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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-05-15

Meet at the store OF Ar. J. D.
Burke on ruesesy evening 81 O'c.ock
and enjoy a hay ride 20 the Catholic
ladies social St Mrs. q. h Hsgau' :
home on the west side.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-05-15

The Guthrie Club women departed
about II o'clock today for Kingisher.
They expected 20 start about O'Clock,
but the ram detained them.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-05-15

Sapho is at Oklahoma City touig ht
Then 1t goes to GAINESVILLE, Iexss.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-05-15
Friday Night Meeting.

The Guthrie club ana citizens will
hold the regular semi>monthly meet
ing on next Friday night. All citi-
zens are invited and urged to attend.
A cotton mill proposition and the pro-
posed shawnee railroad will be topics
for discussion. Come prepared 70 say
something good.
J. FRANK LAUX, Sec.
Q. r, FEGAS, President
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-05-15

For rent-Furnished rooms, with o
without fire. Call at 4O3 L, Harrison
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-05-15

81 p -TtAe : E-ss - =
Kroonstadt, May 15.-The Beers
from Natal have reinforced those on
the British front. Only 2,oOO Free
Staters will fight in the Trsnsvasl.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-05-15

THE CAPITOL Ma
TIONAL BANK, OF
GUTHRIE, OKLAHO-
MA, OFFERS TO DE-
POSITORS EVERY
FACILITY WHICH
THEIR BALANCES,
BUSINESS AND RE-
SPONSIBILITY WAR
RANT.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-03
Convert Burns His Library.

Marshall 0. Waggoner of Toledo. Ohio, the infidel, whose conversion to Christianity was recently announced, has burned his magnificent library. consisting of writings of infdels The ashes of the books are in the bottom of the furnace of the Memorial United Brethren church of Toledo, to which he privately consigned them. He threatened to destroy tkis collection some time ago, but delayed doing so until the night of Jan. 8. With su- preme satisfaction and feeling that he was doing Gods will, the aged law yer watched his precious volumes with. CT and crumble into ashes in the fur mace heat. Many of the volumes were exceedingly rare. There were a large number of manuscripts and first prints not to be found in any other library In America.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-03
Old Hudson Bay Receipts

Hudson Bay company are receipts which read as follows. Received per Lapwing, Jane Goody, as per invoice, in good condition" Received per Os- prey, Matilda Timbins. Returned per Lapwing, as not being in accordance with description contained in invoice. ," These belong to pioneer times. when white men who settled ln new parts Of the country were either obliged to re- main bachelors. marry squaws or send east for wives, trusting to the judg- ment of the company to select them and send them out.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-03
INDIGO IN COLONIAL TIMES.
II Was Looked Upon as 8 Sort of Cur.
 rent Coin.

was Looked Upon as Sort of Cur
 rent Coin.
 The colonial ladies were great gar deners, and the hours they passed with their fruits and flowers must have been moments of much pleasure in their busy lives. says Longman's Magazine. The most famous of these ladies was the daughter of George Lucas,a a planter of Carolina, and at the same time governor of Antigua, at which place he appears to have resided, leaving Miss Eliza at home. From Antigua he sent her all sorts of tropical seeds of fruits and flowers, to try if any would take kindly to the soil of Carolina. Eliza observed certain hopeful signs with re- gard to the indigo and undismayed by repeated accidents to the young plants, Rt length obtained a good crop. Gov. Lucas was so delighted at this un- looked for success that he sent over an Englishman to teach Eliza the whole process of indigo working. The Eng lishman, bearing gifts. seems to have been rather sly and tricky sort of person, but when did England ever get the better of America? The youth ful Miss Lucas saw through the Eng lishman's lodges (his name was Crom welD, and finally obtained success full knowledge and application of the complex and annoying methods of ex- tracting indigo" A bounty of Sd a pound encouraged the planting, and through it's profits more children were sent over from Carolina to be educated at home than from all the colonies put together. Indigo was looked upon at last as sort of current coin, and it IS on record that when little boy was sent to school at Philadelphia, he took with aim wagon of indigo to pay his expenses.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-03
THE BURLINGTON ROUTE

New Through Trains to Port- land, Puget Sound. "The Par- Iington-Northern Pacific Ex- press," No. fl, from St. Louis, at 9:00 a, m, for Cansas City, St. Joseph, Northwestern Nebraska, Black Hills, Wyoming, Montana, Washington, ssTa- coma. Seattle, Puget Sound, and port land Oregon, via Billings, Montana the short line and time saver to the Upper Northwest. To the Puget Sound in TT Hours. Through coaches, chair ears (seats free), ..stand- ard sleepers and dining cars with through tourist sleepers from kansas City. This is the main travelled route St. Louis to the Northwest.
 Numbea "Nebraska- Colorado Ex- press, :" midday train from St. Louis for Nebraska. Colorado, Utah, Pacific Coast one night to Denver. Also for St. Paul. Minneapolis and beyond.
 No. 15. at 8 .45 D, m. St. Louis to Kansas City, Omaha, St, Joseph. Kansas. Nebraska Colorado, Utah. Pacific Coast, via Denver also to the Northwest Montana, Washing ten, Oregon. via Lincoln and Billings.
 Write.
 RUGG, l. " WAKELY
 St Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo-
 HOWARD ELLIOTT, Gen1 Manager.
 Sr. Louis, Mo.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-03
sARR WIRE TELEpHoNE LINE.
Two Indians Towns, Fifteen Miles
 Apart. Successfully Connected.


 Apart. Successfully Connected.
 An Anderson, Ind. eorrespondent writes: One of the nest novel tele- phone systems in the world is the ,barbwl e' line. which connects the towns Of Andersen. Pena1eton and h. sails. t is hftseR miles 3n length. It's inyeI of. builaer and sole owH5f. Cas- sius aizsg of ReHdleten. Ind. BOW has six subscribers at S50 a year each. The time is not far distant when there will be ten-foId this number. One tlothlng company at Anderson with branch stores at Pendleton, and the Wagner Glass Works, with offices at Anderson and factory at Ingalls,. are using this barp-wire system in their business affairs exclusively. They use the line frequently. They can convert 1t into I private line by plugs so ar ranged that when one party is using the line he can cut out all others except IT MT. Alleys residence, which is used kS a central station IL is no erag- geration to say that this barb-wirs telephone system is quite as satisfae- tory az the copper circuit Of the Bell. Ordinary phones are used with no peciai strength of battery and there is very little trouble with the lines. In constructing the line Mr. Alley Jsed the top strand of the barb-wire fence of the Big Four railway, mak- ing the connections with the offices If his subscribers with ordinary tele- phone wire. In some instances where the posts had rotted it was necessary se paint the wire and posts with rub- Ter paint to insulate the wire. The whole line of fifteen miles was built at a cost of about $100, and the outfit for each hodse. consisting of receiver. transmitted. battery, call, etc, costs not over S10. The line has been in operation since December 22, and has not been out of order except for few hours ehen a fast train on the rail. way track struck COW, threw her Dody against the fence and broke the wire
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-03

Observation Sleeper San Antonia to Colorado Springs, Pullman Palace Sleeper
 Galveston to Denver.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-03
Farming In Colorado and New Mexico.

The Denver < Rio Grande Rail- road. "The Scenic Line of the World" has prepared an Illustrated book up on the above subject, which will be sJnt free to farmers desiring to change their location. This publica- tion gives valuable information in regard to the agricultural, horticul- tural and live stock interests of this section, and should he in the hands ofevers one who desires 10 become acquainted with the methods of of farming hy irr 4tion. Write s. K. Hooker. i. P. &. T. A.. Denver, Colo If
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-03
The Resources of Newfoundland.

Over 100 years ago explorers an- nounced the discovery of enormous coal fields in Newfoundland It is all ready known as standing eighth among the eopper-produeing countries of the world. It also has extensive coal fields, assumes great deal of importance as a mining and manufacturing region.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-10-30

The ate John Sherman made a great
the south while not admiring the man
and politician did not underrate his SUI
perior qualities. He was really a con-
.spicuous figure at a time when there
were many very able republican SEN
ators. John Sherman was one Of the
members who endorsed Hinton Rowan
Helpers book published in 1857. enti-
tied The Impending Crisis" Helper
was a native Of North Carolina and
stirred UP a hornets nest The excite
ment was very great and everybody in
the north devoured it. 1t was an abo-
lftion affair and did much harm to the
south. It defeated Sherman for the
speakership in the house. But he was
a forceful, aggressive. cold, dominat-
ing man and of very genuine abilities.
He was ambitious and committed many
plumbers in public life. Morally he did
not rank with some of the nobler lights
in his party, but intellectually there
were but few who could measure with
him. The Philadelphia Times has a
long editorial upon this republican
leader which closes with perhaps a
fair, just summing up of a distinguish
e. career. 1t says:
Sherman lived in a time that offered
rare opportunity for greatness in
craftsmanship. He lacked the genial
qualities Of Blaine. or Garfield, or Ar
thur, or Mckinley. He inspired re-
spect and support chiefly by his earnest
devotion to public duties. and by his
conservative teachings in seasons when
popular errors menaced free govern
ment. He was a stranger to the arts
by which public men popularized them
selves. With half the magnetism Of
Blaine he would haye been president
of the United States; but being without
it, he was an easy prey to the machina-
ions of those who WELD corrupt and
brutal authority; and they sent John
Sherman in sorrow to his grave"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-10-30
AN

1t has been announced that EX-At-
torney General J.. H. Monnett, a
staunch republican, would support
Bryan. In an interview he tells of
how he was prosecuted in his legal Of
flee. He said this in part:
81 believe that William Mckinley
and John w. Griggs, his Attorney Gen-
eral, and his executive officers, have
wilfully, purpOSely n knowingly par
alyzed the executive arm of this gov
for the last four years and
prevented the enforcement of the COM
mon law and the statute law both
criminally and civilly, against these
law violatorS. And the our has now
come, and the only time We will have
for the mex four years, as voters, to
legally and conStitutiOnally Smite
them for his hypocrisy, to resent this
violation of official duty, and we Should
vote against every elector that is pledg-
ed on the republican ticket to perpet-
uate this great wrong in u republic"
Such testimony ought to have weight
with honest republicans who love JUS
tice and honor and human liberty and
righteousness in official life. Mr.. Mon
nett shows how republican senators
when he was pursuing the legal course
of dealing with trusts. 1t is a damn
ing story he gives OF official interior
ence, OF attempted bribery, Of all man
ner Of Instructions to thawrt the ends
of justice. He concludes very natur-
ally that Mckinley was a party t o all
this rascality and these distractions of
justice. and is not fit to be trusted or
reelected.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-10-30

Governor Roosevelt Is not finding
his candidacy and canvas a bed of
roses He refused to accede to a re-
quest of the governor of Texas because
he was from home and was not tech
nically governor. But acted all the
same as if he were governor in a case
in South Dakota He Is roasted for
this paipable inconsistency. This is
laughed at by the Washington Post
that delights In exposing the Rough
Riders" antics and has done much to
uncover his military pretentions while
cavorting in Cuba. We copy the fol-
lowing from a recent editorial Of thar
able republican daily:
This Is a mere bagatell@One OF
those joyous little gayeties that Roose-
Nelt endulges in almostgany hour Of the
day when he is feeling really strenu-
Gus. 1t is like the episode of Sam Juan
Hill as given in his history, 1.-The
Rough Riders" or, as Mr.. Dooley
suggests, Alone in Cuba" where he
presents Us or one page a life-Nke
picture of himself and his snoring
cowboys charging furiously, while on
the next page when it comes to re-
sponsible cold type, he tells us how
he watched the real charge and cap
ture from the summit Of Kettle Hill,
a third of a mile to the rear. As we
say. 1t IS a mere nothing-a tender and
impaipable jeu d'esprit-an antic to be
admired. but not regarded seriously"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-10-30
BRYAN's AND HANNA,s REPARTEE

A careful selection from the almost
countless speeches Of Mr.. Bryan in this
swiftly moving campaign would reveal
a rare collection of admirable repair
tees. He greatly excells in this quick
work Of the mind. Rarely, if ever, has
he failed to meet the interruption and
the questions asked with ready wit or
pricking point or admirable rejoinder.
Look at his dinner pail reply to some
deceiving republican as to the full din
ner pail" Hear him:
1.-The Bible tells that there was once
a man named Esau who sold his birth
right for a full dinner pail, and he has
been held in derision ever since"
So take what he said as to this coun-
try's inability to protect the Philip
pines. Republicans oppose a protec-
torate. Mr.. Bryan said:
D you say we canont protect the
FfFpinos from outside interference?
Read the treaty made with the sultan
of Sulu and you find that, ACCORDING
to that treaty, we must protect the
sultan OF Sulu from outside interfer-
ence. II the republican president can
protect the Mohammedan sultan. a
democratic president a protect a
Christian republic"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-10-30
Curious Excuse.

"I nave spent the simmer in a pro-
hibition state" said the woman who
has just come down from Vermont,
land / was amused at h experience
I had with the town agent 1
wanted to get a little alcohol to use
for toilet purposes. / really wanted
it to put on my hair to keep IL in curl.
When 1 stated my reason for wanting
it, as is necessary in order to comply
with the. law, the agent who was a reg
ular New England Yankee, grinned
from ear tt ear as he said:
wall, Miss, that's a new one on
me. They give all sorts of reasons for
wanting alcohol, but / never heard of
using it to curl the hair before. When
the clock-mender comes through the
country they buy gallons of alcohol to
clean their clock with. Every old
boozer in the country around has a
clock to be cleaned. Then they use il
for sprains and for cleaning sports off
clothes, but never before for curling
the hair
II really felt guilty. as though I
wanted it myself to use as g beverage.
but my name was entered in the book
and against Ii were the words: Half
pint alcohol for curling he hair
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-10-30
SUPPLEMENTAL AS TO THE
UNIVERSITY.

We desire to supplement a recent edi-
torial on the University of North Caro-
lima with the following: Of the student
body now attending and numbering 4S1
there are 1875 M~ethodists; 1T Presbyte-
rians; 1O2, Episcopalians; 50 Baptists;
10 of Christian denominations; 8 disci-
pies; 2 Primitive Baptists; 1 Universal
list; 1 Congregationalist and 1 Free
Will Baptist. Of the callings in life, of
the parents of the students. they are
divided into $50 farmers. who greatly
preponderate and number as you see
nor than half of the whole. This
shows how awake the great farming
class is to higher education, and what
an important factor it is in North
Carolina. In all legislation, state and
national, this greatest class should be
always remembered. No legislation
hostile to or oppressive of them should
be thought of or countenanced. Who
dares to say otherwise? The lawyers
come next-forty-nine. The doctors
are close behind-forty-four. The
preachers come next, with thirty-two.
Then come the merchants and they are
next in number to the farmers, we
discover upon examination. with sew
enty-one.
The manufacturers have twenty
eight. Teachers have twenty-five.
Mechanics have nineteen, bankers
seven; and many other scattering call
ings with or more. The number of
new students is 125. and average age
of Is years, 20 days. President E. A.
Alderman at the commencement in
June delivered a superb address. In
it he mentioned three great needs for
the university. He said this:
1.-THE University Of North Carolina Is
an honest, faithful force, deriving its
inspiration not from traditions and
records, but from the knowledge that
it must have a hand in the forceful
struggle for deeper wisdom and L
ened power in all forms OF LIE. Can
we refuse to accord growth to such an
institution. without paying the cost in
class hatred, in religious rancOr in
town against country, in rich against
poor, in agriculture against manufac-
ture, IN corporation against individ-
ual?"
Afterwards he named the three great
special needs:
Il. An appropriation from the state
Of fifty thousand dollars a year., as an
investment in manhood and directive
capacity.
"2. A scientific, b~usiness-like organi-
Zation of the alumni demanding wha,
Is right and getting 1t, and opening
their own purses for the good Of alma
mater
"3. A broader and more effective
scheme of administration"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-10-30
Model village.

Hope Mills. N. c., October 20.
Editor Messenger:
It is not generally known that We
have a model village here of over 600
inhabitants. We have not any mayor.
commissioners. policemen consta-
bles in the village. our citizens are law
abiding. We have two large chul Ches-
one Methodist and one Baptist: Sui
day schools every Sunday. preaching
four times q month and prayer meet
ing twice a
We have a large cotton mill employ
ing a large number OF operatives 1t
is said that this mill turns out some OF
h finest dress goods made in the
south. The mill is IL both by water
and steam power-day and highland
is lighted up by electricity.
Messrs. Carr and Simmons have 9th
spoken here. Both has followers.
MI. E. d. Snead has just closed his
private school here to give way for n
public school,. The school was well
~patronized and was a success. He was
assisted by Miss lane Mclaughlin, OF
Scotland county.
The able and conservative manne in
which The Messenger has been con-
Quoted meets with the approval or
good citizens. Long live The Messen-
ger.
A SUBSCRIBER.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-10-30
AN

However much northern fanatics
may seize upon the negro question in
North Carolina to try TO induce north
ern negroes to vote for Mckinley, the
fact remains forever, hat other white
people have done no more have adopt
ed no more radical measures, in deal
ing with the negroes as voters than any
city, town or community in the great
north would do if precisely situated as
the whites here are situated. We have
seen several times in northern prints
some such admission. The Memphis
please observe the statement as to Mas
sachusetts, which confirms what the
Messenger said more than one during
the long amendment campaign. It
says, ard it is true, as we believe:
eff the negro population of North
Carolina were deported to Massachu-
sets bodily, those negroes who can
vote now in North Carolina could vote
in Massachusetts,. while those who
cam vote now in North Carolina could
vote in Massachusetts,. In other
words, Massachusetts, laws would
"disfranchise" the same number of ne
groes as the North Carolina laws
If Boston or New York had to deal
in Wilmington for the ten or twenty
years preceding the late Revolution"
it would adopt as radical measures as
those used here, onlyN "a little more
Soo
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-10-30

Now in contrast. take a favorable
specimen from Hanna's power In re-
partee. The Washington Post gives IL:
we feel sure, therefore. that U
readers generally win thank US for
making q few excerpts from the Suns
report Of Mr.. Hanna's Chicago speech:
How about Hay?' asked the boy.
How about straw answered the
senator. and the crowd laughed"
We are told that this retort came
like a fash Of lightning. 50 ~fnstanta-
neous was Mr.. Hanna's cerebration- OF
The wit we need say nothing. Natur-
ally h whole train Of possible repair
tees shot through Mr.. Hanna's mind
with more than mortal swiftness. He
might have answered: How about
oats?" A duller intelligence might
have blundered into How about fod-
der?' A thousand third-rate With
cisms clamored for recognition. But
Mr.. Hanna. quicker han thought it
self. chose How about straw" there
by putting himself at onc en- rapport
with his fearless and enlightened au-
dience.
And The crowd laughed We do
not doubt it. We laughed ourselves
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-10-30

Roosevelt is back q sadder II not a
wiser man. The anti-Bryan New York
Evening Post says:
He comes back q less impressive
figure b he went away. Two other
New York governors have been candi-
dates on national tickets during q
past twenty-five years and both TaI-
den and Cleveland gained ground with
the people during the campaign. but u
was not by neglecting the duties or one
Office while they sought another
The republican Washington Star cen
sures Mr.. Bryan o ignoring silver.
How wicked and false. II he had made
silver paramount this sheet would have
LOWED until 1t was hoarse over the in
fanny.
The United States army Is in q fine
condition. There were only 5000 en-
listed men and % officers found guilty
by a court-martial during the last ns-
cal year.
Ex-Pcstmaster General wanamaker.
of Philadelphia. is speaking for clean
politics in Pennsylvania and against
the state corrupt nsashine.
Some people r fools enough 20 at
tribute bad harvests to a political par
ty. The same fellows viii give the
party in power credit for good harvests.
Funny and absurd
New York Evening Post-anti-Bryan
says that smaller majorities are in
dicated for Mckinley In almost every
state which he carried in 1896. about
115.00o in New York. for example.
against 2ss. 900. and $1,000 in Illinois.
against 142, Oo0." And that too in the
face of the prosperity" howl.