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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-09

His Position I'm the Railroad Rate
Law.

The chief executive of North Car
DINA has been subject OF
in the newspapers during the week
ended today. and the interviews he
has given has encouraged it. He is
a very popular man and a man OF
a most attractive personality. He
does not stick as close to the state
house. perhaps, as public sentiment
would demand, but he make a good
governor and in his speeches out
side of the state has given the state
profitable advertising. But during
the last few days Governor Glenn
has been given an overdose oil ad-
vertising. Some have said that for
the part he took in the railroad
rate war, he must be sent to the
United States senate. Others would
elevate hi INTO the presidency of
the United States
What was the part he took in the
rate war? He did not inaugurate
it. He made no move whatever IN
til Judge Long and the Wake coun-
T. grand jury made it imperative
that he should take action. Then
he simply performed the duty that
would have been performed by any
other governor who was true TO the
oath OF his office.
Governor Glenn is TO be commend
ei for the courageous stand he took.
once he was forced into the fight,
but for the achievement he could
not be honestly entitled to reward.
political or otherwise.
II Judge Long had not spoken
matters might now be in the same
shape they were, so far as Govern
or Glenn is Observation-Disclosures
Chronicle.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-09

Get a free sample of DR.. Shops
Health Ciffee" at our store. Il real
coffee disturbs your Stomach, YOU
Heart or Kidneys, then try this Clever
Coffee imitation. DR.. Shoop has close
ly matched Old Java and Mocha Coffee
in flavor and taste, yet it has o a
single grain of real Coffee in it, DR.
Shops Health Coffee Imitation is
made from pure toasted grains o.
cereals, with Malt, Nuts. etc. Madc iii
a minute. No tedious wait. You will
surely like it. Sold by S. ". Sande. s
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-09

Use Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syr-
Up Contains no opiates. 1t drives the
cold out of the system by gently NOV
ing the bowels. Contains Honey and
Tar and tastes nearly as, good as ma
pie syrup. Sold by Robert f. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-09
HRe0ular as the Sum-

is an expression as old as the race.
No doubt the rising and setting OF
the SUI is the most regular perform
ance in the universe, unless it is
the action of the liver and bowels
when regulated with DR.. Kings Me-
Life Pills. Guaranteed by r. R.
Bellamy. druggist. 2oc.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-09

The Kentucky traveller who was
arrested and fined in Texas for TAX
ing a drink of whiskey on board a
railroad train will probably want to
amend Colonel Watterson's judg-
ment that Kentucky is the worst
governed state in the union.'New
York Tribune.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-09

a furniture van stopped in front of
k~erlect's house.
NO, indeed" replied Kerlect. "A
friend of our wants to borrow our
collection of souvenir postcards
Judge.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-09

81 guess they have caught that
wife murderer"
Anything in the papers about
it?"
mo, but / saw several women
with big punches Of flowers hurrying
toward the jail a little while ago
Record-Herald.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-09

It is announced that Haywood
will ran for president. He is about
the only man that has not been
mentioned as WattersOn's dark
horse.-Louisville Herald.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-09
Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup Ia sold

under a positive guarantee to cure con-
stipation sick headache, stomach
trouble or any form of indigestion. II
it fails, the manufacturers refund your
money. What more can any one do.
JOS. c. Shepard and J. Hicks Bunting
Drug Co.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-09

If the Standard Oil Company has
violated the law it did it Willfully
and knowingly and has no kick COM
ven if the verdict is a bit of
a SurpriSe.-Durham Herald.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-09

Piles gget quick and certain 3elie;
from DR.. Shops Magic Ointment. It's
action is positive and certain. Ftc1-
ing, painful, protruding or blind csIes
disappear like magic by it's use. Large
nickel-capped glass jars so cents. Sold
by Robert r. BellaTHy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-09

If the railroads had applied to the
state courts it would have only been
as a matter Of courtesy. They could
not have expected anything to come
of it-Durham Herald.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-09

Governor Glenn of North Carolina
does not warn to the talk about
rushing him to the front as dem
ocratic nominee for the presidency
next year. He has a doubt as to
it's friendliness and no doubt at all
as to his foolishness.-Hartford
Courant.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-09

Itchi Itch! Itch!-Scratch? Scratch!
worse the itch. Try Doan's O1nt-
ment. 1t cures piles, eczema. any skin
itching. All druggists sell it.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-09

Superstitious persons who may
admire Senator Foraker and Senator
Knox will probably be impressed with
the fact that no senator of the Unit
ed States ever stepped directly from
his senatorial office into hat of the
Observation-Disclosures News.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-09

The best remedy for JEctsache, kid
neys. inflammation Of the Bladder is De-
Wits Kidney and Bladder Pills. Their
action is prompt and sure. A weeks
treatment for Csc. Sold by Robt. R.
BellamY
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-09

What do you suppose would have
happened to the state supreme court
that would have had the nerve to
declare the rate law unc0nsritutiOn-
al?-Durham Herald.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-09

We must confess that We are at a
loss to understand that statute of
Alabama prohibiting the transfer of
suits from state to federal courts
Raleigh Times.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-09

Paris likes American songs and
England has decided to approve of
our clothes. If we could make Ger
many like u tariff the European
concert would be harmonized quite
to our purposes.-New York World.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-09

The secretary of the state of Ala
bama may have done his clear duty,
but not the legislature in imposing
such a duty.-Concord Tribune.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-09

We keep talking about it, although
not expecting anything We say to
have any effect on the court that is
to settle it.-Durham Herald.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-09

The Southern Railway can console
itself with a consideration of the fact
that Judge Long was not Judge Lam
df.-Raleigh Times.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-09

If a southern man does not get
the nomination until he convince the
the country that he would be elect
ed we are afraid that is a long time
off.-Durham Herald.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-09

Mercy where does all that pre-
family come from?
From Bingley's garage. He is III
there trying to tinker up his car
in time to get to church-Brooklyn
Eagle.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-09

You can quote almost anything as
from the Bible these days and not
get caught at it-Detroit Free Press.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-07
FAMILYs SKIN TROUBLES.
Eczema, Heat Rash, and Scalp Affec-
tions Afflict Different Members,
But Cuticura Cures Them.

''My wife had eczema for five or six
years. 1t was on her face and would
come and go. We thought we would
give the Cuticura Remedies trial. We
did so and she has never had sign of
eczema for four years. 1 myself used
Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment
some time ago for falling hair. now
have a very heavy head of hair. We
used Cuticura Remedies for our baby,
who was nearly bald when young. She
has very nice hair now. She is very
fleshy, and we had SO much trouble
with heat that we would bathe her
with Cuticura Soap and then apply
Cuticura Ointment, it would dry the
heat up SO much quicker than any
thing else. Mr.. H. B. Springmire, 1923
20. Capital Street, Iowa City, Ia, July
16. 1905, and Sept. 16. 1906"
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-07
She Did Not Fear Death.

An old lady on her seventy-third
birthday once said, Il do not mind
getting old. and / do not fear death,
but 1 live in constant fear Of par
alysis."
For some time have been wanting
to tell you of the great good your
wonderful Sloan's Liniment is doing
here" writes Mr.. James F. Abernethy,
Of Rutherford College, N. c. In fact,
all your remedies are doing noble
work, but your Liniment beats all. In
my eight years experience with med
icine 1 find none 20 go ahead of 1t,
having tried 1t in very many cases.
know of one young man, a brick-ma-
son, who suffered from partial, yes,
almost complete, paralysis of one arm.
l got him to use your Liniment. and
now he can do as much work as ever.
and he sings your praise every day.
get all to use it possibly can and
know there is great virtue in 1t.
have helped the sale of your noble
remedies about here greatly, and ex-
pect to cause many more to buy them,
as know they can't be beat"
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-07
SOME MEMBERS ABSENT ON
GOVERNMENT BUSINESS

spent his entire vacation tramping
through the mountains around Sacra-
mento hunting small game, while Sec
retary Root, in addition to spending
some time at his home in New York,
took the now famous cure for several
weeks at Muldoons.
During his absence from Washing
ton Postmaster General Meyer, with
the exception of about ten days, when
he was fishing in Canada. kept in close
touch with the postal affairs in Wash
ington, and Secretary Taft. while he
was at Murray Bay. Canada, also
found time to keep up with the more
important matters requiring action by
the head of the war department.
Attorney General Bonaparte, in ad-
dition to spending about a month at
Lenox, was absent at different times
during the summer at his home, near
Baltimore, but he was at Washington
every few days attending to important
legal business of the government, SO
that it is hard to classify him.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-07
WILD TRIBE OF POETS.
Picturesque People That Are Found In
the Philippines.

Among the wild tribes to be found
in the Philippines are the Bogobos,
the most picturesque people in the
tropics. Their origin is unknown,
and all sorts of opinions have been
expressed concerning them. One tale
told of them is that their first ances-
tors were all poets and musicians.
and that the dislike for the practical
which is always noticeable among
them has come down through the gen.
erations.
Those that have caught among the
Bogobos say that given a song or
a poem to learn and they will study
and dream over 1t for hours, but give
the Bogobo a problem in arithmetic
and he Immediately becomes i'll and
wants to go home.
Living at Santa Cruz, in the Davao
district, is Miss Benedict, a Chicago
university woman, who is collecting
everything peculiar to the Bogobo.
1t has been found that the bead
work done by them is quite like that
of the American Indian, but there is
no other likeness in the races be-
yond that.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-07

r HE loss to the government pension
roll, during the fiscal year 1907.
by the death of civil war veterans.
was 31,207. leaving the names of 644,-
1888 survivors of that war on the roll
June 80. 1907. During the year 1898
more soldiers of the civil war died
than during the preceding year.
The total number of pensions on the
roll at the end of the fiscal year just
ended was 967,371. The net loss to
the roll for the year was 1S,600, which
was the greatest net loss for any year
since Uncle Sam began to pension his
soldiers. The present fiscal year be-
gan with the smallest number of pen
sioners remaining on the roll since
1898.
The amount disbursed for pensions
during the year was $13S. .155. .412.46.
This money was paid to the pension
ers from Is agencies throughout the
country. the largest amount being
paid from the agency at Topeka. Kan,
which includes Colorado, Kansas. Mis-
souri,. Oklahoma, Indian Territory and
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-07
PENSION ROLL OF THE
GOVERNMENT ON DECLINE

New Mexico. The amount paid from
Topeka was s15.S07. .63S.24, and the
number of pensioners on the roll at
that agency was 111,50S, or 2,0S9 less
than June 80, 1906. Missouri. at the
end of the year had 1895 pensioners.
who received $6.990.729.74.
These figures and facts are con-
tanned in the annual report of Pension
Commissioner Warner The report
shows that the pension roll reached
the high-water mark January 80, 1905.
An analysis of the pension roll on
June 80, 1907, shows the interesting
fact that there were at that time three
daughters of soldiers of the revolution
ary war still drawing pensions.
The names of 55S widows of the
war of 1872 remained on the roll at
the close of the last fiscal year.
II there were no deaths during the
present fiscal year 1t would require
SAC, 0,S50,SS0 to pay Uncle Sans PEN
sioners. The average annual value OF
each pension is $145.60, this being an
increase Of s7.42 over last year
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-07
MUCHTRAvELING DONEBY
MEMBERS OF THE CABINET

w ASHINGTON.-Duri the sum-
w mer months Just closed the nine
members of President Roosevelt's cab
met have spent more than 600 days
away from their desks. and their va
cation journeyings and business trips
have covered thousands of miles over
land and sea.
OF the nine, Secretary of War Taft
is the greatest traveller. Already he
has been away from his department
more than so days. and. as he now is
on his way around the world, he has
Travelled. including his vacation jour
neying and his official trip of the
orient. something like 10000 mifes,
with much more yet to come.
Next to Secretary Taft. Secretary OF
State Root remained from the capital
longer than any other official, and, in
cluding his trip to Mexico, he will
have been away so long that it will be
hopeless for any other cabinet officer
to attempt to equal his record.
Until Secretary Taft returns, Secre-
tary Straus will hold the palm for
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-07

G ECRETARY WILSON is another
- of the cabinet to have put in
some strenuous travelling while in
specting conditions in his department
in the west. He looked into the big
timber reserves. and Secretary Gar
field investigated while absent the
public lands. Indian questions, ETC.,
forming an important part of the work
of the interior department. He spent
only two weeks actual vacation at
his home in Ohio.
The vacations of the other cabinet
officers were entirely for recuperative
purposes. Secretary of the Treasury
Cortelyou spent the summer on his
farm on Long Island, near the presi-
dents home at Oyster Bay, and only
an hours ride from New York. Hence
he was able to keep in close touch
with the financial situation, and his
actual presence here was not essen
tial.
Secretary of the Navy Metcalf went
to California, his home state, and
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-07
The nrlaht Eirstborn.

They were discussing the law Of en-
tail-the English law bequeathing tho
bulk of the family property to the
eldest son.
There is so per cent. Of logic in
that law" said physician, land If the
family property went to the firstborn,
whether son or daughter. the law
would contain 100 per cent. of logic.
For the first born child is practically
always the best-best in brain, in
build, in beauty, in everything.
why is this SO? 1t is because mar
ried people love one another more pro-
foundly at the beginning than after
ward; for love, like all things, grows
old, grows weak, often dies.
Mrs. Craigie-John Oliver Hobbies
was first born child. So was Marie
Corelli. So was Richard Mansfield.
So were Joseph Chamberlain. Lord
Kitchener, Max Muller, Henry Irving,
George Meredith.
Look back into the past, and we
see again the prominence of the first
born, among them Mohammed, Con-
fucius. Raphael, Milton. Dante, Goethe,
Byron, Shelly and Heine."
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-07

Speaker Cannon has been enlisted
In the movement and promises to
skate all the way down the avenue on
the opening day. with John Sharp
Williams, the minority leader. Mr..
Williams and Mr. Cannon have been
practicing holding each others hands,
and while this has been little diff
cult because of Mr.. Cannon's greater
speed, they have now got so that they
can keep step fairly well. Mr.. VIII
liams will go to the speakers house
on the opening day and make the start
with him.
Senator Bailey at first held aloof on
the ground that it would not look dig
nified to skate in frock coat, and
that he declines to remove that gar
ment for any consideration. His
friends, however. have put forth such
strong arguments that in letter re-
ceived here the other day Mr.. Bailey
promises to skate, frock coat and all,
If his rival and foe, Senator Culberson,
can be induced to do likewise. Gull
berson wears cutaway, but 1t is be-
lieved he will consent.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-07
STATESMEN TAKE UP THE
ROLLER SKATING IDEA
A ssIsTANT CHIEF CLERK rHoM-

A SSISTANT CHIEF CLERK THOM-
"A SON, progenitor of the scheme for
having postal employees skate to work.
undertook to demonstrate the other
day and arrived at his office much con-
fused and concussed. In rounding
curve on Pennsylvania avenue he hit
thank you, marm," and smote the
asphalt with his nose. During the aft
ernoon he was disposed to bark at
folks who came in to ask him ques-
tions about the roller skate procession.
His ideas, however, will be taken up
in higher circles. A well defined
movement among leading statesmen is
said to be under way for having sena-
tors and representatives skate to the
capitol when the session begins. A
large number of them have been de-
sirous of skating to work for a long
time, but each has hung back for fear
of being thought singular. Now a
considerable number have agreed to
start the skating movement simultane-
ously, and general movement on the
capitol is announced for the first Mon
day in December.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-07

long overseas journeying. Leaving
Washington on June 20. he went first
to Montreal. on one of the longest in
spection tours ever undertaken by a
cabinet officer. He visited immigra-
ton stations along the Canadian line
from Montreal to Winnipeg and Van
couver, going thence to Seattle and
San Francisco and sailing from that
port on July 25 for Honolulu, where he
arrived on July 81. On his return he
visited the Yellowstone National park,
but this part of the trip was entirely
one of pleasure, and was at the secre-
tary's personal expense.
On this trip he was accompanied by
his wife, son, daughter and private sec
retary, only Secretary Straus' own ex-
penses, of course, being borne by the
government. 1t is estimated at the
department of commerce and labor
that Secretary Straus' trip cost the
government not more than 1880
And it is claimed for it that it was of
immense business benefit to the de.
partment.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-07
HER "BEsT FRIEND"
A Woman Thus Speaks of Postum

We usually consider our best friends
those who treat us best.
Some persons think coffee a real
friend, but watch it carefully awhile
and observe that it is one of the
meanest of all enemies for it stabs
one while protesting friendship.
Coffee contains a poisonous drug
caffeine-which Injuries the delicate
nervous system and frequently sets up
disease in one or more organs of the
body, IL its use is persisted in.
81 had heart palpitation and nerv-
BUSINESS for four years and the doctor
told me the trouble was caused by
coffee. He advised me to leave it of,
but l thought l could not" writes a
Wis. lady.
"On the advice of a friend I tried
Postum Food Coffee and it SO salts
fed me that did not care for coffee
after a few days trial of Postum.
"As weeks went by and l continued
to use Postum my weight increased
from SO to 11S pounds. and the heart
trouble left me. have used 1t year
now. and am stronger than 1 ever
was. l can hustle up stairs without
any heart palpitation, and l am cured
of nervousness.
my children are very fond of Post.
um and 1t agrees with them. My sis
ter liked it when she drank 1t at ny
house. but not when she made it at
her own home. Now she has learned
to make it right, boil it according to
directions. and has become very fond
Of it. You may use my name II you
wish, as am not ashamed of praising
my best friend-Postum."
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek, Mich. Read THE Road to
Wellville." in pkgs. There's q Rea.
SON"
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-07
Model for Rest Of the Force.

While OIL City cannot. perhaps,
boast Of being a strictly cold-water
town, she can, we believe, lay claim
to having among her residents the
champion temperance man of the
state, If not of the entire country.
Not only has he never drank any kind
of spurious or malt liquors, but he
has never allowed any tea, coffee, soup
or any kind of milk to pass his lips
since he was child. He is a colored
man, was born in slavery, and because
his father frequently drank more
whisky than was good for him, he re-
solved when a boy to never drink any
thing but water. And he has reli-
giously kept the resolution. He is a
member OF the Oil City police force,
and his name Is Major Franklin
OIL City (Pa.y Blizzard.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-07
, Mrs. Ellen Maggie, 4l4 4th street, Green

Mrs. Ellen Nagle. Ala 4th street, Green
Bay, Wis, writes:
"I have often heard Peruna praised
and it is more widely known here than
any other medicine, but never knew
what n splendid medicine it really was
until few wcel<s ago when caught n
bad cold which settled all over me.
''The doctor wanted to prescribe, but
L told him j was going to try Peruna
and sent for a bottle and tried it.
II felt much better the next morning
and within five days l had not trace
of any lamcness or any cough
al consider IL the finest cough rem
edy."
PERUsA TABLETs:-Some people pre-
fer TO take tablets. rather than to take
medicine in fluid form. Such people
can obtain Peruna tablets, which repre-
sent the solid medicinal ingredients Of
Peruna.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-07
No Decoration Eeouired.

1t was Mr.. Hobart's first experience
with waffles, and he liked the taste of
them. When he had been served
twice, he called the waiter to him and
spoke confidentially.
I'm from Pokeville," he said, "and
we're plain folks there; don't care
much for style. but we know good
food when we get it. I want another
plateful o. those cakes. but you tell
the cook she needn't stop to put that
fancy printing on 'em; just send 'em
along plain. Companion.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-07
Taken At His Word.

Master Walter, aged 5, had eaten
the soft portions of his toast at break
fast. and piled the crust on his plate.
when was little boy" remarked
his father, who sat opposite him, II
always ate the crusts of my toast"
did you like them?" inquired his
offspring, cheerfully.
YES" replied the parent.
"You may have these" said Mas
ter Walter, pushing his plate across
the table-Harpers' Weekly.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-07

dizzy spells all the time. My ankles
swelled and ran down dreadfully.
was nervous and had awful headaches.
I wonder that any medicine could do
what Doan's Kidney Pills have done
for me. They cured me four years
ago and ! have been well ever SINCE"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, n. Y.