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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-03
THE DEATH

Massachusetts, is now wrestling with
the serious question of capital punish
ment. The legislature is considering
an alteration or amendment so as to
leave the matter with the jury as to
whether a verdict of murder shall be
Qualified so as to exclude hanging.
This change has been made in some
states. 1t is not to absolutely abolish
the death penalty for murder in the
first degree. but to leave the finding
entirely with the jury. 1t is insisted that
the change would increase the number
Of convictions, as many men who de-
serve imprisonment for life are found
not guilty by juries who do not like to
hang people for crime. The Wash
ington Post considering the death pen
atty gives the opinion of h Boston
Post as to the proposed change, and
says it contends that so long as the
death penalty is retained such a pro-
vision as this will undoubtedly tend
to secure exact justice in verdicts in
murder cases. 1t recognizes n fact
hat every man feels a reluctance to
condemn a fellow man to die. and ii
asserts that this feeling often con-
strains jurors to consent tc a verdict
In a lower degree than the facts de-
mand. There have. saye the Post, e
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-03
A DIFFER ENCE OF OPINION.

The Raleigh Post in a friendly way
takes exception to this part of d re-
CEN editorial in the Messenger:
There are two or more seekers for
every place. The farms are deserted
by the young n it increases the diff
fculties and makes less certain results
of good"
That was a sincere opinion expressed
after a reading for some two or three
years past of foreign publications and
Americana editorials. We think the
statment correct, and yet the Post
makes a plausible argument to justify
it's dissent. We can never hope to
convert our Raleigh contemporary to
our way of thinking as to politics and
material questions that hinge on poll
tics. Hence we are not disposed to
engage in an effort to satisfy it as to
our contention. We briefly a
1. If farms are not deserted by the
young men reared on farms. how is it
that SO man ten of thousands of
them are in the towns and cities? How
is it that the urban population in the
Uuited States has increased in such a
great ratio over the agricultural popu-
1ation2. Why are the towns and cities
all around our land increasing so vast
ly if the farm boys still stick to the
farms as of yore?
2. In the north the foreign labor is
the standby and it is relied upon to
a great extent for the cultivation of the
farms. We all know how it is in the
south. The negroes constitute to a
very great degree the field hands.
Hence the great productions of the
farms. Every rejecting man knows
that h capabilities of production in
the south are very much greater than
the actuaI production. On good authori-
ty it is stated that Texas alone can pro-
.duce enough food to supply the United
States if its immence area were culti-
waited n devoted to bread-stuffs. If
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-03
STATE PRESS.

The latest on Rfchmand Pearson is
that he wanted the appointment as
minister to Austria He made appli-
cation fer the place, but Mr.. Mccor-
mick, Of Chicago. who is president of
the golf club of that city, was appoint
ed instead Now, maybe Pearson can
get the job vacated by Mr.. Mccormick.
Waynesville Courier.
MIR. McLaurin will fool nobody He
Is a republican and ought to have the
manhood to say so, and to resign his
seat in the United States senate. Nc
Laurin is for a tariff. for expansion,
for the ship subsidy steal, against an
income ax-on all these issues oppos-
ing the democratic party. He has, Of
course. a right to his views; he has no
right to the livery he wears.-Norgan-
ton Herald.
Communities. like individuals, must
either advance or retrograde. there can
be no such thing as standing still.
Work for the success of the Graded
school and work for the most po-
tent factor in promoting the welfare
OF your town and its people. A vote
cast in favor of the Graded chools is
a vote for the progressiveness of our
town and the enlightenment of our
people.-Henderson Gold Leaf.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-03

the Post Is in~credulous indeed as to the
young men, the boys and older ones.
having left III farms and taken up
abodes in villages. towns and cities.
then its incredulousness is marvellous,
considering the many advantages open
to 1t for obtaining knowledge and in
formation. We r surprised to learn
of las rejection of the statement. 1t
denies emphaticalIy that the farming
youths have left the farms.
just at hand is an extract from the
Gastonia News, and the statement
does lot support the contention Of the
Post. 1t says:
rs h acreage IN cotton being de-
creased? Some of the farmers assert
that IL is and give two reasons why it
should be. Low prices are staring them
in the face and as cotton mills increase
and other inducements are being offer
ed to the country people, and especi-
ally the tenant class to forsake the
farm and go to the towns. labor is be-
coming more scarce and farm labor is
being left to the negroes. Under these
conditions farmers are turning their
attention more to small grain because
Ito Noh nc IN ~ III
vantage when labor is scarce and la
~bor-saving machinery can be called
into service"
Just what is said there will apply
all about North Carolina and the
south.
3. There are many more people In
the world-in Europe as well as in the
Uuited States than thirty a a.
European writer's are our authorities
for the statement that owing to the
great increase in the professions, in
clerkships, offices, shops and SO on,
the salaries have fallen and the re-
ceipts from professions have fallen
one-third. Let the Post enjoy it's own
opinion. 1t will have to give statistics
before it unseats our own conclusions
and belief.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-03

notable instances of this in late years.
But where a juror revolts at the death
penalty and makes a compromise with
his conscience in respect to the charac-
ter OF the crime, IL the penalty were
something less than death. our con-
temporary submits that he would not
hesitate to brand h crime with its
real name"
we will not expess an opinion. The old
law Of infiicting death is Scriptural
and merciful to society. but it has been
greatly neglected and hundreds of muir
derers guilty in the first degree have
been acquitted and turned loose upon
society by the finding of unfaithful,
or incompetent, or bribed juries. The
Boston Post says, and it favors the
abolition of the death penalty en-
tirely, that there can be no objection
to giving jurors his discretion of pun
ishment. If any discrimination is to
be made in h matter, they are better
qualified than any one else to make it,
and the responsibility is no greater
thai that which the law now imposes
upon them. A jury which is empowered
to decide whether the accused shall
die or shall go free surely can be trust
ed to determine whether he shall live
TO expiate his crime in prison"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-03
VERY NOTABLE GATHERINGS.

Our clever weekly exchange, The
Clarkton Express says this: 1.-The
largest aggregation of brains thai has
ever been in North Carolina was the
meeting of the Conference of Educa-
ton at Winston-Salem last week. A
train loa of northern editors, profess
sors and philanthropists who are inter-
ested in the question of educating the
masses, were in attendance" While
we doubt the correctness of that opin-
ion, we have no disposition to under
rate the ability and accomplishments
of the men who gathered there. North
Carolina has had some distinguished
assemblies of her own sons. The State
convention of 1885 was an able, impos-
ing body. So was the convention of
1861. But we wish to refer to a congre-
cation of protesting Christians. Ere
quently between 1845 and 1S4S, perhaps
later, there might be seen seated in
Christ episcopal church) Raleigh,
Rev. DIR. Mason, rector, the following
able, distinguished and very uncommon
men: Secretary of Navy, ex-United
States Senator and ex- Judge George
E.. Badger, Chief Justice Thomas Ruff
fin, ex-United States Senator n ex-
Governor James Iredell, Mr.. Justice
Joseph Daniel, United States Senator
William Henry Haywood, ex-Judge
Duncan Cameron, Governor Charles
Manly, ex-Judge and ex- United States
Minister to Spain, Romulus M. Saun-
ders, ex-United States Representative
John H. Bryan, ex-United States Rep
r~esentative Kenneth Rayner, Hon. Sion
H. Rogers, Henry Watkins Miller,
Zone Of The greatest of alb Colonel
Duncan K. MacRae, George w. Nor
decai, Lewis D. Henry, ex-Represen-
tative Richard Hines, James B. Shep-
ard, Thomas P DevereuX, James
Madison Lovejoy, DR.. Charles E.
ston-all men of note, several of exceed
ing prominence and three OF four posi-
bly, the greatest in all North Carolina.
We used to see these and perhaps w
or three overlooked, in our School-boy
days at Raleigh. We can easily re-
call now where many of these most
prominent North Carolinians sat. We
respectfully submit that no church in
North Carolina ever had so many Su-
perior men among the hearers n that
the persons named could easily over
shadow the men who lately gathered
at Greensboro. If you could learn how
DISTINGUISHED that body was consult
some wel informed elderly man.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-03
Prevented q Tragedy.

Long, of New Straitsville, Ohio, pre-
vented a dreadful tragedy and saved
two lives. A frightful cough a long
kept her awake every night. She had
tried many remedies and doctors but
steadily grew worse until urged to try
DR.. Kings New Discovery. One bottle
wholly cured her, and h writes this
marvellous medicine cured Mr. Long Of
q severe attack Of Pneumonia. Such
cures are positive proof of the match
less merit Of this grand remedy for cur
ing all throat, chest and lung troubles.
Only SOC. and $1.N0. Every bottle guar
anteed. Trial bottles free at r. r. Bel
lamy'S Drug Store.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-03
ECZEMA$
HOH IS TORTURE.

Eczema Il caused BY an acid humor In
The blood coming In contact with the
Iktn and producing great redness and In
aamTaion ; little P~ustulaI eruptiens form
dries and scales off /; sometimes the akin Il
hard, dry and assured. Eczema In any
and the itching and Burning at times arc
almost u~nbeaTable; the acid burning
humor seems to ooze out and set the skin
on fire. Sa1ves, washes moi other exter-
nal applications do any real good, for a.
long as the prison remains In the blood
It will keep the skin irritated.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-03
Il CAROLISA.

Henderson Gold Leaf: One man says
he knows of 200 persons who have come
10 henderson on account of the Graded
schools. And there must be a great
many more, to say nothing of the peo-
pie who have been kept here on the
same account.
Gastonia Gazette: On Happy Hill
Monday night Jim Roseborough fell
out with Dolphus Dawkins about a
"umman' and shot him. Both are ne
groes. ~Roseborough was pursued by
officers Williams and Russell and a
posse with blood hounds from 8 o'clock
until 2 o'clock that night, but failed to
catch him.. The chase was through the
jungles west of town.-The $4,000 iron
bridge at Mt. Holly went down in Sat
urday's great freshet. 1t was built on
six steel tubes forming three piers.
Some wooden bridges above it were de-
stroyed by the high waters and the
debris from these along with logs and
trash accumulated in considerable mass
against the piers.
Morganton Herald: Last Friday,
The Herald learned, Ed Caldwell, an
old family negro of the Caldwells and
Hendersons, got caught in the floods of
Upper creek, and was about to drown.
Pink Henderson happened by and saw
the old negro in extreme peril. Pink
is the best swimmer in Burke and one
of the bravest fellows in the world.
Regardless Of the danger to himself,
without taking time to divest himself
of his clothing, Pink plunged into the
swirling flood. The first time he failed
to reach the negro. Breathing himself
a minute he made a second heroic eff
fort, caught the old fellow n logged
him shore in safety. Then swimming
back across the creek, he went home
quietly, unconscious of the fact that
he had done one of the most heroic
deeds in the history of the state.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-03

A warning comes to belligerent Eng
land that she may lose Cape Colony,
South Africa, if she persists in her pol
icy. Many horrors are reported under
her cruel martial law. Women and
children are forced into camps against
their will. Barbaric!
The American Republics will hold at
the City of Mexico a Pan-American
congress.
And now shipbuilders will combine.
The disease spreads. The are to follow
the examples of other great trusts.
The exhibition at Buffalo, N. Y,
promises to be a fine affair. The
buildings and arrangements are on a
grand scale. The pictures look as If
it might rival the Paris exposition in
architectural n other effects.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-03
story O a Slave.

To be bound hand and foot for years
by the chains of disease is the worst
form of slavery. George D.. Williams,
of Manchester, Mich. tells how such a
slave was made free. He says MY
wife has been so helpless for five years
that she could not turn over in bea
alone. After using w bottles of E2ec-
trio Bitters, is wonderfully i'm
proved and able to do her Owl work"
This supreme remedy for female dis
eases quickly cures nervousness, sleep
lessness, melancholy, headache, back
ache, fainting and dizzy spells. This
miracle working medicine is a godsend
to weak, sickly, run down people. Every
bottle guaranteed. Only SO cents. Sold
by r. r. Bellamy, Druggist.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-03

For three years ]
had letter On my
hands, which caused
them to swell to twice
their natural si3e. Part
Of the time the disease
was In b form ofrun-
ninG sorea very rain
ful, and causing me
much discomfort. Four
doctors aid the letter
had progressed too far
TO be cured, and they
could do nothing for
me. took only three
bottles Of 8. s. 8. and
was completely cured.
This was fifteen years
ago, and ] have never
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-03

TRAIN Leaves Wilmington at $50 p.
IL m. arrives Lumberton s.x p.
m, Pembroke $50 D. M. Max
ton s:i3 .. m. Hamlet 7.se p N.
wadssboro s:fs p M. Monroe
s:f5 D m, Charlotte 1855 2. m.
Athens. Ca. 4:sS A. m. Auantt
$50 a. m.
gomery. Mobile. New Orleans and all
points In Texas. Mexico and California;
also for Chattanooga. Nashville, LOUIS
Vile. St Louis. Cincinnati, Chicago q
Western and Northwestern points. Con-
meets at Hamlet with train No. 81 foe
Columbia, Savannah. Jacksonville,
Tampa and other Florida points: also
with train II for Raleigh. Petersburg.
Richmond. Washington. Baltimore. New
York. Portsmouth and Norfolk Other
trains leave Hamlet as follows: Train
No. 81 for Columbia n points South
al s:45 n m. Train No. 403 for Monroe.
Charlotte. Lincolnton. Shelby and Ruth
erfordton, Athens. Atlanta and all
points southwest at 6:45 a. N. Train
No. IS for Raleigh. Norfolk and points
North at $40 a. N. Train No. ss Tor
Raleigh, Richmond n points North
at 500 a m
Through Pullman sleepers from Ham
let to all points North, South and
Southwest.
TRAIN Leaves Hamlet at $50 a. m.
IS arrives Maxton SOS n m. Penn
broke s:31 a m. Lumberton
$3.50 a. m, Wilmington 1905
noon. This train takes passed.
gers at Hamlet from train No
81 leaving Richmond ~ 1910 -
m. n arriving at Hamlet az
6:3e a. m: from train No. eos
leaving Norfolk at 800 u. m.
arriving at Hamlet at s:f5 ~
m; from train No. IS leaving
Atlanat at 500 p. m. and Char
lotte at SEQ a. m. arriving az
Hamlet at 1850 a. m.
Other trains arrive at Hamlet as fol-
lows:
Train 4G2 from Atlanta, Rutherford
ton. Shelby. L~ncolnton. Charlotte and
Monroe at 9:25 .. M: train No. II from
Portsmouth at 1880 D. m; train No. "a
from Richmond and points North At 1850
p. m: train No. A from Columbia and
points South at 9:25 D. m. and train
No. Sc from Columbia and points South
at 900 a. m
Fol- tickets. sleepers. etc. apply to
Thos. d. Meares. General Agent. VIII
mington. y. e. .
r. z. L. BUNCH, y
General Passenger Agent. "
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-03
1t Saved His Leg.

z. A Danforth, Of Lagrange, Ga
suffered intensely for six months with
a frightful running sore on his leg, Dc.
writes tina Bucklen's Arnica Salve
wholly cured it in ten days. For Ul-
GERS, Wounds, Burns, Boils, Pain or
Piles it's the best salve in the world.
Cure guaranteed. Only Csc. Se'1 by
r. r. Bellamy, Druggist.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-03
Prospects of a Canal Treaty with Eng-
land

Washington, April 26.-The admins
tration has succeeded at last in secur-
ing a collection of opinions from the
leaders of the senate of all political
parties upon which to base negotiations
for a new isthmian canal treaty to re-
place the Hay-PaIncefote treaty. In
other words, it is aware of the wishes
of most of h senators and the only
problem before the state department is
to frame a treaty that will reflect those
views. ~insuring a t~wo-thirds vote for
ratification, and shall yet be accepta-
BILE to the British government. II, as
reported from London, the sine qua
non is a neutrality clause. officials here
feel that success on this point seems
within reach
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-03
Working Night and Day.

The busiest and mightiest btti- =
that ever was made is Dr., Kings Me-
Life Pills. Every pill Is a s~usar-c"dt-
blobule Of health, that changes Teas
ness into strength. listlessness inte -
ergy, brain-fag into mensaj po'.~'
They're wonderful in building IL =.
health. Only 25c per box Sold 10 ;
r. Bellamy. Druggist.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-03

DeaCH OI NTs' Wills IurfIHiSOoH
The relatives and friends of Mr.. Will
lis burlington, Of Bennettsville. s. G.,
were panied yesterday to receive the
sad intelligence of the death of his wife
on Thursday night.
Miss Jennie burlington, his sister,
left here yesterday afternoon to be with
her brother in his sadness.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-03
Steamship Stranded for Awhile

Baltimore, April 29.-Norwegian
steamship Helga, Captain Bhaastod
from Daiquiri, April 22nd for Baltimore,
laden with iron ore, struck at 10 o'clock
this morning, two and a half miles from
False Cape life saving station, Virginia.
and f1oated at 2:20 o'clock this after
noon and proceeded north under her
own steam apparently uninjured.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-03
Mr.. Roger Moore and Miss Van Dyke
to be Married

Colonel and Mrs. F. w. Foster have
issued invitations to the marriage Of
their niece Miss Claribel F. Van Dyke
to Mr.. Roger Moor The wedding
takes place at the First Presbyterian
church at $3.50 D.. m. Wednesday,, May
Sth-
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since seen any sign Of my old trouble."-N1s.
L. 3. JACKSON, 1914 Niece St., Kansas CITY, No.
S. S. S. neatralizes this acid poison,
coolsthe blood and restores it to q healthy,
natural state, and the rough, unhealthy
skin becomes soft, smooth and clear.
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j. II. ENI Geuer3I 081a80s
i. 4 EMERSON. Trafso Nasae9.
Arizona republican., 1901-03-28

The best, cleanest and most wh ole some 25-cent meal in the city at the Maison D1re. 17 North Center street.
Arizona republican., 1901-03-28
THE INDEPENDENCE
Progress Of Work on Crowninshield's
 Cup Defender.

The balance rudder of the Indepen- dence has been received at the Atlantic Works lt is a skeleton resembling a three prong clam hoe. The head is six inches in diameter and hollow down to the point where the main prong be- gins tu taper. Its rather clumsy ap- pearance suggests that it was made with the intention of guarding against any possible mishap. Designer Crow ninshield visited the works and eX- amined critically the mast step and the various braces and metal straps which supplement the chain plates: and remarked that the strain of the rigging would be SD distributed that there seemed no possibility of breakage when the immense sail spread was hoisted, Mir. CroWninshield is of the opinion that the fin outside of the plates is piece of workmanship un- surpassed by any work ever done on a yacht
 A person capable of judging of the relative merits of the work has exam ined both the Bristol cup defender and the Boston "Tndep andence." and says the work on the latter is rushed faster than on the former, but there is marked superiority in the nicety of the work on the body of the Bristol yacht. He makes no comparison be- tween their respective models. He claimed that the joints on the outer skin of the Bristol boat were as smooth as the leaves of new book.
 One of the novelties of the Shamrock II Is that the managanese bronze plates are carried down to the point of greatest draught and the lead is poured into the fin tu the amount of ninety tons. thus obtaining greater rigidity and greater smoothness. as the bronze covering Is polished to a greater degree than the lead could be, which has heretofore been bolted on to the bottom bf the fin.
 Captain Sycamore has taken the Shamrock's crew of forty men 10 Dum- barton. There will be races at the Glasgow exhibition, June 7th, in which the cup challenger will sail.
 A. G. U.
Arizona republican., 1901-03-28

Estimates furnished on all kinds of brick work. The best brick and lowest cost by the Alhambra Brick sempany.
Arizona republican., 1901-03-28
LAYING HENS WANTED.

We are paying fifty cents apiece for laying hens, one to two years old. Any breed. but must be healthy.
 Golden Wing Ranch opposite camp meeting grounds, Mcdowell road. City office, Room ST. Fleming block, Tele- phone PSI
Arizona republican., 1901-03-28

150 patterns of picture moulding, new stock, latest designs. Picture frames made to order. No fancy prices.
 J. B. LONG HARDWARE co. Just received, 1000 gallons mixed paint which will be sold at lower price than elsewhere in the town.
 J. B. LONG HARDWARE co. No question about the best place to eat. is at Coffee Aps Restaurant.
Arizona republican., 1901-03-28
SEA FOOD.

ocean Fish every day al Coffee AIS Restaurant.
Arizona republican., 1901-03-28

Goldman X Co. carry the Buckeye Mower and Tiger Rakes. No other makes do equal them and our prices are the lowest.
Arizona republican., 1901-03-28

SALESYARD, ALHAMBRA NUR- SERY, trees for the people Corner Center and Adams streets. Chas,' l.. Purdy.
 The best. cleanest and most wh )le some 25-cent meal in the city at the Maison Dore. 17 North Center street.
 Estimates furnished on all kinds of brick work The best brick and lowest cost by the Alhambra Brick sempan!,.
 Miss Powell. manicuring, hairdress- ing, chir2p5dy and facial treatment. Scalp treating speciality. Room 1, Gooding Block, opposite Adams hotel.
 Flies carry contagion; see January Popular Science Monthly. Use Tanglo- foot; it catches the germ as well as the fly.
 If you enjoy a clean, wholesome, hot meal the Maison Dore, F North Cen ter street, will satisfy you.
 A full line or mirrors, German and French, both beveled and plain. If the glass in your mirror, sideboard or dresser is bollen telephone J. B. Long Hardware Go. ard have 1t replaced.
 Go to AmDrose's corral for cheap rigs by the week or month.
Arizona republican., 1901-03-28

Try the upstairs prlvGte rooms for Lobster la Ncwburg, ct Coffee AIS Restaurant.