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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-10-25

How Mrs Leonard Saves the Gov
ernment's Money.

IF 1t is. not a coincidence. g is q
fraud"
The chief clerk Of the note counting
division OF the United States Treasury
Department, washington. D. O.. looked
up from a pile of official documents
Beside his desk stood a short, middle
aged woman. Her hair was business
like In her hand she held a package
Of Treasury notes. from the end of each
Of which a piece had been torn.
What is it. Mrs. Leonardo" inquired
the chief clerk.
in the first place. she said, these
notes are comparatively new. Yet you
see a piece of each is missing. / nave
received several patches containing
such notes during the past three
months. / have looked up the source.
and 1 find that in every case the notes
have come from the same bank"
"Ah! Then yoV suspect something
wrong.
the ends from those notes. 1t would
NC Tic easiest lHlns IN the WOIiu IuE inc
person who has the scraps to burn the
edges and then send them here for re-
demption. Hadn't we better be on he
lookout"
In this I'M did Mrs. VILLA A.
Leonard, the expert honey counter OF
the United States Treasury Depart
ment, detect a fraud which might have
cost the many thousands
Of dollars. Investigation justified her
suspicious. A detective Swallowed all or
clerks employed by the bank named
by Mrs. Leonard, and finally found
one who had been making it a practice
to tear off the ends of notes that passed
through his hands. When cornered by
the detective, he confessed that IL had
been his intention to burn the edges
n end them to Washington with an
affidavit that the remainder of each
had been consumed by fire accidentally.
-Everybody's Magazine for November.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-10-25

The New York Herald which is sup
be an almost foregone conclusion that
Mr.. Roosevelt Will be elected-not,
perhaps, because the people have con-
try being prosperous, they see. no
pressing necessity for a change.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-10-25
Bryan Draws Tremendous CDwds ir
Indiana.

Evansville, Ind, October 19.+Tae au-
d1ence assembled in Evans Hall to-
night for the meeting which cbsed me
itinerary of the seventh day of Will
liam ]. Bryan's tour in Indiana, was
one of the largest Democratic gather
ings ever held in this city.
Mr.. Bryan's remarks followed closely
the ines of his recent speech inIndian-
apolis. The issues were discussed gen.
orally, with special emphasis pon the
Philippines problem.
Mr.. Bryan was greeted witt large
crowds all day. AT vincennes the at
tendance was as large as in he CAM
paigns of 1896 and 1900.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-10-25
COTTON FACTORY PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.

Those people who maintain that fac
tory own are poor places for children
TO secure public school education should
read The Greensboro Telegram of last
"Wednesday in which IS given an ac-
count of the schools at the various cot
ton mills located in the vicinity OF that
North Carolina own The first para
graph of the article says:
A new eight room school building Is
in course of construction at Revolution.
The house is being built by h mill
owners and the county at a cost OF
about 81, 900. It will be a fine building
and the school will be conducted in
much the same way as the one at Prox-
unity
Then the article goes on 10 enumer-
ate other factory schools and to give
information about them:
The Pomona school will open next
Monday. The fine sever room build
ing being erected is almost completed.
Tt will be one OF the very incest coun.
try school buildings anywhere.
A new school building is also being
erected al the finishing mills. This is
but another in the increasing number
which are being built in the chain OF
schools surrounding the city.
IA new school house of two rooms is
being built at Rudd, another fine build
ing at Gfbsonville and other places.
These puplic schools, ii will be seen
are chiefly for the children of families
whose heads are employed in the many
mills in and around Greensboro. Some
of them are built partly at the expense
of the mill owners These facts will
show hat the Guilford county people
are not ground down and oppressed
by the curse of child-1abor in the fac
tories. No doubt there are many chill
dren in these mill villages who have
much better school advantages than
they had before their parents left the
farms n brought them to the mills.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-10-25

The Durham Sun speaks of Hon w.
A. Hoke, one of the democratic nom-
inees for supreme court justice, as
supreme court justice-elect.' OF
course he is going to be elected, and
will be supreme court justice-elect
after November Sth, but it strikes us
as being rather premature to so dasig-
nate him at this time.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-10-25
WE SELL STRICTLY FOR
CASH.

We make your money worth some
thing to you by punching your card
and giving you a present with all cash
purchases. Ask to see our Present
Department and our Ladies' Waiting
Room.
All ledies are invited TO come in and
rest. We will have tables and desks
ior the OF any n wish
ing to write, or a place for them to
stop and rest IL they have any spare
time. Make our store your home.
You will find a hearty welcome an5
= convenient place to do your shop
ping.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-10-25
BOOKER WESTINGHOUSE INFLU.
ENCE.

Mr.. Hefflin, the demcratic nominee
for in Alabama who gained
unenviable notoriety even with mem
bers of his own party not long ago by
his remarks in a stump speech about a
dynamite bomb under the table at the
ton luncheon in the White house and
who made an explanation of his lam
guage which did not explain, in his
later speeches greatly modified his
views on hat matter. He no longer
talks about 1.-The bomb under the Ia
BILE" What he said then was abhor-
rent to all Aw-abiding people, but the
democrats Of h south can endorse
the following remarks by him in ref
erence to this negro, made in a speech
in Camp Hill, Ala, a few days ago.:
1 have no patience with Booker
Washington in politics and no respect
for the white man whose hunger foy
u him to puppy around Booker
Washington in order to secure his en-
dorsement for a job.
Time was when the Conservative
white men Of the south thought Book
er Washington sincere and earnest ir
his professions along the line of train
ing the negro for useful Industry with
out any suggestion of political ambi-
tons or social equality with the domi-
| nant race.
But a change has come over the spirit
| of his dreams with the incoming CT
the R~ooseveltian regime, and since his
dinner at the White house table, these
same conservative white men have
come to realize that Booker Washing
ton is a changed negro and an unsafe
leader for the negro race.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-10-25
Good for Children.

The pleasant to take and harmless
One Minute Cough Cure gives instant
relief in all cases Of Cough, Group and
LaGrippee, because it does not pass
Immediately into the stomach, but
takes effect right at the seat of trou-
BILE. 1t draws out the Inflammation.
heals and soothes and cures perma-
nently by enabling h lungs to con-
tribute pure life-giving and 1ife-sus-
tanning oxygen to the blood and tissues.
Sold by R. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-10-25

roller tops. Mems Roller Top Office
Desks, Fla Top Reading or Writing
Desks, for sale one fourth off the regu-
lar furniture price.
Cane Seated Dining Chairs. worth
S1.25 each. our price SO cents.
Fifty styles of Rocking Chairs. from
IS cents to $3.50 each.
Our beautiful stores are Il, your dis
posa'. We will gladly welcome your
inspection. Our stocks are new IN
every department. We have the hAsr
House Furnishing Store I'm the State.
We treat all alike.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-10-25
COLDS CURED
in "a Hours


will cure Coughs, Colds, Catarfh,
La Grippe, Neuralgia, Headache,
Influenza, Bronchitis, Sore
Throat and rheumatism, TO-
gether with all feverish conditions
Of the system. They act gently
on the bowels without pain or
gripping. Keep your bowels open
BY taking OPAAC, the only rem
edy that will reach the mucous
membranes and put them in a
healthy condition.
Catarrh develops from a cold or
the slightest cough-very hard
and stubborn to cure, as it may
fasten itself in the head, lungs,
stomach OF pelvic organs, if ale
bowed to progress.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-10-25

An exchange says: Admiral Schley
land" General Miles has also regis
istered in Massachusetts,. AS these two
are democrats, wonder if the president
will reprimand them for offensive par
tisanship if they dare to vote in the
presidential election?
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-10-25

Roosevelt will go west after big
game, provided he is game enough
after November Sth.-Times-Union.
1t looks like he is hunting it out there
now and expects to round it up on
the Sth proximo.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-10-25

There has been discovered on a river
in Argentina, South America, falls
which put Niagara in the shade. These
falls are said to be sixey feet higher
than the latter, nearly three times as
great in width and the volume OF
water sixey per cent. greater. These
falls are on a river which bears the
e~uphonious name of IguaZu.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-10-25
GhF Mrssrnarr.
EVERY DEMOCRAT SHOULD
VOTE.

The Mississippi democrats have not
much love for the president IL we Judge
by the following remarks made by one
OF the candidates for presidential cleo
tor at a public speaking in the capital
Of that state a few days ago:
Roosevelt strikes me as strutting
about the White house yard with his
hands in his pockets comparing the
mountain to the hill. the river to the
ocean, and finally remarking tine same
God that made me made a daisy.
He is raw at n end and rotten at
the other Raw in his Ideas OF states
manship, in his idea that the constltu-
ton is paramount and that he is para
mount to the constitution, and In MS
ideas Of executive power; rotten wneh
being the son of a woman OF southern
blood he invites a man Of inferior race
to dinner and tries to establish social
eGuality-rotten to our nation
II we want to say to the north nat
we are in earnest about Roosevelt
that we repudiate Rooseveltism, L say
as a friend of the south and as a Mis-
s~issippian from top to bottom, prlns
out every vote, meaning true democ-
racy.
We wish to emphasize the appeal OF
this Mississippi speaker to the dem
ocratic voters to register and vote.
This matter is OF great importance to
the south. Those republicans. such as
Mr.. Crumpacker and his associates
are pointing to the small vote In GER
tain southern states as evidence of the
suppression Of the right of suffrage
among a certain class of u Citizens
They use this as an argument IN PROOF
of their contention tina the provisions
of the federal constitution regarding
suffrage are being violated to such an
extent as to call for congressional ac-
ton looking toward cutting down the
representation of these southern states
in congress and in the electoral college
The truth is that this small vote in
many of the southern states is due 10
the fact that after the democratic
primaries have chosen the candidates
OF the party their election is assured
do not AXE the trouble to go to the
polls knowing hat the battle of ballots
has been fought in the primary cleo
ton and that the candidates there NOM
mated are sure of election.
Mr.. Crumpacker and his followers
refuse to accept this well-known fact
as the reason for the small vote in
those states, and they pretend that 1t
is due TO the illegal disfranchisement
of the negroes, and on the small vote
in these states they base their on
tention for the cutting down of IL just
and legal representation.
There is no doubt that if Mr.. Roose-
Welt is elected and the republicans re-
tain control of the house of reprcsen-
tatives in the next congress the Crum-
packer movement will be pushed with
mush energy. There will be a des'
perate effort made, sanctioned by the
president, to reduce the vote of the
south in the electoral college anc
it's strength in the lower house of con-
gress.
For this reason, if for no other, every
southern state should poll as large q
vote as possible Democrats should not
stay away from the polls because they
know that their county, district OF
state is going democratic any how
Il is the duty of every democrat To
register and vote.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-10-25
Complaint Against The Land n

Washington, October 20.-Aiegations
OF excessive trackage and switching
charges and discrimination AGAINST the
compliments in lumber rates are made
in a complaint filed today with tine in
ter-state m commission by C.
W. Robinson of New Orleans, against
the Louisville and Nashville ldilroad.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-10-25

We hope to see at no distant day d
universal, or rather a uniform, law
on divorces, just as we have a general
law on banking. Nothing short of this
will ever fully meet the situation
Raleigh Times.
The Times is exactly right. We
should have one law for all the states
governing the matter of marriage and
divorce. If for no other reason, this
should be done for the purpose of reg
ulating title to properly and giving
uniform rules of inheritance n de-
scent.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-10-25

That was a drawn battle between
Russia and Japan. After eleven days
lighting of the fiercest kind neither
side could gain the advantage. h
struggle will be renewed as soon as the
present rainy spell is over, and we may
look for even more desperate fighting.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-10-25
Republican Mass Meeting II Nc
York.

New York. October 1s.-Seuator
Charles w. Fairbanks. of Indhna and
Lieutenant Governor Frank ". Hug
gins, Republican candidate for Govern
or of New York. addressed a :2epubli-
can mass meeting here in Madison
Square Garden tonight. Former Sec
rotary of war Elihu Root presdsd and
made an address in reply to tie recent
philippine speech of Judge Parker.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-10-25
Mexicans to Work in Mississippi Plan
tations.

Waco. Texas, Oct. 19.-Reresenta-
ives OF Mississippi planters are en-
Dloying whole families of Mexican
Tor work in that state Thereis a gen.
eral movement in Mississippi, t is said
to get rid of the negro labor,r as far
as possible. Planters, it is sid. have
pooled their interests in the effort to
change the character of Labor
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-10-25

The republicans are trying hard t.
make a Burchard OF Tom Helm, but
the incident is already forgotten be-
u it amounted TO nothing in the
first piace.-Atlanta Constitution.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-10-25
York Business Man nes ON .
Train Near Kings Moufain

Raleigh, N. c., Oct. 19.-Ir. J. B.
Murphy. apparently a prspero,s young
business man of New York, sccompa-
MED by his wife and little clild, and
on ms way home from FL Pas, Texas,
uied on a sleeper near Kings Mountain
this morning. The body was sent to
New York on an evening tran. Mrs
Murphy accompanying it.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-10-25

Monarch over pain. Burrs, cuts,
sprains. stings. Instant relief Dr..
Thomas Eclectic on. AT any drug
store
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-10-25

For Sale by r. r. Bellamy.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-04-01
The Preservation of Niagara,


Whether the state of New York and
the Dominion Of Canada get much or
little for the water power at Niagara,
the destruction of the great cataract by
the diversion Of its waters for COM
mercial purposes would be calamity
not only in an aesthetic sense, but finan'
cially as well. AS President Dow of
the Niagara reservation commission as
serts, 1.-The income derived from the
enormous number of visitors by our
railroads, hotels and merchants in diff
ferent parts Of the state is vastly great.
er than the income that might be de-
rived from Il moderate tax on water
privileges inimical to the integrity of
the falls"
This Is unquestionably true, and
while it may have no great effect in
changing the desires of the few indl-
viduals who are seeking to profit direct
ly by the diversion of the waters from
the present channel and the possible
ruin of the scenic attraction, it offers n
practical argument in favor Of the
preservation of the falls which may ap-
peal to many persons who might other.
wise regard the matter with indiffer'
ence. The fact should be emphasized
that the cataract is not only magniti-
cent, but that it is also an extremely
good business asset for the country in
general and for the state of New York
in particular. This denies nothing as.
serted by the lovers of nature" but it
also meets the practical folks on their
own ground
II the authorities which have in their
keeping this great work of nature have
not sufficient appreciation of Its gran
deur and beauty to protect 1t from spoil
alton they certainly ought to be moved
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-04-01
l'robing the Meat Combine.

1roDlng the Meat ColnDlne.
The department of commerce and Ia
II is given an excellent opportunity
demonstrate its usefulness by the
ssage of the Martin resolution in the
,use of representatives. BY this res
ution Secretary CorteIyou, who is the
'ad of the new department, is request
to investigate the causes Of the
tates since July |, 1908. and the al
,eged unusually large margins between
the prices of beef cattle and the selling
price of fresh beef
Under the act stablishing the depart
ment Of commerce and labor, approved
Feb. IA, 1903, there was created bu.
reau of corporations ito investigate the
organization, conduct and management
Of the business of any corporation, joint
stock company or corporate cOmbina-
ton engaged in commerce among the
several states and with foreign ma
tions." In order to do this work the
bureau has conferred upon it 1.-The pow,
ers Of the interstate commerce commits
sion"
1t remains to be seen whether the
powers conferred upon Mr.. Cortelyou
are adequate to effect remedy for the
public's grievances against the packers
combine. Already the packers have
been enjoined by the courts against
doing the very things which it is now
proposed to investigate, but they ap.
parently. refused to stay put Last
year Judge Grosscup of Chicago issued
an order restraining the packers from
manipulating the price of beef or con-
spring to depress the price of beef on
the hoof In spite of this injunction,
which is still in effect, 1t is alleged that
1t is being violated in respect of both
Its mandates.
The Martin resolution makes 1t Sec
retary Cortelyous business to find out
whether or not iDjunctions do en-. Din.
and 1t Is to be hoped and expected that
the inquiry will be thorough and con-
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-04-01

Let's sing song O. summer time, nc
matter If the blast
OF twenty blended blizzards freeze the
singin' lines at last.
Let's sing O. hills an dells
Where music heavenward swells,
The silver tenor O. the thrush. the tinklin
cattle bells.
Let's sing a song O. summer time. The
winter stayed so long
We're weary for summer sun to shim-
mer in a song.
To wander where the breeze
Shakes the tresses o the trees
An the lily's heart is honey to the golden
thievin' bees.
Let's sing a song O. summer time. Lets
sing, an sing 1t sweet
AS the music o. the waterfalls. the vino
that waves the wheat,
While Love, in meadows green
Enraptured views the scene:
The roses for Loves recompense, and
summer sweet his queen.
Atlanta Constitution.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-04-01

Louisine is the new washable silk
that will be popular for shirt waist
suits this year, says the New York
Press. 1t comes in all colOrs and is of
so fine texture that few believe it is
a wash silk. 1t will probably take the
place of pongee and of the foulard
suits worn last year.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-04-01
Air Cycles the Next Fad.

Santos-Dumont. the noted aeronaut.
who was interviewed at st. Louis re
Gently. said that automobiles are out
of date and that an air cycle would be
the next fad to be worked by the~fash
ionable set He Is of the opinion that
newsbOys will have small air cycles
which they will use to chase the big
ones in an effort to sell their papers.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-04-01

The laggard sun on frosty morn
Throws long beams through the stubble
corn
Against the sunset naked trees
Weave magic bredes and traceries
From woodman's AK the splinter bounds:
The f1icker's CHEEKY tapping sounds:
Ice thaws, and in the quickening flood
Are vague, fond hopes Of leaf and bud,
When, 10, like fieck of living sky,
Full songed. a buebird sweet fits by!
Sara Andrew Shafer In Outlook.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-04-01

While we are guying those funny
Russian names do we ever stop to
think how outlandish some of the IA
miliar names on the map Of the Unit
ed States may appear to foreigners
Take, for instance, Massachusetts and
Mississippi, Poughkeepsie, Schenecta,
dy, kalamazoo and some Of those
Maine lakes.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-04-01

With both the Films and the Poles
ready to take advantage of any Rus
sian defeat to raise revolt at home,
the cars government may have some.
thing else to think of besides embroil-
ing other European powers.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-04-01

by the argument that it is an extreme.
ly bad business proposition to permit
it's appropriation by private corpora
tons for any such return as even the
most generous Of them would or could
piya
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-04-01

Another unique revelation Of the war
is that there are Russians whose names
do not end with ''off," witch" or sky"
though they appear to be greatly In the
minority.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-04-01

Hundreds of applications for employ
been received by Admiral Walker, but
it is noted that most of the applicants
want a position rather than job.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-04-01

Not the least remarkable of the stO-
ries bearing the st. Petersburg date
line Is the one that the Jewish popula-
ton of Russia is wild with patriotic
enthusiasm in the cause of the car.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-04-01

Now that Nine. Patti has returned to
her home In Europe she might col
laborate with SignOr Mascagni on the
styles Of trouble furnished foreign
artists on their American tours.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-04-01

elusive. 1t Is for Mr. Cortelyou to as
certain the facts in the case and when
this Is done it will be the province of
the department of justice to act in ac
cordance with the findings
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-04-01

1t may surprise some people to know
that there are only $4,000 Japanese In
the United States and 5000 Russians.
The latter have populous colonies in
Kansas and other western states.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-04-01

1t would seem that some sort of an
interstate commerce law Is needed to
cover the sending of poisoned candy
from one part Of the country to an
other
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-04-01

II Colombia waits much longer be.
fore recognising Panama the isthmian
republic will lbs 20 much improved
that Colombia won't be able to recog-
nixe IL.