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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-11
STATE PRESS.

Thank the Lord. the state board OF
education has settled the school book
matter for five a at least.-Raleigh
Post.
1t is truly wonderful to note to what
extent some people will allow their
emotions to carry them. When three
thousand people in a civilized city will
respond to the wild vaporings OF a man
like Dowie there must be something
wrong with ouT cities.-Charlotte News.
1t is now DR.. Aycock and DR.. Sim
mons. Having proved able and sue
cessful physicians in the treatment OF
the black plague OF North Carolina,
with their patient fully restored to
health. is is fitting that this honor
comes, even if it is for a wholly differ
ent reason that the LII. DIS. were at
tached to their names.-Raleigh News
and Observer.
This is about the effect of the Gattis-
Kilgo decision, after the verbiage Is
wiped away: If you say what is r
about a fellow it becomes his privilege
to say what he pleases about you, even
if a jury finds that what he says Is
slanderous. 1t strikes is that this is
a decision in conflict with the laws of
both God and man, and that the peace
of society demands that 1t be reversed
at the earliest possible opportunity
Winston Sentinel.
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r. CAROLINA.

Durham Herald: The Durham grad
ed school board met in b First Ma
tional bank yesterday to consider the
building oil new school houses. where
to locate them. consider plans for same
h election OF teachers for the next
term and other matters OF importance.
Greensboro Telegram: As told ex-
clusively In Saturdays Telegram. the
identity Of the negro woman who aoan-
doned her offspring in h WOODS near
the Summit avenue crossing OF the
Southern railway, was known TO the
police. Late Saturday afternoon she
was captured by Constable Dave Scott
in the woods between Proximity cot
ton mills and the Revolution mills.
- Albemarle has voted $500 in bonds
to pay the debt on a graded school,
building. - Governor Aycock has
pardoned Marshall Ramseur. OF Lin
o county. serving a six months SEN
tence on the roads in CASTOR for aban-
Comment; and Letta Blackwell. OF Bun
combe, serving an eight SEN
tence for fornication and adultery.
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CUBA IN vINCULIS.

The Mckinley administration in it's
to reject the Cuban constitution. and
the plea is that it does not 'substan-
tally agree to the Plat amendment.
1t tells the Cubans that they must try
again. hat their work a not stand,
that they have really lodged the issues
and made unauthorized use of informal
explanations by Governor General
Wood. Of the United States army. 1t
is also announced hat the army is not
to be withdrawn, but that L. S. troops
shall garrison the country, and Wood
will continue to rule Cuba until its pa
triots choose TO adopt a constitution
that shall be precisely satisfactory not
to their own people, but to the Mckinley
gang at Washington. So you see the
drift. There can be NJ genuine indie
pendence for Cuba. but it must be gov
erned by the great power, the United
States. The Mckinley cabinet held
that President Mckinley had no au-
thority from the act of congress to ap-
prove anything except the Plat
amendment substantially as it was set
forth in the act, which uses hat word
to characterize the methods in which
it shall be adopted"
So it is not Cuba free, Is Americans
were led to believe was to be the out
come of the unfortunate Spanish war
but Cuba an American province, colony
or dependency of some kind,
The recent action of the United States
supreme court has made it smooth sail
ing now for the Mckinley set. Cuba
can be reduced to a quasi vassalage or
made a part of the American union as
the imperial powers at Washington
may elect to do. There is nothing in
their way to stop it as Cuba is too
weak and powerless to defy Mckinley
and Company. The bugbear protection
is not only scotched but killed, for the
decision of the court completely allays
all fear, and the Selling of Cuba could
not injure the great robber protected
crowd. The Philadelphia North Amer
lean correctly says:
"A separate tariff against Cuban pro-
ducts could be enacted by congress-. 1t
was this fear alone that compelled the
party Of the trusts to keep up the pre-
tense that the Platt amendment was in
tended to safeguard Cuban indepen-
dence and not as a practical repudia-
ton of our pledged wore
1t is the first step hat counts; and
having gone thus far on the path Of
dishonor the ensuing steps will be
easy. The Teller resolution has been
put out of court by the action OF the
constitutional convention in accepting,
even in modified form, the Plat substi-
tute. At any rate, the partial consent
of that body will be deemed a suffi-
cient excuse for changing the subject
and Transforming the discussion from
n concerning the protection of Cuban
independence to one concerning the
degree of dependence which shall be
fastened upon the land"
The order has gone forth-Cuba must
obey. must in every particular accept
the Plat amendment, without the
slightest change or modification. So
the march of empire takes it's way"
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No one who is much acquainted with
his movements or accept his statement
of views. He has boxed the political
compass, very like his party has Ion
As to currency. He blows hot and cold
on the tariff question. He talks one
time for old fashioned republican pro-
lection, and then again he shows signs
of healthful reaction. He talks at one
time like a statesman with "optics
Keen" and at another day he will fall
back into the deep old ruts Of tariff
robbery and rascal1y expressions. The
French statesman, Mr.. Jules Siegfreed,
is in Montreal, and has been giving an
account of an interview he held with
the president. He learned much to
his own qualification that Mr.. McKin-
ley had modified his tariff views and
was not so staunch and extreme a pro-
t~ectionist. The Frenchman says that
he was told by the president that he
had within the last few years greatly
modified my views on the subject. 1
was formerly a strong advocate of pro-
lcCllOu, DuL SllCS tilCl VIC nave oo-
vanced a great deal in the United States
and our manufacturers have gone
ahead with gigantic strides so h a now
We are in a position to trade with
foreign countries on a reciprocal basis,
with mutual advantages to both, ex-
changing our steel and other products
for the goods which they specially pro-
duce."
1t is noticeable that. his cabinet has
decided to put a tariff tai on the al
legged conquered Philippines-our pos
sessions as they are called.
Mr.. Mckinley owes to the tariff his
election to the presidency. 1t was his
extreme protectionism that mad
him chairman of the committee that
reported through him that awfuly
drastic bill of robberies called after him.
If he is weakening really how long will
he remain so? This ountr is greatly
prosperous, n it is claimed that the
high tariff mainly did it. How then
can Mckinley go back upon his great
Iever-power? The question is will he
sustain Representative Babcock in his
efforts to make some needed changes
in the m~ultitudious articles in the
tariff schedules? Babcock is a protec-
ZIONIST IS Of old, but he wants some
reductions made on certain articles.
He well asks what answer a We
make when we are asked why we main
tain duties on products that our man.
,ufacturers are selling all over Europe
AT lower prices than they ask for them
at their factory doors?" For daring
to make such a plain. needed inquiry.
ne is traduced and ias,led by h or
gans or trusts and b ;obber system of
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Gossip.
Correspondence of the Messenger

Correspondence of the Messenger
Goldsboro. n. c.. June s.
The marriage of Mr.. Thomas Fork
man To Miss Maggie Lynch will take
place tonight at the residence OF Mr..
and Mrs. B. F. Best. Mr.. Workman is
a popular young painter who is well
thought OF. Miss Lynch is the daugh-
lady of culture and refinement.
The Knights of Pythias band has
fixed next Tuesday night as the date
for their minstrel show.
The j. o. L. A. VI. council decided
last night to hold a public meeting and
have an address from some distinguish
ed speaker, after which a banquet will
be given for the members and their
friends. Their committee will surely
get up something unique and superb.
This council has a membership of over
lbs.
The ladies of St. Johns VI. E. church
will give an ice cream supper tomorrow
night for the benefit of the Sunday
school library.
address Tuesday afternoon at $50
O'Clock at the club room. subject Life
of Women and Children in Brazil"
The board of trustees Of the Colds
boro graded boo met Tuesday night
and reelected all the officers and
teachers OF the graded school.
An excursion will be run from Kin
ston TO Raleigh tomorrow to witness
the base ball game between Raleigh
and Newport News. Quitea numbe Of
Goldsboro people win get aboard here.
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British-Boer skirm1shes

Cape Town, June s. The garrison
Of jamestown, Cape Colony. which sur
rendered to Kritzinger's command Sun
day, June End, numbered sixty men in
all. Kritzinger's force is estimated to
have totaled 1000 men. The British
killed twelve and wounded fifteen Beers
before they were overpowered by num-
bers.
Aliwal North, Cape Colony, Tuesday,
June 4.-Colonel Whites column came
in contact with Kritzinger's command
northeast OF jamestown. June srd.
drove the Beers back. captured fifty
horses and munitions and recovered the
stores looted from jamestown.
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The Alabama Convention

Montgomery, Ala, June 5.-A new
suffrage statement was introduced in
the state convention by Mr.. Banks, of
Russell county. 1t ~disqualif1es all GRIM
inals, all who commit fraud in any
election or primary. or those who have
abandoned wives or children. Two
ballots are to be provided, one white
ballot and one colored. Those qualified
to mark their WI tickets shall be sup
piled with white ballots. but is he can
not he shall have a colored ballot and
a marker and it shall count for only
~one-fourth of a vote. This, however,
excerpts old soldiers and their descend
ants
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A NIGHT OF Terror.

widow of the brave General Durham,
of Machias, Me-, when the doctors said
she could not live till morning" writes
Mrs. S. II. Lincoln, who attended her
thai fearful night. "AlI thought she
must soon die from Pneumonia, but
she begged for DR.. Kings New Discov-
cry, saying it had than once saved
her life, and had cured her of Consump-
ton. After three small doses she slept
all night, and its further use complete
ly cured her" This marvellous medi-
cine is guaranteed to cure all Throat,
Chest and Lung Diseases. Only SOC
and $1.0O. Trial bottles free at R r.
Rellamy's
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from the federal census it appears
that North Carolina in density of pop
ulation is equal to some of The other
southern states. ahead of a part and
behind others. From a Washington
special in the Raleigh Post, it is stated
that there are thirty-nine people to
each square mile in this state. Other
states show: Alabama. 35.5; Arkansas,
24.7; Florida, 81; Georgia, 37.6; Louis
lana. 30.4: Mississippi, 1876; South Car
olina. AL; Tennessee. 1874; Texas, 11.e;
Virginia, 49,: Kentucky, 53.7.
The District Of Columbia is the most
densely peopled section of the United
States, having 4.645.3 people to each
square mile Of area. Rhode Island has
407. Massachusetts, $40, Connecticut 1877,
New York 152. Pennsylvania 140, and
Maryland 120. There is enough of cul-
tivatable land in North Carolina and
lands covered still by original forests
to feed five or six other states in addi-
ton to the 1,9O0.0 900 people at home.
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Mrs. Mckinley Still Very Ill

Washington. June doctors Rixey,
Sternberg and Johnston were in con-
sultation at the White house about
half an hour this morning. After their
departure Secretary Cortelyou gave out
the following statement:
Mrs. McKinley's physicians report
that she. passed a comfortable night
and continues to show slight improve
ment."
The continuation Of the improvement
in Mrs. McKinley's condition noted by
her physicians yesterday has cheered
the president some what, but his anx-
iety is such that he remains most of
the time in his wife's bedroom and only
enters his office t see members Of the
cabinet or personal friends.
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THE SOUTH CAROLINA SENATOR
IAL CONTEST.

The senatorial fight in South Caro-
lima np-to-date appears to be this:
McLaurin withdraws his resignation for
the present. TfIlman follows because
OF McLaurin's course under advice.
The governor would have appointed a
successor to TilIman in case he had not
withdrawn. The governor writes a let
ter to Tillman IN a spirited way. Till
man replies stating why he will with
draw his resignation which was made
in good faith, but the purpose Of which
'rhas been thwarted by Senator Nc
Laurin's precipitous acceptance Of ex-
ecutive advice" 1t is very doubtful if
McLaurin will eve make that canvass
talked of with Tillman.
A recent interview of "the man with
the pitchfork," in a New York paper,
was highly entertaining. The senior
senator talked with his accustomed
plainness Inc directness. Tillman said,
and we give but a glimpse of a small
part:
Backed by the support of the Nc
Kinley administration, given the fed
eral patronage in the state as a mess
of pottage for his vote on the ratifica-
ton of the Spanish war peace treaty
the vote that saved the treaty-encour-
aged by the republican national COM
mittee. and handed great sums OF
money by that committee and by the
protectionists of the north, he had
started a campaign for denomination a
year before there was any necessity
for it. He hoped in that time, by speak
ing all oVer the state. n by using ms
federal patronage, to build up an or
g~nnization for himself and for the per-
nicious republican views he holds.
1T came to me like a flash. When
he was haunting me by saying L was
secure and wouldn't resign 1 thought:
"'Oh, no. Johnnie McLaurin, I'll kill
you right now.
81 challenged him to resign. saying
we would go before the people this
summer and have 1t out. He had to
do that or funk. Now, I have got him
where I want him."
This was, remember. before the an
nouncement given ove-bef Nc
Iaurin's resignation. Tillman said he
got all but 1000 votes out of &C, 900 cast
last year. He says McLaurin cannot
carry a county. He says he made him
what he is. and without his help he
could never have been in the senate
He should repent of this deed. He
says: st was his friend. but when he
deserted the party and voted for the
peace treaty my gorge rose. and it rises
every time I see him." He sums it all
up in this wise:
IF I am a democrat, McLaurin is
not. If McLaurin is a democrat, l am
not. There isn't room for both of US
in the United States senate. If the
people want my kind of democracy
represented in the senate they have a
chance to say SO emphatically. If they
want the McLaurin republican democ-
racy, then / shall be content. There
are a heap of things to do on the farm"
But the conditions are all changed
by the course of the governor and Nc
Laurin obeying his suggestions. h
will be the next shiftings of the scene
will be known farther.
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Montgomery, Ala. June 6.-The fea-
ture of today's session of the constitu-
tiona1 convention was the ordinance
introduced by Mr.. Sanford. that no
state has a right to secede. He says
it is unnecessary.
Another ordinance which created
much laughter was that Of Mr.. Pierce,
of Marion, that no man who Is learn
ed in law shall hereafter hold any Of
flee except that of a judicial nature.
Mr.. Sanford. Of Pike. offered an O.
dinance providing that there shall be
no Imprisonment for debt except
where a person agrees to do some
special act or service for his employ
er and thereby obtains one or goods
to perform the service.
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A Monster Devil Fish

Destroying it's victim, is a type OF
Constipation. The power Of this muir
malady is felt on organs n
and muscles and brain. There's
no health till it's overcome. But LIZ.
New Life Pills are a safe and
certain cure. Best in the world Tor
Stomach, Liver, Kidneys and Bowels.
Only % cents at R. r. Bellamys-
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A Blunder

Will often cause a horrible Burn,
Scald, Cut or Bruise. Bucklen's Arni-
ca Salve, the best in the world, will
kill the pain and promptly heal it
Cures Old Sores, Fever Sores, Ulcers,
Boils, Felons, Corns, all Skin Erup-
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Final Trials of warshfps

Washington, June 5.-The navy de-
partment has authorized the ina
trials of the. battleship Wisconsin, now
on the Pacific station, and the torpedo
boat Stockton, built at Richmond.
These trials will AXE place about the
18th or 18th instants respectively.
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Chance reaches Manila.

Manila. June 5.-Major General Chat
fee and staff and two companies of the
Ninth infantry arrived here today on
the United States transport Sumner
from Taku. The general was received
with a major generals salute. Gen.
eral Chaffee viii be General MacAr-
thurs guest at the Malcanang pal
ace.
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HOME FOLKS.

Heigho! So under the very disas-
trous management Of the republican
gang the penitentiary is about busted
and badly So That is the talk of the
new democratic directors. The business
of c~ultivating Roanoke farms will be
abandoned. 1t is believed.
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and offensive sores and Assesses are familiar syuir
loss of strength, poor digestion and pale or bloodls
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-13
Trees by the Roadside.

~ NE of the pfaiseWOrthy acts
of the Pennsylvania legisla-
" ture at the recent session,
says the Pittsburg CONNER
cial Gazette, was the passage of
bill. later made law by the governors
approval, encouraging the planting OF
trees by the roadside in the rural dis
tric.s. The Jaw provides that 6uy per-
son who shall transplant any fruit,
shade or forest tree of suitable size
along the highway on his premises
shall be allowed one dallor in ahate-
ment of hs road taxes for every two
trees. The same allowance shall be
made for trees transplanted in place
of those who may have died, and aso
for those that may he growing by the
roadside through cultivated lands. The
abatement in no case, however iS to
be more than one fourth of a persons
annual road tax.
The law further provides that any
person who shall cut down, kill or
injure any living tree planted or grow
ing naturally. or who neslects or care
lessly suffers any animal to he driven
so az to injuro any such tree shall he
subject to fine of not less than one
dollar nor more than tve dollars for
every tree injured. such fines to go to
the road fund of the township in which
the offenso WAS committed.
There has been much talk in recent
years on this subject of tree planting
but this law is the first step in the
direction of substantial encourage
ment While the inducoment is not
large, il will doubtless he found suf-
hCient to answer the purpose for
which the law was framed. There are
seasons when the farmers have some
leisure, and it is reasonable to pre-
sumo that they will improve such op-
portunities by setting out trees, there
by securing reduction of taxes. The
prospect Of grateful shade along the
highways now shadeless and dusty is
pleasing to all who have occasion 10
plod along the country roads. and al
though several years must pass before
the trees reach maturity, there will
soon be cause for qualification that the
Pennsylvania legislators conferred this
boon upon travellers in the rural dis
tricts.