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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-02
GIVEN 4 WARM RECEPTION
FAYETTEvILLE-S TRIBUTE TO
CAPTAIN JAS. ID. McNEIIL
The People Showed I'm Hearty Manner
Their Appreciation Of the Honor OF
His Selection as President OF the
National Eiremens' Association.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Fayetteville, August 3o.-A won
derful demonstration took place in the
city this afternoon on the arrival of
the train from Greensboro. in the pub.
lie reception rendered Captain ], D.
Mcneil recently elected president of
the National association of Firemen at
81. louis. AS the train rolled In the
suburbs IL was saluted by the firing of
cannon and at the station Captain
Mcneil was met by a great assem-
biage Of his fellow citizens.
The procession from the station
Down Hay street, around the market
and thence to h speakers stand in
front Of the armory was beautiful and
spectacular. 1t was led by the Holt
Morgan cornet band with F. II. Cotton
as chief marshal, a brilliant staff of
aides and about m hundred mounted
horsemen. Then followed the fire
department i in snowy uniforms, with
their fire engine, steamer, hose reel
teams and wagons, all p~rofusedIy dec
GRATED. A charming feature of the
parade was a chariot drawn by -four
iron gray horses and driven by Mr.. -.
H. Strange, embellished with flowers
and bunting and containing a group of
lovely young girls. With the moving
of h procession the bells of the city
rang and The steam whistles blew.
At the stand at the armory, after
music by the band, acting Mayor D. A.
Mcmillan gracefully introduced Rev.
l.. ". Hughes, rector of st. Johns Epis-
copal church, and chaplain of the
Fayetteville Steam Fire company, who
offered a fervent prayer. Mr.. ]. H.
Myrover the In behalf of the people
of Fayetteville made a brief address of
welcome 10 Captain McNeIri who re-
sponded in very happy terms with an
eloquent peroration descriptive of the
magnifcence of the st. Louis EXPOSE
ton. This public reception to Captain
McNeil was a most gratifying success
rejecting great credit on the manage
ment and especially on Mr.. John I'm
derwood, chairman of The committee
of arrangements. The people gener-
ally are delighted over it and it is esti-
mated that between 1000 and 5000
were in attendance. a squad of
mounted police rode at the head of the
procession.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-02

Travelling Salesman Shot in His House
His Wife Held Pending an Inves-
tigation.

Memphis. Tenn, August 30.-Milton
J.. Sternberger, a travelling salesman,
was the victim of a mysterious shooting
affair here tonight and he is in a dying
condition at a local hospital. His wife
is being held by the police, pending an
investigation.
The Sternbergers live on Dunlap
street. At an early hour tonight Stern
berger who travels for a local SOAP
mandatory was packing a grip and,
it is alleged, asked his wife for a pistol
which he a given her. The woman
claims that in a scuff1e for possession
Of the weapoh it was accidentally dis
charged, infiicting what is supposed to
be a fatal wound in the back Of the
mans head. Investigation showed that
Sternberger had been wounded three
times n three shots were fired from
the revolver. Mrs. Sternberger was
taken in charge by the police. Stern
berger came here from Charleston, s.
C., about five years ago. 1t is SAID he
married there shortly before coming to
Memphis.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-02
MANY MURDERS
FOUR DEATHS CAN BE TRACED
TO ONE MAN.
And an Attempt to Poison Another
Goes to Make up the List OF Cold
Biooded Crimes Perpetrated by
Gefshan Marx.

Colchester, Conn, Angus 30.-That
lGershon B. Marx, now held in the Nor
lW1ch county Jail, is the perpetrator of
a series Of cold blooded murders prob
ABLY without precedent in the history
lof Connecticut is the belief Of the state
Iofhciais who, today, began a systematic
search for bodies on the Marx farm.
-Four murders and an attempt to
!poison another man can, it is belieye o
by these officials. be traced 10 Marx.
fne bodies of two Of Marks victims,
zoe Pavol and Joe Palma, have been
found. Marx is awaiting trial charged
with the murder of Pavol, his wife De-
ing held as a witness. The two bodies
Itor which the search was begun today
are those of an eighteen year old boy
Iand a Hebrew peddler. The boy who
was known as Harry, arrived in New
York from Russia about three years ago
and he came here soon after 10 work
for Marx. He worked on the farm for
labout six months and then suddenly
disappeared. Marx was asked to ex-
lplain the lads absence and aid ne a
lsone to$Hartford to find employment.
IThe Hebrew peddler went to the Marx
one evening two years ago and
The has not been seen alive since. so far
las known. These two men, in the opIn-
lion of States Attorney Lucas and Sher-
lif Jackson, met their death in the
Isame manner as the two farm hands
land to obtain positive proof supporting
their opinion, efforts are being made TO
lunearth the bodies.
"A Polander. known as joe" today
made a statement to Sheriff Jackson in
which he accused Marx of attempting
to end his life with poisoned whiskey.
Joe took the whiskey. but was afraid
to drink it and he put it away.
The two whose bodies have been
found were six months behind in their
wages. as was the young boy Harry,
of whom no trace has yet been found
THE manner in which these men met
their death ppear to be plain
1t is said that he drugged his victims
when they pressed him too hard for
their wages, and then crushed their
heads with an axe or some blunt in
Istrument, after which the bodies Were
I~diSmembered and buried.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-02
POI LIP Ram.

a ram. famous in a West Virginia
Village for its propensity to butt, was
,enraged one morning, says The Phila-
Press, to discover Uncle Btly,
Ian aged darkey, asleep in the pasture.
lUncle Billy sat with his head bowed
How and his bald spot shining in the
sun. The ram eyed it from a distance.
Uncle Billy nodded, and the bald top OF
his head bade defiance.
The. ram stood up and waved a chal-
ilenge with it's horns. Uncle Billy nod
Ided N acceptance. With A sharp "Ba-
ia-a-a-at"' the ram charged and launch
led itself like a cataput at the offending
lpate.
A little later it picked itself up from
the ground and wandered away to the
ifarthest side of the pasture to ruminate
lover the collision. Uncle Billy looked
up drowsily.
.Po' lii ram!' he murmured. He
done wandered from de fold and fun
and tribulations."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-02
SOUTH CAROLINA PRIMARIES.
State Officers Nominated Without OPP
position.

Charleston, S. c., August 30.-Demo-
icratic primary elections were held
throughout South Carolina today for
Estate and county officers and members
of Congress. Success in this primary
Iensures success in the general election
in November as the Republicans make
mo nominations, except possibly in
some districts for Congress. The state
Officers nominated without opposition
to-day were:
For Governor. D. C. Heyward: Lieu
tenant Governor. John 7. Sloan; Sec
Iretary of state. J. t. CAN'T; Attorney
fGeneral, U. X. Gunter, Jr.; State Treas
lurer, r. H. jennings; Comptroller Cen
Ieral A. w. Jones; superintendent of
EEducation. o. B. Martin Adjutant
General J. ID. Frost.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-02
COMPLEXION A POSSESSION.
Users of Hancock's Liquid Sulphu
Secures a Life Advantage.

A clear, fair brilliant complexion Is a
personal charm Of highest social Or bus
mess value.
Protracted sun-exposure n the
air OF cities alike are pre-
Judicial to a fine complexion.
The modern remedy. Hancock's Liquid
Sulphur, enlivens the facial skin. rem
|ders Ii active in describing all waste
material, imparts n preserves to the
|countenance its natural blend OF rud-
illness and white-the standard OF
|healthful beauty.
Hancock's Liquid Sulphur cures diph-
eczema and a large class Of pre-
|valent disorders, as noted In free book
let mailed on request by Hancock LIZ
|quid Suiphus Co, Baltimore, Nd.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-02

"Whiskey,' said the teetotaler. rs
the vilest drink on earth and the most
dangerous. That's what killed Ike
.Struthers."
Ike S%truthers amt dead" said PerN
II saw him out in the noun
|tainsc the other day"
We'll, no difference, syormed the
|%teetitaler. "whiskey is what will Kill
him."
II don't see how it will for he never
tasted a drop in his life"
"Oh, we'll, it is what will kill him II
he ever drinks it. You are So burned
a temperance lecturer can't
talk to you"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-02
Suicide

The startling announcement that a
preventive OF suicide had been dis
covered will interest many. A run
down system, or dependency invaria-
lily precede suicide and something has
been found hat will prevent that con-
dillon which makes suicide likely. At
the first thought of self destruction
take Electric Bitters. 1t being a great
and nervine will strengthen the
nerves and build up h system. It's
also a great Stomach, Liver and Kid
ney regulator. Only soc. Satisfac-
ton guaranteed by r. r. Bellamy,
Druggist.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-02
at Red Hill Near Benefits
vile.

Charlotte. n. c., August 3o.-A spe-
lcial from Bennettsville, S. c., tells Of
la homicide a Red Hill, near there to-
lday, Calvin Hyatt, shooting and kill
ling Malcolm Brewer. The trouble was
lover the arrest of Brewers son by Hy-
latt, who is a constable. Brewer Is
lsaid to have assaulted Hyatt when the
Iofficer shot him. Both parties are white.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-02
Former Sultan of Turkey Dies, After
Long Illness.

Sonstantinople, August 30.-Former
Murad V. died yesterday OF dia-
|betes. from which he had long suffered.
|Murad v was born in 1910 and ascended
the throne after the murder of the Sui
tan AbuI Aziz. May, 1876. In July Of
that year. Murad was placed under the
regency Of his brother, the present Sui
ltan, Abul Hamid / and on August 81,
he was dethroned. Outwardly this act
was performed legally by h council
lof ministers. on the ground that he was
insane.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-02
Twin Try to Spread The Scope OF the
Strike.

Chicago. August 3o-A strong Of
FORK is to be made by the leaders Of
the unions now at the stock yards TO
the scope Of the strike. SO that
III will include every trade which Is af-
to even a remote degree with
the packing industry.
The first step in This direction was
taken tonight when the stock hand
Hers now employed at the yards voted
to go on strike at 10 o-cyock in the
tmorning. There are about 1000 of
these men.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-02

London. Aug. 29.-The Chronicles
correspondent, cabling under date OF
August "a. via Fushan August a5 says:
The fall OF Port Arthur is immi-
nent. The Japanese are now within
the main defences and their guns
command h town. Desperate fighting
occurs night and day and the losses on
both sides are
The Russians are making furious
cunter attacks. but the japanese are
cinging to the positions they have won
at so great a cost
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-02
Cavalry and Infantry
on the Vancouver
Grounds.
A FINAL REVIEW

Will be Held at Wellington OF Sep
TENDER 10th and VIII be . S~pectacu-
lar Feature-Generaf Corbin Makes
Inspection Tour-TroOps Under
Command of Generals Corbin and
Bell Participated I'm the Dedication
of a Monument to the Memory OF
the Confederate Dead, at Groveton--
Governor Montague Delivered the
Principal Addres-GeneraI Corbin
Spoke Briefly
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-02
Rheumatism

What is the use of telling the rheumatic
that he feels as if his Joints were being dis
located2
He knows that his sufferings are very
much like the fortunes OF the rack.
What he Udnts TO kaotg is what Will per
manently cure his disease.
That, according to thousands OF grateful
Hnr%innnniolC iS
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-02
Forest Fires Render Hundreds Home
laSS

st. Johns, N. F., August 31.-Forest
fires have destroyed the hamlet of Lit
til Bay and three hundred families
ar homeless. Two men ave been
drowned. The steamer ProsDero has
embarked the women and children.
The men are fighting the flames in an
effort to prevent the destruction of a
wider area.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-02
mt Enfield Robbed Of 81, oo0
I'm stamps and Money.

| Raleigh. ~. c., August 30-A special
lfrom Enfield says. ~. c.. says:
The ~postoffice here was robbed about
II o'clock this morning OF about $1,000
Ian stamps and money the robbers es-
lcapfng. Tive hundred and fifty dol
liars belonged TO the postmaster.
were sent for and are
now on the sne
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-02

1t promptly neutralizes the acid in the
blood on which the disease depends. COM
pietely eliminates 1t, and strengthens the
system against its return. Try Hoods.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-02

Chairman Taggart Is encouraged TO
believe hat Candidate Davis. who Is
fond OF dancing. viii be willing to pay
1.-THE fddler-Washington Post
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-02
LEASE IN ABEYANcE.
GREAT DOUBT As TO WHAT WILL,
. BE DONE.

Il Remains With the Private stock.
holders To- Settle the Maftcr-Many
Editors Win vist Esopus-Promo-
uon for Mr.. George Thomp~on-Aid
to Counties for Improving Public
Schools.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-06-10

of thousands in particular. who in the
last thirty years alone have made the
progress of this country phenomenal in
the history of nations. Today we are
more feared, hated and admired than
any country on the two hemispheres,
with the possible exception of Eng
land. We are synonym in Europe
which knows little of our literature
and cares less-for cleverness of a new
order; for all that is unique, startling,
unexpected; for dangerous and un-
fathomed power; for personality so
original that we are thought of as q
mass rather than as individuals of
varying mental and social degree
Above all, we are envied because of
our personal liberty, our divorce
courts, our notorious attitude of stand
ing on our own feet and bidding the
rest of the world like us or let us
alone.
Up to certain point they under
stand us, and they have not derived
their enlightenment from our fiction.
European women Sneer at American
women, but envy them. The women
of the upper and professional classes
of the old world may be more deeply
educated, more elaborately accom-
plshed, than ours, more intellectual,
through their life long association with
men of affairs, through dwelling in ana
atmosphere where cleverness and in
falln,t n Of liSfinntinY,
but the dash of the American woman,
born of the spirit of independence too
often puts them out of court. Full of
knowledge, as distinct from mere in
formation, they sit dumb and discon-
tented before the rush of the American
tongue - when unaccented i and no
doubt long for the time when Europe
shall be quite Americanized.
1t is safe to say that it is the am
bition of every new writer to get into
the magazines Perhaps the grim ne
cessity of daily bread demands immedi-
ate recognition, but | fancy it is more
in the nature of an obsession The
magazines are taken in every well con.
Quoted household, so carefully has the
public been educated, and the aspiring
young mind is trained by this eminent
" correct fiction, which it reads long
before novels are permitted. 1t is nat
ural, therefore, that those who have
the creative gift in an attenuated form
should not only admire, but emulate.
And, although it may be difficult to get
into the magazines" it is still more
difficult to get out. Indeed, if we may
Judge by the results, that has never
been attempted. So great has the pow
er of the magazines been that they
have convinced half the world they
stand for the true aristocracy of let
ters; that he who ignores their canons
must withdraw and forever dwell be.
fond the pale. The newspapers have
taken their cue from them. 1t saves
thinking And there is, beyond all ques-
ton certain public which will not
recognize the existence of an author
who has not been bred in one of the
magazines or launched by one Of the
associate publishing houses. TO be a
pariah is not a pleasant thing in this
world, particularly If there was a mo-
ment when you dwelt with the elect
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-06-10
Ordering Eggs In Porto Rico

Arthur Walenhorst, who returned
home recently from a months trip to
Porto Rico, said to Baltimore Sun
reporter:
81 had some extremely funny expert
ences in the interior of Me island.
went by steamship from New York to
Ponce. On leaving that city for the
interior | found the natives unable to
speak English, and of course l could
not speak or understand their Spanish
idiom. The principal food furnished to
travellers is eggs and bananas. How to
order eggs was puzzle until l struck
on the idea of initiating hen cackling.
1t was ludicrous, but the natives in,
variably understood, and brought me
what / wanted. 1t was easier to get
bananas. simply pointed to the trees,
which grow everywhere.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-06-10

was heard but the gentle plash, plash
of the early morning rain.
What if Jack were lying here!
Sleeping men were huddled near the
dead and dying fires.
She moved cautiously now. There
just behind clump of vines left
standing-yes. merciful God, human
form lay there. She ran toward it.
The face, pressing the wet grass, was
turned up quickly. There was no cry
not a moan. as she rained kisses upon
the cold lips. the eyes and checks of
the dead man she found lying behind
her sweet peas.
The widow had found her son.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-06-10
N OFFICER RODE THROUGH THE VILLAGE.

AN OFFICER RODE THROUGH THE VILLAGE.
Jack was marching with the hosts that
swelled the ranks of the Union armies.
But one day the widow received a let
ter that brought tears and brightness
to her face again.
Jack was promoted. 1t wasn't the
money, he wrote. 1t was the honor
He was the youngest captain in his
division. But above everything else
it was the certainty that he would OBJ
tain a few days furlough. If it was
only for one day he would hasten home
to her.
So the widow resumed life again
where 1t had apparently snapped off
when Jack marched away. Everything
appetizing and healthy grew apace In
her garden. Her flowers were the
envy of all her neighbors. But her
sweet peas! They were the marvel Of
all who passed that way. In height,
thickness and beauty they surpassed
all that eyes had ever witnessed.
1t was Archie Ray, an old fame Of
the widows, who said one day:
Dashed if I ever see anything like
them vines, Mrs. Lacy! Must be an
uncommon growth you've got. Why,
man coming along the lane back
there can't see your house till he gets
bang up against it. I'd given all was
paid for fighting in Mexico just to get
behind a SCI cen like that at Monterey.
Why, it d mask battery nicely"
Twenty good yards across the end Of
her lot the sweet peas stretched. The
travellers on the great thoroughfare
saw mass, a blaze Of lovely, varie
gated color. The widows senses told
her that they were as delicate, those
flowers, as sweet and as fragile as the
babes that had lain in her arms BRIEF
time and then were recalled by the
Giver of all bounty. She rejoiced now
that Jack had laughihgly put the trel-
lis higher even than she had desired.
One morning Git was about a month
after Jack was promoted) his mother
was STOPPING, scissors in hand, in front
of her sweet peas.
AS she looked lovingly on the wall of
green dashed with the spray of I'M
folding buds and full blown flowers a
low rumble fell upon her. 1t was like
the rumble of a dying storm The
widow listened attentively. Yes, the
sky looked dull over there where the
sound came from; there was a some
thing that foretold a change.
By the time her tables and mantels
were adorned with fresh flowers the
r,mbling sound was more distinct and
so regular and frequent that the Wld-
ow walked out and looked up and
down the valley. The meaning OF the
sounds she heard dawned upon her.
The mighty armies had met in battle.
The thick sky was only the dust maze
by countless feet as men marched III
battle array. The rumbling sound was
the boom, boom Of cannon.
A strange hush fell over nature. Ihe
cows stood anxious eyed in the brooK'
the chickens moved about uncertainty
In wary manner, while the geese
stood stupidity in the middle or the
dusty road with uplifted heads.
Long before noon the rumble or artii-
lery was distinct. The dust rose III
clouds; dull red pillars ascended slow
ly, bulged and swayed, rejecting the
suns rays, warped and twisted them
selves, then melted away.
A strange sound. a mufiled SOUND IKE
the faint swapping Of sticks, was Waft-
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-06-10
AMERICAN LITERATURE.
Gertrude Atherton's Criticism
of Its Standard.
THE MOST BOURGEOIS OF ALL.


Anaemic au' Lacking In IndIvidu-
nlity-Ambition To Write For Mnga-
zines BeEets n TImidity which She
aims IL n Leeeh at the Throat of
originality.
The following is taken from an arti-
Gle entitled why Is American Litcra-
ture BOurgeois:" by Gertrude Ather-
ton in the North American Review:
American literature today, taking it
as whole, taking no account of its
strangely few exceptions, is the most
timid, the most anaemic the most lack
ing in ndividualities, the most bour-
geois, that any country has ever
known. There is not a breath of
American independence. impatience
energy, contempt of ancient convention
in it. 1t might, indeed. be the product
of great village censored by the vii
lage gossip. How utterly unrepresent-
ative it Is may be seen by holding it
up to contrast with the general trend
and conduct of American affairs, po-
litical, financial, commercial, with all
that is typical of what has come to
be recognized as the genius of the
American race.
Compare our literary intelligence
with the boldness and dynamic energy
of the American race in general and
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-06-10
Took the Hint.

"She said II any man kissed her with
out warning she'd scream for her fa'
ther"
"What did you do?'
81 warned her."-CleveAand Plain
Dealer.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-06-10
60, district Probate Court.

..,,. Hr said Quart viii hr held at
. ...,. ..,,. SECOND Tuesday OF October aud
"' -..rHu tuc second Tuesday of No.
.,-... ara Nay. Wet CONCORD the second
..,, .t.cc.abc. aud June. l.uncnburg
iu' f.f,...ty ~ January and July.
tlg ..-..i,ns vii. pr held at any place in
..U~.ritt by agrt,mTnt.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-06-10


"a peas, and it is of her great
E bank, her monster wall. Of
sweet peas | am thinking now
us the locusts' song swells, grows
faint. rises again stronger, then sud-
denly ceases. Just SO it rose on that
July morning when the earth trembled
under the tread of the armed hosts that
marched toward Gettysburg.
There was a time when the widow
neglected her flowers; when she sat
on her porch with her sewing or knit
ting unnoticed, her hands lying mo-
tionless in her lap, while she seemed
to be gazing at nothing, unless it was
the line where the earth and sky met
in the west.
The broad road crossed the hills
there. Perhaps she was thinking of
her son Jack, who was away some
where. She never knew exactly where.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-06-10
t+++++++++sss-*+ss+s*.+++.,.

eHE Widow Lacey loved sweet
peas, and II is of her great
bank, her monster wall, of