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The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-18
LUMBER PLANT PARTLY BURNED
Fire in the H. C. Buck Plant at
Artesia 4
Dry Kiln Destroyed and Three Cars
Belonging 90 the A. e. l.. We're
Burned-Loss Will Probably
Amount to Between $1,000 and S6,-
900

The plant OF the II. c. Buck, Jr,,
Lumber Co., situated at Artesia, the
English colony OF the Carolina Truck
ing Development Company, on the w.
c. & A. railroad. 81 miles from Will
mington. near Lake Waccamaw. was
seriously damaged by fire yesterday.
the big dry kiln having been com
pletely destroyed.
The fire Is thought TO have been
started shortly after noon, by spark
from the engine room, and the big
dry kiln, filled with thousands OF feet
OF manufactured lumber furnished fine
fuel for the flames. The big force Qf,
employees worked energetically Ia pG
out the fire and their efforts sue
ceeded in saving the main plant from
destruction.
The fire burned throughout the arter-
noon and the debris was still in flames
late last evening
Besides the dry kiln. which is 4
building 80 by co feet in size. in which
was stored 600. .OO0 feet OF manufactu--
ed lumber, three freight cars belonging
TO the 4. c. l.. filled with lumber.
were also destroyed
The loss will probably amount TO
between $4,000 and Sc 900
The plant was started about two
years ago. shortly after the town of
Artesia was founded and IL has been
very successful in IL operation.
Mr.. II. c. Buck. Jr., OF Newark. n
J.. is president OF the company and its
manager is Mr.. Oscar Lynch uf KIN
ston.
II is supposed that the destroyed
portion Of the plant will be immediate
ly rebuilt and that tho company will
not suffer any delay in rcsuminc oper-
ations.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-18
TRAGEDY IN GOLDSBORO
Young Man Shot and Instantly Kill
ed by DisreputabIc Woman

Goldsboro, October l4.-I.ast night
about 3 O'Clock a most outrageous
shooting occurred here. resulting IN
the death OF Mr. Sam Watts. % yr;.rtv
Of age, and the son Of Mr.. r. A. WAITS.
prominent jeweler OF this city
Mr.. Watts was employed by the hrn
OF Robinson & Bro, ice dealers, and
went TO Webbtown 10 deliver some ice
at the residence OF Ernest Fent. After
making the delivery Mrs. Fent told
young Watts that her husband was at
the home of a woman by the name ot
Hazel West, and requested that he 90
and tell her husband TO come home NJ
once. Mr. Watts did SO, repairing TO
the woman's house and knocked at the
door. Hazel West met him, and after
delivering the message, she said she
would not have her friends interfered
with in any such manner, and pulling
pistol shot him through the head.
Mr.. Watts was a splendid young man
and our entire city is convulsed oyer
the outrage. The woman is in VEN
The coroner empaneled a jury fhiS
morning, and they returned n verdict
that Sam Watts came TO his death as a
result of a pistol wound. the weapon
being in the hands Of Hazel West
Wilson Times.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-18
TEST THE LAW BY ENFORCING TT

To pass prohibition law and then
fold your hands, laying the f1attering
JUNCTION to your soul that you have
won victory, is worse than not to
have passed any law at all.
So says the New Bern Sun, and
we think the sentiment expressed
will meet the endorsement of every
law-abiding citizen in the state.
The traffic in liquor is regulated
by STATE and county laws and regu-
lations. 1t is a privilege asked for
by those who are allowed to con-
duct the business, for which privi-
lege they pay a heavy tax Those
who pay the tax thus helping to sup
port the government should be pro-
tected in their rights against the
unlawful traffic of others who evade
the law and contribute nothing to
support the state, county and city
governments. 1t is due to them that
the law should be strictly enforced
against those who undertake to con-
duct the business without bearing
their share of the burden imposed
on those who take out and pay heavy
license for the privilege of carrying
on such a business.
And again-and more in point
with The Suns article above quoted
when a town or city decides by
popular vote that no licensed sa-
looms shall be conducted in it's To-
cality and men who have been con-
Quoting a legitimate business in this
line are driven out of their employ
ment they have the right to expect
the public officials to enforce the
law against all men alike, and when
such is not done then prohibition or
local option becames a farce.
There is no use in passing the
law and in communities voting to
apply it to their territory if the
law is not enforced. Open violation
of the local option law is worse than
no local option law. We do not
think any one will deny that prop
osition.
Where prohibition is put into eff
feet legally let it be put into effect
practically. That s the only way
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-18

Booker Washington, Jr., and a
companion named Garcia, also a ne
gro, who entered a northern college,
have withdrawn, because, as they de-
clare they were Disseminated against.
Booker Washington, Jr., should have
been content to go to college with
young men of his own race, and it
serves him right that he had to with
draw from a white college for the
reason given We are surprised,
however, that such cause was given
him, as so many negroes have attend
ed some of the colleges for white
men in the north.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-18
FIRE IN APARTMENT HOUSE
Occupants Seek Their Safety in
Night Clothes
Men, Women and Children DrenCh-
ed by Water as They Fled Down
Stairway-Sick Man Rescued from
9th Story-Dana age Amounted TO
$4,000.

New York, October 1.-THE OCCu-
pants of the Yosemite, a fashions Dls
seven-story brick apartment house on
the corner OF Park avenue and SIXTY
seventh street, were forced 10 vaedtc
early today by a fire which damaged
the building To the extent OF $4,000.
When aroused by telephone, many of
them fed from their apartments clad
only in their night robes. Some OF
them were carried down by the eleya-
tor which continued 10 run during .
fire, while others, too frighteneo~to
wait, made their way down the stair
ways, men, women and children being
drenched by water as they descended.
E. J. Wells, of the Wells-Fargo express
company, who lives on the sixth floor,
was carried 10 the ONCE by fremen
and policemen. He has been i'll and
was unable TO leave his apartments -itE
out help. Judge c. NJ. Hough, Of the
federal court, was among those driven
out by the flames.
The fire started al the bottom Of the
dumb waiter shaft and before IL was
extinguished the entire building vas
flooded. Some Of the tenants. however.
were able 10 return TO their apart
ments.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-18

prohibition can be made to do any
good-the only way in which it can
be prevented from doing harm.
Where local option has been put in
force make the law effective. Indict
and punish-severely punish-the
men who violate it.
In one sense prohibition does not
prohibit-just as laws against muir
der and burglary do not put a stop
to all felonious killing or the enter
ing of residences in the night time
to commit a theft or some other fell
ony. But when a person is caught
committing one of these crimes he
is severely punished for his violation
of that law. Let the same principle
prevail among the judges in cases
of violation of the other law, and
we won't hear so much talk about
prohibition not prohibiting. We
recognize the truth of the statement
that so long as men want to drink
liquor they will be pretty ant 10
find way To get ie. That is anoth-
er question entirely from the one
we here ask which is: When the
law prohibits the sale of liquor in
any community should not the men
who knowingly, willfully and secret
ly violate that law be punished and
be made to pay the full penalty for
cnoh yrio1otfnn 0f tho 1ovUo W
give the people saloons Or give them
prohibition strictly enforced. From
a moral standpoint the dispensary,
where any one can buy and drink
just outside the dispensary door, is
just little worse than the orderly
conducted saloon and OILY a little
better than the peripatetic blind tiger
conducted by the fellow who walks
around with his pockets crammed
with pop-skull poison called corn
whiskey. Enforce the law and show
whether or not prohibition will re-
duce drunkenness and stop talking
on both sides-about whether pro-
hibition will prohibit drinking. Of
course it will not put a complete
stoppage to all drinking. No one
of any sense claims that Let the
advocates on both sides of the ques-
tion come down to practical sense
and stop theorizing and citing ex-
treme and exceptional cases to prove
their contentious. Prohibition has
not stopped drinking in the localities
where it has been put into effect but
that is no excuse for laxity
in the enforcement of the law.
Enforce the law and there
will be a 1essenipg of the amount of
drinking. Make the law a dead let
ter and the conditions will be worse
than in the times of tie licensed sa-
looms. Who can deny that PROPOSE |
ton? The solution of the question, |
as near as it can be accurately solv- |
ed, lies in the strict enforcement Of |
the law against the illegal sale of |
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-18

The Lusitania is surely queen of
the seas now, having broken all rec
ords in her second western trip,
which she finished Friday morning.
She made the run from Queenstown
to Sandy Hook in four days, nineteen
hours and forty-five minutes, thus
taking the record from the Deutsch-
land. Her best days run was SIX
hundred and nineteen miles, in this
taking the record from the same Ger
man vessel. The record held by the
Kaiser Wilhelm II for the best aver
age speed per hour was also broken.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-18

In Sweden a number of women are
employed as operators on the tele-
graph lines, which are owned by the
government. Not long ago they
struck to enforce their demand that
they receive equal wages and the
same treatment as the men. Their
demand was granted on the ground
that they do the same work as the
male operators, who at times have
to act as linemen. The women agreed
and returned to work. Since then
some of them have been sent out to
make repairs. They stood to their
bargain and did the pole climbing
without kick. Those women mean
business
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-18

which appeared in The Messenger of \
few days ago:
The Durham Herald says Mr.
Drewry's explanation affords little sat
isfaction to his friends. We hate to
differ with The Herald We believe
that The Times. however indiscreet ii
may have been, intended no wrong.
and that it did no more than a good
many other papers in the state have
done-but they have not been caught
up with.
That paper takes exception to The
Messenger making such statement
without mentioning the names of the
naners referred to. That comes with
moor orooe ION The News and observ-
er which time and again has charged
that certain papers in this state were
subsidized" by the railroads and,
though called on time and again to
give the names of the papers, has fall
ed to do so. 1T has made the state
ment", to use it's own language against
The Messenger. broadly, without
proof, without even indicating against
what papers it brings the charge. The
charge therefore remains against the
body of the papers of the state" When
The News and Observer gives the
names of the papers it was alluding
to on the several occasions on which
it has charged, at times, directly, and
at others by insinuation, as being
subsidized by the railroads, then it
will be in position to criticise The
Messenger for what it had to say in the
extract above quoted. Until The News
and Observer complies with the de-
mand so often made on it to name the
papers it alluded to in it's charges, it
has no right to criticise the action OF
The Messenger.
IN the same editorial The News and
Observer said:
If The Messenger was merely un-
mindful Of what 1t was saying, as it was
in denouncing the governor recently
for an employment Of counsel with
which he had nothing to do-ft is
still libel but one that we trust The
Messenger, when it sees what the
charge amounts to will cheerfully re-
tract and express the regret it must
feel for the charge of corruption it
made upon the honest press Of the
state.
When the editor of that paper wrote
the above paragraph he was perfectly
aware of the error of his statement
that The Messenger had denounced the
governor recently or at any other time
for the employment of counsel in the
railroad cases. Every one who read
our article knows we simply said that
the four thousand dollars authorized
by the last legislature for payment OF
counsel in these cases would not be
near enough to satisfy the demands of
the seven lawyers employed in the
cases. There was not a word of de-
of the governor. The editor
of The News and Observer knows that
Will the governor say he had nothing
t do with the naming of the counsel
in these cases, in confirmation of the
statement of The News and Observer?
Even if he had nothing to do with the
of counsel, that does not
alter the situation at ALL Our con-
tention in the former editorial is not
refuted, -
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-18
EFFECTS OF PROHIBITION

On account of the falling OF in in
/ ternal revenue receipts in Georgia and
South Carolina through the enforce
ment of prohibition, H A Rucker. the
negro collector for the district OF Geor-
gia, will lose his job after January 1st
Those two states will be united in one
district with headquarters in Columbia,
and Major Micah Jenkins, now col
lector of the South Carolina district. as
collector of the new one Major Jen-
kins is close personal friend of tho
president. He commanded one Of the
battalions in Mr.. Roosevelt's regiment
of Rough Riders during the Spanish
war We suppose those Georgians
who opposed the prohibition enactment
by the last legislature will rejoice at
this one result to follow the establish
ment Of prohibition In the state.
1t is also said that at IN early day
the states of Alabama and Mississippi
will be formed into one district be-
cause of the falling of of revenue re-
ceipts
This would indicate that prohibition
cuts down the sale of liquor.
In this state prohibition is making
rapid strides. There are only thirty
four counties in the state now in which
liquor is legally sold in saloon or dis
pensary and it has been voted out Of
the towns in five of these, to take eff
feet January 1st.
The Charlotte Chronicle, referring -
the recent elections in WadesbOro and
Asheville, says "the prohibitionists are
picking their fiints for a try at Win
ston, Salisbury and Wilmington. OF
the three towns mentioned Wilmington
is considered to be the hardest propo-
SlIlOu he OuIOulClS SdS lAdJ lCAt
to a vote of the people, Wilmington, as
is the way with seaport towns, would
always remain wet and there are other
localities in the east that would stick
to the saloon Because of these facts
The Chronicle predicts that the next
legislature will make the whole state
dry without a vote OF the people ''and
thus settle the business" 1t says this
is as sure to come as the next lesis-
lature meets.
We are inclined to believe The
Chronicle is guessing pretty accurately,
especially should the towns referred
to hold local option elections in the
meantime and the prohibitionists be
defeated.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-18
NEW RAILS ON THE s. A. L..
Large Force Now Engaged at Work
on the Carolina Central.

Raleigh, N. c., October 1.-THE s.
A l. reports to the corporation COM
mission that during September it laid
5000 new cross-ties and 20 miles OF
7O-pound rail on the Carolina Central
division between Wilmington and
Hamlet; that it had previously laid 80
miles of new rail there and that 1t
has now a large force laying rail
The above special from Raleigh
shows that about % miles Of track be-
tween Wilmington and Hamlet on the
Carolina Central division has been
relaid with new rails, the order for
the Improvement of the track having
been made several months ago by the
corporation commission.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-18
The Messenger returns thanks fo1

The Messenger returns thanks for
management, of Charlotte, to the re-
ception to be given ia that city to-
morrow evening to Hon. ". ]. Bryan
that a Messenger representative can
not be present for We know that it
will be a swell affair and greatly en-
present.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-18
Announcement is made of the II

Announcement is made of the re-
tirement of Mr.. Douglas from the
editorship of The Industrial News.
He will be succeeded, it is reported,
by Mr.. Hildebrand, of Asheville We
regret Mr.. Douglas retirement He
has edited a clean republican paper.
Mr.. Hildebrandv will make good ed
itor and the paper will not suffer by
the change.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-18
ATTEMPT TO MISREPRESENT.

In column and half editorial The
News and Observer takes exception to
the following editorial paragraph
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-18

rheumatism II caused by the int-'
proper working OF the kidneys. Thc
uric acid which should be Temove&
from the blood remains In IL. Hollis
ter's Rocky Mountain Tea removes the
cause and drives " from the system.
35 cents, Tea or Tablets.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-18
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION:

THE DAILY MESSENGER by mall
one year, $500: six months. $500:
three months, $50: one month. SO
cents
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sne year. 800: six months, so cents,
So cdvance.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-18

DeWitt's kidney and bladder pills
relieTe backache. weak kidneys. and
inflammation OF the bladder. Sold by
Robert R. Bellamy
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-06-14

conservator in telling about the rendi-
ton Of Hiawatha by the Choral Study
Club, has the following to say about
Mr.. Holt: But the surprise Of the even
ing was Mr. George Holt, modest and
unassuming in manner, but revelation
in song, II did not require very Wv.
id imagination to make one picture him
self in an opera house listening to
grand opera, the singer one Of Italy's
favorite tenors, and on suddenly re-
calling ones self find the wonderful
Italian tenor, George Holt, colored
man, singing away with as much ease
asthough singing in Italian the Ian
guage Of song instead Of cold, unsym-
pathetic English. To Prof. Tinsley
cannot be given too much praise for
his indefatigable effort in creating and
holding such an aggregation Of earnest
singers together SO devoted to art that
though many Of them have more than
local regulations yet modestly singing
in chorus; thus showing magnificent
balance and self-control.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-06-14
RED OAK AND GRAVITY IOWA
GRADUATES

Miss Aable johnson Of Gravity grad
uated May e5th from the latin course
with honors. MAble 4 : Ane young
Lady, she 4 the only dingLter Of Nr.
and Mrs. Henryu Johnson, and was
horned and raised II their beautiful
5country home. Asble II the second
colorsd person q graduate 10 Taylor
County. succsss y Aer.
Niss Beulsh Barton graduated My
18th, from The Rsd Oak High school
stn. the fatia rourss with honosrr,al ehe,
has iAne vocal talent. Shs u thS only
daughter 81 M. Joe Burton, who d Il
present in the Mayors ohice Of Red
COX. her mother died about ! year sgo
which was an awful shock snd agreat
difficulty 70 labor under, and Beulsh
has kept house for her father and
brother and went to school, % you can
zee she was firm ana that's what wins;
We do not feel Is though we Was do
ing these young ladies Justice to not
mention Of this. These young ladies
expect TO enter College this fall; they
are not only IN honor to themselves,
but : credit TO the race. We are proud
Of onr young woman when they strug~
gle for the up building Of womsnhood
which should b the aim o every young
lady of TO day, giris don't look back.
but 60 ahead. these young ladies sre
christians and faithful workers in the
care OF Christ.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-06-14

Ne received : common school diploma.
Determined 70 80 still further in an ed.l
uc4ti0nal way. the boy worked In tho
mines that summer and with the money
saved equipped himself to enter the o.
kaloosa High school He worked for his
board and lodging for two years while IN
school. and except for ono year ns
walked Ave miles every day. He Wa
Patrons day orator In his senior year
and was graduated with honor in lss7.
In 1s9s he entered the college Of liberal
arts at the university. supporting HIM
self while In the university and con-.
tributing his summers wages 20 the sup
port Of his fathers large family He re-
ceivsd the degree Of b. PHI. ID 1Soo. and
entered the college OF medicine IN the fall
OF the same year. Though compelled %
work his way through. he ranked NAll
IN his CLASSES. His summers were spent
Ia coal mines, until : year aso. when ne
was given place in the office Of Dr. u
8. Henderson, surgeon for the chicago .
Northwestern railway Ct Buxton. IA.
when no receives his degree today. ne
win bs the first negro TO b thus honorsd
BY the medical school 5
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-06-14
What Others Sap Of the Iowa
State bustander. " u

Sanford, N. C, June ~ Mr.. J.. B
Rush: Ny dear friend: | found in the
special illustrated issue Of the Bystan-
der your cut accompanied by IN article
from your pen on Negro Lawyers, the
article was we'll written. / am very
proud Of what you said in it.
/ think the Bystander Is one Of the
very best papers published in the
United States, and / do not limit or
qualify my assertion. ] am taking !
goodly number Of newspapers both
weekly and dailies and ] make no ex-
ception when / say the Bystander is
second to none Yours, w. H. Quick.
Superintendent Of Southern Orphange
and Industrial Training Home.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-06-14
OF Des Moines who will preside owe
the Convention.

OF Des Moi mes who will preside over
the Convention.
The first annual session Of the
.Des Moines District Sunday School
Convention and Normal Institute
will convene at Abba on Thursday
morning Of next week and will re
main ia session for two days and
evenings.
AS is perhaps already known to.
many Of the readers Of the Bystan-
der, the last session Of the Iowa
Annual Conference divided what has
heretofore been known as the Iowa
District Of the a. N. E. church in
10 what will hereafter Be known IS
the Keokuk District and the Des
tMoines District, and as the late.
Miss Lydia Bartlett Of Mt. Pleasant
who was the, superin' endent Of the
Iowa District was thereby placed in
the new Keokuk District. Mrs. s.
Joe Brown Of Des Moines, who was
at the TINE superintendent Of what
was then known as the Des Moines
sab district and who had previously
\ 1920 ~
and very successfully served for
two terms as superintendent Of the
old Iowa District, was appointed
superintendent Of the new Des
Moines District and in that capaci-
y will preside over the convention
10 be held ia Abba next week.
a very excellent program has
been arranged including papers and
discussion s on tile various phases
Of Sunday School work BY promi-
|nent S. S workers from the differ
ent sections Of the District and
many have already expressed their
invitation Of being present.
The entire forenoon Of the second
day : program will be devoted to
Lectures and round tables conducted
the members Of the faculty Of the
faculty Of the District Normal Insfi.
tute. AT the closing session on
Friday evening the diplomas of the
District Institute will be presented
Ito those who have successfully eom-
|pleted the years work in the Nor
NAL course; and from al indications
this will be one Of the best conven-
lventions yet held in the state.
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OBITUARY.

5,s Z 4
Mr.. Henry Yancy Of 812 West
Twelfth street, after 4 brief i'll
ness died Thursday mnrning,
June 18th At II o'clock, age II.
he was 1 faithful member Of
the Corinthian Baptist chuFch
and ofthe DsYid and JApst4 ian 4a'nn
League. Few men had i asore
hopeful future; he was 4 good
husband and II good Citizen He
leaves ! wife. one brother and 4
sister to mourn his death. He
will BE buried from Corinthian
Baptist church, Sunday after
noon.