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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-23

1.-THE newspaper men of the city are
making asses of themselves says an
alderman. "Jusso." Asses have long
ears. They are capable of hearing a
great deal. Newspaper men are like
asses in that respect, but they have the
advantage of the asses in that they
can let the public know what they hear,
and there is where the trouble comes in
with those who do not like the public
hear.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-23
HE MEANS SCOTS

Your doctor says you must
take cod liver oil. Probably Ee
means SCOTS Emulsion be-
cause you cannot take the
clear oil; no one can take the
clear oil who needs cod liver
oil. The doctor understands
that and doubtless means
SCOTS Emulsion of cod liver
oil which everybody can take
because it is emulsihed and
prepared so that It can be
very easily .digested by the
most sensitive stomach. Most
everybody likes it,
Wen send you a sample free
SCOTT & BOVINE. 4oo Pearl Street, Ne~ York
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-23
Letter to II. w. Gibson.
Wilmington. N. G.

Dear Sir: The way to buy paint is
to go by the name. There is a name
never seen on sham paint Or weak
paint or short measure paint: Devoe
There are s. hundred different
names in paint. Some are sham;
weak: some short-measure: and
some Gll three.
If there is another such paint as De-
woe leaC-and-Zinc. we don't know it.
There are a few fairly good paints: a
only one Devoe. A gallon Devoe
is worth a gallon-and-a-half Of those
flew.
Mr. Aaron Higgins. of Plainfield. n.
j. always used Is gallons OF mixed
paint for his house. Last spring he
bought Is gallons Of Dcvoe and had
4 gallons left.
Yours truly
T W DEVOE & Co
P. S.-M. w. Divine & Co. sell oul
paint,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-23
srIT FOR REcoyERY or LANDS
Taking OF Testimony i'm the Case Of the
baroness VanRoquc Against ID. w
Armstrong and Others Mrs. May
brick No Able IL Appear.

-
Washington, May 1s.-The taking of
testimony in the case Of the Baroness
Won Rogue, mother of Mrs. Florence
Maybrick, against d. w. Armstrong
and others, for the recovery of ter
tain lands in Kentucky and Virginia.
was resumed today before a notary.
for use in the chancery court of 2ica-
mond, Va Mrs. Maybrick was una
BILE 10 ppear. The attorney for The
plaintiff submitted an affidavit made by
a New York physician, stating tina,
Mrs. Maybrick ID suffering with rheE-
matism OF the knee and threatened os-
sification OF the bone. In a letter TO
counsel the physician says the trouble
is due no doubt TO the mental labor
his patient had been compelled to per-
form while she was an inmate OF an
English prison.
The proceedings before the notary
We're interrupted by an adjournment Of
: the district Supreme court, where ep-
plication was made to Justice Barnard
TO compel the appearance of ]. H. Wal
| ter and the production by him OF an
| alleged contract by which he agreed TO
supply the funds for the prosecution of
the case against MIR. Armstrong. Mr..
Walter a been subpoenaed but fail
ed to appear. His counsel, w. Mostly
Williams, was put on the stand anu
declined TO produce the contract on The
| ground that any papers in his posses
sion in relation TO the case came 10
| him by reason o. his position as the
counsel for Mr.. Walters. When the
matter was submitted to Justice Bar
| nard it appeared hat at the time Nh.
| Walters. was subpoenaed he had not
been rendered a fee for attendance Is
| a witness. Therefore the court declin-
ed to issue the writ for an attachment
but directed that another subpoena be
| issued and, accompanied with the re-
| CURED witness fee, served IN Mr.. Wal
ters for his appearance on June 6, to
which date Justice Barnard Adjourned
the proceedings.
The examination OF Mr.. Williams
was resumed before the notary but no
questions were answered affecting the
interests of the witness client. The
court will determine on June 9th
whether the position assumed by At
torney Williams is privileged by cea-
son Of his relation to Mr.. Walters.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-23
RETURN OF BATTLE FLAG
Banner of Beaufort "TIOM
Boys" Given Rack by New Jersey.

Raleigh, N. c., May 17.-At NeN
Bern tonight the visiting militar.
from New Jersey returned the Confed.
lerate flag captured by New Jerse,
troops from the Beaufort Pillow Boys
THE presentation was by ]. Boyd Avis
lof New Jersey, Tor Governor Stokes
land the flag vas received by Governor
of North Carolina North Car
lolina military escorted the New Jers :,
military and the men who wore The
blue are being cordially greeted, :
banquet being given tonight. Tomor
ROW the New Jersey delegation will rD'
well the monument to the Ninth New
Jersey volunteers and addresses vii
Ibe made by the governors of New Jer
lsey and North Carolina.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-23

For the peace of the world it is to be
hoped those fleets will get together
some day and settle the question Of
naval supremacy of the Pacific ocean.
If Togo does not OOn find R~Ojestven-
sky or vice versa some of the powers
of Europe will begin throwing FITS
worse than occurred at the time of the
French defeats at Metz and Sedan.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-23

Brother Caddell is at his old tricks
again-flling the columns Of the paper
he edits full of chunks Of solid use
Here are two Of his short editorials in
the Salisbury Sun of Tuesday:
It seems now hat all the murderers
Of Jones at Wilson have managed to
escape. And yet the fact remains,
that Jones was III his room asleep
and a mob of ruffians came to his
door,. broke it down and murdered him
in cold blood. One by one they have
slipped the halter. cheating the gallows
of what was Justly due it. The ghost.
however. will not down. The blood of
a murdered man goes unavenged and
the white wings of Justice have been
dragged in the mire.
It is strange that men who have
never made anything for themselves.
and never have shown any special fit
ness for business should feel comDe-
tent to administer the most compli-
Gated and extensive interests of other
people. With their own estate un-
der mortgage. they can tell other
people Just how to be successful and
prosperous in business. If the much
talked Of rate making for railroads
should be vested in a commission at
Washington City. which seems to be
the idea. the men appointed would.
in all probability be a lot of bank
rupts and broken down politicians.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-23

The Southern Railway is handling
an unusual amount of vegetables from
the south to northern markets these
days.-Three heavily loaded vegetable
trains passed through here yesterday
and two today.-Greensboro Record.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-23

The man who had no better sense
than to act as did Mr.. Ketchum de-
to lose all the diamonds in his
house. He is a fit subject for the lu-
matte asylum.
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1905-07-27

~ bftNtl
Fire weather 4, preseul writing
rhraslnng whe.t IS lac Ider oi
she day il tms part cl ihecouatry
Mir keisou Of llIoni0 Een'aek{
bas come down to'his farm IL lcxsas
CO Mn. lJeisa ba,chisc lo3k oal
girls
Nr Charley lIouon"ho has been in
Kansas lor s1mc time is Wishing
home .o.aa At presep, ~rlung
Alr claud smith ana vile visited
Mr Jim MeI,ons sunday.
MIR Doug Melton and New
wcaihermao IS talking Of aoiag TO
the far west ib the the nc-r latura
we wish you good lnyk boys
Mr. Annie Ore has gone T.
Wyomloe
Mr. Charley Horton 3uo kusaN
and Newt Wea,herman were pleasant
visitors Of Mr. Doug and Charley
Melton sunday.
Miss Roxa Halliburton Mahaia
West visited Miss EVA Cation
Sunday
The party at Mr. Davises Saturday
night was well attended
Miss Eta Melton was a pleasant
visitor of Miss Dora Melton one day
last week.
There viii oe preaching at The
Slubbs School huse next sunday
every body invited.
Mrs Dake is on he sick liat thi.
week hope she vii soon c'coyer.
Miss Lucy, Sasis, and louie
Oxley and Thcolia SigcAr. were
pleasant callers az Dtrl Nation
Sunday.
Mrs Sarah uaoa Visited W.
'ora MtljU' trctsl last ytel
W,Al wlI dn5 eff ior tbii ,n
Ii f'h+ }etp., th ~aa- Bt% ".
co,ne aqil S, by by.
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1905-07-27
CHRYSTAL WYOM. ITEMS
BY SNOW BALL.

Hello kiad Ed. and correspondents
hear come with my hllIe bundle
again Mr. I'd. am afraid will have
tooth picninp with you when see
you. 1t seems hard that you don |
come over to Chystal Wyo. and
preach for US while and not stay
with those people back there all the
time.
lrreaalion and hayins The order
Ct the day.
Mr. Charley Jones made > flying
"trip TO Shell the other day.
Mr. Meeker flew some where We
dnor know where.
We under s,ard that The body OF
Mr Waters the drowned man was
found abou, so miles Down Big Herd
River BY The Indians. We can
sympa,hze with MIS-. Waters.
mrs. Meeker was the guest Of X.
l.. McKinneys on last Thursday.
A fiLe dinner at ;,randmi Ml'lsrS
on 1.-THE fourth. Grandma was the
guest a, Mr. Barne,,'s Thursday.
Grandma is a welcome caller at Mr..
Barnet,s.
Mr. Pay,he County surveyor and
Mr., Mackdonal past through the Of
her day.
Mr., Barnett and Mr., Eberhard
returned from the X. R.a few days
ago Mr.. Eberhard brought back a
load Of barb wire.
NJ. Barnett bough, fine moving
machine and hay rake. The httle
son u Mr. Barnett went with his
psps and 20, PRESENT Ct nice Sa.oo
pair Of shoes and all The candy he
could carry jnhis hands
X. w. Mckinney says he is going n
Beaver Greek TO &c, his hnrscs.
Jane. Barnett was q, hore few
ds,s ago 10 see lome folks James is an
exception Of yonng man.
Mr.. spence is gonc to Shell to ha,
Mr. Spences arc fine people. 1,
Mr. Ed. II you will come over y
Chrys,al we will give you all The
chickens aud flsh you can eat, Lots u
tish In The Big Horn River,
We believe Mr. Jones and Bosie Bsrnet'
catching frogs now for bnlt how many
frogs does Il take Charley 70 got one u
Pound iish by hy-
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1905-07-27

wal bore am again after q
weeks ahseuce
Ppd Green has rat arucd from
jhe VET
Berry Baaoy wa' here from
Budo sat
Belle Ole II yi.;liug wita Dong
lar w. friends ~ present.
lue Rsayes and Roaa StegsdiIl
spent sunday With NARY ana
Doltla Dpm
Harry Ferguson and wife Of
Fowler Mo We're in our City Sat,
Mrs RDepue and two children
are spending this week in
Cdbool
disa Maud Denny and Bertha
Clousa were the guests Of
Florence Bgown last Sunday,
Flora Parker is assisting MIS-.
!laddGc iu house work this week
Mrs stern ot X. G. who has
beca visiting the Reece family
has returned home,
Carl Denny filled his regular
appointment at Mr. Mcantire
Sunday,
Clint says the roads are long
aud has many crooks and Reeves
is the place where he got the
hooks.
Mr Baily and son in law } Mabt
Of Alice Mo was in town Saturday
A Nj Crawford and Miss Betty
Thorn We're united in marriage
Sunday night may their pleasures
be many and sorrows few.
Doilio doesent like corn brea,
but Shell sure have to eat it
She n kes Jessie or Fred.
Richard mabc and family hav
U9yca rs husIins Mo.
Giant SANS be likes tirac
aNtul Nrll but he loves Kos
none tlan tWge can tell,
Well as uewa rs scarce and
am IN q hurry IN bid you a
adieu Till nest week, by BY.
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1905-07-27
MIN, GROW.
ITEMS.
BY The AmericnnGrl Ann GeEss VINO

! VIII come again .his week an
bring some one with mo.
quite u nice Ittlle shower inl
Monday to rcireshen the now
mown hay.
Mrs. Elmer Williams is visiting
her parents Mr., and Mrs. Ander
son.
Charles Farris Of Cahoo visited
with friends and his attr4ctiG II
Sunday. A bad peuny always re-
turns, don't II Mary?
Willis lladdock from near
Cabool was IN town Saturday.
Oscar EIIis has moved into
rooms oi tie MeCrWiStIon Nag,
severe o. the friends OF Mr.
and Mrs. w. I. Mathis spent Il
pleasant evening at their home
Saturday evening. lee cream dnd
cake was served. All report q
pleasant time,
Warren Tucker oi little Crock
spent Sunday in Mtn, Grove.
LUe Reaves and Gena Power
iavorite flower is sweet William
hal ha.
Maggie Cunningham OF Cabco
spent sun. in Mtn. Grove,
Mrs. MARY Atkisson who has
been visiting her parents Mr.. and
Mrs. Stone returned To her home IN
Kansas city.
AS wo are tired and lonesome !
gness wa bad better close good
luck 10 ull
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-10-20

On April /, 1906, every coal mine in
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
West Virginia and part of Kentucky will
close down for an indefinite period. A
meeting of the coal operators OF all these
states has been called to take place No
vember ~ at Chicgo, when plans will be
completed for the greatest lockout in the
history of the world. 1t is proposed to
shut down the mines and to crush the
United Mine Workers of America as an
organization or else to force them to &C
cept reduction of from 10 to IS cents a
ton ON the present mining rate. This is
the program which is to be carried out If
the anthracite operators can bring it
about. The bituminous coal operators
favor advancing the price of coal by clos
ing down the mines to limit the output.
This sort of game at the expense of the
people will be continued as long as Con-
gress does not interfere and take the
mines out of the hands of these 'divinely
appointed trustees" who have robbed the
people for years, and place them under
government control, where they right
fully belong. Give us coal mine regula-
tior as well as railroad regulation.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-10-20

Chicago capitalists have organized a
Mutual Bank. The new institution is
asserted to be the first of its kind in the
country which. organized under existing
laws as bank, and owned and operated
by stockholders, divides its profits equally
with its savings depositors. The Mutual
profit sharing plan, under which the new
bank is to be operated, contemplates
sharing profits equally between stock
holders and savings depositors after the
usual guaranteed 8 per cent semi-annual
dividend has been paid to savings depos-
itors and per cent has been distributed
to stockholders. This profit sharing goes
to the point where if at any time the
management of the bank desires to carry
any surplus out of earnings to the profit
and loss account, it must be done out of
the stockholders share Of profits and not
from that of the depositors.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-10-20
To Pay the Death Penalty.

John M. Shippers. who shot down in
cold blood one of Cecil county's most
respected citizens. Albert Constable, of
Elkton. will pay the penalty for his dast-
ardly crime today by hanging. in the jail
yard at Elkton, all arrangements for his
execution having been completed.
Shippers has been confined for months
in the State penitentiary at Baltimore.
but was taken to Elkton on Wednesday,
He still maintains a stolid indifference as
to his fate and is apparently totally devoid
of any sense of regret for his heinous
offense against the laws OF God and man,
there seeming to be in his makeup none
of the finer sensibilities or consciousness
of the human race, being in this respect
little above the animal. and society is in
no wise affected by the removal OF his
kind from its midst. the hope being that
his terrible punishment will serve as
a warning and tend to stay the hand
of such depraved creatures when lifted
against their fellow human beings.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-10-20
The Future OF Life Insurance.

Many men in the United States who
have been engaged in writing life insur.
ance are now considering the ACCESSIBILITY
of turning to some other occupation.
Many more men are saying to themselves:
"I may die and leave my family i'll pro-
vided for. ought to take out some life
insurance. But where can ! get it and
feel safe? 1 must wait until the atmos-
phere clears.
1t is just as we'll for all concerned to
look at it squarely. Men will feel the
the same confidence in life insurance that
they did year ago only when such con-
ditions as were disclosed in the big COM
panies are made impossible. Promises of
reforms and eminent names, the parade
of dazzling surpluses and the air of iui-
peccability will not do. Public faith has
been too profoundly shocked. Personal
insurance was originally purely indi-
vidual enterprise. Its development in this
country has been by way of an ever
extending governmental control, this reg
ulation and that being imposed as the
need Of it was shown. In Germany,
where, probably, it is more beneficial
and effective than anywhere else. it is
now largely a government function. The
latest developments here show that we
have not gone nearly far enough in the
direction of government control The
only salvation is in going further that
way.
Probably this is not Jeffersonian. The
individualists who believe that the least
government is the best government do
not like it. But their dislike will not
overthrow the facts. Men were given
much latitude in the management of life
insurance concerns. They grated and
otherwise abused their trusts. The insnr-
ing public cannot possibly know that
other men in like positions will be more
faithful. In big company but one
policy-holder in ten thousand can know
anything worth mentioning about the
character of the officers. The remedy
lies in decidedly narrowing the latitude.
thereby decidedly restricting the posi-
bilities of faithfulness. Modern economy
makes insurance fairly necessary of life
to an immense number of men. They
should not be left with no better alter
native than a mere pig-in- a-poke gamble
on the character of the persons who hap
pen 10 be conducting the various COM
professionally Evening Post.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-10-20

On July I, 1905, the present Board of
County Commissioners levied $40, 900 for
the mending of the public roads OF Cecil
county, from that date until July I, 1906.
Three months of that period have pass
ed and the same Board has spent just
$40. Sag as for road mendiug, or $623. AS
more than the entire levy. This means
that the people of Cecil county must get
along for the next nine months with
roads which will be impossible again
before spring, or be prepared for an
enormous deficit in this one item alone
by the time another tax levy is made.
This is putting the county finances in a
mud hole with vengeance
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-10-20
The Sixth district has been honored

The Sixth district has been honored
with two nominations on the democratic
ticket, two on the republican ticket and
six on the prohibition ticket, ten in all.
A pretty good showing for the old Sixth.
Without disparaging the other nine, or
any other candidate, we will voice the
opinion of many. that the democratic
nominee for assistant treasurer, Mr.. G. G..
Hopkins. will make such showing in
all the districts that at least one candidate
in another district will be kept busy
figuring whether he is in the "also ran"
class. Why? Because personal popu
larity and previous performances produce
powerful prestige.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-10-20

| urged in the Presidents message and
passed by the coming Congress. There
are other than commercial reasons for
urging such a measure. We are finding
| it more and more difficult to man our
great and increasing Navy with effective
seaman. The personnel of the German
and British aud possibly of other navies
is superior to ours. Only recently Ger
man paper has written with contempt
uous disparagement of our sailors. saying
that they were unframed and unfit and
devoid of patriotism. Germany and Eng
land recruit their navies from their ner
chant and passenger ship. We cannot
hope to be equal to Japan and Germany,
to say nothing of Great Britain on the sea
unless we have equally good men behind
the guns. II is true that we very recently
demonstrated our superiority in naval
warfare over long decadent people. but
those familiar with the splendid equip
ment and personnel of up-to date navies
have reason to be anxious about our in
sufficiently manned ships. Secretary
Taft has consented to be interviewed on
the subject of the German attack on the
United States Army. He attributes the
statment of the German paper to the Tex
treme prejudice and hostility against an
organization concerning which the de-
tractor has no knowledge. "He says fur
Their, I'm all respects, man for man our
army will challenge comparison with any
army in the world" But he admits that
1.-THE army has not had the educational
benefit of extensive maneuvers that Euro
pean armies have and perhaps there
would be less experience on the part of
our officers in commanding great armies
in the field than there would be among
European commanders" He attributes
the great number of assertions in the
army to the fact that ours is voluntary
organization whereas in Europe, except
in England the whole populace is con-
scripted into the service, and that further
while it costs the Government more per-
capita to maintain the United States army
than any other in the world that the OPP
portunities and attractions offered men
to make living are SO much greater in
our country than any other that desertions
are sure to follow. The subject has elicit
ed much interest and may result in some
interesting changes in the management
of our military and naval esta blishnients.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-10-20
The amendment seems to be looked

The amendment seems to be looked
upon with favor by all thoughtful voters
in the upper portion of the county, ire
speclive of party utilization. This is as it
should be. Any impartial. unbiased
person who has observed the trend OF
affairs political for years past must real
ize that the ignorant, illiterate voter is a
menace to good government, county,
State or National, and the sooner re-
striction is placed upon the suffrage fran
chise the better it will be for all parties.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-10-20
The Standard oil's peculiar busine

The Standard Oils peculiar business
methods and its enormous profits are
being revealed at the hearing being con-
Quoted by Attorney General Hadley, of
Missouri, on the grounds of violation of
the States antitrust laws by certain oil
companies of that State. 1t has been
shown that dividends amounting to so
per cent a month had been paid on stock,
and that the average aggregate annual
dividends Of the company never fell be-
low 900 per cent. 1t will be pretty hard
matter to convince the general public
that any such enormous profits are the
result of legitimate business operations.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-10-20

Formal announcement is made of the
bequest of an endowment fund for the
establishment of School of Socialism
il this country. The bequest was made
by the late Mrs. F. d. Rand of Burling-
ton. Ia, who died in Florence, Italy, last
July. The principal of the fund amounts
to about $500, 900 and the income of that
sum will be devoted to the purposes of the
proposed school for the term of about
twenty FIVE years. This is the first time
an endowment for this purpose has been
made in the United States, and it is ex-
pected that the establishment of the
school will create widespread interest
in the Socialist and labor movement.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-10-20

The republican big guns of Maryland
have been mounted on the rear end of a
special train which is to go through the
State like comet, shooting the Poe
amendment into a cooked hat. The
comet is scheduled to strike the Sun to.
morrow. Elkton, North East and Port
Deposit are on its orbit of destruction
after it shoots Rising Sun full of holes.