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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-12-02
THE GOVERNORS MESSAGE.
Material Now Being Gathered-Crea-
ton of a State Historian TO be Urg-
ed-A Wilmington Company Char
tered.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Especial to The Messenger.)
Raleigh, ". c., November 2S.-The
state charters the Creveling Vandyck
Company, at Wilmington, to take over
as a going concern business now con
Quoted by John L. Creveling and w. V.
b. Vandyck and build factories, to man.
~ufacture wood ibres, electric machines;
capital stock S25, 900. The charter is a
blanket one.
The most important event this week
is the meeting Thursday of the state
board of to canvas the re-
turns of the recent election. Govern
or Aycock was asked if the returns
were all in and said he understood they
were. One set goes to the secretary of
state, the other to the chairman of the
state board of elections. He said he
had not heard a word as yet regarding
any contest in the Eighth Congression-
al district.
The governor was asked about his
forthcoming message to the legislature
and replied that he had not yet begun
work upon it, but was gathering mate
rial and reports were coming in. He
said the state Will max a very fine
showing. THE present year is the best
in all the history Of North Carolina, l
am sure" he said. When asked his
views as to enlargement of present cap
itol building me said: Il will transmit
to the Legislature the report of the com>
mittee on that matter, but will not
recommend any alterations or additions
to the present building. 1 am opposed
to changing the capitol in this way.
We a erect additional buildings on
property the state OWNS. We must let
the capitol stand as it is"
The governor will recommend the
creation of a new office, that of state
historian, to collect historical matter
anywhere in the state and install il
here, to look over, prepare and publish
material bearing on state history to be
found in various departments here and
also to r~earrange all original records
so they will be in permanent form and
easy of access. Now they are in most
cases very much jumbled.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-12-02
go HOME, OLD MAN, GO HOMEr

store. After carelessly asking for 2
cents worth of slippery elm he OBJ
served:
doc, you've lived in the country,
haven't you?"
"Of course"
"And seen no end Of beetles and
grasshoppers?"
"Acres of EN-"
"Well, I'd like to have you tell me
which jumps the farthest?"
"That's an easy one, for the beetle
doesn't jump at all. You can catch
one in your back yard any day and ex-
pertinent for yourself. It's the hop
per that has the jump on him."
by thunder, but 1 believe you're
wrongr.
"Then pass on to the next. When
you find a jumping beetle you'd better
have your head examined"
Mr.. Bowser made a third trial. Down
the alley he saw a light in front Of a
barn and walked down to find a team
ster unhitching his team.
DO you nave beetles and grasshop-
pers around the barn?" was asked.
Hundreds of 'em."
''Then perhaps you know which
jumps the farthest?"
"Any fool knows that"
"But 1 asked you a civil question.
Which can jump the farthest:"
Say. now. old dozer," replied the
man, IF you are drunk. it's all right.
but if you have come here to guy me
you had better look out. l may be a
teamster, but I'm not a fool"
81 asked YOU
81 know YOU did, and if o ask
;. again there'll be a row here. If you
haven't got brains enough TO know
that a grasshopper can jump forty
times as far as a beetle then you'd bet
ter buy q few secondhand ones. Your
name is Towser, amt it,"
"Bowser, sir. My name is Bowser,
and
"T've read Of you, and you go on.
That wife of yours knows more in a
minute than you do in a day.
MI. Bowser was leaving the alley to
make back home when he met a po-
liceman. The officer looked at him
sharply and then said In confidential
tones:
go home, old man, go home. You
shouldn't be exposing that head Of
yours to the night air. Just take Mrs
Bowser's word for it next time and all
the time, and you'll save yourself
trouble"
Mrs. Bowse- and the cat heard the
front door softly open and some one
tiptoe in.
els that you. Mr.. BowserT was ask
ed.
No reply.
"Bring your beetles and g~rasshop-
pers in here"
No answer.
81 say. Mr.. Bovser,w called Mrs.
Bowser from the Lall.
The silence OF death reigned around
IA silence 50 l,-o.d and deep and thick
that no living grasshopper could have
jumped over It Mr. Bowser was not
interviewa5le. A.. QUAD.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-12-02
Grace Before Meat

Francis B. LOOMS, assistant secre-
tary OF state who was at the Abe
marie over Sunday, related the follow
ing election story, says the New York
Globe:
on the train coming from Wash
ington ] got into conversation with a
man who is a manufacturer in Lynch
burg, and a stunc republican. On
the night after h election he gave a
supper to celebrate the republican
victory to his workmen some 800 In
all.
asked my foreman, he said. in
telling h story, to preside at the
gathering, as / would be unable to be
present myself. He is a bit OF a char
acter, rough in his but good
hearted, and a splendid yorker. When
L asked him to take the head OF the
table at the celebration he didn'.
nuc care about accepting the task.
THAT kind of d darn job amt In
my line. sir. an / wouldn't know how
to hold IL d own" he pleaded. II sug-
gest you get one OF b clerks ! n the
Office to fill It."
Tut, tut. nonsense" I protested
to him. "All you VIII have to do will
be TO first open the dinner with a
grace, and when IL comes to the cof-
fee and cigars, to introduce the speak
ers. and so on. i am sure you can
easily do that"
Me say grace," he said I'm some
establishment. why. you might as
well ask ne ter recite the Declaration
of Independence in Greek"
"t'Oh. come of now: you can
surely say a grace" I said. "Au you
need SAY is this: For what we are
about TO receive may the Lord make
us truly thankful"
Well. I finally got him to agree to
preside, and wrote down the grace
on a piece of paper. SO that he could
learn II by heart at his leasure.
AT z O'Clock. n hour for the din
Nor. he took the chair. Presently he
got ". and said with a serious look
and uplifted hand:
Gentlemen, afore we eat IL f. my
dcoty ter say grace ter yez. For what
we are about ter receive may the
Lord Jesus Christ be mighty thank
full
The laughter that went up could
be heard a block away and when *
had suhefded the foreman, whose face
had now assumed a puzzled and dis
appointed look, turned 20 a fellow
workman sitting next 10 him end I'm
quired:
"."say. Bill. what are the guya
iaughin' at?"'"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-12-02
ACTED IN SELF DEFENSE.
ing OF Meredith Britt by Mr.. Walter
T. Maricock.
Especial to The Messenger.)

toptCAdl IO 1Ht 11GSSc4l6tTJ
Weldon. N. c.. November 2s.-Mere-
dith Britt. colored. vas killed by Mr..
Walter T. Maricock, a well Known
young farmer. Saturday night, while
advancing upon Maricock with a
drawn knife.
The particulars of the homicide, as
brought out at the ccroner's inquest
Sunday. are about as follows: Britt
and Maricock had had a fight at Pairs
store. a few miles in the country from
Weldon. Saturday night. Britt walked
OF, but came back TO Mr.. Faricock's
buggy and another fisticuf ensued. The
negro's friends interferred and tried to
get Britt to go to his home, which was
within a few hundred yards of the place
where the difficulty occurred. They
managed to get the negro of. but Britt
was not satified and attacked Mr.. Mari
cock with a knife. 1t was then that
Maricock picked up a stick and struck
h negro in the head knocking him
senseless. Britt fingered unconscious
up to Sunday morning and died from
the effects of the blow.
MT. r. w. Garrett was appointed a
special coroner to investigate the mat
ter. He summoned a jury and heard
all the evidence. The verdict OF the
jury was to the effect that Meredith
Britt came to his death at the hands of
w. T. Maricock, who was acting in
self-defense, and Mr.. Maricock was dis
charged.
Halifax superior court began a two
weeks term this morning with Judge
Webb presiding. This is Judge Webs
c court since his appointment to
n bench and he is fast winning honors
as a fearless, impartial and upright
jurist. His rulings give entire salts
faction and his charge to the grand
jury this morning was able, clear and
broad.
Rev. w. w. lose who for three years
past has been pastor of the Methodist
Episcopal church here, preached his
farewell sermon last night to a large
congregation. Mr.. Rose will engage in
teaching a school for boys and young
women next yea At the conclusion
Of the service last night a purse was
made up and presented to the pastor.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-12-02

It's the grasshopper that jumps,
though at the same time he is pretty
good on the fly"
What! Do you repeat this to my
faceT" shouted Mr.. Bowser as his neck
began to turn red.
Il simply tell you that beetles don't
jump and that grasshoppers do"
Then you have more i%mpudence
than 1 gave you credit for. If you
know the least thing about the matter
you know it's right the other way. I
saw Mr.. Schemerhorn look ut you in
amazement when you butted in as you
did and mixed up h insects. When
1 say that a man jumped like a beetle
the idea 1 meal to convey is that he
suddenly leaped aside q distance Of
four or five feet. Is that clear to
your"
"Not very. Your idea will never be
understood by the average person.
Here is an encyclopedia right at hand.
ute"
"Never-never in this world. When
l say a beetle I don't mean q cabbage
head. Beetle is spelled beetle, Mrs.
Bowser."
"Yes, 1 know, and grasshopper is
spelled another way. However, there
is nothing to quarrel about. If you
contend that q beetle jumps, let it go
at that. Do you think it is going to
rain tomorrow
Eyes, I dov' he Numbered as he
brought his fist down on the center
table with a smash. Eyes, ma'am. I
do! 1t will rain cats and dogs and
p%itchforks and mop handles tomorrow,
but what's that got to do with beetles
and grassheppers? Mrs. Bowser, you
have sought to belittle and cheaper
me in my own house. You have tried
to make me out a fool, and don't i'm
agine you can gloss il over by asking
my opinion about the weather for to-
morrow. You have deliberately and
persistently stated that a beetle doesn't
jump"
II e. saw him jump"
"While you have seen the ~GTasslo2-
per leap rel tree tops and across
yawning chasns, l suppose:"
Il have seen him jump fou: Or cvc
feet. If he IS no. Il hopper, why d.
they call him aof'
"If that miserable cid yailer eyed cat
sitting there is not a canine. why do
they call her SOP
Feline, you mean"
Mr.. Bowser meant feline. oe corr.
but miss1oae himself il Iii; exc!<c-
ment. and the mistake added ID MS IL
jurcd feelings. Tie saw no way u
crawl out OF IL gracefully. however.
land 50 he :nStazt,y determined to l.
more the matter. When he could get
his breath again he SAID:
Thee is Il question to be settled
this night before we go to sleep. II !
have finally tu-fscl into an Old jackass
I want 10 ka3w Il right away So as to
get 4 halter on and be led OF TO a sta
bic. You nutted in and said that q
beetle didn't jump"
Il say that I never SAW one jump
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-12-02
Bowser, the Kicker
Takes His Wife to Task For "Butins In" and Correcting
HE Enor-He Insists Beetles Jump. but She Says
He IL Thinking of Grasshoppers.

Don't wriggle around the question.
You say grasshopper and / say beetle.
/ Will settle the question within half
an hour. and / shall also demand the
fullest apology"
And IL you are wrong?' she que
Hed.
Madam" be replied as he drew him
self up and swelled his chest. II
am wrong. I make ii my bust
ness TO be right"
She and the cat looked after him as
he stalked down the hall and put on
his hat and went out TO investigate.
He knew that his family butcher was
an ex-farmer, and he sauntered slong
to the shop and Queried:
Say. Jones, you know all about
grasshoppers and beetles, don't your
I've seen a few in my time was
the reply.
How much farther can a beetle
jump than Il gr~asshopper:'
How much farther can you fy than
an Old gande:? In other words. the
beetle don't jump at all. he amt built
that way"
You must have got things mixed. l
contend that it is the beetle that
jumps"
Then you lose your money. He
can't jump any more than a crowbar.
If you've got into another dispute with
your wife she's got the best of you
again"
Mr.. Bowser turned red and white
and walked out and over to the drug
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-12-02

t~CopyHght Ips. by T. c. hcClure-1
- ~ RS. BOwSER." began Mr..
~ Bowser the other evening
XV1 as he laid aside his news
paper, I'VE had the Schem-
Ierhorns here last evening for a little
game Of cards"
Yes" she replied.
During an interval in the playing l
Irelated an incident OF uy life to Mr..
iSchemerhorn, and / spoke of q man
Jumping about Ike a beetle. You at
lonce butted in and said that beetles
didn't jump and that I probably meant
i srasshopper. / passed the matter
Iover at the time, not wishing Id call
attention to your ignorance. hut I
speak of it now and wish to give you a
few words of advice. In the first place,
don't butt in when another person is
talking. In the next, if you can't pos
Isib!y keep your tongue still. then talk
lof something you are posted about
lc!othespins, ~corsets, fall hats. and so
forth"
Il butted in. as you call it, simply
because you misspoke yourself" she
replied.
Il beg your pardon. Mrs. Bowser, but
| did not misspeak myself. 1 never do.
1 say what l les When I said that
a man jumped like a beetle I meant it
and knew what l was saying"
Then you meant that he did not
Jump at ALL"
What do you meal by that?"
"Why, that beetles don't jump. They
fly, n they walk, but never jump.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-12-02

w. K. Vanderbilt lost an automo-
bile hill-climbing contest because he
-swerved his machine to keep from
running over an old man. Some of
these auto scorchers are too tender
hearted to ever accumulate champion
ship Observation-Disclosures Post.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-12-02
Mr.. DooIey On Sc!

1 observatory pryin.
Nv tn t~iilyscope.-
SO III save me
Arthur till all tn "a
like to get l iv a
Arthur MeioSeen.
cud subscribe to IL.
Il cheerful 'Yisterdah
tn Japs threw a few
breakfast an thin retira
has got to stop. Fridah
famed an If this occurs
appeal 10 tn authorities.
jensky band give a concert
lie square an mann Nv tn
turned out to hear IL. John
was up befure Judge Hogan
the famtlyar charge. He was
ed 10 twinty knouts or fifty dan
sthreet is torn up again How
this condition last befure tn u
our fair city rise In their might
tn co~rruptionists At tn City
Ciosin' quotations IN tn Port
board " thrade: Caviar sixteen i
fourteen bid: candles quiet an
changed. with a fair demand rr
upland tallow.
Answers TO correspondents: M
ShA ldHf 81 - eaA q 50 a d01
Nv cookin' sherry. two pints ~ vinegay
an a pound iv potash an apply 10 ny
face with a paint brush befure ~retirin'. \
".Arthurski Iumleyvitch: No. Ar
thur. &. Is not considered in good form
whin walkin' with a lady 10 run whin
a bomb dhrops in ye'er neighborhood.
Seize ye'er fair companion be tn ell
bows a n place her in front IL We. TIL
rule ~ ali p'lite circles is: Ladies
first"
".Timothyvich X. Jeffreys in tn sic
.,nd round.
Anxious: We don't know.
Sure. Hinnissy, it's always tn same
way. Wan iv tn ~sthrangest things
about life is that 1t will go on IN on
fav'rable circumstances an so out whin
ivrything is aisy. A man live an
hav a good time no matther what hap
pens to him that on kill him. ! lived
here durin' tn cholery / didn't like IL
but they was on'y wan other thing to
do an l didn't care FIR that. IL ye're
Twin in a town that's bein' lombard
ed. We don't like IL at first but afther
awhile. We begin to accomydate ye'ersaif
to il an by andy whin a shell dhrops
near We while ye're argyin' about tariff.
we step aside an IL ye're still there af-
Their cmoke is cleared away. We raysume
tn ~argymint. Ye have to make new
friends but so ye do in Chicago. A
man w me age loses more friends in 4
year an is in more danger hin a diin-
der iv Port Arthur at twinty-wan. Bus
tin shells is on'y wan iv tn chances iv
life like pnoomony an argyin' with a
polishman.
Besides. / bet We no garrison VI
rayfused to surrinder whin IL was
starvin' onless il was afraid tn inimy
wud shoot tn man with tn white flag.
A garrison begins to think iv surrind-
herin' whin il can't get pie at livery
meal. Cut out wan Nv its meals an IL
begins to wondher what's tn use w
fightin' a lot iv nice fellows. Rayjooce
it more an soma iv the sojers will say
to tn gin'ral: If we haven't got a
sheet or a FELLOWSHIP handy fr a flag,
ye can use our shirts Ye may change
tn dite to horse meat but horse meat
rayminds q Europeen sojer iv what his
mother used to cal beef. But he's go
to nave enough. A hungry man won't
fight EXCEPT fr food an he'd follow a
beefsteak twice as far as he wud tn
flag iv amy impror or car"
why don't that Gin'ral Stoessel sur
ridher anyhow" asked Mr.. Hinnessy.
NO wan told him to. He's a Ger
man." said Mr.. Dooley.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-12-02
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
sl Rsass the Of ZM&zZM

Every one can appreciate big
drink of cold water before
says a medical sharp. But the degree
of appreciation is largely dependent.
sometimes on the night before.--News-
Leader.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-12-02

The president appears TO think it is
his turn now. He has put a quietus
on the members of his cabinet and is
doing all the talking himself. He has
made a number of notable addresses
since the acknowledgements Tele-
gram
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-12-02

Energy all gone? Headache? tom
ach out of order? Simply a case CT
torpid liver. Burdock Bloot Bitters
will make a new man or woman out
u YOU
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-12-02
Disastrous

Carelessness Is responsible for many
a railway wreck and the same causes
are making human wrechs Of sufferers
from Throat and Lung trouble But
since the advent Of DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption. Coughs
and Colds, even h worst cases can
be cured, and hopeless resignation IS
no longer necessary. Mrs. Lois Cragg
of Dorchester, Mass, is one Of many
whose life was saved by DR.. Kings
New Discovery. This great remedy Is
guaranteed for all Throat and Lung
diseases by R. r. Bellamy, Druggist.
Price soc, and $40 Trial bottles free.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1904-12-15
PARKER LOST BY 2,346,l69
VOTES.
Complete Returns With ExCep-
ton of Five Counties.

NEW YORK, Dec, 12.-The Times
today prints a canvass Of the popular
vote in the recent election with one
county in Tennesser ami four in Michi-
gan missing. Roosevelts majority over
Parker was 2,346, l69 and he polltd the
largest voUe ever given for president
of bhe United States, 764O, 500
Dabs tho Socialist candidate, VINO also
ran in 1900, showed an increase OF
more than 100000 Watson, the Popu-
list candidate, received, 22,635 votes in
Georgia, bis own state,
Tue totA vote IS gwen as 1884 11g
and tuat for each Of the presidential
candidates is given as follows:
Roosevelt (Rep.), 764O, $50; Parker
(Den.), 5,Os4, 39l; Debs (Socialist), 202,.
s57; swallow. (Pro.l, 24s, AL; Watson
(Pop J, l24, S9l; Corrigan, (Socialiat La.
bor) 35,5l9. The electoral vots win be
be 1886 for Roosevelt and l4O for Parker
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1904-12-15
JASPER.

Special to The NezUs.
We are having some cold weather
David Hoge left last week for a visit
to his son Edgar in Warren county.
A. e. Chaudoin visited his sister Mrs.
Zeb Barlew Sunday.
Misses Mary Prigno and Lula Tea
que took dinner with Miss Sallie Darr
Wednesday.
The young lady teachers of Pryor In
stitute entertained the Club last Satur-
day evening. The room was beautiful
ly decorated with holly and mistletoe.
The refreshments were of the best, and
all seemed to enjoy them selves.
just ask John Wright what two
young ladies took him home from
church.
Mrs. DIR. Byrne and Miss Nettie were
the guests of Mrs. Zeb Barlew Sunday.
If you want the best corn bread you
ever did eat just take your corn to A.
c. Chaudoin and let him grind it for he
sure makes good meal.
j. A. Prigmore of Oak Grove, was in
the city Tuesday and brought Prof. Dos
sett load of corn.
Jim Woodfin and Ernest Good Wright
of the Cumberland Banner took in the
ball game at South Pittsburg Friday.
John Wright says be wishes "we''
could have gone for ''she" would have
enjoyed it and so would he.
Things are generally all right about
the Statesman Democrat office, but Jim
Woodfin says Wright is all with him.
Lucille can explain.
Gordon Hammond looks sad these
days.
Rev. J. A. Darr spent Friday in So
Pittsburg. We think he got the prom
ise OF some corn for the bald-faced mare
Ask Hardy Moss what he wants for a
Christmas present.
The Cumberland Banner now boasts
the five best looking boys and the two
smartest girls in town.
What pastry do young folks like the
best2 Sweet tarts, of course
The Sequachee News is simply grand
Say did you read "Our friends of th'
Country" in the Chattanooga Times o
last Sunday The usual fate Of coun
try cousins, or country friends, eh?
w. A. Campbell, of Chattanooga, Is II
the city.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1904-12-15
NATURE VS.. the mILLINER.

"She may be of almost any age"
writes Constance Fuller Mcintyre of the
modern bachelor maid" in the Jauu-
ary Nezy Idea Woman Magazine but locks
comparatively young, for she is always
modishly and becomingly dressed. Ev-
en- IL poor, her good taste and general
cleverness with her fingers enable her
to make pleasing appearance, far more
so, in all probability. than when she
was sweet seventeen" that is to say as
far - the dressing goes, which makes
up in large measure (for All that has
from time to time been averred to the
contrary for the hrst youthful bloom Of
her complexion" Mrs. Mcintyre, Is
usual takes broad view Of her subject,
and, to uss trite phrase. says What
sho thinkS''; yst the above seems .
dangerous assertion, even in : msRa-
Eins which mOnthly presents the allur-
Ing side Of the wearing Of clotheu. and
u the miilinsF's Art has arrived At suoh
. hsightof perfection - 70 superssde
the lines and tnts Of she great artist,
Nature, Il seems time 70 look into the
matter.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1904-12-15
CEOAa spaIae.

Speeialt 10 ihe Ne7Os.
Rev. NJ. A Hunt preached here Sat
urday and Sdnday
MIR. aud Mrs ;. A. Hack worth and
and children OF Bass, Ara, are tue
guests of friends and relatives here.
Mrs. A. W. Condra and ). A.. Hack
worth were visiting Mrs. I. j. Moore
-ThuradAy.
Jonn c. Moore is Visiting at Jas per
this week
a. W. Condra made business trip to
Chattanooga the last Of the week.
Sam }raclten OF Texas, is visiting re-
lativcs here.
John and Vance Lasater, OF Prairie
Plains, Tenn, are visiting relatives
here.
John Heron visited friends in North
Alabama last week.
S Ii. McLain and family Of Hall
were pleasant visitors here part of las
week
joe Hudson and children, Of Dunlap
are spending few days with triena'
here
Ed Deaking and wife spent Monday
hore with friends.