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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-30

Berlin, July ga series of cold
blooded crimes, %singularly resembling
the Jack, the Ripper" murders, but
for the fact that instead of women
the victims were little girls, followed
one another with remarkable celebrity
today almost in the center of the city
and aroused the most intense excite
ment and Indignation.
Within a short space of time the as
sassin successfully enticed three Da.
bies, the eldest only five years cid,
into dOorWays Of houses and stabbed
them several times in the abdomen
with a sharp instrument. AS a result
one of the children is dead, and an
other is dying and the third is DAN
gerOusIy wounded.
The first knowledge that the crimes
had been committed came when an Oc-
cupant Of the house at Ryke and Bel
forter streets found the body of Mar
garita PraWitZ, aged four, lying in
the doorway bathed in blood. the bow
els prOtruding and the lower part of
the body horribly gashed. This was
Immediately reported to the police who
were about to proceed to investigate
the case when reports came that Der-
tina Lenst, aged three, and ELY Hnis-
pei, five years old. had been found
similarly outraged, but still alive in
Prenzlauer ally, and HenZdOrfer street.
The W victims were Transports
to q hospital and they are not cX-
pected to live through the night. The
officials acted quickly in an endeavOr
to locate the murderer and published
a reward of $1,000 for his capture.
AL Of the available police and detec-
tiVes were ordered to scOur the neigh
bOrhOod. Some parents have reported
that their children had seen a haggard
man about q years old and we'll dress
ed, wearing a cap, offering candy to
the little girls whom he asked to
accompany him.
A man was arrested shortly after
ward, who answered somewhat to this
indefinite description the police had
secured. Later he vas confronted Ivy
the two children. who, however, We're
put to them.
The man was taken in a cab AMI
guarded by police to the police station.
\ crowd outside the station. be!iev-
ing him to be the murderer, attempted
to drag the man from the vehicle and
lynch him, and he was only saved by
the policemen drawing their swords
and holding the crowd at bay. The
people then attempted to storm the
station and the prisoner was remOv-
ed to the central station for security.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-30
FOR DISTRIBUTION AND SALE
Sets of COLONIAL INC State Records
Can be Purchased.
Raleigh. n. c., July "a, 1907,

Raleigh. N. c., July "A, 1871.
To the People of North Carolina.
The set of Colonial and State Re
cords, consisting of % volumes are
now ready for distribution. n for
sale. Schools or libraries entitled
to the books, should write to the state
librarian, stating how many they are
entitled to. and why they are entitled
to them, and how they desire them to
be sent. whether by express. or freight
Persons wishing to purchase the books
can do so by sending to the state
librarian; the price is IS per volume,
and the price of the North Carolina
Regimental Histories is 81 per volume.
l desire TO ask every newspaper in
North Carolina religious and secular,
DAILY. weekly and semi-weekly, to
publish the foregoing. l do so because
Of the information to your readers.
Let the people of North Carolina know
that there is a set Of the Colonial and
State Records in the superior court
clerks office Of each county. as we'll
as a set Of Regimental Histories there.
whore they can have access to them.
There is information TO be had from
the books named not 70 be found else
where. The Colonial and State Re-
cords are complete except the index
volumes. and l cannot promise when
they will be ready. Thanking all the
papers who will publish the foregoing.
am. Yours truly.
MILES o. SHERIFF..
S+oTa 7 ;hro~;-r
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-30
After the Entertainment.

"She has a magnificent fiat" said
one, but it Is badly arranged. The
parlor is too far from the dining room
THE wall paper is beautiful" re,
marked another, but the pictures are
abominable. 1t is a pity to ruin beau.
tiful walls"
"She has a lot of elegantly bound
books" said still another, but I'd be
willing to wager a five that none of
the leaves are cut
In other words" said the man who
looks o., she has been awfully good
to US. She has taken pains to enter
tain US. Let Us roast her."-New York
Press.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-30
WILMIAGTOh's UNION STATION
Changes That Are to be Made to
A. C. |. Depot
Waiting Room 70 be Enlarged-
Port Cochere for Carriages on
Front Street-SeyeraI Improve
ments to be Made.

|
Plans we're shown a Messenger rep
resentative yesterday in the office OF
! Mr.. e. D. Peasants. chief engineer
Of the Atlantic Coast Line Rail-
way Co., in this city, Of the changes
and Improvements hat are TO be
made to the A. C.. L. passenger station
in Wilmington to make it adequate TO
| serve as a union station. As annOupc
ed before the Seaboard Air Line Will
begin using the A. G. L. station for
| arrival and departure Of its trains on
August LIST, after which date VIII
mington will lave every train incoIn-
ing and outgoing using the same de-
pot. a feature of vast advantages TO
the travelling public generally and one
which will be universally appreciated
by citizens of Wilmington.
The plans for the changes have all
been drawn, and the necessary mate
rial ordered and the work will be
started as soon as possible, which viii
be within the next few days.
The most noticeable improvements
are the extension of the train shed for
a distance Of 90 feet further east than
it now reaches, the enlargement OF be
white waiting room, the enlargement
Of the baggage room and better pro-
vision for the arrival and departure
of passengers in carriages.
A port cochere will be built over a
portion of Front street between the Of
flee building and the entrance TO the
train shed and carriages ear drive
under this and discharge Or take on
passengers. On the opposite side OF
Front street, at the entrance to the
train shed, will be the receiving room
for express, mail and baggage and all
wagons will stop there instead OF driv-
ing under the shed as heretofore. The
trunks. mail. etc, then will be trucked
through the station to the waiting
trains.
The walk extending from Front
street across the tracks to the station
proper will be increased from II to IS
feet in width. The coal tracks and
bin now standing to the south of The
train shed will be removed and the
track lowered to the level of the other
tracks in the shed, and the fence will
be removed to take in this track,
giving five tracks for trains to enter
and leave Dc.
Where the baggage room is now
located will go to increase the size of
the cOncOurse, between the train shed
and waiting rooms, and the baggage
room will be moved to the eastward Of
it's present position and enlarged i'll
size. 1t will AVE several entrances
into the train shed.
The waiting room for whites will be
increased So per cent. in size by an ad-
ditiOn to be built from the rear Of the
present waiting room. In this addition
will be placed the toilets for ladies and
gentlemen and a retiring room for
ladies.
Between the tracks in the station
there will be wood floors, except the
main walk which will be of granO-
lithic
The improvements while not OF an
elaborate nature will be of sufficient
character to give Wilmington a depot
of dimensions and conveniences we'll
able to handle for some time the traf-
fc that comes to this city.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-30
Followed instructions.

Mudge-This watch has been stopped
for two or three days. Jeweler-Len,
me see it. There is nothing the matte.
with it except that it has not bee
wound. Mudge-I thought maybe thai
was It. l remember you told me- Il
wind it up just before l went TO ted,
and I haven't been 10 bed for three
nights.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-30
UnIoaded on the Ragran.

| got rid Of all my manuscript last
week.
Dribbles - That's good. What d.
you get for them?
Scribbles-How much do you SUP
pose?
Dribbles-Haven't the least idea.
Scribbles-I got . cents a pound
Chicago News.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-30
State LihTaria.

The French people are very nervous.
sal dthe Observant person.
Yes, answered the man who always
has al explanation. They can't help
bein gthat way so long as France is
headquarters for automobiles and
Observation-Disclosures Star.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-30

when your Ecother-in-law fell into
the water. why didn't you help TO get
her out:'
"Afy dear madam, you must know
that nothing I've yer done has pleased
b~err-Judy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-30
AUGUST 1sT
Each Division Divided Into Num-
Der of Districts

Interesting Information Gathered
From Circular Just Issued From
Office of the General Manager
Wilmington District Is in the First
Division of Which Mr.. W. Ill.
Newell Will be General Superin-
endenf
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-30

Never can tell when you'll mash 4
finger or suffer a cut or bruise burn
Or scald. Be prepared. DR.. Thomas
Electric Oil instantly relieves the
pain-Quickly cures the wound.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-30
THREE WERE STABBED.
One Dead and Another in Dying
ECondition

Third one Dangerously Wounded
Every Effort Being Made to Dis
cover the CrinIinal-Suspect Ar
rested Narrowly Escaped Lynching
Crowd Held at Bay by Drawn
Swords in Hands of Police.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-30

Rev. J. G.. Dukes, Pastor of the Uni
tartan Church Of Pinetown, n. -,
writes:
"My wife has been in a very bad state
CT health for several years, n nothing
scemed to do her any good until she be-
gan to use PerE1a. Since then the
cn'nr hes returned to her face, and she
i .c:7i-c - ,"e-s e>"G~ "a. a-.| / he
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-30

Short-There goes one of my pre-
ferred creditors.
Longevity, preferred?s
Short-He never asks NE for money.
-ChicagN Daily News.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-30

always keep a bottle in the house, and
Mrs. Dukes thinks it has done her
more good than anything she has ever
taken.
any little boy ten years old, was pale
and had but little life. He began To use
PerunR the day his mother began.
TO-DAY his fsce is rosy, and ha - outin
tic y.~L rruur, aud rr.rsur 9Th fba
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-12-25

/. - y
@ This is q sort Of "topsy turvey"
world. No one seems to be satisfied.
One man is struggling to get Justice,
and another is flying from it. One
man is saving up his earnings to buy
a home and another is trying hard to
sell his property for less than it cost
to get rid of it. One man is spending
all the money he can earn in taking
a girl to theatre or show and send
ing her costly presents in hopes that
he may eventually make her his wife,
while his neighbor is spending all the
money he has saved trying to get a
divorce. One man keeps a pistol to
protect himself against burglars,
while his next door neighbor doesn't
keep one for fear Of shooting himself
or some member of his family. One
man pays for his paper in advance
and delights in doing SO, because he
can read it with a greater relish
while another takes it four o: i've
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-12-25
Pension Notice.

The Pension Commissioner will be in
the Auditors office on each Saturday in
January, 1908, to give out suitable
blanks to each applicant. All apph-
cants must appear in person for blanks.
No blanks will be sent out unless in
very extreme cases. Written lnstruc-
tions will be given when applicant sp-
plies for blank. The County Pension
Board will meet on the 1st Monday in
February, 1903, to pass upon all appli-
cations handed in to Commissioner after
which date no application blanks will
be given out. The old representatives
and all others are requested to send the
Commissioner the names of all pen
sioners who have died or moved out of
the county since last pension roll was
paid S. M. ROOF,
Pension Commissioner,
Lexington Co., S. O., Dec. 20, 1907.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-12-25

the past week. Everybody seems to
be taking advantage of the cheap hol-
iday rates given by the different rail-
roads. Thes roads cannot receive too
much praise; for, ,'by issuing low rates
they cause many hearts to rejoice
with exceeding great joy, in as much
as it enables all to visit their kindred
and friends both far and near.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-12-25
CIRCULATION 2,37e.
Wednesday, December 25. 1907.
A Happy New Yea;,to All.

"a happy new year,to you, child OF
to-day! May you know more Of sun
shine than Of cloud, and more Of glee
than Of sorrov; may your laughter be
frequent and long, your playe be uia-
resfrained, your sleep refreshing and
yonr dreams pleasant.
"a happy new year to you, bright
youth and rosy-cheeked maiden OF
our town and countryaI happiness
in the ambition the JOY, the friend
ship, the competition and the rewards
of school life. Success to you in the
endeayor whereby the firm, enduring
basis OF true manhood and of noble
womanhood are laid with what sue
Scess comes two-fold happiness-hap-
piness to others and happiness to.
yourselves. Go forth gaily and con-
fidently into the new year, 90 you
who are beautiful in the fresh Vigor
aof yonr youthl''
Tosyou whose lives are haroWed
with the grace Of maternity, not bne
but many many years Of happinessi
I Live long, wives and mothers of our
land, to see the lives you have cher
iahed expand into beauty and nsefui-
ness; live long to know and feel the
sweet rewards of gratitude, OF vener-
alton and Of love. Survive those
hours Of pain, Of cruelty, Of watching
and Of sacrifice live through it all,
dear, patient Martyrs, to share the
peace the repose, the contentment,
the compensation OF the future that
surely wait for you.
sA happy new year, too. to you,
grandmoth hers and grandfather every
where! Look out upon all around
syon and see how passing fair the:
evening is; and all that is to be heard
invites eontentment and sweet repose.
You hear voices, too, that We do not
hear they have never been quite for
gotten, and they speak to yon in the
sweetly solemn twill htiof the morn
Ing that fol1oweth the evening, aud
of tie waking that cometh after the
folding Of the hands TO sleep. Yes,
to an the young, the old the rich
and poor, high and Iowa happy new
year!
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-12-25

How many Of our schooi children's
parents ever visit the schools or even
know the teachers when they meet
them Oh the street orin the road, as
thecsse may be? How many know
what they IRE studying, Or how they
are progressing? Is there any OF You
who have 8 building to make or a
fence to build: 8 dress to make; q
house to paint, or whatever the job
msy be, thst say to the one you have
employed: Here are the tools and
material, go ahead and do it to suit
yourself, and it viii suit me?'' Is
not that what many people are doing
with their children? You say by your
actions: Here is my child, with its
books. paper and pencil; Pve fur,
3nished material and tools, educate
him as you pks.n Now, some ofsyou
win say that the l''teacher knows bet.
ter what they ought to study than I
do.' While that may be true TO
certain extent, the carpenter or q
dressemaker, .or q painter, knows bet
ter how to do the work than you do,
yet you do not leave it all to them.
On the rising generation depends the
welfare Of this great country of ours.
We want to urge upon the parents
and patrons to take more interest in
our schools and visit them often, and
by your presence give the teachers
more encouragement; ask them how
your children are doing-how they
are progressing in their studies and
as TO their general department. in the
school. Perhaps few minutes talk
with them will save trouble that years
to come can never undo. Think about
these factsiand ask yons Self if you are
doing right.
- = 49, u
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-12-25
Negro KILLED by Constable.

Kershaw, Dec. 21.-Mr. s. F. Hough,
constable for the trial justice at this
place, went out in the country today
to serve warrant on Henry McPher-
son, colored. He refused to be arrest
ed and while in the act of drawing his
gun was shot by the constable and
died at once.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-12-25
Killed with Own Gun.

Judge Warren Lott, of Ware county,
Georgia, and one of the most promi-
nent men of the county, accidentally
killed himself with his own gun on
Friday, while getting over fence.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-12-25

We have never seen SO much travel
on the railroads. We haya noticed
this especially in our travels during
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-12-25

The small boy with his frecrackers
is heard on all sides.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-12-25

The man who handdles:the local de-
partment Of q newspaper learns, after
due experience, not to expect even
briefly expressed thanks from 8 coll
5pmn of pleasant things, but he know
Ell as surely sur as cometh the winter
that a single line in which there is
an unintentional representation will
cause some one to be Heard from as if
froma house top. And we may add!
that when he has madespleasant mem
tion nine hundred and ninety-nine
times Of some person, place or thing
but on the thousandth time fails to do
so, he must not expect to be forgot.
ten. The omission may have been
from accident, inadvetance, or even
an entire lsck of knowledge. It mat
tiers not; the simple fact remains that
he will be judged by that.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-12-25
years without paying one cent for it,
and enjoys it immensely all the while.
Surely queer old world this is.

The majority have at last declared
at, the ballot box that they want to
join Calhoun county; that they had
rather go to ST. Matthews than to
come to Z Lexington. This they have
done by great majority majority
so large in fact that the question no
longer remains in doubt. There is no
kick coming from us; we have always
been Democratic; have always be-
lieved in majority rule in all matters
Of this nature We have always con-
tended that the good citizens Of San
dy Run were capable of deciding the
matter for themselves. But we have
not changed our mind one iota,, but
are more firmly than ever of the opin.
ion that they have made a grave mis-:
take one that they will regret for
years to come.
1t is not.nec ecessary for us to state
that we regret tolose this territory;
not that. Lexington Can't get along
without it, bnt because of our love,
for the dear people of that section.
But We are reminded Of the fact that
they have not moved any farther off,
and we expect to continue to visit
them in the future as we have in the
past. May their present joy continue
forever and everl 9 f&2
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-12-25

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The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-26
NNSHMS5
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MOakaLE3
war on the New hats.

Famous beauty specialists are waging
war on the new "cartwheel' hat and
the mushroom" sailor, which, they de-
clare, are producing double-chinned,
stoop-shouldered women, besides rob-
bling their figures of their natural poise.
Notwithstanding this announcement
comes from the very best authority. 1t
has not abated in the least the craze
for these freak types Of millinery, which
are really a craze among women of all
classes in this, as well as other cities.
The manager of a large Broad street
concern was asked if the edict inter-
fered with the sale of these particular
styles.
'On the contrary" no replied, ut is
utterly impossible to keep pace with the
demand for mushroom droops' and
those extreme sailors. Every fresh
supply we get is eagerly snapped up by
women who will wear nothing else"
And this is all in spite of the fact
that the hading milliners agree with
the beauty specialists and foreign crit
les that the new headgear is really det-
rimental to feminine beauty. According
to one authority, the fatal defect of the
rev hats is that their weight throws
the head and shoulders forward, spoil
ing the erect poise so essential to good
looks.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-26
A BAG FOR FANCY WORK.

This useful bag is made OF one yaru
of pale-blue, pink, yellow or any color
figured silkoline. Trim each emu
of the silkoline carefully, SO that 1t Is
straight, first cutting off enough 10
cover four circles of cardboard ABOUT
four inches in diameter.
After covering three disks smoothiy,
drawing the silkoline smoothly ana
firmly in place, gather each end of the
straight piece you have (better gather
1t twice., and fasten around one disk.
laying 1t on to the depth of the second
row of gathers and making 1t come
almost three-fourths around. Then lay
one of the disks Pm top, and whip the
two together. Fix the other end the
same way. Before whipping the disks
quite around, take o~ne-fourth of a yard
of ribbon, fold to make a loop, and
place 1t at the top of the disk, one at
each end. This is to be used to hang
the holder up.
When you have fancy-work In YOU
lap, and are called way suddenly, 1t Is
very handy to AXE hold of the loops
of ribbon, catch 1t up, and hang on q
convenient hook, with the fancy-work
all inside and ready for next opportun-
ity you have to work at 1t.