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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-02-07
HO ME- FOLKS.

In 1901, North Ca1 DINA developed
new industries as follows: Brick and
Tile works. 1; compress and gins. 8;
cotton and woollen mills. IL; develop.
inent company, 4; distilleries. /: cleo
trict light and power plants, 2: flour
and grist mills, 2; ice and cold storage.
8: iron working plants. 3; mines and
Guarries, 4; phosphate and fertilizer
companies, 1; tannerles. 1; telephone
company. /; tobacco factories. 1: water
works, 5; wood working plants. 30: mis-
cellaneous, 13. Some of these are too
small we are sure. We get the figures
ION a large paper in the Chattanooga
Tradesman.
1t used to be said by some that Gov
ernor Bedford Forrest was born in
North Carolina. That was a mistake.
His forebears were North Carolina
people. Governor 10 Johnston held
Forrest to be h greatest military
genius of America. We are inclined to
think hat the fou greatest American
soldiers were Lee. Stonewall Jackson,
~ oAu L NCllCI d
Len. McCulloch. Of Texas, and General
Zollicoffer. of Tennessee were both born
in Halifax county,. 1t Is stated by some
one hat the hero at the fall of the
Alamo" in Texas-W. B. Travis-was
born in this state. We have a very
graphic account of the taking of the
Alamo by the Mexicans and the butch
ering of all the defenders. the famous
David Crockett included. who was a
Tennesseean. that was written in 1S4o
Or 1916 and published. 1t was by the
late General Charles P. kingsbury,
then a lieutenant in the United States
army.
We do not think hostility to Raleigh
meet is we'll based. Raleigh is the
capital of the state. it is a handsome,
progressive town. It has as good hotel
n hall Accommodations. we would sup
pose. a. any other town. it is easy of
OF access, being central for situation
in so far as the east and west are con-
cerned. and it has an intelligent, hos
plIaDle NOTln CdTOIQd p~OpuldllOn, ana
that means a very great deal. This
writer is very partial to Raleigh as he
went to school there. edited there. n
it was there his child-eves first saw
the light of this world. Wilmington is
a good place for conventions. but Ra-
leigh is not to be despised or crowded
out Of the procession.
= = =
1t takes a great deal of money to
educate the children Of a great state.
North Carolina has now some 1.S00.0 900
inhabitants or more. and there is a
great work to be yet done to educate
wisely and securely h children. We
see it mentioned that Harnett county
needs for four months schooling s1.052.1S
and Sampson asks for s762.15 for a
similar term. Harnett has IS whites
and Il negro school districts and Samp-
son has 80 white and ove- 20 eve think
it is) for negroes. Is not the multiply
ing of school districts in excess now,
when the money to be obtained in con-
l--o
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-02-07
MONEY IN SNAKES
How Two Men Are Making a For.
tune-The III Is What Sells.

There are fortunes in raising snakes,
declare the Wiseman brothers. of Clin-
ton county. Ind, who are proprietors OF
the only regularly conducted snake farm
in the world. They raise the reptiles
principally for their oil, and the de-
mand. they say is many times greater
than the supply.
Four years g the two men hogan
the raising Of snakes as an experiment.
So phenomenal has been their success
that now all their other interests have
baen ignored and they are devoting their
entire time to the novel enterprise. The
Wisemans were formerly farmers and
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-02-07
Itching Skin
Distress by day and night

Distress by day and night
That's the complaint of those who
are so unfortunate as to be afflicted
with Eczema or Salt Rheum-and out
sard applications do not cure.
They can't.
The source. of the trouble is in the
blood-make that pure and this seal
ing, burning, itching skin disease will
disappear.
"I was taken with an itching on my
arms which proved very disagreeable. 1
concluded it was salt rheum and bought a
bottle OF Hoods Sarsaparilla. In two days
after / began taking it 1 felt better and II
was not long before I was cured. have
never had any skin disease since" MRS
IDA E. WARD, Dve Point, Md.
Hoods ~CdrSdpdriLL0
aid Pills
nd the blood of all impurities and curt
all eruptions.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-02-07
All Day Long

you may have comparative comfort IN
til laughter. reading aloud or nervous
excitement brings on the 1T Of coughing
which racks you until your very bones
ache. Do not suffer neediessIy. Even
when a cold on the lungs seems TO have
o fast in its dreadful power. Allen'e
Lung Balsam will loosen the mucus.
allay the Inflammation, heal the aching
throat and finally overcome the enemy
completely.
, 1902-03-10

.tG1 harhUr bill. and last year when
ruulr,ssman Mondell drew an amend.
ua.ut which stood a point of order and
brought an irrigation reservoir to a
uifwrt yOt" in the house. and in fact in
all efforts that have been made to get
lfr"tt appropriations for storage reser-
,uIrS along the lines of what has some
l.lurs been called the Chittenden plan.
Maxwell! was viciously and %unrelent-
lug.S in opposition and shouted for
-uuural legislation, and now that a gen
oral bill has been agreed upon by the
Western members Of congress he
sAoUts for the Chittenden plan.
His objections to the general bill are.
first. that it recognizes the control of
tn" states ove all waters used for ir-
.rlgatiOn purposes. and, second. that it
So bars u speculative filings as to
mak" it Improbable for some of the
fellows he has evidently been pledged
to help.
lie is. and has been, during his en-,
tir" activity in connection with the
question, the worst enemy that irriga
tion has had. In the first place he
started out by painting glowing pie
lures and %uttering glittering generali
ties of the value OF irrigated lands and
tn" cnormity of their yields, which re
suited in frightening the people of the
east and of the Mississippi valley into
the belief that they were threatened
with destructive competition if irriga
ton vas encouraged.
Then. lie has, with a view of cover
ing up his own nefarious schemes
shouted about speculative entries ant
land grabbing, until he has gotten ner
,ous people to thinking that anyon,
encouraging any sort of irrigation leg
i~slation is doing it FOR the purpose o
enabling spectators to profit at tn
nations expense.
1t is very gratifying to note that hi
efforts are not being received with ia
vor at Washington and that he is +.
garded where he is known the best a
the arch enemy of irrigation.
If the present bill fails. a good shar
of the opposition may be charged up t,
this man Maxwell and he should thel
be castigated in accordance with hi
deserts.
, 1902-03-10
THE ENEMY OF IRRIGATION.

The meanest kind Of Al enemy is he
who pretends to be your friend while
he plunges the deadly stiletto into your
heart. This is the kind of a friend
George H. Maxwell is. This is his at
titude toward irrigation.
A special from Washington says:
All members OF congress today re
ceived copies Of resolutions adopted
by the Commercial club of Omaha ask
ing them to oppose the general irriga-
ton bill which has passed the senate
and is how pending in the house, and
to support only such irrigation legisla-
ton as will result in building the three
projects recommended by the secre-
tary OF the interior, namely. the ella
river project, in Arizona; the Nevada
reservoir system. in Nevada, and the
St Mays river project, in Montana.
The language of the resolutions in
dlcate that they are the product of
George H. Maxwell, as chairman of the
executive committee of the so-called
National Irrigation association. who is
making speeches in the west against
the irrigation measure now pending in
congress.
"A number of members of
have written the Commercial club, de
Ginning to present its petition to con-
gress, and criticising the action Of the
rI1h which urhi11 ncynreih1, To,,,;.-
irrigation. iIe reality opposes what is
considered the only irrigation measure
likely to be adopted at this session Of
congress-"
Maxwell is making a tour ofthe west
opposing the present bill. He talked
IN Salt Lake and in Denver. where he
received a Klondike reception, but in
Omaha, where the question is not so
well understood, he was enabled to
pull the wool over the ayes of the COM
nercial interests. His opposition is
purely mercenary. 1t will not matter
to Maxwell what kind of a bill mem
bers of congress should agree upon. he
would oppose it.
He has three objects in view: First
and most important, to continue him
self in a soft job at the expense of GER
tain railroad companies; second, to
break up the state control of waters
used in irrigation and put the matter
in the hands OF the federal government. |
and, third, while he Is furthering his
own interests and carrying out his own
schemes, If he car do so without per
sohal inconvenience and without dang
er Of putting an end to his employment.
to further the interests of the railroads
that pay him. Judging from his actions.
the interests of his masters is the last
consideration.
When Senator Warren was trying
to get direct appropriations in the river
, 1902-03-10

In a private letter to the editor Of
The Republican. Congressman Mon
dell says if the committee on rules
will give proper time for the consider
alton of the irrigation bill he has some
little hopes that the measure will pass.
In the last thirty days" he says. we
have for the first time begun to secure
some converts among the extreme
eastern and southern members. | don't
hope from any aid from the Mississippi
valley. They have become thoroughly
stampcded with the idea that the bill
is going to open up lands to raise crops
in competition with theirs" Should
the committee on rules gives the OPP.
p%ortunity for the consideration of the
bill, Mr.. Mondell will have charge of
it upon the floor Of the house and the
people of the west cau rest assured
that he will make the effort of his life
In presenting the measure in as favor.
able a light as possible.
, 1902-03-10

checks as bright as the red on her
dress, demanded he put up his Weapon,
For a moment he gazed in her eyes,
the scowl on his face giving way to a
smile, then he quivered an instant and
sank in a heap on the floor.
For a month after that he was loco
with fever. dealing out to his nurses
all kinds of wild talk of a fairy with
eyes that laughed into his like the
star spangled night laughs in the faces
of ripples that dance on the Pecos.
But when the fire got out of his veins,
and the wheels in his Uranium ceased
their revolving, he never once men
toned her name, although his gaze
often wandered appealingly out OF the
window to where her home stood on
the banks of old Phantom.
Autumn stampeded and winter
froze to death on the prairie while
Melquiades tossed IN his bunk with his
pain never soothed by the presence OF
Piney. She had no time to waste on
a wounded cow-puncher while the
plain and the valley were dizzy with
boys who could dance and could ride
and make love in the moonlight.
The wild flowers held up their pity
ing heads, when M~elquiades, pale-faced
and crippled forever. dragged himself
down to the banks of the river. Grea,
were the Wounds in his flesh, where
the knife OF the greaser had chawed al
his vitals. but greater than these was
the wound in his heart. for, little by
little, he had learned of Piney's be
trothal to Jose Dumondo.
1T was of this that he thought a.
he dragged himself onward, hearing
the murmuring ripples and watching
the moonlight asleep on the water, ant
suddeVly. through the gloom and the
, 1902-03-10

her proud little head and her voluptu-
Gus arms and her gently pulsating
bosom.
I'm the wonderful silk Of her hair
there was fastened a cluster OF roses
as red as her lips, and her graceful
young form was enveloped in immacu-
late white that %deepened the jet Of her
eyes.
THAT was the fairy that laughed
danced madly over the hearts OF the
boys to the strains of the s~creeching
old fiddle that Uncle Bill Claveness
played as he sat on a barrel in a cor
ner. The combination was ripe for
raising the devil and hell was to pay
before the ball was half over.
lust how the row started has never
been settled, but, all of a sudden, a
hush seemed to settle. the face of the
girls turned pale, and the boys placed
their hands on their guhs as all eyes
were turned upon Melquiades, Piney,
and a greaser from down on the Rio.
With his arm around the waist of
the girl and a scowl on his face as
dark as the gloss of her curls, Lopez
stood motionless. glaring hate at the
greaser. who crouched like a tiger just
ready to spring. A moment Of silence
so deep you could cut it, land then
with a snarl the greaser leaped straight
for the throat Of his rival, the knife
his hand cleaning bright in the
light Of the lamps.
The point of his weapon plowed
Its way through the side Of Lopez, but
a bullet full into his face shattered the
nerve of the greaser, and he sank on
his knees. his blood staining red the
dress Of the one he had loved
and had died for his fast chilling lips
touching softly the hem of her gar
ment.
With his smoking revolver still
clasped in his hand. MelQuiades jerked
blood-dripping knife from his quiv- ,
ering flesh and flung it. with a sneer Of
contempt. at the motionless form Of |
he greaser. linen turning his glitter
ing eyes on the boys in the room. he
wore he would shoot out tic heart Of
saloot who dared to make love to
he fairy.
At his words. a dozen revolvers were
and h backed his Wy into .
'>'ner with . CLEAN in b. ay.s that.
claimed he would ~ o!uh
Rut Piney. a ri
, 1902-03-10

Earn Your Wages" was the subject
OF Prof. Slosson's address, at the univer-
sity auditorium yesterday afternoon.
Novel ideas were presented and it was
proved ~conclusively a man could Earn
a million dollars, Notwithstanding the
popular socialistic contention to the
contrary. One illustration from the
professors splendid argument will be
given. Had Uncle Sam gone to Scot
land fifty years ago and offered the
little Scotch lad. Andrew Carnegie.
500, 900 900 to come to America and
develop the steel industry. it would
have been considered a high price. a
poor bargain. Subsequent events.
however. have proved 1t would have
been cheap. as Carnegie had earned to
the people Of the United States many
times that great sum. Farraday. Edi.
son and others were mentioned as men
who had earned millions. The argu-
ment throughout was logical and con
vincing and was thoroughly appreciat-
ed by those present.
, 1902-03-10
Me|quiades.
BY EDGAR wELToN COOLEY.

BY EDGAR WELTON COOLEY.
Copyright. 1902. by Daily Sss-y Pub. Cr
As the stage swung suddenly aTour:'
. bend in the road and swept a,oIg
the banks of Phantom Lake. | caught
. glimpse of a white cross shining
brightly in the rays of the setting sun
some distance back from the road.
And as | WAS gazing at his lonely
grave, wondering il 1t hid a TRAGEDY. /
saw a man arise from the mesId.ur
bushes beside it and drag himself gway
into the dusk-a man so %shrunkcn. SO
reformed. so bent with pain, that /
%shuddered.
Poor devil" said the griZzled driver
at my side, cracking his whip over tn,
heads OF his leaders, poor devil. there.
he goes. wounded in flesh. wounded in
spirit. and the light snuffed out of hi
life
He paused 4 moment. gazing s~ileItiy
over the valley. Then he turned to me-
sharply.
1T beats the very old devil" h.
said, what a man will do for the love
OF a woman. Now, there's Melquiades
Lopez, that's him you saw dragging his
miserable body. like a wounded coyote,
owe the sand and the cactus-there's
MelQuiades, endurin' the pangs and the
tortures OF hell, and all on account oi
the beautiful face of a woman.
And yet, Gawd. | cant say that |
blame him. II you ever saw Piney-'
He lapsed into silence. His rough
brown face grew saddened and he
sigh" Then he resumed:
iphina. that was her name-Del-
p hez. She was a dream 0!
a .ream that seemed to thro'
in each drop of your blood pulsing
warm in your veins.
>, "Pll never forget the first time
gazed into her eyes and saw the bright
glitter that leaped from their ebony
depths. 1t gave me a feeling of lone
= illness. like | was layin' out here on
the plains gain up at the stars
through the heart of the midnight,
And her hair-Gawd, her hair! 1t fell
over the snow of her shoulders as mis-
ty, as thick and as soft as the vapor:
that kiss the white brows of the noun,
= tains over there at st. Martins.
Her f~ace--when God made hat face
he united the sweetness of June and
its roses with the mellower CLEAN OF
October. 1t was a face hat seemed
pleading. seemed begging for love, ant
made a man willing to part with hiS
soul just to feel the soft touch of heI
t arms round his neck and the dew OF
] her. breath on his forehead"
r He frowned, and suddenly 1ingine
his whip lash, hit the bud from a cac,
tus.
But the trail that lead to her heart
was staked with bullets that Kissed in
their wrath and the CLEAN of her eyes
) was never more deadly or bright thar
the fash OF the bowies clasped tigh'
: in the hands driven mad by her magic
:. The trouble began at a dance given
down on tho Pecos when Piney was
only sixteen. No flower that God even
dropped down into this desolate valley
was fairer than she was that night a.
she sat where the mellow light fell OF
, 1902-03-10
For The COMPLEXION,

The complexion always suffers from
~biliousncss Or constipation. DeWitt's
Little Early Risers keep the live and
bowels in healthy condition and re.
move the cause OF such troubles. c.
E. Hooper, Albany, Ga, says: 81 took
De Wits Little Early Risers for bill.
%ioushess. They were just what
needed. am better now than in
years" Never grippe or distress. Sold
by The Laramie Drug Co
, 1902-03-10
CONVENIENT POCKET MAPS
OF STATE NJ WYOMING


There having been 30 many calls re.
Gently for maps Of the State Of Wyo
ling. The Republican has been prompt.
ed to put in a supply for its patrons.
The map selected is issued by Rand.
McNally & Co., and is up-to-date in ev
cry particular. 1t Is arranged in neat
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in ones pocket, Is neatly covered and
very durable. in addition to the map,
there is a large amount OF valuable in.
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tanned in the book. 1t has a new and /
lginal compilation and ready index,
showing in detail the entire railroad
system, the express company doing
business over each road and accurate
ly locates all cities. towns. postofices.
-ailroad stations, villages, counties, isl
Ands. lakes. rivers. etc.
The special features of this pocket
map are: Locating the branch or par.
ticular division of railroad upon which
each station Is situated; the nearest
mailing point of all local places; desig.
mating money order postof1ces: tele-
graph stations, and naming the COM
pany doing business at the point where
the several companies have on1ces.
The population Of the various towns
Is given according to the 1900 censuG
These pocket maps will be sold for
the small SUM OF 2o cents each and can
be had only at The Republican ONCE
A copy will be given free with every
six months subscription to The Dali,
Republican. paid In advance.
The Republican also furnishes the
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in advance. This map is kept right up
10 the time and shows the United
States and its new possessions on the
one side and the world on the other
The Rand, McNally & Co. Atlas OF
Three Wars may also be had at The
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late in every particular
, 1902-03-10
"One-Way coIonist Excursions"

"One-Way Colonist Excursions"
will be sold daily during March ana
April, 1902. Special one.way second.
class colonist tickets will be sold from
Laramie to Butte, Anaconda and Hele,
ma, Montana, $4,000.
Spokane, Wash. and intermediate
points, $3.50.
Portland, Ore, Tacoma and Seattle
$500
For further particulars apply to
e. r. BREISCH, Agent.
, 1902-03-10
MONDAY, MARCH 10. 1902.
Senator Clark writes The RCpuhl

Senator Clark writes The RcpubIt.
can he has decided to make an efort
to broaden his Fort Bridger bill St that
1t will take in the Fort Sanders and
Fort Laramie military reservations
Should il become a law homestoadrrs
on these reservations will hav" tn,
privilege of buying an additional 1GC
acres. The people of Laramie and Al
bany counties will thank the senator
for the change in his bill.
, 1902-03-10

You will never wish to take another
dose of pills II o once try Chamber
are easier to take and more pleasant
in effect. They cleanse the stomach
and regulate the liver and bowels. For
sale by r. H. Eggleston.
, 1902-03-10

The Republican has printed some
new placer location notices especially
for petroleum lands. They are print
ed on cardboard and are intended e.
pecfally for posting On claims.
, 1902-03-10

her proud little head and her voluptu-
Gus arms and her gently pulsating
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-11-13
VAN SAINT IS
$4,000 AHEAD
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE RE-
ELECTED BY A LARGE
MAJORITY.
lie LEADS THE STATE TICKET
EIGHT REPUBLICAN MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS ELECTED AND
ONE DEMOCRAT.
JOHN LIND CONES OUT AHEAD
DEFEATS FLETCHER IN THE
FIFTH DISTRICT BY GOOD
MAJORITY.

| Gov. Van SAINTS plurality will be
more than $4,000. Never before in the
history of Minnesota has a Republican
candidate for governor in an of year
received as many votes as did Gov.
Van SAINT, and never before has any
candidates majority over his opponent
been so large.
Unofficial reports from eighty Of the
eighty-two counties of the state give
Van SAINT plurality of 4S,56S over l..
A. Rosing, the Democratic candidate
for governor. The returns from many
OF the counties are incomplete and in
some instances are estimated by the
county committeeman on the basis of
the vote in a majority of the precincts
of the county. The estimates are con-
servative, however, and the official re.
turns may increase Van SAINTS pIu-
rality. The exact figures will not be
known until the returns are canvassed
by the state canvassing board.
The reports show that in every
county in the state Van SAINT gained,
as compared with two years ogo. Ros-
ing carried only few of the Demo-
cratic strongholds and these by much
less than the normal Democratic ma
jorities.
The pluralities given Van SAINT and
Rosing this year as compared with
the pluralities given Van SAINT and
Lind two years ago are: