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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-18

UPON educational subjects. The chief
line of effort is the establishment OF
local tax districts, OF hich sixty new
mes have beer voted for by the peo-
pie. AS 10 free libraries for the rural
public schools. about eco have been es-
tablished. SO far this year n inter-
est in this feature Of the work seems
undated. Speaking of negro educa-
ton superintendent Joyner said that
the negroes are taking advanta - of
the opportunities offered them = re-
PORTS showing an increase in Alb
dance at their schools, not a great in
crease 1T is true, but one Which shows
an advance. n that they are very
much interested and concerned . They
ere not making as much progress in
this line as are the whites. among
whom there is a very great deal Of en-.
thusiasm. When asked what would be
the chief line OF work for mex year.
the superintendent said IL would be the
&C ~nsolidation of school districts. local
(: xation, organization. and the dLree-
tion of all school forces in every coun.
ty, as well as the better classification
and graduation of work in the rural
schools. There are DOW 5,336 white
school districts, a decrease Of only
about 200 during the year. rna SUPER
intendent says there ought not to be
over 1000 districts for whites at the
outside. The e state normal
schools. now only four in number, are
greatly improved and the Agricultural
end Mechanical college for thai race
e Greensboro he finds to be doing good
and practical work. Prom the Pea
body fund $500 a so far been re.
.ceived, this being more han ever before
in n year. yet he expects more from,
IT. This year only a thousand dollars
has been allowed from his fund for
he Normal and Industrial college for
women, which for several years has
been granted three thousand dollars
annually. The people of the state are
beginning to recognize the obligations
Or wealth towards public education.
Not Until recently ave the people real
'y been able to make gifts. The devef-
cpment OF historical interest and Of
consequent pride in the state he finds to
be very great. The general feeling
:bat progress is being made has in
spired new confidence 'n he people that
.ney can make the public schools ade-
quate.
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CIRCUS IN G~OLDSBORO.
Immense Crowds Attend the Big ShCy
Sneak Thieves ut Large.

Goldsboro, N. c., November 16.-This
has been show day in Goldsboro and
thousands of people from the sur
rounding towns and country have been
in the city. From an early hour this
morning a constant stream Of vehicles
poured into the city from every thor
oUghfare that tapped the country
roundabout and by noon the streets
were packed with a dense throng. The
great Forepaugh and Sells Bros. circus
was the attraction. The weather was
all that any body could wish and the
crowd that swarmed under the tents
was all that the circus could accommo>
date. The people of this section a.
ways patroniZe a circus literally but
Eever more Sc than today. It was the
largest show that has ever been here
and drew the largest patronage. The
people of the eastern part of the state
have been prosperous this year and a
number of those who have money were
looking for an opportunity to spend it.
Nothing could induce them more than
a circus. AS far as could be seen the
great crowd was very orderly and all
seemed TO enjoy themselves immensely.
Mr.. w. B. Starke, formerly auditor
of stations of the Southern railroad
with headquarters at Washington, u.
c.. has been appointed auditor of the
Rowland Improvement Company with
an Office in this city. He succeeds Mt.
NJ. L. Willis, resigned.
There have been numerous cases in
the city of late where people have lost
money and watches by some one enter
ing their bedrooms at night. The larg-
est amount stolen was taken from Mr..
W. B. Pate, who lost SIS in none and
his gold watch valued at $50. There IS
no clue to the thief Is in the other
cases which have occurred recently.
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adopt the views OF these men. What
the country needs is peace. harmony
and unityeessation from chickering's
between sections-obliteration OF lines
between north and south. between east
and west.
1t is true that ali national legislation
that Is most advantageous to the New
England states would o. be equally
so to those of the agricultural districts
of the west or what best suits J the
south Atlantic states might not please
the Pacific coast territory. Fut still If
the people of the whole COUNTRY were
70 come together with Determination
to act for the good 81 the nation they
would find that their interests were
not 50 diversified that they could not
unite under one set OF laws adopted
for the general good of the whole.
To this principle We conceive Mr.. Bry-
an and his party to be inimical They
re/strenuously partisan. more so as to
occupation and calling than as to Sec
tfon, arraying one class against an
oth~er-though trying to keep one sec
tion Of the country soiidly opposed to
the other in politics, either of which is
obliged to be detrimental to the best
interests Of the whole country and es-
pecially to the people Of the heretofore
solid south.
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Especial to The Messenger.)

Especial To The Messenger
Fayetteville. ~. G., November fG-
Last night Deputy sheriff Monaghan
ana Officer Pate Arrested a, tneir homes
\. Seventy-Ffrst township. about nine
niles from the city. John Manning,
Mack Mckay and Aionzo Fowler.
charged with being principals or Access
series in the murder OF Walter Manner.
negro. at a festival. six miles from Fay
etteyille. two or three weeks ago.
Waiter Main was brought to he
HIghsmith hospital today from Hope
Mills, shot IN a row last night IN that
town.
Mrs. J. r. Boyd yesterday afternoon
delightfully."- entertained In honor Of
Miss Mamie Brown. Among the guests
Present were Misses Lila Hart. Pat
ttrson. Jordan. Lottie and Blanche
Thornton. Mary r. Robinson. Robbie
Hail., Mamie Alexander, Maggie and
Annie Macarthur. Hattie Taylor. jamie
Nckethan, Alice n Sadie Jessup.
Major j. A. MCLAUGHLIN. conductor
On the Atlantic coast Line railroad, has
been elected delegate to the meeting
Of the Grand Division OF Railway Con-
ductors in May, at Portland. Ore.
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Ana now who does not know that
Roosevelt is unpopular with the lead
ers of his own party.-Charlotte News.
But it was demonstrated last Tuesday
that he is mighty popular with the
who do most of the voting and they
control the political destinies of those
senator's and congressman who have
heretofore cor classed as opponents OF
Mr.. Roosevelt's policy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-18
PROGRESS IN EDUCATION.
Prospects in IN State.
Climate and Crop Report for the
Month-Great Increase i'm Number
of BauIs-Otfer News Notes.
Messenger Bureau.


Raleigh, ~. C. November 16.
The climate and crop report of the
weather bureau for North Carolina for
the month Of October was issued today.
The feature of the month was the
drought, which was very remarkable.
At Linville there was no rainfall from
September 5th to october 31st, a period
of 81 days. The condition was such as
is associated only with the Arid re-
gions OF the west. The weather was
colder than the average. with frequent
frosts, some killing. h weather was
very favorable for harvesting, but the
severe drought injured all fall crop
and almost entirely prevented plowine
for winter wheat which was very back
ward. Cotton was practically all pick
ed by the end of October n o of
the corn was gathered. The minor
crops yielder fairly we'll. Pastures ana
clover were injured by drought. The
monthly mean temperature was 51.7
degrees, which Is 2 degrees below nor
NAL. The highest being at Hatteras,
and the lowest at Linville. The hign-
est absolute temperature was SO de-
grees on the 18th at Southern Pines and
the loves. was IA degrees at Linville
OH the eth, the monthly rar1ge being
20 degrees. The greatest daily range
was So degrees on the 18th, at Mount
Airy. h average rainfall was 1.3S
which was 2.23 inches below normal.
The average number of clear days
was %.
Among today's arrivals were L. II.
Clement, J. M. McCanness. Salisbury.
r. A. Brown, Concord; r. F. Williams,
Burlington; J.. D. Mcneil, Fayetteville;
c. d. Burnette, Charlotte; D. T. Oates,
Fayetteville; Oscar w. Blacknall. Kit
trelI; ]. d. Mutt, Wilmington.
Governor Aycock Will deliver an ad,
dress before the teachers and pupils
CT the graded schools at Statesville
Friday evening.
This afternoon the local chapter OF
:be Daughters of the Confederacy made
a visit TO the soldiers Home. These
visits are to be made monthly features.
There are now 1873 state. private and
savings banks in North Carolina, his
number showing the most remarkable
increase over that a year 9
The Supreme court decides that II \
nia is acquitted Of murder on the plea
o. insanity and is committed to the
criminal insane department at the en-
i~.entiary he shall remain there, even
Il he regains his right mind, until q
special act OF the legislature shall re-
store him to liberty, IS unconstitution-
al This law was enacted jn 1888. The
Supreme cour remands to a jury trial.
the case OF Redd VS. the Edna Cotton
Viii. this being the case in which a
steam whistle was complained OF as \
nuisance.
State Entomoiogist Franklin Sher-
man has the boil weeviis dead ones OF
oourse) in the little bottles ready for
mailing 10 cotton growers who desire
si.em. All who wish them need only
send four cents in stamps. to cover the
postage.
In q special interview with State Su.
psrintendent OF Public Instruction J.. 7.
Joyner regarding the educational situ-
atom inNorth Carolina he said he had
travelled widely in the state this year
End a made seventy-fve speeches
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AQuestion OF Cereals.

A man sa. on the veranda o. one D.
the exclusive clubhouses which line the
north shore OF the government chan
rel connecting Lake st. Claire with
Lake Huron, 1nown as The Flats"
says The Boston Post.
AS he sat there idly, a huge steam
lreighter bound for Detroit came with
IN hailing distance of the veranda-
Seeing two men who were evidently
Passengers returning his gaze with in.
terest from the ships deck. ne pick
ed up the club megaphone and called
out Justify:
What are You loaded With
Corn" was the prompt reply.
What are = loaded WITH
Rye" came sadly over the waters
10 the ears Of the men on the deck as
the vessel steamed away.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-18
MRS. ASTOR'S n

The fact that Mrs. John Jacob Astor
pensive rhinestones instead of real dia-
monds allows two young men in New
York to escape sentences to terms in
the ~3enitentiary.
1t seems that these two young men
were sent to the Astor house to repair
a fireplace. While at work in the room
they spied a pair of 1ady's garters
thickly set with what they thought to
be diamonds Of the first water. The
temptation was too great. They could
not resist it. When they left the man
sion these garters with their scintillat-
ing stones went with then.
The property vas soon missed, due
probably to the fact that Mrs. Astcr
had a limited change Of carriers with
such brilliant attachments, and on in
vestigation it was found that the pair
which h expected to don at the next
change were missing.
There followed an appeal to the po-
lice and it was soon found that the
missing carriers were in the possession
of the W. young men. They were haul
ed up before a magistrate on the
charge Of grand larceny.
Mrs. Astor's maid, who made the
complaint, swore that the carriers were
worth UP into the hundreds of dollars,
making a case of grand larceny against
the two young mechanics. They plead
ed guilty Of having taken the encirclers
with the setting in b%rilliants, but their
excuse was that they took them not
for their intrinsic value, but as souvc-
Mrs Of their work in the Astor house.
Things looked gloomy for the two
young artisans. The p~enitentiary doUrs
stared them in the face. They were at
their wits end. They had admitted
taking the Illuminated circlers and the
Aston maid had sworn that they were
Of a value which raised the crime to
grand larceny, for which the punish
ment is imprisonment in the peni-
tertiary.
Then comes to their rescue the better
half of the owner of the brilliant stud
ded carriers and through his counsel
uIahcS dIIludNil Clldl, lIlSledu Oh DelnS
diamonds which scintillated upon the
aforementioned articles Of apparel Of
the other better half of his family and
worth, as the over-zealous maid had
sworn. two hundred dollars Or more,
they were really only rhinestones and
of a market value of about ten dollars,
thereby reducing the crime to the grade
Of petty larceny and Furthermore de-
claring to the judge that, in the opin-
ion of the masculine head of the fam
lily. it was a case in which judicial
clemency should be exercised, especial
ly as UGH course would help to keep
the affair out Of the newspapers,
Whereupon the judge allowed the twp
young men to go under a suspension
of sentence.
The newspapers, nevertheless, got
hold of the a and published the
facts. But the reporters wereuot smart
enough to inc out what discipline the
maid was forced to undergo for her
own valuation of Mrs. Astor's garters.
in a police court and thereby ~acquainr-
ing the public with the fact that he-
mistress wore rhinestone instead OF
real diamond carriers.
The rich have their troubles as wei!
as the poor.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-18
GEORGE GOULD SHOT A MAN.
Wounded an Attendant
While Hunting Near High Point.

Raleigh, n. c., November 16.-While
George Gould was shooting birds near
High Point this state today, he acct
dentally shot Edward Burns, an at
tendant. Several shot entered Burns
y e Mr.. Gould at nee sent the man
there was small chance Of saving tha
eye, Mr.. Gould at nice sen THE man
tn New York where eminent occulis;s
win be told to a nothing that
science and Skill a effect TO save
Curns' sight.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-18
.t~rchbishop Chapperle in New Orleans.

New Orleans. November I6.-Arch-
bishop Chappeile returned today from
an extended trip to Rome. He viii re-
main here until early in December. He
expects to officiate at h conservation
OF Bishop Van de Ven OF Natchitoches
before returning to CUBA.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-18

Bsar,ta 3 4Is Kind Yas Hzn aEzs bsEt
As. q N1NzM

A seventy-year-oid bachelor in Bos-
ton married an eighteen-year-old girl
who has twice been a widow. He
must hav wanted youthfulness and
experience Observation-Disclosures
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Bet Dick Croker is glad he is only
a simple. bucolic milkman in dear
hold MISUNDERSTANDING Constitution.
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Bssr, .ba a The Kind YOg Have AlRays Bought
Signature at GMzZm

1t sticks in the craw' of the wor-
shippers of Teddy the First that he
did not get an electoral vote south
of the Potomac. 1t is their belief that
If all the negroes had been permitted
t vote. Roosevelt would have been able
to break the solid south.-News and
Observer.
There is where the "worshippers of
Teddy the First" make a mistake-if
they think the .solid south could have
been broken by the negro vote. 1t is
n disfranchisesnent of the negro that
Will break up the solid south"
Bears the The Kind You Have Aizars BGgtt
A'sa Il &MzNm
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w have Sxtyfve styles of hatsfor men ut prices ranging from $1So
to SIS. h largest assortment I'm Wilmington. The hat &c at you had
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Wheeling, W. Va, May IS, 1904


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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-18
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-29
NO MURDER, JEWS SAY.
TOn PlehUe'S Death Is Called Po-
IiticQL ssaSsnatiOn.

Arnold Kohn, who was treasurer OF the R1ishnef
Relief Committee. yesterday characterized Minister
Won Plehye's death political assassination
rather than murder. There will be more assassi-
nations too" he said. While sane man. espe-
ciaUy one brought up IN free country. such as
ours will seek Justify assassination. there is
nc question In my mind that thu civilized world
Will say this is not murder. When the Governor of
Finland was slain a few weeks ago. tho consensus
Of opinion that political assassination and
murder had been committed. Although
PIehves death may not mean immediate I'M
provernent in conditions In Russia 1t may ultimate
IL tend TO better things. ala Charlotte Corday's
assassination OF Narat Had the assassin been
Jew Won Piehve's death might lead 10 drastic pro-
scriptive measures against the race I understand
however. from latest advtces. that the assassin
wa Finn II is doubtful whether immediate
good results will follow, Plehve's successor
may prove oven more of tyrant. II is pity that
oppression must reach such stage that its un-
fortunate objects must seek redress in assassna-
ton"
Ahend POST" said that vo1 PlehVe's death meant
a revolution in Russia. The news of his death"
he said lis too good TO be 1t means a glori-
Gus revolution IN Russia and Poland. tor. coming
at this time. when the government is on the verge
OF collapse. IL could mean nothing less. I can hard
" realize so much good luck coming at the same
time 10 the Jewish and Polish people Won Plehve
lived the life of a traitor, and his death will be
hailed with 10Y 1t i just retributIon
Mr. Saphirstein declared that Won Plehve, far
Ing his adopted parents TO Count Murawiof when
the Polish revolution began. His part in the
Klshlnen revolution he said. lis too well known
to need repeating
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-29
OTHER RUSSIAN ASSASSINATIONS

The record of recent assassinations in Russia
is a remarkable on March 10. 1881, Emperor
Alexander II slain in a manner similar to
that Of Minister Plehve On April l6. 1902 NJ
Sfplasinne the predecessor OF NJ Plehve was
assassinated by a student named Balmaschon A
little more than month ago, on June 49, General
Bobrekoft killed by a Finnish patriot.
Emperor Alexander had escaped repeated at
temDts on his life in of which the guard
room of the Winter Palace blown up before
he was finally assassinated. He had attended a
ceremony In honor OF a Russian regiment on sun
day and was returning his palace in a sleigh
after luncheon at the home of relative. As he
was passing by the Catherine Canal a nihilist
threw bomb which exploded behind the vehicle
and killed two Cossacks. The Emperor alighted
and was speaking TO the bomb thrower when a.
second missile exploded at his feet and tore Oft
and injured him IN other ways Several persons
were killed outright. and the bomb thrower was
injured I'm a manner similar to the Emperor So
many Of the Emperov's escort were hurt that
II was some time before aid given 10 him.
and then he was driven to his palace in a sleigh
his injured legs being held higher than his head
but no further effort to staunch the flow of blood
The man who threw the bomb also died. Four
other men and two women were convicted OF par
ticipaton IN the crime and all woman
Were executed she being imprisoned for life The
Emperor AIexander's assassination was In the
same year as that of President Garfield