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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-01
Surely ut Sea.

DR.. S. Weir Mitchell, says the Phi!a-
delphia Ledger, relates the sad case Of
a young woman from Baltimore affect
ing literary fads who attended a re-
ception given by a Philadelphia woman
in honor of a well known writer.
The young woman from Baltimore
was introduced to the whole roomful
of more or less celebrated individuals,
and it seemed to be a circumstance
of which she prided herself that she
could remember an amazing proportion
of the names of those present. When,
however, she came to say farewell 20 a
certain rather distinguished young man
who, by the way, was probably the only
person there who was not of a "litera-
ry' turn, she remarked:
do you know, I've remembered very
nearly all the names, but when it
comes to yours | must confess that In
entirely at sea-"
With a smile, the young man replied:
Then you are not far from wrong
My name is Atwater."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-01
DANGER IN T.
Kidney Diseases Are Too Dangerous
fer Wilmington People to Neglect.

The great danger of kidney troubles
is that they get a firm hold before the
sufferer recognizes them. Health Is
gradually undermined. Backache,
headache, nervousness, lameness, sore
ness. lumbago, urinary troubles, drop
sy, diabetes and Bright's disease fol-
low in merciless succession. Don't
neglect your kidneys. Cure the kid
Eeys with the certain and safe RENE.
dy, Doan's kidney Pills, which has
cured people right here in Wilmington.
j. \. White, electrician for the
Coast Lin railroad, at Rocky Mount,
formerly residing at o North Sixth
street, says: Il have had great trouble
with my back, right across the loins,
and when / sat still for awhile / hard
~ knew how to o and when | did
you would think | was seventy-fye
years Did. There were pains all over
me and | could not tell where they
were to strike me. / used liniments
and lots Of remedies, but nothing did
me any permanent good until L pro-
cured Doan's Kidney Pills at Bellamy's
drug store and used them. They help
ed ME in Il very short time and seemed
almost TO oil up my joints; in fact, /
have not had the pains since | used
them"
For sale by all dealers. Price, 80
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-01
ARRESTED FOR SELLING RUM
Two Members OF Prominent Families
of Elizabeth City Under Bond.

Doc Morgan and Carroll Pool, sons
of prominent old families of this city
are under heavy bond to appear at the
fall term of the superior court and ans
wer to the charge of selling Bling Ii
ger whiskey.
The young men were arrested on the
evidence supplied Mayor Leigh by a
drunken man who corroborated his tes-
timony when he had sObered up. Ehe
man who testified against Messrs. Nor
gan and Pool is S. S. Cartwright, anoth-
er prodigal who as told elsewhere IN
this newspaper IS serving a sentence
in Jail for cursing and slapp1ng the
mayor. Cartwright arrested for drunk
enness, testified when asked where he
got his liquor, hat he bought it 81
Messrs. Morgan and Pool. When be
had sobered up and was arralgned
again he CORRIDORS ted his testimony III
detail and on this evidence the two
Young men were arrested and after a
preliminary hearing place under sooO
bond each to await the action OF a
higher court.
The arrests created a great sensation
in some circles out was generally &C
cepted with little surprise.
Messrs. Morgan and Poo refuse to
discuss the matter for publication and
are busily engaged in preparing a de
fence against the coming term OF supe-
riOr court.
If a strong case is made out against
them too closely in the face it is be
lieyed that the influence of their family
relations is such that they might pos
sibly turn states evidence and give
valuable testimony as to others already
under suspicion.-Elizabeth City Tel
Heel.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-01
BEAUFORT UNANIMOUS
Tn Favor. of Giving All Rights to At
Iantic and North Carolina to Build
Fridge.

At the public meeting held at a
fort yesterday which had been previous
ly advertised the pupose being to get
the sentiment of the people or Beau-
fort in the matter of the Atlantic n
North Carolina railroad building a
bridge across from Morehead CITY.
There was a good sized gathering.
Captain w. H. Johnson for the Unit
ed States government asked IL there
was anyone present who was opposed
to the proposed bridge. There was not
a single expression against. There then
followed general discussion and a peti-
ton was offered which was signed 0!
property owners across(whose land the
bridge was expected to run, all OF these
Offering free right of way.
There will be two fifty-foot draws
necessary, and Captain Johnson says
these can easily be made. 1t is said
that work on the bridge will begin at
once and the bridge will be completed
within a few morths.-New Bern jour-
nal.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-01
PRICES BOUND UPWARD
Government Report of a Decrease in
Acreage the Cause.-The Market
Eciteu and Irregular.

New York, July 26.-Prices for cot
ton bounded Upward almost instantly
today when the government report of a
decrease Of 14.9 in the acreage planted,
as compared with last year, was re-
ceived on the exchange.
The gains ranged from IL to IA points
October reaching ILL. Tremendous
selling, presumably by large long in
t~erests, followed and prices wen To
tumbling. October was beaten down
Is points from the highest to Hop. The
market was excited and irregular.
New Orleans, July 26.-The day was
one of unusual excitement in the cot
ton market owing to the revised gov
eminent acreage report.
The market was put up about is
points imediately after the reading Of
the report. Many bears turned bulls
for the remaining of the day. Prices,
however, were but 2 and 3 points above
yesterdays closing.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-01
nIie Canfcluune CrOn.

MaXton's cantaloupe crop this ga
son is turning out very satisfactory to
the truckers, and the prices have held
up really better than was expected.
About fifty solid cars have been ship
ped from this place up to date, in addi-
ton to 25O crates per day by express
since July 10th. The prices have
ranged as high as $1.50 per crate,
net, and it is believed that they will
average S1.OO for the season. There are
about $50 crates to the car, and fifty
cars, together with the express ship
ments, mean $4,000 for the truckers.
Many cars of watermelons are also
being shipped every day and are
bringing good prices.-MaXton Chief.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-01
JOHN WALLACE WITH sEABoARD
Late Chief Engineer Expected to be
Slated for Presidency.

Is John Findley Wallace, lately chief
engineer of the Panama canal, to be
president of the Seaboard Air Line?
That question has been going the
rounds in railroad circles for some
time past and a persistent rumor is
-afoat that the erstwhile scientific head
OF the isthmian canal project is in the
near future to be placed at the head of
the r~eorganiZed Seaboard Air Line.
Mr.. Wallace's retirement from the
canal place with which ne was invest
ed with so much elation on the part OF
the administration was n of the most
sensational events in American history
of the past few months. Secretary of
War Taft was quoted as speaking in
pretty plain terms TO the retiring engi-
neer of the canal but Mr.. Wallace did
not then and has not yet stated what
the large interests were to the head of
which he had been summoned.
1t was generally understood through
the country, however, that he had been
rendered a job that would pay consid-
erabIy more than the salary due him
as canal engineer and a rumor gained
currency at the time that he was to be
in charge of some big rapid transit en-
terprise in New York. That rumor has
been denied, however.
Quite recently the SeabOard Air Line
company has been entirely ~reorganized
and it is expected that many new un-
dertakings or extensions will be the
result Of this reorganization. The Sea-
board has only recently begun operat-
ing it's thorough service over the Dir
mingham division and the air is full Of
talk in regard TO a line from Athens
to Savannah. The latter project has
been repeatedly intimated as a prob
ability by high officials of the road.
Under such circumstances, it a
been said, it is but natural that the
road should wish for a man like John
l.. Wallace, a technical master as we'll
as financial nan to head the system,
although even these admit that Presi-
dent Bars conduct of the system has
resulted in satisfactory service and a
marked reduction in the cost OF Oper-
ating expenses, a record which would
satisfy under ordinary circumstances
almost any railroad.
Still the Wallace rumOr gains mo-
mentum and unless he should public
" the name of some other
big enterprise as the one with which
he would connect himself there will be
many who hold 20 the belief that he
will be made president of the Seaboard
within the neal future.-Atlanta Con-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-01
SMUGGLING
Active Measure Taken to Break it Up.

New York, July 26.-The custom
house authorities intend to take active
measures to stop the extensive snug
Cling of tobacco ut Bayonne, N. J. On
Saturday 27S bales of Sumatra tobacco
valued at about $4,000 were seized in
the house of a who is said to be
the agent of a gang of smugglers. The
vessel from which the tobacco came is
the steamer Dismant, of the Standard
Oil Company.
There have been twenty cases of al
legged smuggling lately at Bayonne and
in every instance the vessels belonged
to the Standard Oil Company. The
condition of affairs was called to ihe
attention of the Standard Oil officials
and they promised to investigate.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-01
TIMBER LANDS
OF Eastern Carolina i'm Great Demand.
Wonderful Increase I'm Value.

Reports from every section Of
eastern Carolina are to the effect that
there is remarkable activity shown by
lumbermcn who want timber lands and
every inch of the country is being
secured by men from all parts OF the
country in search of timber tracts. a
gentleman who owns large tracts of
timber in an adjoining county says
every day four or five parties appear
at his place prospecting for timber
lands. Another says that only a few
ear ago he could have bought for
$4,000 a section in eastern Carolina
that will low bring s400, 000.-Kinseon
Free Press.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-01

Digests all classes of food tones and
strengthens the stomach and digestive
organs. Cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion,
Stomach Troubles, and makes rich red
blood, health and strength. Kodol Dys-
pepsia Cure rebuiIds WORKOUT tissues
Gov. G.. w. Atkinson, of w. Va, says:
81 have used a number of bottles OF
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and have found
it TO be a very effective, and, indeeI.
a powerful remedy for stomach ail-
ments. / recommend 1t to my friends.
Sold by r. r.. Bcllamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-01
LABOR TROUBLES IN DURHAM
Bob Robertson Bound Over Under a
Bond of $4OO-Charged With Sc
cret Assault.

Rob Robertson, colored, "a in court
this morning on the charge of assault
with a deadly weapon on Nelson Davis
also colored.
Nelson Davis in his statement said
that he was On his way home from
town when Robertson threw a rock al
him on Pettigrew street, but missed
him.
Several witnesses appeared in the
case. One of them stated hat after
Davis left the Jones house he saw
Robertson coming from the direction
Davis had como. and vent into the
house.
Another important factor in the
evidence was a letter addressed to Jim
Read, Nelson Davidson and Sam Wood
in which their lives were threatened
if they did not leave town at once. The
state claimed that Robertson had some
thing to do with this letter as he was
present wnen his brotherSam Robertson
gave said letter to one F. Foster to de-
liver to Read.
Fuller and Fuller were attorneys for
the state and Reid and Giles for the de-
CAddhI oLtI WoiNOo
ton for their client. The prosecuting
attorneys appealed to the mayor TO
make the bond $1,000. The defense
protested against such a bond being re-
1uired. The court decided that Il bond
Of $500 would be sufficient.
Back Of this assault is a labor union
fight among the brick masons. The de-
PENDANT is a union member and the
plaintiff and witnesses are o union.
There seems to have been trouble brew
IEg for some time. An effort has bec1
made to get the ~unorganiZed labor or
ganized but without effect The letter
mentioned was then SEM to the three
leading non unionists mentioned above.
They did not heed the letter and the
assault resulted.
The warrant was changed at the con-
elusion of the hearing to read secret
assault instead of a plain n RoDer-
sons case will be tried during the next
session OF the superior court. The de-
PENDANT gave the bond.-Durham Sun.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-01
RICHMOND EDITOR INDICTED
He and Five Others Charged With
Violation of Election Laws.

Richmond, Va, July 26.-The grand
jury today brought in indictments
against five men, including Alfred B.
Williams, editor Of an afternoon paper
for alleged violation Of election laws
in the recent Democratic primary here.
The Indictment alleges Mr.. Williams
agreed to pay S25 to one of the others
indicted for influencing votes in behalf
of a candidate for commonwealth at
torney. All, except one, who is out Of
town, gave $500 bond each. The cases
will be tried in September.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-01
"IRISH JOAN OF ARC
Maud Come Enters Suit for Divorce
Against Her Husband. Major Nc
Bride.

Paris, July 26-The hearing of the
suit for divorce brought by Maud
Come, known as the Irish Joan of
Arc against Major Mcbride, formerly
of the Boer army was opened before
the civil court of the Seine, Matre
Grippe severely denounced Major Nc
Brides alleged unfaithfulness and de-
MED the husbands charge that his wife
was not of genuine Irish birth. The
case attracts much attention owing 10
the prominence of the parties in con
nection with Irish agitation.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-01
Defining His Position

"Now, for instance, what in youe
opinion is the best way to fight the
beef trust" asks one conversationalist
in the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"The beef trust is nothing to me, sir.
Fight it any way you phase"
"Eh Aren't you interested Haven't
you teeth?"
81 have teeth, sir, but / do not put
them to any such ignoble use"
"Oh, | see. You are a vegetarian"
You are wrong again. I am merely
q chronic d~ySpeptic."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-01
Police Force Their Way to Race Track

Police Force Their Way to Race Track.
st. Louis July 26.-After the second
race had been run at Delmar race
track today a squad of police marched
into the track. IT was necessary for
them to force their way in today,
breaking down the iron chains at the
entrance. but there was no combat or
physical violence.
At 4:50 O'Clock the races had all been
run and Captain McNamee and his
squad of policemen departed without
having made any arrests.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-01
A Soneezc in Traction

With a cargo of 120 passengers, the
car was as full as a goat.
'There are too many of us" gasp7d
a pale man. when [ count three,
let everybody draw a full breath. pne
two, three, breathe!"
Everybody breathed and sixteen paS-
sengers were crowded Off the back plat
form.
What a relief" sighed the remain-
ing passengers, gratefully.-Newark
News.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-01

Now it is asserted that 1Scotty,' the
|reputed rich miner who startled Chi
|cago and New York. is just an adver-
|tisement for the Santa Fe railroad. 1t
may well be believed. These be times
when the successful concern. be it
railroad or what not. must advertise
Greensboro Telegram.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-01
Wild Mint Wins Test Handicap.

New York, July 21.-In a terrific
James r. Keene, Wild Mint to-
day won the test handicap at Brighton
Beach. defeating some of the fastest
|milers in the east, including Hermis,
Wild Mint was quoted at 3 to 1 and
beat Hamburg Belle by a head. But
Ting was third. The time was LBS 10.
|Hermis, the six to five favorite was
never able to get to the front.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-01
Double Tracking the Southern.

with a double Shift Of men WORKING
day and night double tracking the road
from Greensboro to High Point, it
ought not to be many days before the
work is completed. The congestion be-
tween these two points is bad and con-
siderable relief viii be the result when
II is finished. The work of e%quipping
tho line on to Charlotte VIII be pushed
lively as son as the present job is
done-in fact men are at work on 1t
now.-Greensboro Record.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-01
Error in Revised Cotton Report.

Washington, July 27.-In the revised
cotton report issued yesterday by the
department of agriculture an error was
committed i'm the second paragraph,
which made it appear that the June es-
innate by Mr.. Hyde was made lower
than the facts at hand warranted,
when i'm fact it was made higher
The erroneous statement has been cor
|reoted by the department.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-01

The supreme court of Pennsylvania
has held, unanimously, that it is the
privilege of the wife to rule In matters
domestic, the duty of the husband be-
ing limited to providing. The singular
part OF it is that the learned court
limited the jurisdiction Of the wife of
matters domestic. In other states her
jurisdiction is unlimited-Cincinnat
Commercial Tribune.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-01
Combination Effected.

East Liverpool, O., July pa COM
bination that will practically control
the tableware and China trade Of this
country has virtually been effected and
a pattery trust with $40,OO0,O00 CAPT
TAI is regarded by interested manufac-
turers in this city as an accomplished
fact.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-01
Rcnorts ON Corn. Wheat and Dat Crop

Reports on Corn. Wheat n Oat crop
Washington, July 27.-Beginning
August 10, the monthly estimates of
the condition of the corn, spring wheat
and oat crops, will be issued as rapid
ly as possible after II o'clock noon,
instead of 4 D. M, according to the
system heretofore in operation at the
department of agriculture. A state
|ment announcing the change was made
by Assistant Secretary Hays today.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-01

Paul Morton mas appointed a new
advertising manager for the Equitable,
whose chief duty will doubtless be to
get some advertising of a character
different from that the society has been
Observation-Disclosures Post
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-01
Private Secretary of Hyde Resigns.

Washington ul- 26.--Announcement
was made al the department of agricul-
ture today that Mrs. Bertha A. Barcn,
private secretary>to former satistlcian
Hyde had resigned and that the resig-
naion bad been accepted.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-01

trouble,
branch, and no
signs of it are
ever seen again.
Those who have
been cured by
S. S. S. can feel
a ssured that
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-01

BLOOD POISON

Contagious Blood Poison more thor
oughly poisons the blood thar any other
disease. Every part of the body is at
fected when the virus becomes intrenched
in the circulation; red eruptions break
out On the skin, the mouth and throat
ulcerate, glands in the neck and groins
swell, the hair falls out, copper-colored
splotches appear on the body, etc.
I was afflicted with blood poison, and
the best doctors did me no good, though
I took their treatment faithfully. In
fact I seemed TO get worse all the while.
I took almost every so-calIed blood rem
edy, but they did not seem to eac the
disease, and had no effect whatever. I
was disheartened, for it seemed that I
would never be cured. At the advice of
a friend I then 0 8. 8. g. and began to
improve. continued the medicine, and
Hamlet, II. G.. W. r. NEWMAN.
So highly contagious is this disease
that many a life has been ruined by a
friendly hand shake or from using the
toilet articles of one affected with the
poison. To cure this hideous and hate
full disease a constitutional remedy is re-
quired. S. S. S. goes down to the very
root of the trouble and forces out every
particle of the virus from the blood and
cures the disease permanently. S. S. S.
is purely vegetable and drives out the
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-01

none of the poison IS left in the blood to
transmit to innocent offspring. The en-
tire body is built up and the blood made
pure, rich and healthy by this great rem
edy. Book with instructions for home
treatment and any medical advice desired
will be given free of charge. q
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Ga.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-29
One Hundred Years Ago.

Sweden was obliged by the remon- strance of Prussia to decline the prof. fered subsidy of England.
 The city of Lubeck, Germany, was surrounded by French troops to pre- vent English products from being in troduced.
 Eighteen American vessels were at the port of Amsterdam.
 The French government passed a law granting pensions to all emigrants from Santo Domingo.
 Three thousand French troops were ordered to The Hague to prevent an uprising which was daily expected.
 Re-enforcements of French troops ar rived at Santo Domingo and effectual- ly repulsed Emperor Dessalines' army.
 Portugal purchased with the concur renee of England the sufferance of France to remain neutral in the. war.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-29
Who.Owns the Railroads!

H. T. Newcomb, of the District of Columbia bar, has compiled statistics showing that 5,l74,7l8 depositors in savings banks of six Eastern states are directly interested in the joint owner ship of Sli2, ,354 ,086 of steam railroad securities, that insurance companies doing business in Massachusetts hold $S45, ,Ss9, ,038 of steam railroad stocks and bonds, and 74 educational institu- tions depend on $47,46S, ,327 invested in similar securities for a portion of their income. Other fiduciary institu. tions own enough railroad securities to bring such holdings up to more than a billion and half dollars, about one- sixth of the entire capital invested in railroad property. These investments represent the savings of the masses, there being twenty million holdersss of life insurance policies in the country, as many more of fire insurance policies, and an even greater number of deposit ors in banking and trust institutions, where investments are largely in rail road securities.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-29
forty Years Ago.

The panic in gold carried quotations down to 175A, a drop of 14A point: in three days.
 The Parliament at Quebec adopted the confederation scheme by a large vote.
 Reports of Sheridan and Sherman's successes sent gold down to 1S912. 4 short time before it was quoted at 22C and over.
 News reached the North that the Confederate Congress had passed 8 bill to arm and equip the negroes a: soldiers.
 Richmond (Va) papers published ar exposure of an alleged conspiracy tc oust Davis and Stephens, make Hunter president, and end the war.
 President Lincoln issued a proclama ton ordering that all citizens or domi ciled agents trafficking with Conred crates be arrested and held as prison CTS of war.