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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-08
INCREASE IN LIBRARIES.
Death of Mrs. Rachael HiIl-Goyern-
or Glenn off for a Two Days Hunt.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Especial to The MesSenger.)
Raleigh, n. c.. January 1.-The last
legislature provided that when n
the funds APPROPRIATED for Libraries
for rural public schools were left over
at the end of a fiscal year, these could
be applied to counties which wished
this aid.
The balance on hand was $4,000 and
200 libraries were asked for. Today
warrants were Sent out for this num-
Der and also for forty-one supplement-
al libraries. The counties taking the
most libraries are: Wayne 40. Wilkes
81, GuilfOrd ii, Wake II, Person lc,
and Durham s. December LIST. $50"
of the new appropriation became avail.
able. One county, Sampson, has es-
tablished fourteen travelling libraries.
Mrs. Rachel Hill. relict Of DR.. VIM.
G. Hill, who died more than 20 years
ago. died today, at her home here after
a long illness. Her husband was
Of the best known physicians and Ma
son in the state.
Governor Glenn leaves tomorrow
afternoon for COllOOmmee to hunt
Thursday and Friday. He will be the
guest of the HirstOn family. His
message to the Legislature is nearly
ready. He says he needs some ~recre~
alton before the legislative session be
gins, as this is very combining n
keeps him here the entire time.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-08

Not Even il Ne Were Booker r. Would
I Let YC Haze Me Dogs

When he was III Omaha recently
Colonel William f. Cody CBuffaIo Bill
told his friends "A new story on Pres
ident Roosevelt.
"When President Roosevelt was
hunting bears and other big game out
in Colorado some time ago" Colonel
Cody said, the dogs which his expe-
eDced guide took along got off their
feed and refused or were unable to
do their work.
Needing dogs that would help to
scare Up bears, and that would not be
afraid to tackle them when they were
scared up the president addressed
himself with characteristic VigOr to
the task of finding them. He asked
everybody he me where such dogs
were to be q for love or money, and
finally, greatly to his delight, he
learned that an old ScotChman who
lived up country a few miles could
supply his wants
Accompanied by his guide, the
president fastened to the home of the
old ScOtchman, never dreaming that
there was a man in Colorado who
would refuse to let him have the use
of his dogs if he were wiling to pay
Tor the accommodation.
He asked the guide to open nego-
tiations with the owner of the dogs
without using the presidents name.
The guide asked the Scotchman what
he Woud charge for their use for a
day, and the Scotchman answered
that he would not let the dogs go out
Then the guide asked him if he would
not himself take the dogs out, Offer
ing to pay him any sun he might
choose to ask. The ScOtchman turn
ed this proposition down. too declar-
ing that he would not let his dogs go
out with other people n that he
could not spare the time to go with
them himself.
THE president had kept in tn back
rOun viii his parley was on. but
now. feeling that the negOtia tinOS were
going te come to naught if left in the
hands of the guide, he stepped forward
and addressed the ~ScOtChman.
"'NIy good friend. he said. YOU per-
hapS do O know hat il is the preSi-
dent of the United States who ants
to hire your dogs hoping by thus re-
vealing his identity to accomplish his
purpose. But the old ScotChman was
not impressed with the importance Of
the chief executive of the nation and
remained obdurate.
Hoot. mon,' he said III Wouldna
make ennY Difference to me if We were
Booker r. Washington himself, I
wOnldna let We haze me dogs
THE president saw it was useless to
continue the negotiations and turning
about. walked away and cot along as
best he might without dogs that day"
Omaha (Neb.) Dispatch to New
york World.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-08
4 DUKE.
Marlborough Has the Kings Ear and
Gossips Too Much.

The correspondent of the American
learns that the report circulated III
society tina the duke and duchess OF
Marlborough were on the v of a re-
Cancellation is untrue. To the con-
trary, the duke n duchess email
bitterly a~ntagonistic.
The duke might be willing. like Cas-
~tellane, to agree to a reconciliation
but the duchess declines absolutely.
1T is a fact that the duke has maze
several OVertures for a reconciliation
but the duchess remains
The duchess refusal to consider nego-
tiations looking to a reconciliation mas
incensed the duke, tempting MIN TO
go to the length of to
prejudice King Edward against the
duches by repeating TO his majesty
his own highly Colored version of the
cause OF the separation.
rhe king. who likes the duchess, has
f1atIy refused to permit the duke to
aspeIse the duchess name, and the
duchess, hearing of these attempts to
injure her with the king and others,
has become SO inccnsed that now
there is no hope of a reconciliation.
1T was only the direct Intervention
Of King Edward that prevented the
duchess from bringing a divorce suit.
The duchess was automatically in
duced to consider the fact that his
majesty never receives a divorced Wo-
man at court. This fact turned the
scale in the dukes favor, so far as q
divorce is concerned.
AS q counter-mOve, the duchess in
sists on the insertion of a clause in the
deed of separation. compelling the
duke to attend her at court Or TO APP
pear in her immediate vicinity, SO as
to give the impression that the couple
is nOt separated, thereby avoiding BAN
ishment from court.
The duke, like Count Roni, is al
ready feeling the pinch of separation
from his Wife'S income. 1t was, in
deed. the pinch of comparative pow
eEty that induced him to swallow his
pride and make Overtures for a rec
OnciliatiOn. The dukes financial con-
ditiOn is now parlOus, and he has been
compelled to bIazon this penury pub
liclY by negotiating for a lease of Blein
helm to WhitelaW Reid, the American
ambassador.
The duchess surprised her friends
by announcing her desire to sell Sun
derland House. She feels now that
there is no necessity for keeping up
the splen<ors of Sunderland, and in
tends taking q smaller house. The
sale of Sunderland House Will require
months of negotiations, owing to the
difficulty in finding a millionaire desir-
GUS of buying a place which rivals the
spiendors OF buckingham Palace it
self. The duchess is reported to feel
keenlv the aspersions on her conduct
which rave been circulated by the
duke. and which kind friends repeat-
ed to her. Everybody knows that the
duchess has never t~ranSSreSSed the
bounds Of prOpriety. while the dukes
name has been connected with several
'affairs.'-London cable to the New
York American.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-08
WHITE BRICK PLANT SOLD
Mcssr~. &. W. kiddcr u J.. HoPNin-
son smith Become the Owpcr--
Consideration was $50 o {

An important deal in real elJe.
which causes the change Of ownership
of a valuable manufacturing pkg IN
the city. was that recorded yest~SNy.
whereby the Hydraulic White BricF Co
turns over IFS property, plan: md
holdings. eligibly located in the no"'h-
ern section OF the city. not far from
the S. A. l.. depot. 10 Messrs. Geo.ge
W. Kidder and F Hopkinson Snt'h.
the consideration named in The iced
being 500 600
The deed states that the sale OF ne
plant was decided upon and autho- zed
at a meeting of the directors held
December 29th, and hat the president.
Mr.. r. H. North.op and Tie secreJtrN.
Mr.. Thos. II. Wright. were given
power I o dispose of the property.
The plant is situated in the block
surrounded by Front. Second, b. fem
and Harnett streets. 1t has a front"
Of 396 feet, extending from HarneLt "a
Bladen. and it, depth is pa feet. ~
the deed of sale. the new nrm becomas
owners of all patents, rights to mann
facture. buildings, equipment, materii|.
etc, and all chattelS except the bDuh
debts and accounts now due. \
As said above, the transfer Y.re'
was 500, 1000. of this sum $1,000 beng
paid in cash and the balance hrlag
paid in one. two, three n four Yea.
payments of respectively $1,000, s. 1000
and two payments Of $1,000 each
The retiring company agrees ne
To again engage in the manufaC.I
or sale of brick in his city.
1t is understood that the new oN"-
ers will considerably enlarge and i'm
prove the plant and hat they w.Il
seek 10 develop it into a thriving a'l
prosperous industry.
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coruorated limits. and therefore
under the jurisdiction OF the build
inspector. A conservative estimate
this work according ~ Mr.. Bon
would be 1T least S250.O0 and wi.
this amount Is not included a largs
tilizer plant being erected by Sw p
Co. which is estimated ut a Cos
$50. 600. The A. c. l.. and :. 4
have spent large sums in the img
men!s of their terminals and
extension of their facilities her.
estimated outlay for all this
being about S250,Oo0.
The above is 4 conservative d.
of the work OF the past. Wh'.
MANS that arc known 10 exist 4
city's growth and developmer'
taken into consideration II mus,
forciblv TO the minds OF all our !
that the present era az =rowtl
markable as IL Is. means only q
that greater things are 10 follow. b.
So much done I'm the necessary
s,ricted limits where building O.,
lions have gone OF. how much e.
II is reasonable'to suppose VIII b
Gcrtaken when the extended car
service is inauguIated and the ne~
fmrban settlements opened up. I
is no reason for any pessinisr,
Wilmington.
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Think blackburn Will Eat Grow

The democrats are not greatly dis
turbed over the latest caper of Black
burn and are preparing for the contest.
All over the district there a~e depCsl-
tons being taken and the belief that
Blackburn will eat crow is very gen
eral. Chairman VanderfOrd who en-
gineered Hackett to victory. does not
give out anything about the course to
be pursued by his man, but he a The
evidence of Hackett's election by fair
means will be forthcoming and that he
is not worrying. Mr.. Blackburn's
henchmen have been conducting a still
hunt and it is known that some Sails
burians have been offered considera-
tions to help Spencer and his disap-
pointed out of trouble.-Salisbury Dis
patch.
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FOUND DEAD IN HALL.
William ROsSef CObbe. Said to be
From Elizabeth City, y. c.

New York, January 1.-William Ros-
ser Cobbe. for many years a we'll
known character along Park Row and
who was said to have been at one time
a man of high position in educational
and social circles in the west, was
found dead in a hallway just off the
bowery today.
Cobbe was more than 20 years of age.
OF late he had made @ precaIious living
by doing odd jobs in a big business
building in west 25th street.
1t is said that he was a native OF
Elizabeth City, North Carolina, and
that n of his brothers was at one
time a member of congress from that
state He had a wife and daughter
who are believed to be now in Chicago.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-08
TAKEN FOR \ BURGLAR.
10 New Ycar-Boader Slsot by Land
lord.

Just before the ushering in of the
new year last night at midnight there
came near being a fatal tragedy ca
acted in Edgemont. A few minutes
after II O'Clock was the exact tine nf
this affair. At that time Robert Davis.
who boarded at the home OF George
Brown or Franklin street. was shot
and seriously wounded. The only
reason hat the shooting was not fatal
was because the bullet did not enter
a vital spot. The leaden messenger
passed entirely through his body.
Robert Davis has been boarding AT
the home of George Brown for some
time and he went home last night as
usual, being a little late. 1t was Il few
minutes after II O'Clock when he
reached the front door. The door cd
not open readily and he gave ii a Shake
TO open il. This was what aroused
Brown, the owner of the home. aad he
grabbed his pistol thinking that NJ
one was trying TO get into the home
who did not belong there.
Brown rushed into the hallway and
as the noise still kept up he jerKed
open the door and fired. 1t might be
stated here that Brown is more or less
Of d Y temperament anG he
was afraid there vas a would-be burg
lar who was ready to shoot him.
AS the sound of the pistol echoed
there was a cry of pain from the man
on the porch and then Brown found
that he had shot Robert Davis, a close
personal friend and a boarder and
roomer in his home.-Durham Herald.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-08
ADVOCATES FOREST RESERVE
Resolution Passed by American .AssO-
citation for Advancement OF Science.

New York, January IA resolution
urging the national house of represen-
tatives to pass at the present session
the bill which provides for the estab-
1ishment of national forest reserves in
the White Mountains and the Southern
AppalachianS, was adopted al the
final session Of the convention of the
American Association for the Advance
ment of Science The resolution calls
the attention of congress Ito the in
creasing seriousness Of the results of
the rapid and reckless destruction of
forests in the White mountains and
the southern Appalachian regions
about the headquarters of important in
te~r-state rivers"
The next meeting will be held i'll
Chicago a year hence.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-08
PARDONED BEFORE ENTERING
JAIL.
Governor Nadraman Upholds Man
for illinc Under Cnwriten Law.

Mobile, Ala, December 31.-For tn
first time in the states history a pa
don has been granted % n man csu-
victed Of crime before he had enterel
prison 70 serve his term.
X. l." McLendOn, a young attorne. .
was the recipient OF such grace fro:l
Governor Vardaman. McLendon VS.
convicted Of ~manslaughter three years
ago. and sentenced TO three years in
the penitentiary, for killing a LIVERY
stable keeper, who, McLendon, claim
ed, had debauched his wife. McLenlon
forced his way into the mans house
and shot and killed him in his ped
room.
McLendon entered the plea of The
un written law" but the lower court
found him guilty and sentenced him.
The supreme our affirmed the lower
courts decision. Then the governor.
believing McLendon justified in his
action. pardoned him.-Philadelpai:
Record.
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The mar who sits in the cab of a 10
cOnlOtive-whO stays there's as much
of a hero as the soldier shot dead on
the field of battle. He is more OF a
hero. for he sticks to his post Of duty
that the lives Of others might be saved.
But he is o o forgotten, except by his
loved ones and friends who admired
his courage. Earle Maxwell might
have been alive today had he jumped
from the engine near PeachIand, but
that would have meant the end of men,
women and children. He must have
known when he saw the light of an
other locomotive whirling into him
that he was doomed, but he reversed
the lever, applied the emergency
brakes, and then looked to his own
salvation. But it vas too late.-Ra-
leigh Times.
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Strong Language Used at EmanCipa.
ton Day Celebration.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Raleigh. n c., January 1.-The ne
sroes celebrated their emancipation
day this afternoon at the city hall.
The feature of the annual address was
an attack upon President Roosevelt for
dismissing the negro battalion, and
calls it IAN executive lynching of the
10 men affected, which shocks the
moral sense of the country"
The address says: The negro has
become the inviting victim of every
brutal caprice" and that the lone
steady purpose of those who have en-
eendered and fostered the present I'M
pleasant race relations is 10 prove that
slavery was right and freedom rs
wrong"
The address, which was shaped rs
resolutions, was adopted.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-08
ENGLISH GIRLS ARRIVE.
rOUc to Greensboro TO Testify
Against Cotton Mill Men.

The NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and much
w~litten-about English girls. whose
presence in Charlotte during the past
few weeks has caused 50 much CON-
ment, were brought to Greensboro or
train No. 80 yesterday afternoon to be
held rs witnesses in the immigration
cases to come up at the special term
of the federal court called for January
18th. The girls were brought her by
Deputies ]. T. Millikin and J. M. Bailey,
of L. S. Marshal J.. NJ. Millikin's Office.
who went to Charlotte after them on
train No. % Saturday night. The
girls are quartered at the Brady House
on South Elm street. beyond the rail
road. where they will be cared for and
kept under surveillance until the trial.
Mr.. l.. c.. Huffine is the guard VIII is
in charge of them.
In the party there are twenty iris
and five men.-Greensboro Record
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-08
MARRIED TUESDAY NIGHT .
Miss Ethel Chadwick Become th'
Bride of Mr.. Cleveland GallowSN.

A marriage thai will be Of interes'
10 their many friends in the city, arl
which will come as a happy surpri-.
because the secret was kept so vi
IS that Of Miss Ethel Chadwick and
Mr.. Cleveland Galloway, which too.
place late Tuesday afternoon az the
manse of ST. Andrews Presbyteriau
church, the ceremony being perforreI
by Rev. A. ID. Mcclure, d. d., Of .h5:
church.
The bride is Il popular young Wku u
who has a large circle of frien .sySar
is the daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs J y.
Chadwick. Mr.. Galloway is a 80
known young man. being employ A.
the Offices Of the A. G. J.. here. For
the present Mr.. and Mrs. GalIoway are
residing at the Colonial Inn.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-08
so LICENSES
Action on Only One. That OF Denni-
X Co. Delayed.

Up 10 date, sixty saloon licen ,r-
have been granted, this numbcr pt
dealers having paid in their license tax
TO Sheriff Cowan, and gotten rece.p,
in the shape OF a license. All me
applications which were held up BY the
board of county commissioners pr in
e gFsnssd with aR' t iD,0t eReen9ion n'[ q, S oHt.
that being the application of J \.
Dennis & Co.
The reason for the delay in grant
ing this license is that the applica ION
does not state the proposed location
of the saloon, and when this is settlrd,
no doubt, the license will be grant.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-08

San Salvador, Republic of. Salvador,
Jan. 2~.-According tt official advices
received here today. the revolutionists
who were recently dispersed by the
government forcs of Honduras were de-
feated on the frontier of Salvador and
Nicaragua Some of the leaders were
made prisoners by the Nicaraguan au-
thorities and others were captured by
the troops Of Honduras.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-08
Kinston Locomotive Works

Mr.. E. NJ. Hodges has just completed
a small locomotive for use in lumber
ing The engine is to be shipped to a
lumber company near Washington, \.
C. and is the seventh one hiatt Mr..
Hodges has completed during the pres
ent year. He is doing quite a good
deal of this kind Of work, and has
some orders that will be filled in the
early part of the New Year.-Kinston
Free Press
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-08
IN NEW BUILDINGS
Remarkable Outlay. During
Past -Four Years.
MORE THAN 100000
Interesting Data From Office of
City Building Inspector.

Records of Inspector Boniiz Showing
the Wonderful Amount of Building
Done in This City During the Pas,
-Four YearS-OffiCial Figures for
Zach OF the Years-Wilmington
Leads Every City in the State in the
Amount OF Building Done.
The broad ax., 1907-05-11
Passing of the Bison.

In the United States we have 1853
pure blooded bison. Of which all but
twenty are In captivity. In Canada
are 351 Ire L Joded animals, Of which
800 a, - the wild state, making a to-
tai 1,404 pure blooded American
bison left out Of the countless thou
sands that but little more than a quar-
ter Of a century ago covered great
areas Of the western prairie. Nothing
like 1t ever has been recorded in the
world of animal life. 1t reads like a
fairy tale. In Europe there are about
107 pure blooded examples Of the
American bison, Of which number Eng
land has 80, Germany A, Hungary 10,
France 1, Netherlands II and Russia
8, and there are about 20 hybrids In
Europe, Of which England has Is and
Russia 5.-Outing Magazine.
The broad ax., 1907-05-11
Skin Like Armor Plate.

When she Is In a freakish mood, ma
ture seems to revel in making human
beings who are a constant mystery to
their fellow creatures. Such a man Is
Herr Schwartz, the "armor plated
man." who is such puzzle to the doc
tors Of Europe. Herr Schwartz has for
some years been undergoing an ossif-
cation Of the whole Of his body and Is
rapidly developing into the hardness
and ImmobIlity Of a statue. His back
has now become rigid, the muscles
standing out hard and immOvable. In
fact, he seems to be envelOped in a
kind Of armor plating, consisting Of
surface bone as hard as stone. He Is
no longer able to move his jaws and is
compelled to take food In a liquid
form through a tube, some Of his teeth
having been removed for the purpose.
And yet this osseous man enjoys excel
lent health and not long ago was mar
Red to a charming young Berlin wom-
an.-BOston Post
The broad ax., 1907-05-11
The HxpethstieaI Question.

Miss Prittly," said the young law
yer with the high brow and the Hen
~ Clay forelock, "let me ask you q
hypothetical question. Suppose that a
young man Of excellent habits and in
creasing incOme-a young man who
believed himself fully capable Of max
ing a woman happy-were to appear
before q young woman who had eyes
Of rare and radiant luster and hair OF
the texture and glory Of spun gold,
whose lips were more perfect than Ho-
garth's line Of beauty, whose cheeks
held a tint that put to shame the mag
nincent pink Of the rose petal-a young
woman whose culture and charm cas-
Ily placed her immeasurably above all
other women In the woodland he
were to ask this young woman IL she
would
"Oh, Mr.. Blackstone!' she whispered,
sinking into his arms. "Yes!-Judge.
The broad ax., 1907-05-11
Ro,ton,. First Building Law.

Two hundred and twenty-six years
ago a house was burned In Boston,
which led to the PRONUNCIATION OF the
first building law. The fact developed
at a legislative hearing recently, and
when told by Assistant Solicitor Child
aroused great interest. The order
passed on March 16, 1881, was as fol-
lows:
About noon the chimney Of Mr..
Thomas Sharp's house in Boston took
fre. The wind drove the fire to Mr..
Colburn's house and burned that down
also. For the prevention whereof In
our new town indended this somer to
bee builded we have ordered that noe
man there shall build his chimney with
wood nor cover his house with thach,
which was readily asented unto."-
Boston Herald.
The broad ax., 1907-05-11
FACTS FROM FRANCE.

The French government is taking
steps to stop the promiscuous wearing
Of foreign uniforms in France. The
reason is that they are often used to
promote and cloak fraud.
France, with her population Of less
than 100000 900, has a national indebt-
edness of more than 5000. 100000. or
about $158 per capita The debt
charges alone entail a burden OF more
than So a year on every man, woman
and child.
n. Bowel. director Of the postonlce
at Lausanne, France, has notified the
postal employees In the town that In
future toothache will not be an excuse
for absence from v-rk. They must
either get the tooth out or get out
themselves.
A Partisan couple, N. Lebon and his
wife, who are being divorced and are
dividing their effects, have spent $15.-
600 on law In a wrangle over the pos
session Of a collection Of postage
stamps. An expert Is to be engaged
to divide the collection equitably.