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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-04-30
Walks Without Clutches.

| was much afflicted with sciatica,
writes Ed c. Mud, Iowaville, Sedgewick
Co., Kan, going about on crutches and
suffering deal of pain. was induced
to try Billiards. Snow Liniment which
relieved me. | used three SOC bottles.
1t is the greatest lniment ever used;
have recommended it to number of
people, all express themselves as being
benefited by it. l now walk without
crutches, able to perform great deal
of light labor on the farm" 25c; SOC
and 81 at Sequachee Supply Store.
Read the NeWs-50c a year.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-04-30

When you take Groves Tasteless
Chill Tonic because the formula Is
plainly printed on every bottle show
ing that that IL IS simply Iron and Qui-
nine in a tasteless form. No Cure, No
/ Pay. SOC.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-04-30
TO CURE COLD IN ONE DAY.

Take Laxative B-omo QuininsTablets.
All druggists refund the money II II
fails 10 cure. f. ". Groves signature
is on each box. 25c.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-04-30
G0IICE

will be at Sequachee Friday of each
week, and an desiring dental work may
call on me at the Hotel Marion.
n. b. MOORE, ID. ID. S.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-04-30

fairness you displayed in voluntarily
Offering the above after realizing the
correctness of our contention for higher
rates in August convention, and most
kindly thank you for same.
Wishing yourself and your employees
a pleasant and profitable contract year
and trusting others may initiate the
spirit Of fairness herein displayed, / am,
Very truly yours,
JOE VASEY,
n. E. b. NJ. u. M. w. Of A.
Mr. Hywel Davies, who is mentioned
in the above correspondence as taking
such prominent part in this voluntary
advance to the men, was chairman of
the operators meeting of the late con-
vention which was held in Knoxville
last August
Speaking OF the voluntary advance
last night Mr.. Vasey said; THE ad-
vance at least shows the fairness of the
miners's contention in the August con-
vention of August, 1902 and likewise
shows the fairness of the above compan-
les, who having realized the same, have
acted accordingly. The advance grant
ed about meets the conditions that the
miners asked.
General Mining Conditions.
President Bowden, of District No. 10,
who was present at the time, said, in
speaking of mining conditions in his
district in general, that the strike in
augurated at Briceville in January and
the one also in March were both pro-
crossing favorably. Especially is this
true, " said the president "of the Knox
Vile Iron company mine and more Wig
orous efforts will be put forth to see
that true unionism is fully established
by using our best legitimate means to
accomplish the same. The strike at
Birdeye, which was inaugurated in Feb
ruary, is also progressing favorably."
Mr. Vasey stated that the strike at
Graysville mine, operated by the Fox
Coal company, is very favorable to the
men. The miners are standing firm and
success in his opinion, seems sure.
"The organization" said Mr.. Vasey,
established at Dayt is complete and
very progressive, with a brighter out
look at all the mines on the Cincinnati
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-04-30
Notice.
April 20, 1908.

April ~, lJU3.
During the life of the present
contract, which expires August 31st,
1908, this company will pay pre-
MUM of ten (1O) per cent on tho
mining rate of said scale and pre-
MUM of ten (1O) per cent on the day
labor of said scale Said premium
to apply from April 1st, 1908.
This premium will be added to
the earnings at the end of each
month and shall not be considered
as changing the existing rate scale
in any manner. This premium is
given for the reason that the i'm
proved market conditions since Au-
gust, 1908, when the Jellico Coal
Creek wage scale was made, justi-
hes it"
The above notice was posted by the
following named companies:
Main Jellico Mountain Coal Co., Ken
see, KY. Woodbridge Jellico Coal Co.,
Woodbridge, Tenn; and Falls Branch
Coal Co., Woodbridge, Tenn, (Oswego,
Tenn.); Jellico Coal Mining Co., Noun
tain Ash, KY; East Tennessee Coal Co.,
Jellico, Tenn.
Z The above is the result of several in
terviews dating back to January 10th,
1908, between Mr.. Hywel Davies, vice
president and general manager of the
Main Jellico Mountain Coal Co., and
Joe Vasey, national board member u
nited Mine Workers of America.
Mr.. Davies Letter.
The text of communication from Mr.
Davies to Vasey is as follows:
Kensee, Ky, March 30, 1908.
My Dear Mr.. Vasey When we met
in our August convention at Knoxville
we were not prepared to accept your
views of expectation OF a better market
on account OF the general disturbed la
Dor conditions of the country as the
correct or proper basis for a contract on
advanced rates. Hence the changes
then made were only nominal Since
that convention we have realized some
OF the benefits you predicted and as a
matter of equity we deem it but just to
our men and therefore to you as their
representative that we will, on the Isl
day Of April, 1908, amend our scale by
agreeing to pay bonus of ten per cent
on mining and day labor for the re
maihder OF our contract year, which ex
plres August 3lst, 1908. This bonus tC
be added at the end of each month with
out changing the actual terms and con
ditions Of the scale. Truly yours,
HYWEL DAVIES.
Mr.. Vasey's Reply.
Mr.. Vasey's reply to the above was a
follows:
Knoxville, Tenn, April 1, l9OS
Mr.. Hywel Davies, Kensee, Ky.
Dear Sir: In answer to yours OF th
29th OF March pertaining to my posi-
tlon in the late August convention, an
your kind offer Of ten per cent adyanc
on mining rate and day labor, to be
come effective April 1st 1908, permi
me TO say in behalf Of my constituents
nv ofheial colleagues and myself "
=. kfnaIv annrpcfate the spirit {
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-11-27
COTTON IN AFRICA.
Germans Theoretically Suppirting
the Development of Cotton Grow
ing.

Berlin, November 23.-J. B. @.
Becker, of Hockey. Texas, has been
appointed government inspector of
cotton on the plantations of German
East Africa. His headquarters will
be at Dar-Es-Salaam.
The official announcement Of his
appointment was accompanied by
the statement that Becker formerly
held the honorable office of county
commissioner"
The German East Africa cotton
crop, last season, produced under
the direction of some of Booker 7.
W~ashington's pupils, totalled $50
bales. Fresh sowings this year are
expected TO triple this crop. To-
GOudan, German West Africa. also
yields several hundred bales.
The German chambers of commerce
are energetically supporting the de-
velOpment of cotton growing. but ii
is recognized hat the growing of
cotton in the German colonies must
remain in considerable until rail
roads into the interior are built.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-11-27
STORMS IN
Traffic Delayed and Telegraphic Com
munication Cut Off.

Berlin, November 23.-The high
winds which have been sweeping
over Germany for thirty-six hours,
accompanied by d heavy rainfall,
continue to delay traffic and inter
rupc Geographic communication and
have caused several railroad acct
dents. At Schlesbusch the wind
started, several freight cars, which
were on & switch. in motion, their
speed accelerated, and finally, they
ran on to the main line and collided
with an express train. No one WAS
badly hurt.
The Hamburg-Am-Tican Line
steamer Deutschland during the
storm on Saturday. tore out the pile
10 which she was moored while un-
loading at Hamburg. and went adrift.
The moOring chain and the Pile
struck the vessel and broke several
plates forward. The vessel will make
her usual trips.
Heavy copper plates were blown
off the historical red tower at Halle,
on the SaaIe and working mems ten
emeuts were unroOfed.
The Prince Bismarck mine. near
Brunswick. caught fire during the
storm and seventy working men were
with difficulty saved. many of them
being badly burned
Several fatalities have been report
ed
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-11-27

a Francisco, November ZS.-The
contest between Bob Fitzsinlmons ond
George Gardner for the light weight
championship will be brought off at the
Mechanics pavilion in this city Wednes-
day night. under the auspices Of the
Yosemite Club. The men will meet at
16S pounds and both are said to be in
excellent condition and confident of
victory. Although the older Imam, Fitz-
simmons is at present the faVorite III
the betting at 10 to 8. He IS in hard
training at his quarters at Alamera and
yesterday boxed eight rounds each with
a series Of big fellows, while Mrs. Fitz-
simmons held the watch. Today he did
less work.
George Gardner has stopped his box
ing practice, but was on tho road this
morning and punched the bag this af-
ternoOn He says he feels he has suffi-
cient strength to meet any fight Fitz-
simmons nay put up and therefore il
is unnecessary for him to keep up heavy
training. Moreover it would be a dan
| gerous thing to slug with his sparring
| partner when the battle which e
SO much to him is so near.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-11-27
WILL GO TO CUBA.
The Charges Against General Wood
Will be Sifted to the Bottom.

Washington November 23-The Sem
ate committee on military affairs Will
designate a subcommittee to go 10
Cuba to take testimony regarding the
conduct Of General Wood. The per-
sonnet of the committee has not yet
been agreed upon o the number Of
members. 1t is asserted that so mucl
has already been said about the con-
duct of General Wood in Cuba that it
Will be necessary to examine Witness
es in that island, who cannot come 10
The United States.
The committee held q brie sessi1 20
today. Captain w. ]. Barden, of the
artillery corps, L. S. A, who was en-
gineer office IN charge of street M
provements in havana during General
Woods administration as governor
general IF Cuba was the only witness
heard. The committee adjourned to
meet again Friday at II o'clock.
Captain Barden's testimony had Nc
important bearing on the charges
which Major Rathbone a indicated
he would bring before the committee.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-11-27
WRECKED AT SEA.
Only -Four Men Are Alive to Tell the
Story of the Francis Cope.

San Francisco. November pa raft
containing the first mate and three
sailors of the wrecked bark Francis
Cope came ashore in Tamales bay
this afternoon. According to their
narrative, the Cope had been sailing
in a fog for three days on a dead
reckoning and Captain Irineye Friday
night believed that he was on the SAL
Francisco side of the FaraIlone islands
when, as the disaster proved, he wa
neal the coast line.
The four men have a very vague
idea as TO the place where he ship
struck Oh the rocks in Tomales bay.
They say that the night was very
dark and stormy and huge waves
were dashing violently against the
ship after she struck. 1t was deemto
advisable to launch two small boats
first. These were lost in the angry
seas, but fortunately hey had no O2-
cupantS. Then the big life boat wa
prOvisiOned and successfully launched
and held fast with a rope. but Wner
nine men had been lowered into L
the rope broke. The life boat was
then in danger Of being dashed to
pieces and there was 10 way OF getting
back TO the ship. and for self pres2--
VatIOn, the nine men were cOmpeRai
10 pull away. They were later picked
up by the Scotia. The four men who
came TO San Francisco Their construct
ed a raft and took the chance of be-
ing washed shore. What became Of
the captain and eight sailors yet IA
accounted for the first mate could not
saw
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-11-27
REDUCTION IN WAGES.
General Cut Down i'm New England
Mills Goes Into Effect.

Boston. Mass, November 23-The first
OF the numerous reductions in wages
announced in the cotton mills Of South
ern New England and at half a dozen
points outside of that territory went
into effect in all but one of Fall River
corporation today and a number of
outside mills. Although about 90, ZOO OPP
eratives had their pay cut down, no
general strike occurred in any mill. To-
days cut averages ten per cent. and
places the pay schedules on a basis with
those paid previous to the advance of
March, 1902.
The reduction affected IS mills IN Fall
River, employing nearly 1000 hands
and about a score of corporations else
where in New England employing about
1000 operatives.
The Fall River Iron Works, operating
-four printcloth mills. will cut down
I wages mex Monday and on that day
also nearly all Rhode Island and Con-
necticut manufacturers Will adopt the
| lower scedule. a cut in New Bedford
viii 30 into effect in two weeks.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-11-27

wHo caEE0T Sc CURED.

So uniformly successful has DR.. PieTce's
FavOritc Prescription proven in all forms
Of Female Weakness, ProlapSus, or Failing
OF Womb, and LeucOTThea. that. after over
q third of a ceutury's experience IN curing
the worst cases of these distressing and
debilitating ailments. Dr. Pierce now feels
fully warranted IN offering 10 pay $500 N
sash for any case of these diseases which
he cannot cure
IT STANDS ALONE-The UFavorite Pre-
scr,Stion stands alone, as the one and
ouI7S remedy for these distressingly COM
mon forms of weakness. possessed of such
positively specific curative properties as to
warrant its makers IN proposing, and
binding themselves to forfeit, as we, the
undersigned pTopnetors OF that wonderful
remedy hereby do, to pay the sum of $500
in legal money of the United States in any
case Of the above diseases IN which after a
fair and reasonable trial of our treatment,
We fail 10 cure No other medicine fo1
the cure of wOman's peculiar ailments is
backed by such 4 remarkable guarantee :;
no other medicine for woman'S ills IS pos
Eeesed of the unparalleled curative prop
critics that would warrant its manufacturer
IL making such Al offer no other remedy
has such a record of cures or which to base
such a remarkable offer.
Therefore. !nSfsf on having Dr.. Pierce's
Fevorite Prescription and turn your back
On any INSCRIPTIONS dealer who would
insult your intelligence by attempting to
foist upon you some inferior substitute,
under the plea that ut is just as good"
Insist on having the article which has a
record of a third of a century of cures and
which Is backed by those willing TO forfeit
$500 If they cannot cure you.
In cases attended by a leucorrheal drain
a solution of d.. Pierce's Lotion Tablets
should be used conformity with the use of
the "Favorite Prescription" They are sold
BY all druggists, OF sent postpaid to any
address, on receipt Of IS cents in stamps.
Send q cents IN stamps for DR.. PieTce's
Common Sense Medical Adviser. Address
WORLDS DISPENSARY. Buffalo, n. Y.
Weak and sick women are invited to
consult Dr.. Pierce, by letter, free. All
correspondence is held as strictly private.
Address Dr.. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo. \. Y.
Dr.. Pierce's Pellets cure biliousness.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-11-27
WILL GO TO RICHMOND.
Debate Between Wake Forest and
Richmond CoIIc@c-l Wilmington
Case Argued.
especial to The Messenger.)

Raleigh. y g. November q
Dfspsnsarv Commissioners w. \.
Jones. W. y. Smelling and John a.
Mills. met today and organized. elect
ing Jones chairman. The dispensary
wiIl be on the principal street. very
near the station house.
The president and faculty and $50
students from Wake Forest College
will go to Richmond Thursday 10 see
.,he football game and also 10 hear
;he debate Thursday evening between
Richmond College and Wake Forest
College. Three special cars from
Wake Forest will be in the train,
and the cars will be decorated
Judge PurneII of the Fedora
Court today heard argument in the
ca-7e of e. u. Weeks. trustee OF
Flynn & Co, b~ankrupts. of Whining
ton. against H. ]. Hooper, of New
Jersey to restrain the latter from re-
moving certain crOssties from this
state. these ties being alleged to be-
long to Flynn & Co. F. K. Bryan
appeared for the trustee and Herbert
McCIammy for respondent.
\ charter Is granted the AShbOTo
Chair Company with an authorized
raui-aI stock of $50 100
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-11-27
CRITICIZE THE SENATE
THE MOST INSIDIOUS
ENEMIES OF LABOR.
A Memorable Statement to the Fed
Grafton OF Labor-The 23rd An
nual Convention Adjourns.

Boston, Mass. November 23.-Af-
ter sessions which continued thir-
teen days the 23rG annual ~
ton of the Federation of Labor has
adjourned sine die. Tonight in bid
ing good bye TO his fellow delegates.
President Gompers said: This con-
vention un~questionably presents one
of the most memorable and most
significant in the history of the
whole labor movement"
What was regarded as one of the
most memorable incidents of the
convention developed Just before its
close. 1t was furnished by Delegate
Andrew Furuseth, of San Francisco,
who in defending the executive COM
mittee of the federation, arraigned
the United States Senate and de-
clared h a it contained the most in
sidiOus enemies of labor. Il tell
YOU" he said, and | want TO leave
those words with you, that there is
in the Senate a party without 4
name, that deliberately and with
malice afOrethought. step by step. is
taking from the working people eV-
cry right the men have and that is
creating conditions which will make
your legislation in other directions of
no use"
Mr.. FuruSeth told the convention
that Senators Platt, of Connecticut
Lodge. Of Massachusetts, Hanna, of
Ohio, and Morgan, of Alabama,
should be watched with greatest
care. A few more l Gould name,
but if I do not mention them [ will
get along better" were his words.
n Legislative committee was con-
tinued. though there was some OPP
position to it.
The principle business today was
The vote directing the United Broth
erhOOd of Carpenters and JoinerS to
place the wood works in planning
mills and furniture factories. under
the jurisdiction of the A~malgamate0
Wood Workers and the refusal to
grant a charter to the National As
ISOLATION of Steam and Hot Water
Filters.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-11-27
RESULTS OF PROPAGANDA.
Cardinal Gotti demonstrates With
Cardinals for Publication of the De
ciSiOnS.

Rome, November 23.-When the
cardinals composing the congregation
OF the propaganda met today they
received a sharp reminder that they
lave at their head, in the person Of
the preferred of the propaganda,
Cardinal Gotti, a church man Of
clearly efin and strong opinions.
The cardinal project, in his opening
address dWelt most earnestly On the
bad impression made on Doth the
Pontiff and himself by the receipts Of
remonstrances from apostolic dele
cations and from Cardinals abroad
against the publication of the decis-
ions of the propaganda before they
had been officially informed of these
decisions and ven before the decis-
ions had been ratified by the Pontiff.
Cardinal Gotti, that the result of the
known in the United States eve be-
fore the meetings or the cardinals
had been actually concluded.
Several cardinals greeted the
speech of the cardinaI project, by
saying "Good, good" while others
considered the speech inopportune.
Some of the cardinals expressed
the opinion that it would be assum-
ing too much in these days of wire
less telegraphy to hold that the an
nounCements Of appointments made
by the congregation could be leis-
urely given by mail after going
through SO many hands.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-11-27
Combinations by the Senate.

Washington. November 23.-The
Senate today In executive session
confirmed the following nominations:
George r. Carter, Honolulu, Ha-
wall. TO be governor of Hawaii; San
ford B. Dole, Hawaii. district judge
of the territory of Hawaii.
The Senate also confirmed nOmi-
nations for prOmtiOnS in the nav
and all the military nominations net
held up by the Wood investigation.
They number between 160 and 10
and include the following brigadier
generals: Smith, Rawle. GrOesbeck,
Myrick, Rucker, Baldwin, Rogers,
Hams, Page. Woodruff, Haskin,
Miner. Sanno. Robe, Reilly, Atwood.
Smith. Reyney. Wells. Cleary and
BabcOck.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-11-27
A SENTENCE COMMITTED.
John Flowers WU Serve Life I'M
prisonmcnt in the Penitentiary.
Especial to The Messenger.)

NNpF'IH4 ~ &So4oN-'
Raleigh y. g. November "a
,-.ock this af+arpoo, .or-
n-uted 20 A4S Imprisonment III inc
pcuitentiaLy. the death sentence Of
Holm Flowers. white wbo last Sep
U-i1-o,
'eIlpsi ~
cOunty Of outraging his own young
dau@nj~r-
The Governor says: The enoTmltE
Of the crime committed would IN
4.r ordfr,r,. cfrcu can for
IN" I1"inp'eSI ana NsN"teSI PeIldi'S'
hut n view Of the low intellect Of
the PRISONER il seems he could not
,rdars,ood rho nature Of ,ba
sou. who tried tn case writes that
~. is nr rba clearly fixed oufuion
init ''e -" que
ot u-lld and thought. Reliable cit
zeus IN the county write hat he IS
IN fact an idiot. DIT \. :. Anderson,
the county superintendent of health,
who carefully examined Flowers
several times. says his family on
both sides are very weak mentally,
some idiots. that the prisoner at the
time of tn" crime could not realize
it's cnCrruIty- DR. Anderson recon-
mendS executive ClemenCy. Being
unwilling to interfere IN such case
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-11-27
Key Furniture Company Il Bankrupt.

Charlotte. y. Q. November 2S-A spe-
ciaI to The Observer from Statesville
says:
AT noon today the Key Furniture
Company, closed the doors Of its factory
and filed a petition in bankruptcy. The
assets of the company are given at
1874, 600, and liabilities at $4,000. 1t s
estimated that all debts can be paid.
The Key estate. a. X. klingender and
G. E. French compose the corporation,
owning the business. About sixty-fve
hands are employed by the company.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-11-27
X. {. Morgan Visits the Ohio Peni-
tertiary.

Columbus. o.. November 23.-R.
c. Morgan. brother of General John
Morgan. the famous Confederate
raider, called upon Governor Nash
today and later visited the Ohio pen
itentinary. where il, 1868 he was
confined as a prisoner of war. Dur
ing his visit to the prison he set at
rest reports that the party who es-
capped on the night of November 81,
1868. had bribed their way out. He
went to the cell block and explained
how the escape was made. Mr.. Nor
gan changed cells with his brother
and was not with the escaping party,
He, however. furnished them the in
formation which enabled them to
get Over the walls in safety.
Today was his first visit to the
prison since his release.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-11-27

Mss e. N. Isaacs, Armstrong, Pa,
yice-Presidert Of the Tortnightly Club,
writes:
go one Who has tried the comforts
Pcruna brings would ever be without it.
! fused 10 dread the slightest cold, as its
consequences were so lengthy and so
unpleasant, and the catarrhal condition
wni-.A invariably followed SO hard to
gej 4 of, but since I have known Of the
bles@ relief secured through the use OF
PeruEa, I am free from al this unpleas-
sr:ness and suffering.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-11-27
Combinations by the Senate.

Washington. November 24-The SEN
ate in executive session today confirm
ed the following nominations:
Robert A. Oliver, Louisiana, assistant
appraiser Of merchandise at New Or
leans; Clarence S. Herbert, Louisiana.
assistant treasurer Of the United States
at New Orleans; William J. Brophy,
Louisiana, coiner of the mint at New
Orleans: Albert l.. Pierce, Mississippi,
collector Of customs for the District of
Eicksburg.
Postmasters: North Carolina-B. T
Person, Wilson; c. D. Holland, Caste
MIA; Ella c, Peace, Oxford