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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-14
STOP THE COTTON REPORTS,

The Messenger made reference e day
or so ago to the fact that some cotton
men at the south were opposed to the
government, making periodical reports
on the acreage and condition of the cot
ton crops. On this subject the Savan-
nah News of the 18th has the follow
ing to say, showing that the question
will be brought before the Savannah
cotton exchange:
The Savannah Cotton exchange will
take official cogniZance Of the scandal
growing out Of the leak in cotton re.
ports. At the meeting Of the direc-
tors. July 20. a resolution will be Of
fered suggesting that the government
report De abolished altogether. and
asking the assistance of other ex-
changes in bringing before it the evils
that have come to the trade through
the influence Of the reports,
Unless the government report is alb
solutely trustworthy. said one direc-
tor of the exchange Yesterday. the
trade would be decidedly better off
without It; and as the recent disclos-
Ures in investigating the leaks have
shown that the department has one
dishonest man in it there is no guar
antec that others of the same kind
may not at some time inc themselves.
like Holmes. in position to give out
miSinform2tiOn for a consideration.
The views of certain members of the
trade. who think that the absence Of
a eport from an official source will
lead to an ever greater evil In the
form OF crop estimates from private
sources was broUsht to h attention
Of the speaker. Such reports. said the
| gentlemen. will have far less influence.
for. being known as private estimates.
| they will be taken by the trad with
ar amount Of reservation that was no-
to be expected when a report went
/ out bearine the stamD CT the United
| States government.
A number of the members of the
trade are reported to favor h prcpos-
ed resolution to be brought before the
directors and it is possible that it viii!
be adorted Savannah News
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-14
Weekly Crop Bulletin.

Washington, ID. C., July 1.-THE
weather bureaus weekly crop bulletin
says:
In tie Carolinas, Georgia and Flor
ida, over the greater part Of Alabama,
and in southern Mississippi cotton has
generally done well. Good growth is
reported from the central and western
districts. but much Of the crop has suf-
fered deterioration largely from lack of
cultivation due to continuous heavy
rains. In Tennessee, northern Missis-
sippi and Louisiana fields have been
abandoned to grass. Too rank growth
is more or less reported in all districts,
except in the Carolinas and Florida.
Wet weather in Texas has favored the
increase Of boil weevils, which are
also causing damage in Louisiana.
The condition of tobacco is generally
promising although the crop is suffer
ing for cultivation in Kentucky. Good
growth is reported from nearly all OF
the tobacco producing states.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-14

According to the current number Of
Dun's Trade Review the recent rise in
raw cotton has caused uncertainty ia
the cotton goods market, and it is al
most impossible to negotiate for fu-
ture delivery. Sellers are combining
their operations to such supplies as are
already in sight. Little can be done
in the way Of discounting the future.
The statement that ANY %protracted
maintenance of high prices for raw
cotton would establish cotton goods OH
a much higher level implies a belief
that the present advance in the price
of cotton is only temporary. If the
cotton goods men are looking for Il ma
terial drop in the price of cotton they
are going to be sadly disappointed.
They had better make their calcula-
tons Oh the basis Of a further rise in
the price Of this commodity.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-14

By the time Secretary Wilson is
done with that cotton crop report leak
Mr.. Theodore n. Price will wish he
had kept quiet and especially that he
lad not talked so much about suits
for libel because his name was men
ton. His bluff did not scare Mr.. Will
son worth a cent. That gentleman is
on his mettle now. He has been say
ing all along that it was impossible for
the reports to be given out in advance
or to be tempered with. He finds that
he was mistaken and he is going to
make somebody pay for having outwit-
ted him in this matter.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-14
Alleged Murderer on Trial I'm Norfolk

Norfolk, Va, July 1.-THE case Of
John E. McCallam, arraigned here last
evening on the charge Of numbering 9
man in North Carolina several years
ago was called in the police court here
this morning and continued until July
81, pending the arrival of North Caro-
lima authorities who have been noti-
fed by wire.
McCaIlam admits that he killed a
man in Rowland. y. c., in 1898, but he
claims that the killing vas done in self
defense. He says that he and the mur-
dered man, whose name he can't re-
member, Guarreled owe a woman. Nc
Callam declares he fired the fatal shot
when the man drew a razor and adj
anced toward him.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-14

We are in receipt of an interesting
and instructive pamphlet entitled 1.-The
Mining Industry in North Carolina
During 19O3," by Joseph Hyde Pratt,
Phi. D., mineralogist." Much valuable
and interesting information can be
gotten from it regarding the mining in
dustry in this state. 1t contains facts
and figures about all the minerals that
are being mined. The pamphlet is is
sued by the North Carolina Geological
Survey, Professor ]. A. Holmes, state
geologist.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-14

Senator Mitchell is still on the SEN
ate payroll. His term of Office ex-
pires March 3, 1907. He can hardly
delay the beginning of his term of i'm
prisonment until that date. Wonder if
he will continue to draw his salary at
ter he goes to prison?
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-14

The Washington Post says the city
of Buffalo has decided to take the lid
off during the Elks' convention. We
suppose she preferred taking it off
quietly herself to having it knocked
off by her visitors.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-14

sans shows that the Standard Oil
magnates have not gained much by his
subsequent loss of voice. Tom never
did depend so much on his voice as he
did on his typewriter, anyhow.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-14

Wonder what brought about that
second leak in the cotton crop report
scandal-tfe one among the men who
were profiting by the first one?
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-14

She-"There's IN awfuily funk joke
| heard today about an Irishman In an
automobile He-Yes, dear: /
heard it" She-"Oh, you mean thirg.
/ wanted to tell it TO you. 1t was So
funny" He-Go ahead, dear, IL will
be even funnier the way you tell IT.
-Phiiadelphia Press.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-14
Proceedings Against Dowie Dismissed

Chicago. July 11.-John Alexander
Dowie today had all bankruptcy pro-
ceedings against him dismissed I'm the
United States District court, amount
ing to something like $500, 900, which
have been substantially paid off, with
interest.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-14

Cuban wOrkmen are demanding an
eight hour day. They surely do not
understand the term-thOse fellows
who are disconnected at having to
work half hat many.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-14

Messrs. ]. III. Pope, j. F. Freeman,
Il. A. Mclean, NJ. NJ. Rozier, j. d.
Proctor and d. y. Lloyd, of Lumber
ton, are at Wrightsville Beach and will
be there for some two weeks.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-14

Bears the 1Iha Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature Of &zZM

No doubt Senator Mitchell thinks
there is something wrong with
jury system when he can't get q
juror to hold up the whole body.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-14

The Chicago Chronicle asks IL any
one has profited by the strike. The
Washington Post replies that several
Chicago undertakes are going to tour
Europe this summer.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-14

Mr.. B. G. Broderick, representing the
well known paper house of Doble- &
Nudge, Baltimore. al in the city yes
terday.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-14
WILL BE HEARD NEXT SATURDAY
Preliminary Hearing Of Policeman
Who Shot DoeksU.

Case Nav Not be Called for Trial ut
This Term OF Cuurt-Dirccfors OF
The Ncf1h Cart lima Halfway To Meet
on tile 18Th 1T Burlington-Nork
on Building for Females ut the In
SAM AsSIuni-OtHer News Notes
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-12-20
KISSES LEFT BY WILL.
Deceased Appointed Friend to Full
fill This Service.

Deceased Appointed a Friend to Full
fill This Service.
Francesca di Blasion, an Italian ex-
quisite, aged 81, shot himself through
the head in motel in Naples, where
he had been lunching. On the body
we're found papers written in the hotel
just before death one of which ex-
pressed the suicides declaration that
he was not insane, but satisfied with
all the worlds pleasures. Another
gave instructions for simple but
musical funeral service, at which no
priest should otficiate, and at which
the "Marseillaise" should be played.
The deceased left several wills, be-
queathing divers sums to women of his
acquaintance, as we'll as thousand
lire for distribution among the pref
test damsels in certain Milanese or
phanage. He appointed his father
executor, authorizing him to sell su-
burban property and pay the proceeds
to female favorites named in the tesla
ment. He left a specified number of
kisses, appointing one of his friends
to fulfill this service on his behalf.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-12-20

One of the possible, if not probable,
results of the admission of new state
composed of Oklahoma and Indian
Territory may be that full-blooded
Indian may occupy seat in one or
the other wings of the capitol, and
mavbe in both. To have an Indian in
the senate will be an entirely new de-
parture, but there need be no surprises
felt if such should be the case. The
new state will be entitled to two sena-
tors. and such large percentage OF
the population is composed of Indians
or mixed bloods that common justice
would seem to demand that they be
represented. Many of the Indians are
intelligent and educated citizens, fully
qualified for legislatures, even in the
congress of the United States.
It will probably be news to great
MANY readers to learn that after the
4th day of next March the tribal rela-
tions will cease, so far as what is
known as the five civilized tribes are
concerned. By act of congress their
tribal governments will cease to exist
and the Indians will become citizens
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-12-20
GOVERNOR JAMES M. SMITH AND SUSAN EBERHART

firm, and refused to yield to senti-
ment Governor James M. Smith,
called to bring order out of disorder,
refused to yield to sentiment; the old
Wilkes court, familiar to such men as
George Walton, John Dooly, Jacob
Early, John Talbot, Meriwether,
Micajah Williamson, Joshua and Job
Galloway, Lawrence Bankston, Jos.
Henderson, Governor Mathews refus-
ed to yield to sentiment, and it seems
there are times and cases, even when
woman is involved, for the law to
take its course.
Be that as it may. 1 have always
rejoiced that it so happened that Gov
ernor James M. Smith, our governor
of that heroic period which followed
the Bullock chaos, explained to me
his position and condition in the
Susan Eberhart case.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-12-20
HAS FIFTY-THREE SUNDAYS.
A Popularity of the Year That Is Now
Drawing to a Close.

A Peculiarly of the Year That Is Now
Drawing to a Close.
Not peculiarly noted as period for
the pious observance of the moral
code, the year 1905 has offered the
"peoples of the EARTH more oppor-
tunities for public worship than any
of it's predecessors in perhaps many
decades. Fifty-three Sundays were
marked on the calendar, circum-
stance that will never occur again
during the lives of persons now l1v-
ing, as it is estimated that ITO years
will pass before this remarkable ar
rangement of the calendar is again
observed.
The explanation of the phenomenon
is simple. The year began on Sunday
and will end on Sunday. thus throw
ing in an extra day of worship, giving
The people of the earth one Sabbath IN
excess of the number of working
weeks.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-12-20
NEARLY TWO BALES TO ACRE.
Mr.. Lott Warren Raises Nineteen
Bales of Cotton on Ten Acres.

Mr.. Lott Warren Raises Nineteen
Bales of Cotton on Ten Acres
Mr.. Lott Warren, of Inaha, was IN
Triton Saturday. He has made this
wear. on ten acres, nineteen 5OO-pound
bales of cotton. He planted the ten
acres for twenty bales, and would have
cot them easily but for a dry season
in August.
From one acre of land this year
Mr.. Warren has made 700 gallons OF
fine syrup, which he is now putting on
the market. :,
On his potato crop he finds himself
in the position of Carter who raised
the celebrated oats. He planted SIX
acres and gathered until himself and
his hands were worn out, and then
turned in his hogs, which have SO far
made little showing on them. He has
about fifty head of hogs to fatten this
fall.-Tifton Gazette.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-12-20

~ AhO HACOH 1eleRraph.
town-the grave still there and the his
toric oak. Polly had her friends. She
possessed far greater attachments than
Susan Eberhart. She was magnetic, a
woman of personal charms. She was
regarded as a rather fast woman, and
of fascinating manners and possess
ing great beauty.
She never thought she would be
hung, and expecting pardon on the
very day of execution she dressed her.
self in her best costume, ready for
congratulation by her admirers, and
when it was the reverse instead Of
pardon she bravely went to death in
her finest evening dress-the very
same she was to wear at her recep-
ton, Nor can it be said she had a
rough and uneducated jury; for even
in those days Wilkes was already
peopled with sons from the best fami-
lies of Virginia and North Carolina.
The best blood of Virginia and Caro-
lima poured into Wilkes even before
the revolution, and settlers came
thick after the war.
In those days in Wilkes they be-
lieged in the pillory and stocks, and
thirty-nine lashes were administered
for misdemeanors. And they believed
, in the scarlet letter, " for they brand
ed criminals. On November 4, 1854,
Dempsey Woods was found guilty of
manslaughter and was branded with
the letter mi" Polly Barclay was
tried by competent jury, the best
men of Georgia, and not by uncouth,
ignorant men.
Governor Bell of Vermont stood
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-12-20
A PosrMAsTER's REPORT.
The President Was Informed of the
State of All Community Affairs.

State OF All community Affairs.
When it was first arranged, nearly
fifty years ago, to have postmasters
send in quarterly reports many queer
documents were received. One. which
is still on file in the postoffice depart
ment, came from the little town of Wa
terford, ILL.,, and is as follows:
Gully the 9, 1826.---Mister jimes
buchanan, President of the United
States-Dear Sir: Bean required by
the instruction of the postoffice to re-
port quarterly, I now foolfil that pleas
in duty by reportin' as follows: The
Harvestin' has ben gOin' on pretty we'll
and most of the naburs have got thur
cuttin' about dun. wheel is hardly an
average crop on rollin' lans, corn is
yellowish and won't cut more than 10
or Is booshils to the akir, and the
health of the communitie is only toler-
ably, meesils and colery hav broken
out in about and half miles of hear,
there are a powerful awaken on the
subject of religin in the potts nabur-
hood and more soles are bean made TO
know thur sins is about all know and
have to report this quarter give my re-
spects to Mrs. buchanan and subscribe
myself yours Truly, .
"ABAGAIL JENKINS.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-12-20
RUSSIAN GENEROSITY TO JAPS
Veterans Whom Sunrise Government
Would Have Permitted to StarVe
Can Now Live in Comfort.

Malcolm Clark, a press correspon-
dent, in an article sent from Berlin
says:
Thousands of Japanese soldiers who
have been prisoners of war in Russia
are in this city at present enroute for
Bremen, where they are to board steam
ers which are to carry them back. All
these men, nearly all of whom are in
valids and hopelessly crippled, speak
in the highest terms of the treatment
they have received in Russia.
Charitable Russian ladies have pro-
vided them not only with clothes and
shoes and tobacco, but also with mon
ey, which will email BILE those most severe
ly wounded to spend the rest OF their
days in comfort.
From their own government they
have received nothing, and not even
those who have lost arms and legs will
receive any pension, so that but for
Russian generosity they would have to
starve to death after reaching Japan.
In spite of all sensational statements
to the contrary the situation in Russia
is rapidly improving, and according
to letters from the Czarina to her rel
atives at Rarmstadt neither she nor
the Car have at any time had any
fear for their personal safety.
Nicholas is now working on mes
sage which will give to the people OF
Russia the political freedom they have
been sigting for for years.
That a new era is dawning in Russia
is clearly shown by the fact that
Maxim Cork, few months ago IN
danger of being banished, has now
been allowed to publish daily paper
fNew Life. F"
This is the first socialistic paper
openly published in Russia, and Count
Witte although opposed to the prlncl-
pies it advocates, was the first to sub
SoYi he fO, it,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-12-20
DOG RIDES ON FREE PASS.
An annual" Is Duly Issued to a
Virginia Canine.

An "AnnuaT Is Duly Issued to
Virginia Canine.
A 6-year-old English terrier, "Ja'
bann," which leads his blind master,
J. F. Cashion, through the populous
streets of Richmond, is probably the
only canine enjoying the luxury q
free railroad TRANSPORTATION. An an.
nual pass is made out to him over the
lines of the Chesapeake and Ohio rail
road, fully signed. No Jim Crow in
dlgnities ever perturb the soul of this
faithful little four-footed passenger.
He rides on the plumb red cushion OF
a parlor Pullman. Mr.. Cashion, who
never moves without Jabann, asserts
with the exception of one road, the
pass is good throughout the country.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-12-20
FARMER WAS BURNED TO death
Herbert Chason Awoke to Find His
Home in Flames.

Herbert Chason, prosperous far
mer of Thomas county, was burned to
death in fire that consumed his dwell
ing house and contents. He had been
to Cairo to spend the day.
Anticipating a late return, he sent
his wife and child to neighbours to
spend the night, so he was alone al
the time of the fire. He built up a
big fire in his upstairs bed room, went
to sleep and awoke to find the bed in
flames.
He made his escape from the house,
but his burns were so severe that ne
died next morning at 8 O'Clock.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-12-20
1000 CARS FOR BERRIES.

Last Seasons Disaster May Be Avoid
ed by a New Arrangement.
President and General Manager
Ellis of the Armour car lines has been
in Wilmington, N. c., in conference
with President Emerson of the Atlantic
Coast Line railroad and several mem-
bers Of the executive committee of the
East Carolina Truck and Fruit
Growers Association.
General Manager Ellis, who was
vested with full power, pleged his
company to furnish at least :, 900 re-
frigerator cars for the shipment of
next seasons straw berry crop. This
will prevent a repetition of last sea-
sons disastrous loss to the growers,
due to car shortage.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-12-20
AN INDIAN MAY BE A SENATOR
Probable of Admission of New State The Red Ma
Is Now a Dgniied Citizen Instead Of Tribe Member
The Red Man

of the United States instead of mem
bers of a tribe. They will become
voters and taxpayers, just as other
citizens are, and will have voice in
the election of congressman and of
members of the state legislature, which
will choose two senator's.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-12-20
FARMER WAS LOCKED IN CAR.
Went from Illinois to New York and
Was Unconscious When Found.

A Mt. Carmel, ILL.,, dispatch says
CLYDE M. Showalter, farmer of this
county, who disappeared October 10,
is reported to have been found in car
of corn shipped from this point to New
York City. He had been in the car
two weeks when discovered, and it was
not until yesterday thas he was able
- toll who he was. Over 81. 900 has
been offered for his body dead OF
Il is thought he was drugged and
thrown in the car.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-12-20

10 pieces SO to 40 inches wide all
wool dress goods, worth go cents, bar
gain price 35 cents at McLain Bros.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-12-20

Buck wheat and Graham -four ar
Wall Bros.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-12-20

Smoke Dan Emmett cigars. They
are fine.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-12-20
on OF Mrs Rogers Vermont the Famous Webster
county Case Some Similarly BrBoh Crimes Mrs
Fberhart Not First White Woman nansu orgia

in The Macon Telegraph.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-12-20

#The Atlanta News, however, is in
8for about stating that Susan Eber-
lrt was the first white woman to die
4 the gallows in Georgia.
Susan Eberhart was the first to die
u the gallows. But Polly Barclay
Rs the first white woman hanged. She
rs was hung in 1906, not the gailows,
Rlt on tree-an old oak, gnarled and
form-beaten now, on the Lexington
PAD in the Hayward grove-and hung
pt with rope, but a chain, and the be-
overs in the supernatural, especially
egroes, drive by the spot in haste to
fls day, declaring they hear the rat
f of the clanking chains. 1t was a
pied case, and created sensation at
Pc time. The scene was in "Wash-
4 ton, Wilkes" the historic old
New-York tribune., 1905-02-07
REIN NAY QUIT TOURNEY.
SigourHey and Starb, Tied IN Billiard
PIGY.

Chicago. Feb. 6.--The probabilities tonight A..
that Edward c Rein. OF Chicago. will vithdraz-
from the amateur billiard tournament Tor tho ra
tonal championship row being played at the Chi
cagO Athletic Club Rein was scheduled 10 pfav
j. Byron Stark. % New-YoTk. tonight. out he ser.
word that he H. If Rein withdravs an fh
games he has played will be thrown out and as ts
won one game. against Gardner the latter win h
benefited by the change. The game played wift
Rein Is the only one that Gardner has lost in tb
tournament, and if il is not counted It ufH mn
Gardner on an even basis with Conklin OF Chicaro
and Sisourney. Of San Francisco now tied for
hrst place Ssourney's victory over Stark ~
New-YorlS. to-day. made the the sams a
Conkiln'S. four games won and none lost
Charles ThFeshie OF Boston aud Charlss q
Schmitt. Of Racine. opposed 70 each otnar a.
to-nishts game. The final score was go Il, Zl- n
favor OF Threshie At time Tnreshie vas ~
points ahead. but IN the last few innings Scbn,Ts
rapidly gained Ihreshie made a high run Of &.
average. s 35-44. Schmitts high run Was ss. 49,
age. l1-44
The first game to-day In the amateur bul,-.
tournament was between W. RI. SigoGrney Of So
Francisco. and J.. Byron Stark. OF New-Yort
5igorrT:ey winning 600 to N SigOurney outpIxvs1
stark from the start and maintained a good 49,
after the FIRST few innings. SigOurncy's high rTI-
was , and StaTk's q SigOurney's average va
ass and Starks 425-3s.
In the second game to-day Edward G. Csardn.-
OF New-York. easily defeated Charles S Norrfs'
OF the same city zoo 70 15. Gardner PLAYED a sT
cellent game and finished with an average OF M
Ills high 50 Norris PLAYED weak 9arse
his highest run being - and his average az