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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-16

them smell like q brindIe billy goat,
over the prospects of getting n raise I'm
salary. but still they viii tell us that
one hut the 'ignoTants become happy
and shed tears Of giadness I'm the SER
vice Of God. when these soft-snap
preachers know no more about heart
felt religion than n tom c knows
about the efficacy Of PERFUME. or the
bowelmoviug properties Of Carters
Little Liver Pills.
You never see one OF these little city
primped-up "sky-pilots' with his
sleeves rolled up and fighting old nick
like the village preachers. who preach
from n heart full Of Owe for humanity
oh. no. not they. as they are out for
"salve" and not souls"
1t i true that big city churches have
better music than the village churches
that is, more noise and more horns
to make the noise with. but the Rip
Saw has never been able TO understand
much that was said while they were
singing. but the nearest we have ever
come 10 understanding any Of their
"high-fajutin'' singing. was n few Sun
days ago: we attended n service where
the choir sans something that sounded
10 us like
Johnnie ill the punch bowl. punch
bowl, punch bowl.
johnnie nil the punch bowl quick. Z
say
Now we do not say that this IN tx
actly what they sang. hut the above IL
as near what they did say as we could
understand.
We do not say that all preachers who
float into our large cities 10 get jobs.
become "nickle pickers." but we do say
that the majority of them. If they have
any religion nj all. are hogs enough -
keep IL TO themselves. as they
help anyone else get much.
Now Il preacher who Will set his
traps for II soft snap. Is the meancSt.
lo~w-downest, stinkenest h%ypocrite that
ever deceived man., and whenever he
gets his just deserts he won't be I ~
hell fifteen minutes until he will re
semhle n piece OF bacon skin. that some
old farmers wife has usesl to grease
skillets with for six months. as We are-
quite sure that the devil will introduce
him 10 the corner where they use the
best brand of birthstone.
Now You can't expect our preachers
to WELD an influence for good. unless
they practice what they preach, and
no preacher on earth can WELD an in
fiuence for good that always has his
eyes peeled for II better paying job than
he's got, n Il preacher hat is always
looking ont for profit" is h a in
stead of having Il godly influence
is a drawback to the man or woman OF
sincere convictions, and men and wo-
men who believe in principle.
The political ~log-rolling" preacher
who is always fishing for a better sal
airy, is exactly the skunk who is re-
sponsible for men and women having
such little respect for our Churches
National Rip-Saw.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-16
The Black Art of Nagis
Nina Carter Mar1bourg I'm Lesiiais
Weekly.

In every sort Of magic the mage
ian's thumb is mis- worst enemy. If ne
could strike of that thumb and stiII
have its assistance when necessary nc
woul be a happy man. In closing the
hand the thumb usually bends towarI
the palm in advance of the fingers. In
this way il many times Is much i'm
the way the practice Is necessary TO
get 4 magician's thumb in perfect
training. But aEen he has prac;iced.
in the school for some time The thumb
beco:aes sc flexible that IL will bend
nearly TO the back OF the hand. Cards
are invariably the beginning OF a VA
gicianfs education. In handling cards
the thumb is especially in the way, and
this is the reason why this trickery
with the paste boards is selected for
the beginner. To change one card for
another in front of ones very eyes,
and still TO have made no perceptfble,
movement Of the hand, Is a trick thai
the boys learn to perform before they
have Leen in the school for any great
length Of time. This, as may be imag-
ined, is a dificuit piece OF work TO.
become proficient In, and here is Just
the place where determination PLAYS a
great part in the boys success.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-16

Death was last approaching,
writes Ralph F. Fernandez. of Tampa
Fla, describing mis- fearful race with
death, las a result of liver trouble and
heart disease, which had robbed me Of
sleep and all interest in life. | had
tried many different doctors and sew
eral medicines, but got no benefit uctll
/ began to use Electric Bitters. So
wonderful was their effect that in .hrae
days / felt like a new man, and today
/ am cured of all my troubles"
Guaranteed at +. r. Bellamy's drug
store; price Soc
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-16
Deepest Haul of q Net.

The deepest haul Of a net ever
made in the world was achieved by
Americans off the Tonga Islands in the
South Pacific.
The trawl struck bottom $1,000 feet
below the surface; that is considers
bly, more than four miles down. but
even at that depth animal life was
found. Those strange beings lived in
water whose temperature was cor
stantly Just abov the freezing point,
and under a pressure of 5000 pounds
to the square incn. To sink that net
and bring it back again took a whole
day of steady la5or.-St. Nicholas
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-16
HEALTH
is the
Most
important

The manufacturers of ROYAL
Baking Powder have had 40
years of scientific experience.
Every method of bread-and-
cake raising has been exhaus-
lively studied in this country and
abroad.
The result is a perfect prod
uct in Royal Baking Powder.
There IS no substitute for it.
The purity and efficiency of
Royal Baking Powder have
been commended by the highest
authorities of the world.
These facts mean two impor.
tant things to all heusekeepers:
First: that Royal Baking
Powder is healthful and
makes wholesome food
Second : that Royal Bak-
Ing Powder makes food
good to taste.
ROYAL P6KEMs |
ABSOLUTELY
PURE
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-16

When a man commits q crime it
should not be left with the victim or
the friends of the victim to prosecute
the case. Whether or not they want
to see the criminal punished hould
have nothing to do with it.-Durham
Herald.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-16

The Missouri legislature promptly
killed a bill which Governor Folk Of
fered making bribery q felony. rhe
legislators remember that constitution
al provision protecting a man rom
giving discriminating evidence against
himself.-Roanoke News.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-16

crowds, and Abe was in the congrega-
tons The preacher looked very sharp
ly after the hat collection, and now
and then limited al some great plan
for the benefit Of the congregation,
showing that he had a card up his
Sleeve which he had not yet ventuTei
TO produce.
One evening just after the services
began, Abe noticed two white men
step inside the church door, and very
quietly take seats on the left. One
was a stranger, but in the other abe
recognized a deputy sheriff which set
him TO wondering. Very soon inc
preacher got well underway, sauntering
up and down the platform, and swing
ing his body and arms; until, turning
around in n Of mis- gyrations, his eye
lighted on the two white men, and the
sight Of the stranger paralyzed him II
he had not been SO black he would
have turned pale; he stammered, splut-
tered, looked behind him, saw an open
window, grabbed his hat, but left his
umbrella , and sprang through it like
a cat. The officers were as quick as
be. One darted through the door, The
other followed the game right through
the window and the fugitive was cap
tured after a hot chase. He had been
tracked from a neighboring town.
where he had cruelty defrauded a negro
congregation by an arrant swindle, and
over $500 of their money vas found
in his possession.
"Ol1 Abe's" disgust was ~unspeakable
There was a bru- al rascality and ny
pocrisy about the fraud which shock
ed his n Of right and inherent
manhood, from which he could not re-
cover. He withdrew his subscription to
the church, and declared that he would
risk getting to heaven by his owi
hand'-a determination to which he
has stuck TO this day. But if he is no,
a church goer he reads his Bible at
night by the light of his pine knot FIRE;
and, as he once assured me, he wres-
ties and agonizes in prayer powerful
ly with the Lord to snatch that girl
Mandy" as a brand from the burn
ing Mandy" is q good, smart cook and
housekeeper, but she is young, likes
beaux, "~festibuls.' cake walks an
dances, and the OLD man finds it almost
impossible to keep her at home OF
nights. He migh. utter the complaint
of the melancholy Snowman at ,hc
fair:
"Since Mary Ann has learned to dance,
| don't know what I'll do;
This cut all night till the broad day
light,
A tripping the Ti-Ra-Loo!
A tripping the Ti-Ra-LOO!"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-28
STRONG PRESSURE
ON THE Governor
Besought to Commute the Sen
tence of a Muir
derer.
speclai 10 The Tlmes-plspatch.

Especial to The Times Disptch.)
RALEIGH. N, G.. May 27.-Strong
pressure Is being brought to bear on
Governor Glenn to induce him to COM
mute the sentence of Dan Teachy., In
Dupln county. from death to life Inn
prlsonment. He has had two trials. and
has been convicted and sentenced to be
Robert Rlvenbarlt. After the second con-
yiction the affirmation of the lower
court by the Supreme Court. the Gov
ernor fixed May 18th rs the date for
the hanging. Then application was made
for a respite on the ground that tlme
was needed to got together the records
OF tho case to lny them before the Cow
ernor, with view to securing q CONF
mutation. In compliance with this re-
quest His Excellenccy granted q respite
until June 10th.
To-day John d, Kerr. Of Clinton, ap-
'peured before the Governor us counsel
for T.achy. and made an earnest appeal
for tho Communication of the sentence,
with him were d. L. Carlton, of Ke-
nansyille, member of the 1905 I-egisa-
ture, and y. s. Kennedy, n prominent
citizen of Warsaw, who appeared In q
private capacity as representative clti-
zens OF the community to urge that the
communication be allowed The, claim Is
made that there Is strong evidence that
.Teachy was not really anywhere near
the scene OF the crime at the time the
murder was committed, 1t Is claimed
that there is a growing sentiment IN
favor Of Teachy In the community
D The Governor seemed hardly inclined
tn give the matter favorable considers
alton. An engagement WAS made Ior =.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-28
BUY LUMBER PROPERTY.
Valuable Timber Lands to be
Purchased by New. Road.

Especial TO The Times Dtspatch0
NEW YORK. May 27.-The Virginia
and Carolina Railroad Company. which,
as heretofore stated. will be incorporat-
cd within a few days. with a capitalize
8t1on OF 1880, 900 for purposes OF cons
\ strlcting a railroad two hundred miles
long, from Norfolk, Va, to- Beaufort.
NC, will acquire valuable lumber prop
critics along the route. 81 IS
AS soon as the company Is lncorpo-
rated 1t Will purchase the properties Of
the John L. Roper Lumber Company. In
Guiding large mills at Norfolk. and a
vast tract OF timber In the region south
OF Norfolk.
Extensive timber lands in North Caro-
lima will be acquired
Interested in the project are. among
others, Oakleigh Torne. u director Of the
4 Seaboard Air Line; ]. r. Odell. OF Pitts
burg, vice president and general mana
ger OF Pittsburg. Bessemer and Lake
Z Erie. and chairman Of Transportation
Committee OF the United States Steel
Corporation: Rudolph kleybolte & Com
+ pany. New York bankers; the law firm
OF Godkln & Chadbourne, of New York;
r. e. Dewey. formerly manager OF De-
troit and Lima Northern Railway. and
other men OF prominence in Pittsburg
and New York.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-28
A WAY They have !:
What This Richmond
Citizen Says 0nlyCoIr.
roborates the Story
Of Thousands.

The particulars related by this repre-
sentative citizen Of Richmond are SINH
lar to hundreds Of others in this city,
When there are scores OF people, al
anxious to tell about the benefits received
from the use OF poans Kidney Pills, the
greatest skeptc In Richmond must be
convinced. Read the following
Professor ]. Stanley Reynolds, clerk
in chancery Court, residence 900 North
sixth street says: ~ have formed a
very high opinion OF Doan's Kidney Pills,
AS a remedy for kidney complaint IN any
Of It's various forms they certainly car
ny out to the letter all the flatterng
statements made about them, No one
need be the least dubious II annoyed In
any way with either sluggish or oYer-
worked kidneys about going to Owens s:
Minors drug store for Doan's Kidney
Pills" X
For lie by MI dealers. Price SO cents,
Foster Alilburn Co., Buffalo, N, X, sole
agents for the United States, Renlem-
her the naHc-D oan Sand take no SUBJ
stitute, spi
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-28

z i q = { y
before this year, there was neither force
nor supply adequate even for the bath
rooms of the section.
This annex to the pump house was built
to supply cover for tho elaborate ma
chinery that Is necessary to furnish Lee
District with this safeguard and COM
fort The bid Of tho Electric Construc-
ton Company of Virginia. offering TO put
in the plant. was S25.952.i II was the larg-
est contract for electrical construction
ever given a company BY this city. US
proper carrying out has demonstrated
this: That Richmond has an electrical con-
structon house big enough and with the
means and the brains back OF It TO 40
any kind of electrical work
/ The new plant, now working as smooth
" as II 1t had been in operation two or
three years, Is equipped with Babcock
and Wilcox boiler. Of the highest grade;
Harrisburg direct-connected 500 horse
power engine coupled to a go kilowatt,
direct driven, $500 volt electric alternating
current generator and a duplicate water
power driven generator. In case the
water power falls the steam plant IS
read y for instant use, and Will give the
sa me service exactly. The switchboard Is
a huge, slx-panel one of blue Vermont
marble. On this board Is a ITerrill volt
age regulator, one of the latest devices,
which maintains q constant lighting volt-
age while the pumps are running. Here
also is another device of newest design.
1t is the invention of Mr.. u, w. Trafford.
the well known Richmond electrical en-
gineer, It shows the operator at the
switchboard the exact height of the water
in tho stand pipe hundreds OF yards away.
The wires are run over the hl!l from
the pump house to the stand pipe, where
an octagonal building shelters the two
Worthngton pumps. each With a capacity
Of 100000 gallons an hour These are
driven by rs horse power motors. which
are so arranged that either generating
set over In tho annex may operate either
motor and pump in case Of breakdown
or may operate both at once In case Of
fire.
to wire the tower. SO that It Is outlined
with lights, Which may be turned on N
case OF city events OF interest Wheh u
Nominations are In order
RI DOES WIDESPREAD WORK,
The successful work done BY the con.
tracting company has caused no END OF
favorable comment among those familiar
with the risk and labor involved In such
contracts. But the Electrical Construc-
tton. Company of Virginia Is bigger
concern than the homefolks2 realize, and
LIT did not consider this contract Of any
great Importance 1t is at work now on
the electric light plant for the city Of
Martlnsville; IT has already established
and put In operation similar plants for
almost a half hundred North Carolina
towns. and It's work is shown in the
| cities OF Virginia. West VIRGINIA, North
Carolina. South Carolina. and. in fact,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-28
THE GLEBE SOLD.
Old Colonial Parsonage Of the
Established Church.
(Srrcial to The Times Dispatch)
IL 1-c, 6,1,rN HGIfIlrIInIf On !.

(srrcial to The Times Dispatch.)
CHARLES CITY COURTHOUSE, VA.
May 27.--The farm, known as The Glebe,
in Charles CITY, situated about two miles
north OF the court house. has been sold
by r. B. Chaffin & Company, of Rich
mond, to the Cornell Land Company OF
New Jersey. In the early days OF the
colony, The Glebe was a holding Of the
Established Church, and the parsonage
for the incumbents OF Westover Parish.
For over two hundred years the solid old
brick house. with It's massive walls. has
withstood the ravages Of time, and to-
day the ancient parsonage stands Intact,
a sturdy reminder Of how well they
builded in these early times showing
also with what respect and veneration
the Established Church was held in these
stormy days OF the infancy OF the COM
rnonwealth.
Near by the old house, and protecting
It as 1t were. stands n giant wild tulip
or poplar tree, measuring nearly thirty
feet in circumference. Far Its mighty
branches tower over the ancient parson-
age. For many years visitors from far
and near have admired the tree, and the
old dorner Widowed house, with Its
quaint loaded panes OF glass over the
front door.
In a section widely known for Its many
ancestral homes and places Of great his
torical interest The Glebe is UNIQUE In
being a solid and substantial reminder
as having been the home of many OF the
odd time Church OF England parsons.
1.-THE last OF whom. Parson Chaplin, lies
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-28

all through the South. It Is building the
municipal plant for Farmville, Va.
1t has the contract for establishing the
plant which Will supply all OF the build--
ings IN Capitol Square with light and
power, and In the Capitol itself 1t will
wire and put In one thousand lights.
During the past year the company has
wired the American National Bank, the
Chesterfield. the Virginia State 1hs,r-
ance Company's skyscraper, the new
synagogue, and many Richmond man
eicns. 1t Is at work on the new Cathe-
dral and many other important contracts.
With the remarkable. II not amazing,
strides In the perfection of electrical ap-
parat,is, the company's establishment at
Nos. 8, 10 andri2 South Ninth Street has
been kept up to date with every electrical
device on the market and here Rich-
monders may inspect electrical chatting
dishes, sewing machine motors, curling
Irons, electrical clocks With dlals that
may be illuminated In the dead of night
from your bed, and scores OF other COM
fort and luxury making devices, from
the motor for a bubble machine to the
latest in electric fans
The rapid growth and SUCCESS OF this
Richmond company Is one OF the strong
signs of encoura cement to the business
men Of the community. 1t is carrying the
name OF Richmond into every Southern
state, and with the name goes the guar
antee OF the company that Its work Will
prove the best that can be had from any
concern of It's kind in the country.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-28

WARNER'S SAFE CURE Is purely veg
etable and contains no harmful drugs. IT
lis free from sediment, and pleasant 70
take II Is prescribed and used by doc
tors themselves in the leading hospitals
as the only absolute cure for all forms OF
diseasc Of the Kidneys, bladder and blood.
Warmers Safe Cure Is what you need.
sizes. so cents and 81 bottle Write War
ners Safe Cure Co., Rochester. y. W for
free medical book.
q WARMERS SAFE PILLS move the
bowels gently and aid a speedy cure.
Refuse Substitutes and limitations. &.
There Is no kidney cure lust as good
ar warner's. Insist on the genuine. sub
stitutes contain harmful drugs &,
Beware nj so.caled kidney cures ful'
Of sediment and Of bad odor; they are
dangerous.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-28
HELD Revolver
At W0|.MA|.N|'S HEAD.
Mrs. Mary Ellen Lease, Well
Known Lecturer, Victim of
Daring Robbery.
MAN SEIZED HER BY THROAT.
Held Woman Helpless While
Confederatcs Plundered Flat
i'll Which She Lived.
(By AssociatedfPres )

NEW YORK, May 27.-4Mrs Mary Ellen
Lease the lecturer and former Popu-
list leader, was the victim OF a daring
robbery In her home In this city last
night While one robber held a revolver
with the muzze pressing close against
her temple and admonishcd her not to
make an cutlery, another went through
her flat from end 10 end. gathering up
yaluables of every description, and fin
ished by taking a diamond pin which she
wore at her throat "a roll of bank notes
amounting to $40. which Mrs. Lease had
Just drawn from the bank also was
found by the robbers and carried away
with them, when they made success
full escape. The total value Of the booty
they secured Is placed at 500.
Mrs. Lease was reading In her sitting
room when she heard footsteps in the
private hall outside and went to nver-
tigate. AS she stepped across the thresh-
old short, stoutly built man seized her
by the throat. and, forcing her against
the WALL placed the muzzle of revolver
against her temple.
mot a word,'' he said, and the order
was obeyed.
II don't want to shed any blood con-
,tnued the burglar. and l won't If you'll
be sensible and keep quiet My pal is
going through your flat. That diamond
studded breastpin Of yours looks pretty.
good. guess I'll take til
Mrs. Lease handed it over without even
a word of protest. Through the door Of
her flat she saw the other burglar pack
Ing away her silver and such brc-a-brac
as he took q fancy to.
Now, you've got some money. and
you've got to show me where 1t is. said
the burglar. ut must be In that bag
YOU had when you came in. Show me
where you put it. No funny business
now.
With the burglars revolver at the back
of her head. Mrs. Lease led him to her
bed room and pointed out ner shopping
bag The burglar opened it, took the
roll Of bills, and then marched her back
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-28
4. MEMORIAL DAY.
Exercises in Opera House and
Speech by Colonel Withers.

80 Especial 10 Inc I1mes-D1S patch
WYTHEVILLE, VA. May 27-.Memorial
services We're held here to-day. A most
.bountiful repast was served In the vacant
store adjoining the postoffice. The crowd
then repaired to the opera house, where
the services were opened with prayer
by Rev. w. r. Il. Pendeton, after which
my Country" was sung.
The other exercises in tho opera house
consisted of declarations by Robert Kent
and Crockett Sayers, of the high school,
and class recltations by the same school,
the singing Of Dixie by trained choir,
and the delivery OF crosses OF honor to
old veterans by Rev W. A. Gaines. A
most timely speech was made by Colonel
r. Z. Withers.
The services in the opera house con-
cluded. the procession was formed and
marched out to the East End Cemetery,
where the graves of the Confederate dead
We're decorated.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-28
MEDAL PLAY COL
At HERMITAGE.
Greens and Course in Excel
lent Condition for
Play.
Mr.. w. II. PALMER, JR, WINS
Mr.. Organ Carried Off Honors
in Class "B Other
Scores.
Mr.. w. H. PALMER, JR, WINS

Under perfect weather conditions tho
annual spring golf tournament OF the
Hermitage Coli Club was played yester-
day afternoon. The attractive grounds
never looked better kept or prettier, and
the course was in fine condition.
a large number entered the competi-
tlon, which was a medal play handi-
can event Many Of those who played.
however, did not turn in their cards.
much TO the regret of the committee,
having I'll, affair In charge.
Mr.. william II. Palmer, Jr.. playing at
scratch, won the prize in Glass a."
leading the whole field with the low
score OF 81 for the eighteen holes.
Mr.. John b. Organ, also playing at
scratch, carried OFF the honors In Glass
The scores follow: