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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-18
WORK FOR SHERIFF AND CLERK
Over o Indictments Found Agamst
Standard Oil Co.

Ffnlay. @. JANUARY 14-LThe Jan
uary panel of the Hancock county
grand jury which has been in session
Tor the past week. reported this after
noon at 6 o'clock TO Judge Scroth. who
was temporarily occupying the bench
OF Judge Duncan. In the report ther >
are 339 separate indictments against
the standard Oil Co, of New jersey:
the Standard oil Company Of Ohio.
n n Oil company: the Buckeye
Pipe Line company; the Solar REIN
cry company, the Manhattan Oil com
pahy: John d. Rockefeller: II. H
Rogers: Wesley Tilford: John d
Archboid; Frank Q. Barstow: William
Rockefeller and F. T. Cuthbert. Thev
are formally charged with being nm
bers OF a trust and for conspiracy
against trade. -'
There are 525 words in each indict-
ment or a total of 2S2.975 words. Each
case will De dOcketed separately and
the county clerk and sheriffs office will
be Swamped for some months to come.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-18
..TIRED OF IT ALL"
Henderson Edwards Kills Himself
After Attempting to Kill His Wife.
(Snecial to The MSSenger.)

Fayetteville, N. c., January 15-At
Buckheadb a few miles west of here
Henderson Edwards. after striking his
wife on the head with a bludgeon,
stuck a knife into his throat repeated
" and deliberately wounded himself
morta1ly, dying after hours Of suffer-
ing. There was trouble between his
wife and himself and he said that he
was tired Of it all. :
The board Of aldermen last night, by
resolution. offered the market house
for sale to the government for a pub
Tic building, if it still is open to bids.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-18
Messenger Bureau,
RaleigH, n. c., January Is

Raleigh. n. C., January 10.
DEPUTY Revenue Collector J. +. IL.
has returned from a notable
raid in Johnson county, in which he
captured and destroyed five complete
moonshine distilleries and got part
of another. Johnson is now the ban
.ner moonshfnel county in this district.
-" Farmers from all parts of this sec
ton inform your correspondent that It
is simply impossible in nine cases out
'IRof ten TO get labor for farms, or even
people to take charge of farms. There
SIS Il little cotton yet left in some fields
and farmers say that people VINO are
able to pick refuse to do 50 even ct Il
cent Il pound saying they have not the
time. = 20
10 It is the current comment today that
the fruits in very great danger, he
fifteen days of the remarkably warm
weather having put the buds in SUCH
condition as to make the danger from
frost very marked. 4
@sfThe annual meeting of the Life In
surante Underwriters Association Of
f North Carolina was held today 1T the
p Marlborough, w. II. McCabe, Of Dur
ham, presiding, and P. D. uOld. of
Greensboro, being secretary. In the
tdlpTObiolIoh LIZ hfooO" VI tAN S|A~~
agents of foreign companies and man
ayers of the home ones, there being
about 80 members. John c. DreWry
r. 3. Raney and President McCabe
compose the executive committee.
Insurance Commissioner Young to-
day cancelled the license to do bust
ness in this state of the Carolina Live
Stock Company of LOuisburg. He said
it has not been doing business for six
is has been doing business for six
months.
A favorable report is made on the
bill to keep out of the court house ali
persons except court officials and the
witnesses who may be on the stand III
cases of felOnious assault upon women.
1t seems that there is some difference
between the Southern railway and the
SeabOard Air Line regarding the IN
%DrOvementS Of the union passenger
station here and that the Southern had
plans prepared, including extension in
various ways, the laying of granO-
IT, lithic lobby and walks between the
tracks. but hat the Seaboard objected
and that this was the real cause OF
the delay as it was expected the work
would be done last year. h South
ern owns tWO-thirds of the depot ana
is very anxious to refit it.
The Raleigh and Pamlico Sound rail-
way will have to use wood for its
great trestle into Raleigh, as it viii
require six months to get steel for the
construction. Material is being deliv-
cred. ~
1t is said by representative citizens
here that there is now no opposition
to the extension of Raleigh so that
there wilfgbe one mile in each direction
m from the~tapitol building to the boun,
dairy. - j
Some of the members of the legis,
latlre seemsst t. be quite unable tt
size up that Body sc far as to its rail:
way views are concerned, one. Of then
today declaring that he had tried very
hard t o do this but so far was com:
/, pletely at sea. ... r %
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-18
~BOHcrTnakers Strike.

! Norfolk Va.r January 1.-THE
union boilermakers ofsNorfolk struck
today, demanding an increase from
$2.75 to So per day with a reduction
from 9 to 5 hours per day.~Work is
generally lied up, but some hon
union men are at work. An effort is
being made to get boiler makers from
Newport News ana Ba1timWe to take
the places Of the. strikers,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-18

Piles get quick relief from DR..
Shops Magic Ointment. Remember
it's made alone for Piles-and it works
with certainty and satisfaction. Itch
ing, painful, ~protruding, or blind
piles disappear like magic by its use.
Try it and see! Robert r. .Bellany.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-18

IF South Dakota, as Governor Eirod.
yof'that state, says-and may his tribe
increase-has no moral right to the
money she gotCfrom the sale OF the
~repudiated carpet bag bonds of North
Carolina, how about what Butler and
.Pettigrew gotfrom the same sourca2-
Asheville GaZette-News-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-18

1t is u~ndigested food that causes
sourness and painful INDIGESTION Kodol
IS a solution Of vegetable acids. It di-
gests what you eat, and corrects the de-
t~iciencies of digestion Kodol conforms
TO the National Pure Food and Drug
Law. Sold here by Robt. K. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-18
Chinese Student for \. and Nj. College
lSnacial To The MSSan nnr !

Raleigh, N. c., January 15.-AppIi-
cation from 500 Chow, China, has
been received by the A. and NJ. college
for the admission of a student 70 study
plant life and agriculture. He is now
a student in 500 Chow university.
: Elijah Shelby, sentenced eight years
ago from Pitt for ten years for burg
larry, has escaped from the state farm,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-18
DAY IN THE SENATE
! 2HHOS!
Devoted to Discussion Of
Negro Question. !
FORAKER NOT SATISFIED
~ II HH
Claims That Testimony Was Taken
Behind Closed Doors.

Senator Mallory. Give. Illustration of
Incompetency Of Negro 10 Grapple
With treat ouestion-Ciay Denies
Allegation of Patterson That Leading
Public Men OF The South Favor
Lyncii ~LaW-TiIfman Stirred INTO
activity. , "
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-18

How much of your life is spent try
ing to get well. It requires but a.
month or less to put the average man
Or woman2on their feet with HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea, Q 35 cents, Tea
or Tablets.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-18

The most essential thing in life is
balance" according to Justice HaT-
Ian. And, at this,time of year very few
of us have any at the .bank.-Wash-
ington Post 49,. 49,.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-18

Mr.. Hartman is now a good deal
better. He is able to take IN a railroad
or two for breakfast.-Philadelphia
Record. ass /
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-18

That's the house the doctor built
The biggest house you see;
Thank goodness he don't get our
money, ~ -
For We all drink Rocky Mountain
Tea. R. r. Bethany.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-18

Open the bowels-DeWitt's Little
Early Risers are recommended and sold
by r. r. Beliamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-18

Railroad passes are now out of sea-
son. but No doubt they'll be kent on
ice to some extent.-New York Amer
lean. <Dli5l ST
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-18

A street a conductor sees a great
manS amusing things in the course of
a day, but the unreasonable passen-
gers keep him 81 mad that he cannot
eniov them.-Somerville Journal.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-18

Z Nature is so contrary a man can
never o~versleep himself when he does
MT have TO go to work-New York
Press.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-18

Mr.. land Mrs. ia. SimeIs. OF Hos
ton, Mass, are in the city guests of
the family OF MIR. J. Taylor. They are
here for the purpose OF attending the
TayIor-Weil nuptials tomorrow hight.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-18
NEWS ITEMS FROM THE CAPITAL
Farmers Complain of Scarcity OF
Labor.

Warm Weather ~Esndangers Fruit
Revenue Offcfiers Capture Five Dis
Observation-Disclosures Between South
Z ern and Seaboard Air Line as to
y Onion Station ImDroyements-EIews
of Legislators as to Railroad matters
- Hard to EathOm.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-18

DeWitt's NKidneyland Bladder Pills
drives the poison from the body. a
25 cent box holds-a weeks treatment.
Sold by Robt. r. Bellamy. .
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-18
The Stock Taking Season is Now on ill.,.
GayIord's Big Store.

w eareo IN the ooh III for bargains or or customers This season of tn
we peu u III emnan counters with remnants and prices marked
wa down o n them.
me bargain hunter in this line can find m choice Things
IN or cloak department we hve quite nice assortment Of styles q hand
an tn young ladies who sell or cIoaks are being kept busy. they make
1t a point no. ito miss a sale and w are aiing or custor,are,' ub,l Es
count O III cloaks
we nave just received this week a nice addition to IN fur stock We
are showing a beautiful line Of mufs from $3.50 to $1,000 each.
Also a very nice assortment of fur collars from sc II SIS OOO each .
p we ire selling M real fox with two large tails at $500 each.
Our "a tables are keeping in touch with the season and should vol be
looking for something for early Spring wear or should OF wish Ia by 7
winter lat at a small price, thisis the place 10 look for il. We are showing
nice French felt hats at so cents each.
" e also lave a nice line of black Milan hats of the early Spring shane
In wings nd ribbons W e are well supplied and would DO more nan
glad to lave YOU give a look at our millinery department
Or Christmas trade ws unusually good n we are o making repar,
tnns for 1907
Our Spring goods are coming Tin right along m we can sunni vour won,s
Gaybrds Big Store.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-21

Bidding Hamlet vas not mad. hia
speeches 20 Horatio and his soiioauy
prove that The speech Of the ghost
pOrtrays THE suffering Of sin. not IN
hell but IN a secondary place. The
ghost came not - = father demanding
vengeance. but as the king Of he
cogatIv anxious % save Il from mis-
rule. Hamlet pcrsonifying doubt, does
EoI accept The ghost as the spirit OF
the King, but he accepts him as tat
Of a human being demanding ven
geance. lie could not but fail. there
fore
Had OTheia been as strong as
Portia. she could have saved Hamlet
from himself"
Maurice Francis Esan was born IN
philadelphia OF Irish parentage- He
was educated al Georgetown Uuiver-
sity and after graduating engaged IN
literary work ss the Editor OF a Cath
Ole juornsl His literary work has
been both prose and poetry and he
has the distinction OF being one Of the
editors OF the Worlds Best Litera-
ture'' and an editorial adviser OF Cen
Jury IN which publication nearly all
his sonnets appear.
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making and II marks a noNabie steP
forward in that literary men Of talent
and culture will soon ably represent
at foreign courts where the rulers OF
the Old World win be brought 20 see
that America, though young In years,
IS the birthplace Of literary genius sur
passed by none
BY a singular coincidence Dr. Egan's
selection OF Copenhagen instead of
Lisbon, despite the fact Of it's being a
Catholic capital. and therefore.
doubly interesting 10 him. Wa deter
mined by lis ardent desire 10 visit
life sCeHes. study the folk lore that
crowds around the memory Of Shake
spares most illustrious character.
Humlet. Prince OF Denmark A re-
maTkable brochure. entitled The
Ghost OF Hamlet" g the latest nJta.
bic contribution TO the Hamletiah
literature one result OF the Denmark
post Is sure 10 be new and interesting
facts brought out by the new Amerl-
can minister anent "the melancholy
Dane.'
Ii Is an incident worthy of rec nd
shat. for once. a diplomatic appoint
mcnt has hit the nail of opportunity or
the head, and since Washington Irving
10 better choice has been made.
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Denmark about August /. He has
BEEN tho recipient ofsFrueh eatertaiD-
ing during these last few days Of his
residence here. and az the recent
graduation Of the Catholic University,
where nc has filled the chair OF Eng
lish and comparative literature with
great distinction. the hish regard he IS
held in by both students and faculty
was evinced b. The tremendous ova-
tioa he received
The doctor lives far out on the hin
where the rolse Of the busy town does
not reach, and where much Of hts best
work and many OF his memorable soh-
nets have been written.
lie Is slight. scholariy-lo1king
man with inc dnnistaiyahlo marks CT
tho poeh dreanef F'cirti ana CeIt
distinguish'n~ hi;a. Over cup OF tea.
which he b5cwsd and served in a
haopA hrspitaole manner, he told or
= admiration for the President. snd
something nf nowaday ideals IN Iiter-
allure. The Literary Voice Of the Adj
ministration. as Or. Exam has been
called, laughed when tcld he was an
expert on old Gaelic.
"why. I don't know a word Of old
Irish, and. by the way. nritter does
William Yeats. the great irish poet
HU we both have always loved end
studied the felix lore and ballads OF
Ireland. and, as for myself, why the
Esans have ever been tho bards of
ireland. and it is bus natural for me
TO sing her giories end relate her noble
history. second 70 none In the world,
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EngIishmen and Americans As Husbands

point was not brought forward against
the Engiishman so often a. the ons
that he sometimes allowed his wife TO
black his boots The answer vas hurl-
ed back that an Englishman would
never think OF letting his wife press
his trousers. as Americans do. This
precipitated an argument which ended
about where it began, which was with
the question, "1s II more Illuminating
for woman TO black her husbands
boots than to press and clean his
olothes2"
Finally attention was distracted from
this point by some one writing letter
attempting 10 prove that the American
man was a good husband only because
ne didn't dare be anything else. while
the Engiishman was from choice. The
writer of this letter went on TO say
that the Englishman was boss in his
home, while the American man was
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-21
GIven Drawing Of oueen Nab.

Mr. Rocsevelrs recent article in a
monthly magazine was the literary
result Of his wandering IN the pasture
OF Irish sagas history" resumed DF.
Esan. bringing IT. a handsomely
framed painting OF a beautiful war
rior queen. this is the drawing OF
Cue~n Nah one OF rhe Irish war
rior queens. and also one Of her
ncblest and most valiant women. u
illustrated the Presidents article and
he was kind enough 20 present Il 70
me with a kind note. saying that ne
felt that he shared the authorship OF
his article with me.
Speaking oil Irish fairies contin-
ued DR.. Lgsn. Il had lunch with
William Yeats enc day and some one
said 10 him Have you ever seen an
Irish falrys' relating to the belief Of
The common people OF Ireland who
stin believe that fairies exist. Indeed.
I have rstorted Mr.. Yeats and not
insignificant ones az that the gods
have come irfo their own again "
TO what do you attribute tia lam
entabls decline % poetry nowadays"
queried the interviewer. remembering
that this was the subject OF one OF
Or Egan's recent essays.
Chiefly q the lack Of leisure" he
responded. the old home ne is gone
In America. The reading aloud from
favorits poets and authors 70 the fam
lY circle has been replaced BY amuse-
ments away from home. Then. too.
the poets are a good deal 10 blame
Tho, nroSure academic poema cor
rect as 20 meter and rhyme. but they
lack the mclodic singing quality
Poetry il pTe-eminently designed 10 be
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-21

read or sung aloud. That is one Of the
reasons Kiph1g's poetry is So popular.
Although its fearful imperialism dis
gusts, still many CT his poems distln-
guish themselves. by their singing.
smooth, harmonious flow. Take our
own Poe's poetry. il lives 10 a large
extent through the melody OF the
verses, Even his Raven is beautiful
in that respect. while To Helen" the
most beautiful and poetic expression
Of Poe. is a model Of mslodic qualities
which make up much Of its charm.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-21

only 4 partner. who shared equally
with his wife In authority. This
caused endless friction, while in Eng
land domestic life was much smoother.
Then the writer added that no home
could have two heads equal in author
iay; that II was all very we'll to talk
about such thing, but no concern in
Which various peonle we're interested
ever ran smoothly unless there vas
enc person whose authority was I'M
questionable; that the Englishman was
very lenient in the exercise Of his au-
tbority because there was never any
question OF hts right 20 1t. while the
Anne rican chafed Under the fact that
his authority was not recognized. he
submitted 10 dictation simply because
ne had 70. The American woman " I'll
pay dearly for the insistence on her
part that she be as much the head of
the house as Is her husband said the
writer in conclusion.
There were many Americans who
wrote uphoiding this writer's opinion.
She was an American woman married
to an Englishman.
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PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.

sued the subject OF the Irish sagas
until in six months Mr.. Roosevelt ex-
hibited a wider knowledge OF them
than even Douglas HYDE. who is the
acknowledged authority on the sub
ject
When next I saw the President, he
sale TO me:
You have done me great service
You have not only led me into the
pro uised land OF a new literature. of
a new understanding. but you have
restored my self-respect One of the
best women in the world is the Irish
nurse Of my younger children. end she
has filled them with the folk lore and
fairy tales and grim boyle stories OF
ancient Ireland. Their surprise when
! failed to understand their reference
to leprachaun and the like showed me
that l had fallen IN their estimation.
and they were somewhat inclined to
patronize me. Now 1 can walk in
among them as a person OF great i'm
portanee, for I, too, know something
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-21
THE PATH OF THE MOON

The moon has dropped abridge upon the sea
Golden yet pale with the strange silver light
That, melting midnight shadows, changes white
The yellowest and bleaches roof and tree.
The moon has made path Of mystery
From earth unto herself the great seas migf,
IS held in check, as when TO maiden slight
The lion Nnelt, obeying loves decree.
. whittier do you lead, slim radiant way,
: trembling the glistsning pillows turn
se children in their sleep when mothers han
.as gently touched them: by this dreamlke ia
HON do you tempt? Are they souls that burn
through the dim 10 find an unknown land?
MAURICE FRANCIS EGAN.
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sars be Got Zoo Much CredIt.

Says He Got Too Much credit.
u hare gotten too much credit foI
the Presidents interest IN Gaelic. bu'
I viii tell Just what my share in arous-
ing his interest waa 1 met him first
in New York city. before he was Presi-
dent. and. both being literary. natur-
ally cur conversation was chiefly OF
books. since then we have maintained
intimate literary relations. and the
President. Who reads everything. was
attracted 70 some % ny sonn%ts. You
see. have written some twenty-five
or thirty books. ard the President was
kind enough 20 praise some Of them.
.-rafit az he was sbnut 10 star
ont on come Of HE CONFERENCE.-The
trips. ne would ask me 20 send him
sornc books on the way. fer he is n
great reader white travelling
Just before he went West last Sep
,smeer. he telephoned ire for some
hooks 1 had been Te-readins some Of
the heroic tales of the old irish sagas,
and I sent him over Cuiallan transls-
tions-"Iady Gregory" by Elinoir
Hall. and 1oyees Legends" He be-
crune deeply interested in them at
orce. and when he returned got AZ
the books possible on the subject and,
with his wond rful literary grasp. pur-
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His Theories ON Hamlet.

Yes. l nave always been great
lover OF Hamlet and have recently pub
Iished a little sketch. the Ghost Of
Hamlet which expresses my views.
Ny theory of the ghost is that he
came TO solve the question Of insanity
hallucina tons. vacillations. doubt Of
the real nature o. the aPpaTition. and
his own determination 10 carry out its
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-21

HAD rather talk to DR..
% Maurice Francis Egan
about books than TO a
dozen Senator'S who are
mere placemen," said
President Roosevelt a
short time ago when speaking of
his esteem for his literary pre-
ceptor, DR. Egan, who Is also his
guide into the delightful and COM
Paratively unbrowsed fields of
Gaelic literature.
1t is said that the President
never takes mp a new book of any
consequence without obtaining the
Celtic American sonnet writer's
Judgment on IL some time OF othei
and il In also said that very often
the doctors telephone would
tinkle and dt the other end of the
wire would be the President, ask
ing him what he thought of such
and such q book and whether be
knew of any good new ones he
could recommend.
The Presidents esteem for Or. Egar
has recently eeen evinced in the APP
pointment OF the scholar 10 the i'm
portant post Of minister to Denmark
DR.. Egan's appointment foreshadow4
a return OF c.l deals in diplomas
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n OF American and English hus-
bands has been carried on for
some time In an Eastern paper The
English husbands have had fully az
many champions as have the Amert-
can. though mostof those contributing
10 the discussion were American men
and women.
AZ was iudierous 10 read some Of
the arguments brought forth against
the English husband. Dozens Of writ
ers vehemently asserted that English
men were not good husbands because
they refused to push their babies per-
ambulators along the streets. Then
came replies stating that the reason
they did not push the perambulators
was that for generations IL had been
the custom not TO DO so. But this
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Goes to Denmark August !.

DR.. EEan. accompanied by his
charming eldest daughter. Hiss Pa
trlce Eyan. Will leave America for
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-21

OF Irish saeas and heroic men and
women. as told By ia bsrds.'
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-21

so- she has for several centuries pre-
served In dark medieval Europe re-
lIgicn. roetry. and all thS arts. and
sciences.