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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-10-27

town, and you know it, but you are
always talking about my fads and no.
tons"
"Well what is it this time? I prom.
Use you that I won't make n single
criticism"
1.-The county fairs will soon be ON,
won't they?' he asked after hitching
around in an uneasy manner.
Eyes, Of course"
"And at all such fairs they have some
one to deliver an address,"
Certainly"
II don't know what they pay, but it
must be as much as $500. What's the
matter with my lodging out and max
ing half u dozen addresses this fall? I
have a reputation as a public man,
haven't II"
"You-you have been in the papers
often enough" replied Mrs. Bowser as
she shut her teeth hard to keep from
smiling.
"Well then, | am a public man with
a fine address. and what more can they
ask for?"
But about the address? don't re-
member that you have ever composed
and delivered an agricultural address"
Il can do it as easy as rolling off a
log" said Mr.. Bowser as lis face be-
gan to clear. "All I want is your en-
enlargement and here and there a sug-
gestion. 1 had Il little time this after
noon and started things Off. [ will
,.ooI --ho% 7 la-> x-r;++o,, ar -.-, o,n
tell me what you think. We will say
that | have taken my place in the.
grand stand. That's where l will speak
from. | suppose. | have been intro
duced and received al ovation. AS the
applause dies away I step forward and
begin:
"tFellow patriots. it is needless to
say that this is one of thu happiest
moments Of my life. Surrounded
by
"Please don't get mad" interrupted
Mrs. Bowser. but don't think you
ought to begin that way. That is more
of Il Fourth of July address. I should
PIT it. .,Ir. President and ladies and
gentlemen"
Il knew YOU'D find fault the first
thing" G-owled Mr.. Bowser.
"BUt IN! not finding fault. Leave
The beginning s 1t Il and 60 ahead.
There i<a't such il great difference. aft
e. al. between Il Fourth OF July ad-
dress ani 4 county fair Grafton"
"cf coarse there isn't. That's what I
figured on when | began. ! now 60 on
ani say:
Surrounded by this large and cult
vateS. audience and standing here I'M
der TIE most prolific sun In the world I
volli not be the man | am IL / did not
fsei I~y nes.rt swelling with pride. The
clash Of arms ID longer reaches our
ears. The baftlefields won By our fore
fathers =.
There ron seem to run or the track
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-10-27
CHIEF OF POLICE IN TROUBLE


The people of Maxton are much eS-
cited over the brutal reatmcnt Of
Mr.. NJ. \. Switzerland al the hands
Of Policeman ]. s. Smith. II seems
that Switzerland. who was under the
influence of whiskey. but in no way
violent or disorderly. was iast being
helped into his buggy 20 drive 90 his
home. about three miles from town.
when Smith appeared to take unSnse
at something said to him personally
and arrested Switzerland. VIII n
a feeble effort TO resist. w~hereupon
Smith struck him on the head sever
al times. knocking hin "a the ground
and striking him nee att. he tcii.
but was prevented from ooine fl
Their injury by one Of the byst 1de~o.
who caught the stick. whtcn was not
a regulation club. but a 4 eap-
on. Smith was Immediately arrested
by a state officer. and. in default or
bond was takea to Lumbcrtol and
lodged In iail Saturday Afternoon.
Smith has made a very brutal officer.
says a Maxton corresp >udent. sever
al times before using his authority
unreasonably. and the people OF the
town. with one voice. say let him
suffer for it."-Fayetteville Observer.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-10-27
ARREST Is MADE
J.. f. Waddell Is COMMUNICATIONS
Frequent Drives Over Salisbury
With j. c. Beard.

]. e. waddel1. or Centreviile. Ga.
arrested yesterday afternoon on
suspicion that. IL not the principal.
he at least has knowledge Of circum-
stances surrounding the brutal u
der Of j. c. Beard. Of Pennsylvania
whose body was discovered yesterday
morning near Town Creek.
Jack Rary. q white cabman. sta
ted that on Wednesday and Thursday
he drove Beard and Waddeil over
Salisbury together and that Beard dis
played q well filed purse several
times. \ hat which Waddell was
known to have worn was found by the
dead mans side yesterday morning
In the defendants behalf Mr.. Ben
simpson testified that Waddeli was
drunk on Thursday night. that he took
him 10 a boarding house and remained
with him from s o'clock in the evening
until $50 yesterday morning.
waddefi was given a preliminary
hearing before Esquire D.. NJ. Miller
this morning and sen to Jail without
bond. pending Mr.. Mfller's Judgment
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-10-27
Who are Democrats,

What is this talk about excluding
Mi. Willie Hearst from the Dema-
cratic caucus Of the lower house CT
Con"ress this winter because he Is
not a Democrat and because he is
running as an Independent candid Ate
for mayor of New York? The Hague
Tribunal itrlf could not tell who is =
Democrat these days and who is not,
and it might be that Willie could gath
er around him a sufficient number o
Representatives Of his type Of Democ
racy TO keep the other fellows OUT
AS for excluding him because he /
running as an independent, that could
not we'll be done in view Of the mum
her of Democrats of n variety a7d
another who are %applauding the 'maa
Illness of District Attorney Jerome 10.
doing that very thing.-Charlotte Ob,
server
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-10-27
BoWser and
His Address
He Starts One to Be Delivered
at County Fairs and Reads
1t to Mrs. B.
MIXED IN HIS HISTORY
Calls Daniel Webster a Soldier and
Puts Robert Fulton In
Congress.
MIXED IN HIS HISTORY

copyright, 1906. by r. 3. Mcclure.l
A FTER dinner the other evening
~ instead Of lighting cigar and
~ turning to the daily paper. as
was his usual custom. Mr..
Bowser walked about in a nervous way,
with his hands clasped behind his back,
and as Mrs. Bowser took sly looks at
him she saw his lips moving, as Ii he
were talking to himself. 1t had be-
come plain after awhile that he want
ed to talk with her on some subject.
and she paved the way by saying:
Il suppose our clubs will be meet
ing again SOON"
Yes, | suppose So"
Shall you deliver any reopening ad-
dresses?"
"Um. 1 can't exactly say. / wish
well what do you wish?"
81 wish you were a little different
woman
But how, dear?"
81 wish you didn't stand ready to 60
back ON everything I wanted to do"
But I don't. If it's anything fool
ish 1 tell you of it, but that's what a
wife should do. You must admit that
you sometimes take rather queer no
TONS"
There you go, first thing! There
isn't a more level headed man in this
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-10-27
Friday, October n, 1905
REVOLUTION IN MARKETING
COTTON CROP.

The Lumberton Argus says: HUI
rah for ten cent cotton" Bless youl
sympathetic soul, brother, we nave
gone clear beyond those figures. Our
farmers pay no attention to bids OF
ten cents now. They are holding 10:
a cent a pound more and If they Will
Just keep a stiff upper lip" they WILL
get it. They have got the trump caras
All they have to do is to play them 10
the best advantage. The Charlotte
Chronicle tells Us OF one OF this klno.
He brought his cotton to market, was
offered 1905 for it, but refused TO sell,
saving he was pledged to his farmer
associates to hold for eleven cents
and, so, hauled his cotton back nome
If all the farmers would be as con-
scientious and IS loyal to their asso-
citation as this one you would SocI:
see the price jump to eleven cents anc
perhaps higher.
Within the last twelve months the
southern farmer has learned how 10
market his cotton and the banks anu
other financial interests of the soath
have come to his aid. The latter L
that it is to Their interest to help the
farmer hold his cotton for higher price
rather than to have the crop forced Oh
the market and SOLD at a sacrifice price
to the middle man and Spectator 10
be held until he can squeeze a DlS
profit out OF the manufacturers.
The cotton planter and the banker
of the south are working together tor
mutual benefit in this matter IN a way
that they have never done before. MIL
lions of money would have been saved
to the south could this condition have
been brought about a few years ago
No doubt it would have been done
had the banks been in condition TO
act as they now are doing toWarl
the farmers. but never before have
they been in position to come to the
aid of the farmers to the extent tnat
thev now find themselves They have
the money now. They do not maze
to borrow it from New York, as for
merly, t. be useu ID moving the crop
Under the old system the crop had %
be rushed to market IL order that the
local banks could get n the money
with which to take up tnclT loans macn
at the north. This system has passed
away, thanks to the better conditions
at tie south. and banks are able
Il use their own resources in a',iiug
the farmers, instead of relying on m1n
ey secured on short-time loans from
the northern financial centers. tn
revolution in the n of marketing
means large profits to u southern
banks and increase to the farmers ii
the net proceeds OF the cotton crop.
The profits now stay at home instead
of going to the north to pay for he
money. used in moving the crop.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-10-27
Do the people of Wilmington kno,

Do the people of Wilmington know
that we have n Of the promptest and
most efficient fire departments of any
city of our size in the United States?
1t is a fact. We do not rely upon our
own judgment for this opinion but
upon that of others who have lived in
other cities Of equal and even greater
population and who have had occasion
from personal experience to make COM
parison between our department and
those elsewhere as to promptness in
getting to fires and effectual work af-
ter arrival on the scene.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-10-27

The last number OF The Financier in
a very handsome publication. 1t con-
tains nearly three hundred pages and
las many handsome illustrations OF
prominent bank buildings with their
interiors and portraits of leading bank
ers and financiers of the country.
Among its leading features is a steno-
graphic report OF the recent annual
convention Of the American Bankers.
Association. The publication is gotten
up in handsome style with a cover in
gold and embossed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-10-27

These railway and corporation SEN
ators are beginning to think that Mr..
Roosevelt is in earnest about federal
supervision of interstate railway
rates. Many of them would be glad
if he had not made his southern tour.
That Raleigh speech almost took their
breath away. They have come to re-
alize that they have no child's play be-
fore them during the coming session Of
congress.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-10-27
TOLEN!

On the 4th of October a white man
hired a horse and buggy from me. He
said he was an agent for a picture
house and was delivering pictures in
Cumberland county. He engaged the
horse n buggy for two days and a
half. / nave not heard from him since.
The man was clean shaver about 30
years old. weight about $50 pounds.
medium height. dark complexion. The
horse was heavy, dark mare. quick
and easy traveller. with a white spot on
forehead and scar on right forefoot
between ankle and hoof. The buggy
was old. open. with black body and red
running gear. cloth back and leather
cushion.
Reward for information that will
lead to recovery OF the property or
apprehension of the man.
j. 4. FAMDEIH,
oct IL d&w If Fayetteville. \. &.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-10-27

The Pennsylvania railroad has just
placed an order for new rolling stock
to cost forty million dollars. This in
cludes thirty thousand, three hundred
freight cars and five hundred locomo-
tives This is ~necessitated by the in
crease of freight traffic over that sys-
tenn, which is an index of the in
creased prosperity Of the country.
Railways do not increase their carrying
capacity unless there is d demand for
it. That demand comes from the pub
lies enlarged capacity to buy and to
ship goods.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-10-27
Cold Storace for Yellow Fever Treat.


The New Orleans doctors nave at
last taken c~ogniZance of the cold stor-
age remedy for yellow fever. proposed
by DIR. Marshall. of The Gastonia Ga
Zette. \ New Orleans correspondent
of The Asheyille Citizen quotes Dr.
jeff Miller, a prominent New Orleans
physician and s%anitarian as saying that
The Gazette's plan is a decidedly ef-
fective one. 1t most undoubtedly
would kill the germs, but it IL also I'M
fortunately true that il would nave TO
Kill the patient first. AS II germ killer.
the cold storage" treatment would
be u~nexcelled, but for the slight incon-
v%enience of annihilating the patient
before it could accomplish its ultimate
object" We Will now leave the mat
ter to be fought out ny DIR. Miller and
DR.. Marshall, that is, If there II any
fight left in the Gastonia doctor-Char-
lotte Chronicle.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-10-27

Things are warming up over the
campaign in New York city. 1t looks
like Hearst is going to give somebody
a pretty good run. and, then, Osborne
is making it hot for jerome. The i'm
preston seems to be gaining ground
that WINS is a mere figurehead for the
purpose Of drawing votes from Hearst
in order to insure the election of Nc
Clellan.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-10-27
John Charles McNeill deserves an

John Charles McNeill deserves an
other trophy for the chaste language in
which be accepted the Patterson cup
at the hands of President Roosevelt.
His speech of acceptance a
"Mr. President. my joy in this gold
en- trophy is heightened by the fortune
which permits me to take it from the
hand of the foremost citizen of the
world. To you sir. to Mrs. Lindsay
Patterson. Jul gracious marion IF let
tiers. and to the committee of scholars
whose Judgment was kind to me. all
thanks
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-10-27
NOTICE.
Good Farm For Sale.

Any one wanting a good farm con-
tanning one hundred and sixty (fGO
or more acres of land, a good two
hsrse farm under cultivation-also a
good mill seat with all of the fixtures,
with good Rock and Gin fixtures. good
Orchard and Vineyard. situated just
two miles from Raeford, y. c., This
Is one of the best places in the coun-
try and well situated. There are three
churches at this Observation-Disclosures.
Methodist and Baptist.
For further information apply to
T. l.. HURSEY,
oct 1t sw st Raeford "
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-10-27

President Roosevelt has undertaken
the difficult job of making Castro do
the amende honorable to France. We
are afraid this will be more difficult
than bringing about peace between
Russia aud Japan Or modifying the
rules of foot ball.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-10-27

1t is impossible t % have a clear head
an active brain q vigorous constitu-
ton or a strong body when the d,ges-
ton is weak or when the stomach is
out of order. kodol Dyspepsia Cure
will put the stomach and digestive orr
rams in good condition. and improv
the general condition. r. r. Bellamy
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-10-27

Wouldn't you like to know exactly
what Senator Foraker thinks of Secre-
tary Tafts railway rate speech made
in Ohio last Saturday night:
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-10-27

Take bribery" and theft" and dress
them up in a fine suit of clothes with
a silk hat, seal ring and a diamond
shirt stud and they become 'fraft."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-11

Handel's father did all he could to
crush to death the child's mania for
music-in vain. When the household
was asleep the little child stole up to
an attic to play on a spinet which a
good natured aunt had helped him to
smuggle there. When he was seven
he entreated his father to take him
with him to the court of Sake Weisen-
fels, and, on being refused, he pursued
the chaise on foot till he was taken up
and carried to the dukes, who, on hear
ing him one day play the organ, was so
amazed that he insisted on his fathers
allowing him to study music.
At the age Of nine he began to COM
pose the church service for voices and
instruments, and during the three sue
ceeding years he actually composed a
service a week. Before he was fifteen
he had composed three operas the first
Of which, "Almira," where the immor-
tai air, '"Lascia chic pianga," occurs,
was performed for thirty nights in
succession at Hamburg. At Venice
Scarlatti, hearing at a masquerade a
harpsichord played divinely, at once
and truly identified the player with
Handel: "It was either the little Saxon
or the devil"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-11
They Love Animals.

There is something very attractive to
the American who is fond of animals
in the way the japanese treat dumb
creatures. The Youths Companion
gives Professor Morse as the authority
for this pretty description Of japanese
feeling for animals: Birds build their
nests in the city houses. Wild fowl,
geese and ducks alight in the public
parks. Wild deer trot about the streets.
He had actually been followed by a
wild deer in the streets nibbling melon
rind out of his hand, as tame as calves
and lambs on our farms. A dog goes
to sleep in the busiest streets Men
turn aside so as not to disturb him.
One day a beautiful heron alighted on
the limb of a tree, and the busy, jostling
throng stopped. No one attempted to
injure the bird, but several began
sketching him."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-11
+. A CURIOUS OLD WATCH.
h WINS Once the Property 0R Mary.
Queen of scots.

h WINS Once the Property 0R Mary.
Queen of scots.
The descendants of Mary Setoun, one
of the four maids of honor to Mary.
queen OF Scots, have in their possession
curious watch, which was given by
that queen to her favorlte. This watch,
which Is in the shape of miniature
skull, is about two inches and Il half in
diameter. 1t is supposed to have been
purchased by Mary herself when on Il
visit to Blois with her husband, the
dauphln of France, as it has the name
of celebrated Blos manufacturer ell
graved on 1t.
The entire skull Is curiously engraved.
On the forehead there is picture of
Death, with the usual scythe ana hour
glass and sandglass. He is depicted as
standing between palace and hovel,
to show that he is no respecter of per
sons, and underneath Is tie familiar
quotation from Horace, "Pallida mois
aequo pulsat pede pauperum tabernas
Regumque turres." At the back of the
skull is another representation, this one
being of Time devouring everything.
Time also carries a scythe, and beside
him is the emblem of eternity-the ser
pent with its tail in its mouth.
The upper section of the skull is di-
vided into two pictures. On one side
is the crucifxion, with the Marys
kneeing at the foot of the cross, and
on the other side are Adam and Eve
surrounded by animals in the Garden
of Eden.
Below these pictures, running right
around the skull, there is an openwork
band, to allow the sound of the striking
Of the watch to be heard. This open
work is a series of designs cut to rep
resent the various emblems of the cru
cfixion such as scourges, the cross,
swords, spears, the lantern used in the
garden, etc All of the carvings have
appropriate Latin quotations.
BY reversing the skull and holding
the upper part in the palm of the hand
and lifting the under jaw on its hinge
the watch may be opened, and ON the
PiulV iholuN 10 q iNpl NSNiitdNi'h Va tAN
stable at Bethlehem, with the shep-
herds and their focks in the distance.
The works of the watch are In the
brains Of the skull the dial plate being
where the roof Of the mouth would be
in real skull. This is of silver and
gold with elaborate scrolls, while the
hours are marked in large Roman let
ters. The works are remarkably COM
plete, even to large silver bell with
a musical sound, which holds the
works in the skull when the watch is
closed.
This curious old watch is still in per
feet order and when wound every day
keeps accurate time. 1t is too large to
be worn, and was probably intended
for desk or private altar.-Philudcl-
phia Ledger.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-11

Like every other sense, that of sight
improves by use under healthy condi-
tions, and therefore the people who
have the greatest exercise of their
vision in the open air under the light
of the sun have the best eyesight.
Generally speaking, savage tribes pos.
sess the keenest eyesight, acquired
through hunting. Natives of the Solo
mon islands are very quick at perceiv-
ing distant objects, such as ships at
sea, and will pick out birds concealed
In dense foliage some sixty or seventy
feet high. Shepherds and sailors are
blessed with good sight.
EslIimos will detect a white fox in
the snow a great distance away, while
the Arabs of the deserts of Arabia have
such extreme powers of vision that on
the vast plains of the desert they will
pick out objects invisible to the ordi-
nary eye at ranges from one to ten
miles distant. Among civilized peoples
the Norwegians have better eyesight
than most, if not all, others, as they
more generally fulfill the necessary
conditions. The reason why defective
eyes are so much on the increase in
this country and in Europe lies in too
much study of books in early life and
in badly lighted rooms.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-11
THE MANTCHOOS.


hhLy
The history of the Mantchoos is one
of continued amt rapid growth. From
small tribe tEeir influence spread
over the great plains of western Man
churla until they became force
which even great China deemed 1t ad-
visable to conciliate Their ambitions
knew no limit, and early In the six
teenth century they began an invasion
of China. A century later, by methods
which at times gave evidence Of the
most crafty and skillful diplomacy, and
again were those of most cruel ty-
rant the greatest empire that the
world has known was acquired by a
race of half savage nomads.
AS the home of the Mantchoo dy-
nasty, Manchuria, in the eyes of the
emperor, deserved honored treatment,
and the followers of the standard
there was scarcely a Mantchoo who
had not seen service-were specially
cared for. 1t was declared by special
decree that all Mantchoos for time I'M
ending should belong to one Of the
eight banner corps and receive small
monthly stipend. The great home
country should remain the exclusive
property of all Mantchoos, and Chinese
were forbidden to hold land in it. The
Koreans had now been driven to the
south, and Manchuria extended virtu-
ally to the banks of the Yalu on the
south n M IN thn thu ct
The Mantchoo policy, which In its
conception provided for the continu-
ance and development of a great race
Of pure Mantchoos, who would always
be at the beck and call of the Mantchoo
dynasty and would be safeguard
against the restoration of Chinese rule,
brought on results quite the reverse Of
those desired. The Mantchoo found his
small wage sufficient at first to provide
food, and there was no longer the ne
cessity to live the arduous life of a
hunter or herdsman. In generation
or two the race had degenerated into
lazy band of parasites, who, in the
absence of strenuous life, had lost all
had brought to them a great empire.
They maintained reputation for fierce
ness, however, and at the time of the
war with Japan it was predicted that
the Japanese would find a match in
the Mantchoo cavalry. The first en-
gagement between the two dispelled
forever this illusion.-James w. Da-
wilson in Century.