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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-29
TOBACCO TAX REBATE.
|Revenue Collector Sending Checks
to Dealers-InIprOvements at Sol
diers' Home-Fertilizer Sales-The
States Canal MISREPRESENTATION
Base Ball Team.
Messenger Bureau.
III CuOs
Raleigh. N. c.. ADriI d.

Raleigh, N. c., April 81.
Revenue Collector Duncan is recsiv.
ing checks for h various manufactur-
ers n merchants for the rebate cue
them on tobacco and snuff under the
act of congress which went into effect
July 1st last year.. Checks have been
received from testers A to j.. These
were mailed today to owners.
Commissioner of Agriculture Patter-
son said today that the fertilizer trade
Is holding on later than it did last year.
and that there will not be nearly So
large a falling off as was expected a,
month ago.
AT the soldiers home the various old
buildings are being reprinted SO, as to
harmonic with the new ones. A grear
deal of work is being one on rho
%grounds. The transformation is IN
fact remarkable.
At the Agricultural and Mechanical
college here the work of rebuilding Wa
tauga hall Is progressing rapidly. As
yet the plans for the new building
which will be a mess hall, auditorium,
etc. have not arrived, but it is expected
that work on it will begin in a fort
night at most. No name has yet been
selected 1Or THIS OUllQlnS.
Inquiry was made yesterday by Il
man in another state as to what canals
the state owners Ut is interested in.
AT one time 1t was interested in the
lDismal swamp and the Albemarle and
chesapeake canals, but il now has nc
stock In either. 1t is said that II now
has no interest save in the very small
Icanal known as the Clubfoot and Har-
lowe. Such is the statement made Dy
the secretary of the corporation com
mission.
J. A. Giles, republican. ex-member OF
the legislature from Chatham. says that
mot over 200 white men in that county
will fail to pay their poll tax and hence
be unable to vote in November. He
lsays the white voters have all beer
notified to pay, but that the sheriff, {
republican, has notified very few ne.
lgroes. He says the negro vote will b.
Extremely light.
Some of the sixteen members of tn
raleigh base ball team were released
today. not having come ND to expecta
ltions in their practice work. Gus Sofe
land Pastor arrived yesterday. Sher
Imam. who was on the team last year
Twill probably be signed. The pitcher
lare Charters. Walker Cleft handera an
Leonard (of last year,; catcher, Meyers
The inield will be a fast one-Hooks
Pastor. Soffel and Grant. Kahn (cap
Itain) will play left field
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-29

Goldsboroites stirred Up Over Major
Wilson's Attack ON Justice Clark
A Desperate Criminal Captured

Correspondence Of The Messenger.)
Goldsboro, April "a
The ciruclar letter sent out by Mr..
James w. Wilson in which he makes
severe attacks upon Judge Clark has
created somewhat Of a sensation here
in Goldsboro. Dr. Cyrus Thompson ar
rived in the city last night and when
interviewed as 10 charge No. IL in the
circular denied that Judge Clark a
asked him to see Governor Russell IN
reference to the appointment Of a chief
justice and said that he CThompson)
did not come 20 Goldsboro on the day
mentioned and did not attend Mr.. Fair
cloths funeral as is intimated in the
letter of Mr.. Wilson. Since il has been
shown that charge No. IL in Mr.. Will
on letter is utterly without
ton the people OF Goldsboro are Mt
disposed to attack much Importance TO
the letter as a whole.
Constable Troy Smith, who lives in
the Hood Swamp section OF the county,
brought in a prisoner yesterday whom
he had to shoot before catching. The
prisoner is a negro who had been steal
ing promlscuously in the neighborhood.
He had made threats and had the peo-
pie afraid of him so the constable
says. In his yard aeSSome he had
several hundred pounds II old iron
which he had stolen.
Yesterday morning Constable Smith
got a Green county officer TO go WITH
him TO arrest tho party who had given
so much trouble to the residents OF
that locality. After hunting for the
negro for some time they finally over
took him just across the county line.
His name is Wesley Sutton. When or
dered to stop the negro started to run
n Constable Smith drew his pistol
and o the negro in the hip He ran
a few yards and fell. Before the off,
GERS could get 20 him he was on his
feet and drew an AK that he had with
him.. One of the officers engaged him
attention while the other one grabbed
the AK. The negro had a pistol. two
small pieces Of iron and two rocks in
his pockets. He was brought to this
city and placed in Jail. The wound
from he pistol shot is not OF a serious
nature, it is sad.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-29
SOUTHERN EDUCATION.
The Meeting in Athens, Ga, of the
N~Ortherners Interested in this
cause-Mr. HOwell's Address of
Welcome.

Athens, Ga, April 24.-In the chapel
of the University of Georgia welcome
was tonight given Robert C. Ogden and
MS party of philanthropists by an as
semblage composed of prominent edu-
Gators from all parts Of the south, jur-
lists. business men and students, who
came here to be present at the first ses-
sion OF he fifth annu1. conference for
the development Of education in the
south. The conference was invited to
the state by the Georgia legislature.
and Hon. Clark Howell, president of the
senate, speaking for the commonwealth
n for the municipality of Athens,
voiced the first words of welcome. At
ter extending a hearty greeting to the
gathering of distinguished men and
women Mr.. Howell said:
This welcome is made.d oubly hearty
tn the declared purpo of this organi-
Zation to its work along lines
which will recognize he necessities Of
the great masses of the whites as we'll
as of the blacks who compose our popu-
lation. In the excited rush of some Of
| those philanthropically inclined to pile
up funds to be devoted. exclusively to
the education of the negro, the strug-
CLING masses of the whites have been
too often lost sight of.
1T is best to be frank in this matter
of so much Importance. to our wellbe-
ing. The failure to secure heretofore
the real, sincere and practical
ton Of the south in external education
al movements, normally entitled to the
very fullest support and sympathy Of
all the people from the section most di-
rectly affected, has been due to the act
that the philanthropy which has direct
Its energy toward the south has been
expended almost exclusively in the be-
half of the one race overlooking the
greater necessities Of the other. AS a
result of this course, vast armies of
POOR white boys who could not help
themselves since the civil war have
been working out their own salvation
against odds which have required su-
perhuman endurance 10 surmount-
I'm this day of trusts and combines
let the work OF this conference be to
improve the opportunity to organize tbs
biggest and most comprehensive trust
yet attempted-an educational trust ir
which every child will be a stakeholder
and every human head will be a share
of stock. When you do this you vii
have ~inaugurated a movement beside
which will be Insignificant the com
bfnes which cornered both the land and
the ocean, and which levy tribute or
every morsel Of food which enters tn
mouths Of the hungry. There viii b
created in such combination a store
house Of energy backed by riches great
er than ~goldanas and which can b.
made to unfold to the eager world tn
priceless resources locked in the bosom
of the weaithiest ~undeveloped t%erritor.
Of Gods green earth-an energy which
will harness our rivers. start pulsatini
as never before the beating arteries o
our commerce; eat new factories
inspire new enterprises, transform idle
ness into industry and touch with tn
magic wand of knowledge the sourc
from which will spring an overfiowini
fountain Of peace. contentment an
, prosperity"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-29
A FRAUD.
Counterfeiting Millions Of Postal
Cards by n Chicago Firm.

Chicago, April IA postoffice fraud,
involving the issue and circulation Of
millions of postal cards. was brought
TO a close tonight by Postofice Inspec-
tor Stuart, VINO arrested Louis Smith
and confiscated over 100000 cards.
printing presses, card board and plates.
Smiths scheme, according to Inspec-
tor Stuart. was to nave the Prent Com
pany enamel a quantity OF the cards as
though they were to be used for a per-
fectly legitimate purpose. Another
hrm he had to engrave a plate with
Jenerson's head on an invitation card
Stu another he had to engrave The
United States OF America" Then he
would place ali these parts together
and thus complete an excellent imita-
ton postal carl Inspector Stuart saws
that Smith must have made millions
of the cards.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-29

When Gov. Aycock was at Fayette-
he delivered an address TO the
|~colored people at Evans Chapel
Stanly ENTERPRISE: The little town
lof Palmerville mas virtually sold itself
lout. The Whitney Reduction Company
has purchased about every foot Of land
in the place, besides the surrounding
property TO the north and south for
some three miles each way.
Fayetteville Observer: There was a
serious accident at Cumberland, this
Icounty, last night. Mr.. John A Guy.
la brave Confederate soldier. member
iof Company c, Fifty-fourth regiment.
was shot in the leg by his son., who
was carelessly handling a pistol. We
lare glad to learn that 1t is not a dan
Igerous wound. and that Mr.. Guy is
resting very well today.
Charlotte News: Ernest Ellis, coll
lored, a fiagmau on the Southern. was
terribly injured last night at the in
tersectson OF the Southern and Sea-
board lines north of the city. - An
unknown negro was killed near Con-
cord last night about eleven o'clock by
Jumping from 4 train and striking
against a rock. the blow being inflicted
just under the heart.
Charlotte Observer: Dallas, Texas,
April 22.-The Dallas News remarks
that in a crowd of $4,000 visitors at
tending the reunion, 1.-The North Caro-
l~linians are in evidence everywhere
with big white feather in their hats"
I-Spartanbur9, S. c., April 21.-There
was a mill between a local pugilist of
mo mean ability, Wash Byars, better
known as Vestibule, and one Lige Will
Iliams, both negroes, at Tryon, n. c., on
FRIDAY last. Williams is a North Car
Gilman and when they met ii was more
than a matter of men; a contest be-
tween two sovereign states and of
course this fact added considerable ex-
icitement and interest 10 the bout. At
ter three hours of fighting, in which it
took thirty-seven rounds of the fast
and furious to determine the result.
Lige Williams Cell, but not without
Honor.
Kinston Free Press: a telephone
message to The Free Press from Snow
Hill gives information of a homicide
that occurred near Hull Road church
about 8 miles from hat place and IA
miles from Kinston, yesterday, the man
killed being Lubby Weber. The fatal
assault was committed by Herman
Stocks. Both were white and single,
Weber being 81 years of g and
Stocks rs. The two were in a field
blowing, Weboer being in the employ
of Stocks. The latter said something
to Weber about his not running the
rows straight and a dispute arose,
which resulted in Stocks ~assaulting
Weber, knocking him down with his
fist and then stamping hin with his
foot. This occurred about 10 o'clock
lin the morning. Weber, after his
beating, walked to Snow Hill
land that afternoon died, shortly after
his arrival.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-29
Rose Hill Notes.
CORRESPONDENCE Of The Messenger.)
Rose Hill. N. c., April "a.

CORRESPONDENCE of The Messenger.)
Rose Hill, N. c., April "a.
The strawberry season is opening her.
very fast. The first shipment of berries
was made by Mr.. w. D. Williams. The
amount shipped was fifteen quarts.
Eight crates were shipped yesterday
and twenty-five today. We think that
we can ship over 100 Saturday.
The truckers report hat the crop
will be short on account of the bugs
that are cutting the form of the berry.
They say hat they have damaged 50
per cent. of the coming berries. Some
of the truckers a that they ave final
ly ruined their patches, and 1 hear that
some of them have ploughed them up.
They say that the bugs are he worst
on the Mckinley berry; they seldom
bother the Lady Thompsons."
The northern drummers keep coming
to our town, to stay through the berry
season. Ten or twelve are here now
putting UP at the hotels. We are look
ing for some more OF them in a few
DAYS.
Carpenters are steady at work on The
Boney & Murray hotel that is going up
here or the corner of Railroad and
Main street. When completed we viii
have the incest hotel between Mt. Olive
n Wilmington. Other new buildings
are going up at present. They are as
follows: c. c. Boney & Sons store
house Just across the street from THEN
residence; a Baptist church on the far
enc of Main street; S. T. Registers
dwelling On the same street.
The railroad company sent Il car load
of lumber here today for repairing tie
railroad street bridges.
DR.. Ray. formerly of Harrell Store
moved to our town last week He is !
| dentist.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-29
Cold steel or Death.

There is bu. one small chance to
save your life ard that is through an
operation" was the awful prospect set
before Mrs. 1. B. Hunt. Of Lime Ridge.
Wis, by her doctor after vainly trying
&c cure her of q frightful case OF stom-
ach trouble aud yellow jaundice. He
dida't coun on the marvellous power
of Electric Bitters to cure Stomach and
Liver troubles, but she heard Of IT.
took sever bottles. was wholly cured,
avoided surgeons knife, now weighs
more and feels better than ever. It's
positiyely guaranteed to cure Stomach,
Liver and Kidney troubles and never
disappcints. Price soc at r R. Bel
zamy's drug store.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-29
A VALUABLE MEDICINE
Coughs and Colds in Childre1

Il have not the slightest hesitancy
lin recommending Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy t o all who are suffering from
coughs or colds" says Chas. M. Cra-
mer, ESQ, a we'll known watch maker,
LOT Colombo, Ceylon. "It has been some
two years since the City Dispensary
first called my attention to this val
liable medicine and I have repeatedly
used it and it has always been bene-
Ifcial. 1t has cured me quickly Of all
chest colds. 1t is especially effective
for. children and seldom takes more
than one bottle to cure them Of hoarse-
ness. I have persuaded many to try
this valuable medicine, and they are all
AS we'll pleased as myself over the re-
suits" For sale by r. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-29
CLEANING AND COMMENT.

Senator DeDoe is a republican United
States senator from Kentucky. He has
introduced n bill looking to a thorough
inquiry by a commission appointed for
the purpose Of looking into the real
condition CT the negroes in all the
United States. II Will be a laborious
lob If well performed, as it is becoming
very necessary to investigate IN the
north where there are now quite 1.o0o.-
0e0 negroes. 4 good. honest, faithful
| commission might possibly do some
good. The north &C surprisingly ignor-
| ant now of Sambo as to his ways and
character
General Stephen d. Lee, the most
| conspicuous surviving officer in Missis-
sippi, introduced as chairman of the
historical committee in the great vet
eran assembly Row sitting at Dallas
Texas, a short series Of resolutions
that have real merit. and if properly
carried out will be sure to accomplish
good. They appeared in The Messen-
gers dispatches of yesterday. but de-
serve to be reproduced. They read:
/. The complication of material that
will help the historian n the student
to understand the civil war, its course
and it's results.
2. The preparation of a source book
for collateral use and reference in
schools and libraries.
3. The preparation of brief biograph-
les and school histories that will do
justice to southern leadership. south
ern character. southern environment
and southern development.
= - !.
We do not believe in all the exciting
times after the great var when Ku
Klux operated in protection against
republican midnight societies. did IN
thing ever occur approaching in bru-
tally the recent account of the work
of the white-cappers in the rich.
f1ourishing northern state of Indiana.
This is a time of peace. thirty-seven
years after the storm alarms of val
had ceased. 1t is an awful revelation
Of the most hellish acts.
Monument building in the south is
not apt to be pushed with vigor. This
is 1902. and still the proposed monu-
ment to the noble President Jefferson
Davis hangs fire-not half enough
being yet contributed. The effort to
build the most becoming, patriotic
1 ronnIrp1nnt RI thn CnrIthnrp u-nnonp
God bless them all. also advances very
slow. Then the Battle Abbey monu-
ment drags yet. but will probably have
enough to build in a yea or two.
There is lacking some s24, 900. These
accomplished Let the south, growing
rich and prosperous, give more freely.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-29
Saved Many a Time.

Don't neglect coughs and colds eve il
it is spring. Such cases often result
seriously at this season just because
people are careless. One Minute Cough
Cure will remove all danger. Abso
lutely safe. Acts at once. Sure cure
for Group, grip, bronchitis, and other
throat and lung troubles. Postmaster
c. o. Dawson, Barr, Ill. says it is the
very best cough medicine on the mar
ket. 1t has saved many a severe sick
ness" r. r. Baliamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-29
GOVERNOR AYCOCK DELIGHTED
With the Educational and Good
Roads Rally at Fayetteville.
Especial TO the Messenoer,

Raleigh. N. c., April Ex-Governor
Aycock and Commissioner Of AgricuI-
ture Patterson arrived this afternoon
from Fayetteville delighted with their
reception there and with the attendance
of representative people at he educa-
tlonal and good roads convention. The
governor left tonight for Athens, Ga.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-29
Wants TO Help Others.

Il had stomach trouble all my life,
says Edwin Mehler. of Union Bottling
Works, Erie, Pa, land tried all kinds
of remedies, trying to get a moments
peace. Finally / took Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure and I found its equal for
stomach trouble and gladly recommend
it." 1t cures al stomach troubles. 1t
digests what you eat. R. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-29
A Monster Devil Fish

Destroying its victim. is a type Of
Constipation. The power Of this muir
|derous maia6y is felt on organs and
and muscles and brain. There's
mo health ill it's overcome. But DR..
Kings New Life Pills r q safe and
cure. Pest in the world for
Stomach. Liver. Kidneys and Bowels.
= 25 cents at r. r. Bellamy's drug
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-29
A B7under

VIII often a horrible Burn.
Scald. Cut or Bruise. Bucklen's Ami
ca Salve, the best in the world, will
Kill h pain and promptly heal it.
Cures Old Sores. Fever Sores, Ulcers,
Boils, Felons, Corns, all Skin Erup-
lions. Best Pile cure on earth. Only
rs cts. a box. Cure guara- >eed. Soil
by R R.. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-29
Shot in His Leg.

For Sores, burns. bruises, wounds, De-
= Wits Witch Hazel Salve is sure cure.
Skin diseases yield to it at once. Cure
piles. Beware of counterfeits. st suf-
Tered from a gun shor wound in my
leg" says A. ). Fuller, English, Ind.
"DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve finally
cured me. r. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-29

Try Chambedlain's Stomach & Liver
Tablets, the best physic. For sale by
r. r. Bellamy. -
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-05-24
nha Tall Gentleman.

a Frenchman visiting a fashionable
concert garden in st. Petersburg some
years ago stopped a passing Russian
officer and asked for a Light for his
cigar, which had gone out. The officer,
after a moments hesitation, handed his
bwn cigar to the Frenchman and look
ed on with smile OF resignation at the
latter's frantic efforts to get light.
you are French, I believer said the
officer.
mot only French. but from Tou-
Iouse"
as this your first visit to Russian
''Yes."
"Ah, now I understand why you did
not salute the tall gentleman In uni
form who was with me when you ask
ed me for light"
'SThe tall gentleman 1 did not notice
him. Who Is her.
1.-THE emperor" replied the officer, at
last regaining possession Of his cigar.
"Are you sureT'
Perfectly. He happens to be my
father
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-05-24
Alsxaaaris 9asstts.
SATURDAY EVENING, MAY "a 1902
= p a Littl. Ml.unaer.tanainr.


1 Soon after the converting Of new
session Of congress announcement was
made Of the approaching marriage OF
iAnson G MeCook. who was then sec
retary Of the senate. A. subscription
was Immediately started among the
senators for the purchase Of a wedding
present Two or three prominent SEN
.ators volunteered to collect the money.
kenator K. one Of the richest men in
the senate at that time. was one or
these.
Seeing q new senator who had not
yet been approached on the subject,
senator x. went to him and said, Sen
ator Blank, want you to give me
SOS"
"What forY' demanded the new MEM
Der.
For McCook's wedding present" ex-
planned Senator X.
an sec you about 1t tomorrow" an
swered Blank, with scowl.
"All right" said Senator X. as he
walked away, "but don't forget It,"
Senator Blank watched him until he
was out Of hearing, and then, turning
to his colleague, remarked with
warmth:
''Well, I've heard Of cheeky things
IN my life, but that man beats all!
WHAT do you think? He Just asked me
to give him $50 to buy a wedding pres
ept for his cookp'-New York Times.
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