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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-03
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Raleigh, y. c. June 80. 1906.
The severest electric storm Of the
season occurred here late Yesterday
afternoon and in a space Of half an
hour over eighty Tightening strokes
were counted. One bolt struck the tall
flag staff at Pullen park A horse was
hitched near by and he broke loose
n ran like a wild thing. The bolts
struck here and there in the CITY. 1t
is quite noticeable this year hat the
thunder storms cool the air for but a
very little while.
A report on the cotton crop OF the
state is soon TO be made by the stat
cotton association. II will show that
the decrease as compared with last
year Is pretty close around : per cent
and the plants are rather small in
most cases. The corn crop this wear is
said to be the largest ever planted in
the state and 1t certainly looks 70 be
uncommonly we'll. being Of big size
and vigorous.
Lieutenant Mark Williams of tha
Gattling battery al Charlotte is here
and is seeking TO obtain additional
equipment At n tine il was init
mated that this battery would b.
furnished with field pieces, but this
idea seems TO have been abandoned
The battery goes into camp. Il is n
OF the best volunteer ORGANIZATIONS in
the state Its late commander. Can
tain Davidson, is no longer in the
state. He is an extremely capable of
hcer and brought the battery I'D to a
high state Of efficiency.
President Dudley OF the colored Az
~ricultural and Mechanical college Of
Greensboro was here and stated thar
the summer school there begins July
3rd, Professors Coon, Foust and Swir.
aiding the faculty in instruction.
A countryman unused to the WAYS
of banks came here yesterda and want.
ing some funds and being told that he
must put up some stock, etc, offered To
produce a steer. He could not be made
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-03
TIE SWIFT SPE0AF70 COMPANY ATLANTA, cd

to understand why this wasn't stock
This reminds the writer that the late
Cloonel John D. Cameron. who was
one OF the first telegraphers in the
country, once said when he began that
business at Petersburg, the wire hav-
ing just been connected with Wash
ing ton, that a strapping Virginia
countryman came TO the office leading
a yoke of the finest oxen Mr.. Cameron
had ever seen and said he had cast his
first vote for the then president of the
United States and having heard that
the telegraph was just finished wanted
10 send him the yoke of oxen. Having
been shown the wire he was much dis
gusted, saying it would not hold his
steers much less carry them. Colo
mel Cameron used TO tell this story
with a great deal OF relish. saving il
was every word true.
The hOrticulturists Of the state.
members OF the state society. were in
session at Aberdeen today and mucn
nne fruit was sent there to show.
Thomas X. Bruner, Curator H. H.
Brlmley, and Assistant Entomologist
K. S. Woglum. all of the agricultural
department here attended. A lot of
the fruit was secured to be shown in
New England at the fairs next au-
tumn.
-Four boys. McNeely DuBose. Rich
ard Giersch, Richard Ball and James
Joyner, the last named a son of
OF State superintendent Joyner.
leave here in a few DAYS in
canvas canoos which they have built
Tor a trip down the Neuse river. start
ms al Hinton's Falls. six miles east
OF mere, and may finish the trip at
Ne" bern, or may 90 on through the
oluo1oot and HarlOwe canal all the
way 70 Beaufort. where they will join
the Sunshiners, Of which organization
they are members. the %Sunshiners
ieaFlnS here on the 10th for Beau
fort The canoes are IS feet long and
80 inches wide and have a carving ca
pacltE OF 600 pounds each. They
"elgn about 35 pounds. Paul Dunn
OF Raleigh left today for Liverpool on
a cattleship, two young men from
Johnseton county being in the party.
lheE Will tour Europe for a couple of
months. Quite a party of Raleigh
young men are now in Porto Rico on
q rali"aE survey and another party
being in Florida near Orlando, on the
same business and a third marty in
Beaufort county on the Raleigh and
Pamlico Sound Railway.
State Librarian Sheriff. Is now dis
~tributing volumes %, "a and &c of the
stare records, with volumes % and %
YET 10 appear. The index volume is
oelng prepared by an expert and il
VIII n the splendid set of Records,
which is so much studied in this state
a IN other states. No state in the
mon has surpassed North Carolina
IN the publication of its Colonial and
state Records. Later the governors
ietter books and a great many hither-
10 unpublished letters in the Office of
form.
Inc rural free delivery mail car
riers are bringing in a story of a wild
negro g1ri who is ranging alone
through the woods south of Raleigh.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-03

You cannot induce a l6wer animal to
eat heartily when not feeling we'll
The stomach, once oyerworked, must
have rest the same as your feet or eyes.
You don't have 10 staTve to rest your
stomach. kODOL DYSPEPSIA takes
up TIE work O. Your stomach, digests
what TC1 eet and gives it a rest. Puts
it back in condition again. You can't
teel COCO with a discrdered stomach.
Try Kodol. Sold by r. r Rellauy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-03

How happy the Standard Oil men
must feel over their success in fool;ng
congressman with the score about
Wrecking independent oil companies
If the pipe lines were included in hat
clause of the railway rate bill.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-03
SEVERE ELECTRIC STORM
StartIes the Residents of the
State Capital


No Serious Damage Done-Reporr on
the Cotton Crop of the State-Char-
iotte's GattlinS Gun Battery-Statc
Observation-Disclosures VOYAGE Down
NeuSc Itiver-New Volumes Of State
RecOrdS-Story Of a Wild Girl in
the WOOds-Lecture on the Appa-
lachian Forest Observation-Disclosures
Convention.
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one ID aoo"' 10
10 nave attacked cA1'l'.-
sieat "l""' ''1,.
tne summeF sch"..
ne ruiitn "~uul''''....
.o.Se 'uIf y.. '".
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anu thefe VIII - "'
'no mo Us '"i''"
me state, iouF pro.
Ieading part.
Al lhe SUNNI.
.he event was 'h' e.
ian 1oreSt Tc5or.'
OF the tnlted sac
pertinent. he o".l1 '.' !
u Ihe iore9,' ~
hiehl. ne snow"
OF the mountain
OF North CaT".iAa
for this state but p.
Inc dhhuei Sess''"
oilna farmers
the AsTlcuItnra. p }
lege the 10Th Of ln'. '.- !
three days, anon i
De Governor ".''-"
the bodE ana H.-
the president Of -.
Cotton Association /
spouse. The opentn-
by Commission ~.
terson. There WI.
ers during the iHT
among these beine I
c.o.o uo-.g,,F.-vE--
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-03

An era Of fraternalism is at hand"
says DR.. Lyman Abbott. He evidently
has paid little attention 10 the pro-
ceedings in the republican camp in
western North Carolina.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-03
A REPUBLICAN REFUSES OFFICE.

A North Carolina republican decliles
a federal Office which pays two thou
sand dollars salary and several hun
dTed in fees annually. This is a state
ment hard TO believe; yet such an
nouncement is made from Washington.
When all the circumstances are known,
though. We a hardly Je surprised.
The person is Mr.. ". S. Pearson. Of
Burke county. and the office is thai o.
at Hobart. Tasmania. ms
News and Observers correspondent
saws that Mr.. Pearson declined the APP
monument for the same reason that Nr.
w. r. Henry turned down the tender
lof the consulshiD 10 Curacao. The
Halter gentleman would not stand q
country where yellow fever, green. liz
iards and horned frogs are the principal
products" No doubt. like Mr., Henry,
mr.. Pearson thought his abilities and
past services to the party should re-
Iceive greater recognition, and that he
would have what he, in his opinion.
deserved or would take nothing. While
Mr.. Pearson may think he deserves Z
much better position, the one offered
him is, as far as surroundings are con-
tcerned, far prefer able TO the one Mr..
Henry turned down. Tasmania lies
iabout as far south Of the equator as
ldoes North Carolina to the north of
it. From the Century Dictionary and
Encyclopedia we find the following de-
iscription of the place.
An island and British colony in
situated south of AUSTRIA
lila, separated by Bass straits. Capital
Hobart It's surface is largely noun
E%tainOus or billy. L has good agricul-
itural and mines of gold. tin.
etc, and exports wool, gold, tin, etc.
1t is one of the states of the common
wealth of Australia, under a governor,
Legislative power being vested in q
council and assembly, (both being
Ielected). Thine aborigines are extinct.
area 1856 square miles; population
|177,340.
Hobart, the capital, lies in latitude
.4O:52 south, and has a population OF
about 5000. So it will be seen that
there are not near SO many objection
able features to this appointment as to
the n rendered Mr.. Henry and with
which The News and Observer CORE
spondent compares it: but it is a
mighty long ways from Burke county
just about as far as it were DIS
slble to get without taking to the
1t must be very near Burke's |
antipOdal point on the earth's surface.
U9der these circumstances one is not
surprised that Mr.. Pearson declines tie
appointment. The life in Australasia |
would not suit a person raised in the
of North Carolina.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-03

II canned meats are as good after
five years as on the day they are put
up why. are the packers so much op-
posed to the date being put on the
labels?
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-03

Il seems hat Mr.. Rockefeller has
had the trouble of his trip to Europe
all for nothing. He should have say
ed at home and used the none his
trip has cost III aiding some Of the
lesser lights of tie oil trust in getting
beyondN e1S fiq3grts' jurisdiction.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-03
Warsaw City Paymaster Acted by Ter.

Warsaw, June 30.-A band of terror
lists attacked the city paymaster thos
afternoon while he was riding in a
cab, robbed him Of 1900 and escaped.
Another band robbed the gas works
paymaster Of $3.50 and escaped and a
third band robbed the Office of Neu-
fields factory. This latter band while
running away shot and wounded three
workmen. One Of this band was cor
nered, when, seeing that escape was
impossible, committed suicide.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-03
CONTAGIOUS BLOOD p0Te1
HUMILIHTING VILE

The very name, Contagious Blood Poison, suggests contamination and
worstd disease the world has ever known; responsible tor more unhapprcs
all others combined. Nobody knows anything about the origin Of this :
but Is far back as history goes it has been regarded the greatest curse q
No part of the BODY is beyond the reach of this powerful poison. \,
the blood may be, when the virus of Contagious Blood Poison enters the E
becomes corrupted, the humiiating symptoms begin to appear, and the suhe
diseased from head to foot with the vIest and most destructive Of al =
the first SYMPTOM is a small sore or ulcer, SO insignificant that i a.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-03

The yellow journals will have a good
long time TO discuss the sensational
features of the Thaw-White homicide.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-03
REPORT OF
the condition of
HUGH MaCRAE & CO.,
BANKERS,
WILMINGTON, N. c.

"a v
at the close Of business June IS, 1906.
RESOURCES.
Furniture and fixtures. ....s 2.2S5 OF
Demand loans -. -. $500 90
Due from Banks and bank
ers - =. -. 1852 03
cash items . 1915 90
Silver DIR, including all
minor coin currency.... S IS
National Bank notes and
other L. s. notes =. 125 90
ss4,s55 So
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock ..S10.OO0 90
Undivided profits, less ex-
penses and taxes paid. SIS II
Deposits subject to check. 24,279 IS
1885 ss
STATE Or NORTH CAKOLINA,l
NEW HANovE COUNTY
I, j. 4. McGeachy. acting as Cashier
for Hugh MacRae & Co. do solemnlyI
swear that the above statement is true
to the best Of my knowledge and be-
lief.
]. =. McGEACHY,
Acting Cashier.
Sworn n subscribed 10 before me-
this 2Sth day Of June, 1895.
49, ]. W. LITTLE.
For Sale by Il; aPublic. |
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-03

The Raleigh Times calls attention to
THE fact that a North Carolina boy has
been sent to a reformatory for rails
ing a money order from twenty cents
10 ninety. 1t was to an institution
iOutside of the state, though. Had a
state court sentenced him according to
the state laws he would have had to
go to a county prison or the state pen
ltentiary there to become the associate
Iof thieves and worse criminals. While
some papers are advocating that all
candidates for nomination to the leg
I%lslature by democrats should be re-
CURED to make public their views on
state control of railroads. prohibition,
etc, why not include the reformatorv
question also; for that, surely. is of
as vital Importance to the future well
Iare OF the state as any of the others.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-03

'Tisn't SAFE 20 be a Gay without Dr.
Thomas Eclectic Oh in the house.
Never can tell what moment an ac:,-
dent is going to happen.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-03

Brother Harris of The Charlotte
chronicle has surely gotten on The
Igood side of the people of Whining
ton says h Messenger. And We
should imagine that in Wilmington
brother Harris likewise got that which
'Brother Harris could not get at home.
Times.
We hope Brother Harris will not
take offense at The Times insinuations
Brother Simpson is only envious be-
cause he is obliged to take his straight
out of Il dispensray bottle or is fore
ed to go TO g ~dispensary adjunct if he
wants sugar, milk n nutmeg or a
little mint, ice and a cherry with ais.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-03

mat London newspaper which COM
plains that nothing new 10 eat mas
been discovered in centuries has evil
IDENTIFY overlooked the Chicago packing
and canned meat houses.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-03

Spend Fourth OF Jul bali b
Three car trains every
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-03

of $1,000 for proof that it contains a particle of mineral of any kind
re suffering with this despicable and debasing disease, get 1t out of your blood with
it does further damage We will gladly send our book with instructions t
eatment and any medical advice, without charge, to all who write.
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1906-09-03
a CLOCK Run by Man Power.

He was fine old man who had been
to South America. but who was de-
voting his old age to acting as the
works Of the clock in the piazza in
Capri. 1t was he who rang those many,
many bells we heard and puzzled over.
Some forty rapid. high pitched bells at
12:42, seven bells of deeper tone at
3106, and so on.
Adelaide had asked Archangelo, the
old mans son, to explain these seeming
irregularities and had learned that the
bells were only intended to approx
mate the hour; that his father was old
and occasionally forgot and rang too
little or too much; also that he was
but man and that hunger sometimes
came gnawing at his vitals at, say.
Has, whereupOn he rang for II O'Clock
and wandered home to his spaghetti
His appetite also accounted for occa-
siOnal delays In the bell for 1 O'Clock
Suppose Archangelo's mother was late
in the cooking Of the midday meal,
could his father return to the piazza
without his luncheon? And what does
quarter of an hour matter after ALI
In Capri ii is truly dolce far niente.-
Scribner's.
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1906-09-03

The orange is the longest lived fruit
tree. 1t begins TO bear the third year
after budding. and for 100 years Il win
yield abundant crops. Orange trees
have been known to attain the ripe
age Of 800. The orange requires less
care and attention than any other fruit
tree. Its early growth l. rapid. In ne
first two years ii grows more thAn n
will In the next fifty. This refers o.
course to its height and breadth alone
Its fruit stems and consequently rs
crops increase more rapidly after tha
frSt ten years
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1906-09-03

Je.igs e. FrisaHr go 20 -
tsks uuiT 60 uEEs ga raaH 49,
hssket ~ sHFesl f'Ftra1sF Aessas n
VS. tus heaFg fHfW EfrHe
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laEy manl FHrErHsr Fauar
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1906-09-03

Aarlan Nee fh-rs 10 As Fsa FE
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-15

MAKERS OF ENGLISH LITERATURE
would be a good general title for the
three books Of literary criticism and his
tory from the pen of W. J. Dawson.
These books, bear respectively the titles
Makers of English Prose, Makers Of Eng
fish Poetry, and Makers of English Flo
tion. The last named received notice in
this department. several months ago. New
editions of the first two, having recently
been received, deserve special mention
now. o., ~ - o. 8. - FL
It is perfectly safe to say that no books
OF like kind are more thoroly readable
than. these. There sisT one quality above
all others that commends them. This
is the directness with which the author
goes to the heart of his subject or sub
jects. Having entered upon a chapter
dealing with a writer, he wastes no un-
necessary time with trivial details, but
goes at once to the content Of the au-
thors work, to the questions of the
works significance, and Of it's title to
the position it holds in literature The
life Of the man.. thei influences it has
been subjected to, the fruit it has borne
these are the things Mr.. Dawson deals
with, and not the color a writer's house
was painted, nor the phases of the moon
In which he began his works. This d.
rectness Of approach Is paralIeled by a
directness and beautiful lucidity and &C.
curacy IF expression. GOne might almost
say that he himself belonged among the
makers Of English prose, even by his
own test-the enlargement of the posi-
bilities Of art by the opulence of his
gift-tho he would be the last to make
such a claim. Besides, or what per-
haps should have been mentioned first
he has been a patient and thoro reader
and Is an efficient and thoughtful critic
All three Of Mr.. Dawson's books are
such as to shed real light on everything
he discusses: - ':.-:~z 49,. Il. - -
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-15
The Party Circle on the Ballots.

The Chicago charter convention has
stirred up the machine with a pro.
posed amendment abolishing party cir
cles on the municipal ballot. This
proposition would make the Chicago
local ballot look like the city ballot
in Minneapolis, where all the names are
printed on a slip of paper with the
party designation after each and where
the voter must make a cross after every
name he wishes to vote. ,
This is quite familiar to us and we
should not know what to do with an:
other kind of ballot, but the resolutions
sof the political committees Of Chicago
make it plain that this kind Of bal.
lot "infringes in a radical manner on
the rights and freedom of an enormous
portion of the population, - that it is
s. g an understandable move in restraint of
the expression Of the public will'' and
"a treacherous blow to popular lib
erty.' sisl r. ts@ s. $ E15. .S.
This is something frightful to con.
template. Minnesota has been for years
over this volcano and did not know it.
Infringe restraint, treachery and
all the rest have been working THEFT
sweet will with US for years and we
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-15
One Drop of Real Blood.

One drop of blood Wrung from the
heart is the cost to the morning paper
of it's editorial Of today covering the
transportation situation northwest. 1t
is admitted that there is something in
this matter Of carrying economy of rail-
road operation so far that it affects
the country served adversely and be-
comes hardship upon the. people. For
two weeks this has been, discussed in
business circles from Minneapolis to
Minot and from Duluth to Albert Lea
twill be gratifying to people interest
ed to know that they are all right, that
there is really something to it, for the
Tribune says SO.
There are two ways to run news
paper. One. is to print news. Every
paper gets beaten at times. No paper
can get every new idea first. Some
new thought in economics is presented.
The country takes notice. One paper
has perhaps raised the issue. Every
decent paper gives it fair considera-
ton whether it had it first or not
Another way is to sit back sullenly
when beaten out and discredit the idea,
refuse to print news bearing upon it,
] and, when the thing finally becomes a
matter of first Importance in the public
mind, write vicious, malicious articles
attacking the character of the publica-
ton that first raised the question.
This latter course was consistently
followed by the Tribune.
But the thing has gone on and
grown. Every business man in the
northwest is acquainted with condi-
tons. No sane man questions the fact
that the railroad service has been very
Inadequate and majority believe that
extreme economy Of operation, if not
the basic thing, is at least an import
ant, contributing cause. No paper can
ignore such an issue, affecting the gen
eral prosperity Of the country for
ever. News comes at last that has to
be printed. And so there must finally
be recognition of a, situation of gen
eral interest and some half baked edi-
torial explanation Of the reasons for
taking note Of it. 80 -: = - p
The failure of the Tribune to see
what is. one Of Is the most important
economic questions that has arisen for
years, that originated right here in the
northwest, the effects: %of which. were
before that paper as they were before
every intelligent 5-.ob serxer, is the. re-
suit of combination Of an .incom-
petent commercial news department. and
an editorial department given over to
consideration of matters Of the Garuso
stamp E::5s.&Ei@-&* SS y E''5r"
In such a combination, an economic
idea has little chance Of being under!
stood. # ~ - sslts5s* - 5s..<, :
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