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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-31

the democrats nine Of the ten congress
men from this stare.
The No York World IN its forecast
of the election says:
There is nothing to indicate tina the
democrats will secure con rol of the
house of representatives. The disap-
~pearance Of Bryan and the return OF
Grover Cleveland and his friends to the
support Of his party-events that were
proclaimed as decisive factors-appar-
emily have produced surprisingly small
changes in the fortunes of the demo
cracy this year"
1t gives the republicans thirty ma
iority in the house of representatives.
1t says the republicans will elect their
full ticket in Pennsylvania and that
OdefI's plurality in New York will be
about 10000. While both partie. claim
connecticut, The World says the legis-
ilature will be republican. This body
will elect a successor to Senator Plat.
The New York American and Journal
predicts that the democrats Will control
the house OF representatives and esti-
mates from reports received from
levery county in the state" Coler's plu-
rality over Odell at $4,000. The demo-
Gratis DUN on greatly reducing the re-
publican majority III the state" This
paper takes up the estimates of The
World and The Herald and points out
where it thinks they have made errors
in giving the democrats too few con
gressmen in the states of Connecticut,
california and New York.
In the betting on the New York cleo
ton among stock exchange one man
who offered two to one on Odell has
since taken the Coler end with two and
a half to one against him.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-31
RESTRAIN THE soSn IssrE.
Vice Chancellor Emery Hands Down
His Opinion in the Steel
ton Case.

Newark, N. j.. October G9.-yice
Chancellor Emery today filed his deci-
sion In the suit of ]. AsDinwah Hodge
and others to prevent the United states
Steel Corporation from retiring 500. 000,-
200 OF preferred stock ami issuing S251,-
100000 In bonds. In his decision the vice
chancellor says:
Il VIII advise hat L preliminary in
junction be granted restraining the is
sue OF bonds under the resolution"
The resolution referred TO by the vice
chancellor was adopted Ly the directors
OF the United States Steel corporation
and ordered the retirement OF the pre-
terred stock Vice Chancellor Emery
decided that the meetings OF the direc-
tors at which the resolution was adopt
ed was prematurely called ard that the
retirement of h stock Under the ieso /
tion must be therefore ertoined. The
decision Of h vice chancellor agrees
with the decision OF the court Of errors
and appeals in the Berger case. on all
other points.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-31
BAD RAILROAD CONNECTIONS
Made Many People Miss the state
Fair l~esterday-It Happened III
GOIISbcrO.
Especial TO The Messenger.l
GOIGSbCrO

AolyttIdI " Inc messenger
Goldsboro, y. c., October 20 large
crowd of people from Rocky IOInt.
Wilson and other points north OF here
were badly disappointed when they
reached the city this morning over the
Atlantic Coast Lin ana saw the train
for Raleigh disappearing around the
curve in the southern part Of the city.
These people were going to Raleigh to
see the fair and return home tonight.
The Coast Line train was Just Il few
minutes late and the Southern train
pulled out just as the Coast Line was
coming into sight. The crowd had ~
wait here until 2:05 this afternoon and
some of them went back home on the
next train because they could not spend
the night in Raleigh. In a few moments
the con train from Raleigh with
passengers for the north reached the
city In time to see the Coast Line for
norfolk disappearing around the curve
at the old fair grounds. Connections
had been MISSED both ways when Il
wait or five minutes longer would have
saved both. Such bad connections are
made daily here in Goldsboro and 1t Is
said are due to the fact that the South
en- railroad has no telegraph Office in
the ticket office down town and train
men cannot hold a train without orders.
Neither Is there any way, without going
TO the southern freight office aboos haIf
q mile distant to find out how late th~
trains on the Southern are.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-31

Attorney General Knox in his recent
Pittsburg speech declared that over
capitalization was one of the chief evils
of the big trusts that were the order Of
the day in this country. On this SUBJ
ject he said:
over capitalization is the chief Of
these, and the source from which the
minor ones flow. 1t is the possibility
OF oVercapitaliZation that furnishes the
temptations and opportunities for most
of the Others DISQUALIFICATION does
not mean large capitalization or CAPT.
~taliZation adequate for the greatest I'M
dertakings. 1t is the imposition upon
ian undertaking Of a liability without d
corresponding asset to represent it.
Therefore, overcapitalization is a fraud
upon those who contribute the real
lcapital either originally or by purchase;
and the efforts to realize dividends
thereon from operations is a fraudulent
imposition of a burden upon the public"
DISQUALIFICATION of such corpora
not a legitimate increase of capital
based upon any real assets from which
those subscribing to it expect to derive
any dividends. The returns from in
vestments come from the bonds or the
preferred stocks. Wien one of these
big trusts is organized there are gener-
ally three classes of securities issued
bonds, preferred stock and common
stock. The first bear certain rate of in
l~terest, the second have a guaranteed
dividend and the holders Of the last are
to get what income from them they can
which is generally nothing. The COM
mon stock of these big trusts seems TO
be nothing more than a bogus security
issued without any assets as a basis
and are good for nothing except to be
put Upon the market and he used as
settlecloCks in a game Of b~attledoor
between the bulls and the bears or the
stock market. These stocks are gener-
ally issued to the financial concern
which "underwrites' or puts afloat the
big concern. Much of it is used as
brides in securing the desired fran
Ichises. 1t represents no assets, and all
the profits it brings to the holders is
secured through the fluctuations Of its
fictitious value on the stock market.
1t is not supposed that the corporation
a. E1- H. OA NAAS
stock, in the near future at least. This
common stock is what might be called
the surplus capitalization of the COM
Ipany, which represents nothing and is
known by those issuing and holding IL
to be OF no value. 1t Is based entirely
upon public credit and so long as times
are good and stock gambling brisk IL
can be kept afloat But with all our
boosted prosperity the end must come.
We cannot keep up this balloon business
always. The gas will escape at some
time and then there will be a terrible
collapse. There are so many concerns
of this kind doing business in this coun-
try and they are so dependent upo
leach other in keeping this hollow bust
mess afioat that when one goes down a
general crash may be looked for 1t Is
like n house Of cards. When one prop
lis Withdrawn all will so. There will
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-31
FoaECAsTING THE ELECTION.

The northern newspapers have begun
f-orrcasting the strength of the two po-
IfticaI PARTIES IN the next congress. One
of them gives the democrats 4 ma
iority in the house OF representatives.
The New York Herald makes h re-
publican majority the smallest of those
estimating. The Herald gives the house
TO that party by seven majority In
this calculation i places two OF the
North Carolina districts in the doubtful
column: The Raleigh News and OBJ
serv-r says this reduces The Herald's
estimate TO five. for it counts or a solid
democratic delegation. While The Her
aid makes this estimate of seven repub-
Iican majority. it says that party
may ose control Of the house" AS to
the senate this paper says that body,
with legislatures in doubt in Idaho,
Indiana and Pennsylvania. and with
Delaware likely to so Democratic. will
contain ffty-two republicans and
thirty-fve democrats, with three states
in doubt. AS to the election in New
York The Herald's poll indicates the
election of OdelI by $1,000 plurality. L;
gives Golfer SS,303 plurality in the coun-
ties Of New York, Kings, Queens and
Richmond. 5000 more than Van Wyck's
The Herald puts Connecticut and Penn
syivania in doubt
The Washington Post in its forecast
ei~cs the republicans control of the
house Of representatives by thirty ma
jcr.Cy. a S of sixteen in the presen'
-ho5.>e. But it says the conditions IL
mos Of the big states are far from
satisfactory to the republicans. 1t give!
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-31
FRIDAY OCTOBER 81 1902.


The present campaign has been diff
ferent from most former ones in one
important respect-the attitude of the
parties toward each other. GenerallI
heretofore the democrats have been on
the defensive and the republicans tax
ing the offensive. Even when fighting
the party in control they have allowed
themselves to be driven to a defense of
their positions on public policies rather
than making an aggressive warfare on
the republicans. This has been com
Dletely changed in the present cam
paign and the republicans have been
forced to stay behind their breastworks
and defend their pet party schemes.
ahd in doing so they haYe made a
mighty poor showing. They have made
some remarkable arguments, showing
nov weak their defense and how hard
pushed they are. This is shown con-
spicUously in two inconsistencies they
have been repeatedly guilty of in their
defense of the high tariff and of the
trusts.
When the people are told that our
protective tariff allows the formation Of
trusts the republicans deny this and
say that in free trade England there
are trusts which dictate prices and
make the consumers pay what they
pleased for trust made goods and in
their next breat they say if our tariff
is reduced prices will drop so low that
manufacturers cannot afford to operate
their plants.
Ii free trade does not affect prices of
trust mad goods in England how can
Il reasonable reduction of our very high
tariff affect them in this country? The
democratic party does not advocate
free trade. but only a revision of the
present protective tariff and a reduction
of duties TO a reasonable extent where
the interests of the people demand.
The republicans make this argument,
but it is based upon false premises.
The trusts cannot fix the prices of man.
ufactered articles in England while
that market is open to the world and
IS being invaded by American manufac-
turers who undersell the British factory
owners at their very doors. Republi-
cans now no longer deny that We ship
goOds to England and sell them cheaper
than the British can afford to sell them.
Take, for example, steel rails. Ameri-
can manufacturers ship them to Eng
lana and put them on the market at
~,twenty-three dollars a ton. Because of
the high tariff on this article in this
country the same manufacturers have
forced the price in the home market UP
to twenty-eight dollars a ton. Now
does any sane man believe that the
British manufacturer can force the
price of steel rails in the British mar
ket boy twenty-three dollars. the
price the Americans are offering them
at in that market?
This is a fair sample of the arguments
ahe republicans have been forced to put
UP during the present contest on &C.
count of the indefensible position into
which the have been driven by the
aggressive campaign waged by the
democrats.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-31

o. r. Larson. Of Bay Villa, Sundays
River, Cape Colony, conducts q store
typical OF South Africa, at which a
be purchased anything from the pro-
verbal needle TO an anchor" This
store Is situated in a valley nine miles
from the nearest railway station and
about twenty-five miles from the near
est town. Mr.. Larson saws: aI am fa-
vored with b custom Of farmers with
In a radius OF thirty miles, to many of
whom / have supplied Chamberla!n's
remedies. All testify to their value in
a household where a doctors advice IS
almost ou or the question. Within one
nile OK my store the population Is per-
haps sixty. OF these. within the mast
twelve months. no less than fourteen
nave been absolutely cured by Cham
pertains Cough Remedy. This must
surely be a record" For sale by r. r,
Bellamy's Drug Store.
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fact that II cures wornanly Ills. II cures
irregularity. 1t dries facilitating drains.
Il heals Inflammation and liberation and
cures female weakness. There Is no
trusting to luck by those who Use
uFavorite Prescription"
My disease was displaccTnent and liberation
of the uterus. and ! vas III a terrible condition
with pain and weakness and had given ~ al
hopes Of ever being well again" writes Mrs
Harry \. Brown. OF Orono. Pcuobsco; Co, Me.
uHad doctored with four different doctors with
in four months, and instead OF getting better
was growing weaker all the time. decided TO
Try your Favoriie Prescription Golden Med.
ical Discovery. and Pleasant Pellets as ! had
heard of the many cures resulting from their
use, l bought five bottles and felt so much bet
ter after taking them that ] kept on until ! am
as well as ever in my life. and to DR.. Pierce all
the praise is due. 1 cannot say enough III favor
of his medicines. Before / began taking your
medicines / only weighed one hundred and
tweu:y pounds. ! now weigh one hundred and
sixty pounds. / gained forty pounds ~ six
months. / shall doctor no more with :iomc
doctors. as il is only waste OF money. ] am How
in perfect health, thanks to DR.. Pierce"
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets clear the
muddy complexion.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-31

The Asheville Gazette is trying ID
raise a row because, as it alleges, Cor
tain men had their poll taxes paid hv
other persons, presumably so thev
would not be disfranchised and cou:1
vote the democratic ticket. What has
it to say about republican leaders IN
Philadelphia purchasing eighty thou
sand poll tax receipts, most of them in
the names of fictitious persons. Paw
ment Of poll tax by a certain time IS =
prerequisite to voting in Pennsylvania
also.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-31
Stricken With Paralysis.

Henderson Grimett, Of this place, was
stricken with partial paralysis an COM
pletely lost the use Of one arm ane side.
After being treated by an eminenI Lay
sician for quite a while without rei=f.
my wife recommended ChamberI2in's
Pain Balm. and after using two bottles
OF IL he Is almost entirely cured.-Geo.
A Mcdonald, Man, Logan county. ".
Va Several other very remar kable cures
OF partial paralysis have been effected
by the use Of this liniment. 1t Is most
widely known, however, as a cure FOR
rheumatism. sprains and bruises. Sold
by p r Bellamy's Drug Store.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-31
WHY STAY PALE.

A pity to see pale girls stay
pale and dull when it is SO easy
to get SCOTS Emulsion.
One of the best things
SCOTS Emulsion does is to
give rich blood to pale girls
The result of regular doses
Iof SCOTS Emulsion is an in
crease not only in the red
color of the blood and in the
appetite but in the good locks
and bright manners which
are the real charm of per
feet health.
Send for Free Sample.
SCOTT q BOVINE, Chemists, 4oo Pearl St., N. y
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-31

Mr.. w. A. Hines of Manchester. la,
writing of his almost miraculous oscar
from death. says: Exposure after
measles induced serious lung trouble,
which ended in Consumption. I had
frequent hemorrhases and coughci
night and day. All my doctors said
must soon die. Then / began 20 uss
DR.: Kings New Discovery for Con
sumption, which completely cured me
I would not be without Il even il Il
cost $500 8 bottle. Hundreds have use5
it on my recommendation and all SAY
i never fails to cure Throat. Chest ant
Lung troubles Regular size SOC auc
s1.00. Trial bottle free at r. +. Rella
my's drug store
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-31

Bristol, Tenn. October ga south
bound passenger train on the Norfolk
and Western railroad left the track
near Milford. Va. this after
noon The engine and several cars
were wrecked Engineer Robert Hoop
er Jumped and saved his life, but Fire
man j. W. Spicer was caught under
engine and fatally hurt Psssen-
gers. baggageman and express men
were badly shaken up. but no one wa.
seriously injured.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-31

The country is to be congratulated
upon the position taken by Judge Lam
bert, the\judge sitting in the trial Of
mined to eliminate, as far as the rules
of evidence allow him, all the disgust
ing and nauseous elements of the case
which were so prominent in the first
trial of this indictment and he is get
ting through with the matter with all
dispatch possible.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-31

The chief quarantine officer at Manila
reports that the number of cases Of
cholera in the Philippine islands since
March goth have been se~venty-five
thousand, with a mortality of rs per
cent. With the aid of the cholera the
American rifle will soon have the archi-
pelago in fit condition for settlement by
members Of the Caucasian race. This
disease is raging also in China and
Japan.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-31

be found no substantial support in the
way of real assets to keep afloat anv
one of them. Then there will come an
end of our vaunted prosperity and such
a panic as this country has never be-
fore seen.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-31
The Annette OF q Goat

Is envied by all poor dyspeptics whose
Stomach and Liver are out of
All such should know that DR.. King s
New Life Pills, the wonderful Stomach
and Liver Remedy, gives 4 splendid ap-
petite, sound disgestion and Il regular
bodily habit that insures perfect health
and great energy. Only % cts, at L. Z.
RelIamy'S drug store.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-31

President Roosevelt celebrated nis
forty-fourth birthday last Monday. Ea
will probably reach the age of political
discretion before the meeting OF tho
next republican national convention.
He can learn a great deal between nov
and that time.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-31

Now that the coal strike is over aud
the miners have been given an oppor-
tunity to return to work after FIVE
months idiesness they do not seem III
a hurry to do so. Against the wishes
OF the mine owners they are all going
to take a days holiday to celebrat%
Mitchell day
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-31
Natural Anxiety.

Mothers regard approaching winter
with uneasiness, children tax colo so
easily. No disease costs more little
ives than croup Such cases yield
readily to One Minute Cough Cure. Alb
solutely safe. Acts Immediately. Cures
coughs. colds. grip, bronchitis, all throat
and lung trouble.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-31

An entire freight rain. with the OK
ception OF one car, is burned on a Texas
railroad. cotton on a flat-car ignit,nC
from a fire along the track. We thought
the days Of hauling cotton on open fat
cars had passed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-31

Mayor Johnson is still swinging
around the circle in Ohio discussing the
political issues with anybody who will
enter the lists against him. We hope
Cleaveland's mayor is having a heap Of
fun out Of his canvass, for he is about
as near as he will ever get to the presi-
dency n he should have some COM
p%ensation for his extraordinary exer-
tons.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-31

Senator Mark Hanna's friends point to
the fact, as an evidence Of his good
sense hat he is not monkeying with the
political fight in New York or Pennsyl-
vania. You do not catch Hanna put
changes of securing some of the ad-
yantageS for himself.
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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
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At Leghorn, Italy, an italian who had
recently arrived from the United States
has been arrested On the charge Of
being the person who exploded a bomb
on the steps of the bishops palace,
killing one person and wounding an
other. Our country seems ito nave De
come the home of the anarchist.
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To My

I was troubled with my stomacn for
several months. Upon being advised
to use kodol. / did so. and wordl can.
not tell the good it has done me Geo
w. Fry, Viola. Iowa. Kodol cures all
stomach and bowel troubles. in liges-
ton. dyspepsia. r. r. Bellamy.
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10 SHUT neI eyes
and open her
mouth for medi-
cine and trust TO
luck for results
She doctors
month after
month. often
year after year,
in this san c
blind.
fashion, and re
ceives no perma-
nent benefit.
Women take
DR.. Pierce's Fa-
vonte PreScup-
ton with their
ewes open to the
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-31

Get a free sample OF Chamberiain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets at r.. 2
Bellamy's Drug Store. They are eas.ar
to take and more pleasant in effect than
piHs. Then their use is not followed 49,
constipation as is often the case St,h
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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-31

1t seems that General Young is wait
ing to step into General Miles shoes as
Lieutenant general of the army as o
as the latter reaches the retirement
age next summer.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-31

The recent action of the Irish men,
bers of the house of m must
tend to lower the opinion OF the British
of the American senate
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-31
A Life and Death Fight.

The Macednian insurgents gain quite
a decisive victory over Turkish troops
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-31

Sdox y0oV 49, ;,
and sec 1fsaf LOCK will bring yos.'
The mother smiles at the childish
game, and doesn't realize that It IS a
game she as a woman has perhaps
played Tor a great many years
Many a woman Is weak and SICK,
nervous and discouraged She suffers
from headache, backache and other Ills.
She wants 10 be well, but all she does Is
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AYcoCk AND PATTERSON.
Campaign speaLin. I'm Fayetteville.
Announcement OF Candidates.
Harnctt Etc.

Correspondence OF The Messenger
EaNaftaville - q Octnher %
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| Send for Free Sample.
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