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THE WILMINGTON MESSENGER, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1903. 3 8 HAYWOOD AND TILLMAN Editorial Comments of the Press on the Results of These Two Sensational Trials. Haywood and Tillman haw success fully Terformed the baby act in .i. plea of self-deft-n.se. Their precious lives were in such imminent danger that they gave their opponents n o-'-sion for drawing u weapon. Stanly Enter prise Oct. 15th. It is now to be presumed that when a. poor fellow in Raleigh is caught with a pistol he will be he.ivi'y fined, or sent to the road?, but if he kills his man quickly he will b acquitted. Durham Sun. In th- Ch-arlot te -nt-a-word eT::au Chronicle somebody of the adver tises " fr-sh hog haslets" for sale- Sell Via. to the ourt.s to slap the goddess of justice in the face with. Ga-stonia Gazette. Haywood and Tillman are l.oth fr-e men, not guilty, a quitted. cleared, exonerated. The courts have declared Skinner and Gonzales murderous dogs who df-s'-rwd to b- shot down on the highway. lastonia Gazette. The taking of a human life is the one thir.g f.r which no excuse can be offered. It is murder. And justice demands a life for life. It is up to the .North Yuolina otlicials to see that ji:sti e enforced. Danville Lee. This has p f' i-:i'.f -specially to the Hay wood trial, and while our contempor ary is correct in saying "it is up to the North Carolina, ollicials to s. e that justice enforced." it may be stated as ii fact that in this particular aso jus tice will not be enforced. It will not do to hang a man who belongs to a prominent family and has money and Influence. Henderson Gold Leaf. Oct. 15th. At any rate Judge peebies has no occasion to find fault with the verdict of the jury. Th-" defense certainly has no cause to complain of unfairness to their Mde on the .part of Judge Peebles. Tf Hie twelve men who turned mur derer Haywood loose were hung them selves justice might be satisfied- "We hear of bung juries sometimes :ut hanging juries now and th -a might be promotive of law and order. The next of kin to Mr. Skinner should do for Mr. Haywood what the court and jury failed to to. Of the two cases pel-It! ps in Till man's there was the greatest provo cation for the killing, but Haywood's trial appears the bigger farce. Haywood saves his ne,k but the ver dict of thr jury does not alter the fact that he is a murderer who shot his victim in the back and ought to ne. hung The twelve men who turned Hay wood loose may have acted conscien tiously but it would be hard to con vince fitmif people that consi-.ier.ee had anything to d with it. Judge Peebles may not have In tended it but his course in the Hay wood trial cannot but impress a dis interested outsider with the fact that he was for the defense all the w.y throurh Haywood shot Skinner In the back and killed him as he was walking away from him. P.ut ho will not hang for it because- the murderer be longs to a prominent family and has money and Influence to back him. After being out fifteen minutes yes terday the jury acquitted Krnest Hay woo.i of the murder of I,udlow Skin ner in Raleigh. While it va. not be lt veil that he would be hung the ac tion of the jury In acquitting him al together occasions indignation and dis gust nevertheless. Henderson Gold l.e.f. O.t 15th. Wake county Is not to blame. The result would have been the s;une in any other county. You do not understand how it was done'.' Why. they just voted to turn him 1 isc-1 fiat's all. Mr. HaywMd. an innocent man. Iris bee-: put to lets of trouble an. I expense to establish that fact, and ye; he has no recourse- This is a matter that should be remedied. Wilcox can see where he misse l it by nt acknowledging the killing of Miss "ropsey an i establishing a case of stlf-d fense. Pat-ham Herald The fact remains, diet of the jury at: tions of the judge. sT'ite of the vet c t'ae congra tu la ta. .t la-nes; Hay wood, after bringing -ii honorable family, shot gra- e upon at', down the man v. within, his at honor, and - biood cries who would hav lv rights in defending tl:a that Ludlow Skinner'. from Xerth aro!i::a s. ii. Charlotte News. o. t.Uth tmaver.g' d. Jim Tillman sas he :'a-; GorzaVs be, a u- wo u ' ! shoot him. Well what would not tell to sav he hid forfeited the ; it J m v ; !i -. bv I u.-- ! an ' himself igiit to a;e of the most co'd-b'. . d. d .'! a-.;I ac;r,. rs that ever ;: siai'. ft" it was nt for -. of n':-;nr 'H'.rt ouM h- more for ?e!easl!-g ir.f.-.- ': Hicko- press wnosr TV UN .TXT? A jury h.;s . not guilty f i !:-: t II '-'.V, . f I.;: v. t" th.-- l the W Ski?:"tr. but ih- ; o- will bfl.ew t:e i- a the :".s; day ot n--t u ee and the e. . I ! I expected. cons: V. ' : it'.i a P'l '!!"' . T;.: time lias o 1 1. 1 yv.-. -oil's . :e his r jury :' r--- in a :ty to T' : i"t ":-a as. thir.g has i this state. V. g"t to be a har-: - ; ---!:. At presort capi-.a else has every . ; .-: -k a j :ry box with and we br-!iet this w bet-:; .iorv ; Inie and a gait The !'... may ehailenge nr.d r e ject tw-i,;y-three of the jurors ..::-. by the ?.r,.s.-,-::i.n. while the ?--.":;-tier, is allowed or.'.v four eh.il!'?:ge. Thi very thir.g lias m ofe a t" k-rv of ji;:i. e in ,.t;v , ..r-ts. av.d th- next bigislatur, sl.ii:"d ehange it or nv1 fess to -owardic That is plir. lan guage ie' wo ir.t-iti it so- We ra'l road a tor ignorant ngro to the gi!- Take Seven Million box I lows and turn white murderers loose, all under the wing of the law. Jus tice? It's a farce, a .screaming bur lesque, and a shame and disgrace up on the state The people are losing respect for our courts, and it is coming to pass that if a man has weajth and professional Influence he may murder his fellow man without fear of legal retribution. Is it any wonder that lynch law and violence are taking the place of legal procedure? We think not. The won der would be. if no condition of an archy arose from the weakness and cowardice of courts. This thing of shooting a man down without giving him a chance for his life is horrible worse than some of the darkest crimes of the feudal age. It causes thoughtful men to wonder if their time will come next. This makes every man afraid of his broth er, for none know the hour of assas sination. The thing must end or we are all headed toward the hell of an archy. Greenville Reflector, Oct. 15th. Gentlemen who are not on good terms with other gentlemen should be warned to- the events in this state and Sam th Carolina as to their con duct. If you are tempted to .strike k man either examine him first to ee whether he has a weapon or post-1-one the striking until you have one. Then, when you have your weapon handy, and have .struck your adver sary, begin shooting immediately if not sooner. You can claim self-de-ferise on the ground that you thought he was going to draw; if you don't get him first he will certainly get you and claim self-defense on the ground that your actions indicated that you were going to shoot. If you are unarmed or for any reason not disposed to engage in gun practice, it would be well on meeting an enemy to elevate your hands above your ln-ail and keep them there while in sight of him; by all means keep your hands out of your pockets. If you make tbe slightest movement he may kill you and secure acquittal on the ground of Self-defense. By observing these rubs one may rnnage to es cape. Statesville Landmark- The public, after reading the testi mony brought out in the trial of Hay wooti for the killing of Skinner, looked for a verdict of acquittal. The pri soner's counsel established pretty clearly a case of self-defense and the jury was warranted in deciding that Haywood w:us "not guilty " Xot that Haywood did not deserve some pun ishment, but the law exculpated him. In the Tillman case it was different that was a, miscarriage of justice. Winston Sentinel. Xobody need be surprised at the verdict the Haywood case. It is what was expected. but it really looks as if Judge Peebles was dispos ed to '"slop over." Under the evi dence and the law I lay wood was not guilty of murder in the first degree: he may have been entitled to an ac quittal, as the jury found, but the general public will never beljeva jr. And Tillman was acquitted also. That. too. was expected. Hut the jury m his case acted more decently than the Haywood jury. Tillman's -jury srayed out about a day and professed at least to be considering the case. The IPivwood jury hurried back so ri'tly as to cause one to wonder if they didn't have their minds made up from the beginning. There will of course be strong crit icism, and properly. of the verdicts in the Havwood and Tillman cases, but if either had been convicted and sen tenced to am- punishment it is hardly to be doubted that a governor would have interfered. Statesville land mark The following paragraph from Tues day's Statesville Landmark arr.t the Haywood and Tillman cases contains to little truth: 'Onb- in extremelv rare oases do men of means and influence suffer pun ishment for wrong-doing: or if they suffer at all the punishment is hard ly eve.- commensurate to the offense. This fact is so well known that no one of information and intelligence will attempt to denv it." The trial and its result will not cause lot of folks to change their opin ion in the least- As the Durham Her ald savs: 'A jury can keep n man "ut of the penitentiary- but it cannot clear him :n the eves of the neople." Smithfield Herald The court which tried Hrnest Hay wood for murder declared him not gniitv. Hut Krnest Haywood is a ruined man. Tin-re w Ii be no pe H-e o- him this side f the grave. Iaidlow i-vcmr.er wno .lie. I liv i'iii'i'''c.i :t tlie hairis o Ha.yw 1 will appeir m..!.y . i . i 1 nr. in'- tiin.i l'ri'.vit H i vvn,i.; to Irive o.vu-e froni his mind and p from hi: eve-. Kr Ha vv. oo'l go--s free, but there is not g.'M enoue'n i the world to induce ar.y e..-e t take p-c p o-e and suffer as he must suffer in mind and in oaseieneo. M or. roe Knqui'-er Not pr- ss only r m v. r. a little surprise has been rem et;i I that the jnrv lv-ni ifn-l out jury few minutes befor-- bring :ug oa j ct ia the Krnest Ha: wo. 1 iv.ur- ier case T" ie- oromarv far--'lm- C! o i - stan --S i his. promptness, c w '.'.i- li s. :r ' w -ii. we sain . . . . e part of th.- jury, .1 a.s an eri b:f on of imdue haste, might have but in this , -is., there : wv little reason whi'h. aiT-ressed us. -m--l : be oql r-int to tb.e r. a s-aon ,,.a essitv of e -la: s:.ej. Th- "ig ' t In due etlectior Iris s ur.ehow r-r ks :n it Ha. yw. to h- and it is or.-.- -v'.t'.r'l V ;iu y S!ini!,j hav- .:.re .r; ti-t'-t w:h d;s:atch. Th" t'V. r'ote News p.. s exTtres e our sep.tvv.-'rts "i xhe-s" words : "The fi.-t remains, spit" i f the ver dict of the jury, and the congratula tions of the judge, that Krnest Hay wood, after bringing disgrace upon an To Cure a Cold in One Bay o lvzs.it":r:. ! rj:, " K?au W InLg? lCh J? mfiJ VW-n,e A 1 SSES ? & Pam2d.ng8r' StVfc TU T,nt time of their most critical trial. ccrry women safety through the comforts of this nerioH. Sold by all drugsU a emfi $i.oo per bottle. Book m m containing valuable information free. TbeBrodfiefaf ficgolator Co., Atlanta, Go. honorable family, shot down the man who would have been within his rights in defending that honor, and that Ludlow Skinner's blood cries from North Carolina soil, unavenged." And today th;it same cry is ascend ing front the soil in our sister state, South Carolina, where thf murderer, Tillman, has been sent back to society an officially innocent man. This and kindred travesties on justice lead us to the opinion that the whole regime of criminal jurisprudence is in crying j;ff-d of revision. Asheville ('azette Xews. The trial of Haywood that h. s been going on in Ttaleigh the past tv. " weeks came to an end Wednesday wnen the jury returned a. verdict of not guilty. After the evidence was all in the prosecution abandoned murder in. the first degree. From beginning t ?ncl it was not more than a farce ; mock trial. Haywood murdered Ludlow Skinner without sufficient provocation in the broad open day light, on Uio main thorough fa it' of our capital city, and yet because he was a lawyer, a man of wealth and high family stand ing, he is allowed to go scott free. This murder w;s committed in February, and we verily believe that if he had been a poor man without money, in fluence, etc.. he would have been hung long ago- We dislike to criticise the verdict of a jury but we must say that this jury and all connected with the case deserves the severest criti cism and the setting of this man at liberty has cast a stain upon the good name of this grand old commonwealth that it will take many years to out live. But enough said for this tim. Haywood, although acquitted by a jury, will always stand before the peo ple of North Carolina as a murderer unpunished. Warra.ru on Recorh Oct. IGih- South Carolina is again disgraced, and the state will not within the next fifty years recover from the damage inflicted upon it by the verdict of the jury that on yesterday acquitted Ja.ir.es II. Tillman, the cold-blooded murderer of N. G. Gonzales. This is not the ill-formed opinion of a superficial ob server, but the deliberate judgment of one who has read nearly every linft of testimony as stenographically re ported by the South Carolina papers. The murder committeit by Tillman was as deliberate and as cowardly as any assassination ever perpetrated in- this country. And it is a positive shame on South Carolina that a jury of her cit izens would turn at large a man who richly observes to have his neck brok en with a halter. The charge of the trial Judge was a blot upon civilized jurisprtidence. and the decision of the jurymen richly merits for them the de testation of nil honest men. Lynch- rrliinN Kxeeutive Way. General II. C. Corbin. who is to command the United States army in thf. department of the east, with head quarters at Governor's Island. New York, is popular with those wno have business in connection with his office, says the Cleveland Plain Dealer. He does things promptly and with as little red tape as the rules and reg ulations will permit. A prominent Ohio man tells the following story in illustration of that fact: It was during the Spanish-American war. A farmer in a small town of Ohio wrote to this gentleman at "Wash- ingtoji asking that something might be done, about his son. He had enlist ed while not of age. was not well, arid was located in a camp in one of ibe southern states: "I called on General Corbin at the adjutant general's office," the gentle man said, "prepared for a long siege, and to meet much difficulty. I saw him and stated the cast? and asked h m if he could persuade the president to take the matter up. He asked a number of questions and then stepped into another room for a minute or two. "He then e.ime back and sat down. I We talked on current topics for a mo- ir.ent or so and I arose to go. in about how long may I expect to hear from you. general?' I said. I would like to write the father and hold out some hope of his son's discharge, if i ossiHeV" " a 'a, about the Ivoy. I meant to ;':! y..u." s ;;! the geia-ral. 'I guess he will get heme as soon as the letter a.. aid g- t there. I have ordered Ids iisi-harge by telegraph, and h- is pos- siai tin:e on his iy to t'ae station by uns TIMK A pair d-shi::g m in-: rniniiTi:xi:i). frightened horses vere u.y ilewn the t.ae Yoi:;h's " iinpatdon. . i he coacn reins. an I the from side to :iion. The oc- i r. a.:' was s.'.wmg at the !ge was swaying ;:: a dangerous fa.- : c.ri i si.- cupar.t th.e vehicle, an thieriy vo- i m::n. no'.-d her ..xtreme parsimo- n;ous:-ss. air..: her prttty niece gave j r.o outwatd signs of fear: but just as the- horses came to a stan-.:. till. t!.f t younger woman unexpectedly fain: d. '" . "I wasn't frightened a bit." she ex- pi.air.eJ afterward, "until just as we ''-ride that last corner with three wheels the air. Aunt raro'ine ex claimed. 'I'd give a dollar to be out of this.' I kkew th case must be seu ous if Aunt Caroline was beginning to risk dollars in that fashiin." Cures Grip in Two Days. on every box. 25c. Is an ordeal -which all women approach with indescribable fear, for OJ nothing compare with lf the pain and horror of or .her- -b6 -- -X; cniia-Dixxo. 1 no thought ?min cnt, and casts over her a aken ff of women Pri during pregnancy rob, d insures safety to life of mother " a to'aU women at Not onlv M. cJt2 perils of child-birth bat it comine event, nreventa . o U L Jl'MPKD OVEItnOARD. .Man riuiiKTOd Into Hiver n a IlritiMU Steamer Was Leaving Iort. The unusual sight of a man jumping from the bow of a big tramp steamer into the Savannah river, and, with all his clothes on, frantically making for the shore, met the gaze of per sons along the river front near Indian street yesterday morning. Having made the shore, the stranger, his wet clothes clinging to his limbs, and shivering from the chill northwest wind that was blowing in his face, made off in quest of an arresting offi cer. The stranger was Richard Gerke, a German seaman, and he wanted John Bloom placed in the clutches of the law; for Pdoom it was, he claimed, that had induced him. under faHe promises ,to sign with the ship. When he discovered that he was on his way out to sea. and that he hadn't gotten the money promised him. he hudd'ed to the prow of the vessel and plung ing into the water, determined not to figure in any kidnapping, shang haing or duping scheme, did what the sailor in the old prayer meeting song was told to do pulled for the shorr. JUMPED TO THE BOTTOM. "I shumped from a blace as high as sonip houses," he said in broken Kng lih. "I hit the vater, and vent all the vay to the bottom. I vas under neath it a min-ute (with an unaccount able accent on the last syllable), and I dink I vas not again coming on top. My, but it was colt;" He was in an excited state of mind, and it was difli cult to tell what he was saying. When it came to an explanation of the why and the wherefore of his ac tions, the officials could not. for some time, make heads or tails of his narra tive. The United States commissioner himself admitted his inability to get the straight of the story. Gerke claims that he was approa?h ed by Bloom and offered a position as fireman on the British steamer Anglo Chilian. He accepted the offer, but told Bloom that he was in need of money to meet some expenses, and would need an advance. Bloom, he says, told him that he would get the captain of the steamer to advance $15. of which amount he would give him $5, taking $3 with which to purchase necessary clothes, and $5 for his ser vices in securing the position. Of this amount Gerke got nothing. That is Gerke's version of the story. Savan nah News. He Learned it Great Truth. It is said of John Wesley that he once said to Mistress Wesiey: "Why lo you tell that child the same thing over and over again?" "John Wesley, because once telling is not enough." It is for this same reason that you are told again that Chamberlain's Cough Reme dy cures colds and grip; that it coun teracts any tendency of thesediseases to result in pneumonia, and that it is pleasant and safe to take. For sale by all druggists. Thermometer Tales. To people who are fortunately un familiar with sickness the thermome ters used in taking the temperature of patients are always a source of con siderable interest, ays the New York Times. A professional nurse whose experience has led her to numerous localities and brought her in contact with many phases of life tells two stories which illustrate the foregouig statement. In one of the local hospitals she had a male patient who was threatened with a run of fever. As she ap proached his bedside one morning he querulously complained of a lack of nourishment. "I didn't get enough to eat," he said. "I feel almost starved." "Well, well," she said, soothingly, "we will see about that. Here," she added, "let me put this in your mouth." She inserted the thermometer be tween his teeth and turned away a moment. When sh looked back he was working the bulb around between hi? jaws at a great rate. "Hold on:" she cried. "you will br.-ak the thermometer:'' He drew in his cheeks and appar ently gave a mighty pull on the litt'.e instrument, and then she removed it. "Sav " he grumbled, "there's r.o uce giving me that. I couldn't suck a biarr.e thir.g out of it."' Another patient, a woman. Legged ih nurse for a drink. "Wait." said the nurse, and thrust the thermometer in hc-r mouth. Th patient lay back on her pillow and placidly closed her eyes. A satis fied pxpressi.-.n slowly stole over ner t'a.-e. When the time was up the nurse withdrew the tube. "Why." said the patient, with a sigh of gratification, "what a lot of good a little thing like that will do you." Sweet Word Needed. A benevolent looking Quaker, i'a drab clothes and broad-brimmed hat. walked into the lobby of a Philadel phia hotel a. short time ago. and was walking up to the desk, when he stubbed his toe on an uneven place in the flooring and measured his length on the iloor, says the Philadelphia Ledger. A bell boy rushed, to assist him to his feet. "Boy," said the old 'gentleman, sol emnly, "does thee swear?" "Oh. no, sir: no. indeed." said tne boy taking his cue from the Quakers pious appearance. ! "Um! Too bad too bad." said he of j the broad-brimmed hat. "I wou'd i f UMszzUU CO.) have paid thee handsomely sworn for me." to have j .ORTH CAROLINA AT ST. I.OI IS. An Int-rview With Mr. Ilrnner-Ai-plientioiiM for Charters Death of a. Confederate Veteran State Fair Begins Today. Messenger Bureau, Raleigh, X. C, October 19 Thomas K. Bruner, who is doing admirable work for the St. Louis ex position all over the United States, is here for a few days, and in an inter view he informed your correspondent that everything at the exposition is in a very line state of preparation Mr. Bruner said "I will give you an idea of the size of the buildings and of great offerings of exhibit by saying that the palace of agriculture covers -0 acres and that the exhibits it is desired to install in it will cover "i'J acres, s.o that here is the problem be fore the management to get 20 acres of exhibits in 20 acres of space. This building is nearly finished. It is not able that England, Russia and Japan will have each a large space in it. North Carolina will not only have a regular space, but also special ex hibits in the way of cotton, tobacco, corn, etc. There will be enough Xorth Carolina machinery to i.lustrate the making of textile fabrics and our cot ton cloths will be specially shown, perhaps they will be the only ones so exhibited. In the agricultural build ing we will have a continuous show of apples from cold storage, this build ing covers G acres. The apples will be shown in an aisle, 200 feet wide, in fiat places and on plates. There are already offered to the fair manage ment 20 carloads of apples each of 150 barrels. Professor Joseph A. Holmes has set apart excellent space for North Carolina in the department of mines and mining. Here all the metallifer ous ores, economic minerals', gems, etc., will be shown. George K. Kunz, the well-known gem expert, informs Prof. Holmes that Tiff ay of Xew York has recently bought six gold nuggets from Stanly county, Xorth Carolina, weighing from 10 to 12 pounds each. Mr. Bruner is very desirous that Governor Ay cock should purchase these as Tiffany offers them to the state authorities and exhibit them at St. Louis and afterwards in the state museum here In the latter there are new only plaster casts of gold nuggets found in this state, the larg- t est onus weighing 1'S pounds, which was taken from the Reed mine in Cabarrus county. It was in the same mine, strange to say that the first gold nugget found in this state was discovered, about one hundred years ago. Mr. Kunz says the nuggets Tiffany now has are the finest he has seen anywhere from the south. One of the most beautiful features of the exposition will be the display of llow ers in the landscape at the Agricul tural and Horticultural building, this being made by Mr. Xewberry of Mag nolia, Xorth Carolina, who will send a carload of bulbs for planting 10 acres, these including Cannas, Glad ioli, Tube roses, Dahlias, etc. Two of the Xorth Carolina institutions will have special exhibits these being the Western Hospital for the Insane and the State School for the Blind at Ral eigh. Prof. W. A. Withers of Raleigh has placed in the Hall of History In the State Museum the autographs of sev eral of the singers of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, includ ing those of Joseph McKnitt Alexan der and Ephriam Brevard. The state fair begins tomorrow and will be formally opened by Governor Aycock. It will he equal to the best fair ever held in Xorth Carolina along all lines. The show of agricultural products is large and meritorious. The racing feature will be better than usual. All the races are full. The Confederate veterans, who will hold their annual reunion here Wed nesday and Thursday of this week will be banqueted in the spacious din ing hall at the Agricultural and Me chanical College, the Daughters of the Confederacy and the local camp of veterans providing for food. The first frost of the season occur red here this morning, but did not do any damage Cotton continues to open very nvpidly, and the crop is about half gathered, farmers say Of course ! in some localities, on high sandy 1ind, I the crop is practically all gathered. The supreme court will devote this week to the docket of appeals from the eighth district. The secretary of state has received applications for four very large char ters for corporations, all from Salis buryone with $3,000,000. one with $2. 000,000 a third with $730,000 capital stock. The largest is for an electric power company and the second for n copper mining company. The total fees to the state on the four charters will be $1,300. J. G. Banks of Edgecombe county, an inmate of the soldiers home here was found dead in a bath room there yesterday morning. Death being du-? to, heart disease, from which he nearly died last Thursday. "His first military service wns in the Edgecombe guards. Company A. First regiment, Xorth Carolina Volunteers, which lost nt E Genuine arter5s Little Liver Pills. Must Bear Signature of See Fac-Simile Wrapper Below. Very small and as easy to take as sugar. FCR HEADACHE. GARTERS FOR DIZZINESS. FOR SiLIDUSMESS. FOR 7CRPID LIVER. FOR CONSTIPATION. FOR SALLOW SKIN. UlTTLE IVER PILLS. jFG3 THE COMPLEXION 2S cTrts ! TParcly VeCctlIc- rrr CURE 3 1 C )' Hr.ADACHE. . C fin FOR TORPID LIVER. A torpid liver deranges the whole system, and produces SICK HEADACHE, . Dyspepsia, Costiveness, Rheu matism, Sallow Skin and Piles There is no better remedy for these common diseases than DR. TUTFS LIVER PILLS, as a trial will prove. Take No Substitute. Bethel. Va.. the first Confederate sol dier. Henry Wyatt. During the last three years of th- war Ranks served in Mauley's battery of light artillery. His age wn? c" and he was a very worthy man. much liked at the home. The metal roof of rhrist church, which is considered the most beautiful religious edifice in th state, is being replaced by one of tiles. It is certain that a great number of pickpockets v. ill be here at the state fair. I'p tn this time tTiev have done their robbing at pleasure, and last year and the year before have plund ered a great many people- This year the authorities think they have made better arrangements to checkmate them. The chief of police at the fair has 20 deputies, all in plain clothes. OM: M-.CUO KII.I.N AMITIIl'lt. Homicide at "lil lira m-h Hf er enee to tbe Ilnyvtooi? and Tillman. Trials in Senium by Itv. T. A. Smuot. (.Special to The Messenger.) Fayetteville, X. C, October 19. On Saturday, in the neighborhood of what is known as "Mile Branch." a mile northwest of this city. Joe Stark shot and killed Jim Sawyer, both negroes. The evidence adduced at the incjuest held by Dr. J. A. McKethan. county coroner, is to the effect that Stark dis covered Sawyer leaving the former's house, and hailed him, whereupon Saw yer advanced with a knife drawn, and! Stark shot him. Public sentiment is on the side of the slayer, as it is b.-lieved that Sawyer was either criminally in timate with Stark's wife or had at tempted to be. Mr. J. II. Holton, of Trenton. Mo designs to establish at this place an industrial and business college, in con nection with which there is also to be operated a fruit and vegetable farm. Mr. Holton wishes to open negotiations for a suitable site and body of land adjacent to the city. very interesting services yesterday marked the dedication of Sunnyside Presbyterian church, a consolidation of Green Hill and Bethlehem churches on the east side of Cape Fear river, with. Rev. A'. G. Smith as pastor. A neat and comfortable building has been erected, with a seating capacity of 400 or 500, and it was well filled yesterday. In the morning Rev. P. R. Law, of Lumber Bridge, preached an able dedi catory sermon, and in the afternoon the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper was administered. Messrs. A. C. Holmes and Sydney Smith were elected elders, and Jonathan Evans deacon. Rev. T. A. Smoot. the gifted and scholarly pastor of Hay Street Metho dist church, yesterday preached a ser mon which has evoked much favorable comment in the community. His theme was "Truth," and in the course of his discourse he referred to the Haywood and Tillman trials, in effect declaring with impassioned force that by the ver dict in those cases the divine principles of truth and justice had received a ruthless outrage, an almost mortal blow. which would be disastrously felt for many years. The services were excep tionally interesting, and to an audience vViirli njr-lrffl thp l:jriri church. The organist, Mr. Ralph Fisher, disappoint ed nobody, for his renderings were ex quisite. Application has been made to the gov ernor for the pardon of Thomas Fowler, sentenced to six months on the public roads of Cumberland county. Mrs. B. R. Huske and children lef today to visit relatives in New Bern. Henry Dixon, long wanted in this county for liquor selling, was arrested? on Saturday by Officer Dixon and a posse, just as he was getting off a train in the western part of the county. He is a giant both in size and strength, and fought desperately, surrendering only after he had been shot three times un der arm, in neck, and on shoulder blade. All who use Atomizers in trating nasal catarrh will get the best result from Ely's Liquid Cream Balm. Price, including spraying tuhe, 75 ct?. Sold by druggists or mailed by Ely Bros., 55 Warren St., X. Y. Xew Orleans, Sept. 1, 1900. Messrs. Ely Bros.: I sold tv.o bottles of your Liquid Cream Balm o a cus tomer. Wm. Lamberton, 1415 Delachuise St.. Xew Orleans; he has used the two bottles, giving him wonderful and most satisfactory results. GEO W. McDUFF, Pharmacist. Illrtl Sliun This Tree. A German authority has recently announced the discovery of a tree in the forests of central India which has most curious characteristics. The leaves of the tree are of a highly sen sitive nature and so full of electrici'.y that whoever touches one of them re ceives an electric shock. It has a very singular effect upon a magnetic nee lie and will influence it at a distance of even seventy feet. The electrical strength of the tree varies according to the time of day. it being strongest at midday and weakest at midnight. In wet weather its powers disappear altogether. Birds never approach the tree, nor have insects ever been seen upon it. Ex. Civil Suit Transferred. Colonel John W. Hinsdale, of Rr leigh. was in the city yesterday to have the suit of Mrs. Barbara Bear vs. the Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association transferred from the superior court to the United States circuit court. He is one of the counsel for the defendant company and Messrs. Russell & Gore represent the plaintiff. The suit Is one brought to recover life insurance monev.