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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-09-26
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Advertlmos que no SER
vimos LA DEMocRAcIA d.
rectamente bajo faja 4 min.
guna persona, 81 no Sc nos
manda con la carta de aviso
el importe de un ano adelan.
tado 8 un semestre por 10
menos Tengase este bien
presente, para que no Sc nos
escriba in1tilmente.
LII ADMINISTRATIONS.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-09-26
Acadia De Biz PIsdIas

En- poder de Higinio Torres Sc en-
cuentra depositada una yegua color rucio
b,anco, cspaldada, de seis cuartas alzada,
pobre de crimes COMO de cinco amos de
edld, traida al deposito municipal en- con-
cepto de aparecida. Lo que Sc hace
plblico para general conocimiento los
efectos del articulo 622 del c6digo civil.
Rio Piedras, septiernbre ID de 1907. Juan
CALocA, alcalde municipal,
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-09-26
q 2 XII OMETROS

de Bayam6n Sc arrienda, por siete aiios
una finca de IS cuerdas con buena casa
yiyienda, y casa para agregado; contiene
arboles frutales, pastos y abundlnte aqua.
Precio m6dice p. 0. Box 223 TO. a
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-19
\ VALUABLE FARM JOURNAL

The Progressive Farmer came Of age
last week, having completed it's twenty
first year with the last issue. With
the statement of this fact that paDa.
announces hat it's circulation has
reached twenty thousand. We are
not at all surprised at this, for Mr..
Clarence H. Poe and his corps of able
assistants have made that paper an
article of almost as great a necessity to
the intelligent farmer as his horse or
his pillow; and what must be as gratlfy-
ing 10 Mr.. Poe as the financial success
of his paper is the knowledge that it is
doing a good work among that class If
our people for whose benefit it is pull
lished 1t would not be egotistical on
his part to admit this, for it is clearly
shown by the results The paper also
announces that Mr. w. F. Marsna:I.
formerly of the Gastonia Gazette, has
become associate editor. This makes
a valuable addition to the editorial
force of the paper There Is no reason
why The Progressive Farmer should
not double its number Of subscribers in
the near future, for it is a paper which
is continually improving and becoming
of greater benefit to the farming class
of u people. 1t has III earnest wish
that it may do so.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-19

ion." says one Of our New York wits;
and truly the Transformation made in
the modern drawing room by the APP
peayance OF magic Bridge tables IS
enough TO justify this cynicism-
Bridge originated in Turkey, was de-
jveloped at Vienna, and was first play
led in its modern form al the Carleton
Club. London. 1t soon displaced 0ac-
carat III English clubs and country
houses, then quickly crossed the ocean
and here IN America among our ner-
ivous. excitement-loSing women Il has
found its peculiar field, scattering froai
Ise. 10 set from class TO c1ass until az
last it threatens / become the great
social cancer Of the new century.
Physicians deplore the craze, claim
Iing that it burdens their hands with
.~hysteriacl women. Captains Of indus
try say that it is W akening The STAN
ina Of the young men Of the country
VINO need the strength for work. II
is certainly draining the nerves, the
purses, the character OF those who
heretofore made up in our lana
a sane, substantial society.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-19
pApTH PULP FROM LONG-LEAF'
PINE.
hold on the people.

For years experiments have been
made for extracting the resinous sub
stances from the long-leaf pine Of the
south so that the wood could be used
for paper manufacture, but non OF
them proved successful until a firm in
Lynchburg, Va, undertook the task
and it has solved the problem. The
firm found that an excellent wood palp
could be made by the soda process.
suitable for news, manila, book OF
writing paper. The process was worked
out and the plant is owned by southern
men. OF the Importance Of this dis
covery and Of the process The Manu-
facturers' Record, of Baltimore, saye::
The value Of this discovery can hard
" be realized at the moment, and all
that it means to the owners of tim
Der and in the south. h vast for
ests of tho north und a nave been
largely devastated through the ne
cessities Of the p~aper-n,aker, and it
has been a serious question as to
where the supply Of wood was to come
from for the paper manufacturers of
the future. The long-leaf yellow-pine
forests of the south offer ar almost
inexhaustible supply of wood. A plant
capable Of utilizing twenty odd cords
of wood per day has been erected
in Lynchlurg, and h process, which
was simply considered an experiment
until recently, is now an assured
commercial success. Between 20 to
80 gallons of turpentine, 700 to 1000
pounds of resinate and over $50
pounds Of paper pulp can be gotten
from a cord OF stumps or branches
OF tile lcng-leaf yellow pine. Expe-
riments are now being projected hat
promise TO make il possible to manu-
failure paper from this wood by the
sulphite process. which will make it
still more attractive to tho paper a
ufacturer. This production from q
cord of lons-leaf yellow pine seems
almost incredible, but the average
reader does not realize that a cord of
southern pine weighs $500 pounds and
contains an average Of only 8 per cent
of water, while a cord Of spruce
weighs but $500 rounds and contains
from 4G TO so per cent of water.
The machinery used in the plant at
Lynchburg is 4 marvel OF inventive
and mechanical Skill. The wood is fed
to a hog Dr. "chipper." which educes
the log to q multitude of smaI cnIps.
These pieces Of wood start on their
journey from the clipper, passing
through a series of cOnyevors and
tanks without again being handled un-
II Al! tn" turpnntine and r%eSinous
substances are entirely extracted. leav-
ing the wood denuded of all reSinous
substances ready for the ,iigestor. pre-
p~aratory TO heinz made into pulp and
then into paper.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-19
THRILLING

In the superior court of Arson coua-
ty a suit has just terminated i'm eavsr
Of the plaintiff Involving the owneraab
of a hound pup; that is. it was a q
when the suit was begun two a
ago, but is a grown dog now. Two law
sers appeared for the plaintiff and one
ior the defendant. The dog was lot
worth five dollars; the defendant, With
the costs of the suit and lawyers fees
will be out about one hundred dollars
and the plaintiff will have paid the
value of the dog several times over.
The expense to the county will be quite
a sum. and there is no telling boy
much parties and witnesses have lost
by being taken from their work to A.
tend the two trials in the Justices
court, besides the loss to other persons
having business in the court. because
of its time being taken up with this
case. There ought to be some
law to prevent this class of litigation.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-19
PICK-UPS.

Mr.. John Charles Mcneil of the
Charlotte Observer staff has been 10
Raleigh and he writes his paper the
following Of what he hears about polit-
ical states and combines n candi-
dates in the democratic party.
The candidates for governor. so
well informed politicians tell me. are
these: congressman w. w. Kitchin
and f. ". Pou. and ex-Congressmen
John d. Bellamy and F. \. Woodland.
For attorney general the candidates
are Speaker Justice, Lieutenant. Gov
ernor Winston and Judge r r.
Winborne. Mr. A. d. Watts. IT is
it is saids is agreeable for secretary
Of state.
Kitchin will have to go up against
the influence hf Simmons and Ay-
cock" aid an experienced politician.
THE plan, I think. is to succeed Sim
mons with Kitchin- If kitchin be-
comes Governor, his term and Sim
mons will expire at the same time
and leave him in fine shape for the
senatorial fight. .-Aycock VIII want
TO succeed Simmons. too, and will be
naturally against Kitchin for that
reason."
I heard that afr. Ayccck has ex-
pressed himself as a supporter of
Woodland.
l r~ecounte1 this stuff 10 Nh. Walter
Murphy and asked how his rulse
beat.
Il am for Aycock, said he. And
1t is my opinion that - Aycock is
elected governor tWo years hence, no
power a keep him out of the senate.
There is much Of this sentiment
the members"
A prominent senator p~rophesied
MI. Kitchin's defeat for another rea-
son. 20 wit, the SLATE"
Brooks may be elected TO con-
gress," said he. THAT is a matter
for the district only. But if he Deo-
pie believe in this slate business. no.
body on it is going to be elected to
a State office, mark my words. The
people Of North Carolina won't stand
for it"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-19
PROPOSED EASTERN NORMAL
COLLEGE.

If the eastern Normal and Industrial
| school is established it will mean three
such institutions in the state, for the
! west will demand the establishment Of
one for that section by the next legis~
lature, and if it is not done there VIII
be a howl from the mountains and a
charge of discrimination in favor c:
the east by a democratic Legislature.
The state does not need these two Cd
ditional schools, nor the one that is
now proposed AS The Messenger has
said before, what money the state can
spare for increasing normal school
facilities should be devoted to the i'm
provement of the grand institution she
has in Greensboro.
The principal is wrong and it would
be bad policy from a party standpoint,
unless the west is to be given a college
of the same class as the one established
in the east. If the eastern college is
established the democrats may as veil
provide for another to be located sore
where in the west. or reconcile them
selves to the inevitable loss of strength
in that section. Unless they treat Doth
alike in this matter the old
time jealousy of the west toward the
east, which fortunately has been al
1ayed of late, will be revived witC
greater intensity.
If the east really needed the college
and the west did not. then this qucs-
ton of political policy should no: De
entertained, but as it does not need it
there is no use in establishing it When
by 80 doing there is almost certainty
of causing unfriendly feeling between
the two sections of the state and de-
creasing the strength of the democratic
party in that part of the state whore
the republicans have their strongest
hold on the people.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-19
WILMINGTON, n. C..
TUESDAY, FEB. 10, 1907.
WHOSE. COLLAR ON THE Niger
IN THE WOODPILE"?

Whose collar is it on "the niger IN
the woodpile'? Why the great haste
and apparent secrecy in securing the
passage by the Legislature Of the bill
changing the manner of choosing fCur
of the officers of our city government?
The bill was received by Mr.. Morton
Friday afternoon and before that gen
tleman had retired to his couch for
those refreshing slumbers which only
a clear conscience and the conscious
ness of strict performance Of duty and
adherence to promises and pledges en-
bring to a legislator, the bill had oee1
railroaded to it's third reading in the
house, with the determination to have
the same performance take place in
the senate on the following morning.
Why this haste? the people of vii
mington are asking. The legislature
will not adjourn until about the 18th
of March and the primary will be hell
or the 18th of the month Why, then,
should Mr.. Morton want the bill rail
roaded through the house at a tic.a
before which the news of it's introduce
ton could reach the people of VIII
mington? Most of them were in their
beds when the bill was introduced anG
it had passed the house under Mr.. Nor
toms skillful manipulation before they
had turned over for their second maps,
and On the next morning they learned
at one and the same time of it's pass
age by the house and of the intention
to railroad it through the senate at
such speed that there would no! te
time for any of our people who might
be opposed to it to be heard. If it con
sumed so little of the valuable time
of the house to carry the bill to its !
final reading why the haste in forcing
it through? Apparently it could have
been taken up at any odd time latec on
and passed as quickly.
The merits of the bill we are not dis
cussing; but the manner in which the
affair has been conducted is enough 10
create suspicion and to cause the people
to ask whose collar is on 1.-The Niger |
in the woodpile''?
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-19
"isPidsc'' as q Voyation.

/ have often come in contact with
that class of players who make 6
business of playing bridge in order u
meet their actual living expenses. Were
it not o bridge and their skill and
experience in play. they could not
liant set.
maintain their place among the bril-
| One attractive woman confessed to
me that She won enough at Hot Springs,
Va, to pay all the expenses incurred
there in a month. And abovt all that
she had winnings left sufficient to fiji
her out with fashionable frOcks for
more bridge parties in New York.
II cannot go to these" she bluntiy
says, unless / am as Wei dressed as
the other women; and l cannot get the
lfrocks without going to the parties
Isn't that going about in a circle p
she was asked
Circle? It's a circuc-ring," said she.
Swapping her fingers gaily, and ita
lots of fun"
This "Oman says that creditors w re
always her especial bugbear, but now
since bridge has come into style, she
can almost pay as she goes. All OF
which makes her credit good against
the time when she must charge as she
goes.
She frankly c~onfesses hat her
scheme for this season is to go TO Palm
Beach on the little money she has. She
is well aware that she has not enough
funds to stay there unless she holds
good cards in bridge and plays them
well. She says she expects to come
out far ahead of the same.-FrCn
Bridge Whist-a Social Riot" in
March Broadway Magazine.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-19
BRIDGE MAD.
What he Imported Game of Whist is
Doing to Americans.

We are Bridge mad We live it ann
eat It We sleep, talk and Worship
nothing but bridge. Our dinners Are
shortened that We may hasten 10
Bridge. We play it in town and coun-
try, in the mountains and at the sea-
shore; we play it in eason for excite
ment and out Of season for recreation.
We even carry it into the %sanitariuns
where WORKOUT nerves cry enough
and play it on u pillows. It would
almost seem that in course Of time
a fashionable funeral will not be oon-
plete unless Bridge tables are set dur
ing the ceremony.
Is Bridge immoral?
Yes, and again, Yesi
Il never knew how many possible
criminals there were on my visiting
list untH Bridge Whist came int fash
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-19
Gambling Women.

Against one woman fortune has sc.
hard all evening, and now in a semi.
Ihysterical stupor she is playing madly
The trembling of her hands and the
pu sing of her throat bensath her
splendid collar are the only indications
she gives Of the tremendous excitement
!unler which she is laborins.
A friend approaches the table, looks
lat her score card, and with an air o.
establishment turns and whispers 70
her. The shrug of a white shoulder
and an impatient to the whls-
key glass constitute her only answar.
iSne does not know how much she has
lost; she does lot realize that she can
never repay the sum-. She only fees
that sh has lost and experiences a sick
tense CONSCIOUSNESS that she must
win, win, win
The last rubber is played in an al
most audible silence. She loses, and
the game ends Dropping her cards
upon the table she turns to her hostess
land asks the total amount of her i'll
I~debtedneSs. The hostess tells her IN
that tone which the fair player uses
when she most mercilessly intends to
demand payment. A moment of silence,
iof struggle and then her hands go to
her jeweled collar. She unclasps it
with a laugh, Il think perhaps this will
settle it" she says. "Otherwise, I can
pay you"
Her comparative poverty was gen.
orally known, and it was confidently
expected by al that the hostess would
decline to accept the glittering ransom.
Not so. The hostess smiles in her op-
ponent's face as she adds her last pos
session to the pile of gold before her.
And SO the jewels Of several genera
tons Of proud, right-liTing women
were made the price OF an evenings
But the husband had dlr-
ferent views in the matter. The fol-
day he peremyptorily demanded
from the winner the. return of the heir
loom He received 1T after a rather
scene, In which he had, too,
the satisfaction Of stating in terse
his opinion of Bridge.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-19

AS between Hon. John Sharp vii.
liams and Governor Vardaman for
United States senator we do not gee
how there can be any question among
the democrats of Mississippi. However.
the contest between these two for the
nomination is becoming quite exciting.
AIR Vardaman has been making Der
sonal attacks on Mr.. Williams. The lut-
ter states that the governor has broken
away from his agreement to discuss
measures and not men. and he says
that instead Of that he discusses be
and my imaginary character as the
Jaundiced eye of a rival candidate sees
them. He says that were he to rep:
in kind and the governor to again 10
the same the affair would soon cease
to be a contest between debaters ard
would become one between sharpshoot-
ers. Were the choice left to democrats
outside of Mississippi Mr.. W%illiar1s'
would be almost. unanimous.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-19

Although Lieutenant Colonel-eie-r
Metts, Of the Second regiment OF the
state guard, is from Wilmington, We
do not suppose Governor elena viii be
able to find any valid reason for rel IS
ing to issue his commission.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-19

That member of the South Carolina
legislature who introduced a resolE-
tion that members should draw no pay
for Sundays on the ground that to d.
so was a dissertation oil the Sabbath.
should either move from his preseR+
place Of residence or introduce a bill
to change the name-"Hungry Hill.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-19

How Is it that Senator Graham takes
exception to the senate being called
more conservative" than the house
and at the same time announces on the
floor Of that body that it will not stand
for so sweeping a reduction in lai;-
way passenger fares as that contained
in the bill which passed the house?
Isn't his statement a declaration 90 the
greater conservatism of the upper
house?
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-19

The Monroe Enquirer does not an
prove of the proposition to allow the
governor six hundred dollars for his
travelling expenses. 1t says he els ava
from home enough as it is.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-19

Sc, the senate thinks it necessary tc
offer a reward to the sheriffs of the
state to induce them to do their auty
under the Watts law.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-19

Unless something is soon done i'm the
way OF street repairing in our city the
following conversation which The D.
server reports as having occurred be-
tween a citizen of Fayetteville an: a
Cumberland farmer may be repeated
on our streets:
You seem to have too heavy a load
on,' said a Fayetteville man yesterday
to a farmer friend, who was setting
out to his nome with his
NO. I think not" said the farmer.
i can pull through all right if 7 can
just get over the streets OF the city.
Ihe roads all right in the country"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-19

The census of the city Of Charlotte
within the proposed extended limits
shows a population of 35,5O8. We
believe Wilmington could show nearly
hat many without having to extend
her corporate limits.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-19
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION

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three months, $3.50; n month. 30
cents.
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IN advance.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1907-08-17
Emancipation Cele-
bratiOn at State
Fair Grounds

The Emancipation Celebration
will this year be held in the city
of Springfield, the resting place
of the martyred Emancipator,
Abraham Lincoln. The city
committee will organize next
week and then will be held on
September 90, 1907 one of these
old time celebrations AID agrand
barbecue. Captain .Arville Ter
rill will in the afternoon give a
grand balloon Ascension and para.
chute leap from the clouds at A..
p. m.. and other attractions will
be on hand to entertain the peo-
pie of Springfield and surround
ing towns. Prominent speakers
will be on hand aud deliver adj
dresses. The committee will
spare neither pains or expense
to make this a gala and pleasant
day for both old and young.
Watch this paper for further de-
velopments. The Forum will
keep you posted.
The complete arrangements
will appear next week. The
aim is to have the finest and the
largest assembly ever before wit
uessed. All ministers will CO.
operate, Speaking will be a
feature. Games, races, amuse-
ments of all kinds. Arion Hall
at night will be a stellar attrac-
ton. Old people will get round
trips on street cars for 5cts.
Watch.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1907-08-17
OUR ADVERTISING RATES.
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200, send SO cents II you desire it pub
lished in full. MANAGER.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1907-08-17
81. so 10 East st. Louis every sat
urday and Sunday
ILLINOIS TRACTION SYSTEM.
FOR A

De Witt Couny, lIlinois-Waynesville.
One fine piece of residence property.
Modern house in good condition
$3.50. 90. Easy terms.
One hundred and forty-five acres
rich farm land in ine state of cultiva-
ton, one mile from Waynesyiue, no
house, $4,000 per acre, easy terms.
One hundred and sixty acres 81
miles from Waynesville, improved,
twenty res in pasture, at $115.00 per
acre. Rents for 100000 per annum.
Terms easy.
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The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1907-08-17
Divine Services at the Evangelical
Lutheran Holy Trinity Church.

On Fifteenth between Washington
and Jefferson streets.
Bible Reading, IL to IL a. m.
Preaching at s p. m.
Instruction in the chief parts Of the
Christian doctrines every Wednesday
at 8 p. m.
One and all are cordially invited to
attend these services.
Rev. Jas. H. boswell, Pastor.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1907-08-17

Capitol City Lodge, No. IL, K. of p.
meets every second and fourth Mon
day night Of each month in Masonic
hall on North Eighth street. Specis'
meetings made known by X. of r.
4 s..
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1907-08-17
Has Family
at Moberly, Mo.
Fas teen Separated for SO ysars.

G. F.. Vaughn of this city has
just returned from Moberly, Mo.
where he went recently to a fam
lily reunion, the first time for all
20 meet IN 80 years. He is elated
over the good and joyous time
they had. 1t was at the residence
of his brother, l.. Waugh. who is
d school teacher and pre- acher.
The four brothers and one of the
sisters we're present.
Mr.. Waugh is highly pleased
with the condition and welfare of
his people.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1907-08-17

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