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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-23
POWER OF PUBLIC SENTIMENT
1t Can Correct the Most fragrant
Abuses When Properly Exhibited
and Directed.

Within the past few days things
have peer done in Philadelphia that
should inspire the bosom of every hon-
est and patriotic man in America with
hope of the future. Never anywhere
since the tongue Of Demonthenes srirr-
ed Athens to do battle for faith and
freedom has the invincible power Of
public opinion been mere forcibly or
more obviously illustrated than when
the insolent ring that has so long fat
tened on the garbage of corrupt city
administration in Philadelphia surren-
dered at discretion to an indignant
citizenship resolved to correct abuses.
Philadelphia has done the country
an in~calculable service. She has
shown that there is nothing SO power
full as the awakened public sentiment
of q virtuous community, and to bor-
row the rhetoric of a great English
orator of just g century ago, let us
hope that Philadelphia, having saved
herself by her vaior, may save others
by her example. What she has lone
every other community in American,
urban or rural can do. When the intre-
pid General Hood, of Confederate fame,
was asked if cavalry would charge On
infantry with fixed bayonets, he blunt
ly answered, yes. if you will cut the
bride reins." And SO any community
suffering from corrupt administration,
in all this land. can defeat the graft
erS if the honest electorate will only
resolve on reform and press forward
over all opposition to it.
There is a we'll defined belief that
the sorest place on the body polite is
municipal government in the United
States. The practical and the most
energetic people IN the world, Ameri-
cans, have allowed party politics to
control in city elections. Party spirit
runs high in our country. Perhaps.
there are $4,000 voters in Philadelphia,
virtuous men, church members, tax
payers, good citizens, who religiOusly
believe that a Republican thief is htsar
for Office that any honest man who ad-
heres to the Democratic party. That
is the spirit that has intrenched ev-
cry city ring in America, whether the
city be Democratic Or Republican. 1t
is the fanaticism of politics, the weak
ness of human nature. the blindness
of prejudice.
But Philadelphia has shown that a
city ring may play on this string too
long. Greed has o~verleaped itself. Let
other cities learn a lesson from the Old
Quakeress ON the Delaware Int go and
do Observation-Disclosures Post.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-23
THE. NEW DEPOT
Tor Charlotte Assuming Indications
of a Reality i'm Near Future.

The old depot building, n part of
which has already been removed, will
be demolished in the course of the
next week or SO. The structure now
presents a most dilapidated appear
ance. The foundations for the new
depot ave already been laid and just
as sOon as the entire building is re-
moved the work of building the mod
ern structure will be commenced.
The Die frame residence that is now
being used for the railway offices will
be removed as soon as the new depot
is complete. When this is done, a fine
driveway will be laid and the ga OF
the station will be In keeping with the
handsome front. A walk will also be
made and the depot will be approach
ed from the rear as well as from the
frOnt.-Charlotte Observer.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-23
TO BUILD NEW JAIL.
Durham COunty's Prison Not Large
Enough.

1t has been decided hat Durham
must have a new and enlarged Jail.
This has long been a necessity and the
grand jury recommended that some
steps looking to a larger Jail be taken.
Yesterday the commissioners decid-
ed to add something like sixteen or
eighteen feet, two stories, to the pres
ent Jail, and to equip the new part with
steel cells and cages something similar
to those now in use. Chairman Allen
was appointed a committee of one to
look into this matter, ascertain the
cost and report at the next meeting of
the board.
1t is understood that the new jail
will have a steel bridge leading from
the second story of the Jail into the
court room Over this bridge the pris-
Oners will be taken to the court room
and then back to prison after trial.
Durham Sun.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-23
TWO NEGRO FREIGHT THIEVES
One Captured by tho Police and the
Other EScape>-Bishop Strange I'm
Mt Olive
Especial to The Messengerl

Especial TO The Messenger.l
Goldsboro, n c.. June I9.-For some
time freight has been missing from
box cars in the yards Of the Southern
and y. and y. c. railroads, in this city,
and at last two OF the thieves We're dis
covered The fireman at the electric
light station was the cause Of the
thieves getting into trouble. About
midnight he walked out of his place of
business and went up To the corne TO
cool of. He heard a noise in the
freight yards and telephoned to the
police station. The officers arrived and
found two negroes in Il car breaking
open boxes. Both negroes jumped out
OF the car and made their escape. Two
negroes by the name OF Fulford and
Arts were seen hanging round the
freight yards several times last night.
This morning Fulfor1 was arrested
just as he was fixing to board Il train.
He was taken TO the lookup. Arts has
not been cen but his house was
searched this morning and the officers
found a box of canned goods.
The town of Mt. Olive, fourteen
miles south of here, was honored yes
terday afternoon with Il visit from Rt.
Rev. Robert Strange, bishop of this
diocese, who preached an able sermon
in the Presbyterian church last night
to a large audience. The object of the
bishops. visit was to establish a mis-
sion at Mt. Olive, where there is no
Episcopal church at present. The bish-
op was met at Mt. Olive by Messrs.
George G. Royal, ]. H. Hill. Jr., and
A. w. Falkener, members Of ST. Ste
phen'S church. of this city.
The new service which Mr.. r. E. L.
Bunch. traffic manager of the 4. and
{. railroad, has inaugurated between
here and Morehead City, whereby an
extra train has been put On which
leaves here every Sunday morning at
Z O'Clock and returnS at night in time
to make connection with the Southern
and Atlantic Coast Line trains, is
proving very popular. Yesterday this
train was crowded with passengers TO
Morehead. A new Pullman service be-
tween WinstOn-Salem and Morehead
City is operated daily, leaving here at
> O'Clock in the morning and returning
in time to be attached TO the South
ern's westbound train. A parlor car
service is being operated daily on the
train which leaves here at $50 i'm the
afternoon. The road is now with their
o a burning engines giving better ser
vice than it ever has before.
Mrs. John b. DObsOn and Mrs. Lulu
Redfern, Of Augusta, Ga, who have
been visiting Mrs. J. f. Dobson, in this
city, left yesterday to spend a week at
North Cardinals popular seaside resort
Wrightsville Beach.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-23
raMrERING WITH JURORS
WIN Be stopped When Men Arc Pun
f<lled for Doing IT.

Tamperfng with jurors il getting To
be entirely too common in North Caro-
lima. Some years ago an important
murder case was tried in n nearby
county and it was charged and not de-
MED that the defendant. a man Of
means, had, through agents. ~canvassed
the entire county, n that the senti-
ment of every possible juror was
known As n result. under the latitude
allowed the defence in selecting jurors
the defendant was promptly acquitted
II Is believed that n similar anvas
was made in another county. where q
prominent citizen was recently tried
for murder, and he was promptly ac-
quilted 1t Is easy TO sec that this sort
OF thing viii naturally result I'm down
right bribery. When the damage suit
case Of Gattis vs.. ~Kilgo was put on
trial in Wake Superior court this week
X. y. King, a regular juror, when
questioned. said he knew nothing
about the ease from the
because he could not read; but that a
man had called at his farm ten days
before told him all about the case and
asked him tn help kilgo out" He
gave the name OF this man as ex-Sher-
in Rogers, of Wake. From this it Ia
seen that some canvassing had been
done for jurors in this case. We re-
peat that this thing is growing In
North Carolina and unless something Ia
done to stop Ii the last semblance OF
justice will have departed from the
courts, and the Lord knows there is
little enough now. Presently no case
will be tried on its merits. 1t will de-
pend entirely on which side can get
the most of their men on the jury
StafesYille Landmark.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-23
FIRED ON THE OFFICERS
Raiders and Blockaders Had Lively
Time-The Officers Beat a Retreat.

A few days ago the revenue officers
two or three in number-went on a
raid below East Durham and from re-
ports that have leaked out 1t seems that
the officers were given a warm receo-
ton. Full particulars OF the raid have
not been learned, but 1t Is said that
there was considerable shooting and
that the officers did not lose much
time in getting 10 East Durham. IN
this raid a rife was taken from enc
person, so it is learned, and 1t Is now
sad that there will be al arrest made
in few days. Before the matter is end
ed there may be several arrests.
1t is said that almost as soon as the
officers began to destroy the still a
there were shots heard and then the
officers realized that they were being
fired upon. The ctill was cut up, but
the report is that the officers did not
wait to cut down the beer or destroy
the worm. The hackman who carried
them to the scene was left some dis
lance way and he remained there
for quite awhile, the officers coming TO
East Durham Observation-Disclosures
Herald.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-23
Blind Man Tells the Time.

Charles Bohannan, of Taylorsville,
is totally blind. Light and darkness
are the same to him, but he makes his
certain way about the streets with the
aid of a cane, and sometimes puts to
shame men possessed Of two good OPP
tics. Yesterday Charlie visited the
county Jail. After talking awhile he
pulled vi his watch, an ordinary gold
time-piece, with a double case, held it
in his hands a moment in the usual
way and then snapped it shut with a
sigh of relief.
Well, it's time for me to start
home" he remarked.
What time is it, Charlie?' he was
asked quiZZically.
"One minute to g." was the prompt
response.
Every watch in the crowd except
Charles came into view: 1t required
longer for the men with good eyes TO
verify Charles observation than il did
for him to ascertain the time, but he
was declared correct almost TO the
second.
Goodbye" and he was Oh, without
waiting TO hear the discussion his feat
had Observation-Disclosures Courier
Journal.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-23
Sweet Potatoes as a Money Crop.

b. 7. Caddell. coIored. who lives nea
town. is m Of the most progressive
farmers in the county and is making
money raising sweet potatoes. He be-
gan a few years ago to grow potatoes
for his money crop instead Of cotton,
and he raises annually something like
1000 bushels, and he has his customers
and finds no trouble marketing his crop
and says he could sell as many more
but that his force Is small, only him
self, wife and one child and that com
pefent labor Is hard for him TO secure.
Moore County News.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-23
TRAMP GOT THE DOLLAR
Story Told by an Indiana Legislator
Relating to School DAYS as a Mill
tary Cadet.

Representative Branch of the India
apolis Star: While attending as a cadet
at the military school Branch was in
the habit of taking strolls through the
neighborhOOds, and On one of these he
says: Il was touched by an old fellow,
whose tale of hard luck would nave
melted a stone.
"'But, my good fellow l said, L
haven't a cent with me this morning.
my last check from home won't reach
me until tomorrow
"The old man wasn't satisfied.
look through your pockets he
begged, maybe you'll find something
"'Well, if I've got any money in
these clothes o can havoc every cent
of it," said to him, and I began turn
ing my pockets inside out to show him
that | was strapped. ,
"Well, would you believe it, a silver
dollar dropped out of n of my pockets
and rolled on the sidewalk.
"Delighted the old man quickly grab
bed it up and said: Thanks
H was much bigger than 1 anu l
said: Certainly; | am glad I a help
you, but really l didn't know it was
there
Cali the way back to school l yon-
dered how the dollar came to be in my
trousers"
And did you ever find out?" ASKED
another legislator.
ooh, yes; when I got back to my
room my roommate told me that was
wearing his pants."-Exchange.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-23
Direct.

Mr.. John A. Miller, near Old Town,
this county, is shipping large quaint
ties of dirt to fertilizer factories at
distant points. 1t is used TO make the
foundation or body in the mixing of
chemicals. The soil is gotten from this
bottom lands of the Old Town Greek
and is said to be very desirable for tie
purpose for which it is used. The in
dustry is quite profitable to Mr.. Miller
and he is kept busy supplying the de-
mand.-Winston Republican.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-23

1t has remained for one of Uncle
Sans experts in the Bureau of Engrav-
ing and Printing to perform what is
probably enc of the most remarkable
and difficult feats of engraving accom-
plished.
Not SO very long ago it was believed
that the man who first engraved the
Lords prayer on the back of a one
dollar gold piece had about reached
the limit in the matter of wonderful
feats with the engraver's tools. Then
about a year & a Philadelphia bank
note expert engraved the entire alpha
bet OF 26 letters on the head of a large
pin. This delicate bit of work won
considerable fame for the man who did
1t, says the Washington Star. Now,
however, Clarence K. Young has ac-
complished the seemingly impossible
feat of engraving two full alphabets, a
date and a name on the head of 4 IL
ny pin only sixty-fve one-thousandtns
of an inch in diameter.
Last fall Mr.. Young and another ex-
per in the bureau had a friendly dis
poIO oo W JuSL tAc lllUuuC Ol uCllCdlS
work that an eng aver could do. FINAL
ly a wager was made and Mr.. Young
started in to make good his assertion.
In about a week, working now and
then for about fifteen minutes at a
time, he had accomplished the task,
and true to his statement found room
enough left OF che pinhead to add his
anne
To the naked eye the pinhead bear
ing the double alphabet, the date and
the name looks but little different from
an ordinary pinhead. It's surface is
a trif1e rough and that is all. Even
with ar ordinary magnifying glass very
little al be seen The outlines of the
letters are jumbled and the surface of
the pinhead simply appears to be badly
scratched. But With a powerful glass
the letters stand out by themselves,
distinct and separate-Durham Sun.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-23
Pugilistic Preachers.

Well give you u old hat if fighting
and sclapping hasn't been the priaci-
pal topic of conversation among both
saints and sinners in this community
for the past several weeks, and it is
a matter Of common knowledge that
the names Of two reverend gentlemen
have figured most prominently in all
this tak. All of which leads to Won
der if the pulpit is becoming o CT
less of Q pugilistic Observation-Disclosures
haW ENTERPRISE.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-23

STROKNG THE CAT IN A FATHERLY A
pitating heart for the next thirty min
utes, but when she looked out again
she was somewhat relieved to find
him seated On an old wash bench and
strokIng the, eat in a fatherly way.
Now and then he glanced upatthe chin
neys and the roof as if making a men,
tai calculation, but at 10 O'Clock he
shifted around on to the front steps
and settled down as If he meant to
stay there. She presently made an ex-
cuse to get out there and inquire:
"Have you got a headache his morn
ing?"
Not the slightest"
'Does your rheumatism bother you?"
"Not a bit"
"I-I have put my house cleaning off
to next month. The weather Is SO very
uncertain, yOu know"
81 guess you are wise"
She could think of nothing more, and
she left him, but as she went about
doing the upstairs work she kept a gen
eral eye on him from an open window.
II WAS uOL lung USIOlO u AAoh SohdS
along and halted at the gate to say:
"Why, Bowser, you home? l was
thinking of going over to the office to
see you. 1 know where you can get an
auto for half price"
Don't want it, thank you"
"But it's a clipper, and the price has
been cut in two"
Don't want it."
aren't you feeling yourself today"
"Never felt better"
The man made some remark about
the weather and passed on. On the cor
ner he met the coal man and said:
"You know Bowser, Of course? What
in thunder ails him?"
"How-why?"
81 was just talking to him. He seems
to be loafing around home today. L
offered him an auto at half price and
he turned me down"
"He did, Ell? Well, I haven't seen
him for four or five days, but II he
refused to grab for that auto then you
can bet he's getting wrong in the head.
I've always said that he'd have soften
ing of the brain some time"
Meanwhile, down at the house, a po-
tato peddler had come along. He knew
that Mr.. Bowser had thrown three OF
the profession over the fence within a
year and told the cook he'd discharge
her il she even bought a turnip OF
them, but the sight of his enemy sitting
on the top step so calmly and COM
placently and looking SO harmless IN
the eyes Of all emboldened him 10 stop
his rig at the curb and to say over the
gate:
Judge, a I sell you a few 'taters
today? I'VE got q load Of boss ones
here"
The words foated up to Mrs. Bowser
and gave her a chill. She was getting
ready to run downstairs to prevent
a tragedy when she heard MI. Bowser
reply:
81 hardly think we need any pota-
toes today. Thank you for calling my
attention to them. They do look nice
"rve got some fine cabbages here"
eyes. they are fine, but l guess l
don't want any"
.How about beets"
mo beets, thank you. a again
,as Won come along tomorrow.
Mr.. Bowser's attitude not only mace
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-23
He Fails to Perform" and Mrs.
B., Who Knows Him of
Old, Is Wonied.
IN EXCELLENT Nj
But the Strain Is Too Much, and
Next Morning He Is Back
at His Old Tricks
Again.
Copyright, 1895, by R.. B. Mcclure.1

copyright, 1895. by r. q. McClure.J
Y YHEN breakfast had been con-
kE Guided the other morning Mr..
Wv Bowser lighted a cigar and
sauntered out into the back
yard to see how many clothespins were
getting ready to blossom with the GRO
cuses, and at the end of half an hour
Mrs. Bowser called from one of the
back windows:
Wont you be late at the office this
morning."
Il am going to take a day Off" was
his quiet reply.
Mrs. BOwser's knees began to shake.
His day off meant that he would want
to overhaul the house from top to bot
tom, and he would be almost certain
to NEEDLE with the water pipes and
gas meter and bring about some sort
Of calamity. She went about with pal
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-23

Mr.. S. A. Hahn, of this city, who
everything from an onion to a
SQUAD. gathered his onions Wednesday.
From a plot of ground 5Ox10 feet, he
gathered eight bushels of onions. This,
he says. is about 700 bushels per acre.
He is going to set that plat In late to-
matoes.-HickOry Tfmes-Mercury.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-23
Wanted to See 1t.

Mr.. Styles-What are you taking those
field glasses with you for? l thought
you said you were going shopping?
Mrs. Styles-So l am. I'm going to
pick out my bathing suit today.-Yon-
kers Statesman.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-23
That siIenced Him,

"Give the devil his due" be said
sharply.
What will become of me, then?' she
asked. 'You have n life insurance.
Atlanta constitution.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-23

Prospective Boarde7-"Is there any
danger Of catching the malaria here.
Hank Doolittle-No; not If We keep in
out of the SUM-, and stay in the house
on rainy days and don't go out even
take plenty Nv uuinine, Their amt -
Puck.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-23
ENGRAVES ALPHABET j.
TWICE ON ONE PINHEAD

of Uncle Sans Money Factory
Holds the Record for Delicate Trac-
ing.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-23


Bea.. Il. = Tba Kind You Have AfaaH Bought
s's. e NzzM
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-01-10

business good for our jails and State
prisons. Many of their cells are oc-
cupied by adherents to the "get-rich-
quick" methods of making money. 1t
is an idea that invariably weakens
ones moral perceptions.
The stick-to-it method develops
and strengthens character. Sudden
possession of great wealth, even
when that wealth is acquired honest
~, Is often the ruination of its pos
SCISSOR. He is not prepared to make
a proper and wise use of a fortune
that has cost him nothing. No n
better understands the value of
money than the man who has slowly
and honestly acquired his wealth.
Such a man is more likely to regard
his wealth as a trust to be used more
for the benefit of others than for his
own selfish uses.
You boys who are so soon to be-
come men cannot do a wiser thing
than resolve that you will stick to
the trade or the business or the pro-
fession you may adopt when you be-
gin life for yourselves.
Be sure that you are right in
choosing what you want to be, and
then stick to that one thing with
unfaltering resolution, and you will
be far better off in the years to
come than any "get-rich-quick"
method could ever make you.-J. L.
Harbour, in the American Boy.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-01-10
STOCK farm.

DORSET SHEEP-The farmers sheep for
Early Lambs.
RED POLL CATTLE-The farmers cat
tie for Beef and Milk.
WHITE WYANDOTTES-The farmers
Ch1ct ems for all purposes.
SCOTCH farmers faithful
fr1e nd.
SPECIAL FOR Choice fall Ram
Lambs from imported ewes. A Bull Calf of
blood. Extra fine CockereIs at $500 now.
sable Pups, full white marks. just ready for
Christmas gifts. III. b AKBTTCKLE.
MaXwelton, w. Va.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-01-10
Took Time to Do His Best.

The boy who is in too much of a
hurry to reach results is not willing
to take the long, uphill road leading
to them, but tries to find a short cut
by using other peoples brains. An
instructor in a prominent Eastern
school tells a story of a lad of an
other sort, who made a success by a
very different method.
II knew a boy who was preparing
to enter the junior class of the New
York University" says this teacher.
"He was studying t~rigonometry, and
1 gave him three examples for his
lesson. The following day he came
into my room to demonstrate his
problems. Two of them he under
stood, but the third-a very difficult
one-he had not performed. I said
to him, Shall 1 help youP
"ENo, sir; / a and will do it if
you give me time
"I said, Il will give you all the
time you wish
"The next day he came into my
room to recite another lesson in the
same study.
"'Well, Simon, have you worked
that exampleP
emo, SIR he answered; but 1 will
do it if you give me a little more
time
"FCertainly; you shall have all the
time you desire.'
"I always like those boys who are
determined to do their own work,
for they make our best scholars, and
men, too. The third morning you
should have seen Simon enter my
room. I knew he had it, for his
whole face told the story of his sue
cess.
eyes, he had it, Notwithstanding
it had cost him many hours of hard
work. Not only had he solved the
problem, but, what was of much
greater Importance to him, he had
begun to develop mathematical pow
er, which, under the inspiration of
I can and ] will he has continued
to cultivate, until to-day he is pro-
lessor of mathematics in one of our
largest colleges, and one of the
ablest mathematicians of his years
in the country"