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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-07-18
rlrs. Belle Bruner.

Mrs. Belle Bruner died at her
home near Kimblesville, Pa, July
s. She was the wife of George
Rruner and was in her 47th year.
Her death was caused from tumor
on the brain. The interment was
made ON Friday, July IL, at Faggs
Manor Cemetery.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-07-18
William Benjamin.

William Benjamin died at his
home near Bay View on Thursday,
10th inst, aged 70 years. He was
q son of the late George and Sarah
Taylor Rejamin, and was born and
spent his entire life on the farm
upon which he resided at the time
of his death. The deceased is sur
vived by several children. The
funeral was held ON Saturday; in
terment at Bay View cemetery.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-07-18
Rebecca SiddWelI.

Reheooa Sidwell, widow of the
late Fultz Sidwell, died at the
home of her son Natan, near Hick
ork Hill, Pa, on Sunday aged 80
years. The funeral was held
ON Wednesdays interment al
West Nottingham Friends buryina
ground. The deceased is survived
by four sons and two daughters,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-07-18
Reduction Sale of
White Shirt Waists

About so waists left from our
spring stock. There are nearly
all sizes in the lot and the values
are extraordinary. There are
different kinds of summer sales
this is the kind where you get an
article for about { it's Value
These waists are unequalled in
style, beauty and fitting qualities.
These prices tell the tale:
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-07-18
DIED..
Mrs. Elizabeth c. cusheIl.

Mrs. Elizabeth G. Cpshell, widow
of the late Charles Cushell, of the
Fifth district, died at her home,
near North East, Tuesday, aged
about 5S years. She is survived
by five children,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-07-18
Mems Shirts

A "LIoN BRAND" negligee
shirt at $1.00. Better values.
better styles, and more shirts to
select from than you'll find in
other stores.
"LIoN BRAND" collars and
cuffs-all sizes and shapes.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-07-18
Waists that were S2.75 are now $500

Call early and get the pickings.
They are hot weather goods and
as such appeal to every woman.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-07-18
RISING SUN
LEWISVILLE
Slated for McDougal in ninth inning

Rising Sun 0 0 0 0 1 o o-5
Lewisyille 0 0 8 OF
Earned runs-Rising Sun, A. Lewisville, 3. Two
base hit-Devon, P. Minner. Home Tun-Mc-
Dougal Base on hall-by Riale, l; by nougherty,
8. Struck opt-by Riale, 8; by popgherty, s..
Stolen hases-DaIe, Devon, Bechtel, Brickley.
by pitched hall-McDougal, Devon. Passed ball
Brown. Umpire-Richards
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-07-18
Sewing Machines

Have you seen "WORTHTNG-
TONS New MODEL" for 19O2-3g
We received them last week
They are substantially the same
as before, with a few improve
ments. The arm is higher, the
shuttle arm is different and bet
ter and the decoration is much
handsomer. Altogether it's a
good machine at any price and at
our price is wonderful. Fully
guaranteed, delivered N en-
at your home for plO.w
If you've any notion of a sewing
machine you're standing in your
own light if you don't look at
ours. Remember, we give all the
attachments, and they are the
very best procurable, show you
: how to-. work them, all at the
same price sixteen:ffty.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-07-18

Addressed postal cards uncan-
celed will be redeemable on and
after August /,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-07-18

slave you had housewarming
in your new dwelling yet?"
'Yes; my wife fired the red-headed
cook the other day."-Chicago Trib.
une.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-07-18
NOTICE.

These stores close on Wednesday even
ings at six O'Clock. To be free at six
O'Clock means to our clerks
One short breath of the open air,
One meal enjoyed az home,
One evening of recreation.
F. R. BURLINGTON & SONS.
E. H. WoRTHINGToN & Son.
S. 7. WILEY.
w. 7. FRYER.
Jos. S. PoGUE s Son.
CARHART & Co.
RD-Additional names will be added to this
notice for % cents each.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-07-18
Lost.

MONDAY LAST, ON ROAD FROM RISING
WI Sun to West Nottingham, package contain
ing black and white lawn WRAPPER and black
lawn DRESS PATTERN. Finder will please
leave same at E. r. Burlington & Sons or return
TO MISS CAROLINE WEIR.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-07-18
RISING SUN
Meat Market.
FRESH MEATS.
Beef, Lamb and VEAL

fine selection of Salt and sugar-cured Meats
such as Skin back Hams, Regular Hams, Picnic
Hams, Shoulders Dried Beef, Breakfast Bacon
Frankfort Sausage, Bologna Sausage, Picked
Triple, etc. These are all first class meats.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-08
The Passing of the Plant system.

Says the Jacksonville Times Union
of July 1st:
To-day the Plant System is absorbed
by the Atlantic Coast Line and the
last word is written in a history that
forms a characteristic chapter in the
annals of the south. The life and
work of Mr.. Plant have been too often
recited n are too well known to re-
Quire recitation here, but no Floridian
can let pass the occasion to a due
acknowledgment at his grave for the
help she received from him when she
was weak and struggling as we'll as for
the sympathy which he always met
her appeals in her hard work of devel-
opment. He belonged to that class of
pioneers who made railroads the in
strument of progress, who pushed for
ward the line and invited population to
follow, who saw what was to come and
never feared to back his judgment. He
made himself a millionaire several
times over, but ne never lost his deep
sympathy with those who still plodded
along the path he knew so we'll in his
early days, nor lost sight of those who
were his chosen l~ieutenants during his
days of struggle with powerful rivals.
Because of this policy his name is
written on every page of F1orida'S his
tory after his coming, and the state is
10th to part with the name which he
desired to leave as the fitteSt monu-
ment for his greve. In his day his sys-
tenn was a powerful one, but yet
stronger giants have replaced those of
old-the Plant lines have become links
only where they were the chain itself.
The man not yet old can remember
when the coming of a railroad was a,
milestone along the road of progress;
now the only question is whether the
state shall be g~ridironed for the loco
motive or criss-crossed for the automo-
bile, and the farmer feels himself a.
suburban resident of the cities where
distance is judged by time and not by
miles.
Hail and farewell to the Plant Sys-
TENT is a part of the past We all
love, and it passes out of life in fact
as we'll as in naI;ie. But the people Of
Florida fondly indulge the hope that
its successor will make as few changes
as possible in the old personnel-better
men could not be found to uphold the
fortunes of any road, and truer friends
of Florida cannot be found They were
trained under the master of his busi-
ness and a discriminating judge of
work-where Mr.. Plant was satisfied
with an employe no other need fear
for his devotion or his faithfulneSS.
Doubtless greater things are in store
for us, but the smaller roads seemed
nearer to our daily lives and to our
hearts, We knew the officials as neigh
bors-our hearts beat as one in a COM
mon devotion to the south, to the
state and our people.
Everything earthly must pass, but
there are memories hat have been
driven home and will remain there as
Of right. One of these is the Plant
System, as it led US across the state
starring its path with groves. set it's
hotel at Tampa to mark an abiding
place n then steamed out upon the
waters for fresh adventures and new
c~onQueStS."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-08

The Wilmington Towing and
struction Company is d new corporation
hat has been organized in this city
with Messrs. S.. P. Adams as president,
Warren G. Elliott, Jr.. vice president
and secretary, W. B. Thorpe, treasurer,
and F. A. Applegate, manager.
The company will carry On a towing
and general construction business, will
build and repair wharves, and construct
buildings of all classes, under the SUI
pervision OF the we'll Known contractor
and architect, Mr.. F. A. Appiegate.
The new company has purchased the
entire outfit of Mr.. Charles VESSEL,
consisting of the tug boat Emma, the
tug Imperial, twenty fats. three large
barges, one ~pile-driveC and holster. one
passenger barge, and a small marine
railway. They will occupy the same
property now occupied by Mr.. VESSEL
at the foot of Ann street and at the in
tersection of Ann and Water streets.
Good business men are at the head of
the new enterprise and they expect to
greatly enlarge the business and will
beyond doubt make it n fine success.
Mr.. VESSEL will go 10 California for
a few months and then sail tor his ma
tive land. Germany for a long stay.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-08
Rev. Robert Strange, ID. ID.

The Southern Churchman, of Rich
mond, Va, under date Of June 18th,
makes this complimentary allusion to
the Rev. Robert Strange, d. D., for
merly of Wilmington:
9TH sixty-third year of the Episco-
pal High School, lear Alexandria, end
ed on Wednesday, the 18th. On the
Sunday evening previous was the first
public function connected with COM
mencement, l.. e., the final sermon to
the boys in the chapel of the theology
cal seminary. The sermon was by the
Rev. Robert Strange, ID. D., rector of
St. Paul's, Richmond, on the text,
'"What is Your Life?" 1t was a discus
sion of success in life. showing what
it is not, and what it is, with eloquent
exhortation to seek it in its highest
phase. Sparkling with Illustrations
throughout of the happiest sort and
enhanced by every advantage that de-
livery can confer, it is safe to say that
no previous final sermon ever better
pleased them to whom it was ad-
dressed"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-08

Mr.. w. III. Rembert Shot mt n Man
~Porcb-Two Negroes Were Heard
Plotting at Seventh and Orange
Streets-One of Them Fired Upon
mt Eighth and Orange Streets.

Burglaries and attempt at burglary
are now Of nightly occurrence n some
vigorous steps should be taken to pu;
a stop to it. The people in some Sec
tons of the city are terrorized by mid
night m~auranders.
The Messenger has already mention
ed that OF Sunday night six houses
in that quarter Of the city
south of Market street and east OF
Sixth street were visited by burglars.
On Tuesday night after midnight, Mr..
W. II. Rembert, who lives in the same
section. at los South Ninth street, be-
tween Dock and Orange streets. discov-
cred a man on his back porch and shot
at him as he jumped the tense into
Ninth street and ran away. In the
darkness he could not tell whether the
intruder was a negro or a white man,
We understand that an attempt was
made Wednesday night to rob a resi-
dence on Market street between
Seventh and Eighth streets.
The burglars are evidently negroes
and there are at least two of them who
are operating together. Yesterday
morning between 1 and 2 O'Clock, Mr.
w. c.. Munds, the pharmacit, who has
his residence over his drugstore on the
northeast corner of Seventh and
Orange streets, vas awakened by hear
ing running on Orange street. He go!
up and upon peeping out of the window
saw two negroes running down Orange
street from the direction of Eighth
street. He kept himself concealed and
the two men stopped in the roadway
just opposite his window. They talked
in a low ton and only tarrted a mo
ment. He overheard n say you &C
around that way ION Seventh street,
and II go this way" Cup Orange street,
They then parted n going up Seventh
street and one up Orange street, evi'
IDENTIFY to make a circuit of the block
| and met again. When the n who
went up Orange street reached the cor.
ner of Eighth street he waited a min
ute and whistled. SOM n who Is
unknown but h a evidently beer
disturbed by them when they came
running down Orange street, fired a
the man who was whistling. Mr.. Mundi
heard the bullet whiZe across Orange
street and strike the fence nearly op-
posite the window at which he was
standing. He says when the shot Was
fired the man ran down Eighth stree'
and he never saw a negro run so In al
his life. This set all the dogs in the
neighborhood to barking and bowling
an | had all the neighborhood stirred up
On the night that Mr.. Rembert shot
at the man on his back porch, Mr. &c
Higgins who resides on Dock street
between Eighth and Ninth streets, just
around the block from Mr.. Remberts
heard the shot fired. He jumped up in
time to see two men running down
Dock street. They were evidently the
two negroes whom Mr.. Munds saw the
next morning under his window.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-08
POINTS AS TO THE DEFUNCT.
How Gratifed the Clerical
Desire for Information.

Many Maine people who live in a GER
tain part Of Cumberland county will
we'll remember one "Abner"-so he was
always called in town.
Abner was commonly selected to take
charge of funerals, because he was
about the only man in town who had
time hanging on his hands. A citizen
died, a man who never amounted to
much, h was never positively wick
ed, a hat woul require more
Of an effort than he was willing to
make. He was, however, far enough
from being a good citizen, and Abner
knew 1t as we'll as anybody else.
Abner was requested to ask a certain
minister to conduct the service, and
he hitched up his old horse and drove
to his house. The minister said he
would attend, and then tried to get a
little information concerning the late
lamented.
What sort of a man was he?" he
asked.
We'll. abou the same as no sort of
a man at ALL" responded Abner frank
ly.
Il suppose his loss will be deeply felt
in the community" said the minister.
They're all bearing UP we'll under
it," said Abner slowly.
WAS he a Christian" asked the
minister.
IF he'd been accused of it, the YER
dict would have been not guilty, and
h jury wouldn't hav left their
seats" replied Abner ch~eerfully.
Did he attend church," asked the
minister a bit anxiousIy.
Il never heard of his doing H." said
Abner.
How did he die?" continued the
minister.
Just the same as he livef-sort o.
naturally said Abner.
Il dom see o I'm to preach, much
of a sermon under such circum-
stances" sale the minister.
The neighbors all said Il. :. didn't
think they wanted much OF d sermon
and so they sent me over to see you.''
said Abner.
The minister pocketed his wrath and
a IS bill and after the funeral TIE sat
isfied Abner said: Well. we got Just
what we wanted, b'gosh." Lewiston
JOURNAL
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-08

Especial to The Messenger,

Greensboro, N. c., July e-Three out
Of four Yards In the city at primaries
to night took vote for Judge with fol-
lowing result, Clark liz, Justice 3. AS
sociate justices. Como 81. Brown "A.
Walker 81. scattering for Armfield.
Lockhart and Moore, we wards did not
vote for western judge and n ward
took no vote for any judicial candidates.
total strength or three wards polled in
county convention is thirty-nine and
ward not polled has eight votes.
A strong effort was made by Connors
friends TO prevent vote being taken for
Walker but IL was insisted on by both
his and Browns friends with result
named except in two wards.
County precincts heard from took
vote for eastern judges as follows:
Pomona, all for Common, Gilmer, all for
Conner and Clark, Proximity, all for
Connor. At each OF these precincts
were Common leaders from Greensboro,
so no vote was taken on any other can
didate, except at the precinct attended
by Chairman Scales. Friends OF Con
nor attended from city and only his
strength was polled.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-08

The Wilmington Sewerage Company
has completed its system Of sanitary
sewers. and Wilmington now has a
system unequalIed by any city OF it's
size north or south.
The work was commenced in June
Hast year. and has been done by Messrs.
William Mclean & Company, the con-
tractors, under the supervision Of Mr..
z. F. Kitson. their efficient superin-
tendent. Two hundred hands have
been employed in the work, and s45, 900
has been paid out for labor.
The system consists Of 1fty-four
miles Of sewers dividing the city into
two sections. The western section is
severed west of Seventh street to the
Cape Fear River and from Campbell
on the north to Castle street on the
south. The sewers of hat section
empty at the docks of Castle street,
Dock street, Market street, Princess
street, Chestnut street. Grace street
and Walnut street.
The eastern section lies between
Seventh street on the west, Tenth
street on the east, Campbell street on
the north and Castle street on the
north. The sewers empty into a main
which runs to the disposal plant on
the creek at the extremity of Oakdale
cemetery.
The disposal plant has heretofore
been described and is a scientific
method of filtering and purifying the
ef1uent from the sewers. Mr.. Kitson
says it performs it's functions perfectly
and that he tested it in the past few
days, finding the water caught in a
glass as clear as a crystal.
Mr.. Kitson expects to leave in a few
days for Philadelphia, so this leaves
Captain E. G. Parmele, the company's
superintendent, in sole charge. The
company is fitting up handsome offices
at 112 Princess street and that will be
Superintendent Parmele's headquar-
tiers.
We understand that our citizens are
now connecting with the sewers in
large numbers.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-08
MASHED WHILE COUPLING CARS.
George Lucas, CoIor~d, Was Severe
Iy Injured Yesterday Afternoon
While Coupling for the Dummy
Engine-His Injuries Not Believed
to be of a Fatal Nature.

Yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock while
the Atlantic Coast Lines Dummy" en-
CINE was shifting at The foot of Wal
nut street, George Lucas, a colored hand
about % years of age. was severely
mashed while coupling cars The bar
coupler on the engine bumper missed
the coupling on the car bumper and
sprung upward allowing Lucas to be
squeezed between the bumpers.
DIR. D. w. Bullock, the Atlantic Coast
Line surgeon, gave Lucas attention. 1t
was found that he was severely mashed
on the left side over the lung and just
below the heart. but it is not thought he
is fatally hurt. He was, however, spit
ting blood yesterday afternoon and last
night.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-08

A final meeting of the creditors of F.
A Montgomery, who was declared a
bankrupt December 10Th. was held last
night in the United States court room
to pass upon the claims and declare a
dividend. S. H. MacRae, of Fayette-
vile. referee in bankruptcy, presided.
and Captain John r. Marshall, trustee,
was present. a number OF creditors
Were in attendance.
The claims Of the following were al
lowed: W. E. Springer & Co.. William
Deitsch. of Baltimore. Hall & Pearsall,
Martha C. Brown. of Shallotte, w. NJ.
Cumming, c. W. Worth. D. c. Love, ad-
ministrator Of II. P. West. Sam Bear,
ST.. Francis H. Leggett, of Baltimore. j.
H. Render & Co.., ]. g. Morrison, VIM.
E. Worth & Co.. The Worth Company,
E. J. Gillies & Co., OF New York.
The claims Of the following were o.
allowed: The Adrian Company, J. c..
Stevenson Company. the Corbett Com
pany. Holmes Grocery Company, VOL
lers & Hashagen. John S. McEachern
Sons, Armour Packing Company, Miller
& Miller of Baltimore. S. & B. Solomon,
J. A. Taylor.
The declaration of a dividend win be
made later.
Owing to the absence of some Of the
till 10 a. m. July 9Th.
The final meeting of creditors of A. NJ.
Susrnan. bankrupt. vii be held In the
u. s. court tomorrow at 1880
a. m.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-08
Sudden Death of Mrs. Carl MuEge

Sudden Death OF Mrs. Carl MuSSe.
We are panied to record the sudden
death at IL o'clock last night of Mrs.
Johanna Mugge, beloved wife of Mr..
Carl Mugge. Her numerous friends
will be shocked to learn of her death
and universal sympathy will go uot to
the family hat has been so terribly
bereaved.
Mrs. Mugge was in her usual health
yesterday and was not complaining of
being unwell. In fact she was on the
streets late in the afternoon, and when
night came on was in her usual cheer
full mood in the family circle. At 9
p. m, while preparing to retire, she
had a sudden attack of heart trouble,
and fell unconscious, never regaining
consciousness up to her death. DR.. w.
J. Love was called and got to her be-
fore she died, but she was beyond all
human aid.
Mrs. Mugge was born in Wilmington,
February Z, 1859. and was aged 43
years, 4 months and % days. She was
the daughter of the late Mr.. G.. II. w.
Runge, and is survived by her mother,
Mrs. Johanna Runge, and three sisters
and two brothers-Mrs. Alden Powell
of Smithfield, N. c., and Mrs. I. G. Lof-
tin, Miss Kate RungG, Miss Bertha
Runge-Smith, and Messrs. j. T. and
G. w. Runge, all of this city. She
leaves two cnlldren-CarlOtta, aged
about 13 years, and Ludolph, aged
about IL. The family has a wide cir
Gle of friends who will feel very ten
derby for them in their sore b~ereave-
ment-
Mrs. Mugge was a lovely character
and was greatly beloved by all who
knew her. She was a faithful mem
Der of st. Paul's Evangelical Luther
an church, and was an earnest Chris
tian woman n a Jealous worker for
the church.
The funeral will take place this af-
ternoo at 5 o'clock from the residence
to st Paul's church.. The interment
will be made in Oakdale cemetery.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-08
HERE AND THERE.

The cruiser Brooklyn, which is tt
convey the late Lord ~PauncefQrte'S re.
mains to England, arrived at Annapoli:
from Washington Tuesday and the
Brooklyn will sail at once for England
Lady Paunceforte and her daughter re.
turned to England last week on &
transatlantic liner.-Charlotte News.
Decanters and carafes may be clean.
ed easily on the inside 5y using a mix.
ture of salt and vinegar. Rock salt is
best for this purpose. To a small glass
of vinegar allow a handful of salt
Shake until stains disappear.-Ex-
change.
An eminent Spanish scientist claims
that he can extract electricity from thu
atmosphere. Possibly he has been read.
ing about old Ben Franklin. who die
something Of that sort about a century
ago.-Kinston Free Press.
Among the graduates at Harvard the
other day were Q deaf-1HuteS, two
of them brothers. In order that the
afflicted students might De assisted ir
their studies one OF the professors
cheerfuIly sacrificed mis- beaId so that
they could see and read his lips.-Sa.
annah News.
The other day the house OF represent.
atives passed in hot haste an innocent
looking bill which. on closer examina.
ton, turned out to be q legislative pro.
hibition of the sale OF beer in quantities
Of one-eighth of a barrel-the "achteP
that is the sheet nUh and strong
defense of the small brewer. This trick
was tried in the Fifty sixth congress
and would have succeeded, too, but fol
Senator Nelson, of Minnesota, whose
effective championship Of the "achteP
cleaned as a bright particular star
through the murky gloom of the sen
atorial fogbank. 1t viii be again his
privilege to prevent the wiplng u o.
the small brewer, whose customer
want ~ little, and that little in a key
Philadelphia Record.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-08
SEWER SYSTEM COMPLETED.

The Wilmington Sewerage Conn
pany Has Finished Putting I'm
Fifty-Four Miles of Sanitary Sew
ers i'm Wilmington During the
Past ear-Tw Hundred Hands
Were Employed and $4,000 Was
Paid Out for Labor.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-08
Double Killing in Texas.

Fort Worth Texas, July "A double
tragedy occurred at Bowie, the county
seat of Montague county this afternoon
as a result of which J. T. Kilgore and
wife are both dead. Kilgore shot his
wife and then himself in the rear Of
their dwelling while the funeral of their
family physician, DR.. D. C.. Mitchell was
going on across the street. No cause
canse can be assigned for the double
killing.
Mr.. Kilgore was formerly the chief of
police of Chattanooga, Tenn.