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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-21
II FANATICISM
Religion That Kills i'm ATTEMPTS 10
Drive Out Satan

In his entirely praiseworthy efforts
to drive the devil out of the Shiloh
community in Maine, it appears that
the Rev. Frank W. Sanford inflicted
undue hardship upon his son John by
making him, at the age of seven, fast
for seventy hours. At all events, the
state Supreme court has just confirm
ed SandfOrd's conviction for cruelty.
There is still hanging over him an in
dictment for ~manslaughter arising out
Of the death OF another child during q
prolonged fast. 1t does not appear
that either of these incidents has weak
ened at all this mans hold on his fol-
lowing, the Holy Ghost and Us" So
ciey. Indeed, in the history Of similar
haphaZard sects nothing is more re-
markable thar the way in which their
leaders surmOunt difficulties of this
kind and live down happenings which
would everlastingly discredt the head
Of any secular enterprise. Dowie, for
instance, in his character of Elijah
the Restorer," presumed to cure all
earthly ills, though his own daughter
met her death from an accident with
an alcohol lamp. Yet when, with tears
streaming down his cheeks, he told his
congregation that the girls death was
due to her own di~sObedience, it not
only satisfied Zion completely, but, if
anything, strengthened the prophets
hOld.-NeW York Post.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-21
Migrants Begging for Work

North Carolina has a vagrant law
which summed up in its last analysis
simply means "get to work or get out
Of the state" In Tarboro the officers
are enforcing the law and they have
made it so warm for Migrants and loaf
ers that a large number Of ~able-bOdied
men are going around the town from
door to door actually begging for work.
Numbers of tramps and loafers have
been marched out of the town during
the last week or two. The town of
Culpepper, Va, is operating a similar
law to its advantage.-Times-D Dispatch.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-21

The papers arr criticising Secretary
Of the Navy BonGparte for his selection
of the names P-ometheus and Vestal
for the two new GOLFERS. The bureau
of navigation proposed the names Mes
tor and Orestes. but the secretary re-
iected these because the former s,lg-
gested the idea Of great age and The
latter that of insanity. both of wEicn'
he says, ARE undesirable for the navy
The Philadelphia Record, in comnat-
ting Mr.. Bonaparte's position, points
out that Prometheus was a rebel and a
vestal was a nun. while the New yorl.
Commercial objects on the ground that
Prometheus was somewhat of a thief
The Washington Post files its protest
with the charge that he was a CRATER
and thinks there is something incon-
gruous in associating a vestal virgin
with the duty of handling coal.
As to the names selected for the two
new naval tugs-Patuxent and Pataps-
co-The Post says they are good Mary
land names and adds that much, IL
not all, will be forgiven the secretary
if ne will refrain from appropria.ing
the names of Maine lakes in the future
christening of naval vessels"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-21

The Washington Post publishes d let
ter from Rutherford 3. Hayes Jones,
written for the purpose of refuting he
declaration he a y the southern news
papers are making that the negro Is
down and out and that he has prov
en- his inability to make good" in his
efforts to place himself upon equality
with his white brother in education,
in business, in politics and in h pro
LESSONS and that the republican party
has dropped the negro and Mr.. Rcose-
welt has turned his back upon his
brother in black. To disprove the lat
ter assertions he points &c the Esch-
Townsend bill, providing for enlarSing
the mowers of the interstate commerce
commission. He gays this bill empow-
ers the commission to do away with all
determinations by railroads between
white persons and negroes travelling
as interstate passengers n quotes 1t
as saying the commission shall have
power to pass upon or remedy any reg
ulation or practice affecting the trans-
portation of persons"
This is the first statement we have
seen of any such provision in that bill.
The Ech-Townsend bill passed the
house of representatives at the last ses-
sion of congress and President Roose-
welt was very anxious that the senate
should pass it, but there was too much
opposition for it TO get through. This
bill or a similar measure will be in
PRODUCED at the next session OF con
gress. AS this is a new congress the
bill will have to pass the house again.
When it does come up the southern
senators and congressman should give
their attention to this feature OF the
bill. There will be SO much opposition
to the bill from the railroad elemen. in
congress that the southern members
can force the friends of the measure
to drop this feature.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-21
Bent Her Double.

Il knew no one. for four weeks, when
l was sick with typhoid and kidney
trouble" writes Mrs. Annie Hunter, OF
Pittsburg, Pa, land when T got pet
ter, although l had n of the best doc
tors | could get, | was bent double,
and had to rest my hands on my knees
when l walked. From this terrible
affection | was rescued by Electric b.
tiers, which restored my health and
strength, and now l can walk as
straight as ever. They are simply
wonderful" Guaranteed to cure stom-
ach, liver and kidney disorders. At
r. R. Bellamy's'drug store; price SOC
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-21
TELEGRAM COST HIM JOB
Chicago University Professor Who
Begged ''Tainted Money" Uustcd.

Professor Andrew Fox, who recent
ly startled the country with a telegram
to John D. Rockefeller begging for
some Of his tainted money" for the
Chicago Theological Seminary, has
been dismissed from the faculty Of
that institution.
News Of his action has been careful
~ suppressed and only became public
yesterday in the publication of the
seminary's autumn roster in which the
position in the German department
formerly filled by Prof. Fox is indicat-
ed by a blank line. In addition to this
significant gap in the faculty list is a
farewell statement by Professor Fox,
in the present number of the Kirchen-
bote, a German Congregational weekly
paper, in which the ousted professor
frankly admits the situation and lays
it to his famous telegram to the Stand
ard Oil magnate.
This is the telegram which caused
the breach:
John D. Rockefeller, New York City,
n. Y: -
Wanted-Two professional endow-
ments for foreign missionary work at
home. Eleven million lives touched.
Check accepted in face value. No ques-
lions asked. ANDREW FOX.
Ph. D., Professor Biblical Language in
German Institute, Chicago TheOlOgi-
cal Seminary"
This message, when it found it's way
into the newspapers, stirred Congrega-
tional circles all over the country
Chicago Dispatch.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-21

The failure of the bank at Darling
ton and of the Independent Oil Com
pany is going to hit some innocent per-
sons pretty hard. There is no telling
yet, how far-reaching will be the eff
fects of these disasters. How about
the personal liability of the directors
for any debts contracted by the latter
corporation after their annual meeting
in June, at which the condition Of the
company was declared to be so good
that it could pay a dividend and one
was actually declared payable on Au-
gust LIST.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-21

A New York policeman who has just
inherited a fortune of sixty thousand
dollars from an uncle says he is not
lice force. He says it is a good job and
he wants work of some, kind to keep
him from getting rusty" He is a
sensible fellow, and you may bet that
he will be a richer man when he dies
than he is now. He is not the richest
policeman on the force Of that city,
though. The World says that Patrol
nan O'Rourke, who retired while Mr..
Roosevelt was police commissioner is
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-21

We did not know there was a female
rural mail carrier in this state until we
read the following special from Bur-
lington in yesterdays Charlotte OBJ
server. We would like to know how
she gets around complying with the
postoftice regulations as to the uni
form rural mail carriers must wear.
Maybe she let's her husband wear the
uniform. The Observers special says:
Mrs. Alice Fowler. rural mail r
rier on a route from Burlington. was
driving near the railroad Oda in her
mail delivery wagon when her horse
became frjshtened at a passing train
near Elon College and ran away. turn
ing the wagon over and inf1icting very
painful injuries on Mrs. Fowler. She
was badly bruised about the face and
head and had one finger broken.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-21

Professor Andrew Fox.of the Cnica.
go theological seminary, has lost his
place because he telegraphed to John
D. Rockefeller, asking for a donation
for an endowment of two professor
ships. His telegram closed with the
words n questions asked" He got
no money. Now the question is: Was
he fired because he asked for a dona-
ton or because ne did not get it,
Would his conduct have been censured
had he succeeded in securing a bis
sum from Mr.. Rockefeller?
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-21
A PTTIFUL
Dan Tcachey Carried to kcnanSviIIc
Where He VIII be Executed Today.
One Hundred and Fifty Cases of
Smallpox i'm One Tovnship-Reward
far Negro Murderer.
Especial to The aIesencer.l

Goldsboro, y. C., July. 19.-Those
who were up early enough to witness
the sight saw a sad spectacle this
morning when Il Teachey Was taken
from h county Jail here aud carried
to the train to be taken TO KenansyiIie
where he will be hanged tomorrow
niorning- His bleached features from
such Il long confinement depicted all
the misery that i person could he ex-
pected TO undergo while waiting for
the moment TO arrive when he would
be Jerked into eternity. He will spend
his last night III the Jail of the county
In Whlcn he committed the crime for
which he will have to forfeit his life
tomorrow. Except while lie w:s beiu.
twice tried for the crime in Dublin
county lie has spent the time i'm iaiI
here since that memorable day for him
When ne went and surrendered himself
TO the authorities. After he committed
the crime he was arrested and placed
in Jail In kenansville. Soon afterwards
he broke Jail n night and spent sew
eral days in hiding in the woods. He
grew tired of roaming the woods like
Il wild beast and finally sent for his
counsel and had a conference with
them. As Il result of the conference
he went III and surrendered himself to
the sheriff, but for which he would
possibly have been a fugitive from ius-
tice without the awful doom that
awaits him on the gallows tomorrow.
His family, friends and counsel have
exhausted all their efforts for 'execu-
tive clemency and there is nothing left
but for the law to avenge the murder
of Robert Rivenbark.
That loathsOme disease, smallpox. is
showing itself in different parts of the
county. There are no cases right
around G~oldsboro, but the county ply
, stefan states that there are about one
hundred and fifty cases in Indian
Springs township and that he has or
dered a general vaccination in that Sec
ton. The disease has shown itself in
Fork township also and vaccination has
been ordered in that section. The pest
house on the banks of Neuse river has
been full for some time and the county
will have to make arrangements t. ac-
commOdate the new cases.
The county commissioners have Of
fered 500 reward for the arrest and
conviction Of W. w. White, a negro
who shot and killed Constable Lancas-
ter in Stoney Greek township about
four years ago. The officer went t 0 a
saw mill where White was at work
to arrest him for whipping his wife.
The negro hid behind some lumber and
shot the officer as he was coming up.
After the shooting the negro escaped
and all efforts to capture him have
been of no avail. Another reward of
$50 was offered for the capture of
Hoss Mackay, coolred, who was serv-
ing a sentence on the roads for larceny
and who made his escape from the cOH-
| Wet force near Mt. Olive.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-21

Has not Mr.. Hill got good cause for
Il suit against the Equitable for pay
ing Mr.. Depew so much more than it
did him when the latter did rot do any
mor for the company than he?
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-21

The Durham Herald seems to think
that the reason there is no grating in
North Carolina is because there is moth
ing in the state to steal. She was
poorer during reconstruction days than
now and. still, the carpet-baggers and
scallawags in those days managed to
make pretty good hauls.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-21

Money and Dasses.' declares Hoke
Smith. are thu weapons the railroads
use against tho people, That's rue
in North Carolina as we'll as in Gsor-
gia ond the people here are going to
put a stop tn it in both states. News
ard Observer.
We would like to know how the peo-
PIE of North Carolina are going to put
a stop to this practice by the railroads
in Georgia.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-21

The Durham Herald is of opinion
that if it is true that Blackburn and
Rollins have come to terms upon a
division of the spells neither republican
paper will be started in Greensboro.
The Herald has about sized up the SIT
uatiOn.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-21

Are not those democrats who Mr..
Bryan says fill the woods the ones he
drove there in 1896 and 1900? If that
be sc what is he going to do to get
them out again?
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-21

What Mr.. Lawson is after is, not to
prove his own innocence, but prove the
rascality of the fellows who were too
sharp for him.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-21

If the authorizes of Raleigh won't
let hacks meet the late night trains
they ought to have the city ambulance
and patrol wagon there for the benefit
of arriving passengers.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-21

Miss Ida TarbeIl is showing q
strange bitterness against the Stand
ard Oil Company when it is remem-
her,ed that she is making money put
of it.-Washington Post.
Maybe she is making a bid to get
more out of it.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-21

LandIord-"We have been forced to
raise your rent" Tenant-'Oh, thanks.
/ couldn't do it myself.'-Judge.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-21

Diptheria relieved In twenty min
utes. Almost miraculous. DR.. Thomas
Electric Oil. At any drug store.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-21

Mr.. Bowen had the last shot but the
recoil Of his big gun seems to have
kicked him into eternal obscurity.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-26
PENKNIVEs ANp EINeER NAILS

''Isn't II odd" said the young man,
for a manicurlst to sell cutlery?"
odd, but very proper" she replied.
II sell only penknives that are self
opening, and in this course I help my
patrons, the same as a physician, sell
ing drugs, helps his patients.
'I have found" she went on, that
exquisite nails are continually being
broken in opening knives. The stlff
spring resists, and the nail, not strong
enough to lift the blade, gives way.
Many a patron Of mine, an hour after
a half-dollar manlcuring, has spoiled
the whole effect of my treatment oy
breaking a nail over his penknife.
Hence, to help my friends, l sell
these automatic knives. They have,
you see, q little button for each blade.
Press its proper button and the blade
opens of itself. No more broken nails"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-26
PUBLIC ADVERTISING
Ordinance No. 11,100
MAJ. Gn.-Aan.A

NEW SerteS).
An Ordinance declaring the intention OF
the Mayor and Council of the City Of Los
Angeles to establish the grade OF Thirty
first street from Western avenue to Ar
The Mayor and Council of the City Of
Los Angeles do ordain as, follows,
7THiRTf- FIRST STREET,
from Western avenue to Arlington street,
IN accordance with the Following eleVa-
At the intersection with Western avenue
the grade shall be 1545S at the northwest
corner and 15417 at the southwest corner,
as now established on Western avenue.
AT the intersection with Durango street
the grade shall be 151.32 at the northeast
corner, 15l.00 at the southeast corner,
1907 at the southwest corner and 151.1O at
the northwest corner.
At point on the north side 300 feet west
of the west line of Durango street the
grade shall be 5000 and 1870 at n point
on the south side opposite thereto.
At the intersection with Cimarron street
the grade shall be 144.50 at the northeast
corner, 1A25 at the southeast and north
west corners and 14400 at the southwest
corner.
the grade shall be 140.17 at the northeast
corner and 1880 at the southeast corner,
as now established on Arlington street:
points the grade shall be established so
as to conform to a straight line drawn
between said designated points,
Elevations refer to the top of the curb.
are in feet and are above plane which is
255 feet below City datum plane.
Sec g. The City Clerk shall certify to
the passage of this Ordinance and shall
cause the same to be published for ten
days in the Los Angeles Herald, and
thereupon and thereafter it shall take
effect and be in force.
I hereby certify that the foregoing Or
dinance was adopted by the Council of
the City Of Los Angeles at it's meeting Of
June 8, 1905.
H. J.. LELANDE,
City Clerk
Approved this 14th day of June, 1906.
OWEN McALElIR,
6-19-2S lot Mayor.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-26
Ordinance No. 11,1ss
(New Series)


An Ordinance declaring the intention of
the Mayor and Council of the City of Los
Angeles; to establish the grade of Kent
The Mayor and Council of the City of
Los Angeles do ordain as follows:
Section |; That it is the intention of
to establish the grade of
KENT STREET,
aceordanee With the eeraons
At the intersection with Waterloo street
the grade shall be 80 at the northwest
as now established on Waterloo street
At the angle between Waterloo street
and Hubbard street the grade shall be
434. 90 on the north side and 1880 on the
south side.
At the intersection with Hubbard street
the grade shall be 43300 at the northeast
corner as now established on Hubbard
street, 431.0O at point on the south side
opposite thereto, 432.50 at the northwest
corner as now established on Hubbard
street and 430.60 at a point on the south
At the intersection with Sonoma street
the grade shall be 41600 at the southeast
] opposite the thereto Hoo at the sou southwest
corner and 41400 at a point on the north
side opposite thereto.
the grade shall be $4,000 at the northeast
corner and $500 at a point on the south
side opposite thereto and $500 at the
At the intersection with Ida street the
grade shall be $500 at the northeast COR
ner and 365.00 at the southeast corner,
as now established on Ida street.
And at all points between said deslgnat-
ed points the grade shall be established
so as to conform to a straight line drawn
between said designated points.
Elevations refer to the top of the curb,
are in feet and are above plane which
is 255 feet below City datum plane.
Sec 2. The City Clerk shall certify to
the passage Of this Ordinance and shall
cause the same to be published for ten
days in the Los Angeles Herald, and
thereupon and thereafter 1t shall take
/ hereby certify that the foregoing Or
dinanee was adopted by the Council OF
the City of Los Angeles at its meeting OF
June 9. 1905.
II. j. LELANDE,
City Clerk.
Approved this 14th day of June, 1905.
OWEN McALEER,
6-19-28 lot Mayor.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-26

Notice of the Recording of the ASSESS
ment and Diagram for the Opening =
and Widening of Tehama Street
From Brooklyn Avenue 10 IS Feet
NOrtheasterly From Most Westerly
Corner Block II, Brooklyn Tract.
Notice is hereby given that the
assessment and diagram for the OPEN
ing and widening of Tehama street
from Brooklyn avenue to SO feet north
easterly from most westerly corner of
block II, Brooklyn Tract, in accordance e
with Ordinance No. 1882 (New series),
geles on the .22d day of June, 1905.
All sums levied In said assessment {
are due and payable Immediately, and
payment of said sums is to be made to
me In my office within thirty days
after the oath day of June, 1905, which
is the first day of publication OF this
notice.
All assessments not paid before the
expiration of said thirty, days win be-
come delinquent, and thereupon five
per cent upon the amount OF each such
assessment will be added ed, thereto; s
e-94 7-S lot Street superintendent.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-26
Notice of Street Work

Public notice is hereby given that on
Monday, the 5th. day of June, A. ID.
Angeles did, at it's meeting, on said
day, adopt an Ordinance of Intention,
numbered 11,123 New Series), to have
the following work done, to wit:
in said city along the center line of
AVENUE TWENTY-FIVE,
from the intersection of said center line
with line which is parallel to and dis
ly line of Humboldt street, and extending
southerly for a distance of 4S1.17 feet,
and across all intersections of streets,
with one flushtank to be connected
with said sewer.
Said sewer is to be constructed of
vitrified salt-glazed pipe six inches in
internal diameter.
Said flushtank is to be constructed
of brick and mortar and is to have a
concrete bottom and an iron cover,
and is to be circular in horizontal sec
tion with an internal diameter of five
| feet, and is to have a capacity of three
| hundred gallons.
All of which Improvement is to be
constructed in accordance with the
plans and profile therefor on file in
the office of the City Engineer of the
City of Los Angeles and specifications
City Clerk of the City of Los Angeles,
said specifications being entitled
specifications for the construction of
sewer along Avenue Twenty-Five be-
ley, in the City of Los Angeles"
Sec. g. That said contemplated work
of improvement is in the opinion of
said Council, of more than local and
ordinary public benefit, and they here
by declare that the exterior boundaries
of the district to be benefited by said
improvement and to be assessed to pay
the cost and expense of said improve
ment shall be as follows:
Commencing at the most northerly
corner of lot II of, Map of
corded in Book "a, page SS, Miscel-
laneous Records of Los Angeles Coun-
ty; thence southerly in a direct line to
the most easterly corner of lot 20 of
said map; thence westerly along the
northerly line Of Moffsettt alley to the
Map of Beachs Subdivision of lots 4, s,
6 and of Grffin's Addition to East
Los Angeles, and lots 10, II, ~, 13, IA,
Is and 16, block G, adjoining, as said
last mentioned map is recorded in Book
5, page 5S7, of. said Miscellaneous
most westerly corner of lot "a of said
block b; thence in a direct line to n
point in the southerly line of Humboldt
street said point being rs feet wester-
ly from. measured along said last men
toned line. the westerly line of Ave-
nue. Twenty-Five; thence along the
northerly line of Humboldt street to
| the point of beginning.
Excepting therefrom any portion of
any public street or alley which may
be included within the above described
Reference is hereby made to said
Ordinance of Intention for further par
JAMES TIANLEY,
6-26-1 ct Street Superintendent.