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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-08-11
Poor Old Maine.

Poor old Maine is still struggling
with her half-century old self-imposed
problem of trying to keep her people
sober by commandments of the law.
Notwithstanding the new rule Of law
that the holding of a United States
revenue tax certificate is prima facie
evidence that the holder is selling Ii
Quors contrary to the law of the local
ity, the saloons go right ahead openly
selling booze and finding it profitable
to pay their fines from the enormous
profits that can be coined out of prohi-
bition rum.
1t would pay the people Of Maine to
send a ship load of their legislators
down here to Georgia and let them
study awhile the common sense and
sobriety inducing results of our local
option laws.
In 1902 Maine, d supposedly iron
clad prohibition state. with a popula-
ton Of 694, 466. had 1884 liquor tax re-
ceipts from the United States govern
ment in force. or 1 to almost every 500
of her inhabitants. In the same year
Georgia. with 2,216,331 inhabitants,
had 1872 such quasi-licenses. 0 r l to
almost every 1.410 of her people, in
we had EN-" likeH Maine las got
EN- we would have exactly 4,415 retail
dealers in GEORGIA toa~-
1t is evident to the most casual OBJ
server who travels in Maine that the
prOhibitory liquor law of that state is
one of the most farciaI affairs in the
whole country. A rightly drawn local
option law would accomplish every
purpose contemplated by the people
when the drastic p~rnhihitory law was
adopted over fifty years ago. Under
1t every political division of the state
desiring freedom from saloons could
have it and being self-charged with
the enforcement of the law could max
it effective. The cities would prob
ably vote for saloons under high Ii
ce1se terms and SO be able to regulate
tn traffic under open police condi-
tons. At present the city authorities
are either in political league with the
liquor demanding element. or are pow
erlesS to uppre the traffic because
of the fugitive campaign its promoters
carry IN. Sheriff Pearson, of Port
land, worked himself into a prema-
ture "a in the endeavor to scotch
n destroy the illicit traffic in liquors
in that city.
Frankly. W. would advise our friends
in Maine to come down here to Allan
ia and see a city more than twice the
numbers of Portland. and where not
one drunken man can be seen on the
streets when ten can be encountered
or the streets of the Maine metropo-
liS.-Atlanta Constitution.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-08-11
Oranges Good for Smokers.

Did you ever notice. asked a we'll
known uptown physician the other
day according to the Philadelphia
Record, that men who e. oranges
are not much injured by smoking? 1t
is a fact. Orange juice has the facul-
ty Of neutralizing nicotine, and tina
is the reason. I have seen men weak
ened and even made i'll by excessive
smoking. and a few oranges were all
that was necessary to straighten them
out.
All this bother about the injurious
effects Of cigarette smoking wearies
me-" he continued. L don't mean to
say that they are not injurious to boys
any kind of smoking is. for that mat
ter. But those who put up a hue and
cry against cigarettes say that it is
the OF that is at fault. That is all
nonsense. 1t is the inhalation of the
nicotine-laden smoke that causes the
trouble. You don't inhale cigar smoke,
because il is toe strong. But if YOU
did you would find thai the injury in
tlicted by cigarettes is r~idiculously
slight compared with it. | have
smoked cigarettes for twenty years,
and O at me. l eat oranges"
As the doctor is ar athlete. and has
not known sickness during the whole
forty years of his life, it looks as if
there might be something in his claim.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-08-11
How Mays Head Got It's Name.

Besides its excellent reputation as a
resort. Nays Head has a name in his
DRY that is not altogether enviable. It
was once the rendezvous of profess
sional wreckers, who made their living
out Of the ruin of ships. In ancient
times it was the custom, according to
the tales OF mariners, TO tie a lantern
to the head Of a horse and drive him
out into the ~treacherOUs shoals that
there jut out into the ocean. There
were 10 lighthouses then, and a cap
tain, seeing apparently the light Of a
vessel riding in deep water, imagined
his vessel safe until it crashed upon
the shoals. Then the wreck was the
spoil Of the beach combers." Sailors
feared it as the pace of the Nag's
Head
PiraleS ones had their headquarters
near by, and it is said and widely be-
lieved that the beautiful Theodosia
Burr. daughter of Aaron Burr, was
made to walk the plank" o her death
off this place. Her portrait was found.
generations after, in the cabin of a
sailor on that shore-Baltimore Sun.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-08-11
Hoods ~JdrSdpdTud
Women as Vestrymen.

1t seems a misnomer to speak of a
woman as any sort Of a man, but a
writer in The New York Sun contends
that women should become vestrymen
in the churches. In support of this
argument he says: They have always
taken the burden Of church work Upon
themselves and oftentirnes they have
actually performed the duties of offices
ne which their husbands have borne
the titles, but have been too busy to
attend to. Why, then, is it not just
that women should receive the title Of
vestryman? The day for pe%rfunctory
offices of any kind has gone by. If
there is work to do. let any one COM
petent for il undertake the work. re-
ceive the title. whether 1t De man or
woman. Is it not the women who look
after the poor of the parish, the indus
trial and the mothers meetings. to a
nothing. of the missions and IN most
parishes the music? AS TO ability to
manage the finances, a purely business
office. it may or may not be in q per-
son. but oftentimes a woman has more
financial ability than has a nam"
Now admitting all this to be true, it
does not alter the fact h a it would
be exceeding bad policy. The COM
plaint is general that the churches are
now made up almost exclusively of
women and that only a small percent
age of men are to be found in the
pews. 1t cannot be denied that the
holding of office is a qualification that
few men can resist, and by electing
the most unobjectionable male mem
bers TO offices in the congregation. the
church secaries at least a fairly re-
spectacle male minority in its mem
berShip.
If. however, the Offices were taken
away and give to the women, there
Is no telling how nan laymen would
be lost from the congregation. The
churches would become more than ever
women's societies, and there would be
more men than ever carrying their re-
ligion in their wives m
We do not dispute the fact that wo-
men would probably make better
church officers than men, just as they
now make better church members, but
it would be bad policy for churches to
reliquish the hold which they have
on the men by reason OF placing them
in office.-AuguSta Chronicle
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-08-11
To Prepare for Tillman.

In the United States senate when
a member is conducting the discus
sion Of some bill which attracts much
attention. he is called upon to reply
to all sorts of searching criticisms,
says the Saturday Evening Post. To
get q contested measure through re-
quires strength of purpose. nimble
wit and complete knowledge of the
subject. The ordeal also levies upon
the physical strength Of the man in
charge of the measure.
One day during q big debate ii the
recent session, Senator Spooner, who
was in charge, did not feel SO we'll as
usual. n forthwith consulted a ply
Sician, a a who is a close student
of public affairs.
There is nothing serious the matter
with you" said the medical man;
III give you some pills which you
will find to be an excellent tonic.
Take them in the morning just before
going TO the senator"
How many sinai ! ake?"
That depends upon circumstances"
replied the physician. Let's see; who
is slated to criticise your bill tomor-
roW?'
The senator from Wisconsin men
toned the name of a colleague known
as a strong and resourceful debater.
Take three pills." said the physi-
clan.
Who's to be your opponent the
next day."
The name of the senator not quite
so formidable as the first was given.
Two pills" said the doctor. And
who's the man you meet in debate the
following?"
The name was given.
'One Dill will do. And who is down
to assail your bill and ask you ques-
tons on the fourth day."
Senator SpOoner named a senator
who evidently had not impressed the
physician.
You may omit the bill entirely that
day"
The senator laughed. Next week I
am to have Tillman of South Carolina
on my hands," he volunteered.
"On that dav take four pills before
going to the capital ana 30 every half
our during the rest Of the day
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-08-11
FIRE M WATER.
They Will Meet Together in Dur
ham Next Week.

Next Tuesday, the 18th. the State
Firemen's Association and Tourna-
ment will be held in Durham. 1t will
De one Of the events of the year. Dur
ham extends a cordial welcome to all
who may attend. The State Fire
mems Association is composed OF fifty
companies. The membership is SIS
with sixteen assistant chiefs, making
a total of 694.
h North Carolina Water Works
Association will meet in Durham dur
ing the session Of the Firemen's Tour
nament.
One OF tie most interesting features
OF the tournament will be the ex-
hloltlon OF the Charleston Pompier
corps. This is a most exciting prac-
tlce and will show the improvement in
modes Of fighting fire.
r races will be exciting. and there
VIII De amusements for the visitors as
Wei as reme Durham is preparing
TO do her best. That means m
thlng Reduced rates on all rail-
roads.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-08-11
4 Back Number.

The Denver dispatch. which announc-
ed the meeting of the representatives
OF the populist party there on Tues
day did not say that the convention
was a large and enthusiastic one. From
this We infer that il was a small one
and that the enthusiasm that prevail
ed wasn't of a character to attract
Wild attention. AS a matter OF fact
the populist party has had its day. 1t
is a back number. The high water
mark of its prosperity was reached long
ago. For several wears the party has
been d~isintegrat!ng until now there
isn't much OF it left.
At the Denver conference T sensi-
bic thing was done. 1t was agreed @
to fuse with any other party. Probably
there isn't a desire on the part of any
other party to fuse with it. And the
populists showed good Judgment in
another respect. The two factions got
together. 1t would have been folly for
them t continue | fight each other.
The ~populists say that the manifest
unrest which everywhere appears in
the nation demonstrates h dissatis-
faction of the people with the present
management of the government, and
argues the necessity Of the reform
forces coming together in united action
at the ballot box to obtain proper legiS-
Iation whereby the right of the people
to self-government may be a for
themselves and their posterity."
There is dissatisfaction no doubt with
the present management of the gov
eminent, but it doesn't ollow hat the
people are going to turn the govern
ment over to the Populist party. There
isn't a sign anywhere that there is a
yearning for tina party. Indeed the
indications are that thai party is re-
garded as practically dead. No doubt
the dispatch from Denver announcing
that there was still life in it was read
in most part of the country with sur
prise.
It is doubtful if the populists have
a chance for carrying 4 single state
in the presidential conJest According
to the resolution adopted at Denver il
| is its purpose to enter the field of ne
| tional politics, and a present it intends
to name a presidential ticket. There
was a time when it welded censidera-
| BILE powder, but it is a question if it i:
| now as strong as the prohibition party
It is certain that the leaders of the
democratic party will not be disturbed
in the least by anything the populis'
| party may do.-Savanna News.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-08-11

If the reports regarding the origin
of h recent revolution 90 in Panama
are correct the president should send
Carrie Nation down there. AS Consul
General Gudger seems so anxious to
get away from that quarter Of the
globe We suggest that he be allowed
TO resign and Madame Carrie be ap-
pointed in his stead. She would see
to it that neither the commander Of
the military post o any other Of
fetal got on the Outside Of enough
highballs to make him a revo-
luton.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-08-11
FAYETTEVILLE FLASHES.
Mr.. j. a. CuIbreth. of Hope Mills.
Met With Serious Accident-Per-
sons, Etc.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Especial to The Messenger.)
Fayetteville, n. c., August 6.-Mr
and Mrs. Edmund D. Johnston, Miss
Fan Williams and Mr.. Hector Nc
Geachey leave tomorrow, for Mason
bore Sound, TO attend a house party
given by Miss Daisy Smith, of Colds
borO.
Mr.. and Mrs. George NJ. Rose enter
tanned last night in honor of their
neice, Miss Hattie Dewey.
Miss Stella Young Hood, Of Columbia,
s. c.. is visiting her uncle. Mr.. \. 3.
Alexander.
Miss Hope McAIpine is the guest OF
Miss Lucia Moore, on Haymount.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hunter Smith, and SON
who have been spending the last month
at Virginia Beach and Blue Ridge
Springs, have returned home.
Miss Kate Hawley leaves for Saluda
this afternoon.
Mr.. Ed Pemberton leaves this after
noon for the south, OF an extended
business trip.
Mr.. j. A. Culbreth. outside fireman
of the Hope Mills Manufacturing Com
pany met with a serious accident sew
eral days age while engaged in some
excavation york. and IS still in a very
serious condition.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-08-11
BAXTER'S COTTON LETTER.
Opening Tobacco Sale at Warsaw.
WhiteviIle's improvements.

New York. August 6.-Weakness here
in the late market yesterday led 10 an
unsettled feeling in Liverpool. Wall
street was also in a demoralized condi-
ton n this made cotton people ner-
Gus The weather was good for the
crop but reports of the effect of the
ain of last week were rather in the
direction of hurting the crop. The mere
fact that new cotton is not turning up
strengthened the position and must
continue TO so long as it lasts. We
must rave the new bales in fact before
they will tell against the market by
means of prophesies of the coming later
on. The opening market was weak for
August and steady at an advance for
other months. Transactions were on a
large scale and early excitement was
followed by a period of dullness. Sep
tember, October and December were
most active. Then came renewed SELL
ing by the old bull leade| out before
long a sharp rise occurred in September
allowed by frequent up and downs and
a very nervous feeling everywhere. No
attention was paid to crop news and
people as a rule were selling n mo-
ment and buying the neXt. Everything
pointed to an active market and wide
fluctuations.
A. 3. BANTER & CO., Qnc1
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-08-11

Mr. Roosevelt has not been able to
suppress the lily-white movement in
the south. We see that a faction OF the
party in Alabama IS going to start
a weekly paper. This bobbing up
again of the lily whites after the
president thought ne had exterminat-
ed the breed o not seem to please
the administration. Its or~an. The
Evening Star. Of Washington. says
1t is announced that the lily
whites of Alabama Will soon start 4
newspaper for the furthering Of their
plans. Their venture Will be a week.
~. 10 be changed into a da'v if pros
periJy attends. We shall probably
now be advised OF just what these in
dIvIduals are driving at. They lave
not up to this time impressed the
country favOrably. AS much as has
appeared from their declaration of So
called principles has suggested at best
but a scramble for patronage. Hav-
ing IalIed OF recognition --nder Mr..
Roosevelt they nave appeared to be
anxious for a deal under somebody
else And. really. isn't that about the
Y OF the movement? Shall we
gather anything more from the types
they viii soon beoin to stick? Prob
ably not
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-08-11
Altogether Too Truthful.

y Market street merchant has an
office boy who is all right as a faith
full. honest little chap, but his home
training has been SO good hat he is
by no means a good fbber, says The
Philadelphia Ledger. The other day
the merchant said to TIE boy:
Did you tell that awful bore who
called hat I had gone to San Fran
CISCO"
Yes, sir" said the boy: I told him
you started this morning."
Good boy, What did he say"
H wished to know when you'd re-
turn, sir, and l told him l did not think
0 would be back until after lunch"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-08-11

In most cases of lynching the re-
port reads that the sheriff OF other
officer was Overpowered by the mob,
but We notice that in every instance
where the officers resist the mob to
the extent of using their gins they
succeed in protecting the prisoner. In
DanviIIe. Ills. the lynchinS crowd
"overpowered" the city officers and
hanged the man the latter had in
charge. When thew reached the coun-
ty Jail. intent on : second lynching.
they were met by bullets from the
sheriff's gun and were repuIsed. Most
lynChings are the result OF the timid-
ity of the officers in charge of the
prisoner or of their disjnclination to
fire upon a crowd of their fellow cit
i ems. y few shots fired into - crowd
will dispense most any mob. Napoleon
said the most Cruel thing that could
be done to a mob was to fire over
their heads.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-08-11

Senator Adrich will not allow him
self to be politically shelved by Sen
ator Platt- He has had the public
announcement made that he is not a
candidate for vice president. He had
rather be the leader of the senate
than its ruler.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-08-11
a Sure Cure for DiarrhOea .

Coming as it does. in the busiest
season. hen a man "a least afford
to lose time, a sure and quick cure
for diarrhoea is very desirable. Any
one who has given it a trial will tell
you hat the quickest, surest and most
pleasant remedy in use for this dis
ease is Chamberlain's Collie. Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy. There is no
loss Of time when it is used. as one
or W. doses of it will cure any or
binary attack. 1t never fails. not even
in the most severe and dangerous
cases. Tor sale by all druggists.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-08-11

The people of Salisbury know what
progress means. They have voted a
bond issue of ninety thousand dollars
for street improvements. Money
spent on Improvement Of streets and
country roads is never thrown away.
Other towns Of Orr state should follow
S~alisbury's example.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-08-11

What an ordeal for that Washing
ton sheriff whose duty compelled him
10 protect from the mob the man VINO
had so brutally murdered his VI ng
daughter.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-08-11
4 Big Deed.

Chattanooga. Tenn. August G.
Deeds have been filed recording the
transfer OF sixty thousand acres of
coal land in Cumberland county. Ten
Hessee. by Eugene Hawkins and 9TH
e,S. and the Central Land and Coal
Company. and the Cumberland Coal
and Coke Company in favor of the
North American Coal Company.
The consideration is one million dol
lars
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-08-11

The Washington Post thinks the
federal government should appropriate
Breathitt county. Kentucy and urn
it into a rife range for snapshot
practice by our soldiers.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-08-11

Down Danville way they have other
uses for the negro than sending him to
congress, as Senator Hopkins sug-
gested.-Washington Post.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-08-11

Russia has made another batch of
important concessions, details of which
will be issued shortly" which, in
Russian, means any old
time.-Washington Post.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1903-03-18
Annual Stallion Show.

The Annual Stallion Show
at Lexington will be held this
year on the afternoon of Mon
day, March %, at the barns of
the Tattersalls Company. Up
ward of fourI scores of the
giants of the trOtting turf will
be on free exhibition, and this
years show promises to be
the largest ever held. This
yearly gathering of all the
famous stations in the Blue
Grass country is one of the
main traditions of Kentucky
horse life, dating back nearly
seventy-fve years, when it
was held at the time when the
April muster brought to Lex
ingtOn the whole countryside,
and while the muster has
given away to the court day,
the annual stallion show is
just as much a feature of Ken
lucky life as the Mardi Gras
is to the citizens of gay New
Orleans. To those who have
never attended the Annual
Stallion Show at Lexington
the mere mention of such an
event does not carry with it
much of an impression, but
the spectacle of nearly u hun
dred of the worlds greatest
trotting stations assembled
in one building is well worth
"a hundred miles journey.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1903-03-18

Necessity and construct
iveness of man accomplish
great wonders in this old
world of ours. The island on
which New York City is To-
Gated is too small for all its
business to be done at the
level of the ground. For some
years they have therefore
been putting their street rail
road tracks up in the air.
They now propose to go be
meath the ground. The Penn
sylvania railroad proposes
even to dig a tunnel under
Hudson river and then under
New York, under East river
and out into Brooklyn. The
New York Central also asks
the privilege Of digging a
tunnel from north to south
under the city and connecting
with the Pennsylvania tunnel
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1903-03-18
Cures Cancer and Blood Poison

If you have blood poison producing
eruptions pimLles, ulcers, swollen
glands bumps and risings burning itch
ing sSin copper-colored spots or rash
ON the skin mucous patches in mouth
or throat falling hair bone pains old
rheumatism or foul catarrh take Bot
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In the blood; soon all sores eruptions
heal hard swellings subside aches and
pains stop and a perfect cure is made
OF the worst cases of Blood Poison.
For cancer tumors dwellings eating
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b composed Of pure botanic ingredi-
ents. Improves tine digestion makes
the blood pure and rich stops the awful
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Thoroughly tested Tor thirty years.
Druggists 81 per large bottle with COM
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