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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-12
The N-Rays.

Recent experiments. by practical tests
and examination with the aid OF the
Mays. establish it as a fact that Ca
tarTh OF the Stomach is not a disease
of itself, but hat it results from re-
peated attacks of indigestion. How
can l Cure Ny Indigestion" kodol
Dyspepsia Cure is curing thousands.
1t will cure you of indigestion and
dyspepsia. and prevent or cure Catarrh
of the Stomach. Kodol digests what
you eat-makes the stomach sweet
Sold by r. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-12

The royal kissing bees in Rome and
Paris seem to have been about dog
fallS."-AuguSta Chronicle.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-12
& Farmer Straightened Out.

A man living on a farm near here
came in u short time ago completely
doubled up with rheumatism. / hand
ed him a bottle of Chamberlain'S Pain
Balm and told him to use it freely and
if not satisfied after using it he need
not pay a cent for it." says c.. P. Ray
der, of Pattens Mills, n. Y "A few
days later he walked into the store as
straight as q string and landed me a
dollar saying. give me another bottle
of Chamberlain's Pain Balm. I want i
in the house all the time for it cured
me-" For sale by all druggists.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-12
NE Wastes of the Body.

Every seven days the blood. muscles
and bones of a man of average size
lose two pounds of worn out tissue.
This waste cannot be replenished and
the health and strength kept up with
out perfect digestion. When the stom-
ach and digestive organs fail 20 per-
form their functions, the strength lets
down, health gives way, and disease
sets UP, Kodol Dyspepsia Cure enables
the stomach and digestive organs to di-
gest and assimilate all of the whole
some food thai may be eaten into the
kind of blood that rebuilds the tissues
and protects the health and strength
of the mind n body. Kodo1 cures
Indigestion, Dyspepsia and all stomach
trubles. 1t is an ideal spring tonic
Sold by r. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-12

The Michigan cat that is nourishtng
a litter of tiny rats along with her
own kittens, is level headed. az she is
merely fattening them for future con-
Observation-Disclosures Chronicle.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-12

Trumbill Whites new Chicago maya
zine. The Red Book" is fully up to
the mark claimed for 1t by the Ivan
notices. The short stories are very
CleVer-AuguSta Chronicle.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-12

Did the laundry strike mangle those
that it hit?-Augusta Chronicle.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-12

kitty's granmother, whom she now
saw for the first time, was deaf and
had to use an ear trumpet. You
ought to see my granlna,' said Kitty
to the girl next door. She carries a
telephone with her and makes you
talk into it.'-Chicago Tribune.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-12

You are sure that the combination
you mentioned deserves to be classed
among the good trusts? '' Not a doubt
Of it, answered Senator Sorghum.
"One of the most liberal | ever work
ed fOr."-NashingtOn Star.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-12

Has he a high opinion of his own
work" by comparison only" How
is that?"' Well, he comedies that he
is only moderately good. but he rather
insinuates hat all others are not even
that."-ChicagO Evening Post.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-30
a Wilt To ALAMAKCE.
Georgia Preacher Writes About One Of the
States First Sons.

Rev. NJ. B. Wharton, d. D., Of Georgia.
writing from Graham, Alamance county,
gives a picture of the prosperous milling
interests of Alamance, and gives this pen
picture of the life and work of Mr.. l..
Banks Holt, one OF the States first citi-
Zens:
4 am now in Alamance county. where
manufacturing claims attention far more
than planting, and where the ear, where
ever you go is greeted with the hum of
cotton machinery so soothing to the tired
spirit. suggestive of falling waters, the
breaking of beautiful cascades. In Ala
nance county alone there are twenty
two cotton factories with an aggregate
OF 10000 spindles and doing finely, not
withstanding the high price of cotton.
They make all kinds of cotton goods but
chiefly plaids of rare and lovely pat
terms that are shipped north and south
1t was once my good fortune 70 visit the
mills on the banks of the Tweed in Scot
land, and gaze on those world renowned
products. the Scottish plaids, but the
plaids made out OF cotton here, some of
them, seem quite as beautiful. Of the
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-30
AMID THE GLORIES OF MILAN
W. H. Townsend Writes of it's Superb Cathedral in
Which Gothic Architecture Burst Into Flower.

On July 9th We travelled from Venice
to Milan. los miles over as picturesque
country as heart could wish. Milan, the
capital of Lombardy, is the most progress
sive city in Italy. Its splendid stores and
land, and were an irresistible temptation
to many travellers. This mountain me-
tropolis was an important city under the
Romans, was sacked by Attilla in 452
and destroyed by Frederic Barbarossa in
1852. Today its fame is worldwide from
its great cathedral-the largest in the
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-30
His Whisky and His Meat.
iRoxboro Courier

Two colored BARRIERS, one an old man
and the other younger one, had the
shop. The younger one took oil his
AKRON and started for the door.
"Yos gwan TO get drink" asked the
elder.
Oats what Use gwan to do
Go and get your drink. | used to do
de same thing when / wuz young. When
wuz fus' married dab wuz a gin mill
next to de shop what l wicked; an L
spent in it fifty and sebenty cents day
outen de dollah an half l earned, Well.
one mawning l went into the butcher
shop, an who shood come in but de
man who KEEP de lil1ker shop.
Glib me ten or twelve pounds porter
house steak he said.
He got it an went out. / sneaked up
to de butchah and looked to see what
money l had left.
:, What do you want?' said the butcher.
Glib me ten cents wuf of hbber,' wuz
my remark.
1T wuz all could pay fur. Now you
go an git your drink. You'll eat libber,
but de man what sells you de stuff will
hab his po'terhouse steak. The man
beLin' de ba' eats po'terhouse stcak-the
man in front eats libber. l amt touch
ed de stuff TO thirty yeas and am eat
in po'terhouse steak myself"
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mission. viz: the elevation and ennobling
of mankind, III say something along that
lire
On August 10th the Teachers Institute
began at Shelby. The enrolment was
loo; the attendance better than usual
heretofore, and the zeal of instructors.
with interest and enthusiasm of the teach
ers who were pupils, commendable.
The law provides that the attendance
must be continuous, but a ruling was
made that an attendance of three days
would allow entrance into the Kingdom.
Several left when they were there three
days. which shows their attendance was
pcrfunetory. This means perfunctory
teaching. j. e.. merely what will hold
down a job, merely teaching textbooks
as a source of revenue. Some were not
there at all, but will get first grade GER
tifcates, although they were teaching.
and hence had no legal excuse Tor non
attendance. l know of four. and there
are others.
We are still booming serenely ON in .he
matter of consolidation. Two years ago
we began to consolidate. We then had
81 white and % eolored schools, making
107 We still have 107 Our county,
Cleveland, had them APO square miles and
it still has exactly the same territory.
Shanghai has been district Tor sew
eral years and Sharon was built by
Methodists two years ago. Both are good
houses and they are less than mile
apart.
This year Sharon gets s65 per month
for two teachers and Shanghai $3.50 for
two teachers. The matter of advanced
I Co boIa &c IN Tow Of Gho uhot httt
it is so ordered that Il am the rose of
Sharon, the lily of the valley" albeit the
law was plain that said mo school
house shall be built in less than three
miles of one already established, unless
sparsely settled on for geographical rea
sons"
Here should, certainly, be consohda-
ton. Both are good schools, or have
been heretofore. but how is Shanghai &c
have good school with two teachers at
$37. so Adding S65 to s37.50-s11250. In
all kindness, would that not be better
This is not merely a fault-finding or
captious spirit on my part. for these
things are known to be true
l know our superintendent and board
have to meet opposition, and l further
know that self-interest and lack of educa-
tional interest cause partisans for and
against new "deestrcts'' to at times be
very economical with the truth. 1 have
heard men swear they were four miles
from school when they were less than
two. Before schools are what they should
be in this county, we must have fewer
and better houses, longer terms, better
teachers and better paid. This means
more money, and the best way to get
that is to vote it by local taxation.
Caesar, of this county has set us good
example. She has a good school build
ing. and has voted tax. This and the
Watts Bill viii wipe out her 20 blockade
distilleries and the wilderness will bios
som.
| Time and patience Will bring about re
| forms, but they must be agitated
Against the peace and dignity of certain
| fogieS and time sewers. | am glad to be
an agitator.
| MELVIN l.. WHITE.
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twenty-five mills in Alamance Il of them
arc owned and operated by members OF
the well known Holt family, among whose
prominent members are Governor Holt
and Mr.. L. Banks Holt. distinguished
director of the Southern Railway, and
perhaps the largest property owner OF all
he owns and operates four mills with 90
Geo spindles. the chief of which Is the
Oneida at Graham, where he lives IN
pljncely style, while the others are Bel
mont. Alamance and Carolina.
1T Is worth a visit to Graham to 60
through the Oneida, where everything
runs like clock work, and where the
buildings are for the most part, lew and
furnished with new machinery, with
b.anch railroad to the factory specially
granted to Mr.. Holt by the Southern Rail,
road Here. too, Is the large Scott
Mebane Overall Factory. doing an inn
mense business, the gentlemen owning 1t
being sons in laws of Mr.. Holt. Near the
beautiful town of Graham Mr.. Holt has
a model farm with fine herds Of Devon,
Ayrshire the does not like Jerseys). and
other cattle. and Poland China hcgs. At
this farm adjoining his residence. he has
some of the finest horses, and eighty head
of Shetland ponies
THE first drive ! took was behind a
mare sired by John R. Gentry, the great
world PAGER. and that mares dam also
standard bred 2:40 isn't anything for
horses here Mr. Holt sold Gentry some
few years ago, but has several colts from
him that he prizes above measure. Yet,
all this immense business with a thou
sand men under him. Mr.. Holt attends
to without worry. which makes me think
of remark Henry Ward Beecher once
made that 1t is not work that kills men,
but worry 1t is not the revolution OF
the wheels of machinery that wears it
out. but friction Added to all his cares
he is the one who looks chiefly after the
interests of the Presbyterian church, to
which he ia greatly devoted. Governor
Ayeock spent night with him recently.
and gazing unon his attractive home and
surroundings good naturally said Now,
Mr.. Holt, l will if you say so, vacate for
YOU the executive mansion, and take
your place here
''People are talking as to who will be
the next Governor to follow the able and
popular Aycock, whose administration has
been one of the brightest and best in the
states history"
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Railroad Bonds Election.
NOTICE OF ELECTION IN RALEIGH
TOWNSHIP

By order OF the Board of Commission
ers OF Wake county, n. c.. adopted on
Monday the Ord day of August, 1908, notice
is hereby given that there will be an
election held in Raleigh township, Wake
county. \. c., on Tuesday. the 22nd day
of September. 1908, according TO the law
and regulations provided for the elections
OF members of the General Assembly, OF
which election the question of 'subscrlp-
ton" or mo subscription" to the second
mortgage bonds of the Raleigh and Pam
leo Sound Railroad Company to an
amount which has been fixed at thirty
five thousand dollars, will be submitted
to the qualified electors of said township
The charter of the Raleigh and Pamlco
Sound Railroad Company provides that
the said company may issue second mort
gage bonds to an amount not exceeding
three thousand dollars per mile, for the
purpose of aiding in the construction OF
the said railroad the said bonds to bear
interest at the rate of six per cent, and
the principal to be due thirty years from
the time of issue. The charter of the
said Raleigh and Pamlico Sound Railroad
Company further makes it lawful for any
county, township, city or town IN or
through which the said railroad or lts
branches may be located. or which may
be interested in its construction, to sub
scribe to the said second mortgage bonds
of said railroad company, IN SUCH sums as
a majority of the qualified electors of any
such county, township, city or town may
authorize. Such subscription shal be
made in coupon bonds, bearing interest
at FIVE per cent, the principal OF SAID
bonds to be due and payable thirty years
from the day of issue. The election to be
held on the said end OF September, 1908,
in Raleigh township, is to ascertain wheth-
err a majority of the qualified electors OF
said township favor the said subscription
of thrty-five thousand dollars OF hVe per
cent bonds to the said second mortgage
bonds of the said railroad company
Notice is hereby further gwen that, by
order of the said Board OF COMMISSION
ers of Wake county, n. G., adopted on
Monday. the 3rd day of August, 1908. there
will be a new registration, IN accordance
with law. of the qualified electors of SAID
Raleigh township. Registration books Tor
said election will be open for registration
in the various precincts OF Raleigh town
shin, Wake county, N. c., on Thursday,
the goth day of August, 1908. at S:oO a.
m. and the said registration books viii
be closed on the 18th day of September
1908 at sun set. The registrars for said
election are required to keep the regis
tration hooks omen for registration from
o m each dav until sun set tSundays
excented, from the morning of the said
Goth day Of August, 1908 until the said
hooks are closed at sun set On saturday,
the 10Th day of September, 1903, and on
oaob ca+nrdav during the period OF reg
s ;strat;o 90 the registrars shall attend with
-, tha; go; rar;Strot;on books at the polling
places place Of their precincts, for the registra-
ton of voters
amounted registrars and judges of cleo
ton for the various precincts IN Raleigh
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Ripple of last week. The bugger they
are talking about Is the one who has been
using the columns of the Yadkin Ripple
very freely to defend the whiskey traffic
and the Republican party The Repubh-
cans need no such men as her opponents.
There are plenty of good men in the par
~ besides calling on such characters. But
a. to the whiskey crowd, an ex-Methodist
minister who has been excluded for the
charges named in the above card ought
to be able to do the work required. We
can respect the man who makes and sells
liquor for the money that there Is in the
business but when it comes 10 a preacher
well. no need to rail on such, the world
viii always be bothered with them.
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Main Cause of Lynchings Ineradicabis
(savoyard in Washington Postl

(Savoyard in Washington Post)
But what is to become of them when
they all get to be Booker Washingtons?
There's the rub. Theoretically, 1t Is sup
posed they are to be full partners IN the
gigantic business of American citizen
shin. That means that they shall sit IN
Cabinet council with the Presidents, shall
be Judges on the Federal bench, shall be
members of both Houses of Congress,
shall represent the first OF Caucasian
PEOPLES in European courts, shall be gov
ernors of States, and members Of the
State iudicatures Mr.. Washington does
not expect anything of that sort IN his
day. But he is trying to lay the tounda-.
ton for that sort of thing. He leaves
vital factor out of the caleulatlon-the
prejudice called caste that is stronger
and infinitely harder TO deny than ten
, times ten thousand principles. For many
centuries il has been the office OF the
'tAnglo-Saxon to command, and tor even
more centuries it has been the custom
of the negro to serve. 1t is not only
, foolish but it is wicked TO try TO con-
cSve that these two will fuse or be
partners.
Then. there is Bishop Turner, another
eminent negro. He sees no hope for the
: negro in partnership with the white man,
and his advice is for the negro to seek
his fortunes in Africa. He does not be-
/ lieve that the educated and frugal negro
will stand any better show than the lg-
norant and thriftlcss negro IN the grand
lottery of the survival of the tittest IN a
trial of fitness against the white man.
Blshop Turner knows that no numerical
superiority will enable the negro race TO
/ control single county IN any State OF
the Union. That is a bad state of case,
1t is more a menace to the white man
than to the black, for the white has
everything to lose and the negro nothing
to lose. Instinct teaches the White that
political equality is inseperable from So
cial equality There is the seeret-there
the main cause of lynchings, and 1t is
ineradicable But" we are admonlshed
by some transcendentahSts, and the
diIettante statesmen of the North, your
prejudice is irrational, We have no re-
! spect for it. and viii not put up with IT.
To such as they aul wrote letter that
lad this passage: Nay, but, man, who
art thou that repliest against God: Shall
the thing formed say to him that formed
# Why hast thou made me thus
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every foot of the exterior some saint or
martyr or Bible scene greets the eye OF
the spectator The treasures in the
basement are wonderful, with gold cross
es, caskets and candelabra-decked with
the finest gems, together with rare relics
brought from the ends of the world.
We were shown in a glittering casket
of gold and silver the remains of Saint
Carlo Rornameo. A great plague in 1876
threatened to depopulate the city, and
this saint, it Is claimed, stopped the dire
disease, gave vast sums of money to the
poor and needy, and hence is reyered to
this day.
| was pleased to ascend the 4e6 marble
steps to the dome of this marble pile.
and take a panoramic view OF the thou
sand buildings, surging masses IN the
crowded streets looking like children, and
hundreds of glittering spires lying be-
neath-while around the city were seas
of living green-to the east were the lofty
Appenines. a wall of blue; to the north
were the Alps, wrapped IN clouds and
crowned with snow-a vision that sug-
gested Satan's taking our Lord up into
a high mountain and showing him the
glories of the world
These lines from Tennyson from the
same spot best describe the scene:
20 Milan. the chanting quires.
The giant windows, blazoncd fires,
The height, the space, the gloom, the
glory,
A mount of marble, hundred spires
l climbed the roofs at break of day,
Sun-smitten Alps before me lay,
/ stood among the silent statues,
And statued pinnacles mute as they
How family flushed, how phantom fair.
Was Monte Rosa hanging there.
A thousand shadowy pencilld valleys
And snowy dells in golden air.
w. III. TOWNSEND.
Paris, France, Aug. 1t, 1908.
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township, Wake county. N. c.. for said
election;
First ward, first division-Registrar J
]. Lewis.
First ward, first disadvantages Of cleo
ton. c. d. Arthur and ". H. Rogers.
First ward, second division-Registrar
'C. A. PegTam.
First ward, second diyision-Judges OF
election, ". ]. Saunders, H. NJ. Farms
worth.
Second ward, first diyision-Registrar c.
w. Bevers.
Second ward, first disadvantages Of
election, NJ. R. Haynes, X. w. Merritt.
Second ward, second acknowledgement
W. T. Hodge.
Second ward. second division-Judges of
election, NJ. T. Ray, E. J. Best.
Third ward, first Observation-Disclosures, s.
\. Leason.
Third ward first division-Judges Of cleo
ton, j. J. Philips, C. H. Beinie.
Third ward, second division-Registrar
W o. Scott.
Third ward, second division-Judges of
election, C. r. Harris. G.. f. Ball.
Fourth ward, first division-Registrar
d. S. Belts.
Fourth ward, first disadvantages of
election. w E. Austin, d. B. Sorrel.
Fourth Ward, second division-Registrar,
]. r. O'Neal
Fourth ward, second disadvantages Of
election, w. T. Huddleston, w. r. War
rem.
Outside West, North division-Registrar.
D. I. Moore. Jr.
Outside West, North division-Judges Of
election, W. c. Riddick, ]. r. Chamber
lain.
Outside West. South diyision-Registrar,
w ]. Reavis.
outside West, South disadvantages of
election, j. w. Howell, W. E. Cooper.
Outside East, North division-Regis
J. NJ. Allen.
Outside East. North division--Judges of
election. H. W. Davis, L. W. Smith.
Outside East. South division-Registrar,
w T. Womble.
Outside East, South Disadvantages Of
election, l. NJ. Proctor. J. H. Virgins.
The following are the polling places in
Raleigh township for said election:
First ward, first diyision-Capitol Fire
House.
First ward, second division-Conn's Old
Store.
Second ward, first division-vietor Fire
House.
Second ward, second division-Lee &
Broughton's Store.
Third ward, first division-Jones' Ware
house.
Third ward, second Observation-Disclosures
Store.
Fourth ward, first division-City Lot.
Fourth ward, second division-P. J..
Jeffreys Store.
Outside West, North division-D. T.
Moore's Store.
Outside West, South division-w. J.
Reavis' Store.
Outside East, North division-E. R.
PAGES Store.
Outside East, South division-Brick
Store, Hargett street.
BY order of the Board OF County Com
missioners OF Wave county, this August
3rd, 1908.
J. ]. BERNARD,
Register OF Deeds and Clerk of Board.
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NOTICE OF ELECTION IN LITTLE
RIVER TOWNSHIP.

BY order of the Board of Commissioners
of Wake county, N. c., adopted on Mon
day. the Ord day of August, 1903. Notice
is hereby given that there will be an
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-30
a Sharp Chinese Editor,

The editor Of the Chinese Daily World.
published in this city, Is graduate of
Yale, and while retaining al the charac-
teristic reticence OF his race he *. never
theless, rather clever at repartee, as was
recently instanced when a rather dapper
young fellow called at the World office
to sell certain grade of paper. The ed
itor affects the American style of dress,
and the paper house drummer thought he
would be smart and opened the converse
ton by Impudently asking: What kind
of a 'nese are you-a Japanese or a CHI
nese?" The editor smiled blaGdly. and
with courteous bow retoTed: Before l
answer your inquiry will you, kindly in
form me the kind of key your are. and
tell me if you are monkey, donkey or
a Yankee?" The drummer fed In dis
may.
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Served That Preacher Right.
(Elkin Times.)

REV. DR.. j. j. Wrenn, Presiding Elder
OF the Mt. Airy District, read in an open
quarterly Conference last Saturday at
Yadkinville letter from Rev. R. NJ.
Boyle, Presiding Elder OF the Waynes-
vile District, stating thar Rev C. NJ.
Carpenter had been excluded from the
ministry and membership in the Metho-
dist church for aiding in the LIQUOR bust
ness, and for falsehood. By request of
Presiding Elder"
]. p. TANNING.
We copy the above from The Yadkin