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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-07
DUNN NEWS NOTES
An Excursion to Fuduay Strings
Movement of the People.
Especial to The Messenger.)


Dunn, N. c., July 5.-Mr. E. W. Hat
ris and family moved to Goldsboro
this week, where Mr.. Harris will open
a tobacco warehouse.
Mr.. j. A. Williams, a contractor from
Rockingham county, is this week to
erect a bank and drug store building
at Duke. Mr.. Williams built the main
factory buildings there.
Mr.. 0. 2. Wilkerson, a contractor
from Durham, came in this week in
his automobile. Nh. Wilkerson has Il
contract to build Il residence for Mr..
G. f. Pope and is the first MAI to have
an automobile in this city.
The $4,000 improvement bonds for
the town were sold to Messrs. Coffin &
Co., of Chicago, at a good premium, 30
year ; per cent. Dow our city fathers
are oon to enlarge the electric light
plant which has been overloaded fol
six months.
Miss Isabelle Williams left today to
take a business course at the King
Business college in Raleigh.
Mr.. !. y. EZZell was yesterday re-
elected county superintendent by the
board of education, at Ellington.
Mr.. L. l.. Gerald is quite sick with
fever and some kidney affection.
An excursion was run over the c. +.
& n. today to Fuquay Springs and
Apex. Hon. J. S. Cunningham deliv-
cred an address to the citizens Of that
section.
Mr.. Frank Smith arrived yesterday
and he takes charge Of the oil mill.
He will move his family o
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sDostrophe to Limburoer

Owing to the fact that the restau-
rant went out OF business the first Of
the week, the editor and STAFF are
pachlns-that and other easons and
yesterday a rural subscriber brought
us In a piece of limburger cheese. saw
ing mat IL we didn't care to eat it we
eould use 1t to drive away the ants.
WIN II drive away ants? VIII it? Yer
ny, l say unto you, it will drive dors
OUT OF a lanyard; 1t will drive buzzards
away from a carcass; it will drive a
Zero OF buffalo through a burning for
est n a mule through a barbed wire
renee; 1t will drive a man crazy IL
compelled to stay within twenty feet
Oh ITS polluted presence: indeed, it will
crlve away ants-and uncles, too. and
moihers and fathers, brothers, sisters
ana grandmothers even to the seventh
generation; still there are some who
claim to ike limburger.-Freewater.
Ore, Times.
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tages would have made. That little
fellow gave his all. He was willing to
forego all pleasure OF eating a single
chocolate drop hat his little sister
might have the pleasure. To him it
was a great sacrifice. How many OF
us, raised in different circumstances
would have been as self-denylns:
There was where the test came. o
unfairly, and without show or claim
of self Qualification, he made it for ONT
he loved.
The artirle referred TO says:
At a little station five miles frn-r a
Mil town. a mother and two children
who lad b~een-spending the day visit
ing" got aboard q local passenger
train. yesterday afternoon. The meth
er's face. so much Of it as could be
seen by a peep under her sur bonnet.
wore the marks of care. The young
est child was a fresh-faced little girl,
with big. enouiring eyes and rosy
checks. The older was a boy Of ten
years. The hair left on his mead IN
ciumps from a homemade hair cut
was the color of stained cotton. He
wore a bingham shirt. one susoender
and a eauzy pair of trousers that
reached from his wai:s to within six
inches Of his knees-ciothes enough
for a hot day-an attire that was the
e1vy of The more deliberately clothed
people en- board the rain. The three
siUmDed down into the first vacant
seat they anne to and before the train
had fairly started the news butcher
had marked them for his prey. AS he
came alcng with a basket Of pretty
ClnGy in bottles and boxes. the
man was seen to begin ShinE in his
pocket and fy the time the butcher
came up he had a dime in his hand.
He wen. owe the stock and foally Sc
lected a five-cent box OF chocolates,
done up in oiled paper. After he had
got his change and had carefully
slowed it away. he opened his treas
urc box and found that it contained
six chocolates. First he gave two to
mother. then two to sister ana kept
t"o for himself. The old lady Toasted
en- and her eyes beamed on the
nrfle girl. 1t was a delicious treat
she wished perhaps that she a q
pound of them-blt she had only two.
and they were so good. Then she gave
a sigh and slipped the second piece of
n into the hands of the little girl.
Nobl sacrificed But there was an
made it was so young-the purchaser
Of the treat He had f0ndled the
chOcO. ates in his grimy hands hesi-
tSt:rgly III wrapping and re~vrapping
the oiled paper. vet never taking q
bite. Finally he leaned over and
without yin a word. placed both of
them in the hands of his sister. And
the little girl ate them. happily in ig-
torrance Of the sacrifice that had been
made for love of her. It was Just all
incident in the life of a poor family.
Ihev had had a DAYS outing. had
taken a ride on the train ard the lit
tie nan had given them a treat. all
three the outing. the ride ard the
treat-cOmbining to make an oasis in
their lives to be talked about and
locked hack upon with feelings OF gem
nine DELIGHT.
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In the last issue Of Everything
Brother F%airbrother makes this all
louncement:
Everything. dearly Beloved. starts
its third year from Greensboro today
n to saw that it is a hummer with
horns cCnveys but a slight idea OF
what it has been doing. There has
has witnessed Increased business and
increased friends. Starting as u twelve
cage parer it has been sixteen pages
h last year. frenquently carrying
twenty RACES and once expanding to
thirty-two. In the year to come it
Will be a still mere interesting visitor
will carry more stuff Of general in
terest. and all we want to do Just now
is to return hearty thanks to sill the
V supporters n friends who have
made the great success possible,
Everything, in it's short career has
made a wonderful reputation. It is ex-
tensively read and, while all it's read.
ers cannot approve of Mr.. Fairbroth-
er's style Of handling some matters he
discusses, still, they cannot help giving
him credit for publishing a fearless,
straightforward and readable paper,
In his writings he is not restrained by
fear OF governed by favor Or reward or
the promise of reward. He is bold and
outspoken, hewing to the line and not
caring where the chips may fall.
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FOR UNION pAssENGEr, DEPOT
Especial TO The Messenger.l

Go.dsboro, y. G.. July Sit seems
now as ii G~oldsboro is a. last TO lave
q union passenger depot. The subject
has been discussed for years al he
railroads have made proposition after
proposition which was unsatisfactory
TO certain property wners. The few
people who owned property around
where trains now stop in the middle
OF the street have raised opposition 10
any movement looking 10 the securing
Of a passenger depot, and the consa-
quence has been the travelling public
has been put 10 considerable inconyeni-
ence and many horrible deaths have
been narrowly averted by the present
miserable arrangement. At last the
board OF aldermen have taken Up The
matter Of a depot, commensurate with
the need OF u city as q railroad cen-
ter and have passed the following resp
Ntion and sent a copy to the railroad
commission:
Whereas, The city of Goldsboro Is
the terminus OF three railroads and the
most important station on e fourth
railway; and whereas all Of said real
roads do a large passenger traffic in
said city; and whereas said railroads
have provided absolutely no shelter for
passengers entering or leaving >heis
train; and whereas, the waiting anil
baggage roon are not OF sufficient size
10 supply their intended purposes, AMI
are not up to date in their appoint.
ments:
Thereto e, Be it resolved. by the
board of aldermen of the city OF Colds
boro, that the corporation commission
OF this state be requested 10 take
speedy action to cause the erection OF a
passenger depot in said city.
Resolved further, The clerk Of this
board transmit 2 copy of these resolu-
tons, attested by the seal OF the city
to said corporation commission.
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| The Florence Times Of last Monday
has an article on the weather-a re-
I%sourceful subject of discussion of late.
lat one hundred and one degrees in that
city on that day. All we can say Is
THAT we pity the Florence people. We
lof late, but it was nothing like that.
Our advice to them is to come down
down here and enjoy the cool breezes
lat the ocean fronts.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-07
Friday, July 7, 1905
ECHOES OF TIKI: FOURTH.

The Messenger takes great pleasure
in congratulating the officials of the
steamboat, railway and trolley line
companies on one n in Hhich
they handled the pleasure seeking
crowds who ~patronized their lines en-
last Tuesday. It is quite remarkable
that in the rush of passenger traffic Of
the day there Vas not a single accident.
Between 7 o'clock Tuesday morning and
midnight of the same day these
transportation lines carried out from
our city and brought back to it from
twelve thousand to fifteen thousand
people and not a single accident occucr-
ed on any one of the lines. What other
town in the whole United States can
make the same statement?
At all the places of resort the best
of order was preserved.
The suburban trolley line handled
the larger portion of the excursionists.
Their trains ran from the city to the
oN0A NNCIJ q LOu1 1Col1y 1l1Ol
ing until after Midnight. 1t took care Of
thousands of passengers. 1t handled
its human traffic with ease and with
wonderful comfort to the passengers.
considering the cOngested state OF
travel. Three or four years ago had
such a crowd gone to WrightsyilIe
haQHh &C wont on T1InC6oU loCT
they would not have gotten back to the
city until next day. This shows what
improvements have been made on DUR
seacOast railway in the last few years.
By this time next year we look to see
improvements over present conditions
as great as are those of today over
what they were a few years ago.
The same marked improvement in
travel is noted on the steamer line to
Carolina Beach and Southport. The
fame of the steamer Wilmington and
her genial and pains-taking captain,
John w. Harper, is spreading further
and further each year. Every season
there to our port more people
from the interior who have heard OF
Captain Harper and his steamer Will
mington and who think a visit to Our
city is incomplete until they have made
the farmous trip down the river on that
boat. On last Tuesday Captain Harper
again proved himself worthy of the
title, long ago won, of prince of steam
boat captains. He showed that he was
thoroughly at home in the pilot house,
on the bridge or in the saloons and
on deck looking after the welfare and
comfort Of a crowded boat-lOad of pas
sengers out on a holiday frolic. The
Wilmington was kept busy from early
morning until long after midnight
transporting the patrons of the plea
sure line to and from the seashOre re-
sorts.
To Captain Harper and his assistants
and 10 the managers of the suburban
trolley line the people of Wilmington
and the many visitors to the city on
that day W a vote of thanks and IN
their behalf The Messenger here ten
ders it to them.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-07
Had q Biblical Excuse.

A certain DRAPER only excused tie
faults of his assistants If they cou,1
Justify them by Scripture. One day a
lady entered the shop and asked In
see some material, but refused to buy
it because it was o cheap. After
showing her some other goods the as
sistant brought back the same material
and asked a higher price, and the laiv
bought it. The proprietor had vii
messed the transaction and afterward
reproved the assistant. The latter, re-
membering the rules Of the establish
ment, replied: "She was a stranger
and / took her in" He was excused.
Who ;s NJ M0rehcado IvcrChodv
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Wisconsin has fallen in line with In
diana and declared war on the cigar
|ette. Three other states have pending
bills of like import. It is a pity that
the people who are waging such a Wig
[orous crusade against liquor in this
country would not also take up the
cigarette.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-07

That crank who wanted President
Roosevelt to aid him in collecting a bill
should have made his account out
one of the West Indian or
American republics, and signed
foreign name to it.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-07

federate pensions were submitted 10
the county pension board yesterday.
At IL o'clock today the dwelling Oh
Daniel Blackman .colored, was de-
stroyed by fire in New Town." a ne
gro district lying northwest of the sub
urbs of Haymount.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-07

Senator TilIman, the father of the
|dispensary in South Carolina, says the
of that state has got to re-
Organize the ~dispensary and make it
decent, or he will stump the state to
kill it." This is pretty strong talk
from the man who is responsible for
the adoption of the system by his state
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-07

That Chicago grand jury does not
seem to be of the same opinion as Com
missioner Garfield regarding the con-
duct of the business of the packing
lhouSeS
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-07

The recent naval events in the Black
sea are calculated to wilt some of the
leaves in the laurel wreath the world
has just placed on the head of Togo.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-07

Summary-Base on balls. McGwigan,
4; Mcneil 2; strGcK out: McGwigan IS;
Mcneil Z; Morrison 2; Two base hits
Sears, Pope. Hit by pitched ball Mills.
Double plays, Z. Council to Green.
Time 2:15. Umpire DR.. Borden.
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S~Dartanburg has a section of very
%ttautiful viii fled brick paving and is
much nleased with it The Journal
calls for more. "Srartanburg." it says.
has q enough experience with ma
caGam for Streets" and it tells of n
sl1cet that was macadamiZed three
times in ten a in a careful and
extensive manner and the result
was always the same and always I'M
satisfactory
If the Charlotte people are interest
ed in vitrified brick pavement for her
streets let her send a delegation to our
city to inspect our paving of this kind.
They will find several of our streets
OF which the heaviest hauling is done
paved in this manner, and they will
find that it has given entire satisfac-
ton.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-07

Diptheria relieved In twenty min
utes. Almost miraculous. DR.. Thomas
Electric Oil. At any drug store.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-07

Boss Durham, of Philadelphia, has
suddenly grown tired of political boss
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Besr. tia The Kind You Hara Elxsys Roagti
s's. 4 IZM
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Lake Waccamaw Defeats Lumbcrtun.
Especial TO The Messenger)

Lake W~accaInaw. July 5.-Bsejre
about five hundred spectators and 1907
ers the local. bare ball club defeated
the Lumberton team here yesterday by
a score Of 8 to 6. The game was full
OF Interest from start to finish, in fact
1t was in doubt as to which way IL
would go until the last man was out.
The features we're Pope's hitting and
Townsend's work ON second for he Wis.,
iors; McGwigan's pitching, Shorts bat
ting IN Sears work on first for The
locals.
The Score r. II. +.
Lumberton 49,. 004OOO2OO-6 q s
Waccamaw .... 01220O22x-9 q 1
The line up was as follows:
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We make the following Ginning
from an editorial in yesterdays Char
lOtte Observer:
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Who is at Morelead? Everybody
New-York tribune., 1905-02-26

and the dead. 1t is said that not fnrrsor.-...
the body Of some unwary corbatant wo,r5 J.
found hewn right down through head =,
shoulders to the waist. or sliced in hal, :
cleanly as a joint of beef In part this g.
cut carving was due to the splendid tenns, :,
their swords and the razorIike edge kent uno.
them The owners of these swords. in orsa, :.
protect the edge from such damage as r,igh, !.
caused by contact with the scabbard even w.
not in use. would carry the weapon wr.,,..
in bandages of silk and cotton The snaV, :,
these native wielders of Damascus. blades -.
kept in condition by practice on fnaninna,s ~
iects. One such was and stII is the "a. :,
sheep cutting:
A dressed sheep - suspended from tba s,4
Of pole The pole rests in a crotch ruads :,
the crossing OF two sticks near their tons. n.
aspirant for honor rides at d fun gallon tozsI
the animals body swaying in the breeze. Lsa,.
ing backward and sideways from it, the n.
extends his arm and sword 70 their full Er-s
When almost upon the swinging shes2 us
seems to feel the Tightening OF the muscles u
the forearm as the swords flash indicates thss
the rider is making the dexterOus turn Of Ia
wrist which is essential The blade slss-s
through the air in a circle. and without al
parent difficulty carves its way through L.
wool fat, lean and backbone and the hsas
and foreshoulders of the animal drop TO L.
ground. Even with such a blade as would u
light the heart of Rajput the amateur wuult
find the feat one almost impossible OF accu1.
plishment. The English officers have emulate
the natives in the performance of this feat
New-York tribune., 1905-02-26

cut down the second. This one may be beside a
hurdle. AS the horse rises to take the hurdle
the sabre sweeps through the air and descends
upon the unfortunate head. Sometimes the blow
is so great that the head is cut off the post
In a melee with mounted enemy this exercise
has a practical value that is unpleasant to think
of. Those who attend military games in which
cavalry take part have seen fake meltes Two
troops of horsemen wearing padded leather
helmets and pads over all the parts of their
bodies which are likely to be struck by the
enemy's sabre take part. Streamers of colored
paper float backward from The crowns of the
helmets as the horsemen prick back and forth
across the lists. The streamers are of two
colors the fighters ON the two sides being dis
tinguished by the colors in their helmets The
melee Is on. With sahres drawn the two COM
p2nies ride toward each other. They intermin-
gle, and t !cCIs very much like a football
scrir@naIC Vilh The players on horses. The
New-York tribune., 1905-02-26

important place than in this country some of
the cavalrymen become expert with their
swords that they perform a feat which in one
respect resembles that described in the legend of
william Tell A trusting person takes a lemon
and holds it in his outstretched hand With =
sharp weapon these experts in the use of the
sabre cut through the lemon without iniuriro
the hand
Perhaps the most difficult feat of all is that
performed by expert cavalrymen in India. II
Is the princes sheep cutting" so called he
cause the body of sheep is used. and the one
VINO can perform it is reckOned among the
princes Of workmanship
skill in sWordsmanship and the possession of
a Damascus blade of fine temper make a Sikh
or Mahratta person of distinction amo,,
Als fellows. That there were many of these
persons Of distinction" the English found to
.helr sorrow when they looked over their
tatuehelds, in order to separate the vvopnded
New-York tribune., 1905-02-26
SERVANTS IN THE WAT
Problem of Disposing of Maids and
VdletS on Ocean Liners.

"A problem which steamship lines VIII shOrt7
have to face is the disposition of Wallets Al.
maids" remarked an experienced ocean traveI,
who has recently returned frcm a MeGite-ransa,
trip.
The first thing a newly rich American Il,
quires is a retinue Of servants. and the wous,
in particular like to carry this retinue LIZ
bangles on 4 chatelaiHe, in full view Of the gs-.
eral public. On my last trip across. the cont-a
of Wallets and maids carried by first class pas
sengers created no end OF dissa tisfaction al
finally a protest was sent TO the captain al
also to the headquarters Of the line in NsF
York City. This particular boat is noted for .
chambres de luxe, every one of which was occE
pied by couples or parties attended by servants
for whom first class passage had been pa
Naturally, when the services OF their atteniz-S
were not needed their masters and mistress
did not want them in the narrow confines Of
their suites or chambers. where they were pay
ing cards or entertaining friends SO the ser
wants lOunged about in the luxurOusy fur
nished cOmpaniOnways. music room and ladies'
parlor, appropriating the most cOSey eornss
and most comfortable chairs Every night y
fore and after dinner they would line up JUS =
yond the cOmpanionway leading 70 the ding
saloon and amuSe themselves by passing =
marks on the appearance of passengers El'
could not boast of the services OF maid or vasL
After dinner, when women passengers nOua's-
to their particular domain. The ladies' pal-'-
with its rOtunda and corridors. they facsl
groups of maids reclining I'm the most deslF4'%
chairs Finally complaint was carried to II
captain, Who explained that first class paSs~s'
had been paid for these servants and he had y
right TO deprive them of any privileges which :.
with a first cabin ticket. He could only appe-
TO their employers 70 keep the servants Shs''
they belonged, in the background He then =
structed the purser 10 send tJcttully |ofl'-
notes TO the employers. but before The no'@
could be delivered matters came to a crisis
New-York tribune., 1905-02-26

Head cutting is not the horrible sport that the
name suggests, although in real warfare it
might become a very practical exercise. The
head may be a leather bag filled
with hay. 1t is set upon a post between five and
six feet high. There are a number of different
strokes by which the gallOping trooper may cut
at the head with his sabre There may be more
than one head. Then the trooper fires blank
cartridge he passes it, and returning the
pistol to its holster he draws his sabre ready to
New-York tribune., 1905-02-26

sabres flash in the air as the wielders endeavor
to cut off the streaming paper cOlors of their
opponents. Many a skull receives a whack that
must have wrought it damage had it been un-
protected Soon the conflicting parties olsen
gage, and it is found that the heads of one side
have been shOrn of their gay streamers and the
ground is strewn with the plumage. This group
of horsemen is then declared to have been de-
feated
In Europe. where the sabre has perhaps a more
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-12-12
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Best materials always used. Pure color best
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All kinds of painting done Sign, orna mental
Frescoing, Granting, Calcimining, Glazing,
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