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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-22
The Gnat and the Camel.

Eleven months ago the attention of
the postmaster general was directed to
the peculiar relations existing between
turf sWindlers and Barrett, Judge Ty-
ners nephew and ex-asstant. Letters
from Barrett, offering t get decisions
favorable to various concerns using the
lnalls for questionable purposes in
consideration Of large fees, were
placed in the postmaster generals
hands. and by him were turned over
10 whom? Not to officers Of the de-
partment of justice to be used as evil
oeilce IN the prosecution of grafters in
the pOstoffice department, but to Ty-
ner- Nobody appearS to know where
tnoSe letters are now OF whether they
were among h papers taken by Mrs.
1yner and Mrs. Barrett from Tyner's
safe.
1t might be inferred that the postal
authorities are negligent of the public
interest and culpably lenient to unfaith-
tul employees and grafters in office. but
the inference would be unjust 20 the
department. Official r~etribution may
De SLOW IN O~Vertaking the transgressor
OUT nc IS relentless and sternly sure. A
mall carrier of J~effersonville was ar
rested last Saturday night on the
charge of failing to account for two
cents collected on a postage due stamp.
For more than q year half a dozen
government officials and detectives
V been on the trail of two cents.
and it is alleged that they have traced
the plumber to the pocket Of the care
less mail carrier.
II more than a ear of diligent inves-
Cgatlon is required to obtain evidence
or the unlawful conversion OF two
cents, it would be unreasonable to ex-
pect the department to uncover in
eleven months a bunco game running
under the very nose Of the postmaster
general and a system Of contract job
blng and general grating extending
to every branch of the service.
Now that the Jeffersonville carrier
has been rounded up and the missing
two cents have been traced to his
pocket, the postmaster general and his
able staff Of inspectors may be free to
lake up other lines of inquiry. They
have strained at the gnat. Will they
swallow the camei?-Philadelphia Am
erican.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-22
roosevelt Annoyed the Politicians

President Roosevelt owes his high
position to the fact that he was a
politician who did not care to held Of
flee. said DR.. Woodrow Wilson. presi-
dent OF the Princeton University. last
night in addressing the annual meet
ing of the Twentieth Century Club
The subject of the address was Pa
triOtism."
Roosevelt was a thorn in the side
OF the politicians" continued the
speaker. He attended their meetings
and became one of them. but if things
did not suit him he said so. He was
80 sure he knew how it ought to be
done and he was so much trouble to
the politicians that they gave him a
position to get rid of him.
If men would study politics. not
striving for office, it would change the
face of affairs all over the country.
The danger of our age is not PARTISAN
ship. but that our thoughtful men will
belong to no party. Don't form your
self into 4 third party. Don't isolate
yourself. Go into the arena and take
your active part.'-ChicagO Dispatch.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-22
Roanoke Water Power.

Our Weldon correspondent informs
us that all h property Of the Roanoke
Navigation and Water Power Com
pany a been sold to capitalists from
Richmond and Norfolk. n that the
new company will infuse new life and
energy into the valuable property.
build factories INC construct an cleo
trio line from Weldon to Roanoke
RaDids.
This means q great deal for Weldon
and that section of North Carolina.
The water power of the Roanoke river
at Weldon n Roanoke Rapids is one
OF the largest and most desirable IN
the United States. An immense vol
ume of water is always at hand. n
even i'm the dryest seasons the canals
are abundantly supplied. Several years
ago the power at Roanoke Rapids, Il
few miles above Weldon, was devel-
oped and a number of cotton factories
have been built and are in successful
operation. A considerable settlement
has also sprung up at this point and
IS rapidly growing. 1t is an ideal stu
alton for a manufacturing community
and h surprise to u is that CAPT
taliSIS have been so long in finding cut
the advantages here offered for devel-
opment. Weldon a long been an i'm
portant railroad center. 1t is situated
in the cotton growing belt. and it IS
destined to become one of the great
cotton manufacturing centers Of the
south. From what we know of the
situation it seems to US that the Rich
mond and Norfolk capitalists who
have turned their attention in this di-
rectiOn ave made a very wise VEN
ture.-R1chmond Times-Dispatch
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-22
MODERN
FABLES.
by GEORGE ADE.@
Author of the Girl Proposition.
Author of the Girl Proposition.
BY GEORGE ABE

saline vas just beginning TO warm VI
and be kittenish.
we shall have Coolies of Fun tomor.
row." she said. First we have q
Breakfast at the French Restaurant
then a swell Luncheon at the Club, Their
q Musicale, then a Dinner at the big
gest Hotel on Earth, and then a Show
and then we are all going out Slumm-
ing"
Il drop out" said Henry. "One day
has put me TO the Bad"
Don't be a GUTTER" said Jessaline.
Stick to me and I'll give you the Time
| Of o u life"
/ Next Day she took him over the
! Jumps and he Followed with his Tongue
hanging out. He did not like to admit
that he could not keep up with a 90
pound Canary who was somewhat of
an Invalid. But when he sat and
watched her eating her fourth Hearty
Meal and chatting gaily, he tried to fig
ure out how any n with a Waist
Measurement of II inches could manage
it, but the Problem was too much for
him.
The third day of Rest included the
usual number of Eats and wound I'D
49, O44- " A44NSO N14S4ll L Ill luIl
last until the Germans become peevisb
and refuse TO play any more. Henry
was off in & Corner eating Soda Mint
Tablets and holding on to a Chair 10
keep from falling off. Jessaline was
rlght out IN the center of the Mix-up.
looking as fresh as a Dollar Bunch of
RUSSIAN Nlolets. After every Dance
she would tear out and get Glasses of
knockout punch and eat a couple of
after which she would be
ready 10 do some more two-stepping.
When the Orchestra finally struck and
she had to pull out, she found Henry in
a ComatOse Condition leaning against
the Hat-Rack. She aroused him and
told hin the Glad News that they were
to get an Early Start and go out to a
nice load House and have something
to Eat. Whereupon Henry fell in a
Heap and asked to be counted out.
All the way Home in the Carriage she
toasted him and charged him with a
lack of Appreciation.
You ac1 like a Dummy" said the m
digHant Jessaline. Why don't you cut
in and hare a Good Time, the same as
do? [ don't want People to think
that [ married a Rube."
L can lift 200 pounds in Harness and
l can play - Holes of Golf without
turning a Hair" said the fallen Giant
but When it comes to eating little
Birds and taking a new kind Of Salad
every twenty minutes and holding ami
mated Conversation with Perfect Strar-
gers, [ am not in your Glass. Send for
a Trained Nurse. In a Week o.
snail be able to Travel and get back to
Hard Work and rest up. In the mean
time. go il alone
So Jessaline put the Weekling on the
Shelf and went out and had a Hannv
Week.
Moral: Capacity cannot be deter
mined by any Outside Measurements
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-22
Catholic knights to Meet in Ashe-
Vile.

st. Louis. May 16.-Asheville y, c.,
was TODAY selected for the next bien-
NAL convention of the Catholic
Knights of America, which adjourned
tonight after electing officers. The
date Of the mex convention VIII be the
First Tuesday in May, 1905. The off
GERS for h two years Intervening
We're elected as follows:
Supreme President, DR.. f. Gaudien.
Of New Orleans; Supreme Vice-Presi-
dent, H. F. C~rouchan. Of Providence;
Supreme Secretary, F'erard Rector, OF
Nincennes, Ind. Supreme Treasurer. J.
c.. Carroll, Of st. Louis; Trustees,
Micheal Quinn, of Brooklyn. and ]. p.
McGInn. of Louisville.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-22
THE STATE CAPITAL.
j.. c. BIackIey Brought Back from
Kentucky on the Charge of EN-
bezzIing $5,OOO-Haywood
Corpus
Messenger Bureau.


Raleigh, n. c., May 16.
Constable John r. Upchurch arrived
to-day from Louisville. KY. with ]. c.
lBlackIey, accused of embezzling $4,000
here in selling mules for a St. Louis
firm. His hearing is set for July Sth
before Mayor Powell. Blackley, gave
IA $4,000 bond for his appearance July
ISth. Before leaving town he was re-
arrested on a capias charging him
with false pretense in New Bern.
The engagement is announced Of
Erwin Allen Holt, of Burlington, and
Miss Mary Warren Davis. of Raleigh.
The wedding is set for June 10Th in
church here.
Judge Robert NJ. Douglas has filed
order with the clerk of superior court
here. continuing the hearing on the
writ of habeaS corpus in the Ernest
Haywood case from May 21st to May
I2Sth. He found that a hearing next
week would interfere with his work on
1.-THE supreme court bench.
| DR.. George S. Traps. instructor in
dying in the textile department of the
Agricultural and Mechanical College
and a graduate Of Johns Hopkins. will
lbe married to Miss Ellen Hale Saun-
lders, Of Durham, at the home Of the
brides mother. June 18th.
Miss Susan Clark, Miss Mary Arm
stead Jones, Miss Daisy Smith. of
lGOldsboro. and Miss Evelyn Aydlett,
Iof Elizabeth City. will leave here to-
morrow for New Orleans. where they
will be sponsors at the Confederate re-
union.
DR.. James Dinwiddie, principal of
Peace Institute. left this morning for
IMaXtOn, where he was summoned on
account of the critical Illness of his
daughter, Mrs. Baxter Groom. Dr..
lDinwIddie was accompanied by DR.. H.
la. Register and a trained nurse.
Terrible plaques. those itching, pes
Itering diseases of the skin. Put an end
Ito misery. Doan's Ointment cures. AT
ANY drug store.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-22
~GOLDSBORO
Miss Smith. the Sponsor, and a Party
Off for the Reunion,
Farmer Who Has Cotton all the
Time-NeGrO Soldier Dies on the
Street.
Especial 10 The MeSSenger.)


Goldsboro. y. c.. May 16.-MIss Daisy
smith, Of this city, sponsor for Thos-
Ruffn Camp. Confederate Veterans,
accompanied by her sister. Mrs. B. II.
Grimm. left today for Raleigh, where
they VIII join a party of friends and
leave tomorrow for New Orleans to at
tend the annual reunion of United
Confederate Veterans. Messrs. ]. NJ.
HolloWell. +. p. Howell. T. w. SIo-
cumb. H. T. Jones and \. p. Hollowen.
members OF Thos. Rutfin Camp. left
today and Will so direct 10 New Or
leans TO participate in the reunion.
Mayor Geo. E. Hood left last night
for Charlotte. where he goes to par
ticipate in a flag raising by the Junior
Order OF United American Mechanics
of which order he is now State Conn
cillor.
George Griffin, the colored watchman
at the colored insane hospital near this
city. died suddenly On the streets this
morning. Griffin was a negro of char
acter and held the respect of those of
both races who knew him. He was
a retired soldier on a pension. having
served full thirty years in the United
States army. He was with Genera
Lawton's brigade in the Philippines
when the general was killed.
Mr.. y. S. Perkins, of Pikeville, one
of the best farmers in the county, sold
several bales of cotton on this mar
ket yesterday for II IA cents. He has
been holding his cotton for several
years for higher prices and the offer
of II IA cents was the best that he has
had during the whole time. He has
one bale on his place which he has
had for l. years. He would not dispose
of this bale. as o'possums nave made
a hollow in il and he says he has
caught several every year in the hol-
low.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-22
More Work and Less Politics.

discussing politics. We have enough
politics on presidential election years,
and sometimes too much for the best
interests Of our people. The south is
waking up to this fact, and is devoting
more attention to her material Fro
gress and less to the politicians.-Au-
gusta (Ga.) Chronicle.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-22
A QEick

J. a Gulledge, of Verbena. Ala. was
twice IL the hospital from a severe case
OF piles causing a tumors. After doc
tors n all remedies failed. BuckIen's
ArnIca Salve quickly arrested further
and cured him. 1t con-
SuerS aches and kills pain. sc. at p r
Eellamy. druggist
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-22
Faint Your Buggy for 15c.

10 s1.09 with Devoe's Gloss Carriage
Paint. 1t weighs : 20 S ozs. more to the
pint than others. wears longer,
gives q gloss equal t. new work. Sold
by NJ. ". Divine & Co
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-22
Evidence OF Progressiveness in Fay
etteVille.
Especial to The Messenger.

Especial to The Messenger.)
Fayetteville, n. c., May 7s.-At an
election today for a special graded
school tax of % cents on 800 property
valuation and $4,000 bonds for school
buildings, both measures were carried
by about twelve to one.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-22
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Nuinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money if it
fails to cure. E. w. Groves signature
lis on each box. 20c.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-22

Bad blood and indigestion are deadly
enemies to good health. Burdock Blood
Bitters destroys them.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-22

Neglected colds make fat grave
DR.. Woods Norway Pine
Syrup helps men and women to a
happy, vigorous old age.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-22

0 woman's happi.
IS can be complete
ithout children ; it
her nature to love
and want them
J as much 50 as
it is to love the
beautiful and
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-22

Terrible plaques. those itching, pes
diseases of the skin. Put an end
Ito misery. Doan's Ointment cures. AT
|any drug store.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-01-03

i the value H. A. Tisdale, Summer
ton, s. G, places on DeWits's Witch
Hazsl Saive. He says: IT had the piles
for % oysars. I Itried many doctors and
medicines, but all failed except Dewitts
Witch Hazel Salye. II cured me . 1t
rs combination of the healing proper
ties Of Witch Hazel with an,iseptics and
cnollients: relieves and permanently
cures blind. bleeding itching and pro-
uuding piles, sores. cuts, ruisess eczema
salt rheurn AMI Pail skin diseases. A. ".
For man. dw
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-01-03
Children Poisoned 3 +.

Many cAildeen are poisoned aad made
uervous and weak, If not killed outright,
by mothers giving them cough syrups
containing opiates Foley's Honey and
Tar Is safe and certain 1emedy for
coughs, Group and lung trouble, and is
the only prominent cough medicine that
contains no opiates or other poisons.
Sold by Shanahan 4 Mitchell. DIV
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-01-03
Finds Way to Live Tong.

The startling announcement Of dis
covery that will surely lengthen life i.
made by editor Q. II. Downey. Of Chu
rubusco, Ind. II wish to state" he
writes, that DIR. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption is the most infallibie
remedy that | have ever known for
coughs, colds and grip It's invaluable
to people with weak lungs. Having this
wonderful medicine no one need dread
pneumonia or consumption. Its relief is
instant and cure certain " Peoples and
A, W. Foreman's drug stores guarantee
every SOC and 81 bottle, and give trial
bottles ffee. DIV
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-01-03
Watch Sc. Louis.

rhe greatest Worlds Fair the world
1 b ever seen will be held at So Loni!
l1904. TO keep In touch with The
rk or preparation for this greal
4 trld's Fair and 10 get all the news
hll the earth, every reading person
E&uld at once subsctibe TOR the great
&kspaper of 81. L nils, the Globe
1fnocrat. L. stands pre-eminent
Al alone among Agerlcan newspa-
&fs, and acknowledges 10 equal or
NJ. It's circulation extends u every
|, w. aud territory OF the Union, 10
,ana and Mexico, aud TO every part
f5he world here there IRE readers
Ithe English language. Itonght to
I III your ksme surfing the coming
&r. See adverlI,ement esscNhere
Fthis issue.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-01-03

The Chattanooga Medicine Co., tht
manufacturers Uf McEIree's Wine 81
Cardui and Thedford's Black -Draughi
have just issued the 1908 edition d
the CarduI Weather Chart and CaieD.
dar. Thisscalerdar has sprung into
universal prominence by accurately
foreteiling the Galveston food and
predicting The droughts and floods on
the past summer, year ahead OF each
occurrence. This office has jnst re-
ceived one of these calendars, which
consists OF twelve sheets OF paper,
l3x2r suches 10 size, all fastened to-
gether Nth gilt tin strip and brass
loop hanser. Each sheet cnrtains The
calendar sar uDe mouth Ia large fig
ures that cau.be.read across the room.
Under The tignres pa tent weather sig
mails Indicating Prof. DeVoe's
Weather forecasts for every day Ia
the year appeaE We understand
few copies of Ii can be secured BY
serulns 10 cents a piece iu ptstage
stamps t1 the Chattanooga Medicine
Co., Chattanooga, Tenn.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-01-03
DON'T FAIL TO ATTEND STATEHOOD CONVENTION TON
U. 5. MAR RSHALS KILLED
Desperate At Coal Creek. l. r.. Thus
DIsposes OF Deputy Msrshais.

Two United Stalsa deputy mar
shals were killed yesterday a
Coal Creek, q small station -four
miles south Of Spiro, on the Kan.
sas City Southern, while attempt
ing to arrest desperado.
A third deputy, Ralph Scargall,
of Kinta, L IT., who was assisting
in the arrest, was also woun ded.
One Of the dead men is Samuel
Sorrels, Of Kinta, /. r., and the
name Of Tho other 10 not known.
The desperadoes whom they
we're attempting to arrest opened
fire with . six.shooter In each
hand shooting two Of the officers
in the breast killing them instantly
The third deputy was severely
wounded il each hip. The des-
perado then told the station az ent
TO ''stick bis damn head in and
got out Of the way" and coolly
walked ACROSS Al open field and is
till At large. His sname cannot be
earned, The bodies Of the two
lead officers hare been shipped %
3piro. u
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-01-03
aWes Commission Continues
( ToIssue Tickets to Cher
okee Citizens.
DOUBTFUL CITIZEN
Are Given Tickets Marked 3D.
and Cases Will Be Taken Up
When the Holders Ap-
pear 10 Person TO File.
"A Tedious Job.

The Dawes Commission con
tinued issuing tickets today, th'
third day since the opening Of tht
land office At vinita. Up TO tht
closing hour yesterday afternoon
8S5 tickets had been given out,
There was no rush after noon yes
to-day, as The people had gradual.
" become reconoiled TO the fact
that all could not get 10 early and
that many months would be COM
sumed ii fling.
IA clerk In the employ Of the
commission remarked yesterday
that tickets enough had already
|bsen Issued 20 keep The commits
sion busy for three months.
Doubtful citizenship cases are
passed for tho time being and
tickets marked ID" are given
those whose cases have not been
decided. Many freedmen arc now
appssring and are being given
tickets according as they appear
on the rolls whether doubtful or
otherwise. No one will be al.
lowed TO file on land until their
status as citizen ID settled.
\ The fling will begin Monday |
|porning at 3 O'Clock and tickets
7ilI be given out every day as long
40 they are applied for. It's inn
possible to state even approximate
" the number OF filings that can
DO recoided in day until the
vork is under way.
wv. w. Hastings and j. @ Starr
He'd upon their allotments today /
,eing the fret Cherokees 70 file.
rhe regular work Of filing will
lowever, not begin until Monday
1prning.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-01-03
A Scientific DIsooverv

Kodol does for the stomach that which
It Is unable to do for itself. even when
but slightly disordered or overloaded. i.
Kodol supplies the natural juices of di-
gestion and does the work of the ston,-
ach, relaxing the nervous tension, willie
the inflaned muscles of that organ are
allowed to rest and heal Kodol digests
what you eat and enables the stomach
and digestive organs TO transform all
food into rich, red blood. A. w. Fore
man. DIV
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-01-03
New Century Comfort.

Millions are daily finding a werld Of
comfort in Bucklcn's Arnica Salve. II
kills pain from burns. scalds. cuts.
bruises; canquers ulcers and fever sores;
cures eruptions, salt rheuni. boils AMI
felons; removes corns and warts. Best
pile cure on earth Only 25c at Peoples
aud A ". Foreinan's drug stores. DIV
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-01-03

The many friends Of G. II. Hau. an,
Engineer L. +. & w. X. r., at present
living ia Lima, o.. will be pleased to
know d his recovery from threatened
kidney disease. He writes: i was cured
BY using Fosey's Kidney Cure, which I
recommend TO all, especially trainmen
who are usually similarly afflicted Sold
by Shanahaa s Mitchell dw
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-01-03

The Kansas City World today
says: II is reported It Topeka that
Pliny 4. 6oper, United States ~
torney for the northern district 81
the Indian territory, is consider
ing proposition TO resign bis Of
foe and accept place with the
Frisco railroad. Soper lately
visited relatives there and men
toned the matter. Soper is !
nephew Of Cy Leland. the republi.
can boss OF Kansas.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-01-03

&FG}ft @NtId- lFtftt NlCttf@t
IssDuring sudden and terrible attack
krroup our little girl was un consciou'
|nsn strangulatiou, says A. L. Spaiford
|stnaster, Chester, Mich. and a dose
one Minute Cough Cure was adiaiiiis-
ed atld repeated oitsn- 1t reduced
I swelling and Inflammation. cut the
|tcus and shortly The child was resting
and speedily recovered" It cures
hghs. colds. iagrippe and all throat aud
Ee;roubies. One Minute couge Cure
|zers ia the throat and chest and en-
|ss the lungs to cortfibute. pure,
|,lbh giving oxyeeu 70 the bio d A.
Foreman. DIV
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-01-03
ALIfe at STAKE.

If you but knew he splendid merits
Of Foley's Honey ard Tar you would
never be without it. A dose or two will
prevent an attack Of pneumonia or Ia
grippe. It may save , our fe. Sold by
Shanahan \ Mitchell. DIV
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-01-03

Cease to be simple, if al ell prolonged.
The safest way is to put ,hein aside al
the very beginning Billiards. Hore.
hound Syrup stops cold Snd removes
the cause cf colds. 25c. soc and II lot
ties at Peoples drug store. dw