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The Somerset reporter., 1905-12-28
East New Portland.

Christmas exercises of d highly interest
ing character were given at our church,
Monday evening and they were greatly
appreciated by a goodly number The
committee arranging the program consist
ing of Mrs. A. w. Satbird, Mrs. Fred
Walton, and Mrs J. M Webb deserve
much credit for their untiring efforts
which eliminated in grand success. A
large amount OF useful articles were dis
trbuted and the children especially de-
lighted, and also prohted.
The Somerset reporter., 1905-12-28
M Ar RED.

New Portaud-De cembe ~. By the Rev L.
Hutchins. Mr.. David d. Pinkham and Miss
Evie E. Nutting, both OF Lexington.
Anson-Decembel 20. BY the Rev. H l.. Mich
OILS, Mr.. WillIsm f. Foren and Miss Bertha l..
Rogers.
DO. Csnaan-De cember IS. Mr.. Emory Ardie
Pease and Miss Etie Davis
The Somerset reporter., 1905-12-28
Dor IN.

Pitts6ed-Dece m Der 20. to the wife OF Harry
Mcpheron, son.
Pittsfeld-Dece mber l6, to the wife Of G. l..
Wyman, a daughter.
Skowhegsn- December 20, to the wife OF W.
IL. Halves, daughter.
skowheesn-. : d Gem Der IS, to the wife OF Will
liam Griffin. a son,
Norrdgewock-Dec "a, to the wife of
Ira Seekins, son.
The Somerset reporter., 1905-12-28

1t isn't always advisable for man with
sandy complexion 10 engage in the
sugar business.
The Somerset reporter., 1905-12-28
j. o. SMITH e. co.

are solicited for this column ind are pubtishsd
ioithout charge.
The Somerset reporter., 1905-12-28
Notice Of First Meeting Of Creditors.
In the District Court OF the United States for
the District of Maine,
IN BANKRUPTC

In the matter of
Joseph q. Shaw, In Bankruptcy,
BANKRUPT,
To the creditors of Joseph q. Shaw. of
Hartlsnd in the County OF Somerset and
District aforesaid. q bankrupt.
Notice is hereby given that on the 23rd day
OF December A. ID. 1908, said Joseph G..
Shaw. was duly adjudicated bankrupt, and
that the frst meeting OF his creditors will be
held at Daniel Lewis office, in Skowhegsn.
Maine, on the 18th day OF January, A. D. 1905
at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon, at which time the
said creditors may attend, prove their claims,
appoint trustee, examine the bankrupt, and
transact such other business as may properly
come befe.e said meeting. lw62
December %, A. ID. 1905.
DANIEL LEWIS. Referee in Bankruptcy.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-06-16
Now is the Time to Subscribe.

A man who was too economical to
subscribe for his home paper sent his
little boy to borrow the copy taken by
his neighbor. In his haste the boy ran
over 81 stand of bees and in ten
minutes looked like a warty summer
squash. His cries reached his father,
who ran to his assistance. and. filing
to notice barbedWire fence, ran INTO
breaking, it down. cutting a handful
OF flesh from his anatomy and running
a S. pair Of pants. The old COW took
advantage of the gap in the fence
and got into the cornfield and killed
herself eating green corn. Hearing the
racket the wife ran, upset four gallon
churn Of rich cream into a basket of
kittens, drowning the whole flock. In
her hurry she cropped a $25 set of
false teeth. The baby, left alone, crawl
ed through the spilled cream and INTO
the parlor, running a $40 carpet. Dur
ing the excitement the oldest daughter
ran away with the hired man, the dog
broke up eleven setting hens, and the
calves got out ard chewed the tails eff
four fne snirts.-kansas City Journal.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-06-16
LEAE AGE IN THE COTTON EE
PORT.

For some years the southern people
have been complaining that there was
leakage somewhere in the federal de-
partment of agriculture as to the cot
ton crop reports. Time and again COM
plant has been made to the head of
the department about this matter, but
no redress could be had. It has re-
mained for Mr.. Cheatham, the secre-
tary of the Cotton Growers Associa-
ton, to make such representations to
the department backed up with such
evidence as has brought the "head OF
the bureau up with a round turn and
he has expressed astonishment at the
showing made. No doubt the leakage
has been found at last. Secret7r. ,
Wilson has at last gone to work in
earnest to thoroughly investigate the
matter. On this subject last Saturday S
Washington Post says:
Edwin S. Holmes. assistant statiS-
tician OF the Division Of Statistics. De-
partment Of Agriculture. was yester-
day SUSPENDED froru duty by Secre-
tary wilson. pending an Investigation
OF the charges of Kichard Cheatham.
secretary OF the Southern Cotton
Growers association. relative to
leaks in connection with govern
ment reports. Mr.. Holmes announced
that he was SUSPENDED at his own re-
quest This was not denied by Sec
retary Wilson. 1t is known. however,
that whether or not Mr. Holmes had
made such request he would have
been relieved from, duty. for the pres
ent. at least.
Officials of the deIartment. among
them Secretary Wilson. were ut first
Inclined to minimize the importance
of the Cheatham charges. They ex-
planned the system that was used in
the preparation and publication of the
Cctton reports. and contended that it
was impossible for any official to
commit irregu1arities. The system
was designed to prevent irregularitias
of any kind they said and as no one
in advance of the executive meetings
when the figures were tOtaled. knew
what the results would be. Secretary
Wilson expressed the opinion that the
charges in the present instance were
probably no mere seriauc than others
presented on previous occasions. When
MI. Cheathanc submitted his proof II
Secretary Wilson that off1ciak at first
expressed astonishment. land then
alarm. and he instituted a searching
lnVeStisation. AS an incident of the
inquiry. it was deemed best that Mr..
Holmes should be suspended in order
that the department might not 5,.
open to the charge OF a whitewash in
the event that the Cheatham charges
We're proved on inquiry to be un-
founded.
There is good reason to believe that
others III the department NAV be in
The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-06-16

yofyed before Secretary Wilson I'm
ishes the work which he has mapne.i
out for himself. Reports are current
that persons I'm New York are ais, en-
tangled. and while the officials decline
to admit that such is the fact IL is
understood that secret sci vice men
are already at work there. looking
into statements embodied in the eyi-
dence fled by Mr.. Cheatham.
1t was developed yesterday that the
most serious charge preferred by Mr..
Cheatham is that the returns from
various sources. which are used as d
basis in the rrcDara.ion of the gov
ernmept cotton reports. have been
manipulated after reaching the de-
partment. Chief attention has been
paid so far to alleged leaks" but il
was not Publicly known Until yestcr-
day that Secretary Wilson had been
confronted with a statement that the
government figures had been manip-
lated before their official publication
under his signature. Secretary Wilson
urdoutte civ made every possible ef-
fort to devise a plan whereby the
government cotton reports would be
absolutely accurate. so far as the de-
partmsnt could make them so. and SO
to arrange the tabulation that it
would be impossible for anv official TO
give out advantce information Or
manipulate the figures even If he
were inclined to do so. If the state
n1ents of Mr.. Cheatham are TO be
accepted. the secretary's system has
s.roved a failure. because. according
to the accusation filed by Mr.. Cheat
lated. and there is almost absolute
evidence that officials have been re-
sponsiblo for leaks"
Mr.. Cheatha1n said Yesterday that
the documents which he had placed
in the hands of Secretary Wilson ha
been prepared With the greatest care.
and that they had been scrutinized by
able counsel before it was decided to
move or the Department of Aaricul-
turc.
Il consulted firm of attorneys in
Wall street." he said. "and they ad-
,iseG NE that the case was complete
in every resrect. and that it would
hold"
Mr.. Che athan, maintains mys-
terious silence as to the nature of the
papers he submitted to Secretary Will.
son..
lit was agreed between u.s. he
said. that it would be better to make
tl.e inquiry without belling the cat. !
believe that this is the thing to do. A:
l understand it. the results will be
made public when the secretary COM
LIetes the investigation.
Secretary Wilson will discuss the
case only in a general way. tt was
stated by his private secretary yester-
day that the secretary had no desire
to comment on the suspension of Mr.
Holmes. All that Mr.. Holmes had to
offer on the subject was that he suS
gested suspension pending the inquiry
and he did not fear the outcome.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-06-16

Concord gentleman spent yester-
day in Charlotte. ard to a friend last
night he cOnfided that the people of
Charlotte were not doing a thing but
getting shaved, He was struck by
the great number Of barber shops in
one block. the uuietness of he town.
ard declared that the folks we're
simply dropping in to the shops to
pass the time and get their faces shaw
ed. Nothing doing but shaving.-Con-
Cord Tribune.
We are glad to know that all classes
of business in Chrlotte are not as dead
as one would be led to suppose from
the published interview in The Obser-
yer not long ago Of a commercial man
in that city,
The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-06-16
ITALIAN IMMIGRANTS.

The Press of the south is Of the gem
eral opinion that Italian labor is the
solution Of the labor question In the
south. The Italian ambassador and
the president have had a conference
in le,:ari to Immigration from. that
country tn the south. II is said that
these people are peculiarly fitted for
this section on account of the similar
ity of the climate of the two countries.
We prefer immigration from the north
Of Europe. but We shall Re glad to get
even 1talians.--Raieigh Times.
The sentiment in favor of Italian
growing. Wien the question of im-
porting men of this nationality was
first mOoted there was almost uni
versal exclaim Of disarproval. This
was because of the lack of knowledge
on the part of the people as to the class
of immigrants proposed to be introduc-
ed. In the minds Of all of our people
there was but one class of Italians-the
shiftless, lazy class of fellows who cid
no work, but who spent their time
roaming the country, seeking some
Cne whom they might assassinate
with the ever ready stiletto-all mem
ters of the dreaded Malta, always
ready for strife and never willing to
submit to law or become amenable to
order and clean living
There are Italians and Italians.
They differ from each other as much
as do citizens of this. country Or of any
other. Of the class of Italians above
described there are many in this coun-
try, as there are at home. But there is
very different class of these people.
The vagabonds from whom we get our
ideas as to Italian immigrants are
made up of the refuse from the slums
OF the cities of Italy who leave their
country for their country's good.
1t is not of this class, though, that
the proposed immigration to the south
is to be drawn, but from a widely diff
ferent population-from the peasantry
of the rural districts of northern Italy,
who are hardy, Industrious and hon
est set of people. These make as good
tenants and servants as do the people
from any part of Europe 1t is sald
that, because of similarity of climate
these will suit us of the south better
tEan people from the northern section
Of Europe, that they will be better able
to stand our climate and to adapt
themselves to our mode of living. Ou1
people are, through ignorance, of this
class of Italians, prejudiced against
the whole nation, but after we get used
to them and find that they will more
readily adopt our mode of life than
other Europeans and that they are not
the lazy and lawless characters we
supposed them to be we will be ready
tc extend the proper welcome to them,
especially when we find that it is SO
much easier to settle up our waste
places with these than with emigrants
from what we consider the more de,
sirable sections of Europe
We confess that we would prefer the
Swede, the Norwegian or the North
German, but if we cannot get them
why, we must take the next best and
we will soon find that these latter are
very desirable class of new settlers
The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-06-16

AS soon as The Messenger heard That
President Roosevelt had decided to pay
a visit to this state next fall it declared
that inducements should be held out TO
him to visit our city. We feel assur-
ed now that he will come. 1t may not
be next fall, but that he will pay this
section asvisit in the near future We
feel confident, for we are reliably in
formed that in the neighborhood OF
Wrightsville were discovered on last
Sunday the tracks of a bear which
show that the Colorado wilds can boast
of no beast of the bear kind of such
size
The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-06-16

Elsewhere we print an address to the
cotton farmers issued by President
Jordan of the Southern Cotton Grow
ers Association in reference to the sue
cess in the movement to reduce acre
age. His suggestion Of the manner in
which the cotton planters should OBJ
serve July 4th is a good one Let th.m
take heed and Govern themselves ac-
coTdingly.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-06-16

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The fact that but few degrees have
been conferred by North Carolina col
leses this year is gratifying. Our old
friends, d. d. and Ii. D. have Dareiy
escaped falling into absolute disrepute
in these latter years.-SaIisbury Post
The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-06-16
Orders for Official Trial of the Char
laSfnn

Washington. June 12-Orfers have
been given at the navy department fol-
the official trial of the protected cruiser
Charleston. built by the Newport News
Shipbpilding Company, of the coast OF
New England on the 18th instant At
ter the vessels screws are standard
lied she Will he given four hours run
in the open sea to determine her speed
The Charleston has displacement OF
800 tons and an indicated horse pow.
er of q 900 and carries fourteen guns
in her main battery
The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-06-16

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How would it 40 for the federal gov.
ernment to establish national chain
gang during the construction of the
Panama canal and sentence cerlaiI
classes of law-breakers to work or
that great national and internationa.
highway?
The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-06-16
NO LICENSE FOR -coRKAGE..
Board OF Aldermen Refuse to License
Place Of This Character.

The board of aldermen met i'm regu-
lar semi-monthiy meeting yesterday
afternoon at 2 O'clock with Mayor
Murphy presiding. The new tax list
has provision in IL which refuses to
license anyone engag in the Cork
age" Or any similar business which has
lockers on places in which whiskey is
kept for anyone.-Grsensboro Teie-
gram
The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-06-16

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No Secret Abouf II

1t is no secret, that for Cuts, Burns
Ulcers, Fever Sores, Sore Eyes, Bo:ls
ETC., nothing is so effective as Buck
lens Arnica Salve. 1T didn't TAX,
long TO cure a bad sore | had, and i
is all 0. K for sore eyes, write ID
L. Gregory, of Hope, Tex. CSC at X
r. Bellamy's drug store.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-06-16
A Bad Scare

Some day you will get bad scare
when you feel a pain in your bowels
and fear appendicitis. Safety lies IN
DR.. Kings New Life Pills, sure cure,
for all bowel and stomach diseases
such as headache, biliousness; cos
tlveness, etc. Guaranteed at sR. Il
Bellamy's drug store, only 25c. Try
them
The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-06-16

Mrs. Webb-Duke may have the to-
bacco trust scared but we are in
cllned to think that she is talking
through her bonnet-Durham Herald.
The Forrest City times., 1905-08-11
ARAB|A'S HOLY CITY
MECCA MAY BE wREsTED FROM
 THE TURKS.
Arabs Advance Northward-Been Un. ger Turkish Rule Three Centuries Every Mohammedan Required
 to Make the Pilgrimage.

Mecca, birthplace of Mohammed and containing the Kaaba. the most ss. cred shrine of the Mohammedaus is threatened by the Arabians. who nave goodly har-c1 o:. the Turks ip power.
 South of Mecca lies the province of femen, in which province the Arabs nave been sustaining an open revolt against Turkish rule, and have recent " got possession of Sana. the Turkish provincial capital. For the last few years the Arabs have advanced against their enemy, and thus have been able to hold what they captured The Arabs would look upon it as great gain to their faith if they could wrest the holy city of Mecca from the hands of the loathed Turks; and this appears the fortunate moment to make the trial, the Sick Man Paving his hands full with Eu- ropean entanglements.
 Mecca has always had it's own ruler or sheriff, who since early in the six teenth century, has ruled in the name of the Turkish sultan Attempts have been made to throw of the Turkish yoke, but it has rested on the place about 300 years. The sultan would lose
The Forrest City times., 1905-08-11
Voice from Arkansas.

Cleveland Ark, July 3lst (SpeeiaD.- Nearly every newspaper tells of some won derful cure of some form of Kidney Disease by the Great American Remedy, Dodd' s Kidney Pills. and this part of Arkansas IS not without it's share of evidence that no case is too deeply rooted for Dodd $ Kidney Pills to cure.
 Mr A. F. Carlile, well known and highly respected here tells of his cure after near ly quarter of a centurys suffering Mr Garlic says:
 ''I want to let the public know what I think of Dodd's Kidney Pills. I think they are the best remedy for sick kidneys ever made.
 ''I had Kidney Trouble for g years and never found anything that did me so much good as Dodd's Kidney Pills. 1 recon mend them to all sufferers
 There IS no uncertain sound about MT Carlile's statement He knows that Dodd's Kidney Pills rescued him from a life of suffering and he wants the public to know 1t. Dodd's Kidney Pills cure. all Kidney ills from Backache to Bright s Disease.
The Forrest City times., 1905-08-11
EVER TREAT YOU SO?
Coffee Acts the Jonah and Will
 Come Up.

A clergyman who pursues his noble calling in a country parish in Iowa, tells of his coffee experience:
 My wife and I used coffee regu- larly for breakfast, frequently for din her, and occasionally for supper-al- ways the very best quality package coffee never could find a place on our table
 Tn the spring of 1896 my wife was taken with violent vomiting which we had great difficulty in stopping.
 It seemed to come from coffee drink ing, but we could not decide.
 Tn the following July. however, she was attacked second time by the vomiting. I was away from home hiling an appointment at the time, and on my return I found her very low; sne had literally yomited herself al most to death, and it took some days to quiet the trouble and restore her stomach.
 had also experienced the same trouble, but not so violently, and had relieved it, each time, by resort to Hledlclne.
 But my wifes second attack satis- ned me that the use of coffee was at 'he bottom of our troubles, and so we stopped it forthwith and took on rostcm Food Coffee. The old symp- .oms of disease disappeared, and dur Ing the 9 years that we have been , "sihg Postum instead of coffee we nave never had a recurrence of the 'omitlng. We never weary of Pos 'uin' 10 which we know we owe our sooa health. This is a simple state .Nent or facts" Name given by Pos. 'un company, Battle Creek. Mich.
 head the little book "The Road to "eilville." iD each pkg.
The Forrest City times., 1905-08-11
CURRENT CONVERSATIONS

The number of insane in London ex- ceeds 10000.
 Rifle bullets are now photographed in their course by means of the cleo tric spark.
 The Michigan. "Old Ironsides," the only United States warship in fresh water, will be dismantled.
 The locomotives on the new fast ex- presses between Cologne and Berlin are built after the American pattern.
 The Jews celebrate this year the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of their settlement in the United States
 By buying tea in packets it is call culated that in 1903 the British public paid tea prices for 5,0sS,648 pounds of paper and twine.
 Addressed on the gummed side. a postage stamp, says the Dundee Adver- tiser, has been delivered at Fife, Scot land as letter
 The water is so clear in the fiords of Norway that objects one and one half inches in diameter can be dis tinctly seen at a depth of 150 feet.
 Electro-plated lace may yet be the fashion. A French writer says that complete set of ecclesiastical vest ments has been made at Lyons of these plated laces, and suggests that society people adopt them for ball dresses.
The Forrest City times., 1905-08-11

prestige in Islam if he lost the holy city.
 The pilgrimage may be made at any time, but the full rites. including the sermon from the sacred mountain of Arafat, can be carried out only during the month of pilgrimage, the twelfth month of the Mohammedan calendar.
 Mecca is described as narrow val ley surrounded by bare hills from POO to 300 feet high. It lies about half way down that long strip of Turkish terri tory bordering on the Red sea, and the city is situated about 60 miles inland. Mecca ordinarily has population of some 50,0OO The only
 During the month of the pilgrimage so many worshipers make the Haij (piigrimage), there are crowded in the town sometimes 100000 strangers. An editorial in the Chicago Record Herald commenting on the probable Arab on 5laught on the city, remarks: The fighting around Mecca if it comes. may not be more costly in lives than is an ordinary annual pilgrimage under the hideous sanitary conditions which ex- ist when the hordes concentrate on the little spot of territory"
 System is used in caring for the pill grims; each section of Mohammedan- ism in the world has representatives stationed at MCccA, whose duty It IS to take care each Of it's own pilgrims, see that they arc provided with To is- ing-instructed concerning the cere- monies.
 There is infinite ceremonial to De gone through with, prior to and sue ceeding arrival in the holy city. The intending pilgrims assemble at various appointed places near Mecca. and make ready for the entrance. They bathe and clothe themselves in two woolen wrappers, one around the shoulders, the other about the middle with bare head and slippers lacking heel and in- step, they then wade their way toward Mecca. Arriving, they walk seven times around the Kaaba, the ceremony of tawaf
 Daily they perform this rite, and also the running between the two
 
 companying the rites Standing in prayer and listening to a sermon on the mountain of Arafat is followed by night spent in holy devotions, which night is followed by the pilgrims pro- ceeeding to the valley of Nina and casting stones to put the devil to flight The pilgrimage ends with the sacrifice of a goat, sheep. COW or camel. After three days more in Mecca with daily circuits of the Kaaba, and after drinking from the holy we'll of Zem- zen. he may take his departure. From the time the pilgrims garb was as- sumed outside the city until the end of the pilgrimage, shaving and bathing are prohibited.
 Such is the fanaticism at Mecca, all non-bellevers are excluded from the sacred ground. Very few have ever been able to gain. entrance. The pil- grims are Malays, Indians, negroes, Persians. Turks Egyptians. Syrians, Tartars and Chinese.
 ALFRED WHITEH0U SEE.