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opened for the treatment OF the un-
fortunate ones of our state His con-
tnection with the asylum began in
1882, we think as the first superin-
tendent, and he has held that position
ever since, during which time he ac-
quired national reputation for ability
in that branch OF his profession. Hi;
death is an almost irreparable loss
to the state. II will be hard TO fill
his place with the field of the whole
United States to select from. There
is many a person in this state who was
take into that institution mental
and physical wreck, but is now re-
stored to health, who loves DR.. Mlu-
ply, blesses him for restoration 10
health and mental vfgor who will
hear with deep sorrow of his death.
Truly the whole state has suffered a
great loss in the death of this good
and wise man.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17

doubt the strongest man the republi-
cans could nominate. We believe he
is even stronger than Mr.. Roosevelt
with all the latter's popularity will
the masses. He is the most dangerous
opponent Mr. Bryan could have. There
fore any thing Mr.. Bryan can do to
weaken his chances for the nomire-
ton he will not shrink from doing.
and. on the other hand. Mr.. Roosevelt
will do all he can to strengthen his
candidates position. II can be said
that the Cleveland municipal campaign
is the initial battle in the contest to-:
the nomination of Mr.. Taft, and for
this reason the whole countr! WIZ
take great interest in its outcome.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17
DEATH OF DIR. MURPHY.

The whole state will hear with gen
uine sorrow the news of the death Of
DR.. Patrick L. Murphy, superinten-
dent of the Morganton asylum, which
occurred in Morganton on wednesday,
last. The fact that the doctor had been
in declining health for a year and
that of late it has been known that
his recovery was impossible will not
lessen the grief, at the sad news Of
his host of friends and admirers
throughout the state. The trite say
ing 1.-The right man in the right place"
which is often used by persons who do
not realize the true significance of the
expression was fully verified in his
superintendency of the Morganton
asylum The whole state recognized
the fact that he made an ideal official
for the office he filed 1t was less
than a week ago that we had con-
versation with a gentleman who had
not very long ago paid visit to that
asylum and had. without any warning
to the officers of the institution that
a stranger would visit them, dropped
down Upon them. He was taken over
the building from basement TO garret
and given opportunity for thorough
inspection. He was enthusiastic in
his praises of the manner in whicn
the institution was conducted and OF
the conditions existing there. DIR.
Murphy, we believe. became superin-
tendent of this asylum when it first.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17
THE SOUTH IN THE SADDLE.

If cotton is not king now it is crown
prince, standing next to the throne,
with its accession too supreme rule
only a question of time, and very short
time at that. Every new spinning or
weaving mill which is built in America
or Europe adds just so much to >ne
value of this crop of the south. What
the cotton crop is to the south is
shown by the following article taken
from recent issue Of the Daily Bull
letin of The Manufacturers Record:
Commenting on an interview
published in New York with Mr. e.
II. Hartman, in which he refers to
the prosperity of the south and south
west on account Of the cotton crop,
Mr. Richard Fl. Edmonds. editor of
The Manufacturers Record, in an in
terview with The Baltimore Sun, said !:
Mr.. Harriman's optimism in regard
to the effect Of the wonderful expan-
sion of the agricultural interests of
the south is justified. but he is far
short of the reality in his statement as
to the value of the cotton crop. He
CISuftS 1eXdS WITH d pIouuclloh oI
cotton of 100000 bales. worth he
says, at present prices, 1S0,0OO,O0O,
or about $45 a bale. whereas cotton is
selling at over $50 a bale. and if to
this be added the value of the cotton
seed we would have total of at least
$40 bale, or just s10O.000.OO0 more
for the cotton crop of Texas than is
estimated by Mr.. Hartman. Mr.. Har-
riman also says: Think what that
crop alone means to the country A
$600.000,U00 cotton crop means pros
perity for the south
1T is not a $500, 900, 900, but more
nearly a $900,000.000 crop which the
south is now getting ready to pick.
Last years cotton crop brought to
the south about $500, 900, 900 or more
7,v fo,. fl,a largest aruouY1f which that
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17
THE CLEVELAND MUNICIPAL
CONTEST.

The Cleveland, Ohio, municipal can't
paign has opened up in earnest Con-
gressman Burton, as our readers know,
has given up his congressional career
in order to oppose Mr.. Johnson Of that
city in the race for mayor Mr.. John
son has by his personal popularity
changed a republican city into a dem
the only man who can oppose him
with any chance of success. The COLI
test is going to be a hot one 1t is
said that both President Roosevelt and
Mr. Bryan will make speeches there
during the month of October. We wish
joint discussion between these two
could be arranged. The country would
greatly enjoy such a debate, but We
doubt that either one of those nen
would consent TO it. 1t would be d
rather undignified proceeding on tho
part Of the president. In fact, ne
think the propriety Of his taking any
part in that municipal campaign is
very questionable 1t seems to be
considered that the result of this mu
nicipal contest will have much bearing
on the success of Mr. Taft in carry
ing his state solidly in the republican
national convention. That is the chief
reason why Mr.. Roosevelt is so much
interested in Mr. Burton's election, and
no doubt Mr. Bryan thinks that the
latter's defeat might have great weight
in causing the defeat of Mr.. Taft for
the republican nomination for presI-
dent We cannot help believing that
Mr.. Bryan, il he is to be the demo-
cratic nominee for president, had rather
be opposed by any other man in the
republican party than Mr.. Taft, for
the secretary OF war Is beyond all
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17
\ SIGNAL OF DISTRESS

Edgecombe court is in session this
week. The county authorities have
complied with the state law reQuir-
ing the state flag to be raised over
every court house in the state while
the court is in session; but, according
to the Tarboro SOutherner the flag
over the court house there flies ''un
ion down. That is signal of dis
uess.
The News and Observer quotes The
SOutherner's statement about the flag
union down. and suggests it has been
so placed as a signal of distress be-
cause of the action of FEDERAL
Court Judge Pritchard in the railroad
rate cases.
If that be the case then Governor
Glenn should be wired to come back
Immediately from Atlantic City in or
der to rescue the state from the dire
full disaster-whatever it may be =
which is threatening her in the pre-
cincts of Edgecombe court house. The
governors absence from the state at
this juncture is to be deplOred. We're
he here we would feel more confident
that the great danger to the dignity
and the sovereignty of the state,
warning of which, according to The
News and Observer, has been given
! by the distress signal with the state
| flag over Edgecombe's court house.
could be averted. Had the governor
stayed in Raleigh instead of having
| rushed off to one of the swellest and
most fashionable resorts of the coun-
try to seek rest from the strenuous
life led in Raleigh he would have
been in call and could have gone, on
short notice, to Tarboro and by one
of his characteristic speeches allayed
the apprehensions of the people there
of the direful disaster they, no doubt,
| think threatens the state.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17
PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTH CAR
DINA

A state court in Pennsylvania has
declared that an act of the legislature
declaring for a two-cent-a-mile rate
passenger fare in that state is uncon-
stitutional because it is too low. Com
pare that with the two and a quarter
cent rate for this state. In Pennsyl-
vania the density Of population is
Carolina. In other words, there are,
on an average, about four times as
many residents to the square mile III
that state as there are in North Caro-
lima. A larger proportion of the pop
ulation of that state live in cities and
towns. Consequently more OF her
people travel on the railroads than do
of the citizens of this state where the
greater proportion of population IS
rural 1t is well-known that it is the
people of the cities and towns that
rons of the railroads passenger trains.
Pennsylvania with many more cities
and towns and with population four
times as dense as that of North Car
olina attempts to place railroad pas
senger rate a quarter of a cent less
than does the latter state and her courts
| declare the act to be unconstitutional
Is it any wonder then that the
railroads in this state contend that the
act of our legislature is conf1seatOry?
! and can any unprejudiced person &C
cuse them of revolutionary conduct
when they go into the courts to have
that question passed upon?
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17
ON THE RAILWAY RATE LITIGA
TON

North Cardinals Rate Litigation
and Agitation, Constitutional Rela-
tions of State and Federal Courts,
Comments on Executive Interference"
is the heading of an article in yester-
days Charlotte Observer, written for
that paper by Iredell Meares, Esq, Of
the Wilmington bar. The heading de-
fines the nature Of the article.
The article is quite lengthy, but
length will not detract from its Vaiue
in the estimation Of those who are III
terested in the important litigation
now going on in the courts between
the Southern and Coast Line railroads
and the state on the question of pas
senger rates. 1t is n most interesting
article, going fully into the facts Oh
which the suits are based and into the
law on the points involved as it has
been declared by the courts in cases
wherein similar questions were raised.
Tt is a valuable document for students
of constitutional law along the lines
of state rights and the co-Ordinate
powers and jurisdiction of state and
federal courts.
The article is too long for us to un-
dertake to give a synopsis of it i'll
these columns. To be thoroughly ap
preciated it will have to be read and
carefully read.
The editor of The Observer was so
struck With the article that he gave
up seventeen columns of space in his
paper to it's publication, and also pub
lished an editorial half column in
length Oh it, in which he speaks in
very complimentary terms Of the same.
I1e characterizes the article as an
"able and elaborate argument upon the
North Carolina railroad rate litigation
and the agitation growing out of it,.
He says the pith of the argument is
the relation of federal and state
courts. The Observer closes its edi-
toria1 with this paragraph:
There is no attempt to present here
a summary of this very striking pa
per. The only purpose is to say that
it impresses The Observer as a very
able presentation Of an argument, and
has been found by it instructive and
of absorbing interest. Without other
comment than this upon the lega
phases of the article, it is desired tC
add that The, Observer is in thorough
sympathy with so much of it as depre.
Gates the hysteria which has grown
out of the litigation and so much OF
it as suggests to the people that this
is an orderly court proceeding, no
improperly but properly constituted
in the United States court, and a case
for the exercise of sober judgment ant
not for tuheatricals or to be settled IL
passion or under the Influence of clam
or 1t is long but it is enlighteninE
and is worth while.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17
CAN THIS BE?

We suppose The News and Observer
speaks BY authority. as far as it can.
from the declarations of the leaders
of its faction when IL publishes the fol-
lowing threat against the Southern and
he Atlantic Coast Line railroads in az
effort TO intimidate them into aban-
doning their suits brought legally 70
determine their constitutional rights:
1t is better for the railroads and
better for the people that the rate law
be enforced as passed. l. the case Is
so presented that the state loses. the
next legislature will put a tWo-cent
rate on the North Carolina and AtIan-
tic Coast Line roads, and make suCh
freight reduction as Will be or great
value to all business.
Have affairs come TO that pass I'D
North Carolina that the mouthpi>ce
of the governor and of the party IA
power can make such threats aSalns'
parties TO suits pending in the courts
brought TO legally determine their
rights? Are litigants 70 be cluoDed
out of court? Are they 10 be threaten
ed with revengeful action on the part
of the state Legislature :. i re tou1i
that the law is on their side n tie
suits now pending? The News aHd
| Observer plainly says 70 the !itigantS
| in these cases that if the courts decide:
| that the law is with them IL their
contention that two and a quarter
| cents is too low a rate for passenger
| fares the next legislature will be indut
| ed too punish them for cOntending in
the way the law provides for maintain
| ing their rights, by placing the rate
still lower and by such a law that til!
companies cannot have redress in the
courts. This is monstrous. 1t is an'
archism. We do not believe the peop!s
of North Carolina will stand for o!
| submit to any such conduct.
We ask Governor Glenn If that is
4 A~''
| future action? If the railroads VIII
in the pending suits does he intend tC
recommend to the legislature TO pur-
sue the course outlined in the above
extract from the democratic organ
Does that article express his views
Governor Glenn has recently denied
the correctness of New York Tribune
interview which quoted him as declar-
ing he favored two cent rate, and he
then declared that he favored two anc
a half cents as the maximum. How
K does he stand now-by his former de,
claration or for a two cent rate if tho
courts declare the railroads in tht
| pending suits are entitled to the reiiet
prayed for? Does The News and Oh.
server speak for the governor?
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17
THE PANAMA CANAL PAPER

We see II announced that the Pana-
ma canal commission is going 10 star;
a weekly paper at some point on tn
canal zone. One OF the members
the commission. who is really The
press agent OF that body. is going 10
he at the head OF the concern. We
suppose this is Tn be done for the pur-
pose of grinding out weekly accounts
OF the wonderful progress that j. be-
ing made in the work on the canal
rhe time will soon come when this
raper will be publishing advertise
ments OF salubrious summer resorts
on the isthmus. This canal commits
sion editor draws a salary OF t"h
thousand dollars a year from the COY
ernment He is the biggest saiari't
weekly newspaper editor in the United
States. His is a position worth
| scrambling for. There is many man
who would be willing TO put up with
the mosquitoes, aligators and mA.a'l-
10 become editor ot th@t paH,. tua
! only duties will be 10 keep the o'e.-ri
fam going and TO write lies ahoat wna-
/ Is going on in the canal zone. No naIAc
has yet been settled on for the paper
! so far as we know, but We suggest that
it be called the Panama Annanias
We think that would be the most ap-
propriate name that could be chosen.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17

slaughter as sacrifices on the altar OF
ambitious politicians who seem TO
think that the more people honor
them the more they are entitled %
greater honors. Men who seek once
and use such pleas to secure it are
not deserving of the confidence OF the
people or entitled TO further honors
ar their hands. The people should make
up their minds as TO whom they want
10 hold the offices and should noml-
nate them The plotting, scheminG
officer seeker should be made. TO un-
derstand that his day has passed.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17

Guilford must look for set of ne"
representatives in the Legislature next
year. With Holt running for congress
DR.. Gordon for register Of deeds ana
Mr.. Justice for attorney general or
governor (which?) we must see, new
material. ial.-GreensbOro Record.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17
Lost and FouTd.

and 5o5t; ss.n Ret%ssn toGsy 80 S1,tous D M;
nausea and sick headache This loss
was occasione1 by finding at Il. r.
Bellamy's drug store box Of Dr.
Kings Eew Life Pills Guaranteed
for bilousness. malaria and iaurdice.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17

1t is said the German government IS
responsible for Raisuli's kicking up
in Morocco, and now it is trying TO
raise a rumpus with France because
the latter has not put down the revolt.
Moroccan affairs may yet cause serious
trouble between those two countries.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17
MIR. TAFT AS REPUBLICAN CAN
DIDATE.

Mr.. Taft seems TO be rapfo1y growing
in favor with the American people as
the next republican candidate for pres
ident-
If the country is to nave another four
years OF republican rule We do not
know any man OF that party We would
rather see elected TO the high Office OF
president than Mr. Taft. Under con-
ditions now existing and which are
likely to continue until the Inaugural
ton OF the next president We thing the
country would be better of with him
as president than with Mr.. Roosevelt.
While there are many things about
the latter which every one, whether
opposed to him politically or his party
associate. cannot help admiring, still
we look upon Mr.. TAFT as the safer man
of the two. He does not lose his head.
He never flies off at tangent. He has
age of his convictions, as has Mr..
Roosevelt, but he has a more even tenn
permanent. He would never be guilty
of the blunders, born of too great i'm
petuously, that have been committed
at times by Mr.. Roosevelt.
Mr.. Taft's record as private citizen
and as state and federal official shows
him to be a clean man" and man Of
remarkable natural ability which has
been further developed by long ser
vice in various public positions. He is
| honest, coolheaded, deliberate and en-
dowed with mans full quota of physi-
cal and moral courage.
|, AS we say. if the country is 10 have
a republican as Mr.. Roosevelt's sue
! cessor we do not know any man in
| the republican party whom we would
| rather see fill that position than Mr.
| Taft We believe he is one OF the
| few northern men who fully under
| stands the race question in the south
| His work in Cuba and the Philippine:
has given him a clear insight into
the conditions existing where there
are two such distinct races living to
gether, and we believe he is fair anC
honest enough to concede to the Whit
people of the south the ability and th
right to solve the intricate problem
without outside interference.
There are few men the democrat
could nominate-Mr. Bryan not among
the number-who would stand an.
chance of defeating him. The fac
that he is we'll known to be an advo
cate of Mr.. Roosevelts policy in re
gard to suppression of the evil
brought upon the country by the do
ings of the trusts and big corporation
would give him great weight with tn
general public His known bearing to
ward tariff revision would add to hi
strength among the republican masse
and would draw to him a number o
democrats who would not swallow
Bryan's populistic principles.
It is our solemn conviction that i
Mr.. Taft and Mr.. Bryan are the oppos
ing candidates the former will sweel
the country with such a majority a
has not been hoped for by the repub
| lican party since Mr.. Lincoln's SECOND
election If he is the successful nom
inee the only possible chance of sue
cess the democrats would have would
be in the nomination of such a man a.
Judge Grey, Governor Johnson, Sena
| tor CulbersOn or Mr.. Williams; bu
the leaders Of the party are not goinE
to let one of these be nominated.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17

Mr.. Foraker cannot hurt the south
ker, but it may have the pleasur ~
;seeing him lose his job.-Durhs'n
Herald.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17

Healthy kidneys filter the im?uri-
ties from the blood. and unless th"E
do this good health IL impos~ BILE.
Foley's Kidney Cure makes sound Kid
Ineys and will positively euro all forms
of kidney ard bladder disease II
strengthens the whole system. jos. g.
Sheppard and The ]. Hicks Bur ting
Drug Co.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17

Who can blame Earle's wife for be-
ing willing to get rid of him for
twenty thousand dollars? Any woman
ought to be glad to be free of such a
man for nothing or at any expense.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17

Herald for the inBrmation that
three parties charged with peonage
in Florida, one came from Maine, on"
from Massachusetts, and one from Can
ada" The Herald adds that nat
urally the Sunny South cannot re-
press a smile. salisbury Post
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17
Health In the Canal Zone.

The nigh Wages paid max"
mighty temptation TO our young JSh-'
sans TO Join the force Of workmen
needed to construct the Panama Ca
nal Many are restrained by the fear
Of fcvers and malaria 1t is the know
ing oncs--those VINO have used Elec-
trio Ditters. who go there withou. this
fear well knowing they are safe from
malarious influence with Electric Bit
ters on hand. Cures blood poison too,
biliousnesS. weakness and ell -tonach,
liver and kidney troubles Guaran-
teed by r r. BeNamy, druggist. C0c.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-17
WILMINGTON. NJ. c.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER II, 1907
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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-02-15
tt
Taft Grants Niagara Power.

Permits to divert water for power
from the Niagara Falls on the Ameri-
can side and to transmit electrical
power developed from water power on
the Canadian side into the United
States have been granted by Secretary
Of War Taft under authority conferred
by an act of congress. The, secretary
says that the diversion of $4,000 cubic
feet of water on the one side and the
transmission of 100000 horsepower
from the Canadian side will not affect
the scenic grandeur Of the falls percep-
tibly.
Canal Commissions Head Retires.
Theodore p. Shonts has rendered to
the president his resignation as chair
man Of the isthmian canal commission,
to take effect March 4, after which
date he will become president Of the
Inter5orough-M Metropolitan company of
New York. This change has been un-
der consideration for some time, but
August Belmont, now president of the
marlborough, made 10 motion toward
securing Shonts without first obtaining
consent of President Roosevelt. In ac-
cepting the resignation Of Shonts the
president compliments him on his work
and expresses regret that the govern
ment is to lose his services. Chief En-
gineer John Il. Stevens will take over
the duties Of Chairman Shonts, and
possibly the office Of chairman will be
abolished.
New Smithsonian Secretary.
Charles D. Walcott, director of the
geological survey, has been chosen to
succeed the late S. P. Langley as sec
rotary of the Smithsonian institution.
this action having been taken by the
regents.