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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-23
THE CONFEDERATE BAZAAR.

In April of this year there will be
held III Richmond. Va, a bazaar which
should interest all the men. women
and children OF the southern states. 1t
will be under tine management OF the
United Daughters OF the Confederacy,
assisted by the confederated southern
memorial associations. 1t will be for
the benefit of the jefferson Davis
memorial arch and the confederate
museum funds. The prospectus OF the
bazaar says:
1.-The Association of the Jefferson
Dh Wis Monument. L. u. G., has a di-
rector in each state, and the confeder-
ate museum a regent, who represents
the room owned by each state in the
Southern Confederacy. and Will be rep
resented by a table bearing its name.
shield and colors, and articles received
will be given to the ia hle which may
be designated by the donor. 1t is be-
sitting that to the dauntless chieftain
and his heroic followers these two
be raised IN the capital of
the C~onfederacy. the one spot which
can never lose it's identity with the
cause for which they struggled ana
died. Money and articles, small and
large, for table or restaurant, for use
or beauty. should be addressed to Con-
federate Bazaar, Richmond. Va We
hope all packages will be forwarded
free by the Southern and Adams Ely
press Companies. Name and residence
of the consfgnee should be in the cor
ner. but not given as part OF the adj
dress"
Miss Alice Blanche Morgan. formerly
OF Durham, n. c.. now of Richmond.
Va, will have charge OF the North
Carolina table at this bazaar and she
rs very naturally anxious for her state
t0 make a creditable display. She is
working diligently to make her part OF
the affair a success and h should
have the unstinted support of the
whole people Of the state. Without
their aid she can do little. If troy
take hold of the matter in the right
spirit she will succeed. We urse our
people to give her substantial encour-
agement. Miss Morgan's address is
No. III East Franklin street. Rich
mond, Va.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-23
SYMPATHY FOR ROOSEVELT.

President Roosevelt has u synpa-
thy. Nov. we know there are a good
many democrats who will condemn
Us for making this statement. They
think that no republican. whether a
private citizen or one holding an Of
Gee OF such exalted position as to en-
title him as such official TO the respect
OF all Americans. should have the SYM
pathy of q member OF the democratic
parry. much less of a democratic news
paper. But we cannot help having a
feeling OF sympathy for him. and hav-
ing such ceiling We must give EXPIRES
sion to 4 I'D state our reasons for the
same.
Throug3 that s~trenuosity n i'm
petuosity which his admirers a while
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-23

this tired woman feels more acrtely the
aching back and throbbing nerves.
Sick women, hundreds of thousands of
them, have been made well by the use of
DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. 1t
establishes regularity, dries weakening
drains, heals Inflammation and ulcera-
ton and cures female weakness.
rwords cannot tell what / suffered for thir-
teen years with uterine trouble and dragging
down pains through my hips and back" writes
Mrs. John Dickson. of Grenfell, Assiniboia Dist,
n. w. Ter. al can't describe the misery it was
to be on my feet long at a time. I could not eat
nor sleep. Often I wished to die. Then I saw
DR.. Pierce's medicines advertised and thought !
would try them. Had not taken one bottle till
! was feeling we'll. After / had taken FIVE bottles
of Favorite Prescription and one Of Golden
Medical Discovery I was like a new woman.
Could eat and sleep and do all my own work"
The Common Sense Medical Adviser,
is sent free on receipt of stamps to pay
expense of mailing only. Send II me
cent stamps for the book in paper covers,
or Al stamps for the volume bound in
cloth. Address Dr.. Pierce, Buffalo, NY.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-23
Parker and the Trusts.

The great mistake that the New
York democrats made in not nominal
ing Judge Alton B. Parker for govern
or. that he might beat Odell and thus
place himself in line for the democratic
nomination to the presidency next
year, will. it seems. eliminate him from
the consideration. The Boston Herald
learns from Washington. where plans
of this kind are generally born, that
the leaders of the national party have
picked Judge Parker as the man to pit
against Roosevelt next year. The
thing is interesting. even If it only
gossip.
Strangely enough. the platform on
which it is proposed to run the judge
includes a milder form of attack Oh
the trusts than President Roosevelt
will represent. For it is expected that
the republicans will take an attitude
much more radical than will suit the
trusts. 1t is the very trust interests
hich are backing Judge Parker. ap-
~parently, and they will depend on him
not only to beat Roosevelt. but to give
them q milder administration than
would President Roosevelt. if re-
elected.
It would indeed be funny. though
not unprecedented, if something of this
sort should happen. Suppose next year
the republican party should be the real
enemy Of the trusts. and the demo-
cratic only the pretended one. 1t
would be a most striking demonstra-
ton Of the shahownesss and insinceri-
ty of political parties Of all kinds
New Lodon Morning Telegraph, Dem.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-23
Jim's Luck.

You talk about luck! said the man,
according to the Cleveland Plain Deal
er. Look at Jim Buckshaw. TIE
other day when the cold snap came on,
a big icicle formed on one OF his caves
1t must have been ten feet long and
Jim got afraid it would drop down and
brain somebody. He used to stan DIV
the gate warning people TO look out for
it because he didn't want anybody to
get smashed, and have to pay dam
ages"
Yes. 'spose it fell at LAST"
Yes, it fell the day the sun came
out good and strong. 1t fell straight
down, just missing Jim's wife n en-
tered the ground, n at once disap-
peared. That's right. And this ain't
the most wonderful part of it,"
go ahead"
well, sir, it wasn't ten minute after
the icicle went down before oil began
TO flow from the spot where it entered.
That icicle struck oil, sir. and Jim has
a well there now that runs a hundred
barrels a day. Queer about some peo-
pies luck iSn't ir'"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-23
FRIDAY, JANUARY %, 1903.
VERDICT IN THE WILCOX CASE.

Thirty years in the penitentiary Is
the sentence imposed upon James Will
COX, convicted of the murder OF Nellie
Cropsey. This ends for the present
enc of the most sensational murder
trials held in this state in many years,
bat the defendants counsel announce
that they will again carry the case TO
h supreme court.
This case was highly mysterious as
well. as sensational, and we have al
ways had the impression that there
were some facts connected with the
death of Nellie Cropsey known to her
friends, or rather to some OF them,
ahat were never given to the public
or brought out on the trials. Two
1uries have heard the evidence agains.
aim. One pronounced him guilty OF
murder in the first degree, the second.
under the judges charge that they
could do SO. declared him guilty OF
murder in the second degree. The jury
evidently acted on the theory that he
killed the girl, without generalization or
preparation, but pom sudden anger
while they were conversing in h yaro
or on h porch. If one could read the
thoughts and probe the consciences
of the jurors in this last trial. no
doubt it would be discovered that they
rendered a compromise verdict. Each
Juror was convinced in his own minc
that the defendant killed the girl, but
the state had failed to establish in
their minds from the evidence intro
duced conviction of his guilt beyond
all reasonable doubt, and they were
unwilling to send a man to the gallows
for q murder where the chief evidence
connecting him with the deed was cir
eumstantial. There was nothing II
the evidence, so far as we followed /
In the trial, to show that there wa:
any sudden quarrel or that the de1en
dant had sudden p~rovocation to do tn
deed. If Wilcox committed the muir
der we do not see how it could have
been otherwise than premeditated
But the jury has said otherwise an
their verdict must be accepted az fina
disposition of the case.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-23

I ave a few words to say regarding
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. 1t
saved my little boys life and 1 feel that
| cannot praise 1t enough. l bought d
bottle of it from A. E.Steere Of Good-
win, s. D.. and when 1 got home with
1t the poO baby could hardly breathe.
I gave the medicine as directed every
ten minutes until he threw up and
then l thought sure he was going to
choke to death. We had to pull the
phlegm out of his mouth in great
strings. 7 am positive that if 1 had not
got that bottle Of cough medicine. my
boy would not be on earth today.-Joel
Demont. Inwood, Iowa For sale by r.
4. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-23

Senator Simmons is still hammering
away at the bill to create a lifetime
office for Senator Pritchard after his
next. The senate judiciary committee
takes up the Simmons bill providing
for another circuit judge in this. the
fourth district. Senator Simmons ap-
pears before the committee and urges
the Importance OF the measure. II is
generally understood in Washington
City that should the bill pass Senator
Pritchard will receive the appoint
ment. We are glad to see such riend-
ship and brotherly love existing be-
tween our two senator's.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-23

The Cosmopolitan for January is to
hand. The leading article is "Pierpvnt
Morgan. His Advisers and His Organi-
zation." by John Brisben Walker.
Paris. City of Beautiful Women" is
p~rofuselv illustrated in keeping with
the subject matter. This number con-
tains the usua OF interesting
Cosmopolitan. embracing fou complete
stories and one continued story.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-23
Extract from Thrilling Sea Novel.
Instantly h captain sprang upon the
quarter deck. says The Chicago Trib-

Extract from Thr1Al1nS sen NOVEL,
Instantly the captain sprang upon the
quarter deck. says The Chicago Trib-
une.
Double reef the main halliards." he
shouted. "An hand lay aloft to furl
the jib BOOM! Port your starboard
mizzen mast. Clew up he baskets!
Delay. there! Belay!"
LAY. ay. sir" responded the brave
sailors, as they came dashing up the
forward pinnacle.
The condition Of the ship was in
deed perilious.
A tremendous sea had unshipped the
main hatch. Great waves swept the
vessel from truck to keelson. Stagger-
ing from the force Of the shock she
rolled helplessly in the bilge. now bury
ing her nose deep in the forecastle and
anon shaking herself free from the
lee upper that threatened to engulf
her. Amid the deafening spume and
scumble stood the dauntless young cap
tain, dashed firmly to the bowspr.t, and
issuing his orders in ringing tones.
Clear away the capsta.."
LAY. ay, sir"
"Brail up the main forestaY!"
! LAY. ay sir!'
Stand by to heave up the main
sheet! Delay. there! Belav!"
"Ay. ay. sir!"
At this moment the gallant ship sud
denly luffed and bore away upon her
~starboard peak. leaving a foaming
wake to leeward-
Saved by ~consummate seamanship-
but it was a narrow escape!
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-23
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly for

Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly for
February is an unusually interesting
ficers in the regular army under threat
number with the following table or
contents: The Crusade of the Douk-
hobors." Just a Moth" The China
man in the United States" THE Ad-
venturer in SPAIN" THE Pettison
Firsts." How Jerry Mclean Delivered
the Goods" THE Greatest of Power
Dams" Reed Smoot," THE Song Of
the Drum" "E~agerness," Joseph JEFF
ferson,' THE Amethyst Box VIII
The End; "Marginalia."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-23
LARCENY AND PERJURY.
A Young Negro Convicted on Two
Bills and Sentenced to the Roads.
Especial to The MeSengar.)

Especial to The Mesenger.)
Goldsboro, n. c., January 2l.-A re-
gro boy about 10 years of age was con-
victed in the superior court here yes
terday of larceny. He swore so openly
against all the evidence that e the
jury convicted him the solicitor indict-
ed him for perjury and he was convict
ed of that offense this He
was sentenced to II months on the road
yesterday and in the perjury case this
morning he was sentenced TO an add
tional y months on the road.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-23

of losing the support of the negro
voters of the country If he refuses.
1t looks as if when President Roose-
Welt opened the door Of hope to the
g he closed it against any peace
of mind for himself during the balance
of his term of office, and for these rea-
thy ever from democrats.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-23

she knows how
sound her slum-
Der will be and
b O refreshed
the morning will
find her. That's
the tiredness OF
a b ealthy
a n. But
it's another
thing for the
sick woman to
feel CreO Jul
Rest only seems
TO increase her
differing. Just
as i'll profound
silence a discord.
jars b a
o f~orcibly,so
now that sh c
has p
moving about,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-23
Boiler Explosion Kills Five Men.

Boiler Explosion Kills Five Men.
London, January pa boiler explo-
sion in Tuppers Iron Works, at Bill
ston, Stafford this afternoon. resulted
in the killing Of five persons and the
injuring of twenty or thirty by steam
and pieces of flying metal. The ex-
plosinn occurred while the ships were
crowded with employees. The building
was completely wrecked.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-23

The recently announced cure for
blood poisoning may be a success and
tend TO lower the death rate. Were
such a discovery to be followed by the
finding of effectTal remedies for con-
sumption n for cancer, a mighty
thrill of exultation would run Over the
world.-New York Tribune.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-23
The Lain Floated.

Gibraltar. January 20.-The North
German Lloyd steamer Lain, from
Mediterranean ports for New York,
which grounded on a sand bar off
Tumara. five miles east of the Rock
of Gibraltar. Sunday morning, was
floated at day break today.
The Lain, afterwards anchored in
this harbor, apparently unchanged.
She is reshipping her cargo and will
said tomorrow for New York
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-23
FOR THIS Time OF YEAR

CALIFORNIA EVAPORATED
PEACHES.
CALIFORNIA EVAPORATED AP-
RICOTS.
CALIFORNIA LARGE AND SMALL
PRUNES.
NORTH CAROLINA DRIED APP
PIES.
NEW YORK EVAPORATED APP
Piles.
FULL CREAM CHEESE at Ii 1-2
cents, worth IA cents in New York.
MARTINS BEST BUTTER at %
cents, worth 80 cents in New York.
RED AND WHITE BLISS. EARLY
ROSE, EARLY OHIO POTATOES.
Cheap TO the retailer. Not at any
price to the consumer.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-23

When c. J. Bonaparte says that a
government in a free state ought to
compel every one to mind his own
business, what he means is that the gov
ernmcnt ought to prevent any body
from meddling with business not his
own. But in this case, as in many
others, precision is sacrificed to pung-
ency.-Boston Advertiser.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-23

McDuffe's Little Blue Liver Pills
makes blue people bright, cleans thu
system of all the deletenous and IN
healthy matter and makes a new per
son of you. Is cents at r. r. Bellamy,s.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-23

II the battleshiD Massachusetts had
gone to the bottom of the sea as a re-
suit of that explosion aboard her the
other day, wonder If some people in
Sunk by a German torpedo?"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-23
TIRED OUT.

There's many a farmers wife sits on the
porch in the growing shadows Of a SUM
mer evening, knowing to the full what it
is to feel tired out as If there was not
another ounce of effort left in her. But
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-23

At least il may be aid in behalf of
the Tillmans that they believe in the
strenuous life.-Providence Journal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-07-03
GOOD TEETH DoN'Ts.
NOlars Need Same Care as the Come
plexiOn and Should Receive
Constant Attention.

Don't think you can be a beauty with
out good teeth, says the Washington
Star.
} Don't bestow less care upon the
teeth than upon complexion and hair.
Don't stand up when brushing the
teeth. The duty is certain to be per-
formed much more thoroughly and
carefully when sitting and at ease.
Don't brush across the teeth, but up
and down; the upper teeth from the
gums downward, and the lower teeth
from the gums upward.
Don't think one toothbrush enough.
Three are needed. One should be rath-
er hard and one moderately soft, while
the third should be small and round.
Do not go to bed without brushing
the teeth, for it is at night, when the
tongue is in repose, that the acid of
the saliva gets in its work on the
teeth.
Don't; sleep with the mouth open.
Dust and gritty particles floating in
the atmosphere enter the trap thus set
for them, and injure the enamel by
irritation.
Don't let tartar accumulate on the
teeth, for it brings a whole train of
evils in its wake. Have It removed by
a dentist at least twice year.
Don't use tooth powder which con-
tains gritty, acid or irritating sub
stances, as the first two act injurious
ly on the teeth, and the last on the
gums.
Don't fail to rinse the teeth thor
oughly with an alkaline wash after
taking acids, such as lemon juice, vine
gar or strong medicines.
Don't swallow food without masti-
cation. Modern cookery, by making
mastication almost unnecessary, is re-
sponsible for much decay of the teeth.
Don't use one side of the mouth only
when eating, for then the teeth have
not all the same amount of exercise,
and decay sets in more rapidly on one
side than the other.
Don't crack nuts or bite thread with
the teeth.
Don't fail to ponder occasionally on
these facts:
That without good teeth there can
not be thorough mastication.
Without thorough mastication there
cannot be perfect digestion.
Without perfect digestion there cam
not be proper assimilation.
Without proper assimilation there
cannot be nutrition.
Without nutrition there cannot be
health.
Without health what is life worth?
Hence, the paramount Importance of
good teeth.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-07-03
DIVORCE IN ROYAL FAMILIES
The House of Hesse Has a Record
That Was AbhOrred by
Queen Victoria.

Queen Victoria disapproved very
strongly of morganatic marriages, al
most as much as she did of divorce,
and she dealt very peremptorily with
her son-in-law, the husband of her
favorite daughter, Alice of Hesse,
who took unto himself a morganatic
wife shortly after the death of the
grand duchess.
This lady was the Grain Hutton
Szapska, with whom Duke Louis
lived only one week, so vehemently
did his mother-in-law let him hear
her mind on the subject, says London
Sketch.
The Hesse family, indeed, are some
what addicted to both divorce and
morganatic marriages.
Wilhelm of Hesse was divorced
from Princess Elizabeth of Schaum-
burg-Lippe; and his sister, Princess
Maria Augusta, divorced her cousin
husband, Prince Won HessePhillip-
stall, very shortly after her marriage
to him.
A generation ago Prince Alexis
Won Hesse, uncle of Ernst Louis, was
divorced by his wife for cruelty, as
he used to drag her about in the cor
ridors of his palace, Mon-Bijou, in
Berlin, by the hair.
While out of the recent ancestors
of the family, Wilhelm Ernest Fred
erick Of Hesse was actually married
four times and divorced twice!
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-07-03
REAL BABY TALK.
What the Infant Thought Expressed
in Language Minus the
"GOO-GOOs."

lam baby, II months old, and near
ly worn-out already. Please let me
alone. said the infant, according to the
Smart Set.
I am not prodigy, except to the ex-
tent that, not having anything to say,
I don't talk. Two big persons claim to
be my parents-why can't they let it
go at that? I have never denied the
charge l haven't much data to go by,
but l don't think l am either magi-
clan, a learned pig or a virtuoso. /
don't banker for applause; so it will
be an appreciated favor if you won't
put me through any parlor tricks.
If l have my wealthy old Uncle Ezra's
nose, congratulate Uncle Ezra, but
don't blame me. I may obe klepto-
maniac, for all know; but | can't
help it.
Don't rattle rattles at me-they rat
tie me. Don't goo-goo and ootsie-koot-
sic at me. l can't understand it any
better than I can the English language.
The pain l have is not in my stomach.
but in my neck. I don't want to be en-
tertained or mystified or medicated or
applauded. And. if you don't want me
to grow up to be hypochondriac, a
stamp collector, an awful example. a
ping pong enthusiast, or a misanthrope,
you Just lemme be!
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-07-03
Low Rate Tour to Denver.

For the benefit of delegates and others desiring
to attend the Twenty-frst International Biennial
Convention CT the United Society of Christian En-
deavor. to be held at Denver COL July yto - the
pennsylvania Railroad Company will run per-
sonally conducted tour to Denver and return
leaving Philadelphia, Lancaster, Harrisburg, AL
tcona, and Pitsburg and intermediate stations
Tuesday. July 7, going via Chicago and arriving
Denver Thursday, July 9. Returning, the to ur
will leave Denver Thursday, July IL, arriving
Pittsburg. Philadelphia and intermediate stations
Saturday, July Is. Special trains of the hig hest
grade of Pullman equipment will be run on ia st
schedule. Each train will be in charge OF tourist
agent. chaperon, and special uniformed bagg age
master. Round trip rate covering transportation
to Denver, Colorado Springs or Pueblo and IT turn
Pullman BERTH and all necessary meals in dining
car to and from Denver, will be as follows: Phil
adelphia, ST. %. two in one berth $50 20 each
on going trip and railroad transportation only
returning, on regular trains until August ST. will
be as follows: Philadelphia. S57 o., two in one
berth. S5i.75 each Proportionate rates from
other points. Pullman accommodations and meals
are included only while tourists are nsing special
trains. Special side trips from Denver at reduced
rates. For reservations of space tickets and full
information. apply to nearest Pennsylvania Rail-
road Ticket Agent, or direct to Geo. W. Boyd Gen
eral Passenger Agent, Broad Street Station, PhiIa