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The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-29

Wilmington has slipped up to third
as a cotton-exporting port. being out
ranked now only by Galveston and
Savannah. The thirty-foot channel
would easily put her next to Calves
ton and that would be a great achiev-
Inent for North Carolina's seaport
Charlotte Chronicle.
Just wait until we get that thirty
foot channel to the sea and we Will
prove to the country that The ChroE-
icle is correct. Wilmington will not
only come next to Galveston as a cot
ton shipping point, but she will be one
of the chief ports of entry on the At
lantic seaboard She will be the en-
treport for a large area OF the South
Atlantic section Of the country. Then
she will not be known only as big
cotton exporting port, but as the gate
way of trade between foreign countries
AID large section Of the south. She
will be the queen city of the south,
the great center of this sections for
olSn Lr@Qo, anu sue Will UFluS SECdLcT
trade and increased prosperity to he.'
sister cities of inland Carolinas. Every
business man throughout this whole
section of the country should be inter
ested in making Wilmington the sea-
port that she will be when she gets
her deep waterway to the ocean. This
whole state is interested in this prop
osition. All of our citizens should pull
together in this matter 1t is not a
local proposition. We feel sure that
Mr.. Fox in his itinerary can convince
the people of the inland towns of this
fact When they can be made to un-
derstand this there will be such a
demand for the appropria-
ton for the work that congress will
be sure to pass the bill.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-29

Mr. Gill, the former receiver OF the
old Cape Fear and Yadlsin Valley rail-
road, writes a long letter to The News
and Observer in reference to its charges
against him regarding the sale and
dismemberment of that road He shows
wherein that paper made several in
correct statements in regard to the
transactions leading UP to the sale of
the road The division Of the road
was sanctioned by an act of the state
legislature, and was not through q
decree of the federal court. A demo-
cratic legislature provided for the di-
vision of the road.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-29
WILMINGTON. N. G..
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1907
MISSING STATE PAPERS

Well now! What do you suppose
has become of that report of the COM
mittee which investigated the Atlantic
and North Carolina railroad? What
we would like to know is who was the
custodian of that official document:
There surely is some state offic1a!
whose duty it was to see that the paper
was preserved. Who is that othclal!
What does he have to say about the
disappearance of the document? 1t IS
due to the public that some explana-
ton be made about this matter.
As we understand it this paper was
the report of the committee appointed
to investigate the condition OF the
Mullet road about the time OF the
row over the lease Of the property
Along about that time it was dlscoV-
cred that the business manager OF
The News and Observer and brother
in-law of the editor of that paper was
found to have been acting for nearly
year as a director Of the road in viU-
lation Of the law of the state.
No doubt that report would form
very interesting reading matter just
at this time We hope Governor Glenn
will make an investigation into the
affair and find out who was responsible
for the papers disappearance. Doesn't
the governor think it is due to him
self that the paper should be account
ed for and the responsibility for its
loss placed where it belongs?
This is not the first state paper OF
Importance which has disappeared
from the state custody in recent years.
If we have been correctly Informed,
only a few years ago the bond of a
state official ''got lost and that official
died in office owing the state several
hundred dollars which has never been
collected because the other state Of
fetal who was the custodian OF the
bond "lost it,
There should be more care taken OF
important state papers Here are cited
two instances where important docu-
ments have ''just dropped out Of exist
ence" If such things continue there
might be explanations demanded of
some state officials which would place
them in awkward positions
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-29

It is with deep regret that We hear
of the death of John Charles McNelll'
the gifted writer on the staff OF Ihe
Charlotte Observer. He was young
man of rare talents and had prospects
of a bright career in the field of litera-
ture. His untimely death is a great
loss not only to The Observer but also
to the whole state He will be greatly
missed by those who have been IN the
habit of reading his character sketches
and other articles in The Observer.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-29
LOCATION OF THE TRAINING
SCHOOL

Why is it that Wilmington does
not try to secure the training school?
Our section of the state has none of
| the state institutions. Every other
section of the state is we'll represent
ed by some State-supported school
or other public institution Why
should not our part of the state be
reco gnized in the distribution Of state
patronage? 1t is true that the town
which secures the training school
must make a donation in land or
money or both in order to secure it,
but that is no reason why Whining
ton should not make an effort. 1t
would be a great advantage to our
city to have the school located here,
and it would be we'll worth the while
Of our citizens to make an effort to
secure it. Other towns in the state
are anxious for it and are making
valuable bids to secure it. If the
people in Wilmington are going to
make any move in that direction 1T
Our people could we'll afford to Of
fer a suitable tract of land near the
city and a sufficient sum Of money
to induce the trustees of the insti-
tuition to locate here.
We suggest to our citizens that
they take this matter up. 1t is wor-
thy of consideration. They are not
going to have the state authorities
begging them to consent to the To-
cation Of the state institution in this
section. In fact to get one they will
have to work hard for it. Their ex-
perience in the matter Of state guard
encampment shows that the state Off
cials and the representatives of the
state institutions are not hankering
after locating any such institutions
in this section What the Lower
Cape Fear section gets in the way Of
state benefits it has got to fight for.
Why this should be SO we do not
know, but our section of the state
has been for some time ignored by
the state powers.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-29

Americans who visit England espe-
cially if they happen to he in afHuent
circumstances would do well to bear
in mind that there is special tax
payable for the use Of any crest or ar
mortal bearings on their automobiles.
and that failure to produce proof that
the tax in question. amounting to
about S12 per annum or for any por-
1ion of the year. has been paid is La
BILE to Lead 10 costly legal proceedings
to a fine and even in extreme case
to Imprisonment.
The above paragraph is from let
ter to the Washington Post by the
Marquise de Fonteroy. What We
want to know is If England can levy
a tax on the use of family cTests by
persons entitled to display them why
should not our government or the
several states of the union tax the
display of them by persons who have
no legal right to display them? 1t
would be a great source of revenue to
the federal government or to any
state we're it to establish college
of heraldry and issue patents or per-
mits to people to adopt and display
family crests and coats OF arms.
Such an institution would bring III
more money to the government or
state than New Jerseys corporation
charter mill.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-29
THE SOUTH'S FINANCIAL INDIE
PENDENCE

While banks and big business
doors because of the lack of funds,
the banks in this section of the
country are accommodating all of
their customers. The southern banks
are plentifully supplied with money.
There is no uneasy feeling here. The
truth is the southern banks have
become lenders instead of borrow
ers. The time has passed when
they depended on loans from the
north to enable them to move the
cotton crop. The south now does
it's banking at home and has money
to loan to it's northern friends when
they get in a pinch as those in New
York are now experiencing. We
hear of bank in a neighboring city
which has just sent a quarter of a
million dollars to New York to help
the business there tide over the
strain in the money market. A few
years ago the present financial con-
dition in New York would have
caused great uneasiness in financial
circles in the south. Our bankers
would have been frightened at the
monetary conditions, because they
were dependent on the northern
bankers. 1t is quite different today.
Let money go to seventy per cent.
as it did in New York on Tuesday;
let big banking houses fail for mil
lions of dollars-that does not af-
feet our banks; they have plenty OF
money to supply their customers;
their credit is good because based
on solid foundation, and they pur-
sue the ever tenor of their way, un-
concerned by the furor that is being
raised in the banking district of the
country's metropolis. Nothing could
better illustrate the progress the
south has made in recent years than
her independence in money matters
of the banks and the capitalists of
the north.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-29

The Durham Herald intimates that
nobody outside of Greensboro attended
the fair on ednesday-Bryan day. 1t
saws that "as there were only thirty
five thousand paid admissions to the
fair on that day the other seven
thousand perhaps had passes 1t thus
counts for the forty-two thousand in
habitants Greensboro claims.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-29
wILMINGTOS's DEEP WATER
CHANNEL

We are glad TO note with what
unaniInity the business men of the
inland towns OF the state endorse
the proposition for a deep channel
from Wilmington 10 the sea. They
have begun TO realize the fact that
it is not a selfish movement on the
part OF merchants and shippers of
Wilmington, but that il will be to
the benefit OF the whole state. Will
mington does not ask the co-opera-
ton Of the interior towns through
any selfish motives. She knows that
it will be for the benefit of the whole
state that she should be made an
important port of entry and for this
reason she asks aid of the entire
state in her effort to secure sufficient
appropriation from congress TO deep
en- her channel to the sea. The in
lands towns which do not come to
her assistance in procuring this are
standing in their own light
We do not pretend to say that Will
m1ngton is entirely unselfish in this
matter; that she is doing it solely
for the benefit of the balance of the
state. This is not so and no one
here interested in the matter claims
that it is. Wilmington will derive
great benefit from the deepening of
her channel to the sea. 1t will make
her one of the chief seaports of the
south Atlantic and her commerce will
be greatly increased. Much will be
added to her wealth. The balance
of the state should take pride in hav-
ing within our borders such a sea-
port as Wilmington will be when this
work is done, and no doubt it will
do SO, still the real benefit will be
to the inland towns whose merchants
are now making such complaint
about the discrimination against
them in the mater of freight rates.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-29
TURN ON ALL THE LIGHT

1t begins to look like it was all a
bluff about the state being so aHx-
ious to go back ten years in the in
vestigatiOn of the books of the South
ern railroad and the putting of Col
onel Andrews on the witness stand
in the railroad case If the state s
lawyers want to put Colonel Andrews
on the stand why don't they do it?
They can get him any time they want
him. Can it be that the "Orgin"
knows too we'll what he would tell?
1t looks like they are afraid to give
him a chance to tell all he knows,
though they have made a great fuss
about the refusal of the court to
give them ali opportunity to turn
on all the light.
We hope Colonel Andrews will be
given an opportunity to testify, and
when the Seaboard case comes up
we hope Mr.. st. John and Mr.. Hen
ry Page will be put on the stand to
tell all they know and that the lat
ter will be required to exhibit the
books of that company which are
said to be in his possession. Let's
have no halfway business about this
matter. Let's turn on all the light,
in accordance with the demand Of
The News and Observer.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-29

Does the protest Of the Ne" 1>rA
dailies against Mr.. Bryan's charge
that the metropolitan dailies are sub
sidized indicate that the only metro
politan dailies are in New York! Or
does it mean that only the New Fork
dailies are subsidized?-New Bern
Sun.
rs there any money in farms" ask
ed the tourist
Yes" answered Farmer Corntossel; f;
"if they are close enough to town TO
have cutters and shade trees planted
on 'em SOS they can be sold for city
lots.'-Washington Star.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-29

On two occasions lately men In the
Wadesboro lookup have set fire 70
their bedding. That is rather danger
GUS way to seek release from contine-
ment. The fellow who tries that ex-
pertinent is in danger of having his
case moved to another tribunal from
which there is no appeal.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-29

Marconi has good reason to be proud
of the success of his TRANSATLANTIC
wireless telegraphic line. He has fully
demonstrated that there is no longer
any use of a cable between the two
continents. Messages can be sent just
as we'll over his system as over the
cable lines.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-29

Some of them perhaps have the ad-
vantage of knowing what the books
would show if they could be examined.
Durham Herald.
Madame Rumor says Mr.. Henry
Page knew what he was talking about
when he asked The News and Observ-
er about the hundred-dollar-a-month
subsidy from the Seaboard Air Line.
One would infer that he had had a
peep at the books.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-29

If you did not read President
Roosevelt's speech to the people of
Nashville, published in yesterdays
paper, you missed a treat. 1t was
one Of the best speeches he has made
since the beginning Of his public ca
reer. Read it and you will under
stand why he has such hold on the
people.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-29
Democratic Skulkers

That was talk much below silly with
which Representative E. w. Pom fa>-
ored a Washington Herald interviewer
the other day, especially when he
spoke of these who skulked in 1896. :
If those who ''skulked" in 1896 AMI
1904 were both eliminated, will some
body please tell US how much would
be left of the democratic party?-Char-
lotte Observer.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-29

The public is waiting with great
supreme court in the indictment
against the Southern railroad. 1t
does seem that those five lawyers
could make up their minds in this
length of time as to what is the law
on the subject
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-29

The New York Sun wants to know
why it is that a married woman blows
her husband up for coming home at
the same hour of the night that he
used to !eeye her in their courting
DAYS. The only answer We know is:
Because she is a woman.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-29

Wonder if Mr.. Roosevelt does not feel
jealous Of that Colorado girl who Kill
ed a wildcat with a pistol? But he
has the satisfaction of knowing that
she would have tainted had it been
mouse
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-29

We suppose run on the banks will
be the order of the day in New York
and other northern cities for q while.
The people down this way who have
money In the banks are satisfied with
their security and do not care to
draw it out. They know our banks
are solid
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-29

What is whiskey? is the question
now agitati1g the public. A physician
who has given the matter much study
declares that it is neither food nor
stimulant. 1t must be the adulterants
hat are put in it which stimulate those
who imbibe too freely.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-29

1t seems that North Carolina has
man who is striving to be the sue
cessor to the great Snowman Barnum,
the man who believed the people
liked to be made fools OF.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-29

The press dipatches announce the
death in Germany of a man who had
Lived in water for thirteen years.
It didn't say whether or not he was
married so we do not know whether
or not it was hot water that he lived
in all those years.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-29

We reckon Mr.. Roosevelt thinks
those men are nature takers who say
that Louisiana canebrake bears allow
themselves to be shot just for the
amusement of presidents.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-29

An Indiana girl worth one hundred
thousand dollars announces that she
has no intention OF marrying. She
could make good income as an adver-
tisement writer.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-29

Things are mighty quiet at the
Jamestown exposition. There has not
been a resignation OF social leader IN
a week. There must be no social func-
tions going on now.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-29

We would like to know how many
bales of cotton were raised this year
within the corporate limits of the city
OF Charlotte.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-29

We have failed. to receive any re-
port so far of a collision or Of any
one being run over by any of the
participants in the big balloon race.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-29

Just suppose the state supreme
court should overrule Judge Long II
the railroad indictment what would
those papers have to say which raise1
such a howl about the railroads bring
ing their civil suits in the federal
court.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-29

A physician declares .,.1 automobii-
ing drives a man to dr.. Some act
like they had already gotten there De-
fore they began driving their autono-
biles.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-29

The next thing in order is the wire
less telephone. It is on the way and
will soon be in operation.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-29
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION:

THE DAILY MESSENGER By mail
one wear. $500; six months. $500:
three months. $3.50: oae month so
cents.
THE SEMI-WEEKLY MESSHN-
GER (two eight page papers), bv mail.
one year $500: six months. so cents,
'~ cdvance.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-05-01
M'CUE ACTIVE IN
ENFORCEMENT
OF Law
Attorney Generals Work For
Prohibition Shows Him an
Earnest Official.
BELIEVES VIOLATION
SHOULD BE PUNISHED
Has Co. Operation of States
Attorneys in Recently In
augurated Crusades.
BELIEVES VIOLATION
SHOULD BE PUNISHED

Attorney General McCue is in the
city today to attend the meeting of
the state board of health of which
he is member. He was seen by a
Times representative this morning and
asked in reference to the conditions
throughout the state so far as the
enforcement of the prohibition law
was concerned. The attorney general
ter. as he is with every thing with
which he is officially connected.
81 believe like Lincoln" said he,
chat a nation can not survive half
slave and half free, except that in
this case 1t must be made to mean that
a law can not survive when it is en-
forced in a part of the state and ig-
nOred in another. 1t was this belief
which induced me shortly after l had
entered upon the duties of the office
to which l was elected, to seek to en-
list the cooperation OF the states at
torneys of the several counties in an
honest attempt to enforce the prohi-
bition law. 1 found that these officials
were not only ready but anxious to
cooperate with the state department
of justice in securing proper OBJ
servance of the law. This. discov-
cred in the replies to the letters which
l sent to the several states attorneys.
"As a result there was inaugurated
in every county crusade against the
violators of the prohibition law. and
the enthusiasm which has marked the
progress of that crusade can be partly
explained by the statement that the
moral support which comes to an Of
ficer in the doing of his duty has re-
ceived an additional impetus from the
large number of officials who are
working along the same line. There
is something else about this that may
have something to do with the matter
Persons who violate the prohibition
law seldom have any permanent place
of abode, and often when they were
driven from one county they would
merely go over into another and re-
sumo business. Now the general pro-
secutions all over the state make 1t
rather difficult for violator to find
place in which to rest.
while the credit for the present
enforcement belongs largely to the
several states attorneys, it is graft
flying that they are cooperating so
earnestly with the department of JUS
tice in upholding the law
Attorney General McCue will adj
dress the meeting of the North Dakota
States Attorneys association which
meets in this city next month and
will make this enforcement of the
prohibition law strong feature OF
his address.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-05-01
An ENJOYABLE DANCE
Colored People OF Dual Cities enjoyed
Hop, Including Several Intricate
Dances,

The colored people of the dual cities
were hostesses at dance given last
evening in the NOrmanden hall and
many out-of-town guests were present
to share In the joyousness. The light
fantastic proved a very fitting term
for the brand INDUCED last evening, as
the colored people are very easy and
natural dancers. Several intricate
movements, as the Spanish waltz and
others, were rejuvinated and the hop
lasted until an early hour this morn
ing. VIM. Green was floormaster for
the occasion and Baby" was mascot.
Among the number present were the
following: Mesdames johnson, Early,
Palmer, Green, Young, Ernie Smith,
Turner, Coils, Lobins, Hadley, Misses
Turpin, Robinson, and Messrs. John
son, Early, Palmer, Green, Fort, Lo-
bins, Barney, Cunningham, Battles,
Turpin. Collins. Bernard, Cornwall, De-
Honey, DOC" Smith and Prof. Gus
Harris of Fargo.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-05-01


The Minnesota 2-cent rate went into
effect today, and with it come a few
remarkable conditions, especially
along the Red river AS was stated in
the Evening Times Tuesday evening,
there Is most remarkable condition
existing In East Grand Forks and
Grand Forks as a result of the new
Minnesota law. This same condition
exists in Fargo, Moorhead, Brecken-
ridge and Wahpeton. The condition in
which people from the three North Da-
kota cities find themselves is rather
peculiar. Should they purchase a
ticket to Minneapolis from their home
cities, they will find that the cost
is from $3.50 to $500 higher than It
Is from the three Minnesota cities, only
a mile away. The box at the head of
this article shows the effect of the law.
People from Grand Forks, Fargo and
Wahpeton can take advantage of the
Minnesota rate very easily, by Just
going to the Minnesota cities and pur-
chasing their tickets. However people
coming from inland Dakota cities can
not do that. They will have to pur-
chase their tickets to Grand Forks,
and then continue their Journey across
the Red river by paying fare of 5
cents. After arriving in East Grand
Forks the traveller will have to pur-
chase another ticket. Should he have
any baggage, it will be almost impos-
sible for him to take advantage of
the Minnesota. rate.
1t is claimed that there will be some
change made later, whereby tickets
from Grand Forks, Fargo and Wah-
.peton can be purchased at the 2-cent
rate in force in Minnesota.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-05-01
A Good Price.

Record of the sale of a quarter Sec
ton of land in Ferry township. was
filed with Register OF Deeds Hancock
today. The property was sold by
Harry w. Violet to H. P. Bosworth,
the consideration being $4,000.