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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-05
JUDGES TO RESIGN.

There has been a rumor for soma
time that two of u superior court
judges contemplated resigning. There
is pretty strong confirmation of The
report as to one of them. The Green's
boro correspondent Of The News an
Observer writes that paper:
1t has heen WHISPERED for some
time among the lawyers that there
would soon be on the su-
Irrior court Eench. 1t has tecn
talked for quite a while. that both
judge Jones of the seventh. and Judge
Council cf the thirteenth district were
going to resign. a Well informed Dub
lie man. who was here last night
from Raleigh. said that it was now
we'll underst BOD that Judge Jones. of
Winston. was gcing off the b:nch to
resume the practice. and hat it was
definitely understood that e~x-Iieuscn-
ant Governor Doughton. If Allecha-
new. would be the governors api0in-
tee. It had been thought. he said.
that Co: Glenn would appoint
Hon. J. G. Buxton. CT Winston. but.
this gentleman said. that rs far hack
as tie selection of Governor Dough-
ton rs attorney for the board of di-
rcctors of the North Carolina Railroad
ComDanY. he ted that place with
the understanding that he was to he
made Judge. Judge Jones. it will he re-
m~embered. was nominated without his
consent for Judge. at a cnns ention.
kefhr: which he vas q candidate for
sC.i1;tor. and had he refused the NOM
inat:cn for Judge. it was Well known
hat the position would have been
given to MI. Buxton by Gelcgat. s from
ether counties %suDDortin. rivals Of
Jones for solicitor. AS fer filing the
acancy caused Nv the RESIGNATION of
fudge Council. the Raleigh man said
there was more CCubt. The three
most prominently mentioned success
sors were w. c. Ncwiand. OF Lenoir:
w. A. Self. of Catawta and ~ W.
Earber. of Wilkes
From the above statement regard
ing the nomination of Judge Jones il
would seem that it was done more for
the purpose of preventing the nomina-
ton going to Mr.. J.. G. Buxton than
for any other reason.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-05
ROYAL RATE
Members of the Supreme Council are
Assembling.

Putin Bay, o., August 30.-The
members of the supreme council Of the
Royal Arcanum are assembling here
to hold a conference for the consider
alton Of the developments growing out
of the establishment of the new rate.
The plan adopted by the supreme
council earlier in the year and which
is to go into effect October LIST, has
caused quite a commotion in the orde-
and has evoked the most energetic
protests among the lodges and State
bodies in all parts of the country.
An effort will be made to induce he
supreme council to make a reduction
in the rates which would decrease the
burden which the older members will
have to bear. The session will open
this afternoon at the hotel Victor and
over 100 supreme representatives will
be in attendance.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-05
A COURT MARTIAL ORDERED
Will Convene at Mare Island Nav,
Yard for Trial Of Commander Yo,me
and Ensign Wade.

Washington, September 2.-Se,re-
tary Ronaparte today issued an order
converting a court martial to met al
the Mare Island navy yard, California
Sep:.Eler Is, for the trial of Com.
mander Lucien Young and Ensign
Charles T. Wade, on charges growing
out of the fatal explosion on the Sun
boat Bennington at Sandiego in July
The detail OF the court is as fellows
hear Adml1a. Henry Glass. Cepta.n
Charles P. Perkins. William r. Day:
John E. Roller, retired; Frank II
Holmes, retired; Commanders Lewis
G. Heilner; James II. Bull; Edward
V. Underwood; William Winder; Ste
cey Potts; Robert M. Doyle, Henry =
Gearing and A. w. Dodd. Captain
Ernest E. West, U. S. M. c., judge a.l-
vocate.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-05

The LumbertOn Argus editor can
not see why there is so much talk
about ScOtchmen in Robson county.
He registers another kick on this sub
ject in these words:
There are no Englishmen in North
Carolina. no Frenchmcn. no Welsh
men. no 1rishmen. exccrt the possible
few that have not been n~aturalized.
Why should there be any Scctchman ?
In the section in which the editor of
The Argus lived in South Carolina
the McKinleys and the McCarreIls arc
prominent but they wcre always
thought of as South C~aroliniars. and
If n n thought Of their being
Scotch it was not mentioned. If all
R~obesonians were as great sticklers
fer their nationality as arc the Scotch.
The Argus would read somewhat as
indicated in another column.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-05

The Greenville Reflector publishes a
table of Pitt county taxables which
gives some interesting information as
to the progress of that county. The
aggregate of real estate and personal
property listed by the white people is
$5,45O,427, which is an increase over
last year of $157, $3.50. The total value
of property listed by the negroes is
$2SS, 116, which is an increase for the
year of $16,495. There were 1880
white poles, an increase of %, and
2,341 negro polls, al increase of 40.
The increase yer last ear of solvent
credits was S7S,15O and of cash on
hand of $26,S79. There were LOO
bales of cotton on hand June list,
againts 800 last year. This is a splen-
did showing of improved condition of
the county. 1t also shows what small
share of the cost Of government and
of the education Of their children is
borne by the negroes of the county, yet
the white people are urged to tax them
selves more for higher education Of the
negroes.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-05
MORE OF THE NALL CASE.

Mr.. Nall, the man who died at the
insane asylum in Raleigh week be-
fore last under peculiar circumstances
was from Chatham county. His death
seems to have caused a good deal OF
excitement in the county. He Is Of q
family of clever, respectable people
His father is an old confederate vet
eran, who lost a leg at Gettysburg and
is in reduced circumstances.
From the Chatham Record of last
Thursday we take the following re-
garding this unfortunate affair:
The family of Mr.. Nall arc not sat
isfed with the action of the asylum
authorities and think that a
inquest should have been held at Ra-
leigh. An impartial inquest according
to law would have removed al; doubt
as to the cause of the unfortunate
mans death. The text grand iurY Of
Wake county NAV be called GDon to
investigate the matter thoroughly.
The corps Of Mr.. Nall was sent home
by express. arriving at Fear Creek
station on last SATURDAY.. but the fami-
IL could not get it unit. they had paid
ebU. VI WILL Sui - WV IAN -
r.ress charges and $50 were the
charges Of the undertaken at Raleigh.
1t was with great difficulty this
amount could be raised by the family.
Major Henry A. London, OF Pits
boro, tells the Raleigh Post that II
was with such difficulty the family
could raise the necessary funds for
taking the corpse out of the depot that
it remained there two Or three days,
What a shameful, disgraceful thing
to be published as occurring in the
state of North Carolina. 1t is q blot
upon her fair name that one OF her
charitable institutions should rave
done such a thing. No wonder the
people of Chatham county feel indig.
nant. and they are not alone in their
feeling.
The Raleigh Post truthfully says the
statements of The Chatham Record
and Major London have the effect Of
making a most unfortunate and I'm
pleasant situation look still worse.
We hope there is to be no white
washing in the investigation of this
deplorable affair.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-05

The strike Of the Western Union
lived. 1t came to an end Thursday,
when the boys went back to work, a
compromise having been effected. The
boys were getting n and a half cents
for each message. They demanded
and were refused two and a half cents.
The compromise was for two cents un-
til the higher officials could act on the
matter.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-05
ENGIN EERS MAY VISIT CANAL
A Discussion to be Held Concerning
the Size Of the Locks.

Washington, September 2.-Tne
board of consulting engineers of tic
Panama canal today discussed various
details or organization. While no for
nal action has yet been taken it has
been practically determined that the
board will accept the invitation OF
Chairman Shol,s to visit the isthmus
the last of the month. when the com
mission meet at Panama. 1t was Tur
Their decided that On Friday a discus
sion would BE- held about the size OF
the locks which is a very important
question nov that larger ships are Ue-
ing built every year
When this has been decided it VIII
be possible to figure out the cost OF a
lock canal. and to compare this with
the cost of a sea level caaln.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-05
A BOARD.

The News and Observer of yesterday
contained a column editorial in oppo-
sition to what it calls "the qu%adrenniag
demand for the establishment Of a
board of pardons'' in this state.
Perhaps if those favoring a change
in the law so as to take this WORK
off the governor would make BIENNIAL
campaigns instead of every four years
they might be able to accomplish
their purpose. In fact they ought to
make it n continuous campaign un~
til the law is changed. The labors of
our governors in this respect increase
year by year and the latter should
be relieved of them.
\ If, as The News and Observer says,
it would be a great mistake to take
this power from the governor and
a good many of the states have made
this so-called mistake and find, il
fact, that they have made no mistake.
The law works we'll and gives salts
faction wherever it has been tried
1t, with us, is no question of aid
ing the present or any future COVER
nor in Sinking his duty. We know
the present executive wants no such
aid, nor do we expect the people of
North Carolina ever to elect COVER
nor who will. Nor is it because we
have any misgivings as to the ability
of the present or any future governor
to act i~ntelligently or of his purpose
to decide justly and conscientiously
in dispensing executive clemency.
Furthermore, where a board COM
posed of three or five men, after giving
an application for pardon or eommu-
tation of sentence careful considera-
ton, decides unanimously or by a ma
jority for or against the applicant the
public as we'll as the friends of the
condemned person would most nat
urally feel better satisfied than il the
decision had been made by only one
person, no matter how great the lat
ter's mental ability and reputation for
honesty and conscientiousness may lie.
1t is no reflection in any manner on
our governor to advocate the estah-
lishment of a board of pardons. We
feel sure that Governor Glenn does Lot
put such construction on The Messen-
gers advocacy of his plan
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-05
SOUTH WANTS THE CHINESE
Demand for Labor Oyercomes All
Questions OF Rac. or Color.

Some Of the southern papers lot
only want TO have the determinations
against the entrance of Chinese mer-
chants stopped, but they ask to have
OF all sorts let In. They want
10 repeal the exclusion law whicn
SHUTS Chinese labor out. UnQuestton-
ably there is a strong sentiment in
the south In favor Of abolishiug the
discrimination against any sort of
Chinese. This feeling is showing itself
IN the papers now. 1t may make it
self felt in Congress i'm the coming
session.
1t Will be remembered that the
cnamDer Of commerce Of Portland
oregon, recently appealed to President
Roosevelt in favor OF a new treaty
which shall deprive prejudiced immi-
grafton officials of all opportunities to
harass Chnese merchants and students
VINO want to enter the United States.
and also for the admission for 10 years
OF 2 number Of Chinese laborers not
exceeding, in che year, a tenth Of l
per cent. of the country's population.
rms would let in 81, 200 Chinese ia
borers next year, if it should be nego-
tlated, and a steadily increasing num-
Der for the following nine years, or
not far from 1000, 900 in all.
The south will favor this PROPOSE
ton. AS the idea originates in a Re-
publican quarter. there is no politics
in it. Nevertheless it will be sure to
encounter a good deal of opposition.
The south needs many more laborers
than it has now, or than it expects TO
get through the ordinary channels Of
immigration. Chinese would come in
handy to work the south's mines, to
till it's fields, to pick it's cotton, and
to man it's machinery in the factories.
All this work could be readily taught
to the average Chnaman. Yet there
is a powerful perjudice against the
Celestial in some parts Of the country.
Labor unions east and west are op-
posing them. The probability is thar
the Republican Congress will not con-
sent to remove the bars against the in
cursions Of the Chinese. That Port
land chamber of commerce PROPOSE
ton, however, emanating from repre-
sentative business men of the anti
Chinese section of the country. is a
revelation. 1t is altogether possible
that the repeal, within certain Limits,
of all restrictions against the income
ing of Chinese laborers may become a
live issue before many more years pass.
Louis GlObe-DemOcrat.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-05

The superior court which convenes
in Asheville tomorrow is for a six
weeks term. There are seven hundred
and one cases ON the civil docket.
Those Asheville lawyers surely must
not be in the habit Of trying any
q their civil cases. Maybe they get a
fee out of their clients every time a
case is continued. If so they must be
growing rich fast.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-05

1t is not so much a question cf what
We shall. do with our eX- presidents as
1t is what Mr.. Roosevelt can do to
utilize all this observation-disclosures
ton Eost.
1t may be nearly eight years hence
before we have another ex-president.
Who can tell what will happen in 1908?
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-05

The Seaboard Air Line is erecting
railway terminals on the river front a.
Savannah to cost over one hundred
thousand dollars. There are to be i'm
mense warehouses and sheds. Also ex-
tensive dredging is being done. This
railroad company must expect to do a
big exporting and importing business
through that port.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-05

The Cuban revolutionary soldiers
have at last been paid in full. Now
we suppose, they are ready for another
revolution.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-05

Missouri thinks she is entitled to
the Mexican ambassadorship because
she moved to make it unanimous last
fall.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-05

At this distance that big British
squadron in the Baltic looks suspl-
ciously like a ship on the shoulder Of
John Bull-Milwaukee Sentinel.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-05

1t seems that Russia does not want
any American gold. She prefers &c
make her loans in Europe.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-05

If that Equitable affair will really
put a stop to Depew's talking the
American people can forgive the fell
lows who were responsible for it.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-05

Catarrh usually begins with a cold in
the head, but does not stop there. The
mucous membranes all become infarled
and secrete a filthy, unhealthy matter
which is absorbed by the blood and dis
tributed to all parts of the body. The
patient is then continually hawking
and splitting, the nose is stopped up,
the ears nave a ringing or buzzing noise,
the throat becomes sore, and as the un-
healthy matter more thoroughly satu-
rates the blood a general feeling of des-
pondency takes possession of the system.
Ihad Catarrh for about fifteen years,
and no man could have been worse. I
good resaitad. 7 then began s.. 8: g.,
and could see q little Improvement from
the first bottle, and after taking it q
short while wa cured. This was six
man. Itk:2k Catarrh is q blood dis
better for tie blood than s. 8. s. Mo-
body thinks moro offs 3. S; 9. thar I d2.
Lapeer, Mich. d.
Local applications cannot cure Catarrh,
because they do not reach the seat of the
trouble. They allay the inflammation
and temporarily relieve the disease, but
as soon as they are left off the trouble re-
turns. The only way to cure Catarrh is
to treat it through the blood. S. S. S. soo
clears the bloodof all Catarrhalmatter and
purges it of all irritating poisons, checks
further progress of the trouble and COM
pletely cures the disease. S. S. S. keeps
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-09-03
JOTS AND DOTS IN
NEWS OF A DAY
Little Tales are Told Briefly
Here.
soILED Down TO FOUR LINES
News Notes of interest But Too Short
for Headlines Bunched Together
Short Tales Of the Town Whacked
Shorter StiII.

Complete stock of new and second
hand school books aud school supplies,
at Holidays Bookstore.
Mr., CIarepcs ). White aud family
are now at home at the former james
Dodson residence out Lac street, at
the corner of HILL
Another very heavy rain fell yester-
day afternoon to the north OF Americns.
The rain of the night before brought
welcome relief here.
There are many new advertisements
In the Times Recorder this morning.
and it will be to interest of readers to
scan them carefully.
The county commissioners meet to-
morrow in monthly conclave, while the
regular session of the court of ordinary
will be held as we'll.
tits said that nearly all of the Gamer
icus colony" in the North Carolina
mountains are now preparing to come
home in few days.
Tomorrow being legal holiday there
will be very little doing in cotton cir
cles here, as all the cotton exchanges
will observe the day.
Within two weeks the Americas ur :
chin will scrape the mud of Muckalee
from his bare feet, grab his books and
try to appear resigned.
The men who can invent substitute
for eggs will win fame and fortune in
Americas while the hen fruit COM
mands an even quarter.
Ameyicus rece'qed more wagon cot
ton yesterday than any other interior
market in Georgia. And she will do
this several times over
Supply merchants are already having
excellent collections, while many far
mers are paying their obligations to the
banks well in advance.
Ed McGrady, negro charged with
breaking into q Central railroad car
here yesterday, was arrested and
jailed but later gave bond.
The unprecedented demand for null
let yesterday put premium upon
"Ouff's delight" but every sable cot
ton plceder got his bunch.
While "the feathers few" in bust
ness way here yesterday not a feather
few from a chicken. For oncs Ameri-
Gus was chickenless town.
Mr.. q. s. McCleskey has finally
closed the lease of the Plaza Hotel in
Macon and Will conduct that hostelry
as well as The Windsor here.
Mulletically, Americus led the state
yesterday. Nearly hundred barrels
of these fish of long range odor went to
delight the heart deAfrique.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-09-03
THE DOGS COAT.
Brush 1t, but Do Not Wash 1t, If You
Want 1t Perfect.

Brush 1t, but Do Not Wash 1T, If You
Want 1t Perfect.
In the Country Calendar Reginald E.
Mahew writes: Even careful feeding
will not give a dogs coat that glow
which Is such a sure sign of health II
he Is continually washed with soap and
water Owners who allow their dogs
to live in the house are forever wash
sng the wretched animal and forever
complain that his coat is coming out
The Oftener the dog is washed and
scrubbed the more will his coat leave
its trail and the deader and dulier will
1t look. The health and growth of a
dogs coat depend entirely on natu-
raj oil from the skin. AS often as the
dog Is washed so often is the oil wash
ed out and so much more is the de-
struction of the coat. If a dog were
brushed every day for five or ten min
utes against as well as with the grain
his coat would not only have lus1er,
but would cease to distribute itself all
over the place except for very short
time once or twice year. Besides
this, brushing has a stimuli ling eff
feet on the whole system, - lps the
blood circulation; by this the digestion,
and SO the general health"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-09-03
A BUNCH OF NAMES
OF FOLKS IN TOWN.
Those Who Come and Leave
Daily.
VISITORS AT AMERIcUs HOMES
Your Own Name or That of Friend
May Be Found Below In the Long
List of Yesterdays Visitors Who
Came Here,

Wanted-Six pupils to learn steno-
graphy MISS FLORENCE r. GoRDY.
Mrs. T. j. Black has returned home
after visit of several days to relatives
at Plains.
Miss Annie Phillips has returned to
her home in Greensboro after visit to
relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. w. Riley returned
yesterday to Arlington after visit to
relatives here.
Mr. FL. T. Davenport is spending to-
day in Dawson the guest of his sister,
Mrs. Lowrey.
Miss McRae has returned to her
home IN Dawson after visit to rela-
tives in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Davenport re-
turned home yesterday after visit of
a month in Griffin.
Miss Inez Hirschberg, of Buena Wis
ia. was the guest of friends during a
visit here yesterday.
Mrs. A. Pearson, of Oglethorpe, at
ter visit to her daughter Mrs. j. @.
Field, has returned home,
Mrs. 7. B. Hendrix, after visit at
the home of Mr.. j. L. Chambllss, has
returned to Lakeland, Fla.
Miss Alice Ellis of Cuthbert is vis-
itor here Miss Ellis will sing at First
Methodist church today.
Mrs. B. A. Davis and Miss Maude
Davis of Greenville, Ga, are guests of
Mrs. Y. A. Littlejohn.
Mr.. Horace Lanier, formerly of Amer
icus but now of Atlanta, is the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Lanier today.
Mrs. George Van Ripper and little
daughter have returned home after a
visit of some length to relatives 10
Savannah.
MISS Alice Stalllngs mas returned
home after an extended trip to Port>
land, the National Park and other
points of interest West.
Mrs. Lucia Park Stevens, the attrac-
tive guest of Mrs. Clarence Davis for
two weeks, leaves this week for her
home in Concord N. G.
Mrs. Elton G.. Parker and children
and her sister, Miss Nell Council, rec
turned home yesterday from the North
Carolina mountains.
Mr.. J. T. KilIen OF Macon is spend
ing few days here with Mrs. K'llen,
the guest of her parents, Col. and Mrs
Eugene A. Hawkins.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-09-03
CIRCULAR ISSUED BY COMPANY
Announces Changes as Effected BY
Seaboard.

Copies of official circular No II is
sued from headquarters of the Sea-
board System, were received in Ameri-
Gus yesterday. The contents of the
circular were anticipated.
Mr. w. r. Hudson is appointed su-
perintendent of the First division,
office Richmond, vice Mr.. @, H. Hix,
promoted.
Mr.. w. J. jerks is appointed super
intendent of the Second division, office
Raleigh, vice Mr.. w. r. Hudson,
transferred.
Mr.. Walter Hale is appointed super
intendent of the Fourth division, office
Jacksonville, vice Mr.. W. j. jerks,
transferred.
Mr.. Ell. B. Grimshaw is appointed SUI
perintendent of the Fifth division,
Office Savannah. vice Mr., Walter Hale,
transferred.
For the time being Mr.. Grimshaw
Will have the distinction of being SUI
perintendent of the Savannah and
Statesboro and division superinten-
dent of the Seaboard.
Mr.. d N Bacot succeeds Mr.. Grim
shaw as superintendent of the Savan-
nah Il Statesboro railway.