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The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-01-03
4 Tough Turkey.

Inside Z turkey purchased at Il local
market, saws the FitchburS Sentinel
was found the following note, which
goes to prove that this town at least
had few Vermont turkeys, and also
That the Vermont girls are not all
dense" in their understanding OF a
good thing:
ITO the purchaser of this beautiful
bird-Sir: 1t would be a useless waste
OF time for me 10 tell you that this old
gobbler was a pet of mine, and that l
nursed him when a chick. for to tell
the truth l hated the old cuss for hav-
ing years ago when ! was a child
chased me about every chance he got.
and I have waited these many years
FOR the hour when he should be decap-
itated and become food for some Mass
achusetts guy who thinks he knows all
about turkeys, and that he is getting n
last springs bird. and my joy would
hc at its height could l look in and see
the said guy when he tackles old Jerry,
as he has been known In our family for
many years
Now l am not looking for notoriety.
neither do | want the finder Of this note
to send me a worn out dollar bill. for
the chances are that have got as
many dollars of nv own as the lucky
finder may possess, and, another thing.
| am not looking for a husband, for
have had one, and sufficient unto the
day was the evil thereof but l could
not stand idly by and see some unsus-
pecting head of a family, perhaps a
good deacon, take the edge off a 50-cent
carver in an effort to break old Jerry's
skin, and perhaps wax so warm as to
say objectionable things. without Civ
irg just this word Of warning. and If
this is discovered and not allowed to
make a part of the dressing my advice
to the good housewife would be to par
boil this venerable old bird from Tues
day to Thursday morning, when he may
be in shape. Yours with the best of
wishes. ETHEL DEAN.
East Windsor, VT.
'P. S.-Don't write unless you send
stamp"
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-01-03
NORTH CAROLINA.

Greenville Reflector. Another evI-
dence OF the danger OF heavy fireworks
is shown from the fact that during
Christmas the metal roofs Of two store<
one belonging 20 w. II. Harrington
and the other TO Mrs NJ 4. Jarvis
were considerably damaged with can
on crackers. In both instances a larg.
hole was torn in the roof by the explo-
sion Of the crackers.
Kinston Free Press: our community
was surprised and shocked this morn
ing 10 learn that a young woman about
% years of age, Miss Minnie Evans.
housekeeper for the family Of Mayo.
George l.. Webb. committed suicide in
a horrible manner by taking carbolic
acid about 7:l0 o'clock. The young wo-
man has been housekeeper for Mr..
Webb for several years
Durham Herald: Parties who were In
the city yesterday from Chapel Hjl
report that there came near being a
homicide in that town on Christina =
night and even yet the shot fired into
the body OF one negro by another may
prove fatal The name OF the wounded
man is Ed Brewer. a linesman Of Pa;
Brewer. who was charged with killing
Mr.. Frieze. a student at the University
number OF years ago. and he was shot
by Ed Merritt. another negro. IL seems
that they were at a drunken carousal
when a fuss was started and Merritt
shot Brewer
Charlotte Observer: Captain W.
Woodrum. the we'll known veteran rail-
road conductor, is in a dying conditio1
tonight at his home on North Main
street. Captain Woodrum has been iu
the service OF the North Carolina Rail-
road Company and its successors for
more than 40 years. He was conductor
for the North Carolina road before the
civil War.-Salisbury Special joe
Byerly. the Colored nagman wha was
hir by a train at Barber Junction. died
of his injuries last night His surviv-
ing nearly "A hours is remarkable in
view of the fact that he suffered \
broken neck and a fracture Of the skull
He never regained consciousness.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-01-03
BRICkLAYERS LOCKED OUT.
4 Tie-up of Brick Work on all Build
ings in Richmond, Va.

Richmond. Va, January 1.-The men,
bCYs of the bricklayers union were lock-
al out by the contractors this morning
and practically every building where
bricklayers are employed is AT a stand
still.
y special meeting OF the Brick Con-
tractors Association was held last
night, when every member present
agreed not to start any more. or carry
OF. any work until The unicn should
agree to certain rules which had been
adopted by the contractors.
Among the new rules is one changing
working hours from o'clock a. m. to
o'clock a. m, and from D. m. To 3
y. m. Another is that members of the
union shall work for none but men,
bers of the contractors association.
The latter rule the members of the
union say they will not consider. be-
cause it would stop Them from work
ing for some Of the largest contractors
in the city who are not members of the
association and thus would throw more
than half of their members out of work
at the present time
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-01-03

The Day Unusually Dull Socially.
Annual Dinner to the Aged Poor.
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh. ~. c.. January /.

Raleigh. " c.. January l.
IT social way Raleigh never saw a
duller New Years day. Not a family
received callers. Society young men
said they deplored this
in the wav OF weather never did n
new year begin more charrnlngly. 1t
was like a day In late autumn-crfsp
and clo1dless.
Governor Aycock. upon special invita-
ton. attended the annual dinner given
the aged poor OF Raleigh in the Third
Baptist church and made a few re-
marks appropriate TO such an occasion
About loo of the old people sat down to
we'll filed tables. heard good music and
singing, ate their fill carried away all
they wanted besides. This annual din
ner has been a pleasant feature of the
holidays here for a number of years.
The public buildings were closed and
but little business was done in most Of
the departments.
Some persons have intimated that
there would be an extra session Of the
legislature. TO provide additional state
revenue or even issue of bonds. but
there viii be no such session
Elon college gets as a gift s32. 900 en-
dowment. $4,000 raised in the south and
$4,000 given by F. A Palmer. of New
York.
One hundred ccnvicts left here today
FOR Marion and will thence march forty
miles to a stOckade on the line OF the
mountain division OF the Ohio and
Charleston railway. 1t Is the purpose
ot the penitentiary directors to make
the convict force on the road 400. if pos
sible. They are taking all men who
Can be spared from the farm and the
penitentiary proper
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-01-03

Encounters Still rake
Place I'm the Philippines.

Manila, January 1.-Lieutenant Chas
ID Rhodes of the Sixth cavalry. accom-
panied by two orderlies- when within
six miles OF Manila. today. came across
.wenty armed insurgents in cuartel
or barracks The insurgents shouted
"Americanos." and Lieutenant Rhodes
feigned a retreat: but in reality he took
the cuarteI in flank and drove out the
insurgents. capturing two rifles. three
revoIvers and some ammunition
Rhodes then burned the barracks down
and proceeded to Manila
General wheaton's report from the is
land OF Samar indicates that little has
been ACCOMPLISHED there. The attitude
of the natives is even more unfriendly
than ever before. General Chaffee will
probabIy visit the island in order TO in
yestigate the state of affairs prevail
ing there
On the other hand in Batangas prov
fnce. the organized campaign against
the insurgents is progressing favoraoly
and speedy results are expected.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-01-03
LABOR COMMISSIONERS REPORT
On the Condition of Farms and
Farming Industry In the south.
Especial 10 The Messenger0


Raleigh. y. c., January 1.-Srate labor
commissioner Warmers annual report
frCm counties on farms and farming
FOX last year was con ieted today. 1t
shows an increase os 1=1s per cent. in
value of farm lands in 81 counties. a re-
porting no change. Lightly two coun
ties report fertility of land maintained.
Is rot maintained. F-rty-seyen report
tendency towards smaller farms. Ninety
relort mode of living improved. 81 say
cost Of living increased. All save Z
report negro labor uni eliable. One re-
ports no negro labor. Forty-six report
increase in wages. The highest wages
for men are s15.62. lowest. 1855. High
est wages for women S9.7s, lowest $685.:
cnlldren's wages average $3.50. The
average increase of wages IL % cents
ov' + the previous year. The cost of pro-
dUCtion of cotton averaged $3.50 for
$40 pound bale, profit $500; wheat 81
cents bushel, corn IS cents, oa:s 81
cents. tobacco s6.49 per hundred pounds.
The educational condition is good in
8 counties, fair in Al poor In So. The
financial condition is aood in l. fair in
IS, poor in So. To the query, do you
favor compulsory school law" S3 per
cent of the replies say yes"
The report on the peI.itentiary shows
S9o convicts today OF these 54 are
females. Only of the latter are white.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-01-03
TAX VALUATION OF PROPERTY.
Report of Corporation Commiss o n
Shows Increase of S3O.32S.33I.
Especial to the Messenger.


Raleigh. y. c.. January 1.-The cor
poration commission today completed
its summary of the returns showing
taxable values for last year and their
increase over 1890. The valuation of
real estate is s173.7GS.9S.: increase of
1924, COL; personal property Sl07. 7.S34,449;
increase of s14.321.S57; bank stock Sc
2S2 243. increase s39S.l51: corporate ex-
cess $685., 900 Can entirely new item); ;
railways and telegraphs. S45,I4S, $50. in
crease s1.63S, ,7l9: building and loan as
sociations S604131. increase S216. .s26. To-
tai valuations s331. .593. increase over
,o0n scn S2S c24
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-01-03
A BOY HERO.
Monument to Brave Oregon Lad
Killed in the Philippines.


At Sellwood, near Portland, Ore.
there was recently unveiled a monu-
ment to Arthur Venville. lad who lies
in an unknown grave in the Philippine
Islands. FGHyille was born in England.
but was brought to this country at the
age Of 10 months. When he was only
Z years old his father died. charging the
child with his last breath, almost. to
take care of the mother and sisters"
The little fellow promised
He was quiet boy, of studiouS hab-
It's. He liked to go to school, and he
wanted to go to college, but he had to
take place in a shop to help support
the family. In 1897 his health began to
fail and he enlisted as an apprentice
in the navy. still giving his people
wages. The other fellows called him =
girl sailor,' he told his mother when
he came home on a furlough a year
later.
'Venville was on the gunboat York
town in 1899. She went to the Philip
pines. and in April was sent to Baler
bay to rescue some Spanish prisoners
The young apprentice was one Of the
party OF II which. under command of
Lieutenant Gilmore, was sent ashore to
reconnoiter.
the silent shore there suddenly burst
upon it a storm of bullets. Several mer
were killed. others were desperately
wounded, and all were drenched with
the blood of their comrades. Lieuten-
ant Gilmore has since told in McCiure's
Magazine of the behavior Of Venville.
the 1Syear-old apprentice VINO had
never before been under fire.
Having no other weapon than a re-
volVer, useless at the range" wrote the
officer, Il reached for the rife dropped
by one of the dead. 1t had been hit in
the lock and the clip was jammed in.
Venville, one of the apprentice boys, at
tempted to fix it. A bullet went
through the flesh of his neck.
q" Mr.. Gilmore. I'm hit" he said. But
he continued working at the rifle.
"A second shot ploughed through the
boys breast and came out in his arm
pit.
I'm hit again. Mr.. Gilmore
HE was still trying to pull out the
jammed clip, when ball cut furrow
in the left side Of his head.
Mr.. Gilmore. they've hit me again!
He wiped the blood from his brown
eyes with his coat sleeve and then re-
turned to his task as calmly as if it
were only a mosquito that had stung
him. 1t was not three minutes until a
ball crashed into his ankle. inflicting a
painful hurt. There was just a slight
quiver in the lads voice as he looked up
to me and said.
Mr.. Gilmore, I'm hit once more, but
I've fixed the gun. sir. "
One wishes this true tale might have
ended, as stories dc, with the hero's re-
covery and return; but when the other
survivors of Lieutenant Gilmores party
were taken into the interior Venville,
being unable to travel. was left behind,
and some time later he was killed by
the order of an insurgent general Yet
his IS years. few though they We're had
been spent to some purpose. The mon
ument stands fair and stately symbol
of the bows life.-Youth's Compa panion-
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-01-03
NOTICE TO THE GREAT UNwAsHED.
Scheme on Foot to Form q General
Soap Combine.

Atlanta. Ga. January 1t Is under
stood that soap manufacturers are or.
ganizing for consolidation OF all
plants south of the Ohio river. Edward
q. Miles. secretary of the largest soap
manufacturing concern in Atlanta, said
today that his company had been asked
TO join the combination which Ar. Mile.
said would affiliate with similar asso-
Citations in the north and west.
The organization will be known as the
Southern Soap Manufacturers Associa-
ton
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-01-03
A POOR wOMAN'S GOOD FORTUNE.
Mrs. Hanson, of montgomery, lnher-
it's Fortune i'm Germany.

Montgomery. Ala, January 1.-Mrs.
Lonnie Hanson who has lived in Mont
ronery and who has been in straighten-
ed circumstances for many years, was
today notified by Ex-Governor JOS Il
Johnson that a fortune had been le1t
her i'm Germany. Governor Johnston
has received necessary proof of the for
tune, and Mrs. Hanson will forward her
resDonSe tonight.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-01-03
Warrant for Forty Gamblers.

Nashville, Tenn, January 1.-Writs
were sworn out today for the arrest OF
forty alleged gamblers. The warrants
were issued on the affidavit of F. X.
Odil. n brother of Guy Odil who recent
ly lost $4,000 in the gambling houses or
this city. The warrants charge the de
PENDANTS with various felonieS
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-01-03

Attorney General Gilmer has recoV-
cred so far from his recent very long
and serious illness as 10 sit UP.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-01-03

AT Bridger's store, in Wilson county.
Cad Page cut Dorsey Braswell on the
face. ifiicting a bad wound. Both arc
white and both were kinting.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-01-03

game day last year-9Ac.
NAVAL STORES.
SPIRITS TURPESTTSE Nothing
doing.
kOsIN-Steady az sl.o9 TO si.0s.
TAR-Firm At 81 %
CRUDE TURPESTISE-Stea hard
1-lG: soft 800.
Prices same day last year Spirits
turpengine 7fLc and &c: rozin 81 -.
ard I-z5: tar 3I-79: crude turpentinG
hard si-5o nd s2 20
Receipts today - 3 casks % spirj5ts
turD-ntine. isi barrels Of roslr- is baIk.
rsir Of tar. - barrels Of crude turDek-
tire
Receipts same day last year u
casks ot spirits turTSensl:se. 20 barrel1
OF rosin. 70s barrels Of tar. g barrels
OF crude turpentine
PRODUCE.
SALT-I01s sc: ISIS soc. ssef Sc:
p. S-35: In less than car lots-
DRY SAETED STDES-sh to SIC
EUTTER-4 20 re.
FLOrTR-straiRhss tS-7s: seccnd z
tents 800: fun Afx.
MOLASSES-S. House. 1sc. New
teams Brighne. q 20 &c: Posto Rte/
70 asc: cuI e to &c.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-01-03

Monday December 80
Receipts OF cotton today-.ess bales
Receipts same day last year i-t
Gales.
This seasons receipts TO dRte-.i..iss
bales
Receipts TO same day las; year-2is.-
COZ bales.
The quotations poated at o'clock
today Rt the exchange:
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-01-03

Tuesday. December 81
Receipts Of cotton today-s.3 bales.
Receipts same day last year 2.s-s
tales.
This seasons receipts to da:e-zi3.iz.
bales
Receipts 10 same day las, year-zis.-
51s bales.
The quotations posted at O'Clock
today at the exchange:
COTTON-Firm-
Ordinary --...-... ..-...g 7-is
Good Ordinary ..... .....s is-is
Low hiGf!!ng ..--..--.........--..T Ills
dloGIIng --------.- ---.-..........1H
GoO1 hIfdl4ng ---...--.....-t S-B
Same day last year-5ac
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-01-03

Elizabeth City. y. c.. January l.
James Wilcox. who is held IL connec'
tion with the murder of Miss CrOpSey
probably will not have preliminary
trial. Wilcox is being held pending tn"
presentation by the grand jury for the
March term of the superior court
IHuervthno is quiet
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-09
SAYING FOR STATE
Shown by the First Annual Re-
~. port Of the State Board ~
r. of Control.
Expenditures Afford Sharp Contrasts
to Old system-Appropriations
Not All Used.

Advance sheets of the first annual re-
FORT Of the state board of control to Gov
ernor Van SAINT have been given out for
publication. The opening chapter, which
Is history of the board Of control move
ment, of the years work, and q justif1ca-
ton of it's acts contains some $4,000
words. 1t summarizes the results and the
policy Of the board in the following:
I'VE have decreased the cost Of main
tenance III the institutions under our con-
troll. We have eliminated politics from
their management. We hold the super
intendents of the institutions responsible
for their success and good management
and have given thern powers commensu-
rate Herewith We have constantly had
in mind the fact that the institutions are
the property OF the state, and that the To-
calities where they are situated nave no
greater proprietary rights in them and
are entitled to no more consideration in
their management. than are the people
living in other. remote portions Of the
state, believing that this course. is per-
slstently adhere to. will in time so delO-
caliLe the several state institutions, as
practically to eliminate from Legislative
consideration the question Of equahza ton
OF appropriations for the purpose Of dis
pensng local benefits: that. while re-
curing Of our superintendent the prac-
tice Of economy In the management of
their several institutions, we have never
lost sight of the still higher duties of our
position and have preserved and extended
tho humane. educational and refornatory
purposes for which the institutions We're
established"
Big Saving Shown.
The financial showing made by the
board is better than it's friends claimed fol-
It, For the fiscal year ending July 81, the
beard spent for the institutions under Its
charge sos. S61.57 less than was spent
during the last year of the old system
The saving is given in tabulated form BY
institutions, as follows, the per capita cost
being given first for 1901 and below it fol
1902:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-09
Minnesota Bidders Favored.

Minnesota Bidders Favored.
The charge that outside business houses
have been favored in purchases is an
sWered by figures.
For the year ending July 81. 1901, the fol-
lowing purchases made under the old sys-
TEN: 3
In towns where institutions are To-
, cateu .Sooi ,oo''oo
lions towns ........... 26s 1877. 80
In other states Observation-Disclosures. 81 800. 81
Total purchases $500, O53. 80
For the year ending July 81. 1902, the follow
ing purchases were made by the board Of con-
troll:
In towns where institutions are To-
cateu 'FA1o' wv ~
In state of Minnesota outside institu-
tions towns .................. 81, 377.75
In other states NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 60, 3.O6
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-09
AFUEL BRICK IDEAS
Terra Gotta Bricks and Kerosene
Used as Fuel. ''5. '~

New York, Oct. ,9.-As long as kerosene
oil is cheap and the brickmakers keep at
it, nobody's stove need be cold. With
one of the ordinary terra Gotta bricks with
which fireproof buildings are largely con-
structed and less than. a cents worth of
kerosene you may cook a dinner, heat tho
boiler and be comfortably warm for nearly
an hour. With relay Of bricks and a
little more kerosene the stove can be kept
going all day with little more trouble
than it costs to replenish the ordinary coal
fire. Why nobody proclaimed it before
can hardly be explained, for the fact that
very porous brick and kerosene can be
used for fuel in this way has been known
to the brickmakerss ever since they be-
gan to manufacture these bricks years
ago. ~ .~..& 1t-s, a6 -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-09
DO YOU EAT

Heartily and enjoy it, or does your food
lay heavy in the stomach, causing Nau-
sea, Belohing, Heartburn and Sick
Headaches? If it does, try dose of
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters before each
meal. It will tone up the stomach,
stimulate the digestive forces and cure
these ailments, which II allowed to
continue will develop into chronic dys-
pepsia. Try it today and notice the
improvements.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-09

Total :, .SluO)o o4
Rochester Hospital
ri Cap Az. No. Ap. Loss over
Year lost Inc Inmates. Hr. 1901
1oO1 kI51.2S $O.43 1,t01.S $473.77
1902 l 151.71 ...... 1,lOS -,
This swing was made in the face Of adj
yanced prices for almost all products,
which AVE been carefully calculated.
There fas an average raise Of per cent
in the price Of supplies. excepting meat.
butterhnd potatoes. causing an additional
expene of s2o,95o.36. The market ad-
vancj on those three items, for which
s13sy SO 90 was expended, amounted to
s25 8O.42. The board also saved SIG, 433 "A
nv eplacing the insurance, and Sl,a69'44
Nv deporting Y persons at less per
~ tia cost of 1892. From this the board
catulates it's gross savings at Sl69, 7O5O3.
K practical Illustration Of the boards
aonomy is furnished in it's action of Sept.
when it asked State Auditor Dunn to
hncel and cover into the treasury unex-
Jended balances in the different funds.
amounting to S154,S53.53. distributed as
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-09

one year in order to meet possible def1ci-
encies, but the board declines to avail IT.
self of this OF the balances returned to
the treasury, $11O,375.59 were savings for
1902, and the over $44,477.94 was accu-
mutations from previous years. Most of
the funds. however, had been running be-
hind in previous years. twelve of them
showing up with deficits aggregating s22,-
61S.63 on July 81, 1901, tsrsa 4 .i5..
New and Old Systems.
Much hue and cry has been made of
the expensive machinery of a central board
of control BY cold figures the board shows
that there has been an actual saving over
the old system of unsalaried boards. Dur
ing the year ending July 81, 1901, the vari-
Gus state boards which the board of con-
troll supersedes cost the state as follows:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-09

The report censures the practice Of some
members of former boards, who charged
the state with railroad fare when they had
railroad passes.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-11-14
SPIKE AND RAIL.

IT. o. Wilson, general agent for the
Oregon Short Line at Butte, is In Salt
Lake.
Grand Junction is 10 have addition
al yard and depot facilities in the near
future.
Vice President w. d. Cornish Of the
Oregon Short Line. left for the east
yesterday.
The High school football team goes
70 Ogden tomorrow over the Rio Grand
Western.
Today's weather has been a hint 10
the mechanical department to overhaul
the snow plows.
General Agent Walker of the Chi
cage & Northwestern has gone TO Lund
to load sheep for the market
Acting Traffic Manager T. NJ. schu.
macher OF the Oregon Short Line goes
TO san Francisco this evening
The last narrow-gaug train in Utah
viii pull out of the old Garfield beach
depot tomorrow. After that the scrap
pile.
The gross earnings for the Rio
Grande during October were 81, Gs2. 200,
an Increase OF sSi 900 over the same
month year ago.
General Agent Neslen and Travelling
Passenger Agent Hahn Of the Burling-
ton went south this morning on the
Oergon Short Line.
T.. Drake. district passenger agent
for the Rock Island. leaves tonight fo|
Denver, He will return Monday with
the new travelling passenger agent.
X. o. Kyes. travelling freight agent
OF the Chicago. Milwaukee 4 ST. Paul
returned from loading the Noble wool