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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-05-24
DROWNED NEAR CHARLESTON
Two Visitors TO the Confederate Re-
union Capsized I'm Boat and Lost.

Charleston. s. c.. May 1.-TWO visi-
tors to the Confederate reunion. ]. d.
Carmichael. OF Dillon. s. c.. and ]. w.
Harmon, a Confederate veteran OF
Lexington. s. c., were drowned this
afternoon in the harbor between Fort
Sumter and Fort Moultrie. Two other
occupants Of the small boat swan To
Island and three Others OF
the party were nearly drowned. being
rescued just in time by men from the
life saving station
The harbor was calm as a mill pond
and the small cat rugged boat capsized
in an ende9vor to put about. in order
10 pick UP fhe hat Of one OF the party
which had lbeen blown off.
The rescued men after being brought
ashore wers carried to the army hospi-
tai and giIen immediate attention by
the surgeon and hospital corps.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-05-24

A few days ago Madame Carrie Ma
lCigarette League in Chicago and there
Spying a portrait Of President Roosevelt
hanging on the wall she proceeded to
lpunch holes in it with her umbrella,
declaring at the same time that Mr.
Roosevelt was mo good" because he
Ichewed and smoked tobacco. The
Icharge vas denied by the lady secre-
ltary of the league. Whereupon Mrs
Nation offered to bet fifty dollars that
he did. The lady secretary, being anx-
lious to make fifty dollars for hersel1
lor for the league, as the case might be
Wrote to Secretary Loeb for informa-
ton as to the presidents smoking an6
lchewing propensities. News came
lchew or smoked a cigarette or cigar
in his life. In the meantime Mrs. Ma
ton a taken her departure without
having put up the cash or the collateraI
ion her bet, SO we suppose the secretary
of the Chicago Anti-Cigarette League
will have to whistle (f she CAM for the
fifty dollars she has won. Furthermore
lit is possible that a case Of lese ma
Ijesty may lie against Mrs. Nation fol
lher violent and disrespectful action to-
ward he president in mutilating his
portrait, as would surely be the case
had such a thing been done in Germany
Ito the Ds0rtrait of Mr. RnoSayalt'S friend
the kaiser.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-05-24
AN ELECTIVE JUDICIARY.

The following. which we clip from
The Tarboro ~Southerner is additional
evidence of the evils of an elective ju-
dietary. The language of Judge Pee
bles shows that he also recognizes the
evils Of the system-"judges interested
lin politics''-judges as candidates for
Iofice'-This is all wrong. There should
be no such thing.
The Southerner says:
According to the report published in
The Raleigh Post giving the proceed
Iings of the contempt proceedings insti-
tuted by Judge PEBBLES against the
Robson county lawyers, commenting
ION a motion made by the lawyers to
have some other judge try the case,
Judge PEBBLES is reported to have said:
We'll. 1 NAV find a judge who is not
interested in politics or the Haywood
case and is not a candidate for office.
L don't know whether I can FIND such
la one or not, so I'll overrule your mo-
ltion for the present and let you except;
then if / should discover a Judge will
ling to take the burden I'll let you
choose between that judge and me-
Such a speech would disgrace a JUS
tice of the peace, and for it to be utter
ed by a judge of the superior court, who
lis then trying members of the bar for
contempt of court, it is simply disgrace
full. a wholesale contempt of every SUI
Iperior court judge in the state.
Using the same words that the sher-
lif of Robson county swore that Judge
PEBBLES used with reference to the
conduct of the Robson county lawyers,
lit is 1.-The damndest thing that ever
happened in North Carolina" and when
The gets through with it, it will not
happen any more.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-05-24

With all his faults. alleged and other
wise. Mr.. Spencer Blackburn as a poll
|tician is a keen one. The people whom
he whipped out at Wilkesboro have
|called another convention to be held
in T~aylorSville when, presumably, they
were to have their own way. But what
does Blackburn do but get his ducks
in a row and prepare to corral this
convention also? He may not succeed
but the fact that he is contemplating
the step shows the daring of the man.
Greensboro Telegram.
It would be remarkable, and very
funny also, if Mr.. Blackburn were to
capture the convention which is to meet
June list to nominate a candidate IN
Opposition to him in his own party and
SHOULD secure the endorsement Of this
body. Our readers will remember that
lat the Wilkesboro convention the re-
Ipublicans had a hot time. There was
made a desperate effort to defeat Mr..
IBlackburn's nomination, but the COM
bination against him was not strong
enough, so it decided to call another
convention to nominate an opposition
L CROOAlSoH II CA
tract from the Greensboro Telegram
shows that these boilers are not going
to catch Mr.. Blackburn mapping. He
is not going to allow it to split the
lparty if he can help it. His scheme is
to have this boiling convention endorse
him and we expect he will succeed. If
The does so it will only strengthen his
position with his party. In such case
the bolt, instead of weakening him
will give him greater strength. This IS
ia peculiar case and n in which Mr..
Blackburn has before him a stiff fight
for his supremacy as the leader OF his
party in his district. 1t will be a great
Feather in his cap if he succeeds in
both the regular convention
land the one called in opposition to his
Nomination
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-05-24

IT WAS NO MAN NIT CURIOSITY, BUT !
LIKE TO LOOK INTO DOT BARItEL.'
think. Maybe it vhas two hours. uud
den | vhas all right. In der morning
l put an empty barrel in my shop
window, ind on it l hang a sign dot
reads. Dis Barrel Was Empty" 1t
don't seem to be yer ten minutes pc
fore Il man comes in und says:
"Cobbler. you may fix oop my heel
While | wait, but don't be too long
about her"
He looks around While 1 work, und
pooty queek he smiles und says:
Il vhas No man nit curiosity, but
l like to look into dot barrel"
"All right"
He looks in and sees nottings, ind
he laughs und says:
"Vhell, dot vhas a pretty good joke
pretty good. 1t shows you vhas a
smart man, und after this you shall
hat all my work. Yes, it yhas q good
joke. All, ha, hap
don't see where some joke comes
in, but l laugh und wink at him. uEd
his heel vhas fixed, he pays NE a GUAR.
ter und pats me on der back He viaS
hardly oudt doors pefore a WOMAN
in NIT ONE children's shoas.
She vhas u m who always goes
by a dago cobbler. but she talks nit
ne about der weather und vhas werr;
pleasant. All at once she pretends to
see dot barrel und says:
Say. now. | like you to speak to ne
in confidence. und l don't gif it AWAY
Was it some rats in dot barrel?"
oh, no."
"Vhas it a goatT"
"No."
"Vhas 1t a fox or WOLFF"
NO"
Come, now, please be q dear good
mans und tell ne how it vhas.
pledge You nly word | don't speak 20
some living sonl about her"
You may leok in."
She gees offer on tiptoe und looks
in uul dent see nottinss. SIZE .ooks
mad 1t G.@t. but den she laughs und
says:
"Eut:I. u; vhas der best joke for Il
year. II anybody takes you for a fool
lie gets left. From nov on you shall
fix oup ali der shoes in my family. und
| Viii send you all der customers !
can. Ha, ha, ha"
l laugh. too. but l don't know What
l laugh at, Ind in a leetle time a man
stands before my shop und looks into
der window for ten minutes. He can't
make dot barrel oudt. He shakes his
head und talks to himself, und by und
by he u in und says:
"Cobbler, l guess you may put a
cement patch On my toe for feefteen
cents. / vhas going to run for office
next spring mebbe, und it vhas a good
thing to keep my shoes in repair"
Il begin to fix his shoe right AWAY,
und lie speaks of der price Of coal und
politics und den says:
.Cobbler. do you know l haf met
ten t'ousand liars On my time: Yes,
sir. hat met ten t'ousand mans who
i:e to :le like Texas.
DOT vhas bad" ! says
81 meet so many liars dot don't pc
lief nobody 10 more. LIZ a man tells
me he runs oafer a street car know he
vhas a liar. und ! like TO bang him in
der eye. / see you haf a barrel in your
window"
Yes"
"Dere vhes a sign dot says she vhas
empty"
Yes
'Nhell. vbas going to look in. but
know you vhas a lar"
DE LOOKS in usd finds nottings. und
lie shakes his lead und sits down tt
think 1T oafer. After ffe minutes le
holds oudt his hand TO me. md dert
vhas some tears in his eyes ash ht
says:
"Cobbier. ! haf found nan i'm di.
wide world who Thas not a liar. Do
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-05-24
IN Woy Of Girls.

Il don't see why Ethel obtained en-
ployment in the telephone exchange:'
said Maud.
why" explained Mamie, you know
she Quarreled with Herbert and told
him she was never going TO speak to
him again"
But supposing she has to call his
number"
That's it. She doesn't want TO
break her word unless she is compelled
to by Observation-Disclosures Star.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-05-24

"Mary's young man has left already,
and Mary's just gone up to her room
in tears" said Mary's mother. Il won
der what the trouble IS"
Il know" chimed in Mary's little
brother. They had a scrap. ] heard
'em. Sis said she was giyin' him more
kisses than he was a-givin' her. an he
said it wasn't so. Then they both got
mad."-Philadelphia Ledger.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-05-24
boon For The Men

did you say he grew rich through
q patent of his OWN"
Yes. He invented something that
made a woman think she was still
monopolizing the conversation long
after she had really stopped talking
Detroit Free Press.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-05-24

Wife (after midnight)-I'm sorry to
see you come home In such a state as
this, Charles.
Husband-I knew you'd be sorry.
Carrie, and that's why l told you not
to sit up.-Boston Transcript.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-05-24

Boarder No. | = WHATS that loud
humping noise in the Kitchen?
merinc the steak and visiting IT was
the beef trust.-Ciicago Tribune.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-05-24

4 little life may be sacrificed to q
attack Of Group. If you don't
have DR.. Thomas Eclectric Oil on
hand for the emergency.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-05-24

The more kicks from the ballet, the
less the kicks from the baldhead row.
Atlanta Journal.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-05-24
In the Jungle.

Mrs. Monkey-Mrs. Snake, will you
please bring your family over to my
house: Mr.. Monkey is drinking again.
! want TO stop him.-New York Even
ing Journal.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-01-19
Little Essays About Girls.

There is one good result which I firmly believe
girls are going to get out of their collective life,
and that is a fuller development of the sense of
honor. This is a delicate subject. Every one
knows that women are generally better than men.
Their standards of purity and temperance and
reverence and kindness and self-sacrifce are high
er, and they are more in earnest about living up
to them. But one thing is lacking-a clearer
conception and a stronger sense of that fine flow
er of fair dealing which is called honor.
Women are inclined (remember, I am speaking
collectively, and with full allowance for a multi
tude of beautiful exceptions) to think somewhat
lightly of obligations which rest merely upon a
tacit understanding and mutual confidence. They
are not trained to a state of things in which a nod
of the head amounts to a binding contract, and a
gesture of the hand is a promise to pay good
money. They have SO long enjoyed the privilege
of changing their minds that they regard it as a
reserved right, only surrendered when they have
actually signed a document. Within the limits
of the law they will do their best to get out of
things that they do not like. It is not easy for
them to see why they should not take an advan-
tage when it is for their interest to do so. They
have a tendency to regard the states of love and
war as perpetual and universal, and to deal with
their rivals and their enemies according to the
old maxim which says that everything is fair I'M
der those conditions.-Dr Henry Van Dyke, in
Harper's Bazaar.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-01-19
nan
Blaine's Great Grafton on Garfield.

The fame of Mr.. Blaine will, in my judgment,
rest more upon his memorial address, in the hall
of the National House of Representatives on the
death of President Garfield than upon reciprocity
or any act of his public life. It was a wonderful
grafton and worthy the best days of oratory in
ancient or modern times. Nothing in the English
language is more beautiful than the closing words
of this great tribute to the murdered President.
Their mournful cadence will never be forgotten
by those who heard them, and they will be read
with sympathetic emotion so long as the English
language is written or spoken among men,:
"Gently, silently, the love of a great people bore
the pale sufferer to the longed-for healing of the
sea, to live or to die as God should will, within
sight of it's heaving pillows, within sound of it's
manifold voices. With wan, fevered face tender
ly lifted to the cooling breeze, he looked out visit
fully upon the oceans changing waters; on it's
fair sails whitening in the morning light; on its
restless waves rolling shoreward to break and die
beneath the MONDAY sun; on the red clouds of
evening arched low to the horizon; on the serene
and shining pathway of the stars. Let us think
that his dying eyes read a mystic meaning which
only the rapt and parting soul may know. Let us
believe that in the silence of the receding world
he heard the great waves breaking on a farther
shore and felt already upon his wasted brow the
breath of the eternal morning."-Senator George
G.. Vest, of Missouri, in Saturday Evening Post.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-01-19
THE HOME CIRCLE
The Unseen Rose-The Hidden GEN.

Gull many a gem of purest ray serene
The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear,
Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,
And waste it's sweetness on the desert air"
From GrayIs Elegy in a Country Churchyard.
No flower on. earth "is born to blush unseen
And waste it's sweetness on the desert air"
No ocean "gem OF purest ray serene"
Is planted in the deep to perish there.
The eye of man may ne'er behold that gem,
THE dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear"
His keenest sense ne'er note the sweet perfume
That rose distills upon "the desert air."
Still not one sparkle of that gem is lost;
And not one breath Of fragrance from the rose,
For round about them are a countless host
Who in their splendor revel or repose.
The "dark Hnfathomed caves" of oceans deep
Are not so dark as poets sometimes write;
There myriads, moving, mingling monsters creep,
And doubtless to them all that gem is bright.
Within the caverns of the grains of sand
That lie around that desert roses feet
A thousand living things, fed by Gods hand,
Find joyous homes. To them that rose is sweet.
And still, if not a creature wandered where
That rose is blooming or that gem is laid,
The great Creator, God who placed them there
Would take delight in works His hands had
made.
Think not thy worth and work are all unknown
Because no partial penmen paint thy praise.
Man may not see nor mind; but God will own
Thy worth and work, thy thoughts and words
and ways.
The desert rose, though never seen by man,
Is nurtured with a care divinely good:
The ocean gem, though meath the rolling main,
Is ever brilliant in the eyes of God.
-Needham B. Cobb.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-01-19
Warning Against CelibacY.

At Cherry Point, Northumberland County, Vir-
GINA, is the grave of Izatis Anderson, who died
August II, 1923, age A years, 6 months, and -
days. His epitaph states: "He was a worthy
and estimable man, a kind neighbor, a faithful
friend and a good citizen. In other relations of
life he might have been equally praiseworthy, but
he died a bachelor, having never experienced the
comfort of being a husband and father. This sit
uation he found so comfortless that in his last
will he directed this stone to be placed over his
remains, with an inscription warming all young
men from initiating an example of celibacy which
yielded no other eventful fruits but disappoint-
ment and remorse. Inscribed at his request by
his friends"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-01-19
HAVE YOU CAUGHT COLD7
Some Advice that Nearly Everybody Needs in the
Winter Season.

At this season of the year a number of our
readers will find their noses the best neighbor they
have got and their head will be apparently full.
They will be coughing more or less and will say
they have caught cold. But have you9 You have
been out many a colder day husking corn, hauling
wood, attending to cattle, and your nose has not
bothered you a particle, your head was as clear as
a bell, and your lungs and bronchial tubes quite
free. Most of the family we're out yesterday with
the same climatic conditions as you and there is
nothing the matter with them? Therefore it evil
IDENTIFY is not the cold that has caught you what
ever you may have caught. As a matter of fact,
have you caught anything? Has not something
caught you? Just think about what it is.
The fact that you have the symptoms indicated
above shows that you are not getting rid through
the ordinary channels of the WORKOUT matters of
your system which is more or less poisonous and
it is trying to force it's way out through the ex-
traordinary channels of the mucous membrane.
Therefore, it is quite clear that your system is
not doing their duty, and this, when you come
down to the truth of the matter, is what is meant
by catching cold.
The word "cold" as applied to this condition is
entirely misleading; so is the word "catch." What
is it that has clogged up your system? 1t may
be one of several things. You may not have been
using } our lungs properly; possibly have not had
a chance to use them. The only two colds the
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-01-19

editor of this paper has Caught" in the last five
or six wears has been when addressing farmers
Institutes in a crowded, badly ventilated room.
His lungs did not get enough oxygen or pure air;
did not get rid of the waste of the system fast
enough. The lungs of the audience were in the
same condition. They used up in a few minutes
all the good air in the house and were simply
breathing each others breath diluted with a little
air, and, so to speak, swapping poisons. They
caught cold, of course. So that bad ventilation
or lack of pure air may have given you cold.
Possibly the skin is not doing its duty. A large
per cent of the food and water taken into the sys-
tenn passes off through the skin. The skin of the
ordinary man is said to have about twenty-eight
miles of sewerage; that is, open pores which throw
of. the used up matter. Now do not go and take
a hot bath right away, but at night get a good
stiff brush, a horse brush if you can get nothing
better, and curry yourself thoroughly, just as you
would curry the horses, then dash cold water over
yourself, rub, and go to bed. If the cold is caused
by the stoppage of the pores of the skin, that will
help.
Possibly you have been sleeping in a badly ven
tilated room. You have eaten a very hearty
breakfast That might give you a cold. Possibly
you have eaten a very hearty supper after working
very hard and being very tired. That might be
the foundation of a cold. Possibly when tired or
exhausted you have been sitting in a cold draft,
closing up the pores of the skin. That might
give you cold. Possibly you have a severe case of
constipation and still keep on eating. IF you do,
no wonder you have a cold. In short, cold is simply
a closing up of the organs of the body whose bus
mess it is to remove the wastes, and one of the
best things to do is not to Great so much waste;
that is, stop eating. Miss one meal. If you can
not miss two, take a light one and keep on eating
your cold will get we'll.
Another very simple thing is to breathe prop
erly, and in curing a cold learn how to breathe.
1t will save you a good many doctor bills. Learn
how to breathe, filling the lungs throughout with
pure, fresh AFFAIR as God made it, and not as
men have spoiled it with close, ill-ventilated, and
often foul-smelling rooms. Why breathe pure
air? To purify your blood. Pure air is a better
blood prifer than all the patent medicines ever
invented. Breathe with your entire lung surface.
Continue your breathing exercises until you glow
all over; five minutes Will do it if you go at it
right.
Do not for a single moment think of following
the maxim "Feed a cold and starve a fever"
Starve your cold, but do not feed the fever nor
yet starve it. Bear in mind that you have not
got cold at all but your system is simply clogged
up with refuse which you have failed to get rid
of through the proper organs. Then shut down
on your eating until the clearance is made. Let
patent medicines alone. If you will follow this
advice it will save you lots of doctor bills.-Dr.
Henry Wallace in Wallaces' Farmer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-01-19
His Trousers Material.

He was a proud little fellow as he strutted
around in a new pair of trousers that his mother
had made for him, and very important he looked
as he squared himself in front of his best friend,
the corner groceryman, and said: 81 bet you
can't guess what my trousers are made OFF,
"Of broadcloth 2" asked the groceryman.
"Nope," replied the little fellow.
"Of corduroy, thenY" ventured the grocery
man.
"Nope."
"Of jeansV
"Nope."
"WeI, what are they made of, thenT
"Of papa's old ones" triumphantly replied the
happy little acknowledgement Herald.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-01-19

"This is No. 10 OF q series Of North Carolina Poems Sc
lected especially for The rogress1ve Farmer by the Editor.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1904-06-15
District Court Proceedings.

The June term of district court con
vened on Monday morning at II
O'Clock, Judge r. F.. Sloan, presid
ing. The venire for p grand juror;
was returned by the sheriff with the
following names thereon Of person.
summoned to appear:
Andrew Peterson, P. c. Wilder,
Ed Highlander, A. c. Gilmore,
Henry Brinkmeyer, II. NJ. Harrison,
I. NJ Earnhart, Irwin Sanders, NJ.
Z. Spaulding, fl. p Merrill, Chas.
Battye, Clint Il. Draper, A. G. Curtis,
Jos. II. Drew, c. Z. Champie, f. A.
Biffer, J. F. Dryer, J. F.. Brockman,
c. A. Peter, j. A. Milliken, f. Fl.
Heisler, all of whom were present, ex-
cept Peterson, Wilder, Merrill and
Biffer.
Seventeen jurors being present the
prisoners in jail who Lad been held
to answer we're brought into court
Counsel was appointed for them and
the grand jury was sworn in with G.
4. Peter as foreman.
Juror Highlander, on a challenge
from r. f. Morrison On behalf of a
client was excused from being present
during consideration of said case.
j. H. Kelly aud Joseph Conroy,
indicted by a grand jury in December
1903, we're arraigned and allowed sta
tutory time to plead.
The indictments against John Bout
tof was dismissed and similar action