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The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-07-21

the escort to the church on Philip av-
euue.
At the church very impressive SER
vices were held, the discourse Of Rev.
\. +. Poucher being unusually fine.
Beautiful floral offerings banked the
caskot. those given by the various or
ders being especially fine. A touching
duct by Mr.. n. I. Doughty and Rev.
Mr.. POuchor. and special music by
the choir preceded the address.
Feeling tribute was paid to the
memory of the deceased by his pastor.
The home life Of Mr. Spauding was
reviewed and impressive lessons were
drawn from his life and character for
the guidance of family and friends.
The life Of Mr.. Spaulding was not held
as perfect by his pastor He made
mistakes and many of them and fur
thermore acknowledged them. He
would not want II said that he was
perfect. None but one was ever per
feet, but the prime lesson in the life
Of the deceased was that he discovered
his mistakes, acknowledged them and
repented before II was too late. For
several years he had been living the
life of a christian and while fearing
the physical death was not afraid to
meet his God. That he was not i'm
perfect in his life was shown by the
devotion of his family and their over
whelming grief now that he is re.
moved That he was popular among
his fellows, a genial companion and 4
leader in many lines Of work was at
tested by the OutpOuring Of his frater.
nal brothers and sisters and the testi.
mOnial Of his fellow fremen with
whom he worked and by whom he was
honorod with high and responsible Of
fees. The minister made frequent ref
ercnct to the Odd Fellows ritual
through his discourse and blended the
touching phrases with original ones of
equal power and potency
After the church service the long
procession formed and proceeded to
Prospect Hill cemetery. the fircmen
forming an escort the entire distance
on foot. There the remains of Henry
L. Spaulding, who had countless
friends, were given to mother earth
through the impressive Odd Fellows
ceremony and each lodge member and
fireman contributed spray of ever
green or bunch of flowers to the
last act, emblematical of eternal life
Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Reuiss of Lynch
and Mrs. S. F. Kierstead of Tilden
were among the mourners at the fu
neral
The pail bearers were members of
Norfolk lodge No. 81, A. o. U. w, of
which the deceased was a member.
They were: F.. w. KOerber, John
Quick, NJ. L. Ogden. John Koerber E.
NJ Clement and z. R. Fairbanks.
The following were the Madison Odd
Fellows attending the funeral: Lyme
Lyons. Andreas Schwartz, John Earl,
P. 4 Clark Earl FIGHTER, Roy Har-
deSty, Al Dover. Victor Nelson, Harry
Wetzler Joe Daviess, viii Penney, ].
G. Lang, James Hide Carl Krobltn,
| James Doyer, Matt Kuauber and ]. J.
Clements, member of the Norfolk
! lodge The visiting members drove
over in three carriages and two bug
cies Severa, Wa;neryille members of
the local lodge were also in line.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-07-21
STAMPING OUT CHOLERA
THE GOVERNMENT DOING GREAT
WORK IN OMAHA TERRITORY.
TWENTY CONDEMNED IN JUNE
Ravages of the Disease In the Farmers
Herds Being Rapidly Eliminated.
Disease May be slotted Out Entire
iy in a Few Months.

Omaha, July 1.-THE government
is making great headway in the stamp.
ing out of hog cholera in the territory
contiguous to the Omaha market, and
this season shows a remarkable fall
ing off in the disease. Only twenty
hogs were condemned during June
and the number is expected 10 grow
less each month until there are no
effects Of the disease reported.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-07-21
CAPTURE GIRL IRANPS
Run AWAY FROM PLAINVIEW
SOME WEEKS AGO.
THEY WERE ARRESTED AT YORK
Their Father. Who Lives at Allen Has
Taken Charge of Them and viii
Take Them Home - They Begged
Their Food and Slept Out.

York Men, July l5.-The two girls
named French. who left homes that
had been provided for them at Plain
view and started tramping over the
country. donning male attire at AL
bon and who we're captured here on
instructions from their father Mt AL
len, have been released and will re-
turn To their home at Allen.
The girls were. Della and Elsie
French, aged twenty-five and fifteen
years respectively, They had been
working as domestics in respectable
homes at Plainvlew and no reason is
known for their queer caper They
have been on the tramp for some three
weeks, and their family and friends
have been very anxious. They walked
south as far as Albion and then
trampei east 70 York. The father and
detectives and officers have been fol-
lowing them closely for a week or
more but they were not apprehended
until York was reached They had
not slept in A house since leaving
Piainview and begged their food from
farmers and townsneople oQ their
route
The father lost the trail Of the girls
In C0ifaE county, but It vas picked I'D
asa.G ana the guEaWlya traced to
York, where their capture took place.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-07-21
INCREASE Of SIX MILLIONS
Returns Indicate the Assessed vaIua.
ton of the State.

Lincoln, July l4.-Based on the re-
turns OF seventy youe counties, the to-
tai assessment OF ali property In the
state this year will be about 1901 .0O0,
OOO. an increase of six millions over
last year.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-07-21
THREE IRAINNEN KILLED
TWO ENGINES JUMP TRACK AT
HIGHLAND, IOWA.
FREIGHT ON THE IOWA CENTRAL
Engineer Jesse Long, Fireman Cal
Williams and Brakeman Sam FoIzey
Were killed-other Trainmen Were
Injured or Had Narrow Escapes.

Richland, Iowa, July 1.-two en-.
slnes of the Iowa Central, hauling
freight train, jumped the track here
and we're wrecked. Three of the train.
men were killed and others were in
jured or had narrow escapes.
The dead are:
Engineer Jesse Long
Fireman Cal Winters.
Brakeman Sam Foley.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-07-21
HEAVY WIND AT OMAHA
Big Gale Did Considerable Damage
Last Niqht

Omaha, July 1l.-Omaha and vicin-
ity was visited by heavy wind last
night that caused considerable dam.
age to windows and trees. At one
time the wind blew at the rate of six.
ty.four miles an hour.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-07-21
An EDITOR IN TROUBLE
BROWN OF THE HASTINGS OBJ
SERVER IS ON TRIAL.
CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL LIBEL
Suit Begun by George Sharp, Who is
at the Head of the Royal Highland.
ers of Nebraska Hearing in Lin.
coin.

Lincoln, July 15.-The preliminary
hearing of Editor Brown of the Has
tings Observer. charged with criminal
libel. was begun before Judge Stevens.
The plaintiff is George Sharp, who is
at the head of the Royal Highlanders
in this state.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-07-21
stanton Won BIG GAME
THIRD SERIES OF TOURNAMENT
AT MEADOW GROVE.
THEY BEAT P,LaER SIX TO ONE
The Grand Army Reunion at Meadow
Grove Has Come to an End ard the
Camp is Deserted Today--It Was a
Successful Meeting,

Meadow Grove, Neh., July l5-Spe,
cial t. The News: stanton won the
third game Of the baseball tournament
&C the c \. R. reunion here yester
lay against Puger score G to I. The
work of the Stanton pitcher was su-
DorI.
This was ;he last Of the series and
was for a purse of $3.50. Stanton had
won from Creston and Plger irom
Pl,nv.aw previously.
The reunion has ended and the VET.
Grams are striking camp today.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-07-21

Try a News want al for results.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-11-07
THE CLANSMAN
A Gospel of Strife end I'LL Will Taught
BY It

When Tom Dixonis book. The Clans
man." appeared The Standard express
ed the hope thai it might circulate to
on:e extent in the north, as Il partial
corrective of certain ideas about the
south in reconstruction times. Il is a
strong book, despite the crudeness that
is apparent on every page to any one
with a modicum of literary instinct.
Nor did We think that much narm
could come from its circulation in the
south. Ii dealt with a past era, for
which nc n In the north has now Il
good word-the era of reconstruction.
But the book has been recast in the
form of a PLAY and Mr.. Dixon as ad-
vertising agent, and a company of sec
ond-rate actors are touring the south.
Of course the stage intensifies whatever
of passion there was in the book. We
have not seen the play. But, while
opinions differ as to it's merit, and il
has warm defenders as we'll as disgust
ed denouncers. we can gather only
one impression from its critics, friend
ly and unfrienjly, and that is that it
can do no possible good in the south
and may do an infinity Of harm. 1t
excites the lowest passions Of the spec
tators of both races and stirs the fire
of race antipatny which may well be
allowed to shoulder.
We can see no possible good tina. can
come of the product of such a play, ey-
cept that of lining the pockets of the
author, that he may live more luxuri-
antly the life worth living" Even
A1-k 3 L--l1x- %~ H. 4or-f6nrn6 in a0nn
parison with the evil done.
And 1t is ali SO needless. 1t is Z
play born out of due time, If there ev-
er was a time tor it. The Clansman
in the south and Uncle Toms CABIN
in the north will help to keep the Two
sections arrayed against each other
through memories that might we'll be
forgotten. 1t is retarding the growth
of the national spirit in both sections,
We are glad to reproduce in this
connection the criticism of The Column
bia State, a paper that has k the
front rank among u southern dallies
for editorial ability. 1t is true to the
best traditions of the south, which
Tom Dixon is NO more able to under
stand than he is to live the life that
was once lived in the James River
mansion that he has made his home.
The Clansman, as a play, is the COS
pei of strife and ill-will. The author
was at least supposed to have been at
one time a preacher Of peace and good
will. 1t becomes southern people who
really love the south, who were born
to that inheritance of gentle blood that
is not hostile but friendly to the negro,
to rebuke by their attitude Of condem-
nation the whole miserable business
Presbyterian Standard.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-11-07

Bringing the Game Into Great Disre.
pute.

The real friends Of football are all
united N deploring the wretched eShi-
bition at Broad street park on Sa.Gr-
day ": p. /. vs. University OF North
Carolina). Brutality and roughing .ac-
tics. ~i!l-feeling and f~isticuffs. such as
were there displayed. will unfailingly
sound the knell Ct what is, in its prop
er estate. a splendid American game.
Football is fast coming TO the point
where /: must be either totally reform
ed or abolished, and ii is a matter OF
great regret thai a Virginia team, and
n in a sens representative of the
state should have made this necessity
even more obvious than ever. Football
is too good a game TO lose. but we had
far better lose it than keep it in its
lat.er-day developments. Far better
than doing away with the game, now-
ever, would be the doing away with
the men who are wholly running IL tor
decent s~portsnien. An intercollegiate
board should run down every mar
guilty Of dirty play and rule him per
manently off the feld.-Times-Dis-
patch.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-11-07
ENTERTAINMENT OF ELEVENS
Virginia Alumni and Carolina SOciet,
Have Made Big Plans to Give Play
ers Good Time After Thanksgiving.

The CRANKY theatre has been leased
outright for Thanksgiving night by the
North Carolina society and the Univer-
sity of Virginia alumni and a theatre
party on a large scale will be rendered
the two football teams, their respective
Norfolk organizations under whose
auspices the function will be given.
This entertainment, planned for the
enjoyment of the representatives of the
w great seats Of learning will be
unique in every detail and on a scale
larger than ever before attempted in
the history of Norfolk.
The house will be handsomely dec
Grated for the occasion and the color
scheme will combine the college colors
of both universities, orange and blue
for Virginia, and blue and white for
North Carolina. No pains will be
spared in this respect. The alumni Of
the two institutions will also wear
their respective colors. This will add
to the brilliancy of the scene
1t is also announced that the music
for the occasion will consist in large
part of the college melodies, college
songs and the tunes associated with
the two states represented. During
the acts songs, hits of the past and
present in both universities, will be
rendered by the actors in the play.
Following the theatre party a ger
man is scheduled for the beenfit of the
visiting football teams and their sup
p%Orters. This will be under the aus
pices Of the girls of the younger society
set and will also be a brilliant affair.
The reception planned by the North
Carolina society on Wednesday even
ing preceding Thanksgiving day, to
which the Virginia football team and
visiting supporters will be invited as
the special guests of honor also prom
Uses to be an occasion of moment and
enjoyment.
The theatre party planned by the
supporting societies Of the two univer-
sites will be given by subscription
among the membership only. No SUBJ
scription will be taken for less than So,
and this will entitle them to two seats.
The subscription list is now open at
the Office Of the treasurer. 4. L. Roper.
AS there are more members of the two
societies than seats in the CRANKY,
after the teams and guests have been
taken care of, the Importance of get
ting on the list at once a be recog-
niZed.-Norfolk Virginian-PilOt.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-11-07

Winnie Hicks and Mr.. Carey Law
rencc-NcgrO Hurt by q Train.
Especial to The Messenger

GOldsbOrO, N. c., November "A
pretty morning wedding was celebrat-
I'd in st. Stephens Episcopal church
this morning when Mr.. Carey Law
renee led to Hymen's altar Miss Win
ME Hicks. The church was hand
somely decorated with yellow and
white chrysanthemums and promptly
at the appointed hour to the strains of
Lohengrin's wedding march, rendered
by Miss Hattie Dewey. the bridal par
ty entered. These were little Laura
Wingate, Of Tarboro, Misses Winfield,
of Faison. and Sallie Hill, of Faison,
John Pennington and Geo. Austin,
Miss Susie Fulghum and Mary Best
Jones. Geo. Pennington and DIR. Joe
Whitehead. Then came the matron
of honor. Mrs. Claude Baker and the
maid of honor Miss Sallie Hicks. The
bride entered leaning on the arm of
her brother Mr.. John F. Hicks. who
gave her away to the gromm waiting
at the chancel with his best man MI.
Joe Pennington. The ceremony vas
performed by Rev. NJ. H. Horsefield.
The bride is the charming daughter
of Mrs. Z. NJ. Hicks while the groom
is one Of E~dgecombe's most gallant
sons. The night before the marriage
an elaborate reception vas held at the
home of the bride, complimentary to
the bridal party. Mr.. n Mrs. Law
renee left on the noon train for their
elegant country home near Tarboro,
where they hold a house party, and
extend the wedding festivities in real
old southern style.
While attempting to board the pilot
of a shifting engine in front of the
Arlington hotel late yesterday after.
noon, Oscar Cooper, a small colored
boy was thrown to the ground and re-
ceived injuries which may prove fatal.
When he fell the pilot struck him in
the forehead and rolled him from the
track. 1t was an exciting on
the street to those who witnessed the
accident. Everybody thought he
would be killed at once He had to
be aiken up on a stretcher and car
ried to the office of a physician.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-11-07
EXPLOSION IN POWER HOUSE
Two Men Were Killed and Thre In
iured-CauSe of Accident Not
Known.

Washington, November 1.-Two men
were Killed and three seriously injured
about 2:15 o'clock this afternoon by an
explosion in the Potomac Electri
Power House at the corner of 14th and
B. streets northwest.
The killed:
William H. White. an engineer, 50
years DID.
Clarence A. Whitley, colored, 81
years old.
The damage to the plant was com
paratiTely small. Several street CIR
lines were temporarily shut of from
electric power, while many business
houses and Office buildings were for a
time deprived OF electricity for illum-
ination and for elevator power. The
exact cause of The explosion has not
been aScertained.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-11-07
THE soUTH,s COTTON CROP.

The importance to the whole couh-
try OF the south's cotton crop is mucn
greater than most people suppose. On
" those who are familiar with the fig
ures denoting our foreign commerce
in different articles understand wha-
the cotton crop is to the whole u
try. A great many people look upon the
eleven million Or thirteen million bales
Of cotton produced in the south IN!
as the means whereby the producers
keep the wolf from the door. They do
not look beyond the sale by the far
mer to the mill man to be
tured into cloth TO be shipped TO for
eign and domestic markets, or to the
exporter to be sent abroad TO keep go
ing the cotton manufactures all over
foreign countries.
In fact the south's cotton crop plays
an important part in the country's for-
eign trade. But for the southern far
mer's cotton the balance of trade be-
tween the United States and foreign
countries would he largely against the
former instead of being greatly in her
favor. 1t is the south's cotton crop
which year after year prevents Europe
draining this country of it's gold. But
for the cotton crop much American
ropes purchase of cotton, would be
shipped in bulk to European financial
centers to pay Americas debts.
We give below some figures from The
Southern Farm Magazine which. by
comparison show the Importance Of the
cotton crop to the whole country and
also what the south contributes in
other agricultural products to the sup
port of the country. These figures will,
no doubt, be Il surprise to many per-
sons:
Last year the worlds mines pro-
duced $347,O00,O00 worth Of gold; the
south's fields produced $370,0O0,00O
worth of corn and $7O0,000,0 600 worth
of cotton. Last years output of gold
in the United States was valued at
$50, 900; Southern fields produced
$69,7OO,0 600 worth of wheat, $54, 000,-
900, worth Of hay and $36,OOO,O00
worth of tobacco.
This is what the south is doing be-
fore her resources have hardly begun to
be developed. What will she show to
the world when the yet undeveloped
and the thousands of uncul-
tivated acres are brought into play.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-11-07
Tm Messenger.
OUR BUILDING AND LOAN ASSO-
CATIONS.

The Messenger has been DESTROYS of
LAYING before its readers a statement
transactions in our city since the Or
%ganization of these local companies.
We have made an effort TO secure
figures showing what has been the aid
rendered by these home builders To the
people Of Wilmington; but it has been
impossible to do so. We have been
able only to approximate their work.
One Of the leading building and loan
association men Of our city to whom
among others, we applied for facts and
figures a few weeks ago, tells rs thai
he has made a point of looking into
the matter since we brought 1t to his
attention. He cannOt give exact
figures but tells us that from what he
knows of the building and bus
ness of the city he is sure that, on a
very conservative estimate, three ard
a half million dollars have passed,
in the last fifteen years, from these az
sociations into It. hands of real es:ate
owners of the city and used by the lat
tel in the purchase of real estate, the
building of houses and the improve
ment and enlarging Of houses here
tofore built.
In other words the building and loan
associations of Wilmington have aided
nome builders and owners of real estate
to the extent of the large amount men
toned. OF course there has been more
money paid out by them which was
not used in the purchase of houses or
building of other houses, bnt that is
over and above the amount specified.
1t is wonderful that il Il city OF this
size so much money should have been
furnished to home builders and pur-
chasers OF real estate by these asso-
Citations in the few years mentioned.
These figures show hat there is
many Il mechanic and wage-earner in
our city who owns his residence, who
is over with paying house rent, be-
shares of stock i'll one of our many
well managed building and loan asso-
such institutions are to a city where
there are so many working people.
rEhpU ol.p mot only an aid IN tho yy-a. 100
earner in saving his money and secur-
ing Il permanent home for himself and
family, but they help IN eicvating the
general citizenship, thereby proving an
advantage to the community generally.
1t is Il fact beyond dispute that the
man who has invested his savings III
house in which he lives OF ID which he
conducts his business is made Il better
citizen by the fact. He becomes more
interested in good government and
economic administration of the affairs
of his city. county and state.
Along this line the building and loan
associations of our city have done on
derful good and their beneficial effects
are having greater weight day by day
as the good results of their work are
being made more patent through the
increased number of homes being pur-
chased by the wage earners and other
of our citizens of limited means.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-11-07

The Durham Herald hit the nal
square on the head with a chunk Of
common sense when it said:
We will have a sufficient num-
Der of local insurance companies un-
til not a Cent is sent out of the state
in the a of insurance premiums.
We publish in another column an ed.
itorial from The Presbyterian Stan.
dard which We hope all our readers
will carefully note, both the advo-
Gates Of the play being performed III
the south and those who are opposed
to It.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-11-07

Every ounce of food you eat that
fails to digest does a pound of harm.
1t turns the entire meal into poison.
This not only depriveS the blood of the
necessary tissue-building material, but
it poisons it. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
is a perfect ~digestant. 1t digests the
food regardless of the condition OF the
stomach. Il allows that organ to rest
and get strong. Relieves Belching,
Heart Burn, Sour Stomach, Indiges-
ton. Palpitation of the Heart, etc.
Sold by r.. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-11-07
A $4,000 LIBRARY
Presented to Aberdeen by Miss Mary
f. Page.

Miss Mary E. Page has presented the
town Of Aberdeen with a $4,000 libra
~ in memory OF her father, the late
Colonel A. F. Page, and has placed ii
management in the hands Of a board
of directors to be named by herself
The initial bOard are J. J. Heckar.,
chairman, Andrew Luke. j. A. Bryant,
B. D. Wilson aid c. N. Blue.-SpeulaI
to Charlotte Chronicle.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-11-07

Mothers everywhere praise One Min
ute Cough Cure for the sufferings it
has relieved and the lives of their little
ones it has saved. A certain cure for
Coughs, Group and Whooping-Cough.
Makes breathing easy, cuts out phlegm,
and draws out the inflammation. Sold
by K. X. Bellamy
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-11-07
DUKE DIVORCE CASE
Mrs. j. b. Duke Restrained From Put
ting i'm Special Plea i'm New Jersey
Court.

Vice Chancellor Emery today denied
an application by Mrs. Lillian N. Duke
to put in Il special plea in the suit
for divorce, instituted against her by
her husband, James B. Duke, the
wealthy tobacco manufacturer. The
nature of the plea was such that, il
granted, it would not bind Mrs. Duke
to the jurisdiction of the New Jersey
court. AS a result of the vice chan
cellor's ruling, Chauncey G. Parker
and Samuel Kalish gave notice that
they would file two pleas on the ques
ton Of jurisdiction, one stating the
rights Of Mrs. Duke under the New
Jersey statutes and the other under
b law Of the United States.-Newark
Special to Charlotte Observer.