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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-06
Mcneil Mandamus Denied.

The Mcneil application for manda- = mus to compel the Mobile, Jackson ana Kansas City road to allow Moneli ana his representatives to inspect the books of the road was today refused by Judge Brown on statute technicalities.
 The petition for mandamus set forth that Mcneil owned ten shares of capi- tai stock, and that they stood in the name of himself and two others. Re- spondents by demurrer averred that the statutes required that either the consent of the others should be shown or else bond given to protect their in- terests by plaintiff, and that this not having been done, the court should not grant the injunction.
 Judge Brown of the circuit court sus- tained this contention and dismissed the cause.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-06

A pretty luncheon was given Wed nesday by Mrs Martin Smith for heI sister, Miss Kate Rumph of Birming- ham. Ruthmond roses being the deco" rations The place cards were New Year greetings tied with red ribbons to red packets of bon-bons. Mrs Smiths guests were Misses Ethel and Elcie Fry, Blanche Planck. Mary Fly bart, Edmond Hume, Olive McMillan SaIlie Van Antwerp. Reba Neville Emma Rhett. Ancta Sims
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-06

Mrs. Edwin Mccartney leaves tomor- row for New York. stopping, day in Gallion en route.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-06

Mir. Frank cawthon has returned Selma after pleasant visit to rels tfves here.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-06

Social and Personal. MT. W. w Heron left today for business trip to Pittsburg.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-06

Dr. selden returned Thursday t' Louisville.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-11-08

Abe Conkiin has closed his Sn2xe
hatchery in the Warwick Mountains
and has gone in his winter quarters
j. Conklin has resumed his winter o.
cupation OF training white rats to D.
useful n helpful TO man.
Last a he trained some rats q
carry some stout string To the top OF a
tiagpole and pass 1t through the pulley
at the top. He sold these rats To jail.
itors OF New York Office buildings -
high prices.
When the flag halyards fall the jan
itors do not have 10 employ steeple-
jacks
Conklin trained o,her ats to run n
sewing machine by treading the ped
al.
This year Conklin is training rats
10 take the place OF alarm clock. re
knows that the rattle anu jar OF an
alarm clock made many persons very
nervous for the rest OF the day; some
at ) a. m. some at $50 and So ON
until : a. m.
Each is SO trained that at the exact
instant OF its meal hour Il goes to he
room OF the human that feeds it and
gentle tickles his ear until Ia wakes
and feeds il.
Conklin expects TO sell many of these
alarm rats to Montclair commuters.
and he predicts that the nervous af-
frCtions caused by alarm clocks will
o o disappear from that happ" pic G
He says that his rats never rust, run
down nor vary a second In giving their
gentle alarm.
COnklin will dye n rat pi1t. green
or blue If his customer thinks Such VIII
awake him up quiCker-The E,w Yofk
World. :,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-11-08
FOLLOW NANNY TO HER GRAVE

Aunt Maria Jasper Carter. II
years old, almost all her life devoted
to h service of the Wight family,
died Sunday, and on Monday after
noon the surviving members of her
odd Moster's' family gathered
around her grave to pay their last
respects TO her, for her devoted ser
vices. During the stormy days of the
civil war, the OLD nanny stuck
Loyalty to her post, and when those
trying times had ended n still re-
fused to leave ser good and true
friends, the white people.
Aunt Maria was, before the war, q
servant and slave in the family of the
late edward Cunningham, of Powha-
tan county, and at his death went
into the household of Mrs. w. w
Wight, his daughter. In recent years
n UP to the time Of her death, she
had been the nurse and servant OF
Messrs. z. c.. w. L., A. 7. and r
G. Wight, Of this city, and of Mrs
Henry Fenable, OF Norfolk. The de-
votion to her white charges was at al
times tender and beautiful.
The funeral services were conduct.
ed in the home of the Wights, 100:
Hanover avenue by the Rev. Landor
after which the sermon vas preach
ed by Rev. z. D. Lewis. of the Second
Baptist church., colored.
The ~pail-bearers were the foul
Wight brothers, Mr.. Beverly Ran
dolph and Mr.. Walter TIrpin. Mrs
| Venab1e, of Norfolk, came to Rich
| mond expressly to attend the funera
| service of her old nanny whom
she loved and respected.
Aunt Maria's life was n Of devo
| ton and love for her white people.
| and their love for her was displayet
in the tenderness ir which they lal'
her remains to rest. She a been
| Christian, and besides her other cares
raised a large family of her own
| Richmond News Leader.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-11-08
THE HAGUE
Much Talking and B~anquctting Done
but Little WORK Accomplished.

The delegates to the peace conference,
at the Hague are on their way home
and incidentally the dispatches Eivt
pIished by the Conference. II anything
! OF Importance vas done the fact tce<
not crop out in the summary OF the
conferences doings,
Prominence is given TO two things
namely. the number and expensive
ness of the dinners that were given
by the various delegates ON behalf Ci
their respective governments and ON
their own behalf and the cost OF the
conference.
And there is another thing 10 With
Attention is particularly called, and
that is the amount of talking thu was
done. 1t seems that 4 delegate from
Brazil made more speeches mar any
other and also gave the most elabor-
ate and expensive dinner. Probably he
thought he owed the delegates some
compensation for forcing them to list.
en- so often to his views on the SUI
jects considered.
n AIA4t IIdA OCACAdNN maui lilN IA
est speech, but as long as It was. IL
was much shorter than one of Nj
RoOseyelt's annual messages. Anne i
cans whether in domestic or foreign
asSemblages are sure to become known
for the length of their speeches.
The cost OF the conference 10 The
governments participating in it was
about $4,000, 900. II would be inter
esting 10 know whether they will
get their moneys worth from the ben-
eits that will flow from the great IN
ternational talk.
Il is certain that nothing was ac-
cOmplished in the direction of bring
ing about universal peace. There is
as much, or more war talk now than
there was when the conference assem-
bled. SO little sympathy did the cf-
forts in the direction OF disarmament;
have that it is a question whether the
nations really want peace throughout
the world; whether they do not look
on war as a necessary evil.
1t is rather remarkable that the del
egates were able to do so muc talk ug
after eating SO many dinners. They
will have reason to think themselves
fortunate if they do nOt all die from
dyspepsia or suffer untold agony from
the govt before the passing of a year.
A good part OF the money expended
went for things to eat and drink. An
ltemlZed account of the expenditures
would undoubtedly make interesting
reading.-SaVannah News
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-11-08
Evidence of Scarcity of Household
Helm.

Several weeks ago a young woman
residing at Hot Springs, Va, advertise
ed in The Times-Dispatch for a posi-
ton as cook. Her mail broke the re-
cord at the village post office, and
threatened to o~verwhelm the postal
facilities. Replies were received from
Cries as far north as New York and
as lar south as North Carolina. But
Richmond led by a safe majority and
drew thu prize.
!, Later On a Richmond housewife
made public through the want col
umns OF The Tnmes-Dispatch the fact
J that she would fay S. per week for a
woman to cook 70" a family of two.
| These two incidents proclaim that
| the servant problem is distressing
Richmond as well as cher cities in
| the land, and if further evidence be
| needed the inquirer is cited to any half
hour conversation between two or
more Richmond Observation-Disclosures
| Dispatch.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-11-08
Going up the sIikaGo's Stairs.

TAFT Going up the stairs.
Slaves covered with crimson velvet.
fastened with gilt halls and ornament
ed with golden tassels were flOurished
in the face of William II. Taft as he
made his way up the grand staircase
in Mutsu HitO's palace in Toxic lasg
month.
The myriads of spectators in tho
streets below had already pelted the
"1ncorruptlble American" as the YoI-
eters, their clarions richly fringed
eters, their %clairiOrs richly fringed
with silk, sounded the fanfare as our
secretary of war marched up the steps
amid a tumult productive of much
scufiing and struggling anon. men in
| high boots, regimental headgear, buck
led shoes and silk stockings. Th-,
Taft passed from view into the pres
| ence Of the emperor of Japan, with
| whom he remained in conference ten
| minutes.
1t was the second time these tW0 lad
met.
One can speak no English and the
| other no Japanese, but the American
was the bearer, it seems, OF an au-
tograph letter from President RoCse-
Welt.
The eyes Of Taft, We are told by the
Yorodzu, organ of the Toxic pOpulacc
"blazed with the fire of freedom,
while among the spectators who saw
him ride by in a coash of state al
was joy and jubilatiOn over the career
that puts to shame the records of al
cient herOism."
Mr.. Taft was attired in plain blaei
for the reason, we are further informed
by the daily just quoted, that "genlu
SO SURPRISING as that of b lncorrupt
ible American needs none Of the trap
pings with which mean mortals con
ceal their emptiness"
Mr.. Taft, furthermore, is the onl,
statesman in America who is DO
afraid of the rich people" whom IN
has threatened to put in prison for cor
ruption."
Finally to quote the YorodZu y
again. Mr.. Taft is to be made presi
dent next year The Kokumin Shin
bun doubts that. doubts, indeed, tn
greatness of Taft. But il is ii vOiC
crying in the wilderness-Current IL
erature.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-11-08
OUeerlN Named Streets.

Edinburgh has some queerly named
streets, among which are Jacobs Lad
der, Gabriel's Ladder, Coffin lane, and
Cuddy lane. 1t is however, in the
CLOSE" hat this ancient city figures
best. There are, for instance, Hole in
the Wall close, Little Jack and Big
Jack close, Lady Stairs, H~eave-away
and Long close. The last is n of the
shortest of these, and in that resem-
bles Crooked and Turnagain lanes In
London, the former being as straight
as a die and the latter so narrow that
a vehicle in it cannot possibly turf
again.-Exchange.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-11-08
Would Roosevelt Accept Third Term

The Roosevelt tnlrQ term talk goes
! On, and even gathers volume as the
date for the next republican conven-
ton approaches. Governor Hoch o;
Kansas has said that we'll nominate
the president again." and ride owe
the opposition in the convention lille
a herd of Texas steers" Senator Nc
Cumber of North Dakota has express
the opinion that Mr.. Roosevelt VIII
have to decline a nomination after
it is made" because the convention
will insist upon nominating Him. 1t
has even been said, though alter de-
MED by Mr.. Bryan, that the NebraskaH
would not accept the demoatlc noml-
nation if Mr.. Roosevelt we're TO be
pitted against him. We lear that the
whole west demands a roosevelt third
term, that the east sees no way or
avoiding it, and that even a large
proportion Of the voers OF the south
prefer Mr.. Roosevelt to any democrat
that could be brought forward.
Of course it j. only talk; nobody
knows just how strong the demand for
Mr.. Roosevelt is and can not know
until the tine for a show down
comes. Mo- does the question of the
strength Of the Roosevelt third-term
sentimerC affect the issue that is pre-
sented to Mr.. Roosevelt himself. tl-
facts are that Mr.. Roosevelt has said
and said it repeatedly with all of his
vehement strenuositv, that he will no.
bf a candidate for a third term, that
ne will not again fill the Office that he
now holds. Yet the talk goes on. The
president meanwhile Is silent: he has
not lately repeated his declaration
that he would decline denomination,
and it is well-known that in politics
silence gives consent. That is the in
ference that is being drawn by those
people that would like to see Mr..
Roosevelt succeed himself.-Columbia
State.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-11-08
Reforming Tariff Reforms.

Tariff reform has been n OF the
chief Issues OF the democratic party,
but there seems TO be a tendency In
in some parts of the country TO re-
form tina issue. Lieut.Gov. Chanler
insists that the tariff ought TO be
taken out OF politics. SIR. Whitney
is making the issue of conservative
revision the ground Of his campaign,
and thus carrying the tariff into state
politics. he is appealing tC
Republican manufacturers for sup.
port. Queer things are done in the
name of the tariff. Meantime tht
standpatter is serene II he can ge'
the tariff out Of politics he will be sat.
isfied. Commissions move very slow
ly.-BaItimore Sun.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-11-08

They cannot be smashed" Or swept
away without vastly more harm than
they are doing.
The law itself should be maze moIs
workable; it should make clear the
distinction between injurious restraints
which are always unlawful and which
should be prevented or punished. and
those which may BE- beneficial and de
sirable, and it should leave railroad
regulation TO be treated as q subject
apart, for transportation as a service
to the public is quite i different mat
ter from manufacturing anu trading
in oil. sugar Or tobacco-JouTnal OF
Commerce.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-11-08
VIII Remain Closed.
Killed Negro Passenger.

Govania, Ga, November IA negro
porter named billiard on a Georgia
Southern and Florida train shot and
killed a negro passenger here on the
arrival of the train this afternoon
The authorities at Elko, the next sta
ton, undertook TO arrest the porter
but Conductor Dickinson locked The
negro in a mail car and '-7od II" ar
rest. The authorities ar hf
| train for the arrival - r.
| who is on his way & a
| posse.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-11-08

p. The Kind You Haw klaayS BogEt
s~'s. ct &MNzzM
Discussed White Slave Traffic

Battle Creek, Mich, November =
H. afternoons session OF the Ma
tlchai purity Congress was devoted
principal. to discussion of the white
slave tIdNl'' Rev. Wylie j. Phillips
tolc Oh ah campaign in Los
Ahse,ss ~l miII,onssght about the
a notorious house. Rev. Pr 40
nounced the practice Of issuing 7. y,
license to cafes
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-11-08
Contract for Cotton Warehouse Lei

The contract for the erection of a
warehouse being erected by cotton
growers Of Cabarrus in this city for
the storage of the cotton crop, has
beer let. This is one of the two ware
build in the county in which to store
the crop in order to hold it Off the
market when prices are unsatisfactory
to the owner. The contractors will
push the work of completing this
warehouse as rapidly as is possible
Concord Tribune.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-11-08
An .Age-Worn suggestion.

You may have noticed hat Lewis
Stuyve SAINT Chanlcr went to Georgia
last week ard made a sreech at The
state fair. OF course the boom weHz
along. The Georgia democrat we're
pleased to see Mr.. Chanler and made
thinSsit pleasant for him. When ne an
nounced he was for taking the tariff
"a national neCessity"-Uut OF poll
tics, they shouted approval. We
seem to remember having heard that
suggestion before Mr.. Chanler was
born.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-11-08
lSnecial 10 The Messenger.)

Raleigh, \. c., November 2.-Presi-
dent Chas. f. Johnson of the Raleigh
chamber of commerce, appoints az iu8
delegates to the waterway
at Wilmington, next Tuesday, Frank
lin Mcneil, chairman; Ed Chambers
Smith, F. p. Busbee.
Grand Secretary WooddsH report !
new lodge formed at Williamson, 80
Odd Fellows.
The insurance agency OF HkTFwry 90
| Hunter, Raleigh, is chartered, capltai
stock S25 900.
VIII Remain Closed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-11-08

.Ihs Kind Ycg haze NNaB Bag
=; : ; q; ZNNzzM

s Now an authority says that future
wars will be ought in the air. 1t Will
be remembered that our late great war
with Japan proved to be all in the air.
So it is TO be hoped that the prophecy
will hold good of all future wars
Raleigh Times.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-11-08
FOR DEEPER WATERWAYS
Conference to be Held in PhiIa'
deIphia Nov. 10

MANY Notable Persons to be Present.
Interesting Program ArranGcd-1"o
l-niouc forms of Entertainment
Decided UpOn-ImpOrtance 10 thc
Cuuntrv Of Inland Waterway.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-11-08

Bears the 1IR Kind You Haze AiEarS Bought
Signature a. !: &WHzZM
WHY Japan VIII be Cautious

Britain Joined with Japan u of
hostility to Russia The historic re-
latiCn has been changed by the An
glo-Russian agreement concerning
Persia. Afghanistan and Tiblet. All
parties in England recognize that the
agreement has altered the situation
in Asia radically. The beSetting fear
Of Russia in India has been dissipa-
ted, and with il has gone the need OF
japanese aid in the peninsula. for
which the treaty in 1905 contracted
Japan, il would appear. is tied 20 q
partner who will not desert her in
case she is attacked, but who is lit.
tie likely to her. Or ever
assist her, in an aggressive policy to-
ward any western power with whom
Japan can possibly come into contact
New York Evening Post
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-11-08

Men have reason TO dread a nimble-
tongued woman.
A certain clever authoress was once
asked by a writer Of the opposite sex
who is not remarkable for civility:
Wouldn't you like TO be a man?
To this the lady readily replied:
Wouldn't you?-Tit-Bits.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-01-07
HIGGINS HERO OF
INAUGURATION
IN PAWTUCKET

Mayors and city governments OF the fve
cities OF Rhode Island were inaugurated
today.
In Pawtucket Mayor Kenyon is the first
Republican to be elected to that office In
eight years: and the city council for the
first time I'm the history OF the city is
made up entirely OF Republicans. In his
inaugural message the mayor recon-
mends improved engine service for the
fire department. favors the appointment
OF more police advocates the extension OF
the sewer system and urges that action
be taken with the city OF Central Fails
for the abolishment OF grade crossings.
After Mayor Kenyon had read his
message. he paid a very high trioute
TO former Mayor Higgins, who had
sworn him In and this was followed by
a scene OF wild enthusiasm never before
known at an inauguration in Paw
tucket.
There were loud calls for a speech
from Gov. Higgins; and when he arose
pandemonium broke loose and for hVe
minutes by the clock IL continued.
perative gestures. and the governor
made a very neat and characterls.ic
little speech of appreciation. which
In Central Falls, Mayor Freeman rec
ommends more liberal appropria tions.
suggests an increase OF ten cents per 500
Increase in the salary ofsthe mayor. who
now receives only $500 per annum, and In
the salaries OF the aldermen and council
men. He suggests that certain stories re-
lating 10 the manner in which the license
commissioners OF the city have conducted
their office be Investigated.
In Woonsocket. Mayor Archambault is
a Democrat. while the city council is Re-
publican. In his inaugural the mayor rec
ommends that the fight for cheaper gas
rate be continued. that harmony exist in
the police department. and that the ad
visibility OF continuing the water rebate
system where there are defective meters,
now in operation. be investigated.
Tn city government elected under New
ports new city charter assumed office to-
day for the first time, when Mayor VIII
liam p. Clarke ard the 195 members of the
representative council were sworn into
office. After the reading of the mayors
inaugural address which was the short
est document OF It's kind in the history
of the city. being devoted mainly 10 a dis
cussion OF the mayors duties under the
new charter. the council adjourned until
evening.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-01-07

of the Roman Catholic diocese Of Provi-
dence.
Mayor Mccarthy then presented his In
augural address. which win be found on
another page, and the business of the
Joint convention and the election of mu-
nicipal officers for the ensuing year was
taken up.
The aldermen then retired to their
chamber to elect president, president
pro tempore. city registrar. inspector or
provisions inspector OF steam boilers. SUI
pervising engineer under smoke nuisance
act, superintendent OF burial OF deceased
soldiers and sailors quarantine sentinel
and a fire marshal. the following being
elected:
Judge OF the municipal court Joseph y.
Sphinx: recorder Of deeds. Edward =.
Joyce: city auditor. Philip s. Chase; city
sergeant. T. Frederick Chase: sealer OF
weights and measures. Louis B. Jones.
board of fire commissioners. Ira Winsor.
presidents OF the fire department, Ira
Winsor George A. Steere. John w. I'll
linghast; commissioners OF the North
George L. Pierce. Henry A. Grimwood:
clerk OF the market. Frank A. Matthews:
viewer of fences, Jonathan @. Parkhurst:
dermen: inspector OF Kerosene. George p.
Cressy: pound keeper at the asylum, John
T Brown: pound keeper In the Seventh
the Tenth ward. William B. Hazard; port
wardens, Prentiss O. Hooper, Thomas
Gardner and Nathan A Rrissss;i packers
Higgins: Inspector of pot and pearl ashes,
Dutee Arnold Inspector of saleratus and
bicarbonite of soda, George l.. Pierce;
inspector OF chain cables. jeremiah w.
Miller inspector of beef and pork, Will
liam j Beane: viewer of hoops. John r.
OBrien; surveyors and corders OF wood.
Judson' Davis, f. O. Mathewson. George
F. A. Beane. Byron w. Wells: surveyor
and measurer OF stone, James Warren.
Jr: inspector and measurer or carpen-
tcrs masons,' and painters work. Jere-
miah III. Hall; measurers OF grain, salt
and sea coal. Burmah T.. Perkins. Roswell
c. Smith and Charles. Sisson; city weigh
er, Charles -. Cobb: weighers OF cotton.
William j. O'Brien. Joseph +. Schellinger
and Harry A. Scribner; city gaugers
lanes Moran.