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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-12-29
CHRISTMAS ENTERTAINMENT.
Children of Emanuel Church Spent
Enjoyable Evening.

There was a delightful Christmas
entertainment given at Emanuel
Presbyterian church last night. A
play was given and a Christmas tree
had also been prepared for the chill
dren. The title Of the play was,
Santa Claus, His Difficulties and
How He Overcame Them"
Those who took part in the play
were: Mr.. Joseph J. L~aughlin, Santa
Claus: Miss Annie May Ramsey. Mrs.
Santa Claus; Mr.. James. A. Price,
the man in the noon Frank Britain,
Jack Frost; Miss Bessie Russ, Queen
of the Fairies. Others who partici-
pated in the play were, Misses Bessie
Davis, Bessie Burress, Messrs. Till
man McKeithan.. Mac Reynolds, Gus
LindQuest and Magnus Branch Miss
Sue Hall had charge OF the play.
After the play was over each schOl-
ar was presented with a gift from
the Christmas tree.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-12-29
o THE RECORD.
There Were Forty-FOur Cases Before
the Mayor Yesterday.

Yesterday broke the record in the
Mayors court, never before was there
such a large docket for one day. The
number of cases on the docket yeste--
day was A. This is a large number
but the ofenses in most instances were
OF a very trivial allure. The principal
charge was drunk nd disorerly. Mayor
Springer opened court at 1870 and by a
few minutes after l o'clock the docket
was clear. All but two of the cases
on the docket were disposed of and
they viii be tried Monday.
The cases disposed of were as fol-
lows:
John Reid, larceny, hound over to
court under $50 bond.
a. F. Linden, drunk and down. judg-
ment suspended upon payment of the
cost.
Peter Hanson. assault on officer. 81
and the cost.
Hatfield Carondel, ARRAY, s. and the
cost.
Frank sarder, drunk md disorder!y,
s. and the cost.
Dock Suggs, disorderly conduct, s.
and the cost.
George Johnson, disorderly conduct.
s. and the cost.
Henry Williams, drunk and down. S.
and the cost.
Alex Lawrence, drunk and disorder!y
S. and the cost.
J. w. Branch, disorderly conduct, IS
and the cost.
A. S. MINIS. d~isorderly conduct. s.
and the cost.
Robert Smith, disorderly conduct.
$40 and the cost.
Lewis Brooks, disorderly conduct.
IS and the cost.
Octave Smith, disorderly conduct,
$40 and the cost.
George Williams, assault, IS and
the cost.
E. w. Hawkins, disorderly conduct.
IS and the cost.
A. z. Kron, diorderly conduct, IS and
the cost.
Matte Little. disorderly conduct, SO
and the cost.
Joe Pace. drunk n d~isorderely, S.
n the cost.
Lizzie Flowers, drunk n disorderly.
So n cost.
Joe Williams. d~isorderely conduct, s.
and the cost.
John r. Britton, assault, so and the
cost.
/. Herring. assault, So and the cost.
Geo. Lane. drunk and disorderly. So
and the cost.
u. Richardson. d~isorderiy conduct, 80
days on the county roads.
ThOs Williams. d~isorderly conduct.
thirty days on the county roads.
Josephus Pigford, drunk and disor-
derby. SO M the cost.
Nellie Edwards, disorderly conduct,
$40 and the cost.
Martha Virgins. disorderly conduct,
SO and the cost.
Green Wagner, d~isorderfy conducr,
SO and the cost.
Joe Kirkman. drunk and down. $50
and cost.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-12-29

1t was a goodly sight Christmas
morning to see a number of wagons
loaded with baskets of provisions to
be distributed among the poor. Who
was doing this work of charity? it
was The Elks. Each Christmas the
Elks try in some n to bring
Happiness to the homes of the poor.
Last year they gave a big dinner
AMI invited hundreds of children.
This dinner was of course greatly
eaJoyed by the children, but the Elks
wanted not only to make the little
ones happy. they wanted o bring
happiness to the parents, not by SIv-
ing one big dinner, but by supply
ing them with a sufficient amount of
provisions to last them from one to
tive weeks according to the size of
the family. The plan of distributing
baskets filled with substantial edibles
was decided upon. Each ask con-
tanned nuts, raisins, candy, oranges,
granulated sugar, rice, gritS, milk,
syrup, salt, coffee, meat, meal, lard
and -four.
The Elks had secured a long list
of names of those who deserved as
sistance and yesterday morning at s
o'clock thirty Elks with seven wagons
SN"l Ntu 'l lilIIl lhlSSIOH VI lid IlS.
What a noble sight to see young men
on such an errand. a. young man is
generally supposed to be giddy and
thOughtleSS n to pay little attention
to the wants of the poor but did the
sight on Christmas morning look this
way? Who could say anything but
good of an order which inspires its
members to such acts of charity.
Christmas morning was wet and
stormy but this did not deter the de-
termined Elks from their work Of
charity. AS the work progressed the
faces of those distributing the baskets
became brighter, for they saw the
happiness they were bringing in
those destitute homes.
The gifts were not expected, they
came as surprises and the oners
were met in every instance with the
most profuse thanks Many had no
idea who the basket came from until
they began unpacking it and there
tucked among the contents they
found a card with the inscription "A
Merry Christmas from the Elks."
In many an humble home will a
prayer be offered for those who
thought of the poor and tried to
make their lives more happy.
1t was q beautiful idea of the Elks
to visit the homes Of the poor on
Christmas morning and bestow on
them baskets of good cheer. Many a
home was made happy by these pres
ents and not only is the act OF the
E1ks appreciated by those who re-
ceived the presents, but the public in
general commends their noble work.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-12-29
. MIR. THOS. j. PRESSON DEAD.
Died Suddenly at His Home o.
Chestnut Street Last Night.

Mr.. Thomas J.. Presson. a we'll known
contractor OF this city. died suddenly
at his home on Chestnut street last
night.
At supper Mr. PresSon seemed To be in
perfect health and in less than three
hours afterwards he was dead. He
went to place a piece of wood on the
fire and just as ne did SO he fell back
dead. 1t is supposed that he died from
heart disease. Mrs. PressOn was sit
ting in the room only a few feet from
her husband and when he fell she At
once fastened TO his assistance but he
was dead before she reached him.
Mr.. Presson was 20 years of age. He
was born and raised in Williamsburg.
va. but moved to North Carolina soon
after the war. He at first lived n
Kirston and about fourteen years ago
moved to this city. He belonged to the
ROYAL Arch Nasons Of K@instOn.
The deceased leaves q wife, four
daughters and two sons.
The funeral will take place from me
residence at PA Chestnut street Mon
day afternoon at ; O'Clock and the in
terment will be at Oakdale.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-12-29
WA RSHIPS FOR KORHA.
The Vfcss,' nIrg Is Needed to Project
Americans

Washington, December ss.-Rsar
Admiral Stirling. temporarily in esA-
mand of the Asia tic station cables
the navy department announcing the
departure Of the gun. BOAT VicksburE
today from Shanghai tor Chemulps.
Corea where she has bee>1 ordered at
the nsscnce % Mr.. Allen. lthe Amerf-
can mi-;ster at Seoul. h h1cal riots
at Chemulpc. recently end. fingered
American life and property AID the
dispatch Of a waTsh'p was the ught
necessary.
AS the marine guard Of the vick.s-
burg does not exceed a half deseA
men. Rear Admiral Stirling has been
instructed to send a company Of ma
rlnes from the Philippines to
ChemulpO on board the trauspert
Zafiro- The MARINES will be aboard
the Vicksburg at Chemulpe, and it
Is stated that they will not be landed
unless American interests are further
threatened
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-12-29
SCORE OF o TO o.
Result of the Football Game Between
the College Boys and the Home
Boys.

On account OF the bad weather On
Christmas day, the game of foot bali
between the College boys and the
Home boys was not played on that day,
but was postponed till yesterday.
The game was played at Hilton park
and though the weather was severely
cold, there were several hundred spec
tators, among whom were a large num-
Der OF young ladies, gaily bedecked in
the cOlors of one team or the other.
The article of DOT ball displayed was
not professional in the least, and at
times it was awfully slow, but on the
whole the game did credit to the young
elevenS. Both team have been prac-
ticing for several days and each was
confident of victory-but the result
10 0-shows that the players were 100
evenly matched for either side to score.
Two twenty minute halves were play
ed, yet the game was three hours long
being accounted for by the great
many injuries received by the players
none of which, however. were the least
bit serious.
It would not be exactly fair to single
out players for praise or criticism.
Both teams played the best game they
could and the fact that no score was
made shows that neither side played
very sorry or YER fine.
MIR. Jas. Sinclair was referee and Mr..
Leslie Virgins was umpire. The time
keeper was Mr.. c. Hopkins and the
linesmen were Paul Cantwell and Wal
ter McIntire.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-12-29
DEATH OF ZANARDELLA.
Former Premier OF Italy Passes Away
After Long Illness.

Rome. Dec. 26.-Former Premier
Za%nardelIi died tonight at Haderno.
Guieppe Z~anardelIf who had pre-
TiouslE serveI one term As President
Of the chamber OF deputies, was re-
elected to the chamber in May, 1895,
and December 18th. 1897, was ap-
To.nted President Of the Council of
Ministers and in April, 1908, he be-
came so seriously III that he tainted
rs he was leaving the Q%uirInai after
the weekly consultation of the pre-
mier with the king. He was taken
70 his home and the doctors said
there was nothing alarming in his
condition. Later he resigned his
Office.
Early in August last. Signor Zanar-
delli became SO ill hat his physicians
recommended q complete rest and
October 10th he resigned with his
Who'll cabinet, owing to Ill health.
the step being in no way connected
with the political situation, though
attempts were made to connect the
resignation of the cabinet with the
postponement of the Cars visit to
Rome.
A dispatch last night announced
that the condition OF Sigrsor Zanar-
dellf was extremely " His doc
tors made, public the fact of the ex-
istence of a tumor in the patient.
stomach and added that they had
given UP all hope Of Signor Zanar-
dellis recovery. This news caused q
deep impression in Rome.
The deceased statesman was Il
years old.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-12-29
TRANSFERS OF PROPERTY.
Several Pieces of Real Estate Changed
Owner Yesterday.

The records in the register of deeds
office yesterday showed the following
transfers Of property:
Sol J. Sternberger and wife to w. D.
Pugh and wife a lot % IL by &c feet On
Orange street. between Ninth and
Tenth. The consideration was $3.50.
John a. Kicks and wife, of Green
vile, n. c.. to Eugenia W.. Harris ana
wife. of Wilmington, a tract Of land
on the old New Bern plank road, con-
tanning 100 acres. for the sum of $500.
Wilmington Tobacco Warehouse
Company. of Wilmington, to Jasper
Pryor. of New York city, for the sum
of 500. a lot at the south western IN
tersection of Dickinson and Hall street.
The said lot extends $50 feet along the
western line of Dickinson street.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-12-29
an Young James Durham

DR.. DurhaI . Young James Durham
identified Judge at onc as being the
man he had seen in the house only n
short time before the fire. Upon this
evidence Judge waS committed to jail.
He stoutly maintains his innocence and
says he can prove an alibi. He says
he Spent the greater part Of yesteray
afternoon in S~tarkey's saloon playing
pool. He has given the officer who
made the arrest a long list of names
Of people he wants summoned as wit
neses.
Judge broke down when he was
placed in Jail and wept bitterly. He is
a young man, not more than wenty-
two years Of age.
No motive can be given as to why
Judge should nave wanted to burn the
houses This is the strange part Of
1t. Judge has a brother. Jim Judge.
who has been sent to the roads for
turning in false fire alarms. Jim
Judge seemed to a a mania for
turning in alarms and some seem to
think hat possibly George Judge is
affected with a like mania for seeing
fires.
That three fires SHOULD occur within
As minutes hat in each instance they
Were on the third story Of the dwell
ing; that at each place the fire was
in two rooms, all goe to show that
the fires were not accidental and tina,
they must have been kindled by the
same person. Who the person is, IL is
hard to tell, but there is strong cir
cumstanstial evidence against Judge.
1t is aid that in one Of the rooms
on Market street that a man was IN
the room asleep and came very near
being suffocated by the smoke.
It seems almost incredible to think
that a man would enter a house at
between 3 and 4 o'clock in the after
noon for the purpose Of setting II
afire. but such certainly seems to be
the case.
Jim Judge is now serving a six
months sentence on the county roads.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-12-29
Newspaper Proprietor Killed by a
Train.

Philadelphia. December 25.-Hugn \.
Mullen. one Of the proprietors Of The
Sunday Philadelphia World. and well
known in local politics, was instantly
killed tonight by being struck by a
train at the North Philadelphia staten
of the Pennsylvania Railroad. How
the accident occurred nobody seems to
know. but it is believed he attempted
to cross the tracks. Among the papers
found i n mis- pocket was an accident
insurance policy for 5000. Mr.. Mullen
was Sc years old n a native OF Phil
adelphfa.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-12-29
Torpedo Boat DestroyeT Lawrence
Disabled in q Storm Off Hatteras.

Washington. December 25.-The navy
department has been advised that the
torpedo boat destroyer Lawrence was
disabled in a storm off Hatteras While
on her recent run with the second tor
pedo fotilla from Hampton Roads to
Key West. Repairs. which will con-
sumo a month. will be made at Kew
WaSr
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-12-29
THE ELKS
How They Made Hun
dredS of Poor People
Happy
-
A NOBLE WORK

More Than Two Hundred Baskets of
Provisions Distributed Among the
Poor-Thirty Elks With Seven
Wagons Distributed the Baskets
N Act of the Elks Commended
by All-Each Christmas the Lodge
Does Something to Bring Happi-
8 to h Homes of the Poor.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-12-29
Senator Hanna Convalescent

Cleveland, December Ex-senator
Hanna who was taken i'll several days
ago in New York, n who arrived
home yesterday in a private car, was
reported to be feeling much better To-
day. The Senator was able to be about
his home during the day and received
a number Of caHeFS.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-12-29
THREE FIRES
George Judge Arrested
Upon the Charge
of Arson
IS IN JAIL

is Strong Circumstantial Evi-
dence Against JUDICIAL the Fires
Occurred Inside OF FOrty-Fiye Min
utes-The Damage from the Three
Fires VIII Amount to About
Twelve Hundred Dollars, Partially
Covered by Insurance Judge
StOutly Maintains His Innocence
and Says He Can Prove an Abb
Was Placed I'm Jail Last Night
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-12-29

On and after Sunday, December 9th
iHstant. mails for dispatch by Seaboard
Air Line railrod will close at postoffice
at 2:20 p. m.
Ladies and Gents solid gold and gold
filled watches. ]. T. Burke. Jeweler.
No. q south Front st.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-12-29

Mrs. Beverly Hawkins and Miss Belle
Jollye passed throught the city Thurs
day en- route from Charlotte to White
Vile to spend the holidays with rela-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-12-29
New Benches Have Arrived.

The new benches for Brooklyn
Baptist church have arrived "a will
be put in the churc next1 The
benches are of heavy quaN oak
and were made by thelorWthern
Seating and Cabinet Co sssR- of
jackson, Tenn Mr.. H.H. Spencer,
of Gastonia. n. c.. who is employed
by the absve named firm to put down
benches. is-eSpected here next week
TO do the WORTH
Mr.. k.B. Carroll. clinton, spent
YESTERDAY in the city.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-12-29
DIED FRIDAY.
Mr.. John II. Gorc. ST.. Dead-Was
Father OF ID. 10 Gore.

Mr.. John H. Gore. Sr., die at his
home near Pireway. Columbus county.
Christmas morning. He was SO years
of age. MI. Gore had been sick since
last Wednesday and since he was
taken i'll his death had been expected
at any time. Mr.. D. l.. Gore was with
his father at the time of his death.
The ~jeaceased leaves two sons Mr.
D. L. Gore, of this city, and Mr.. NJ. L.
Gore, IeTay.,, and n daughter,
Mrs. Of Lowrie, S c.
M1k man well known in
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klterred yesterday
IN ground near Pr
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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-12-29

Miss Amy Harlowe left yesterday 10
visit friends in Richmond, Va.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-12-29

Mr.. and Mrs. B.. Solomon and Mis-
Solomon left for New York las
night.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-12-29

I am making a speciality OF Ladies'
set rings. Solid gold only. J. T.
BmtR.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-12-29
Death of Mrs. John CrOweH.

Bristol. Tenn. December 26.-Mrs.
John NJ. Crowell, aged 10 years, one OF
the wealthiest women in Bristol, owner
OF several business blocks and a prom
inent member Of the Christian Church,
Red suddenly this afternoon Of hem
~Mrs. Crowell was the VII
Icontractor and isl
all residing
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WELLS HARBOR.

Wells Harbor is formed by a gap in
the coral reef and is roony and safe,
with the entrance open to the west
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-06
EASY FOR BUSINESS.
Eastern High School Boys Defeated by
Score of 10 to 3,

SCOIc VI 10 70
The High School championship game at
American League Park, yesterday after
noon, between the Business and the Eastern
teams, was won by the former by a score of
13 to 3. But for two errors in the seventh
inning the Business boys would have shut
out the Eastern lads. Business played a
very good game throughout. Although the
victors made four errors, they were not
costly, while, on the other hand, the losers
had ten errors chalked up against them,
which were very costly. Kaiser, who was
in the box for Business was not up to his
usual form. Jimmy Fitzpatrick, the blonde
short stop of the Business team, took care
of three positions without an error. He
managed to get hits which went to third
base, second base and several in the out
field. His throwing to first was also very
good. In the SIXTH with one out, F1tz-
patrick made double play unaSsiSted, Lin
thicum flied out to Fitz., who caught Conk
lin, before he could return to first. Wood
ward left the field in the eighth inning, be-
cause of what he thought an unjust deci-
Bradshaw off third, and Eastern was re-
tired Neither side scored in the first in
ming. The second inning opened by Doyle
getting two-bagger, Tracey hit to Thomp-
son, who dropped the ball and Doyle scored.
Dismer walked as did Fitzpatrick, and
Warden sent both home by his two-base
hit. Kaiser and Green struck out. The
Business continued to score throughout the
entire game. Eastern made three runs in
the seventh. Block hit to Kaiser, who fun
bled the ball and allowed him to Teach first.
Thompson singled, Yeager struck out and
Porch was safe by Doyle missing Fitz. 8
assist to first. Bradshaw sent one past
third scoring Block, and Porch came home
on Swifts work at the bat. Woodward
was out at first and Swift was likewise
retired at second. The score follows:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-06
Resistance to Disease.

From the New York Herald.
Following close on the announcement of
the discovery of the smallpox germ by a
Boston physician is another by medical
gentleman from the same city promising
the calculation of a new theory OF natural
protection against disease. If this. unlike
all other recent scientific explanations along
similar lines, can be made Ineligible to
the ordinary non-professional mind very
useful purpose will be served. At least, the
everyday man may imagine that he has
found the true secret of immunity. and may
be enabled to govern his hygienic acts ac-
cordingly. AS the question now stands.
however. 1t Is so mystified by bacteriolog-
lcal subtleties, high-sounding and signih-
individual fails to get a grip on any side.
Here is the new theory: THE blood con-
tains two elements. called complement and
amboceptor,' which constitute what is
sometimes called the vital force
Somehow or other. these must both act
at once or the battle is lost. The repelling
party and the reserve must move simulta-
neously on the works. The complement
may try to do it's best in its own way. but
unless the "amboceptor is within call the
injecting germs have the best of the
fight. BY and by we may be told how all
this is accomplished. or. rather. what in
true scientific language is the Technique"
Of the thing. 1t is quite probable, however.
in spite of all that can be said or DONE
that vital force. which is another name for
life, will be- causatively speaking, as mex
plicable as ever: the more so, perhaps, in
proportion to the number and frequency of
the explanations offered. Practically. vital
energy. with its power to overcome disease
invasion simply means sound health. and
II this blessing is mainly due to the ''ambo-
ceptor' element in our blood we should be
Testing too much inquisitiveness as to the
integrity of its claim.