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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-20

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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-20
BIG DAY OF THE FAIR.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Greensboro. October 15.-The big
gest crowd ever seen at the Fair
Grounds was there yesterday. At
least eleven thousand people being
present.
Today being considered by the pub
lie the big day of the fair. enormous
came in on special excursion
trains from every direction, until it
really seems that fifteen thousand
people have gathered here to see the
fine exhibit, the races and each other.
All who attended the fair say the
exhibits are fine and they dc not hes
ttate to say hat they are h largest
and best ever seen here. When the
speak of the exhibits, they
generally say, 1t is a fine fair and l
never saw as many chickens in my
life Unless they AVE attended
poultry shows outside of the southern
states, this remark is true, for this
is said to be the largest poultry eX-
ever made in the south. there
being 325 entries.
The live stock exhibits are also fine.
The capacity for the live stock exhibit
has been enlarged since last year, but
the buildings are still too small to
IdCCOIllllOud0 All eNIllDlUOTS. ln6Te are
several entries of cattle ron Illinois.
The Greensboro ELECTRIC Company
broke the record yesterday for haul
ing people. They hauled over thirteen
Thousand people. This is h largest
number of people ever handled by the
street car company here in one day,
During the reunion, and so far during
1.-The fair, out of thousands of paSSen-
lgers handled each day and night, there
has not been a single accident on
lstreet car or a disturbance requiring
duties of an officer.
One of the regular dances given here
during fair week took place at the
IBenbow Hall last night. An enormous
crowd was in attendance and it was
lquite a brilliant affair. There were
a number of people present from diff
lferent sections of the state. Williams
orchestra furnished music for the oc'
~lcaSion.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-20
LIKES INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION.
lEX-President Cleveland Makes Good
Impression at the Armour Insti-
tute.

Chicago, October 15.-EX-President
Grover Clevland vas received with
Iusty cheer by the students of Armour
Institute today. He made a speech
which brought forth more applause.
One statement he made was especially
a happy one considering his audience,
which is engaged in acquiring what
terms as an industrial education"
He said:
4 am a great stricken for high
Ter education, but [ want to tell you
this: The opportunities today are
than ever for boys to get q
practical eduCatiOn-an industrial
Education and [ would rather my own
boy grew up able to build a great
bridge, like the Brooklyn bridge, than
to receive the highest honor that the
Ipeople could bestow upon him. I hate
Ito hear persons ak in a pessimistic
Istrain to the effect thai the day of
opportunity in this country has gone
10y and hat the N for a young
Imam to rise by his own efforts have
lpassed away. It is not true. There is
room at the top and there always will
be-
Before visiting the Armou School,
lMr. Cleveland, accompanied by James
In. Eckels, called upon Mrs. Walter
10. Greshman, widow of Secretary of
Estate Gresham, of the Cleveland cab
Iinet.
Mr.. Cleveland left for his home at
princeton. N. J.. at 6 o'clock tonight.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-20
THE PRESS AND BUBBLES.
The People Foreyyarned of Condi-
tionS That Are Worrying Wall
street.

Careful readers of the newspapers
cannot have missed the fact that for
more tina a year the leading journals
of the United States ave been fors-
warning the people of the condition
that now are worrying Wall street and
Wrecking so many wind-blown sDecL-
iative schemes.
There is sometimes manifested a ten
Gency on the part of business men to
regard newspaper discussions Of bust
ness matters as 'uninformed and dca-
demic.' AS a matter of fact. no class
Of men in the nation keep SO thorough
" and accurately informed as to the
actual conditions that prevail III tte
country aS do the editors Of respOISIpi1
Journals. The intimate news II facts
Of every city and state. of every III
tereSt and industry Of the people. c0Ine
under their eyes and are carefully CD
cuiated by trained editors every day.
Most of them know more of business
conditions their periIs and offsets,
any minute tia nthe average critic can
gather II digest in 4 month OF Suh-
days.
1t was the newspapers that warned
the people all along that the prosperity
of Wal street SPECTATORS was as IN
stable as the water III their stocks and
as empty OF substance as hte vino
with which they were trumpeted to The
unWar investors Of the country. il
was the newspapers that advised sen
Sible men 10 stick TO the old Substdl-
Iial lines OF industry and invest tn5ll
surplus capital in solid properties rath
er than in the JOnah's gourds of the
Paradise Of Promoters.
Now that Wall street is having lis
troubles, il Is gratifying to witness
that the ravages of the so-calIed
panic are confined to the speculative
centerS and circles. The country and
the people at large are not involved
There is one enough and business
enough to carry along easily and
profitably the legitimate industries o.
the nation. And for this excellent COD.
dltion the people have their faithful
newspapers to thank.-Atlanta Consti'
tuition.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-20
Where is Your Boy Spending the
NightS

This from the Greensboro Record
should be carefully read by the faith
ers n mothers in Wilmington:
The Record does not set itself up as
a preacher, far from il. but it cannot
refrain from saying that more boys
are heading straight for the devil in
this place than any one has any Idea
of and the primary cause is the want
Of parental restraint. Boys anywhere
from eight to fifteen are allowed to
roam the streets at will and scores
there are who seldom go home unit,
midnight. while often it is later. An
illustration is given, the names beng
omitted \ man said yesterday he
had a little grandson who never amt
home until midnight. He said he had
exhausted all efforts n as a last
resort old the boy he would whip
him if he was not at home by min in
the evening. but when he undertook
TO correct him the chaps mother put
down her foot on it and would not
permit 1t. That boy is only one OF
hundreds. Take a walk around the
city any night and see them on The
streets, see them in certain lOafinng
places where they cOngregate n1gn,
after night. We know of places in
Greensboro ~frequented by these boys
Wnere almost any night they have
liquor mo drink it-bOys of ten and
over. perhaps younger.
We nave a police force and a good
one. but its business Is not to act as
guardians. The responsibility is on
the parent: if he neglects it and his
boy is ruined he alone is to blame.
We know of course that there are
fathers and mothers who try to re-
strain their children: who make eff
forts to keep them at home and do all
they can for them and yet they go to
the bad. These cases, however, are
be stated that the fact that other
loose rein and this makes it harder
to curb the boy whose parents want TO
curb him. Light is not made of
I yet there is such a thing as acquiring
vicious habits. A boy whose every
| environment has been OF the best, who
has been raised to detest liquor,
| swearing. carousing. Will soon become
ar adept if left alone, It's an 'ac-
q~uirement' easy to accomplish.
We are told-and it is a matter
easily proven-that many parents
| hustle their children off to school to
be managed and controlled because
they do not want to control them
| themselves OF cannot do it. The child
sees this in a second ana refuses to
be controlled at home. Who is to
blame for all this? The answer is
| easy. What are the parents going 10
do about it?
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-20
Charlotte Typographical Unions
EducatiOna Plan.

Perhaps no one undertaking by a
Charlotte organization has caused
more interest outside of North Caro-
lima than the adoption by the local
Typographical Union of a child en-
ployed in a cotton mill for the purpose
of sending her to school. VanderVeer
GUSTS. writing in the last lumber Of
The Quarterly Journal of Economics,
published for Harvard University,
tells of the success of the experiment,
and speaks of it as "a peculiar feature
Of trade unionism which has come to
light in connection with the recent
agitation in North Carolina for a law
fOrbidding the employment Of child Ia
bOr."
In July. 1892, the Charlotte Union
which has Il membership of about fiji
ty, resolved to take under its care a
girl hen working in a mill and pay
for her time at the same rate that the
mill paid for it, with the provision
hat she should attend the public
school during its regular sessions.
An investigation resulted in the adOp-
ton by the union of a nine-year-Old
child named Sadie Cash. She was at
that time earning 1.2G per week in a
mill, being the chief support Of a wild
owed mother and younger brother. The
uniOn began by paying Sadie's mother
$1.20 per week and the child was start
ed TO school. Members Of the uniOn
contributed the additional funds for
clothing and the purchase Of school
books. The little girls wages have
been raised since her adoption and her
mother now receives s. per week.
Sadie attends school regularly and is
said to be making rapid progress with
her studies. When she has reached the
point where she can care for herself
and those dependent upon her for aid
it is the nlan of the union to apply the
amount now paid her to the education
Of some other child, making the char
ity an endless chain affair. as it We're.
Members of Charlotte Typographical
Union express themselves as being well
pleased with the experiment. The sec
rotary of the organization has had nu-
merous requests for information re-
garding the matter and a number of
articles have been published about the
plan and its success.-Charlotte Chron-
icle
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-20

come-ons. and she was a steerer Tor a
green goods layout.
She was as good as a actress out on
top Of de stage. for you wouldn't know
her voice in u tousand years if you was
her own adder. De leaders bOt@ ask
her in TO supper, but she says dat she
had RAIDER hab supper 1t the Lobster
Palace. and at dat Boston jumps up at
his chance, and he gives her an invite TO
supper dere. She says sure, but dat
! she would have to ask Il fren, Il dey
saws any fren of hers-anodder bottle!
Well, say. tings was doing swift, after
. dat. Wildly goes to Duchess, and dat
| saucy goil sends for me. Dey say dat
| dey is going home, but fOist Wildly
wrote a note for me to take to de Lob
! ster Palace. She reads me de note. so
dat l would know what cards was III
me hand. She writes to Whiskers dat
+ instead OF one fren she ask four-doSe
was to me, Maggie, me fren de barkeep
. and Duchess. Den she tells Wh.skers,
il de note, dat he had forgot his hat,
! and dat [ was to fetch it to him. and
dat dere was a ten dollar hat check on
it. She tells him to say to Boston dat
he was to treat her frens well, dough,
rs no masks was worn in de Lobster
Palace. dey would V to sit at mod
der table.
: One of de leaders digs up a dicer for
Whiskers, and dey was off to wait fol
de unknown. Den me and Duchess
takes Wildly home; and meet me fren
and Maggie, and de four of US chases
to de Palace. [ seen Whiskers duck
when he pipes Duchess and me, but ]
ill., ID 49,. los-o IL rotA
He reads it and near falls off his chair
and when L gives him his dicer wit de
hole in it. de four of EN- at de table, ms
swells and me leaders, has fits for fair
Well, Whiskers pungles de tenor for de
dicer, and Boston, he calls me UP, and
says dat my party was TO take u table
and order on him. We did. Say, he
! must have a job cutting off coupons fOl
Duchess orders dat supper, and she car
order to beat de bank-When de check
goes to anodder party to be settled, but
. Boston never winked when de waiter
hands it out TO him.
We had to get home before breakfast
so we leaves before de odder party
Boston was telling de leaders how tc
run DER jobs. before we left. but dc
next morning he only says to me
"ChameS,' he says, You promised &c
get US out of de ball wit de retoin of oul
hats for a dollar a t row"
Excuse me, sir" I says. Dat wat
only your hat 1 insured" Den he laugh:
so he couldn't pour de soda into de glas:
where I'd put de odder part of de mix
ture, aand he says. Van Courtlandt
had to pay a hat check, when de ha'
was ruined. Ill tel dat at de mex
class dinner"
He tips well. dat sporty Boston boy
and 1 hopes dat his sociology studio:
will do him as much good as dey do me
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-20
New Counterfeit 1O-DOlIar Bill Dis
covered.

Washington, October 15.-The secret
service today announced the discovery
of a new counterfeit ten dollar United
Estates note. The note in hand is Of the
series of 1901, Lyons register, Roberts.
treasurer, with portraits of Lewis and
CLARK.
1t is a we'll executed photographic pro-
iGuction, printed on a good quality of
bond paper without any attempt to imi-
tate silk fiber, the color Of the seal or
numbering, and is larger, with superim-
Iposed ten on the face and the note
lis pink instead of carmine.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-20
Japan May Insist On
RuSSid'S Fulfillment of
Her Promises
WAR NOT LIKELY

important Cabinet Conferences
Have Been Held at Toxic and
They Are Understood to Have
Been Paciic-The Russian Minis
ters of War and Marine
That Their Departments Are Pre-
pared to Meet any E~ventuaIity.
The Signing of the Chinese-Japan
csc Treaty Opens Up n Port in
M~anchuria to Japanese
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-20
4 Bark Found at Sea.

F~ernandina, Fla. October 15.-The
master of the steamer Zeeburg reports
boarding the Uraguan bark Salvador
deserted by the crew. The vessel was
lin a diSmaSted condition, but had very
little water in her hold, her hull was in
lgOod condition., making little If any
iwater. The master would have towed
1.-THE vessel into Bermuda but vas pre-
by time charter. The Tallafer-
tro sailed from this port to a port in
Spain with a cargo Of lumber on Sep
Itember 9th. A lamp in the cabin of
the vessel was burning when boarded.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-20
More Toy Pistols and Other
Explosives.

Columbus. O.. October 1.-THE state
board of health today adopted a resolu-
ton by which their secretary is dl-
to take steps to prevent the sale
of toy pistols and other explosive ap-
purtenances." The resolution recltea
thai six hundred persons We're killed,
100 made blind and 1000 others injured
on the last Fourth of July. The board
therefore declares it to be the duty Of
health authorities to abolish the evils
attendant upon the celebration Of In
dependence DaY.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-20
A Love Letter.

Would not interest you if you're look
ing for a guaranteed Salve for Sores,
Burns OF Piles. Otto Dodd, Of Ponder
Mo, writes: IT suffered with an ugly
sore for a year, but a box Of Bucklen's
Arnica Salve cured me. It's the best
Saive on earth. % cents at r. r. Bella
my's Drug Store.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-20

A boon to travellers. Dr.. Fowlers
Extract of Wild Strawberry. Cure
dysentery, diarrhoea, seasickness. nau
sea- Pleasant to taste. Acts prompt
Iv
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-20

King Edward has as much trouble
in keeping his statesmen together as
President Roosevelt has in keeping his
apart.-Atlanta Journal.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-20

Only n remedy in the world that
will at once stop itchiness of the skin
in any part of the BODY. Doan's Oint-
ment. At any drug store, 80 cents.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-05
U. C. v. SPECIAL.
Cotton Belt Rates to the New Orleans
Reunion.

The Cotton Belt railroad will run
special train from Paragould, Ark,
to New Orleans for the accocmmoda-
tion of those who may desire to at
tend the reunion of the United Con-
federate Veterans at New Orleans
on May 19 to % inclusive. The rate
is one cent mile. The train will
leave Paragould at S:35 a. m. on
Sunday, May Il, and arrive at the
Pine Bluff shops at 2:15 p. M, and
will leave Pine Bluff at 8 p. m., and ar
rive at New Orleans at II a. m Mon
day The fare for the round trip
from the various points is as follloWs:
Paragould $40; Jonesboro, 1910;
Fair Oaks, 500; Brinkely, 1910;
Clarendon, 1910; Stuttgart, $500;
Altheimer $915; Pine Blu :, $3.50;
Kingsland, $500 Fordyce, $3.50;
Camden. $3.50; Stephens, s8.40; Nc
Neil, $3.50; Waldo, $500; Stamps,
$685. Lewisville, $7.S5.
Returning tickets will be good leav-
ing New Orleans to and including
May "a, 1908, and will not require ex-
ecution.
Passengers from points not includ-
ed in the above schedule desiring to
join special train may use regular
trains to nearest station shown in
special schedule.
Passengers unable to take advan-
tage of special train may use train
No. of May 16, II and 18.
For further information as to rates,
time of trains, etc, call on ticket
agent.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-05
FRISCO READERS.

Colonist rates to southwest. Home
seekers rates to southwest. Tickets
on sale twice a month.
General assembly Presbyterian
church, Los Angeles, Cal, May 21-June
2.
Grand Army of the Republic, San
Francisco, CAL, August 1922.
National Association Master Plumb
ers, San Francisco, CAL, May 1922.
One-way colonist rate, California
and the northwest, April 1, June 30.
Southern Baptist convention, Savan.
nah, Ca, May TIA.
National Educational association.
Boston, Mass, July 6-10.
National Conference Charities. At.
lanta, Ca. May 6-12.
Baptist Young Peoples Union. At
lanta, Ca. July 9-12.
Write for full information. ]. N. Cor
natzar, Division Passenger Agent,
Memphis, Tenn.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-05
$4,000 TO BE DIS .n..o.-.
The St. Louis Republic Offers Four,
teen Splendid Reward to Sub

scribers.

scrbers.
Aa interesting announcement ap-
pears in that great metropolitan news
paper, the St. Louis Republic, in the
form of a proft-sharing offer to any
one now a subscriber or willing to
A big sum Of $4,000 is to be paid in
rewards for good judgment and skill
1t is possible to earn all the way from
$40 up to $4,000
The Republics subscribers are in
vited to estimate upon the number OF
catory ceremonies, April 80, 1903, OF
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
The subscriber whose estimate comes
nearest the official record will receive
$4,000; the next one will get $4,000,
and and additional sum of 81 500 will
be divided in rewards ranging from
81 900 down to $40 among those whose
estimates most nearly approximate
the offiial record of admissions. A pay
| ment of $3.50 will provide for the de-
livery of the Daily and Sunday Re
public for not less than one year, or
| Sc will pay for six annual subscrip'
tions to the Twice-aweek Republic.
and if the remittance is received on
or before p m. of April 20, 1908, the
person sending it can make six esti'
mates. More estimates maye be made
ditions of this contest, together with
blanks will be found in the Daily. Sun
seekers and homemakers to come
inducing others to subscribe.
Complete information as to the con
one year, Or by organizing clubs and
by extending subscription beyond
day and Twice-a-week editions Of the
Republic from April 2 until April 20
1903, Or will be mailed to any one upon
application. All communications and
estimates should be addressed to The
Republic Profit-Sharing Bureau, Cal
Box POI, St. Louis, Mo.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-05
OF SOUTHWEST
Aid Requested and inducements Offer
ed oy the Iron Mountain Route.

at is the object of the manage
ment of the Iron Mountain route to
encourage and aid in every way pos
sible, the development of the agr
cultural, mineral and industrial re
sources of the great southwest. To
accomplish this purpose the assist
ance and cooperation OF every farm
er, miner, merchant and profession,
al man in that section is earnestly
requested.
AN increase in production in your
section means a corresponding in
crease in wealth and larger distribu-
ton of capital in the community.
1t means increpsed prosperity for
all The only way to obtain this IN
creased production is to invite home
and settle in your section. Once lay
sefore them in a clear and lntelll
gent manner the many advantages of
the southwestern states and they will
come. Show them United States gov
ernment statistics relative to the pro-
,,uction of crops and minerals in that
section. also statistics relative to the
unparalleled climatic conditions which
prevail year in and year out, thus in
suring uniform crops, and they will
be eager to accept your invitations.
"Let every one Interested send In
the names of prospective settlers and
the Iron Mountain route will attend
to them. Descriptive and illustra-
ted literature will be sent them Of Mis-
souri,, Arkansas, Louisiana and Tex.
as, and very low ratesof transportation
offered them to come and see for
themselves.
1--WE are bending every effort to
colonize the southwest with desirable
class of settlers. 1t is to your inter
est to cooperate with u.s."
For further information, call on
nearest ticket agent of the company,
or address.
H. C. TOWNSEND.
General Passenger and Ticket Agent,
st. Louis. Mo.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-05
A FINE WALL ATLAS FREE.
Every Years Subscription to the
Weekly Arkansas Gazette.

In order to increase its subscription
lists, the Little Rock Weekly Gazette
makes the following liberal offer,
which will be withdrawn shortly:
They will send you free with years
subscription to the Weekly Gazette
one of their wall aliases. containing
maps. 20y24 inches in size, of Arkan-
sas. Oklahoma and Indian Territory
and the eastern and western hemi-
best maps ever published and should
be hanging in the office or home of
every one. The price of the map
alone is ST., and the subscription price
Of the Weekly Gazette is 81. but they
will give you the two for a short
time only for only 81. The Gazette
is Arkansas leading newspaper and
publishes all the state news furnished
by experienced correspondents from
all over the state; all the important
news of the day, furnished by the As.
sociated Press. (The Gazette is the
only paper in Arkansas getting the
full Associated Press service, recoiv
ing from 10000 to 10000 words OF
news each night over their own wire J
The Gazette is the only Arkansas pa
per publishing a full and accurate re
port OF the cotton, grain, stock and
other markets, all the news of the
state house; the proceedings of thu
state supreme and other courts al
the railroad news, and if you want te
keep posted and get all the important
news Of Arkansas and the world yol
will have to subscribe for the Week.,
Gazette, the subscription price o
which is only ST per year, Or SO cents
for six months. Send your subscrip
| tiOns in at once to the Gazette Pub
fishing company, Little Rock, Ark.
Attached is blank for convenience:
Enclosed find s.. for which please
send me the Weekly Gazette. ......
months.
State Observation-Disclosures.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-05
Old.Time Chess Playe-,

Car! August Walbrodt, whose death
is reported from Berlin, was one of
the well-known masters of modern
chess and among the Germans was
ranked second only to Tarrasch. He
was only 80 years old, yet had been a
conspicuous player for about a dozen
years. His early successes were re-
markable and unbroken until 1894.
when he vas beaten by Tarrasch.
He was a player Of the intuitive sort
and could never be induced to take up
the profound Theoretical studies In
which most German chess players do