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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-02-09
BIG SALE.
Record Breaker in Price Secured
Other Wilson News.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Especial to The Messenger.)
Wilson. N. c., February 6.-Mr. Joe
Johnston, a member Of the firm of An
derson & Johnston. stockholders. has
just returned from New York on a
business trip in the interest of his
concern. This concern did a large bus
mess with A B. Baxter & Co., who al
the time of their failure were in debt
to them to the extent of about S13, 900.
They are both enterprisinS young men.
however, and already are busily pre-
pairing arrangements with Ware & Le-
land, members of the New York Stock
Exchange, and expect in a few days
to again be open for business.
The arbitration committee of the To-
bacco Board of Trade were in session
after the adjournment of sales Friday.
The cases under consideration were
those Of Mr.. John Clark and Woodland
& Jones. The first named for buying
a lot Of tobacco from a farmer and ak
ing into the trade the a~uctioneer OF
Woodland & Jones. This a~uctioneer has
no license and under the bylaws OF the
board cannot de business on the mar
ket. The charges against &
Jones were for allowing an employee
to buy and sell tobacco in any way
other h as an employee of that firm.
Both Mr.. Clark and Woodland & Jones
were fined so. but Mr.. Clark was al
lowed &c dispose of the tobacco, which
was done at a profit of $45. A sum suf-
ficient to pay both fines and net a nice
profit besides.
On Thursday Messrs. Cash & Davis,
OF Farmville. Pitt county. sold at Farm
ers' Warehouse SAP pounds of tobacco
for $1.12O, after paying all warehouse
charges. This is an average of 81. so a
hundred pounds. and is the best sale
that has been made on the market this
season for go large a lot.
Mrs. James W. Robertson, of Selma.
who was operated on at the sanitarium
a few days ago. died this morning at
10 o'clock. Her age was forty six years.
The interment will take place at Selma.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-02-09
Burned Mahogany Logs for Fuel

Norfolk. Va. February BATTERED
by a fierce storm for three days on n
every poun! OF coal in her bunkers con-
sumed ana burning a portion of her
valuable cargo .or fuel. the German
steamship Duncan raced into pert to-
night at full speed in order to save the
costly material with which her furnaces
were being fed. Three days or bad
weather off Hatteras took ali the crafts
coal and then Captain Roseland began
firing with mahogany logs. Over %
ons were used. The cargo IS o: ma
hogany and coffee. consigned 10 New
York. The Duncan will coal here and
proceed on her voyage.
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=. E.. B.

We heard a man say the other
morning that the abbreviation for
Freeze every
body, and that mar looked frozen in
his ulster. 1t was apparent that he
needed the kline Of warmth that
stays, the warmth hat reaches from
head to foot, all over the body. We
could have told him from personal
knowledge that Hoods ~Sarsaparilla
gives permanent warmth, II invigor-
ates the blood and speeds it along
through artery and vein. and really
fits men and women, boys and girls.
to enjoy cold weather and resist the
attacks of disease. 1t gives the right
kind of warmth. stimulates and
strengthens at the same time, and all
its benefits are lasting. There may
be a suggestion IN this for you.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-02-09
AID GIVEN SIS COUNTIES.
State Helps fin Educational Work
Business Outlook Good-A Hank
Chartered.
Messenger Bureau

Raleigh, NJ G.. February 6
Fifty eight counties asked for ala
from the state out OF the fund of SIoo.-
600 for keeping their public schools open
four months in the year. The largest
sum allowed any one county In a little
over $4,000. The board OF education
found that If a calculation were made
1t proved that those counties which
asked for the largest amount were get
ting their public schools ACTUALLY NJ
less cost per capita than those which
made no request at all for aid. Take
tne case or a piedmont county one
which has only $4,000 OF school fund
and yet has 10000 children. Even with
the aid which IL gets from the state IL
receives only q "A year per capita for
its children. while in some counties
which nave made no request for helm
the per capita cost of four months
schools Is half a dollar TO a dollar more
than this figure BY taking the total
school, fund and adding To fl what couu-
ties receive from this hundred tbou-
sand dollars. and hen dividing the to-
tai amount by the number of chfldren.
II Is discovered hat they get four
months school at less cost per capita
IMAM those counties which make no czEl
and also at less than the average Ter
capita in the state.
The number Of rural free deIiyer
man routes mas reached 49,. which n
said TO be a gain OF over $50 during ths.
past twelve months.
me business outlook I'm this state In
said TO be extremely good. The farm
ers are AZ a rule in better spirits than
In a score OF years or more. The prfcex
OF tobacco have advanced considerably.
and this carries out the statement
which was made by an Official OF fhe
American Tobacco Co.. that prices must
be advanced In order to induce the
farmers TO plant tobacco this year II
Is said that about 20 per cent. or the
tobacco grown in this section IL yet
unsold.
II now seems that the Raleigh dispen-
sary will yield so. 1000 this year for tine
public school of the city and county
and as much for the city.
The board of aldermen has by a de-
cisive vote knocked out the scheme NJ
some OF the ex-barkeepers TO have
lockers In their places in which GUS
toners were TO keep their bottles. One
OF these saloon men has had these Ioek-
ers in operation two or three weeks aad
full OF private bottles. the keys for tbe
lockers being hung On a board ready
for customers hands
The state charters h bank OF Chna--
bourn with SIS 600 capital stool
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-02-09

T A GRIPPE is epidemic catarrh. 1t
- spares no class or nationally. The
cultured and the ignorant, the aristocrat
anu the pauper, the masses n the
classes are alike subject to la grippe.
None are exempt-all are liable.
Have you the gripp Or, rather, has
the grip got you? Grip is we'll named.
The original French term, Ia grippe,
has been shortened by the busy Ameri-
can to read "grip." Without intending
to do so q new word has been coined
that exactly describes the case. AS if
some hideous giant with awful GRIP had
clutched us in its fatal clasp. Men,
women, children, whole towns and cities
are caught in the baneful grip of a ter.
rible monster.
The following letters speak for them
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Important Matters Discussed-E1ec-
non of County Commissioners.
Especial TO The Messenger.)

{SpeC19l TO Inc Messenger
Fayetteville. n. c.. February g.
There was quite an important meet
ing Of the Fayetteville Chamber Of
Commerce last evening, the presi-
dent. Mr.. w. M Morgan, in the
chair.
Mai. E. ]. Hale, being unavoidabiy
absent at a meeting of the trustees
of the State University. his address
on River Improvement was postponed
to a later date. An invitation was
extended to Hon. T. E. Burton. who
is soon to make a tour OF the South.
to address the chambe-. n Hon. G..
p. Patterson will be asked to be
present at the same time.
The secretary OF the Chamber OF
Commerce was instructed to confer
again with the authorities OF the At
lantic Coast Line r. r.. asking that
the fast train from Smitnfield make
its start from here.
her. N. E. Bunting. chairman Of the
committee on freight and traffic adj
justrnent. reported hat the commit
tee had succeeded in securing some
concessions in the rates on GOAL and
raw silk
A committee was appointed to ten
der the sympathy Of the chamber to
the owners of the Ashley Bailey Silk
mills in their recent loss at Paterson,
N. J.. and to ask their consideration
as to rebuilding at this point
The selection Of Mr.. E. A. Poe az
one Of the county commissioners, to
succeed Capt. Williams, could not be
Improved on. Mr. Poe has been for
years president of the American, Brick
Mahers Association. and IL a buaineoI
man OF the highest standing.
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GRANTED LAW LICENSE
So Applicants Out OF 43 Stand Sue
cessful Examination.
Especial to The Messeager.)

Especial to The Messenger.)
Raleigh, N. c.. February 6.-Last
Monday the Supreme court examined
a. applicants for license as attorneys.
This evening it licensed 36 of them, un-
usually large proportion having passed.
The successful mes are: Thomas A
Allen, Granville; Edward n. Toon, Co
lumbus; Waiter Jones, Hyde; Vanburn
Martin, Northampton; John NJ. Wag-
oner. Allegheny; Louis J.. Bailey. Ten
nessee; Arthur E. Tilley, Ashe: walter
81. Wagner. Allegheny; Willie c. Bell.
darnett; Julian G. Brooks, Union;
James NJ. Carson, Rutherford, William
a. Dunn. Halifax; charles U. Harris,
Wake; Judge e. Little. Union; Charles
u. Wike, Jackson; Wade II. Kinlaw,
Robeson; Robert w. Horring, Sampson;
Alfred L. Bulwinkle, Gastonia: Leroy
/. Lassitor. Northampton; William M
AIley. Cherokee; job G. Daniel. Hall
fax; Gettis H. Driggess, Henderson:
George r. Ward, Duplin; Ira E. D.
Andre, Orange; Laurin T. Johnson,
sampson; Donald Witherspoon. Cataw-
pa; George c. Green, Halifax; Walter
l. Swink, Forsyth; Gilmer B. Welch,
Swain; Buxton 3. Williams. Warren;
D1gard D. Kuykendall, Guilfor1; Mar
tin L. Newly, Durham; David ]. Cash
we'll. Cumberland; John S. Adams.
Buncombe: Colin H. Herring, Beaufort;
Ernest v. Moore. Alexander.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-02-09
FIRE AT THE G. T.. G.
Little Damage Done Before the Blaze
Was Exfinguished-
CSpecial to The Messenger.I

Especial to Inc messenger
Greensboro, n. c., February 6-There
was another fire alarm about Ii O'Clock
last night and when it was found to DE
at Greensboro Female college every
body was on the run. The response to
the call by the fire department was
equally prompt and speedy. The fire
was located in the partition between
two music rooms at the rear of the
chapel. The firemen laid a line of hose
through the front part of the building
and eXtinguiShed the blaze in a few
minutes. The fire vas in the lathing
and other wood work between the two
sides of plastering. Owing tc its loca-
ton il was hard to reach and had il
been discovered less promptly than it
a the results might have been dis
astrous. The damage from the fire was
not serious and as only one II OF
hose vas laid there was not very great
damage from water. Not knowing to
what extent the fire would spread. some
Of the students removed their trunks
from their rooms or had them removed
by the men in the vicinity who quickly
arrived. When the fremen entered the
chapel they saw it was filled with
smoke, but there was no sign of the
blaze and Of course none from the
street. as the largest part of the build
ing obstructed the view from the
street.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-02-09
NEGRO THRASHED SEVERELY.
Citizens OF Salem, Va. Resent Incen-
diary Talk.

Roanoke. Va. February e.-Taylor
talking about the Shields assault in a
way calculated to incite the blacks.
vas taken from his home at Selma last
midnight by a mob of several hundred
men and with a rope around his neck,
carried TO the main street Of the town
where he was stripped to the waist,
bound to a telephone pole and unmerci-
fully whipped with pieces Of electric
light wire and sticks.
Three negroes. n Of them a preach
er. have eel driven out OF Roanoke
for their incendiary talk about the
Shields case, and warned not to return.
The Roanoke militia which has been
held under arms in their hall since last
Saturday were discharged tonight by
Mayor Cutchin.
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A Murder Committed n Danvflle, NJ,
Was Done for Robbery.
Especial to The Nessenser.)

Especial to The Messenger.)
Greensboro, February s-Hon- John
l. King. purchasing agent n q mexn-
Der OF the Guiiford County Highway
Commission. returned hast night from
the blue ass resfon OF Kentucky
where he has been for the past week
purchasing mules for use In macadam-
hing the roads He bought q car load
OF splendid mules. there being 8 in n
lot He reports prices pretty nigs.
Mr.. King relates a novel experience at
Danville. Ky. night before last. In
which he came near being an eye WI
ness 10 a murder and robbery. He
went to the station at IL O'Clock To
purchase a tickle home. for a train due
in half an hour. He noticed that h
station was not lighted. but there was
q light in the room occupied By the
ticket seller who was also n telegraph
operator. After waiting until he
thought IL time TO begin to see about
getting his ticket. he wen TO the ticket
door. and saw what he look TO be The
agent lying on telegraph table asleep.
Getting impatient after awhile for his
ticket. an effort was made to arouse
the agent. This could not be dosse.
AIR. King and two companions then
went TO the back window and became
alarmed. In the window pane was a
bullet hole. and looking closer at tine
face OF the sleeping agent. there WAS
not only the pallor OF death upon MS
face. but n pool OF blood on the roo-.
The alarm was at nee given TO the
police. and entering the office. the
sleeper was found in that long slum-
Der which never wakes. Some one IN
tent oil robbery had shot him through
h window. entered the office. roboet
the money drawer and escaped. TINS
dead man was lying on his operating
table with his overcoat under nj,
head. II is thought. that after he wa:
shot. he was able to get up on tn
table and place the overcoat under hi
head for some degree OF ease befor'
death struck him.
AS there were two other witnesses {.
the finding of the dead man. Mr.. Kin,
was allowed to take the belated trail
for home. but narrowly escaped belni
detained for several days at the inves
LEGATION before the coroner inquest.
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Death OF William p. Washturu

Knoxville. Tenn. February s-wn-
iiam p. Washburn. aged n. a leading
lawyer, is dead. He vas "a
native of Massachusetts and a graGuls.
of Amherst in 1851. He came TO Knox-
vile in 1856 and was n law partner of
United States Senator Horace Maynard.
In the civil war he served as n Com
federate soldier and since has practiced
his profession continuously. His only
brother is John II. Washburn, president
OF the Home Insurance Company Of
New York.
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Levec Inspector Killed by Two Ne
grocs.

Natchez. Miss, February 6.-The body
OF Levee Inspector C. l. Hardeman.
who died at Biackhawk yesterday was
brought here today. His death was
caused by gunshot wounds inflicted by
Alex Pence and Jim Leo, negroes. who
are at large pursued by q posse.
Hardeman reprimanded n OF the ne
groes who with his companion. dubbed
the inspector and shot him in the head
and breast. A negro teamster wac hit
by a stray bullet and may die. A re-
ward Of 81 $50 has been offered Tor the
capture of the negroeA
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Senator Hanna a Little Stronger.

Washington, February s.-The fol-
sowing bulletin regarding Senator Han
mas condition was issued after DR..
Rixey's call tonight:
Senator Hanna has rested fairly well
since morning. Temperature 102 40:
pulse 90"
II was stated that the Senator had
suffered less pain today. had taken one
or two ounces more OF milk and seemed
a little stronger.
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Mexico City's New Chief OF Police.

Mexico City. February 6.-Eolonel
Servande Gonzales. son of the late
President Gonzales. has been appointed
chief OF police of this city in the place
Of Colonel Villages who was killed at
the bull ring last Sunday. Colonel Con
zales is. though a young man. a veteran
OF the campaigns Sonora and Yacatan
and Is very popular. He is a strict dis
ciDlinarian.
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Secretary Hay Returns to Washington
Thomasville. Ga. February 6.-Secre-
tary OF state Hay left for Washington
this morning via Savannah and the At
iantic Coast Line and ID due to arrive
in Washington Sunday night. He Was
well and In excellent spdrfts.
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IRVING TO Steady the Cotton Narkcf

New Orleans. February 6.-The spot
cotton market was dead today. The
traders refused all business on ccoun
Of the fluctuations in the market and
no quotations were posted. IL was an
nounced that brokers would do nusi-
ness only at an upset price OF Is cents.
The refusal to trade was made more
with a view to steadyinG the marke.
Shan on account of inability to deal
with 10 cent cotton.
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Thomas C. Jones has purchased from
Emma C. Hutaff. a lot 132 by 81 feet,
on Brown street west OF the intersec-
ton OF Swami. The price named was
eSec.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-02-09

Mr.. r. E Davis. Jr.. of Rocky Mount
was a Wilmington visitor yesterday.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-02-09

Mr.. Junius Davis, Jr., is at home from
the Boston Tech. to spend a few days.
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CAUGHT BY THE GRIP.
RELEASED BY PE-RU-NA.

what IL Is, serving on public boards >
number OF times He endorses Peruna
in the following words:
"I am 6s years old, am hale and hearty,
and Peruna has helped me attain IL.
Two years ago / had Ia grippc-my life
was despaired of. Peruna saved me-
J. Z. GULL.
A Relative OF Abr aham unco.n-
Mr.. Slas S. lincoln, who resides at
9lS I. Street, ". W., Washington, ID. c,
has the honor OF being third cousin TO
Abraham Lincoln. He wri.eS:
81 had J.. grippe fv> .inies before
using your medicine. Four years ago
began the use OF Peruna, since which
time I q not been troubled with that
disease. / can now do as much work At
my desk as I ever could in my life. I
have gained more than ten pounds in
Weights. S. Lincoln.
Pe-fu-na Not Only Cured La Grippe but
Benefited the Whete System.
Miss Alice N. Dressler, 1913 y. Bryant
Ave-, Minneapolis, Mimi, writes:
Last spring I suffered from Ia grippe
and was partially cured but the bad
after effects remained through the sum-
me. and somehow I did not get strong
as l was before. One Of my college
friends who was visiting me asked me
to try Peruna and I did so and found
it all and more than I had expected. It
not only cured me Of the catarrh but
restored me to perfect health, built up
the entire system and brought a happy
feeling Of buoyancy which 1 had not
known for years."-Alice NJ. Dressler.
An Actress Testimonial.
Miss Jean Cowgirl, Griswold Opera
House, Troy, N. Y, is the leading lady
with the Aubrey Stock Co. She writes
the following:
During the past winter of 1901, /
suffered for several weeks from a severe
attack of grippe, which left n serious
catarrhal condition Of the throat and
head.
"Some one suggested Peruna. As .
last resort, after wasting much time
and money On physicians, / tried the
remedy faithfully, and in a few weeks
was as we'll as ever."-Jean Cowgirl.
A Southern judge Cured.
Judge Horatio J. Goss, Hartwell, Ga,
writes:
"Some five u six years ago l had a
very severe spell of grippe, which left
me with systemic catarrh. A friend
advised me to try your Peruna which
did, and was Immediately benefited and
cured. The third bottle completed the
curc."-H. J. Goss.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving {
full statement of your case and he viii,
be pleased to give you his valuable ad
vice gratis.
, Address DIR. Hartman, President o.
t The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, q
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Cream Balm k placed into the noet,.is, spreads
Na The memhsans and 10 absorbed He,iss % I'm
pexnts 0d . ere folowA i IL not orying-doo
ptprodnos snsezt.g. Large SIZE, 50 cents q Dsse
psss q b mad; TIA; Sic, - cents By maj
NY BRoTHKRS. s. Wasrsa srset, Nev Ten
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selves as to the efficacy of Peruna in
cases of la grippe or its after effects.
After Effects Of La Grippe Eradicated
b. Pe-ru-Rd.

Mrs. Fred Weinberger, Westerlo,
Albany County, n. Y, writes:
"Several years ago I had an attack of
la grippe which left my nerves in a
Frustrated condition. Then 1 had an
other attack of Ia grippe which left me
worse. I had tried three good physicians
but all in vain. 1 gave Peruna a trial.
In a short time I was feeling better and
now / am as well as anyone."-Mrs
Fred WeinberSer.
Her. James Z. Chill Of omaha.
Hon. James Z. Guill is one of the
oldcr; Hrl most esteemed men of Omaha,
NeD. lie has uone much to make it
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Nasal

In N Is etayes there

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shouid be cleanliness
Hy's Cream Balm
deans0.sooshe and heals
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Outside SECURITIES

Speculation IN outside securities was on a mod
crate scale. Only a few OF the prominent stocks
figured IN the days totals. The market. however,
displayed q generally steady tone. The feature was
the increased demand for bonds. Trading IN this
department included larger number than on any
day during the week. American Can stocks had ex-
ce-lent support especially the preferred. which rose
y per cent buying for Western account Greene
Consolidated Copper was weak. at loss OF = Per
cent. Borders Condensed Milk common was Up g
fraction. Seaboard stocks were steady. Interna-
tional Mercantile Marine preferred continued weak.
declining x per cent Standard OIL was up about
points. American Writing Paper shares were
hrn- In bonds Brooklyn Union Gas debenture SIS
gained per cent; American Telephone and Tele-
graph notes were dealt IN for the first time.