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The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-09
NAME WANTED

Anthony Carroll, who has had his at tention called to communication in an afternoon paper concerning his words and works, says he will take pleasure in answering when the writer reveals his name.
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Special Prices on Spring Underwear.

For men and women. Spring weights and Summer weights whichever you choose. For those who wear the heavier sorts. there are vests and drawers in this lot that hit the happy me. dium between swetering winter weight and pneumonia-inviting thinness.
 Special prices on all:
 Women's lisle threai vests that are worth soc elch for 39c-
 Women's lisle thread vests, worth 39c, for 25c.
 women's lisle thread vests, wo:ta 25c, for loc
 Mems hosea small lot of plain black and lace striped half hose -regu- lar 12Hc and 15c values At 9c
 Mems fine Ja. ger medium merino weight shirts and draw CTS, shirts self-finished; drawers double seat. At soc.
 Mems medium weight white merino shirts and drawers, self finished shirts. At soc.
 Mems medium weight natural shirts ara drawers; shirts self finished; dr. wers double seat. At Soc.
 Mems medium weight ecru. fine Jersey ribbed shirts and drawers. At soc.
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Mainly About Wearables.
Plenty of Pointers on What to Wear and How Little To Pay. An Early Spring Story.

all the smaltype follows FAM Department-the School of E2 need much advertising make the bargains holds baby express speed long enough Its pretty generarieS
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Fishing Tackle Specials

Bristol Steel Rods, $4 50 grade,
 special at S3 IS Double Shell Hooks, special at 19c doz 25-yd Enamel oil Silk Line, wofta
 75c. Special at 35c
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NEWS FROM THE CHURCH gS
THE PEOPLES CHURCH.

Meetings in Bushnell hall at Il a. m. and 7:S0 p. m. Children's church at 12:15. Tn His Steps, or What Would Jesus Do?" will be illustrated at 7:30 by sixty stereopticon views. Young peoples prayer meeting at 6:15.
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CHURCH OF THE MESSIAH

At the Church of the Messiah (First Universalis) tomorrow there will be communion service, with appropriate sermon by the pastor. at 10:30 Sunday school and conversation circle at 12 m. Illustrated musical service at 6:3O All are invited.
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MUSIC AT CENTER cHURCH-4
 F. M. Anthem, Christ the Lord Is Risen.. ........ ......... Harry Rowe Shelley Anthem, "As It Began to Dawn, .... ..................... ............ Reed Miss Margaret H. Roberts will be the soloist.
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Bargains in Handkerchiefs.

At Ac Each. Women's pure linen hemstitched handker- chiefs. J4 in. hem. Worth 7c each.
 At 7c Each. Women's pure linen hemstItched handler chiefs. in H inch hem; also mcn's pure linen handker- chiefs. H-in. hem. both full size and are good 12c values. At IF I-2c Each. Mems pure linen hemstitched handkcr- chiefs, A, 1s and i-inch hem; also a new lot of wom-n's fine embroidered designs. lace edge. scallopcd edge and plain hemstitched. 15c and 17c values.
 At I7c Each. One lot of wcmen's and mems plain hemstitched handkerchiefs nice quality of linen. 7a "A and 1a-inch hem. Value, 25c At Sc Each. A small lot of mussed handkerchiefs. Values 10c and 12c each.
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Some E. B. Q. Suits for Men.

can't clothing good
 Prices S1250 to S25 The snapp covert box topcoa whether made, is the F. B. O. model sold at $15. $250 and $3 Fancy Vests are selling at S2
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Patience-I hear she has been engag- ed eleven times.
 Patrice-I hate to see a girl in a rut like that!-Yonkers Statesman.
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"Predigested insect powder!' shifted the Cockroach of the old school, with fine scorn.-Puck.
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Tennis.

Packets from the leading manufacturers in the country. Wright & Dtson, B G. I. and E. l. Horsman
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Monogram" Chocolates

Cost you 2oc pound. Compare them with any 40c goods you know.
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Noonen's Clothes and Glove. Cleaner is remarkable thing. We shall have more to say of 1t later, See demonstration.
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Hosiery Valuec.

$50 Taffeta Skirt. 500 each.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-08
Was Reassured.

7 was spending a few days in Strath-
haven. Scotland said Robert q, Nam
tell. "At the inn where l was stopping
lived an old couple who were Preparing
to visit the United States. PNatqFaily
enough, they questioned me atisome
length about the trip, and the Did gem
tleman was anxious to know if 1t was
very dangerous to cross the ocean
assured him that it was not at all haz-
ardous, although it was often very
rough. His sister listened intently and
then remarked, with a sigh of content
ment: .Aweel. awell. it's been a gay dry
summer. and | think the sea'H no be
vera eep.''-London News.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-08

"What is the secret Of true happi-
ness?" asked the Ludlow youth.
"The secret of true happiness, " replied
the CumminsvilIe sage. is to have what
you want when you want it."-Cincin-
pati Enquirer.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-06-21
THE GENERAL SLOCUM DISAS.
TER.

1t is to be hoped that the authori-
ties in New York Will make a thor
lough investigation of the fearful acci-
dent which befel the excursion party
lon the steamer General Slocum. 1t
was one of the most horrible disas-
tiers that has ever occurred in this
country. From the facts now being
brought to light it is evident hat
there was gross carelessness or crimi-
NAL mismanagement somewhere. The
fact that the steamboat inspector for
the port of New York declined, on
}the ground that it might incriminate
himself, to testify before the coroner's
Jury when he had last inspected the
General Slocum is proof conclusive to
the public mind that this steamer had
not received the attention from in
Ispectors required by law.
There is other evidence to the effect
that no attempt was made to exti1-
lguish the fire. If the fire apparatus
on the steamer was in working order
mo n made a single move to use it.
When the fire was discovered on the
forward part of the boat, the captain
turned her head toward an island
-four miles away and ran for that
point in order to beach her. He
Icould have landed on the New York
side of East river, but would not do
$50 because there was danger of the
flames from the vessel setting fire to
property on h wharf. He preferred
running the risk of the loss of hun
dreds of lives to endangerfng the lum-
Der yards and oil tanks along the
river front. He took his choice. The
consequence is that muca money has
been saved. perhaps, to the property
towners of that section of the East
Side and to the insurance companies
but at what a fearful sacrifice of
human lifei
That the fearful loss of life is due
to the captain of the steamer making
for the distant point on Brothers Is
Hand cannot be doubted. Had he
taken his steamer to the wharf at
I134th street. as he at first determined
to do, the death list would have been
much smaller.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-06-21

The editor of The Biblical Recorder
is a man who does not get excited and
fly off on a tangent. While most of the
editors were going into Mysteries over
the arrest of the eIitor of The News
and Observer and his attachment for
contempt, The Biblical Recorder editor
kept his head. He has this to say Of
hat affair:
In a little while the good people of
North Carolina will reanZe that they
were made the unconscious victims Of
1nelodrama and bysteria last week. Not
that there was not an element of Sc
robustness in the Daniels contempt
case; but that it was all overworked
to a ludicrous degree; and the hysteri-
cal state-of a large section Of the pub
lie mind spoke woeful of their capacity
for poise. As far as saving the state
or the United States o. the freedom Of
the press, that is nothing short OF mel
odrama, on the n hand, and hysteria
on the other. The freedom of the press
has never been in danger since the
Constitution of the United States was
ratified. One Ionged for the pen of
Nj. Deoly last week"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-06-21
DIED AWAY FROM HOME.
Miss Mary Mckay Passes Away at the
Home OF Friends I'm Dunn.
Especial to The Messenger.

Especial to The M~essenger.)
Dunn, N. c., June 1S.-Miss Mary
Mckay. of Summerville. this county,
died asst night at the home OF Mr..
f. F. Young. She came there visit
ing in the spring and was taken sick
and eve sufficiently recovered to re-
turn to her home. She was the
daughter of Mr.. Malcum Mckay. Of
the Upper Cape Fear and one Of the
honored names OF the Scotch settlers
of the early days of Harnett's history
She was buried this evening at the old
family cemetery at Summerville.
Professor Brogden. Of kinston. was
a visitor in town this week. He was
one time principal Of the Dunn High
School.
Mr.. NJ. D.. Holiday and family are
spending a week at Grimesland. Wis
iting relatives.
Mr.. J.. d. Barnes Is down I'm Alaba-
ma, looking after his ~turpentine in
terests in that state.
Dunn n Fayetteville crossed bats
Thursday on the Fayetteville grounds.
The result was z to 3 in Dunn's favor.
The Dunn team has been whitewashed
one time this a only and Selma
did that work I'm good style.
Mr.. j. j. Wade a furnished AMI
o into has handsome new resi-
dence on Broad streec. 1t Is the
handsomest house In Harnett county.
The political bee is beginning TO
hum. Candidates looming up all over
the county. An entire new ticket
seems TO be the notion of the people
just nov
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-06-21
THE TARIFF A LOCAL ISSUE.

When General Hancock as the demo-
cratic candidate for president in 1880
wrote to Mr.. Plaisted of Vermont that
he considered the tariff a local question
he was laughed at. The idea of the
tariff being a local question was ridi-
culed from one end of the country to
the other. This statement of h dem
ocratic nominee had a good deal to do
with his defeat. Loo bac over the
last ewenty-four years Of contest on
the tariff question. One who surveys
this part of the political history of u
country with unprejudiced y will be
inclined to agree with General Han
cock. In every respect the tariff is a
local issue. Senator Tillman empha-
sized the fact when he said on the
floor of the senate, in reference to a
tariff measure under discussion that
while there was stealing going on he
wanted his people to have their share
Of the loot" The democratic party
opposes a protective tariff. 1t favorS n
advocates tariff for revenue only" but
when it comes to framing such a tariff
bill the men engaged in each industry
which now has tariff protection want
their special line of products exempt
from the tariff for revenue only" idea.
Were congress to attempt to repeal or
greatly reduce the present tariff duty
on coarse cotton fabrics there would
be an earnest protest from the cotton
mill men of the south. Let congress
prepare to lower the duty on glass
ware a howl would go up from the
glass manufacturers of Pittsburg and
Ohio towns. A proposition to take the
duty off oranges and other such fruit
and the citrus fruit producers of Flor
ida and CALIFORNIA would be heard
from. In like manner would a row be
raised in the Carolinas and Virginia
if it was proposed to allow peanuts to
come in free of duty. And there would
be- a wall of distress from this state
to Texas if it was proposed to take the
duty off rice. Let it be known that
congress contemplated putting lumber
on the free list and every saw mill
man in the pine belt of the south would
enter a solemn and emphatic protest.
Why then is the tariff not a local
issue? There are few OF it's many
| schedules placing duty upon the Va
| rious articles of manufacture or prod
uct in this country which concern the
| people of the entire country. AS far
as that phase. of the law which aids
the producer or manufacturer is con-
cerned it is purely local. OF course
when it comes to the effect the law has
on the consumer of the protected arti-
Gle it is not local, but is general. In
one sense of the word General Hancock
was right when he said the tariff was
a local ISSUE. This was proven by the
light the democrats made in the
framing of the Wilson tariff bill"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-06-21
Boat Had No Cargo-AnOther Boat
Will Be Put I'm Commission as Soon
as Arrangements Can be Made.

The following article is taken from
The Columbia State in regard to the
burning of the steamer Highlander"
Manager T. d. Love. of the High
lander. was greatly surprised and pro-
foundly shocked las night by a tele-
gram which came to him at midnight
from Capt. j. c. Smith, saying the
boat had been burned Is miles above
Georgetown. The telegram gave no.
particulars and nothing is known here
as to the origin of the fire. The tele-
gram was dated Georgetown and sim
ply said: Highlander lost by fire 25
miles above Georgetown. Total loss"
The boat was on its way TO George
town at the time and had no cargo.
The vessel was practically new, haV-
ing been built only three years ago,
and was valued at $4,000. II was
insured for only $4,000. with j. II.
Boatwright & Son, at Wilmington, y.
=. Although the telegram says total
loss" Manager Love Is or the opinion
that much of the machinery may be
saved. The loss falls heavily on Mr..
Love-he and not the Chamber OF
Commerce being h owner.
The Highlander was the first and
only boat on the line the Chamber OF
Commerce instituted this spring to
give Columbia water connection with
the coast. The business has steadily
increased since the first trips. n ar
rangements had just been made for
hauling cotton, which would greatly
relieve the situation and for which the
Chamber of Commerce had been
working for several months.
Just what steps will be taken to
put another boat in commission on
the liver cannot be said at this time,
but there is no doubt but that this
will be done a. quickly as the Cham
Der of Commerce can make the ar
rangements.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-06-21

The japanese do not have any trou-
BILE in finding the Russians and defeat
ing them whenever they feel so dispos-
ed. Post Arthur is doomed. The last
victory Of the Japanese cuts off all
chance of the Russians to relieve the
forces who are beseiged in that for
tress. The capture OF the fort is mere
ly a question Of time.
There is no legal reason why Mr..
Knox should not continue to serve in
the cabinet until December. He cannot
become a United States senator until
he takes the oath of office in the SEN
ate, and the senate will not meet until
next winter.-Springfeid Republican.
How about the time when the pay as
senator begins2
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-06-21

Texas seems to have gotten ahead OF
the boil weevil this yea Heretofore
the earliest date on which new crop
cotton has been brought to market was
August 10th. This yea Texas beats
that record by nearly two months.
Two bales of new cotton have already
been marketed in that state.
Early in the planting season the fed
eral agricultural department told the
planters in the boil weevil infected
section that their best plan was to plant
an early maturing cotton; that the wee
vii got in it's chief work late in he sea-
son. The Texas man who has this early
marketed part of his crop shows that
he had faith in the warning sent out by
the agricultural department, and, acting
upon the suggestion OF that department
he has gotten ahead of the boil weevl.
1t seems, though, hat the question
has been raised where TO place these
two bales OF cotton-whether TO class
them with asst years or this years
crop. The suggestion has been Ia
that they were raised from last years
pIdUIS. I'VE uIu HOl KNOW UcIOIe OldL
in this country cotton stalks would
produce fruit two years. The fact that
one years cotton weed would bear
fruit the next yea is new to US. II
this is the-case what prevents produce
ing a cotton plant which will bear fruit
year after year? II this could be done
the south need have no fear of rivalry
from Egypt, South Africa or any other
section of the world and the boil wee
vii can be defied. If Texas can put her
crop on the market early in the season
she can whip out this cotton pest-that
is, if it be true that the weevil does
not begin to get in its work until late
in the season. Any how its ravages
can be confined to the southwestern
section Of the cotton belt.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-06-21
SNAP

The commissioners of Wayne county
have adopted measures which will
close every bar in that county after
July LIST. They nave refused to renew
the licenses of saloon men in Ere
lmont and other towns in the county.
THESE mems licenses expire July 1st.
lOn less than thirty days notice they
will have to close their places of
business and dispose of their stock
land fixtures. The Watts law contem-
PLATED no such hasty action. In any
town which votes for prohibition or
.Idispensary under that law the saloon
linen are allowed until the expiration
lof the current half year to close up
their business. The men who have
Ipetitioned for dispensary or prohibit
Ition election in the towns have taken
1.-THE ~precaution to nave the date of the
Election so placed as to give the liquor
linen ample time to wind up their
business IL case the election goes
against saloons. But In Wayne coun-
lty the commissioners have shown
them no such consideration. In the
town of Fremont. where license was
refused after July 1st, n hundred
lof the one hundred and nine voters Of
1.-THE town petitioned the commission
iers TO rescind their order granting
mo license, but the board would not
Igrant the request. We are told that
Ia large majority Of these one hundred
petitioners are opposed to ~bar-rooms,
but signed the petition because they
Thought the liquor men hal been
treated unjustly.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-06-21
Tuesday. June II, O
THE DISPENSARY CAMPAIGN.

AS the readers of The Messenger
know, the board of aldermen Of this
city has ordered an election TO be held
by popular vote of the substitution OF
q ~dispensary in place of saloons, and
the campaign is now on.
AS a rule, all campaigns on the liquor
question become very heated. and feel
ing is aroused to a pitch OF ~intenseness
and often luminosity and hostility be-
tween the opposing factions. A cam
paign OF his kind is hardly ever car
rio on without bitter d~enunciations on
the rostrum, in discussions among in
dividuals and in communications in the
newspapers. Regarding the first two
We have nothing to do except to urge
our people on both sides to guard
against Incorporate language. Let the
question be discussed dispassionately,
coolly and without personal denuncia-
ton.
In this connection we are glad to be
able to say that SO far in this campaign
there has been an absence of the per-
sonal animosity and abuse which usual
~ attends them. 1t is to the credit OF
the liquor men, whose business is as
sailed by this movement, that they have
been quiet and conservative and have
abstained from vituperation n abuse.
They are conducting the fight for the
maintenance OF their business in an Or
derby and impersonal n which
should receive commentator from the
other side.
There are two phases of the liquor
question in a campaign between prohi-
bition and open saloons-the moral
n the business. But does teh moral
phase enter into a contest where the
question is whether there shall be a
dispensary or saloons whether pri-
waite individuals or agents of the city
shall retail liquors? This is a vital
question in this contest. 1t is n
which each individual must decide for
himself. And in coming to a decision
it must be borne in mind that a dis
pensary will not stop-will not necessa-
rily curtail the sale of liquors. 1t is
not intended to do that. 1t is simply
a transfer of the business from the
individual to the city. Whether, then.
there is any moral question involved
is a proposition to be considered by
those who On the general question of
regulating or suppressmg the sale OF
liquors wish to take their stand on the
moral side of the question.
To those who are convinced that In
the transfer of the sale of liquors from
one agency to another there is no moral
issue, there arises the question of expe-
diency in making such transfer-what
effect will it have upon the business
and prosperity of the city.
II in the opinion of sulne there is a
moral question involved then the point
for them to consider is whether a dis
pensary will lessen the evil Of drunk
enness, all other questions being put.
aside. This is an open question and
has it's advocates on both sides who
are equally as honest and sincere in
their contentious.
These are questions which each IN
.dividual voter must consider and de-
eide for himself, and not let false sem
timent or hasty action take the place
of careful consideration and mature
deliberation.
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4 c
Immense Stone Falls From Scanosd-
Ing. but Docs no DaE=<e-Goscr-
nor Axcock Makes q Speech


Especial to Inc Messenger
.Goldsboro. N. c., une T.-Govsrnor-
Aycock came down on the early train
this morning from Raleigh and left by
nrivate conveyance for Pinkney. in the
northwestern section OF this county,
where he made an educational address
today. He was accompanied from TINS
city BY Captain ]. B. Edgertou n MI
w. c.. Munroe. There was a large
crowd OF people present. not only from
the couatry round about. but from Ere
mont and Pikeville. The address was
delivered in the Governors usual force-
full and characteristics style. II was
magnificent effort and VIII no douot
accomplish much good for the cause or
educatton. The governor returned to
the city this afternoon and Is the
| guest of his kinsman, Captain j. o..
Edgerton-
the recent fire at the oil mills and
the Agricultural works destroyed much
property which Is now being replaced
in a more substantial manner The
machinery destroyed is to be succeeded
by more improved patterns. In this
| case. as with all other fires, the ang
that are taking place will work TO the
benidt of the plants where the damage
occurred. Nj. Horace T. King, the
Y COIIiRcAtLA dAlu EoReAaa
| oil mills. has n large force OF machin-
lists and carpenters at work replacing
the machinery and r~epainting the wood
work. which will put the mill In
splendid condition to pegfn work As
soon as sufficient cotton seed a be
procured in September to begin opera
tions.
One OF the most miraculous escapes
from a horrible death occurred in tn
city this morning while a force OF
| hands were engaged in hosting one or
the cap stones on top OF the smoke
| stack and ventpator OF the government
building, which is now in course or
| erection here. The immense stone ~Ss
| being hoisted to a height of fifty feet
and had been raised very near all the
| distance when the scaffolding support
ing the block and tackle gave way
There were three men on the scaffold-
| ing and others almost under IL. n
| stone fell with a tremendous crash n
carried everything with it. but strange
to say, not a single person was injured
in the least and only n small corner
Of the stone was broken. A more sub
stantial ~scaffolding was erected and
the cap stones are now being hoisted
| by Joe Scott, the house mover. who ~
| all his derricks and implements on the
| scene.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-06-21

world. Up TO the beginning Of her
war with h Japanese it was thought
that she was one of the great nations.
She has demonstrated the fact that
she is one of the second-rate powers.
The Japs have shown superiority in
every branch Of the science of war
~generalship, strategy. fighting quail
ties and in every other way.