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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-01
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The Greenville Reflector commenting
upon the Washington a lynching, i'm
proves the occasion to point out a de-
feet IN the criminal law, Zone of many
no doubt.) 1t says the negro was "just
as guilty Of murder as though all his
victims a died" They escaped death,
But it says that under such circum-
stances the negro could have been given
only a few years in the p~enitentiary, a
punishment no ways fitting the magni-
tude of his crime. Doubtless this
thought prompted the people to take
the law in their own hands and mete
out h punishment the crime deserved.
L~ynchings are deplorable but good laws
promptly executed would stop them"
Many an unmitigated scoundrel and
murderer escapes hanging by that "sec-
ond-degree" business that grows.
= ! r
MI. Cropsey tells how the lawyers
worked to destroy all evidence against
Wilcox, the cold-blooded devil Who as
saulted the helpless young woman He
is reported as saying, given in The Nor
folk Landmark:
"A New York detective, Mr.. E. NJ.
Common by name, came here as soon as
he heard the news of Nells disappear
ance. He told me that the body would
be found in ~Pasquotank river and there
would be signs of a blow on her head.
He also gave as his opinion that eX-
sheriff Wilcox n his attorneys were
destroying all evidence possible, and to
prove that he was correct he went to
n.y.. vi
ing the name of Sanford Morton. In
this letter he made a proposition to de-
stroy evidence against Jim. Mr.. Ayd-
lett replied and I have his letter in my
pocket"
That letter he publishes in full. The
writer. attorney E. F. Aydlett. at the
close wrot this:
"Of course you can understand how
we are puzzled in the matter, as we
would be glad of any assistance that We
could get, and o could do US great
good if we could afford to risk the
chance of you being found out. The
conclusion reached was that we could
not. I suppose Mr.. Wilcox has COM
municated with you about it. If you
should decide to come down and we de-
rived any benefit from il we would not
hesitate to compensate you for 1t. but
We could not have o come down on
our account for the reasons given
above"
The lawyer was afraid Of being dis
covered if he took part.
.s i. -
AS a North Carolina paper Interested
in North C~arolinians The Messenger is
gratified to see that the gifted Henry
Blount made such a pronounced success
before a large audience at the Y. NJ. c.
A. under the auspices Of the Alkahost
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NOTES.

The protestants are making Roadway
in France. and much more than a great
English publication the Contemporary
Review stated. DR.. Charles Merle
D'Aubigne says there has been decided
increase in the fifty or eighty years.
We quote from what he says as con-
densed in The Richmond. Va. Central
Presbyterian:
Protestant churches and ~evangeliz-
ing societies that were not in existence
in 1885 now expend s132, 900 a year in
their work. In 1885 there were not more
h ten French Protestant churches in
Paris: now there are in the city n
suburbs one hundred and five places Of
such worship. There are ten Q0) times
as many pastors Of churches as there
were in 1906. In some cases whole viii
lagos have not only come over to the
Protestant faith. but have persevered
in it. -t.H
The third Worlds Sunday-School
Convention will be held in Jurusalem. in
Palestine. in March 1904.
We are gratfied to learn from Nj.
H. n. McAlister, the efficient business
manager of The Central Presbyterian
Standard, who gave US a very agreea-
able call last week while in the city on
business. that his paper, the ablest re-
ligious organ we ever saw Of North Car
DINA production. and so far as We
know the ablest religious paper in the
| south. was steadily increasing. In n
short time it has advanced from 5000
| circulation to 1000. and goes all over
the south. A great many ministers in
many states take it
The book by Rev. DR.. Egbert w
| Smith. entitled THE Creed Of Presby-
terians." is selling well and is highly
praised by prominent divines Of that
denomination. 1t is a volume Of %:
pages. completely indsxed. We see il
stated that he is Of Charlotte Is that
correct? Since asking. We find he Is a:
we thought, pastor of First Presbyte-
rian church. Greensboro
Rev. DIR. James l. vallandingham. :
native Of Ohio. was born in 1872. and
has just celebrated his ninetieth birth
day. He was first a lawyer. but ha!
been preaching for ffty-seven years
having long pastorates in Delaware
J He still breaches. That reminds u
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HANGED on SCHEDULE TIME
A Mob Hangs "a Man on the GaIlOws
for His Legal

Caster. Wyo., March 2S.-Charles
Francis Woodward. the condemned
murderer of Sheriff William c. Rick
er. was hanged early today by twenty
four masked men.
Crowds began to gather in the vicin-
ity of the Jail early in the evening and
a mob was formed.
About 3 o'clock the mob descended
on the Jail and the leaders demanded
the keys of the sheriff. He refused to
give them up 9nd the crowd then Sc
cured sledge hammers and peat down
the Jail door.
Once inside the Jail, Il rope was
quickly thrown around Woodward's
neck and he was roughly dragged
from the building.
He was taken to the scaffoid which
had been erected for his legal execu-
ton. Some one pushed him on to the
trap, but he CAV a leap before the
trap could be sprung and fell from the
gallows, hanging himself.
The whole proceedings occupied less
than half an hour. Considerable ex-
element prevailed. but little was said.
Woodward attempted to talk to the
leaders but thew refused to near him.
Several hundred sheep and cattle
men came to town during the day
yesterday and every corner was the
scene of a discussion of the reprieve
granted by the supreme court.
After the lynching the mob dis
persed and a greater part of those
from out of town left for their homes.
Before the drop Woodward began
making an address. half talking, half
praying. He said:
Boys, let me kneel and pray. /
want to pray for all of you and send
a message to my blessed little wife.
love her dearly and "a you to tell
her that. / pray that you will have
the papers print it. I pray for you.
Charles Kicker. III for all OF you.
never had a grudge against Sheriff
Kicker. in Gods world. 1 never
meant to shoot him. For Gods sake
don choke me to death. o." and
then woodward leaped of before the
trap could be u
Sheriff Tubbs this morning found
pinned to h scanold a note. reading
as follows:
THE process of the law is a little
slow. This is the road you will all
have to travel. Murderers and thugs
beware" s
No one could be found today who
could identify any member Of the
mob.
The crime for which Charlie
Francis Woodward paid the penalty
, with his life was committed on the
evening OF January End last at Wood.
wards ranch. near Garfield peak In
the Rattlesnake mountains, seventy
FIVE miles west Of Casper. when hs
shot to death and mutilated the body
OF Sheriff William c. Kicker. OF Ma
trone county.
Woodward. with his wife. Bertha
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The Currency to be Established for
the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Provisions
of the Bill Under Preparation.

Washington. Mar 8--The repubH-
can members of Il nate committee
on h Philippines meeting to
day n passed finalIy upon the pro
visions of the Philippine goverament
bill.
The currency question was the prin-
ciDal topic of conversation again TODAY
and the provision for supplying h
Philippines with a circulating medium.
as prepared by the subcommittee COM
posed OF Senators Allison. Beyeridge
and Dubois. was finally passed upon
This provision. as has been heretofore
stated. is hat there shall be coined n
Philippine dollar Of the same weight
and fineness as the Mexican dollar and
the British dollar. It in to be a bullion
dollar. hut the volume is to be limited
only by the demands OF business. The
coin viii carry an American device on
one side and an oriental design on the
theirs. and it is calculated that IL win
n time be a very popular coin through
nut the eastern world.
The amendment also provides for sub
sidiary coinage sufficient 70 meet The
wants Of the Philippine people. The
n of this silver will be done both
in America and fl the Philippines.
The dollar led Is made a legal
tender In the pines, but not in the
United State,
The republic .embers at their con-
ference also coa-.dered the question OF
authorizing a legislative assembly for
the Philippines. but concluded TO omit
all legislation of that character and also
to make no provision for delegates or
commissioners in congress from the
Philippines.
Provision for a complete M of the
islands is. however. to he included In
the bill.
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CLEANING AND COMMENT.

Savings banks are important and
they grow in numbers and in deposits.
It is the man who saves who accumu-
lates and not the man who makes and
spends. II you make a dollar save ten
cents. If you make two dollars save
fifty cents. If you make three save one
and so on. If YOU make 81 and spend
all, you will never succeed. II you
make 81 and spend S1.1o you will live
hard and die poor. In five years the
in savings banks have in
creased from $780, 900 to $500. 900. and
the deposits have gone from s1.s4o.O 600
to So $40, 900. This looks small. but it is
very important to the depositors and
shows 1.-THE saving qualities of many
people.
The growth of manufactures in the
south has been the endless theme OF
newspapers. They have got in the
habit of writing UP the conditions and
now Almost daily the old straw is
Ithreshed and it satisfies. The San
Francisco Call collates as follows as tc
the growth OF manufactures In the
south as compared with the total in
1.-THE United States:
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A Medicine That Will
Cure Cases of Catarrh
of Long Standing De-
serves a Very High
Place in the Annals Of
Medical Discovery.
Such a Medicine is
Peruna.

THOUSANDS of testimonials are
pouring in every day of old cases
of chronic catarrh that have re-
sisted all treatment for years, being
promptly and permanently cured by
Peruna.
These reports do not all come from
obscure places, signed by obscure peo-
pie. 4 large proportion of these letters
are written by men and women promi-
nent in business and professional cir
cles and many of them we'll known from
ocean to ocean.
Colonel John Franklin Waters occu-
pies a prominent position among the
leading trial lawyers of Chicago. He
has probably obtained more verdicts
against corporations in suits for personal
injuries than any nan of his age in the
United States, and during his practice
of over fifteen years he has not lost a
single case in the Supreme Courts of
Illinois and Missouri. He is a hard
Toca. and has the energy of four men.
E0- = nuntc' Of years he had been
afflicted witch chronic c2tarrh and hav-
ing recently been thoroughly cured of
his old affection, an interview was OBJ
taiaed with hin by one Of our reporters
in which h gave The following state
ElcEt TO the public:
CHICAGO, ILL.,, Aug. s., 1850.
The PCrGina Medicine Co.. Columbus. o.:
GeTtEenaen---<.H g3vas ne great
pleasure 10 testify 10 fhc merits of
sucL Il worthy remedy ior cafarrh as
your PeruHa. haJ suffered for a
number of years from this very dis
agreeable disease md had tried many
so-CaUed remedies, buf uufT ] used
PeruI7a Honc had the desired c3fect. I
feel that I am perfectly cured and can
cheerfuLy recommend Peruna to any
one suffering from cafsrrh."
JOHN r. WATERS,
L20 E. EcEzSirl ST, Chicago, III.
Another case equally ~well-known in
Chicago, is reported through q letter
from q veteran Railroad man.
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that the late Rev. DR.. Lovich Pierce, OF
Georgia. preached after he was ninety.
and died when ninety-four years of age.
The late Rev. DR.. Deems told US that
when he was at his best he never heard
a greater preacher" He was born an
Halifax county. North Carolina.
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veteran soldier and a prominent mem.
Der of G. A. r. Camp No. 102.
Captain John III. Lyons, 1912 Prairie
Ave, Chicago, ILL.,, writes:
"For twenty years L suffered with
chronic catarrh but thanks to Peruna !
am now entirely cured
at aforas me much pleasure to make
a statement in behalf of your m~eritorious
remedy, Perana. | have used same for
catarrh and have found it to be all you
claim fSS it. I had suffered for twenty
years chaerfully recommend Peruna
to anyone suffering from catarrh, as I
believe that, az in my case, It Will prove
a sure cure."-Captain John II. Lyons.
Address The Peruna Medicine Co., Of
Columbus, Ohio, for instructive free
literature on catarrh.
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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
POSTAGE PREPAID.

THE DAILY MESSENGER by mail
one year 800; six months $3.50; three
mo- b 5 s1.75; month so cents.
Served in the city at so cents a month,
one week Is cents. s1.75 for three months
or 500 a
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There is probably no doubt that in
Germany there Is a very strcng COM
mercial feeling prevailing against the
United States. Even Prince Henry's
late royal welcome can not obfiterate
or mitigate the bitter feeling. The
Messenger has called attention to the
absurd cry against American meats
because OF the manner in their preser-
walton. The New York Herald gives
this:
The pretext on which it /. attempt
ed to exclude our meat products-that
dangerous p~reservatives are used in
preparing them-is mere claptrap. Here
are official values OF exports TO Ger
many and to h United Kingdom for
the sever months Of the fiscal year
ended with February:
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If there is anything deleterious in
American meats it seems that the in
habitants Of the British Isles have not
discovered it-and they take somewhat
larger quantities of them than the
Germans.
The sensation caused in the house OF
representatives by Representative Jas.
d. Richardson. of Tennessee. leader OF
the democrats in the house. was q
charge of bribery in the purchase of
the Danish Isles. He called for the ap-
p~ointrnent of a committee of seven to
investigate reports that $500. 900 Of the
purchase money for the British Danish
West Indies Isles was to be used to in
fuence legislation in favor of the
~transefr of those islands. He mention
ed in connection with a secret report
made to the Danish government and
aid the state department ought to
have been aware Of charges made.
The state department., it is said, will
answer hat in the negotiations it re-
fused to deal with anyone not directly
connected with the Danish govern
ment.
The basis of the resolution, Mr..
Payne said contemptuously, was based
upon an alleged secret report to the
Danish government.
instantly Mr.. Richardson met this
with the statement that he had a copy
of the secret report to the Danish gov
eminent, ION my honor as a member
of this house, said he, Il have now on
my desk What urports to be and what
L believe is that secret confidential re-
port.
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ent connected with the Grand Trunk
| railroad. had a similar case. He is a
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Captain John II. Lyons, OF Chicago, veteran soldier an
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Another case equally well-known in
Chicago, is reported through a letter
from q veteran Railroad man.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-09-30
Number 33.
Two Valuable Bulletins.

Editor of The Progressive Farmer:
Requests for the bulletin issued by
the Department of Agriculture enti-
tied, "The Feeding of Farm Ami
mails" have been so numerous that
reprint has become necessary. This
little book makes a dozen or more
suggestions and pointed remarks re-
garding the wants and desires of
stock and what conduces to their
happiness and content and therefore
to their best condition, which could
probably be read with profit by al
most every farmer in the country,
certainly by those who do not make
a speciality and a study of stock
raising and breeding.
Another bulletin which has been
reprinted by the government is 'EHes
Cholera and Swine Plague" The
experiments of the Bureau Of Ami
NAL Industry, continued from year
to year, sustain the claim that hog
cholera can be almost prevented
through incubation of serum. Some
thing like fifteen per cent is the lar
gest loss that occurs with the use
of serum, whereas without inocula-
tion entire droves are swept away.
GUY E. MITCHELL.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-09-30

A Kansas paper notes that, of the
dozen carloads of old iron received
every week at the local junk-yard,
probably nine-tenths consists of
farming implements ruined by rust.
Many of the implements look as if
they could still be saved from the
junk pile by blacksmith; the farm
ers thought differently, and bought
new ones" Such are signs of that
carelessness which sometimes accom-
panies prosperity; but the same
thing precedes adversity-and then,
how ugly it looks! If the mortgage
also could be left in the field to gath
er rust and ultimately wear out, the
condition of the plow and mower and
binder would not so much matter.
Since that is impervious to moisture,
even to tears, it would seem more
businesslike to take care of the ma
chinery that may help to pay it
Exchange.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-09-30

bic articles in them, but Mary Jane
needs a large paper to wrap a lunch
in, or to put in the safe to spread
the pies on, and The Progressive
Farmer being so large and clean has
been the first one seized. We do not
want to deprive her and others of
this useful article (for we like pies
very much), but want the papers in
book shape so they can be preserved.
Now to show our appreciation let us
all send in a few more new sub
scribers and thus help our neighbors
as we'll as the publishers.
HARRY FARMER.
Columbus Co.. N. @.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-09-30
Have the Tobacco Trusts Agreed on
Peace Terms

We are publishing in our General
News columns a rumor regarding
peace negotiations between the I'm
perial and the American tobacco
trusts. The following later dispatch,
sent from London, Saturday 9th, in
dicates that the matter has been real
ly settled:
London, Sept. 27.-A New York
dispatch to the Dai' Mail says that
after secret negotiations in London
the British and American tobacco
trusts have come to an agreement.
The Imperial Tobacco Company,
which is the British trust, will buy
the Ogden company and other Amer
lean interests in England at a price
which to some extent will recoup the
American company for the money it
sunk in it's campaign to secure con-
troll of the British trade in respect
to which the British company will
also make cOuCoSSlOIlS 10 JlC Au1GEl-
can company in other territories out
side the United Kingdom. The dis
patch adds that the documents are
perhaps not signed and sealed yet,
but cable dispatches indicate that
nothing remains to be done and stock
of the British company is being
sought in America. The agreement
will end the rate cutting by which
the dealers, rather than the public,
have been the chief gamers.
Messrs. Duke and Ryan and At
torney Fuller represented the Amer
can company in the negotiations.
The Imperial company was repre-
sented by the heads of the firms of
Wills & Co., Lambert & Bunders
and Players.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-09-30

On another page we are printing
the report that Pomologists Brock
we'll and Taylor, of the United
States Department of Agriculture,
and Prof. Liberty H. Bailey, author
of "The Cyclopaedia of American
Horticulture" and other well-known
works, and now editor of Country
Life in America" are to attend the
State Fair and act as judges of the
horticultural display. The statement
seems almost too good to be true, but
Commissioner Patterson tells us that
he is confident that these men will
be on hand. Their presence should
insure a fine exhibit.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-09-30

Editor of The Progressive Farmer:
We asked the price of seed cotton
at a place twenty-five miles from the
railroad AMI was told that the farm
ers received 212 cents a pound. On
or near the transportation lines it is
bringing cents a pound. This
makes a difference of $3.50 per bale.
The buyers can not afford to risk
much more than this, yet it is a Sc
rious loss to the farmers. 1t will
take about two days with a pair of
good mules or horses to make a load
this distance.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-09-30
Free Mulberry Trees for Silk Growers.
Editor of The Progressive Farmer:

Editor of The Progressive Farmer:
The first seasons experience in
silk growing in North Carolina has
proved a most gratifying success.
1t has demonstrated that the women
and children of the State may by
light and interesting work during
six weeks of early summer earn, with
out interfering seriously with their
ordinary duties, at least $50. Those
who can devote more time to the
work may earn much more.
To place silk growing upon a per-
manent basis we must increase the
output of silk cocoons to a volume
which will attract to the State silk
reelers and weavers, thus creating a
home market for the product of the
silk worm.
The first and most necessary step
is to increase the available supply
of silk worm food. We must plant
mulberry trees until each farm suit
ed for this kind of work has at least
100 trees. Every farm having dry
soil, lying between Goldsboro and
Statesville or Asheville can success
fully grow silk.
In order to encourage the planting
of the mulberry, the State Depart
ment of Agriculture will distribute
among the farmers of North Carroll
ma in lots of so and 100 rooted seed
ling trees of the varieties best suit
ed for feeding the silk worm. Not
more than 100 will be sent to one
person. Those who want more will
be supplied at cost prices. We do
not recommend the planting of more
than 100 trees by any farmer. Re
cipients of trees will be required to
pay postage or expressage at the rate
of one cent per tree. This must be
enclosed with application,
Trees will be delivered during
November, which is the best month
for planting in this State Full di-
rections for planting and caring for
the trees will be sent to each appli-
cant.
Silk growing will prove valuable
as nature study and a remunerative
art in schools, and is we'll worth the
attention of all who have supervi-
sion over educational institutions.
It is also we'll adapted for charita-
bic institutions. Public institutions
which wish to experiment with silk
growing will be supplied with trees
at a nominal price.
Applications will be filed in the
order of reception.
Address,
GERALD MCCARTHY,
Biologist, N. G. Department of Agri-
culture, Raleigh, N. G.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-09-30

The price of cotton seed advanced
from 2512 cents to 81 cents per bush
el on the Raleigh market last Thurs
day.