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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-04
HUMOROUS.

She-This fur rug is very beautiful;
to what beast does it belong? He (can-
didly)-To me.
Sharpe-Is all of Cartons money in
his wifes name? Wheaton-Worse
than that-it's in her pocket.
Wigwag-It makes me hustle to pay
my rent Harduppe-The question OF
rent keeps me moving, too.
hIuggins-Skinfynt says he is prac-
ticing economy Buggins--I guess Skin
fynt doesn't require much practice in
that line.
New Boarder-Who is that making
such a noise because he can't find his
necktie? Landlady-Oh, that is the
gentleman who dresses SO quietly.
Sillicus-So he said 1 was level-head-
ed, eh? Cynicus-I didn't think he put
it exactly that way. My recollection
is that the expression he used was fiat
headed.
Nell-I know girl who accepted an
opal as an engagement ring. Belle
How unlucky. Nell-Yes; wasn't 1t!
She found out afterward that it was
only an imitation.
"This seems to be pretty live
town." remarked the stranger. "Yes;
worse luck" replied the funereal ma
tive. "Why do you say worse luck?' "
I'm an undertaken
Blobbs-Why was the engagement
broken off between Harduppe and Miss
Bjones? Slobbs-I believe they came to
$ the conclusion that her income wasn't
large enough to support them.
Have you followed the course you
marked out for yourself when boy?".
mo; intended to be great financier,
but I have never yet been able to get
enough money to practise with"
"Dearest!" passionately exclaimed
the visiting youth. You have led me to
adore" Good" interrupted voice
from the stairs, in relieved tones.
"Now, l hope you'll open it and go
out"
Scribbler-It doesn't require much
imagination or inventive ability to
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-04

The London Mission Society, the Ro-
man Catholic Mission, the Mormon
Mission and, recently, the Wesleyan
Mission, have established missions
here. The London Mission Society
came first. II has churches in every
village. The Mormons came to Tutuila
about thirty years ago, but 1t is only
within the last ten or twelve years
that they have done much work.
When I was ordered here last Octo-
Der an officer of high rank in the Navy
said: "Sebrcc, you are going down
there to Tutuila; now you want TO
clear those Mormons out" After !
had been here six months wrote him:
The AIcrmons are still here; they are
law-abiding, and l wish you would
tell me how 1 am to get them out OF
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-04

On February 10, 1900, Tutuila and
the other islands Of the Samoan group
east of the 171st degree w. longitude
were placed under the control OF the
Navy Department for naval station
and the Secretary of the Navy wasedi-
rected to take such steps as may he
necessary to establish the authority OF
the United States and to give the ISL
onds the necessary protection.
With nearly COCO natives to govern,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-04

given in the islands. \ little nquul 10
imported by the few whites here by
specific written permission Of the Com
mandant in each case. The natives do
not, as a rule, take to intoxicants. 4
little liquor is probably smuggled in by
each steamer, but there is not much
here.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-04

been carried Oh since with the same
regulations as established by Captain
Tllley, with native chiefs as district
Governors, county and village chiefs
and native district judges, magistrates
and police.
While the Government has not alto
gether run smoothly and the native Of
ficials have much to learn in regard
to their duties, on the whole there has
been advancement.
The Islands of Tutuila were formally
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-04

Ing oil, which is used in the finer quail
lilies Of soap.
siThe chiefs in the different districts
recommended the amount Of tax to be
collected, and this amount was ordered
levied. The assessment this year was
$4,000 pound" Of copra. The islands
produce-if it were all gathered-prOb-
ably twice that amount.
The price obtained was higher tlln
expected. being about 81 cents per
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-04

yanccd somewhat. The greater part of
the people obey the laws and, l think.
like the Government and are friendly
to the United States. They have gath
cred larger crop of copra and are get
ting a higher price this year than ever
before. Practically there has been
pcace for two years in the islands-a
rather long period of quietude for
Samoa. The natives have made fair
beginning at road-building. There is
ouite n trade in curios. such as tappA
cloth, mats, baskets, shells, ETC., will;
passengers on the steamers which stor
here both ways every three weeks OH
the route from San Francisco to sgd.
ney. The natives are prosperous and
happy. They arc naturally suspicious
of white people and in the past have
been cheated by traders. 1t is hoped
that by fair dealing and by kindness
thew will soon see that it is not the
desire nor intention of the United
States to take their lands from them
or to tax them; that they will be pro-
tected in their lives and property and
that the United States desires nothing
else except the control Of Pago PaSo
Horbor and the few acres Of land nee
essary for a naval station, and that as
far as possible tic Samoans shall gov
ern themselves.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-04
;UNSHlNE AND MUSIC.

A laugh is just like sunshine;
It freshens all the day,
It tips the peak Of life with light
And drives the clouds away;
Thesou grows glad that hears 1t
And feels its courage stronSi
a laugh is just Ike sunshine
For cheering folks along.
A laugh Is just like musici
1t fingers in the heart,
And where its melody is heard
The ills of life depart;
And. happy thoughts come croWdlng
Its joyful notes to greet;
A laugh Is just like music
For making living sweet.
Washington Star.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-04

I At Plinitz, near Dresden, is the
largest samelia in Europe. 1t is 16O
years old, about so feet high and has
20 900 blossoms each season.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-04

Now Kind of Playground For Children.
In the Geological Garden at Berlin a
desirable innovation has been intro
duced in the form Of spacious hail.
which is designed as playground Tor
children.
D,ror+e +born nc elsewhere are fond
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-04

No man can hope to get up in the
world unless he gets down to work.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-05
THE CAUSE OF LABOR.
Remarkable Speech by Bishop
SpauldinE-The Cause of Labor is
the Cause of Humanity.

Peru, ILL.,, May Bishop Spalding,
who was a member of the anthracite
miners strike commission. in a lee
ture on labor problems, at the coliseum
last night, spoke in part as follows:
Laws are not made for the great
corporations. What a gain for the en-
tire world if all dehumanized men
shoul get out. We have means
enough. we can do without capitalists
who come among us and live on the
blood of human beings. The cause of
labor if rightly understood is the cause
Of humanity. What labor desires first
Of all is not charity, but justice. We
Americans are using up too rapidly the
u of nature and we are using
up too rapidly human lives.
"One of the greatest fallacieS of the
age is that money Is equivalent to hui
man lives. The spirit Of commercial
ism is sinking deeper and deeper into
US. Whatever a man sets his heart
On must increase or it eases to satisfy
him.
What we need in America is a real
iZation Of spiritual ideas and the real
ization lat the best things in life are
not procured by money. Wages are
never the full equivalent for human
work. There is quality in all men
which goes far beyond the question Of
wages.
"One of the great curses of the mod
ern world is the vast Co~ngloneration Of
people in huge cities. The idea Of civ
ilization is a country of cites of from
20. 900 to 30, 00e inhabitants. If it were
not for great cities we could do away
with the evils brought upon US by cor
rupt politicians. There is nothing
which can give US relief from those
unionism. The history of trades union
ism is largely the history Of benef-
cience. The strike is the one weapon
of organized labor. but it is as dan
gerous to labor as it is to capital"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-05
The Strike Situation.

New York, May 2.-There is little
change in the strike situation in this
city today. Virtually the same condi-
tons prevail in the harbor as yesterday,
the tug boat owners saying the status
Of the marine engineers strike was ex-
tremely favorable to them.
Philadelphia, May 2.-I~ndications
today are that the strike of the carpen-
ters in this city will be widely extended
by Monday. Officials of the Brother
hood of Carpenters nave notified all
subordinate unions in this jurisdiction
that no member will be allowed to
work for n Philadelphia contractor
until such contractor has agreed to the
Philadelphia demand for fifty cents an
hour. All the unions in the buildings
trades have come to the assistance of
the carpenters and hosting engineers
unions. 1t is said that more than eight
thousand men in the building trades
are idle.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-05
Americas Cup Defender.

New Rochelle. N. Y. May All
though plainly challenged by c. oliver
Iselin and the Reliance. the Constitu-
ton, last years unsuccessful candidate
for the choice of defending the Amer
ica's cup, today, refused a brush with
her new and speedy rival. The Reli-
ance after a morning spin got under
way again at 2:30 p. m, n started Off
along the Long Island shore. There
was a 12-knot wind from the west-a
smooth sea-ideal conditions. When
the Reliance met the Constitution she
was promptly put about and they start
ed. They were abeam of each other.
half q mile or more apart, for only halt
a minute. when as it was beginning to
look as though the extra canvas of the
newer bOat vas drawing her away, the
Constitution came about and headed
back toward the cove. The Reliance
was kept on her course for a short dis
lance and then squared away for nome
reaching her anchorage at 4:30 .. m.
In thc chOrny sea the long bow over
har~ = tn Reliance caused ~cOnsidera-
r. sriashing but it did not stop l.er
IL the least. In three long legs and
forty five minutes of sailing she cover
ed nine miles of windward work
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-05

that broader humanity which distin-
guishes and ennobles the fraternaI
spirit of the twentieth century.
"~Concomitant with industrial pro-
gress is social development. The policy
of England in foreign wars in order to
prevent or paclfy domestic unrest may
have been wise if not humane, but the
time for such a policy has passed. The
government is strongest whose subjects
are intelligent and cOntented. Con-
tentment follows the employment of
intellectual faculties in the develop
Inent of atura and in the
production of those activities that re-
suit in greatest comforts of living and
higher plans Of thought. The bringing
tOgether in a universal exposition of
the best that all civilized countries
have produced opens to al, who par
ticipate new lines of thought, better
methods and better appliances. and
therefore cOnduces to the material
benefit as We'll as to the culture of
every country participating.
The international exposition whose
dedication you honor by your presence
was conceived in an effort to
crate a great achievement which has
proven a potent factor in increasing
our wealth and sustaining our institu-
lions n perpetuating u indepen-
dence. The interest manifested by the
SOF LII EC pCOplC yOQ
represent, in pledges of participation
has been encouraging and helpful in
the highest degree, and We are glad of
this opportunity to express u deep
gratitude.
That this exposition may be a pow
erful aid in the elevation and advance
ment of the human race is the prayer
of those who organize and have
brought it to its present stage of pro-
gross. That the countries for which
you stand may unite with US in pro-
noting an understanding fraught with
good to humanity is the earnest
wish of the local management and the
sincere hope of every right thinking
citizen of the American republic"
After the rendition of a selection by
the marine band of Washington, the
French ambassador, NJ. Jusserand, re-
piled to President Francis.
Following the "hallelujah" chorus
from THE Messiah" which was given
by the band. the Spanish minister,
Senior Don Emilio de Obedo, spoke for
Spain.
The exercises were closed by q bene-
dictiOn pronounced by Rev. Samuel J.
NiccOlls, and as the distinguished
guests left the hall, a salute of 100
was fired.
The only feature of the evening was
the display of fireworks.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-05
Who is n Gentleman:

Mr.. Reginald Vanderbilt is a happy
man. He was married Tuesday to
Miss Nelson, a beautiful and wealthy
young woman. But to be welded he
had to have a marriage license, and
before obtaining this he had to fill out
a blank STATIC h occupation al thai
of his f4the lac Cerneliu; Van
dernilt. MIR. z { ru. his c cupa-
ton do as = f L gent nan,
and tina OF IS {; ner as a cap alist,"
AS the on q { ni!iionai> M VAN
derbilt not con. JeIled to work Or his
living. md therefore his defin! ION cs
a millionaire loa = IS interest g. He
seems % draw a distinction be ween II
capitalist and a gentleman, { rolll :
his fataar IL tbs. IN ella = and Unset
in the the1 A. y t his fathe is be-
lieved - ha : b i; gentleman. Sure
ly Mr.. Reginald Vanderbilt ", Id net
deny t is. Til .: = SO ethi:- that
CRATES ust It, i hearing 6 man L
this d, -~~ 0Lrs d. inc gent'e-
man z ar man who Coesn't work.
The ar professions and profess
sioas, rat sui:c.y is + rdly among
tham. Being a 'antiema. is 81 nething
that c,mes ma, ally t a IAN n
doesE' ON al II. To a eyre it is n
the b od-yes, ut here re n ny 6 =
tlene- thai We Q low bon. And the
hest OFF cElt 7 IN is One i: not al
WAYS our in is declaration In this
tow. not many n.Onths z a Il I'd
feI0y of tie bi GER sort, a married r. an
a II /, bling rdered by the e. Of
the family out of a house which he
had nvaded with an illicit purpose,
was at pains to ssure the landlord.
just before shooting him to death, that
he, the murderer, was d gentleman"
The term has become very cheap. 1t is
found these days in the mouths Of all
sorts Of cattle when they get started
talking about themselves. The man
who is one doesn't need to proclaim the
fact; and ne who lays claim. in words,
upon the title, casts doubt upon mis-
right to it. The classification of Mr.
Reginald Vanderbilt. for instance,
would perhaps never have been In
question if he had not raised q suspi-
cion by his assertion th~t il belonged
TO him. AS it is, there are those who
Will evernore hin Of him as a snOb--
Charlotte Observer
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-05
TERRIBLE EXPLOSION.
Explosive Factory Wrecked Two
Buildings, Killed Three People
and Injured Many.

Cleveland, O., May Am explosion
Cured in the plant of the Thor Man
ufacturing Company. located at No. CAT
Orange street, this afternoon. Thus far
three people are dead, while twenty
eight others are lying at hospitals,
some fatally and others more or less
seriously injured. The dead are as fol-
lows: Mrs. Maurice Cohen, aged 40,
died OF the way to hospital; Solomon
Cohen, aged II years, died at hospital;
Harry Gluechamann, aged Is years,
sick from typhoid fever, died as a re-
suit of the shock.
The Thor Manufacturing Company
is engaged in the manufacture of toy
torpedo canes and explosives. The
company was in the midst of its bus-
lest season. A large stock of material
was on HAND Extra girls were being
employed. The force Of the explosion
was tremendous and windows within a
radius of a quarter Of a mile were
broken.
In the house on Orange, street, next
to the factory, lived Maurice Cohen,
with his wife and eight children. With
lhe cOlldpSe Ol tue house SIMULTANEOUS
ly with the explosion, the woman
and four children were caught in the
falling partitions and all were crush
ed. They were taken out unconscious.
Mrs. Cohen died on the way to the
hospital. In the house directly in the
rear were Mrs. Barney QuaSS and two
boys. All three were badly injured and
taken to hospitals. There We're ten
girls. four boys and one man in the
factory when the explosion occurred.
All of these got out except one, Flor
ence Lipster. The flames were sub
dued by the firemen as there was moth
ing left of the factory but a pile of
debris. The fire fighters at once COM
menced the work of digging in the
ruins for the imprisoned.
First they found Arthur Conway
badly cut, then they discovered Will
lard Cole, terribly lacerated and his
right arm broken. He broke away from
the firemen who were carrying him
and rushed back to the ruins, crying
Florence. Florence" From this the
firemen knew that at least one other
person was buried and dragging Cole
away from the debris resumed their
feverish search. In a short time they
came upon the unconscious form OF
Florence Lipster. She was pinned I'M
der a great weight of debris and aw-
fully bruised and d~is1gured. a fall
ing timber had entirely torn away one
side of her face.
The pecuniary loss sustained by the
torpedo will not exceed S10.-
600.
For two blocks pedestrians Were
thrown to the ground by the force Of
the defamation and scores of persons
sustained minor injuries in this way.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-05
The Southern Pacific.

Cincinnati. O.. May In the suit Of
the Keene interests TO enjoin the HaT-
riman interests from voting the stock
heId by the Union Pacific az
the postponed annual meeting Of the
Southern Pacific company. the appeal
papers We're filed today in the United
States circuit court of appeals. 1t is
not known when the appeal will be
heard by the fall court but it Is stated
that an early date Will be fXel. The
application for an injunction against
voting the Union Pacific stock was re-
fused by Judge LurtOn and the South
eru Pacific election was postponed
awaiting the hearing of the appeal
LurtOn's decision.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-05

and double the efficiency of the Rus
sian fleet. With such a thcroughfare
in existence a Russian squadron block
ade before ST. Petersburg could
emerge in the Black sea. 1t would be
equivalent to a dozen new ba~ttleships.
and yet it's cost would not be an unpro-
ductive expenditure. 1t would be pay
ing its way in time of peace.
The French AVE a similar plan for
a ship canal from the Bay Of Biscay
TO the Mediterranean, and what the
KEEL canal has done for the naval
strength OF Germany need not be re-
peated. But the best opportunity IN the
whole world for the reinforcement of
national defense by inland waterways
is right here on the Atlantic coast OF
the United States. The enlargement of
the Delaware and Raritan and Della
ware and Chesapeake canals to ship
ana size would cost less than a single
annual appropriation for new war YES
sells. and it would be worth more to US
strategically than twenty battleships.
With such a passage open, a fleet in
New York harbor would nave four
available eXits-by Long Island Sound.
by Sandy Hook, by the Delaware and
by the Chesa peake-and the cor.bined
navies Of the world could not blackade
1t. a little additional expense would
open a fifth exit through Albemarla
Sound. There are no engineering Diff
culties anywhere on the route. and such
an inland waterway would pay for it
self over and over again if no shot
were ever fired"
In saying that the completion Of
these waterways will double the "
without cost" the Post does not mean
to imply that the waterways will cost
nothing. The idea is that they will
pay for themselves, over and over, in
stimulating commerce and preventing
disaster to shipping; so that their
value from a ava point of view may
be regared as extra interest on an in
vestment already paying a fine profit.
The naval value of the Panama canal
will consist in the time that it will save
in transferring warships from our At
lantic to our our Pacific coast, or vice
versa. The inland waterways will not
craft in rough weather, but in time of
war Will furnish a natural bulwark
whose destruction is beyond the ingenui
ty OF man. When the projected system
of inland waterways is completed, the
United States aVy Will be able to use
the Atlantic coast as a breastWork.-
Norfolk Landmark.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-05
Doubling the Navy Without Cost.

One of the editorials in a recent num-
Der of the Saturday Evening Post, Of
Philadelphia, lays emphasis upon the
naval Importance not merely of the
Panama canal,-which everybody has
thought of in tina light,-but also of
the proposed inland waterway along
the Atlantic coast.
Congressman John H. Small, the en-
ergetic North Carolinian who is max
ing it the labor Of his life to get the
government to construct the needed
link from this port through the Caro-
lima sounds, will be delighted with
these remarks from the Saturday
Evening Post:
The traveller who sat dow by a
river and waited for the water to flow
by has Deer indicated. The senate
sat down by the stream Of Mr.. Nor
gan'S eiOQuence, and at last its pa
tielse has been rewarded by a miracle
The seemingly exhaustless flood has
u4cRF6d to an end. The Panama canal
treaty is ratik6d.
uNDs, among many other far
reaching t4Eects, a form Of nava ex-
pansion to which neither the friends
nor the opponents Of great ornaments
can take exception. By enabling US to
shift our fleets from the Atlantic to
the Pacific at need it increases the
strength Of our navy by fifty per cent.
without calling for a dollar for new
ships. At the same time it is a produc-
tive investment, worth even more in
peace than in war.
Even England, whose existence as a
great power depends upon her fleet, is
beginning to take fright at the appau-
ing expense of the new international
race for mighty navies. In Introducing
the estimate Of $50, 900, 900 for naval
expenses for the coming year, the
greatest ever known IN peace or war,
and equivalent TO the entire cost Of the
Panama canal. the secretary Of the
admiralty felt compelled to express the
hope tina some wa might be found
| Of keeping these gigantic unproductive
! expenses within limits.
''One way to reach hat desirable end
is to improve the efficiency Of the fleets
in existence. The Russians have re-
vived their plan for connecting the
Baltic and Black seas by a ship canal.
which at the moderate expense of less
than a hundred million dollars will
open a waterway twelve hundred miles
long through the heart Of the empire
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-05
YEAR BEHIND ON CARS.
The Railroads Oppose the Proposed
Rules on Demurage and the De-
livery OF Freight.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Raleigh, y. c., May 2.-The corpora
ton commission today heard argu-
ment from the railroads against the
proposed rules on demurrage, and the
placing of cars and the time limit in
the delivery of freight. The officials
declared that such a rule would be un-
reasonable now since an unnatural
condition exists and the railroads can
not get sufficient cars built to handle
the traffic. The car works are over a
year ehind on orders.
The leading railroad officials present
We're: Assistant General Manager R
Z. Smith. Of the Atlantic Coast Line.
General Manager J N. Barr, of the
Seaboard Air Line, superintendent
Mayer of the Norfolk and Western, Su-
p~erintendent Kink, Of Norfolk and
perintendent King, Of Norfolk and
General Manager Ackert, of the South
ern railway. The commission post
poned action till next Wednesday,.