks by Messrs.
W. T. Harrison, Geo. G. Korne.
gay, c. G. Smith and others
brought 20 a close one Of the
most interesting incidents in
fraternal circles that has occurr-
ed in Goldsboro for some time.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1901-01-24

MOZLEY'S LEMON ELIXIR
Cured me of indigestion. I had suffered
for ten years. I had tried almost every
medicine. but all failed. Since taking
Lemon Elixir / can eat anything I
ike,
w, A. GRIFFETH,
Reevesville, 8. @.
MOz1ey's Lemon Elixir
Cured me of indigestion and heart dis.
ease, after years.of suffering, when all
other remedies and doctors had failed
N. D. COLEMAN,
Beulah, 8. G,
Mozley's Lemon Elixir
I have been a great sufferer from
dyspepsia for about fifteen years, my
trouble being my liver, stomach and
bowels, with terrible headaches. Lem
on Elixir cured me. My appetite is good
other medicine that done me no good.
CHARLES GIBHARD,
Moxley's lennon Elixir
No. 1916 Jefferson St., Louisville, KY.
Cured me Of enlarged liver, nervous
unable to walk up stairs or do any
kind of work. Twas treated by many
physicians, but got nc better until L
used Lemon Elixir. am now healthy
and vigorous. G. III. BALDWIN,,
No. 90 Alexander St., Atlanta, Ga
MoZLEY's LEMON HOT DROPS
Cures all Coughs, Colds, Hoarse-
ness. Sore Throat, Bronchitis, Hem
orrhage, and all throat and lung dis
eases. Elegant, reliable.
Twenty-Five cents at druggists. Pre-
pared only by DR.. HI. Motley. Atlanta.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1901-01-24
THE Argus
DAILY AND WEEKLY.
LODGE DIRECTORY.

Mouse Lodge No. 8, j. O. o. F., meets
every Tuesday evening, at 1880
o'clock, in odd Fellows Hall
Cordial welcome to visitors.
Wayne Lodge No. liz, A. F. & A. NJ,
meets 1st and 3rd Monday even
ings, 7:3O o'clock, in Odd Fellows
Hall. Visiting brothers heartily
welcomedy
dufin Lodge No. 6, K. of p, meets
every Friday evening, 1870 o'clock
in Odd Fellows Hall. Knightly
welcome to visitors.
8oldsboro Council No. 80, Jr. o.
U. A. NJ, meets every Wednes-
day evening, 7:3O o'clock, in Odd
Fellows Hall. Cordial welcome
to all visiting brethren,