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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-08
PARDON MILL STILL GRISDs
Aycock Pardons n Burglar-Actiyitv In
Copper Mines Development-In Bank
ruptcy Court.
Especial to the Messenger.)

Raleigh. y. c.. October 4.-Governor
Aycock pardons Harry {. Taylor. who
ten years ago in Surry county was con-
victed Of burglary in the second degree
and sentenced to thirty years in the
penitentiary. Thomas Settle who
prosecuted as solicitor and many lead
ing citizens urged the pardon.
The governor adds $500 TO the state
reward for Jim Lowry, the negro who
murdered Chief of Police Jones. at
Shelby.
The corporation commission calls
Tor a statement from banks up to the
close of business September Goth.
Labor Commissioner Warner says he
Will visit all cotton mills which do not
make reports. He will get a
list, and also of other ~anufactories
He has arranged with the census bu-
reau to obtain agricultural and manu-
featuring states for North Carolina for
p~uDlcation in his next report, Of which
it is probable 10000 extra copies will be
printed for distribution at the Charles
ton exposition.
Augustus w. Graham and r. W.
Lassiter, OF oxford, are here, having
completed a ten year lease OF great
copper mining properties in Granville
and Person counties, including the Blue
Wing and the ellis mines and three
smaller properties, In all 1,3G9 acres. TO
John T. Williams Of New York, who
has Ike charge and will quadruple
the force Of employees. Ore will be
shipped TO shelters at New York and
Norfolk. A spur track from the At
lantic and Danville railway extends to
the Blue Wing mine. thence to the
Holloway mine, which is owned by w.
E. G. Eustis. Arrangements are COM
pleted for building another railway s1a
miles long from Virginia to the High
Hill mine which the Virginia Copper
Company, .0imited). Incorporated in
London. has purchased and Will OPP
crate.
Before Judge Purnell today the nota-
bic bankruptcy case OF s. II. Loftiu. OF
Kinston, banker, merchant and railway
promoter, was compromised by attor-
neys on both sides. Loftin's liabilities
were $1S5, 900. mainly incurred on ac-
count of his backing the Great Eastern
railway BY the terms Of the compro-
mise he pays half OF the above given
liabilities and gives his personal notes
for the other half. He also pays all
the costs. Judge Purnell has. there
fore. dismissed the bankruptcy pro-
ceedings.
Judge Purnell grant discharges in
bankruptcy to w. H Carr &c Co. OF
Red Springs, who failed for a large
amount
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-08
FOR CHILDREN

Nothing, that comes in a
bottle, is more important for
children than SCOTS emulsion
of cod-liver oil. And "impor-
tant" means that it keeps them
in even health, on the highest
plane Of physical life.
"Do they live on it them"
No; they don't touch it, ex-
cept when they need it.
"When do they need it,"
Whenever they show, in
whatever way, the least disturb-
ance of even balance of health.
It is not for acute diseases.
with some exceptions; it is fo-
a slight falling off from first
rate condition.
1t is to be used as a food,
whenever their usual food does
not quite answer the purpose
of food.
Wen send you = Eftie to Try, If you IKE.
SCOTT q BOVINE, coo Pearl street. New Ycrk.
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magical touch the common. rude pro-
ducts of others

There were 800 books by negroes ex-
hibited at the Buffalo On. ~ EXPOSE
ton. An admirer reports in the New
York Saturday Review nat the range
of negro authorship extends to about
1000 works by the race in the United
States. We have noticed that two of
these have been specially petted and
Iauded in the north-Dunbar and Ches-
mutt. From a glance at some Of their
writings we are led to suppose that they
have the surest creative minds and best
success of the writer's Of their race on
his continent. These and others, of the
more impressive writer's are about half
breeds, perhaps. Even Booker Wash
ington has a considerable admixture Of
white blood. under his dark skin.
a New York state writer is after a
writer, Milton Reed, for his treatment
of Sidney Lanier in an article he wrote
for the New York Saturday Review.
He omitted the name of the really high
~ gifted Lanier in mentioning what
he evidently considered the greatest
names in American poetry. The writer
quotes Reed as saying:
I'VE have a a Longfellew, Lowell,
Bryant. Poe, Whittier, Dickinson, and
Whitman and fails to put among our
immortals' the name of Sidney Lanier,
whose place is generously given by
Stedman, but withheld by this critic,
whose dictum otherwise seems just and
strong. To know Lanier, in u opin-
ion, is to class him never among these
humber poets but quickly and joy
fully to give him rightful rank among
our best. the poet who as Stedman
says was not only or chiefly the artist
he had the substance Of poetry, the in
tense sacredness with which he invest
ed art holding him in thrall to the
highest ethical IDEAS"
We are pleased to see Mr.. Stedman
~appreciative of Lanier. We have not
seen his American Anthology" but for
twenty years have had a very good
opinion of Stedman's critical abilities
in poetry when We read his capital and
delightful volume. The Victorian
Poets" Lanier said of his own work:
Let my name perish, the poetry is
good poetry. and the music is good
music. and beauty dieth not, and the
hearts that need it will find it. 1t is
for these 1 write, who are really friends
and lovers, but to whom so far its ac-
cident of meeting has been delayed"
By many writers in the north and by
some in England Lanier is estimated
as the best of our southern poets after
Poe. Richard LeGaIiene says: Ell
there be any who question wheth-
er Lanier should be accounted one OF
the worlds poets, let him fast from al
feshly literature for six days, and sit
down in a quiet place and read his
Hymns Of the Marshes He shall rise
from the poem with tears in his eyes
and thanksgiving in his soul"
In England and France Poe is placed
at the head of all American poets as
the supreme genius and artist. He de-
serves the place, but When will the
north bestow it?
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berton served as a private soldier in the
war with Mexico and rose to h rank
of major in the confederate army. He
is eminent in his profession and has a
large practice in this part of the state.
The home for the aged and infirrN
east Of the town is an honor to the
county. Ample appropriation is annu-
ally made for the support of the I'M
fortunate who dwell in beautiful COZ
tages erected by the county commIs-
siOnerS.
| could write many things connected
with this modest little town OF 1000 In
habitants but space will not permit. T
departed regretting that / could not
stay LANCER in Bonnie Dundee"
ii. McM.
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One of the most curious charges Of
plagiarism against John Milton, SUI
preme after Shakespeare, is his line on
fame
1.-The last infirmity of noble mind"
Even the New York Saturday Review
falls into the error, with Swinburne In
charging this line as a literary theft.
1t is very easy to charge those great
poets-Shakespeare, Milton and Tenny-
writer's coinages Of the BRAIN. but the
accusers some times slip up. 1t is so
with the above line as stolen. SWIM
burne. the greatest living poet of Great
Britain, found the line, as we learn
from the New York Evening Post, in
OF Sir John Van Olden Barnevelt,"
published in 1922. fifteen years before
Millions Lycidas' saw the light. To
Mr.. Swinburne this was the most in
explicable coincidence in the whole
range of literature and to explain the
fact he assumed hat Milton and
Fletcher must have been translating
independently some Latin or Itas
original. The explanation of the in
explicable coincidence was, when II
came. far simpler than that. The lines
in the tragedy run
Read but DER the stories
OF men most famed Tor courage ano
for counsel, =.
And you shall find that the desire OF
glory
e1That last infirmity of noble minds)
was the last frailty wise men eer
put OFF"
ssThe line in parenthesis was written
by a former editor of the play on the
margin of his copy, merely to note the
resemblance. This book later was sent
to the printer, who not u~nnaturaliy
took the side note for additional p
and slipped it into the printed text
where it seemed best to fit"
Shakespeare appropriated stories
characters, sentiments, lines for ms
own use, and with the ample hand OF
a literary freebooter. But how he en-
larged, improved. beautiied. adorned.
glorifed the purlioned articles he need
ed. He was so much greater than
others that he transformed by his
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-08

A big drive in very fine Jet Trimming
sets that sold for si-oo each. we a
sell for sc.
A big line of very fine Handkerchiefs
TO sell cheap.
We have seven cases OF very fine En-
~broideries in ) and s yard lengths TO
sell from ) TO eoc per ~yard-ahout half
price.
We are the special agents for Sweet
Over-alls. the best goods for 90c-worth
$1.O0.
Our special sale prices hold good right
on. Be sure and attend our opening
eth. 10th and 1lth-Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-08

One Of the greatest English novelists
of the second class is Charles Reade.
He wrote one novel of a very high
rank-among the best we think, THE
Cloister and the Hearth.
Many Of his novels are highly enjoy
able. full of movement, vigor and excel
lence. The one specially designated
is a full companion of Blackmore's
great novel Lorna Doone." Reade
had originality, a nervous, i'm
pressive style, was endowed with a GER
tain dramatic power and has put the
world under obligations to him for his
best creations. He died about 1884, and
was a distinct loss to letters. Some of
his works are very fresh and delightful.
His Peg Wofington," Christie John
son" Put Yourself in His Place n
Never Too Late to Mend" are enjoy
able and not without art and power.
He is one of the English %novelists Of
the last half of the nineteenth century
that should be remembered. If he is
read now much there should be a
revival of him and fresh editions of his
works should be issued. We would not
give his best work for all that Jane
Austen ever wrote and yet, after seven
ty-fve years of neglect (Which does not
surprise us) she is now read by tens or
thousands and extravagantly lauded-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-08
OBSE RVANDA.

PIE are p~erplexed owe the cor
rect use of THE mills of the gods grind
slowly" More than cnce we have Civ
en- the history of that line or verse in
newspapers, over twenty years ago.
We gave the correct reading of the
Oldest known authority, The New York
Journal Of Commerce at least fifteen
years ago gave the poet Herbert's we'll
known rendering-"God's mill grinds
slow but sure" found in "Jacula Pru-
dentum" and the sentiment in the
Sybell;na Oracles of the second century.
The late esteemed and able Mr.. John
H Mills had a copy of the Oracles-
Oracula Sybellina-printed in Paris in
the seventeenth century. He once show
ed it to us. The Greek text is given
on the opposite page a Latin transla-
ton appears. In the Greek it reads
1.-THE mills of God etc."-not plural,
gods, as it is generally quoted, even by
educated ministers of the Gospel. We
once saw it misquoted in the South
ern Pulpit" In the Greek Oracles the
passage is found in Book VIII; TIA.
1OngfellowS well known lines nave
populariZed h sentiment. and this
ought to have prevented the oft repeated
error of quoting it goods" as if it was
a pagan and not a Christian sentiment.
Longfellow made his translation from
the German "Retributlon" of Fried
rich Won Logan. 1t reads:
Though the mills of God grind slowly.
yet they grind exceedingly small,
Though with patience He stands wait
ing, with exactness grinds He ALL"
We have not a copy Of Longfellow by
us, but We are of the impression that
he wrote Exceeding and that makes
the line of the right number of feet.
The lines given are as they appeared
in the New York paper.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-08

Lumberton Argus: Professor T. c..
Henderson, who has charge Of the
Croatan Normal school, at Pates, was
in to see US last Saturday. Professor
Henderson is very much encouraged as
to the future success of the school.
The session opened yesterday and a
successful M is anticipated
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-08

Charlotte Observer: Mr.. w n Ssor-
row and Mr.. L. G. Sharpe were engag-
ing in a friendly tussle in j. j. Morrow
& Co.'S store at Pineyille this afternoon
when Mr.. Morrow's foot slipped and
threw him violently to the floor. break
ing both bones of n leg just above the
ankle n tearing the ligaments TO
some extent. making a very painful
wound.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-08

w. 7. Wesson, Jacksonville, Va.
druggist. writes: your One Minute
Cough Cure gives perfect satisfaction.
My customers say it is the best remedy
for coughs. colds, throat and lung trou-
bles." r. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-08

c. NJ. Phelps. Forestdale, VT, says
his child was completely cured Of a bad
case OF eczema by the use Of DeWitts
Witch Hazel Salye. Beware or all
counterfeits. It instantly relieves piles
r. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-08
AT THE BUFFALO EXPOSITION

welshmen Sing Their Ancient Re-
QUEEN In Memory of President Me-
Kinley-Denfal of Parker Attacking
the Assassin-General Wheeler and
Captain Hobson Made Indian Chiefs.
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R OF SUBSCRIPTION.

rHE DAILY MESSENGER by mali.
sn@ year. 300: si1 months, $3.50; three
zonths. S1.75; month. so cents.
THE sEMI- WEEKLY MESSENGER
tive Q cage papers). by mail. one year,
u %: six months. so cents. III advance.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-12-05

from Granting perpetual water rights TO
Others than users, without compensation to
the public, Is open to all the objections
which apply to giving away perpetual
franchises to the public utilities OF cities
few of the western states have already
recognized this, and have Incorporated in
their constitutions the doctrine of per
petual state ownership of water Our aim
should be not simply to REGAIN the larg
est area of land and provide homes for the
largest number of people. hut TO create for
this new industry the best possible social
and industrial conditions; aud this requires
that we not only understand the existing
situation, but avail ourselves of the best
experience of the time in the solution of
its problems. careful study should be
made. both by the nation and the states,
of the irrigation laws and conditions here
aud abroad. Ultimately il will probably be
necessary for the nation TO cooperate with
the several arid states in proportion as
these states by their legislation and admin
istraton show themselves fit to receive il.
HAWAII AND PORTO RICO.
In Hawaii our aim must be TO develop
the territory on the traditional American
lines. We do not wish a region of large es-
tates titled by cheap labor: we wish
themselves till the farms they own. All
our legislation for the islands should be
shaped with this end in view; the <well-
being of the average home-maker must af
ford the true test of the healthy develop
ment of the islands. The land policy
should as nearly as possible he modelled on
our homestead system
IT is pleasure to say that II Is hardly
more necessary to report as to Porto Rico
than as to any state or territory within our
continental limits. The island is thriving
as never before, and il is being admins
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-12-05
LARGE LOSSES BY FIRE.

During the year 1900 there were
1920 fires in the United States,
which burned 1O9,092 pieces OF
property and destroyed values rep
resented by $106, 1929 sos. An analysis
of the causes of these fires shows that
1913 per cent. of the number origi-
mated from such as defective hues and
stove-pipes, friction in machinery
faulty installed, or degenerated
electric wires and lights, oil-stove &C.
cidents and explosions of gasoline
chemicals, dust, etc.
Such common causes as lamp &C.
cidents, sparks, careless use of
matches, cigars, cigarettes and
tobacco pipes, ashes, hot Goals, open
fireplaces and CRATES, plumbers
furnaces. candles and gas jets were
responsible for 1885 per cent of the
amount of the loss. Property exposed
to fire originating on othef premises
was destroyed to the extent of 31.03
per cent. Fires originating from
crime and michief. such as in.
cendiarism, tramps. burglars, drunken
men, lunatics and mschievous chill.
dren were responsible for $50 per
cent of the loss. Fires of unknown
origin burned 21.15 per cent. It Is
estimated, however, that at least 30
per cent. of the fires of unknown
origin are caused by lncediaries.
OF the causes which may be con.
sidered unavoidable, lightning was re,
sponsible for 2.15 per cent OF the loss.
Spontaneous combustion caused 425
per cent, the result of careless or
ignorant handling Of inflammable ma
terial. From the foregoing per.
centages it will be seen that nearly
all fires ere preventable. That they
are not prevent ed Is due in a large
measure to the fact that the people
Of this country are ignorant or in.
nual absolute waste, which has
averaged almost sllO,OOO,000 In
twenty-six years.
It seems to be popular fallacy
that a fire insurance policy indem-
niies all loss During the past
twenty-six years the fire insurance
companies have paid TO the property
owners of this country a sum aggre-
eating over $1,70O,O00 900. The diff.
ference between the amount OF the
property loss, which is placed in the
Fire Tables" at $2,S99,7 14O21, and
the amount distributed by the in
surance companies represents what
has been borne directly by fire suffer.
ers. The companies have collected
from policy holders and, therefore.
from the thrifty Of this country the
amount which they have paid IN
losses. The sooner the public at
large appreciate these facts the sooner
will the time arrive when the general
prosperity will be enhanced by de-
cided lessening OF this unnecessary
drain.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-12-05
should be made permanent government

should be made permanent government
bureau.
POSTAL ABUSES.
The full measure of postal progress which
might be realized has long been hammered
and ohstructcu by the heavy burden i'm
posed on the government through the in.
trenched and MISUNDERSTOOD abuses which
have grown up IN connection with second.
class mail matter The extent of this bur-
den appears when IL is stated that while
the second-claSs matter makes nearly three
ffths of the weight of all the mail il paid
for the last fiscal year only S4,294,46 Of the
aggregate postal revenue OF $lli,6Sl, 1888 If
the pound rate Of postage which produces
the large loss thus entalled, and which was
fixed by congress with the purpose of en-
couraging the dissemination of public in
formation. were limited To the legitimate
newspapers and periodicals actually con-
templated ny the law, no exception could
he taken That expense would be the rec
ognized anJ accepted cost of a liberal pol
ley deliberately adopted for unsuitable
end, But much of the matter which enjoys
mlent of the law, and has secured admis-
sion only through an evasion of its require.
ments or through lax construction The
proportion of such wrongly included matter
Is estimated by postal experts to be one
half of the whole volume of second-elass
mail, II IL be only one-third or one-Quarter
the magnitude of the burden is apparent.
The postofce III partmcnt has now under-
taken to remove the abuses so far as pos
Sible by n stricter application of the law;
ana Il should be sustained In its effort.
In conclusion the presiuent alludcs to the
settlement of the troubles in China.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-12-05
SOME Goop.NATuREp JOKES.

Miss Manhattan, encouraging her
friend) Never say die!
Miss Hub-Oh, never do; always
say expire. New. York Times.
Il guess there is something the mat
ter with our rubber tree" said little
Johnny.
why do you think so?' asked his
mother
cause we've had it over two
years and it hasn't sprouted any
overshoes yet. "-Chicago News.
The young wife was weeping when
her mother called.
Its all because of John" she
allied. He's a brute and he doesn't
love me any more. asked him If
wasn't the dearest little wife in the
world"
Il know, | know" interrupted the
elder woman. "And he said his check
book indicated that you were"
mo, he didn't"
He didn't?"
No"
well, husbands must have changed
since was bride. What did he say?
HE said, very cautiously, Well,
you know, my dear, | haven't seen
them all. Chicago Post.
1.-The banana peel joke seems to
have gone entirely out of vogue" re-
marked the casual observer.
That" replied the city Official who
never misses a trick, lis entirely due
to the efficiency of the street cleaning
department. Washington Evening
Star
IF you had worked hard during the
summer, as | did, you would not be
Obliged to beg now" said the ant cold
~.
True" replied the grasshopper; but
if were not lazy you would never be
able to acquire such reputation for
industry. Judge.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-12-05

powered to take some systematic action In
the way of aiding those of these men who
are crippled In the service and the families
OF those who are killed.
The vast natural wealth of the Islands
must he developed, and the capital willing
TO develop IL must be given the opportuni.
". The field must be thrown open to in
dividual enterprise, which has been the real
factor In the development of every region
over which our dag has flown. 1t is ur-
gently necessary to enact suitable laws
dealing with general transportation, min
Ing. banking, currency, homesteads, and
the use and ownership of the lands and
timber.
Attention is called To the need of a cable
to Hawaii and the Philippines 20 be con
tinued from the Philippines to points in
Asia.
FOR AN ISTHMlAN CANAL.
No single great material work which re.
mains to be undertaken on this continent
is of such consequence 10 the American
people as the building of a canal across the
isthmus connecting North and South Amer
lea. Its importance TO the nation lis by no
means limited merely to its material eff
fectS upon our business prosperity; and yet
with view to these effects alone Il would
n.ediately to begin IL. While its beneficial
effects would perhaps be most marked upon
the Pacific coast and the gulf and South
Atlantic states, il would also greatly benefit
other sections. 1t Is emphatically work
which IL Is for the Interest of the entire
country to begin and complete as soon as
possible; IL is one of those great works
which only great nation can undertake
with prospects of success. and which when
done are not only permanent assets i'm the
nations material interests. but standing
monuments to its constructive ability. The
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-12-05
BIG NAVY
SUBSIDIES
AND CANAL
ALL ARE URGED IN PRESIDENTS
MESSAGE.
RECIPROCITY IS IN FAVOR

Abuses in Mails Great and Correction
Is Observation-Disclosures Treatment
of Cubans Suggested. Trusts and
Anarchy Treated of and Many
Other Subjects Considered.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-12-05

There Is general acquieseence in our pres
ent tariff system as national policy. Inc
tjnnifv and stability Of this economic pol
icv Nothing could be more unwise than
"a disturb the business interests OF the
country BY any general tarin change at TINS
time Yet II is not only possible. but emil
,a,siv desirable TO combine with the
stabiiitv OF our economic system a supple