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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-09
NATIONAL AID TO GOOD al


Senator Latimer, of South Carolina,
was in Charlotte a few days ago ana
when asked by an Observer reporter
what was the most important business
that would come before the next ses-
sion of ongress replied that OF
the most important would be he pro
position to appropriate one hundred
million dollars for building good roads
all over the country. The senator's
idea is that with the establishment Of
free rural mail delivery many Of the
public roads really become national
highways and therefore, the federal
government should help TO build them
and keep them in order. He declared
he was going TO advocate such
measure.
Were there now living ONE Of int
Old-time strict construction democrats
who thought that congress coul not
constitutiOnally appropriate money Cor
improving our rivers and harbors what
would they think of this proposition?
But there are no strict constructionists
low. All believe in stretching the on
]stitutiOn to fit any case, especially
where it is for the appropriation of
public funds to be expended or work TO
benefit the section Of those c~ontend:ng
for such construction. But if congress
can appropriate one hundred million
dollars to improve the water highways
Of the country why can it not Go like
wise for those on land. Each is n the
interest of the whole people and for me
benefit of trade n commerce. We do
not think. though, that the people are
ready yet to accept the latter PROPOSE
ton. Good public roads are of vast
Importance especially to u section
of the country and if congress is willing
US, putting that much more money in
circulation and giving us the greatly
desired good roads besides, we are not
going to kick. The money is piled up
in the treasury doing no n any good.
1t must be put in circulation some how.
No better plan for doing this thar
building good roads could be found. If
the republicans are going to continue
the policy of collecting by high taxes
large sums in excess of the govern
ment's needs for the benefit of the
wealthy manufacturers, then let's
spend the surplus in the way to DO
most good to those out of whom the
unnecessary taxes were collected.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-09
Railroad Big Earnings.

Chicago, June THE annual meeting
Of the stockholders Of the Chicago AID
Northwestern railway company was
held today. The annual statement sub
mitted % the stockholders showed gross
earnings for the year Of $50 41, lis with
operating expenses, taxes, interests,
etc, amounting to s45,246,314. The sur
plus for the year over all charges Gland
Incomes not ~included) was S519.502.
Prior TO the meeting of the stock
holders there was a meeting of the d.
rectors at which a quarterly dividend
OF two per cent. on the preferred stock
and a half yearly dividend Of 3k per
cent on the common stock, payable
July l to stockholders Of record June
10th was declared.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-09
FAY ETTENILLE TOPICS.
Hon. Wharton j. Green Delivers an
Able and Interesting Address OR
Jefferson Davis-Live Town and
County News-PersOnaI Notes.
Especial TO The MesSenger.)


Fayetteville. y. c. June AT 3
o'clock yesterday afternoon. the q5th
birthday o. jefferson Davis. Hon. w. J.
Green. eX-mennber Of congress. deliver
ID an address on the life and character
Of The president Of the Southern Con-
faderacy. Under the auspices of Jeb
Stuart Chapter. United Daughters of
the C~onfederacy. speaking from the
front piazza of the Green street resi-
dence of Mr.. and Mrs. Hunter q. Smith,
and was gracefully introduced by Maj.
? J. Hale editor of The Fayetteville
Observer. No one could be better fitted
than Colonel Green for this task. which
he performed ably and e~loquently- He
vas the lifelong friend of the great
southern statesman and, only a few
weeks before the latterS death IN New
Orleans. he paid him a visit at his home.
Beauvoir. Mr.. Davis. as a pledge OF
his affection. bequeathed TO his admirer
and friend the inskstand which he used
during the years of his public service
In the course of his speech Colonel
Green related q touching incident OF
Mrs. j. X. Kyle. an invalid for forty
wears. and then lying in the room of a
~neighboring house. within sound Of the
voice. a whole lifetime Of
suffering and a health has been spent
in devotion to the southern soldier; n
When jefferson Davis was confined in
| Fortress Monroe she hurriedly made a
quilt. and sent il on to him. After the
address MeSSrS. Fields and ScogginS.
old Confederate soldiers, were invested
with the crosses of hOnor by Mesdames
J. D. NacRae and H. CT. Smith. officers
of Jeb Stuart Chapter.
| Miss Alice Malletts excellent Rowan
street schOo closed its session yester-
DAY. There were no formal commence
ment exercises, but the reports of the
students showed thorough and effective
| work. Two or three hours were spent
pleasantly in vocal and instrumental
music. with refreshments served.
The Fayetteville Gas Light Company
has been incorporated, with a capital
Of $50, 600.
The advisory pension board for Cum
berland county consists of Colonel c..
W. BrOadfOot and Major A. A. Nc
Kethan. of Fayetteville. and Captain A.
D. McGill and Mr.. Y. C. Thagard, of
Seventy-first and Cedar Creek town
ships.
Mrs. John Wemyss and family, of
this city, will hereafter make their home
in Wilmington.
Right Rev. Dr.. and Mrs. Watson and
Miss Martha Williams returned to Will
mington yesterday.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-09

In KANSAS Yesterday Two Trains
COllided-Seven Persons Were Kill
ed and A Number Injured.

Kansas City. Mo. June A special
from Paola, kas., says:
Two Santa Fe trains. a northbound
and q special sOuthbound collided head
on, one mile north of Stillwell. Kas.
seven persons are dead mo several are
said to be injured.
The Wells Fargo express messenger
IS still under the wreckage. Five
coaches and both engines are in the
ditch. The dead are to be taken to
OIathe. has., and the injured TO Kan
saS City.
1t IS reported that the two trains
We're 10 meet at StiIlwell, but I con
ductor mis-read his orders. The trains
We're running over the Missouri Pacifis
tracks owing TO the flooded condition
OF the Santa Fe tracks. Both trains
We're in charge Of pilots.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-09

Topeka. Kas., June 4.-The bodies Of
seven more flood victims We're found
today. The list of known dead now
reaches s~eventy-one with thirty people
identified. 1t is the belief that many
bodies are yet in the wreckage. Scores
are reported missing and there is no
way of Immediately locating them. The
UniOn Pacific depot has been improv-
lsed as a morgue and there the bodies
are gathered to await identification.
The river today fell thirteen inches.
h makes a drOn of over five feet
from high water mark. 1t is just now
that the devastating power of the flood
is becoming known.
North Topeka is a total wreck. There
is a town there-the plaything of the
elements. which seem to have worried it
until they cried and then left it strand
ed. The water is still over a greater
part of the town. In the residence dis
triCtS it is seven feet deep in most
places, there is a considerable current,
but the current is no longer strong and
flows along as if only anxious to get
back into the bed of the river. The
damage is done INC the SubSiding of
the waters will make little difference
simply the lifting of the veil which now
hides the wreck of the under-current
The business part of the town is q
sorry looking place. the damage of the
waters being almost complete. The
fronts of most of the stores have OPEN
ingS broken through. The contents Of
most of the stores are ruined. The cur
rents came rushing through with such
fnrrn that thnv 11nCat pn11,n+arc nn1
boxes and whatever came IN the way
n dragged the goods stored high on
the shelves into the water. In nearly
every building which was not washed
away the contents are piled on the side
the furthermOst down stream md over
all there is q slime of fine sand mixed
with q little mud. This deposit varies
from a few inches to two or three feet
and is over everything. In the resi-
dence districts practically the same
sights present themselves.
The greatest difficulty now exists IN
the Wretched sanitary conditions. The
health board is buSying itself with the
problem of sanitation and will do all
possible to prevent an epidemic. To
this end stringent regulations are be-
ing enforced. The city water will prob
ably be turned On sometime tonight
and this Will greatly relieve the situa-
ton.
From Manhattan, Abiline, SaIina,
Florence. Lincoln Center and Hutchin-
son come reports that the water has
bou spent its force and tina the
towns are slowly recovering.
The yield of wheat Will be much
smaller as the result of the food and
the financial loss will be great. How
ever, the state has great and
is bearing up we'll under the stunning
blow.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-09
AWFUL DEATH ROLL.


Atlanta. Ga, June 4-Mayor Parker.
of Gainesville. today telegraphed The
Journal the following summary OF
conditions in the storm swept city as
he sees them:
The dead Will number 125 by the
n Of the next Iw~enty-four hours.
Three hundred is a conservative esti-
mate of the wounded, some Of whom
will die. -Four hundred houses are de-
stroyed. l estimate the umDe OF
homeless at 100. The financial loss
will reach $500, 600. There IS still need
for more physicians"
Following the receipt OF the state
ment of Mayor Parker a further appeal
to the public was this afternoon issued
by the relief committee signed by Jas.
r. Gray, Clark Howell, John Temple
Graves; Henry II. Cabaniss, of Angus
ia; c. r. Pendleton, of Macon, and J.
H. Estill, Of Savannah. The appeal
asks for contributions in the way Of
food and clothing and for fifty trained
nurses and physicians.
Washington, June 4.-General Chaffee
reports to Adjutant General Corbin
I4ldI Tic 1IlSSI SSIIl ~ bdil4SSN Liz. Va,
says hat the people Of that town dc
not need anything now except food,
which will be supplied by the issue Of
army rations until other supplies can
be received.
AUTHORITATIVE ESTIMATE.
Gainesville, Ga. June 4.-The relief
committee met tonight and issued a
statement as to the lives lost, houses
destroyed, the number dead and injur-
ed, those needing hospital treatment,
etc. This is the first authentic report
from the committee. 1t is as follows:
Total killed 50: total will die y; total
wounded 261; total number needing
hospital treatment 60; total number now
in hospital 81.
Number houses totally destroyed 100;
total number houses partially destroyed
forty; total number persons homeless
nine hundred.
The above list of the houses destroyed
only includes residence and cottages,
and does not include stores, factories
and offices demolished.
The work of relief is proceeding with
expendition although it is somewhat
retarded by the cold drizzling rain
which poured down today from dawn
until midnight. The relief committees
are much encouraged by the generous
contributions from outside sources and
h lumber of physicians and trained
nurses who have volunteered their ser
vices.
The Pacolet mill at New Holland
started to running again today. Assis-
tant Superintendent Young stated that
a large number reported for work.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-09
He Knew 1t Was the Custom.

Washington. June A dispatch re-
ceived at the postoffice department. an
nounces that II Oxford, Miss, tonight,
Fenner B.. Baker was fin d $50 and costs
and sentenced TO six months in Jail for
offering fourth assistant Postmaster
General Bristow $500 for an appointment
as postmaster.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-09

Il have been troubled for some time
with indigestion and SOUL stomach
says Mrs. Sarah W. Curtis. OF Lee,
Mass. and HAY have been taking
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets which have helped me very
much SO that now l can eat many
things that before I could not" Ia
you a any trouble with your stom-
ach Why not take these Tablets and
get well? For sale by all druggists.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-09
Big Enterprise in Beaufort.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Raleigh, n. G, June A charter has
been granted 10 The Bell Haven Ice
company, Of Beaufort county, with
100000 capital. Ice making, cold stor-
age and meat and fish packing are the
features of the business. c. E. Behre,
Of Atlanta, and r. l.. Bonner, Of Wash
ington, y. c., are the principal stock
holders.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-09
Biz SaM Mill Rurnod.

Gadsden. Ala, June 4.-The mill Of
the Kyle Lumber Company. the largest
in North Alabama, was destroyed by
fire last night. The Waterman dropped
his lamp. The mill kiln and lumber in
h yards was saved. The loss is esti-
mated at $50. 600.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-09
ANTI-SOUTH
Work of the Ohio Repub-
liCdn Convention Fin
iShed Yesterday
FOR ROOSEVELT

MyrOn II. Herrick Nominated for
Governor. and Roosevelt. Hanna
Policy in the Philippines Approved
Platform FayOrs Continuance of
Tariff Protection and a Greater
Nayy-StraddIe on the Trust Ques-
tiOn-Anti-South Sentiment.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-09
Safe Blowing ut ThomasviIIe.

Charlotte, y. c., June 4.-Burglars
broke into the p~ostoffice at Thomasville,
n. c.. last night, blowing open the safe
and taking about 500 IN honey There
is no clue.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-09
KANSAS CITY.

Kansas City. Mo-, June 4.-With the
rapid fall Of the rivers buSIneS is re-
Stunning its normal condition. The wa
terWorkS are pumping black water from
the Kansas river. not fit to drink, and
the danger from fire is over. he fire
underwriters met today and issued a
statement expressing satisfaction with
the condition. The electric street a
lines are in operation. The telephone
and Geographic connection will be es-
tabliShed between the two Kansas cities
tomorrow.
Gangs of railroad repairers follow
close upon the ~receding flood. At dark
tonight the water was beginning to
leave the floor of the union depot.
At the S~tOckyards 800 hogs and 300
cattle We're drowned. A force of men
began today to remove the c~arcasseS,
where they were lodged in the drift.
The current through the ~stockyards dis
trict flows ten miles an hour and the
stream carries away the refuse prompt
ly.
Reports that the Burlington bridge
approaches are WashAd away are I'M
true. In the masses Of driftwood on
the Clay county side of this bridge not
one body has been found. nor have any
bodies been seen there. At his place
many bodies were said to be collected
and thir nOn-eXistence makes it likely
that the total list of dead will not go
above eight. the numbe now authentic
1 Gated. Most of the missing persons
have been heard from.
IMMENSE FLOOD.
st. Louis. June AT st. LOUIS the
| rate of rise will continue rapid n So
! feet will be reached Friday morning
/ and 34.5 feet Saturday morning. \
| stage OF So feet is forecasted for Satur-
day night or sunday.
Measures to protect property from
a t~hlrtY-SiX foot stage by Monday
should be taken"
This warning was issued tonight by
Government Forecaster Bowie and in
dicateS that the crest of'the flood tide
Will not reach st. Louis for four days.
The river stage tonight makes it i'm
possible for the larger steamboats, TO
passe under Eads bridge. which at Low
stage has eighty-eight feet clear below
the center span.
The lver current $ whirling past st.
Louis at the rate of from u 20 Il miles
an hour.
Across the river Venice is suffering
severely. Since yesterday the encroach-
ing water has driven more families
from their homes and the city hall is
crowded with refugees. Negroes are
quartered in the fire department.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-09

Washington. June 4-The cotton
bulletin of the department of agricul-
turo issued today is as follows:
The statistician of the department of
agriculture estimates the total area
planted in cotton in the United States
this season at rs, 9O7, 900 acres. an in
crease of 1.029, 900 acres or 81 per cent.
up on the acreage planted last year.
The average condition of the growing
crop on May 18th was al, as compared
with 95.1 on May %, 1902, SIS on May
20, 1901, and a ten year average of 500.
The percentage of increase in acreage
in the different states is as follows:
Virginia, 10; North Carolina. -; South
Carolina. 5.3: Georgia, 4. 4; Florida, 20;
Alabama, 23: Mississippi, As; Louis
lana. .. S: Texas. 1.5: Arkansas, So;
Tennessee, 60; Missouri, ITO; Okla
homa, SO: Indian Territory, 1913.
The condition of the crop by
state on May 18th was as follows:
Virginia, -: North Carolina. "A; South
Carolina, 16; Georgia. 10; Florida, 81;
Alabama. -; Mississippi, IS; Louisiana.
10: Texas. 20: Arkansas, g: Tennessee,
SO: Missouri, So; Oklahoma, -.
The condition now reported is for the
cotton belt as a whole and for the
states of Georgia, Alabama and Texas
in particular. the lOWeSt condition ever
reported at this season of the year. The
crop is almost everywhere from ten to
t~Wenty-one days late.
JOHN HYDE,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-09
COTTON CROP
The Government Report
Makes Worst Show
ing on Record
CONDITION TIA

The Average Condition for Ten
Years Has Been S6.9. a Failing OFF
of I5.J-The Acreage in Cotton This
Year il o an Increase of
I.O29.0OO Acres Over Last Years
Acreage-The Bad News Creates
Excitement in New York and New
Orleans.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-09
JOHN HYDE,
SfnfiSfician
EXCITEMENT IN NEW YORK.

New York. June 4.-Upon the ap-
pearance Of the government crop re-
port showing the present average con-
ditiOn of cotton to be al. compared
with 80 last year, the cotton market
here was thrown into a great state Of
excitement. The immediate effect was
an advance of 6 to 10 points, after
which the market became easier under
realizing. After the excitement the
market uuieted down with prices two
points higher than yesterdays closing.
NEW ORLEANS WENT WILD.
New Orleans. June AT the opening
of the cotton market the ring went
wild over the reading of the bureaus
report on acreage and condition. 1t be
came Immediately known that it was
the worst on record. Prices. however.
did not make any sensational advances.
principally because the effect of the re-
ports had been discounted during the
past week. Heavy liquidation followed
the reading of the report, but every
thing was quickly absorbed and the
prOfit-taking has no lasting effect or
prices.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-09
THE MACHEN CASE.

The Grand Jury Examined Several
Witnesses Yesterday Great Sc
crecy as to Their Testimony as to
the Charge of Bribery-SOuthern
Routes VIII be
i'm the investigation.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-09
TOTAL WRECK
Such is the Fate of the
City of North TOpe-
kd, Kansas
DISMAL PICTURE

The Flood Still Seven Feet Deep in
the Streets Stores and Goods
Everything Seventy-One Bodies
Recovered. and Many More People
Missing-LOss of Life at Kansas
City so Far to Eight-Bus-
mess Being Resumed.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-02-25
wAAr n sToop FoR.
How Jenny Explained Meaning Of
Masonic Emblem.

How Jenny Explained Meaning Of
Masonic Emblem.
1t happened when Boston Com
mandery of the knights Templar OBJ
served their anniversary. The temple
was profusely covered with bunting
and Masonic insignia, and on almost
every building adjoining the emblem
of the free and accepted Masons'
was displayed. Two sons of the EN-
erald Isle walked along and surveyed
the decorations One of the Cells, a
little short fellow, with the stubbed
retrousse nose so indicative of inQuis.
itiveness, said to his friend, big, con
fldent fellow:
Say, Jenny what does that
mean?"
Jenny answered as Yankee by
asking What does what mean2"
why" said wal" for so his friend
called him, that device up there"
you blidderlrg eeIit,p said Jenny
Don't you know square?'
Eyes, know what a square it,"
said Val, @and know what a compass
Is. But can't get through my head
what the G stands for
Then It was that Jenny inflated his
chest and said with whitening gran
deur, why, the g stands for gimlet."
Masons say there is no secret in the
significance of the seventh letter, but
that 1t stands for God and geometry,
but Jemmy's elucidation OF the prob
lem was unique
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-02-25

is a fact that there are but few per-
sons who are capable of distinguish
ing between carefully prepared and
well-cooked possum meat and the
meat of very young pig. Baked with
sweet potatoes and served with the
usual condiments it is almost impos.
slble for man whose taste is not
keen to an extraordinary degree to
tell 'possum from pig Coon meat is
different. There can be no mistake
about the meat Of this animal It Is
strong, awfully strong, and no amount
of seasoning, no amount Of fayoring,
will rob it of that taste Of wildness
which is peculiarly its own. 1t is
not bad taste when you get used to
it. rather like II II it is properly
prepared. There are very few persons
who knew how to prepare and cook
a coon, however, and suppose this
is because the meat is rarely found
except in more remote sections But
1t is good meat, and I would like to
see its use more general"
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-02-25
WIDEST OF ALL MEATS IS RAccooN
Southern Epcu Admires Its and Regrets That Its Use Not
More Common

"The widest meat ever tasted in
my life, said an epicure, lis the meat
of the raccoon It has flavor about
It which you cannot find in any other
meat, SO far as my experience goes. l
have spent much of my life in hunt
ing in the wilder regions of this coun-
try, and have had splendid opportun-
tiles to know the particular fiavors of
various wild meats, Deer meat is al
most tasteless in comparison with
other means of a wild KIND. I was
about to say the flavor was scarcely
distinctive, but this is not exactly
fact, for there is just suggestion of
wildness about yenison II it is not too
highly seasoned. Bear meat is just
triflle more wild in flavor, but not
wild enough to be offensive to the man
whose taste is acquainted with food
Of a tanner kind. Possum meat is de-
ceptive,
"'Possum meat
Am good and sweet"
as the old negro song runs, and yet it
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-02-25
IN THE ALLIGATOR PONDS.
Reptiles Collect in Great Numbers in
the Swamps.

Reptiles Collect in Great Numbers in
the swamps.
Alligator hunting used to be wanton
slaughter; now there is well-defned
code of ethics for the sportsman. Ten
years ago it would have been hard to
overestimate the number Of alligators
in Florida, Since then the skin hunt.
ers have made such inroads upon
them that they are now almost diff
cult to find in some localities. The
home of the alligator is the Great Cy-
press swamp west of the Everglades.
In the dry season the water recedes
from great portions of this tract, leav-
ing many small ponds in which alllga
tors collect in great numbers.
l once set UP my camera on the
border of one Of these ponds which
was nearly circular in form, about 200
feet in diameter, and surrounded by
dense vegetation, says a writer In
Country life in America At first
the reptiles disappeared, but after the
camera was adjusted, a peculiar nasal
sound, like the cawing of crow,
initiated with closed nostrils, imme-
diately dotted the surface with eager
eyes and soon brought scores of ga
tors into full view. One OF the pic.
lures then obtained shows seventy.
three alIigators.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-02-25

A man never knows what a con-
science he has until asked to tell a
lie to shield some one he never liked
very well, anyway.