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The daily sentinel., 1904-07-05
Yesterdays Shooting.

In the shoot yesterday there were
four principal events. They were
for the best shots on blue rocks.
The first event was ON trial of
thirty blue rocks. There were 16
participants. f. Simmons took this
by a score of "a.
The second event was on trial
of % birds. f. Simmons carried this
with score of "a.
The third event was on 20 birds
and this was taken by F. NJ. McPher-
son score is.
The fourth principle event was ou
10 blue rocks. This was captured by
Simmons; score ..
a There were many other trials. but
the above were the principle ones of
the afternoon.
The daily sentinel., 1904-07-05

Andrew Chipman and Thomas Cora
Of Ouray. visited with friends in this
city Sunday night, en- route to Calf
oruia.
The daily sentinel., 1904-07-05

Mrs. George Hazel and daughter
Anna expect to leave tomorrow for a
ten days trip mp the Unsweep canon,
where they will be the guests OF Mrs.
Berg. sister of Mrs. Hazel.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-13

We take the following from The
Charlotte Observer of yesterday. In
the name of the county n city officials
and the members of the Light Infantry
we thank The Observer for it's compli-
mentary remarks. Every word of its
praise is we'll deserved:
The Columbia State is good enough
to say
NORTH Carolina militia held a mob
at Wilmington with the bayonet; not a
soldier was disarmed n not one quail
ed, and the lazy was sustained. The Tar
Heel soldiers stick; they are not the
toy set"
This is just; and by the a the
Wilmington Light Infantry deserves TO
be excepted from that class of state
militia, and referred to in an ObSer-
yer editorial Thursday, which is de-
fed by mobs n handled by them as
they were children. There is no fool
ishness about the Wilmington Light
Infantry, the sheriff of New Hanover
or the a of Wilmington.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-13
PARKER'S LETTER READY.
Will Not be Given to the Printer for
Several Days-Visitors at Esopus.

Esopus, September 9.-The only WISH
tors at Rosemount today were Judge
Denis O'Brien, of the New York state
court of appeals: Justice Edward l..
Mccall. OF the New York Supreme
court; Colonel William Gorham Rice.
of Albany, former United States COM
missioner and William G.. Buckley, OF
New York. Justice Mccall is a broth
er of John A. Mccall, President OF the
large New York insurance company who
recently came out in support OF Roose-
welt for President.
Judge Parker has completed his let
ter of acceptance but il has not been
sen to the printer and probably will
not be- for several days.
William T. Sheehan, chairman of the
National executive committee is expect
ed here tomorrow to remain over Sun
day.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-13
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
OF Bladen County Held on Last
Observation-Disclosures Was Large
ly Attended.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Especial to The Messenger.)
Elizabethtown, N. c., sept. 10
The Democratic convention of Bladen
county convened at Elizabethtown
Thursday Sth instant at IL o'clock a.
m. In the absence of County Chair
man C. c. Lyon, the meeting was
called to order by j. S. Williamson,
Esq, secretary of the committee.
The following ticket was nominated:
For the Legislature--W. I. Shaw
For coroner-G. w. Hall.
CommissionerS0. P. Parker, L. T..
SQuires. A. A. Clark.
Treasurer-W. S. Clark.
Register of Deeds. S. Williamson.
Sherif-C. W. Lyon.
Surveyor-B. r. Tatom.
Clerk Superior Court-Austin Clark.
Professor c.. V. Hines presided over
the convention, and Angus Cromartie
and Roy Council were secretaries.
Bladen's democracy is in fine shape,
and the ticket nominated Will be elect
Ell by a large majority. The
ton was we'll attended and perfect
harmony prevailed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-13
STAND BY YOUR PARTY.

Democrats should be careful how they
lend encouragement to the movement
that is on foot to capture the primaries
and county convention in the interest
of a wet ticket, and in case of failure
to do so. will bolt the convention and
get out an independent wet ticket.
There are men at work with that very
purpose in view. They are opposed TO
the Watts law and are. not going to
suppo any who favor it. No true
democrat will take sides with any such
movement.
The above is from The Greenville Re-
Hector. We hope that democrats will
not allow their attitude on the liquor
question to influence them in boiling
the party nominations. We see a good
deal in the press of the state about the
threats OF the men who are opposed
to the Watts law that they will not
support the party ticket when COM
posed of men who favor that law; but
few of these papers which are strong
supporters Of that measure are advis>
ing their friends against boiling the
ticket when anti-prohibition men are
placed on il, though there is plenty OF
criticism against those who, it is sup
posed, will refuse to vote for prohibit
tionists on the ticket. The one is as
untrue to his party as the other.
Whether a man favors the Watts law
or opposes it has nothing to do with
his fitness as a county official. If the
majority of the democrats in a county
declare for a certain man for a par
ticular office the entire party should
support him. Tha is the only way You
can keep the party in power. Prohibi-
tionists and Observation-Disclosures alike
should recognize this fact. If you want
to break Up the party because it does
no adopt your ideas on one single ques-
ton, why, that is a different matter.
Go a head and aid h republicans and
populists in securing control OF your
county, but do not call yourself a DEM
Ocrat.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-13
STOCK YARDS STRIKE OFF.
Butchers and Allied Trades WIZ Go
Back tn Work.

Chicago. ILL.,. Sept. a.-The f~fty-rins
Gays strike OF butchers and allied
trades with the stock yards Is OF.
Vice President Smith OF the meat
cutters and butchers union said the
vote OF the conference board OF allied
trades council TO bring the trouble 10
an end was unanimous.
President Donnelly had telegraphei
the decision 10 all the cities where the
workmen have been on strike. Pres
den Donnelly said:
Although We nav not won all We
struck for. we 90 pack as an ~organiza-
tion. Besides both sides have learned
a lesson. The butchers win build 10
a better n stronger organization
from the experience of the past. I do
not believe the packers will discriE-
mate against union men,"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-13
CHARGED WITH AN ASSAULT.
Negro Man Arrested Charged With n
Capital Oncnse-Death OF MIR. w. r..
Best.
Especial TO The Messenger


Goldsboro. y. c.. September "a
warrant sworn out in this city yester-
day afternoon by Virginia Bingham
has caused a negro named Hardy To
be placed in Jail charged with a capt.
tai ~offense The investigation trial be-
fore a magistrate has been set for to-
morrow morning. Ordinarily il is al
mitted that negro news is not worth
much with the average newspaper, but
the case which furnishes the subject
matter for this special is OF a rather
interesting character. The woman who
makes the serious charge of assault
against the negro man is herself a sort
of "a preacher. She resides in Saulston
township, where she has caused a split
in the church in which she has been
preaching. The faction that followed
her pretended to excommunicate those
who were in opposition TO their views.
To offset this authority the other fac
ton brought the charge of adultery
against the woman. The case was
heard before a magistrate and was sent
up TO the Superior court and is still pen
ding.
The indictment which caused the me-
gro Hardy to land in Jail occurred nigh,
before last. Hardy and Virginia went
to churcn together and she alleges that
on the way back home Hardy COM
planned that he could not walk fast
and fingered along until the crowd VINO
were with them got we'll along ahead.
Then h alleges that Hardy made his
proposal which she rejected. She
claims that she had to submit to his
demands under violent threats. After
II r7,- laft her rhat njuht che vranr onl
reported the circumstance to Mr.. Geo.
Best, on whose plantation she lived.
Yesterday morning Hardy was arrested
and brought to this city. In order to
s~ubstantiate her claim the woman
went TO a physician to be examined.
The physician told her that he would
prepare a paper for her to give the
court when it meets tomorrow. 1t is
expected that the church congregation
to which she belongs together with the
cOlored population of that community
Will be on Ind tomorrow to learn the
outcome of the trial. The negro denies
his guilt.
The death of Mr.. w. Z. Best of par
alysis occurred last night at his home
in Kinston. He formerly resided in
Greene county where he owned extern
sive real estate interests and where he
was one Of the leading citizens. He
was we'll known here and had many
lElelQS. he Is survived by a WIG ana
two brothers Messrs. III. II. Best, of
Greene county and T. II. Best. of VIII
son. and also by two sisters Mrs. E. A.
GLASGOW, of Warren. Ark, and Mrs.
James Grant, of Snow Hill.
The newly principal of the Graded
School Professor w. T. Hodges, of Chat
ham, Va, arrived in the city today
10 b in readiness to assume the duties
oe his position on next Monday morn
ing. He is already very favorably i'm
pressed with Goldsboro. He succeeds
Professor A. j. Barwick: who has filled
the position for the past two years
and who has been elected s~uperinten-
dent of the public schools of Thomas
vile. Ga.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-13
REUNION OF
ala Day at Observation-Disclosures by
Hon. b. r. Lacy-Extra Train Ser
vice for Fayetteville.
Especial 90 The Messenger.)

" Inc Se>Stukef-p
fayetteville. ~. c., September 10
A great reunion OF veterans was held
today ut Rseford, with the camp or
Cumberland and the Ryan camp. of
Robson. and from $500 to 5000 peo-
pie present.
Major ]. w. MCLAUGHLIN gracefully
introduced the orator OF the day, Hon.
Il. r. Lacy. state treasurer, who deliV-
cred an eloquent address OF one hour.
The veterans were hen invited 10 din
ner at a table in the and
another was served to the crowd in
the grove.
At 3 o'clock in the afternoon there
was an experience meeting OF veterans,
presided over by Captain a. D. McGill,
commander OF the Cumberland camp.
who mad an excellent speech. Re
marks were made by Rev. Dougald
Monroe, Captain w. III. McLaurin,
Captain j. II. Clrrie. Major J.. w. Nc
Lauchlin, ]. H. Myrover and others.
At the election of officers. Captain
McGlH was reelected commander;
Rod Mcmillan, lieutenant-commander;
]. NJ. Williams, adjutant. Music then
was furnished by the excellent Hope
Mills cornet band. A match game OF
baseball was played between Raeford
n Galatia, the score being five 10
three in Galatia's favor.
Fayetteville gets its long needed
extra passenger train service over the
Atlantic Coast Line, giving ii three
daily trains.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-13
AT CHAPEL HILL.
About 525 Students Registered Q o Date,
as Against 40.

Chapel Hill. ". c., September s.
University of North Carolina
starts h new session under very fat
tering conditions. The total number
of students registered TO date is about
believed that the attendance will reach
seven hundred within the next few
weeks. at this time last year registra-
ton was about tour hundred and
twenty, so it d be easily seen that
the attendance for the coming session
will be greatly In excess Of what II was
last year. Lectures in the academic
department n the professional
schools began this morning.-Raleigh
Post.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-13
JUST AS WE

The News Leader of Richmond, Va,
does not take much stock in the recent
conference of democratic editors in New
York. 1t seems to have resulted in
nothing but an opportunity for two OF
three newspaper men to get a big ad-
vertisement at the expense of the 9TH
ers of their profession who attended
and of the democratic national commit
tee. Here is what it has to say about
the affair:
The real purpose of the alleged con-
ference" of the democratic editors in
New York is not disclosed by any Of
the publications or announcements.
Apparently there is some mystery about
ii. The invitations seem to have been
sent out hastily and without much re-
gard for sysem. The editors who at
tended found in Waldorf-Astoria and
at democratic headquarters. on the OPP
posite side of Thirty-fourth street, no.
tices written with marking ink on
brown paper. These were to the effect
that the editors would have a ride
through the new subway at 4 p. M, a
banquet in the Waldorf-Astoria at Z
p. m, would leave at 8 o'clock in the
morning for Esopus, and on their re-
turn would visit Dreamland at Coney
SA0A ~ NA~ NOoi SSSS VI LIZ AiiCeAAo0C"
ment.
This did not look much like a confer
ence anywhere. People can't confer
satisfactorily in side shows, or on trains
or at banquets. At least one editor
went there with the idea that the demo-
cratic newspaper men from different
parts of the country would get together
and exchange views as to the plan OF
the campaign, come to a general agrees
ment as to the points and arguments to
be used in the various sections and ar
range to play into each others hands.
There was no sign Of any of this. The
whole business looked like a free feed
and free ride frolic, such as state
press associations enjoy annually. It
is all right for state press associations
because those occasions are vowed
and understood holidays and frolics;
but serious business and pleasure cam
not be mixed safely. People ought to
undertake them separately. The idea
of rounding up the DEMOCRATIC editors
of this country like a gang of long
shoremen just before a municipal elec-
ton, to have their skins filled with
feed and drink M to go on a free
excursion and see the party candidate
is funny and rather undignified.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-13
Tuesday Sept. Is. 1904.
A WORD TO THE GOVERNOR.

Bladen county superior court meets
October 10th. The two negroes who
are charged with the murder of Mrs.
taken there during that term of court.
There is some talk of an attempt to
lynch them on that occasion. 1t may.
be necessary for the governor to put q
body OF state troops at the disposal OF
the sheriff of hat county to prevent
this. IF Governor Aycock thinks it
necessary to have troops present to
prevent this violation of the law he
will take active measures and will
surely order one or more companies to
the scene Of expected trouble, no mat
ter how much opposed ne may be to
having our courts sit with armed SOL
diers present.
1t is highly probable that some one
of the military companies of the state
will be ordered to Elizabethtown on
this occasion. We feel sure that the
governor will act wisely and judicious-
~ in this matter. What we wish to
saw to him is tina should he find it
11SCCSSCIN W w
state guard into service on that occa-
sion he should designate some other
thar the Wilmington Light
Infantry. This company has borne its
full share in the protection of these
men. They saved their lives here last
Tuesday. They did their full duty
on that occasion. They have shown
49,. ~ - ~oI;aI oo ,rnlar uary-
trying circumstances; h a they are
men OF grit and nerve. 1t would not
be fair to them just because of this
fact for the governor to again force
them into this unpleasant situation.
Were it necessary for them to do over
again what duty forced upon them
last Tuesday, not a man in the COM
pany would be found Sinking that
duty. But we say that if there is any
more such work to be done in this case
it should be required of some other
Our boys have done their
DUTY. 1t would seem that the proper
action for the governor to take We're
ba - .Afuh mat the two men should
have military protection, would be to
send a Raleigh company with them, as
the men are now confined in h peni-
Tertiary in that city and would have
to be sent to Elizabethtown from there.
This article, we will say, is not writ
ten at the request or suggestion of any
member of the Wilmington Light In
fantry. We do no even know that
the members Of that organization will
approve of what we ave said. At the
same time we think it is nothing but
lust that this matter should be called
10 the governors attention.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-13

and other organs OF digestion and nutri.
ton. 1t enables the perfect assimilation
of food and the proper nutrition of the
body O n which physical strength depends.
mime or ten years ago my health became
very poor, and in 1897 was so far gone that good
doctors pronounced my case The worst they had
ever treated writes Mr.. Harvey Phipps. o.
Florence. Ala. rI had acute stomach trouble
liver complaint. catarrh and was nervous to such
an extent / could not sleep. / finally got three
bottles of DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
and some Pellets Took them according to
directions on the bottles. and in a few DAYS
noticed a decided improvement. I commenced
to get more rest at night and could eat with
pleasure. where formerly food was like chips to
me. When / had used three bottles Of the
Discovery I was a new man could eat mince
pie for supper, go to bed at seven P. NJ. and
sleep until seven A. NJ. ! am now working at
my trade Carpentry, every day in all kinds Of
weather, and think if / had not taken your
medicines ! would now be under the sod"
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cleanse
the clogged system from accumulated
impurities.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-13

The wreck of the two trains at the
Catawba river trestle were as complete
as such an accident could possibly be
II was a most horrible n heart
rending accident, II was a terrible
shock 10 our community when it was
learned that a lady Of this city was
among the victims. There was a uni
versal expression OF sympathy for the
te:eaved ones. The entire population
was saddened by n awful news.
While the list of killed and wounded
was large in proportion 10 the number
of people on the train the most remark
able feature OF the accident was that
any escaped with their lives. the
wreck could not have been more COM
plete. The two trains were utterly de-
molished. How any one in the coaches
escaped death is a mystery.
What caused the wreck is only a mat
ter of surmise. The railway officials
declare that the train was wrecked by
some one removing spikes and bolts
If this could be proved it would relieve
the railroad officials of the responsible
ity for so many live lost through their
neglect of duty in allowing passenger
trains to run at a high rates of speed
over an unsafe trestle- At the same
time the statements of Engineer Meares
would indicate that the trestle worS
had given way under the weight of hi;
train. His statement would go to show
that the structure UaS too weak To Sis.
tain the weight and strain of a heavy
train running at the rate of forty mile;
an hour.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-13
Mr.. Davis i'm Baltimore.

Baltimore. Nd, September 9.-Demo-
cratic candidate for the Vice Presiden-
cy, Former Senate Henry G. Davis,
stopped off in Baltimore today. He met
and had a conference with United States
enato A p German at the Hotel
Renner during the early afternoon
and later visited some of his personal
friends in the city.
Senator Davis declined TO discuss pol
itics, his only reference to the coming
campaign being Il think we shall win"
Mr.. Davis intends to leave here for
New York city tomorrow TO have .
conference with National Chairmas
Tagga-t, and other Democratic leaders.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-13
No C1eH to the Murderer OF Young
Ebb HenkIe-

Richmond, Va, September "a Taze-
well. Va, special says:
Ebb- Henkle. a white youth. about
twenty years of age, wa shot and
killed here last night in front OF the
presbyterian church, by an unknown
man. He never spoke after being shot.
except TO say that he did not know the
man who had fired on him. Haryie
Henkle. a cousin of the deceased. ran
the murderer o a hundred yard.
into a corn field. where he lost IN.
trail. The jury has been in
session all day, but has been unable to-
solve the mystery of the shooting.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-13
Rich Timber Being Burned by Forest
Fires

San Francisco, Cal, September g.
Forest fires are doing damage in sew
eral sections of California. In Martin
county fires have burned over the
slopes OF Mount Tamalpais. and now
threaten h Mount Tamalpais rail-
way and timber in the adjacent can
yonS.
The big basin state part in Santa
Cruz and Santa Clara counties. which
contains some Of the largest and finest
red wood trees i'll the state. seem
doomed to destruction, though hun
dreds of men are fighting the fires.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-13
C fin Containing a Skeleton Cast Up
By q Steamer.

Newport News, Va, Sept. "a cot
fin containing the dry bones of a hu-
man skeleton was cast UP by the tramp
Salter's Greek in Hampton Roads to-
day. The casket was delivered to the
Elizabeth City county police by j.. III.
Barnes, a fisherman. An investigation
is being made by the county authori-
ties. Circumstances and the condition
of the casket indicate hat it was
thrown overheard fro ma vessel out
side the Virginia capes a week or
more ago.
Castro may be paying up just for the
effect of the example on Abdul Hamid.
Atlanta Journal.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-13
Bank at Murphy Blown Open and
Obbed

Charlotte, N. c., September 10.-The
Bank at Murphy, N. c.. was robbed
last night Of $4,000. The large vault
and safe within it were both blown
open and completely demolished. The
robbers went to a blacksmith shop a
little way from the bank and secured
tools. With these they made breaches
within the safe and vault large enough
to nah them to insert dynamite.
There were two explosions. The rob-
berry was not discovered until this
morning. The bank was fully insured
against robbery. So far as can be
learned no suspicious characters have
been lurking about the town.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-13
s. A l. Stock Delivered To the Ryan
Blair Syndicate.

Baltimore, Md, September 10
John Shelton Williams, Of Richmond.
former president of the Seabcard Air
Line railroad, who was IN Baltimore
today, announced that j. William Mid
dendorf and Company and JOHN L.
Williams n Sons had completed their
deliveries to the RYan-Rlair syndicate
of 100000 shares of Seaboard Air Line
railway stock, the mount of stock
delivered being $1,000 shares III the
preferred and 5000 shares of COM
mol stock.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-13
A Remarkable Record.

Elliott's Emulsiied Oil Linament has
made a remarkable record as a cure
for stiffness of muscle and joints. II
matters not whether the trouble was
caused by a sprain OF strain, rheuml-
tism or other causes. 1t will relieve
the soreness and pain at once and soon
reduce the swelling and remove the
stiffness. Every bottle is guaranteed.
Full alf pint bottle % cents. r. r. Bel
lamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-13

If the car 0 not hurry up work
on that bomb-proof train he is having
made ir which to journey to the
front, he will be too late. If Kuropat-
kin continues his present tactics there
won't be any front for the czar to go
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-13

The democrats of the Twelfth senate
rial district have nominated E. F. Nc
Outlook, of Bladen, for senator. The
democrats this year are putting their
best men forward as legislative candl-
dates. The next legislature will con-
tain a number CT the best men of the
state. 1t will be truly a body represen-
tative of the best interests in the state.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-13

just entering business life used to be-:
Avoid contracting. debts. Now we are
told that men and nations are more
Prosperous if they go in debt.