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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-27
DAN PATCH'S FINE WORK.
Magnificent Performance In Which
The Worlds Record is Smashed.

Memphis, Tenn, October 22.-The
third dar Of the harness racing at the
Memphis Association track was made
memorable by the magnificent per-
Torrance of Dan Patch in a trial
against time. The handsome son of
Joe Patchen made the mile in 1.56 IA,
clipping three-fourths Of a second from
the worlds record Of 1.57 held by
Princ Alert, and lowered his own
record by two and three-quarter sec
onds. The mile was paced without a
wind shield and at the finish Dan
Patch seemed as fresh and vigorous
as at the start. The demonstration
that greeted the new worlds pacing
champion as he flashed under the wire
was q memorable stand, had caught
the time with their own watches and
before the starters stand, had caught
who stood about the track before
was a memorable one. Her owners
across the rack they set UP a mighty
shout and threw hats, caps, iii into
the air The shout was caught up by
the people in the grand stand, the
space before il. and on the club house
grounds and h victory Of the new
pacing idol was proclaimed in a long.
hOarse oar that rose and fell and
reached its climax in a frenzy of noise
as Driver VI. c. Henry pulled up be-
fore the i"dees stand and DOTTED his
nat in Acknowledgement Of the ac-
clamatiOn.
With the exception of the 2.GS class
trOt the events of the cards went to
favOrites all in straight heats except
the first race which required a third
start.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-27
TO CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS.
A Monument at Greenwood Dedi-
Gated With Proper Exercises.

Greenwood, S. c.. October ga
dedicated to the Confed-
crate soldiers Of the state of South
Carolina, who fell in the war between
the states. was unveiled here this 2f-
ternoon. The dedicatory address was
delivered by Judge William T. Gray,
of Augusta, Ga, who eulogiZed south
ern ~womanhood and paid an eloquent
tribute to the part it played in the days
of 1876.
The monument is So feet in height,
the die on which the inscriptions are
cut being from granite quarried i'll
Vermont. On the east side of the mon-
ument is the following inscription:
Our Confederate Soldiers"
On the north side: "1S61-1S6o. Pa
trlots, who animated by the faith,
actuated by the same owe of country;
beset by the same trials and dangers;
endowed with the same fOrtitude, and
who fought as h~erolcally to maintain
self government as did the colonial
fathers to attain the same and who
with them are immOrtaliZed in the
same halo of glory"
On the west and south sides of Tie
are inscriptions
rating the valOr and deeds of those %h0
sacrificed their lives to the cause of
the C~Onfederacy
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-27
THE SOLUTION FAR AWAY.
Another Missionary Association
Speaker Talks About the Negro.

Cleveland. O., October 22.-The clos
ing meeting of the American Mission
airy Association was held tonight. DR..
Washington GLADDEN.. of Columbus.
made an address on the negro problem
in which he said that the solution OF
the question az further away today
than ii was at the close of the civil
war; that the task of helping the ne
gro to manhood is increasing in COM
pleXity and people of the south de
serve great credit for what they have
done for the negro. The American
Missionary Association has funds
amounting to more than Il million dol
lars he said the income Of which II
is required to spend in the southern
field for negro education. Other so
cietieS have similar trusts. They cam
mo- be transferred. they must be con-
S~cientiOuSly administered 10 sustain
missionary work. To suspend that
work in the south would check the for
ward movement Of what IS proving
to be Very helpful in its results The
negro, IL the greater par of the south
was declared - be disfranchiSeI and
he is 10 longer = free and responsible
citizen. He * 4 subject. must pay
taxes AMI has little or no share in
determining how these taxes shall be
expended"
In conclusion he said:
THE American Missionary A=SOciI~
ton was born 10 bear witness TO the
truth that black men are men: that
they have not only hands. but souls
and for them there must not only be
bread but n kingdOm-hope. outlook
n opportunity. a clear path 10 the
heights of manhood"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-27
MIR. BORDEN AND MIS- LEE.
Marriage That Surprises GoIdSboro
Society-HOity Toity Folks Enjoy
II Hay Ride.
Especial TO The Messenger.D

N|BN~N- --- -tNScI4l5I1I
Goldsboro. n. c., October 22.-Society
circles in Goldsboro awoke 10 a great
surprise this morning when it was
found that Mr.. Murray Borden and
Miss Sallie Lee. two Of the most prom
inent society people of this city, were
quietly married last night at the Pres
byterian manse in this city, Rev. Z.
w. FAIRIES officiating. SO far as can
be learned the immediate families of
the contracting parties did not learn
Of the event until after the happy
couple had boarded the ~northbouud
train at $40 o'clock and were on their
way for a bridal tour through the
cities of the north. To all appearances
there is no reason for such a novel
procedure, except that the now happy
couple simply wished Tor a
ceremony.
The marriage of Mr.. r. A. Poplin to
Miss Julia Rice occurred last evening
at the home Of the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. J; D. Rice, on Elm
street. Elder j. w. Gardner. of the
Primitive Baptist church, officiating.
The groom is a brother of the man.
ager of the Singer Sewing Machine
Company in this city and he as well
as the popular young bride have a
number of friends who will extend
their congratulations on the present
happy occasion.
The store and stock Of goods of J.
P. O'Berry & Son We're Destroyer at
Dudley last night by a fire which is
supposed to be incend1ary. The young
Mr.. Walter Grady, who clerked in the
store, was in the city and there was no
one in the store at the time of the fire.
This is two fires which Dudley has had
the second fire which Dudley has had
Of late. 1t has only been a short while
since the store and stock of goods OF
]. NJ. B. Fields was destroyed by .
fire which is supposed to have origi-
mated in a like amer
The Black Creek Primitive Baptist
Association will tomorrow
at II O'Clock In the Aycock church near
Fremont. Large crowds attend these
associations n the present excellent
weather is expected to prove that the
ton.
The Weber & Fields Company of
players. numbering fifty. both women
n men, came in on the early train
this morning from Rareigh n missed
the Wilmington connection. They got
breakfast at the Hotel Kennon Il
spent the morning In walking and
driving aroun the streets. a party OF
a half dozen or more secured a one
horse dray wagon and took 4 hay
ride. which they seemed to enjoy :m-
mense1y. The Atlantic Coast Line
sent a special engine from Rocky
Mount and at 11:15 the company left
on a special train composed Of one
day coach and baggage car, for VIII
mington, where they will play to-
night
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-27
New York Banks Ship Money to
Baltimore.

New York, October 20.-The local
banks, in response to calls from Bal
timOre correspondents, shipped a
large mount of money to hat city
today, $500. 900 being sem through the
s~ub-treasury up to noon, and 100000
being sent by private channels to the
am place. making q total of 81, 300
900. \ considerable amount was also
sent late yesterday.
This money went to various inSti-
tutiOnS in Baltimore. which wanted
70 be prepared for any emergency that
might happen. 1t was thought here
that this ~precautiOn would enable
Baltimore to get through without any
further trouble.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-27

New York. October 22.-Lewis Nixon
OCCUPIED the witness chai- again to-
day 1T the hearing Def an examin-
er of the United States S~hip5uilding
case and gave much valuable testi-
nIony covering the finances ana gen.
eral affairs of the corporation. He
Testified that he had opposed ne Shell
don reCI ganziation PLAZA and had as
a Counter proposition urged that ::.e
stock be assessed in order to raise
j amount necessary 20 rave the COM
binatiCn from default aud bankruptcy.
His plan of assessment was opposed
by Charles NJ. Schwab. holder at that
time of so, 00O,O 900 of the stock, who,
accOr2:ng to Mr.. Nixon. declared that
the stockholders would not pay he
assessment.
Mr. Schwab SO Mr.. Nixon swOre, de-
clined to put up any more unless the
Bethlehem bonds were given prefer
ence as a lien upon the S~hipbuildine
plants to the first mortgage bonds.
MI. NiXOn testimony also develop
ed the fact that there was : wide
discrepancy as to estimated earnings
In letters written by TREASURE Gary
TO members of the reorganization COM
mittee and Samuel Untermeyer, coun-
e for the b~OndhOlders, asked if it
did o show that there had been an
attempt to minimize the value of the
shipyards and magnify the value o
the Bethlehem plant, but the witness
would not say so.
Much time was taken up with an
unsuccessful effort to get at n his
tory of a mysterious check for s250,OOO
found at the Trust Company of the
Republic. 1t was drawn to Lewis Nix
on or ourselves" on the same day the
checks We're made out for the pay
ment of the cash given to the Vendors
for their plants and property. Mr..
NixO SwOre hat he mad never seen
h check before and that he knew
nothing OF it's history. Both sides dis
claimed knowledge of it's history and
the ina of the amount of
money for which 1t vas drawn and
the on1~ explanation offered from any
source was that il had been made out
by mistake and had simply been put
through the banks by the Trust Com
pany of the Republic. The effort to
get the history of the check Will be re-
newed later I'm the hearing.
Mr.. Nixon testified tina ne knew as
early as last Anril that unless the
combination could get some money
from the Bethlehem property or else
where it must fail. and warned his
associates on the directorate that they
must husband resources. 1t was
brought out on CrOSS-examinatiOn that
the share of promotion profits set aside
for Mr.. Schwab. of which Mr.. Nixon
told yesterday. has never been paid.
NOne Of the commitments on account
of promotion We're paid so Mr.. Nixon
testified.
The hearing will go m tomorrow
afternoon and at the close will prob
ably be adjourned for ten days on ac-
count of engagements Of counsel. This
Adjournment will probably prevent the
taking of the testimony of MesSrs.
Schwab and Pam until some time
week after next.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-27
THE PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSN.
Second Days Work Proves Very
Profitable to the Large Attend

Correspondence Of The Messengar.)
Greensboro, n. c., October Il.
The second days session Of ne
Seventh Annual Convention Of the Viz
ginia Carolina Photographers Asso-
citation began at ten o'clock this morn
demonstration Of papers by the Amer
lean Artistic Company, after which IN
formal discussions and interrogatories
regarding the process were INDUCED
in.
The lecture of z. Dundas Todd, Of
Chicago, editor of the Photo-Beacon,
was to have been made at the morTl-
ing session. but was postponed until
the night session. When his address
on the Elementary Principles CT
Composition" was listened with great
profit and delight by the assen .rled
three hundred professionals, gathered
from all points of the United States.
In the afternoon, the assembly Hall
was thrown open to the public, and a
steady stream of people inspected and
GU II cAlSliSINe ana DtttulIlu l
collection of specimens on exhibition
from the studios and galleries uf the
leading artists of North AMI South
Carolina and Virginia, from New
York, Boston. Washington. Phila1ei-
phia, Chicago n st. Louis. Il was
with much satisfaction that the OK
hibit by southern artists compared
favorably with those from the great
northern artists. so far as keeping up
with the latest methods and improve
ment in the wonderful art or science
Of photography, is concerned.
The members Of the association held
the afternoon session in the large
studio Of s. L. Alderman. where =
demonstration was made under his
skylight by Hamner. and The Seed Dry
Plate men respectively.
After this. the association was given
4 trolley ride touring the city ana or-
jOying refreshments. etc. IN the true
Greensboro Wild open style. The OK
ercises Will close after an attractive
programme tomorrow. The following
members arrived last night: w. J.
Stidison. J.. l.. Alexander. St~atosvillc.
y. G: NJ. p. Stone. 9. ". Rochelle.
Raidsville. y. c: John Green. CASTOR
IA. y. G.: II. B~ernharut. S~DarJanburg,
:. G: L. H. Brown. L. VI. Ta. Tor. Miss
Nellie Mckenzie. r. T. Exams. Dan
Vile. Va: c. w. Justice. Danville. Va;
H. Shqrtel. Lynchbur-. Va: j. -.
Brinkley. oxford. n. c.: Misses carrie
Turner and Emma DO-yG. Durham.
n. c: c. L. MorehOusA. Southcrn
Pines. y. c.: F. F. SnIinr. Camden.
:. c.: J. P. LeVins. PIiJJ Mount8ins,
y. c. &. Y. Sellars. Burlington, n. Z.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-27
SOUTHERN STEAMSHIP co.
Important Concessions Secured
from the N~icaraguan Government

Mobile, Ala. October 22.-The South
ern Steamship Company has been re-
organized with 4 capital OF $50. 600.
but II is announced that this will soon
be increased 10 $500. GOO.
Among the stockholders are prominent
Mobile and New Orleans merchants and
several large fruit importers through
out the country. The company has
chartered i steamer. the Freke, and has
secured an important concession of 90
600 acres Of fertile banana land IN the
Pearl lagoon section and also the eX-
elusive right 10 export bananas from
that port for fifty years and other valu-
able II important considerations.
making this one of the most liberal
concessions ever granted by the Nicara-
uan government.
The company will make the Pearl Ia
coon accessible 10 vessels and put the
lands into shape for the cultivation of
bananas which grow wild there.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-27
Opening of the state Fair.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Raleigh. y. c. October 2O.-Gover-
nor Aycock had such q severe cold to-
day that he requested Hon. Richard
H. Battle. Esq. to open the forty
third state far for him. President ].
y. Long introduced Mr.. Battle. The
latter said he had attended the first
state fair. held in 1852.
Among those present At the opening
ceremonies today We're General Matt
W. Ransom. Julian s. Carr. Secretary
OF State Grimes. Treasurer Lacy. At
torney General Gilmer. State Superfn-
tendent JCyner and Agricultural Com
missioner PltterSon.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-27
ATTENDANCE RECORD
Raleigh Crowded With Visitors.
Additions to Hall of History-An
other PickpOcket Arrested.
(SDecial to The Messenger.)


Raleigh. \. c., October ga fire
at Louisburg today destroyed a large
prize house of the American Tobacco
Company and much
4 fire at Beaufort destroyed Dav-
Fish Scrap Factory. which is a
new one.
General Matt w. Ronsom's sword,
presented him by the officers OF the
First North Carolina regiment IN 1861,
was placed in the Hall OF History as
was also the flag of the Fourteenth
North Carolina regiment.
Among the visitors today to the
state fair was Rutherford B. Hayes. of
AsheVille, son Of late President r. Is.
Hayes. and President OF the Appala-
chan Forest Reserve Association.
TOday's attendance at the state fair
broke all records. The crowd here was
the greatest since hat when the Con-
federate monument was unveiled.
There We're no serious accidents. The
worst was tina to a man who wears
glasses and who was acct l~Antally hit,
smashing the glass into his eye. An
other pickpOcket was captured. after
he had been bai:v beaten near the
a entrance 10 the far grH aids. he
was attacked by our or five men.
Tonight va knights T"Inplar night
at the Masonic Fair. They marched
to the fair under command Of Right
Enrient Grand Commander James X.
Norf1eet OF Winston.
a man giving his name as G.. G.
Mills. of Graham, n. c., was arrested
today charged with engaging in a
fight at the fair grounds in order to
protect his pal. william Hayes, a
pickpocket now in jail. Mills is not
twenty years old. He is the man who
fought SO desperately after \. p.
Broughton had seized Hayes yest3r-
day. Mills says his brother IS fore
man of a cotton mill at Graha,n. He
is in Jail in default of $500 bail.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-27
WANT TO STOP REFORM
WiNy OF DOWIE'S BAND ANXIOUS
TO RETURN TO ZION CITY.
Dovyie SAYS He WIZ IGndeavor TO
Convert the P~ope-Bogus Checks
Sent to the Fake .Elijah"-Subject
of kissing Discussed.

New York, October 22.-TwO hun
bred of the followers of John Alexan-
der DOVE indicated that they We're
tired = the work of reforming New
York city and wanted to return 70
Zion City when the General over
seer invited all who wanted 20 give
up the work and give others a chance
to take il up TO step forward at the
early meeting in Madison Square Car
den today.
Dowie at that meeting said he would
endeavor to convert the Pope. He
added that he had received many
bogus checks since coming TO New
York. but that others mad been good.
There is no need for followers 70
rush back to Zion," he said, because
of those suits by merchants of Chi
cagO. They are against me person
ally and not against Zion"
Turning his attention to kissing,
Dowie said people should be careful
of their kisses and use them carefully,
even in the family. Why, my son,
Gladstone never kissed a woman out
side the family" he said.
William a. Brady. the theatrical
anage who with Lorenzo Winter,
was arrested and charged with disor-
derby conduct in the crowd about
Dowie's meeting in Madison Square
Garden last night, was discharged in
police court today. Mr.. Winter was
paroled to give him an opportunity to
bring witnesses to testify to the bru-
tality and bad judgment of the police.
AT the forenoon meeting. Dowie an
nounced that he would join his wife
in Adelaide. Australia. in April. He
spoke moderately for a while. About
- tho o,1linna4 loft tho
hall. A group of young men added to
the disturbance by yelling and pound
ing on the side doors of the Garden.
Dowie closed the service suddenly.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-27

Officers of State Agricultural So
ciety-TO Secure Immigration of
Farm Labor.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Raleigh, N. c., October 22.-At the
nnual meeting the State Agricultural
Society tonight at the capital, Presi-
dent James A. Long, who has served
tow years presided. Ashley Horne. of
Selma, was elected president. Joseph
E. Pogue vas reelected secretary and
Claude benson Treasurer.
By request, Commissioner Of Agri-
culture Patterson spoke on the cattle
interest and quarantine, and State
Chemist Kilgore on the Texas cotton
boil Weavil. James A. Bryan, of New
Bern, spoke on the urgent need Of Sc
curing farm labor for eastern North
Carolina to restore abandoned farms
and an interesting discussion followed
by j. S. Carr. Richard H. Battle, J.. H.
Currie, S. l.. Patterson and S. B. Alex
ander and a committee of ten was rails
ed to suggest ways and means for Sc
curing immigration of farm labor to
North Carolina
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-27
Ryda1es Liver Tablets.

Rydales Liver Tablets cure all liver
roubles They act specifically on the
liver, the bile, bladder. and bile duct.
the intestines n bowels. They slim
ulate the liver and cause a perfect
flow of bile into the bowels. keep the
bile duct healthy increase the per-
istaItic movement of the intestines
and thus restore a healthy action of
all these organs. Rydales Liver Tab
lets are easy to take. being small
chocolate coated tablets. They act
promptly and can always be depended
upon. Price per box of 90 tablets. %
cents. r. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-27
Weak
Hearts

Are due TO indigestion. Ninety-nine Of every
n hundred people who have heart troublo
can remember when it was simple indiges-
ton. II is a scientific fact that all cases of
heart disease, not organic, are not only
traceable to, but are the direct result Of indi-
g~estion. All food taken into the stomach
which fails of perfect digestion ferments and
swells the stomach, putting il up against the
heart. This interfereS with the action of
the heart, and in the course Of time that
delicate but vital organ becomes diseased.
Mr.. D. KaubIe, of Nevada. o., says: Ihad stomach
trouble and was in a bad state as ! had heart trouble
with il. | took Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for about four
months and il cured me.
Kodol Digests What You Eat
and relieves the stomach of all nervous
strain and the heart Of all pressure.
Bottles only. Sl.OO Size holding ~ times the trial
size, which sells for soc.
Prepared by E. Q. DEWITT & CO.. CHICAGO.
For sale by r. r. Bel!amy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-27
He Learned Il Great Truth.

It is said Of John Wesley that he once
said to Mistress Wesley: "Why do you
tell that child the same thing over and
over again?" John Wesley, because
once telling is not enough" 1t is for
this same reason that you are told
again that Chamberlain's Cough Rene
dy cures colds and grip; that it cOun-
teracts any tendency Of these diseases
to result in pneumonia, and hat it is
pleasant and safe to take. For sale by
all druggists.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-27
TALK OF ANNEXATION
CANADA'S OPPORTUNITY TO BE-
COME PART OF THE L. s.
Local Feeling is Bitter Over the
That The Unrest Nay Lead to
anada Becoming an Indepen
dent Nation or Being Annexed to
This Country.

Vancouver. B. c., October 22.-Local
feeling is very bitter over the award
of the Alaskan boundary commission.
There is much talk of annexation and
of Canada becoming independent, bus
mess men being much dissatisfied
at what they denounce as British dis
regard of Canadian interests to please
the United States.
1t is a matter OF comment thu loud
est among the disconnected are Eng
lishmen residing here. Many of them
say that Canada will never achieve
her greatest possibilities, until she be-
comes part of the United States.
Mayor Neelands of Vancouver thinks
that the Alaska award may lead to
the establishment of anada as an in
dependent nation.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-27

Pittsburg. October 20.-As a result
of a special meeting of the Structural
Iron Workers Union. held last night.
damage suits a~ggregating 800 900 may
be brought against the American
Bridge Company. charging negligence
in the construction of the Wabash
railroad bridge, where the disastrous
accident happened yesterday. The of
ffcers of the union are reticent on the
subject. but one of them said the
union may take charge of all the
cases and bring suits.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-27
Days Hearing in the
United States Ship
building Case
UNKNOWN CHECK

The History of n Mysterious Check
for il Being Probed and
Both Sides DiscIaim Any KnowI-
edge of Why it NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
of Pam and schwab viii Not Take
Place Till Next eek-Lew Nixon
Says He Urged That the stock be
Assessed to Raise Money Needed
But This Was Opposed by SchwaD.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-27
satisfaction.

1t is always a source Of satisfaction
to know Of a remedy that can always
be relied on in emergencies and when
accidents occur. such a remedy is Ell
liott's Emulsfield Oil Liniment. 1t is
the most seTviceable Accident and
Emergency Linfment ever produced,
and is just as satisfactory in all cases
where a Liniment is required. r r.
Pal1n NV
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-27
P~ostOffice Clerk Sentenced for Rob
bling the Mails.

Charlotte. y. G, October 22.-In the
United States court at Greenville. S. c..
today. D. G.. Hart, a former clerk in
the ~postoffice at Spartanburg pleaded
guilty to charges Of robbing the mails.
Judge Brawley sentenced him TO one
year in the federal prison in Atlanta.