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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-08-17
IN MANCHURIA
1ood Country, but Not Flowing With
Milk and Honey.

FROM the Journal of the American
Asiatic Association.
As a general proposition it NAV IA
lsalo that the Chinese business men
VIII, under existing conditions continr.
10 transact the bulk of the business nj
~Ehahcnurla, assuming that they are al
io"@o a Tree hand. Foreigners may
!orlng capital or goods in unlimited
quantities, but the Chinese will con-
ouc the details Of barter and trad.
with the consumer. Foreigners NAV
cooperate or divide profits through
tnem ; they may operate through them
put Tor h present. and with no pros
poets Of material change in the near
future. the Chinese business men OF
~thancnuria will contiue to do the bus
1ness. AS the Japanese population in
creases the scope Of the japanese pusi-
ness man will, Of course, be enlarged.
with an estimated population of 20
oOO. 900 TO 10000. 900 in Aanchuria AMI
with large areas Of fertile lands yet to
DE taken up by Chinese from the over
crowded provinces Of the vast celestial
empire; with one man required to ill
AN average Of five acres, and q growing
demand for foreign manufactured
necessities, the Manchurian market
promises TO increase steadily in impor-
lance.
Juding from inquiries, some Ameri-
cans imagine Manchuria to be a land
fabulously rich in gold dine fur and
Silks OF rare beauty, q lanf of unknown
wealth now for the first time to be
opened TO the outside world as the re-
suit OF the late war between Japan and
Russia. Manchuria is a good farming
country to China proper, a sore of
American out West,' and equally fer
tile in its extensive agricultural areas
as the garden state of Iowa; supporting
millions Of Chinese, who have conc
from the Overcrowded adjoining pro-
lvinces. There are numerous good and
some superbly beautiful furs, out
prices now range high. The Manchuria
or Korean tiger skin is probably The
finest in the world. Such skins are
and cost a small fortune, how
ever. Ten or twenty years ago a beau
,tiful tiger sikh might have been had for
1925 or $50 gold, or even less. Now they
cost five Or six times that amount, at
Mukden, the fur resembling sealsi1ln
sells for about so per cent Of the cost
of real seal.
Gold mining has been carried on in
a small way for many years in Man
'churia. Scientific prospecting and ex-
animation by experts, however, will de-
lveloD what O freal or extensive value
the district possesses, not only in god,
but in other metals. including copper.
In coal there are a number of good pro-
perties already sufficiently developed to
establish their claim to permanent
workable value.
Silks are freely imported into Man
'churia. Raw silk. the product Of the
silk worm industry of thrifty
peasants, is expected.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-08-17
Advertising Southern Cities.

There is a general spirit of enterprise
and push everywhere apparent among
the cities and towns Of the south. This
is manifasting itself in many various
phases, some of which are approximate
jIy SO close to those methods and meas
ures that prevailed during the southern
boom period of u~nfragrant memory
that The Tradesman is impelled to call
attention to them.
One hears it in many of our cities
that boom prices are again prevail
ing IN real estate circles, and a spirit
of speculation is abroad, seemingly
,forgetful of the terrible punishment
that was inflicted on almost every por-
ton Of the south following the boom
that prevailed in the middle and latter
sos.
No friend Of the south would wish
to see a repetition of that period. and
yet We are on the verge Of it in many
localities at this very moment. In
nothing is this more clearly apparent
than in the plans that are being form
ed for advertising many of our south
fern cities. Large sum Of money are
being spent in newspaper and maya
zine advertising, nearly all Of which
is on the boom" order. n is cal
iculated to revive a speculative era,
(which the south does not want, instead
of a further constructive period Wnlcn
the south does want.
It should be borne in mind that per-
!uanent rogre is not based on spec
1ulation, but rather has its Foundation
in industrial and commercial inter-
lests. and these interests are best ad-
yanced and conserved by local appre-
citation and support than otherwise.
Nothing so much strengthens an indl-
vjdual or a community as a spirit OF
Iself-reliance and self help. It is the
old fable over again of putting ones
shoulder to the wheel instead of pray
ling to Jupiter, or looking for helix to
lido what we can best perform our
selves.
Where that kind of a spirits exists
nothing can hold down the lndlVld-
Iual or community that possess 1t, n
nothing can eve supply its deficiency.
An Individual may possess wealth ana
Iopnortunity, a city may spend millions
Ito advertise it. and unless the foun-
Idation of self-reliance exists in the one,
or public spirit and mutual co-opera-
Ition in the other they will not keep
Inaces with those who possess these
Qualities IN the great race Of lofe.
The advertising expert is abroad in
tho land. and he knows how to part
both the individual II the communl-
Ity from their wealth by inducing IN
tvestments in advertising schemes OF
doubtful efficiency.
The hest advertising thar a town or
Ia CITY can have is to be always doing
isomething for it. Once in possession
Iof the proper civic pride and public
Isnir;t, no difficulty is ever experienced
In keeping the interests Of that town
lor city in the forefront Of progress
IThere are cities proposing to raise
large sums of money to put into the
tnockets of some slick tongued schemer
That will not locate an industry knock
Ing at its doors and which would be
the best permanent advertising 1t could
lnoSsibly obtain. Let our southern
@lcitiss quit fooling with such schemes
l. nd get down to solid business, n a
Thousand fold more good will be &C
lcomplished for them.-The a
Imam.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-08-17

last Resting Plac. of the Late Mr..
Burnham Will be Near His Old
Home AT Biddeford. Maine. 49,. 49,.

The remains OF the late Mr. Burn
ham were sem 10 his old nome al
Biddeford. Maine, for interment, leav-
ing here Sunday morning OF the =
O'Clock Coast Line train and were &C
companied BY the mother and wife OF
the deceased.
After Il o'clock yesterday the Of
fees OF the Carolina Trucking and
Development Company were closed g.
q mark Of respect 10 the deceased
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-08-17
Negro Woman Injured.

A e woman by the name Ct E IA
James while in The srrf a Carol M
Beach Yesterday twisted her knee and
knocked the cap out Of place. She hal
to be brought to town on a cot IL
Immediately after the steamer VII
mington arrived she was carried 20 me
James Walker Memoria hospltai. He'
home is at No. 511 Chestnut street.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-08-17

Bilious? Feel heavy after dinner
Tongue coated? Bitter taste? Com
sallow? liver needs waking
Iup. Doan's Regulets cure bilious at
lacks. % cents at any drug store.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-08-17

DIR. J. c. VESSEL and his bride re-
turned last night from their bridal to
the northern cities.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-08-17
" Gillian.

II 81 d.
as a lecture bu-
=, 5y the slack of tna
/ afterwards lost on a
h, IA, as Kipling says
and hurled me lnto
f. bad lands or North
+ any one any worse
ss when I saw that
+. Hitherto l had re-
IS q civic dame Of
F. nd unlmpeccabie
/ Perhaps I should say
don know I'M
. r.,a pleasure on the
I'M, ~C1dahyvllls, the
1 he home of the
/, candidate for pre5i-
T.raf-r-..e valley that
IT, entrance. | had
/ waving fields Of dark
En- in the breeze ike
f. kissed with GOLD
. ne sunshine ~spangled
] And ] Aad cnors.eo
r. enthusiasm: Ne
state, fair 10 lOok
T. 1i-h farness.'
In farther into Ne
= beautiful vestibule,
1 rsr corridors, up her
N and 70 her dingy
Z, large rears and criei
80 [
r.. you lave been lead
4 have been admir-
Fac tor 10 these many
find your dress II
. 5a.k and You have Il
Eige. shock. Instead OF
the tourist sees
. through The beautiful
the state, one sees q
Eairie-d0g country with
Iood up on edge as If
Interrupted a bevy of
in the midst Of Il
4 and the workers had
their wares a
4 every other old way.
i miles in many places
r. in sight-nOt even
Eept those attached to
scho pners drawn
his and containing the
kst.ess and hollOW-eyed
s. prejudice against
|p-op9rroaate to his
BIZ or. without engaging
b. earn the necessary
d On an imposing knoll
b TickiuDs containing
yeTmin. You will
.s.asm for him grows
d. ! have seen several
i a rIle. he is neither
some good soul speaks
.Surpari0n # the u
Dope VIII nave robbed
ME Indian Of what
q Isn't it Il shame?
Of tbs country
81 in fee simple by
cle chigger. What a
8 il was 70 dispOssess
&Cf wiling workers and
a he rrackless woods
&e0joyed such freedo~n!
Is becoming extinct be-
p annoyance. and the
Tvs q ~~e.f-c0nstituted
D. Indian out Of 10000
shows what the rest
ley were entirely differ
Etri5e>men cut him.
Eera1Ir. The North
q isn't what our little
Rr2phies made him out.
gaumy. walnut-finish,
Tor food and res.
En- in The title role
called Everybody
fater. | realized this
p it i~nyoluntarily as
- wrapped in gloomy
ls0l,y, AMI 4 rainbow
purely from his ren-,
s4a"S vigorously split
#h.cl breakfast was to
acquired most that
f1 civilization where
"a -h--
The daily tribune., 1906-10-06
FOREMAN HAS NARROW
ESCAPE FROM DEATH

KsnsAs City. Mo-. Oct. g. John
Miohealson, . foreman over . gang Of
terra GOTTA workers slipped and
plunged heAdlonR from the cornioe Of
the IA story Long building. Tenth and
Grand. this morning. he fell on the
Grand avenue side of the building
Svbers IL is 100 feet to the sidewalk.
He fell twenty feet and seized tho
pully rope that 10 used in hoistipR
material to the roof Of the building.
slid . few feet owing to the weight
Of his body and then climbed mp
the rope hand over hand. until he
had again reached the top of the
building.
The daily tribune., 1906-10-06
CROWD AWAITING
NEGROES RETURN
Two of Them Will Likely be
Burned by Determined,
Strong Men.
MILITIA IS GUARDING THEM
Sheriff Powers is Bringing Men
Back From Birmingham
and Citizens are Await
ing Their Arrival.

Mobile. Ala.. Oct. GA com.
mittee of six citizens left here on q
special train At 8 O'Clock this morning
to meet Sheriff Powers and two negro
prisoners. who are returning from
Bi minsham. and who are charged
with sspe. Ii ia expected thsv will
meet the sherin this Afternoon about
thirty miles from Mobile. Feeling IL
intense and there IL but little doubt
felt here that the negroes will either
be lynched or burned to 3 stake
Two hubdred men met the Louisville
aud Nashville train this morning.
but the sheriff and his prisoners were
not on that train. II Is reported that
Z. detachment Of militia 10 esoortinR
Sheriff Powers to this city.
The daily tribune., 1906-10-06

We sfs we'll prepared 70 all vsteri.
nary prescriptions. Palace Phar.
macy. 1884
The daily tribune., 1906-10-06
Special Train to Pueblo
On October 8. the Rio GrAnds "

On October 8. the Rio GrAnde will
ron 4 special train to Pueblo where
KlAw and Erlanger will produce at
tho Grand opera house on that even
ing SousA's new opera. entitled
1.-THE Free Lance" with . company
Of ss people and carrying three car.
loads Of sot merry. We are reliably
advised this will be the best opeIa >
company the people Of the West will
be able h see this season. Opera
seats from 90 cents to 81. 60. Agent
D. and r g will have good tickets
for sale. Special train will leave
Florence at $3.50 p. M. returning
tickets good on trains and Is only.
ot. 90 fare for the round trip.
r. SUMNER. Agt.
The daily tribune., 1906-10-06
LARGEST DEAL IN HISTORY
OF STEEL CORPORATION

New York. Oct. 8-James ]. Hill
president Of the Great Northern rail
road. sold $1,000, 900 tons Of ole to
the United States Steel corporation
for s4o0. 900. 900. There might have
been few pounds Iess Of ore and
there may have been . few dollars
more ore lees changed hands In the
transaction. but 1t is the biggest deal
that has been consumated tiuce the
formation OF the big steel trust.
The deal WAS accomplished In two
hours by five men.
The daily tribune., 1906-10-06
297 NILES IN
290 MINUTES
This is the Record Made in
Vanderbilt Cup Race at
Long Island Today.
ONE SPECTATOR WAS KILLED
Several are Manned and Many
May Die-All the Cars in
the Finish Belonged
to Foreigners.

Westb 'rry. l.. L. Oct. 6--In the
finish line Of the Vanderbilt oup
ooursing Louis Wagner. driving q
French car. made the 297 miles in
300 minutes ora little over four
hours. There were but Eve cara In
the finish and they were In the
hands Of foreigners. The race was
rnn shis morning for the Wander.
bilt cup.
At least ono person was killed
aud several wounded In the course.
Joe Traev. struck Herbert Raldnom
The boy was SO badly injured that
he died few minutes afterward,
One leg was broken. both ankles
were fractured and he Was injured in.
ternally. Dr. Wildsbout struck
John Brooks of Washington. .Ho was
Knocked q distance Of twenty feet.
Several bystAnders were thrown to
the ground.
Both Wilfshout and Lamoe, his
mechanic. seeing they could not top
the car going down a steep incline.
shouted to this crowd to go back.
but thinking they were secure behind
= fence near the course. remained
where they stood. aud some of them
were badly injured by the fast travel.
ing automobile.
The daily tribune., 1906-10-06
JAPANESE CYCLIST is
DROWNED UNDER AUTO

San Jose. Gal Oct Ga big tour.
ing car. own and driven by II. l..
Peacock. containing Maj. and Mrs. O.
?. Braslir, Mra, Adele Pieper and H
N. Earl of PhiiAdelpliis. coiltded last
night with an unk knowp Japanese cy'
clist. The automobile. the whee! Ant
the Japanese we're thrown of thu
road and into an irriRating ditch
where the heavy car held the uufortu
nate ovclist under water until h'
drowned None Of the sutomobilis'l
was injured.
The daily tribune., 1906-10-06
Cigar Boxes Higher.

Chicago. Oct. 8-The FIRST effect OF
the troubles In Cuba on commercial
interests was disclosed yesterday when
every Independent cigar manufactures
in the city received . circular notify
ing him that che price Of cedar cigar
boxes had been raised 81 per hundred.
The reason given 10 the scarcity oi
lumber and sspeoiAlly Of cedar. ths
great bulk Of which IL imported from
CubA
The daily tribune., 1906-10-06
Battery Receives Orders.

Butte. Mont. Dot. "a Miner spe.
oisl from Missoula states that the
Seventh infantry at Fort Missoula has
received orders directing 1t to proceed
to Fort Wayne. Mob. A battalion Of
the Sixth infantry enroute from the
Philippines will take charge Of Fort
Missoula.
The daily tribune., 1906-10-06
Suicide of Soldier. .

Leayenworth. Kan, O,t. 6-Pri.
vate John West. for twenty.tw years
. mem Der Of company d, Eighteenth
infantry, went into the basement Of
the barracks this Afternoon and killed
himself with q potato knife. He
severed the jusular vein and Was dead
when found ten minutes later.
The daily tribune., 1906-10-06
OuTay Republicans.

Oursy. Oct. 8-Tbe Republican
campaign will open here next Tuesday
nieht. The vacancy committee has
named Homer BidRwsy. for ca didste
for county olerk and Herbert Aubsry
for county commissioner. The ticket
In now complete.
The daily tribune., 1906-10-06
DR.. K. c. Sapero,

the Denver eye, ear, nose and throat spe-
cislist. will again be In Florence at the
Lennox hotel October II and l8.
The daily tribune., 1906-10-06

u pays 70 sdvsrsiss ysur wants In
ths Tfibans
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-06
1Ml.1Jur0 Wi/Jon

The following letter is only one Of
many thousands which are on file in
the Pinkham Office, and go to prove
beyond question that Lydia +. Pink
nam's Vegetable Compound must be a
remedy Of great merit, otherwise it
could not produce such marvellous
results among sick and ailing women
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
sAbout nine months ago was great suf-
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severe pain, extreme nervousness and fire.
quent headaches, from which the doctor
failed to relieve me. tried Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, and within a
short time felt better, and after taking five
bottles Of it j was entirely cured. therefore
heartily recommend your Compound as q
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periods regular and without pain; and what
many doctors fail to help you am pleased
to recommend it to all suffering women
Mrs Sara Wilson, 81 East Sd Street, Cincin-
natl, Ohio.
If you have suppressed or painful
periods, weakness of the stomach,
Indigestion, bloating, pelvic catarrh,
nervous prostration, dizziness, faint
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Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-06

considered AS troublesome The "jin-
son weed is noticed among others as
ia better crop than wheat or other
staple crops. 1t is pointed out that
this country has become enormous. The
belladonna plant Will do well in good
garden soil and the root becomes avail
able for the market after the second
year. American firms making use of
much of this drug have been cultivat-
ing this plant with success the last
two years. Poke root. burdock and
yellow dock root, all of which the to
be found wild on almost any farm, arc
farmer takes the trouble to dig them
and send them TO market. The roots
of golden seal have been found of
specia, medici 1al value. Demand for
it and its increasing scarcity have
caused the price to rise to $l50 O.
pound, at which price the cultivation
OF TINS plant would yield big profits to
the grower.
The United States last year imported
about $6a,000,0OO worth of drugs and
dyes nearly every dollars worth of
which could have been produced from
plants and weeds that may be grown
in the United States. Nearly 81 900, 900
worth of licorice is imported into the
United States, most of 1t in root. form
In licorice cultivation by
the bureau of plant industry OF the
department of agriculture show that
the plant Will grow as far north AS
Pennsylvania, tho 1t does best In
warmer regions. 1t is found growing
wild in California, yet little or no at
tempt is being made there to encourage
its growth or make use of what is at
hans.
There are more ways than one OF
SHINING q cat" Perhaps Secretary |
Wilson has pointed out profitable |
use of lands now considered worthless
and unavailable.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-06
TWAS A RAILROAD FIGHT.

/ Raymond, special correspondent for
the Chicago Tribune, who has been
| travelling in Iowa making study OF
the political campaign for his news
paper. writes that:
There is but little politics and a
great deal of business In the situation
in Iowa. 1t has been a railroad fight
from the start. A great many men
have been drawn into 1t who were
originally good friends. They have been
forced to take UP one side of the other,
and vast amount of bad feeling has
been the result The republican party
in Iowa today is. dangerously split up.
The railroad agitation. or rather the
attempt at railroad domination, is en-
tirely responsible for this disagreeable
condition of affairs
do not believe there Is any cues
ton that II Governor Cummins is NOM
mated, as now seems almost certain,
he will be elected. no matter how
strong the opposition to him in his own
party. The evil effects, SO far as the
republicans are concerned, are more re-
mote, but they are far more serious
The railroad combination which is
fighting Cummins will only be too glad
to see him beaten. If it could be as
surred of any way In which it might
be done without smashing the rest of
the ticket. Unfortunately for their
plans however, no faction fight could
be directed so skillfully as to beat
Cummins and leave the rest OF the
ticket intact.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-06
Where Faulkner Sat

Raymond In Chicago Tribune1
senator Elkins of West Virginia has
the reputation of being exceedingly
thlck-sk1nned from political point of
view
He has been assailed and denounc-
ed in newspapers and magazines with
out number, from the star-route DAYS
even up to the present period of rail-
road agitation. He has been called a
creature of the railroads and been held
up to the scorn of the community by
SO many people and in such diverse
ways that even he has lost interest in
the proceedings.
He has headed the fight for the rail-
roads in the United States beyond per-
adventure He voted with the other
four republicans against the Hepburn
bill, and he has consistently and
bravely acted in opposition to the
president. with whom he never has been
in political sympathy.
But Senator Elkins had Joint in his
armor after all, and it was Governor
CumminS of Iowa who found it,
During the course of his speech, Gov
ernor Cummins more than insinuated
that the senate committee on Interstate
commerce under the management of
Senator Elkins, was not conducted
wholly in the interests of the people.
Then he went on to hlurl his armor-
piercing spear when he said:
Sitting on the right hand of the
chairman of the interstate commerce
committee-so close to him it seemed
to me their arms We're intertwined in
loving association and smbrace-was
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-06
SOLDIERS HOMES AND POOR Hous Es.

One Judge Evans. o circuit judge In
Missouri and incidentally chairman of
/ the democratic committee of that state,
has been very properly reversed by the
! Missouri supreme court. Evans, ~ Il
recent decision, held that members of
soldiers homes are on the same level
as to citizenship as inmates of poor
houses and paupers generally. AS such
he decided they are not entitled to
vote. The supreme court reversed him
Bin an excellent opinion which inferen
TALLY expressed very poor opinion of
the Judge who would attempt to de-
prive American soldiers OF the citizens
ship for which they fought. Both these
opinions will be generally accepted and
agreed with b. the public.
For the benefit of such judges as
Evans and OF the ungrateful and self
seeking generally it is we'll that the
status Of the OLD soldier should be set
tiled by supreme court decision. His
5standing as citizen has never been
questioned by the mass of the people
sof this country. The proverbal In
gratitude OF republics does not include
the disfranchisement of the men who
guard and preserve freedom. Let II be
understood once and for all that no
class of men have broader rights of
citizenship than the American soldier.
whether he is :. millionaire or a PEN
sioner in the refuge OF soldiers home
To class the homes with almshouses
Ind their members with paupers is an
insult to the flag these men kept as
pendant ON the American continent.
The old soldier IN the home has paid
FOR all he is likely to get during the
few years that remain to him. He is
not a recipient Of charity, but simply |
enjoying his own. There must be no
stigma Of spauperization attached to the
soldiers homes in courts of law or of
public opinion.