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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-03-15
Six Men Seriously Injured

Louisville, KY, March 12.-FOlow-
ing several more or less serious street
car strike demonstrations in different
portions Of the city, the riotinS Gull
minated today in an outbreak at Sec
ond and Breckenridge streets, in which
six men are known to have petn
seriously injured, and a score or more
suffered bruises and cuts.
Mayor Barth issued a proclamation
this afternoon calling upon the citi-
zens to refrain from c~ongregating on
the streets or taking any part in the
disorders.
The sign ~. S. Mail" was torn from
a car carrying mail to one OF the sub
stations during the day.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-03-15
SUPREME COURT OPINIONS
Annual Meeting of Blue and Gray AS
s0cfation to be Held at Jamestown
Exposition.

~ EI
Raleigh, N. G. March l2.-The SUI
preme Court filed the following opin-
ions: st. Peters Church VS. Bragaw.
from Beaufort affirmed; Seasons,
vs. Seasons. from BERTHE, affirmed:
Gardner VS. Lumber company, from
Craven, affirmed; Station VS. Railroad.
from Edgecombe, affirmed; Alexander
VS. Railroad, from Martin, new trial:
Deal VS. Sexton, from Martin, affirm
ed; Hill VS. Brown, from DnpIfn. re-
Vlsed; Faison vs. Odom, from Sanap-
son, revised; Tremaine VS. Williams,
from Duplin, affirmed; Morisey VS.
Brown, from Duplin, affirmed; State We
Slmos' from Lenoir, per curtain af-
nrmed; Dunn VS. Bank, from Lenoir.
appeal dismissed under rule II; Hugh
es VS. Chetham, dismissed for failure
to print record.
Captain A. M. Clark, of Southern
Plnes, is here to confer with State An
dltor Dixon and other confederate VET
Grams regarding the next annual meet
ing OF the Blue and the Gray associa-
hon. 1t is decided to hold this at
tne jamestown Exposition in July. .Tu-
Ian 5. Carr, of Durham, is at the head
Governor Glenn appoints Theo. l.,
Meekins of Manteo, Roanoke Island
nsn COMMISSIONS under a law ratif-
ed at the late session of the 1eois1a-
ture.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-03-15

An unfortunate accident, which VIII
most probably result in the death Of
he victim. occurred early yesterday
morning at the Carolina Apartment
house, the big five story building Row
in process of erection on Fifth and
Market streets, in which Mr.. b. 7.
Haskell, one of the carpenters employ
ed on the building. received injuries
by being struck and mashed urssr an
elevator in the building, that there IL
practically no chance for recovery. The
injuries affected the spinal cord md
the man becamr paralyzed from the
shoulders down. Medical attention vas
at once given him by DR.. K. n. Bella
my who was hurriedly summoned, And
in a few moments Mr.. Haskell was
taken in the ambulance TO the James
Walker Memorial hospital. II was
stated from he hospital last night tsat
very little hope is held out for his
recovery, the injuries being almost
necessarily fatal. 1t is stated alt
death may not be immediate but il is
possible that the injured man may 1.-Two
yet for several weeks, but the end is
sure TO come before long.
Mr.. Haskell was about 30 years Of
& and unmarried. He has not been
in the city long and had accepted ,ln-
ployment on the apartment house only
the morning before he suffered the ac-
cident. He has been boarding in a
house on Fifth street between Walnut
and Red Cross streets.
In the building being erected there
is a double carriage elevator, which is
used to carry material from The gTeund
to the upper stories Of the structure,
one elevator carriage ascending while
the other descends, and frequent warn
ing has been given the workInen not
10 go under the elevator while il is in
h1OtlOI. ne SAME HOllCC VI OahSOl, II
is asserted, was given Mr.. Haskell. he
being advised of the risk of befDs in
jured, but it is evident that Ne forget
the injunction and while about his
work he walked under the rapidly de-
scending, loaded elevator and was
struck with great force on the upper
part of his body and Knocked down,
the lumber pressing against him Hits
heavy weight. His precarious ccrdi-
ton was at onc seen and several
workmen rushed to his assistance, x
Treating him as soon as possible. It
was realized at once that the injuries
were of a serious nature and DR.. 81. la
was quickly on the scene.
Throughout the day al the hospital
Mr.. Haskell has never lost conscious
ness, but he has suffered several hrm-
Orrhages and his condition is critical
IN the extreme.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-03-15
DIED SUDDENLY
VI. Casincrc-Pcricr, Former President
of France.

VI. Casincrc-Pcricr, Former President
of rance.
Paris, March I'm. CasimiT Per-
ior, ex-president Of France. died sud
denly at IL o'clock last night 81 en-
belism Of the heart. at his residence
on the Ru Nitot here.
Jean Paul Pierre Casimir-Pierir vas
the son and grandson Of statesmen U. His
father. Auguste Casimir-Terier, vas
minister Of the interior in 1871. and
his grandfather was leader OF the Cd
position when Louis Philippe assembled
the throne and afterwards was pre-
mier. The ex-president was born No
yember 8, 1S47.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-03-15
Ic1CLE DROPS ON TROLLEY CAR
One Person Killed and FIVE Other
injured.

Niagara Falls, n. Y, March PA
nuge lclcle dropped from the cliffs Of
Ihe Niagara gorge onto a trolley car OF
George road this afternoon as it was
passing the whirl pool rapids. Motor
man Everett Ramsdell was killed. DR..
and Mrs. NJ. B. Merry, of Sioux Civ.
Iowa. n Miss Merry were struck on
the back and badly bruised and :. G.
Lindsay N wife OF Pittsburg, were IL
Jured, the former having his hands
mashed. The injured were taken to
the Prospect House.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-03-15
Filed Suit Against Cotton Brokers.

New Orleans, March 12.-Seeking TO
recover money which its paying teller
Alex. r. Chisholm, is alleged to have
lost In cotton speculation, the First
National Bank of Birmingham, Ala,
today filed suit for s51 1850 against
Gilbert and Clay, cotton brokers Of this
city, Birmingham and other places. TIE
bank alleges that this sum represents
the amount of bank funds which CHS
holm paid to Gilbert and Clay and
which was never returned to the bank.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-03-15
Reduced Canita! Stock.

Albany, N. Y. March 12.-The Pana-
ma Construction company today fotni-
ed by the contractors associated with
W. J. Oliver to finance the work on
the Panama canal under the Oliver b:d
for hat work, certified to the secretary
of state that it has reduced its capital
from SIS, 600, 00e to 5000.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-03-15
ADOPTED q Charter

Richmond, Va, March 1.-THE board
of visitors Of the proposed University
Of Richmond today formally adopted a
charter for the institution, which viii
be presented forthwith TO the state cor
poratiOn commission for its approval
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-03-15
VIOLATED JIM CROW LAW
Sycnty-onc IndictmcD,- Rrousht
against Southern Railway.

Roanoke, Va, March 12-Thc Frank
lin county grand jury al Rocky MouAt,
Va, yesterday brought in - indict-
ments against the Southern railway for
violating the Jim Crow law and failing
TO provide proper accommodations or
the travelling public. The violations
are said TO be on a branch Of the
Southern between Rocky Mount aud
Franklin Junction.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-03-15

A fine horse, the animal being valued
at $500. arrived in the city yesterday
from st. Louis, in charge OF Frank
Miller, a white man who had made the
trip to see that the animal was proper
ly attended to, and today will be taken
70 Fort Casweli for the use OF the
q~uartermaster there.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-03-15

Secretary Cortelyou's reported daily
indulgence in mince pie for lunch does
MT look like early relief for the money
market.-Boston Herald.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-03-15

Cotton receipts yesterday were 1899
bales, compared with only s. bales the
same day last year. The staple was
quoted steady at 10 So cents.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-03-15
JEROME's PURPOSE PLAIN
VIII Fight For Verdict of Murder
In First Degree

With Disappearance of Lunacy ON
mission Death Chair Looms Up
Brother-in-Iaw Introduced as Wit
neSs-TeIls Succinct Story OF E'eIts
the Night White Was Kisled-lntro-
QUESTION OF Testimony Bitterly
Fought by Delmas.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-03-15
THE GRAND JURY PROBING
Investigation Made At Instance of
Interior Department

Parties Alleged TO Have Taken Title
TO Valuable Lands and Afterwards
transferred Them to Corporations
transactions OF American obacc
COMPANY Affecting Interstate Com
ncrce Also Subject of investigation.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-03-15
B. 7. HlsKETT INJURED
One of the WOTkmen Crushed
Under the Elevator

Tn iur,d Man WaS flushed 20 &C u
nital-Thcre it Was Found That his
spinal Cord Na> Injured and He
Was Completely Paraly1ed FROM
His shoulders Down-tCsideRt o.
CURED Early Yesterday hsrniss-
No nance for His Recovery.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-01-31
# ! Only Had Capital.

Carthage Blade.
The above words were recently utter
ed in our bearing by worthy boy and
| undoubtedly they are often reiterated
by many who are out of employment,
or have little or nothing to do. Tell
all such we eay, you have home capt.
tai, you have hands, feet, bone, muscle,
health and are not these capital
What more capital has God given any
body? "But If 1 only had few thous-
ands in cash capital" says the young
man. But these are better than cash
capital, for no one can take them from
you, and with these you can earn cash.
Our men of wealth and influence
did not start with any cash capital.
| They went to work with their plow,
the hoe, the jack plane or ak, and in
time their capital brought them
rich harvest. Ah but there's the rub /;
you don't want to work. You want
money on credit 80 you can play the
gentleman, speculate and end your
career by playing vagabond. You
want to marry rich girl who will
support you, while you wear fine
clothes, smoke cigars and be a gentle
man of leisure.
Shame on you, young man Go to
work with the capital you have and
you viii. soou make interest enough
upon it to give you as much money as
you need. ii you cannot make money
on what capital you have, you Gould
n Ut If you had larger amount IN cash
II you waste your present capital you
would waste n oney il you had it. So
don't stand around, a great helpless
fellow, waiting for something to turn
up, but 90 to work. Take the first
work you can get to do and do it we'll.
Always do your best, and If you man
age your capital that God has given
you we'll. you Will soon have p'enty
more to manage.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-01-31
Direct Evidence Unstable.

Selected.
People generally decry purely cir
cumstantial evidence, not only In cap
ital cases, but In minor criminal and
wen in civil cases; but 90 matter
fact direct evlderce ID ~ C.. Il .''""
Is notably ua.te to rally upln l.
Let an accident occur upon publ"
-treet, within sight o! hundred per.
sons, and the story will be told differ.
emily by every one Of the witnesses.
For the purpose OF lllastra.lug The
difficulty of procuring accurate eyi-
dence, Prof Won Liszt, of Berlin, ar
ranged with two Of his pupils to pre-
tend to quarrel, consisting of hot
words, walking stick, and a pistol
loaded with blank cartridges. The
quarrel cane of in the presence OF
twenty other young men, all "hlghly
educated" who were not IN the secret
No two of the twenty agreed exactly
as to the cause of the quarrel. Eight
different answers were given to the
question: "Who began the quarre
And yet people read history
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-01-31
SCOTLAND NECK, N. c., THURSDAY, JANUARY 81, 1907.
DANGEROUS ToNICs.
Better consult a Doctor.

Selected.
A great deal OF harm is done by SELL
drugging for the relief OF various real
or imaginary ills.
Every man, of course, believes him
self a doctor, and often thinks be il
better able to attack a cough or case
OF rheumatism or headache, whether
it be his own or another's than those
who make the cure of disease special
study. All be has to do is to make up
his mind what the trouble is-apd any
one can tell cough when be has II
and then take a something that is
"gocd for cough"
There is nothing easier. The only
objection to the plan is, that what is
good for the cough may be bad for the
cougher.
So it Is with a headache Almost
any oaln in the head not due to actual
brain disease may he moderated, If rot
relieved temporarily by some form, Ct
headache powder )" but frequent re-
source to this meaus OF cure may fatal
| ly weaken the heart. When this stops
beating the headaches cease to trouble,
| bat the patient is not in condition to
kloH or care.
Less serious, but not much so, is the
| abuse OF tonics. A true tonic is any
thing that promotes the neutrition OF
the body. This may be done by in.
creasing the appetite and improving
digestion which is the function of the
bitter tonics or by improving the con-
dition OF the blood by adding to 1t the
iron it has lost or by supplying the
system with some needed substance
such as fat in cod liver oil or finally
by stimulating the tissues to increased
absorption, an action which is ascribed
| to arsenic, mercury, and others OF the
mineral tonics.
But these are not the "tonics" to
which people arb apt to resort when
| they run down, according to Youths
Companion. They take to stimulants,
alcohol usually, and think they are
getting strong because they feel better
after each dose. The alcohol in the
"tonic" is disguised. and the user, per-
haps conscientious teetotaler, would
be shocked to learn that what he was
taking to give him strength had more
alcohol in it than has the strongest
whiskey. If the system is seriously
run down, a physician should be con-
suited, who will be able to give what
is needed, whether iron, or bark, ol
gentian, or cod-llver oil, to correct the
underlying condition that causes the
debility.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-01-31
Nearly every person who is subject

Nearly every person who is subject
to attacks from the stomach suffers
from a morbid dread of a dietetic treat
ment for relief, that is three-fourths
starvation, and one-fourth toast and
milk. On the other hand you can eat
as you please and digest the food by
the aid of good digestant, thus giving
the tired stomach equally as much rest.
Eat what you please and take a little
Kodol For Indigestion after your meals.
1t digests what you eat. Sold by E. T.
Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-01-31
Measuring Hogs BY the Yard Stick.

Newton Enterprise.
Mir. Frank RAIDER was down in Noun
tain %reek township MONDAY. at Mr.
Austin Sherrlll'5 he found them dress.
ing the bigges: tcg he ever saw. Mr.
RAIDERS curiosity was aroused Try the
great length of the hog, and having no
rule or yardstiGk, he took the measure
ment from tip to tip, with q pcla and
brought it with him to Newton. He
exhibited 1t In the Enterprise office
Tuesday morning. It's length was 7
feet n inches. The hog was not ready
for weighing when be left, bat guossers
put it at coo pounds.
Mr.. D. j. Carpenter and Prof ". B.
Dove were down at Mr. John How rd :
Tuesday shooting quail. Mr.. Howard
WAS butcbering hi, big hog. Messrs
Dove and Carpenter had heard Frank
Raiders story about the Mountain Creek
hog. so they put the yard stick to Mr..
Howard's and found 1t z feet 81 inches
lond, beating Mr.. RAIDERS pole one Inch
The hog was put en- the scales and
weighed 692 pounds. This is a Clad
we'll township hog of Manuel Chne's
breed.
But here comes a note by mail from
Mr.. R G. Frazier that CASTS both the
abovo hogs in the shade: "C1 the 221d
day Of January assisted Mr.. L. l.
Bandy In butcherlng the fines. porker
| ever saw. He bought 1t when pig
OF Mr.. NJ. M. Cline and it was of the
eyer famous "Blltmore" stock. 1t was
seven feet and eight inches long when
hung up. Its neck when cut off was
twenty-one inches in diameter and the
hog tipped the beam at seven hundred
and seventy pounde, and was just IS
months and IA days DID,"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-01-31
CURED OF LUNG TROUBLE.

cit ls now eleven years since l had n
narrow escape from consumption" !"
writes C o Floyd, leading business
man of Kersnaw. S. q. II had run
down IN weight to 135 pounds, aud
coughing was constant, both by day and
by night Finally began taking DR.
Kings New Discovery, and confirmed
this for about six months, when my
cough and lung trouble we're entirely
gone and I was restored to my norma
weight. 40 pounds" Thousands CT
persons are healed every year. Guaran-
iced at E T. Whitehead & Co.'s drug
store. SOC and Sl.O0. Trial bottle
free.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-01-31
FOR OVER SIXTY YEARS.

Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for sixty years by millions of
mothers for their children while teeth
ing, with perfect success. 1t sootbes
the child, softens the gums, allays all
pain, cures wind collie, and Is the best
remedy for Diarrhoea. It will relieve
the poor little sufferer Immediately
Sold by druggists in every part OF the
world. Twenty-Five cents bottle. Be
sure and askfor Mrs. Wlnslow's Sooth-
ing Syrup.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-01-31

WANTED by Chicago wholesale
and mail order house. assistant mana
ger Oman or woman) for this county
and adjoining territory. Salary 500 and
expenses paid weekly expense. money
advanced. Work pleasant; position
permanent. No investment or expert
ence required. Spare time valuable.
Write at once for tull particulars and
enclose. e.sel!-addressed envelope Address
GENERAL MANAGER, 134 E. Lake ST.,
Chicago
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-01-31

"They like the taste as well as mapl'
sugar" is what one mother wrote oi
Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup
This morden cough syrup is absolutely
free from any opiate narcotic Contaius
Honey Tar Conforms to the National
Pure Food and Drug Law. Sod by +
r. Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-01-31

Dade's Little Liver Pills thoroughly
clean the system, good for lazy livers,
makes clear compilations, bright eSe-
and happy thoughts. Sold by +. l
Whitehead d Co, Scotland Neck, and
Leggett's Drug Store, Hobgood.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-01-31

Possesses wonderful medicinal power
pver the human body, removing all
disorders from your system, is what
Holister's Rocky Mountain Tea Wi
iJ Makes you well, keeps you wei .
IS cents, Tea or Tablets.
e. T Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-01-31

"No man can see into the future"
Cant he? You just stick a pin int"
this prophecy: n less then tw"
months your wife will toll you the
coat she bought last week is out OF
date. ."-Clevellnd Press.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-01-31

First Doctor-Is this operation ahsc-
lutely necessary? Second Doctor-It
Is. The cnly possible chance we have
OF collecting our bill Is from his life
insurance !-Idfe
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-01-31


frPT, - ) ling indicates an
>L~I<4 J * e, uahcaIthy condi-
". J. Iss-~1 NJ, " ton Of the kid
VIZ ~ u 4 ! Y neys; if it stains
a5~NlZ Zr- = TX >4-z2s1 your linen it is
A<z ! 49, jTi evidence OF kid
E54 \. ! = 2 X ncy trouble; toe
~ ! wv I, !%sl frequent desire to
II : =. ~7->~,l-LH' pass it or pain it
the back is also
convincing proof that the kidneys and blad
Ger are out Of order.
Ttat to Dc.
There is comfort in the knowledge SC
often expressed, that Dr.. kilrler's Swamp
Root, the great kidney remedy fulfills every
wish in curing rheumatism, pain in the
back, kidneys, liver, bladder and every part
Of the urinary passage. 1t corrects inability
to held wafer and scalding pain in passing
il, or bad effects following use of liquor,
wine or becr, and ovorcomes that unpleasant
necessity q being compelled to 60 often
during the day, and to get up many times
during the night. The mild and the extra
ordinary effect Of Swan!p=Roct is soon
realized. 1t stands the highest for its won
derfuI cures Of the mcst Distressing cases.
II you need medicine you should have the
best. Sold BY druggists in SOC. and ST.. sizes.
lou may have sample bottle of this
wonderful discovery GcIt1'~
and book that tells s.. s .sss:E
more about it, both sent L
absolutely free by mail, s:= zs u
address Dr.. Klrner & Home of swamp-Root.
Co., Binghamton. ~. When writing men
ton reading this generous offer in this paper.
Don't make any mistake, but re-
member the name, Swamp-Root, DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-root, and the address
n. Y, on every bottle.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-01-31

Employment and hardship prevent
melaneholy.-Johnso
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-01-31
AnNINISI r. TORS EOTICE.

Having qualified as the administration
upon the estate of David Clark, deceased
late of Halifax county, North Carolina /
hereby notify all persons having claims
against said estate to present them to
me on or before January 3, 1908,
or this notice will be pleaded in bar
of their recovery. All personsindebted
to sald estate will please make immedi-
ate settlement with re
4 q. WILCOX,
Administrator.
Brinkleyville y. c., January 5, 1897.
1.1O-6t
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-01-31

OBSERVATIONS OF PASSING EVENTS. i
Assembly reelected
a ye,rs n
o o., ing 4, 1907 This is indeed high
0''''' o' "' Simmons and
'''''''' pressons o him n
General Assembly we'll desev
honorable member national councils
Carolina should feel bis record and the stand he has
the nations He has served we'll people and
Carolina with distinguished ability His colleagues
in the United States Senate and his host friends and admirers there
gratif,d honorlrg Simmons
Assembly North Carolina honored Itself Also
bought experience learn that
Just We
v. n., in We have huma
" WV ~ closely that easily interpret the action
conclusions When others things for which
excube for condemning
censuring
possible such In the end be mistaken conclusions
vo lighter condemnation the other
will when the whole shows To be
called believe
mild judgments
not
hastily
present of extravaganza every phase e
living
,:, c, following clipped from the Carthage Blade is
AS p'' suggestive and worth studying: "subsitute
of fashion.
pc Refuse begued living above what required
position
simplicity prudence inexpensvenes which others will
glad follow fer irrcsue2e. Tack
which wealthy
pride yourself being happy without them
and simple and home that members
will flppeies snowy fashion,
happy and comfortable apartments"
following warning
speech
Senator eyeae tn the some days ago. This word our Southern
" o.,S ~ brothers, and it is word of doom. While the
~ white working people of the South, composing
the
ceingy sending working
OF the white the of the South increasingly sending their
children school, and
deliberately weakening South, gradually
strengthening black glad
hea-breakng
children being made their inferior physically nevously the far
future mentally. already
Northern capitalists
mills shall be made still greater The nation alarmed
fortunes; swelling
with the blood and lives of American children"
subject
gratute
u a n,,. railroads than people, large
r'r ~ majority editors of North
ask such gratules
be prohibited from making legitimate
roads, legislation
paper willing to
business parties
Mr. Justices bill
propose privilege
farmers produce
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-01-31
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble
and Don't Know it.
How To Find Cat.

Fill bottle o. common glass With your
water and let it sand tHenty-{our hours; q