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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-01
FRIDAY, APRIL |, 0
THE INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE

So the governor has appointed h
three men who are to aid him and n
ether members Of the board of internal
improvements in their investigation or
the affairs Of the Atlantic and North
Carolina railroad. OF Mr.. Lee we
know nothing except that he Is a
leading merchant of Waynesville and
has represented Haywood county in the
legislature. Whether he knows any
thing about railroad MANAGEMENT We
know not. Mr.. r. It. Gray is a prom
inent member of the Raleigh bar, a
conscientious man and a true North
Carolinian. The selection Of Mr.. Page,
we think the best the governor could
have made. He Is a railroad man or
much experience. He is n or the
owners Of the Aberdeen railroad. If
We are not mistaken he is n Of the
brothers who built that road and have
operated it from the beginning. He
ought to be we'll posted on the matter
OF railway construction and railway
management. What the qualification
OF the members of this committee are
for investigation of the question re-
garding the financial MANAGEMENT and
business conduct of the road We do not
know, but we take it for granted that
the governor in making his selection
has chosen men whom he knew to be
thoroughly competent to intelligently
Investigate all the intricate matters
connected with the management of this
important piece of property. We hope
they will be given the services OF an
expect accountant who will go thor
oughly into the financial conditions OF
the road.
In investigating the finances Of the
company something more should lie
done than a mere examination Of the
books and balancing of the accounts.
The matter of the roads business
should be looked into. The amount of
business done should be a~scertained
also why the business was not larger,
what has been left undone in the ef-
forts to secure greater patronage, what
should be lone to increase the bust
ness of the road. These and a good
many similar matters should be
looked into by this committee. There
should be a thorough investigation as
to the purchase and running of the At
lantic hotel-why it was bought, W 10
were interested in the sale. what effect
the assumption of this debt n the
running of the house at a loss has had
upon the financial condition of the
company.
There are q lot of things the public
should be enlightened upon regarding
the management of this road. The
people who own two thirds of the prop
erty should know what is being done
with it. They have. taken it for grant
ed that every thing was all right fol
too long a time.
There is one thing we would especial
ly like to ave explained. and that is
why the receipts Of the company were
SO much heavier during Mr.. McBee's
control than ever before for the CORE
spending time. 1t is a remarkable
statement hat Mr. McBee makes n
this connection. This is worth the
committees attention.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-01
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
The Money Pledged Has Been Sub
scribed by ST. Louis Business Men.

st. Louis. Mo-. March 29-It was an
n today by the local committee
in charge Of the National Democratic
convention which will be held here, be-
ginning July 9Th. hat the $40, 900 pledg-
ed to the national committee. has been
subscribed by business men.
The national committee will meet
here next Monday to arrange definitely
for seating arrangements during the
convention. 1t is estimated hat the
arena will have a seating capacity of
1900 and in that division will be seated
the delegates and newspaper represen-
tatives. The gallery and balconies will
be reserved for spectators.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-01
Had His Wish.

The districts of Clayton of Alabama
n Griggs of Georgia adjoin, says The
Washington correspondence Of The Bos-
ton Advertiser. The W. representa-
tives are great friends. but there is
jealousy between their
constituents.
One day last fall a Georgia man
wandered over to a small village in
Alabama. He sat around in 'front.' Of
the general store and Dragged about
Georgia. He said everything in his
state was better thar anything Ala
bama could produce.
by grayy!" he finally announced,
sd a mighty sight ruther be the mean
est a in Georgia than the best man
in all Alabama"
HUH" said the Alabama man. Il
guess you've got your ruther."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-01

the Rising Sun. lightning the whole
lworld. wall fly from the walls OF the
castle Of Peter and Paul at St Pc
ttersburg. The flag OF the Rising Sum
lembodies our hopes. There Is peace
under the sword. There Is peace
within the smoke OF h guns
+. A. MCKENZIE
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-01

Santos Dumont is said to be a suitor
for the hand of Miss Laurine Spreckles,
the daughter of the San Francisco SUI
gar king. We suppose if he succeeds
the wedding tour will be taken in fly
ing machine.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-01

Paris. March z9-The United States
leads In HI first evenings play Of the
billiards match at Is inch baIk line.
two shot In. William p. Foss amateur
billiard champion Of the United States
having scored 900 points 10 33s made
by Lueien Rerolles the French amateur
champion.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-01

T~hirty-one more days and it will De
too late to qualify yourself as a voter
by paying our poll ak. You had bet
ter attend to this matter at once.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-01

If people were measured by what
they might have been how many would
come up to requirements?
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-01

Too many people try to uphold The
present by ~ridiculing the past.
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How japanese Feeling is Expressed
in Song.
(Atlanta constitutional


Japan's music Is a wonderful thing.
and the airs OF japanese songs some
times remind one of the old droning
psalm tunes still sung in those remote
villages of the Scottish Highlands.
where "man-made hymns" are re-
as profane and worldly.
But aside from music-which, after
all. is a matter OF personal and ma
donal taste-the japanese song is to
be taken seriously as the great vehicle
for proclaiming popular sentiment
The japanese government makes
the expression of public opinion BY the
means favored in England difficult
There are many daily papers, Toxic
alone Boosting, / believe. of over
twenty, but they are now under the
strictest censorship. A few days since
leven the correspondents os the foreign
press were summoned to the police
headquarters at Yokohama and warn
ed in the most solemn fashion OF the
penalties they would incur should
they disseminate information which
the authorities wished suppressed.
One FOL editor has just been
brought before the courts for a sup
posed transgression. The rights OF
English newspapers are as much lin
Iited as those of the native press. In
Iolden times the Anglo-Japanese pa
iper could say what it liked, unafraid;
with the abolition of exrraterritorial-
Iity it has had to come into line with
1.-THE native press.
The Street RhymeSters.
But while the government can
watch the press. it cannot SO easily
control popular songs. Not an event
Happens here Of any Importance but
the street rhymesters lay hold Of il,
lversify it ,and give it a tune. The
prospects OF war have produced IL
great crop of songs. Some of these
ARE so outspoken that the government
has forbidden their further publica-
ltion. The rule has been now estab-
Ilished hat while the two countries
lare in a state of peace no songs d.
lrectly denouncing the empire of the
lczar are to go forth. But songs at
lacking no one in particular can still
lbe chanted, and the individual is al
lowed to Imagine whom they are
laimed at.
Here is a nice simple old song, now
Sung by children, and enjoying much
popularity. Please imagine a party
Iof smiling, cherubic youths and maid
ems, in those bright clothes which in
Japan are largely confined to children,
singing it:
The Holly chieftain., 1904-09-09
Notice.

Having disposed of my stock OF
merchandise. l would respectfully
request that all those knowing
Themselves indebted to me call
and settle at once.
G. L. McPHERsoNl
The Holly chieftain., 1904-09-09
R ewaru for Rounding up Cattle.

For all cattle branded AP on
left hip, we will pay sl,OO per
head if delivered to Mr.. Thos.
Loynd, at Koen ranch near Ora
NADIA, or Ezra Lewis, American
Beet Sugar Company Farm. alb out
l mile east of Lamar, Colo.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-09-09
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE.


Advortlsla0 Rates.
One inch single col. display, per month. SOC
- double col. sl.0O
Local reading notices per line, each lnse rton SC
Reduced rates will he made on display "ads'
to extensive advertisers.
All advertisements will be run until ordered
out unless inserted for stated time.
Display lads" changed monthly, II desired.
Local reading notices changed weekly.
All kinis Of job printing neatly doLe. Call
and get our estimates.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-09-09
Local and Personal.

See the new Crescent bicycle. r
King agent. If
Little Ida McGlashen is quite
sick of typhoid fever
Labor Day was strictly observed
by the Chieftain force.
Rev. John Anderson will preach
i'll Holly Sunday morning at IL
O'Clock.
Miss Alta Lyons returned Mon
day from a two. weeks visit in
Pueblo.
Sheriff Tate spent several DAYS
in Holly this week looking after
his political fences.
The candidates a,e getting SO
numerous that We feel quite Ger
tain some of them will lose out.
A big crowd of home seekers
arrived last night in charge of
Fred Mohl, the everlasting hust-
Ter.
Quite a large number of people
went from here to Rocky Ford
Yesterday to get dig at that big
pile of watermelons.
Wnar Highland Calf School
"OOl Shoes for service.
White Bros.
Mr.. Harsha of Lakin, who is
working with the Kemper haying
outfit, got word Tuesday that one
of his children is sick and he went
bone.
Miss Anna Eising, Chicago's
favorite singer, IL years of age,
will appear as "A special feature
with Eiler's Big Show Sept Goth,
under canvas at Holly.
The Youngest child of Mr.. and
Mrs. N. F. Vidal has been dam
gerously i'll of cholera infantum
during the past week, It is re-
ported to be improving at present,
however.
The Methodist COME renee,
which has been in session at Pue.
bio since August 81, appointed
Rev. G. G. Coulter for the Holly
circuit and Rev. w. T. VanHorn
for Granada.
John Slocum returned to his
home at lola. Kansas. Monday.
He came here during the illness
of his brother who died last week
and assisted Mrs. Slocum in SET
Ting up his brothers affairs.
w. F. There loaded several cars
of cattle at Coolidge Saturday for
shipment to Kansas CITY. Frank
Puntenney and w. r. Wright
went along to look after the cattle
and to see the sights in Kansas
City.
SWeet-OrrIr Pant Pants S is what +
Corduroy t w. also is b bay;
sizes. White Bros.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-09-09

w. r. Swope left Monday for
a short visit in the mountains.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-09-09
S. F. White spent Sunday in
Colorado Springs.

Grandma Puntenney left Tues
day morning for Marion, Kansas,
to visit relatives.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-09-09

Frank Dober returned the first
of the week from Illinois. where
he has been for the past year.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-09-09
THE HOLLY CHIEFTAIN

Enteredin the Post Oaee IN Holly. Colorado.
as second class matter.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-09-09
School supplies at White Bros.

Under Sheriff j. H, Frisbie was
in town Tuesday.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-09-09

Mrs. Albert Creager of Lamar
spent several days here during the
week visiting her brother, j. A.
Wilson. and family. She went
from here to Stanton county,
Kansas, to visit her mother.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-09-09

Miss Ethel hoffman has been
engaged to teach the primary de.
partme Mt of the Sunnyside school.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-09-09

Famine Fall and Winter
Looming goods. Whenever
you are ready to buy we will make
you prices. White Bros, Cloth
iers.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-09-09

The republicans of this precinct
will hold their primary in Holly
tomorrow afternoon. 1t looks as
if there might be pretty fair
turnout.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-09-09
VooL at the new line of Pant
LOON at White Bros.

Mr., Vernon Galstcr, the noted
Musical Artist, will introduce his
novel specially, "The Musical
Cow" with Eiler's Rip Van Win.
kle Co, at Holly. Sept. Goth.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-09-09

Wanted. to buy heavy work
horses and mules. MCMURTRY a.
BAIRD.
j. A. Long, the Sheridan Lake
pedagog, was in Holly Saturday
afternoon.
Miss j. NJ. Brown, the milliner,
returned from a visit in Iowa
Wednesday morning.
w. G. Simpson returned We'd
nesday from his summers sojourn
in southern Kansas and Oklaho-
ma.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-09-09

Miss Gladys Tarbox entertained
number of her friends at a birth
day party at her home Monday
afternoon.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-09-09


and Mrs. A. L. johnson, the Chief.
tain family and other old friends
who used to be their neighbors at
Tribune, Kansas They were on
their way to Kansas to visit rela-
tives.
Democratic primaries will be
held in Holly, Amity and Grana-
do precincts on Thursday, Sep
TENDER 10Th. at 4 O'Clock .. m,
for the purpose of electing dele
gates to the county convention to
be held in Lamar Sept. 18th. The
primaries will also nominate two
candidates for justice of the peace
and two candidates for constables.
See the official call elsewhere in
this paper.
The cantaloupe shipments were
shut off entirely here last week on
account of the eastern market be-
ing over stocked, but on Wedues.
day of this week another car was
sent east, and if the melons find
a market regular shipments will
I 4
been warm during the week.. ma.
turing the melons rapidly. 1t 10
thought by those in position 10
know that the market will im-
prove from now on, and should
the frost hold off two or three
weeks the growers may realize
profit from the crop.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-09-09

Charles Payne Smith of Colora-
do Springs was here Monday He
is organizing Liberty Leagues
throughout the state under the
auspices of the ways and means
committee of the State Federation
of Labor.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-09-09


returned from visit in Iowa
Wednesday morning.
w. G. Simpson returned We'd
nesdaY from his summers sojourn
in southern Kansas and Oklaho-
ma.
II ook at the new line of Pants
AVON at White Bros.
Mr., Vernon Galstcr, the noted
Musical Artist, will introduce his
novel specially, "The Musical
Cow" with Eiler's Rip Van Win.
kle Co, at Holly, Sept. Goth.
Charles Payne Smith of Colora-
do Springs was here Monday. He
is organizing Liberty Leagues
throughout the state under the
auspices of the ways and means
committee of the State Federation
of Labor.
Charley Forshner, manager of
the Flora Vista fruit farm has
been harvesting the grapes and
plums on the farm this week. The
neighbors take all the fruit as fast
as it can be gathered, and Charley
says he could dispose Of twice as
many right at home.
Several farmers brought in sam
Piles of their products Monday and
shipped them to Rocky Ford to be
exhibited at the Arkansas Valley
Fair. The products included su-
gar beets, wheat, oats, corn, pota-
toes and grapes, aud they were
such that any country might be
proud Of.
DR.. Rutledge of Newberry,
Michigan, is spending the week
in Holly. She is prominent
member of the faculty of the New
berry sanitarium. She is here
looking after some investments
that she has had for some time,
and is SO well pleased with the
outlook that she will probably
make further investments.
George Trotter and Miss Opal
Higgins were united in marriage
at Lamar Saturday. September 3.
The groom is young farmer and
stockman of this vicinity, having
lived here with his parents for
several years. The bride lived
about six miles northwest of town
for two years with her parents,
who moved back to eastern Kan
sas last spring. The Chieftain
extends congratulations.
School began in tree of the
rooms Monday Mrs. Ella Hol-
yer of Denver, who has charge of
room 3 did not arrive until Tues
day noon, consequently work did
not begin in that room till Wed
nesday morning. Prof. S. G.
Barker takes up his work again as
principal, while Miss Minnie Bill
lingslea enters upon her sixth
year as teacher in room l. Room
2 is in charge of Miss Maude Sea-
man, of Denver. The pupils
turned out IN large numbers on
the first day and all seemed glad
to get back into school again. II
is hoped that parents will make
every effort to have their children
attend school regularly and that
the present term may be q most
The Holly chieftain., 1904-09-09

DR.. B. l.. Shobe, the dentist,
will be in Holly the first week in
October. The exact dates of his
visit will be announced later.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-09-09

w. F. There loaded several cars
of cattle at Coolidge Saturday for
shipment to Kansas City. Frank
Puntenney and w. r. Wright
went along to look after the cattle
and to see the sights in Kansas
City.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-09-09

A little boy came to tho home
of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. S. Bragg last
week, but we did not find it out
until the other day.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-09-09

John Slocum returned to his
home at lola. Kansas. Monday.
He came here during the illness
of his brother who died last week
and assisted Mrs. Slocum in set.
Ting up his brothers affairs.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-09-09

Charley Forshner, manager OF
the Flora Vista fruit farm has
been harvesting the grapes and
plums on the farm this week. The
neighbors take all the fruit as fast
as it can be gathered, and Charley
says he could dispose OF twice as
many right at home.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-09-09

See the new Crescent bicycle. r
King agent. If
The Holly chieftain., 1904-09-09

The Methodist COME renee.
which has been in session at Pue.
bio since August 81, appointed
Rev. G. G.. Coulter for the Holly
circuit and Rev. w. T. VanHorn
for Granada. s'''
The Holly chieftain., 1904-09-09

Quite a large number Of people
went from here to Rocky Ford
yesterday to get a dig at that big
pile of watermelons.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1904-08-04
TrStase Dc haear msjOras en- ell
tGatrO de- Ia CIudad.
NADIA parece acordarse con refe-
rencia 4 la construction de un
lavadero.

Sc dice que una cantidad de dinero
ser6 destinada al arreglo 8 reparaci6n
del teatro de San Juan.
Ciertsmsnte ESQ es de necesidad !;
perO 81 Sc Quiere en- fuente de otras me-
cesidades mas perentorias. es una ne
cesidad secundaria.
va nos hemos referido en- estas CO.
lumnas al buen proyecto de lavRdero.
que hace alg6n tempo presentsra al
Ayuntamiento el senior Miguel Cane
Has.
Y dado 10 viabIe ' pr6ctico de ese
prey ecto. no vemos porqu6 no Sc Ie dS
preferoncia, habida cuenta de que Ia
hygiene estuvo siempre por encima del
ornate, digase 10 que quiera.
De suerte que. entendemOs que ell
Ayuntamiento deba impuIsar con pre-
ferencia las obras del Iavadero p6bIi-
CO. sin que, en- modo alguno eche en-
sacO roto las obras de reparaci6n del
llamado ir6nicamente sin duda, coIiseo
de Ia capital.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1904-08-04
MUEVO C0LEGL.

Hemos reCibido Ia vista de un Pc
ri6diCo verdaderamente ameno -.
barat0.
Nos Feferimos & Sci Nuevo ProteO, ;
que viene dedicado excIusivamente IL
transformista mexicanO senior Roberto
Fern6ndez.
Dice dicho coIega que este artista es
una notabilidad en- su g6nerO que no
hay mas remedio que irIe & aplaudir 81
teatrO eI Ssbado.
El senior Fernandez nos har6 recor-
dar 81 ceIebre La Presa. pues acaso su-
pere este como excentrico y trans-
formista.
Dirige xEl Nuevo Proteoo eI senior
v. Leta. cuyo nombre simb6lico bien
pueden disputSrselo olgunos cOmpa-
triotas nuestros.