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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-08-02
sspafent Pending,

Although Miss Hobbs had lived her
whole life in New Hampshire vii
lage, she saw no reason why her hori-
zon should be narrow or her circle
small
At the age Of sixty she was relieved
Of the last Of her family cares by the
death of a paralytic She then prompt
" joined the Society For DispeIling
Gloom and began correspondence with
eight other members in different parts
Of the country. She began to send or
ders by mail to one of the Boston shops
and at last announced her intention Of
going to the city for day or two.
In the care of Boston niece Miss
Hobbs made a tour Of the shops, but
she intended to reserve her purchasing
for the one that had done SO well by
her through the mail"
"I've got a little list Of things they've
advertised special said Miss Hobbs,
and when they reached the desired
shop she consulted the slip Of paper
held tightly in her hand. Then she
looked benev0lently over her glasses at
the young man behind the counter.
whereabouts shall we find that pat.
enf pen ling see advertised on that
new Oar Ing egg your folks sent me e.
size 4 sGSllx. b i'd IT'S such d curious
name {'l1l & q whey to see #
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-08-02
NEW ENGLAND TAvERNS.


Rough and Ready Liquor Laws of the
Early Days.
In the early settlement of New Eng
land tayerns were found to be q neces-
sity, and hence were established by
law. They were usually under the sane
ton and surveillance of the town Off
Gals, says Mr.. Hudson in sThe History
of Concord. Mass" and these officials
had to grant, limit or revoke an inn
holders license, either as yictualler
or a seller of liquors.
The keeper of the ordinary might be
deacon. a military officer, civil off,
eial or deputy = the general court.
His house was a convenient place for
convocations, important or unimpor-
tant, and there might be held In it a
parish meeting, a military election, a
council of clergymen or an assessors
talk
SO important was the ordinary that
its affairs, such as the establishment of
prices, the limitation of patronage and
the quality and quantity Of goods to
be sold, were regulated by colonial law.
LII OiQcA " uiSIOuAdSC LIE Use VA
strong drink at these places it was en-
acted about 1884 by the colonial court
that not over penny quart should
be charged for all purchased out of
mealtimN 1t was also ordered that
not more than penny drink should
be charged for any beverage. This was
done to make the business Of dramsell-
ing improbable. At another time it
was enacted by law that every inn
keeper should sell good beer. ''lest a
traveller for want of it might purchase
wineo
A law was passed at an early date
by which a person appointed for the
purpose could join drinking company
at a tavern and countermand any or
der made by any member of it for
drink in case he believed the member
was drinking too much, and he could
also direct how much liquor could be
drunk
At one time no tavern keeper was al
lowed to permit guests to remain at
his house "tippling in an idle way"
In 1864 penalty was enacted for rude
singing at inns, and the court also
undertook at one time to determine
how much a man might drink without
being considered drunk.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-08-02
POETRY IN MACHINERY.
Glorious work of the Modern Reaper
a Fit Subject For Art.

Poetry and art have these many
years pictured the la5ors of men and
women in the harvest field. From
Ruth, the cleaner, to Millet's Reaper
we have read the long, melancholy sto-
ry OF the toilers gathering with crude,
wasteful, inhuman hand tools the crops
Of the world that the nations might
have bread. Rightly understood, these
two women, living so far apart are pa
thetic monuments to the astounding
stupidity that could permit such things
when, as we now see, by taking thought
machine can release humanity from
such senseless labor. With singular
perversity artists have delighted to
paint pictures Of foolish toll. Even now
the critics tell us that neither the now
err, the reaper, the thrashing machine
nor the sulky pillow Is fit subject for a
picture.
Never was there greater blunder.
The glory and majesty Of our mighty
harvests, won for the feeding of the
world with 50 little labor that the vast
wheatfelds seem lonely, the smoking
clouds Of chaff and straw blown high
in the air from whirring thrashers, the
great companies of men and horses
marching to the horizon as the plows
turn side sweeps of sod to the sun, the
gang drills sowing mile long lacelike
threads over the brown earth where
springs the growing crop these and a
hundred other scenes are fit themes for
any poet. In our fields are no sad null
titudes of Ill paid, short lived peasants,
crushed and bent by the iniquity Of the
sickle. Why sing the sad song of the
reaper when grand, inspiring epic OF
the harvesting machine awaits the poet
and painter who can see and under
stand p Charles Barnard in Reader.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-08-02
why the Dollar of 1904 Is Rare.

There are two stories regarding the
rarity of the silver dollar Of 1904, the
most generally accepted one being thu
one which accounts for the scarcity ID
saying that they were sent to Africa t
pay the soldiers engaged in war be
tween this country and Tripoli Thert
were only 1880 of them coined. An
other version Of the story which &C
counts for their rarity is that a vesse
bound to China with almost the entire
mintage Of that year was lost. The
former story appears to be the mos
likely explanation.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-08-02
Cruelty.

"See here grumbled the inmate of
murderers' row, .'ain't there law
against crool and unusual punish
ment2''
Eyes, answered the warden.
"An' amt 1 ter be hanged next
week n
s'I'm afraid you are"
.aThen what dyer mean by sendin'
me bunch Of story papers to read
that amt got nothin' but continued
stories In 'em r Cleveland Leader
The rayages Of San Jose scale IN q
number Of eastern orchards have been
almost entirely done away b careful
ana persistent spraying With bordeaux
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-08-02


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end IN tho host Of health no was soon
IN the road to recovery. At the same
time according to his own statements
md Amt Mary,s firm belief he was
also On the road IA becoming 4 much
resnecfed citizen.
Now and then fine doctor or the hired
man took advantage of an occasion
when the good woman was at the milk
house +o tell the natient that he was a
fraud and a scoundrel. but on the whole
the fellow had good time of If When
he wasn't talking about his sainted
mother In heaven he was promising to
firm missionary and devote the rest Of
bis ito n tho hattarnent af humanity
and Amt Marv,s heart was kent tender
IN his interest
One dav there came a drover to the
Warner homestead who bought cattle
and sheen and hogs 10 tha amount If
s9oo and maid the cash IF was on
tb;s dav that rho stranger sat date
for bis departure and shed tears Of
gratitude Tba hired man went along
With the drover "a helm with tha stock
and At dark had not returned
Tho stranger took tba millr nails and
went 70 tba HARVARD bu+ returned
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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-01-16
THE SKATING CONTEST.
First Prize Vas Won by Ned Hines
and Secon by Harry West.

There was q very exciting race al the
Front street skating rink last night.
When those who entered glided out up
on the floor they knew the winner
would have to make one hundrd laps,
and to the n accomplishing the feat
in shortest length Of time would fall
the prize. There were six in the race
Messrs. E. G. Hines, W. w. Galloway,
II. II Cromwell, w. c. Smith, Jose-.n
Jacobs and Harry West. Quite a large
crowd had assembled in the hall and
each person had some member Of the
sextelte picked out as their ~favorite
IA. possible winner. For some ume
il @as Very doub FIJI as to which woIii
win, Ned Hines or Harry West, hut
as the number or laps began to near
IT,. nl.'ety mark il was seen that moth
ing iess than some misfortune would
prevent Ned Hin s frorl winning. The
1G1 ats were complete by Ned HINES
in ten minutes and ten seconds aid
when he finished Harry West was oK
his Oath lap.
The first prize, d pair of ball bearing
skates. was presented TO Ned Hines,
aud 10 Harry West. who came out sec
cnd. was given six tickets to the skat-
ins, n
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-01-16
THE CASE.
Appeal Of Sawyer and Adams for New
Trial to Come Up Before United
States Supreme Court Tomorrow.

The hearing before the United States
supreme court on the appeal of Rocert
Sawyer and Arthur Adams, the mutt
neers, for a new trial, is set for today.
but it is not known positively wheth-
er it will be heard as it is no unusual
occurrence for a hearing to be conriE-
ued for a few days. On the result of
this hearing will depend, at least for
Il few days, the fate of Robert Sawyer
and Arthur Adams, both sentenced TO
be hanged on Friday, January 10th.
for the murder of five members Of the
schooner Harry A. Berwind's crew, on
the morning of October 10, last. No ap-
peal has been made for a new trial in
the case of Henry Scott, who is also
under sentence of death for the same
crime. 1t is probable that the Presi-
dent will have to reprieve all the
prisoners, but this depends on
when the case is heard. Scott Is the
chief witness against Sawyer and Ad-
ans and If they are respited or given
a new trial he will not be hanged on
the date now set
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-01-16
PREPARING FOR CONFERENCE.
Delegates Who Are to Consider Mo
rOccan Reforms Arriving at Al
gcrias.

Algeciras, Spain, January 13.-1his
quaint old town is gradually awaken
ing as the day for the opening of the
conference on Moroccan reforms ap-
proaches, and the usual Spanish leth-
argy has given place to a burst of an
imation and excitement.
Sir Arthur Nicolson, head of the
British delegation, is the first repre-
sentative Of a leading power to reach
Algeciras.
The gathering Of many warships
adds a touch Of picturesqueness and
significance 10 the scene. The British
squadron numbers twenty one ships
and France has three. The American
warships are attracting the attention
Of the Spaniards. This is one of the
first visits Of American warships to
Spanish waters since the Spanish
American war, and the natives are
commenting on the fact that Rear Ad-
miral SigSbee, who is in command of
he squadron. was aboard the battle
ship Maine when she was blown up in
Havana harbor.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press travelled with VI. Revolt, the
French representative from Biarritz, to
Madrid, and with Sir Arthur Nicolson
from Madrid to Algeriras, and had the
opportunity of talking with both these
delegates. The primitive telegraph fa-
cilities here do not permit Of the trans
mission Of more than the statement
that VI. Revolt is calm and confident
and that Sir Arthur Nicholson's in
structions leave him free to squarely
support France.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-01-16
WHISKEY EMPTIED IN SEWERS
Twenty-Five Gallons Thus Disposed of
by Greensboro Authorities.

In accordance with the orders OF
Mayor Murphy twenty-five gallons of
whiskey were emptied into the city
sewer here yesterday afternoon. 1t
had been advertised for the past ten
days tina the whiskey would be de-
stroyed if some one did not put in a
substantial claim for it. The whiskey
had been seized from various blind
tigers in the city, and only one man,
Dan McNeal a negro. put in his claim.
His claim, however, was not verified SO
his ownership was forfeited.
Take all this stuff and empty it
into a city sewer" said the ]
wouldn't sell it to any drug store or
any body else" The procession then
began. All of the police officers took
a jug or two and several present help
ed to carry the liquid load. The pro-
cession marched up North Elm street
and then to the corner in front of c
NJ. V~anstory's residence. Here all the
burdens were put upon the ground and
the large crowd present formed a cir
Gle around the man hole. The grating
was removed and the entire lot. con-
sisting of about twenty-five gallons
was poured into the underground chan
nei.-Greensboro Special to Charlotte
Observer.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-01-16

Captain r. P. Johnston, Of the corps
of engineers and in charge of the Vii
mington district, as was stated in yes
terday's Messenger. will make his re-
port in a few days to the war depart
ment recommending that the channel
OF the Cape Fear from Wilmington to
the e be made deeper. He is
sending out the letter given below to
leading business men and asking their
opinion as TO what improvements they
think should be made. The letter is
as follows.
Gentlemen:
AS you are doubtless aware, the
last river and harbor act provided that
IN examination should be made with
i view to determining whether any
changes in the improvement of the
Cape Fear river at and below Whining
ton, are advisable.
The duty of making this examina-
ton was assigned TO me and my re-
port thereon will be submitted in a
few days.
my report will be TO the effect that
the commerce Of this port is sufficient.
in my opinion, to justify the cost of
8 channel % feet deep at mean low
water and 270 feet wide from Whining
ton to the ocean; that dredging alone
will probably be more economical and
effective than ~jetties, training walls,
etc; that a mooring basin at Whining
ton should be substituted for the moo
ing dolphins already provided for but
not yet constructed, and hat no
change from the present method OF
work to contract work is at present
desirable.
AT reports of this character are re-
fered to the board of engineers for
rivers and harbors, 5O7-51O Colorado
Building, Washington, D. c., for their
consideration, before being submitted
to Congress.
"In case you feel that the recommen-
dalton outlined above are inadequate
for the requirements of this port, any
statements Or arguments to this effect
may be submitted and such papers will
be forwarded to Washington for con-
s~ideration.
COR, if you wish to submit any state
ments or arguments supporting the
above recommendations, said state
ments, etc.. will also be forwarded.
These statements, etc., should be in
the hands of the above named board
on or before February 8, 1906. They
may be forwarded either to this Office
or directly to the board.
Very respectfully,
R. P. JOHNSTON,
Captain, Corps Of Engineers, Z. S.
Army.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-01-16
A TOY PISTOL VICTIM.
Windsor Ireland Suffering an Attack
of Lockiaw Caused by the Little
Nuisance.

New Bern now has a cas- of lock-
jaw through the good Offices of the toy
pistol. Windsor Ireland, son of George
ireland, a respected negro resident of
Lee street, Duffytown is in a very crit
ical condition on account of a wound
made on the hand by a toy pistol dur
ing the holidays. Lockjaw has set in
and it is doubtful if the boy RECEIVERS.
DIR. Leinster Duffy was called to at
tend the case of the boy on Wednes-
day and found him in great pain. He
suspected that the trouble was due TO
some injury and noticed symptoms Of
tetatnus but the disease did not devel-
op until yesterday morning and when
DIR. Duffy called the case was 50 pro-
nounced that there was no need to
question the malady. The victim ssuf-
fers terribly and the hardened lines
of the face show how tense the mus
cles are and how firmly the Jaws are
closed. Tetanic anti-toxin has been
administered but at last accounts no
results had been noticed.-New Bern
Journal.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-01-16
POSTMASTER AT GOLDsBORO
Interest Centers in the Appointment
Soon to be Made by the President.
Three Candidates for the Position.
Especial to The Messenger.l

Especial to The MeSsenger.l
Goldsboro, N c.. January 12.-inter-
est in the appointment of a postmas-
TT for oGldsboro is right now at fever
heat. Those most interested have had
their nerves draWn to the highest ter
sion for some days and very probably
before next week this time the matter
will have been settled, The commits
sion of Postmaster Dobson expires on
the 9th of this month, and the Pres
ident will no doubt make the appoint
ment before that date. There are only
two applicants for the position, beside
the present incumbent. These are Mr..
l.. N. Grant, a son of Major Grant,
who himself holds a lifetime position
as clerk of the federal court in Ra-
leigh. The other applicant is Mr.. Ma
thar Howell, a farmer, who lives
some distance from the city.
Mr.. Dobson, the present incumbent,
has made a most efficient officer and
he has the endorsement of practically
the whole business community for re-
appointment. He has thoroughly COW
cred the field and secured the name of
almost every man of note on his pc
lltlOn. Inc only OBSTACLE III the way
of his reappointment will be the Pres
ident's opposition to a third term for
federal office holders. Mr.. Dobson has
twice been appointed to the position,
and has made the best postmaster that
Goldsboro has ever had. The other
candidates realized that Mr.. DObsOn
was popular with the public and that
he had an enviable record with the
department at Washington and they
base their hopes on the Presidents OPP
position to a third term. In order 70
get the names of the business men
to hold their petitions they had to head
their papers with the announcement
that in the case there was to be an
appointment of some one besides the
present. incumbent, then the other ap-
plicants were to be considered. Mr..
Grant got up his petition in this way,
which is a practical endorsement of
Mr.. Dobson, and those who are &C
quainted with the situation believe
that either Mr.. Dobson OF Mr.. Grant
will be postmaster in GOldsboro for
the next four years.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-01-16
ELECT OFFICERS.
Members of Cape Fear Club Held
Their Annual Meeting Last Night.

The annual meeting or the members
of the Cape Fear Club was held last
night with fifty members in attendance
and a number of others were repre-
sented by proxy. The club has 125
members.
Election of officers for the ensuing
year resulted i'll Mr.. j. \. Arringdale
being elected president and Messrs. II.
Nj. Chase, NJ. W. Divine and Geo. l..
Morton on the governing board.
1t was decided to make a number of
improvements during the ensuing year.
Most of the work will be on the in
terror in the way of furnishings, etc.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-01-16

London, January 1.-THE Liberals
made an encouraging start in the eiee-
ton struggle today by winning another
seat at Ipswich, which elected the two
Liberal candidates by large majorities.
Daniel Ford GODDARD was reelected
and Felix Cobbold defeated Sir
Charles Dalrymple who for several
years has represented Ipswich in the
conservative interest. Ipswich was
the only borough which polled today.
For the last ten years the borough has
returend one Conservative and one
Liberal. One Liberal and one Conser-
vatiye were returned unopposed today
from W. other boroughs.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-01-16
On Trial for Blackmail

Richmond, Va, January 12.--The
preliminary trial at Charlottesville,
Va, of John S. Hawkins and Henry
Niche, charged with Matchmaking the
late r. D. Ballentine, of Edgehill, Va.
and New Jersey, was completed this
msrning. Hawkins and Niche were
sent on to the grand jury. f. c.
Duncan, who is regarded, from the
evidence, as being the most important
man in the case, is still at large. 1t
is whispered hat Duncan has gone
to the Philippines.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-01-16
THE WOMAN'S PAPER

The Sun Is the best type of a news
paper. morally and intellectually. I'm
addition TO the news of the day. IL pub
lshes the best features that can be
presented. such as fashion articles. n
miscellaneous writings from men and
women Of note and prominence. II Is
an educator of the highest character.
constantly stimulating TO noble Ideals
in individual and national life.
The sun IL published on Sunday as
well as every other day of the week.
BY Mail the Daily Sun. So a year:
including the Sunday sum-. 81. The sun
day Sun alone. 81 q year.
Address
4. 8. ABELL COMPANY.
Publishers and Proprietors.
BALTIMORE. MD.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-01-16

New York. January 13.-Detectives
working on the Norfolk and Western
railway stock forgery case today open
ed a safe deposit box leased by G.. Au-
gustus Seton, but failed to find any
of the missing counterfeit securities.
A number of papers, purporting to be
certificates of stocks of various cleo
trio and steam railway e in
the southwest, not yet in the finan-
cial market were found in the box
along with family papers and many
a old books. The district attor-
ney's Office today examined a number
of witnesses in the case.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-01-16
THE FARMERS PAPER

The Suns market reports n COM
1nercial columns are complete n re-
liable. and put the farmer. the mer-
chant and the broker in touch with the
markets Of Baltimore. Norfolk Char
lesion. New York. Chicago. philadei-
phia and all other important points in.
thu United States and other countries
All of which the reader gets for n
cent
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-01-16
THE Sun AT One CENT
Is The Cheapest High-Class Paper i'm
The United states.

The SUN special correspondents
throughout the United states. rs well
as in Europe China, South Africa. the
Philippines. Porto Rico. Cuba II in
every other part OF the world. make IT
the greatest newspaper hat can be
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It's Washington and New York bu-
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States. n give The Suns readers he
earliest information upon all important
events in the legislative and financial
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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-01-16
Dredge Cape Fear to Have New Boiler

The dredge Cape Fear, which was
formerly stationed at the Cape Fear
bar but recently at Beaufort left
Beaufort yesterday bound for VIII
mington, Delaware, where she viii have
a new boiler put in by Harland and
HoHingsworth. II will take between 60
and 80 days to do the work.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-01-16

The Knoxville Journal and Tribune
makes The awful suggestion Of intro
ducing the whipping post at Annapolis
Asheviile Gazette.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-01-16

a business trip TO Washington and
Charlotte.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-01-16

All Subscribers in District Of Column
bia, Virginia. North and South Caroii-
na, Pennsylvania. Delaware and
Throughout the United states Can Get
The Sun by Mail at / Cent a Copy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-01-16

Rev. and Mrs. C. w. Kegley have
returned from a visit to New Bern.