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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-26
POLITICS IN APPALACHIAN RE
SERVE NATTER.

Senator Hemenway. of Indiana.
blocked the adoption of Senator SIM
mons amendment to the agricultural
appropriation bill. providing for a SUI
vey of the proposed reservations in the
Appalachian and the White mountains
His reason for objection given on the
floor of the senate was that the subject
had not been given proper considera-
ton. In private he stated his reason
to be that he believed a lot of New
England farmers were e~ndeavoring to
work off a number of WORKOUT farms
on the government. The senators ftv-
Oring the amendment have hopes yet
because of the fact that Senator Hom-
enway is Vice President Fairbanks
presidential boom manager and it Is
hoped the latter will call him off for
fear that his opposition to the rese-7a-
ton may lose votes for Mr.. Fairbanks
in the New England states. The friends
of that measure have got a hard road
travel ahead of them.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-26
WILMINGTON n. G.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1907.
CHEAP LIVING AT THE SOUTH.

The Charleston News and Courier
does not like the fling the Washington
Post makes at the cheap living in
South Carolina and takes up the de
Tense of the boarding houses of Char
lesion and Columbia. During the lat
ter days of the session of the legisla-
speech on the floor of the house that
he boarded in Columbia and kept a
horse at the cost of only two dollars a
day. The Washington Post quoted this
and remarked that IF that horse is still
alive he must have a poor opinion of
his master.
The News and Courier comes to the
defense of this legislator and OF the
boarding houses, Of the horses and Of
things generally in its state, with the
following:
Very good board, however, can be
obtained in Columbia for 81 a day, or
for Sc a Week-better board than can
be obtained for twice that sum in the
city of Washington. 1t does not cost
any o to keep a horse in Columbia
than it does to keep a man. Excellent
board caTi be obtained in the city of
Charleston for 81 a week, or 81 a day,
and a horse can be kept at the best
livery stable in this town. fed we'll,
thoroughly grOoIned and cared for in
every way for $25 q month, or less
than Sc cents 81 day. The horses in
Columbia and Charleston are better
bred and better kept than the horses
in Washington. They ear outrun any
thing on four legs at tie national cap
ital. jump higher fences md generally
perform harder service than many OF
the so-Ca!Ied blOOded stock with which
Washington is infected"
Living in Columbia and in other
progressive towns in South Carolina is
far cheaper and better than in any Of
the pOpulouS centres OF the northern
states. This is q land Of milk and
honey; of timothy hay ard red clover
and alfalfa; OF spare ribs and souse
and sausage: a and where the people
eat butter on their bread and not oleo-
margarine; where the frui crop rarely
fails and the finest vegetables in the
world are grown in the gardens; where
the fields and forests are filled with
game and the streams are stocked
with fishes. If the Washington Post
knew us better it would be ready to
accept any story it might be old
ing in South Carolina.
Now, Mr.. Post, will you go way back,
sit down and be good for the balance
of the meeting. ,-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-26
lying ON THE SOUTH.

Anything to give a black eye to the
cotton mill industry of the south is
the motto of some Of the New England
manufacturers. No report is too alb
surd or TOO vile to be circulated TO do
them injury. The latest is the state
ment sent out from Ipswich, Mass,
several days ago that there was a ci-
gantic scheme being attempted to i'm
port, through fraud, English mill girls
to work in southern cotton mills under
conditions which amount practically to
slavery. The information is pretended
to have been secured from two English
girls who had gone to Charlotte to
work in the mills there. but had es-
capped to the Massachusetts town. If
these girls had made any such state
ment, and we doubt it, there is 10
foundation for it, and those New Eng
landers who put the report into circE-
lation through the papers knew it was
a lie, if they had any n at all; but
it was too good IN opportunity to let
slip for striking a blow at the south's
cotton mill business. 1t was done 10
prevent mill operatives from England
coming to the south.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-26
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST
SOUTHERN MILLS.

Complaint has been made to the in
ter-state m commission that
the railroads of the south are discrimi~
mating against the cotton mills Of that
section in favor of those of New Eng
land in the matter of freight rates to
the Orient. The rate on cotton mill
products from the south is one dollar
and a quarter per hundred pounds.
while it is only e~ighty-five cents from
the New England points. The COM
plant is made by the China and Japan
Trading Company, of New YORK, Waicl
purchases cotton goods in the south
and ships them to China and japan.
The compliments have positive proof
of this discrimination. This difference
in the freight rate amounts to a larga
sum in the course of a year and as our
trade in the east is increasing all the
time steps should be taken to correct
the wrong that is being done the mills
of the south. Our mills should be put
on the same footing as those CT other
sections of the country. That is all
our people ask-a fair. showing and
equal chances. Give them these and
they will ask nc more. They do lot
want to gain success in their struggle
for the mastery in the markets, of the
Orient in n other way than by fair
means. They know that with these
they can win.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-26
~Kate Meredith. Financier. is c. J.

"Kate Meredith. Financier" is c.. J.
Cutclife Hyne's new novei which has
been put ON the market by the Authors
and Publishers Association. It is con-
'sidered the best of that authors novels.
1T is thrilling from beginning to eud.
The author has performed the difficult
task of making the heroine a business
woman without destroying her femi-
ninity or making her uninteresting.
The scene is laid chiefly on the West
african coast in the oil rivers section.
The reader is constantly meeting unex-
pected turns in the thread of the story
and many exciting scenes are depicted.
The book is printed in good type, on
good paper and is well bound in cioth.
containing colored illustrations. II
is we'll worth the price at which /: IS
sold-ffty cents. 1t can be purchased
from the authorized agents Of the asso-
citation only. Mr.. Robert c. DeRosset
is the agent in this city.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-26

That man who has purchased the
concession at the jamestown exposition
to exhibit a herd of whales and VINO
expects to carraI item in a stocI;ale
on the water front will make a good
thing out of it if he can just induce the
whales to enter the stockade; but tust
think what a mint of money he would
coin if he could induce some daredevil
to perform the Jonah act two or three
times a week during the exposition.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-26

There is great difference in the views
Of some of the ministers as to the pro-
priety Of publishing the evidence IN
the Thaw trial. We saw it state! a
few days ago that a western preacher
had announced from his pulpit that
every word Of the testimony of the
witnesses should be repeated in the
newspapers; that he wanted to read it
and he thought it should be read by
every one. On the other hand a preach
er in Massachusetts, speaking on this
subject. says thaf "as well ask sho AZ
miasma, yellow fever and buhonic
plague be spread broadcast throughout
the land" Now what are the papers
to do when such opposite opinions
are held by the ministers? It IS hard
for them to decide Just how much to
publish and how much to leave out.
Whatever curse they pursue there will
be some to criticise their action. It
is just as impossible to suit all by
a middle course as it would be by pub
fishing none of it or by giving it all.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-26

The proposed increase in salaries Of
state officials will amount to about
thirty thousand dollars annually. If
the state car afford that, and we do rot
oppose the proposition, it can also at
ford to provide a reformatory for the
youthful criminals of the state. If it
cannot do both, the latter, in our opiu-
ion, is of far greater Importance to The
state than the other.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-26

Tt took hard work through many
years to close the saloons in the CAPT
toll building in Washington; but The
leaders in the wal on them finally
succeeded, and now they have turned
their attention to the city saloons ana
are going to make a desperate effort
to establish prohibition throughout tie
entire city. They have a harder task
before them than was the other, but
if they keep hammering at it they Will
succeed in the end. An exchange, con-
menting on this new movement, cx-
claims: How popular with Washing
ton society folks will the foreign en-
bassies become if the sale Of liquors is
stopped in the city,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-26

One who suffers from chronic constf
is in danger OF many serious
Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup
cures chronic constipation as it aids
digestion and stimulates the liver and
bowels restoring the natural action Cs
these organs. Commence taking il to-
day and you will feel better at once.
Laxative Fruit Syrup does not
|nauseate or grippe and is very pleasant
to take. Refuse substitutes. Jos. Shep-
ard, j. Hicks Bunting Drug Co.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-26

The editor Of the Memphis, Tenn,
Times" writes: I'm my opinion
Foley's Honey and Tar is the best
remedy for coughs, colds and lung
trouble and to my own personal knowl-
edge Foley's Honey and Tar has ac-
complished many permanent cures that
have been little short of marvellous"
Refuse any but the genuine in the yell
lew packages. JOS. Shepard. J. Hicks
Bunting Drug Co.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-26

S~Sa--~ -@
Mr.. Michalek, a member OF cong .ess
from Illinois and a Bohemian, il a
speech in the house on the immigration
bill the other day, expressed regret
that the big stick had taken on the
characteristics of the catfish in Senator
Vance's story and had "swunk" TO the
OF a tooth-pick, and he
could see no reason why the United
States should kowtow to the little
pampered bully Of the east". This must
make the president feel worse than the
realization of the fact that the public
feels that he has allowed the Ian To
use the big stick or him with success.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-26

The South Carolina dispensaryites
express surprise hat Governor Ansel
should appoint a n~on-political board
to wind up the affairs Of the state
~dispensary. They should realize ina
had the d~ispensary been kept out of
politics by its supporters and been
managed by non-Dolitical boards the
system would hardly have been reLu-
dated by the people of the state. We
venture to say that the only ones who
find fault with the governors action
are those who are bemoaning that
there will be no graft in the winding
up of the rotten concern.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-26

The will Of Ex-Governor Higgins, of
New York. has been admitted to pro-
bate. 1t disposes of an estate worth
between $40 DOC, 000 and SIG, 00C. 200.
There are many requests of d public
and charitable nature, such as for hos
pitfalls and societies for homeless child
rem.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-26

The Durham Herald we'll says that
while the south may not be all she
should be she should refuse to be ci vii
lied according to the Rockefeller pian''
Those northerners who come down
here to live generally consider our
people about as civilized as those they
left at home. 81.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-26

A weeks treatment for rheumatism
land bladder troubles for % cents. Tha
Wits Kidney and Bladder Pills, Moth
ling else so good for all troubles cause
by impure blood. Sold by Robert 2
Bethany.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-26

The Charlotte Chronicle. in COM
menting editorially on the compromise
of the Japanese-San Francisco cont EST,
says that danger of war with Japan, for
the present at least, will blow over. if
the administration can get Mr.. Hobson
pacified.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-26

The superior court of Mecklenburg
devoted two days to the trial of DR..
w. S. Davidson, Of Charlotte, on the
charge of giving a prescription for
whiskey. The jury failed to agree
after being out all night, and Judge
Justice ordered a mistrial. The jurors
stood ten to two for conviction. We
believe this was the first trial in that
county OF a physician for Illegally is
suing a prescription for whiskey. The
failure to convict must have been a
disappointment to the prohibition lead.
ers, for there seems to be an immense
liquor business on ply sicians' presI;ip-
tons done by the drug stores Of that
city.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-26

| Doctors now claim that auto sus.es-
ltion is a sure cure for alcoholism. But
lit will take more than the suggestion of
auto TO brighten some men from the
,hab:t.-washIngton Post.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-26

We do not say hat the Legislature
has done wrong knowingly. but it is our
opinion that some of the members
have a wrong idea rs to What the peo-
pie Want.-Durham Herald.
Is it the duty Of the Legislature to
give the people what they want or
what the members OF that body think
they need?
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-26
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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-26

Give me the girl with ravishing eyes
And sweet, red lips;
She is better than mansions of stone
Or temples of brick,
For JOY and pleasure there will be,
If she takes Rocky Mountain Tea.
r. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-26

Railroad wrecks have become 50
numerous that people are beginning
to look upon then. as something like
what General Sherman said war was.
Philadelphia Press.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-26

II Mr.. RoskefeIler's millions ar:
given in the hope Of Civiliz:ne TIL,
south. the south should tell him t,
take it and go to the other place witt
it.-Durham Herald.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-26

When a man can get the biggest Of
fees we have by playing to the gal
leries we should not be surprised to
find that the little fellows think it is
the proper thing to do.-Durham Her
aid.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-26
All headaches &C
When you grow wiser
And learn to use
An UEa~- DScar

III LdIIy IS4SG4.
DeWitt's Little Early Risers, safe
ure pills.
The house of representatives in pass
ing a fiat rate Of two cents a mile for
passenger are on the two great rail-
road systems of North Carolina knew
that is was doing wrong and depended
on the senate to right that wrong. One
of the members said as much on the
foor. Was hat a very brave and manly
thing to dc ?-Charity and Children.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1907-04-19
HOLDING A CAMERA.
Some Practical Suggestions to the Be
ginner In Photography.

Some Practical Suggestions to the Be-
ginner In Photography.
One of the most important lessons
for beginner to learn is to hold the
camera in the proper position during
exposure. Whenever there are corners
of buildings or other objects which
give vertical lines the camera must be
held absolutely level. If this is not
done, the building in the picture will
appear to be falling either backward
or forward, according to the way In
which the camera was tilted.
There are times, however, when the
camera may be tilted to an advantage.
In some cases it is an absolute neces-
sity. For example, in photographs of
clouds, waterfalls, balloons, etc., the
camera may point upward, while in
taking pictures Of people swimming
or bathing, children at work or play,
etc., it may be pointed downward.
Very successful photographs of
prominent speakers, parades, crowds,
etc., have been taken when the camera
was upside down. 1t makes no differ
ence in the negative whether the CAM
era is right side up or not. By holding
the camera in the way suggested many
a photographer has secured good pic
lures, while others who tried to use
the camera in the usual way made alb
Solute failures.
Often by holding the camera by the
side of the body and pointing it back
ward one may secure pictures Of chill
dren at play and Of older people in
natural poses without the knowledge
of any members of the group.
Another warning to beginners is nee
essary.. Do not try to take time ex-
posure while holding the camera in the
hand Even If the camera Is held
against the breast and respiration stop
ped the action Of the heart is sufficient
to cause the box to vibrate and spoil
the picture.-Circle Magazine.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1907-04-19
ihE ES<iis!U BABY.

How The Little One Is Carried and
Cared For by the Mother.
The arrival in the world of the
youthful Eskimo is not greeted by
the orthodox cradle and swaddling
clothes. Practically till he can shift
for himself he lives absolutely naked
inside his mothers sealskin blouse,
skin to skin keeping him warm.
This arrangement allows the mother
to go about her work almost imme-
diately, and she can also travel and
hunt without a perambulator and
without having to leave any one at
home to mind the baby The moth
er's dress is almost exactly like the
fathers, except that it has long sort
Of tail reaching nearly to the ground,
embryo, no doubt, Of the modern
"train."
Spared the miseries Of soap and
water and early weaned to the readily
swallowed diet of blubber and raw
seal meat, the infant rapidly develops
that invaluable layer of subcutaneous
fat which. while it enhances the "jol-
ly" appearance of the lads and the
shapeliness of the maidens. assists ma
terially in economy in clothing
Thus in their frigid cline. once in
their skin tent the whole family will
dfvest themselves of every stitch of
clothing, unembarrassed by the fact
that so many families share the tent
with them. Sociability is early devel-
oped when ones next door neighbor
on each side is only separated by an
imaginary line between the deerskin
you sleep on and the one he uses. The
winter deerskin serves as bed and
bedding at night and as parlor furni-
ture during the day. Community Of
goods is almost imperative under this
arrangement. Thus when one kills a
seal all are fed, and likewise when
he doesn't all go hungry together
American Missionary.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1907-04-19
THE MOONS VOLCANOES.
Causes of the Gigantic Craters and
Great Fissure Eruptions.


II is evident to any one who g1ances
upward at the moon that its volcanoes
are on an immensely larger scale than
those which stud our globe. One eX-
planation, now abandoned, is that the
force of gravftation being there only
One-siXth that of the earth the matter
expelled from crater would be spread
far more widely, and explosions would
be generally on far more magnificent
scale. Professor Pickering quotes this
theory only to refute it in some COM
PARSONS which he made between the
great volcanic region of Hawaii and
one Of the smaller craters of the moon.
The facts seem to him to be that the
larger craters on the moon came into
existence when the thin, solid crust
covering the molten interior was, ow-
Ing to the qualification and contraction
Of the crust, much too small to contain
the liquid material. The craters were
therefore formed by the lava bursting
through the crust and so relieving the
pressure. Later, after this relief had
been found and the crust had thicken-
ed, the interior regions by cooling
shrank away from the solid shell,
which was now too large and, being
lnsufticiently supported, caved in, per-
mitting the great fssure eruptions
which produced the SO called lunar
seas. These extensive out1ows Of lava
dissolved the original solid shell when
ever they came into contact with it,
much as they Go in the present day in
Hawaii. Had the moon been much
smaller these eruptions might not have
occurred at all, and if the moon had
been much larger their relative size
would have been greater Most proba-
bly, on the earth similar outbursts were
greater, and our original Siguntic era
ters were destroyed by the outflow of
the earlier archaic rocks which COM
pletely submerged and dissolved them.
London Post.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1907-04-19
Maonetic Mediums.

"You've got a pretty bad headache,
sir, haven't your asked the barber.
giving a dry shampoo.
'That's just what's bothering me-"
replied the man in the chair But
how did you know?"
'"Tell it by my wrists and hands"
explained the barber You and are
what they'd call magnetic mediums.
And the electricity in my fingers takes
the pain out of your head But l get
it. That's why l know. My hands are
aching now. don't often strike a
customer like you, however, or I'd
have to go out Of business. I'll bet my
arms ache for half hour after you're
gone"-New York Post.