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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-23

Bethel. Va. the first Confederate sol-
der Henry Wyatt. During the last
three years az the war Banks served
in Manley's battery of light artillery.
His age was 65 and he was a very
worthy a much liked at the home.
The metal roof Of Christ church,
which is considered the most beautiful
religious edifce in the state. is being
replaced by Il OF tiles.
Il is certain that 4 great number OF
pickpockets will he here ut the state
fair. Up To this time taev have done
their robbing at pleasure. and last
year and the year before have plumb
cred a great many people. This year
the authorities think they have made
better arranbementS to CheckInate
them. The chief Of police At the fair
has % deputies. all in plain clothes.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-23
ONE NEGRO KILLS ANOTHER.
Homicide at "MiIe Observation-Disclosures
ence to the aywOoG and TiIIman
Trials in Sermon by Rev. T.. a.
SmOot.
Especial to The Messenger.)

SSbNOiSbI ~ iAAN
Fayetteville. \. c., October 19.-On
Saturday, in the neighborhocd Of what
is known as Mile Branch" a mile
northwest of this city. Joe Stark shot
and killed Jim Sawyer, both negroes.
The evidence adduced at the inquest
held by DR.. j. a. Mcclellan. county
coroner, is to the effect that Stark dis
covered Sawyer leaving the formers
house. and hailed him.. whereupon Saw
yer advanced with q knife drawn. and
Stark shot him. Public sentiment is on
the side of the slayer, as it IS believed
that Sawyer was either criminalIy in
innate with Stark'S wife or had at
tempted to be.
Mr.. j. H. HOltOn, of Trenton. No.,
designs to establish at this place al
industrial and usiness college, in con-
nectiOn with which there is also to be
operated a fruit and vegetable farm
Mr.. HOltOn wishes to open negotiations
for a suitable site and body of land
adjacent to the city.
very interesting services yesterday
marked the dedication of Sunnyside
Presbyterian church, 4 consolidation of
Green HILL anu btIllltIl6ll CIlufCu6S OH
the east side of Cape Fear river, with
Rev. V. G. Smith as pastor. A nea
and comfortable building has been
| erected, with a seating capacity of 400
| or 500, and it was we'll filled yesterday.
In the morning Rev. P. R.. Law, Of
Lumber Bridge, preached an able dedi-
catory sermon, and in the afternoon the
Sacrament of the Lords Supper was
| aH"fniCtarp9 NaCCrS HnlnpC
and Sydney Smith were elected elders,
and Jonathan evans deacon
Rev. T. A. Smoot, the gifted and
scholarly pastor of Hay Street Metho-
dist church, yesterday preached a SER
| mon which has evoked much favorable
in the community. His theme
was TRUTH and in the course of his
discourse he referred to the Haywood
and Tillman trials, in effect declaring
with imprisoned force that by the ver-
diet in those cases the divine principles
of truth and justice had received a.
ruthless outrage, an almost mortal blow,
which would be disastrously felt for
many years. The services were eXcep-
tionally interesting, and to an audience
which packed the large church. The
organist, Mr.. Ralph Fisher, d~isappoint-
| ed nobody, for his renderings were X
| quisite.
Application has been made to the gov
ernor for the pardon Of Thomas Fowler,
| sentenced to six months on the public
roads of Cumberland county.
Mrs. B. r. Huske and children 1efo
| today to visit relatives in New Bern.
Henry Dixon, long wanted in this
county for liquor selling, was arrested
on Saturday by Officer Dixon and d
posse, just as he was getting off a train
in the western part of the county. He
is q giant both in size and strength, and
fought desperately, surrendering only
after he had been shot three times I'M
der arm, in neck. and Oh shoulder
blade.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-23
JUMPED
Man Plunged Into River as n British
Steamer Was Leaving Port.

The unusual sight Of a man jumping
from the bow of a big tramp steamer
into the Savannah river. and, with
all his clothes on. frantically making
for the shore, met the gaze Of per
sons along the i've front near indian
street yesterday morning. Having
made the shore. the stranger, his wet
clothes clinging to his limbs, ana
shivering from the chill northwest
wind hat was blowing in his face,
made off in quest of an arrestlng Off
GER.
The stranger was Richard Gerke, q
German seaman, and he wanted John
Bloom placed in the clutches of the
law; for Bloom it was, he claimed,
thai had induced him, under false
promises TO sign with the ship. When
he discovered that he was on his way
out to sea. and that he hadn't gotten
the money promised him. he hudd'ed
to the PROV of the vessel and plung-
ing into the water, determined not
to figure in any kidnapping, shang-
haing or duping scheme, did what the
sailor in the old prayer meeting song
was told to do-pulled for the shore.
JUMPED TO THE BOTTOM.
Il shumped from a blaze as high as
some houses" he SAID in broken Eng
lish. Il hit the water. INC vent all
the way to the bottom. I vas under
meath it a minute with an unaccount-
able accent on the last S%yllable), II |
dink l vas not again coming on top.
My, but it was colt" He was in an
excited state of mind, and it was diff
cult to tell what he was saying.
When It came to an explanation Of
the why and the wherefore of his aC-
tons. the officials could not, for some
time, make heads or tails of his nara
tive. The United States commissioner
himself admitted his inability to get
the straight of the story.
Gerke claims that he was approach
ed by Bloom and offered a position as
fireman on the British steamer Anglo
Gillian. He accepted the offer, but
told Bloom that he was In need of
money to meet some expenses, and
would need an advance. Bloom, he
says, told him that he would get the
captain of the steamer to advance SO.
of which amount he would give hin
So, taking 50 with which to purchase
necessary clothes, and So for his ser
vices in securing the position. OF this
amount Gerke got nothing. That is
Gerke's version of the story.-Savan-
nah News.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-23
Thermometer Tales.

To people who are fortunately I'M
familiar with sickness the thermone-
tiers used in taking the temperature
Of patients are always a source of con-
siderable interest, Says the New York
Times. A professional nurse whose
experience has led her to numerous
localities and brought her in contact
with many phases of life tells two
stories which illustrate the foregoing
statement.
In one of the local hospitals she mad
a male patient who was threatened
with a run of eve AS she ar
preached his bedside n morning he
ENORMOUSLY complained Of a lack OF
nourishment.
II didn't get enough to eat he said.
L feel almost starved"
We'll. Well" she SAID, soothingly,
I'VE will see about that. Here" she
added. "let me put this in your
mouth"
She inserted the thermometer be-
tween his teeth and turned away d
moment When she lOOked back ne
was working the bulb around between
his jaws at n great rate.
HOLD n" she cried, you VII
break the thermOmeter!'
He drew in his checks and appar-
emily gave a mighty pull on the little
Instrument. and hen she removed 1t.
"Sav" he Grumbled. there's no use
giving me that. L couldn't suck 2
blame thing out of it
Another patient, q woman, begged
the nurse for a drink.
Wait" said the nurse. and thrust
the thermometer in her mouth.
The patient lay back on her pillow
and pIacidly closed her eyes. \ salts
| fed expression slowly stole over he,
face. When the time was Up the nurse
withdrew the tube.
Why" said the patient. with a sIgi
OF qualification. what a lot OF good &
little thing like that will do you.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-23
Sweet Words Needed.

y benevolent looking Quaker. III
drab clothes and broad-brimmed hat,
walked into the lobby OF a Philad /
phia hotel a short time ago, and was
walking up TO the desk. when he
stubbed his toe on an uneven place IN
the flooring and measured his length
on the floor. says the Philadelphia
Ledger. y bell boy rushed 10 assist
him TO his feet.
Boy said the old gentleman, SOL
EMMY. does thee swear?"
"Oh. no, sir: no indeed" said the
boy taking his cue from the QuakeI's
plous appearance.
I'm, Too bad TOO bad said he Of
the broad-brimmed hat. = would
have paid thee handsomely to have
sworn for me-"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-23
TINE TO BE FRIGHTENED.

\ pair Of frightened horses were
dashtng madly down the street, says
the Youths Companion. The coach
man was saving at the reins. ana the
carriage was SWaEing from side 10
SIDE in "A dangerous fashion. The oe-
cupant Of he vehicle. an elderly 40
niousness. Il her pretty niece gave
no outward signs of fear: but just as
the horses came to 4 standstill. Tie
younger woman unexpectedly tainted.
Il wasn't frightened a bit she eX-
riained a~fterward. until just as We
founded thar last corner with three
wheels IL the air. Aunt caroline ex-
claimed. I'd ! Il dollar to be out OF
this I kew the case mus be sell
Gus if I'll Caroline was beginning
10 risk dollars in that fashiin."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-23

\ jury has declared Ernest HAYWOOD
not guilty of tho murder Of Ludlow
Skinner. but the people nf the state
viii believe he is Il murderer 10 the
last day of his life. The trial WAS =
farce and the verde Just what was
expected. con<iir-.1E Hayweod's
wealth and profess -EI position
The time has CONE when there has
got TO be n change made il ou- jury
system At present the .jat rs" in Il
capital clSe has every opportunity to
pack Il jury box with its u~a-;l~auS.
and We believe this Very thing has
been done time and again in this state.
The defense may challenge ard re-
jet t~weHty-Jhree of the jurors otfe~-3
by the prosecution. While the r"oSeeu-
ton - allowed only four challenges
n Very thing has mace 4 ToekTrv
Of justice III our courts. and the next
legislature should change il o. con-
feSS 10 c~owardica. That Is plain Ian
guaSe arT we mean il So We rail
road a poor ignorant negro 20 the gal
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-23
Corbin's Executive Way.

General H. c. Corbin. who is to
command the United States army in
the department of the east, with head
quarters at Governors Island, New
York, is popular with those VINO have
business in connection with his office,
says the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
He does things promptly and with
as little red tape as the rules and reg
ulations Will permit. a prominent
Ohio man tells the following story in
illustration Of h a fact:
1t was during the Spanish-American
war. a farmer in a small town OF
Ohio wrote TO this gentleman at Wash
ington asking that something might
be done about his son. He had enlist
ed While not of age. was not we'll, and
was located in u camp in one of the
southern states:
Il called on General Corbin at The
adjutant generals office" the gentle
man said, prepared for a long siege,
and to meet much difficulty. l saw
him and stated the case and asked n IT
if he could persuade the president &c
take the matter up. He asked a
number of questions and hen stepped
into another room for Il minute o.
two.
He then came back and sat down
We talked on current topics for Il mo
ment or so and l arose to go. II
about how long may I expect TO heal
from YOU. ~Eeneral?' l said. I WOulC
like to write the father and hold out
some hope Of his SOM discharge, j.
uoSSlble?'
oh. about the boy. I meant t
,eiI YOU. said the general. I guess he
VIII get home IS soon as the lett@'
would get there. I have ordered Ills
discharge by telegraph, and he is pos
Sibiy on his way 10 the station By tel:
time
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-23
He Learned n Great Truth.

1t is said of John Wesley that he once
said to Mistress Wesley: why 10 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 ted
again that Chamberiain's Cough Rene
dy cures colds and grip; that it cOun-
teracts any tendency of theseSdiseases
to result in pneumonia, and that it is
pleasant and safe to take. For sale by
all druggists.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-23
Civil Suit Transferred.

Colonel John w. Hinsdale, of ka-
leigh. was in the city yesterday to have
the suit Of Mrs. Barbara Bear VS.. the
Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association
transferred from the superior court to
the United States circuit court. He Is
one of the counsel for the defendant
company and Messrs. Russell & Gore
represent the plaintiff. The suit is one
brought to recover life insurance
mOneI.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-23

All who use AtOmizers in trating
nasal catarrh Will get the best result
from Ely's Liquid Cream Balm. Price,
including spraying tube. 80 cts. Sold by
druggists or mailed by Ely Bros, Sc
Warren St.. \. Y.
New Orleans. Sept. /, 1900.
Messrs. Ely Bros.:-I sold TWO bottles
OF your Liquid Cream Balm - a GUS
toner, VIM. Lamberton, 1415 Delachaise
St. New Orleans; he has used the two
bottles. giving him wonderful and most
satisfactory results.
GEO ". McDUFF, P~harIracist.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-23

South Carolina is again disgraced,
and the state will not within the next
fifty years from the damage
inflicted upon it by the verdict of the
jury that on yesterday acquitted James
II. Tillman. the coId-blooded murderer
of \. G.. Gonzales. This is not the
Informed opinion of n superficial OBJ
server. but the deliberate judgment
of one who mas read nearly every line
of testimony as stenOgraphically re-
ported by the South Carolina papers.
The murder committeG by Tillman was
as deliberate and as cowardly as any
assassination ever perpetrated in. this
country. And it is a positive shame on
South Carolina that Il jury of her cit
liens would turn ut large q mar who
richly deserves to have his neck brok-
en- with n halter. The charge Of he
trial Judge was Il blot upon civilized
Jurisprudence, and the decision of the
iurymen richly merits for them the de-
testation of all honest men.-Lynch-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-23

The public, after reading the testi-
mony brought out in the trial of Hay
wood for the killing of Skinner. looked
for a verdict of acquittaI. The pri-
soner's counsel established pretty
clearly 4 case of self-defense and the
jury was warranted in deciding that
Haywood was not guilty" Not that
Haywood did not deserve some pun
ishmeut. but the law excUIpated him.
In the Tillman case it was different
h a was 4 miscarriage of Justice
Winston Sentinel.
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Haywood and TilIman have success
fully performed the baby act in = plea
of seIf-defense. Their precious lives
We're in such imminent danger that
they gave their opponents no occ&sion
for drawing u weaponL-Stanly Enter
prise oct. 18th.
1t is now to be presumed that when
q poor fellow in Raleigh IS caught
with J. pistol he viii be heavily fined,
or sent TO the roads, but if ne kills
his man quickly he will BE- acquitted.
durham sun
In the cent-a-wOrd column Of the
Charlotte Chronicle somebody adver-
tIses fresh hog haslets'' for sale. Sell
EN- to the courts TO slap the goddess
Of justice in the face with.-Gastonia
Gazette.
Haywood and Tillman are 10Th free
men. not guilty, acquitted. cleared
eXOneTated. The courts have declared
Skinner and Gonzales murderous dogs
who deserved to be shot down on the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Gazette.
The taking Of Il human life is the
one thing for which no eXCuS can be
offered. 1t is murder And justice
demands a life for life. 1t is UP to
the North Carolina officials to see that
justice cnfOrced.-DanViIle Bee. This
has reference especially to the Hay
wood trial. and while our COntempOr-
airy is correct in saying "it is up to
the North Carolina officials to see that
justice enforced" it may be stated as
Il fact that in his particular case JUS
tice Will not be enforced. It will not
do to hang a man who belongs to 4
prominent family and has money and
infuence.-HendersOn Gold Leaf. Oct.
18th.
At any ate Judge Pceblcs has no
occasion to find fault with the verdict
OF the jury.
The defense certainly has no cause
to complain Of UufairneSS to their
side on the part of Judge PEBBLES.
If the twelve men who turned muir
derer Haywood loose were hung them
selves justice might be satisfied.
We hear of hung jurIes sometimes
but hanging juries now and theH
might be prOmOtiVe of law and order.
The next of kin to Mr.. Skinne
should do for Mr.. Haywood what the
court n jury failed to DO.
OF the two cases perhaps in TIL
mans there was the greatest provo
cation for the killing. but Haywood's
trial appears the bigger farce.
Haywood ave his neck but the YER
uIsJ OF the jury tptS not after the lttl
that he is Il murderer who shot his
victim i'm the back ana ought to ne
hung
The twelve men who turned Hay
wood loose may have acted cOnSclen-
tiousIy but it would be hard to con-
vince some people hat conscience
had anything to do with it,.
Judge PEBBLES may not have in
tended it but his course in the Hay
wood trial cannot but impress a dts
Interested outsider with the fact that
he was for the defense all the way
hrOughH
Haywood shot Skinner I'm the back
and killed him as ne was walking
away from him But he will not
hang for it because the murderer be
longs to n prominent family n has
money and influence to back him.
After being out fifteen minutes yes
terday the jury acquitted Ernest Hay
wood of the murder of Ludlow Skin
ner in Raleigh. While it was not be-
u vad that he would be hung the ac-
zion Of he Jury In aCquittinE him al
together occasions indignation and dis
gust Observation-Disclosures Gold
L"af. oct 18th
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-23

Nobody need be surprised ut the
verdict ~ the Haywood case. 1t is
what was expected. but it really
ooks as if Judge PEBBLES was dispos-
ed to ''slop over" Under the evil
denCe and the law Haywood was not
guilty of murder in the first degree:
he may have been entitled 10. an ac-
quIttal. as the jury found, but the
general public will never believe X.
And Tfllman was acquitted also.
That. too. vas expected. But the jury
IN his case acted more decently than
the Haywood jury. TilIman's jury
stayed out about a day and professed
Al least to be considering the case.
The HAYWOOD jury hurried back so
-'".Uptly rs to cause one to wonder
+ they didn't have their minds made
IN from the beginning.
There Will of course be strong crit
icism. and properly. of the verdicts in
n HAYWOOD and TillnIn cases. but
II either had been convicted and sem
fenced to INV punishment it is hardly
to be doubted that Il governor would
have Observation-Disclosures Land
mark
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-23

The following paragraph from Tues
days StatesvtlIe Landmark anent the
Haywood and Tillman cases contains
no little truth:
"Onlv in extremely rare cases do
men of e and influence suffer pun
ishment for w~rong-doing: or if they
suffer at all the punishment is hard
~ eyer commensurate to the offense.
This fact is SO we'll known that no
one of information and intelligence
Will attempt to deny it"
The trial and its result Will not
cause lot of folks to change their Opin
ion in the least. As the Durham Her
aid saws:
"A jury can keep 4 man out Of the
penitentiarr but it cannot clear him
in he eyes of the neople."-SmithfeId
Herald
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honorable family. shot down the man
who would have been within MS
rights in defending that honor. and
that Ludlow SINNERS blood cries
from North Carolina soil, unaVenged."
And today that same cry is ascend
ing from the soil in our sister state,
South Carolina. where the murderer,
Tillman. mas been sent back to society
an officially innocent man. This and
kindred travesties on justice lead US
to the opinion that the whole regime
of criminal Jurisprudence is in crying
need of revision.-Asheville Gazette
News.
The trial of Haywood that has been
going on in Raleigh the past Two weeks
came to an end Wednesday when the
jury returned a verdict of not guilty.
After the evidence was all in the
prosecution abandoned murder in the
first degree. From beginning to end it
was not more than a farce or mock
trial. Haywood murdered Ludlow
Skinner without sufficient proyOcation
in the broad open day light. on the
main thOrOughfare Of our capital city,
and yet because he was a lawyer, q
man of wealth and high family stand
ing, he is allowed to go scott free. This
murder was committed in February.
and we verify believe that if ne had
been a poor man without money. in
f~1uence, etc. he would have been hung
long ago. We dislike to critiCiSe the
verdict of 4 jury but we must say
hat this jury and all connected with
the case deserves the SevereSt crltl-
cism and the setting of this man at
liberty has cast a stain upon the good
name of this grand old commonwealth
hat it Will take many years to out
live. But enough said for this time.
Haywood, although acquitted by a
jury. will always stand before the peo-
pie of North Carolina as n murderer
Observation-Disclosures Record. Oct
18th.
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Wake county is not to blame. The
result would have pee the same in
any other cOunty.
You do not understand how it was
done Why. they just voted to turn
him iuOSe-thdt'S all.
MIR. Haywood. an innocent man. has
been put to lots Of trouble and expense
to establish that fac;. and Yet ne has
no This is 4 matter that
should be remedied.
Wilcox can see where he missed it
by not Acknowledged" the killing OF
Miss Cropsey and establishing a case
of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Herald
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-23
Not a little surprise has been ex-

Not a little surprise has been eX-
pressed that the jury remained out
only 4 few minutes before BRINGING in
q verdict i'm the Ernest Haywood muir
der case Under ordinary Circum-
stances this. we'll. We shall say.
TroUptress. on the part Of the jury.
which On regard aS an exhibition az
undue haste. might have impressed us.
but n this case there seemed To he
ve"- little reason which would point
20 the necessity Of the iurv span5ir%
a season IN due reflection. tt" ~
preston has somehow prevailed Eor
weeks that Haywood was TO ne c
Quilted. and it is orlv natural MT
tha jury should have lore IS D7~t
with dispatch. The charlotte News
has expressed Il sentiments IN these
words:
The fact remains. spite # the YER
diet Of the jury. and the c~ongratulH-
lions of the judge. that Ernest Hay
wood. after bringing disgrace 7 10 ~
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-23

Haywood and TiIlman are both free
men, not guilty, acquitted. cleared,
exOnerated. The courts have declared
Skinner and Gonzales mUrderous dogs
who deserved to be shot down on the
Observation-Disclosures Gazette.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-23

In the cent-a-wOrd column Of the
Charlotte Chronicle somebody adver-
tises fresh hog haslets" for sale Sell
EN- to the courts to slap the goddess
Of justice in the face with.-GastOnia
Gazette.