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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-12-26
Situation at Moscow is Reported as
Being Very Critical
PEOPLE IN STATE OF TERROR
Casualties VIII Probably Run Into the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and Co.'S
sacks Reported to Have Refused to
Fire on the People-Outlying Dis
tricts are i'm the Hands of the Work
men.


p m. The situation at Moscow tonight
is exceedingly critical. The regular
battle is raging in the streets of the
city. and a state of terror reigns
A telephone message just received by
the Associated Press says that the
drumming of machine guns or volleys
by infantry. and the booming of can
non. can be heard at intervals. The
military seems to have the upper hand.
although there are rumors that the
eendarmerie and the Cossacks have re-
volted and have refused to fire on the
people.
According to this telephone mes
sage which was very confused owing
to the excitement under which the
sender was laboring, the revolutionary
leaders had given the signal for an
armed rising of the prodetariat at 3
o'clock this evening. but Governor
General Doubasseoff discovered their
plans and acted quick. He massed
twenty-five thousand of all arms IN
red place, under the walls of the
kremlin. mounted machine guns in the
towers OF the old Chinese, posted ar
tillery at intervals encircling Tverskaia
boulevard. and placed heavy detach-
ments of horse and light artillery at
strategic points.
The first scene of butchery occurred
at o'clock when the troops and the
cannon which were loaded with grape.
fired into procession of workmen car
rying red flags and swinging revolution
ary flags as they swung into the boule-
ward.
Since then there has been almost
continuous fighting somewhere in the
neighborhood.
One hundred and twenty student
militia who We're surrounded at the FIJI
Ter school made a heroic stand defend
ing the place with bomb and rifles.
The outlying districts are reported
to be in complete possession of the
workmen who are disarming all Off
GERS and policemen and besieging resi-
dences.
The chief of police says that to es-
innate the total number of casualties
would be mere guess work, but he
thinks they will probably run into the
hundreds.
Moscow, Dec, 23.-The situation
is hourly growing worse. The insur-
gents hold several quarters of the city
and fighting continues desperately.
Two large arms stores has been pill
laged and the weapons distributed
among the men who have ercted barri-
cadeS which encircleS the city. The
military succeeded in isolating various
sections, preventing communication.
From the heights colored signal rocket
signals are showing figures to the iso-
lated commanders The search lights
on the Coutroff and other towns IL
illuminate the streets where the fight
ing is proceeding. The uproar to the
cannon continues. 1t is impossible to
estimate the number of dead and
wounded but it probably will run into
the thousands.
In square in the heart of the city
the insurgents are making desperate
fight from house to house using an
English machine gun from the window
against a battery which is cannonad-
ing.
Moscow. December 23-Two bombs
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-05-24
MORE REMARKABLE CASES COME TO LIGHT
Dillinghams Plant Juice Remedies Are Accomplish
ing Wonders Here. Sale of Medicines at the
Drug Stores Passes All Expectations.

No one who has not called personal
~ at the drug stores can appreciate
the enormous number of people who
are taking the Plant Juice remedies.
From early morn until late at night
one continual stream of people flow in
and out of the drug stores, and before
the day is done many people have
called to buy or inquire about Plant
Juice remedies.
1t is very interesting to stand for a
moment and listen to the hum of con-
versation of the waiting people. One
out of every two who have called to
obtain Plant Juice have done so be-
cause they have had direct proof of
the remedy through some neighbOr,
friend or even member of their own
family. On every side can be heard
people telling of remarkable cases
which they themselves have witnessed
of people who have been restored to
health in from few days to two
weeks treatment
In some parts of the store will be
people relating their experiences to
eager listeners, telling of their condi-
ton before they purchased the re-
markable remedy and of the immedi-
ate benefit they have received from It's
use. Here will be happy mother
telling how one of her children had
been i'll for number of years despite
all that could be done for the child,
and that finally Plant Juice had been
the MEANS of almost miraculous
Iy putting the little one on the road to
health and happiness.
In other parts of the store will be
some one telling of an unusual case
of some neighbor whom they had
known intimately all of their life, and
who had always been a sufferer and
who was once more able to attend to
his or her duties, owing to the Plant
Juice remedy.
No wonder the people of this section
are obtaining these remedies in enor-
nous quantities. Each day the sale
increases, and each day Col. Dilling-
hams remedies earn a host OF new
friends. The first day on which the
remedies were placed on sale at Bell
Eros. drug store every drop that had
Been distributed was disposed by one
o'clock, and although another large
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-05-24
THE "TOMBS" ANGEL.
Daughter of Millionaire Who Has Been
Engaged in Missionary Work
Will Marry.

A New York special says the
"Tombs Angel" is to be married. The
wedding will take place at the, home
of her father in St. Louis, and the
bridegroom is one who has been her
sweetheart ever since the days when
she was a freshman at Radcliffe and
he a sophomore at Harvard.
His name is F. Schofeld, and at
present he is master of the Harvard
preparatory school at Springfield,
Mass. SO it seems that, after all, the
romantic surmises that were rife when
Miss Ada Eliot resigned as "Tombs
Angel" last November were really
true despite her denials.
Miss Eliot, whose father is wealthy
St. Louis man, went to the TOmbS two
years ago and took up the work as a
probation officer in the most difficult
position Of the kind in New York, Ow-
ing to the traditions connected with
the revered name of Mrs. Foster, the
first "Tonbs Angel, who met terri
BILE death in the Park Avenue hotel
fire.
Four years ago she went to New
York after being connected with a
charity organization of Dorchester,
Mass. and took up probation work in
the YOqkville court. On the death of
Mrs. Foster she was appointed to sue
coed her as probation officer in the.
TOombs.
Although her father, Henry Ware
Eliot, is one of the richest men in ST.
Louis, Miss Eliot always abiured So
ciety and luxury. Being a serious
minded girl, deeply interested in soci-
illogical problems, she took it upon
herself not only to earn her own liv
ing, but to teach others to do the
same.
Miss EliOt's work was probably due
to the hereditary influence of a long
line of altruistic ancestors, notable
among them being the Rev. William
Greenleaf Eliot, her grandfather, who,
when still a young man, left his home
in New England, where he was looked
upon as one of the most advanced
thinkers of his time, and went to ST.
Louis, where he did a great deal to
advance the emancipation of slaves.
He founded Washington University
there. President Eliot of Harvard is
another member of the same family.
After her marriage Miss Eliot is
going back to that same New England
home that her grandfather left so
many years ago, and she and her hus-
band will take up their residence in
Springfield.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-05-24

quantity was hurriedly sent to the diff
ferent stores by the time the medicine
arrived customers were awaiting its
arrival, and many had TO leave with
out being supplied
Probably the most remarkable de-
monstration of the interest this new
remedy is arousing is the fact that or
ders have been received from % ply
sicians throughout this section who
have sent for the remedies with which
to treat their own patients.
Among the many who were heard
from as having been benefited the case
of Mr.. N. j. Austin of Townsville,
Ga, is probably the most unusual.
Mr. Austin is an ola man between 90
and 70 years of age He has been af-
fiicted with rheumatism for over 20
years, which has been growing con-
stantly worse, so that for the past sew
eral years he has found great diff
Guilty in moving about. A friend Sc
cured some of Dillingham's Plant
Juice for the old gentleman. He has
taken but bottle of the remedy, and
is now apparently cured and is so
happy over his good fortune that he
tells all he meets how good he is feel
ing and showers blessings upon the
medicine.
Another case was that of Mrs. 7. F.
Whipple, who was also cured of rheu-
matism of some years standing by
part of one bottle of Plant Juice med
icine. This is one of the most re-
markable cases on record when it is
considered that rheumatism is caused
primarily by uric acid in the blood,
and it is always a most difficult matter
to remove this. and as a rule takes
many months of careful treatment by
the most competent physicians, and
even then often there is no improve
ment.
When it is considered that only a
few doses of this remedy remove all
traces of disease as stubborn as
rheumatism too much cannot be said
for Plant Juice.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-05-24

Sometimes flaming city is saved
by dynamiting a space that the fire
can't cross. Sometimes a cough hangs
on so long you feel as nothing but
dynamite would cure it. Z. T. Gray,
of Calhoun, Ga, writes: ''My wife
had a very aggravated cough, which
kept her awake at night. Two physi-
clans could not help her, so she took
DR.. Kings New Discovery for con
sumption, coughs and colds, which
eased her cough, gave her sleep and
finally cured her." Strictly scientific
cure for bronchitis and grippe. At
Dawson Drug Co.'S, price soc and 81,
guaranteed. Trial bottle free.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-05-24
Sold 5000 Worth of Bacon.

Messrs. Mabbett, Grower & Thorn
as bought last Saturday $500 pounds
of Bacon from a one-horse farmer of
Brooks county. The average price
paid was about 10 cents a pound
making $3.50 which the farmer received
for his surplus bacon. He probably
sold $50 worth of lard, which made
the handsome sum of 5000 which this
farmer received from one of his side
crops, so to speak.-Quitman Adyer-
fiSpr
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-05-24
BIG MONEY IN BLUF.BERRIES.
An Industry in Maine That Gives
Hundreds of People Employment.

An Industry in Maine That Gives
Hundreds of People Employment.
In two counties of Maine, says the
Southern Farm Magazine, $500 acres
of land are covered with wbOrtleberry
bushes, and upon that basis mas arisen
quite profitable industry, the rails
ing and canning of blueberries. The
canning companies have gained con-
troll of most of the burberry fields and
pay to their own pickers three cents a
quart for the berries and buy at high
er rates from Independent growers and
pickers. The picking season lasts
about six weeks, and a ra pid picker
makes from 81 to So day and if he
has large family to help him makes
not unusually from 5000 to $500 in the
season. In certain portions of the
south where there are large tracts of
whOrtleberries thousands of men,
women and children are occupied for
several months in midsummer in
gathering them, families or groups of
families camping out on the mountain
sides and drying or otherwise preserv-
ing the berries as they are picked.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-05-24
HIRAM CRONK DEAD AT 1O5.
He Was the Only Survivor of the
War of 1SsaZ


Hiram Cronk, the only survivor OF
the war of 1912, has just died in Ava,
n Y, at the age of 1O5 years.
Hiram CrCmk for years occupied a
unique place in American history. AS
the Last survivor of the first foreign
war In which his country had engaged
after securing its independence he
had been hOnOred by the rational
government and by his native STATE as
well.
Born April %, 1900, at Frankfort,
Herkimer county, N. Y, CrOnk served
two terms of five weeks and forty days
in the ranks when he was little more
than than IA years old.
At the close of the war Mr.. Cronk
learned the, trade of shoemaker. at
which he gained livelihood for many
years. He was married in 1925 to Miss
Mary Thornton of Western, N. Y,
and they lived together for sixty
years on the old farm at Ava They
had seven children During the last
years of his life Mr. CrOnk received
from the state of New York a special
pension of S72 a month in addition to
the pension granted by the govern
ment to all survivors of the war of
1912.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-05-24
Rainmaker Gets Big Pay.

Charles F. Hatfield, a ''rainmaker"
who has been working since December
to produce eighteen inches of rain for
southern California by May upon a
pledge of several Los Angeles citizens
to pay him 81, 600 if he succeeded, has
completed his demonstration, and has
been paid large proportion of the
sum promised There are a lot of
fools in the world vet
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-05-24
A Creeping Death.

Blood poison creeps up towards the
heart causing death. J. f. Stearns,
Belle PLANE, Mimi, writes that a
friend dreadfully injured his hand.
which swelled up like blood poisoning.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve drew out the
poison, healed the wound, and saved
his life. Best in the world for burns
and sores. Doc Ut Dawson Drug Co.'S.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-05-24
Court Postponed in Sumter.

Judge Littlejohn has announced the
postponement of the forthcoming ses-
sion of Sumter superior court for two
weeks. This action was taken at the
urgent request of farmers, who are ex-
ceedingly busy fighting grass in their
cotton fields, and attendance upon
court now would prove greatly to their
disadvantage.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-05-24
A FOOL AND A PISTOL.
Didn't Know 1t Was Loaded and Shot
His Sweetheart's Mother.

Mrs. Lula Lancaster was shot in
the neck, at her home in Atlanta, by
Robert Flynn, a 17-year-old boy who
was calling on her young daughter.
Young Flynn had pistol and
thought he took the cartridges out of
it. He then snapped the pistol, think
ing it was unloaded, when there was
loud report and Mrs. Lancaster fell to
the floor. Her wound is said to be
quite dangerous.
Young Flynn is held at the police
station.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-05-24
At a Bargain.

One 6O-horse power r. D. Cole re-
turn triple boiler, with all attach
ments complete, new CRATE, bars and
front. Full arch. Apply to J. s.
Jones, YeOmans, Ga.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-06-10
ARMY PARADES;
TRI-COLOR RAISED
The Ricksdag is Called In
Special Session by King
Oscar to Take
Action.

Christiana, June 9.-The Nor
wegian tri.color was hoisted to-
day over Akershus fort and
throughout the country in place
of the union flag. The substitu.
ton was attended by great cere-
mony at the fort, where the
members of the storthing and
80. 900 of the public were assem-
b1ed. The garrison was paraded
in front of the quarters of the
commandment of the fort and the
commandment read the resolu-
ton of storthing disso1ving the
union with Sweden.
THE SITUATION.
Union between Norway and
|Sweeden under King Oscar II.
declared dissolved by storthing,
the parliament of Norway.
King asked to name a grands
son to occupy the throne of Nor.
way.
Council of state empowered 10
take charge of government for
the present.
King protests against stor-
things action and will probably
not name a king for Norway.
Danish prince may be called to-
Norway throne, as Denmark has
long sympathized with Norway.
Outgrowth of a desire for sep
arate consular systems, which
plan was vetoed by King Oscar.
Separate consu1s are wished be-
cause Sweden believes in protec-
ton and Norway free trade, the
latter having an extensive mari
time trade.
Resentment by Norway against
prevalent opinion that Sweden is
the predominant partner.
Swedes claim that by dissolv-
ing the union Norway places her.
self at the hands of Russia. Nor
ways fine har bors, it is claimed,
have long been coveted by the
czar's government.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-06-10
VIII Extend to Florida.

It is rumored in Thomasvllle
on good authority that the Attain
tic and Birmingham railroad will
build to Florida. This extension
is in the realm of possibility, eve
en- of proba bility, and circumstan-
ces all point to it's being done ale
though no definite announcement
has been made.
The Georgia Northern is now
building from Barwick to Boston.
The plan of the A. & B. would be
to extend from Dillon north OF
here, or from this city through
the southeast corner or the
county, tapping a rich and unde'
veloped tim Der country, going on
to Florida. reaching Madison d
Perry. The rumor has caused
interest in local business Al
lumber circ1es.-ThomasX
Times Enterprise.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-06-10
Brisbane Land Suit.

The defendants in the suits
brought by Haygood & Cults, of
Fitzgerald, for the recovery of
large tracts of land in Irwin and
Worth for minor children with
their lawyers, met in Irwinville,
Monday, to discuss and adopt
some line of defense. Some fa-
vored comprom Sc, but the ma
jority decided to take the matter
into the courts. 1t promises to
be a battle royal between the
opposing lawyers.-Ocilla Star.
No disinterested party regrets
more than does the Enterprise
the above mentioned litigation.
Messrs. Haygood and Cults are
our warm personal friends. but
we heartily wish them all sorts
of failure and disappointment in
what we consider a most I'M
righteous suit. We care but lit
tie for the technical merits of the
case. We want to see the pres
ent owners of the land, who have
had peaceful possession for so
many years, left undisturbed'
The sentiment is so strong
against the suit that the plain
tiffs would stand no show in the
local courts, and for that reason
it has been taken to the United
States court. We believe that
the attorneys will lose more in
directly than they can possibly
gain by the suit. We write tbi:
in all kindness to all parties con
cerned, and may have consider
able more to say on the subiec
las the suit progressssees.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-06-10

r. T. Dsmuke bridge work .................. $500
Ocilla Meat Market, beef for chain gang 7.26
Pulen Mercantile Co., Mdse. for chain gang -. $50
DR.. W. D. Dorminy medical services chain gang 500
DR.. J. E.. Goethe medical services chain gang. 1900
Henrietta Fraziea pauper allowance, .......... 1900
E, D. Branch, criminal costs ,............... 2.40
Werrel Mfg Co., disinfectants for jail 20 90
Frank Gibson, pauper allowance. ............. 21OO
Jacob Hail. for bridge work NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $500
Ocila Pharmacy Co., drugs for convcts 1856
TuckerLennon Co.,, coffin for burial of convict ESQ
Henry Leach pauper allowance. .......:..... $500
C. C. Ellison, repairs wind mill and pump. 1890
Fitzgerald Enterprise publishing tments. 500
Pauk Hardware Co., merchandise ............. 1l.64
Jonathan Walker, payment bridge lumber. 10000
c. r. Mccall blacksmith account chain gang. 2 So
E. D Branch, criminal costs ................. go
W. H. Fountain, criminal costs ................ 5O.0
Daniel Dorminy, criminal costs ............ 11.6O
G. P Mingledorf ct. al, jurors in lunacy trial. 600
D. A. McInnis sherf's fees NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 90
G. W. Ellis making list of tax payers ........ sol
D. A. McIuus, Jail Observation-Disclosures. 1920
ID. A cInnis, iai1 fees Observation-Disclosures. go
u. A. McInnis, criminal costs ................ 828
j. 7. Barber & Co. merchandise for Jail. 2735
" A. Freeman, making list of tax payers 11.43
J. D. McInnis, court house janitor 800
c. E. Lloyd salary chain gang guard .....A 5000
E. A. Lewis, salary chain gang guard 1000
L. NJ. Hayes, salary chain gang guard 1000
W. L. Wilson, Capt. chain gang, supplies 95.13
B. E. Wilcox Bro merchandise for chain gang 184.49
Missouri Tent & Awning Co., tent for 24.00
Total disbursements from May 1, 1905 $1103.96
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-06-10
wrinkles from the Ocilla Star

Ocilla has three trunk lines of
railway. That is, they all haul
trunks.
The sad death of Mr.. Elem. B.
Paulk in Ocilla Monday night
will add largely to the already
intense feeling against the sale
of liquor in this county.
Subscribers are coming in
every day. Eighteen were added
to the list Wednesday. without
solicitation. In fact, scribbline
copy for three fat typos has KEEP
US too busy to do anything else
The Star wrinkles for all. Reat
lit.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-06-10
New County Proverbs.
From the Ocilla Star.
QUITE TRUE.

Many of our older citizens can
remember the time when their
fathers attended court at either
Troupville in Lowndes county,
Homerville in Appling county,
I~w1nville in Irwin county, or
Waynesville in Wayne county.
It generally took two days to
make the trip to these county
seats, two or three days were
spent in the discharge OF the
duties of citizenship and two days
to return home. Nobody blamed
them, when the fullness of time
had come and the opportunity
given for asking the legislature
to remove this heavy burden
from their shoulders by making
smaller divisions of the territory.
These divisions are still too large
and the people grooming under
the burden; can they be blamed
for asking relief at this oppor-
tune time by another division OF
the territory? Emphatlcally 70!
Correspondent in Willacoochee
Sun.
We sorter thought that little
bunch of patriots up at Irwin
Vile would prod Brother Togo
over at Triton, once too often,
and they did. Now look at them
Ocilla will one day be the cap
ital city OF Irwin. Fitzgerald will
be the capital city of Mortimer
It is so written in the book Of
new counties, and SO it will be
ISticx a pin here, then calmly
await the fulfllment of the proph
lecy.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-06-10
Death of Col. John L. WOOtten,
Son of Rev, w. l.. V

Col. John L. Wootten, eldest
son of Rev. W. L. Wootten, died
of abscess at Milledgevi1le, Ga,
Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
The remains were taken to Tig-
nall, Ga, near Washington; the
interment being in Independence
cemetery among a number OF
relatives.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-06-10
TRUCE MAY NOW
BE IN OPERATION
Gar Holds a Council With
Ministers to Discuss the
Developments.

St. Petersburg, June 9.-The
government is plainly preparing
the public for the announcement
that the emperor has decided to
conclude peace, and that the me-
gotiotions have begun by permit
ting the publication of all the
foreign dispatches bearing on
the subject.
The newspapers and the Rus
sian public have until now only
had a suspicion that important
moves we're going on behind the
scenes. In we'll informed circles
it is well believed that Japan al
ready has instructed Field Mar
shall Oyama to stay his hand
pending the result of the present
tentative negotiations and that
General Linevitch also has been
confdentially advised of the stu
alton.
st. Petersburg, June 60. Is
p. Nam bassador Meyer was
in constant communication with
Washington this morning. He
received long cipher dispatch
and soon afterwards hurried to
the foreign office where he had
half an hours earnest conversa-
ton with the foreign minister,
Lamdorff, in regard to the in
formation transmitted to him.
Extreme re1icence continues
to be manifested but is it appar-
ent that the great announcement
for which the world is waiting
will not be made from here or
from Toxic but from Washington.
1t is not likely to be delayed be-
You'd Monday at the latest. No
hitch has occurred and the out
look continues favorable to peace.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-06-10

Bro. Herring, it seems, has
done up" the Press Club. This
club can 6nd consolation in the
old saying that ''the good die
young" It was a good club,
and was doing fine work for the
new county movement. We re-
greet it's demise at this juncture,
as the promoters of the new
county movement need and would
gladly accept help from all sourc'
es.