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The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-25

is time 70 quit sitting at the foot of
the political table, and move to the
head. Charlotte Chronicle.
We are glad to hear such senti-
ments from this southern orator and
statesman. We only wish he had
begun in time to agitate the issue of
a southern man for the democratic
presidential nominee for 1908. But
as it is possibly too late now to be-
gin such a campaign we wish him
all success in the one he says he will
begin next year for the election four
years from that time. We endorse
every word he says. The south
should not be barred from the race
for the nomination of presidential
candidate for either party.
We do not demand the nomination
of a man from the south by the dem
ocrats, but what we insist ON is that
the southern states in this matter be
put on equal footing with the other
sections of the country; still we think
that as the southern states do most,
if not all the voting for the demo-
cratic candidate in the electoral col
lege they would have some consider
alton, if not be given the preference
when it comes to the matter of nomi-
mating a candidate for president by
the democratic party. The south
should not be told that in the matter
of choosing a candidate she is to be
considered as not forming a part of
the nation. The same rule prevails
when it comes to drafting of the party
platform. The south is told to re-
member the civil war and to keep
quiet; that she has not been back in
the union long enough to warrant
her members of the party in asserting
their rights as party men; that all
they should expect to be permitted
to do is to cast their electoral votes
for the man the delegates to the
convention from the northern states
shall decide upon as the party's can
didate. They tell us that the time
has not yet 2Trived when a southern
man can b. dominated. If that time
does not ,-.ce by 1908 or 1912 it
never will come. So long as the
south submits to such injustice just
so long will it be put upon her. We
think it is time for southern demo-
Gratis to show their independence and
asserts their rights.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-25
PROGRESS OF PROHIBITION

The Messenger and Intelligencer,
of Wadesboro, says that three of the
saloon keepers of that town, who will
have to close their business January
1st, because of the result of the re-
cent prohibition election there, will
| move to this city and open saloons.
The News and Observer, noting
the announcement, advises those men
not to do it. It says they need not
expect Wilmington to always be
"open"; that it will be dry in a few
years; that it may be that by the
time they are established here they
"move On" and there will be no
place in North Carolina for them to
go except to march on to the sea- -
That paper seems to be confident that
prohibition will prevail in every
town in North Carolina in the next
few years. We have heard the pre-
diction made that prohibition cleo
ton would be held in this city be-
fore the meeting of the next legisla-
ture and if the measure was defeat
ed the legislature would pass an act
establishing prohibition without the
consent of the people. The signs of
the times surely point to the closing
of saloons in all the towns of the
state by one means or another in
the next few years. Unless there is
a change of sentiment we believe that
before many years the legislature
will either pass general prohibi-
tion law for the state or will put the
principle in operation by special acts
in every town where an election is
held under the Watts law and the
ti-prohibitionists are successful It
does look like The News and OBJ
server is right when it says that lin
the saloon business the keynote ev-
cry year is move on
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-25

merely a matter Of Whining Jton inter
est, but is os concern to the state. It
IS pleasure, therefore, that Mr. John
A. Fox, special director OF the nation
al rivers and harbors congress is
making a partial tour of the state in
this behalf and is now due in Charlotte
where he will make an address to-
morrow on this subject. Mr.. James
II. ChadbourR, chairman OF the Will
minston chamber of commerce COM
mittee On a deeper waterway has writ
ten The Observer q letter from which
this extract is made:
IF we can get this depth OF water
which Is entirely practicable. Viii
mington, without doubt, will be
made O. gateway pofi. thereby insuring
competitive rates with our neighbor-
iag towns in Virginia. We feel that
the deepening of this harbor will be
a benefit to the whole state. 10 Char
1otte as much as to Wilmington. and
in consequence of the hearty cooper
alton given us by the press Of the
state, we have decided to form state
association, having our first meeting
in Wilmington, November 5th. and at
this meeting electing officers having
in charge the furtherance of this pro-
ject.
The undertaking is one which
should enliA. the friendly interest of
all North Carolinians. Mr.. Chadbourn
gives abundant reason for this in the
statement that if Wilmington car get
this deeper channel it will. without
a doubt, be made u gateway port
thereby cnsuring competitive rates
with our seighboring towns inVirg1R-
ia For this sake the project should
apneal to US all and we hope thaE Mr.
Fox will be heard by many business
men in Charlotte and elsewhere In the
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-25
BRYAN AND THE PEOPLE

We suppose Mr. Bryan'S tour of the
state made him even more solid than
heretofore with the Bryan North Caro-
lima democracy. If his purpose IN
coming to the state was to clinch its
vote in the nominating convention he
had his trouble for nothing, for he was
already sure of this states endorse
ment. There never has been any doubt
about the North Carolina vote being
soiidly for him so long as the party
management is in the hands Of its
present rulers.
Mr.. Bryan is wonderful orator, a
magnetic speaker. Men of all political
faiths delight to hear him; but all
who take peasure in his oratory do not
care TO vote for him for president
This was shown in his several cam
palgnlng tours on the two occasions
when he was the democratic nominee
for president Crowds focked to his
speakings and cheered him to the
echo-went wild at the sight of him.
The enthusiasm of the masses" wher-
ever he went was so great, even in the
strongest republican states, that his
friends, judging his political strength
by the noise the people made over him
at the hustings, predicted overwhelm-
ing victory for him, even declaring that
he would carry some OF the staunch-
est republican states; but when the
votes Were counted they found out
how badly mistaken they We're: that
while the men cheered for Mr.. BRYAN
during the campaign. they voted for
Mr.. Mckinley at the election. This
WGs the case on both occasions Of his
cam lacy, but more pronounced in the
second. And if he is nominated
which we have no doubt will be the
case-the vote against him will be still
heavier. Mr.. Bryan carried fewer
states in 1900 than he did in 1896 and
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-25

The south loses another gifted son.
Mr.. John Temple Graves has accepted
the offer of the position as editor in
chief of the New York American. Mr.
Graves has at times, by the positions
he has taken, made himself liable to
criticism by the people of his section
Of the country, but his ability and
his loyalty to his section cannot be
doubted. With his change of field
of labor in the newspaper work the
south will suffer a severe less. We
hate to see him go, but no one can cen
sure him, for he has a broader tleld
and more remunerative position Of
fered him. He should not be charged
with selffshness in accepting it. While
the south hateS to give him up it must
not criticise his action in making the
decision to accept the better position.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-25
OUR THIRTY-FOOT CHANNEL

We are glad to see that the pa
pers of the state are becoming in
terested in the proposition that the
government shall appropriate money
enough to give Wilmington a thirty
foot channel to the sea and that they
are looking upon the proposition as
one not at all local to this section or
which when carried out will enure
only to benefit of the business men
of Wilmington, but will be to the ad-
vantage to the whole state Whining
to is not selfish in this matter. She
sees where the whole state can be
has proposed to make her a port of
entry for the two Carolinas. 1t is
the only solution of the present in
tricate freight rate question. Make
Wilmington port of entry and put
her on the same footing as New
York and Savannah and we will hear
less-if no more of the excuse for
high rate Of freights to inland Car
Olina towns that it is because rates
to Virginia towns are based on wa
ter rates to Norfolk. The whole state
is interested in this matter The
Charlotte Observer grasps the situa-
tion when it says:
The proposed thirty-foot waterway
from Wilmington to the sea is not
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-25
STATES AND TERRITORIES

With the admission of Oklahoma
and Indian Territory as state there
are now only four territories in the
United States and no chance of any
others being formed unless the pc
culiar governments of Porto Rico, the
Philippines and the other Pacific
islands of Guam and Samoa are
changed into regular territories. On
the continent, however, we have on
ly three territories, Alaska, New
Mexico and Arizona. Indications are
that in the near future the two last
named will be admitted as states.
ernor of New Mexico on his recent
trip down the Mississippi river ia
dicate that he will no longer oppose
the admission of that territory as q
state; so we can now look for the
number of states to be increased to
fOrty-seven, and this would soon be
followed by the admission of Arizona
as a state, leaving only the terri
tories of far away Hawaii and Alaska.
In course of time these will become
regular states of the union. The an
ti-expansionists, no doubt, view this
proposition with dread and horror,
but it is bound to come. Such lies
in the path Of progress of the Unit
ed States-te what that path leads
in the finally is a different question
entirely.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-25

of the cotton farmers association
been urging them for months not to
sell atthe lower price, but to hold their
cotton for better figures? If those
farmers refuse to heed the warning
the fault is their own and have no
are the ones who suffer and they
bring the suffering on themselves.
Let the fault lie where it belongs.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-25
WILMINGTON. NJ. c.
BRYAN AND THE PEOPLE

When Mr. Bryan first came south
on his recent itinerary the New York
Tribune said the welcome given to him
in Kentucky and Virginia diseredited
the statements SO persistently made
that the south was anxious to thrust
him aside as a presidential candidate
We think the above remarks Of the
Tribune and the enthusiastic reception
given Mr. Bryan in the south are cal
culated to mislead the general public
as to the attitude of the southern dem
ocracy toward him as the prospective
candidate of the democratic party for
the presidency.
There can be no denial of the fact
that Mr.. Bryan as an orator and
forceful speaker has a strong hold on
the people of the south; but we be-
lieve that their feelings, as a whole.
toward him as a possible presidential
candidate is very different. We hon
,estly believe that a poll of the demo-
Gratis of the south would show fewer
men of that party favoring his nomi-
nation than there were on the two
former occasions when he was the
standard-bearer of the party.
Mr.. Bryan creates more enthusiasm
on the hustings than he does at the
polls. Those who favor his nomina-
tion surely cannot think that he would
stand a ghost of chance of election
with Roosevelt, Taft or Hughes as his
opponent. 1t may be that the demo-
Gratis could not be successful with any
other man as their nominee, but we
firmly believe that they could find q
candidate who would develop greater
popular strength ON election day and
would secure larger electoral vote
than Mr.. Bryan.
All this furor over Mr.. Bryan on his
recent Swinging around the circle"
amounts to nothing, as has twice been
demonstrated. The people do not
approve Of Mr.. Bryan's political prin-
ciples and they are not going to vote
for him or any other man who ad-
Vocates them, no matter how they may
crowd to his speakings and how Justify
they may applaud his eloquent
speeches.
1t strikes us that he and his hackers
should have learned this truth by this
time. The masses like to hear Mr.
Bryan speak but they are not willing
to trust him at the helm of the ship
of state. That is the truth in a nut
shell, and it is time the leaders Of the
party were making up their minds to
trim their sails and to steer their boat
in such way as to keep it in the
current of public sentiment and not
continue to run contrary to it for the
simple reason that the man they are
trying to boost into greater promi-
nence is magnetic speaker, but
visionary and political dreamer
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-25

An exchange says that cotton men
wear goods manufactured of 15-cent
cotton they have sold for eleven and
half cents" We would like to ask
whose fault it is if that is so? Who
are to blame but the. farmers who
sell fifteen cent cotton for eleven and
a half cents a pound. Have not the
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-25

To try to keep people-folks with
human hearts In them-from weep
ing when they are sorrowful, is try
ing to go beyond the capacity OF NOR
tails. Even Jesus wept with some
women over the death OF their broth-
er.-New Bern Sun.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-25

And few of us remember that we
listened to Mr.. Bryan before and be-
lieved just as much then as we dc
now-Durham Herald.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-25

h. will have still fewer electoral votes
in 1908.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-10-25
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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1907-12-30
SECRETARY TAFT
IN BOSTON

New York, Dec. 30.-Meu prominent
i'll national. state and municipal at
fairs will be present at the annual
banquet of the Boston Merchants As
ISOLATION at the Hotel Somerset this
evening. The chief guest will be
Secretary William II. Taft. who will
make his first important public ad-
dress since the conclusion of his tour
OF the world. In the absence of Gov
ernOr Guild, Lieutenant Governor
Eben S. Draper will represent the
state, and Mayor Fizgerald will
speak for the city. Following the al
sociation's custom at its annual ban
quets one speaker from the South, the
Hon. Swager' Sherley. representative
in Congress from the Louisville, Ky,
district. will be the second speaker on
this occasion.
Secretary Taft $ address is expected
to be an important one as he has had
ample time for preparing it. He ac-
copied the invitation to be present at
the banquet before leaving on his
world tour. Later, in answer to a
cableeram to Manila asking if Mon
day evening, December 80, would
meet his convenience. he replied
Yes, God wiling
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1907-12-30
The Crafty Brother.

A man had two sons The elder was
virtuous and dutful. the younger wick.
ed and crafty. When the father WA
about to die he called them before him
and said: Il have only two things Of
value-my herd Of camels and my
blessing How shall I allot them?'
Give to me-" said the younger son,
"thy blessing, for It may reform me.
The cameis should be sure to sell and
squander the money"
The elder Disgusting his Joy, said
that he would try to be content with
the camels and pious mind. 1t was
80 arranged, and the man died. Then
the wicked younger son went before
the cadi and said: Behold, my brother
has defrauded me Of my lawful her.
itaga. He is so bad that our father, as
Is well known, denied him his blessing
Is it likely that he gave him the cam
els?"
SO the elder brother was compelled
to give up the herd and was eoundly
bastinadoed for his rapacity.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1907-12-30
FARMERS WEEK
IN KANSAS

Manhattan, Kan, Dec. 30.-Farm-
ers week at the Kansas State Agri-
cultural week commenced today and
promises to be the busiest and most
interesting week ever held here.
Meetings were held this afternoon
bv the Boys Corn Contest Associa
ton and the Kansas Butter Makers
conference. The Kansas Corn
Breeders Association and the State
Dairy Association will meet tomor-
row. The Kansas Good Roads As
sociation and the State Draft
Horse Breeders Association will
hold their initial meetings on We'd
nesday afternoon. On Thursday and
Friday conventions will be held by
the Kansas Veterinary Medical AS
ISOLATION. the Kansas Cattle Breed
ers' Association, the Swine Breed
ers' conference and the Aberdeen
Angus, Shorthorn, Hereford, Po-
land China. Durco-Jersey and Berk-
shire societies.
The feature of the week will be
the third annual meeting and corn
show of the Kansas Corn Breeders
Association. The SunfloWer State is
particularly famous for its corr
crop. and the farmers take particn-
lar pride in exhibiting the best pro-
ducts of their fields at the annual
state shows. This year the entries
are more numerous and OF better
average quality than ever before.
Numerous premiums. CONSISTING
mainly of agricultural implements
and supplies, will be distributed
among the winners. A contest has
also oeen arranged for the youthfu'
farmers, and many handsome prizes
will be given to the boys who have
sent corn grown by themselves for
exhibition.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1907-12-30
S28, 100000 STOCK ISSUE.

Montreal Dec. 30.-A special!
meeting of Canadian Pacific share
holders was held here today to au-
thoriZe al issue Of S2S,32G.e00 adj
dltional stock. which will be offered
to the stockholders at par. The au-
thorization Of the sale of this stock
at the present time is in keeping
with the policy Of the road in pro
vidinG for its requirements ahead,
and at the same time TO give each
year to It's stockholders the light
to subscribe to any new stock upon
terms which. are offered the euuiya-
lent Of an extra dividend. TN
1t us believed that the proceeds Of
the new issue will be used for build.
ing a line into Seattle, where the
road will come into direct competi-
ton with the Hill system. The con-
struction- OF the new line has been
deferred on account of the practical
lmpossiblltiy@ Of raising money for
improvements, either in New York
or London. The Canadian Pacific al
ready controls the Spokane Inter
national, giving it entrance into Spo-
kane, and the construction of road
to Seattle WOulG make it a direct
competitor of the Hill roads TO the
Northwestern portion Of the United
States
The S2S,320,o0o common stock
authorized is part of the $4,000
600 new stock that was voted last
March, and which amount brought
the authorized capital of the Cana
dian Pacific up to $50, 1000. 900.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1907-12-30
Advantages Of Madness.

The truth Is. fear, that madness
ias great advantage over sanity
Sanity Is always careless. Madness is
always careful. There is Il great deal
Of falsehood In the notion that truth
must necessarily prevail. There Is this
falsehood to start with that If man
has got the truth he IS generally happy.
And il he is happy he is generally
lazy. The incessant activity, the exag-
gerated intelligence. generally belong
to those who are q little wrong and
Just little right The whole advan-
tage Of those who think that Bacon
wrote Shakespeare, says Gilbert J..
Chesterton. writing In the Illustrated
London News, lies simply in the fact
that they care whether Bacon wrote
Shakespeare. The whole disadvantage
Of those who do not think 1t lies In the
fact that they do not care about it.
The sane man who is sane enough to
see that Shakespeare wrote Shake
speare is the man who is sane enough
not to worry whether he did or not
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1907-12-30
Thew Wouldn't Salute.

Black Jack Percival. who was ma
val captain in the old days, once
brought cargo Of Spanish jacks home
tn a man-of war. He was in Spanish
waters when the Jacks were given to
the United States by Spain and was
ordered to bring them out in his snip.
1t made him angry. but he got the
beasts aboard and sailed for New York
When he came through the Narrows
the guns had been rolled back, and out
of every port there stuck a Jacks head.
Thus decked out and without salute.
he came to his anchorage. The admiral
commanding sent posthaste to de,
mand why Captain Percival had not
saluted. II didn't salute" was the
doughty captains answer, because J
couldn't had two men twisting ev'
cry Jacks tail. hut not hlanksted ont
Of them would bray"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1907-12-30
TO PROMOTE
GERMAN COMMERCE

Buenos Ayres, Argentina. Dec 80. -
That the United States is not taking
proper precautions to protect its com
merce and trade with South America
and especially with the rich republic
Of Argentina. is the declaration Of
practically all the american residents
of Buenos Ayres. who have become
alarmed by the recent action OF con-
gress in granting a subvention of So
900 gold annually to a German syndi-
cate for promoting commerce between
Germany and Argentina. Already
GerrqaN has a strong hold on the
ArgeE tinaA trade and threatens soon
to sfpp1ant: both Great Britain and
the United 'States. With proper effort,
it is admitted by all hat the United
States might supply this country with
its millions of dollars worth of ma
chinery, agricultural implements and
other importatons, which now come
principally from Europe.
uc lotdl value vi liiCl ShohNioo
ported during the year will be near
ly $275,000,00O gold. Of this total
Great Britain has supplied about 50
per cent, the United States Is per
cent, Germany IA per cent, France 10
per cent, and Belgium, Spain and
Brazil smaller proportions. Germany
has made a larger gain in the percent
age of exports to Argentina than any
other country, as has been the case
for many years, and, in the value Of
imports from Argentina, stands next
to Great Britain. With the adoption
of modern methods in agriculture, Ar
oentina will soon become one Of the
greatest pastoral countries OF the
world and the amount OF its imports
will steadily rise in volume. Eu-
ropean manufacturers understand this
and are making strenuous efforts to
obtain a portion Of this rich trade,
while the United States is doing prac-
tically nothing and barely holding its
own against the Onslaughts Of the
English and German commercial in
vaders.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1907-12-30
)CASTORIA
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MAY DISBAND SECTION

SMunich, Dec. 30-A general meet
ing of the Bavarian section OF the
German Naval Qeague has been calieo
for tomorrow, when, according to re-
ports, it will be disbanded. The en-
tire executive committee of the
branch, including Prince Rupprecht'
recently resigned, giving as their rea-
sons for this action the selection OF
Major General Keim as president ana
the recent policy of the league IN
mixing in German politics.