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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-12-23
SOUTH DAKOTA BOND SUIT.

The News and Observer of Friday de-
between the states Of South Dakota END
North Carolina II gives much OF the
Testimony Of Hun. d. L. Russell
Marion Butler before the commission
Ter appointed to take testimony in the
case. The whole matter in the
bond proceedings Is ti4en reviewer.
The paper goes into facts and orgu-
lments for the purpose of demonstrating
according to its idea the existence Of a
conspiracy among certain people to de-
fraud the state Aut Of its interest in tne
North Carolina railrosd.
Senator Butler adTnits in his test
lmony that he suggested to Senate Pet
Itigrew the securing OF the passage By
the latter's state legislature of a law
Iailowing It to receive donations In
bonds. etc. Butler told the South Da-
lkota senator. he says in his testimony.
that he could be instruu. entail in secur-
ing donatios to h latter's state IL
such a law were passei. but he declined
TO say whether. .ater. he discussed with
ISehduOr FetUgTe" NOrtn carolina ponds
and led him to believe that he (Butler)
could be instrumental III securing a do
nation Of such bonds, on the ground.
liz he did have such conve.s ation. it was
privileged matter.
When Ex-Governor Russell got upon
the witness stand his memory seemed
Ito a failed hum entirely. He could
mot remember any thing that had oc-
|curred except such matters as he de-
lclined to answer because of being
privileged.
We hope the lawyers for this state
will be able to get to the bottom of this
whole matter Ind expose the rotten
mess of the transaction. if any such
lexiSts.
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DESPERATE NEGRO ARRESTED.
Had from Chain Gang
A Fire I'm the City.

Fayetteville. N. c., December co.
Especial to The Mesenger.)
Walter Council, who. as told in The
Messenger at the time. escaped from
the chain gang at WORK on the public
roads, was located Thursday night at
Wilson, and yesterday Deputy Sheriff
Monaghan went up to that place, and
brought him down to jail The Wilson
chief of police pronounced him one IF
the most desperate criminals with whom
he ever had to deal, as 1t required -four
men to arrest him. and he repeatedly
tried to kill the chief with a revolver.
Mr.. Noel .Gainey, a farmer of eastern
Cumberland, wants damages from the
Western Union Telegraph Company for
failure to deliver a teieSram announcing
the death of his brother. DR.. Gainey, Of
Florida. and will bring suit in the
superior court therefor.
Last night an oil house in the neigh
borhood of the Atlantic Coast Line Rail-
road station caught fire. but the injury
to property was inconsiderable. Chas.
Heevith, a mattress-maker of east
Fayetteville, lost his dwelling and
household effects by fire. together with
a quantity Of mattress material. A rel
alive led him and his wife from the
burning building, as they are both blind.
The extensive Frank Thornton Dry
Goods Company will enlarge its bust
ness by a clothing n furnishing
branch in the handsome Rosenthal
building on Hay street.
Among the pleasant family reunions
for Christmas will be that of ~ex-Justice
James c.. McRae, dean of the University
Law school, who will visit his children
and grand children during the holidays.
Major A. A. McKethan, clerk Of the
superior court, has returned from a
Florida visit to his son. Mr.. w. III.
McKethan. and nephew. DR.. David Nc
Eofhon
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RALEIGH NEWS LETTER
Court Ends it's Term-Par-
Holiday Begins Monday - YES
cation az to Game and Other
Birds.
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh. N. c., December 20.

Raleigh. N. c., December 20.
The supreme court met at 9 o'clock
this morning n adjourned before
moon. This ends the term. The next
lone begins in February. The court met
thus early today in order that Associate
Justice Charles A. Cook could leave for
home at noon. He went to Warrenton
In January he will remove from this
state to the southwest and practice
law. Chief Justice Furches left this af.
I~ternoon for Statesville, his home.
Governor Aycock today made public
a batch Of pardons granted during
November and December. Among those
Ipardoned are Ed Daily Of Wayne, who
was serving a road sentence; E. A..
Fogleman of Aiamance. theft; A E.
Martin of Moore county. who is dying
Iof consumption.
A charter is granted by the state l.,
the Aydlett Bros. Company of Elizabeth
lCIty. capital SOL. 200, to do a wholesale
land retail general merchandise busi-
mess.
Today the warrants were cent out
flor the annual allowance, $3.50 to a
company and naval division of the state
Iguard; also for 500 for the headquar-
tiers Of each regiment and the naval
brigade.
The roof is now being placed on the
lPullen memorial building at the Agri
lcultural and Mechanical college. 1t will
POSSIBLY De ready for use by the first OF
February.
The cadets Of the Agricultural and
Mechanical College will all leave for
home next Mon Law for the holidays.
Next Monday T. Gilbert Pearson. OF
lGreensboro, the secretary Of the Audi
bon Society in this state, will leave for
1.-THE Currituck sound country, to make
lsome special Investigations as to game
land other birds, md will then go down
1.-THE North Carolina coast. The Audi
lbon society will protect birds on the
.lcoast during the breeding season and
will have game wardens on the various
islands and other breeding places to
keep away the people who slay the birds
lin order to sell their skins to feather
dealers. These naurderous feather gath
Ierefs have nearly exterminated several
varieties Of birds particularly guIls
land terms
Vance county has made a full SETTLE
Iment u taxes due the state. It II the
second county Il settle this Z
Capital and Manteo lodges Of Odd
Fellows have consolidated
Nj. r 81. Hayes Of P1ttsboro 9 here
Ito lock after Hon Lee S ovefucnso in~
&fnEm0k n &h0 Hnco
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CRITICISMS OF PRESIDENT ROOSE-
WELT.

Many persons. among them promi-
nent republicans. have adversely criti-
cised President Roosevelt for by in
terview and letter announcing his policy
and views on matters pertaining to his
office and also explaining his motives
for certain actions. The Nation, in
commenting on his letter to a citizen or
Charleston defining his position on the
subject of appointing negroes to office
says,
Publication of it is in wholesome
conformity to Lincoln's sagacious use
OF this citizenl Ike mode of making
known his policy-in wholesome con
trast of McKiniey's crafty avoidance
of it"
The Nation commends the president
for his consistency in this matter Of ap-
pointment of negroes to office. as point
ed out in this letter. both as governor
of New York and as chief executive.
An extract from d New York Sun edito-
rial published elsewhere in this morn
ings' Messenger does not agree with The
Nation On this point. 1t does not think
the presidents New York appointments
Of negroes at all a case parallel with
the Charleston collectorship, and it
must be remembered that The Sun has
by no means d record of being an ad-
vocate of white supremacy at the south.
This New York Sun editorial is en-
braced in a letter by Mr.. Grasty. Of
New York, to the Manufacturers Re-
cord to De found in another column OF
this mornings PAL er. We o occasion a
few days g to refer to this letter and
make extracts from 1t. Today we give
1t in full and commend it as an inter-
esting article to The Messenger readers.
Mr.. Grasty's suggestion Of a commits
sion, Of course. no southern man will
endorse. but with this exception we
think his article timely and to the
point
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Immigration and Industrial
ton Take Action on Important
Matters.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Especial to The Messenger.)
Greensboro. N. c.. December 20
At the annual business session OF the
immigration and Industrial Associa-
ton held in Benbow Assembly Hall
last night, resolutions were adopted,
expressing appreciation OF the work
and investment OF the Electric and
Street Railway Company; Of endow-
ment of the proposed Methodist Protes.
tant College,: of aid to the plan IL
have h National Government take
charge of the Guilford Battle ground;
Of thanks to retiring President Fry fol
his excellent administration.
Strong speeches were made by c. d
McIver, OF the value Of education, and
of educational institutions to a com
munity; and Mr.. J.. w. Scott setting
forth the Importance of the Guilford
Battle ground from a historical and
commercial standpoint. A committee
was appointed to secure contributions
for the location Of the M. p. College al
Greensboro; w. NJ. Barger, z. V. Tay-
lor and E. F. Wharton.
The officers elected for the ensuing
year were c.. C.. Wright, president; j
w. Fry, 1st vice-president; J. S. Hun
ter, End vice-president; G. A. Grimsley
secretary n treasurer: executive
committee, Caesar Cone, F.. p. Whar-
ton, u. V. Taylor, C. E. Holton, J. Nor
al Wills, Neill Ellington, c. c. McIver
w. E. Bevill.
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cats and logs Iacked I'D about the
streets of Washington. there would
have been raised such a howl from Ger
tain quarters that he would have been
forced by the weight Of public senu-
ment to abandon his work. He would
probably have Tad to put in a defense
to one or two injunction suits: but as
long as they are human beings on whom
he is experimenting it is no body's bus
mess whether their health is injured or
not That Chicago woman who gave a
big Thanksgiving dinner to two nun
bred cats and dogs would probably bA
one Of h first To cry out against sucp
experiments
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-12-23
AN HEREDITARY SENATE.

If q seat in tie United States senate
has not bee me an heredity right by
law, it seems to be becoming so by Gus
tom and the dictates of party bosses in
some of the republican states of the
north. When Senator Simon Cameron
became tired of political life he passed
his seat in the senate over to his son,
Hon. Don Cameron. Now two other
republican senators are preparing to
sons. They name them as their sue
cessors without consulting the people
at all in the matter.
Senator Plat, Of New York. one Of
these does condescend to give the peo-
pie their choice between himself and
his son Frank. He tells them that they
must take one or the other as their
senator. He is liberal enough to tell
them that II they are 50 much opposed
to his continuing a member Of that
body he will retire and make his son
his successor. Now the p~erplexing
question with the people Of the Empire
state is which OF these two evils is
the lesser. A New York paper re-
marks that Prank Plat has so pub
lieiy and on so many occasions dis
played what Swinburne calls 'facetious
idiocy' that he would have to pay a
humping inheritance tax before being
allowed to take over the senatorship
under his fathers Will"
The s~enatorship in Pennsylvania Is
again, it is said, about to go by in
heritance, or rather by a e OF gift
from father to son. Senator Quay Is
preparing to pass his title. with im-
mediate possession alid right Of en-
joymeat Of All perquisstfs to HIS son
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Republicans Of the senate seem to
think there is n great difference be-
Tween reciprocity as a principle set
forth in the presidents message and to
when condition. shall permit or
whenever it may seem expedient,"
and that kind Of reciprocity which is
made actual and operative by putting
lit into effect in a particular case. The
kind comes too neal tariff reduc-
|tion" to eve be the subject of discus
|Sion
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-12-23
CHILD LABOR IN FACTORIES
An important Decision Touchinx
This Rendered by Supreme Court.

Especial to The Messenger.)
Raleigh. n. c.. December 2o.-An i'm
portant cas- involving child labor In
factories was decided by the supreme
court today, Justice Walter Clark se-
ivering the opinion. A boy aged 9
years and s months went to a furniture
factory during his fathers absence and
got work at Is tents a day. He was put
to work helping at a machine. the next
day at another machine and the third
day at yet another. He was hurt by
b last machine while the operais
absent
The lower court gave him q thousand
dollars The opinion goes ON to say
that, with the concensUs OF opinion Of
the world regarding child labor, Il
would not have been ak error II the
Judge had held that It las negligence
per Sc TO put q child Of he tender age
OF 3 to work on . dana krous machine.
which he had never ~ before. With
out any instructions q warning and %
leave him there by hlmself withou1
seo1QenT tie mec6l Il ccrfatn1I
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-12-23
UNIVERSITY BASE BALL TEAM
Schedule Indicates Games With 20
Prominent College Team.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Especial to The Messenger.)
Greensboro, N. c., December 90
The managers of the u. N. c. base ball
team have completed the schedule of
games for next spring. 1t embraces
20 games between the leading colleges
and universities of the south. A series
of three games will be played with the
Universities old rival, the University
Of Virginia. These will be played at
Chapel Hill, April 18th. Greensboro.
April 18th and at Charlotte one day OF
the following week. There will be sew.
eral strong new players on the team.
among them, Giles. Trinity's last year
captain; Curraa. Yelverton and others
of state wide base ball celebrity.
George w. Graham, Jr., Of Charlotte
is manager Of the team, Thomas d.
Meares. Jr.. of Wilmington, assistant
manager n Earl Holt, of Oak Ridge,
captain.
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In reply to inquiries we have pleas
ure in announcing that Ely's Liquid
Cream Balm is like the solid prepara-
ton 'of that admirable remedy in that
it cleanses and heals membranes affect
ed by nasal catarrh. There is no dry
Ing or sneezing. The Liquid Cream
Balm Is adapted to use by patients who
have trouble in inhaling through the
nose and prefer spraying. The price.
including spraying tube, is rs cents.
Sold by druggists or mailed by Ely
Brothers, Sc Warren Street, New York.
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Professor Wiley, of the federal de-
urtment of agriculture, has begun his
test to determine whether certain pre-
servatives put IN meats and other food
stuff intended for shipment to European
markets are injurious to the consumers.
HIS tests are made upon twelve young
men whom he mas induced to put them
seive entirely at his disposal as re-
CARDS all food they take. Before begin
ming the test rs put these men for a
while on food of the most nourishing
kdnd, and purest quality in order to get
their systems in perfect condition. Hav-
ing gone through training they are now
being fed on the o subjected to the
rreseryatives. They win be kept on this
for a certain time and then changed to
the same kind free of the -preservatives.
Professor Wiley expects to show by
his course that these meats ard food
stuff treated with the ~preservatives.
against which Germany and other Euro
pean governments have passed pro-
hfbftory laws. are perfectly wholesome
and that there is no reason WHY there
should be opposition on this account to
their importation into these countries
which are making 20 much fuss about
the deleterious effect Of eating Ameri-
can meats.
As these young men have gone into
this matter voluntarily. knowing exact
" what was expected Of them no one
can object : 10 The professors expert
ments. INT If, nstsad Of human beings.
Profe<soE wiley had undertaken some
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-12-23
TUESDAY, DECEMBER %, 1902.
FHE MONROE DOCTRINE.

The Monroe doctrine is a mystery to
Europeans. We on this side annor
oiticise their want Of understanding
ON this matter, for we do not know its
full extent ourselves. Its limitations
have never been defined. Having no
definite boundaries, it is a very elias
tic AFFAIR. 1t can be stretched or con
tracted to fit the conditions of each
iadividuaa case. The basis hat it is
for the protection of the territory Of
the three Americas against the ag-
erosion Of European powers is so
very broad that it can support many
different kinds OF superstructures.
Whether it applies in a given instance
depends upon whether the administra-
ton then In control Of the government
declares that 1t applies and whether
the government against which it is IN
yoked had rather admit our construc-
ton of it in that case than contend
against It.
Though the doctrine has all the force
OF q fundamental principle and a na-
ional law, 1t has never had the ex-
EECc6 bdliCliOI VI -lEIC dIlO IL pdSSo
only upon the declarations OF our pres
idents and sanctioned by the universaI
approval Of the people. Should an
European power dispute it in any par
ocular case we would have to ma:n-
tain ii by force of arms or back dow.
We could stand no showing upon it as
a question Of international law.
One OF the mysteries about this doc
trine Just now puzzling some Of :he
newspapers Of Great Britain is why
the rule does not work both ways. The
answer to that is simply because our
government does not care to have 1t
DO 30. If these writer's admit the doc
tTine they should accept this phase of
it also, for the latter, when one comes
to view the matter from an entirely
anprejudiced point Of view, is no more
arbitrary holding on u part than
the nrst. The question about the rule
working both ways arises from the
Venezuelan situation. These Britishers
eannot understand why our govern
ment can say to theirs: You shall not
force Venezuela to pay her debts by
selling part of her territory; but we
will not pay them for her or eve
guarantee that she will pay them If
you let her alone" We say we are
not responsible for the debts of these
South American or Central American
countries: that their European credi-
ters' governments can force the pay
meats, provided they do not violate
the principles of the Monroe doctrine.
WAea they step over the line we wial
tell them. and then, and not till then.
will they know that they are violating
these principles SO dear to the Ameri-
can people. No wonder, then, that
these Europeans do not understand the
doctrine or when and where its prin-
oiples apply.
The nearest the Monroe doctrine has
come to receiving formal recognition
~ any European power as a general
principle was by England when it was
to her advantage to have US maintain
il against France.
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livery Drop Counts.

Esemember that when you are rubbing
Perry Davis Painkiiler on a muscle
that has been strained by overwork.
Down into the tiny pores of the skin
PainkilIer works its way. soothing the
MANNED tissues and taking away the
ache Ask your druggist what his other
customers say of this household bene-
factor. There is but n Painkiller.
Perry Davis
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and any other senator's who nave the
lpower7
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Mirth is an almost in
fa1lible sign of good
health. A sick woman
may force a smile or at
times be moved TO laugh
ter. But when a woman
is bubbling over with
mirth and merriment she
is cr,~oIx, q vro11 -o-,-
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Cream Balm Is placed into The nossls. srsseds
ser the membrane and Ia absorbed Relief . M
Mediate and O cure folowx !: L. no. crytns-oAs
eos produce sneextns. Large Szs, 50 cenis al Drae
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Morris Y Roads Matters

NORRIS X ROADS, Jan. s-The
public is familiar with the different
kinds of artificial products which have
been allowed to enter into com petition
with the real but where credulity
ceases Is at the egg point 1t has
been affirmed by number of papers
recently that an artificial egg has been
made at last which Is Just as good as
the fresh country egg and an expert
Is required TO distinguish between
them and the genuine. As yet there
has been no public statement made
as to the chemical constituents OF
these eggs, we understand there are
no natural eggs used in their con-
struction. However respectable
chicken would not be deceived in
''setting on them.n
The Fallentimber woods one mile
west of here is falling before the ruth
less ak Of the wood chopper. This
well known piece of woodland is part
of the farm recently purchased by.
Jas. G. Ramsey from the Crow heirs.
THE removal of this woods will make
decided change ia the landscape at
that point.
A number of farmers are not done
husking corn. A difference of opin-
ion exists as to the best plan of pro-
cedure with the crops tbs season be-
cause Of so much soft corn. Some
claim it will cure better id the shock
while Others say better results can be
obtained by husking soon as possible.
The entertainment at the Presbyte-
rian church at Springhill Furnace
Wednesday evening was a decided
success. The music was of the choic-
est while the excellent program was
carried out without an error
George Dusenberry will move to
Preston county soon where he recent
ly purchased a farm from Alex. Fl.
TAFT of. Morgantown
The first teachers institute of the
season WILDE held on Sheets Hill
Saturday Jan. 18th. A good program
has been arranged
Mr.. and Mrs L. L, Trent have re-
turned TO their home at Somerset
after visit to Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Palmer.
John Hope of Franklin, Pa, is here
visiting his brother Martin Hope who
has been quite sick
Tommie Hare the blind musician
of HopwOod furnished the music for
the literary society at Morgan,s Fri
day night.