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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-08
Question of Baptist Procedure.

LITTLE ROCK. Ark. May 7.-Governor
Davis to-day filed a reply TO charges pre-
ferred against him by the discipline COM
mittee OF the Second Baptist Church. OF
which he ia a member. He insists that in
accordance with the church rules and usage
the charges must be made over the sigma
ture OF an individual member and not
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-08
Ohio Traction Lines Merged.

CLEVELAND, O.. May AT meetings
held in Cincinnati and Hamilton to-day the
legal steps for merging the Southern
Ohio Traction Company, the Cincinnati
Northwestern Railway Company. the Mi
amisburg & Germantown Traction Com
pany and the Hamilton a. Underwood
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-08
Chimney Falls on Two Men.

CINCINNATI, o., May 7.-Joseph Moser
was killed and Louis Bauer was seriously
injured at the Louis Lipp Company's bath
tub factory here to-day. The men were
tearing down a high sheet iron chimney
when IL fell. burying them in the debris.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-08

We apprehend the Tennessee statesman
would find the Democrats who are bowling
for free beef getting under the benches or
scurrying out of the chamber as the roll Is
called. They know enough TO know that the
farmers enjoy their slice OF protected pros
perity and will not voluntarily consent to
part with il.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-08
Death of Mai. A. f.. Osborne.

CHICAGO. May Maj. a. E. Osborne. a
veteran OF the civil war, died here to-day at
the home OF his sister. Mrs. Q. w. Barrett.
dis home was in Kansas.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-08
STABBED BY HIS sTEPsON.

lima. He leaves a widow. four sons and two
daughters.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-08
w STUDENTS BURNED.
Their Charred Bodies Found in the
Ruins of n school.

Ruins of n school.
RICHMOND, Va, May 1.-Two lives were
lost in a fire which destroyed the Burns
University School,, near Charlottesville
Va, early to-day. The dead are: ]. c.
Knox, of Richmond, Va, and Agnew Nc
Neal, of Albemarb!e. Va, both students.
Their charred bodies were found in their
rooms. The origin of the fire is unknown.
but 1t is supposed to have been incendiary
or the result of lightning striking the build
ing. Some of the students escaped by
jumping from the windows, and one of the
teachers, Mr.. Sheffey, was painfully in
jured in escaping the same way.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-27
THE CITY.
greensboro Preparing for State
Democratic Convention and Re-
union OF Confederate Veterans.
Other News Notes.
Correspondence of The Messenger.)
GraanShnrn ~ ,o ~

Correspondence of The Messenger.)
Greensboro, ". c., June u.
Arrangements for the coming state
convention OF the democratic party to
be held here on the 18th of July, have
begun TO be made. Mayor W. II. Os-
borne, and chairman of the county dem
ocratic committee a. NJ. Scales, in con-
Junction with the city council, he
democratic executive committee and he
business organizations of the city, have
taken up the matter and a preliminary
meeting has been held to map out a
plan of action.
MIR. j. W. Scott, president of the
Guilford County Camp of Confederate
Veterans, speaking of the reunion of
the state veterans to be held in Green's
boro on the 10th and 21st Of August
tells me that the committees for the re-
union occasion have mostly beer select
ed already, and at an early date COM
plete arrangements will be made by the
various local bodies here, acting in con-
junction with the veterans association
to care for all who come, including free
lodging and board for all who are una
BILE to provide this for themselves.
Among other organizations who are
beginning to take active steps to assist
the veterans camp are, the Daughters
of the Confederacy, the D.. A. RS, the
Sons of Confederate Veterans, the Gate
City Guards. Mayor Osborne and the
city council, the Young Mems Business
and immigration Association of Green's
boro.
The railroads AVE agreed to give the
low rate of a cent a mile to all who a
attend, whether veterans or not. Gov
ernor Aycock has given the use of the
tents of the state guard.
Clerk of Court Nelson, Register Of
Deeds and County Commits
sioner Tucker, returned from their in
spection Of the court house and vault
arrangement of the Winston building
last night n express themselves as
we'll pleased with the
there, and will recommend the substan-
tial adoption of that for the new court
house and offices here.
Prospects of the tobacco crop have
very greatly improved in this section in
the past few days. Mr.. J.. F. Fulton,
proprietor of the Banner reho
who keeps up with such matters closely,
says hat Guilford's crops are now fine.
There vas an interesting surprise
marriage of a popular couple here last
night. Mr.. Bernard CT. Gilmer, chief
train dispatcher for the Southern rail-
way and Miss Minnie Reid, one C the
most efficient of the graded school
teachers of Greensboro, were married
by DR.. Turrentine, at the residence Of
the brides mother, Mrs. NJ. z, Reid, at
Has o'clock.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-27
WHAT DELAYED THE FIRING.
A Complacent Mule and Driver Not
Interested I'm the Artillery salute

Il witnessed an incident last Satur-
day that gave every indication OF re-
sulting tragically, that was certainly
dramatic. and at the same time ex-
tremely amusing" aid a man who is
interested in things military. In con-
nection with the ceremonies attend
ing the unwilling OF the Rochmabeau
statue the Fourth battery OF Field Ar
tillery was assigned to fire a salute.
The battery tool station on the stretch
OF ground just north OF the Washing
ton monument. 1t had been arranged
that the time ball on the state depart
ment building would be dropped as a
sigma for the firing to begin. ! stroll
ed down to see the battery at work.
Just as the black ball began its de-
scent Of the flagstaff an elderly colored
individual, directing the movement OF
a mule attached to an ash cart. ap-
peared On the scene in front OF the
face or the battery so to speak The
commanding officer was about TO or
der fire" when he noticed the mule
n cart For the time being military
discipline was forgotten. The majority
of members of the battery began 10
gesticulate wildly and to shut warn
ingly to the driver. He paid no heed
to the soldiers, but placidIy proceeded
wal 'Ae DdIleIS. Inc commanding
officer waited till the vehicle had lust
cleared the front of one of the guns
n then gave the order.
The spectators closed their ewes
for everybody expected the result 10
be a runaway n a general muss-up.
to say the least. The surmise proved
incorrect. The mule did not even blink
an eye. although the gun was dis
charged within six feet of the animal.
The queer turnout continued on its
way, the driver deliberately heading
down the lane formed by the double
column of field pieces. No one made
a move to stop the mule and cart. and
both the driver and the motive power
remained apparently oblivious to the
firing of the salute. "-Washington
Evening Star.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-27
How He

He wished to propose to the girl of
his choice, but he was nervous First
be thought of the old romantic style:
."By my halidom, fair one, I would
fain take thee for my bride. Say thou
wilt be mine, and ere the sun gilds tn
turrets Of yonder castle the friar shall
unite us in holy bonds"
In the face Of the prevalent rage for
dramas Of the olden style, this form
seemed satisfactory. Being an eminent
ly modern young man, however. he
thought again and determined to test
the theatrical mode.
But just at that moment the fair
Mary tripped into the room, and he
blurted out:
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. you-er-welP'-
But Mary was far from being con
trary. ooh, that's all right, George
said she, 81 know what you mean.
Why, Of course, / will. Papa will be
delighted."-New York Herald.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-27

The death of Walter Howard recalls
a long and startling list of bright young
Georgians who have fallen victims Oh
the stress of metropolitan Journalism.
Glen Waters, Thad Horton. Will Nc
Dougald and Walter Howard-al gifted
and ambitious, all p~re-eminently sue
c~essful, and all carried down by the
mighty maelstrom OF Park Row. One Is
led to ask whether the eward or the
newspaper workers career are worth
the terrible price-whether there Is not
a well-o-the-wisp attraction about the
calling which enchants and enthuse
while it lures to destruction. No busi-
ness or profession In the world so Sc
verely taxes h energies and
of the physical and mental machinery
as the routine work ON the great city
paper. How much toll, how much car
how much nerve force are round into
the great sheets every day Is known
only to those who are engaged IN their
making.-James A Hall in Atlanta
Journal.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-27
Sucking Poisonous Wounds.

Among all people the sucking of the
wound has ever beer considered the
most effective remedy of immediate ap-
~plication for snake bites. In Africa a
cupping instrument is employed in
emergencies Of the kind to draw out
the poisoned blood. The ancients fol
lowed the same methods, and when Z {"
to made his famous expedition throuGit
the serpent infested African deserts lie
employed many savage snake charm
ers, called psylli, to follow the army
They performed many mysterious rite'
over men who were bitten, but the ell
cacy Of their treatment appears to hav'
consisted in sucking the wounds.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-27
Foods and Appetite.

In some good advice given in print by
a physician the theory held by faddists
in special foods, warranted to perform
marVels of health and restoration, is
exploded. Don't" says this writer
Imagine that you al grow strong on
foods that you dislike. Better fried
ham and chocolate cake with a good
appetite than a health cereal with milk
and disgust"
One would hesitate, perhaps, to fol
low strictly the fried ham and choco.
late cake dictum to the letter, but it is
undoubtedly true that at the moment
many persons almost starve themselves
because they have no appetite for the
various so called health foods, which
alone they fancy they can eat Above
and beyond the choice of food is mod
Grafton in partaking Of it and relish fol
what is eaten.-New York Post.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-27
CHINESE WASTE PAPER.
Every Scrap With a Printed Charac-
ter Upon 1t Is Sacred.

You will find upon the street
or in the rubbish heap a scrap of ma
per with Chinese characters written
OF printed upon it An intelligent
Chinaman, questioned as to the rea.
SOL, explained the matter In this wav:
Mclean man never tea<s up and
flows in stleet his Bible or hymnbook.
Chinee lifting all same TO Chinaman as
Mclean mans Bible"
Then he still further elucidated the
mystery by leading the way to the eel
lar of a Race street house, in which.
piled up before a gigantic furnace.
were bundles Of paper and sacks of let
tiers and newspapers printed in Chi
nese hieroglyphics-
Interpreted into plain English the old
CE--"tn"Is story was that the orien-
tails reE. lied the written characters
as so Sacred that this furnace was es-
pecial'" ST apart, after being blessed
by the priests, for the incarceration of
all Chinese letters and documents.
So sacred indeed was the Chinese
writing regarded by the orientals that
the most compromising letters of the
h1ghbinders and the private CORE
spondence Of families were left with
confidence in the car of the furnace
attendant, it being perfectly well
known that he would not risk his i'm
mortal soul by committing the deadly
sin of prying into correspondence CON-
mitted to his care to be given to the
flames.
Nor does the oriental regard the Chi
nese writing as safe from the hands of
the 1nfidel even when every scrap of it
has been reduced to ashes. After the
paper has been burned the ashes are
carefully collected, and when enough
has accumulated to make a load they
are shipped on board a boat belonging
to the Chinese Merchants
by which society all such matters are
managed, and taken to sea, where they
are scattered over the surface of the
ocean.
To the Chinaman it is h~orrifying to
see the white mans newspapers USED
for wrapping purposes. his letters
scattered around the streets to lie
walked on and his old books flung
~ 'ANh AI"t a. llOuSn vi IL
more sacredness than old boots. 4
letter. an envelope. the printed slips
extOlling the virtues OF preserved gin
ger or the characters that advertise
a laundry for sale become. after their
usefulness has passed. as sacred a.
the gilded ornaments that add to tie
glory of the joss.
One man is employed in Chinatown
to collect the waste paper. He calls al
the stores and the rooms and gathers
it up with the utmost care, tying it in
sacks so hat not a shred shall escape.
With his sacred burden he goes to the
furnace room and hands the sacks to
the important parsonage in charge
there, who slows it away ready for the
next burning day. Twice a week the
furnace is lighted and the sacks of pa
per solemnly committed to the flames.
with many Observation-Disclosures
Record.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-27
THE GOLDEN POPPY.
3azEling, Blazing Blossoms That
Greeted the California Pioneers.

Ear out at sea cleaning sheets of
dazzling gold arrested the gaze of the
early explorers of California. Blazing
along the Pacific coast, embroidering
the green foothills Of the snow capped
Sierra Madres, transforming acres and
acres Of treeless plains into royal cloth
Of gold, millions of flowers Of silky tex
ture and color Of gold fascinated the
Spanish dlscoverers. An eminent bot.
anist, Eschscholtz, at once classified
the plant, and his followers conferred
his name upon this the only native
American papaver.
Dreamlike in beauty, fascinating from
sheer loneliness, spreading in soft un-
dulations over the land, the California
poppy bloomed above the richest views
and arteries of gold the world has ever
known, all unsupported. A Gree, with
powers to please, dazzle and charm by
its entertainments, while it allures, lulls
and mystifies, this flower Of sleep seem
ed to draw by some occult process from
the earth the elixir of gold, unfoldin.
its blooms of gold as beacons proclaim
Ing, W are blooming above rich mines
OF gold"
There is ever a mystery about the
poppy. 1t is a weird flower. 1t is al
most sentient, with q life unknown to
human kind. "While glory guards With
solemn tread the bivouac of the dead
s~tealthily a sea of gore creeps over the
old battlefields. Blood req, the poppies
In waves and pillows hold high carni-
val above the soil that covers the slain.
Lord Macaulay says Of the battlefield
of Neerwinden: "The summer after the
battle the soil, fortified by 10000 dead.
broke forth into millions of blood red
peoples. The traveller from st. Troud
to T1rlemOnt who saw that vast field
Of rich scarlet stretching from Landen
to Neerwinden could hardly help far
cying that the figurative description of
the Hebrew prophet vas literally ac-
complished; that "the earth was dis
closing her blood and refusing to cover
her slain" Bayard Taylor in 1.-The
Lands of the Saracen' says he contem-
plated with feelings he could not de-
scribe 1.-THE old battlefields of Syria,
densely covered with blood red pop
pies, blooming in barbaric splendor,
glOating on the gore of soldiers slain"
However interesting the poppy may
be to men of science and to lovers of
the beautiful, it is yet more so to the
people of California. This beautiful,
weird, gold colored flower of gossamer
texture belongs to California alone.
Nowhere else in the world has it ever
made its habitat. There it is naturally
so prOfuse that it is related as a fact
that. coming on a turn full face upon
a blooming field of yellow poppies, daz.
zlinG in the sunshine, horses have been
put to flight as from flames of fire.
Home and Flowers.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-27
KILLED BY 4 TRAIN.
White Man on the Track Run Over.
Special Train to SmithfieId-Per-
SOnaI JOttinSs.
GoldShorO. June "a.

1OlQSDOrO, June "a.
The incoming train on the Atlantic
and North Carolina railroad killed a
white man named Joe Hill just this
side of Kinston. The engineer saw the
man just before the COW catcher
struck him. He was fast asleep on
What killed him. 1t was learned here
from passengers who came in on the
train that the man was arrested in
KinstOn yesterday for being drunk n
diSorderly, and was placed in the lock-
up last night. This morning he had
sobered up and was turned loose. Be
fore leaving town for home he went
out and secured more liquor and got
drunk again. He left town on the rail-
road and when within a mile of Kin
ston he lay down on the track and
went to sleep with his head between
the cross ties. The remains were taken
up and carried back to KinSton.
Mrs. Arnold Borden and daughters
left today for Chester, S. c., to spend
the summer with Mrs. Borden's par
ents.
Mr.. Ed. Jones, of Madison, who has
been visiting his daughter, Mrs. l.. Z.
Bass, left today for home, accompanied
by Mrs. Bass.
Miss Susie Saunders, of Washington
N. c., is in the city the guest of Miss
| Ophelia Howell.
Miss Della Matthews, of Fayette-
Vile, is in the city visiting the home
| of Captain A. J. Galloway at 200 James
| street, south.
Mr.. Blythe Morris, who has been on
a pleasure trip to Asheville, has ar
| rived home again.
The Atlantic Coast Line will run a
| special train from this city to Smith
field next Thursday, July Bird, on &C
| count of the judicial convention which
meets in Smithfeld on that day.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-27
Truthful Debtor.

Long-Say, Short. I'd like to have
that $40 you borrowed of me three
months ago.
Short-Sorry, old a but l can't
give it to you at the present writing.
Long-But you said you wanted it
for a little while only.
Short-Well, I gave it to you straight.
1 didn't keep it half an hour.-Chicago
News.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-27
Fatal Duel.

Roanoke, Va, June pa special
from Bristol, to The Roanoke m
says:
News of a fatal duel between James
Ellis a policeman in the little town or
Elk Park, n. c., and William winters,
a m~ountaineer, has reached here. The
men faced ach other with reviewers
and fired several shots. Ellis was kill
ed while Winters was seriously II not
fatally wounded. Winters had a grudge
against the officer who had formerly ar
rested , i'm for disordely conduct.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-27
The East and the West.

A man from the west who was re-
Gently visiting Maine fell into CONVEX
sation with a quiet old farmer on a
train. He was full of the greatness of
the west and talked about the big
farms and big crops of his particular
section and wound up by saying, II
suppose you do manage to pick up a
living on these little Maine FARMS"
The old Maine farmer smiled sadly
and replied: Eyes, and a few years ago
some of US invested money in your sec
ton. and it is there yet. 1t was a per
manent investment, 1 guess"
The western nan changed the con
yerSation.-New York Tribune.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-27
Electric Centipeds.

Least attractive among the insects
which give light are the so called "e {
trio c~entipeds." black crawlers VIII.
many legs which have been likened t.
s~erpents' skeletons in miniature. Tie!
move in a snakelike fashion, forwaro
or backward, leaving behind theI' {:
bright track of phosphoric light How
ever, they are most accustomed to ap
pear in the daytime, when the illum.
nation they afford is not visible.-I.or
don Times.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-27
A Poison without an Antidote.

Some persons are advocating a substi-
tute for death by electricity and hang
ing. They have advocated poisoning.
Well, nothing could be more effective
or painless than execution by means of
u capsule filed with ~hydrocyanic acid.
1t might be served without the knowl-
edge of the convict. and death would
be so sudden and so certain that there
could be no resurrection. 4 single drop
placed on the tongue of a big dog
auses instant death. A half teaspoon,
full taken by a man will cause him to
drop as if struck by lightning. There
is no antidote.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-27

Fifty candidates now pledged accord
ing to the regulations in South Carolina
to enter the campaign this summer and
ten more getting their pens in readiness
But that isn't many. There are thirty
nine candidates for the county Offices
in the small county Of Cherokee, not
counting the dark horses" and minor
offices for which there are no announce
ments-Gastonia News.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-27
His Bill.

Your young nephew William ap-
pears to think he knows much more
than he really does know"
yes, he is a Bill that is stuck up,
but not a Bill that is posted."-Boston
Transcript.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-27
Decision Againt Texas.

Austin, Texas, June 20.-The supreme
court has decided the shippers compress
case against the state. The decision
was based on facts, the court holding
that competition had no been destroy
ed because there was none in the first
instance. AS to the constitutionality OF
the anti trust law the court held that
the state may annul charters under it
hut that it cannot collect penalties.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-27
To be SouthpOrt's Guests.
Especial to The Messenger.)

y. c., June 20.-The COM
mittee on entertainment for the cele-
bration to be held here July 4th have
extended an invitation to h following
persons to be present that day as guests
of our city: Mayor and board OF alder
men of Wilmington, president chamber
of mme of Wilmington, o John
d ReIlamy and representatives of The
Messenger. Star and Dispatch.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-27
Not Reduced to That.

Gottlieb S~chneider-I heal you haf
a new bicycle got Do you get muci,
on it?
Louie PiltZheimer-I hat neffer had
it to a pawnshop Observation-Disclosures
co. State Journal.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-27

ThAproductiveness of Formosa is so
great tNat it is believed that the pres
emit non,uation of 100000 could be
raised to 100000 without e1hausting
the fertilitE Of the soil.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-27
The Parrot.

The Parrot.
She-Isn't that a beautiful parrot?
He-Well, I like the cage better than
I do the parrot.
"Pshawi The cage can't talk"
kers Statesman.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-27

So long as one loves one forgiveA-
La RochefoucauIG.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-27

Fare on SIS and 74s p. m. Boat IS cents to Pier and Return.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-07-31
LIGHT.

Mrs. d. T. Myers has returned home
after visiting her sister, Mrs. Nc
Donald, Of Tryus.
Miss Hattie Knight will leave here
Friday for Louisiana to visit her cous-
in, Mrs. Billie Knight.
The people all went to Antioch Sun
day.
Mrs. D. w. Tanner has returned
home after visiting her brother, Rev.
p. d. Hardin, of Heidelberg.
The prayermeeting of the League
will be at Mrs. Henry Mobiles Tues
day night. ''Come.'
The farmers are enjoying the rain.
The health of the community is
very good.
Fruit is very acarce in this neigh
borhood.
The protracted meeting will begin
at Lodabar next Sunday.