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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-09-11

GAN the essential features OF the
sectional Closed Conduit system as
exemplifed, doing away with the un-
safe third rail and overhead trolley,
appear well calculated 10 perform
their respective parts in a substantial
and perfect manner. w. ,. niLI'
Mechanical Electrical Engineer.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-09-11

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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-09-11

rders payable TO
MYRICK & COMPANY.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-14
Sham Diamonds.

A point in favor OF the diamond is
that its imitation is more or less easy
of detection. A real diamond cannot be
touched with a file. and q false one,
though it can De made to scratch glass,
Will not cut quartz. It's brii!incy also
fades, while the real diamond is apso-
lutely permanent. 1t reflects all
the light falling on it's posterior
surface at an angle of incl
dence greater than "a degrees, Is
minutes, but its counlsrteI- unIv re-
fleets half this light. But the imitation
or the diamond may o. more coinnrc
than is imagined. There is IA good
story of n OF the famous ii B"ur-
guignon'S customers. A lacy went into
the we'll known Paris ateIier of sham
gems and asked the Lr1ce of Il parure In
imitation of the one she produced.
WAS M. Bourgulgnon sure thu the
imitation would be perfe:t: ado he Oh
served the peculiar beauty and purity
Of the stones?" The reply was: BE
calm, madame, the same workman shall
have the job; you may rely upon an
exact counterpart of his former week"
Pulverized quartz Is used for those
stones. and 1t Is supplied IN the sand
form the forests OF Fontainebieau.
Hundreds of men and numbers Of wo-
men and girls are e%rnp!oVed IN the
Bourgulg ION business, anG they make
not only diamonds. but pearls. emeralds
rubies and sapphires. The girls line
the false peals with fish scales and
wax, polish and color with mineral the
other Stones"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-14

The safe in the office of Ham & Co,
No. 1oh North Front street. over Ger
ken's cigar store. was robbed Of s126
Sunday afternoon. Mr.. Lawrence C.
Merritt is manager for the company
and yesterday morning at $50 O'Clock
hen he came down for business and
opened the safe he missed the money.
The safe was locked Saturday night and
The money was supposed to be safe.
Two clerks. young white men aged
about % and n 19 years failed to re-
port for duty and Investigation reveal
ed the fact that two parties answering
to their description bought tickets and
left for Richmond. Va, Sunday night
on the 7 o'clock train on the Atlantic
Coast Line. Mr.. Merritt was convinced
that hey robbed the safe and skipped
and he put the officers of the law on
their trail. One young man had been
with the firm little more than a year
and the other a few months. The one
who has been with Mr.. Merritt so long
was trusted implicitly and had the COM
bination to the safe. Inquiry at their
boarding house showed that they had
jumped a weeks board.
OF course, Mr.. Merritt was astonnsh-
ed to think that his trusted young man
had robbed him. but the circumstances
pointed to the fact hat he had gotten
the other clerk into trouble. with him.
1t is believed that they have gone TO
New York to see the sights. if dis
patches don't cut their tour short.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-14
Death of a Noble Woman.

Under the above head, the Philadel-
phia Presbyterian of February 18th,
the death Of Mrs. Maria
Cuyler Grier, widow Of the Rev.
Matthew Blackburn Grier, D. D..
LII. D., for over forty years
editor of The Presbyterian. She was
the daughter of the late Rev. Cornelius
c.. Cuyler, D. D., inc among other
things said about this Christian wo-
man was the following which We take
from The Presbyterian:
Mrs. Grier was a remarkable wo-
mar and leaves behind her a good and
cherished memory. She was a child of
the covenant and early gave her heart
to Christ and took her stand boldly for
Him. Her piety was sweet. unobtru-
sive. attractive and manifest. There
are those in the south as we'll as in the
north who will feel in her departure
hat they have lost one who is en-
deared to them by kindness rendered
and by words fifty spoken. Her re-
Manor cemetery, in Chester county.
and laid beside those of her honored
husband"
Mrs. Grier was the wife of DR.. M. B.
Grier. who previous to and at the
breaking out of the civil war. was pas
tor Of the first Presbyterian church of
Wilmington. It will be remembered
that his last visit to Wilmington was
several years ago when the 18th ami
verSary Of the church vas celebrated.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-14
The Board of Education.

The board OF education met yesterday
afternoon with Messrs. w. H Sprunt
and Don MacRae in attendance. Mr..
gpruRt presided in the absence of Col
anel w. A. Johnson. the chairman. The
routine business was transacted and
the report OF the county treasurer as
10 the school funds was received.
professor Washington Catlett, coun-
u superintendent of public instruction.
invited the board to accompany him
on a tOur Of inspection of the public
schools at an early day. He reported
that The SCOTS Hill, Greenville Sound
and Myrtle Grove schools have raised
$40 towards rural Libraries, and in
accordance with the rules. the board
appropriated SO more to each school for
their Libraries. Mr.. M. S.. Willard pre-
scented the SO for the Greenville school.
Three more schools will oon be ready
to report that they have raised the
necessary so. The state board OF edu-
cation also appropriates SO to each,
school which will give them $50 each.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-14

Eighty Convicts Are Employed on
the Castle Hayes Roard-The Ten
Miles of Road Between the City
and Blossoms Ferry VIII Soon be
Completed.

Mr.. w. H. Shearin. superintendent Of
the county rock quarry and convic,
camp at Castle Haynes. was in the city
yesterday. He a y the rains up TO d
few days ago ave interferred with roai
building on the Castle Haynes road,
but meanwhile considerable rock has
been taken from the quarry. He now
has 81 convicts at work and will push
the road building. now hat we have
pretty weather.
A good macadam Dad has been built
from the city TO within a quarter OF a
mile OF the five mile post, and the 9TH
er quarter will soon be completed il
this weather lasts. The balance OF the
four miles on the Castle Haynes end
has also been made a good road with
the exception of laying about a mile n
a half with top dressing. When that
is done il is proposed to build a mile
of good o from Castle Haynes 10
Blossoms ferry on the Northeast river
which is the line between New Hanover
and Fender counties. This will make !
good road ten miles long.
When the Castle Haynes road Is COM
pleted the convicts except the quarry
force will be moved down to the New
Bern road running by the National
cemetery. The rock will be shipped
from the quarry by the Atlantic Coast
Lin and delivered in East Wilmington.
The Dad will then be macadamized
through East Wilmington towards the
National cemetery and then the road
building will be pushed eastward from
the other side of the cemetery towards
SCOTS Hill.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-14
A STRIKE IN BOSTON
Likely to be of Serious COnsequen.
ces Unless Amicably Settled.

Boston , Mass. March 10.-After
nearly six weeks of skirmishing, the
dread labor war between the organized
teamsters, freight and express handlers
corporations, the New York, New Hav-
en- and Hartford and the New York
Central and Hudson River. the latter
locally known as the Boston and AL
bany, broke today. Tonight the out
look is that unless powerful agencies
are speedily invoked to compel peace,
the struggle will hav a far reaching
effect. The strike, which is a sympa-
thetic one, already involves 5000 men
in and about Boston, stopping work
because of the discharge of union men
who refused to handle non-union
moved freight.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-14
AMBASSADORS MAY STAY AWAY.
The Question of Precedence Is still
stubbOrnly Contested.
Especial TO Baltimore Sun,

Especial TO Baltimore Sum-
Washington. March 9.-Insistence by
congress and the supreme court judic-
larry of heir right to precede ambas-
sadors at official functions may pre-
vent the attendance of these diplomats
at governmental ceremonies held at the
capitol.
Statements by Senator Foraker and
Representative Grosvenor claiming
that the seating of the ambassadors
behind the supreme court was in ac-
cordance with precedent. has created
a strong feeling of antagonism is diplo-
matte circles. Secretary Hay has en-
deavored to mediate between the am
bassdors and congress-, but there has
developed a disposition on the part Of
senators to hold tenaciously to their
view that they should precede ambas-
If congress refuses to yield it is prob
able that the ambassadors will not
again appear at the capitol.
President Roosevelt and Secretary
Hay appreciate that something must
be done to settle the unfortunate con-
troversy. Both emphatically support
the position taken by the ambassadors.
If no action could be taken Alfonso will
undoubtedly be felt by the European
courts and American ambassadors may
suffer petty anroyances. which will
seriously effect their usefulness.
Senator Foraker nj Representative
Grosvenor claim that in seating am
bassadors behind the supreme court
they were acting in accordance with
precedent, and Mr.. G%rOsvenor men,
toned the memorial exercises Of Presi-
dents Lincoln and Garfield as cases in
point. At the time of these occasions,
however, it was said today, there were
no ambassadors accredited to the
United States. Foreign governments
were represented by ministers.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-14
BIG BAND SAW MILL.
The WhitevilIe Lumber to
Erect Il Lumbe Establishment of
1000 Feet Daily Capacity-TO
Build u Broad Gage Railroad
Twenty-Five Miles.

Senator B. F. Aycock and Mr.. Charles
N. Edgerton. of Goldsboro. were in the
city yesterday. These gentlemen are
largely interested in the WhitevilIe
Lumber Company recently referred to.
The company was organized a few
days ago with a paid up capital Of $35.-
600 and an authorized capital Of 500. 900.
The officers are as follows:
PreSident-Nathan O'Berry. of Colds
boro.
Vice President-J. A. Brown. of Chad
bourn.
Secretary n Treasurer Charles n.
Edgerton. of Goldsboro
Directors-J. B. Edgerton. Nathan
O'Berry. Charles Dewey, of Goldsboro:
J.. A. Brown. of Chadbourn, and F. H.
Richardson. of Whiteville.
The company will begin this week the
erection of an extensive saw mill and
dry kilns at Whiteville. The plant will
be on the Atlantic Coast Line near the
depot at Vineland. n will nave a ca
pacity of COCO feet of lumber per Law.
1t will operate band saws and will be
a thoroughly modern and u~D-to-date
mill.
The company owns and controls thou
sands of acres of fine timber lands and
will build a broad u railroad
through them for twenty-five miles tn
Waccamaw river. The roa is to be
built in such a substantial name
that trains can he run out over it Dv
the Atlantic Coast Line. Cross-ties are
o being gotten out for the road and
the rails ave been purchased.
The company expects to have its mill
ND and ready for business by mid sum-
mer. They will employ a large number
of hands at the mill and in the woods.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-14
PAYING ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT.
In Two Months After fits I~nstalla-
ton Nearly Enough Business Sc
cured to Reduce Cost of street
Lights to the Basis Of the Old OIL
Lamps.

The town authorities are making ar
excellent showing with the electric Ugh;
plant" said Mr.. w. y. Everett the
pther day. with the tolls from the
lights we have already put in business
and private houses our street lighting
which is as good as n town In the
state has. only cos:s tie towE SO a
month more than the dirty, greasy
street lamps They cost b town ahnui
$50 a month. and with the patronage we
already have On the electric light. our
electric street lamps Will lot cost the
town over $50 per month. This is ar
average cost Of bou So per year pet
arc light The city II Charlotte pays
$50 per light per year for 4 ligh. exact
~ the same candle power as our. for
their first 100 lights"
This is a showing which the gentle
men who have had this matter III
charge may indeed feel proud OF. They
are entitled 70 congratulations OF the
tax payers Of the town--kockinghap'
Anglo-Saxon-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-14

At the recent adjourned annual meet
inging OF the stockholders of the Will
Eington Seacoast Railroad Company
the proposition to make the railroad
from Wilmington to Wrightsville a troll
ley line was deferred because the con-
~tenplated consolidation of that COM
pany with the Wilmington Gaslight
Company could not be affected in time
to equip the road as an electric line.
obstacle has been removed,
however, but just when the electrical
dertaken is a matter of the flu
turs. soon or late. a special meeting
Of the stockholders was held yesterday
at the offices of MessTs. Hugh MacRae
& Co. with President Hugh MacRae
presiding. Among those in attendance
was Mr.. W. w. Randolph, of New York,
consulting engineer Of the company and
one of the principal promoters of the
enterprise. The stockholders decided to
consolidate with the Wilmington Gas
light Company under an amendment to
its charter by the general assembly at
it's 1898 session. The terms of the con-
zolidation were not made public but the
consolidation Will 90 INTO effect in thir-
ty days.
The stockholders Of the Wilmington
daslight Company own the Wilmington
Street Railway Company and they also
had a controlling interest in the Will
%mington SeacOast Railroad.
The railroad company is now getting
ready for the coming season at Wrights-
Vile beach which opens regularly June
list on which date the Seashore hotel
will open for the Summer Cap ain r.
O. Grant, the superintendent, is now
having the Banks channel trestle thor
oughly Overhauled and will have it done
In the next ten days. Meanwhile trains
are net running over on the beach but
xkcD at the
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-14
Death of q Good Woman.

The friends OF Mrs. Rebecca A. Lumb,
Of Point Caswell. will regret to learn OF
her death which occurred on Sunday.
The deceased was born August %. 1926,
and was in the 18th yea Of her age.
Che was the daughter of Mr.. n Mrs.
Thomas Player, ST.. and on the 18th Of
October 1S49 married Mr.. William a.
Lamb. who departed this life March 81.
1878. Tt is quite remarkable that her
husband. her oldest on. William Alex.
and she herself died in the month OF
March.
AIRS. Lamb lived q consecrated and
exemplay life and was greatly beloved
by all who knew her. She Joined keith
Presbyterian church. Pender county,
and later in life moved her membership
60 Cenvin's Presbyterian church. In the
same county. She vas a good woman
and patient sufferer n during her last
illness exercised that fortitude which
characterize Christian resignation TO
the Masters will. Her funeral took
place yesterday at the church at Point
Caswell and was by the Isev.
A. D.. Mcclure. D. D., Of this city.
Many handsome floral tributes were
Eeat up from this city and the grave
was covered with wild smilax and
heautiful designs.
AIRS. Lamb leaves three sons AND Tour
Sauehters-Mr. Thomas Lamb. or Char.
lotte. Messrs. Frank P. Ind Waiter II.
Lamb. of Wilmington, Mrs. }. u: Roo,
bins of Phoenix, Mrs. W. c. keith, ana
Mics a Nary and carrie Lamb. Of kelth'
N. G. Sincere sympathy is felt FOR the
bereaved family in the loss which tney
had sustained in the death OF an anec-
Gonate mother.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-14
OUR TROOPS AT CHARLESTON
Companies of Second Regiment Sc
Iected-Insurnnce Department Col
~1ectOrs.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Raleigh. n. c. March 1O.-Colonel
Rodman. of Second regiment. has sent
to headquarters here the list of four
companies he has chosen to represen,
his regiment at Charleston during
North Carolina week. He selects the
companies from Washington, Whining
ton, Clinton and Edenton. He is the
only one of the three colonies who has
sent in the list thus far. 1t is the de-
sire Of Colonel Armfield, who will COM
mand the composite regiment, that it
shall go under canvas at Charleston.
Engineer William Moncure is di-
rected to begin at once the survey of a
twenty-mile extension of the Raleigh
and Cape Fear Railway southeas-
ward.
Insurance Commissioner Young to-
day paid into the treasury s2S, 900, re-
ceipts of his department for February,
making the total collections since Auril
1st of last year 1923, 243, or over $50, 600
in excess Of the previous year.
The state charters the Haywood
Lumber Company, Of Waynesville,
capital $101, 900. The stockholders are
New York and Illinois men.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-14
NORTH

Genera w. P. ROBBERS is a candidate
for the nomination for United State:
house in the First North Carolina dis.
trict. He was a Confederate brigadie'
at % years of age
Winston-Salem, March 2-Hattte
Eckles says hat Arthur Keen shot and
killed Monroe Covington, Thursday
morning, in a room just beyond the
Norfolk and Western trestle. on East
Third street. The colored girl who wit.
messed the shooting sent for a police
man today and to him she told a story
which was taken down by the Officer
and signed by her.
Charlotte Observer: Without appar-
ent cause. J. l.. Crook. a machinist fol-
the Park Manufacturing Company. OF
this city. was severely wounded last
night by an unknown man. who. after
the attack and with the mood OF a thug,
left Crook unconscious or a much-trav-
eled railroad track.-Rev. j. ]. Angel
died at his home in Yadkin county. near
Boonville. Wednesday evening OF ap-
pendicitis. aged As years. He leaves q
wife and several small children Mr..
c. w. Tillett received a telegram yes
terday stating that his brother. Mr..
II. A. Tillett. was dangerously III at his
home in Abilene. Texas. Mr.. Tfllett Is
a prominent lawyer and has represent
ed the Abilene district IN the state sen-
ate.
Oxford Ledger: The report Of the
drowning of a colored man and three
valuable mules belonging to Mr.. Jessie
Wi'irord. Of Der a. last , sday a weAi
ago. proved true. There were two col
ored men in the wagon. but one saved
himself by catching hold of a limb AM
held on until he was rescued. The
drowned man vas found a short dis
lance down the stream against a tree
with fill In his pocket
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-14
A Printer Greatly Surprised.

Il never was so much surprised In m,
life, as 7 was with the results of usins
Chamherlain's Pain Balm" says
Henry I. Crook, pressman of the Ashe-
Vile On. CO Gazette. II contracted a
severe case OF rheumatism early last
winter by getting my feet wet. / tried
several things for it without benefit
One day while looking over the Ga
zette. l noticed that Pain Balm was
positively guaranteed to cure rheuma-
tism, so bought a bottle Of il and be-
fore using two thirds of il my rheu-
matism had taken its flight and I have
not had a rheumatic pain since" Sold
at r. r. Bellamy's drug store.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-14
Having a Run on Chamberlafn's
Cough Remedy.

Between the hours OF eleven o'clock
a.. m. and closing time at night on Jan.
25th, 1901. A. F.. Clark. druggist, Glade
Springs, Va, sold twelve bottles OF
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. He
says, Il never handled a medicine that
sold better or gave better satisfaction
to my customers" This Remedy has
been in general use in Virginia for
many years. and the people there are
well acquainted with its excellent
qualities. Many Of them have testified
to the remarkable cures which it has
effected. When you need a good, re-
liable medicine for a cough or cold, or
attack Of the grip, use Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy and you are certain to
be more than pleased with the quick
cure which 1t affords. For sale at r.
r. Bellamy's drug store.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-14
Memorial Sesvfce.

There was a beautiful memorial SER
vice last Sunday morning at the First
Baptist church in memory of the
lamented DR.. c. 7. Halves. There was
a large attendance, including the Y.
NJ. G.. A. in a body and many friends
of the different congregations in the
city. DR.. Blackwell delivered a touch
ing discourse on 1.-The young man and
his religion and paid a high tribute
TO the noble, manly qualities of the
deceased. Miss Nora Scott beautifully
sang a solo and the music and the
singing by the choir was full of feel
ing.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-14

There is one rational way to treat
nasal catarrh: the medicine is applied
direct to the affected membrane. The
remedy Is Ely's Cream Balm 1t re-
stores the inf1amed tissues to a healthy
state without drying all the life out Of
them and it gives back the lost senses
Of taste and smell. The sufferer who Is
tired of vain experiments should use
Cream Balm. Druggists sell it for so
cts. Ely Brothers, sc Warren Street,
New York, will mail it.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-14

When you wax up with a bad taste
in you mouth you may know that you
need a dose Of Chamberlain's Stomach
&. Liver Tablets. They will cleanse
your stomach, improve your appetite
and make you feel like a new man.
They are easy to take, being uga
coated, and pleasant in effect. For
sale at Bellamy's drug store.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-14
Special Rates Announced.

The following special rates have been
announced by Chairman Joseph Rich
ardson, OF the Southeastern Passenger
Association:
For four state days at the South Car
elina interstate and West Indian expo
sition a rate of so per cent of regular
one way fare to Charleston from all
points in each state respectively, tickets
to be for return ten days from date OF
sale. The days are as follows: Tennes-
see day. March II. tickets to be sold
March 10 and IL; Alabama day, March
II, tickets to be sold March Is and 10:
Louisiana day, March q. tickets to be
sold March "a and %, and Florida day,
March 28. tickets to be sold March &c
and q.
How about a rate OF so per cent of
regular way fare for North Carroll
-. -k.A~ lAr
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-14
Practically Starving.

"A few bottles OF Kodol DYSPEPSIA Cure
cured my wife of a chronic case of
stomach trouble" a y J. r. Holly,
real estate, insurance and loan agent,
Of Macomb, III. Before using Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure she could not eat with
out intense suffering. You don't have
TO diet. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure will
Always digest what you eat. R. r.
Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-14
A Hurry-Up Medicine.

Every housefeeper recognizes the
need Of effective remedies to be used
in emergencies: when something must
be done right away. Such a remedy Is
Perry Davis Painkiller, for sprains aid
bruises, for strained muscles and for
the aches and pains resulting from
blows and falls. Its mission Of mercy
began sixty years ago. It is used in al
countries There Is but one Painkiller.
Perry Davis.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-14
For the COMPLEXION.

The complexion suffers from bilious
ness or constipation. DeWitt's Little
Early Risers keeps liver and bowels
healthy and reInov the cause. c. E.
Hooper, Albany, Ga, Il took DeWitts
Little Early Risers for bil.ousness.
Just what 1 needed. I am better than in
years" They never grippe. r. R Bell