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little end OF II to- score. The Visit.
ors were, perhaps. as fast In the 1leiu
as were the Norfolks. but when 1t came
to bombardng the outfcld they we're not
near SO efficient although they were NOT
what might be termed ineffective IN that
work, for they have ten successful drives
chalked UP to their credit
Manager Clarke himself showed the
others the way in batting. He got Ave
hits out OF five times up. This player
manager now has his batting eye on as
straight as die, and for him TO step
I'D TO the plate these days is signal
for the qunking OF tha knees OF the
average pitcher.
Very anxious are the locals for another
try a I.ynchhllrp 80
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DANVILLE TAKES ONE.
Wins Her First Game Of the Sea-
son From Lynchburg.
Special 10 Tho Times Dispatch

--- VSVeCIdI W J ITO 7 71I1eD" -'7'p'1e..''7 =,
DANVILLE, VA, May 22.-Danvle
took her first game from Lynchburg after
live successive efforts in snappy con-
lest here to-day. The game was close
and exciting, the locals taking the lead
IN tho third, and the visitors tieing the
score In the sixth. In the seventh. when
Danvlle had two men on bases Totman.
the star ccnterfielder, for H.ynchburg,
let single from Hahan slip through
him, and three were brought in. Both
pitchers were Wild. but played good
game at the bat, The fielding OF Short
stop herman. for Danville, was superb.
In the sixth Inning Walsh. for tho Hill
Climbers, protested against close, de-
cision OF the umpire Mt first and was
ordered to the bench The score:
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Results Of Yesterdays Games.
Games Scheduled for To-day.
Cleveland. 8; Philadelphia, S..


PHILADELPHIA, May 22.--Ragged
nelding and ineffective pitching by Bender
to-day, gave Cleveland It's second victory
over the American League chanlp, s O, ,,,.
riding to-day collided with wagon and
the great twjrler sustained q fracture OF
the thumb on his pitching hand.
Score: ~ e. ~;
Batterles-Joae and Clark: Bender, D p.
CERT and Bhreck. Time, $40 Umpires'
Detroit, 6; Boston, 8.
BOSTON, May 22-Boston lost its elgh-
tenth successive game to-day. Detroit
winning BY punching hits In tho last TWO
innings. :, II
Score: X ~ -,
Batteries an and sGhmidt ,i Harris
and Graham. Time l:f7' Umpire
New York, 8; Chicago, ?.
ch ANY, IN 5q {o batti ns order q the KY
York and Chicago teams to-day. DAVIS
being out and LaPorte back again. NC"
York won handily. ~
ch nf.as, !. ...oe99s!.1,oeee-ss I s
NE Bnatteries-s;niitt and Sullivan; orth
and Kleinow. Time, i;61, Umpire Con-
molly.
ST. Louis, s; Washington, 4.
WASHINGTON. May 22.-st. Louis bat
ted S,ldhoff out OF tho box ~ two m
nings today and defeated Washington
in ten-Innlng game. =,
Washington, ..0ooiooo21o Z
81 louis. 100000 2-6 10 8
Batteries-su Hughes. Heydon ana
Kttredge; Smith arG E,cKeH; i'"e ~
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CLUBS PLAY AGAIN.
Westmoreland and Common
wealth Clubs to Meet,

Not satisfied with the result of the first
struggle the westmoreland and Common
wealth Clubs will again face each other
on the diamond. and another battle, royal
is expected. The Commonwealth Club took
a fall out OF the Westmoreland diamond
experts at the last match. and this re-
tmrn engagement is to be something fierce,
for the defeated heroes are looking TOR
The game will be played on the after r.
non Of May goth, and society "''1 DO
there again.
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reached first base failed TO score. NC
Cornlack's work at third for Portsmouth
was miserable, and contributed TO the
loss of the game. Richmond played an
errorless game. and the work OF some
OF the players was cheered. Fischman
and Wcatherly did the best work tor
Portsmouth The score:
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Richnonders in New York.

Especial to Tho Tlmes- D1spntch.)
NEW YORK, May 22-Wolcott-Mrs. 6.
Eastman, q. Mllh,ser, c, Millhker;
Grand-J. u. Cannon, Miss Freddy, Miss
Subett; Woodstock-E G. Bartel. T. II.
Hasker and wife; Breslin-J. l.. Harden;
Seville-J. A. Saunders; Imperal-J, Cole
man and wife.
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Circuit Court.
I,,tn,a.l va,torGo \
Property Transfers.

chmond--Lucy Underwood to Ell Epps,
Jr. 2G7-l2 feet on Duval Street, north
west corner Of st, Paul Street, So.
George y. Prtddy and wife to Berthold
Y. and irwin II, Goodman, 30 feet on south
line of Grace Street, 20 feet east OF Addi-
son Street, $3.50.
Labenberg. rs feet on east line OF MAYO
Street, 100 feet north OF Ross Street, -,
Blanche j. and Clyde II. Radcliffe 10
Mary s. banner, q feet on north Inc OF
Grace Street, b39 feet west OF Allen Ave-
nue.. $2.2iO
over Street, 1874 7-l2 feet west OF walnut
Henrieo~F August schultss executor
to Ernest II, schultz, ala acres on puh'-
barton Avenue SlT.60.
Samuel Cohen and wife TO Nellie NJ,
Guedri, acres north OF and near tile
Craigton Road, about 81 OF a mile from
Highland Park Realty Corporation 20
Mrs. o. Il. Coombs, lots Nos. ] ana ~
black 20, plan of Highland Park Nthe 5hl.h
Of Commerce and Trusts unites herein 10
release lien OF deed OF trust, Sa1. n.y.;
Charles lIaase and wite 10 y3 ,raai naad
known as River View slisfafoa. +, -
N, y, and Ellora p. Chaplin ana y, "a "a
-hapiu and wife to NJ, II, OmohunuIo, ~
feet on south line Of Williams street, low
feet east OF Ritche Street, So29 ,>,,
10. d. Starke, trustee, anu Chartes pin-
CESS and wifp to Kate A., Iean ul, pioVN
No. ~. IN plan of WalAut ti'i', wv
The Secretary: II find that your prop
erty In Swampville cost 81 ioot, SIT;
What price are you willing TO sell It for2.
THE Rich victim. sob, il let II 90 Tor "
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High School Building.
to The Times-Dispatch,

Especial to The Tlmes- Dispatchl
FRANKLIN, VA. May 22.The large
and commodious High school building IN
course Of erection at colrtland Is nearing
concerned. 1t is q large two-story brick
buildir. with six big rooms. When nm
ished Il will be the finest High School
building yet erected IN the county, though
The one TO be erected at Franklin VIII
nrobnbly be a. larger and nome costly
building. The CORTLAND school bui!dng
viii cost in the neighborhood OF $1,000
when completed.
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Summary. Earned runs-R!chmond 3.
Two SO hits--shaffer and Hamilton.
Three-base hlts-Cuddy, Sacrifice hits
Cuddy and Hinton. Stolen bases-Reeve
md Hicks. Bases on Balls-By Cornelius,
!: by Eckstone,2. Hit by pitcher-Titman.
Etruck out by Cornelius, 8; BY Eckstono,
5. Wild pitch, Cornelius. Double plays
Weathery, unnssIsted Hicks and Shat
fer. Tins OF gnme. rs. Umpire. Hoffner.
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"A SLUGGING MATCH.
Roanoke Gets the Little End Of
ala to 6 Score.

NORFOLK, VA, May 22.-Manager
Clarke has developed slugging squad
out of the Ter Centennials. They hit
,he< ball often enough and scored runs
enough to win two average games this
uternoon, and passed out to Roanoke the
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New York, 8; Chicago, 2.

took a long and tiresome game to-day.
Wicker proved easy In the fifth, when
fve runs were scored, on four singles
and a triple
Score K. II. r.
New York.. 20 OO510O2QS II 9
Batteries Wicker, pfsister. Killing and
Moran; McGlnnity and Bresnahan. Time,
2:l5. Umpires o'Dny and KLEIN.
Pittsburg, I; Boston Q.
PuTTsBURG. May 22..-The, Bostons;
here to-day shut out for the second
time In succession by the Pttsburgs
only one Boston plGyer reached third
base.
Score: r. HAE:
Boston. ]. 80 o00 5000 0 %
Batteries-Lever and Gibson;. Dorner
and Needham. Time. :35. Umpire john
stone.
Philadelphia, 7;ist. Louis, O..
ST. LOUIS, May 20. philadelphia made
lies In the eighth and ninth innings. -
Score: *. n -;
f s; bSe's. 20 go -
batteries Thompson, Egan and McCar-
thy; Pittinger and Doom. Time, two
hours. Umpire, Emslie.
Cincinnati, 6; Brooklyn, a.
CINCINNATI. OHIO. May 22,-cinein,;
natl could 40 nothing with Mcintyre until
the latter part Of the game. Then GOOD
hitting combined with an error and Tour
stolen bases allowed them to pass the
visitors.
Score II. n, -;
Brooklyn. 10 . oose NJ Me1n ~
ssE I'm
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Southern League.

At Memphis -Memphs, 8; Atlanta. 4.
At New Orleans-New Orleans, 5; Mont
gomery, 4,
Al Shreveport Shreveport, 7; Nash
At Little Rock Little Rock s; Birming-
ham, 7.
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Summary: Earned rllns-NOrfo1k, S;
Roanoke 2. Three-base hits. Watson.
Home rus-Benbow. Edwards and Holt.
Stolen bases--Dingle az, Hopkins a.,
Wynn. /. Left on bases-Norfolk, 8:
Roanoke s. Bases on balls--Brooke (2),
Willis (3), Kelly a.. Strike outs
Brooke (s), Kelly (D. Willis (2). Batters
hits-Evans (2). Time OF game-l;55,
Umpiye-Wingard.
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LYNCHBURG.

Summary-Earned runs, Lynchpurg J.
Two base hits, Benny, Holt, Three base
hits, Reiss, Totman, Stolen bases, Reg
~, Doyle, Rarnger, Ress, First on
balls, off Richards s. off Reiss T. Struck
put, by Richards 2, by Reiss 5. Left on
bases, Danville 0, Lynohburg 10, Double
plays, Richards to mckenzie. Passed
balls, Walsh First base on errors. Dan
Vile 2. Lynchburg Hit by pitcher,
Reiss !. Time of game, l'45, Umpire,
1Ir. Bishop. Attendance. Co.,
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BY Richmond Auc'
General Auction,
Auction Sale Handsoii
wood Parl0r and CT
Furniture, Fine 0a|
ing Room Suit !

BY direction of Mr.. Wray Y
who Is declining housekeepin
sell at his residence, No. 100 NJ
Street Corner Franklln), \,
WEDNESDAY, May gis
at 1o:S0 a. NJ, his household 4
brncing one very handsome u
Rosewood Parlor Suit, several y
some Parlor Chairs, Walnut ",
case, very handsome Rosewood
Suit with O. very massive N
Wardrobe to match (antiquel
cost $500; Mahogany Center u
very handsome Oak pining-R
consisting of one fine Extens
with chairs to match, one Ii
Buffet (hand-made), Hall Table
Oak Chamber suits. Wardrobe
Fair Mattresses, Toiletware,
usual Kitchen Furniture. .-7.s
Terms--CaSh.
RICHMOND AuCTl
George II. Valentine. Auctiont
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WHIMSICAL WINS
GRAvESEND STAKE
Favorite Defeats DO to Shot BY
-Four Lengths In Feature
Event.
FIFTH RACE FOR BELFAST
Clare Russell Takes First and
Second Goes to Blandy.
Other Results.
.FIF1H RACE FOR BELFAST
(By Associated Press0

TW YORK, May
22.-Whimsical. the
favorltc. won the
Prea kness strikes,
one mile and sew
enty yards, at
Gravesend to-day,
defeating Content.
q 40 to 1 shot, BY
four lengths, Bel
cast, winner OF
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the field and The Inability Of
the team to hit the bail safely
was the chief cause of the de-
feat. Richmond found Cor
nellns for only seven hits, but
these always came when run
ners were on the bases. Yer?
fey Richmond PLAYERS that
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Daily Court Record
Law and Equity Court.

Suits Instituted.-E Ford vs. Johh
Ford, for divorce ,,,
Fannie Beazley VS.. Thomas A. Liggin,
Ginter's executors VS.. Farmvllle and
Powhntan Railroad Company. etc., DE-
cree authorizing receiver 70 deposit inc
balance In his hands IN. Sational hnhk 81. 81
cause. O >,a,.
case dockcted by consent and set FOR
hearing; damages laid at $500 Case or
James Bennett vs.. Ella Bennett for
Judgments.-W. N. Jones VS., Rothert
& Company; opinion of the court IN ,i favo Or
of the plaintiff Jones. This was SUIT IN
personal property ,
Joseph HOFFMAN vs.. a. NJ. fo'@ey, lor
n. o. Webb Va. M. Y. Lipscomb, for
Hastings Court.
Cases Tried,--samuel Moscey, sixty
Alonzo Miller, two years for house
breaking.
Circuit Court.
Judgments Entered Yesterday-The
Jacob bold Packing Company VS.. r. u.
PENDANT. Motion to set aside verdict
overruled. PLAINTIFF excepted and leave
given to file bill of exceptions.
Cases Set for To- day,--The Trice Trans
fer Company vs., The u. Keeler Company,
Suit Observation-Disclosures Thomas Com
pany VS. M. p. Gordon Company, trading
as Empire Laundry.
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GAME WAS WON
With HANDS DOWN
Portsmouth Played Listlcss Bail
While the Work Of Richmond
sj Was Great.
THE HITTING WAS OPPORTUNE
Richmond Played Errorlcss and
the Work Was at Times
Cheered.
--------
Results of Yesterdays Games.
Al ACCOMPLISHMENTS /; ports
mouth, 0.
AT Danvile--Danvillc 8; Lynchburg, 4.
At Norfolk-Norfolk, "a; Roanoke, g.
Where They Play To-day.
Richmond at Portsmouth.
Lynchburg at Danvllle.
Roanoke at norfolk.
Standing Of the Clubs.

PORTSMOUTH. VA. May e2.-Ricf'
mond played all around Portsmouth to-.
day. and won hands down by q score Of
7 to O. Portsmouth's lIstless playing IN
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South Atlantic League.

At Augusta Charleston, 8; Augusta, 4. |
At Savannah Savannah, 10; Macon, e.
At Columbla-Columbla 3; Jackson
willie, 8.
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The Secretary: II find that your props
erty In Swampville cost 81 ioot, SIT;
What price are you willing 70 sell II tory
THE Rich Victim; "oh. il let IT 80 Tor "
y gallon."--Lifa-
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his week IN. =
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his week In
.#of Clopto,n
las been ara
Iolt; recita-
solo, Mrs.
ions, Louise
Professor
/; recitation.
.g8nnd piano
i. 4
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Eertainmlent.$
lion OF Miss ! s.
Iefs.
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The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-10-30
TWAS BUZZARD STILL.

Those two Italian laborers on the
railroad near Danville, Va, who wers
made desperately i'll by eating a bug
zard they had killed, will be more care
full in future how they feast On Ameri-
can game" They were not familiar
with the name or nature OF the bird;
but one of them described it as big
black bird, fly high, no good. Prince
Murat, son OF Napoleon's famous cav
airy general, while living in the United
States, We have read somewhere, un-
dertook more than once to 'teat buz-
Zard", but gave up in despair, declar-
ing him no good. I try him boiled;
l try him roasted; try him fricasseed; !;
l try him cooked every way, but him
buzzard still'' It is not recorded,
though, that the prince was ever able
to eat enough of any one of his expert
mental buzzard dishes to subject him 10
the severe illness the two Italian labor
ers experienced after their hearty meal
Of the same kind.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-10-30

to midnight the police had no definite
clues. and released all those persons
arrested except five who were captured
during the battle None Of these has
been identified. All or them persist
emily refuse to answer questions, but it
is supposed the crime was organized
and executed by band OF Moscow and
Warsaw revoIutionists of whose COM
ing TO st. Petersburg the police were
warned ten days ago. 1t is supposed
that because of the intimate knowledge
Of the method of transferring money
the men had a confederate in the Gus
toms service.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-10-30
LANCASHIRE COTTON GROWERS.

The Lancashire cotton spinnerS have
decided to make the attempt to raise
their own cotton in this country. The
commission sent over here some time
ago to investigate conditions and pros
poets made such a satisfactory report
On it's return that the spinners decid-
ed to go into the cotton raising busi-
ness, and another commission has
been sent over with instructions to
buy sufficient lands wnereon to begin
the experiment.
We do not think the southern cotton
planters have anything TO fear from
this movement Some land owners
will get good prices for their lands;
foreign money will be brought in to
pay the expenses of producing the
crops, or attempting to do SO. So far,
the south will be the gamer by the
movement Should it not prove a
failure from the start it will be so long
before the Lancashire mems farms are
supplying all the cotton their mills
need. if they ever do, that the cotton
mills Of the south will be consuming
all the cotton produced by our own
people who will have a steady demand
at high price right in the cotton fields
for all the raw product, and there will
be no surplus to put upon the foreign
market.
When that time comes the southern
cotton mills will be competing with
those of England in the markets of the
world. with the advantage that they
secure the raw material right at their
doors, while the British mills have to
transport theirs thousands of miles
and are also dependent upon a restrict
ed and uncertain source of supply
We cannot see that the cotton farm
ers or mill owners of the south have
any reason to fear this new movement
even should it turn out to be as sue
cessful as the Lancashire men seem tc
| think it will.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-10-30

be the supreme law of the land and the
judges in any state shall be bound
thereby, any thing in the constitution
OF the laws of any state to the con-
trary notwithstanding. Does that
give the government power to make
treaties on any and every subject,
whether expressly authorized by the
federal constitution or not and thereby
override the state government? But
one would suppose that the admins
tration would not take the course it
has unless it knew that it had power
and authority under the constitution
so to do.
Japan is making a mighty stir over
this matter of the closing of the
schools for white children in San
Francisco to Japanese children. The
Washington administration seems to
be uneasy and it looks as if serious
complications might arise. 1t looks
like very difficult question to settle
one in which there is direct conflict
between the treaty with Japan and the
laws Of a sovereign state on matters
entirely of it's concern.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-10-30
NEGROES BANISHED
All Negroes Forced TO Leave an I'LL.
noiS Town.

This place with a population of s.
500 persons is without a negro citi-
zen. following the troubles of Friday
and Saturday in which the negro pop
ulation was cleared out, after a white
girl had been insulted by John John
son. a negro hotel cook. \ mob was
formed Immediately after the arrest
Of Johnson on Friday, but the negro
was saved from harm by a ruse.
The police judge announced that
Johnson would have four hours in
which to prepare for his defense in
court, and he was then hurried out OF
town without the knowledge of the
members of the mob, which was with
out a leader. The mob learning this
became furious and Immediately
started to free the city Ct the negro
population.
A limited number Of minutes in
which to leave were given to negro
barber shop employees and hotel por-
ters. cooks. and laborers. The police
and several deputies mixed with the
mob. and the order to clean out was
obeyed with alarcity
In the future no nero will be per
mitted to stay longer than few hours
in the town.-Casey 0ll) Dispatch.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-10-30

In a recent speech in Dallas, Texas,
Senator Cuthbertson, in denouncing
government ownership of railroads idea
said that the doctrine, If applied, will
eventually lead to government owner
ship Of every business susceptible to
monopoly and declared the principle
'the essence of socialism, With the
doctrines of socialism spreading so
rapidly in Texas it would look like the
senator had taken the wrong tack for
combating the new Bryan idea.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-10-30
A DARING ROBBER PLOT
Cashier of the Customs House Attack.
ed by Band Of Revolutionists anC
Nearly $2OO,OOO in Booty Taken.

st. Petersburg, October 27.--The
most daring robbery plot in the annals
of the st. Petersburg police was exc
c1lted today when at about noon band
of fifteen revolutionists, armed with
bombs and revolvers, attacked a CASH
Ter of the customs house, VIII was pro-
ceeding in carriage from a sub-treas-
ury with a sum variously estimated at
$120,000 to 100000. They wrecked
the vehicle with a bomb, but were
driven off by two gendarmes forming
the cashiers courageous defense of the
treasure. When the bomb exploded
the cashier, his assistant and two Gus
tom house guards jumper out of the
carriage and fed, abandoning tho
money, but the gendarmes. though
wounded by the explosion, unslung
their rifles and opened fire On the rev.
olutionists. They were soon joined by
passing soldiers and several policemen
and the revolutionists who were mere
youths, fed before the growing num-
bers of the defenders of the treasure
A running fight ensued, lasting Is min.
utes and extending for several blocks
from the scene OF the outrage The
revolutionists who threw two or moro
bombs in their fight, lost two men
killed and had five of their number cap
tured. The firing OF the rifles and re-
volvers and the explosions OF bombs
were audible Throughout the business
district and caused great excitement
The total amount in the cashiers
possession was officially stated to he
$3.50. 900, Of which package containing
S193, 900 was stolen
The scene of the attack was carefully
chosen in a narrow street bordering en-
the Ektaronsk canal, and over-hung
by house from one OF whose windows
the first bomb was thrown. Immedi-
ately after the explosion group of rev.
olutionists en- the sidewalk drew re-
volyers and attempted to surround the
carriage with the result already de-
tailed.
The force OF the explosion shattered
three blocks of houses and many Of the
latter show the marks OF bullets fired
during the fight between the revolu-
tionists and government officers
In spite of wholesale arrests and the
cordoning at noon of the scene of the
robbery majority OF revolutionists
have made clean their escape with
booty amounting close to 100000 Up
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-10-30

Though yellow fever is slowly
spreading in Cuba, the American army
surgeons are not apprehensive of Sc
rious outbreak. They put confidence in
their ability to prevent a serious out
break; but the fact that it is appear
ing in widely separated localities shows
that the Cuban health officers had al
lowed the disease to get a foothold in
the city of Havana after being wiped
out during the former American oc-
cupation.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-10-30
Calamity Threatens the Eighth,

The people of the Eighth district
are in great danger Of being thought
i'll Of by the Industrial News. Listen
at it's threat:
eff the style of campaign being
made by Mr.. Hackett proves effective
with the people of the Eighth, then
We will be compelled to revise our
opinion Of the people of that district" !"
Great heavens. WHAT would they
do should such a dire calamity befall
them. However, preparations are in
order-Charlotte News.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-10-30
IN THE EIGHTH.

Congressman Blackburn has sudden
ly became very modest-for him. He
has admitted in a statement to the
voters of the Eighth district, according
to the Statesville Mascot that Pres
ident Roosevelt is a bigger man than
himself. But when the votes are
counted next Tuesday week he will be
forced to admit that, in the estimation
Of the voters of his district, Mr.. Hack
ett is bigger man also.
By the way, news comes from Wash
ington that union labor men in that
district will scratch Mr.. Blackburn
because of discourtesy to President
Gompers and refusal to declare his po-
sition on certain questions as to pro-
posed labor legislation which were
propounded to all members of congress
during the last session.
If all the union labor men in the dis
trict whom Mr. Blackburn has snubbed
and all the moonshiners he has gotten
into trouble with the federal court
through not keeping his promises to
protect them in their illicit traffic, to
say nothing of the many others who
hold his broken promises of appoint
ment to office-if all these scratch his
name from the ticket he will be mighty
near in the same fix as to his vote as
was that tipsy drummer who wander
ed into church during a revival.