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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-16
Delaware and Hudson
Witnesses Before
Commission
THEIR

Witnesses Were Called to Tell If
The Delaware and Hudson COM
pany-In 1901. This Company Lost
36S Ten-IIour Days on Account of
MINERS BeIng Out, rIcnrcIng. CeIe-
bratinE Union Days.. E+c-Testi-
mony Was Introduced That Miners
They Did Before the 1900 Strike.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-16
THE CAUCUS
Eight Ballots We're Taken
Last Night Without
Result
OVERMAN LEADS

The Second Nights Caucus to NoDi-
nate %Senator Found lbs
ateIy-Little Change Was Noted
From the Results of Friday Nights
Caucus-Mr. Hoke Received Ne
Votes and His Supporters First
Voted for One and Their Another
of the Candidates-Overman Led
on Every BALLOT.
lights Result.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-16
DOOLEY ON
OATS As FOOD
BY F. 2. dunno.

10 I know that all our boosted pros
perfty amt based or pie? Says l. lave
we'll enough alone. 1t may be that #
We sarched fr tn corner stone iv
American liberty an progress, wd
find it was apple pie with a piece IL
toasted cheese.
people don't have amy throuble
with their digestiOns firm attn. It's
thinkin' makes ~dyspepsy; wOrryin'
about tn rent is tWinty times worse
fr 4 mans stomach thin plum puddin'.
What's worse still is WOrryin' about
digestion. Whin a mar gets to doin'
that. Ill tn oats between here an
Council Bluffs won't ave him."
Joyce tells me his breakfast food
has made him rs sthrong as a horse"
said NJ. Hennessy.
1T ought to-" said Ar. DOoley.
Him an a horse have tn same food"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-16
TO SUSPEND DUTY ON COAL
That Congress VIII short
Iy Pass n Bill to This Effect.

Washington, January 12.-It is eX-
moving the duty OF siXJy-sGVen cents
a ton on coal imported into his u
try. This bill may take the form of a
rebate or drawback for ninety days,
and also will provide for reciprocity. ad-
hitting free OF duty coal imported into
this country from countries granting
the same privilege to the United States.
This mean Canada and will allow
Nova Scotia coal to come into tlis
country free, while coal from the AL
leghenies and westward will go into
Canada free of duty. The ways and
means committee VIII meet tomorrow
and according 10 the present D O.
gramme report a bill on the above lines.
1t is expected the bill will pass the
house tomorrow.
1t Will De taken up in the senat very
Soo1 and the intention is TO have il
pass without much delay. \ number
of republicans who heretofore have
Deen opposed TO changing the duty on
coal said they would not opposed the
bill, provided ii did not open the whole
tariff question n afford an Opportuni-
~ to offer innumerabIe amendments.
There was q conference on the fl o.
If the senate today which was part CT
pated in by Senators Aldrich. Allison,
Spooner and Lodge, and Chairman
Payne of the house committee on ways
and means. After this conference Sen
atOr Aldrich announced in the senate.
when the Vest resolution for the re-
mOVal OF duty on Goa came UP. that
he had reason to believe that there
would be action elsewhere regarding
the removal of the duty. 1t has been
the contention of Senator Alarich that
the senate had no right to initiate such
legislation.
Chairman Payne said after the re-
mark Of Senator Aldrich in the senate
that the ways and means committee
would meet tomorrow and consider the
coaI bills.
Several bills have been referred TO the
committee, some providing cor a sus-
pension Of the duty for q fixed period.
some for q rebate and others for the
removal of the duty without limit. Mr..
Payne aid he thou"ht the committee
would take some action either for a
suspension of the coal duty or 4 rebate.
MoD,,fSa'c Witch uozal Foot IIeog1-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-16
One Hundred Dollars IA Cox.

Is the value H. A. Tisdale. Sum1nerton
S. c.. places on DeWitt's Witch Haze
Salve. He says: 81 had the piles for .
years. I tried many doctors and medi-
cines. but all failed except Dewitt:
Witch Hazel Salve. It cured me-" It is
a combination of the healing properties
of Witch Hazel with antiseptics anC
emollients: relieves and p"ermannntl'
cures blind. bleeding itching and pro.
truding piles. sores. cuts. bruises, ecze
ma, salt rheum and ali skin diseases
p p Rellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-16
The crowned heads of every nation.
The rich men, poo men and misers

All JOIN IN paying tribute to
DeWitt's Little Early Risers.
H. Williams. San Antonio. Tex. writes:
Little Early Riser Pills are the best l
ever used in my family. l unhesitating-
ly recommend them to everybody. They
cure Constipation, Billiousness. Sick
Headache. Torpid Liver. JaunGice ma
laria and all other liver troubles. r. r.
BellamY
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-16
1t SaYRI IL InE

P. A. Danforth, of LrGruIige, Ga,
suffered for six months with 2 frightfuI
running sore on his leg. htt Whites that
Bucklen'S Arnica Salyc whr'Iy cured
it in ten days. For Ulcers. Wounds.
Burns, Boils. Pair OF Piles IFS the best
salev in the world. c..~r E~rr.r nteed.
Only 25c. Sold by Z. =. prilarny. drug
giSt.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-16
Sudden Death of John ID. Cox.

Jonesboro, Tenn, January 12.-John
D. Cox, president of the Jonesboro
Ranking and Trust Company Of this
place and the JTnaka National Bank of
Johnson City, dropped dead in the city
depot here today. MI. Cox vas 6S
years of age and very wealthy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-16

McDuffie's Tasteless Chill Cure will
build up broken down systems anG
make the blood rich and health, certain
cure for chills, guaranteed or your
money refunded. 80 cents at r. r. 2
Ia
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-16

Fat a lemon" is the advice now be
ing freely given. If you are despOn-
dent, it will give you somthing else TO
think about-Burlington Hawk-Eye.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-16

You Know What You Are Taking
When you take Groves Tasteless Chill
Tonic because the formula is plainly
printed on every bottle showing that It
g simply iron and Quiniue in a taste
form. No Cure No Gay. Zoe
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-16

Count Boni's complete works are his
check books. He has been several
years writing them, and they tell inter-
esting stories.-Mexican Herald.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-16

McDuf1e's Little Blue Liver Pills
blue people bright, cleans the
system Of all the d~eletenous and IN
healthy matter n makes a new per
son Of you. % cents at r. r. Bellamy's.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-16

McDuffie's Witch Hazel Foot Healer
one IF the finest baby powders known
Cures picklv heat and gives instant re-
lief. % cents at r R Rellamv's
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-16

McDuffe's Turpentine and Mutt
Suet Lung Plaster is a certain cure f.
w%hoOping cough, easy and comforta5i
works while you sleep. 25 cents ut P
PaIamy's.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-06

the trusts and combines extort is
S9o.25 Think of it. nearly seven times
more to the trusts under the Repub-
hcan protective system thau the Unit
ed States government receives
Congressman Littletield Republic
an. gave 4 list of 500 trusts. with a
capitalization Of nearly &l4.00000O.OO0.
which WAS printed in the Congressional
Record of Feb. 90. to Which aggrega-
ton each family in the United States
contributed nearly SlC0, 50 that the
trusts can get richer and the poor
poorer.
1t matters not how noor or wretched
& Nlan may be, tie protective tariff de-
mands and obtains q tax from him.
The ways of the protectionists are
peculiar. They pass laws to keep out
foreign goods anG then pass another
law appropriating $1,000, 900 for an eX-
position at st. Louis and invite for
e.&nerS to exhibit their productions
SIDE by side in competition with our
domestic products. They have estab-
.isiled system of taxation so remark
able that q tramp chewing his qud of
tobacco pays his taxes With the rest
&. us and tie poor man and the labor
er pays in far greater proportion than
the millionaire. And yet we are being
t0lG by the Republican leaders that no
steps must be taken by the coming
congress to reform Or revise this un-
equal tax; that the prosperity of the
country is bound up with the protective
tariff and we must "let well enough
alone"
If the Republican leaders were not
in league with the trusts, combines and
corporations would they be continually
advising the voters of the United
States to 'stand pat" on such an in
iGuitous and unjust system that makes
the farmer, the workingman and the
people with small means pay enor-
mously more in proportion to their in
comes than the millionaire or the trusts
or corporations? Is it any wonder to
see vast fortunes accumulated by the
few who are protected and the great
majority continuing in straitened cir
cuinstances. with no hope OF immediate
Improvement? Will you continue to
vote to t..'ep the Republican party IL
power by clecting congressman ana
legislators who favor the continuation
of the high protective system or rath-
er vote for Democratic candidates WHO
are pledged to reform the tariff so thSt
the system of taxation shall be chang
ed to equal rights to all. special
privileges to none?"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-06
Mere Money Getting.

Money getting is no new passion.
From the beginning nineteen-tWen-
ticthS of our American population have
had No other mastering purpose than
to make money. They have been bread
winners, fortune getters. by the lines
of least resistance. without dreams OF
success in the professions or in the arts
or i'll patriotic politics
But there have also been UP to re-
cent Years Il remnant. Il select few. n
company of enlightened and gifted
people, who have put ideals ahead of
money getting.
There was AgassiZ, who refused to
lecture at $500 a night because he was
too busy to make money. Charles sum
ner declined to lecture ut any price he
cause, he said, as senator all his time
belonged to Massachusetts. SpurGeen
refused TO come To America to deliver
fifty lectures at 81 600 Il night. saying
he could do better: he could stay i'll
London and try to save fifty souls.
Emerson stradf;. Stly declined to i'll
crease his income beyond $1,000 be-
cause be wanted his time to thiuk.-
Everybody's Magazine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-06
Holding Up Uncle sam.

The Colombian government boldly
demands $25,O0O,OOO for the Panama
canal concessions and gives the reason
for not accepting our offer Of $4,000
600 that nsey need the larger amount.
The Colombians evidently think that
as we allow ourselves to be held up by
most any smooth American and de-
frauded by our officeholders and others
at home we will stand for a good round
squeeze from our South American
neighbors. Why does not President
Roosevelt see their bluff and at once
commence negotiations for the Nicara-
qua route, which has many advantages
over the Panama? Is the administra-
ton waiting until the transconinental
railroads give permission to go ahead
and build the canal or cease to oppose
it? The people of the United States
long ago decided that they wanted the
Nicaragua canal built and were defeat
ed in their purpose by senatorial CO.
terie led by Senator Hanna. Has Presi-
dent Roosevelt Joined forces with them
or is he opposed to the building Of any
canal? The law authorized and re-
quired him to proceed to acquire the
Nicaragua route If the Colombians re-
jected our proposition, but he has done
nothing.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-06
Rema rk ble TelcscOpe.

With thirteen inch parabolic re-
flector of only twenty inches focus
Professor SchHberle has obtained.
with less than Ave minutes exposure.
images Of stars which are apparently
too faint to be seen in the great thirty
six inch telescope of the Lick observa-
tory. The little instrument also :
veals. with similarly short exposure.
all the stars that the large Crossley
reflector Of three feet diameter is able
to picture with an exposure Of two
hours.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-06
In the Old Days.

Harry Smith of fekin. H., who is
now employed as an agent demon
stra ting Il new explosive EuoH'n as
''maSurite" among the miners, has an
interesting history as an organizer of
labor III the early days, He organized
the first union Of coal miners in Iii.
nos under Tie banner of tie knights
of Labor in 1871. There had been an
organization among the uliilers in this
state It's early us ISIS, but it had goIl,
out of existence. so that the one organ.
ized hy Smith III 1877 was really tic
Sturtiiig point of the present union.
which has $4,000 members III Illinois
The life of the labor orGaniZer in the
carly days was not quite us pleasant
IS it is now. While they have diff
culties to contend With even now. they
at least manage to ride on railroad
JE;lills an3 live at respectable hotels
Smith did most of his organizing by
WaIhinl from one mining town to an
other. sometimes with his toes sticking
out of lis shoes. ;i!I lie te.is of Il meet
ing oi iiiilterS he addressed. at Strcate
on .jUl. 1 fAlT7. W.. p WaIe an oycr.
coat having IIo otter clothes AZ tha
time, iho organizers in those day
did not get large stt!alnS the hat some.
times being passed around the asselas
biage to Get enough monaE 10 bay tic
organizer a par Of shoes. They We're
pretty we'll known 10 :Ae mine oper
ators us "agitators. and # they Sc
cured few days WORK At Il mine II
only lasted until tlIei,- Identity became
known. when they We're discharged In
spite of all the disadvantages under
which they had to We;i they succeeded
i'll laying the groundwork fer the pres
ent great structure, and most cf them.
like Smith, believe they have been am
ply repaid for their early hardships.-.
Chicago Inter Ocean
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-06

If men did net smohe hoEs would
never think Of such d thing.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-06
a DisaSrceabIe Feature.

Henry White secretary of the Unit
ed Garment Workers of America, in
his address before the Civic federation
at the Chicago meeting made several
remarks that will furnish food for re-
flection to the members of organized
labor. One of his points follows:
''The disagreed bic feature of the la
Dor movement is the element of force
that plays so important q part. In the
movement Of large numbers some CO.
ercion is unavoidable, as the mass can
not be expected to wait until every in
dividual gets ready to move with it.
but tl.is feature is vertheless; an evil.
and it should be eliminated wherever
possible. There should be more per
suasion and less Ht1n.itulsiGn. and par
ticularly in the treatment Of nonmem-
herS by union men and in their deal
ingS With one another This spirit of
coercion is due to inlp2 tiCnee and to Il
desire 10 bring about til" complete or
2anization of the Wage workers Of 4
craft at once. The very Men who have
been forced into a union Immediately
turn around and aFP}y the same n"di-
cine to others. and so ii :soaS OH. 1t is
effective as :; lle;s.3S ol bringing quick
results. bu, Ike All stron@ stim0lAHts.
it has It's reaction. rs the men driven
into union are apt to regard it as a
despotic body governed entirely by the
rule of the club instead Of henevoleEt
institution worthy of their love and re.
spect."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-06

Ever 7H..s:1 Should Ee Taxed sccarl-
i7:g to HIS 1.eaI:s and No Moro Tha.
the Goverslsnent, Honestly A :mi;.-
istere.i, Requires - Vast surplus
Jso<. 20 .l:,! ssaaizs snd Trusts.
Ii the federal customs duties collect
81. ;,t tue ports Of entry We're the only
taxes en tae goods the people consume
and the government needed The sol
44i,l()s collected in 1902, tie largest
SUM ever i te.e received, they would
still be a great burden. But the re
ceIts from all sources in that year ex-
cecded the expenditures by SCI IS.
331).57 and VIII probably be s50. 100000
for the present year. The cash bad
ance now in the treasury is $.27..5,1 30,
7Go, so there is no present reason to
continue this excessive taxation
through high tariff, for it is criminal
to tax the public more than the needs
of the government demand, especially
when this surplus is loaned to favored
banks without any return in interest
or otherwise. The Wall street bank
ers to whom great portion of this
surplus is loaned and the other hanks
that are similarly favored throughout
the country loan this money to their
customers at the going rate Of interest
so that the taxpayers of the country
are furnishing the capital to the banks
and paying the interest that the banks
\ r %1,oy h,r
rowing, but have money of their own
to loan, they furnish the money free to
the banks to compete with their own
capital. This tax collected through the
custom houses is only small part of
the tax that the Dingley tariff imposes
Indirectly there is much greater inn
post demanded by the monopolists,
combines and trusts that Were called
into council by the Republican Lead
ers when the Dingley bill was being
secretly incubated at the Arlington ho
tel in the city of Washington in 1891.
No Democratic member of the ways
and means committee was permitted to
join in the creation Of the Din@loy bill
and Senator Doliver in a speech in the
senate. which is reported in the Con-
gressional Record. acknoW Wledged that
the tariff rate was rnrposely placed
much higher than was necessary 10 a.
low margin for reduction under tie
treaties for reciprocity with other coun-
tries that the bill also provided for, but
which have never been ratified AS
Senator Dolliver was a member of the
ways and means committee at the time
the Dingley bill was created this inside
history of the enormity of that bill is
therefore at first hand by Republican
who was present at it's preparation.
BY virtue of the extremely high tar
iff the protected trusts and combines
are more extortionate than the Ding.
ley bill. Where that law provides for
the collection of over so per cent on
the average value of most of the ne
cessities of life the trust tax gatherer
demands in many cases over 100 per
cent, Of which the government receives
nothing
The statisticians of the bureau of la
Dor Of Massachusetts have figured that
IN the boot and shoe industry the aver
age wages are $491.49 for workers per
year. and. allowing that two of each
family are employed. the amount that
each family earns would be 1888. The
tariff tax on the expenditures Of such
household ia SfC "a and the tax that
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-06
HAIR TELLS CHARACTER.
Color OF Hair Said to Indicate a Per-
sons Temperament.

Many people believe that blonde, or
light hair denotes affection and dark
hair constancy. A person without hair
is not devoid of character; far from it..
The disposition of the average bald
headed man is to show such solicitude
for the welfare Of others, that he neg
lects himself. A germ causes badness.
Prof. Sabouraud, of Paris France, in
nccculated rabbit with Dandruff germs,
causing 1T to become totally bald in five
weeks time. To rid the scalp of these
dangerous germs it is necessary to apply
Newbro's Herpicide.
destroy the cause-you remove the
effect
Sold by leading druggists. Send 1oc IL
stamps for sample to The Herpicide Co..
Detroit. Mich.
For sale ,J l.. E Coon.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-06
CASE: AFTER CASE.
Plenty More Like This In Pine Bluff.

Scores of Pine Blue people can tell
you about Doan's Kidney pills Many
a happy citizen makes a public state
ment of his experience. Here is a
case of IT, What better pr If of mer-
it can be had than such endorsement i?
Mrs. Il. Wycott. vito Of II. Wycott,
millwright, of S12 Gnio street says:
q am enly too pleased 10 endorse
Doan's Kidney Pills for ! know from
personal experience that they are alt
thati S claimed for them. Before
went to the Mann-Tankersloy Drug
company. 2o1 West Second avenue. for
a box, there was a constant soreness
across my back and whom STOPPING or
eXerting myself the pain became very
sharp. f took cold it always set
tied in my kidneys. and although |
doctored and tried different remedies
none brought permanent relief. | could
notice the direct effect ON my kidneys
in q short time The treatment did
more coed than al other remedies I
ever took. I only hope the benefit re-
ceived may be lasting.
For sale by all dealers Priee 50e.
Foster-Nlburn company, Buffalo, n.
Y, sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-
take NJ. substitute.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-06
Large Expectations.

The Senate of Labor is the preten
tious title of a labor organization
formed at Pittsburg One of the planks
in the platform advocates unlimited
aid in strikes. Absolute control of ne.
gosiations with employers is aimed at.
Its founders hope to wipe out such
organizations as the Knights of Labor
and the American Fedora ton Of Labor.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-06

p, Is. Mer. company
We5tall and company
Mead, Harper and Co.
f. 6. Smart
Fox BROTHERS
Vitz Grocery
Ch2 "ln: Lumkin
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-06
& y PION O IL

Eason Grocery Co.
S. II. Reeves
J. ]. w. Smith
S {; zMthern Mer. Co.
G. NJ. Ferguson & Son
John II. Talbot e. Co.
Bll,ff City Lbr. Co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-06
The TARIFF INJUSTICE.
How the Poor Are Robbed For
the Benefit of the Rich.
A REFORM TEAT IS NECESSARY.
, ~

Every 2.es:1 should Ee Taxed Accord
Ing to Et:a l.enEs aut? No More 'TF,an
the Goyerilii ent. Honestly A 5mi;.-
istere.i, :scs.aises - vast Surplus
Used 30 .&:,. sssss.lzs a..d Trasts.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-06

Sometimes the best Of union Men
will forget all about the eight ho'," day
and work overtime when they ar
courting a girl
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-06

Suppose beauty only is ska deep.
The average man does not carry an y
ray machine around in his pzellet
1t has often been pointed out that
thirteen was an unIeuky number, bat
George Ill. never believed ii.