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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-05-30
~GOLDSBORO GOSSIP.
Complaint rs to Pullman Service on
the Southern RaiIway-Base Ball.
Question as TO Site of the Federal
Building.

Correspondence Of The Messenger.)
Goldsobro, May %
, Passengers from various points in
the eastern pant of the state and from
Goldsboro who use the night train on
the Southern railway complain about
the Pullman sleeper running no further
east than Raleigh. Passengers coming
from the west 20 Goldsboro have to get
out of the Pullman at 5 o'clock in Raj
elgh in order to come on through. II
would be much better to have the
sleeper come through to Goldsboro.
The Mt. Olive base bail team has ar
rived in the city reinforced and ready
for a battle with the G%oldsboro team
this afternoon. At this writing the
crowd is congr, eating at the park and
much interest is being manifested in
the outcome. Ic is said today that the
Mt. Olive team will play three games
here this week.
Mr.. Frank Evans, the superintendent.
of the waterworks, has just returned
from Seven Springs, where he spent
some days at Rural Retreat hotel, and
was much benefited by the use of the
water from the Ninth spring. He
spoke very highly OF the bill Of fare
at the hotel and of Mrs. H. j.. Horn
as the anage
The trains from the west today were
rowded with students returning from
college who were on their way home|
to spend the vacation. The Southern
ran a special train, which reached here
about noon, to accommodate the young
ladies returning from the State Normal
at Greensboro.
The Washington dispatches in the
daily papers this morning state that
conference committees Of the house,
and senate have agreed upon a report
on the public building bill, which gives
Goldsboro an appropriation of $35, GOO
for a public building. Already the
question Of location is agitating the
public mind. II is now in order for the
railroads to make an appropriation
for a passenger depot, the location for
which is also a much mooted question.
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SupersiiitfOns at Sen.

1t is a mistake, according to a we'll
known young naval officer who belongs
to this city, to suppose that the sailors
of u present navy are free from su-
perstition. 81 remember" he said,
"only five years ago, when 1 was in the
training ship Saratoga, that the old
salts there were as full of superstitious
beliefs as any of their ancestors could
have been.
when at sea in a dead calm, the
swaying of the masts in the m~otionless
atmosphere sometimes causes a pecu-
liar wailing sound like distant cries.
This. the old seamen assured US, was
the morning of the souls Of sailors lost
at sea.
Another one of their pet beliefs is
that all sailors that die by drowning
are at once transformed into Cape Horn
pigeons. or, as they are also called,
Mother Carey's Chickens Officers are
supposed to find their reincarnations in
seagulis and news. while the big, soil
tary albatross. following the wake of
passing vessels, are the souls of cap
tains who have gone down with their
ships. These are the reasons why sail
ors never kill these birds.
ION one occasion 1 was sitting in the
forecastle on my watch below, chatting
with the boatswain'S mate, a real old
timer. when our conversation was inter-
rupted by a low wall of agony, louder
than that usually produced by the
wind. We listened in a deep, awed 81
lence.
boy said the b~oatswain's mate,
we hear that-that's a seamap's call,
wits ben drowned; that's some old
salt wot's lost his life on board this
vessel-likely he's come for something
he's forgot.
After awhile I ventured out on deck.
IT. 1r-o tic u-nra onrnin~ from tia roof
of the forecastle. I climbed up, and
there found the captains little son tug
ging away at the cats tail. which the
poor animal was r~esenting with the full
power of it's lungs."-New York Trib-
une..
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TO pieces M they escaped, but the last
time they saw Mitchell he was floating
down the river holding to two clamps.
small pieces Of timber which were
used to hold the raft together. They
brought back MitchelPs cap and a
sack in which he had his provisions.
IThe negroes we're suspected then of
makin way with Mitchell, and at the
inquest some evidence was brought
out that they mad malice against him
and made threats against him. 1t
was also Show that next day after
Mitchell had disappeared search was
made for him, out nothing was seen or
heard of him.. The raft was, however.
round broken up, as the negroes had
stated. After examining the witnesses.
the jury rendered a verdict thai
Mitchell came II his death ~anuar 31st.
!SO2, by come means unknown to the
jury.
Mr.: Grady then brought Jacobs and
keith before Justice w. NJ. Hand and
maze a notion for their discharge, and
a1ter ne a 5one over the evidence
and showed that the verdict Of The
Icoroner's jury did not rimin his
cIlents, they We're discharged.
n two darkies were released from
JAN yesterday, after having = had
fright on their hands since their arrest
ar. Grady says their story about the
breaking up OF the raft is believed. and
IL Is most likely that Mitchell sue
.ceeoed in swimming out of the river
out being wet. froze to death while
making his way through he swamp.
MT Lanier was hunting when he came
upon the skeleton. 1t was about a half
mile from the river.
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HELPING OUT THE HERO.
A Realistic Scene That Was Not
Down on the Plnybill.

In the old days, when a certain Tex
as city was not exactly the charming
place it is now. l was playing in Mon
te-ChriSto" to a crowded house. All
afternoon the cowboy of his type of
the day had been coming into town for
the performance. l could see him we'll
in evidence in the front row Of the bal
cony, his skin jacket shining and his
pistols glistening in his belt. The arch
villain was facing his fate in the final
act, and | spoke my lines, Your time
has come" Suddenly a cowboy stood
up in h front rank in the balcony.
drew his pistol and drew a bead on the
villain of the piece. "If you don't fix
him." rang out his voice, Il Will"
There he stood ready to put the threat
into execution.
kill M quick! Kill me Quick!"
cried my fellow actor under his breath,
trembling at b prospect of a more re-
alistic end from the gentleman in the
balcony. But the joke was too good a
one for thai. l prolonged tine duel as
much as possible. but presently the
arch villain took his first plausible OPP
portunity to expire at my feet.
That's right; served him right. If
you hadn't lone it, l would" came ap-
provingly from the voice in the bal
cony.
But that circumstance lessened my
chances to get any n to play the part
later. Actors would come to me for
an engagement in thesvillc.in's role and
ask. Are You going to play in Texas
mex year, MI. O'Neill?"
Eyes"
Thank you"
That would be the end of it, for each
would say. Good dayv'-James O'NeiIl
in Saturday Evening Post.
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The superior court of New Hanover
sounty met yesterday for the tiial of
criminal cases, Judge Z. w. Timber
lake presiding, and Mr.. Rodolph Duffy.
solicitor.
The following grand jury was en:pan-
aelled: w. E. Springer foreman, Jas.
a. Lewis. w. B. Berry, Jos. y. Jacob,
u. 2. Casteen. j. 3. Farm r, D.. NJ. Chaf-
wick. Carl Mugge, Jesse o. Wigs, A.
NJ Aohr. David M. Koonce, j. B. Brink
ley. Alex o. Wells, S. A. Greelish, 1. j.
Bear. J. III. Taylor, a. P. Cartrett. j. 6.
Potter.
Judge Timberlake delivered the usual
sharge to the grand jury after which
that body retired and brought ii, sundry
true bills.
The court then took up and disposed
OF several cases, the most important OF
which was against a negro by the name
u Ed Cause, who was charged with
Burglary He was represented by p. G..
Enpie, Esq, and submitted a plea of
burglary in the second degree, which
was accepted. He was sentenced to 20
years in the state ~penitentiary. In the
summer of 1899 Cause and another ne
gro broke into the laundry and sleeping
quarters of Sam Lee, a Chinaman
whose place was on Fourth street be-
tween Brunswick and Bladen streets.
They stole a large sum of money, and
subsequently Causes accomplice was
captured and sent to the penitentiary.
Cause escaped from the city but recent
iy returned and about a month g
made a secret assault On Policeman F.
George. He was arrested and it was
discovered that he was the negro who
robbed the Chinaman. Besides beng
sentenced to 80 years in the Denite1-
tiary, Cause was convicted of secret
assault upon Policeman George and
was sentenced to five years in the peni-
tertiary for that crime
Other cases were disposed of as fol-
lows:
Trixy Johnson, selling beer without
license, defendant pleaded guilty.
John II. Highsmith, abandonment.
verdict not guilty.
Ellis Freeman, colored, allowing stock
TO run at large, not guilty.
Joseph Herring, larceny, pleaded quill
~ and sentenced to one year on the
public roads.
John Sharpless, colored, called ano
fail I, capias issued.
Richard Halves, colored, carrying con.
sealed weapon pleaded guilty and fred
$40 and the costs.
NJ. L.. Williams, abandonment, vel
dict guilty.
George Boney, eolored, larceny, sub
nitted and judgment was suspended on
payment of the costs.
David Pearce, colored, larceny, Flr-
dict guilty, sentenced to one year on the
public rOads. .
william Carter, colored, carrying
concealed weapon, verdict guilty.
Willie Brown, colored, larceny, YER
dict guilty, sentenced to one year on the
public Dad
A B. Rice, larceny, verdict. sentenced
10 one year on the public roads.
George Roderick, carrying conceaie1
weapon verdict guilty, sentenced 10 SIX
Honths on the public roads.
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GANG OF ROBBERS.
negroes Who Robbed the Racket store
Captured Yesterday Morniug-They
Had Been Out RobbinR a Grocery
store Large Lot of Clothing, Dry
Goods and Groceries Recovered.

Yesterday morning about 6 o'clock,
while Mr.. NJ. Marshburn, who keeps a
meat stall in FL ont Street market, was
on his way down to the market house,
he met two negroes, John Martin and
Eli Berry, at Fifth and Church streets,
with a wheelba1row loaded with meat,
flour and other groceries. At Fourth and
Ann streets he met Police Officers Holt
and Rowan and old them what he had
seen and they followed the trail of the
~wheelbarrow and found whe the ne
groes had takeI the load to a house in
Prices Alley, between Fifth and Sixth
and Church n Castle streets.
When the officers went into . the
yard Martin ran out, jumped the
fence and made his escape, but the
officers captured Berry.
In the house the officers found three
or four sides of bacon, as many sacks
of flour, a lot of tobacco and other gro
~ceries, besides d lot of clothing, dry
goods, two v~ai:ses, etc. They notified
Sergeant C. S. Burnett over the tele-
phone, and he went to the scene.
About six weeks ago Gaylord's Big
robbed of a lot of goods. Sergeant Bur
nett found hat the negroes were the
as he had been spotting for that
transaction, and sending officer Holt
to the city hall with Eli Berry, he and
Officer Rowan went after the negro
who escaped. Tkey found him at his
mothers house in Union Square," q
negro settlement in the woods at the
extreme southern limits Of the city.
They placed his under arrest and found
at this house two or three uits of
lclothing, n d lot of neckties. They
then went in quest of Rep alias
"Chucky'' Sampson, another suspect,
and searched d house On Second n
Dawson streets, where they got some
new vests anG pants. In a further
hunt they found Chucky and arrested
him in a house in an alley between Ann
and Nun and seventh and Eighth
streets. They got a new
The groceries, clothing and dry goods
were taken to the city hall n there
must De upwards of $50 worth of goods
In the lot. The clothing and dry goods
have been identified as belonging to
the racket store, but the officers do not
XIII" HueTe Tie STOCeTleS CdIlS 1IOll.
They were probably stolen from some
point along the wharf as the officers
lascertained that the goods were taken
down the river in a skiff and landed at
the foot of Ann street. There John
Martin and Eli Berry loaded them onto
the w~heelbarrow while Chucky Samp-
son carried the boat further down the
river.
The matter will be investigated be-
IFo~a a4or1- yIv>lJall taIor Of nnnn in
the municipal court. All persons Who
have missed goods should go up and
see if they cam identify any of the
stolen property.
1t is believed that the three negroes
belong to a regular gang of thieves
who have committed numerous rob-
berries in the city and surrounding
are young negroes, about 25 years
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UPSET THEIR PLANS.
The story of a Hurry Call For 3
New York Ambulance.

A young physician tells an amusing
experience OF the days OF his ambu-
lance service A hurry call was re-
ceired n day. and he with the am
bulance was dispatched with great
haste to 4 tenement in one OF the pocr-
er parts OF the city. He climLad sew
eral flights of stairs and found at the
top a family gathered in n dismant!ed
rootn, surrounded BY their goods ard
chattels. evidently ready TO move.
The patient had bee burac4. the
doctor knew, but he fSiied TO d.S~over
signs OF one until tie mother = the
family explained that she was - vic
tim and a:niably volunteered -" IL
formation that she vas ready 10 % TO
the hospital at any time. She was a
remarkably healthy accident case. and
the young physician explained that he
would have 10 make an examination
and learn the true nature OF her inju-
ries before taking her Off.
She demurred somewhat wrathfuily
at this, but finally uncovered one arm.
where was to be seer n bad but not
serious burn Of a week before. 1t was
not a burn requiring hospital treat
ment. and the doctor departed. a severe
tongue lashing from the would be pa
tent following him as he hurried down
the stair. glad to get off with nothing
more serious.
The woman's wrath had good cause.
he found Upon inquiry. The family had
been dispossessed, and it had been de-
cided that the husband and children
should go for a time to one Of his rela-
tives. while the wife would seek refuge
in the hospital. In this way they would
tide over their troubles, but the doctors
unforeseen refusal to play his part had
upset their plans seriously.-New York
Times.
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r FROM ERIN.
The Absurdities That Arc Barn af
Irish Sim plicity.

The Absurdttfes That Arc Barn of
Irish Sim plicity.
Here are a few samples Of the alb
surdities arising u OF the extreme
simplicity of some Irish folk:
A young man came TO confess to an
Irish priest in London whose expert
ences Of the humors OF his fellow coun-
trymen would fill a book. Wei. my
man." said the priest. land how do you
earn your living?" I'm an acrowbat.
your reverence" The priest was noD-
plused. I'll show ye what | mean In
a brace OF shakes said the penitent.
and in a moment was turning himself
inside out in the most approved aero
batic fashion in and out Of the pews.
An old woman who had followed him
to confession looked on Mortified
When il m to my turn, father"
she gasped. for the love OF God don't
put a penance on me like that IL nd
be the death Of me"
/ think Ii IA h same good father
who. observing the regular attendance
at a Lent mission had done nothing {.
reform one of his parishioners. old hin
81 anu dShSd hiIu tuC iCdcob % f"
"Ah. father" he replied. Il can man
age the faith right enough. but the NOR
ais bate me-"
On another occasion this priest was
called upon to marry n man OF whom
he knew nothing to a girl OF his congre
CATION. On investigation he found the
would be b~ridegroom's knowledge of
the Catholic faith very limited.
Have you ever been baptizedY' he
asked well, father. l can't trust me
memory to that" Are your parents
living?" The mother is" LET'S nave
her address" This was given and a
telegram dispatched to the old Indy on
the spot. reply paid. The answer came
in due course. "Vaccinated. bun not
baptized-"-A Kerry Ma In Londoa
Spectator.
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o FRUITS OF JavA.
Most Common One. the D0x1an~
Ii the Sfrangest of All

The Most Common One. the Durham
Ii the Ssrangest of An
The fruits Of Java" writes q eorre-
spondent OF the Pittsburg Dispatch.
form an interesting study In them
selves. there are so many aud Of sneb
strange varieties. The most commcn
is the strangest OF all. It Is called the
DURAN and grow like q huge excrss-
cence from the trunk OF a tree some
what similar 10 our pear tree The
fruit, which Is pear shaped. grows 10 a
great size. often several feet in karth.
and has n yellow skin. rough Ike n
pineapple. The most remarkable thing
about the DURAN. however. Is its odor.
To say you n smell IL n block CT Is
putting IL mildly. 4 combination Of
aged Eggs and the ripest cheese could
not be compared with IL When you
break open the hull TO find what can
be the aus OF all this disturbance toI
your olfactory nerves and lind a grca.i
cluster OF snow white kernels which,
taste like some strangely delicious Gus
tard. your amazement Is greater still.
Another strange fruit is the serpent
fruit. SO called from the fact that itsI
skin Is the n counterpart Of that of
a snake. There are the pomo.ee. IKE nj
great orange; the potato fruit. which,
resembles that vegetable In all but itsI
fine flavor; the custard apple. with nj
yellow c~ustardiike pulp. having n rath-
er decided taste OF ~turpentine: the pop
pae. Liz n melon growing on n tree: the
great jack fruit. OF rather n coarse ia
vor; q small yellow fruit. with an an
pronounceable native name. incased In
a great bun like a chestnut. and a hun
dred other varieties, with none but ma
tive and scientific names. some good.
some Indifferent and some entirely IN
palatable 10 any but a native. The or
ange is rather a scarce fruit. but the
pineapple and banana are abundant
and delicious, especially the former.
There are more than twenty different
varieties OF bananas native TO Java"
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A True Poem.

How hard it is to tell what makes q
true poem. a lasting poem! When one
asks himself what it is, how many
things arise. how hard to narrow the
list down to a few things! Is it beau.
ty? Then what is beauty? One meets
with beautiful poems every day hat he
never thinks Of or recurs to again. 1t
is certain that without one thing there
is no real poetry-genuine passion. The
fire came down out of HEAVIER and con-
sumed Elisha's Offering because Elisha
was sincere. Plan and build your poem
never so deftly, mankind will not per-
m%anently carr for it unless it has gen.
uine feeling. 1t must be impassioned-
John Burroughs in Century.
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Lost Saturday J. E Lanier, OF rem
der county, while going through an I'M
~seouented cart road leading through
a swamp, a half mile from Banner
mans bridge, on the North East cape
Fear river. an upon the skeleton Oh
a man lying IN the swamp. Nultures
had picked the flesh from the o
and all that remained was in a heavy
nair of boots winch the man wore. the
mans clothing which had been torn
eff by the vultule s was near the bones.
The remains were identified by the
clothing as those of Lymus Mitchell, a
segro about 10 years of age, who had
been missing since the 31st of January
last. In the LCckets of the coat was
also found a memorandum book, some
letters. and the address of a
at Marion, s. c., who was prooaoly
the mans wife. These also led to the
further Identification of the man.
Mitchell was from Marion. S. c., but
had been working in the swamps Tor
Mt. r. F. SanGCrlln, of Burgaw, VINO Is
engaged in getting out shingles and
cypress timber When last seen alive,
the missing MAJ was with W. negroes
named Louis Jacobs, of Columbus
county. and Rot ert Keith. of Colly,
Bladen count. These two men were
suspected of numbering Mitchell and
were arrested on Saturday SOC after
the body was found. a warrant for
their arrest was issued by w. NJ. Hand.
Justice of the peace, Of Burgaw.
The two accused men employed r
G. Grady. Esq, of the Wilmington bar.
TO defend them, and yesterday MIR.
Grady got back from Bannermans
Bridge, where he attended the inquest
held by DR.. r. j. Williams, special
coroner The inquest was held Tues
day where the remains were found,
and about twenty witnesses were eX-
amined against and in behalf Of the
suspected men.
The evidence showed that in Jan
uary Mitchell contracted with Mr.. J
R. Bannerman to bring a raft of timber
to the Wilmington market; that he
hired Louis Jacobs and Robert Keith
to help him bring the timber down tn
Northeast River. n that they left
Bannerman's bridge with the raft a
3 D. m. January 31st. That nigh
Louis Jacobs and Robert Keith return
ed n reported that the raft had gona
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The early Biblical references To
OF silver do not in the original
the idea OF coins. but OF weights.
The Mosaic "oblation 10 t;od-
was q half sbekel. and the sbekeI Ii ex
planned by Josepbus as equal to four
Athenian drachma OF a value OF about
cents in American money. The
first Jewish coinage under authority
was. it is believed. struck by Simon the
Maccabee. about the year 40 Il. Z. II
consisted OF shekets and half shekeis
This coinage had Its value signifed
upon 1t. -Shekei Israel" In Samaritan
characters
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North Carolina Federation of Wo.
mems Clubs.

mems S1uDSs
CORRESPONDENCE Of The MeSsenger.)
Winston-Salem, May 26.
This morning in response to a call
from the corr espdoning secretary of
the G. F. w. L. a. meeting Of club wo-
men was held at the residence of Mrs.
H. r. Starbuck for the purpose of dis
cussing a state organization. Among
the delegates were Mrs. Andrew j.
Howell. Jr.. anC Miss Jean Wood, Of the
North Carolina Sorosis. OF Wilmington
The meeting Was called to order with
Miss Poppenhe.m. corresponding sec
rotary of the q. F. w. G. as temporary
chairman and Mrs. Howell temporary
secretary.
The women present, after earnest
discussion, felt that the time had ar
rived for organization, the following
officers were elected: President, Mrs
J. L. Patterson, of Winston; vice-pres-
ident. Mrs. R. R. Gotten, of Bruce;
recording secretary, Miss NJ. L.. Glib
son. of Wilmington; corresponding
secretary and treasurer, Miss Cayton
Gambler. of Winston.
The Winston Salem clubs extend 8
cordial invitation to the newly organ
lied federation to hold its first conven-
ton in that city some time next fall
by which time it Is hoped that a large
majority OF the clubs of the state viii
be ready to join the federation.
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The Supreme Test.

you may be a clergyman" said the
railway dignitary to the stranger who
had applied for a half fare permit, "but
you haven't furnished me sufficient "
idence Of it. How do you pronounce
M-e-l-c-h-iZ-e-d-e-kT'
"Mel-keze-dek." promptly responded
the stranger.
Without another word the railway
man made out the permit-Chicago
Tribune.
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Licking BIS 60 Bind q Confracl

Licking Thumbs 60 Bind q Contract
Goths and Iberians completed an
agreement by licking and Joining tbPtr
thumbs. as Scotsmen once did and
Moors still do. and rustic lovers onct.
betrothed themselves by licking their
respective master fingers and then
pressing them together as they vowed
to remain faithful to each other for
ever and a day. Even now an Ulster
nan signifies his assent to a PROPOSE
ton with. I'VE may lick thooms upo'
that!" II be does not suit the action To
the word Ike the lieutenant who In
lG42. on being challenged to mortal
combat by his own sergeant. accepted
the duel by licking his thumb. saying.
There is ny parole for it"-Cham
bers' Journal.