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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-06
BIG LABOR WAR BEGINS

LODI, Russian Poland, Aug. l.
This city is again the scene Of a
strike movement, accompanied by
violence, disorder and death. The
troops encountered the strikers in
the center of the town last night,
and thirty men were killed or wound
ed.
Ambulances Immediately cleared
the streets Of the dead bodies. Bust
ness is at a standstill.
The strike would appear to be
the beginning Of a big labor war,
and the workmen'S unions are pre-
pared for a long struggle.
The immediate cause yesterday
was the course pursued by the po-
lice during the last eight days in
making a large number of arrests in
attempts to break up the unions.
The principal socialist leaders have
been thrown into jail.
A general strike has been declar-
ed and the social democrats and the
Polish socialists have called out 49,
900 men.
The nationalist have been forced
to join the committee of the ANAL
gamated unions.
The committee has ordered that
all business in Lodz cease. Several
shop keepers who refused to shut
up have been shot.
Yesterday bands Of strikers wreck
ed street cars and used the cars as
barbados from which to stone the
police
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-06
TRIAL BEGINS.
Chaplain Jones Charged With Scan
dalOuS Conduct and FalsehOOd

Chaplain Jones Charged With Seam
dalOus Conduct and FalsehOOd
Norfolk, Va, August 1.-The trial
by special court martial of Chaplain
Harry W. Jones, L. S. n, upon
charges Of scandalOus conduct de-
structive of good morals and for al
legged falsehoOd in connection with
the giving of alleged worthless
checks vas begun a. he Norfolk
navy yard today.
Chaplain Jones, appearing with
u uniform or insignia of his nav
al rank, entered a plea of not gull
ty through his counsel, the latter
then asking a continuance on the
ground hat he only be retained Tor
the defense on yesterday.
This was not granted. The Iricl
promises to be a long one in view
of the many witnesses that have
been summoned.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-06
Do 70 KNOW THESE
OF The Messenger:

Editor OF The Messenger:
Please allow me space in your paper
to cal attention to a matter which I
believe will interest some Of your
readers if not all who are interested in
the Lost Cause and the proper care of
the ashes of those who fought for it.
The Pee Dee Artillery Survivors of
this community have received notice
from NJ. E. Snaverly Of Sharpsburg,
Md, and from others interested, of the
there of the bodies of Col. w. T. Mil
ligan, 18TH Ga, Lieut.. E. NJ. Fuller,
of the S. c. Volunteers, D. B. Herring,
list n. c., B. Rollins Of McIntosh's Bat
terry, A. W. Spraight of the 3rd N. c.,
and w, E. Willingham of Co. L., II s.
c.. V. The ashes of these brave and
true sons of the south have been so
mingled in their COMMON grave that
they canOt be separated now. The sur-
vivors OF the Pee Dee Artillery have
undertaken the sacred charge of their
bodies and will see that they are prop
eddy inferred and a monument e. ected
over their remains. In the name
of the association and OF all confeder-
ates, [ beG tat you will help US to find
give to them all the privilege of aid
ing us in this work, which is a sacred
duty We al " ID them and to the
cause. We know that the fate CT some
of these comrades has been unknown
for years and that their fami i S ana
friends will rejOiSe to know now that
they will be properly inferred. Please
have any friends or acquaintance or
and one interested write to ]. w. Brun-
son, secretary Of the Pee Dee Artillery
Florence, S. c.
The following is the cl ping from
the Baltimore Sun, which led to the
investigation Of the matter:
Hage1stOwn, Md. May 22.-Frank
Otto and Arthur Day yesterday plOw-
ed UP in Capt. David Smiths orchard
Antietam battlefield near Sharps-
burg, the bodies of six confederate sol
diers, lying side by side. The cloth
ing and shoes We're intact until tx
posed to the air, when they crumbled
to dust. Alongside of one OF te bodies
were Il sword. epaulets and large but
tons, the accoutrements of an officer.
4 leg Of one of the men had been N
putated. A bullet was found in the
skull of one of the soldiers.
NJ. E. Snaverly, referring to a book
containing the names of confederate
soldiers buried ascertained that the
remains were those of Col. W. T. Mil
of the Fifteenth Georgia; Lieut.
E. M. Fuller, of the South Carolina
Volunteers; d. B. Herring, of the First
North Carolina; B. Rollins Of McIn-
tosh's Battery; A ". Spraight, Of the
Third North Carolina, and W. E. Will
bingham, of Company L., Twelfth South
Carolina Volunteers
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-06

oASTC>1I -.
ssa,, Ii. - ID Yea =, kfxars Bought
sisaat- It'll
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-06
TRFSTIA-
-Four len Crushed by Carloads of
Rock o" Drowned.

san Pedro, Cal, Aug. -Four
men lost their lives today when four
hundred feet OF the trestle leading
from the wharf to the Pacific stor-
age company collapsed.
The dead me we're crushed by
carloads OF rock or drowned in the
harbOr. -Four others who went
down with them were rescued.
All were Greek labOrers who were
put TO work this morning and their
names were not on the pay roll. The
trestle collapsed as a train of 20
flats laden with rock backed or the
wharf.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-06

Kodol will nourish and strengthen
your digestive organs and furnish the
natural digestive juices for your stom-
ach. 1t will make you well. Kodo1
digests what you eat. Sold by Robt.
r.. BeHany sE
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-06
MINISTER TO G.tEECE.
Richmond Pearson Leaves for Ath-
ems Today.

Washington, Aug. 1.-Richmond
Pearson, of North Carolina, recent
Iy appointed minister to Greece, to-
day left for New York and tOmor-
row will sail for Liverpool. While
en- route to his post at Athens Min
lister Pearson will stop at Viena
where he hopes to receive definite
adyices from the state department
as to whether he shall return to his
former post at Teherin o adjust
some diplomatic matters pending be-
tween this country and the Persian
government.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-06
lHE BRITT-NEISON FIGHT.

Statements by the Pugulists-Re-
ceipts Approximated $25 200
San francisco, Aug. Jimmy
Britt made the following statement
regarding his fight with Battling Nell
SON last night:
81 have been going around two
years claiming that I was Nelson's
master and not making any cry as
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-06
REWARD FOR MURDERER
Railroad Nearing Completion
Drought lnjurying Cotton.

IGiaIIFOaU NPlTllg IOlnDIGTlOll-
Drought Injurying Cotton.
Raleigh, Aug. 1.-President C. O.
Haines, of the Raleigh and Pamlico
Sound division of the Norfolk and
Southern railway, tells me it will
be completed between Washington
and Raleigh by September 10th.
Several thousand men are at work
on it.
Governor Glenn offers SIS reward
for John Moore, cOlored. who in Ire
dell county murdered John Carr and
dangerously wounded Carr's two
daughters.
The very positive statement was
made today by several OF the larg-
est cotton growers in this section
that unless rain m soon they
cannot make half a crop.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-06

is the custom of defeated fighters.
| blded my time and the results you
see.
Il never drew a long breath. I
am willing to meet any 1873 pound
man in the world"
Nelson said:
Britt fought a GOO fight, but
at that time / think he won in the
last round. | think l ate too much
supper. They can't say | went the
pace and lost. | did my pest.
The club received thirty per cent.
OF the receipts. Of the fighters mon
ey sixty per cent went to the winner
and forty to the loser.
The total receipts Appropriated
$4,000. Approximately 10000 peo-
pie attended.
Requires Physicians Attention.
a Francisco, Aug. 1.-Suffer-
ing from severe punishment receiv-
ed at the hands of Jimmy Britt in
the 20-round fight, Battling Nelson
is today attended by a physician.
Nelson's condI.lon is not serious but
he is still at the baths and is re-
ported to be suffering intensely from
the blows rained upon him by Britt.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-05
GOING OUT or TowN'
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1907.
THE DILL PUpIL.

"one of the perennial subjects of dis cussloii before teachers associations" remarks The Pittsburg Post, lis that of the dull child There are pupils in every school room who fail to Keep up with the lockstep progress of the or dfnary graded school These children simply fail to respond to routine in- struction. The teacher generally lacks both the time and the skill to find out what is the matter. The usual fate of such children is to drag along, to fail wear after year. or be promoted by size rather than mental attainments, until, to the relief of the child and school alike. the slow one drops out alto gether."
 Many centuries ago there was, so the old legends tell us, a noted Attic rob her called Procrustes. Like some pres ent day people he had a fad and his fad was to make all his prisoners the same length To that end he had a bed constructed on which he laid each prisoner he captured. If one was too short he caused him to be stretched to the proper length, and if too long he had his legs cut off so that he would it the bed.
 This was the Procrustean way, and we sometimes think some of our mod ern educational methods are something like it. In the old country school days 6 teacher rarely had more pupils than he could look after personally. There were no grades. Sometimes there were not even any classes but each pupil was taught according to his or her capao- ity. Even when they were divided in to classes a child was not advanced ac- cordinR to age. size or length of school attendance but solely according to ca pacity. Then a pupil who was natural ly dull and slow to learn was not forced into an attempt to keep pace with thosA to whom learning offered no difficult sies, bat received the patient cH-e O. the teacher-if the teacher was of the ,4<ht kind-so as to overcome as far as possible the natural or other defects and hindrances.
 It is somewhat different now. and es- pooialiy in the large schools of our cit ies where each teacher has more pupils than can receive proper attention. They are graded. and it is not uncommon for enc grade to contain pupils of wide ly different capacity and advancement, The consequence is that some are held back and some lag behind because they cannot help themselves.
 Sometimes the failure of child to learn proceeds from stubbornness and refusal to study. This may or may not be overcome by proper methods. but there are children who are naturally ana tnhArantlx dull aud stupid They
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-05
LOST MONEY ORDERS.

Millions Accumulated in the National
 Treasury from This Source.
 Washington Special.
 A Washington woman discovered some days ago that her German nurse was destroying the money orders she purchased to remit to the Fatherland. She had torn up within the last nve years more than $500 of money orders. money deposited in the office at Wash ington and that the money had been duly sent to her old mother in Ger
 This incident recalls the fact that there has accumulated In the national treasury millions of dollars, possloIy ten millions. since the. establishmsnt of the present system In 1884. The Government assumes the role ot trus- tee for the safe transfer of money ffom one individual to another. and the pro tection is nearly perfect, yet Oncie Sam cannot always remedy the care lessness or Ignorance of persons buy ing money orders.
 An ollsisi sReskng: g:c;,m11st,Gn of ths system; of said daev This steadily SaS5 benE aus%ented from year to year, and unless the peo. p pie become better acquainted with tne character of a money order transaction the accumulated sum promises to be- come almost fabulous. This money has. accumulated through no fault or inc United States. The system Is per feet and instructions TeldCiuS to At are clear and ample:
 For one thing 1t Is known that per sons purchasing money. orders igno- rantly destroy them. believing tnat tne order constitutes nothing more than A recept. Many persons also are in the habit of purchasing money orders before travelling from one place to an- other with a view to converting them into cash as needed, and these are lost through carlessness, by hre, or otner- wise. /.
 Tt also frequently happens that or: ders ara sent to wrong addresses, ana after repeated attempts on the part ot the postofice department to ma the payee or remitter, are sent 10 the ue- uartment, together with advices' as Notwithstanding this. the Govern roant has wisely made provision for the navment of money orders lost or destroyed by the issuance, upon satls- factory proof of loss or destructlon, of a dupiicate money order payaoie 10 the payee or remitter making app!lca- tjor fherefor. as the case may be. Fro vision is also made for the payment before the time limit provided by Ia" mas SIn one instance a claim for the payment of a lost postal note was ai- lowed twenty-five years atder 4bs+ Trustee for it's citizens in the transfer os nrjvate funds the United States ex, erctaes diIigences in an attempt to ma the rightfui owner. And yet millions are stiii outstanding for which claim ants will never appear ms VSoS oysrn sun . is held in suspense by the SoFern- nnaOf"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-05
.sHADow OF THE CROSS"
The Unexplained Miracle Picture af
 Jamestown Expedition.

The unexpIained Miracle Picture at
 Jamestown Exposition.
 Atlanta Constitution.
 The many visitors at Jamestown will find "In the Shadow of the Cross one of the real novelties of the great FIX position. It is on exhibition on lns Warpath, and is being viewed with wonder ana amazement by many thou sands.
 sTn the Shadow of the Cross was painted by Henry Hammond ADJ, who studied and painted in the art 1centers of the Old World for many years, oe- voting his talents mainly 10 genre subjects.
 In September, 1sss, he returned to America, his native landr ana estao, Iished his studio in a New England citv. where for some time he painted principally portraits and landscapes.
 Acting under the influences or some friends. he turned his attention to re- iisious subjects, and, among others commenced painting a full length hg- ure of Christ; his object being to pro duce an ideal portrait Of the Cnrist man. At first he did not succeed Nn attaining his ideal, and the csnsas stood a source of trouble and vexation to him. 2 Numerous visitors were received at his studio, and among them wen- known lecturer on Biblical characters, who became Intensely interested In this picture and tried to make the art ist understand the appearance or Christ as revealed to him In vivio dream.
 All in vain, however. until one day the artist was suddenly impressed witn inc realization that he had at last con ceived the idea sought after. Imne- diately rising, he painted the wonder ful countenanoe of Christ Wnlcn 10 seen in the painting .-
 Anxious to know what the lecturer would say about the change ne sent for him On entering the studio the lecturer went into raptures over the nicture exclaiming: Now you nave nainted Christ as I saw Him.
 Not long afterwards the artist nav ing to go to his studio at night TOT some sheets of music, was astoundeo to discover on entering that his DIG. ture could be seen in the dark. ana that Christ appeared to be waking ln naIa moonlight while above anu pe" hind could be seen cross.
 His first impression was that the moon was shining through an open window upon the painting, ana that inc cross was a shadow. He soon dis- covered a strange cross In connection with this picture, and having useo only weli-known pigments, ne soon realized that this strange quarty ol his picture was beyond his power 10 explain. He was so profoundiy in- pressed that he refused to nnisn ~, and the picture remains unnnisneo lo this day.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-05
Incidents Which May Disturb Peac
 lful Relations.

Incidents Which May Disturb Peace-
 full Relations.
 Washington Special.
 Labor day dawned with rather more threatening outlook for peacefui relations between trades unions and employing capital than at any time in recent years There Is a great strike effecting the entire country as there was in 1900 and 1902, when the coal strikes were at their height on Labor Day, and Washington authorities see no prospect for adjustment of the diff and the companies.
 There is now in the courts to be test ed and taken to the highest tribunal a proceeding to try the right of boycott suit brought against the American Federation of Labor by the Buck Stove and Range Company, the President of which is also President of the National Association of Manufacturers, which is regarded as in some respects the most important cause begun in the Federal courts in several years.
 The answer of the American Fedora ton of Labor denying It's othcers Nand the unions comprising 1t are guilty of conspiracy, must be filed on Tuesday next. This Is recognized by both labor and capital as a very important step, and manufacturers and unions are both determined to make the very best ef- fort to win.
 should the suit of the Buck Stove md Range Company result in declaring rhe boycott unlawful 1t will strike one of the hardest blows at-unionism in the history of labor organizations. The boycott has been in many instances an effective weapon in the hands Of strik- CTS who could not bring employers GO terms. Manufacturers would have the courts decide that all who use 1t are outside the pale Of law.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-05

There is an organization, with head quarters at St. Louis. called the Ma tional Association of Manufacturers, whose members have made 8 study of tarir conditions. and who are certainly competent to speak authoritatively on the subject. Recently the Chairman, Mr. H. E. Miles. wrote letter to Sem ator Foraker. part of which is as fol- lows:
 About 70 per cent of all the mem bers of our association who have by correspondence pronounced for revis- ion declare In their letters that their 50 per cent or more without hurt to their respective industries or to the country at large Others name & less amount, while only few declare for no reduction. The letters In satisfac- ton of this statement are on file in the oflce of the President of the Associa- tion in St. Louis, and are known to the managing officers of this Association
 This sort of statement from those who are not only well informed re- xarding tariff schedules, but who are also directly interested ought to have sonre weight with those who have it within their power to revise the tariff, but no doubt the leading Republican politicians will not be influenced by it. Tariff revision just now Is not good politics. they think.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-05
NOT coNcLusryr ARGUMENTS.

The Manchester Union is disposed to make light of the report that the ad- ministration intends to keep Oklahoma out of the Union until 1t will be too late for the new State to take part in the next presidential election. The Union says:
 It appears to be fairly well deter mined that Oklahoma's first vote for President will be cast for the Demo cratic candidate, whoever he may nap pen to be. But the practical question is by what possibility can this in any way affect the general result. IL Is not conceivable that the choice or President In 1908 will depend upon the vote of Oklahoma, The issue Wll pc vote of that youngest of the States has been ascertained.
 The Union further declares that "the presidential election of 1908 will be de- cided by other states than Oklahoma and will result the same. whether ol1- lahofna Is a. State at the time or not" The cocksureness of The Union is by no means well founded. That paper can have no better means of knowing at this time how the election of 1908 will result than the rest of us can, and it cannot possibly have such insight into futurity as to assure 1t that the election will be decided before Okla homa is heard from. or that the votes of that state may not decide it. Ok Iahoma will have seven electoral votes and, as The Union well knows. presi- dential elections have turned on smaller margin than that.
 It may turn out, of course. that the loss or gain of seven votes will have no effect on the result, but that is cer- tainIy not known now, nor can 1t be certainly predicted. That the admin istration is afraid to risk it appears certain, and that it will prevent that risk. if possible. seems to be equally true. There is no reason to doubt, as The Union admits, that the first vote at least of the new state will be cast for the Democratic ticket, for that is | as certain as any event of the future can be. If, then. the Republican lead ers and the administration should allow it to come into the Union in time to cast it's electoral vote in 1908, and thai vote should elect Democratic Presi- dent. Republicans would never forgive themselves for missing an opportunity i to save themselves. The might have I heen" would haunt them for at least the next four years.
 Everything is fair in politics we arc learning, and those who now contro the Republican party will look on as good politics to find some reason ol excuse for holding Oklahoma off unti
 after the next national election at least Saving nothing of its electoral vote ii will have two Democratic Senators ant three, four or possibly five Democrats in the lower House and that might b' an important matter If the next Con gress ta. be elected should be a clost one, as might possibly be the case. IT short, The Union cannot clear the ad ministration of its evident partisan de signs by affirming that there is no neet of it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-05

can't help it and the teacher can not force them out of their pace. This dull ness is not always sign that the pu. pill will not eventually succeed and make brighter and more useful man or woman than the fast ono will do.
 These slow and fast pupils sometimes remind us of the old fable of the hare and tortoise. The latter doesn't make fast time like the hare but his persis- tent piodidng may carry him to the goal before his swift-footed competitor and the latter may not get there at all. It is not always safe to predict a ch.Id's future by his capacity to learn his lessons. The scriptural saying that "the race is not to the swift" is often exemplified in the after life of the young. Some of the greatest and most useful men of any country were noted for their duliness and backward ness in school. They could not learn, could not keep up with their compan- ions, and were set down as dullards who would never be anything else; yet they stuck to their purpose with the grim determination of the patient tor toise and "got there" They would have cut a sorry figure on the bed oi the old Attic robber. nor could any commands or punishments on the part of their teachers have forced them to keep up with their more favored fell low pupils. The Procrustean method is not always a good one in schools.