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The semi-weekly messenger., 1903-05-19

Manila, May 16.-Capt CIough Over
ton, Of the 18th cavalry, and Private
Harry Dyes, was killed, and Private
HartloW was wounded yesterday in a
bolO rush at Sucatlan, Island og Min
danao. No details of the fighting have
been received beyond a brief telegram
reporting the deaths. 1t is said that
six of the enemy We're killed. 1t is
thought that the natives approached
Captain Overmans command, pretend
ing friendship, and then attacked the
Americans.
About 800 insurgents, armed with
bolos, resisted the landing of a force
of scouts al Callahan, Camiguin Island,
Tuesday. They charged the scouts and
wounded two of them. 1t required an
hour to disperse the insurgents. Twelve
Of the latter were killed and many We're
wounded The scouts whose gallantry
has been commended, are pursuing tha
insurgents
AN INDIANIAN
Washington, May 16.-Captain Over
ton was a native of Indiana. He was
appointed to the military academy from
Texas in 1864. Henry c. Noyes the prf-
vate killed, enlisted in Troop d., 18th
cavalry, at Cincinnati o.
THE GALLANT PERSHING.
Manila, May 16.-Captain Pershins
has been relieved of the command OF
the Lanao expedition and has been sue
ceeded by Lieutenant Colonel Rodgers
Of the 18th cavalry. Captain Pershing.
who is i'll, has been ordered to Zambo-
anga for medical examination and will
probab bly, be sent home.
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will be asked for by the bar. The citi-
zens insist on a Thorough Investigation.
There was no atkSpt last night to re-
lease the prisoners. as the militia were
on duty.
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Fighting Still Going On
With the Insurgents
in the Philippines
OFFICER KILLED

In BoIO Rush at Sucat1an Few
Days Ago Captain CIough Overton
and Private Henry c. Noyes Were
Another Fight Eighteen Insur-
gents F\iIIed-The Gallant Captain
PershinG Sick and Coming Home.
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ALL WORDS
Seymour W. TullOCh'S
Charges About Post
office CrOOkedneSS
GARBLED A BIT

He Puts Postmaster General Payne
to ENpIaining-He Gives Out II
Giving What TullOch Says, so the
Between the Lines.
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Wilson, y. c. May 16.-Ban was to-
day granted to five OF the men indicted
Cor the murder OF T. Percy Jones, the
Arkansas insurance man killed here in
his room by a mob Thursday morning.
The men to whom bail has been grant
ed n the sum OF $1,000 each are s. j.
Walls. w P. Groom, Lawrence Nor
gan. John Pittman; T. J. Bass.
AspeciaI term of court TO try the case
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It Was Another Mr.. Cobb.

To the Editor: In this mornings News
mington which connects me with a hotel
deal there, and which is in several respects
misleading. First, / am in no way in.
terested in any deal there-hotel or other
wise, directly or indirectly, excepting the
natural interest of father in son. Mr.
Marion Cobb has been negotiating deal
for the hotel in question, was there yes
terday and the day before with the re-
uuisite cash to close the deal, with his
attorney to look into and guard his in
terests / was also there for the same
purpose. The only question upon which
the contamination of the deal hinges, and
which interrupted and stopped-I sup
pose temporarily. the deal, was the accept
ance or rejection of certain requirements
for liability for maintenance OF property,
real estate, which came up at 1.-The last
moment when it seemed everything was
ready for naturalization of the deal This
is something which in no wise concerns
the public. as l see it. but because OF the
ambiguous and misleading features in your
article from Wilmington, l deem this
statement necessary.
1 have been persistently and erroneous
ly mentioned as a party to this deal on
several OCCASIONS, and once before corrected
it. As is the case with troubles, have
hotels enough of my own
Respectfully,
HOWELL COBB.
Durham, N. c., September Is, 1908.
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News From Lumberton
Especial to News and Observer

(Speclal TO news ana observer
Lumberton, N. c., Sept 1.-THE COM
modious dormitory for Robson Institu-
ton is nearing completion and will odd
much to the usefulness of that excellent
school
The fall session opened this week with
an enrolment of about eighty. When
the dormitory can be occupied the mum.
Der of students will far exceed the num-
Der now enrolled. Prof. and Mrs. p. s.
Vann have charge of the school and wlll
be assisted by Miss Mary Lanneau, OF
Wake Forest; Miss Mary Brooks, of
Greensboro, and Misses Mary and Matte
Watson, of Red Springs.
A two weeks term of Robson Superior
court for trial of civil cases, will convene
Monday, the 18th inst.
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Floyd arrived here
yesterday morning and have left for their
home at Ashpole, eleven miles distance
They were married Tuesday at Concord.
Mrs Floyd, nee Miss Maude Glass, is the
daughter of Mr.. w. J. Glass, of Concord.
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CHAPEL HILL THEN AND NOW.
An Old Student Returns and Muses. Over the
Changes Wrought.

To the Editor: After an absence
or twenty-four years again re-
turned to the University of the Old
North State and stood once more be-
meath the mantling boughs of these
proud oaks, whose thick foliage chastens
into mellow delight the radiance of the
noon day sun, and clothes the evening
twilight with a somber GOODNESS, that be.
guiles the tortured soul of care into the
drowsy realms of pleasing memories.
Truly, it is an enchanted fountain. inspir-
ing youth with hope and high resolve.
As / walked once more through the
lanes and streets of the village and be.
held the vine covered stone walls, and
strolled along the avenues and graveled
walks of the dear old historic campus.
and stood again at the brim of the old
college well and drank that VIGOROUSLY
pure and sparkling water and gazed on
the venerable walls of the old buildings.
moss covered and gray with age, and be-
held the beautiful architecture of the
new buildings, the past and present came
together, deluging my soul with a ming
ling flood of emotions hitherto unknown.
While standing here upon the narrow
peninsular of the present the mighty
waves of memory from the far off ocean
of the past pouring In upon me, and the
ebbing tide of anxiety, sympathy and hope
leading me on, and out. over the breakers
into the future with the young voyageTs
of today, l find myself bewildered and
lost in a multitude of memories and an
ticipation for the expression of which l
can find no adequate language.
AS 1 look backward l can see-or seem
| to see-upon the far off shore of the past
| the gray haired dignified professor and
student body of twenty-four years ago
who were my instructors and associates
can see them in the class room, on the
| play ground around the improvised table
upon which the passover" supper was
served-in the society halls-on the ros
trum on graduation day. l can see then
rigging their barks for lifes voyage
away back in the days, that are gone, ant
like Heavenly benediction the anxious
/ solicitude and prayers of that nobl,
corps of professors go with their pu
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Year ended August 81

pills on their journey. But one by one
the white sails bearing the faculty on
over life's stormy way, have disappeared
till there is only one in sight whose oc-
cupants, though weak and weary from
the long journey, with gray hairs stream
ing in the breeze, still, peacefully follows
them with pure heart and purpose true,
the passengers.
The students, too, are scattered-some
sowed the seeds of death in early life. AMI
though afterwards they seized the helm
with manly courage and high resolve, died
by degrees on the deck and the skelc-
ton of their hopes only. remains as a
warning to future sojourners on LIES
troubled way-others disregarding the
admonitions of VISIONS chart, recklessly
ventured too near the seethng whirlpool
Of idleness and pleasure and sank beneath
the surface-others struck upon the fatal
rock of dissipation and with battered hull
and splintered mast sank into the dark
waters of oblivion. Others are still labor
ing in the midst of the rough sea of
envy and jealousy, and many have been
retarded by adverse winds of misfortune
and storms of affliction, while some have
reached the shining shore of success and
reared there their palaces of varied
beauty, grace and grandeur.
Yielding to my anxiety, sympathy and
hope, | turn to the future. l see a more
numerous faculty and much more youth
full. Having passed middle age myself,
the professors and doctors of today look
to me like a class of sophomores.
The student body has quadrupled IN
number, and they are all now setting
their sails for what seems to them d
| smooth voyage over hopes bright sea of
future possibilities.
With trembling eagerness and high ex-
pectation, they uncoil the rope of the
main sail, and stretching it to its utmost
capacity, seize the rudder bar, loose their
moorings and glide away from the realms
of youthful dreaming into the unknown
struggles of real life.
With zeal so ardent as to light up the
darkest storm cloud that may ever gather
over lfe's tempestuous way, with a
spirit of adventure that ignores all danger
and invites difficulty, with aspirations so
lofty as to overlook the angry pillows
rolling between them and the haven for
which they sigh, (Which fill with fear
and trepdation the man aged and OK
perienced) they sail forth in search of the
splendid fortune and great renown, which
youthful fancy ever paints amid the COM
plicated palaces of genius, in the far dis
tant future.
But in the future as in the past, the
white sails that fleck the great sea of flu
ture enterprise and endeavor will then and
there disappear and only few viii
reach the heights of realization, where
hope is lost in promising desire. fails in
the presence of satisfaction, and ambition
itself fades away in the light of pre-
eminent attainment.
If l could hope to give Immortality to
my words, and project my voice over the
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ages yet to be, 1 would urge every young
pilgrim starting out on lfe's journey to
cultivate his moral faculties as nearly as
possible, into harmony with the sublime
projections of the divine, and then his
mental and physical attainments thus
adorned. will bring to himself and to the
world the full fruition of all his hopes.
Only thus can man reach his highest
destiny and truest grandeur.
However it be, it seems to me,
It's only noble to be good;
Kind words are more than coronets,
And simple faith than Norman blood"
J. w. F.
Greensboro, N. c., Sept. 49,
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THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL.
Few People Know How Useful it is in
Preserving Health and Beauty

Few People Know How Useful it is il
Preserving Health and Beauty.
Nearly everybody knows that charcoal
is the safest and most efficient disinfect
ant and purifier in nature, but few realize
its value when taken into the human
system for the same cleansing purpose
Charcoal is remedy that the more you
take of it the better; it is not a drug al
all, but simply absorbs the gases and i'm
purities always present in the stomach
an intestines and carries them out of the
system
Charcoal sweetens the breath after
smoking. drinking or after eating onion:
and other odorous vegetables.
Charcoal effectualy clears and improve.
the complexion, it whitens the teeth ant
further acts as natural and eminently
safe cathartic.
1t absorbs the injurious gases which
collect in the stomach and bowels; it dis
infects the mouth and throat from the
poison of catarrh
All druggists sell charcoal in one form
Or another. but probably the best charcoal
and the most for the money is in Stuart
Absorbent Lozenges; they are composed
of the finest powdered Willow charcoal
and other harmless anti-septics in tablet
form or rather in the form of large, pleas
ant tasting lozenges the charcoal being
mixed with honey.
The daily use of these lozenges will soor
tell in a much improved condition Of the
general health, better complexion, sweetel
breath and purer blood, and the beauty
of it is, that no possible harm can result
from their continued use, but on the
contrary, great benefit.
Buffalo physician in speaking of the
benefits of charcoal, says: 81 advise
Stuarts Absorbent Lozenges to all pa
tients suffering from gas in stomach and
bowels, and to clear the complexion and
purify the breath. mouth and throat:
also believe the liver is greatly benefited
by the daily use of them; they cost but
twenty-five cents box at drug stores. and
although IN some sense a patent prepare
tion yet l believe 1 get more and better
charcoal in Stuart's Absorbent I,ozenges
than in any of the ordinary charcoal
tablets"
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NOTICE OF ELECTION IN LITTLE
RIVER TOWNSHIP.

! NOTICE OF ELECTION IN LITTLE
RIVER TOWNSHIP.
BY order of the Board of Commissioners
of Wake county, N. c., adopted or Mon
day, the 3rd day Of August, 1903. Notice
is hereby given that there will be an
election held in Little River township,
Wake county, N. c., on Tuesday, the 22nd
day of September, 1903, according to the
law and regulations provided for the cleo
ton of members of the General Assembly
at which the question of Subscription"
or "No Subscription" to the second mort
gage bonds of the Raleigh and Pamlico
Sound Railroad Company to an amount
which has been fixed at ten thousand dol
lars, will be submitted to the qualhed
electors of said township. That the
charter of the Raleigh and Pamlico Sound
Railroad Company provides that the said
Company may issue second mortgage
bonds to an amount not exceeding three
thousand dollars per mile, for the pur.
| pose of aiding In the construction OF the
said railroad, the said bonds to bear in
terest at the rate of six per cent, and
the principal to be due thirty years from
| the time of issue. The charter OF the
said Raleigh and Pamlico Sound Railroad
Company further makes it lawful for any
county, township, city or town in or
through which the said railroad or its
branches may be located, or which may
be interested in it's construction, to sub
scribe to the second mortgage bonds of
said railroad company in such sums as
majority of the qualified electors Of any
such county, township, city or town may
authorize Such subscription shall be
made in coupon bonds, bearing interest
at five per cent, the principal OF sad
bonds to be due and payable thirty year.
from the day OF issue. The election tc
be held on the said 22nd day of September
1908, in Little River township, is to ascer
tain whether a majority of the qualified
electors of said township favor the sail
subscription of ten Thousand dollars Of
five per cent bonds. to the said second
mortgage bonds of the said railroad CON-
pany.
Notice is hereby further given that, by
order of the said Board of Commissioners
of Wake county, ~ c., adopted on Mon
day. the 3rd day of August, 1908, there
will be a new registration, in accordance
with law, of the qualified electors of said
Little River township.
Registration books for said election will
be opened for registration in the various
precincts of Little River township, Wake
county N. c., on Thursday, the goth day
of August, 1903, at s. m, ana the said
registration books will be closed on the
18th day of September, 1903, at sunset
The registrars for said election are re.
quired to keep the registration books open
for registration from a. m each day
until sunset Sundays excepted) from the
morning of the said Goth day OF August
1903. until the said books are closed al
sunset on Saturday, the 18th day of Sep.
TENDER. 1908, and on each Saturday dur.
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SALEM TOCELEBRATE
First Moravian Settlement
Century and Half Ago.
On the Thirteenth Of November The Celebration
Will Occur in Old Town Near
Ciru
the City.
Especial to News and observer)


Winston-Salem. N c., Sept. 12.-With
this year, 1908, just one hundred and fifty
years have elapsed since the first Morayian
settlement was effected in Wachovia No
vember 18th, 1853. So important an oc-
casion should not be overlooked. and must
be one of interest not only to the set
tiers in this immediate neighborhood. but
also to the entire State and to the South
To that end committees are at work and
definite plan is being outlined for a
great celebration and Homecoming In
addition to this, special attention is being
given to church work and the spiritual
upbuilding which should accompany such
an inspiring occasion as this. On Novem-
Der 18th will occur the celebration in Old
Town or Bethabara, near this city, where
the first settlement was made. The Wa
chovla Historical Society has decided tt
erect handsome granite monument tt
those sturdy settlers of early days, ant
the dedication of this monument will bt
an important part of the exercises. Al
the angles of the old fort or palisadt
which protected these settlers from tn,
Indians will be marked by granite column:
and column will also mark the site O
the first hut and the site of the old mil
which served such an important function
in the days of the Indian War, when
from this mill food was furnished to al
the surrounding country.
On November 14th the Wachovia His
torical Society viii hold public meetin,
in Salem which will be of special interes
to all who are interest in the history o
North Carolina. On November 18th tn
services throughout the day in the oil,
Salem church will be of a distinctive am
thoroughly interesting character The oil
church at Bethabara or Old Town is bein
repaired and put in perfect order and
new slate roof has been provided by tn
members in token of their interest i
this occasion and of their debt to thei
lllustrlous ancestry. The other Moravia
churches in various parts of this sectio
OF the State are making special effor
along lines of improvement in building
in renewal of interest and in the arousin
of the people.
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Friends of Lumber Bridge.
Especial to News and Observer

~
Fayetteville, N. c., Sept 12-It is the
earnest hope of the many friends of tine
Lumber Bridge Company that the mill
tary authorities will not be over severe
and rule this old and honored command
out of existence. 1t is said that some
how all the members failed to get notice
OF the inspection, and that an hour S
further time would have brought in
enough and more than enough That
our Scotch friends in Robson are sore,
can be will understood when the tradi-
tions of the command are so dear to so
many of their old white haired veterans.
who feel the blow even as one struck az
themselves. But to your correspondent
who knows and has known these men in
camp for fifteen years and is familiar
with the personnel of the soldiers in the
ranks of the Guard today, it is more
serious still. These young men may not
live near enough to assemble at the
secret stroke of some city alarm bell but
they are reliable and steady and constant
and second in personnel to no town com.
pany in the State. To rule out com
pany of young men, who are mostly
young farmers independent in their own
right and fixed in their community not tc
speak of the inspiration drawn from the
services of their fathers, for some city or
town company drawn too frequently from
a shifting lot of irresponsible young
boys, would seem TO us wholly inadvisa-
BILE. This matter of personnel in our com
panies since the Spanish American war is
matter for serious consideration And
the sooner we get the Lumber Bridge
Light Infantry back into the Guard, the
better it will be for every company in the
State. Unframed, as many of the other
companies are in craftsmanship, Lumber
Bridge would today do more service on
the field of battle than any four of them
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Jeffrey's Store.
Outside West, North divisional. T.
Moore's Store.
Outside West, South division-W. ].
Reavis' Store.
Outside East, North division-E. r.
PAGES Store.
Outside East, South division-Brick
Store, Hargett street.
BY order of the Board of County Com
missioners OF Wave county, this August
3rd, 1903.
J. ]. BERNARD,
Register Of Deeds and Clerk Of Board.
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Miss Mamie Harvey and State Superin
tendent J. Y. Joyner. These joined Gov
ernor Aycock, who arrived from Ocra
coke, where he had delivered one of his
strong educational speeches
After spending the day fishing, they
will go to Seven Springs for a week
General Hop Smith is master of cere-
monies. and commander of the fishins
craft General Smith will let work OF
nothing interfere with having a good
time and giving his friends the same.
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On Pleasure Bent.
Especial to News and Observer. J

IoptCTdI 10 4NtWS dHu OUstTFeT'J
New Bern, N. c., Sept 12.-At More
head on the early morning train yester-
day, in the parlor car Vance, were Mr.
and Mrs. W. A. Smith, of Goldsboro;
Elder William Woodland and daughter
Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. Ayeock, the Cover
nors wife, her two children; DR.. Dixon
Mr.. and Mrs L. Harvey, of Kinston;
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ing the period of registration, the regis
trars shall attend with their books at
the polling places of their precincts, for
the registration of voters.
The following named persons have beeh
appointed registrars and judges of cleo
ton for the various precincts in Little
River township. Wake county, N. c., for
said election:
REGISTRARS.
Little River Township, Wakefield, S. w.
Harris.
Little River Township, Mitchell's Mills,
L. Y Baker
JUDGES OF ELECTION.
Little River Township. Wakefield. G. Z
Pace and E. P. Wigs.
Little River Township, MitchelPs Mills,
r. c. Mitchell and Scion Baker.
]. j. BERNARD.
Register of Deeds and Clerk of Board or
Commissioners OF Wake County.
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THE SOUTHERN TEXTILE GROWTH
South's Cotton Mills Last Year Used More Cotton
Than Mills in Rest of Country.
Manufacturers Record.)

mills
in
takin and hosef
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continues to advance in price,
and supplies continues scarce
and difficult to get. Prices for
the present are: Best Free
Burning White Ash, Egg,
Stove and Nut, 5000 ton; Red
Ash, Egg, 1925 ton. We can't
tell what the prices will be in
future. We have limited
quantity on hand for early de-
livery.
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Send Order to
j. w. HOllingswOrth
LOuisburg, N. c.

Five-draw Drop-head New Home $500.
Heller Pianos 5000. Nice Parlor Organs
$35 to $3.50 Factory representatives for
VIM. Kabe & Cos Pianos of Baltimore,
Md. Write for cuts, prices, etc. Terms
to suit.
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Southern Mills, Northern Mills.