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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-03-21
Letter to r. p. McClamny.
of Wilmington. N. c.

e Sir: Devoe is worth 81 Or So a
gallon, put-on; % much lis another
paint worth?
Depends OF flow many gallons you've
got to put-on, to be equal to one OF De-
woe.
Mr.. j. J. Hall. Sheffield, Pa, painted
two houses ~ coat, five years ago,
~lead-and4oil, took 40 gallons.
Last summer bought 40 gallons DeV1e
for same house; had 10 gallons left.
Mr.. N. Avery, Delhi, n. Y. owns tSo
houses exactly alike; painted one with
Devoe; too 6 gallons. The either with
some other; took II gallons.
What'd you give for Those off paints?
Bear in mind, you've got to pay for the
painting. Yours truly
F. w. DEVOE & CO.
New York.
NJ w. Divine & Co., sell u paint.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-03-21
NOMINATIONS By PRESIDENT
Several Names Sent ( the Senat.
Which Confirmed Them All.

Washington. March 1S.-The Presi-
dent today sent Ito THE Senate THE fol-
lowing nominations, which were all
confirmed:
To be envoy extraordinary and mil-
lister plenipotentiary: Edwin V. MGR
gan, of New York, ITO Korea
!, To be consul generaa-George C. Nc
Intosh, OF West Virginia, at Buellos
Ayres.
To be consui-John III. S1odgIass OF
West Virginia, at Pretoria, TransvaAi.
South Africa
To be United States circuit judge.
Seventh Judicial circIit: Christian -.
Koalsaat, bf Illinois
To be- United States district judge C;
the Northern district m Illinois. Solo
mon IT. Betanea. of nlinods; Kenasaw
Ne. Iandis, of Illinois
To be collector of internal revenue:
Elliott NorthcOTt, OF West Virginia, for
the District of West Virginia.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-03-21
MOVE FOR THE WHOLE SOUTH.
PURPOSES OUTLINED OF SOUTH
ERN COTTON ASSOCIATION.

The Association Stands for the Adj
yancement n Det elopment OF this
Section OF the Trion-IntereSfs of
the Farmer. Merchant anil Banker
Are Infer-Dependcnt Upon Each
Ofhcr-End TO be Worked for Is the
Supremacy Of tine South. AgricuI-
tural!y, Commercially and Financi-
ally.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-03-21

The man who envies his neighbor
the latter's new spring suit is not, per-
haps. aware of the delicate and pro-
Ionged negotiations for q modus Vi
;endi between the wearer and the tall
cr-Louisvj1le Herald.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-03-21
POLITICS IN FAYETTEVILLE.
PROHIBITIONISTS OPPOSED TO
THE PRESENT MAYOR.

Mr.. G. p. OVERLY to be a Candidate
Against Mayor Observation-Disclosures
tic Story Of the Relapse from Civili-
zation t Savagery-Extensive Land
Sale-COttOn Growers Convention
News and Personal Notes.
The daily sentinel., 1905-03-15
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM

The democratic party Of Grand Junction, in
convention assembled by it= representatives
from the various wards Of the city, Tor the pur-
pose oil presenting to tho voters of the city q
municipal ticket for their suilrages, aeslre TO
81 the denqcfattc party and 70 again proclaim
their devotion to the interests Of the common
people.
1t 'is fundamental principle Of free govern
ment that the will Of the people is JOS safeguard
and while it is true that in the nation orr OPP
ccssful, because it has the wealth and backing
of corporations with which TO prostitute yuter-
still the democratic party undi smuyed Is ever
To- the fore ia defense Of tile rights ofthe MASSES
which H. represents
We believe that the democratic party, while
At present the minority party, Inns great duty
to perform and that IN the periormaucc ot il
will ~ due time be everywhere triumphant 1T
Marty 10 ygI,ieb ina pennlr rsiy f5r ti,. corror.
tiun OF abuses, fact which s most evident he
cause many ot those suggested now iu tine OPP
poslte party, for action, are nothing less than
We believe uuqunstiuuuhly that IL IS our party
that thq mass Of people look TO for reform and
laws as they are written upon the stntute books
and regard IT. as subversiya of tho principles Of
cord special privileges to the few as against
We invite all those who de-iro progressive
desire to have corrected abuses demanded 10y
the people to Join with as ia the election of our
We pledge our candidates TO inaugurate mn
equitable and just rate Of tazatiou, that the
burden may be reduced gradually and our
bonded indebtedness obitcrated through the
means Of an economical government.
We pledge our candidates to evolve some
method for permanent street improvements,
lator looking 70 having sauna paved in tue busi-
ness section, also tn establish permanent grades.
We pledge our candidates to the enforcement
al The city ordinances and to that end Will iu-
sist that each and every officer perform such
service to the city, ia contemplated 10y tho
law and the ordinances.
We lastly pledge our candidates to an eco
uomical management of the city's interests and
later by purchase or erection TO control all the
public utilitieafor the benefit of the whole pco-
pie and thnt tho administration be wutchful Of
the small as well as the large concerns in which
the people are Interested and to which they pay
their taxes to support.
JOE NJ SAMPLINER,
A. N. BUCKLIN.
A. G. TAYLOR.
The daily sentinel., 1905-03-15
: ! !
The District Court.

AT noon the district court ad-
louued until O'Clock, out of re-
speot to the memory Of the late Har-
ry II. Lyons.
This morning the arguments in
The GHGen murder case We're hedrd.
and the instructions given to the
jury by Judge Stevens. Just at noon
the case was given to the jury, and
up until 3 o'clock no verdict had
been agreed upon
Strong arguments were made by
The attorneys on both sides in the
ease. panson went on the witness
stand late yesterday afternoon in his
own defense. He made a good wit
ness lie stoutly declared that he
killed Danson in self-defense.
The next case called on the Grim
Iual docket was that of Ed Edwards.
charged. with grand larceny. The de
fendant was arrested on the charge
of stealing a suit case belonging to
Mrs John Vaughn during fair week
The suit case was stolen from the
station. Edwards was unable to com
munieate with his parents for several
weeks, and was confined in jail for
nearly TWO months. AS soon as he
heard OF his sons detention, the ia
Jher came to Grand Junction from
his home in Texas and secured the
Young mans release on putting up
"a $500 cash bond, Edwards returned
to Texas, and many thought he would
not return for trial but he is here,
having arrived this week. Henry
r. Rhone is representing the defense,
The case was called for trial at 3
O'Clock.
The daily sentinel., 1905-03-15

The Sentinels proposition to es-
rablish work gang ON the streets
met instant response from the pub
lie. Quite n few people called up
this Office this morning and com
mended the attitude on the question,
There is no reason whatever why
these people who are taken up as
vags shall not be made to pay for
their entertainment.
J !. =
The various party and reform tick
cts have all been filed, and the con
test for municipal honors is now full
ly under way. The public has a
varied and "a many-sided list OF can
didatos before them from which to
make their selection. Surely. from
the many candidates presented for
the various Offices. reasonably fair
ticket should be selected.
i $50
II you have any doubt whatever of
the attitude of the democratic party,
just take a few moments and read
carefully over the platform of the
party That platform was written
to stand for something and not to be
a mere assembling of words to de
ceiye or confuse those who would
know upon what planks the democ-
racy asked the people for their votes.
-F#+
There are several people who be-
lieve that. because not much has been
said about the normal school propo-
sition lately. it is dead. IL they have
any such thoughts, they can disabuse
their minds of them, because the
proposition is not dead by any man
ner Of means, and harder work than
ever in behalf of the normal school
proposition is proposed. The com
mittee from the Chamber of Com
merce has not made it's contemplated
trip to the capital in behalf of the
bill for the location of the normal
school 40 Grand Junction because.
so long as the gubernatorla contest
is on, IL would only have been
waste Of time. So far as The senu-
uers work in behalf OF the normal
Is concerned. IL shall never let the
matter drop SO long ms there is the
least particle of hope Of obtaining
such Il splendid public institution for
this city. We can also promise that
The daily sentinel., 1905-03-15
DEMOCRATIC CITY TICKET.

For Mayor:
l. N. BUNTING
For Clerk:
]. NJ. CONLEY.
For Treasurer:
HENRY c. BARKULoO.
For Marshal;
c. II. WALLIS.
For City Attorney:
GUY V. STERNBERG.
For Street Commissioner:
JOHN w. ARMSTRONG.
For Police Magistrate:
A. J. PECK.
For City Engineer;
c. w. HASKELL.
For Aldermen
First Ward-JOHN oBOYLE. l.. w
NORRIS.
Second Ward-PETER CHELIIUS
JESSE BEDWELL.
Third ward-W. NJ. SMITH. w. II
BANNISTER.
Fourth ward w Il, PIATT, W. ID
DAVIES.
The daily sentinel., 1905-03-15
EIectrIc Insects.

Electric insects have been reported.
A noted hunter makes the statement
that upon taking up a large caterpillar
in the forests OF South America he
received so powerful a shock that his
right arm and side were almost para
lived. and even his life 1eopsrdized.
The daily sentinel., 1905-03-15
cnre for Car Evil.

1t is benevolently suggested by the
Car that the trouble caused by boys
who climb upon the seating aecommo-
dation Of slow-going motor cars in
crowded thoroughfares might be ef-
fectively removed by high-tenslon
wire, controlled by the driver
The daily sentinel., 1905-03-15

The Fraternal Aid Association
gave an entertainment and social last
evening at the Congregational
church
The Denver * Rio Grande pay car
arrived in the city this afternoon.
The Rio Grande Western car got in
yesterday.
Mrs. I. n, Bunting will entertain
abon, forty young ladies and gentle
men this evening at a card party, in
honor OF her guest, Miss Florence
Catern.
The daily sentinel., 1905-03-15
Queer Names in Enn.and.

The wild and woolly west is usually
supposed to have a monopoly of queer
names for its towns, but England has
Drtcar, Hangman Hill. Deadman's
Green. Friends Fell and Hungry Bent
ley, among others
The daily sentinel., 1905-03-15
In the anood Old Times. !,

Under Peter the Great the knout
was used in Russia even on princes.
senators. priests, monks and nuns.
Katharine II. abolished its use in the
case of the aristocracy and clergy. but
her successor restored the old state of
AFFAIRS
The daily sentinel., 1905-03-15

Nearly all of the business houses
of the city We're closed this evening
between the hours of ? and 4;3o
O'Clock, out of respect to the memory
OF the late Mr.. Lyons.
The daily sentinel., 1905-03-15
War Bellies lack Tone.

Some Of the old guns purchased by
the town Of Crewe from the British
government and placed in the local
park as war trophies had never
been used on foreign service at all, it
is discovered.
The daily sentinel., 1905-03-15
Eat MuIes, Brains.

The Paris correspondent Of the on
don Mail says that mules brains make
very good eating and are frequently
used instead of calves brains in Par
isian restaurants.
The daily sentinel., 1905-03-15
pebts No seuree OF Worn.

Etienne Dumont said of Mirabeau
that he never thought of paying his
debts except the most pressing ones,
and that probably it was not expected
that he should do so.
The daily sentinel., 1905-03-15
oldest AIeohoIIe Rsveraae.

Next to grape wine. it is believed
that Japanese sake, or rice wine, is
the Oldest alcoholic beverage known
10 man, its use in Japan dating back
over two thousand years.
The daily sentinel., 1905-03-15
WEAR

On account of the continued
bad weather we are very late
in going to the Eastern Mar
kets, but we found it had been
the same with the majority of
merchants the result was
that we found many new lines
of goods that were not shown
earlier in the season, thereby
giving you the advantage of
exclusive styles not to be found
elsewhere.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-09-01
"Thls Fellow the King

The Honorable Big Tim Sullivan Is
the mightiest power in Tammany save
the boss and some philosophers would
make not even this exception. He Is
a strong man, though unsqueamish In
his ways, and when he speaks there
are always signs of thought. Two bits
of cerebration INDUCED in by him, in
his recent little trip abroad, seem par
ticularly to justify this praise. In
iact," says he, las far as | could make
out, the Irish folk are beginning to OBJ
ject less to English rule than TO the
supposed Irish who rule there This
statement is perhaps exaggerated, but
IL reveals refreshingly bit of useful
truth. Tins other prize sentence was
as follows: "This fellow the King
struck me as knowing how TO be pop.
ular. If he had sat up all night think
ing about the best way TO do II, he
couldn't have come to no better con.
clusion than the way he goes round
being affahlc to everybody Like the
rest of us. Edward has his flaws; but
this especial eulogy he deserves. anu
nobody is more fitted to appreciate its
meaning than the strang and travelled
statesman by whom II was delivered.
golfers for September 2,l905.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-09-01
THREE JURORS CURED.
OF Cholera Morbus with one Small
Bottle Of Chamberlain's collie, Chol.
era and Diarrhoea Remedy.

Mr.. G. w. Fowler of Hightower,
Ala, relates an experience he had
while serving on petit jury in muir
der case at Edwardsyille, county seat
of Clebuurne county Alabama. He
says: while there | ate some fresh
meat and some souse meat and Il gave
me cholera morbus in a very severe
form. | was never more sick In my life
and sent to the drug store for GER
tain cholera mixture, but the druggist
sent me bottle Of Chamberlain Col
&c, Cholera and Diarrhooa Remedy In
stead. saying that he had what | sent
for. but that this medicine was so
much better that he would rather send
IL to me in the fix | was in. ! took one
dose of II and was better in FIVE min
utes. The second dose cured me en-.
tirely. Two fellow jurors We're aliliCt'
ed In the same manner ana one smal.
bottle cured the three of us" For sale
by +, j Ramsey Bonner & Bonner
w. b Frame, Ardmore Drug Co.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-09-01
.sPRAINS

s. A. Read, Cisco Texas, writes,
March II. 1901, My wrist was sprained
so badly from fall that II was use
! Jess; and rfter usin, several 'mc.
les that failed 10 eyo ren2t used
llard's Snow Liniment, 1El W6s
ed. | earnestly lecommsnl u 40
Ione suffering from sprains. W b.
\e.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-09-01

The man who braEs about how early
he gets up every morning forgets 10
mention how early he snoaks of TO
bed every night.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-09-01

2 experience doesn't mean
Ifrom il by a long shot
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-09-01

\rious results II kidney or
blo by taking Fol VS. KID
" Drug store.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-12-27
Middleport Republican, Dec. %

Middleport Republican, Dec. %
Engineer r. W. Harris moved
Monday into the Mrs s. B. Hysell
rooms over Chambers & Majors
store
Mrs. Chambers, of Point Pleas
ant, is here visiting her daughter.
Mrs. r. w. Harris.
Messrs Lynch. German and
Maokin, were business visitors in
Point Pleasant Saturday.
Mrs. Charley Gabhart, of Point
Pleasant, was visiting Mrs b. O.
Copen Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs W. @. Franz, of Charleston
was in town Wednesday, the guest
of Mrs. T. w Field.
Miss Lucy Wilson. of Morgan
town, w. w., arrived Wednesday
and will be the pleasant guest of
her aunt. Mrs. Thos. W. Fields,
until after the holidays.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-12-27
CRAzED BY RELIGION.
Victim of Horrible self-Inaicted
Ininru Fnnnd nneonsciona.

Victim of Horrible Self-Indicted
Injury Found Unconscious.
Crazed by religious excitement,
and laboring under the illnsion
that one of his hands was in the
way of his heels and interfered
with his walking, John Webb. Of
Winona. Fayette county. this state,
cut the interfering member of at
the wrist and threw it away.
The instrument used for the
rough operation was pocket knife
which he broke in the efforts to
ont through the wrist joint After
he had finished the carving, the
agony caused, which must have
been intense. he threw the bloody
hand away and proceeded to walk
down the river along the railroad
track Becoming weak from loss
of blood he fell unconscious by
the wayside and there was found
by friends. 1t is thought ne will
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-12-27

The wrecking of three banks in
Chicago and the bankruptcy of
many of their stockholders ls fol-
lowed by this statement:
Criminal prosecution of John
r. Walsh for alleged manipulation
of the securities and funds of the
trinity of banks which he oontroll-
ed is said by men in close touch
with the situation to be the re.
hottest kind of possibility"
Certainly. Had Walsh been
caught stealing a niokle to buy
bread for his starving family a half
dozen prosecuting attorneys would
have him half way in the peniten-
tiary by this time. but Walsh be-
ing several times a millionaire
"any prosecution of him is the re-
hottest possibility" -Parkersburg
Sentinel.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-12-27
LEON.
.respondence. Dec. 26.

Correspondence, Dec. 25.
We regret to announce to her many
friends the sad death of Miss Bessie
j. Kelley, who died Friday, Dec. %,
1905, aged 10 years, IL months and Is
days. She has been very low for four
weeks with typhoid fever and bore her
suffering very patiently. She left as
surance that all was we'll, that Gods
will be done.n The funeral was con.
Quoted at the Bapsist Church by Rev.
Baker, and interment in the Leon
cemetery. She leaves a mother, two
sisters and one brother besides rela-
tives and a host OF friends to mourn
her loss.
A precious one from us is gone,
A voice we loved is stflled,
A place Is vacant in our home,
That never can be filed.
God in his wisdom has recalled
The boon we loved had given.
Although the body slumbers here
The soul is safe in heaven.
We loved our darling Bessie
But angels loved her more,
And they have sweetly called her
To yonder's shining shore.
But we shall meet her up in heaven
In that land SO far above,
Where there are no sad parting,
And all is peace and love.
Miss Blsnchs Lusk, of Parkersbure
returned home Saturday to spend the
holidays.
George Bettinger and Frank Brown
are visiting relatives at this place.
Mr.. Charlie McThena, of Boomer,
returned home Saturday to spend
Christmas with his parents.
Mrs. Rairden. who has been very
low, we are sorry to state is no bet
ter.
Miss Alta Coleman, who has been
at Parkersburg for some time, arriy-
ed home last week.
Minor Smith, who has been visiting
his parents at this place, returned to
Pittsburg Tuesday.
Miss Mary Shines, of Briar Creek, re-
turned home Saturday.
Miss Lydia Lush, who has been at
tending Marshall College, atHunting-
ton, arrived home Wednesday to
spend the holidays.
Thomas Wood, who lives near this
place. is, we are sorry to say, very
low at this writing.
Clarence Burdett, who has been at |
Ohio, for some time, arrfv-
ed home last week. SIOUX.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-12-27

invested q profitable investment
Parents. if you desire your chill
dren to get the most benstit posi-
BILE see to it that they are in regu-
lar attendance. and see to il that
those exhibiting indoIent DISPOSE
ton do some studying at home.
The man or woman your child be-
comes, depends in a great measure
upon your efforts To fill the
mind with facts obtained from
books is not sufficient.
The moral attributes of honesty.
truthfnlness and many other prin-
ciples of morality should be taught
the child: This should be done
by the parents in the homes and
by the teacher in the school room
The mental and moral training
of the child demands the attention
of the parents and teacher.
The two, as cooperative agents
may do much in making the ohilc
a good and useful citizen
HONOR ROLL.
| First Grade-Eva Burton, Gu.
Peck, Elwood Craig.
! Second Grade-Denver Bell
Il Irene Armstcad
i Hattie @. Jordan, Teacher.
!, Fourth and Fifth Grades-AI
fred Burton, Jessie Lincoln
Sixth Grade-Robert johnson
Lewis Armsteed.
Bessie s. Jordan, Teacher.
; Seventh and Eighth Grade
Agatha Belle Alexander. Ann
May Green.
L. r. Jordan, Principal.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-12-27
Fitzsimmons KNOCKED ont.

In the presence of great gather-
ing of sports and those who love
sport "Philadelphia Jack O'Brien
last Wednesday night at San FFsn.
cisco, Gal knocked out Bob Fitz.
simmons. Fitz made grand fight
during the earlier stages Of Che en-.
counter. bat O'Brien kept out Of
the way Of his celebrated punch
until the old gladiator tired, and
then went 10 and finished him.
Fitz was in excellent condition.
and lost the fight simply because
he is too old to play the gsme with.
a younger man. O'Bfen exhibit.
ed wonderful speed, as we'll as great
science, and showed himself to be
possessed of & very considerable
hitting ability. =
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-12-27
Squire Morrison Out Again.

Squire Morrison, of Union dis
trict, this county. who has been
troubled with white swelling fol
the past twenty years and the cause
of which he had to have his leg
amputsted above the knee about
six weeks ago by DIR. B. F. Som
mer, of Leon and DR.. r. 81. Kes-
sell, of Rockcastle. jackson county.
is doing quite we'll and is able to
be out again which will be graft
flying to his numerous friends
throughout the county. Mr.. Morri-
son was Squire for twelve years
and of the many hundreds of de-
cisions he rendered during that
time he was never reversed but in
one case. This is a record proper
ly that cannot be beat in the state
Mr.. Morrison is new a member of
the Blackboard of this county.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-12-27
Cotton on the Plant.

Mr.. L. Shifet has a large cotton
stock with the cotton on it yet on
display in his music store on Sixth
street. The cotton stock was sent
to him by q friend in the South.
1t will be worth ones while to call
and see it, especially those who
never seen cotton growing.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-12-27
A Letter From Tennessee.
Knoxville, Tenn,
Dec. 10. 1905

4(0os 4Ol 4OOOs
EDITOR REGISTER.
Dear Sir-Please allow me space
in your most excellent paper and
will try and write few lines to my
many friends in Mason county.
We arrived in Knoxville on the
18th day of November, and began
our work as Pastor of the Forest.
dale United Brethren Church.
We have one among the best
churches in East Tennessee Con-
ference, with membership of one
hundred and twenty-five and grow
ing all the time. We have six
regular services every week with
some extras every other week, 80
yon see we have something to do
and our works going along nicely.
This is surely a fine country.
Knoxville is q gowing city, with q
claimed population of about &c, 600.
It is one of the great oenters of the
South. and it is growing fast.
We have had no very GOLD
weather SO far this winter and the
climate is healthy and delightful.
We never met more pleasant OF
hospitable congregation Of people,
and they have already given us
two nice donations. This elbows
that they do not intend that We
shall starve.
/ receive my salary weekly which
is much better than my charges in
the West Virginia Conference.
There is great opening for our
in the South, the harvest
is great and the laborers are few.
There is a warm place in our
hearts for our many friends in
Mason county.
With best wishes,
o. B. WEST.