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The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-05-01

Rocky Mountain Tea It cleans your
system Of all impurities A family
benefactor. 80 cents, Tea or Tablets.
e. r. Beilamy.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-05-01

Miss Harriet French was the charm
ing hostess at a small informal tea
given on Friday afternoon at her home
on South Fou:-n street, complimentary
to Miss Fran IS Broadfoot, of Fayette-
vile. Amohg the guests were Miss
Nellie Corbett, Miss Sadieetaoin shrdl
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-05-01

Mrs. Kate Cumming is chaperoning
a charming little house party down at
Mrs. Preston Bridgers cottage on
Wrightsville Beach. The party COLI
sists OF Miss Susie Burruss, Miss Lucy
Bridgers, Miss Bessie Burruss and Mr..
Strudwick Nash. They expect to spend
q couple of weeks on the beach.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-05-01

Mrs. Burden, Mrs. l. Townsend, Miss
Burden, Miss Koonce and the Messrs.
Gray, Hinckle, Douglas and Water
bury, who for the last week or so have
been the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Penn
broke Jones, at their home "Airl1e-on-
the-Sound,'' returned to their homes IN,
New York last Tuesday evening.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-05-01

Mr.. and Mrs. Jones gave an e1abor-
ate dinner of twenty-one covers n
honor of the guests at their house
party last Sunday evening. Several OF
our young society men and women
were in attendance.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-05-01

One Of the prettieSt and most enjoy
able social events of the season or
CURED on the afternoon of Friday last,
when Mrs. Harry Woollcott was the
charming hostess at a beautiful card
party given to number of her friends.
In the evening Mr.. and Mrs. WOOlcot-
were hostess at the meeting of their
card club. The rooms We're artist
cally decorated with exquisite Mare
chal Mel roses, and at both enter
tainments delicious refreshments were
served. In the afternoon euchre was
played and the following friends en-
joyed Mrs Woollcott's hospitality:
Miss Rena johnson, Miss Daisy Buf-
bank, Miss Marguerite Walker, Miss
Lucy Bridgers, Miss May Beverl;-
French, Miss Margaret Bridgers. Miss
Mary Northrop, Miss Margaret Glib
son, Miss Fannie Taylor, Miss Martha
Williams. Miss Isabel Rountree, Miss
Sarah Lippitt, Miss Bessie Gibson, and
Mesdames Frank Higgins, Morrison
Divine, Charles E. Taylor. John Walk
er, O'Bryan, G. Herbert Smith, Robert
II. Northrop, Charles n Evans, George
Rountree. Donald MacRae, Hugh Mac
Rae, Martin Willard, w. F. Robert
son, John Bellamy, Walker Taylor.
NJ. F. II. Gouverneur, Nixon Davis.
Clayton Giles, j. n. Mafitt, John
Wright, Justice, of Rutherfordton,
Andrew Harriss, Cameron MacRae,
Fred Dick, Walter Williamson, W. {.
Armstrong, F. II. Smith, Paul Cant
we'll. The first prize, which was an
exquisite hand painted jardiniere with
fern, was won by Miss Mary Northrop.
while the consolation prize, a swee.
pea hat pin, was won by Miss Marga-
ret iGbson At the evening entertain
ment the first prize, a beautiful jap
anese China hair receiver, was won
by Miss Leonora Cantwell, while Mr..
John Bellamy became the happy pos
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-05-01

On Wednesday evening Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Granger delightfully."- enter
tanned the members of the progressive
bridge club, at their charming home
on South Fifth street.
Delicious refreshments were served.
The guests included: Mr.. and Mrs.
r. R. Bellamy; Mr.. and Mrs. j. V.
Granger: Mrs. Herbert Smith; Miss
Andrews, of Raleigh, Miss Isabel
Rountree, Miss Short. of Lake Wac
camaw, Miss Marguerite Walker, Miss
Daisy Burbank, Miss Lily Glchrist,
Miss Williams. Miss Annie Bfount
De Rosset, Miss Carrie Meyers, Miss
May Beverly French the Misses Bar
russ, Miss Lila Bellamy, Mrs. Rus
sell Bellamy, Miss Eliza Williams, of
Fayetteville, and the Messrs. Swift
Boatwright, Albert Roet. Shielding,
John D. Bellamy, Jr.. Richard Brad
ley, A. S. Williams, w. L. Smith, Jr.,
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-05-01


At eight o'clock Wednesday evening
in Calvary church, Tarboro, N. c.,
Miss Placide Bridgers, the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Bridgers, was
married to Rev. Robert White, jr., of
Virginia. The ceremony was perform
ed by Right Rev. Joseph 3. Cheshire,
bishop of North Carolina, assisted by
Rev. Harry Harding, rector of the par
ish. The brides wedding gown was
of white radium silk, embroidered
with pearls and with bertha of rose
point lace, the bridal veil being caught
up with a wealth of iris. She carried
a bouquet of brides roses with 4
shower of iris and white violets. The
maid Of honor, Miss Reba Bridgers
wore white figured net over green
silk and carried a bouquet of pink
sweet peas Miss Mary Irwin Brid-
gers. her sister, was the only other at
tendant of the bride, and wore white
net over a pale pink silk, and carried
bouquet of sweet peas. She came IN
with Mr.. Henry Clark Bridgers, broth
er of the bride The ushers were Mes
Sis. George Pennington Robert Rawls,
DR.. Dan Williams. DR.. c. A White
nSdu, MT marry ooAScI, VI 4>C" Iva h'
and Mr.. N. S. Hurd, of Pittsburg, Pa.
Miss Curtis presided at the organ and
to the strains of Lohengrin's we'd
ding march the bridal party entered
the church and were met at the chan
eel by the groom accompanied by his
best man, Mr. R. Warren White. of
the University of Virginia. After the
ceremony a reception was held at Hill
ma, the beautiful home of the brides
parents Among the out of town
guests were: Mrs Haywood Clark,
Miss Arabelle Thomas, Misses Mamie,
Helen and Edith Clark, of Wilmington.
After the reception the whole bridal
party took a special train to Rocky
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-05

an increase of practically 2S per cent in the same period as compared with the same months of the preceding year.
 Exports of all domestic products in- creased about IS per cent. the bulletin says. and imports about per cent Pig iron and iron orc imports aggre- gated over s10.ooo.0oo in tho nine months ended with September against about $6,O0O.000 in the correspondlns period of 1905 and about $2,ooo.ooo m 1904.
 Pig tin imports in the nine months of 1906 amounted to over $zf'SzA'oov against 3eo,7O0.371, in 1905.
 The growth in operations or iron and steel, the bulletin says. was iarg- er in the nine mouths ended with sep tember 1906. than in any correspond. ing period of our export trade The gain in these months over the cores nondine period of the proceeding year was owed $24.0oo.o0O. ,ane .,,.h
 Comparing the figures of lsoe ~itn VII, those of a decade earlier. the Duiletm show meantime an increase Of oo per cent. Iron and steel exports m sno .ao nine months of 1905 were $l21 1,les'uI D same time were S24.S76.sS7.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-05
IMMIGRANTS ARRIVE.
Are Substantial Men From North of
 Europe.

Are Substantial Men From North oi
 Europe.
 Charleston, s. C., Nov. 4.-The North German Lloyd steamship Wittekind ar rived in this port from Bremen today with 42o immigrants and a large cargo of fertilizer materials.
 The steamer sailed October 19. Com missioner of Immigration for South Carolina E J. Watson was on board The immigrants were half Beigians and the remainder represented Germany Switzerland. Austria and other sections of Europe United States Commission CT Sareent and Commissioner of Labor Neill with the aid of half dozen in- terrreters and other officials. including the quarantine officer, went through the list and nearly all of the immigrants passed successfully.
 A few were detained for further in- vestigation. The newcomers are large Iy made up of mill operatives and have already gone to the upper part of the State to find positions in the numer- ous cotton mills. The second load of immigrants will leave Bremen for Charleston December 2S. :~
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-05
REMOVE LAzERo HOSPITAL.
Patients Will Be Taken To Island on
 MatauZaA,

Havana, Nov i.--Gpon recommends lions of Carlos Gerriary Velez. inspec- tor of public instructions, San Lazero Hospital. in which there are several lepers, probably will be shortly remov- ed to an island off the northern coast of Matanzas province.
 The removal of this hospital mas long been desired, but the project has been opposed by the wealthy private corporation by which it is controlled. Americans on the Isle of Pines are ex- cited over the arrest and imprison- ment of a countryman named Holmes burg on the charge or cutting down free on the boundary line of his own property l.,
 A committee has come from the is- land to request Governor Masooh to depose the present mayor and appoint as acting mayor Second Lieutenant Robert Tittoni. of the Marine Corps.
 There have been rumors Tor several days of the projected uprising Of Mod arates in Santiago province. hut no i'm portance is attached to them
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-05
VOLUNTEERS WORK.
Organizntion Has Accomplished Much
 Good During Year.

ChicagO. Nov. l--"Thc past year has been one of the happicst in the history of the organizations, declared General Balltngtou Booth. heal Gt the Noluh- tcers of America, toniGhu
 General Booth is here to attend the annual meeting of officers of the ur- ganizntion. During the year" he con tinued we have cared for 3.935 wo- men in our homes of mercy. Volunteer officers and workmen have visited and aided 27757 families. 2S0,Sl2 persons were lodged in homes for workingmeg and women. not including thos" su9- cored during strikes 49y,I54 persons were fed at various institutions. and the Volunteer Prison League has cared for 50.O00 persons seventy per cent of whom are now living upright. law abiding lives"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-05
CHANGES IN KENTUCKY.
Beckham Stock Goes Down and N
 Creary Scars High

Beckham Stock Goes Down and Me-
 Creary Scars High
 Louisville. ky, Nov. 4.-The wind up of the campaign in Kentucky finds the Democratic primary for Governor. State officers and United States Sena tor. which will be held on Tuesday. completely overshadowing the Con- gressional election.
 All the candidates gathered in Louisville today and the situation which already has undergone thre ! distinct cE'rges during the past three months, bids fair to take another ka leidescopic wkir. The stock of Gov ernor Be .hham, which was rising yes terday, c.Eaa to drop little on re ports that b's opponent for the Sena- torship, Senat.r McCreary, had form ed an eleventh hour combination with S. W. Hager. candidate for the gu- bernatorial nomination.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-05
CASES OF ESPIONAGE.
Two Alleged German Spies Before
 French Courts.

Two Alleged German Spies Before
 French Courts.
 Paris, Nov. 1.-Two recent cases of espionage have attracted more or less attention here
 A woman of Toulon suspected of be- ing a spy in the employ of foreign power was convicted iast week on the testimony of a sailor who swore she ht.u teied to .hrike hsyi- 10 steal the plans of certain Qualifications and sub marine vessels.
 The other case is that of Gaston Mai trugue, an artillery reservist, who was arrested at Meaux for a trifling of fense. When searched the firing in structions for the French army and tracings of drawings of the mechan- ism of siege. field and other guns were found in his possession.
 Maitrugue claims he was simply in terested in the question of armaments generally, but appearances are against him. His case is still pending, as. gen. orally speaking, cases Ur espionage are not much more numerous today than usual.
 Arrests of suspects, especially on the German frontier, take place constant ly and are explained by the action or the French press as proof of the war like designs of Germany.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-05
PRINCE IN WASHINGTON.
Member of kaiser's Family Entertained
 at German Embassy.

Washington. Nov. i.--Princc Henry of Reuss, a member of tho German lmpr- rial family, naval officer. return ng to this country from China. spent sev- eral hours in Washington today. being the guest of Ambassador Sternberg at the German Embassy.
 A luncheon was served at the ein- bassy in honor of the Prince. He ar rived at II o'clock and left al In the afternoon, going for d short visit to a friend at Bowie. Md.
 The visit of the Prince was entirely informal. No annuunccment of tn. visit was made to the state Department and consequently no formalitics marked his coming.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-05
BUYS OIL LANDS.

The Standard Company to Develop
 Property Near Shreveport.
 Shreveport, La. Nov. 4.-The stand ard Oil Company has bought forty-two acres in the Caddo City oil field, twen. ty miles north of Shreveport, ana VIII begin operations at once in the devei- opment of the property.
 There is one flowing we'll on the property and to .handle the product complete pumping station, pipe lines and storage tanks will be erected;
 It Is the intention of the standard oil Company to ship the crude oil to it's refinery at Beaumont until the heid is fully develored. when refinery will be erected in Shreveport.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-05
LEAVES FOR NE WYORK.
steuyyesnnt Fish Held Important Con-
 ference in Chicago.

Chicago. Nov .4.-Steuyvesan Fish, President of the Illinois Central Rall- road, left for New York today atter having been in consultation with Vice. President J.T TIa-anaa, Attorney ]. M. Dickinson and other officials of the road.
 MT. Fish was accompanied by J. B.. Dill. general counsel for the railroad company. Mir Fish said that his visit here was In connection with private matters and had bearing on pos sible arrangement for the meeting for the board of directors In New York this week.
 He declined to discuss the presiden- cv or any other matters pertaining to the affairs of the railroad
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-05
RESOLUTION REJECTED.
Socialist Conscripts to Remain Faithful
 to Army.

Limoges, Nov 4.-After a lengthy discussion today of the subject of anti militarism, the Socialist Congress re- jected a motion made by Gustave Her ve. favSring instruction on the part of the conscripts in case of an out break of war. and adopted a resolution by NJ. Valiant calling on the social ists of all nations to labor for the preventing of warfare by efforts to se- cure the suppression of permanent ar mies through legislation.
 The public Irosecutor has begun suit against La Voix du Peuple and num- Der of prominent anti militarists on the charge of insulting the army of France upon the occasion of the in corporaton of recruits therein
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-05
FRENCH BUDGET.
st.p. are Being Taken to Make Good
 Deficit.

stems are Being Taken to Make "o"o
 Deficit.
 Paris. Nov 4.-According 10 Ne. ter from Minister or tlnance Sarn to tho chairman of the Budget Com mittee. the budgets for 1907 shows m round figures a revenue of 100000 francs and expenditures amounting to 3,s32, 100000 francs. making dehc't oi 175,000.00O francs. ,a.,. In order to provide for this oencit tbara has been added to the revenue the sum of 36.oo0.OO0 francs through increased taxation on absinthe and med icinal speclaltics and the raising or the postal rates on newspapers and sam ples and 77,000.O00 francs through the reduction of various charges and the estimated increase in receipts from other sources.
 There remain 62.O0O.oO0 francs which will be raised if necessary by short term treasury bonds.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-05
MATTER NOT HELD UP.
Postal Clerks Merely Acted Under
 Their Own Instructions.

New York, Nov. 4.-Regarding the renort that a large qnantity of cam paign literature deposited at a sub station of the postoffice late last night was held up pending decision by the postal authorities as to whether tn" matter was maiIable. Postmaster Will cox tonight made the following state ment.
 "There was no matter whatsoever held up at the sub-station. The 40.- 900 letters arrived late Saturday night and two clerks in charge of the sub station thought that perhaps they were not mailable matter. They mo- tifed the main postofficc and the" placed the letters in the various box es ready for distribution.
 Word was received at the tub-sta tion early this morning to allow the matter to go through the mails and the matter was released and the matl delivered.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-05
ENGINEER CORPS SENT.
Mexican Experts Try to Remedy Saiton
 Sea Dilemma.

Mexico City, Nov. IA sixth conn mission composed of Mexican engineers and experts has been iispatcned by the Mexican Government ;o the scene of the late floods caused by the diversion or inc channel of the Colorado River, to study the problem which, for some time, called the attention of the United States and Mexican governments
 The Salton Sea question has become an international sone and 't Is said here in Government circles that the dis cussion through ordinary diplomatic
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-05
OFFICERS BOUND OVER.
Men Who stopped striking Chauneurs
 Before New York Court.

New York Nov 4.-The four special policemen, John Devlin, Thurlow Wa ters. Warren Levermar and Lazarus I,oria. with tho three strike breaking rhauffeurs, Theodore Shaler. William s Driesnider and Max Gutterplac. who were attacked by mob last night. were arraigned in court today and held ir s1.O00 bail each for examination Tuesday.
 The special officers were charged with doing the shooting from an Eighth Avenue car as result or which Au- aust Lamb, striking chauffeur. is in a bosnital dangerously wounded. Bail was furnished by representatives of the New York Transportation Com panY.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-05
BLACK HANDS WORK.
Italian Mana Men Hurl Dynamite il
 New YORk.

Italian Mana Men Hurl Dynamite h
 New York.
 New York. Nov. 4.-Unsuccessful in their alleged attempts to blackmaii Francisco Messina, prosperous tailor of Brooklyn. members of the so-called Black Hand" Society. so the police say, hurled a dynamite bomb against the front door of the tenement house in which he lives and conducts htS business, and caused damage of &3'oOo to the buildings and surrounding prop erty.
 Scores of persons felt the shook of the explosion. but no one was inJureo. Following closely a half dozen similar outrages in the same neisnnorhoou. ,his attack has spread terror among the poorer Italians. Tonight detectlvts arrested three men who described themselves as Frank and Antonio ras- .aminate and Baldassio Panalfe.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-05
Locomotive Entered Saloon.

Rome. Nov. LA IDcOmotivC draw ing an eastbound freight train on the Central Railroad jumped the track here today and plunged into a saloon. Engineer Albert Brown of Little Falls ed to death Brakeman Robert E. Vandervoort of Albany, was crushed to death under the tender, Fireman H. L. Grover of Syracuse escaped through the cab window unhurt
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-05
Loose Rail Caused Wreck.

Atlantic City, N. J., Nov. 4.-Coroner Gaskill announced tonight that eN
 perts in his employ had decided that 4 loose rail caused the accident on the Pennsylvania Railroad last sunday night in which more than fifty per sons lost their lives. hesr men had becn at work examining the bridges and cars all day. The details or their discovery was not made pubic. The inquest will be continued tomorrow.\
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-05
Cautain Ayers Dead

Mexico City. Nov 4.-Capt. John Ayres. who was a member of the G. A. R., and who for many years was superintendent of the United States Me morial Society, died late last night of paralysis of the heart. He was so years of age and a native of New York State. He will be buried in the na- tional cemetery tomorrow, the local camp c. A. R post officiating
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-05
INTEREST IS INTENSE.
Both Sides CIaim Victory for Caudi-
 dates in Tennessee.

Nashville, Tenn, Nov. 4.-Interest in the outcome of Tuesdays election in Tennessee grows more intense as the day approaches.
 Tonight the chairman of both State Committees gave out statements. Hen " B. Morrow, for the Democrats. claims that NJ R, Paterson, for Gov ernor will carry the State by 35,0o0 ma ioriy. Chairman Newell Sanders, for the Republicans. gives no figures. but claims that Henry Clay Evans will be elected Governor and that the Republi- carving the First, Second, Third, Fourth and Eighth Districts.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-05
REPREsENTATIvE kETCHAM DEAD
For Many Terms Represented New
 York Districts in Congrcss

New York. Nov. 4.-Reprcsentative John H. Ketcham of Dover Plans. died of apoplexy at a hospital in this city today. .. .+
 He was 74 years of age He served in the House of Representatives from the Nineteenth New York District dur ing the term 1S65-73 lS77-93, and 1S97-l905. Following reapportionment he had since represented the Twenty first District. in which he was a can didate for reelection on the Republt- can ticket. =: -.s..
 He was Colonel Of the l5th New York volunteers in the civil war, during which service he was promoted to rigadier-Goncral and brcvet Major Conceal ... ':-':
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-05
STORY IS DENIED.
No Japanese Army Omccr Has Been Ar
 rested In Manila.

No Japanese Army Omcer Has Keen Ar
 rested in Manila.
 Manila, Nov. 4.-The story that Jap- anese army officer had been placed un- der arrest here for sketching certain of the fortifcations of Manila harbor was denied today by Major General Leonard Wood
 No such arrest has been made and no Japanese have taken sketches of the Notifications. It Is we'll known that since the American occupation Japanese have been engaged in making maps of the Philippines. There Is no existing law to prohibit them. although such laws were in force under the Spanish regime. General Leonard Wood has just returned to Manila from a hunting expedition.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-05
THAW CASE SOON.
Famous Murder Trial May Come Uy
 This Week.

New York. Nov. 4,-The case of Henry K Thaw is now on the revised list of homicide cases and may be call ed this week Thaw who has been in- carcerated since last June for killing Stanford White at Madison Square roof garden sent this note to the newspa- per men who made inquiries of him today:
 T do not care to talk in the absence of MT. Hartridge.
 On October 1. there were thirty .one r,nrder cases in the Tombs Since that date the list has been reduced to nine. The case ahead of Thaw's is that of Raefelo Gascone. whose trial Is on the calendar for the early part of this week.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-05
PREPARING FOR GIANT
 STRUGGLE IN NEW YORK

effort. The program rori internal re- forms to be set forth therein Is consid- cred to bo the most advanced ever presented in France and the approval of thees reforms Is believed to be vir tually assured beforehand.
 In the matter of foreign politics the cabinet Is expected to follow the same course as has hitherto been pursued. The Prsmier's statement will conclude with the demand for vote of conf- dence from Parliament so that the cabinet may effectively carry out it's projects
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-05

channels regarding the responsibility for the damlees ensuins VI be dropped fo. the time being in or5,: that the immediate action which the situation demands may be properly attended to.
 Both governments have spent tm- mense sums in an effort to check the advance of the waterA
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-05
REoRGANIzE MODERATE PARTY.
old Cuban Alignment to Be Re-Estab-
 iished Under New Name.

Old Cuban Alignment to Be Re-EstRb-
 iished Under New Name.
 Havana, Nov. At Is probable that the new platform for the old moderate party, presented by General Rivera. will be adopted at meeting of the party to be held tomvrfrow.
 new party name will then be se- lected, the party bein& voted mani mously to dissolve at the meeting held yesterday.
 The Rivera program is conservative in character; it permits foreigners to vote and extends the presidential term to six years without reelection. These measures will make necessity consti- tutional amendments.
 At yesterdays meeting of the Mod crates. which was attended by seventy delegates from all parts of teh island. the resignations of the executive com mittees and that of MendeZ Capote. president of the party. was accept ed,