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THE WILMINGTON MESSENGER, TUESDAY, MAY 19, 19u8. BILLINGS WAS A WONDER. Old Man Greenhut's Pride in Arkansas City is Roughly lolled by a Stranger Who Licks the Sheriff and Does Up the Home Talent at Draw Poker. o- By ' avid (Copyright, 1&03, by Robert Howard Russell.) "There ain't no manner o' use losin" patience with a man 'count o' him bein' a fool," said Old Man Greenhut, after he had listened one evening to the recital of a peculiarly exasoeratins circumstance, which Sam Pearsall gave to a small group of Greenhut's custom ers as they sat together around tha barroom stove. "If a man is a fool, he's a fool, an that's all there is to it, an I don't see'a there's any way for him to help it. Tain't likely, I reckon that any man sets out to be a fool, debliberate. The reason he is one is just because the Lord made him that er way, an' he can't help it, no moret he can help the shape of his nose. Don't the good book say that no man can add a cubic inch to his statue? He's made the way he's made- and that's all there is to it. But It does seem sometimes like the good Lord had more use for fools nor a wise man can easily understand. If he didn't have, He would never have mada 20 blamd many of 'em "There is time, though, when It 'peare like even, a fool wouldn't feel like it was his duty to be no bigger fool nor the Lord meant him to be, an' tain't no more'n natural for other folks to get provoked with h5m. It's a pood deal like drivin' a mule. You know he's a mule, an you reckon on his bein' ugly at times, an, kickin when he Bees a chanst, an balkin' when you're in hurry, but when he gets in a tan trum an does all his devilishness to once, an then looks 'round an' hee haws about it, it's no more'n human nature to lambaste him with a big stick if there's one handy. You don't exiect him to be no less of a mule just for a lickin', but you do have some sat isfaction lettin him know, what you think of him. "Xow th5s here yahoo what Sam Is a, telling about, may be a fool an then again, maybe he aii.'t. 'Pears alto gether likely he is, jud.in f'm the way he butts in. him not bein acquainted none with Arkansas City ways, an seemin to have more confidence in his self 'n any man had ought for to have, in a strange place. Then again, mbbe he ain't such a fool as you'd think. You say he licked Bassett?" "Good an pror-r." said Pearsal!. "Don't 6eem no ways likely," said the old man, " th uten Joe was drunk, n you say he -. as sober." "Sober as a judge," replied Sam. "Well, I dor i see no reason why you Bh'cT come rr and here an tel no such yarns as th?;. 'thouten 'twas so, but if 'tis so, I drift never want to hear no question m ed again about that little story o J nah an the whale. If there's n; y man in Arkansas, more specially nny yahoo f'm the Ozark dis trict thai can come to town an get Into a .o-handed game o draw with Joe Bas -ett, an then take his gun away fm hini. an' lick him Avith his bane hands. I'm ready to believe 't Jonah swallowed the whale. BJivbodv that says he an T c'n lick didn't, old as I be. "But there's one thing certain. If If this here stranger ain't a fool. Joe Is, n I don't say that ount o his pet tin licked, neither. When Ihfre'i a fight somebody gen'ly does get licked, an 'tain't al'ays the one you're beetln on, neither. But what I can't under stand is Joe playin freeze-out with a man Ike that, when he c'd just as asy brought him 'round here an" introduced him to a game where he'd 'a' been like ly to learn somethin about draw-poker stead o gettin the notion that the Arkansas City game is the kinc. Joe Baseett plays. "That ain't to say nothin ngm Has. sett's game under the right conditions. Joe is a good reliable player enough when he has moral supiort. He c'n hold up his end all right when it conies to a question o' combinin' the home talent agin the unprincipled atacks o strangers that comes here to get Ar kansas City capital. He knows, as well as most, when it's up to him to grlve It a boost with nothin in his hand, an I will say fr Joe that there ain't no discount on his nerve. If he had as much sense as he has courage, he'd well, be wouldn't be playin no hundred dollar freeze-outs with strang ers, like you sa he was doin when this here tumult began. "Then again, as I understand it. there was some discussion along o the stranger noticin" somep'n 't looked iike a card showin in Joe's sieve. You said he kind o' got the notion that Joe was holdln" out a ace. didn't you?" "Ace o clubs." said Pearsall, briefly. "Now there you are," continued the old man. "The most disgutin fool thes is. Is the man that ain't satisfied with doin the kind o stunts the Lord give him talents for. but has to go inv.tatin others that kfciowte how to tlr things 't he ain't fitted to do. Holdin' out cards for talents that Bassett ain't gifted With. No man had ought for to try it. nver, thouten it's a case o real emergency, an' he -n do it 'thout bein' catched. It s part o the, game .if it's did proper, but if a man's catched at it, it's nothin more nor less'n cheaten, an any man's a fool to get caught cheatin. HEALTH INSURANCE The man w ho insure his life is wise for his family. The man who insures his health is wise both for his family and himself. You may insure health by guard ing it. It is worth guarding. At the first attack of disease, which generally approaches through the LIVER and mani fests itself in innumerable ways TAKE a r n And save your health. I f RSj A. Curtis. "But as I was sayin 'tain t no use quarrelin with a man just because he's a fool, n' you can't hold that ag'ln Bassett. "What I reely blame him for, Is gettin' licked. I reckon you must be mistaken about that, Sam. Ain't you. now?" "Mistaken!" exclaimed Pearsall, im patiently. "Well, if you'd ha saw that feller climb all over Joe whrle he was drorin his gun, an' take the gun away f'm him, an' knock him down, an dance on his belly, an kick his face till Joe hollered 'Enough you'd ia thought he was licked." "Pears like somebody else might ha' took a hand," observed Greenhut. ""Well, Just naturally there was some body else took a hand," replied Pearsall still more impatiently. "'Tain't Jikely we was goin to set by an' see no such daln'a as that 'thout mixin in, I don't reckon. Trouble was, it was all over so quick, you couldn't seem to re'lle It. "We was rec'nin' on Joe doin' the stranger up. 'an' the stranger done him up. Soon as we seen it. o'c ourse, we Jumped in, but you couldn't do nothin. It were a fair fight, 'n' everybody seen it." "Well." said Greenhut, with a sigh, "it don't seem fittin' that such things sh'd be, but what's did is did. Where do you say Joe is now?" "I left him up to the doctor's," said Sam, "gettin' a few stitches put in his face." "Ah this here stranger, what did you say his name is?" "Somebody said he called hisself Jim Billings, 'n' claims to come f'm some wheres up in the Ozarks, but nobody round here 'pears to know who he is, or what he come to town for." "An where is he now?" ' "He's up to the hotel, fillin' up with bug-juice in the bar-room." "Seems a pity," said the old man, "but mebbe that hotel liquor is as good aa what he's been used to, bein' as he comes f'm up in the mountains." He said no more for a time, but light ing a big, black cigar, he walked around to his favorite seat by the window and put his feet carefully on the window sill. Sitting thus, he smoked in silence for a while, and the others in the room, seeing that he was thinking hard, dis cussed the details of the fight with Pearsall, in understones. After a considerable interval the old man spoke agaan. '"pears like there was the makin' of a citizen in this here Billings," he said, slowly and without removing the cigar from Ms mouth. Then he lapsed into silence again. "There's different ways o' doin things," he said at length; "but it looks to me like it'd be a good thing to see if he's got any appetite left for draw poker. More'n likely he has, seein' as how he's got money of his own an some o' Joe Bassett's wad in his kick. An' havan did up one o' the leading cit zens o' the town, he won't have no such respect for Arkansas City poker as he might have if he knowed more. There's one thing certain. It ain't good med icine to have no such man as him in tho community 'thouten he's goin to stay permanent. If he is, 'ie s like enough to be a credit to the place, but if he's just goin to swell round an' blow hisself with his wiinnin's an then go home an talk about what he's did. the reppytation of Arkansas City'll suffer. 'Pears like some on ye d better get some acquainted with him. an" If he wants to play, you 'n have the back room fr a game, any time. Mi.ght be just as well, though, not to "nave no rough house with a man that's done licked the sheriff. I don't want no kill in on the premises. Things like that is best did out doors, if they're did at all. But if Billings is anyways as good a man as he 'pears to be f'm this remark able yarn o Sam Pearsall's, he's alto gether too valuable to waste." As an upshot of this suggestion, two or three of the group left the room r.ml sauntered slowly toward the hotel. Just what hapened there, they did not explain, but in half an hour's time, they reappeared and Billings wa.? with them. It apeared from what was said on their entrance, though no particulars were given, that the stranger was en tirely inlifferent as to the form of his amusement provided it should be some thing that offered some sort of excite ment. He was willing to play poker, or to fight, or. in case no one cared to en gage in either of these pastimes, he could content himself, as he had been doing at the hotel, with the consump tion of red liquor. "I just come to town." he explained to old man Greenhut." to see what was doin here and do a little on it myself. Things gettin' too blame slow up home." "Well," said the old man, "I hav heer'd it said round here, sometimes, that things was slow in Arkansas City, but the boys is always ready to make it lnterestin' for strangers." It was not long before the cards jxnd chips were on the table in the back room and four of the best players in town were pited against Mr. Billings while the old man. who seldom played cards himself, though he was credited with a thorough knowledge of the game, sat by the window smoking a fat cigar. "It's table stakes. I reckon, ain't it'" asked Carruthers, as he riped open thi new deck. "What's table stakes?" asked the stranger. "Well you can't raise a man leyond what he has on the table." explained Winterbottom. "nor he can't dig for r.o more while he's playin' a hand. You can get a show down for what's in front of you." "That "don't go with me." said Bill ings, "'thouten it's a freeze-out, an' I I ain't playin' no five handed freeze-out. There don't nobody get no showdown 'thout puttin' up his pile if I'm playin'." "All right." said Pearsall. ' It's no limit, then." This was agreeable, and Winterbotom dealt. The very first deal brought nr tion. It was Blaiesdell's ante and he made it a dollar to play. They all came In, and he raised it two dollars. Car ruthers stayed: Bilings made it five more; Pearsall dropped out: Winter bottom stayed, and Blaidsdell came back with ten more. Carruthers saw the double raise, Billings made good and Winterbottom came up without a word. On the draw each man took one card, and Carruthers bet a dollar. Billings saw the dollar and bet a hundred. It did not look like a good play for any body to raise back, but he got two calls, Carruthers throwning down aces up. And Billings showed down four sevens against Blaidsdell's three aces and Wlnterbotom's ten full. It was a vigorous start, and gave the stranger a strong advantage, none of the others having more than four or five hundred to play with, and no one knowing what he might have. There was considerable confidence fel how ever, in Blaisdell's dealing, and when Billings came in on Carruther's ante, they all looked forward to a good play, all having good hands. Billings, how ever laid down when Carruthers raised, and it seemed certain that either he was suspicious, or that Blaisdell had not given him a very good hand. In either case there was no great advantage to be had by playing farther and Car ruthers took the pot. On his deal a jack pot was made, no one coming in, and Billings took the deck. As each of the others picked up his cards, he gave a little start of sur prise, and one looked at another in a Questioning way. What they read in one another's eyes seemed to surprise them still more, and they all looked at Billings. That worthy was grinning broadly. "Kind o' s'prised, I reckon, ain't ye?" he said, and their looks showed that he was right. "Fact is," he continued, after he had grined a little longer. "I don't reckon you uns knows much about poker, no ways. Tou each think you can win that pot, don't ye? W1I, ye, can't. I've got ye all beat a mile. What you can all do is to draw down your money. What I wtin on your dealln' I keep, see? But there's no fun stackin' cards against this outfit. Your'e too easy." Shamefacedly they all threw down their hands. Each man excepting the dealer had fours, and he had a straight flush. "Now," he said cheerfully, "we'll see what kind o' wine the old man keeps an if it's good, we'll have a basket."And he called loudly for Green hut. "Well," said the old man, when the circumstances had been explained to him," I reckon maybe it's just as well 't you licked Bassett afore you come round here. 'Pears like you're tol'able husky for an outsider, but if you're anyways disposed to settle in Arkansas City, there's a openin' fox you." And Billings promised to consider it. A German Electrical Farm. In the application of electricity to every day work, Germany has, perhaps, gone farther than any other nation. Blectricalry heated and operated cooking and laundry apparatus in common use there, but the most striking single de velopment is the electrical farm. Take, for example, Professor Backhaus' es tate near Quednau in eastern Prussia, which is only one of a large number of German estates run by electricit. The Quednau farm covers 430 acres and its dairy handles 1,000 gallons of milk daily. Every part of the farm is lighted by electricity and 3s in telephone communication with every other part. The dairy has an electrical churn: the barn contains electrically operated feed and carrot-cutting machines, and even the grindstone is turned by a small belt from the shaft connected with the barn motor. The water-pumping apparatus is run by electricity; all the buildings are lighted by incadescent lamps, and there is an electrical pipe-lighter at the doors of all the houses. This farm har also its own thrashing and grist mill, the machinery of which is turned by a current from the miniature central station, and finally gets its power from the same station. On the farm are all kinds of electrical agricultural ma chines, including an automobile plow, all run by batteries charged from sub stations in the fields. The nower for all these various oper ationslighting, heating, telephones, 1 thrashing, cutting, grinding, pumping, treshing. and sawing, comes from a fifty horse power stationary engine moving two dynamos. From this station the power is dis tributed to the part of the farm, and the switchboard is so plainly marked that the commonest farm hand can regulate the supply to fit the need. At Crottorf a number of small farms have grouped to support one station and have their work done by it. Such plants as these do more than merely lighten farm labor. Fewer workmen are needed and greater pro fits are possible, and the whole bus'ness of farming is made more attraexne The barnyard is lighted by an arc lignx; nignt worK in ine . tiu i poMne. 11 vTl 1 11 A3 ilCCOOUl J , lilt DtM-wiv.i ua. warmed aed in winter and ventilated in summer by the turning of a switch; indeed, the entire farm runs like a ma chine at the call of the electric cur rent. World's Work. The Cleveland Room. The Washington Star, in its local col umns snvs tfo.it it is well known in that city that Mr. Cleveland went to St Louis to obtain if possible, an ink ling of the feeling of Bryan democrats towards himself, to learn whether or not they regard his as impossible. It is doubtful Sf Mr. Cleveland went to St. Luis for any such purpose. He did not have to go to St. Louis to find out how the Bryan followers feel to wards him. He has friends all over tne west and soutn wno could miorm lng nouse with Rosseau in New York. TiJ int- H-e ?"eiV0 Governor Charles B. Aycock will de- Louis because he was invited by the . , . fair management to deliver an address Uver the commencement address at there, the plea being that it was desir- Winterville in Pitt tomorrow, ed to have the president and the only General Julian S. Car, of Durham, living ex-president to make addresess j has presented, through Colonel F. A. on the occasion. ; 0ids to tne Hall of History, a memor- It is true that Mr- Cleveland was j dam of the ..Laws and Agreement" warmly received, but it is not certain 1 , . ., 1C., cc. . . " . , that the recepion meant that he would 1 made Annl 1Sth- 1&6- between General be an acceptable candidate of the dem- j Js- E- Johnston and General. William ocratic pary for president. He has been ! T. Sherman. General Carr has also loan before the public a great deal since, he 1 ed a leaf from Andrew Jackson's shop was president and his letters and ad dresses have increased the esteem in which he is held. It is by no means certain that he de sires the nomination for president. It is probable that he would accept it it it were tendered to him. but he isn't goring to make an effort to get it. No doubt his friends will do some work for him but it would not be surprising if the talk of him in connection with the pre'sidency would soon die out. The papers were full of accounts of the availability of Judge Parker a few- lEe Old Standard T 9 has stood the test 25 years. over One and a Half Million bottles. of merit appeal to you? No Cure, No Pay. 50c. Eadosed with every bottle b a Ten Cent Package of GROVE'S BLACK ROOT UVER. PILLS. mm? Mid feel the exquisite thrill of motherhood with indescribable dread and fear. Every woman shpojil know that the danger, pain and horror of child-birth can beentireiy avoided by the use of Mother's Friend, a scientific liaiment for external use only, which toughens and renders pliable all the parts, and assists nature in, tB snbHme work. By its aid thousands of women have passed this great crisis in perfect safety and without pain. Sold at $1.00 per bottle by druggists. Ottrbook of priceless value to all women sent free. Address BRADFIKLD RECmj&Vtt OO., Attanim, Otu weeks ago. Xow it is seldom that his name is mentioned. In some of the statements it is as serted that some of Mr. Cleveland's friends are of the opinion that the ; south will favor his nomination if she J can ue convinced that he stands a Dei ter chance to win than any other man who could be named. It is probable that the leading democrats of the south are about as well posted as to the availability of the different men named in connection with the nomina tion as the politicians of the north They do not need to be instructed as to Mr. Cleveland's popularity. Savannah News. THE STATE CAPITAL,. Temperance Convention Called for July 7th Excitement Over the In fernal Machine Iron Furnaces to lie Built Xear Raleigh.. Messenger Bureau. Raleigh, N. C, May 14. Mr. J. W. Bailey, manager for the campaign of the Anti-Saloon League, has called a temperance convention to meet at Raleigh, July 7, 1003. "This convention is demanded by the conditions: "(1) We have a vast amount of tem perance sentiment in the state, but it is unorganized. In the process of or ganizing it, this convention is neces Bary. "(2) We are about to enter upon a great campaign. (3). We must greatly strengthen our operations. "We cannot cope with the situation! on the present basis. The present ex ecutive committee needs enlargment, and those who shall lead our cause need the support of a convention repre senting the entire commonwealth. "The convention will have for its purpose (1) The marshaling of the temperance forces of our state for the conflict now so close at hand: (2) The reorganization of our executive depart ment: (3) The selection of one or more field men: (4) The putting our work upon an adequate basis; (5) The work of forming our policy. 'Every anti-Saloon league in the state should send a delegation; and every place that intends to organize a league ! or institute a campaign against me j drink evil should send representatives. ! The Raleigh police were in a stir last evening searenmg ror traces nere 01 Rosseau or Rassio, the man who sent a dynamite machine by express to the steamer Umbria in Xew York. The first telegram from New York stated j that a coat belonging to Rosseau had j been left in a tailor shop for repairs H.IIU. iiiai j L uuic LLixs name vi j Linehan, of Raleigh, X C. Mr. Joe Riln(i. a salesman with this firm, re- j membered waiting on a man of that . . 22nd and he eac r j ouni a 50 suit and a Stetson stiff hat. The man attracted attention by his manner and remarked that he would not buy a Prince Albert because he would be in New York in three weeks. The description tailled with the Um bria would be dynamiter excep that Mr. Bland thought his customer was taller S than 5 feet S inches. However, a later telegram last night stated that the suit belonged to R. C. Rivers, who formerly lived in Raleigh. Mr. Rivers is now in New York in the theatrical business. ! He was once manager of Senator Mar lon Butler's paper, then chief clerk to State Auditor Ayer and later manager of the Academy of Music here. He married an actress in Norfolk last sum mer. Rivers was in the same board- book when he was a tailor at Green ville, Tenn. Mr. James F. Royster, son of Dr. W. T. Royster, of Raleigh, has returned from the University of Berlin, where he has been studying. Work has been begun remodeling the grand stand at the fair ground. This building is over 260 feet long and 60 feet broad and the improvements will cost over $2,000. Manager E. W. Lyon, of the Seaboard aJ, Is the joy of the household, for without it no happiness can be complete. How sweet the picture of mother and babe, angels smile at and commend tho thoughts and aspirations of the moifcwr bending over the cradle. The oreal'throui which the expectant mother mast pess, lioSr ever, is so full of danger and suffering that she looks forward to the hour when she s-haf! Steel and Iron Company, of X. Y., has just completed an examination of the tract of 2,500 acres of iron ore land leas ed 12 miles from here. The company will probably place its furnace at or near Raleigh. Rev. T. F. Gailor, of Tennessee, will preach the baccalaureate sermon at St. Mary's school Sunday after next. The students of the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts have published a beautiful volume as an annual called the "Agromeck." It Is one of the handsomest college pub lications ever seen in this state. The fun and humor are sprightly and free from coarsness. The caricatures de signed by Cadet J. A. Parker, of the Sophomore class, would de credit to a professional artist. The book contains photographs of every member of the Faculty and of every student in college and of every college building. It also contains the photographs of eight Raleigh belles who have honored the battalion by serving as sponsors for the various companies. Miss Mary Haywood Andrews is spon sor for the battalion. The class Prophecy is written in im mitation of Poe's Raven. This and the Agricultural and Mechanical alphabet are specially bright. The Agromeck is a very creditable publication and speaks well for the tal ent of the young men in the Agricultur al and Mechanical colleges battalion and also for their conduct, character, and sense of propriety. Double Tragedy. Kansas City, Mo., May 14. George E. Spejncer, a clothing merchant who came here recently from Birmingham, 1 Ala., was shot and killed, and Stephen Flanagan, a police patrolman, was mortally wounded here today in a pis tol duel in a room. (Flanagan had gone to the house to arrest Spencer. There were no witnesses to the tragedy and when persons attracted by the shots entered the room. Spencer was dead and Flanagan lay unconscious, blood oozing from a wound in his breast a few inches below the heart. By the side of each man was a pistol. A half dozen shots were exchanged. At the hospital it was said Flanagan could not live. Spencer had been visiting the fam ily of J. Cox, a news agent. It was said he had been annoying women and children in the neighborhood and com plaint had been made to the police. Spencer was requested to leave tho house, but refused to do so. and the Cox family had moved out and left him in possession. Flanagan lay in wait for Spencer and Spencer who had armed himelf, expecting trouble, began shooting as soon as he entered the room. II I'' J l l Sir. Aura , y Atlantic Christian College. (Special to The Messenger.) Wilson, N. C, May 14. The first an nual commencement of the Atlantic Christian college opened last night. The attendance overtaxed the large au ditorium. The programme as rendered was a literary treat and reflected great credit upon Miss Gatlin, the instructor In elocution. The success of the college, under the splendid leadership of Dr. J. C. Coggins has been phenomenal, about two hundred and twenty-five pupils be ing enrolled during the first year of the college's life. The closing exercises will continue through the week and part of next. The annual sermon will be preached Sunday by Dr. G. P. Rutlege, of Philadelphia. The class exercises will be held Monday morning. There will be graduates from the various de partments On His Dignity. Sometimes a doctor has to deal not only with physical ailments, but with a mental attitude which complicates the case, says the Youth's Companion. A man who was constantly changing physicians at last called in a young doc tor who was just beginning his practice. "I lose my breath when I climb a hill or a steep flight of stairs," said the patient. "If I hurry I often get a sharp pain in my side. Those are the symp toms of a serious heart trouble." "Not necessarily, sir," began he phy sician, but he was interrupted. "I beg your pardon:" said the pa tient irritably. "It isn't for a young physician like you to disagree with an old and experienced invalid I;kf me, sir'" CM!! Tmiic Average annual sales Does this record THE LUMBER MILL. CASE. The Atnlntic Coast Line, the South ern Railway ami the Senhoanl Air Line Deny That the Southeast en M Traffic Awociatlon Controls Kates. Macon. Ga., May 14. In the United States court today in the case of th Georgia Saw Mill Association vs. the Southeastern Freight Association and the several railroads composing the same, additional affidavits were sub mitted by the defendants. J. M. Culp, fourth vice president of the Southern Railroad company, in charge of the traffic department, sub mitted an exhaustive statement. He reiterated in emphatic terms that the Southern Railway company formulated its own rates, and that its freight tariff policy was in no way controlled by tile Southeastern Freight Association. He also presented figures to show that de spite the great gain in the gross earn ings of the Southern Railway its net earnings were not as large as they should be, owing to the low freight tariff and the increased cost of opera tions and the increase in the pr'.ce of everything required for standard main tenance. S. F. Parrott, chairman of the South eastern Freight Association, submitted a supplemental affidavit, in which he stated that the association does not fix the rates, but compiles and puts into circulation the declared tariff prmul gated by the several roads, that the as sociation was organized to do work for all of the roads forming it. that could be more economically performed by a central bureau than by the roads sep arately He stated that the association performed work at a cost of $27,000 per annum, that would cost the roads not less than $250,000 per annum if done by them individually. He closed hi state ment with the declaration that he 'was simply an administrative officer, and that he promulgated freight tariffs which might be adopted by all tho members of the association or only a. part of them. He called particular at tention to the latter proposition, to show that there was no combine, or concert of action, involved in the work of the Southeastern Association. The defendants closed and the complainants will submit tomorrow rebuttal evidence; and then the argument will begin. Four hours are allowed each side for argument . The Best Liniment. "I have derived great benefit from the use of Chamberlain's Pain Balm for rheumatism and lumbago," says Mrs. Anna Haglegans, of Tuckahoe, N. J. "My husband used it for a sprained back and was also nuickly relieved. In fact it is the best family liniment I have ever used. I have recommended it to many and they always speak very highly of it and declare its merits are wonderful." For sale by all druggists. DEElt DUIXKIXG D.WGEROCS. Boozer in Raleigh Made Sick Piano nnd Orgran Dealers Must Pay Taxes iy May 3st Xew State Bond Issue. (Special to The Messenger.) Raleigh, N. C, May 14. The state treasurer sends a circular letter to the sheriffs that under the new revenue act all piano and organ dealers and horsirv traders must have license from She -state treasurer by May 31st or cease business. He also asks a list of firms and corporations paying the oil dealerg : tax, since this is now made payable to the state treasurer. Several young men here have been' made painfully sick lately from ber" drinking. A bottle would nauseate the imbiber and produce indigestion next day. Finally the state chemist was-, asked to make an analysis of a bottle After doing so he today condemned: the beer for containing so much for malin and salicylic acid, the preserva tives, that it is very harmful if not dangerous as a beverage. Messrs. Fisher, Bruce and McLean, attorneys for the purchasers of $300,000. state bonds, after a careful examina tion expressed satisfaction as to the legality of issuance. The state treas urer expects to deliver the bonds May 5th. Golilsboro Matter. Goldsboro, X. C, May 14. The re ception given by the Elks of Goldsboro last night complimentary to the lady relatives and friends of the members of the order, was a most notable events Besides the membership of the order, which now numbers about 7.",, there were 100 guests present of both ladies and gentlemen. The reception was held in the parlors of the Hotel Ken non, which with the st.arjous hallways was crowded with a gay throng. The Knights of Pythias orchestra furnish ed music. At 10 o'clock the handsome ly coraled dining room of the hotel was opened to the guests, who entered and partook of one of the most elab orate banquets that has ever been spread" in this city. The Hotel Kennon has won an enviable reputation for its splendid suppers and banquets and tho effort last night eclipsed all formr events of the kind. Mr. A. A. Joseph waK toastmaster. Col. JoseDh f:. r?nJ- Inson made the principal speech of thj evening, which he did in his usual graceful manner The last base ball game of a series between the Xew Bern and Goldsboro colored teams was played on the dta mon at Westside park yesteray after noon. Ic was a fine game and was wit nessed by the largest crowd of boti white and colored people that has been out to a game this year. Both grand stands were filled to their seating ca pacity. The game yesterday was to decide the series, as Xew Bern and Goldsboro had won a game each of the two that had been played before. Besides the championship the club that won yesterdav was to get a-' ' er cent of the gate receipts and this fact made every player strain his last nerv?. Goldsboro won by a score of 9 to 2 and th colored population went wild with enthusiasm when the game was ended. The next games will' be between Golds boro and Raleigh and will take place In this city on Monday. Tuesday an-3 Wednesday of next week. Strange as it may seem, it didn't rain anything but wate: and blessings while the Baptist brethren were in Sa vannah. Atlanta Journal. ; "We haven't heard of any British capitalists calling in Dr. J. Pierpont Morgan to prescribe for their undi gested securities. Atlanta Journal. i