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The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-03-08

Mrs. III. q. Malone and Miss Annie
Glover left this morning for their
home in Decatur. Ala. after a pleas
amt visit of TWO months with friends
I'm Roswell.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-03-08

New Mexico yet has about fifty
million ere of land available for
public entry.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-03-08

J. IT, Wallace. OF Riverside Stock
yards. spent yesterday and this morn
ing In Roswell. looking after busiasss
interests.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-03-08

Boost. don't knock
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-03-08
WHAT THE INSTITUTION Is Do
ING FOR NEW MEXICO.
A MODEL SCHOOL

Located Well, Managed Well, and
OfIcered Well, the Military Institute
at Roswell Turns Out Self Reliant,
Successful Men Of Education.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-03-08

If SO, you will not have to go far
to get the kind you need. Our lumber
yard contains a choice assortment,
thoroughly seasoned and ready for
immediate use.
POPLAR PINE, OAK. REDWOOD,
ETC., any length or width. for any pur-
pose. There is o trouble in having
nothing to do than in having much
to do-with our lumber. The joists
OF your house. If OF our stock. win
outlast your life. and then be good.
Kemp Lumber Co
Rast Fourth Street.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-07
DESERTS HIS ART

We learn from The Charlotte Obserp-
er that Hon. W. H. Bower, of Caldwell
county, has severed his connection
with the democratic party and gone
over to the republicans. Mr.. Bower
has been a lifelong democrat, and has
at several times received honors anu
preferment at the hands of his party.
The last Office he held was that of
congressman from the district in
which he lives. Last year he was again
a candidate for the nomination, bui
was defeated by his countyman, Hon
W. c. Newland, after a very heated
contest. 1t is a pity that Mr.. Bower
should have made the change SO soon
after his defeat. BY SO doing he
gives people occasion to say that this
sudden change in his political prin.
ciples was due TO the fact that his
party men in his own district had turn.
ed him down; that it was disappoint'
ment as to political preferment wheel
made him turn his back on his life
long associates. We have had so many
instances of this in our party in re-
cent years that when a man nov
stands for Office and is defeated for ihs
nomination by his party and then goes
over to the enemy people are prone t.
think that the change in political prln-
ciples is due more to disappointed
ambition than to real and honest cob
version to the political tenets Of III;
other side. We will not say that The
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-07
LIFE INSURANCE
The Immense Amount of Money In.
vested I'm II,

If anyone has paused to wonder why
the Equitable revelations should have
lmade such profound impressions upon
the American people, let aim scan the
Figures and wonder no longer.
The growth of life insurance is one
iof the most marvellous phases OF life
In this marvellous country of ours. Il
is difficult to comprehend the extent TO
(which it enters the homes, the hopes,
THE expectations, the economies. the
lpresent and the future Of the Amer
iican masses.
The grand totals Of life insurance in
the United States today are almost be-
yond the grasp of the senses. More
than 100000 of policyholders are in
isured for an aggregate of more than
l$1O,OO0,O00,0OO.
The holders of these 10000 poli-
lcies ESTIMATED at 100000 individually
lpaid into the Golfers of the eighty COM
lranies during the year ended Decem-
Der 81 last, $472,0OO,OOO in premiums.
The companies earned interest and
lother receipts of Sos, 600, 600 more,
making their grand total income $3.50,
100000. Nearly S 100000 for every
business day of the year.
What became Of this golden stream?
Into what channels was it delivered?
How much was sent flowing back TO
the families whence it came, to help
the widows AID orphans Or to tighten
the cares of old age? How much was
invested at interest to earn for the fI-
ture, ultimately to spread it's multi
lplied beneficence upon the men and
women and children who own it? And
how much went for expenses Of man
agement and agent?
Here are the re~alstests of life insur-
lance. And here are the answers to
the questions.
Of $3.50, 900 900 income, S24O, 600, 00C
was paid to policyholders in death
Iclaims, dividends, annuities, etc. Near
lily 1927, 000, 900 went for the actual ey-
penses of management, not including
taxes, which took about S11, OOO, 600
more.
Thus the total disbursements were
labout 1918, 10000 of which only S24O,-
100000 went back to the pOlicyholders.
In other words, for every 500 the pol
|icyholders paid in they got back a lit
tile less than S51.
But 1902, 100000 was left on hand as
IA surplus on the years business, or ex-
lcess of income over disbursements. II
jail this ex1cess were invested for the
jpOlicyholders then the total returned
to them or laid away for them as saw
ings amounted to $442, 100000 out OF
the S472, 1000, 1000 they paid in, Or nearly
"a cents on the dollar.
These are some of the factors in tic
iproblem which every policyholdcr
|should carefully weigh. AS to all these
elements I shall deal more at length in
future 1letters.-Chicago Record-Her
laid
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-07
When a Dog Goes Mad.

Rabies, according to reports, has had
Ian unusual prevalence this spring.
Some twenty cases have given NJ a
chance at observation in two or three
dog hospitals and knnels.
In view of the prevalent beliefs, it is
icurious that | can discover bptAQpe
case which resulted from a bite NSlr
lily all the others proceeded from OBJ
lscure OF unknown causes. One Bos-
ton terrier developed the disease in a
lkennel of forty dogs, where she had
lheen for a month. There had never beef
a case in the kennel and none of the
Iother dogs has manifested the symp-
toms since.
The one symptom which seems to be
universal is a complete change Of char
Iacter and a disposition to snap and
bite at the dogs best friends. 1 watch.
ed an affected poodle for a long time
one day and could not see that he had
any consciousness of what he was do
ing. A piece of straw lay across his
eyeball without apparently causing
him any sensation whatever.
In the hospitals the brains of some
Iof these DIGS We're examined after
death. and the microscope disclosed a
cellular degeneration which the med
ical profession regards as typical Of
rabies.
If a dog become smorOse and alb
normal in action he should be COM
Ipletely isolated for observation, or, still
better, at once killed. There is certain
ly enough of danger from this disease,
Tor group of diseases, to justify heroic
measures at the first alarm.-Outing.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-07
Ml.cKIESBuRG DEcLAn.rIoS
The Long Controversy Over the Neck
LenbHrg Declaration Settled Beyond
CoyfT

There has been a long pending con-
troversy in this state between those
who asserted the authenticity of the
Mecklenburg Declaration of Independ-
nee Of May20th, 1I75, and those who
maintained that the resolutions Of May
31st were the only ones adopted. The
principal point at issue was not mere
ly the difference in date between May
Goth and May 31st, but upon the differ
cnce in the tenor of the declarations,
those Of the twentieth being an abso-
u declaration of independence and
dissolution Of the bonds which bound
us to Great Britain as fully and COM
pletely as that made nearly fourteen
months later, July 4th, 17I6, at Phila-
delphia, while the resolutions of the
21st Of May were rather administra-
tive in their nature. organizing a gov
eminent for the people of Mecklen-
burg.
The adherentS of the twentieth OF
May resolutions rested their case upon
a copy made from memory by John
Mcknitt Alexander, secretary of the
meeting, who stated that the original
had been burned when his house was
destroyed by fire, and from the testi-
mony of General Joseph Graham and
other eminently respectable gentlemen
who made aftidavits that they were
present at the meeting which began OIL
the nineteenth and was continued
through the night till the morning of
the twentieth, when the declaration
was made. This view was endorsed
by a resolution of the general assem-
bly, of North Carolina in 1921 and by a
proclamation of Governor Stokes of
July LIST, 1881.
In 1886 Ex-Governor Swain, then
president Of the university, applied to
Hon. And1Iv Stevenson, of Kentucky,
the United States minister to Great
Britain, to search the British archives
for the Cape Fear Mercury of June Sd.
1ll5, which contained, as was known, a
copy of the Mecklenburg Declaration,
which an eXtant letter of Joseph Mar
tin, royal governor of North Carolina,
stated he had sent to the British gov
eminent. Mr.. Stevenson not long af-
ter receiving Governor SWANS letter,
returned home, and died. The file in
the British archives, which contained
Governor Martins letter transmitting
the Cape Fear Mercury, was found to
contain only a receipt from Mr.. Stew
enson that he had taken the Cape Fear
Mercury of June 3D., 1915, by consent
OF the government. That receipt was
dated in 1887, but owing to Mr.. Stew
enson's death the paper itself had
,nx-o 1ol- ro,,, ,-&:I o1a-Alx H.,
it was discovered among his paprs.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-07

CECTCIdIy.
Here follow the names of the TWEEN
ty-three other signers.)
This places the matter beyond the
possibility of further controversy
News and Observer.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-07

1t is said that John r. McLean's pa
per, the Cincinnati Enquirer, for so
long such a staunch democratic organ,
is going to join the ranks of the enemy.
Well, the proprietor of the paper has
been cussed and kicked by party lead
ers so vigorously that II can hardly
be surprised. When a man is read
out Of the party there should be no
fault found because he needs the read
ing.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-07

In Forsyth county a physician in
good standing has been arrested and
bound over to court on the charge Of
causing the death of a negro child
three years old by giving a dose Of
~strychnine by mistake. 1t is to be
hoped hat the doctor can vindicate him
self and show that the charge has no
foundation in fact.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-07

The board of aldermen Of Winston
turn down two applications for License
to establish distilleries in that town.
The applications were not refused, but
after being read and before being acted
upon a motion to adjourn because Of
the absence of two members was car
ried. The liquor question seems to be
warming up in that town.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-07

Of course no n knows yet who
will be Mr.. Hays successor. We are
glad to see that the papers have OBJ
served more decorum than usual in
such circumstances. They have re-
spected Mr.. Hays memory to the ex-
tent Of %refraining to discuss the ques-
ton of his successor until after his bu-
rial. Usually such respect is not paid
to a high official.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-07

latter is not the ause of the Honor
able Mr.. Bowers sudden conversion TO
r~epublicanism, but We are bound to
confess that there is ground, under
the circumstances, for some people to
hold to this belief regarding him.
When we consider the great num-
Der of candidates who come forward
each year seeking political prefermeEt
at the hands of the party who are
disappointed because of the small pro-
portion of those who succeed as conf
pared with those who have political
aspirations it is q surprise that men
have not yet learned that there are
not enough offices in the hands of the
party to satisfy the ambition and the
cupidity of all the ofice-seekers. The
whole rank and file of the party can
not expect to hold Office. There are
bound to be a great many disappoint-
ments. If all who suffered such dis
| appointment were to leave the party
| there would not be left enough out
| side of the present ofice-holders ~
| elect a candidate in any n township
in the state. If men are to stand by
the party and it's principles simply
because they expect to make money
out of it we had as well give up the
party organization. There has got to
be the rank and file OF the party as
we'll as the officers of the line and the
for years enjoyed the privileges and
honors of the latter if he is not Will
ing to return to the ranks and give
place to others who have valiantly
fought in the former, he shows him
self unworthy of the confidence of his
people who had made him an officer,
and we suppose the best thing for him
to do is to desert his colOrs and go
over to the enemy. An open foe i'll
the ranks of the enemy is not SO
dangerous as d secret enemy among
satisfied with the conduct of affairs
in his party and prefers to bring about
the reforms he thinks needed by JONI
ing his party's enemies and aiding in
the defeat of his party rather than tc
stay in it and aid in correcting
what abuses there may be, why, then
all we say is let him go to the enemy;
but he will learn some day that the
place to correct what he deems amiss
in his own party is not from the ranks
| of that party's foe.
We dc not deny that Mr.. Bower may
| have good reason to object to many
| things done by men of his party, but
he is seeking the wrong course to have
| them corrected.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-07

In Sundays issue We failed mao
|vertently to state that the letter from
Captain S.. A.. Ashe to Hon. J. G. Car
llisle and the Introduction to the same
|were taken from The Raleigh News
land Observer.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-07

The news from the Black sea is very
vague. It is hard to tell from the press
dispatches just what the conditions
are. That they are bad is all we can
be certain of.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-07

Look to see Mr.. Bower a candidate
for the congressional nomination at the
hands of the republicans of the eighth
district next year.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-07

Peace negotiations have advanced
ounce the representatives of the pow
ers. At this rate the conferees may
get down to work about Christmas.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-07
New Railroad to Rutherfordton

Mention was made in the local col
umns Of The News a few DAYS ago
that the .seople of Spartanburg We're
aeitating again the construction of q
railraod from hat city to Rutherford
ton. this state. From later reports it
seems that the Southern will likely be
gin h building Of this branch road at
an early date. With this new con
nection Spartanburg will have beer
given a new impetus for future growth
and EXPANSION. She will be directly
connected with the rich coal mines of
West Virginia and Tennessee.-Char-
lotte News.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-07

h words of the genuine Declara-
ton of the twentieth Of May, as cop
led from the Cape Fear Mercury of
June Sd, 1915, which is still in exist
ence, having been recently discovered
among Hon. Alfred Stevenson's papers,
is as explicit as the most ardent de-
fender Of the resolutions of the twen-
tieth of May a ever asserted, though
not in the exact language written
down by Mr.. Alexander from memory
and is as follows:
I'm conformity to an order issued by
the Colonel of Mecklenburg county, i'll
North Carolina, a convention, vested
with unlimited powers, met at Char
lotte, in said county, on the nineteenth
CT May, 1775, when Abraham Alexan-
der was chosen chairman, and John
McKnitt Alexander, secretary. After
a free and full discussion of the OBJ
jects of the convention, it was unani-
IuOuSly resolved,
81 That whatsoever, directly or in
directly, abetted, or in any way, form
OF manner, c~Ountenanced the unchar-
tered and dangerous invasion of our
rights, as claimed by Great Britain, is
an enemy to this country, to America
and to the inherent and inalienable
rights of a
SO. Resolved, that we, the citizens Of
Mecklenburg county, do hereby dis
solve the political bands which have
connected us to the mother country,
and hereby absolve ourselves from an
allegiance to the British crown, and
abjure> all political. connection, COLI
tract or association with that nation,
who have wantOnly trampled on our
rights and liberties, and inhumanly
shed the innocent blood Of American
patriots at Lexington.
50 Resolved, hat we do hereby de-
clare ourselves Il free and Independent
people, are and Of right ought to be,
a sovereign and self-governing asso-
cation under the control of no power
other thar that Of our God and the gen
eral government of Congress; to the
maintenance of which independence
we solemnly pledge to each other u
mutual cooperation, u lives, u for
tunes and our most sacred honor.
"ABRAHAM ALEXANDER,
Chairman.
u. NJ. ALEXANDER,
Secretary.
Here follow the names of the TWEEN
ty-three other %signers.)
This places the matter beyond the
possibility of further controversy
News and Observer.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-03-16

At the non-partisan caucus called to
meet at the court house Tuesday even
ing to nominate candidates for council
men, F. N. Cooler and VIM. Ogden were
nominated. There will probably be at
least two tickets in the field at the
election next Monday as several good
men have been mentioned. All of the
candidates will have to go on the bal
lot by petition.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-03-16

"Maloney's Wedding" with McCabe s.
Mack at Van werden's opera house
next Tuesday night. Everybody will be
there, for it will mark the society event
of the season and the nuptials Of the
genial Dan Maloney and the coy wash
lady Widow Clancy, will be long remem-
bered by those fortunate enough to gain
admission. You are invited.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-03-16

J. T. Harris is having his hands full
these days being engaged in building
three barns, two on his farms in the
country and one at his residence in
this city. w. H. Howard, the well
known contractor, has the contract for
the work.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-03-16

The Dickey barber shop which was
recently purchased by c. E. Buchanan,
the owner of Hotel Leon, will be
moved this "wednesday evening to
the elegant new room in the hotel
block formerly occupied by the bowling
alley which has been fitted up specially
for barber shop and it will be the
finest shop in town. In addition to the
front entrance there is also an entrance
from the hotel Office. The shop will be
in charge Of Mr.. Leonard Dickey, the
former owner, who will be assisted by
Riley Buchanan. Both of them are bar
bers Of years of experience, and all of
the old patrons of the shop are cordially
invited to call and see the boys in their
new location. AS heretofore the shop
will be model of neatness and cleanli-
ness.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-03-16

All kinds Of lumber for sale at the
mill one and one-half miles west of
Woodland. Come to the mill or call S. 7.
Massey or Ira Brown on the phone.
1ttf
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-03-16

Services at the Christian church next
Sunday, March 10, as follows: Bible
school at 9:45 a. M, preaching services
by the pastor at II a. m. and 1880 p. m.
Junior and intermediate societies at
2:30 p. m. You are cordially invited to
attend all our services.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-03-16

Get your horses ready for the next
big horse sale which will be held. at
Leon by the Leon Horse Go. on Friday,
March oath. Horses sold out of sight
at the last sale and prices are still high.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-03-16

We enjoyed very pleasant visit last
Thursday from Mr.. j. P. Tucker, in COM
pany with his nephew, Editor Roy
Hoadley, Of the Garden Grove, Express.
MIR. Tucker is the editor Of the Park
vile, Mo-, Gazette, one of the leading
democratic papers of that state.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-03-16

A beautiful line Of up-to-date ladies
hats in French style will be shown at
Eldora Boeger's millinery opening at
Davis City, Iowa. 3o-2t
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-03-16

Look out for the coming big horse
sale to be held by the Leon Horse Co.
on Friday, March 24th, and get your
horses entered in time as there are go
ing to be an unusually large number fol-
this sale.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-03-16

This is the time of year again when it
requires about ten men and the expen-
diture Of at least six pounds of ammu-
milton for every duck that is killed
while on it's way to the nesting places
OF the north. But there is a good deal
OF decent sport in paying the price.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-03-16

City Assessor Gould Wallace has
nearlyscompleted his task Of assessing
and taking the census of Leon, and says
that the population of the town will
RIM within few of 1000. If twin
babies keep coming however he is in
hopes that he can find enough people to
reach the 1000 mark.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-03-16

Ladies, you all know that Thompson
y Warner are the acknowledged leaders
in the millinery line, so don't forget to
attend their big spring obening on Fri
day and Saturday, March "a and 25th.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-03-16

All book accounts of DR.. W. G. Wheel
er are in my hands for collection. Please
see me about your account at once.
29-tf CHAs. M. WHEELER.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-03-16

Clyde Allbee who had just finished
working out fine on the streets for
drunkenness was again arrested Mon
day for a Saturday night drunk and
Mayor McGinnis increased the fine to
$50 and costs and ordered him to work
it out on the streets. Young Albee
while intoxicated threw rock through
the window of Mrs. Fogleman's house
on south Main street Saturday night
and as this is an indictable offense it
will probably be investigated by the
coming grand jury.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-03-16
NOTICE!

The firm of Owen e.
Langdon have concluded to
retire from business in
Leon. All accounts due
must be settled on or before
April /, 1905.
OWEN e. LANCDON.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-03-16

]. L. Warner has bought the j. w.
Delk farm of 40 acres in Franklin
township, the consideration being
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-03-16

For RENT My farm of $50 acres, 4
miles northwest OF Leon. Possession at
once. 29-tf JAMES IRoNsIDEs.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-03-16

That new roadster owned by the
Woodland S1 Horse Co. is dandy
For SALR-60 bushels. cane seed at
Soc. J.B. TIppIE, Davis City, Iowa.
28-3t*
For Oklahoma realty write or call on
O. B. Jordan, Enid, o. T., formerly Of
Leon, Iowa.
For sALE-Good big work horse, s
years old, weighs 14OO. Will sell cheap.
29-tf D. G. CANNON.
Investigate my prices on all millinery.
They will surprise you.
30-2t 49,, ELDoRA BoEGER.
Pure bred Black Langshan eggs for
setting at reasonable prices. Call on or
address, Mrs. W. W. Wood, Keller farm,
Leon, Iowa. 3Otf.
For RENT-190 acres,just south OF Leon,
known as the Slade land. See Jap
Cesler agent.
30-3t* M. Nj. WHEELER, Owner.
The Woman's Guild of the NJ. E.
church will give another of their popu-
lar musical and literary entertainments
at the church the latter part Of this
month. Watch for program.
Mayor V. R. McGinnis has let the
contract to W. H. Howard for some ex-
tensive improvements on his residence
property in north Leon which will be
commenced at once.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-03-16

rs years of experience insures
first-class job of plastering or repair
ing. l do all kinds Of plastering and
cement work. G. F. WATsABAUGH,
2o-tf Leon, la.