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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-05
Y n is A RUCKER


Andrew Joyner. besides many other
accomplishments. Is an enthusiastic
farmer and trucker. He raises cab
bagc and onions In his garden to per-
lection If he were q candidate for
Office it could be proved on him that
he raises them because no member Of
his family except himself eats them.
they having TO make out with store
truck, whose youth or freshness Is
never guaranteed. while he has fresh
garden ass right.
However, Mr.. Joyner. has got a head
on him for figures and especially on
figuring up cabbage heads. and onions.
from a financial standpoint.
In the latest discretion TO the
Tammany remnant, he declared that
any man could support a family COM
fortably o. n acre OF Guilford coun-
ty land. He philosophical:
" are giving 10 cents a head for
Guilford cabbage, and they are worth
the money. On an acre of land you
would have 14.7o0 heads. There's
s147.00. and enough outside beans TO
pay for the expense of raising them.
"On the same acre. would be Il, 700
stalks of corn, making %. 400 ears. At
10 cents a dozen you'd get s245.00.
| The fodder would pay FOR the raising.
Then on this corn you could grow
enough running beans TO bring an
other hundred dollars easily. then in
the middle of the rows about the mid
die Of June if you would plant corn
field peas. O would get enough peas
to bring fifty dollars. then along in
October you could just throw all
through the peas and beans and corn
! stalks just before a rain mustard, kale
and seven top turnip seed and by
March you'd have enough greens to
bring another $50, and the land in fine
fix to stand a crop of onions.
Now you got from an acre $4,000
! for cabbage, s245.00 for corn, $4,000
for beans, $4,000 for peas, $4,000 for
salad, making $500 Now We are
! giving 5 cents a bunch for onions,
and they are worth it. In a bunch
there are six onions. On an acre OF
! land you can raise $500 punches
which at 5 cents a bunch would bring
you $500 90. Then you could raise as
much more of other truck on that acre
the same year as if no onions had been
planted; truly my goodness alive this
Guilford county red clay soil is the
most wonderful prOduced"-but just
here Joyner suddenly looked around
and every auditor had gone to sleep,
| lulIed to repose by the somnoriferen
influence of all them %injuns, and the
gentleman left In disappointed disgust,
and the last heard from, he and Uncle
Abe Kirkman were in delightful accord
on the subject "Of the prOftableneSs
of raising children in the nurture and
admonition of the Lord."-Greensboro
! TELEGRAM.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-05
NEW HOTEL FOR ASHEVILLE
A Three Hundred Thousand Dollar
Eight Story, Steel Frame Building
to be Erected in Center of City.

Asheville is to have another new
hotel. The structure will be located at
the corner of Walnut and Haywood
streets, almost in the center OF the city
and within one hundred yards of the
government building; modern in every
respect and costing when complete,
$500, 900. Frank Loughran, of Ashe-
Vile, owner of the Swannanona hotel
and lessee Of the Hotel Berkeley, and
one of the best known business men OF
the CITY, will be the owner and builder
OF the new structure and will probably
conduct it after the hotel Is completed.
Work will probably commence during
the summer. The hotel will be con-
structed OF steel frame and concrete
reinforcement, the character OF build
ing material hat so successfully With
stood the earthquake and fire OF San
Francisco. The hotel will be elght
stories in height, with 294 rooms and
$50 baths. 1t will be one of the largest
hotels in the state and, in architecture
al design, u thing Of beauty.-Speclai
to Charlotte Observer.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-05
BIG SHIPMENTS OF BEANS
Twenty Car Loads Forwarded to
Northern Markets. This Being the
High Record-COIOred Funeral Par
ty Delayed.
Especial to The Messenger.)

G%oldsboro, n. c., May 30.-Yesterday
the shippers broke all records for this
community. Eight thousand bushel
baskets of beans were shipped from
this station to northern markets. This
required about twenty cars. For the
O part the beans We're sold by the
growers to the buyers at the depot
here. The prices paid was about $3.50
per bushel, which would make a total
of $4,000 turned loose in the hands of
the farmers for beans alone yesterday.
Quite a large lot was sold and shipped
today, but not so many as yesterday.
1t is probable hat GOldsborO ships
more beans than any place in this
state. Peas are raised here in large
quantities, but the pea crop this year
owing to the bad season, was a failure.
The crop barely paid expenses.
The buyers of truck at Mt. Olive have
entered into an agreement not to buy
any package of truck after the first of
June which does not bear the name Of
the grower. 1t is said that the agree
ment was brought about by the fact
that in a great many instances the
choice fruits was put on top Of a pack
age and the sample SO displayed was
much better than the balance of the
package. Having the name of the
packer and grower on the package will
give the buyer as well as the consignee
some opportunity for redress when
truck is in bad condition or not proper
ly packed.
A colored funeral enrOute from Ra-
leigh to Clinton was delayed in this
city under rather perplexing circum-
stances quite recently. 1t seems that
the corpse accompanied by relatives ar
rived in the city a few minutes after
twelve o'clock and had to wait over
here until 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
When the train arrived going south
the relatives of the deceased boarded
the cars thinking that the corpse would
be put on the train and carried to C1in-
ton, whittier they had purchased a
ticket for it. One Of the party who was
on the lookout noticed that the coffin
box had not been placed on the train
when the cars began to move. He lost
no time in notifying the conductor who
stopped the train and sent a man back
to ask if the baggage man had a corpse
Cor Clinton, He received a reply in the
negative and went back and reported.
The funeral party all got off the train
and went for legal advice. In a short
while the railroad people were making
up a special to take the party to Clin-
ton that afternoon. The railroad COM
pany tried to put the party and corpse
in a baggage car, but they refused and
a passenger car had to be supplied. 1t
seems as if the party died on New
Bern street in Raleigh and the railroad
people here, without noticing closely,
thought the box was to be sent to New
Bern.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-05

making a list of the names and post
Offices of all the life and fire insurance
agencies in North Carolina, there ge-
ing about 5000 Of these.
A charter is granted Raleigh Lodge,
No. 735, of the Order OF Elks, incor-
porated, J. r. Ferralf, l. A. Mailer,
and Ed. Chambers Smith being The
incorporators. This lodge is now COM
pleting a $50, 900 building.
The governor appoints the following
delegates TO the Southern Cotton
Growers convention to be held June
20-21 at Monte Ne, in Benton county,
Ark: s. b. Tanner, Henrietta; c. B.
Bryan, C.. C.. Moore, D. A Tompkins,
r. NJ. Miller, Jr., Charlotte; John P.
Allison, Concord.
The supreme court adjourned yesLer
day for the term, clearing its decker
by filing one opinion in the case of
Huntly VS.. the Southern Railway, from
Hickory. There YER two appeals and
the court finds no error in either. Both
sides appealed. The jury had found
that an attempt 10 enlarge the depot
there would make a nuisance of the
town by e~ndangering the lives Of the
people, the depot being in the midst OF
the town and the enlargement necessi-
taIing encroachment on the street
space. The court sustains this finding
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-05
BUTLER FACTION ON TOP
Former United States Senator Denies
Report of Blackburn's Victory.

The attention of former Senator Ma
rion Butler was called yesterday TO
the special from Greensboro, n. G.,
which appeared in Sundays Post 20
the effect that the Butler faction had
been overthrown by Congressman
Blackburn"
There is not a word of truth in it,
Senator Butler said promptly The
party is solidly united, save for the
few insurgents led by Blackburn. AT
the committee meeting Judge Spencer
B. Adams was elected state chairman
{ to succeed Mr.. Rollins, resigned),
a. 1 he received every vote except Mr..
b ckburn's. There was not even one
to Mr.. Blackburn i'll nomination,
so he Tut q Mr.. Harris in nomination
and could not get a second.
Mr.. Blackburn will be weaker at
the convention than he was at the
committee meeting"
But Mr.. Blackburn claims he Won
a victory in getting an early conveli
tion,' Mr., Butler was asked.
Eyes; Nut that is also absolutely
false" said the senator. The organl-
zation was\in favor of an early con
vention. | myself favored June %. But
it was learned that Secretary TAFT and
National Chairman Cortelyou, who
were to he invited to attend, could
not go before July, and 50 July 10 was
fixed to suit their convenience
Continuing. the senator said. I'VE
will have a great state convention and
a vigorous and winning campaign IN
der the aggressive leadership OF Judge
| Adams. You may look for the Old
North State to Don land 1nthe Re
| p1rblican acknowledgment Post
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-05

vandals, Under influence Of whi>kcy,
Smash Plate Glass Windows af
Spencer and Do Osher Damage

Window suashers got In their work
in Spencer last night with telling es-
feet The greatest damage done was
the breaking Of the large plate glass
front Of the Young Mems Christian
Association in the wachovian Loan
and Trust Company's Building. Fol-
lowing this, the marauders went TO h
Gem restaurant where eve.y window
glass in the front was smashed to
pieces. Later a wagon was secured
and pulled by hand about the streets
n afterwards 0 TO pieces and left
on the sidewalk. Officers were sent
for but arrived too late to arrest h
guilty parties. \ clue has been OBJ
tanned. however. and the entire crowd
will be brought to justice. IL Is earn
ed that the crowd vas drinking. hav-
ing returned from Salisbury At 4 late
hour bent on mlSchief-SpectaI TO
Charlotte Observer.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-05
GREENSBORO MAN MURDERED
Bv Parties in Nebraska.
Body Found With Bullet Hole In
Head.

Last night a message was received
here stating that Marcellus Faulkner
supposed to be from Greensboro, had
been murdered neal Creme, Nebraska.
1t was found, upon an investigation,
that he was the son of Mr.. DaVld
Faulkner, $50 east McCulloch street.
Mr.. Faulkner stated, when seen by a
newspaper representative, that his son
had left mere about three years ago in
til employ of a carnival company and
that he did not hear from him until
about fifteen months had elapsed. His
son was then living in Arizona. Mr..
Faulkner added that he had not
heard from his son since n recently
had advertised for him in a Chicago
paper and finally a woman whose name
was not learned saw the advertisement
and wrote him that his Son had been
murdered near CremO, Neb. The wom-
an stated in her letter that the body
had been found with a bullet hole in
the head on the banks of the Platte
river where it had been dragged from
the roadside. The exact date the body
was found was not learned, but the
murder is supposed to nave occurred
quite NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Telegram
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-05
CAME TO LIFE
Sumtar Has a Bio SenSatiOn-An Off
Ger Threatencd-Stukes Who Was
Hung is Said to lay Recovered Life
and a Letter to Officer Weeks
Threatens Trouble.

Sumter Special to Florence Times.
The negroes here are wildly excited
over a report that C%olclough Stukes
who was hanged last week for the muir
der of Captain D. E. Wells did not die
on the gallows and is now alive at the
home of his brother in Privateer town
ship. The story runs that while
Stukes' brother was taking the body
from the Jail t O his home in the
ty Immediately after it had been turn
ed over to him by the sheriff, he heard
a noise in the coffin. Removing the
coffin lid he found Stukes breathing
and moving. A negro doctor was
called in and under his treatment
Stukes has been kept alive but he has
not been able to speak. He is, how
ever, able to take light nOurishment.
The report is not credited by white
people, and no efforts has been made to
investigate the matter.
When Stukes was hanged his neck.
was not broken and the physicians
present stated that he died or strangu-
lation. Some of those present assert
that he tainted when the moose was
adjusted and that he was no conscious
when the trap was sprung.
In connection with the Stukes case
Albert Weeks of the city police force,
who assisted Sheriff Epperson with the
haneing received the annexed anony-
nous letter this morning 1t came
trough the regular curse Of mail n
the postmark shows that it was mailed
here Yesterday afternoon. 1t was evil
IDENTIFY written by a negro. The others
1890 - 49, thn lnff6T are t1pDnIE
Sheriff Rafield, Police Officer Boykln
! and Mr.. George Allen Brown, a brotner
in law of the late D. E. Wells. Deputy
Sheriff Rafie1d is also a brother-ln-ia"
of the man killed by Stukes:
Sumter, S. c., May p, 1906.
! "Nr Weeks: Since you have tried
TO act % dirty last week n your
friends by hanging and treating the
victim. innocent though he was. We
have decided to treat you IN the same
wav at an early date. So bear IN mind
xo,1r days are numbered, and In oroef
| for Won to escape such treatment you
! and the rest of your friends will nave
10 get away from here, and tnaI as
ranid1v as possible. You may o meet
! II as YOU expect, you are liable 10 "op
! off anv day by the wayside oy un-
| known hands. You are moth the only
one Brown, Boykin and also Rancid
are now liable TO be our victims.
Make all the prayers you all possibly
can. for [ will say as [ first did my
| men have our hands On you -FOUR anu
\cou,d heve put you out OF existence
So, have caused our blood to run nign
i our veins and our vengeance L
death to you all and at a more sever
rae than your victim a YOU
ana Boykin especially the ones we are
hoAafter.
Kks yourself goodbye.
Guess who.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-05

Though he is lord ~ the Manor OF
Custom. a knight Of grace of the Or
der of ST John OF Jerusalem and Eng
lish justice of the peace, and lives
entirely abroad. Jimmie Van Alan
nevertheless makes u point If running
over To America every year about this
time for the sake Of six weeks fish
ing in Canada He is a most enthusi-
astic disciple of ISlak Walton and
never allows anything To interfere with
his fishing in Canada. In fact. on
one occasion he cut short a trip round
the world and FASTENED home from
Japan as rapidly as possible. in order
not to miss his season on the Resti-
gouche river.
The club known by the name OF the
river in question Is composed OF a small
number Of extremely rich New York
men. is equipped with every concelv-
able luxury, including first-class chefs
and a perfect wine-cellar, while the
fishing preserves are perhaps the III
est and most extensive in canada. At
night time, with all the men in evening
dress, the servants in livery and the
rooms brilliantly lighted up by means
of electric lights. il il difficult - rel.-
iZe that the club is situated in the
wilds of Canada, miles and scores OF
miles away from anywhere-New York
American.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-05
A DEED
ton Female College to Trustees for
Benefit Of the Public.

The action Of President Rhodes Of
Litleton Female college in deciding yer
the entire property Of the institution
to the board Of trustees in order to
make it a public institution instead Of
a private one was little short of an
inspiration to education throughout the
land. Here Is a nan who nearly q
quarter of a century 2 began with
practically nothing in the world to
teach girls. He stuck to his work
through thick and thin, was perserver-
ing through adversely and watchful
through prosperity. BY his hard work
and untiring energy, his absorbing in
terest in his chosen field he prospered
amazingly until today the institution
and allied works constitute a very val
liable piece Of property and whose
future increased value is only measured
by the limits Of the prosperity of the
section in which it is located. And all
this was until a few days ago the prop
erty of Rev. J. NJ. Rhodes, his by every
human law and rights, the reward of
his endeavors and business foresight,
the product of his labor.
And then he gives it away-to whom?
To no one less than the people whom
it serves, Not to any church confer
ence or synod, but to the people, to be
held in trust for them by a board of
trustees. President Rhodes gives as
his reason for his action that there are
many material advantages that a pub
lie institution can enjoy which are de-
MED t private institutions whose pro-
fits are presumed to go toward the en-
richment Of their individual owners.
To him the welfare Of the institution
was the thing paramount always, so ii
it would get n advantages by his
giving it away give it away he must.
Whatever shades of opinion there
: may be on the subject OF public owner
ship Of utilities, to US it seems that the
institutions where our children are ed
ucated at least should belong to the
people whom they serve. We repeat
that what President Rhodes has just
done is an inspiration to educators
throughout the 1and.-Raleigh Times
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-05
NEW JAIL
Contract for its Construction Let by
the County Commissioners.

The county commissioners opened
bids for. building a new jail today
Four bids were submitted for the con-
tract according to plans and specln-
cations adopted at a previous meeting
of the board from the following firms:
Pauly Jail Building Company, ST
Louis, Mo-: J. F. Ange; Jarrett & ALI
red. C~rossville, Tenn, and Rhodes &
Underwood, of this city, the latter firm
bidding only for h construction OF
the jail building exclusive Of the steel
and iron work
1t the afternoon session the board
accepted the bid of the Pauly JAN
Building Company, to do the entire
work and furnish steel cells Tor Vs.
| oOO-a turnkey job.-Kinston Free
Press.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-05
SURFMEN'S
Life Saving Stations Close Tomorrow
for the Usual Summer Season.

Next Thursday the regular season
Of the United States '~life-saving ser
vice will md, and for two months
the entire coast will be unguardeo-
However, the records show that dur
ing June and July wrecks are IN
frequent. The season formerly ended
on the last of April, and the coast was
unguarded in May, June, July and
August. :
The surfmen of the Virginia ana
North Carolina stations, while they
have not been called upon very mucn
during the season about to end have
performed many gallant feats in tax
ing crews Off imperiled vessels and
also in saving marine property
Several crews have been brougnt
ashore in the breeches buoy during
violent storms, and of all OF h a
| men whose lives were in danger not
one was lost. Although the govern
| ment allows nothing for the keeping
| of rescued marines, the I~fe-sav1ng
| crews always care for the rescued a!
| the stations at the expense Of the SURF
men.-Elizabeth City Economist
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-05
What Good Roads VIII Do.

Mr.. P. II. kornegay came home
Saturday from Wilmington. and says
that ii took him II minutes To criVe
five and one-half miles in the sand
and IS minutes to drive the two n
a half miles. Mr.. Kornegay also says
that his horse vas wet with sweat
when he reached The sand-clay "a
but he dried off completely before get
ting TO Kenansville. This IL what
good roads will do for all the people
of Dupiin county. What Is q small
tax compared to good roads? W. pay
thousands of dollars each year for bad
roads.-Kenansville News.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-05
DOGS TRAVELLING FEAT.
Finds It, Way To Old Home \ Thou
sand Miies Away.

More than six months : William
X Hall, - Florence. Col, came nere
10 reside and brought with him a
blooded English bulldog. which had
been a own pet in Florence Not loEg
ago the dog disappeared. and ali Of
fers OF reward for the return ri the
animal were without result,
Today a uegrsm was received from
y. +. Thomas, in Florence. stating
that the dog had made his appearance
on the streets IF Florence. Mr. Hall
is convinced that the dog travelled
the distance Of more than loco miles
10 his old home with no other guide
than instinct-From an Excelsior
Springs (Ark.D Dispatch.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-05
BITTEN By
Chicago Mans Continuous Walk Con-
quers Poison.

Bitten oy a tarantuIa, Christopher
Stark, an Evanston grocery clerk.
fought an all-night battle with death,
and today won a complete victory.
After one Of the most n~erve-racking
experiences that can befaiI a human
being, Stark is resting in his homo,
holow-eyed, exhausted, and On the
verge of nervous prosuation.
Stark was bitten by the tarantula
yesterday afternoon at 3 O'Clock. AS
sisted by his employer John West
reicher, whose store is at 909 Chicago
avenue, Evanston, and by the driver
Of a commission house wagon. Stark
vas unloading rate Of fruit and
punches Of bananas from a wagon.
All were in good spirits and were
laughing and joking when Stark lifted
an unusually large bunch and swung
il over his left shoulder.
As he started toward the store the
driver Of the wagon saw something on
Stark's left upper arm that made him
turn pale. A large. dark, hairy spider,
its legs thrice as long as its body, was
moving slowly down the bare flesh.
Don't move, Stark! There's a TAR
antula on younr arm" cried the dri-
YER.
A moment later, the tarantula began
crawling V so slowly toward the
forearm.
Its crawling off" said Westreicher.
Just hold still and you'll be all right
But the tarantula was taking his
| <;.,a Tho c+~air hnI hoSsnma Sheo-
| Iutely u~nbearable, and, with a weak
! his shoulder and pushed his right
swiftly over his left forearm.
The tarantula was too quick for him.
1t left j bright red streak all b way
| down the arm from near the elbow 10
the wrist. when it dropped TO the side
walk and was killed.
Hurry, mani Get into the drug
store. 1t means death if You don'I
oounteract the poison" cried West
reicher.
Then Westereicher and the driver
| seized Stark and hustled him along be-
tween them to Perley Burritt's drug
store, on Chicago avenue and Man
J street
Burritt broke off the head Of a bot
| tie ana poured OUT d LuuDleE VI Wills
key. Stark gulped down the liquor.
Two minutes later, when he was Of
fered more, he demurred, but his com
panions forced him to drink it. In tf-
teen minutes Stark was drunk and al
most frantic.
Then his companions hurried him
out of the store and began to walk
him up and down the alley in the rear
of the grocery. They had a hard time
to keep him on his feet and to pre-
ZEN him from breaking away from
them. He was seized by delirium and
began raving about the tarantula.
For hours the trio walked up and
down the alley, watched by an inter
ested, horror-stricken and sympathetic
thTong.
Occasionally Stark was taken back
to the drug store and given more whis-
key. Throughout the night friends
watched by his side and forced him to
walk, fighting off the sleep that meant
death.
Tonight he is out Of danger, bu'
temporarily a physical wreck.-Chica-
90 dispatch to New York American.