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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-04

Three supreme court justices are ex-
pected TO retire soon. They are Shiras.
Harlan and Gray. Shiras was appointed
in 1892. Harlan in 1877. and Gray in
1881.
There is some unhappiness in Eng
land owe the enthusiasm OF Prince
Henry's greeting in this country, Mr..
F. Greenwood. an English political
writer. mourns.
Spooner is the enato that is always
holding out a red flag to bring out the
bull fighters.
Senator Martin declined to lake
Mr.. Tillman's place at the White house
dinner. to which he was invited by the
president. 1t was, mo. / thank YOU"
The Richmond Dispatch noting the very
proper conduct Of the Virginian. says:
Evidently Mr.. Martin is not prepared
to endorse the presidents course to-
wards the belligerent South Carroll
mans"
President F. B. Thurber is a r~epubli-
can and is president Of the United
States Export Association. He urges
that the reduction of the present tariff
rates for Cuba be not less than so per
cent. Wise and just.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-04
HOME FOLKS.

Mrs. A. G. Wilcox, widow of a high
ly respected Baptist minister. died re-
Gently in her 93rd year in Warren
county. She was born in Halifax
county in 1909, and was a member of
the prominent Aston family of this
state ana pthcr states.
!. 1. :.
we saw in = northern paper this
paragraph:
- Samuel Mcdonald, who ives
near Raleigh, N. c., last Saturday sold
farm in that state, the Quaker Mead
ow farm. 1t was bought by the Nc
Dowell family from the Earl of Gran.
vile long before the revolution, and
then contained 1000 acres"
1t is true that this farm is 1.-The old
est and best-known farm in North
Carolina. We doubt it. There are
probably many farms that are better
known and older. There are perhaps
some in the Albemarle section and
there may be some not far from Will
mingtou that are older and better
known. In Edgecombe. Granville and
ollCT SoOllllCS Olu d lIlS dUOuHu LII ITO
doubt many can be found in the
Scotch settlements and in mny parts
OF the middle and western section Of
the state.
The heavy hoss ale coming to the
front The latest is reported from
Hyde IN the RaleiEn Post-weight $50
mounds. But the Warren hog is still
far ahead with more than 1000 pounds
TO it's credit.
Rural routes for North Carolina are
for Belgrade, Onslow coun-
ty, China Grove, Rowan; Gold
Hill, and Rockwell. same county. They
begin the 1st of April.
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Eastern North Carolina truckers
are reported as having a setback in
the cold. rainy and stormy weather
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We gave the comforting of LII. D, by
johns Hopkins University. Baltimore.
upon Drs. Alderman and Dabney. The
announcement we saw gave them as
all from the south 1t seems hat
TTeSiueHl f. r NSLdUics OI the Oni-
versity of North Carolina and DIR. Paul
B. Barringer. professor in the Univer-
sity Of Virginia, were also r~ecipiants
of the same high distinction. 1t is no
NEAR compliment hat this great uni
yersity confers, n we doubt not that
it is worthily bestowed upon these
four notable ~southrons. DIR. Alderman.
president OF Tulane University. Louis
ana, is a native wilmingtonian. DIR.
Barringer is . native North Carolinian
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-04
A Thousand Tongues

Gould not express the rapture OF An
ME Z. Springer. OF lips Howard St.
Philadelphia, Pa, when h found that
DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption had completely cured her OF
a hacking cough that for many years
had made life a burden, All other
remedies and doctors could give her no
help. but she avs of this Royal Cure
lit soon removed the pain in my chest
and / can now sleep soundly, some-
thing / can scarcely remember doing
before. l feel like sounding its praises
throughout the universe" So VIII
every one who tries DR.. Kings New
Discovery for any trouble Of the
Throat, Chest or Lungs. Price 5vc and
SI.00. Trial bottles free at r. X. Bel
lamy's drug store: every bottle guar
anteed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-04
A q

A man who was bicycling in South
ern Franc was pushing his machine
up a steep hill whe he overlook a
peasant with a donkey cart The pa
tent beast was making but little pro-
Gress. although it was doing its best.
The benevolent cyclist, putting his
left hand against the back of the cart
and guiding his machine with the
other hand, pushed so hard hat the
donkey. taking fresh courage, pullei
his load successfully up to the top.
When the summit was reached the
peasant burst into thanks to his bene-
factor.
1T was good or you. indeed, mon
sieur.' he protested. II should never
In the world have got up the hill with
only one donkey.@Youth's Compan-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-04
An UNwARRANTED DEMAND ON
CUBA.

Representative Long of Kansas asked
house to reduce the present enormous
tariff in it's application to Cuba to at
least 40 per cent. This was refused.
The majority, however, yielded to the
pressure of opinion enough to put it
at 20 per cent. The truth is that a free
trade measure for Cuba would be mag
unanimous. just and timely. 1t is GER
tain that it would do but little if any
rea harm to this country while afford
ing very much needed and very press
ing relief to the Cubans. But
the republicans are welded to
can and let the oppressed do the best
they can under Affections. Even reci-
procity is denied to Cuba, which was a
~favorite. opportune measure of Presi-
dent Mckinley. It is strange that any
body of men Of fair sense and respecta-
bility can refuse to give Cuba under the
very extraordinary circumstances,
whatever measure of help and relief
her necessity clearly demands. She
must adopt the laws of the United
States as to immigration before she can
have reciprocity of trade. Strange and
unjust. 1t is really an attempted mi
guilty because OF the helpless conditions.
The Chicago Record-Herald does not
put it too strong when it says OF this
extraordinary demand:
.This involves the assertion Of the
right Of the American congress to le-
Eislate for the Cuban congress and
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-04
PRIZE MONEY DISTRIBUTION.

Why snould this United States be sc
careful to reward naval people with
nations do not observe that rule or
custom? 1t used to be done in the
days of privateerlns. but it has been
abandoned now and onlY this country
holds to it. 1t will be recalled that the
conference held at The Hague a few
years ago opposed ;Lis pan E priv&-
teering holding it to be quite of the
stamp OF piracy. 1t will be recalled
that Admiral Sampson secured big
money as his share of the prize
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-04
Robbed the Grave.

A startling incident, of which MI.
John oliver of Philadelphia, was the
subject, is n-rated by him as follows:
Il was in a most dreadful condition.
My skin was alpos tyellow, eyes
sunken, tongue coated. pain continual
ly in back and sides, nc appetite-grad-
ually growing weaker day by day.
Three physicians had given me up.
Fortunately, a friend advised trying
Electric Bitters;' and to my great joy
and surprise. the first bottle made a de-
cided Improvement. l continued their
use for three weeks, and am now a we'll
man. / know they saved my life, and
robbed the grave of another victim"
No one should Jail to try them. Only
30 cts. guaranteed. at r. r. Sellamy's
drug store.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-04

Cuban people. It does not come within
the legitimate scope of reciprocity, nor
can 1t be treated as a simple trade. It
Is the kind Of demand hat Is made of
a person in a corner who has no chance
to escape. 1t is the Pratt amendment
again cropping VI against the pledges
Of the Teller resolution. Like the con-
c~ession. also. it Is conceived in ignor-
nee. The labor already in Cuba is
cheap labor. II coolies were introduced
1t would be because Of their superior
efficiency"
The present tariff schedule puts about
100 per cent. on Cuba's products.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-04
NOW IS THE TIME

Seasons change. We can't
change them. We can't pre-
vent the coming of cold and
damp airs.
But we can prevent the sore
threats, the coughs, colds and
lung troubles by taking SCOTS
Emulsion. Nothing does more
TO make the tender throat
tough. Nothing gives such
strength to weak lungs.
Don't take risks-when it's
easy to be safe. Now is the
season for taking SCOTS
Emulsion in season.
send you a little to try, if you Ike.
SEoII s. BOVINE, 100 Pearl street. Nex York.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-04
POnulatiO,
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Rev. Sam Jones is now being written
of as a past number The Passing of
Sam Jones' is the heading of IN edito-
rial in the Richmond Dispatch. 1t
thinks he is losing his hold upon the
public as a speaker and lecturer. 1t
tells of the cancelling of an engagement
in Richmond because of "a lack of sub
~stantial interest" He has had very
wonderful drawing power, beyond any
man who ever appeared in the south.
But his anecdotes. his sharpness. his
coarse denunciations. etc. ave palled
at last and people no longer crave or
seek the stimulants he offers. He has
within a year drawn largely in some
Georgia cities and in localities still he
can have crowded houses. In 1889, we
believe it was. he first appeared in Will
mington. He kept a building erected
for the occasion seating 1000, well
filled. sometimes crowded. He could
not do that now. The old attractions
would stagnate and repel. and if not
dead. would cease to draw and fasci-
nate. The Dispatch says that the time
was when even his paid lectures never
failed to draw n to be profitable. The
evangelist has lost none of the charac-
teristics that made him so popular in
pulpit and on platform. and is the same
man in every respect. but the novelty
of his witticisms and attractions of his
mannerisms for the public has. appar-
emily. to some extent. waned." But we
rather think he has still more power to
$4,000 ~- - I11l how nthnr
southern speaker.
A Pennsylvania writes to The Bal
timore Sun from Litoman, Pa, and
signs his name. He criticises the ne
groes now so numerous in his state.
He writes of the political crime perpe-
trated in the franchise and the RENE
dies. He points to a recent crime as re-
ported in The Philadelphia Times and
copies it and comments at length. The
Times said:
THE dastardly attempt made upon
the life and honor of a young woman
near Merchantville. on the other side
of the Delaware, again directs atten-
ton to the dangers that beset the resi-
dents of that community. The negro
oCSpSA ooS~S VI SAAoS ~
crimes to their account, and the ordi-
nary agencies seem to be powerless to
rid the country of this lawless element.
The feelings with which the people Of
the neighborhood view such outrages
may perhaps serve to make us better
realize the terror of southern women
and children when left at the mercy Of
negro brutes. and also to explain the
action Of white men in violently aveng-
ing such atrocities"
The writer notices the omission OF a
leading republican paper to publish the
crime, although it occurred within ten
miles of its door. The entire article of
Mr.. Richard n. Tinkington is well
written and suggestive and shows
fairness and penetration. 1t is too
long for US to handle it here. But it
is highly significant His remedy is
the only one that can succeed-to take
the negro out of politics and give him
SO years of Christian education.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-04
That TrObbinG Headache

Would quickly leave YOU. if you used
DR.. Kings New Life Pills. Thousands
OF sufferers have proved their match
less merit for Sick and Nervous Head
aches. They make pure blood and
strong nerves and build up your health.
Easy to take. Try them. Only %
cents. Money back If not cured. Sold
by Y. r. Bellamy. druggist.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-04

We have a handsome line OF new
things for early Spring Dresses. We
have 200 yards of Dinlities. % inches
wide. in pretty styles and fast colors-
worth 10c per yard-our price 6hc.
We ave about 40 bolts OF doubIe-
fold Worsted Good that we want to
close out, and have yut them on the
counter at 10 12h and 15c-goods that
sold from Is to soc.
54-inch Ladies' Cloth in Spring Col
ors-Worth s1.25-my price S5c- and
thousands of new and petty styles in
all grades of new goods and ready to
give you a PRESENT FREE.
Bring you r and get 1t punched.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-04

and was the former chairman of the
faculty in the university OF Virginia
He stands high over there. We think
he Is q native OF Cabarrus county. Drs.
VenabIe and Dabney are Virginians-
We suppose or all President Alder
man has most distinction.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-04
CLEANING AND COMMENT.

We find some figures that may prove
instructive and useful to many readers
1t is the population of the United
States for every decade since the year
before the beginning of the nineteenth
century and the number Of square miles
that constituted this republic up to 1890.
and the number after the empire began:
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-04

F. M. Higgins, Editor Seneca, Gll., }
News, was afflicted for years with Piles
that no doctor or remedy helped until
he tried Bucklen's Arnica Salve. He
writes two boxes wholly cured him.
It's the surest Pile cure on earth and
the best ,Salve in the world. Cure
guaranteed. Only % cents. Sold by r.
r. Rallamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-04
a Man Makes Money

Largely and spends it literally. it is
hard to make the bank accounts
balance. When any man make
but a small amount and saves a
portion Of it, he is always better
off than he was in the beginning.
And this is where 1 claim Will
mington's Big Racket Store is a
beneft to everybody.
FIRST, We buy cheaper, being able
to buy in large quantities direct from
the factory. We cave the jobber's profit
land give it to h people. n
SECOND, Our large store is a de-
partment Store where we carry every
class Of goods that is carried IN a dozen
different kinds Of stores. and
THIRD. We are always in the mar
ket for good things Ter our customers.
We buy for cash and sell fo1 cash. and
do not have TO charge up other peoples
profits to our losses.
Our big store is full of new goods.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-04
MATTINGS

Just received a big shipment of New
Mattings. which we are selling for 10
1914, Is and 25c-all pretty patterns and
heavy quality.
We also have a big supply Of
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-04
CLOTHING

Business. We claim to ave the lest
stock in the city of Wilmington. We
are making a special effort to make
room for our Spring Goods.
In Boys Clothing We have all grades
from 69c a Suit up to $3.50.
Our Youths Clothing-3 pieces. with
long pants-age 16 10 1--we have a
good assortment-Suits from $7.s0 to
s.. 90.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-04
ECONOMY IS THE KEY NOTE
To Every Mans Success!


On hand.-Good Trunks at all prices
from S1.00 up to $500 each.
In the Mems and Boys
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-04-18
Cruelty to Animals.

Grand Rapids Herald Review: Al
fred Evans, a young man who has
stopping been with Frank Caldwell on
the Big Fork during the past winter,
came to town this week and reported
a rather strange story OF cruelty to
animals. He reported having found
at Longs camps on Windego creek,
about sixteen miles northeast Of
Caldwell's place, six dead COWS and
three dead horses, all tied in log
howell, 1t is said that a settler
named Rose, who has a homestead
near Little Falls, took the stock In
to that section in July last. There
we're seven COWS and six head OF
horses. Late in the fall when. cold
weathe r and snow came on, he tied
the stock in the barn and left them
without food or water. Three OF the
horses were gone and one OF the cows
which was not tired, was still alive
but nearly famished. The COW val
taken to Frank Vance's place. |
the story as related BY young Evah'
is true the man R $50 should be or
rested and severely dealt with
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-04-18
Civic League Prizes.

Planting and seed-time has come
again, and with it the old, vet eve
new delight OF Watching the buds
and blossoms OF another year, hop
ing that each succeeding year the
buds and blossoms within our Dor.
ders will increase in number and
beauty. The Civic League having at
heart all that pertains to the i'm.
provement OF this city. wishes to
offer prizes this season, trusting that
spirit Of friendly competition will
increase the interest in care of lawns.
cultivation of flowers. and the plant
ing of trees. shrubs and vines.
Prizes Hi:l be given as follows:
No. 1-Church grounds showing
greatest in provemeut, $500.
No. 2-Home grounds supplied
with city water, kept in best condi-
tion, front and rear, 5000.
No. 3-Home grounds not supplied
with city weter. showing best i'm
provement during the season $500.
No. Alone grounds not supplied
with city water, showing the next
bestimprovement during the season,
$500.
No. 5-Best window or piazza box
of flowers. $1.00.
No. 6-Best flower bed, 81. 90.
No. 7-Bes5 flower bed planted
and cared for entirely by a child un-
der Is years OF age, $1.00.
A circular fully explaining the con-
ditions Of the offer, will be delivered
at each home, also a card upon
which and applicant may write The
name. residence. and prize to be
worked for.
No one is to enter for two prizes
and no one is to enter unless the
work is to be done by the family
This card is to be left at Chas. 81.
Browns drug store by May LIST.
| Photographs will be taken of the
premises of competitors for prizes 2
3 and 4, before work begins, that
the improvement may be noted al
the end of the season.
Any person not receiving circulars
and card may apply toe. 81. Brown
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-04-18
AG il

April 18-Mr. Vierk, who has been
suffering for the last tw Q months from
the fleets OF bad fall, is now able to
walk:a ttIe. 81. .z.:.. ..gz#
Mrs. William Leiaenfrost, who was
thought to have been improving SO
rapidly, took another strious relapse
Saturday. DR.. Millspaugh from Little
Falls was called. =. - III
John Ripley has returned from Rox-
bury, Wis, where he attended the funer-
al Of his father, aged 80 years, who died
after very short illness. 49,
Farmers in this vicinity are nearly
done seeding. Some are preparing corn
fields. -, ,..~='> = r.
The public meeting held at the Pierz
and Agram cheese factory Sunday after
noon was a complete success. Agran,
was we'll represented and many from
Pierz attended. 80
The program consisted OF several in
teresting addresses given on dairying
and the advantages Of cheese factory.
Pictures Of the crowd were taken by
Alois Phillips OF Pierz aud Emil Hosig
Excellent music WAS furnished by tn;
Agram Orchestra. The factory will opef
April 10Th, with Emil Hosig OF Marsh
vile: Wis, as cheesemaker,
0, Leigh and Mrs. Frank Love wen
to Little Falls April. 9th to visit Franz
Love OF BELLEVUE who was operated o,
at the hospital recently for appendicitis
by DR.. Rockford o1 minneapolis, assisted
by d.. Chance. He is doing we'll.
Katie Bollig closed her tern Of schoo
April 18th and is stopping with her sis
ter Mrs. N. Rauch
Miss Stein and her pupils are yer
busy practicing for an entertainment I
be given at the school house sometim
in tue near future.
The following is the monthly report {
school district No. 46.
Number OF days taught IS, Numbt
OF pupils enrolled A.. Average daily a
tend nee q. Those neither absent NJ
tardy during the month are: Berth
Leideufrost, Joseph and Henry Kiple
H+rmeiua Vlerk aud Henry Zimmerman
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-04-18

Whee'ock's Weekly Fergus Falls):
The Coe Commission company of
minneapolis, which has a branch in
Fergus Falls, is one Of the city con-
Germs which the board OF trade OF
Chicago is suing, OH the ground that
it is g. "bucket shop" and therefore
not entitled to receive or use the
board OF trade quotations. If the
parent concern is a bucket shop,
which has to use subterfuges to get
it's quotations, it is reasonable TO in
quire under what head the branches
should come. The Minneapolis Jour-
nal Of Saturday last published an in
structive article on the evils and un-
fair practices that prevail in bucket
shops. 1t should be read by all who
have the speculation mania. 1t ap.
pears that favorite NE thod ofclos.
ing out the traders is to lit or de:
press the alleged quotations to the
point necessary to exhaust margins
and, the ''closing OUT process accom-
plished, to restore them. Many
other tricky devices are recounted By
the Joural writer, but they all come
to the same thing in the end, namely
that the fool and bis money are soo1
parted. The case against the Co,
company has been continued to tn,
May term OF court.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-04-18
Test Case Of Bonds.

4 slight complication has arisen
which will require that the supreme
court pass upon the validity Ct the
special election 1T hich the new
Charter was adopted. Tie Chicago
attorneys for the buye ofthe bonds
question whether the act Of the legis-
lature providing that charters may
be adopted at specia! elections, s
constitutional. Other lawyers think
it is all right. In ORDER, however, to
preclude trouble IN the future. it ha s
been decided to have he ma tier set
tied at once. City A+tnrne.y Shaw,
for the city, aud G, A. LinGbergh, for
the First National bark. arranged
that friendly suit be started. and
got the consent OF the attorney
general and the supreme court to
have the question submitted April
Goth. The appeal for writ OF quo
warranto is in the name OF J. A
: Nichols. 1t was necessary to have
the matter settled at once, as the
time within which the bonds can be
issued expires May 7th. There is
little question but what the validity
OF the charter will be sustained. Seg-
eral cities are in terested in the ca
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-04-18
UPSAlA.

April 14-Gust anderson was In Roy
alton Wednesday.
Mr.. Sparrow of Royalton was in Up
sala last week.
A. Swedback was in Little Falls last
Friday
Ole Westgrund was in Royalton last
Wednesday.
Arthur johnson left for Brainerd Mon
day.
A. Hockenson was in Roy alton last
Wednesday.
The string band OF Upsala was in
Elmdale Sunday.
Albert Kulander left for Brainerd
Monday.
Mrs. Thompson was in Swanville last
Sunday.
Melbin Kulander was in Royalton last
| week.
Gust Samuelson was in Royalton last
week.
Willie Anderson is working in Albany.
Rev. Olson OF Upsala held services in
| Elmdale Sunday.
Gust Larson and John Sonquist are
working in Albany.
Eddie Peterson was home on visit
Sunday.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-04-18
BAPTIST CHURCH.

Preaching by Rev. E. NJ. Atwood
at 1890. Subject OF sermon Goods
Expression of Love for Man in Red.'
Sunday school at 11:45. Preaching
services in the evening at 1870. Sub
ject Standardization" All are cor
daily invited to every service.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-04-18
COME and GONE

Editor Bronson, OF Os axis was a Wis
itor Tu esday.
Mrs. Marcus Medved will leave for Ely
next week to join her husband
Earl Rogers was down from Scanlon
Monday.
Mr., and Mrs. B. F. Case went to St.
Paul Saturday.
Fred Hoffman went to Brainerd Sun.
day to see his pareats.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Enke we're in from
Rail Prairie Monday.
Town Clerk Il. G. Anderson, OF Raj
Prairie was in the city Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kirk Harding, of Mel.
rose, visited with Mr.. and Mrs. VIM
Raymond. Mrs. K. is Mrs. RS aunt,
Jos. Boril was among the Randallite.
in town Saturday, ~...... ::..:-..-:* +