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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1906-06-22
COMMISSIONERS SALE OF
VALUABLE TIMBER LAND

VALUABLE TIMBER LAND
Pursuant tc a decree of the Circuit
Court of Highland county, Virginia, rem
dered in the chancery cause of Susan A
Sommers VS.. j H Kidwell and others, at
the April term, 1906, the undersigned
commissioners will on,
SATURDAY, 7TH DAY OF JULY, 1000,
offer for sale al public auction in front OF
the court house of said county, that GER
tain tract of timber land lying in said
county, on the Bull Pasture River, ad-
Joining the lands of John T Byrd, John
Robson and others, containing l1S5656
acres. more or less.
The purchaser will be required to pay
one third of the purchase money cash,
and the residue will be payable in two
equal instalments falling due in six and
twelve months respectively from the day
of sale, and bearing interest therefrom
for which the purchaser will execute
bonds with approved personal security
waving the homestead exemption. And
the title to the land will be reserved unit!
the payment of the bonds as additional
security. III McClintic, and
Edwin B Jones, COmrs
I,JC MathenY, clerk of the Said cour
do hereby certify that the bond required
of the commissioners by the above decre'
has been duly executed. J CMatheny Gil
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1906-06-22

We publish elsewhere this week
another article criticising some
public affairs as they are seen by
our correspondent to exist IN the
county. These articles are con-
tributed by representative citizens
and are worthy of careful consider
alton. A calm, dispassionate dis
cussion of public methods and at
fairs should result in needed re-
forms, and our columns are open
to the public, along these hnes'
provided articles are boiled down
to our space and contributors keep
within the bounds of conservatism
and reason. 1t is one thing to
abuse public officials and 1t IS
another thing to indulge in honest
criticism with view to lettering
pu5lic conditions. Such criticisms
and suggestions, from intelligent
sources, often bring to light In
Justice and hurtful conditions to
the presence Of which well-mean.
ing men are blinded. TO be al
ways at fault is criminal, but to
make mistakes is human, and we
make so many mistakes and have
s, many weaknesses that we all
need help in correcting them. pro-
vided we desire to be honest and
just.
To be able to take in an entire
situation: to view public interests
from an entirely unselhsh stand
point; to recognize the claims of
the humble who seldom make any
clamor; to keep abreast OF sthe
times; to lay foundations upon
which to stand and build in future;
to see the cloyen foot. and thus be
able to scorn selfish counselor; to
discern and repudiate a defunct and
obsolete leadership; to contend and
stand for the measures that will
bring the greatest good to the
greatest mum ber-theses ARE things
difficult to do, practically impossi-
BILE, we may say. yet a public offic-
ial may be helped in that direction
by more carefully studying stu
ations, watching The corners" and
considering. if not beeding, TIE
counsel of an honest citizen here
and another there. instead of that
which is stereotyped and bristling
with narrowness and selfshness.
Articles of this sort may mol
point out course of safety. but il
other men are set to thinking
wholesome reforms may follow
They often help us to fix blame
to take Il burden from innocent
shoulders and place it where it be-
longs. Some officials are doing
their best but get no credit. Some
are making mistakes of which they
are not conscious. We may bt
bllndly led and unconsciouslv in
fuenced. Situations are changing
every day and it takes an active
mind and keen perception to keel
up with the procession. In retir
ing the old fogy idea and adopting
the new there is danger no less
of big-head than sore head.
Discussions and criticisms llk'
those of "Justice" and "Soft Soap
tend to purify the atmosphere
waken up some sleepers and cor
rect some mistakes and wrongs O.
the day.
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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1906-06-22
Sour
Stomach

No appetite, loss OF strength, nervous
ness, headache, constipation, bad breath.
general debility, sour risings. and cstarrh
Of the stomach are all due to indigestion.
Kodol cures indigestion. This new discov-
ery represents the natural juices OF diges-
ton as they exist in healthy stomach,
combined with the greatest known tonic
and reconstructive properties. Kodol Dys-
pepsia Cure does not only cure indigestion
and dyspepsia, but this famous remedy
cures ali stomach troubles by cleansing,
purifying, sweetening and Strengthening
the mucous membranes lining the stomach.
Mr.. S. S. Ball. Of Ravenswocd. W. Va. says
I" was troubled with sour stomach for twenty years.
Kodol cured me and We are now using It In milk
for baby
Kodol Digests WHAT You Eat.
Bottles only. $l.oo Size holding nv times the trial
size, which soils for so cents.
Prepared by e. O. Dewitt Co., CHICAGO.
Sold by X Ii Trimble
Ask for the 1906 Kodol Almanac
and, 200 year Calendar.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1906-06-22
Highland Circuit Court Clerks Of
flee to.wit:
EST AY

Taken up by Chas A Ilupman,on
his land in said TO, on the 23d day
Of May 1906, of the following de-
scription, viz: a black horse, with
white star in forehead, very crook
ed hind legs, Is hands high, fore
top bobbed, thought to be IA YRS.
old and defective in right shoulder,
and appraised at SIS GO, by Floyd
Kincaid, } N Kincaid and F. NJ
Kincaid, before P V IIupman } 7.
An Extract, Teste:
6153 &c MATHENY, Cl'k
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1906-06-22

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answer comes, it is Bill Blab.
Humph! Old Bill is rightly named,
he is nothing but blab. He can't
pay his own taxes. He is saying
how the county's business should
be run and he can't as much as run
his own business.
Yes it looks that way. and just
so, Washington looked that way tt
Gen Braddock.
If old Bill Blab, when boy, hat
had the advantages you have had
and the advantages of even a com
mon school education that oul
boys and girls should have anc
would haye were it not for your in
fuence and short sightedness, ole
Bill would be towering away abov'
YOU to day. | am sure he wouldn'
use his influence to vote down az
increase of 1Oc in our county lew
for our schools. where it is so much
needed as here in Highland county
The only way TO cure a disease j
to strike at the cause.
We just as we'll quit talking bet
ter schools and teachers until ther
is mouey provided for better ser
vice.
Our school trustees are handicap
bed. they have done all they CAP d
1t is now up to the voters OF High
land county to put in supervisor
who will pledge themselves tor pet
ter schools and give US the mucl
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-06

The Washington Post refers to Con-
gresham Keifer, Of Ohio, as the Rip
Van Wrinkle of national politics whom
an Ohio constituency put to sleep
twenty years ago when the bloody shirt
was the grand old garment of the 6. o.
p, and who walked up the other day
prepared to give the south another dose
Of reconstruction" Springfield, Ohio,
where the white people have just been
trying to kill all the negroes and de-
stroy their property, is the home of
General Keifer, it must be remem-
bered.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-06

Eli A. Hildreth, born near Wades-
boro November q, 1889. Passed into
the realms invisible January %. 1905
He was a modest man who dis
charged the duties of good neighbor-
ship without affectation or for the sake
Of notoriety. I knew him well and he
leaned on me when in trouble real or
anticipated. 1t fiatters a man to tell
him you loy him. Never until very
lately have I weighed how deeply you
engaged the affections of a woman by
saying you loved her. Eli titled his
ancestral acres down 10 his last
months. His neighbors say ne was a
good neighbor. 1t is a wide and
weighty testimony to w~orthiness He
was a very sensible man He had an in
FIRMLY in his neither limbs thai acted
like a thorn in his flesh The thorn in
Saint Paul's flesh is aid to have been
sciatica. Howsomever, Saint Paul. a
giant in intellect, was a poor product
of physical civilization. Four feet six
inches high. immensely bald-headed,
according to the testimony. he thun-
dered the faith of Christ into the OBJ
durate hearts OF priests and rulers-a
Patrick Henry in religion, a demos
themes in faith. The great Turenne
was a hump back. Fuseli said of
Michael Angelo, he could stamp sub
Unity upon the hump Of a dwarf.
Ell was oI the people. he never
misplaced his confidence.
On election days he was as regular
as clock work.
He came to town about 8 o'clock ..
m. at a pedestrian gait; his eyes beau
tiful n unmatched in color and va
riety, dancing with sweet indictments.
Straight to the ballot box, voting with
the finger of instinct and eye of
faith"
1t would have been impossible to
make of Eli more than he made of
himself. They broke the die in mould
ing him.. He should have lived long
er if his friends lac constituted the
jury of inquest. He was good to look
at; dangerous to fool with.
A gas lamp installed in the office I
am vacating supplies this last senti-
ment. l wish it were permitted to be
funny.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-06
Chicago Swept by Suicidal Wave.

A special from Chicago to The New
Orleans Times-Democrat says attempts
by W young men to end their lives
Sunday came in the wake Of a suicide
wave that swept over the city for twen-
ty-four hours, as evidenced by the
following record: Bert Hoard, IS years
old, found suffering from drugs, taken
to hospital; Charles Berglund, aged
35. cut artery in wrist. taken to hos
pital: Mrs. Susie Schroeder, jumped
from roof, instantly killed: Samuel
Bone. killed himself with gas: Ola
Haltren, found dead in room; Frank
w. Meloy, aged %, killed himself with
poison: August Geyer, aged SO, COM
mitted suicide by hanging. 1t seems
that for the past month or two there
has been a suicide mania yer the en-
tire country, and the PROPORTION OF
prominent or well-to-dQ persons in
volved has been unusually large
Charlotte Observer.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-06
Doctors are Puzzled.

The remarkable recovery Of Kenneth
McIver, of Vanceboro, Me-, is the sub
ject Of much interest to the medical
fraternity and a wide circle OF friends.
He says of his ase Owing to severe
Inflammation Of the Throat and con-
gestion of the Lungs, three doctors
gave me up to die, when, as a last re-
sort, / was induced to try DR.. Kings
New Discovery and I am happy to say.
Il saved my life." Cures the worst
Coughs and Colds, Bronchitis, Tonsi-
litis. Weak Lungs. Hoarseness and La
Grippe. Guaranteed at r. r. Bellamy's
drug store. SOC and $1.00. Trial bot
tie free.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-06
AN UNIQUE

There lives in the southern central
Ifart of this state a gentleman who
stands high among the public men Ct
the state and in his profession, who
has time and again represented his
people in Offices among the highest
within their gift, who has for some
years constituted himself the writer
of obituaries of his friends in his and
the adjoining counties whenever any
one of them passes into the realm
invisible." We noticed in a state pa
per of a short while ago that this gen.
tleman had offered a reward of ten
dollars for a copy of a paper contain
ing an obituary of a friend written
by him some years ago. He has pre-
served copies Of all obituaries he has
yer written except this one and he is
very anxious for a complete file of
them, his most choice productions. We
hope he will get it.
The last issue of the Wadesboro pa
per contains an obituary by this gen.
tleman of one Eli Hildreth, a friend
who had recently shaken off this
mortal coil" 1t is a fair sample of
his general productions of this nature,
and it is so unique, so unusual in the
style of obituaries that We give it
here. ! In style this gentleman is 4
writer sui generis. He initiates no
writer who ever put pen to paper,
and no other writer initiates him. for
such would be impossible.
The gentleman of whom we write
has ever been noted for the terse as
we'll as peculiar style of his writing. AS
far back as the days of the war be-
the youngest and also one of the
most gallant colonies in command Of a
North Carolina regiment he establish
ed a reputation of this character by
the language used in closing a COM
prehensive report and casualty sketch
of his regiment such as all the COLO
nels had been called upon to make. He
wound up the closing paragraph which
contained a list of the killed, died in
hospital and wounded his regiment had
suffered with this sentence:
These bloody accompaniment posi-
lively adminiculate the truthfulness Of
the apothegm of Burke that liberty in
its last analysis is but the blood Of the
brave.
We think the above descriptive re-
marks on the author of the obituary OF
Eli Hildreth will be sufficient prepa-
ration of our readers for its perusal
and here it is:
My friends are going into the rest
eternal with shocking frequency.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-06
Island Veterans Association with the

Island Veterans Association with the
agreement that it should be returned
to those left Of the Confederate COM
pany from which it was captured.
After these formal exercises the visi-
tors, the justices of the supreme court
and the officials invited to participate
were doined at the Marlborough House.
1t is due to the energy and careful
conduct Of Fred l.. Merritt industrial
agent of the Atlantic and North Car
DINA and Norfolk and Southern rail-
roads hat the successful elimination
of this ceremony was thus brought
about. Quite a delegation from Beau
fort witnessed the ceremony having
come over in q special y. & s. train.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-06
FOR MONUMENT TO DIR. ABER-
NETHY.

1t is with real pleasure We publish
the following address to the alumni Of
Rutherford college by Mr.. L. A. Falls,
of High Point, and we hope that the
fact of it's appearance in the columns
of The Messenger may aid in adding
TO the contributions TO the u advo-
Gated in the address. The alumni and
the people of the state outside of that
association should see TO it that the
grave of this good and noble man is
marked by a fitting monument. AS Mr..
Falls says, the cause of education in
general and the uneducated poor in
particular had no better friend than
DR.. Abernethy. No man, no matter
how slim his purse or impoverished his
family, who was athirst for education
ever knocked in vain at this good
mans college door. He vas the friend
of every youth who sought to improve
his condition through education and
moral training. The poverty-stricken
wy as oS "CISoAlC W AAo 4oo "
as the son of the wealthiest in the
state, and there is many a man in the
state today in an honorable profession
or prosperous calling who knows that
but for the helping hand of DR.. Abe--
nethy he would not be enjoying the
blessings he has. There should be 10
delay in securing the necessary funds
for a fitting monument to this bene-
factor of the youth of our state:
Fellow Student:
The last meeting held by the old
students of Rutherford college order-
ed that the undersigned be authorized
to issue a call to every old student Of
his institution to aid in erecting a
monument at the grave in honor to
our belOved president, DR.. r. l.. Aber-
nethy. The register having been
burned with the college we ave to
depend upon the memory of those who
see this call to extend this appeal to all
old students known by them. This to-
gether with the courtesy of the press
ought to enable us to reach many OF
the very large number Of old students
now scattered over the country.
1t is needless to speak Of the worth
of this noble character in whose men,
Dry we wish to erect a neat marble
shaft. The cause Of education in gen.
eral, and the uneducated poor in par
ticular had no better friend than DR..
Abernethy. 1t will be a reproach to
all of us to further allow his grave to
remain unmarked. The old bell that
summoned US so often to come and Sit
at his feet, now the lone sentinel at
his grave, again calls us to duty. Come,
fellow students, let's show our appre.
citation of the life and labors Of one
we loved so dearly-the life that serv-
ed as an inspiration to our lives, thai
made us desire to want to make the
world better.
Some time since a call was made by
the late H. w. Connolly and the NORTH
Carolina Christian Advocate; several
responded to this call. The executor
of Mr.. Connelly's estate has this
amount ready to turn over to the com
mittee when it is ready to act. Now
let's everyone Just 10Y before we for.
get it, sit right down and send a con-
tribution to the undersigned at High
Point, N. c., or Rev. D. P. Goode
Rutherford College, who will acknowl.
edge receipt OF same.
Very fraternally.
I. A. HALLS. Secretary,
High Point. n. G.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-06

Justice Ormond Decides There Was
No Evidence to Bind Over Auditor
McCaig of the A. G. l.

The Atlanta Constitution contains
the following in regard to the dismissal
OF the case against w. d. McCaig,
travelling auditor of the Atlantic Coast
Line:
"W. ID. McCaig, chief travelling au-
ditor of the Atlantic Coast Line, who
swore to the petition in the Strohbar
case was discharged yesterday by JUS
tice Walter Ormond ON the ground
that there was no evidence TO bind Mr..
McCaig. The details i'm this Ease have
been thrashed out at great length be
fore Justice Ormond for the last two
or three days, and the case has been
Of widespread interest
1T will be remembered that when
Strohbar was brought to- Atlanta It
was alleged that his wife, Daisy Stroh-
bar, deposited 5000 in the Neal bank,
and later one of the bank officials went
on the bond of Strohbar for this
amount. Then it was that Travelling
Auditor McCaig insisted that this
5000 was part of the none which
was claimed TO have been stolen by
Strohbar from the Atlantis Coast Line.
when he was acting as an agent for
that railroad In Gainesville, Fla. For
this reason an injunction was brought
and when the case vas brought before
Judge Pendleton he decided that the
money should remain in the bank, even
If it was part OF the stolen money az
alleged, until the case vas finally set
tied.
Later Mrs. Daisy Strohbar swore
out a warrant before Justice Ormond,
accusing Auditor McCaig of having
parjured himself when he swore that
the money in the bank was part Of the
money alleged to have been stolen
from the Atlantic Coast Line. After
hearing the case at much length. JUS
tice Ormond yesterday dismissed Mr..
McCaig. Jackson & Orme and Il. c.
Aston appeared for Mr.. McCaig as at
torneys for the Atlantic Coast Line In
the case. which is now before the
courts. This decision, Of course. dis
misses the case in which the ~yeracity OF
n of the best, nos efficient and pop
ular railroad men In the south was
questioned by the wife of a man
charged with forgery"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-06

The libel suit of Rev. Mr.. Nickel
Company in which the plaintiff claims
fifty thousand dollars damages as de-
famation of character has been set for
trial ON the 10th instant. This will be
a hotly contested case. Some sensa-
tional developments may be expected.
1t is said there will be about two
hundred witnesses subpoenaed in the
case. Both sides have began issuing
subpoenas. There will be a pretty
bill of costs for somebody to pay after
the ase is finally decided.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-06
ANOTHER REVOLT IN BOGOTA
Another Group of Prominent Men Ar
rested-Sam Exiled. Others Court
Martialed.

Washington, D. c., March 3.-The
following dispatch dated at Bogota,
Columbia. was received today at the
state department. another group Of
prominent men including Fernandez,
former secretary of war, and Rami-
rezial. chief of police, have been ar
rested for conspiracy. The former
has been exiled to Curacao, and the
latter has been tried by court-martial.
"The would-be assassins' of the presi-
dent ave not vet been apprehended.
The police are %patrolling the city, arm
ed with rifles. Most amicable relations
exist between the American legation
and the government"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-06

Lady Quaker Preacher Next Sunday.
Owing to the fact that Mr. McLau-
rim will be engaged In a meeting with
Rev. w. E. Brown at Magnolia this
week and through next Sunday. 1t is
probable that Mrs. Bridgers, q Friend
or Quaker, preacher. of near Warsaw.
viii I'LL his appointments at Kenans-
vile next Sunday morning and at
Weeley's in the evening. The appoint
ments viii be filled by some one. at
least.-Kenansville News.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-06

In the trial Of DR.. Matthews, of
Greensboro, for the murder Of his wife
the line Of evidence taken up by the
defense indicates clearly that insanity
at the time of committing the deed
will be the plea on which his lawyers
look to clear him Of the charge.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-06

To the Durham Herald's remark
for Charlotte to have to come down to
Salisbury to hear Nine. Bernhardt,"
The Observer neatly replies that Char
lotte people are used to going to Sal
isbury for that which they cannot get
at home.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-06

The Durham Herald says that
Charlotte seems determined not to be
pleased with that new depot" The
Herald had better be careful or it will
have all the papers of that city jump
ing on it.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-06

Count Boni says he is going to be
good hereafter. We reckon he will be
mighty lonesome in Paris, too.