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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-17

italy in this county and begin not far
from Miami 1t is situated almost en-
ltirely in Dade. Lee and koroe counties
and is the house of the Seminole In
idians. and they have five villages the
names OF which are: Okeechobe. Cow
Greek Big Cypress. Miami and New
River. They frequently come here 10
do their trading and Mr.. r.. s. FIanna-
gan Mtami's city marshal. told me the
lotber a about how they acted and did
business. which was very interesting.
He said the first thing they did was TO
dispose OF the furs. skins and other
things they brought in. for which moth
ing would de but the cash. and that
then went at once to a barroora
for whiskey which they must have IL
else. Then they would buy
other things as long as their monar
would last and 20 home.
This Evergiade unit Il said To he
trackless waste of avage and wate-.
with scattering islands and lakes, wide
Of water and narrow channels
running in all directions from one pond
o. lake to another. is a county widely
known and yet a large portion OF il has
never been explored by the white man.
The Florida Keys commence near
Miami and extend to and include Key
West. They are a small chain of is
lands and front some of the nearest
ones a great variety of fruits and vege-
tables come here and are shipped on
moth.
Respectfully yours,
j. A. CREWS.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-17

different estates. a general aversion, -,
the work during the erection of he
ouiluinss n a generous assistance 70
MISS Amy Nj. Bradley during her Iona
anu honorable service as PRINCIPAL of
another particular Mr.. C~hadbourr,
olu great and unselfsh service for IN.
people of Wilmington. For twentv-,r.e
years ne was n of the most activ.
ana useful members Of the hoard ~
directors of Oakdale cemetery and on.
mas but to read the proceedings of III.
Iot owners or the cemetery at their
mSeung neid last night TO see what in
cailuaole benefit he has beer TO our
people in this particular. From 1Ses r.
1889 he was chairman of the hoard n
commissioners Of navigation. and dur-
ing mat time he saved 81. 900 In fees
hnes n licenses, and through his eT,
Iorts the legislature passed an act so
lhe income from this fund and all other
receipts from the same source should 90
10 the benefit of the destitute widow.
ana orphans Of pilots. This fund is stilI
oolng a noble work and proving a bless.
ing. MI C~hadbourn was PROMPTED t.
TINS benevolent action after a great dis
dSter many ear ago when a great
NUMBER OF our pilots were drowned of
the bar. Besides being at the head of
the extensive Chadbourn Lumber Conn
pany, which operates here one of th,.
largest saw mill in the south. was
a director of the Wilmingtong Com
press and Warehouse Company, and
mas Deen a director of several CORPORA
tons in our city. Indeed it would be
hard to follow such a busy life as he
mas had n no article like this can do
such a man justice.
He is a great loss to a devoted family
and he leaves to dbply mourn him a
SorroWlng wife and four children
Messrs. Joseph B. Chadbourn, Charles
c. Chadbourn, and Stephen H. Chad
bourn and Miss Serena C~hadbourt,
Many and tender have beer the express
slons of sincere sympathy for them in
this separation that death has brought
TO them.
Mr.. C~hadbOurn was born at Sanford,
Maine. November 6, 1922. and was in the
Sth year of his age. His parents were
MI. George C~hadbuOrn and his wife
Mrs. Asenath Chadbourn. He married
Miss Mary Ann Bluxome. of Philadel-
phia. in October 1858, and he leaves
her n her children the sacred heritage
of a good name.
AS before stated in The Messenge"
Mr.. C~hadbOurn came to North Carolina
in 1914 and went into the turpentina
business at Shallotte, Brunswick coun-
ty. He came to Wilmington in 1S47, and
has been identified with several bus
ness enterprises, the chief of which l.
the ChadbOurn Lumber Company, of
which his nephew Mr.. James H. Chad
bOurn is a member.
Such a man death is a loss to any
community and Wilmington will espe-
be the loser by the going out of
the life of one so useful as Mr.. Chad
bourn.
May his ashes rest in peace.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-17
NORTH

Whiteville Press: A company, COM
posed of Messrs. C. Fl. Dock. ]. n
Brown, T. j. McKinzie. E. w Fuhr and
w. A. Harrelson. has been organized To
operate a large sawmil on the Richard
son mill site East vineland. Part OF
the machinery has arrived and work
will begin at once. This is to be a vary
large and well equipped plant
Monroe Enquirer: There was a oold
robbery at M. Daniel Walkup's In
Jackson township. last Friday. Mr..
and Mrs. Walkup were ava from home
and a hoy about thirteen years old was
left in charge of their home. Two ne
grOes came up and one OF them drew a
pistol on the boy and proceeded tn fill
UP bags with q lot of seed cotton which
they carried off. The negroes were ar
rested last Monday and are in jail
awaiting trial
Wadesboro Messenger: The store
building. together with its coztents. or
Mr. AlonZo Gaddy. at Wightman
church, huntsville township. was burn
ed about i2 O'clock las Thursday night.
II is not known how the fire originated.
though Mr.. Gaddy thinks IL caught
from the stove 6ue There wa s525 in
surance or the building and stock or
goods. The building was comparatively
new.-Gsneral Julian s. Carr was in
terviewed by a reported in Charlotte
Tuesday night relative to the report
that he will be o candidate for the Unit
ed States senate. The general refused
to say whether he would. or would not
be in b race.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-17
.'UNCLE TOMS CABIN
Crusade Against This Play by Ken
lucky Daughters of the Confed-
eracy.


Louisville. KY. January I5.-At o
meeting OF a special committee appoint
ed by the Albert Sidney Johnston chap,
ter of the Daughters OF the Confedera.
cy today. IL was decided to begin an
active campaign against the production
OF Uncle Toms Cabin"
Resolutions were adopted pledging the
members Of the chapter to work ID
every way possible to prevent the play
from being put on any stage in the state
and the book was denounced as a base
libel on the south. and especially on the
institution OF slavery.
The action taken by the Lexington
chapter Of the Daughters OF the Con-
federacy was endorsed
The resolutions state that Harriet
Beecher Stowe. the author of the book,
had expr 'ssed regret that she had writ
ten IL after learning the true condition
OF affairs In the south.
No action was taken regarding an ap-
peal to- the Kentucky legislature.
Paducah. KY. January 15.-The local
chapter OF Daughters Of the Confeder.
acy today passed resolutions ratifyins
the action OF Lexington chapter and
calling on the legislature to pass q bin
prohibiting the presentation of 'UnelS
Toms Cabin" In the state.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-17
Suit for 100000 Damages.

Messrs. Meares and huark. attorne! rs
for john w. Holmes. have filed with I he
clerk of the superior court the cor n
plaint of the plaintiff IN a suit entitl ed
j. w. Holmes VS.. DIR. Nm J. Love a nd
DR.. L. H. Love
The plaintiff sues for $4,000 actl Ial
damages and $4,000 punitive damag es.
He alleges that on the 9th day OF \ ~
gust 1890, in an ACCIDENT on the Ca ro-
lima Central railroad ~(Seaboard Air
LIne) he had his right shoulder j. lint
torn from the socket and his left &c re
arm broken. He furlIer alleges t hat
DR.. L. H. Love ave linn surgical at
t~ention, as a consequence of which he
claims that he has partially lost the
use of his right arm. The plaintiff in
his complaint alleges that DR.. w j.
Love did not attend him. but he at
tempts to get damages ont OF the firm.
The defendants have not filed their
answer but viii deny all the allegations
OF the plaintiff, who was a conductor
On the Carolina Central at tie time and
lately has been filling that position.
The Drs. Love STAND very high as
skiiiful surgeons and physicians.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-17
ANOTHER HANDSOME BUILDING.
Colonel MurchisOn has Bought Part
Of the Dickinson Property and Will
Erect n Two story Building for the
Express Compnny-it Will Front on
Chestnut Street.

The Murchison National Bank which
owns the Dickinson property on the
northeast corner of Front and Chestnut
streets where the handsome three story
bank building is being erected. has sold
a part of the lot to Colonel K. NJ. Mur-
Gibson.
The lot which Colonel Murchison has
fronts on the northern line
of Chestnut street, in rear of the new
bank building. and he will erect thereon
a handsome modern building with Il
frontage of 25 feet on Chestnut street
and having a depth of 12S feet. extend
ing ~northward. The new building Will
be built expressly for the Southern Ex-
press Company and the lease of the
property for a term Of years to the
has already been signed up
and ARRANGEMENTS made to construct
the building in accordance with the de-
sire of the lessee. The work on the
building will be commenced as soon as
the plans are completed. which will not
be very long. 1t will be q two story
building with a pretty front.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-17
FIFTY PER CENT DIVIDEND.
Annual Meeting of the Stockholders
of the Atlantic National Bank Yes
terday Mr.. Reelected
President-Fifty Thousand Dollars
Added to the Surplus.

The annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the Atlantic National Bank, was
held yesterday morning at II o'clock at
the banking house on Front and Prin-
cess streets.
Out of 1850 shares of stock SS1 were
represented in person and II by proxy.
making S93 shares represented at the
meeting.
On motion. Mr.. N. B. Rankin was
Moreland. the cashier, acted as secre-
tary.
Mr. J. w. Norwood, the president,
read his annual report which showed
that the net profits during the past year
have been greater han those of an?
previous year in the banks history.
The following board of directors were
elected for the ensuing year: P. L
Bridgers, w. E. Springer H. L. VollerS,
J W. Norwood, j. L. Coker, d. L Gore.
c. w. Yates. H. B. Short, ]. S. Arm
strong, j. H. Chadbourn. Jr., William
Calder. J. G.. L. Gieschen, George r.
French. Gabriel Holmes, William f.
Worth
After the stockholders adjourned the
directors held a meeting. Mr.. William
Calder was called TO the chair and Mr..
Andrew Moreland acted as secretary.
Mr.. ]. w. Norwood was unanimously
reelected president n will remaln
actively at the head of the institution.
Mr.. John S. Armstrong, vice presi,
dent, MI. Andrew Moreland, CASHIER nC
Mr.. ]. w. Yates. assistant cashier, wers
also reelected.
The directors declared a dividend o.
so per cent out of the accumulated earn
ings, payable at once to stockholders o.
record January 14th. This is in addition
to the usual monthly dividend or one
PEI cent, and makes a marvellous show
ing for this prosperous Wilmington
bank.
The directors also added $4,000 to tn
surplus fund of the bank
The bank was organized in. 1892 Wit
a capital of SIPS, 600. n the last repor
of business shows the footing OF re
sources to be s1.S61, 206.15. The deposit
are 81. 461 .So6.71, and the loans and els
counts s1.0S5. 1854. !.
This exhibit of a bank ten years oil
is marvellous, and it speaks volume
fo~ the ability and success with whlc
the affairs of the bank nave been man
aged.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-17

The board of education held a recess
session last night at 8 o'clock at the
court house to further consider the
Iapportionment Of the school fund for
this year. All the members of the
board were in attendance. viz: Chair
man w. A. Johnson and Messrs. w. H.
ISprunt and Don MacRae. Professor
Washington Catiett, county superinten-
dent of public instruction, was,secretary
ex-officio.
A fund Of s2O,S74.O9 was apportioned
rs follows:
Wilmington Township-District No. L,
IS. 322.2 90: District No. 2. $S.4S1.23. Total
SIC. SO9. so.
/ Cape Fear Township-District Nc. 10,
1851. 70; District No. II, S200.61; District
No. 6. s4QS.31. Total s97O.67.
{ Federal Point Township-District No.
8, S32O.19; District No. 9, $15o.27. Total
s470.46.
Masonboro Township-District No. 4,
ys343.3S; District No. 8, s133.25. Total
is476.63 {.
Harnett ToWnship-District No. Z,
s370.42; District No. Is, s3SS.19; District
No. IL. s359.o5: District No. 5, s97S.53;
District No.. Ia. S30S.75 District No. IL,
CDelgado), s341.27. Total 2,146.S1.
Another important matter which call
ed for action. by the board was the cleo
Ition of a successor to the lamented Mr..
James II. Chadbourn as a m OF
the committee of School District No. 2
The board was formerly constituted OF
Mr.. James II. Chadbourn, chairman,
Colonel w. r Kenan and Mr.. Samuel
Northrop..
Captain MacRae moved that upon
the recommendation of the surviving
members of School Committee of Dis
ltrict No. 2, Mr.. c. w. Worth be n Is
hereby elected a member of said com
mittee to fill the acanc caused by
death of Mr.. James III. Chadbourn."
Upon. filling the vacancy caused DS
the death of Mr.. Chadbourn, each of th*
iccmnittee spoke most feelingly OF him
and spoke approximately Of his Ions
connection with the public schools ..
the city and his jealous untirinS am
unSelfish efforts in their behalf Tor se
many years of his useful life. Tn
members of the committee said HI
faithful work thoroughly identified hin
with them. and rendered his death deep
ily to be regretted. They felt keani!
that his death was a loss to the city anc
particularly to the public o 10
(which he had done so much during nj:
long and faithful service on the com
imittee of School District No. z
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-17
Marriage of Minister Clayton's


Mexico City, January 15.-The mar
rage of Miss Charlotte Clayton. dau-h-
Ter of General Powell Clayton, United
States ambassador, tc Baron Mencheur.
Belgian minister at Washington, YVES
solemnized this morning in the private
chapel Of the duchess Of Meir.
The ceremony was private and
quiet. owing to the expressed wish
Ies of both parties. President n Mrs.
|Diaz were to have been present. but
were prevented from attending by the
Of the Mexican minister to Aus
|tria- the brother-in-law of the president,
whose funeral occurred today in Vienna
Hon. Ignacio Mariscal. minister OF for
Ieign relations, the diplomatic corps,
friends in the American colony, and The
Imcst exclusive families Of Mexico's ar
.listocracy. were in attendance.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-17

The stockholders of the Murchison
National Bank held their annual meet
ing Yesterday at the banking house III
North Front street. Out Of 1000 shares
of stock 1927 shares were represented
in person n by DroXey.
President H. c. Mcqueen made his
annual report n it showed a steady,
growth. The business the
past year has been highly satisfactory
and the patronage of the bank is in
at an astonishing rate. The
deposits on the date of organization
were 1922 ,271, they had increased to
1892. 431 last March, and on the 10th Of
last December the report at the close OF
business Shove that the deposits had
crawled up TO S736,459 The loans and
discounts. December 10th, were $499, 62S.
President Mcqueen ais stated in his
reDor that since the last annual
the bank had bought the Dick
inson property on the northeast corner
OF Front and Chestnut streets n is
erecting a handsome banking house
hat is we'll under way. He stated that
the bank had sold to Colonel K. NJ.
MurchiSon. Of New York. a lot % by 12S
feet. fronting % feet on Chestnut street.
at the rear of the new bank building.
The stockholders elected the following
board of directors for the ensuing year:
Colonel K. M. Murchison, John F. Nc
Nair. j.. G. Stevenson, w. B.. Cooper, p
w. Wallace. T. NJ. Emerson, H. c. Nc
Queen, j. V. Granger, A. B. Nichols, N.
Jacobi. NJ. j. Corbett n j. A. Springer.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-17
Perhaps You Wonder

If the tormenting cold that made last
winter one long misery will be as bad
this a Certainly not, IL you take
Aliens Lung Balsam when tickling and
raEness In the throat announces tie
presence. of the old enemy. Do net ex-
pet the cold to wear itself put. Take
the right remedy In time. Aliens Lung
Ralsam Is free from opium.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-17
oSN IN OHIO RIVER.
Body of q Former Mayor of Roanoke
Found Drowned at Huntinxtea.

Huntington. W. Va. January 1.-THE
BODY Of Sturgis +. Jones. a prominent
attorney and former mayor Of Roanoke.
Va was found In the Ono river near
tho wharfboat here today. II fs no:
known how he came 10 his death. but
Indications point to suicide. Jones had
been here several DAYS. The
jury Is INVESTIGATING.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-17
People Believ. q,

It has been cynicaiiy said that .nv-
thing can be sold by ADVERTISE now
a-days- This Is not 50. Nzay unt-
ments ave been ADVERTISED ets. only
Davis Pain-kInsr-ha.
stood he test OF sixty years use. To-
nay Jus popularity Is greater than aver
and IL based not upon what
says but upon what the remedy doe.
There u but one Pain-ksller. Perry pa
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-17
Price of Sugar Reduced.

New York, January 14.-Ml grades OF
refined sugar were reduced today by
the American Sugar Refining Company
and the independent refiners- Graoe
No. 6 to IL inclusive were u . points
and the rest of the list 10 points
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-17

Senator william r. Allison. OF Iowa,
h nominated for the position of United
States senator for the sixth consecu-
tive term. and Senator Jonathan p
Do'iver In nominated to succeed him.
self at the expiration of his appointed
term.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-17
MURCHISON NATIONAL BANK.

nnu Meeting of Stockholders Yes
terday-President McQueen's Re-
port Makes a Splendid Showing.
The Deposits Have CrawIed UP to
Three Quarters of a Million Dollars
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-17
THE PUBLIC

Nr. Charles w. Worth Succeeds Mr..
mittee of School District No. 2-The
School Fund Apportioned for h
Year.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-10-21
SUBSTITUTES FOR COAL.

If the coal strike had lasted much Ion
ger, it would have resulted in securing
the adoption of many substitutes for coal.
Necessity is the mother of invention. 3"
The high price has caused people in Illi-
nos to saturate porous brick with petro-
leum and il is said to make a good fire
Mr.. Edward Atkinson, who is always fer
tile with interesting suggestions in regard
to the possible economies of life, turned
his attention to the subject of fuel
Speaking before the Illinois manufactur
ers' association a day or two ago, he
Urged consideration of the use of corn
stalks and straw as fuel, when pressed
to the density of hard oak, as they might
be. Such a fuel, he declared, would be
cheaper than coal at so cents ton.
About Norfolk there had been serious
consideration of the possibility of making
the immense peat deposits in the Dismal
Swamp take the place of coal. If coal
gees down, the large use of this peat
may be postponed, but the day will come
when it's use as fuel will create large
demand that will make it valuable.
The man who lives on a farm where
there is plenty of oak, hickory, pine and
fat lightwood is the only man who could
be Indifferent to the price of coal.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-10-21
COTTON MOVEMENTS AND FLUC-
TUATIONS.

Cotton Movements and Fluctuations
the cotton annual issued yearly by La
than, Alexander e Co., CT New York, is
up to its high standard for the past
twenty mine years. 1t is a wade mecum
with all we'll posted cotton men and is
chock full of valuable and reliable in
formation. From the review of the cot
ton year recently closed we take the fol-
lowing:
ITO our minds the only hindrance to
materially higher prices for cotton, sc
long as the crop does not exceed the
last two, is in the fact that our home
consumption of cotton goods has not
kept pace with our production OF the
same: that is to say, our home market
for manufactured cotton goods has not
broadened during the last three years,
nor could it possibly have done so any
thing like in proportion to the Increase
there has been in the cotton mills. 1t
must be admitted, too, that the cotton
goods trade of Great Britain and the
Continent during the past year has not
been satisfactory. The marvellous growth
of the cotton spinning industry in the
South has produced this condition. We
DO not mean to intimate that the difficulty
is irrcmediable on the contrary, every
principle of economics would argue for
the manufacture of every bale of cotton
in the country where it is grown 1t is
undeniable that the manufacture Of any
raw material (other things being equal
at the base of supply is more profitable
than at remote distances therefrom.
1.-The day may come when every bale
of cotton grown in the United States
will be converted into finished product
in this country, and that day may be
duly followed by the time when every
cotton yarn and cloth mill will be
located in the cotton growing States of
the South; hut that condition will
never come about unless the concen-
trated manufacturing interest grows in
closer touch with the worldwide markets
for it's production.
Nor will such monopoly of the cot
ton goods trade ever be possible to this
country at large, or to the South, as
the cotton growing section of this coun-
try, unless the practical monopoly OF the
production of cotton be perpetuated in
the United States. In this connection
it may be mentioned that our compare
tive monopoly of cotton production is
being more vigorously challenged every
succeeding year. England and Italy are
today striving hard for independence OF
our cotton supply"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-10-21
DECIDEDLY PARTISAN.

The Pritchard organs that sought to
make the Tarboro meeting a great ova-
ton to Pritchard get deeper in the hole
every time they make an explanation.
Their explanations do not explain. For
weeks the appointment of Hon. Cyrus b.
Watson and Hon. Claude Kitchen to
speak at Tarboro had been advertised.
Only a few days before the date of Mr..
Watson's speaking, it was rumored that
Senator Pritchard would take advantage
of the crowd that would come to hear
Watson and Kitchin speak. There was
no public advertisement, but the word
was sont down" and Pritchard appeared
on the scene, spoke to Watson's crowd
before Mr.. Watson arrived, and then
Pritchard's Asheville and Charlotte or
gans sent out flaming reports of the
great reception and big crowd and mag
nificent speech made by Senator Pritch-
ard But they did not even say that
Mr. Watson spoke and up to this hour
or his crowd or the impression he made.
The Tarboro Southerner, copying
statement of this decidedly partisan"
journalism adds this information:
''They never stated also that the crowd
was here to hear Watson and Kitchin,
and not Pritchard. The cheering was
done by the few lily whites and the reVe-
nue. gang that follows him around.
OF course not! That wouldn't have
made Pritchard "a bigger man than old
Grant"-and that's the contract his or
gans have undertaken.
Referring to the effect of the speaking
the Southerner says
"A few of Pritchards supporters say
that Mr.. Pritchard scored a victory here,
but such is not the truth. 1T was a day
for Edgecombe Democracy, and the
party is none the worse off. Our people
know Mr.. Pritchard and his gang and
they will not be fooled by him or any
OF his henchmen."