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

"Waal, that's all right IL You can.
catch you housing around my barn or
henroost tonight I'll fill you full of
bird shot, and don't you forgit it! A
Teller who come out here a few nights
ago to try and find out why bullfrogs
croaked the loudest on dark nights
broke into my barn and stole a saddle,
and I amt trustin' TO what folks say
any more. I'll bet your wife knows a
heap more about crickets and tree toads
than you do"
MI. Bowser boiled over and wanted
to bring on a head-on collision, but
with a great effort he held himself and
turned away. He wouldn't lick the
farmer, but Mrs. Bowser should hear
from him when he got back. He had
a mile before he suddenly caught the
voice Of a cricket. A dozen Of the in
sects began chirping at the same mo-
ment as IL to attract his especial atten-
ton, and he lighted his candle and got
down on his knees to make a search.
The chipping ceased at once, and hunt
as closely as he would he could not find
hide nor hair Of one Of the sly and &C
tive insects. He had covered several
rods Of ground when the farmer whom
he had met at the terminus suddenly
appeared at mis- elbow, accompanied by
his two stalwart sons
"Huntin' for crickets, eh?" he que
ried, with a laugh. WAL, if you can
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-11
THE ROOT OF THE MATTER.
He cured Himself of Serious Stomach
Trouble. by Getting Down t o First
Principles.

A man of large affairs in one of our
prominent eastern cities by too close
attention to business. too little exercise
and too many club dinners, finally be-
gan to pay natures tax, levied in the
form of chronic stomach trouble; the
failure Of his digestion brought about
4 nervous irritability making It inn
possible to apply himself to his daily
business and finally deranged the kid
neys and heart.
In his own words he says: II con-
suited one physician after another and
each one seemed to understand my
case, but all the same they each fail
ed to bring about the return of my
digestion. appetite and vigor. For
two years I went from pillar to post,
from one sanitarium to another. I
gave up smoking. I quit coffee and
even renowned my daily glass or two
of beer, but without any marked i'm
provement.
Friends had often advised me to
try a we'll known proprietary med
icine, Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets and
I had often perused the newspaper
advertisements of the remedy but
never took n stock in advertised
medicines nor could believe n fifty
| cent patent medicine would touch my
case.
ITO make a long story short / fin
ally bought a couple of packages at
the nearest drug store and took two or
three tablets after each meal and oc-
~casionaliy a tablet between meals,
! when I felt any feeling Of nausea or
discomfort. q
"I was surprised at the end of the
first week to note a marked improve
ment in my appetite and general
health and before the two packages
. were gone ] was certain hat Stuart's
Dyspepsia Tablets was going to cure
! completely and they did not disap-
point me. I can eat and sleep and
enjoy my coffee and cigar and no one
would suppose I had ever known the
horrors of dyspepsia.
"Out of friendly curiosity / wrote to
the proprietors Of the remedy asking
for information as to what the tablets
contained and they replied that the
principal ingredients were aseptic
| pepsin government test). malt dias-
tase and other natura i digestives
which digest food regardless of the
condition OF the stomach"
The root of the matter Is this. the
digestive elements contained In
-Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets will digest
the food. give the overworked stom-
ach a chance to r~ecuperate and the
nerves and whole system receive the
nourishment which can only come
from food: stimulants n nerve ton
les never give a strength. they give
a fictitious strength. invaribly followed
by reaction. Every drop Of blood
every nerve and tissue is m~anufactur-
ed from our daily food, and If You
a insure it's propt action and com
plete digestion by the regular use OF s.
good and wholesome a remedy a.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. you viii
have no need OF nerve tonics and san
itariums-
Although Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
have been In the market only a few
years yet probably every druggist In
the United States. Canada and Greal
Britain now sells them and consider.
them the most popular and successful
OF any preparation for stomach trou'
! Bile.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-11

are the same thing she must stand or
fall by what she says"
But how could l have said such a
thlng?' protested Mrs. Bovser.
You have said thousands of things
to be wondered at. though l haven't al
ways paid attention to them. In this
case, however, 1 propose to bring you
living. breathing proof that you didn't
know what you We're talking about. l
want TO cure you OF your habit of max
ing reckless statements, and l shall
therefore furnish you an object lesson
not soon to be forgotten. l shall take a
little trip out into the country this
evening, and if you still insist after
have shown them TO you that T.
But / shan't insist. | never insist
ed. There is just as much difference
between 4 tree toad and u cricket as
there is between you and a kangaroo.
AMI there's no call for you to go ga!li-
wanting III in the country"
Mrs. Bowser," he stih1y replied. Il
dc not like your SMILES. When a wife
draws comparisons between Il kanga-
roo and her husband or even mentions
them in the same breath h can have
TO great respect for him. AS l stated
in the first place, a tree toad is not a
cricket. and before midnight | will
prove it TO you
"On more than 4 thousand occasions
during the last year you have boldly
and inpudently c~ontroverted my state
ments, and l have finally reached what
may be called the dead line. After this
what / say goes, or / will be a nonent-
ty in this house, and you may run
things. As may not return from my
trip before midnight you needn't sit uI
for me. Tomorrow morning will be
time enough to convince you that Q
cricket is not Il tree toad"
Realizing that Mr.. Bowser had ont
of his spells on, Mrs. Bowser had nc
more to say. He changed into an ole
suit Of clothes. slipped a candle and
some matches into his pocket and lef'
Mrs. Bowser and the cat sitting Side
by side on the front steps. After s
trolley ride of three miles he found
himself at the end of the line and TIT
country before him. As he stood o
ing around him in the twilight a farm
er who was on his way home steppet
forward and inquired If he was lost o
wanted to inquire about somebody.
"I came out here to look for tre'
toads and crickets," replied Mr.. Bow
ser, "and 1 was wondering where t
go. You have such things around here
I suppose?"
Lands o. Goshen. yes: but what oil
earth do you want of 'em"
81 want to convince my wife tina
one is not the other"
do tell, Have you got a wife tina
don't know n tree toad from a cricket?
"She said they were the same thing.
""Then she must be a fool-that is
there's a fool in the family somewhere
/ never heard of a man comm out {
hunt such things Jest to get the bette
of an argument with his wife. Is tn
top Of your head loose?"
1.-The top Of my head. sir. Is all rign'
and think I can find what l war
without any help from you"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-11

Politics is getting mighty strenuous
in Wisconsin. a voter dropped dead m
his tracks white shaking hands With
Candidate LaFoiIetfe the other day.
Atlanta Constitution
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-11
WILL VISIT THE STATE
PARTY OF NEW ENGLAND CAP
UAIIsTS EXPECTED THIS WEEK.
As Guests Of Mr.. r. s Rowland of

the A. and n. C.. an Inspection oi
the Country Along the Line OF That
Road WIN be Afadc-Senstor AID
rich. Of Rhode Island, In the Party.
Effort % Secure Appropriation from
Congress to Deepen Beaufort Hair
Dor.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-11

Kuropatkin.s appointment as com
mander in chief gives him carte
blanche to go ahead and whip the Japs
srftution.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-11

The season Of the halfback: likewise
OF something succu1ent on the han
shen-Atlanta Constitution
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-08-26


Ordnance FIXING fees G. the Mayor
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Board OF Aldermen OF the village OF
Leallesyille Miss that the fees OF the
fees Of the Mayor of said village shall
be and are hereby fixed as follows to
wit; Each affidavit 2Jc, Each war
rant 60, Each witaess Hoe, Proceed
ing thereon TO Judgment 25c. Each
subpoena containing one name 25c.
each add tional name sc, each certif-
ieate not otherwise provided for 25c
Appeal with proceedings and bond
81, transcript of record when requir-
ed soc. Swearing each witness &C. EN-
tering each suit zoe, entering each
judgment 20c, each acknowledgement
or certificate With seal 5uc,
Be it further ordained thas for
cause this ordinance be in full force
and effect from and after its passage
Adopted add approved by yea and
nay vote Aug End 1871
J. f. Alderman Mayor
- w. NJ Dorset Clerk,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-08-26
Citation Notice
S ate of Mississippi.

Toe. T.. Turner and to all persons
having or claiming any interest in
the following described land sold for
taxes on the 4th dsy of March A D.
1901, viz; the 81 of NWt of Sec. II &
SEA of NEi of Sec Is all in Town
ship S, Range & West, Situated in
Greene County Mississippi.
You are commanded to appear be-
)rc the Clsncery Clerk OF said
Greene County, at Rules on the Sec
ond Monday the 18th day of Septem-
Der 1901. to defend the suit IN said
court of ]. Henry Moores, the nat
ure of which is bill in Chancery by
said J. Henry Moores, complainant
therein, praying the court 10 grant
d decree confirming and quoting
the tax title OF said complainant to
said lands, derived from the State of
Mississippi wherein you are defen-
dant This July lst 1904.
S. r. Mckay Clerk.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-08-26
Ordinance No. l3

An ordinance in relation 20 assess
mc4lt and collection OF taxes and com
missions fOr same.
BE it ordained by the Mayor and
Board OF Alderman of the village OF
Leakesyille. That the Marshall OF
said village shall be the Tax Assess
or and Tax Collector thereof and
shall receive ] per cent for. assessing
and 5 per cent of all taxes collected
for collecting same.
BE it further ordained that this or
-dinance be in fall force and effect
from and after this date
Adopted and approved by yea and
nay vote this August End 1904
J, E. Alderman, Mayor.
". NJ. Dorset, Clerk
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-08-26
Department Of the Interior, ]
Land Office at Jackson. Miss, :
July Is 1904. J
F. W Breland Shift.

A sufficient contest affidavit hay
ing been flied in this Office by Will
am e Wexford, OF Exsho Alabama con
tcstant against Jackson Series homo
stead entry No. 32i45 made MAY Q
1898 for 81 NEi and 81 swl section
36 township : y mango W by Mans
field Jones, contestee in which it is
alleged that he is well acquainted
with the said tract OF land embraced
IN the said entry and knows the pres
ent condition of the same; also that
s. id Mansfield Jones had never COM
piled with the homestead laws as to-
residence or improvement but has
wholly abandoned the said tract and
that said alleged absence from the
said tract is not due TO his emyIOy-
ment iii the Army, Navy of Marine
Corps of the United States as pri
vate soldier. officer. seaman of ma
rino during tho war with Spain or
during any other war I'M which the
United States may be engaged, said
parties are hereby notified TO APPEAR
respond and offer evidence touching
said allegation at 10 O'Clock a m. on
Sept. { 1904 before S. r. Mckay Cir
cult Clerk, IN and for Greene County
at his Office In Lcakesviile, Miss. and
that final hearing will BE- held at 10
O'Clock A NJ on September rs 1904.
before the Register and Receiver at
the United States Land Office N JAG
kson Miss. The said contestant hay
ing in proper affidavit. filed July
Is 1904, set forth facts which show
that after due diligence personal SER
vice of this notice can not be made ii
is hereby ordered and directed that
such notice be given by due and pro
per publication.
FRED. W. COLLINS. Register.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-08-26
f. Trux Trend And Brotller.

A trne friend and brother is Elore
to be priced than great riches. He is
an oasis ID the desert OF life, q fount-
ain of sparkling, pure waiter to the
shipwrecl1ed mariner. q never-falling
supply Of food IN the midst of famine
haven of rest TO the weary pilgrim
a light tc tl4e lost sailor, q rock OF
adamant to shield him from personal
harm, a refuge TO the cast down,
and an Eden to the weary sonl. 1t is
God7giyeu principle implanted in
man which outweighs the pcccadilloe
of this life and roaches fgr out into
the life to com. He knows 20 reyerscs
and fears 10 onslaughts The money
god deters bin not. and the night
o. adyersity stimulates him TO furthr
and more determined action
Through the darkest clouds lie secs
the silver lining, aud with outstretch
arm and mellow voice cries. Come
unto me. for am your friend:
breath into my ear your tale OF woe:
cast thy burden upon my shoulders,
and ! will help you bear your cross
A friend never meets You With
frown or scowl on his face: niether,
indeed does he ehide you for your
misfortune or presume. to lecture
you whom cast down, Your JOY gives
him pleasure, and your SORROW gives
him pain. Ia your aseent of lifo he
cheer yoq and when the lengthcning
shadows oyertakc YOU ho sticketh
closer than brother and fino when
you pass through tho valley of shad-
ow of death and your enfrAnehised
spirit scars away into realms OF LIFE
and light eternal. he naoisteps your
grave With his tears aud keeps it
green in memory by the happy rec
objections OF the past and the glo-
rious anticipation OF a reunion = in
the great bye and bye. Brother. have
you such friend?
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-08-26
Z Ordinance No, %

Ordinance directing the Street
Commissioner TO work the streets:
Be it ordained by the mayor and
Board of alderman, Of the yrllagge
OF Eeakesvilfe Miss. that the Street
Commissioner of said village be and
he is lieraby ordered and directed to
give notice to each person liable to
street labor and under his. direction
and supervision have the principal
streets of said village worked and re
paired and put. in good condition as
public highways, between this date
and the next meeting of this Board
and TO make report of all his proceed
ings therein Be ii further ordained
that for cause this ordinance be in
force and effect from and after this
datc.s Adopted and approved by yea
and nay vote this Aug. 3l904.
]. Z. Alderman Mayor.
", NJ Dorsett Clerk.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-08-26
: Ordinance No 27

Ordinance further prescribing who
are subject to street duty as to tran
sient persons.
Be it ordained by this Mayor and
Board of Alderman of the village OF
Leakesville Miss. that transient per-
sons and .perso.s who are moving
from place to place to exercise their
trades or yocations who are otherwise
liable to street duty, shall ON and af-
ter fifteen days stay on residence in
said village be and hereby are made
liable to duty and services on the
streets and highways-of said village
OF Leakesville Miss.
Be it further ordained that for
cause this ordinance be in full force
from and after its passage.
Adopted and approved by yea and
nay vote his. Aug 3 I9e4-
J. E. Alderman Mayor
w. M. Dorsett Clerk.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-08-26
10 " n
ORDINANCES
AT regular meeting0f The Mayor
and Board .of AlderlpaR OF tie village
OF Leakesvf1le the following Oas11naal-
ces we're adopted
Ordinance No. Il

BE it ordained by Che Mayor and
Board of AideymaA OF the village of
Leakesyille, that al property liable
under the laws of the State of Miss
issii5pi to taxation. situated and ow-
ned or possessed ca being in the cor
porate limits of said village by any
person on persons, corporation or
body polite before t6e LIST dry of Feb
ruary shall be assessed and taxes
paid thereon for the current year.
and all money on hand or deposit or
loaned, either in or out of the State
and notes and accounts owned by par
ties in said village shall be subject
TO taxation and shall be assessed and
the taxas paid thereon in the same
manner as OTHER property.
Be it further ordaiaed that this
ordinance be in full force and effect
from and after Aug ? 1854. Adopted
and approved by yea and nay vote.
]. EAlderman, Mayor.
W, VI. Dorsett. Clerk.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-08-26

Right plainly does the Gulf Coast
Progress Voice feeling that oxis IS
among newspaper men, when it
says: There mover was pAr er in any
locality that gave Al the news. Per-
sons may come and go that the re-
porter does not SEE. It often happens
that a family is missed several times.
They got the impression that. tho
paper does not care to mention them.
The paper has no III feeling, nor
spite, nor enmity against anybody.
Don't b. afraid to give Us items of
interest. Prohapse you think the
paper Shove partially, but try and
see il it don t treat you we'll if given
d chance. If you don t see us to. tel
OF happening or news item az your
homo send it in any way or drop 1T
in the post office. don't fail TO give
MS your name SO we will know there
is no mistake about it
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-08-26
Ordinance No. %

Appointing Election Commissioners
BE it ordained by the Mayor and
Board OF Alderman of the village Of
Leakcsville that d. p Harrison, B.
w, Mcleod and FL. E. Melunis and
are hereby appointed and selected
as village Election Commissioners
and b. p. Harrison is hereby desig-
mated 10 have printed or prepared &
distributed the official ballots; and
shall perform all the duties in respect
to the municipal election prescribed
By law to be performed by county e
lection Commissioners where net 9th
erwise provided and said Cctnnlision
ors shall themselves act as tlaS e!ec,
ticn managers fer said village
lie il further ordained that for
t;as.se. this ordiaance be u full force
and effect from and aftsr this date,
Adopted and apsyloved by yea and
nay vote this Ind August 1868
J. e. Alderman Mayor.
y y lo.sett Clerk
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-08-26
sHFRIFFS SALE.
The State of Mississippi !
Greene County =
Thomas and Raily Foundry Ma
chine Works, Plaintiff.
Ella Plat, Defendant

By virtue of an Execution which
issued from the oiliec OF S. r. Mckay
Circuit Clerk OF Greene County Miss
issippi in favor of Thomas and Bitily
Foundry Machine Works and against
Kila Platt for the sum of One Hun
dred and Eighty three dollars and
SeventeeA cents t$193. I'D besides the
interest thereon and cost Ct sn!t have
this daylevied upon the following
Real Estate as the property of and
belonging to- tire said Defendant IN
the county of t.reene and state OF
Mississippi towit; vi NWl of See,
I9 Township n Ran.e 5 West and
one half interest and title in the SW
4 OF SWl Section $ Township IN r
$ West. Which will offer for sale
sin front>of< the Court house door in
stiss said county on Monday the 9Th
,i.igsof Sept, 1904 This - day of Sept
1904
F. W Brcland Shift
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-08-26
Ordinance No. 10
]. f. Alderman Mayor
W. ". Dorsett Clerk.

Ordinance in relation to tax sale
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Board of Alderman of the village OF
Leakesville That after the 18th day
of January of each year the Marshall
as Tax Collector shall advertise all
the land in the village of Leakesville
on which the taxer have not been
paid or which is liable for sale for vii
lage Taxes. for sale in front of the
courthouse III said village or the lst
Monday of March following Such ad
vertisement Shall be inserted for thre
weeks in some newspaper published
in said village if there lie any such
paper and if there be no such paper
then to posted in three CONSPICUOUS
places in said village and notice of
said sale shallbe posted in front of
the Courthouse in said village and
shall contain the description of said
sana TO whom assessed and such 9th
er description or designation as may
be necessary to Identity the same.
Be 1t further ordained that this or
dinanees be in foress and effect from
and after Aog 1904 Minute Book
page !. Adopted and approved by yea
and nay vote
]: +. Alderman, Mayor.
Nh Dorsett Clerk.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-08-26
J. E. Alderman Mayor
W. NJ Dorsett Clerk
Ordinance No. 20

Prescribing duties of village Treas
Be it ordaiced by, the Mayor and
Board of Aldermea Of the village OF
Leakesvile shall receive safely keep
and pay out according to law al mon
eys belonging to the municipality. He
shall keep correct and accurate acs
curate acc0unte of oil receipts and
disbursements made by him in book
to be kept for that purpose and shall
report i'll writing to the. Mayor and
Board of Alderman at each regular
meeting of said Board. of the finan-
ces OF the municipality, he shall issue
bis receipts for al moneys paid him
by the tax collector as airy other per
son aud shall perform all other duti-
cs that may be prescribed BY ofdin-
ance and shall pay out money only
on the warrant issued by ordcr OF
the Mayor and Board Of Alderman
Belt further ordained that for
cause that this ordinance be in full.
force from and after this date.
Adopted and approved by yea and
nay vote this Aug End 1904.
J. E. Alderman Mayor.
w NJ Dorsett Clerk
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-08-26
Ordinance No. 10
]: +. Alderman, Mayor.
Nh .Dorsett Clerk.

Ordinance fixing time and manner
OF making assessments.
BE it ordained by the Mayor and
the Beard OF AlderlnaH OF the village
of Lcakesvillc, that the tax Collector
OF said village, the acting assessor
shall assess all persons and taxable
property in said village for village
taxes, within two weeks from the
time that the real and personal as
sessment rolls OF the county are ap-
proved Or stand approved BY the
Board OF Supervisors OF the county
in the manner directed by law, by
copying from the county assessment
rolls that portion thereof which en-
braces properly or persons within
the Corporate limits Of said village
and swear to correctness of saslse
and file it with Mayor and Board Of
Aldormai and all changes III tie co
unity assessment thereafter made
shall likawise be made i'll the copy Or
village assessment. said copy Or as
sessment shall be then BY tie Mayo.
and Board of Alderman placed ii The
halids Of the Tax Collector Of the
said village and shall b. his warrant
for the collection ol municipal taxeg
Be It further ordained that this o.
dinanee be in force aud effect. from
and aftes aug l99i ALLOTTED and a.
proved by yea and nay vote.
J. =, Alderman, Mayor
w, n Dorsctt, Clerk
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-08-26

The Springfield Republican, per-
haps The most influential newspaper
mouldar of public opinion in New
England says Significantly;
Judge Parker has indeed headed
squilrely toward the constitution and
a government Of law. This IS the
dominant. ustsined and serious note
Of his address. lis tcnper invites
confidence by virtue of the words
the spirit and the defihlts promise.
Atlanta Constitution.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-08-26

A new kind of calculating machine
will have TO be myeEt ted by some In
genous fellow of this decade to en- :
merate the countless falls OF Port
Arthur and only brothers of Juige
Parker. The capaxity Of the human
mind is inadequate 20 sum up the
grand total OF reports and discover
les. This is i chance that should not
be lost by some Inventor who desi-
res to- turG his talents TO account in
accommodating great wealth.