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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-28
Quick Trip Across the ocean

New York, April 21.-Completing the
quickest voyage from Cherbourg to
New York, but failing to break any Of
the traders Atlantic records, the new
German steamship Kaiser Wilhelm II,
of the Northern German Lloyd steam
ship company. from Bremen. South
ampton and ~CherbOurg, reached port
tonight. The time of the vessels pas
sage from the Cherbourg Mole to The
Sandy Hook Lightship was five days,
twenty hours, a few minutes over
twelve hours behind the record for the
passage between these two points. Her
average speed was 22.10 knots.
The Kaiser Wilhelm II is the largest
express steamer in the world. Her
principal dimensions are as follows:
Length overall 706 feet, six inches;
beam Y feet; sides 90 feet six inches;
draught to load line 20 feet, six inches.
and displacement &c, 800 tons. She is OF
10000 horse power and has a gross reg
lister of 10000 tons. The crew consists
of 600 people. The Kaiser Wilhelm II
is equipped for wireless biography.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-28

found him up on the corne hanging tn
the fence and crying and nuttering -
himself about a little red tree and CT
old oak schoolhouse He ISM. crazy, :
he:"
Not at all. He simply received d"
jug of hard cider from Chemung oun
ty tonight"
All And he-he'-
He sampled the cider"
"Yesh: shampled zhe shider." added
Mr.. Bowser.
~ see, madam; 7 understand. He
sampled the cider, and the cider sam
pied him. Sorry to have disturbed you.
Better get him to bed soon"
"Nishus Bowsher.'' began Mr.. Bow
ser as the door was closed on the Off
Ger. do you know That they have went
and zone and cut down That dear old
h~uckIeberry swamp in which l first
told YOU
TIP YOU go" she interrupted as she
pointed 1T the stairs.
Ten minutes later he was in bed and
unconscious to the world.
NJ. QUAD.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-28
WOMEN
First Ladies' Ever Elected to Posi-
itions 10y the LegisIature-New
Bank Chartered Governor Ay-
cocks Better-COOper-
Lassitcr Wedding
Especial TO The Messenger.)

Raleigh. n. G., April Ex-senator and
Mrs. F. VI. Simmons returned this af-
ternoon from Beaufort.
Governor AycOck says the condition
of his daughter Alice continues to i'm
prove.
The Legislature elected trustees for
eight graded schools, which it estab-
Iished in Alamance county. State Su-
perintendent Joyner today discovered
that two of these trustees are women,
Miss Eula Dixon and Mrs. Elmira
Garrett. He kinks they are the first
so elected in the state. Their terms
are ~ years.
The secretary Of state has chartered
the Bank OF Cornelius at a town of
that name in Mecklenburg county.
Under the new law the secretary Of
state issues charters to banks. and the
corporation commission, after proper
investigation, grants license and au-
thority to begin business.
In st. Stephens church. New York
city. today, Alexander Cooper ana Mrs.
Ellen Lassiter, both of Henderson.
were married. The groom is a son Of
d. Y. Cooper, of Henderson. His bride
spent the winter in New York. His
uncle, John D. Cooper. was his best
man.
Insurance Commissioner Young went
to Goldsboro today 10 look after the
insurance on the Eastern Hospital for
the insane, which has more insurance
in proportion to value than any other
public bulldog of the state.
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Especial to The Messenger.)

Raleigh. n. c.. April 21.-State SUI
p~erintendent joyner learned today that
Mt. Olive I'D by 81 majority decided
to issue bonds for a public school
building.
a number of prominent men from
here go to Richmond tomorrow to at
tend the meeting of the Southern Edu-
c~ational Board, these being Bishop j.
b. Cheshire, %Josephus Daniels, j.. Will
liam Bailey. c. H. Poe, JOS. e. Brown,
JAS. DinWiddie, and State S~uperinten-
dent ]. I. JOyner. Charles F. MeserVe.
who is Il member of the executive
COMMITTEE Of the board, left today for
Richmond.
The Citizens Fire Insurance Company
was organized here today and $4,000
of the capital stock subscribed b. Ra-
leigh men. The remainder Of the stock
is to be taken by business men in
various sections of the state. The rotai
capital is TO be 500, 900. The home Of
fee will be at Raleigh.
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Great Educational Conference.

Richmond, Va, April 21.-Mr. Robert
c. Ogden's special party of over a
hundred prominent educators and phil
anthropists from the North arrived
here tonight for the conference for ed
ucatiOn in the South" which will begin
here tomorrow and will continue until
Saturday. The indications are that the
conference will be unusually large and
interesting. The northerners will be
Joined by many of the leading educa-
tors in the south, the main body OF
which delegation will arrive tomorrow.
Mr.. Ogden tonight expressed warm
commentator of eX-President Cleve-
lands recent speech or the education
Of h negro. saying he thought it en-
bodied the views of those, north and
south. who are most genuinely concern
ed in the negro's welfare.
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his hilarity was on the wane. Five
minutes later he turned to her and
said:
do you remember hat little red
schooIhOuse beyond the bridge where
we went to school together"
of course" she replied.
Did tell you that it had been torn
DOWN."
No"
Yes. torn down and a COW stable
put ND there. How could they do it:
That dear old schOOlhOuSe was sur
rounded with sentiment. There was
where l first met you. There was
where l first loved you. There was
where-where"-
He could not go on. He pulled out
his handkerchief and held it to his
eyes. and Mrs. Bow>er realized that
the hard cider from old Chemung had
got in is work. in good shape.
Hadn't YOU better lie down Oh the
lounge FOR an hour or so:" she suggest
ed Is is tears continued TO fall.
No sir" he replied. with considera-
BILE force. Mrs. BOwser, what kind
OF Z Oma are YOU: Here they so
and tear down orr dear little red
schoo.house. one OF the most sacred
spots no earth to us. and you haven't
a word to say. Even when l tell you
that COWS are now chewing their cuds
on the spot where | first told You Of
my love you DO not shed q tear"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-28
THE SUPREME COURT.
Der of Cases at Raleigh Yester-
Especial to The Messenger.)


Raleigh. N. c., April 21.-The SUI
Dreme court today filed the following
opinions: Bell VS. Croach. from Wilkes,
affirmed: Mitchell VS.. Mitchell, from
Surry. affirmed: Robinette VS.. SANDY,
from Wilkes. no error; Patterson VS..
Freeman. from Surry, new trial; State
VS.. Mitchell, from Rockingham. judg
ment arrested; Murphy VS.. Murphy.
from Rowan, affirmed; State VS.. Aus
tin, from Randolph, new trial; State
VS.. Ninestein, from Rowan, reversed.
Smith VS.. Brown, from Guilford, new
trial; Kelly VS.. Traction Company.
from Durham, affirmed; Johnson VS..
Andrews, from Durham, error; Lewis
VS.. Railroad, from Person, affirmed:
Dawson VS.. Gregory, from Granville.
affirmed; Coble VS.. Huffines, from
Guilford, new trial; Willeford VS.
Bailey, from Union, affirmed; BarrinSer
VS.. Trust Company, from Chatham, no
error: Railroad VS.. Stroud, from Lee
noir. no error: State VS.. Jones, from
Wake, no error: Barden VS.. Stickney.
from Washington, petition to rehear
dismissed; Lowe VS.. Harris, from
Wilkes. per curtain affirmed; Johnson
VS.. Slate, from Stokes, per curiam.
affirmed: Nickers VS.. Vickers, from
Wilkes, per curiam, affirmed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-28
Condition of the Tobacco, Cotton,
Corn and Wheat Crops.

Washington, April 21.-The weather
bureaus weekly crop bulletin avs:
Very slow progress has been made
with corn planting throughout the corn
belt and the middle and south Atlantic
states, owing to cold wet weather. while
dry weather has impaired the stands
in the central and west gulf states
The previously reported excellent con-
dittOn of winter wheat in the principal
winter wheat states continues unim-
paired, excepting to a slight extent IN
portions of the ppe Ohio valley,
where in some localities it IS truning
yellow Less favorable reports are also
received from the middle ard South
Atlantic states and parts of Texas.
Rains in portions of the eastern dis
tricJs and dry weather in the central
and western portions Of the cotton belt.
have to some extent interferred with
cotton planting, this work has, however,
been vigorously pushed and has made
fair progress warmth is generally
needed throughout the cotton belt. with
general rains in the central and west
ern dirtricts and dry weather in the
eastern portion.
Tobacco plants are plentiful and gen
orally we'll grown. except in Kentucky
where they are late T~ransplanting con-
tinuas in the Carolinas and has begun
in Florida.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-28
CHRONIC SORES
Signs Of Polluted Blood.

There is nothing SO repu1sive looking and disgusting a s II old sore.
You worry over it till the brain grows weary and work with it until the
patenceis exhausted, and the very sightof the old fostering, sick1y looking
place makes you irritable, respondent and desperate.
A chronic sore is the very best evidence that your blood lis in an unhealthy
and impoverished condition, that your constitution is breaking down under
the effects of some serious disorder. The taking of strong medicines, like
mercury or potash, will sometimes so polute and vitate the blood and i'm
pair the general system that the merest scratch or bruse results in obstinate
non-healing sores of the most offensive character.
Often an inheitedt faint breaks outinfrightu1 eating soresu upon the climbs
or face in old age o r middle life. Whenever a sore refuses to heal the blood
is always at fault, and, while antieptc washes, salves, soaps and powders
can do much to keep down the Inflammation and cleanse the sore, it will
never heal permanently till the blood itself has been purified and the deadly
germs and poisons destroyed, and with SIS S. this can be accomp1shed-the
80 polluted blood is purified and invigorated, and when
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~OO and the place heals over:
SIS S. is both a blood purifier and tonic that puts your blood in order
and at the same time tones up thesysten and builds up the general health.
If you have a chronic sore write us. No charge for medical advice.
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THE SMUGGLING CASES.
Captain Dunlap. Who is Wanted in
Court. Refuses to Come Out from
COver-He Doesn't Propose to be
Taken in Hand by a Policeman.

San Juan. P. r.. April 21.-The police
have not been able to arrest Captain
Andrew Dunlap, L. S. N, commandment
of the naval station here, against
whom 4 warrant has been issued for
bringing in liquors without paying the
duty. because the naval station is a
government reserve, and Captain Dun
lap remains on it. The police have
been standing at the station since yes
terday afternoon. Captain Dunlap re-
fuses to come out or to permit the
police to enter. The first time the
naval officer leaves the station he will
be arrested.
1t was thought his morning that
Captain Dunlap would leave the sta
ton voluntarily but it is now prob
able hat he will not do SO as long as
the ploceman remains outside.
Commander G.. w. Mentz, Z. S. N,
and Robert Giles, against whom also
warrants We're issued on the charge.
was arraigned and have pleaded not
guilty. A preliminary hearing will be
held before Justice BaZen. a native.
but because of the inability to appre-
bend Captain Dunlap the date for the
hearing has not been set.
P. V. Mohun, paymaster, U. S. N.
for whom there is a warrant out on
the charge of illegality bringing in
liquors, is in the United States and
will be later through the
government.
By order of the governor the police
have Withdrawn from the gate Of the
naval station. 1t is said that Captain
Dunlap will present himself tomorrow.
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BOWSER'S HARD /
!. : He :r ?s;:; : e s;n s: i s by +
B AHA suit Is Disastrous =


Il can't weep over all the sad things
L hear. In this case | suppose the
building was about ready to fall any
how. Won't you lie down.
And there was the old oak under
which we used to gather acorns," con
tinued Mr.. BOwser as his face grew
redder and more tears came. They
have gone and cut down that dear old
tree and put up a windmill in its place.
How dare they do it? 1t was under
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS branches Of
that old oak that l first told you of my
love; that you told me my love was re-
turned. l wanted to buy that tree and
preserve it under a glass case, but they
have cut it down and sold it for stove
wood"
Its too bad said Mrs. Bowser.
But don't you think you'd better go to
bed now? 1 don't think you are feel
ing very we'll"
No; I'm not feeling we'll. Do you
know. l feel that 1 won't live to bother
any one much longer? | shall be found
dead in my bed some morning, and that
will be the end of it. | did want to see
that dear old hill again, the spot where
l first told you of my love is we were
sliding down hill. but it caLnOt be. Do
you know, they have torn that hill
down and made a woodward on the
spot? How could they do it how
could they"
well, we are sorry, but we can't
help it. and / think you'd better go to
bed now. You know you were up late
last night"
Go to bed? Never! How can 1 go
to bed when 1 know that the dear old
horse pond in which 1 first told you Of
my love has been cut up and sold by
the piece? Such things sink deep into
my heart, and if you were a true heart
ed Oma you would be weeping in
stead of sitting there like a log of
wood. You wouldn't care if all the
dear old things of your childhood were
traded off for turnips."
where are you going?" asked Mrs.
BOwser as he started dow the hall.
"Where am / going? I'm going to find
some II who Il SympathiZe with me
and understand my feelings. You can
sit there. with your heart of stone, and
the blamed old cat can sit there with
you. but II
lie put on his hat and overcoat and
went out. The cold night wind dried
his tears. but at the same time it set
that hard cider working up in the top
of his head. and Mr.. Bowser had only
reached the cOrnc when he had to
rcacll out for the fence. What hap
pened TO HIM in the next quarter of an
hour was told by the policeman who
brought him home.
"M&dam.' he said as Mrs. BoWser
answered his ring at the bell. lis this
.ot;r husband:"
Yes" she replied as MI. BOWser was
assisted into tie hall.
His name is Bowser, isn't it,"
Yes"
"Yesh; names BOwser." unused d.
cuIprjt rs he leaned up against tn
wal and stared around.
Has anything happened to unhinge
his mind:' continued the officer. Il
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-28
copyright, 1903, by c. Z. Lewis.l
L~0F--15HI I0O0I " = = L-'-"I
NHE BOwsers had just finished
dinner the other evening when
the nrrrnccrnnn IrnNn I'D with

dinner the other evening Wnen
the eXpressman drove up with
a two gallon jug which was
tagged in Mr.. Bowser's name. The
cork being removed and the contents
sampled, he smacked his lips and ex-
planned:
"This must be hard cider. l had a
letter way along last fall from an old
friend in Chemung county, and [ re-
member that he limited about sending
me down a jug of something good lat
er on. By John, but the taste Of it
brings back the days when 1 used to
walk three miles to the cider mill. The
old days are gone never to return, but
here is the cider, and I'd rather have it
than so much champagne"
81 have heard that hard cider was
almost as bad as whisky to intoXi-
cate" observed Mrs. BOwser as Mr..
BOwser got away with his second glass
within five minutes.
That's all nonsense. There isn't
enough alcohol in u barrel of it to af-
feet the brains of a canary bird. I'm!
But that is old times, l feel almost as
If l were climbing apple trees again.
If we only had a pumpkin pie now,
I'd feel myself an Uncle Rube."
Mr.. BOwser read his paper for ten
minutes and then descended to the
dining room to see if the gas was turn
ed out. He decided 10 Kill two birds
with one stone. and Il third glass of
hard cider followed the second and
first. \ quarter of an hour later the
aug was tipped up for the fourth time
within forty minutes, and SOOn after
he came upstairs he began to grin and
chuckIe.
Anything funny happen today?"
Queried Mrs. BOwser after n sharp
look at him.
Yes. a fat man was running to
catch Il car. and-ha, ha, halt was
mean to laugh at him, but when he
fell over Il dog and rolled over and
over how could any one help but-ho,
no, hO!'
4 wouldn't drink any more of that
cider this evening if | were you"
whats the matter with the cider?
Ha, ha, ha. Say, now, look at our old
cat Isn't h Il perfect picture of
domestic cOntentment? With a dear
little wife at my elbow and a blamed
Did cat on the hearth rug 1 ought to be
a happy husband, eh? l think the
basement door may be open, and I'll
go down and see."
I'll call the girl"
"No, I'll go. Yes, she's a nice old
cat, and you are a cal little wife, and
if you'd seen that fat man fall over
that dog you'd have gone into a ha,
ha, ha!"
The basement door was not open.
That cider jug was, however, and Mr..
BOwser took advantage of the occa-
sion. AS he was all alone and in no
hurry he drank a couple of glasses,
and the taste carried him back to the
days when harvest apples gave him
the collie. He smiled to himself while
drinking, but when he returned to the
sitting room Mrs. BOWser noticed that
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-28
Due Notice is Served.

Due notice is hereby served on the
public generally that DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve is the only salve ON the
market that is made from the pure
unadulterated witch hazel. DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve has cured thous-
ands of cases Of piles that would not
yield to any other treatment, and this
fact has brought out many worthless
counterfeits. Those persons who get
the Genuine DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve are never disappointed, because
it cures. r. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-28
Precisely That.

Braggsby-I tell you. I'm overwork-
ing. an turning out an awful lot Of
work just now.
N~ochpr-That's just exactly the Word
your employer used in describing your
rrosant work-Baltimore American.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-28

Fol Yer troubles and constipation
There's nothing better in creation
Than Little Early Risers. the famous
little pills
They always effect a cure and a
doctor bills.
Little Early Risers are different from
all other pills. They do not weaken
the system, but act as a tonic to thu
tissues by arousing the secretions and
restoring the liver to the full perform
ance of its functions naturally. r. Il
Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-28
CURE SICK
~GOLDSBORO GOSSIP.

Report of Deaths at the
Co1Ored Asylum on of Bad
Beef - Exaggerated report of
Damage by HaiI-TimeIy Warming
to Railroad Passengers Other
Items of Interest.
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OUR ~GOLDsBORO BUDGET.

Green Peas Going to the Northern
Markets and Beans Will Soon Fol-
IoU-Popular Theatrical Attrac-
tioH-State Corporation Commits
sioner in the City-AII Day and
Night Telephone Service.
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1t is just like a man to say the most
Intelligent woman is the one who
yea things that men wear.-Atlanta
Journal.
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CITIZENS, FIRE INSURANCE. CO..

1t Was Organized at Raleigh Yes
t~erday-Yhc Capital viii he $780,
@00-S!3.G9O Subscribed by Raleigh
People-Nt. Olives Bond Issue for
a school.
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Cynics are sour on wOmen because
their own vanity has been hit-or else
they haven't brains enough to grease
a gimlet.-Atlanta Journal.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-02-12
ONE rAousANp LIVES Losr.
Fierce Storm Sweeps Across Society
Islands, Causing Great Destruction.


Islands, Causing Great Destruction.
San Francisco, Cal: News Of
fearful loss Of life in destructive
storm that swept over the South sea
islands last month reached here Sun
day on the steamer Mariposa direct
from Hahiti The loss of life Is es.
timated at 1000 souls.
On January 13 last a huge tidal
wave, accompanied by q terrific hurri-
cane, attacked the Society islands Of
he Tuamotu group with fearful force,
causing deaths and devastation never
before edualed in the land of dreaded
storms, averihcation Of mans inability
to contend with wind and sea.
The storm ragged several days, reach
ing its maximum strength between
January IA and January 16. From the
meager news received at Tahiti up to
the time of the sailing of the Mari
posa, it is estimated that 1000 Of the
islanders lost their lives. It is feared
that later advices will add to the long
list.
The first news OF the disaster ar
rived at Papeete, Tahiti, January 26,
on the schooner Eimeo The captain
of the schooner placed the fatalities
at 500 The steamer Excelsior ar
rived at Papeete the following day
with 400 destitute survivors. The cap
tain of the Excelsior estimated the
total loss of life to be 800. These
figures comprised only the deaths Of
three islands Of Hao, Hikuera and
Makokau, whose ordinary population
is 1900. On Hikuera island, where
1000 inhabitants were engaged in
pearl diving, nearly one-half were
drowned. On an adjacent island 100
more were washed out to sea. Mako
kau and Hao are depopulated.
Conservative estimates at Tahiti
place the number of islands visited
by tidal wave and hurricane at eighty.
All Of them are under the control of
the French governor at Tahiti.
The surviving inhabitants are left
destitute of food, shelter and clothing,
all having been swept away by the
storm.