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The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-06-12
TROUBLE ABOUT WATER
Fight Between Elizabeth City and the
Water Company.

''On motion it is ordered that the
for water furnished the city until
such time as it furnishes good, pOrta-
BILE water, as it has contracted 20 do.
That if in a reasonable time the said
water company complies with its con
tract, the city is to pay for same as
per contract"
The above motion, submitted by AL
derman Scott, was unanimously adopt
ed by the aldermen last night, as the
result of the water squabble.
Mr.. E. F. Aydlett, who represented
the water company, submitted the fol-
lowing before the above motion was
adopted and requested that it go on
record:
That the water company, through
it's attorney, appears before the board
and gives notice that if that motion
is passed and the pay is withheld that
the water company will not furnish
water to the town until within such
item as it can remedy the defects and
the board will appoint suitable COM
mittee to inspect the water; that IL
the pay of the town is not Withheld
and is made, that the company will
still furnish the water, and is ready
and willing to account to the town for
any damage it may sustain by reason
of the water not being up to the con :
tract"
Alderman Sawyer then made a mo-
ton that the city attorney be in
structed to institute an action for Il
restraining order to prevent the wafer
company from cutting off the water
supply, and it was carried.-Elizabeth
City Economist.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-06-12
DR.. Charles Lee Smith Tenders Resig
nation.

Macon. Ga, June 7.-President Chas.
Lee Smith. and Vice President Kilpat-
rick of Mercer university, have resign
ed and the trustees of the Institution
have selected Dr. S. Y JamisOn, of At
lanta as president. 1t IS said that fric-
tion has existed between Or. Smith and
other members of the faculty, ever
since DR.. Smith was made president of
the university several months ago, and
that the trustees, after an almost con-
tinuous session for the last three days
requested the resignation of DR.. Smith.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-06-12
CANDIDATES WITHDRAWN
Hackett Has Field to Himself in Eighth
District.

It being apparent that the majority
of the democrats Of this district prefer
Mr.. r. N. Hackett as their candidate
for congress, Messrs. Bowie and Arm
field have gracefully stepped aside and
left Mr.. Hackett to take the banner
without opposition. This was proper
and wise. The convention which
meets in Statesville next Tuesday will
have nothing to do but formally name
Mr.. Hackett as the candidate, and then
the democrats of the district will go to
work to elect him.-Statesville Land
mark
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-06-12
No Use to Sion Over.

There is no use in stopping over just
because convict III attempting to es =
cape was shot. The guard who had
the gun was given that gun to do just
what he did if prisoner attempted to
escape-stop him. And then, too, Nc
Millar's statement is to be taken with
a large grain of salt Every convict
who ever made break for liberty had
the same tale of woe to tell. The
treatment was SO bad they could no
longer stand it.-MonrOe Enquirer.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-06-12

Deacon GileS-"D Doctor there's Il
question | have been wanting to ask
you. Ii what language did the ass
speak TO Balaam?" The Rev Dr.
Fourthly-''In it's own language. Ba-
laam had been making an ass of nim-
self, and he had no trouble in under
standing g''-Chicago Tribune
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-06-12
Death From LOckjaw

never follows an injury dressed with
Rucklen's Arnica Salve. It's antisepti
and healing properties prevent blood
poisoning. Charles Oswald, merchant,
Of Rensslaersville, N. Y, writes: 1T
cured Seth Burch, of this place, Of the
ugliest sore on his neck l ever saw. .
Cures Cuts. Wounds, Burns and Sores.
25c at R. R. Bellamy's drug store.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-06-12
An Alarming situation

frequently results from neglect o.
clogged bowels and torpid liver, until
constipation becomes chronic. This
condition is unknown to those who use
DR.. Kings New Life Pills; the best
and gentlest regulators of Stomach and
Bowels. Guaranteed by R. R. Bellan.y,
druggist Price 25c.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-06-12

We are not saying that the lynch
ers at Wadesboro should be let loose
without punishment, but we do say
that the parties who turned states
evidence, should be dealt with as Sc
verely as any of the rest of them -
Durham Sun.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-06-12

Tom Johnson has declared for Bry-
an for president in 1908. Just as soon
as things seem to be going well for
the Nebraska colonel something occurs
to jar his luck in the same old way
Atlanta Constitution
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-06-12

The new train has come and Dur
ham citizens are proud Of it. We are
wanting about three more roads be-
fore the year is out, and if you don't t
watch us we are going to getthem.
Keep this in mind.-Durham Sun.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-06-12
Confirmation by the Senate.

Washington, June THE senate in
executive session confirmed the fol-
lowing nominations of aostmasters:
North Carolina-Hugn Paul, Wash
lngton; Alexander L. McCaskill, Fay
etteville.
Virginia-Floyd L. Hairless, Chris
tianburg.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-06-12

Physician (sympathetically)- re-
gret TO inform you that your little
sons mental weakness is incurable." ="
Mother-''How fortunate it is that we
are so rich No one will ever notice
it. .'-American Spectator.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-06-12
To Drain the Florida Everglades

Washington, June 7.-Representa-
tive Clark, of Florida, introduced bill
today diverting s3,Oo0,0 900 of the funds
that would go into the reclamation
fund to drain the Everglades of Florida
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-06-12

Senator Penrose has promised 10
keep his hands off the Pennsylvania
republican state convention, in Te
turn for which favor he no doubt
wishes to have the said convention
keep it's hands off his iOb.-Atlante e
Journal
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-06-12

Only one remedy in the world that
will at once stop itchiness of the skin
in any part of the body; Doan's Oint-
ment. At any drug store, so cents
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-06-12

Mothers lose their dread for that
terrible second summer" when they
have DR.. Fowler's Extract Of Wild
Strawberry in the house. Natures
specific for bowel complaints of every
sort
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-06-12

A hacking cough is most annoying.
One Minute Cough Cure draws the in
fiammatiol out Of the throat, chest and
lungs. Sold bu R. R. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-06-12

Is an ordeal which an
women approach with
indescribable fear. for
nothing compares with
the pain and horror OF
childbirth. The thought
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THE UNIVERSAL SLOT MACHINE
Continuance was Known &c Egyptians
Before Christian Era.

"An English army officer, Col. Sande
man, invented the penny-in-the-slot
machine said an inventor. This ma
chine now permeates our national life
as thoroughly as does electricity. We
have slot machine restaurants, NOV
ing pictures. telephones, scales, shops.
saloons and so on. And yet this
slot machine idea is not new. 1t Is
thousands and thousands of years old.
In several of our museums there are
perfect devices of this kind taken
from Egyptian temples that existed
long before the commencement of
the Christian era.
1.-The Egyptian slot machine was a
covered stone vase for holy water.
There was a slot in it and a five
drachm piece dropped into it caused
the cover of the vase to slide back
smoothly, so that the worshiper could
take little holy water, whereupor
the cover moved into its place again
So. Col. Sandman deserves little
credit, since the Egyptians. and not
he. originated it. The credit really
is due to the late Percy Everett. Of
New York. whowas the first man t.
perceive the machines possibilities
and to put It on the market"
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HE DISCUSSES MARRIAGE.
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How was it in your case?"
"Ye-er mother" answered Policeman
FLYNN, evasively, was soopekyer
woman"
How was 1t In your case?" per-
sisted the girl, quick to see her ad-
vantage.
"'Tis WRONG" asserted Policeman
Flynn, ar to go into ancient histhry
FIR Examples to folly. TIL WORLDS
improvin'."
"How was it in your case?" repeat
ed the girl, determined to drive MIN
into a corner.
"'Tis no jury thrial we're havin'
here" answered Policeman Flynn.
9TH coort s adjourned, an we'll
ha-ave no practisin' Nv la-awyef
thricks. 1 nived did like thin new
woman idees."
How was it in your case?" again
the girl demanded.
"Well. twas only f'r little while"
said Policeman Flynn, apologeticasy.
81 had tn promise Nv a job on tn
polls foorce with pay enough fr to
keen a wife, or niver w'u'd have done
But she continued working?"
it."
"Only rr a bit" explained Police
man Flynn; but It's diff'rint now.
How is it different?"
Policeman Flynn was so uncomfort'
able by this time that he began walk
ing nervously back and forth.
Little did l think" he said, thai
amy wan but ye-er mother w'u'd ivel
ha-ave me wa-alkin' tn carpit In me
own home like tn capt'in has tn
la-ads goin' at tn station whin things
is WRONG. But ha-ave ye-er owl
wa-ay, only 1 tell We this: II he mar
ries We before he can support We, II
call him Peter-I will that"
why Peter?" asked the girl, some
what worried by this yelled threat.
Because" replied Policeman Flynn
,, impressively, Peter was tn ma-an !:
tn nurs'ry r-rhyme that mad wifi
an c'u'dn't keep her."
copyright, 1906. by Joseph B. Bowies)
Copyright, by the Century COP
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.Itte Did Amy Wan But Yeer Mother
Iver Ha-ave Me tn carpit in Me Own Homer

farmer to know his business here.
says the Independent, but there is no
lack Of crops for gathering and for
soil making, too.
The velvet bean needs sharp paced
team to keep up with its growth 1t
will make so feet of good hay in a
single season and then leave plenty
of fodder for the cows and cover
crop for winter. When you come to
pillow it under in the spring you have
not only a big mass Of humus but a
large storage of nitrogen added to the
soil.
| The beggar weed is anything but
beggar. but Is grass of superb quail
ty yielding an immense amount of hay
and then forage, and after that adding
nearly as much to the soil as your vel
vet bean.
This only begins the story of Florida
| farming. 1t does not, however, I'M
dertake to deny that many of the
Florida farmers import their hay from
the north.
Do you know a loquat when you see
one? It has the shape of pear but
the flavor of a cherry. 1t is good for
pies and buildings and marmalades
and for pretty nearly everything else
that that marvellous fruit the cherry
Is used for. Our New England mo-h'
ers would have gone wild over 1t.
The kumquat is a sort Of compro-
mise between an orange and stick
of candy-we do not mean in flavor
but in shape and size. The tree when
loaded with fruit is as beautiful as o
rose bush.
There is not much to create enthusi
, asm about southern city. They are
, all of them more CT less tawdry and
have a slackness in their ways of do
ing business. A cabbage palm brough
out of its native habitat with con
: genial companions and set in a dust!
dooryard is about the meanest thing
we ever saw. What can one say o
q guava bushes and camphor tree
fenced in with wire?
n But tie country in this state o
flowers-well named Florida-is abou
as rollicking and utterly natural
bit of the world as can be conceived
x In the highlands of the central par
I of the state the palm and the pin
!. meet together.
Il It is the north and the south IN pei
5 feet harmony. 1t is the garden Of tn
. world.
+ The new farmer is coming in I
4 take possession. The old orange grow
L ers were mostly city folk and natur
a did not hesitate to shoe them ont q
the state. Those who are now dnt
q ing their way into these. regions al
bee keepers, truck growers and var
u practical sorts Of people who % NJ
under tn name of home builders
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The American "prummer."

A United States consul sends to the
state department bit of advice for
American business houses that intend
seeking trade in Spanish-American
countries. Cheap travelling sales
men who can pick up orders in a
brisk and breezy fashion," he de-
clares, will not be able to do much
business there. Statesmen of culture
and education, with polished manners
and q knowledge of the languages and
customs of the people among whom
they go, he believes to be essential.
The consuls intentions are good,
and It is easy to see the point he
seeks to make. American business
houses would doubtless do well to
remember his words Of caution. But
he has a wrong conception Of the
American travelling salesman. The
type he has in mind figures more
largely on the stage and in the books
of fiction than on the road. The roy
steering, flashy "spellbinding" drum
mer has practically disappeared. The
knights of the grip, while they may
not be composite Lord Chesterfields
and ]. Pierpont Morgans. are quiet,
level-headed, capable men of business.
They seek, says the Cleveland Leader,
to obtain and hold trade by thorough
knowledge of the branch of it they are
in and by deserving the confidence OF
the men they deal with. The COM
mercial traveller of to-day does not re-
sort to tricks. He transacts business
on q business basis, and succeeds on
his merits. Such accomplished gen
tlemen as are described by the consul
would doubtless have an immense adj
vantage over their less gifted brethren
in Latin-America, but the supply OF
them is bound to be limited. 1t is
safe prediction that the plain, ordi
nary American travelling men will gel
their full share of the business IN
Mexico and Central and South Amer
lea.
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As.AAA
A CONFIRMED OLD MAID.
By M. M. COPPER
WV
By M. M. COPPER.

Miss Mar gareS Brentwood and Mont
rnorency her cat lived together near
Union square.
Montmorency was four years oid'
and was striped all over like a uger'
With the exception of an Immaculate
white shirt-front. Montmorency had
his own particular chair and cushion
In the drawing room and boudoir; this
was Miss Brentwood's fancy, and Mont
morency good-naturedly huIaored her.
When a man and woman Sst up house
together certain amount of give-and-
take is necessary, and this particular
instance resembled many others In
that the giving was monopolized by
one side.
1t seemed to afford Miss Brentwood
satisfaction to give Montmorency thick
cream in dainty china saucers, anu
soft yelve. cushions to lie upon, and
consequently what could he do put
gracefully accept the attentions? Mont
norency was very fond of his mis-
tress; he had grown accustomed 10
her. as he had to his respective chairs
and cushions, and not being w,tnou'
experience of women in general, he
placed her emphatically before any
others of his acquaintance. He liked
10 =se ner graceful figure bending oVe'
Aer work, or the writing table, and &c
yasch The cool white hands which were
always busy over something.
Miss Margaret Brentwood was Az
and a confirmed old maid, so me-
friends and acquaintance declared, bu
the fact did not appear to trouble he
IN tbs least. There was nothing old
maidish IN ner appearance, and tn
sprinkling of gray in her dark hal
only lent an additional dignity to he
face. Montmorency had never serious
ly considered whether his mistres
might truthfully be described as hand
some or fascinating, but he knew tina
every detail CT her presence, from IN
soft tones with which she addresse
aim, to the delicate perfume she al
xays affected. all went to make up a
exceedingly pleasant personality.
Now, it so happened that one fine al
tsrnoon two friends of Miss Brentwood
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Their an more inj'yable if c'u'd ha-ave
a cha-ange.' So he ties shtone
r-round his nick FIR to ray-lieve tn
monot'ny iv shwimmin' alone.
But don't you see, father" urged
the girl, Il will be help rather than
a burden to him."
Eye will-f'r a time," replied Po-
liceman Flynn, but tn the'ry Nv 1t
is all wrong. Ye ma-ake me think Nv
Hogan an Cassidy in tn Races last
Fourth iv July. Ills sha-ame,
says Hogan, 'fr us to be usin' four legs
bechune us whin tits not nicissary.
IN tn irth'rists iv economy he says,
let's divide tn labor bechune us an
save our strength So they ma-ade
it three-legged Trace, an whin tn
rist iv tn la-ads finished, OWN tc
keepin' sep-rit, Hogan an Cassidy was
r-rollin' on tn ground, each wan ac'
cusin' tn other iv havin' held hin
ba-ack. IT'S tn same with marrfge
If tn la-ad wants FIR we to tie up t.
him, he sh'u'd have a wagon Tread,
to carry we over tn coorse, SOS "
won't be calm names before ye're fair
ly sta-arted."
II wish you wouldn't talk in par
ables," said the girl.
Go SHOW, there!" cautioned Pc
liceman Flynn. Don't we get t
CALM names whin I'm thryin' fr u
ma-ake it plain to We. IT'S this wa-ay
ye're each pushin' ye-er little ca-art
an we think 'twould not be SO ha-ar
fr tn two iv ye to push wan bi
ca-art; but we forgit that t is likel
wan iv we will ha-ave to git in az
r-ride a bit, an tn other will ha-av
to do tn wo-ork f'r tn three iv We.
"You mean two, don't your" aske
the girl.
Twas three / said," answered Pr
liceman Flynn. And she hastil
changed the subject.
Then you think a married woma
, ought never to work." she suggeste
with little of bitterness and rebellio
| in her tone.
Wrong" returned Policema
Flynn, with emphasis. There's wor-l
| in tn house FIR her to do, an
. throuble comes It's right THAI 81
: sh'u'd get outside an help, too,
J there's anything she can do; but I
mista-ake to sta-art in on that ide
/ ha-ave livery rayspict FIR tn ma
ried woman that helps to ma-ake
: livin whin Ills nicissary, but It's di
: f'rint whin gir-rl an felly puts
! handicap on theirsilves at tn sta-art
= How was it in your case?" ask
the girl.
,, whats that@ demanded PoliceE
Flynn, with some perturbation.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-10-20
MORE PULoUE BEING DRUNK.
Mexico City Gets Away With 100000
Litres Every Day.

The consumption Of pulque in Mex
leo city is rapidly increasing, and
the hauling of the drink is becoming
one of the principal sources of rev.
enue on q number of lines entering
the city.
On nearly every railroad entering
the city a special pulQue train is run
into the city daily and many OF the
regular freight trains carry large
numbers Of cars containing the popu'
lar drink.
During the month of June three
railroads, the Hildago, the Mexican
and the Interoceanic, carried into the
city 59,S61 barrels and 334 skins full
of the pulque gathered within radius
of sixty miles of the city. The Ma
tional, the Central and the smaller
lines brought in an amount probably
half as great.
Allowing that the population o.
Mexico city is 100000 men. womeI
and children, the quantity of pulqu'
brought into the city daily is sui
ficient to supply almost two liters Il
every Individual Do you drink you
| share? During the month of June IA
9S5,290 liters of pulque were brough
into the city, as in one barrel Their
are ESQ liters and in one skin 60 liters
During each day of the month an a,
erage of 74S,263 liters was brought t
the city.
The amount thus reckoned IL e,
elusive of the pulque brought to tn
city in wagons and on muleback frol
the nearby haciendas.
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no convict has been guiliotined III
Paris for ten years, and the sentences
of those condemned to death have
been committed to imprisonment for
life. The reason for this lies IN the
fact that the law provides that all
capital executions shall be held In
public, and since the guillotine was
removed from the Place de la 10
quette ten years ago, no other place
has been found for it. The residents
in the neighborhood OF every place
suggested object to its erection near
them The authorities were lately put
in a quandary when a condemned man
refused to ask for a communication OF
his sentence, and declared that they
must put him to death.
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Policeman Flynn's daughter Maggis
WAS i'll at ease, and this was so I'M
usual for her that he could not 1ali
to notice 1t.
what We been doin'?" he asked.
"Ha-ave We damned wan Nv tn Klds
too harr-rd an got his parints aftner
ye?"
81 never inflict corporal punishment
on the children in my school, father'
answered the girl.
"Corp'ril punishment" repeated Po-
liceman Flynn, refiectively. i sn u
MT think We wu'd. l niver heard
iy it before, but suppose tits tn kind
Nv punishment they ha-ave In Tn
ARMY. Anyhow, / niver hear-rd ~
a corp'ril anywhere ilse.'
II mean that never chastise them'
remarked the girl. Il explained tha'
to you once before"
I'VE did that" admitted Policeman
Flynn, but was thinkin' that mebbt
ye'd Earned some sinse Nv late
What's throublin' We, anyway? Ha-av'
some iv ye-er girl fri'nds been sayln
We ha-ave no taste in dhress or tina
We have a nose that's out Nv shtyle!'
Il wish you wouldn't be foolish, ia
Their" returned the girl. Il want u
speak to you seriously. I'm thinking
of getting married.
ITO tn felly that put me out Nv tn
windy?"
YES"
Hes a good ma-an," commented Pc
Iiceman Flynn. II like him.
You said he could have me, too,
suggested the girl.
bright We are," assented Policema
, Flynn, but signed no tin-da-ay not
! give him tn option, but tn tim
! Nv day-liv'ry was not fixed, as e
fri-nds iv tn shtock exchange sa-a.
Can he support ye?"
The girl hesitated and showed som
confusion.
; You know could keep right alon
! with my school," she said, at last, AN
in that way we could live more con
fortably together than we can no
- separately.
+ Policeman Flynn looked at her r
proachfully.
/ 81 thought betther Nv We than tina
: Maggie" he remarked. FIT WI
} ha-ave We been edjicated If ye don
g Farm sinse? Here's a felly that
/ chwimmin' along in tn sea Nv III
& as they sa-ay in tn books, an
. finds it har-rd work. IT'S mono
u onous,' he says, an t w'u'd De oe
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The Universal Gifts.


An old farmer was talking of his
boyhood to a group of young people
not long ago. 1t had been lived-that
PARKWAY boyhood-early in the last
century, in country place remote
from towns. He described its meager
conditions-the houses, in which such
things as "conveniences" had never
been dreamed of, the coarse food and
poor clothing, the scanty schooling,
the few holidays; no magazines, al
most no books, no entertainments or
sports except an occasional sleighing
party; no "junketings," no celebra-
ton of Christmas or New Year, no
vacations from work. Nothing that
you young folks have to-day" he fin
ished, except weather and other
folks; but / tell ye," fash kindled
in the faded eye, and the fine old head
lifted proudly, Il tell We, folks cared
jest as much for life in those days as
they do now" Weather and other
folks" and the opportunity of living
the great universal gifts to all man.
kind through all the ages. They stand
like mighty mountain peaks, steadfast
and Interchangeable among all the
changing PHILOSOPHERS, civilizations
powers. Sorrows come often, and
sickness and defeat; there ars lives
eaten by poverty and dwarfed by con
straining circumstance, yet, says the
Youths Companion, to every life these
three things are given-the joy of sun
shine and blue skies, the cheer ant
comradeship and inspiration of othe
lives pressing upon his, the opportu
nifty to hope and dream and do bat
tie, to learn daily more of himself ant
his fellow man and God. All owe
the country are eager young peopl
looking for chances" to do, to lear
and be. This is as it should be
only the longing means watchfulness
not discomfort. Chances" come onl
to open doors. But while he is wal
Ing let every eager soul remembe
that the three great gifts are his a
ready to use or to neglect-Natur
and folks" and the privilege of living