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The San Francisco call., 1903-01-08
StartI9O3 Right

The best way to start a New Year Is
not to sit bewailing the blunders of days
gone by. Instead, IL is TO rise up with
fresh energy. with eyes to the front, re-
solved to profit by past experience.
What is experience?
IT is knowledge gained from past deeds
That Is the point where the ENCYCL4O-
PAEDIA BRITANNICA makes its great
appeal. 1t sums up for a man all the eXe
perience of all the other men since the
world began.
Do you think you are strong enough to
ignore all this past experience In begin
ming another year?
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-08
SLATED FOR DISMISSAL.

Now that the political complexion of the
commissions has changed and the control
lies with Mayor Schmitz' appointees,
holders of Office under the old admins
tration are being slated for dismissal. At
least three places under the Board of
Works will be declared vacant almost i'm
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-08

The average man realizes the emptiness
of all things here below just about dinner
time
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-08

Order League. In politics he is Repub-
lican
John A. Drinkhouse. the new Police
Commissioner, was born in San Francisco
February 2S 1862 and has resided in this
city all his life. He is president of the
]. A. Drinkhouse Company, established in
1850. He is director of the Society of Cali
fornia Pioneers and one of the first men,
bers of California Parlor, N S. G. w.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-08
WHAT is SAID OF NJ.

'It Is without a peer in the whofo noble
army OF encyclopedias. LYMAN AB-
BOTT, ID.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-08

NJ AYOR sCHMITZ late yesterday
ANN afternoon announced the fol
a " II lowing appointments 10 va
Il ~ cancies on the various city COM
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-08

r. W Roberts. the successor Of Sheldon
Kellogg upon the Election Commission. is
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-01
FORT FISHER PARK.
Our congressman Endorse the Plan
and Pledge Assistance.

We are permitted to copy the folio
wing extracts from letters of North
Carolina congressman regarding the
proposition to lave the government es-
tablish a reservation at Fort Fisher.
Hon. G.. B.. Patterson writes: II wish
to assure you that 1 am in thorough
sympathy with the movement to have
the United States government to restore
old Fort Fisher and make a park on
this historic spot. Nothing would give
me more pleasure than to introduce a
bill to this effect in the next congress
and with the valuable aid that you will
be able to secure to push it to a COM
pletion.''
Hon Edward w. o writes: 4 shall
be very glad to cooperate with you in
your efforts to restore old Fort Fisher
and constitute the place a National
Park"
Hon. Claude Kitchin writes: 81 shall
take pleasure in doing all I can in the
Fort Fisher NATTER
Hon. Thos. F. Kluttz writes: Il shall
be glad to cooperate with your i'm
mediate representative in the endeavor
to secure the Fort Fisher park and I
feel sure our whole delegation will be
interested in the matter"
Senator Lee S. Overmann writes: 81
beg to assure you that 1 will do all in
my power to induce the government to
make a national park of old Fort Fish
er. I assure you my heart is in
the movement"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-01
DEMOCRATS DILEMMA.

The argument generally used against
the nomination for president by the
democrats Of Mr.. Cleveland or some
other man of his political school is that
by so doing we will invite certain de-
feat because the Bryanites will not sup
port him. In view Of the action Of the
latter Of late, especially their conduct
in the conventions Of Nebraska and
Ohio this argument leads to the propo
sition tina the democrats must nomi-
nate whomsoever Mr.. Bryan and his
followers dictate if the nominee is to
have their support.
They will not give their allegiance to
any leader whom the democrats may
nominate unless he is fully in accord
with their political views. They must
dictate the nomination or they will not
support the nominee.
If the nominee is not to be the choice
Of the majority Of the members of the
convention and a man in accord with
their political tenets, then we may as
well have no convention, but let Mr..
Bryan name the ticket and give the
party its platform through the columns
Of The Commoner.
Yielding to the dictates of the Bry-
antics would as certainly insure defeat
as would the other course-in fact, more
surely, for there would be good show
ing for a Cleyelandite in some of the
eastern states. AS against Mr.. Roose-
welt such a candidate would secure
a large Independent vote that would
never sc to a Bryanite, and, we believe,
many republican votes also, and in
states, too, where this combination
would control the balance of
If we compromise with the populists
We will surely lose. We all know this
from past experience. Then if the first
proposition is true, We are bound to
suffer defeat, no matter which way we
turn.
If this be true, then let's go down
standing fiat footed upon sound demo-
cratic principles, fighting for what we
believe TO be for the best interests of
the country, and not on a hybrid, pie
bald platform, put together, not to de-
clare the party's principles, but for the
sole purpose of keeping in the party
men who can do nothing but lead it to
defeat every time they are put in COM
mand.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-01

mess. The company will Al an indus
trial business principally besides a gen
eral life business. Secretary J.. E.
johnson says the rates of the
Will be made as small as possible so
as to put the insurance in the reach of
any one. The company is being back
ed by some of the most successful bus-
mess men in Wilson.
The county commissioners of Wilson
county have requested the governor for
another special term for criminal cases
and this rquest has been granted. It
is probable that his term will be held
IN November. The criminal docket now
has eighty cases on - and the commits
Sioners realized that the regular term
Of court would be too short to dispose
of half of the cases. 1t is generally
believed that at the special term the
Jones murder trial will again be call
ed. The regular term which cOnVeneS
in September will be too short to begin
on the case and the chances are that it
will not be called until the special term.
Another important case now on the
docket is the case against Flowers. of
Lucama. for the commission of rape
on his own child. This case will come
up at the regular term.
Governor Aycock was in Wilson yes
terday for a few hours.
Dr.. Charley Moore went to Selma
yesterday to perform an operation on a
patient there.
Mr.. c. E. kersey, General Manager
of Maxwell Tobacco Company. left yes
terday for Newport News where he
Will spend Sunda~ with his family.
Captain 7. NJ. Anderson left yester-
day for Durham, where he will spend
Sunday with his daughter. MIS-. Jas. B.
Rountree.
Mr.. Henry Blount, of Beyond the
Alps Lies Italy" fame returned yes
terday from Blowing Rock. where he
has been deliveri~~ a series of lee
lures.
Mr.. W. J. Boykin returned yesterday
from R~obersonville, where he is now
employed by the Imnerial Tobacco
Company as buyer. He reports prices
low
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-01
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1.
ROOSEVELT AND THE NEW YORK
Sun.

The New York Sun continues to at
tack President Roosevelt, n in so
doing has the public and the press
guessing as to the reasons therefor.
A few days ago it had an editorial
charging to the presidents
tions of trusts the wreck and confu-
sion of the financial interests of the
country and the incidental destruction
of credit and confidence" which that
paper thinks is about to befal the
country.
Two reasons have been assigned,
among many others. for this hostility
of The Sun to Mr.. Roosevelt, which
are remarkable for their contrast in
motive. One is that it is far the pur-
pose of defeating his reelection and
the other is that il is for the purpose
of aiding his election. This sounds
strange. On the one hand it is said
thu J.. P. Morgan owns The Sun and
that he hates MI. Roosevelt and wishes
to accomplish his defeat: that The Sun
is attacking him with the purpose Of
bringing about that defeat. On the
other hand it is said that the attacks
BECAUSE of the presidents supposed
antitrust position is for the purpose
of strengthening him in the west by
creating the impression that he is real
ly opposed to trusts and will use the
power of the administration to curb
them if reelected. The latter idea
strikes US as being pretty far-fetched
Which ever theory is correct the action
of that paper is a puzzle to the public.
The people do not know to think.
The News and Observer in comment
ing on this matter advises the people,
IF they wish to be right. to take the
opposite of whatever course the New
York Sun takes. This would mean IN
his case to support the president in
his policy toward trusts whatever that
policy is. To do so they would have
to go it blind" for if any body knows
what the presidents real views on this
question are we would like to have
him give them to the public. We
doubt if Mr.. Roosevelt knows himself
what they are, or. rather, knows one
day what they will be the next.
We believe. if h truth could be
known. that the trusts and millionaire
capitalists of the country are uncer-
tai as to where the president stands
and that they are somewhat afraid to
trust him. He is too unstable and err
ratio for them to tie TO with confidence
that he can always be found allied
with their interests. We do not be-
lieve he has the confidence of his class
OF people.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-01

Mrs. x. Schneider, 24O9 Thirty-seventh
Place, Chicago, Ill, writes:
"After taking several remedies
without result, I began In January,
1902, to take your valuable remedy,
Peruna. I was q complete wreck.
Had paLpifaffon of the heart, cold
hands ard feet, female weakness, no
appetite, trembling, sinking feeling
nearly all the time. You said 4 was
suffering with systemic Catarrh, and l
believe that I received your help in
the nick of time. 1 followed yOul
directions carefully and can say to-day
that 1 am well again. ICanH0f thank
you enough for my IRE Twill always
be your debtor. Ehave already econ.
menGed Peru1a TO my friends and
neighbors and they all praise il.
wish that all suffering women would
try IL. 4 testify this according to the
truth. "---Mrs. \. Schneider.
Mrs. Fanny Klavadatscher, of Sum
mitsville, n. Y, writes as follows:
"For three months / suffered with
pain in the back and in the region of the
kidneys, and a dull, pressing sensation
in the abdomen, and other symptoms OF
pelvic catarrh. y .
"But after taking two bottles of Peru
ma I am entirely well, better than I eve1
was."-Mrs. Fanny Klavadatscher.
Send for "Health and Beauty" writ
ten especially for women by DIR. S. B
Hartman, President Hartman Sanitar
ium, Columbus, Ohio.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-01
THE LIBERA WIN.
Free Trade Candidate elected Over
ProtectiOnist by Large Majority.

London. August 2S.-The Liberals
gained a notable victory in "Ar~-1-
shire where on Wednesday last was
held the first parliamentary bye-elec-
ton fought on the fiscal question
raised by Colonial Secretary Chamber
lain, ]. S. AinsWorth. the Liberal can
didate, who represented free trade.
was elected V the ~eat majority of
1,56S ove Charles Stewart Unionist.
who stood f0- rejection.
At the previous election the Union
list majority was six hundred. The
result is considered q clear indication
of the feeling of the constituency On
the subject of Mr.. Chamberlains fiscal
:. on which the campaign was
mainly fought.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-01


Paragraph /. The next annual re-
union of the North Carolina division
of the United Confederate Veterans
will be held near Raleigh on Wednes-
day, the 21st Of October, at which
will be held the annual election Of
division and brigadier commanders.
Only delegates from camps which are
reported by Adjutant General w. E.
Mickle as having paid their dues will
be entitled to vote. The attention Of
camp commanders is especially called
to this, and they are requested to see
at once that their camp les are paid
as required by the constitution af the
United Confederate Veterans.
Par. ,. Governor Aycock has kindly
loaned the tents and cooking utensils
of the state guard, which will acommo-
date 1000 men and a fund has been
raised sufficient to provide clean straw
for the tents and bread and coffee for
the men, but they mus provide them
selves with other rations and bedding.
The camp will be ready for occupancy
on Tuesday afternoon, the 10Th of
October, and may be occupied until
Don on Thursday. the 22nd Of Octo-
Der. Comrade Jacob S. Allen. of RAJ
leigh, is hereby appointed assistant
qu~artermaster general With the rank of
Northumberland, who will have
charge of the arrangements OF the
camP and to whom all camps VIII re-
| port the number of men whom they
wish quarters reserved.
Par. 3. All eX-cOnfederate soldiers
in North Carolina of good standing are
invited to this reunion, but in order tc
| exclude unworthy persons every vet
| eran is required to carry with him a
| certificate from his camp commander
or from the clerk of the superior court
certifying that he is a veteran in good
| standing.
Par. 4. North Cardinals four living
eX~-confederate generals, Hoke. Ran
som, Cox and Roberts, have been in.
vited and are expected to attend thl:
reunion and meet once more the brave
! men whom they so ~gallantly com
! manded in the greatest of modern
| wars. General John B. Gordon ha:
| beer invited to deliver his address or
The Last Days of the War fol
| which an admission fee of fifty cent:
! will be charged.
Par. 5. Miss Mary Armistead Jones
| a granddaughter of General l.. OBJ
| Branch, is appointed division sponso.
| for this reunion and each brigade ant
camp is requested to appoint {
sponsor. !.
Par. 6. The railroad companies vii
give a rate of one fare for the roun
trip, and all veterans joining in tn
| grand parade will be admitted into tn
fair grounds.
Par. Z. A full attendance is desired
and as many as IAN are requested t
wear uniforms. This Will be the las
opportunity that many will ever hav
to meet their old comrades and "fgh
DER their battles again.
By order of
GEN. J.. S. CARR.
H. A. LONDON,
Adjt-Gen. and Chief of Staff.
All state papers will please copy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-01

Senator Quay had a brand new ex-
perience the other dav. For the first
time in years he was forced to pay
railroad fare. He struck a branch road
over which he had no pass and the
conductor told him he had to pay or
walk The Pennsylvania senator had a
pocket full of passes but none of them
would satisfy this conductor. 1t must
be said Of him, though. that he has
exc posed before the public as an
opponent of public men riding on free
passes While lie was secretly using all
he could get.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-01
RAILROADS AT WAR.
Southern and Louisville and Nash
vA--e in Dispute Over Right OF
Way.

Knoxville, Tenn, August 2S.-Ihe
Southern and Louisville and Nashville
railways engaged in a right Of way war
northwest of this city today on the
Proctor addition. The Southern built
a track across right of way over which
the Louisville and Nashville proposes
to reach Proctor and LOnsdale indus
tries.
The Louisville and Nashville partially
covered the Southern track with dirt.
Both roads finally secured injunctions
and stopped the work.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-01

iOung People Returning from n
Dance Meet a Terrible Fate.

Pittsburg. August 2S.-While a party
of young people We're driving home
from a social gathering near Ever
greenbOrough. worth of ; agheny.
about 5 o'cloc'- his morning, their We
hicle was precipitated over a high en-
bankment into Girtvs Run and three
were drowned. The others narrowly
escaped a similar fate.
The drowned: Myrtle Scott. aged 20
years; Mamie Scott. sister. aged IS
years; Annie Clofford, "a cousin, aged
bout 20 years, visiting the cot home
at Evergreen.
The party was returning from a
dance and were almost home when the
horse slipped and falling. dragged the
vehicle over the em~bankment into the
run. The stream was badly swollen
and three of the occupants were swept
away.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-01
THE JAMES LOFTIN CANARD.

In the local columns of his mornings
messenger We publish an article from
the Baltimore Sun on the sensational
and absurd report sent out from New
port that Mr.. and Mrs. Pembroke
Jones would entertain as their CUES
at that city and on the yacht Narada
q negro from this state named James
Loftin. We ~purposely omitted publ
cation of the article when it first ap-
peared in the New York papers. be-
cause u knowledge OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Jones, and of A1r. Walters, the owner
of the yacht. would not permit us, for
a moment to believe hat there was
4 word OF truth in the statement and
we cast it aside as unworthy of pub
LEGATION. Loftin was no more the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. Jones at Newport than
he is their guest while serving them
at Airlie. The Baltimore Sun article
shows the affair up in it's true light.
The following from the Raleigh Times
shows h a the editor of that paper
took the same view OF the matter as
We did. The Times says:
"One day last week. We received this
inquiry: Want hundred words con-
corning entertainment of Loftin by Mr..
and Mrs. Pembroke Jones?' 1t sound
ed to us like a canard, so we paid no
attention to it. Two or three days
later We were asked by the same news
dispensarv bureau if we wanted a cor
rection of the first statement. They
had evidently forgotten we did not
bite in the first instance. but sup
posed We wanted to correct an .errone-
Gus report in which case double toll
could be collected"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-01
Bishop Haid Soon to Return.
Especial to The Messenger

Belmont, August 29.-Bishop Haid, Of
North Carolina, sailed last Saturday
on the Barbarossa from Bremen to New
York. He is expected to land next
Monday, August 31st. The following
week he will spend in New York and on
Sunday, September 9Th preach a jubilee
sermon in DR.. Hauzelman's church,
Brooklyn. On September 8th Bishop
Had will be the guest of Archbishop
Ryan, of Philadelphia, on the occasion
of this prelate's golden jubilee, and on
Sunday, September 18th he will dedicate
the new high school building recently
erected by his friend, Father Donly, on
north Twenty-third street.
The bishop is expected at Belmont on
September 18th. where a most affec-
tomato and warm welcome is awaiting
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-01
Gift to Washington and Lee Uni
Versity.

Lexington, Va, August 2S.-Dr Geo.
H. Denny, president of Washington
and Lee University who has just re-
turned from a trip to Chicago, an
nounces hat the widow n children of
the late Cyrus H. Mccormick have CIV
en- a fund of $10,0 to the University
the proceeds of which are to maintain
the new science hall. Prior to the
death of Mr.. Mccormick he gave $1,000
to the University and after his death
by his will his trustees turned over to
the University an additional $40, 900.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-01
THE BEIRUT AFFAIR.

1t is gratifying to know hat Minister
error in reporting to the state depart
ment that Vice Consul Magelssen, at
Beirut, nae been assassinated. 1t is
true an attempt on his life was
made, but the country ~rejoices that it
was not successful
The attempted assassination, though.
and the recent attempt to burn the
American college in Harpoot, together
with the great agitation against Amer
lean citizens in Syria, raises a very
grave situation and one that our gov
inner should. and no doubt will take
prompt action to correct.
The attack on Mr.. Magelsen was q
violation of international law which
holds inviolate the life of the repre-
sentative of one COUNT 10 another.
There is no higher international law
than that of the sapctity of the life of
such a person. This has been recog-
nized through all ages and by all peo-
piles. civilized and uncivilized
This attack on Mr.. Magelssen was q
gross insult to the United States gov
and people, and the most am
pie amends should be demanded and
enforced.
We are glad TO see tina the admins
tration has taken this matter up with
so much earnestness. The escape from
death Of the vice consul only lessons
the grade of the offense. The principle
is the same and our government deems
it proper still TO make a naval demon
stration for enforcing demands for re-
paration and for insurance of the safe
ty OF our citizens in the Turkish en-
pire. The three Warships ordered 70
Beirut will not be recalled, but will
proceed with all dispatch TO that port
Tor the purpose Of bringing the Turk
20 terms: and we feel sure that the
administration will bring him To his
>enses before it is through with him.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-01
Action Against Tobacco Trust
Especial to The Messenger.)

Raleigh, N. c., August Ex-Governor
Aycock says he will comply with the
request of the Farmers State Alliance
to ask the governors OF Virginia and
South Carolina to unite with him in
urging President Roosevelt to enforce
any existing laws against the Tobacco
trust, in other words, the American
Tobacco Company.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-01

Gibraltar, August 2S.-Eleven Span
iards who were engaged in salvage
work on the wreck Of the Spanish
steamer near Tarifa.
Spain, were drowned today during a
sudden Spuall.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-01

THE DAILY MESSENGER by mail
enc year 5000; six months $500;
three months s1.5O; one month so
cents.
Served In the city at so cents a
month, one week 10 cents, $1.5O for
three months Or 5000 u year.
THE SEMI-WEEKLY MESSENGER
1.-TWO SPACE papers), by mail one
year S1.OOj six months so cents, In
advance
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-01

The Mormons will be for Roosevelt.
A paper of that faith says the republi-
can battle-cry in the next campaign
Will not be "a full dinner pail" but "a
full baby carriage"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-01

ELIZABETH TURNBOW-WE WANT
the heirs of Elizabeth Turnbow. a
widow, who came to Texas from
North Carolina in 1894 or 1885. Ad-
dress J.. W. Lawrence & Son. land
agents, Austin. Texas.
aug % 3t*
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-01
~CONFEDERATE REUNION.
Old Soldiers to Encamp Near
Raleigh in OctOber-OfEciaI Or
ders.
derS.

Headquarters n. c. Division,
United Confederate Veterans,
Durham. n. c.. August %.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-01

WANTED-TO BUY a SECOND
hand Water Wheel, So to 40 inches,
in good condition. Address J.. NJ.
Beatted. Klondike. \. c..
aug 9 sw Ats