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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-11-06
TRINITY COLLEGE NEWS LETTER.
Southern association of COLLEGES
and Schools to Meet-Lecture in
Rome"
Especial to The Messenger.)

Especial to The Messenger.)
Trinity College, Durham. n. c.. Octo-
Der a1.-The meeting of the Southern
Association Of Colleges and preparatory
Schools CNovember 40. gives promise
OF being largely attended by some of
the most influential educators in the
Southern States. Assurances have al
ready been received that Presidents
Jesse Of the University Of Missouri.
Dabney, Of the University Of Tennessee
Virgins. Of the University Of the South.
Venable of the University of North
Carolina, Denny, of Washington. and
Lee, Snyder. of Wofford college. and
representatives. from Vanderbilt. Uni
versity Of Georgia, Tulane, Texas,
Wake Forest, and from other colleges
and schools will be present. The OBJ
ject Of the conference will be to discuss
certain problems of higher and secon-
dairy education. 1t is earnestly desired
by the local committee of Trinity col
Iege that the schools and colleges OF
North Carolina be well represented.
Besides the Interesting papers and ad-
dresses on the programme. there Will ba
os l-3S AI2A4lS
faculty. Let all who expect to attend
the meeting notify Professor r. L..
Flowers, chairman of the local commit
tee. A rate of one and one-third fare
on the certificate plan has been ar
ranged for. Special hotel rates have
been secured.
Mr.. d. c. Branson, Class 1900, deliv-
cred an interesting lecture in Crave
Memorial hall Monday evening. Mr.
Branson has been in Europe almost all
the time since his graduation. The sub
ject of his lecture was Rome" He is
now connected with the New York
Evening Post.
The ground around the library and
new dormitory are being improved and
the change adds very much to the ap-
pearance of the campus.
Professor Geo. l.. Hamilton, who had
charge of the Department of French
last year, during the absence Of Pro-
lessor Webb, is now connected with the
French department in the University
of Michigan.
Mr.. l.. g. Nicholson, A. B., A. NJ,
Trinity, and last year Adjunct Profess
sor of Applied Mathematics at Trinity.
is now connected with the Department
Of Mathematics in the University OF
Missouri.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-11-06
DISASTROUS Wrecks.

Carelesness is responsible for many
a railway wreck and the same causes
are making human wrecks of sufferers
from Throat and Lung troubles. But
since the advent of Dr.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption. Coughs
and Colds, ever the worst cases can
be cured, and hopeless resignation is
no longer necessary. Mrs. Lois Cragg.
Dorchester, Mass, Is n of many
whose life was saved by DR.. Kings
New Discovery. This great remedy is
guaranteed for all Throat and Lung
diseases by r. r Bellamy. druegis-.
Price Soc. aod sl.O0. Trial bottles
flee
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-11-06
TILLMAN AND HAYWOOD BOTH
ACQUITTED

In the acquittal of Tillman in
South Carolina and Haywood in North
Carolina the expected happened. The
two cases have attracted so much at
tention. and are SO significant. that
every one is interested in them for
one cause or another.
In the light of these two aCquittaiS
one feels like saying a hundred things
at first. and the next feeling Is one %
helpleSSneSS-the uselesSness in say
ing anything. Then come also a fear
that what n may say might nelp
along. even to L slight degree. the
feeling OF distruSt of the courts th-t
= 10Y already too great. God knows
there is little enough respect for The
law and the courts in this OUntr al
raady. Some time ago the leading
Of the state made the state
meut. apparently as a matter of COM
nlonpIace knowledge. hat 4 negro
cOUldn'- get justice in the 81
North Carolina Immediately = great
hue and cry was made that the non
ordble courts of great North Carolina
had been sldndered and the judicial
ermine ual.ed in the dust. Now lel
these papers who made the cry show
that a white man of influential fami Y.
money and friends. with the best
lawyers in the state. cannot escape
justice. Let them also call for TIE
Impeachment OF a judge who makes
himself an instrument in the escape
Of the powerful criminal. They >xil.
then have plenty of time to worship
At the feet Of the blind goddess.
For our part. We think tina the
North Carolina case shows Il worse
state of affairs than the South Caro-
lima one. Down there a member OF
the political O~ligarchy which rules
the state had gotten his neck in dan
ger. and the ollgarchy had TO save
HI none way or the other. It did it
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-11-06
The Best Remedy for Group.
(From the Atchison, Kan, Daily
GlObe.)

This is the season when the woman
who knows the best remedies for
Group is in demand in every neighbour
hood. One of the most terrible things
in the world is to be awakened in the
middle of the night by a Whoop from
one of the children. The croup rene
dies are almost as sure to be lost, in
case of Group as a revolver is sure to
be lost in cas- of burglars. Their
used to be an oldfaShioned remedy for
Group known as live syrup and tolu.
but some modern mothers say that
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy IS bet
ter, and does not cost SO much It
causes the patient to throw up he
phlegm." quicker, INC gives relief IN
a shorter time. Giv this remedy as
oon as the crOupy cough appears and
it will prevent the attack. 1t never
fails and is pleasant and safe to take.
For sale by all druggists.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-11-06
Trust Those Who Have Tried.

[ suffered from catarrah of the
worst kind and never hoped for cure
but Ely'S Cream Balm seems to do
even that.-Oscar OStrom, As War
zen Ave, Chicago, Ill.
i suffered from catarrah: it got so
bad / could not work; | used Elys
Cream Balm and am entirely WE'LL
a. c. Clarke, 341 Shawmut, Ave,
Boston, Mass.
The Balm does not frritate or cause
Sneezing. Sold by druggists at 80
cts, or mailed by Ely Brothers, So
Warren ST., New York.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-11-06
William Simon's Skull Crushed by a
Kick.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Especial to The M~essenger.)
GoldsbOro. y. c., November An
Assyrian named William Simon. who
court Yesterday with a knife and a
pistol on some Jews, went into a horse
lot this morning to halter a wild horse
and was thrown ear some other horses
and had his skull crushed by a kick
from one Of the animals. 1t is thought
tina the Assyrian cannot live
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-11-06

Are due to indigesdb IN. Ninety-nine Of every
one hundred peopl; who have heart trouble
can remember whr n it was simple indiges-
ton. II Is a sciens tic fact that all cases of
heart disease, moi organic, are not only
traceable to, but q the direct result Of indi-
geston. All food taken into the stomach
which fails Of perk..;t digestion ferments and
swells the stomasSs putting it up against the
heart. This intsr eres with the action Of
the heart, and il the course Of time that
delicate but vital organ becomes diseased.
Nj. D. Kauble, of n vada. O., says: had stomach
trouble and was In a b I'd state as ] had heart trouble
with it. I took kodd Dyspepsia Cure for about fou
months and It cured rfe.
kodoI Dige sts What You Eat
and relieves the stomach of all nervous
strain and the heart Of all pressure.
Bottles only. Sl.oo Size holding III times the trial
size, wiich sells for Soc.
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For sale by f. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-11-06
JUSTICE.

| The Tlllman and Haywood murder
| trials are past into the annals of MS
tory in the two Carolinas. The result
was as expected by .many-no more
| no less.
People in North Carolina have lost
confidence in the courts, not knowing
hat they are the power that can make
| and unmake courts. AS is said in the
dissenting opinion of Chie, ia j.,
| Clark in the case of State VS.. Cole,
1872 n. c., reports, it has so become
that a verdict OF mot guilty" of a
| capital felony is merely a question OF
the adroitness of the counsel for de-
Tense and the size of his clients pock-
etbook. All confidence is lost IN the
courts and the people go on their way
and such travesties are merely a mat
ter of passing comment. But in the
North Carolina case Eve will let South
Carolina look after her own troublesJ
the jury o the Oun was to
blame. AS to la point we will see.
Some newspaper a short time age
remarked that u judge of the superior
our had power than any other
man in the state. 1t IS true. Their
judicial discretion is large. They can
enforce the laws or for them breed
contempt. AS to the case in point we
have no desire to reflect upon the de-
PENDANT Haywood. To him self-p"e-
t SCI dllOl was lldluIt = lISll law So IdI
as the laws penalty was concerned.
He fought for his neck and saved it..
We have neither any aspiration to
cast on defendants counsel. They
had a sworn duty to perform as t.
their client. We will not attempt to
criticise the verdict of Wakes twelve
good and lawful men-they did as the
court bid them perhaps, or it may be
the evidence was to their mind con-
| al1lS,N-n Of inon0nnon WA clD11 +al-n
their verdict as correct. But We shall
ever condemn in our strongest man.
ner the demagOgue who presided over
that and has made our state IN
| object of the worlds scorn. This rs
a government of lawS-not of men
and We demand hat he be required
10 answer at the bar of justice for that
stump speech he delivered to that
| Wake county jury. The very memory
OF him shall be ever a stencn IN the
n~ostrils Of decent people and his con
duct is even worse than that Of fI-
siOnist Robinson in his palmiest days
OF corruption.
The Wilmington Messenger has Il
symposium Of opinion from at least
twenty papers. each one or whom
have nothing but words Of condemna-
ton. We wonder if each one Of these
papers will remember their duty here
after or shall their rebuke be but an
ephemeral thought which may in the
heat OF politics be forgotten? We
hope their duties will be remembered
by them.
We are taught tina all power pro-
ceeds from the people. Then we de-
mand in the name OF outraged law
that these same freemen arise and as
sert their unmeasured power. In the
name of common decency we demand
. hat Judge PEBBLES be impeached FIR
his h~igh-handed insult to the civ1liza-
ton Of which We boast-Lenoir Topi..
October y, '03.
It's rather early to make predictions
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-11-06
JUDGE PEBBLES.

II was apparent to ever the most
casual observer who read the report:
Of the Haywood trial that the presid-
ing judge. Robert E. PEBBLES. or
Northampton. appeared for the DC
fence. Some of his rulings were so
remarkable hat they attracted the
attention and criticism of Lawyers
everywhere. On all occasions he
showed his pa~rtisanship and was ST.
Intense in it that his treatment of the
attorneys for the prosecution was ir-
decent. His charge to the jury wa+
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-11-06

The Jacksonville TimeS-Union wants
"a cheap guide to the political situa-
ton in Florida Make it national In
its scope n we will buy one.-Atlan-
ia Constitution.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-11-06

It's rather early to max predictions
as TO which of our judges will be r--
nominated. but we'll bet a years sub
Scription hat Judge PEBBLES vii,
be nominated again. We don't
need any such one-sided Judges
Clarkton Express. October 2S
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-11-06

For sale by f. r. Bellamy.
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If Judge PEBBLES sentences his eii-
torial critics for contempt of court.
the North Carolina Press Assocfat on
will hav it's annual meeting in jail
instead Of in Washington. Our MY
defense is that it was impossible fo-
US to express our contempt of tie
court.-Charlotte News
The Gold Leaf would have to plead
gullty-not of being in contempt o.
the court, but Of contempt for it =
Henderson Golf Leaf.
The Washington times., 1903-11-01

enacted one of the interesting dramas Of
future history Until now its occupation
has been a great chess game-one move
having followed another until at last
Englands flag floats at Wei-hai-wei
Germany controls the rich trade Of
southern shantung, and Russia has
firmly grasped Manchuria and the re-
gents sword peninsula.
1 do not believe there is to be the
great war over China which so many
foresee. I do not think Russia can or
will either vault that great wall Of
China. or precipitate war by any open
movement upon Korea. Though war in
Korea would be easily precipitated it
would not be worth the candle. Russia
Will not endanger the silent conquest Of
Manchuria she has made since 1886 ln
defiance Of EngIand's clustering cry
that the integrity of China would be
maintained at all eosts) for any paltry
81. 900 more square miles. Still. the whole
storm center has moved from Manchuria
10 the Yalu and the brown. bleak hills
of Korea. which now assume an inter-
national significance never approached
before
Who is to control the CameFs Head?
The nation which can win great com
mercial conquest. develop both the fer
tile and the parched fields Of these
bordering provinces. open and improve
inland navigation. make great roads. In
troduce improved machinery. encourage
railway and Ievee building. A railway
spike is of more intrinsic value than
many noisy state papers Russia is to-
day the acknowledged master from the
Arnur to the Yellow Sea. And why? Be
cause she has been driving those spikes
steadily despite opposition. both native
and foreign. in the summers heat and
winters frosts. A mastery purpose, un-
The Washington times., 1903-11-01
MAKING NEW SONGS POPULAR

many good singers as they can. They
play the song over for them, let them
try their voices with IL, and then give
them free as many copies as they want
In many cases they also give them
more substantial inducement-
The singer takes the song. sings it in
public, keeps singing in public. and in
week or two the song IS popular and
the sales begin TO show the good effect
of the scouts work
Some singers write their own songs,
Others have their songs written for
them. Most OF them depepd upon the
output or the music publishers Often
they demand the right to be the only
singer TO sing the song in a certain
week. They want to become Identified
with the song. The publishers are al
ways willing, for it means money for
them.
The bonus that they pay the singer
comes back to them many fold The
sales go upward at a bound and money
flows in. After the man who wrote the
words and the man wno wrote the
music and the man who made the places
for the song get their money there Is
always a great deal left for the pub
lisher-that is. II the song becomes pop
ular.
So it is no wonder that Inducements
of a valuable nature are freely offered
to make the song popular
The Washington times., 1903-11-01

When a young woman is paid from SO
to $500 a week for singing three songs
twice a day and then is given every now
and then a silk dress or a diamond ring
for singing one song twice a day, It
begins 10 look as if there is abundant
compensation IN being upon the vaude-
VILE stage, says the Chicago Tribune.
When a man gets the same money for
the same three songs twice day and
gets a suit Of clothes or a ring every
little while is it any wonder that so
many men want to become vaudeville
actors2
Yet. there isn't music publisher In
Chicago or IN the United States. for that
matter. who doesn't know that many
high salaried vaudeville actors and act
resses have to be paid extra every time
they sing a new song That is one of
the secrets of the music publishing bust
ness.
Chicago has become a center for this
Industry Every music publishing house
in the country that sells popular songs
has many strange stories locked UP IN
its desk or in the minds of the men con-
nected with the business.
The old line houses that publish stand
ard songs, ballads that have been sung
for years, hymns, exercise books and
singing lesson charts have nothing to
do with this other branch of exploita-
ton. But everybody who knows any
thing about the big money there is in
successful popular songs knows many
interesting facts about the way those
songs become popular.
1t must first be understood that the
more songs a house sells TO the jobbers
and TO the stores the more money the
house makes. The question that is vital
is to create a demand for the song. II
is through the stage that this demand IS
created.
A person goes to see a musical COM
edy, light opera. or a vaudeville show,
He or she hears a song that strikes the
fancy. Often that song is then bought
To get that person to go to a store and
ask for that song is the problem
The singers-that is. the professional
singers-l1now that IL is through them
that this demand is created They know
that as soon as they sing catchy song
| people in the audience will want TO buy
| it, Although these singers get good
salaries for singing they feel that in
| picking up an untried song they are TAX.
ing a risk. They expect the publisher
| OF the song 10 stand the risk. That /.
| where the silk dresses and the suits OF
J clothes and the suppers and the Jewelry
come IN.
The scouts of the music publishing
house are instructed to make certain
| new song popular. They hunt up a:
The Washington times., 1903-11-01
1.-THE AMERICAN INDIANS MASTERS
OF E4INDUS IN FEATS OF MAGIC

PLANTATION OF the trick. for trick it is
generally admitted to he. than has been
attained by those who have undertaken
to tell how the mango tree is produced
by the Hindoo fakirs.
Are Good Hypnotists.
1t is admitted that the American In
dams are among the finest hypnotisss in
the world Many of the agents of the
bureau have seen Indian mesmerists
throw even resisting subjects into the
state that enabled them to command
them to do even the most ridiculous
things Hypnotlsm is one Of the stock
in-trade accomplishments of even ordi-
nary medicine men 1t is the agency
which is depended upon to produce the
finest effects when a society has an mi
tiation or anything Of the kind.
Poor 10 is also an expert sleight-of-
hand performer-that is 10 say, the
mystery man is an expert in the tricks
that have long since been discarded by
the white dealer in so-caIled magic.
Gen. Lewis Cass was the victim Of a
trick of a sleight-os-hand woman who
was a prominent figure in an Ojibway
ceremonial at Mackinac. He asked in
a rather contemptuous manner what she
was doing there. He then learned the
truth Of the poets declaration that
''hell hath no fury like a woman
scorned."
The old witch. who had been shaking
her snakeskin medicine bag. threw IT
at him. and straightway it was trans
formed into a snake. The general did
not like the appearance of the reptile
or the old woman's way of answering
his question, so he took to his heels.
The witch gathered up the serpent and
it became a snakeslIin medicine bag
again. This is the story told by Cass
himself.
Almost any so-called magician can dc
! tricks like that, although this particular
form may not be in his repertory. 1t is
easy TO hold one article in plain sigh
and pretend to throw it. when the ar
ticle that Is really thrown is something
else. Substitution so rapid that M
| eye can follow the movements of the
hands is the first thing that a prOspec.
tive magician must learn.
The Washington times., 1903-11-01

Of the Chinese provinces. Here the
Germans have their sphere Of infu-
ence." and it is well chosen.
North OF the Gulf of Lao Tung and
the strait of Pechni lies the important
province of Sheng-king. with an area
equal to that of Ohio and a population
double that of New England. Russia
now has practically complete possession
here.
The seaboard provinces Of the Yellow
Sea contain a population equal to that
of the United States. OF the present
treaty ports there are five-Tientsin in
Chill. Cheefoo in Shantung. Newchwang
in Sheng-king. and the two Russia
claims TO have opened in Lao Tung
Tientsin, the largest open port north
of Shanghai. is situated fifty miles *
land. on the Pei-ho. River. which is nav
igable for native craft and small ships.
Tientsin is a great distributing center.
II is beside the Grand CanaI-the great
inland acknowledgement which innu-
merable Junks ply from the Yangtse
River. The volume Of business in
Tientsin is rapidly increasing. and its
future battles the optimist.
Newchwang is the commercial center
OF sheng-king province and is situated
thirteen miles inland on the Lao River
AS business metropolis and railway
center the place is important; its mill
tary Importance is slight The Lao
River is frozen over five months each
year.
Chefoo is situated on the southern
coast Of the Strait Of PechnL 1t has
been a thriving port, being on the di-
rect route Of trade between Pelzin and
T1entsin and southern China. and for
merly the outlet for all the trade Of
the rich province for which it is the
metropolis. Merchants of Chefoo are
The Washington times., 1903-11-01
THE REIGN OF THE SANDWICH

this place another sheet Of paste. brush
over with white of egg, sprinkle thickIy
with sugar and chopped almonds; score
lightly. so that when baked and cool il
may be cut into narrow strips, very
fine.
Peanut enthusiastically roasted
peanuts chopped fine; season with melt
ed butter, salt. cayenne pepper, spread
between small triangles Of brown bread /;
very delicious.
Sardine sandwiches-Pour boiling
water over sardines to remove oil. free
them from the bones. and skin; 10 four
sardines add one hard-boiled egg, pound
10 a paste; add the tender leaves of a
head Of lettuce. shredded. one table
spoonful Of vinegar. a tablespoonful Of
salt, pinch Of cayenne pepper. spread
on thin slices Of bread. and roll.
Trnby sandwiches-Slice a round loaf
Of Boston brown bread very tkla, butter
and place between each two slices thin
slice Of schweitzer cheese and one OF
boiled ham. sprinkling over with finely
chopped onion, seasoned with French
dressing: cut in wedge-shaped sections.
Tutti Fruit sandwiches-ChOp fine
the following ingredients: Dates. can
died cherries. blanched almonds, and
cocoanut. in equal proportions; mOisten
with either orange or pineapple juice;
spread between lightly buttered slices OF
cream bread, cut into fancy shapes fine
served with lemonade or punch.
Walnut sandViches-Chop equal yuan
titles Of English walnuts and seeGsd
raisins. moisten with orange juice, cut
bread into small round, lightly butter
then spread Nth the mixture, pressing
each two rounds firmly together; dust
heavily with powdered sugar. Always
favorite with children