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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-06
SLOAN-WESTBROOK
4 Pretty Marriage Ceremony at
Wallace.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Especial to The Messenger.)
Wallace, N. c., January 1.-Mr. Bin
lord Sloan and Miss Virginia Westbrook
were married at Sunshine Cottage, h
home of the brides father today at
noon. The ceremony was performed by
DR.. F. D. Swindell, of G%oldsboro. The
wedding march was played by Miss
Lottie Utley, cousin of the bride.
Little Fannie Westbrook, niece Of the
bride and Susie Hussey niece of the
groom entered the parlor to the strains
of Kaededer's wedding march bearing
the pillow On which the bride and groom
were to kneel.
These were followed by Mrs. DuBrutz
English, cousin of the bride and Mrs.
Robert Ruark, sister Of the bride,
DANES of honor. Next came rhe groom
and his brother, Mr.. Ross Sloan, best
man. Then Master Westbrook Murphy,
nephew of the bride, bearing the ring.
Finally the bride came in on tho arm OF
her sister, Miss Charlie Westbrook,
| maid of honor. Schubert's sereaade
| was played softly while The IMPRESSIVE
| words Of the Methodist ritual were
| spoken. The ceremony was performe d
| in the parior, viii h was very ta~stetu;ly
| decorated with holly, sprucs. pot plants
/ and ferns. 1t was witnessed by quite
a number of friends and relatives OF
| both bride and groom
The bride was dressed in white Crepe
de Chine and carried a bouquet OF
brides roses. The maid of honor car
ried a bouquet of pink carnations.
Dinner in several courses was served
to the guests.
Those present ron a distance were;
Mrs. w. H. Sloan, Miss Minnie Sloar
@-J NJ ENro III S1nan nj ChinnI1Qn min
MIS-. Hussey, Of Warsaw; Mr.. Dunn
Sloan, Of Wilmington; J. A. Westbrool
and family, and Mr.. and Mrs. DuBruti
English, of Mt. Olive; Mrs. j. Fl. West
brook, of Rocky Mount; Miss Lotti'
Utley, of Apex; MI. J. N. Gibbons, O
Wrightsville; Mr.. Thaddus Murray, o
Warsaw; Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Ruark
Of Wilmington; Miss Jessie Lane o
Faison; Mr.. J. T. Lane, of Rose Hill
MIR. A. G.. Moore, of Faison; Mr.. ant
Mrs. j. NJ. Bowden, Of Lake Waccaw
NAV.
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TOOK q Mean Advantage.

For half an hour yesterday after
noon, says the Chicago Record-Herald,
a big, husky farmer, with his left arm
is a sling, paced the Great Northern
lobby. Occasionally he forgot and car
ried his umbrella in the hand of the
injured arm. 1t was evident the
sling was a delusion and a snare.
Whats you game?" queried a
chewing gum drummer who had a
sense OF the curious.
III put you next if you will promise
not to tell" said the farmer, who by
this time was becoming excited. The
promise was given.
I've been corresponding with a girl
from Brown county, Indiana. Met her
through a matrimonial bureau. Never
saw her, but we're to be married and
this hotel is the meeting place.
Wouldn't know her if we were to meet.
This Will tell her that I'm her future
husband. and the man pointed to the
sling. She'll have on the same kind
of an arrangement. Wait and see
what happens"
The drummer waited. Half an hour
later he saw the omar She was
hOmely, frightfully homely, the drum
mel thought. and then he looked to see
the effect. He beheld the man hiding
behind a marble column. Evidently
the woman vas looking for him. Her
eyes turned in all directions. The
drummer lost sight of the man for q
moment. When he came from behind
the post there was no trace Of a sling.
He was twirling the umbrella in the
injured hand again, looking sheepish
and was making a bee line for the exit.
A half hour later the woman asked the
drummer If he had seen "a man with a
sore arm" The drummer said he had
not.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-06
VICTORY FOR GOVERNMENT.
Vac ReyoIutionists Routed from the
Town of BnrquisimetO.

Caracas. Venezuela. Monday. Deem
Der 1s.-Barquisimeto, capital of he
state of Lara, which for some time
past has been in the possession of the
Venezuelan r~evOlutionists. has been re-
captured by government forces. The
tsRn of San Carlos and TinaQuillo
have also been re-OcCupied by the gov
erRment- 81
The reYOIutiOnists at BarQuisimeto
were under the command of Generals
Sofasnie and Penaloza. They Vacu-
ated the town after losing 112 men
killed and wounded. There was hard
fighting in the streets and suburbs Of
BarquIsimetO for two days. The gov
ernRaent forces were by
General ConferinO Castillo.
1t now tranSpireS that President
Castro'S recent visit to La Victoria
was not OF a social nature as reported
here. bat for the purpose of conduct
Tag personally by telegraph, the opera
tons ef' his forces at BarQuisimeto.
Fhis victory for the government ap-
pears to he Il direct result of the pres
ident's initiative. 1t has been a most
severe blow for the revolutionists.
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WILL PROBABLY BE CALLED
Prominent Baptist Minister Delights
Greensboro People.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Especial to The Messenger.)
Greensboro. N. c., January Rev.
DR.. H. w. Battle, for eleven years pas
tor Of the principle Baptist church of
Petersburg, and for many years closely
identified with the work of thai denom-
ination in Virginia, is a welcome and
honored guest Of relatives in Green's
boro. While here he is the guest espe-
cially of his cousin DR.. ]. T. Battle, and
generally of every member of the ON
gregation of the First Baptist church.
He preached to a large and interested
congregation in that church last night
and will also preach there next Sunday
morning and night.
When asked this morning about the
report that he had been called to the
pastorate of the church in Greensboro,
DR.. Battle was emphatic in saying that
he was not here in any sense to preach
a trial sermon, or on trial at all. Il
came here on the invitation of friends
and relatives" said he, Ito visit them
and the church. and indulge myself in d
much needed recreation. See that gun,
those dogs? Well in a few hours IN
show you something with a bunch of
feathers" DR.. Battle expressed him.
self as delighted with what he had seen
here in the way of progress all around
and was especially pleased with the
evidence On every hand of industry,
thrift n energy. Said he Il am also
delighted to find the congregation Of
the First Baptist church here wide
awake in every respect and enthusiastic
in good works. 1t really is a revelation
to me in some respects" In reply to
the expressed wish that he might be-
come the pastor he said: Well. the
congregation has not called me, l do not
desire it. l am too much identified with
Virginia work and my beloved congre-
cation of Petersburg, and if they should
call me, l certainly would not consider
it until 1 had returned home"
However, modest DR.. Battle may be,
about this matter, this correspondent is
reliably informed, that he congregation
of the First Baptist church here, which
is now one of the most important in the
state, will without doubt in the course
of a few days make a call to the emf
nent divine. They feel too that it
should not be in vain, for before going
to Virginia he filled most a~cceptably
important pa%storates in North Carolina
at Wadesboro and at Wilson n other
points and is to the born" and
his leaving the state to go to Petersburg
eleven years ago was felt then as a dis
tinct loss to the Christian work of the
time.
John l.. King, secretary Of the Cen
trail Carolina Fair Association has laid
to G. A. Grimsley, treasurer of the
Guilford County Board of Public
Schools, $205.75, this being the amount
due from educational day at the last
fair, the agreement being that one
fourth of the gate receipts should go to
this fund. Little by little it grows.
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Lexington, KY, December 30.-The
state executive committee of the Ken
lucky Tobacco Growers association met
here tonight and appointed a committee
to draft articles of incorporation for
approval at the next meeting at Louis
vile, January 29th.
This association proposes to fight the
so-called tobacco trust, buying the leaf
from the grower. Before Incorporation
it is necessary that forty thousand
growers become members. 1t was stat
ed tonight hat this number would be
signed before the meeting January 29th.
Organizations have been formed in al
most every county in the state and IN
many counties of Ohio and Indiana.
The association is atri-state affair and
pertains to the White Burley district.
The capital stock will be 81, ZOO. 600.
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NATHALIE IRON CONCERNS.
SoAAsAat1on of These Interests Ma.
Been Closed.

Birmingham, Ala, December 3o.-Ap
says
General Manager James Meehan. of
the Ross Mehan Foundry Company,
has been informed that the combina-
ton OF the Malleabie Iron concerns of
the country has been closed and that
the ransfer of interests will taxi
place some time in January. The fol-
lowing is a complete list of the NAL
1eable iron concerns that were taken
in By the combine:
Nalleable Iron Company, Albion, O.;
Beaver Dam Malleable Iron Company.
Racine, Wis; Bell City Malleable Iron
Company, Racine, Wis; Chicago NAL
leable Casting Company, West Pull
man, ILL.,: Chisholm and Moore Manu-
featuring Company, Cleveland, O.:
Marion BIalleable Iron Works, Marion,
Ind; Michigan Malleable Iron Company
Detroit, Mich; Missouri Malleable Iron
Company, East st. Louis, ILL.,; Moline
HaHeable Iron Company, st. Charles,
H.; Northwestern Malleable Iron Com
pany Milwaukee: Pittsburg Malleable
Iron Company, Pittsburg; Pratt and
Latchworth Company, Buffalo; Ross
Aeekan Foundry Company, Catta-
noega; Springfield Malleable r Com
paay Springfield, o.; Trenton NAL
leable Iron Company. Trenton; Wau-
kesha AaIleable Iron Company, Wau-
kesha, Wis; Whitley Malleable Cast
ing Company, Muncie, Ind.
The deal axes seventeen of the lead
ing nalleable iron concerns in the
United States and the capital stock OF
b combine is rated as from SIG, O00,0 600
to $9s, 00o, 600. 1t is n of the strong
est combines in the United States and
IS a result of the combine, the Ross
Heehan Foundry Company Of this city
will undergo considerable improve
mont
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-06
REMARKABLE CURE OF
\ Little Boys Live Saved.

l have a few words to say regarding
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It
saved my little boys life and I feel h a
I cannot praise it enough. [ bought q
bottle of it from A. E.Steere of Good
win, s. D.. and when I got home with
it the poor baby could hardly breathe.
I gave the medicine as directed every
ten minutes until he threw up and
then I thought sure he was going to
choke TO death. We had to pull the
phlegm out of his mouth in great
strings. I am positive that if I had not
got that bottle Of cough medicine. my
boy would not be on earth today.-Joel
Demont, Inwood, Iowa For sale by r.
r. Bellamy.
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MUST REMOVE THE EVIL.
Navy Department Taking Decided
stand Against Puget sound.

Washington. December 30.-The navy
department will adopt heroic measures
to protect the enlisted men at the
Puget Sound navy yard neal Seattle,
Washington, from the evil influences
which exist ut BremertOn. An official
report received from Rear Admiral
Yates Stirling. in command of the
yard, details Il ~deplOrable state of af-
fairs at BremertOn and acting Secre-
AIRY Of the Navy Darling today issued
an order which will have the effect of
keeping naval vessels away from that
station in the future until the nuisance
Is abated. Gambling resorts and dis
orderly houses, the report avs flourish
just outside the yard, especially hen
one of the war vessels is in port and
as the government mas no other means
of protecting h men from the at
tendant evils. it was decided to force
the local authorities to take action by
keeping ships away from the yard
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-06
DOES 1T PAY TO BUY CHEAP?

4 cheap remedy for coughs and colds
is all right, but you want something
that will relieve and cure the NOR
severe and dangerous results Of throat
and lung troubles. What shall you
do? Go TO q warmer and more regular
climate? Yes, il possible. # not pos
sibie for you, then in either case TAX
the ONLY remedy that has been in
troduced in all civilized countries with
success in sever throat and lung
troubles, "BoSchee's German Syrup"
It not only heals and stimulates the
tissues to destroy the germ disease,
but allays Inflammation, causes easy
expectoration, gives a good nights
rest, and cures the patient. Try ONE
bottle. Recommended many years By
all druggists in the world. o oAa
get this reliable remedy at all droG
stores. Price &c. and TIC.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-06
RALEIGH NEWS LETTER
Fallen ThrOnsh-GovernOr's Mes
sage Being Observation-Disclosures
tiary Meet.
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh, N. c., January L.

Raleigh, N. c., January /.
Two cotton mill men We're heard talk
ing here and one said he believed the
Fries merger" of cotton mills had fail
ed, for the present at least, because o.
the stringency of the New York money
market; that the firm which at first in
tended to underWrite the merg ger foun l
itself unable to do so, but that perhaps
another firm might come forward and
AXE up that matter. He went On to
say that he did not care how the mat
ter turned out, though his mill had
signed papers to enter the merger; his
reason for not caring being that the
mills are making money.
The penitentiary directors met today
to examine their report to Governor
Aycock and the legislature. The fsc II
year OF the penitentiary ended Deem
Der 81, while hat Of the state ended
November 80.
Governor Aycock's message is now
being typewriter. 1t will make about
40 pages Of legal cap. One may be
sure that it will be a strong document,
we'll worth reading.
State Superintendent of Public In
struction Joyner was angry today, and
very pIOptIly 81, d. q ISpOll lCSCisS
from a certain county that a school
committee declined to have over two
months school in the year, though the
funds are in hand for a four months
school which is required by law. Mr..
Joyner wrote the county board Of edu-
cation to at once dismiss that school
committee. The latter cannot be con-
WINGED of it's duty. 1t has already beer
cited to appear before the board OF
education.
James H. Young, colored, now a clerk
in the revenue collectors office hero is
an aspirant for the position Of minister
to Liberia but say he vii not make a~y
scramble for the position.
1t is the plan of the Raleigh AND
Western railway, which is now under
construction, to buy the soft coal mine
at Cumnock. This coal is now SOLD
here at $3.50 a ton. The price was not
raised this season. The output is small
Professor Linscott, of the chair OF
Latin, at the State University died sud
denly yesterday.
Insurance Commissioner Young has
returned from Greensboro, where he
looked into the matter of unlicensed
agents who were recently doing som
business.
Secretary of State Grimes, who spent
the holidays at his home in Pitt county
has returned here.
The public buildings were closed to-
day, as were the banks. The negroe:
celebrated in good style the 10th ami
versary of Emancipation.
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Missionaries in Morocco Thought to
be in

Kansas City, Mo, December 3d.
Eight missionaries who are working in
Morocco under the direction of the Cos
pei Missionary Union, whose headquart-
ers are in Kansas City, are said to be
in Peril. At Fee are stationed George
c. Reed, of Kansas City, formerly Of
Nebraska, secretary of the Morocco
mission, and Mrs. Welliver, of Minneso-
ia, Marie Carey. of Emporia, Kas.,
Irene Ward, Avoca, Ia, and Nellie AL
son. of Alabama.
Another party now at Mequinez, is
composed of F. c. Enyart, Of Kansas
City, and Victor Swanson, of Nebraska.
This town is forty miles west of Fee.
Mr.. Fisher believes that Christian
missionaries would be slain if captured
by the fanatical rebels.
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REPORT ON PENITENT!ARY
Directors Give Fine Account OF the
Past Years Work.
Especial to The MeSSenger.)

Especial to The Messenger.)
Raleigh. N. c., January 1.-The peni-
tertiary report, given to the governor
for the two years ended yesterday, part
In money, par in crops including 225
bales of cotton. There are nc debts. 1t
is the best showing eve made. The d.
rectors put the figures low in order to be
or the safe side. They say the assets
are really larger than stated. Tie leg
islature appropriated $500. DOG 70 pay the
penitentiary's debts contracted under
Days administration. Of this only $780,
600 was uneXpended. Day not only had
this large appropriation, but two Of the
best years for raising crops, with no
floods, while last year was the worst on
record, the dykes at the state farm hav-
ing been swept away.
The directors have not completed the
outline of the plans for this years work.
One director, J.. w. Brown, of Colum-
bus, has resigned; another, E. L. Travis,
will resign, both being members Of the
legislature. Brown resigned sometime
ago, Travis held over until today's
meeting Of the directors.
I The penitentiary has had over 4G
| convicts building a railway through
l Mitchell county. Iney are on the otnel
| side of the Blue Ridge, where the cold
is so severe that a number of them died
| of pneumonia The death rate was
: greater than it should a been. II
| was thought that by a month ago they
you'd have been at work on this side OF
| the mountains, but the work progress
| ed more slowly than expected. The con
tract for this convict labor there termi
mates January Goth, and the convict:
will be brought away then. 1t may b'
that when spring opens another con
tract will be made for that road. much
Of which is yet incomplete. It is stated
that the penitentiary has offers TO
practically all available convicts ant
can obtain a dollar a day for them OF
various contracts.
Two members of the Legislature ar
here, y. D. Watts, Of Iredell, and ". F
Kicker, of Rutherfordton. 1t is sale
there are fewer applicants for offic'
than usual, yet at least a half a doZel
for each office.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-06

Some time ago my daughter caught a
severe cold. She complained Of pains
in her chest and had a bad cough. I
gave her Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
according to directions and in w days
she was we'll and able to go to school.
I have used this remedy in my family
for the past seven years and have
never known it to fail" says James
Pendergast, merchant, Annato Bay,
Jamaica. West India Islands. The
pains in the chest indicated an ap-
preaching attack Of pneumonia, which
in this instance was undoubtedly ward
ed off by ~Chamberlains Cough Remedy.
1t counteracts any tendency of a cold
toward pneumonia. Sold by r. R.. Bel
lamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-06
URGING CRAIG FOR SENATE
EepOrt That DIS. Alderman and
Winston are Working for Hin.
Especial to Charlotte Observer

Especial to Charlotte Observer.)
Winston-Salem, December 81, 1902
Your correspondent has reliable infor-
nation that President Winston, Of the
Agricultural and Mechanical college,
Raleigh. and President Alderman, Of
Tulane University, are writing to mem
bers Of the North Carolina legislature,
urging them TO support Locke Craig, Of
Asheville. for United States senator.
One member of the legislature, who is
reported to have received letters from
the two gentlemen named above, is said
to have become irate when he read them
remarking that he would like to know
by what authority DR.. Winston and DR..
Alderman ventured to tell the legisla-
tors what to do.
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Caracas. December 29.-United States
Minister Bowen has received Informal
ton that the Dutch steamer Prins
Maurites has entered certain Venezue-
Ian ports b~lockaded by the British fleet
and discharged her cago there. Special
permission for the Dutch steamer to do
this was obtained from Commodore
Montgomery of the British cruiser
Charybdis. The italian cruiser Clio
vanni Bausan ordered the Prins Marits
away from port, but Commodore Mont
gomery directed that she continue to
discharge her cargo
In Caracas this is considered to be
4 discrimination against American
| steamers and the British C~ommOdore's
( action has been criticised.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-06
T8E SMUGGLING CASES.
Ii Developed That Many Boxes of
Liquor Have Come from ST.
ThouaR-.

San Juan. P. r.. December 3O.-At to-
days hearing of the smuggling cases
before United States Commissioner An
derson. the case against Supervisor of
Elections Benjamin Butler was taken
up 1t developed during the hearing
that about 100 cases of liquors had been
brought from st. Thomas to San Juan
on the steamer Uncas, in November of
1901. Some of these boxes bore -,
names of Captain Yates Stirling, thrn
Commandment of the naval station here.
Benjamin Butler, DR.. Charles H. J.
Lowndes. u. S. N. quarter
Captain Joseph 7. Crabbs and Paymas-
ter William A Merritt. U. S. N. others
were marked for the country club,
while still others were marked for the
canteen- An employee of the naval
station testified that he stored These
goods according TO the bills of the St
Thomas Merchants. which were given
him, and hat they were sent "~ 49,
next day on army ages
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RoIne, n. Y. December 30.-Aiss SteI-
la Ewing one of the ossified women
who for ten years has been a living
wonder to physicians and scientists,
died today. aged SO years. AT an early
age she was afflicted with infiammatory
rheumatism which physicians failed tc
relieve. At the age of % she lost the
us of her limbs and eminent specialists
said b was gradually turning to stone
During h last ten years of her life
Miss Owing was totally blind and un
able to move a muscle. A sister, Mrs
Emma Ewing Palmer is afflicted in the
same manner.
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Montgomery, Ala, December 80
David Lee. Andrew Howard and Bur
ton Bates, ,colored, sentenced to be
hanged next Friday were today respited
until January 21st by Governor Jelks.
The citizens of Autauga county, in
opposing the respite charged that the
three negroes were members Of a band
which a c~onspired to burn houses
and kill white people near Mulberry.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-06
-. J.. Dickens Takes Morphine With
Suicidal Intent.

Fernandina. Fla, December Sos. ].
Dickens a local agent Of the L. B. Price
Mercantile Company. of Norfolk, Va,
died at 4 O'Clock this morning from the
Effects of morphine taken with suicidal
intent He went into a saloon last
evening and called for & drink of
whiskey, saying he wished to take a
dose OF Quinine. After swallowing the
mixture he announced that he had taken
morphine and told all good bye. Med
icaI aid could not save him.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-06

The crowned heads of every nation.
The rich men, poor men and nisers
All join in paying tribute to
DeWitt's Little Early Risers.
H. Williams, San Antonio, Tex. writes:
Little Early Riser Pills are the best I
ever used in my family. / unhesitating-
ly recommend them to everybody. They
cure Constipation. Billiousness, Sick
Headache. Torpid Liver, Jaundice ma
laria and all other liver troubles. r. p.
Bellamy.
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UH1cers OF AHefIcHH NeSrO AcHutHy
Washington, d.. c., December 30
The negro academy today elected the
following officers:
President, w. E. 3. Dubois, vice.
presidents, Kelly Miller, Rev. j. Albert
Johnson, William II. Crogman and
Rev. NJ. Anderson. recording secretary,
George II. Lightfoot: corresponding
secretary. j. w. Cromwell: executive
committee, Kelly Miller, F. J. Grimke,
w. B. Haysen. J. l. Love and j. w.