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The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-11-22
COTTON RECEIPTS

New York, November 20.-Receipts
of cotton at the ports today 54,SZ6
bales against 56,20 last week and
6S,066 last year. For the week 340.-
600 bales against 354,243 last week
and 412,94e last year. Today's receipts
at New Orleans 1871 bales
against 24,0s5 last year and at Hous-
ton 1895 bales against So.493 last
wear.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-11-22

CaSh QUOTATIONS. Were as iOIIoWs.
Flour steady; NO. spring wheat $1.G0
a 1.04; NO. 3, s3c@s1.03; No. red.
925 @93sc; No. 2 corn, $50 &c; No. 2
yellow 6Oa@61c; No. 2 oats 45Sc: No.
3 white 46 @ 5Oc: M. 2 rye 7fc: good
feeding barley 62@S SSc; fair to ch"ioe
mailing 76@S3c; No. l northwestern
$1.1O1; prime tin1Otny seed $3.50;
clover contract grades $3.50: short
ribs. sides s6.75@7.75: mess pork per
bbl. $12.55 q 1878; lard per 100 lbs.
$S.371: short clear sides (boxed)
S7.37!@7.623; whiskey basis Of high
Wines S1.30.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-11-22

and N Einc BusincSS Man-HaS
Training of Mind and Heart and Ccr-
tain ouaIifcations-That Peculiarly
ly Ft Him for th> Responsibilities
al the Position.
Concord. n c.. Nov lS.-Thc COM
mittee OF the board of trustees of tfe
Stonewall Jackson Manual Training
and Industrial School charged With tho
responsibility OF selecting n suitable
and capable man for the position OF
superintendent OF that institution. has
canvassed many applicants and eonsid-
cred the availability OF others whose
rames have been suggested by friends
OF the institution. The selection of
DIR. Walter Thompson. late OF States-
vile, but recently superintendent OF
the Concord Public schools, rs super
intendent OF the new school TO bG
started, is announced b. the commit
tee.
Mr. Thompson. the newly elccted
superintendent, is a native OF Lincs&H,
county. y. c.
The first nine years OF his life were
spent near the old Rock Springs Cannp
Grounds The following seven yeras
were spent IN Lincolnton IN attend
aace upon the school Of his father. In
1891 his father. Prof ID. Matt Thnmp-
son, removed Ia Statesvillc To become
superintendent OF the public schOos1
ut that place. From 1892 To 1894 In
elusive, Mr.. Thompson attended tic
state university al Chapel HiU. stop
ping temporarily At the end OF hs
sophomore year for Gnancial reasons
For three years thereafter he tIugn
in the pubic schools Of StatesytlEs
enc OF which was spen, IN high ssiiool
work. The next year was spent at
The university, graduating with tbs
Class OF 1888, On his way home Eruun
the university, he was engaged as
principal OF the South Greensboro
graded schools and remained there fur
four years.
II will bo "a sourc" ot pleasure 10
the people Ut the state that one capa-
able in every way for tie most import
ant position has been found. by The
board, within the bounds OF North Car
Olina.
Mr.. Thompson was IN no sense can
didate or IN appliCan for the position
His peculiar fitness for the position
was pointed out by = friend Of the
cause. and from that time on II 5eem-
| ed that all roads ed 10 him. rhe
| 81 ~. .nh
| vigorous physique, ard his personals
| appearance Is commanding and 90 the
| same time pleasing. He has - eye
! that seems to look YOU throusL and
read your thoughts. lie seeks to Nnow
| the truth, and has no use for mann
and deceit. He is himself fran f-
rect, truthful and sincere in h.s ut
terances, and demands the same lyle
OF. speech from his fellowman lie As
not Il tyTant. but when he is at the
helm he directs the business in hand
win fairness, strength and pur
pose.
| His excellent work In school proves
| his eminent fitness for winning the eB
TEEN Of the wild and wayward boy
! he has way, in lealing with suei
| boys, that brings about a bettermeni
! Of behavior and eventually tnorUUgf
| reformation. IL intellect he is broar
ard never narrow. He has been en
dcwed with an unusually large shar,
OF cOmmen sense, Ind IS not easII,
fooled by the conceits or the vision
| ary. He always takes a lively inter
est in the things that concern the pub
1 lie good. Mr.. Thompson has wiIl
and two children. Il is 32 years q
age.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-11-22

New York, November 2o.-Money
on call strong 6@15 per cent; ruling
rate z. closing bid 6, offered at 10.
Time loans strong and dull, sixty days
Is per cent, and ninety days Il to
Is per cent. Close: Prime mercan-
tile paper nominally to 20 per GENT.
Sterling exchange strong with actuai
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-11-22
CLOSING PRICES

New York, November 20.-Cotton:
Spot closed steady 10 points advance.
Middling upiands 1890; middling gulf
Ills; sales 1000 bales.
Futures opened firm and closed
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bales girned to November II. against
$3.50, 900 to the same date last year
and think such a showing would in
dicate a crop under 1900 900 bales.
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business in bankers bills 81 4sGS5D
49, for demand and at I.7SE EI47g
for sixty day bills. Commercial bills
4tst q i.1e. Bar silver $3.50 Mexican
dollars &c
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yRECEIPTs SAME DAY LAST YEAR

50 casks spirits turpentine.
317 barrels rosin.
IA barrels tar.
70 barrels crude turpentine.
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JAMES {. HATCH
500 TO NORFOLK
S8.O5 TO RICHMOND
and return, via
ATLANTIC COAST LINE

Account Virginia-Carolina Foot Ball
games Tickets On sale November 27,
final limit November 29th. For fur
ther information call on nearest
Ticket Agent, Or write
W. J. CRAIG.
PASSENGER Traffic Manager.
T. c. WHITE, -
General Passenger Agent.
Wilmington, \. c.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-11-22
RECEIPTS TO-DAY.

2 casks spirits turpentine.
, so barrels rosin
&c barrels tar.
. Sc barrels crude turpentine. =.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-11-22
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS

Chicago, November 2O.-Liberal real
lzlng sales caused weakness in the
local wheat market today. At the
close the December delivery was off
rs. Corn was ap 5-8 to 3-4 Oats
were 1-8 to IA lower Provisions were
Z 10 to '25c higher.
Chicago, November 20.-The lead
ing futures ranged as follows:
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-11-22
NAVAL STORES.

EPIRITS OF TURPENTNE -
Nothing doing.
ROSIN-Steady. $500.
TAP--Steady, S2.10.
CRUDE TURPENTINE - Hard.
$500: dip. $500; virgin, $3.09.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-11-22
COUNTRY PRODUCE.

Peanuts-North Carolina prime
SI35; extra prime, S1.AO; fancy. 81. so;
Virginia prime st.10: fancy S1.20:
Spanish $40.
PEEGWAX-27c
EGGS-1S S020&
CHICKENs-T5e 4oc: springs. 25
to SOC.
PORK.--8 to AOc.
BEFF---Cn r0ot 2 to SIC.
fwEFT PCEATOEs -s1.oe.
~. c. BAIEON-Hams (oId) lie;
shoulders - % i3c: sides ~ to 13c.
'SFIINC CLF.S-Per 1000: 5-inch saps
$500: 5~ino:l hearts $3.50: 6-inch saps
5000 6~in=h hearts s5.7R-
TEN FER
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-11-22
LOCAL COTTON MARKET
Wednesday, November

Wednesday, November 20.
COTTON-Steady,1 1890
Receipts of cotton today-2,53S
bales.
Receipts same day last year-1,G97
bales
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MIR. WALTER THOMPSON

uected Superintendent Of the $780,
wall jackson Manual Training ana
Industr ial School a Native of tp-
coin County. ~. C.-An Educatox
and n Einc BusincSS Man-HaS
Training or Mind and Heart and Ccr-
tain Qualifications-That Peculiarly
ly Fit Him for th> Responsibilities
al the Position.
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PRODUCE MARKET-

Corrected by
W. II. Cooper, wholesale Grocer
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forward pass. The penalty Tor a Tor
Eayd pass which fails of completion Is
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Of gold. The life of one of our ma
tionaI bank notes is- ssz believe. about
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ca. TOR Ia.
D..rs sts. FlA' Kind y. 4.-: .!..n S''st
E1[VZXZEn<
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takes that had been made. and who
al once Willing so Acknowledged tho
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-11-22

lev she men being ignorant of their
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-11-22

It is a trite. true a1age that there
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-11-22

GA TOR = A.
s...sths zIhs hnd y.a s1.s st.Ls S'aI'
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COFFEE~-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-28
ROOFS CANADIAN SUCCESS.

BY all accounts Secretary Root has
repeated in his purely social visit to
Canada the remarkable success that
marked his tour of the South Amer
lean capitals. The fiction of social pur-
pose was not necessary, since Canada
comprises independent states, and the
real object could be frankly avowed.
The disguise, indeed, was little more
than formal before the secretary
started for Ottawa, and it was prac-
tically dropped soon after his arrival.
The vital point is to establish on
both sides of the 3,000nile line sep
arating the two peoples conviction OF
the necessity of thorough adjustment of
relations on a friendly basis. Both
countries are young, vigorous, am
bilious, self-conscious and conscious of
enormous future development. Mu-
tual concession is obviously indispens-
able if their paramount common in
terests are to be promoted as they
should be- All this has been thrown
into the foreground by the secretary's
tactful policy and by the responsive
spirit in which he has been received.
1t is apparent too. that the secre-
tary's intercourse has gone far deeper
and dealt with particularly timely mat
tiers, of which there are. many of the
utmost Importance pending between
the two countries. The view generally
accepted in both is warranted that the
first great step has been taken toward
conclusive disposal of long standing
and irritating questions, and particu-
larly of trade relations, on more lib
eral and satisfactory basis. At least
better mutual knowledge has been
directly acquired of the maximum con-
cessions possible on the main ques-
tions, and that is a great advantage.
For though the process must yet be
formally through the London govern
ment as the sovereign, still the Ca
nadians, II they are assured of sub
stantially direct dealing in their own
interest, will certainly be disposed to
go farther and to accept the result
more readily.
What is equally important, the Brit
ish government must have been In
formed in advance of the real char
acter and purpose of these inter
changes. There appears thus dispo-
sition on all hands to dispose of the
long accumulation of unsettled bust.
ness and difficulties between the two
great next-door English speaking ma
tions in the new world. and to do II
with an eye to their growing perma.
nent common interests. ny.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-28
rnr snrr ooAL coNspIRAcr

The report OF the Interstate Com
merce commissions investigation OF
the railroads and the bituminous coal
industry opens up a new vista OF pros
ecutions under the commerce and anti
trust laws. That both those laws had
been extensively disregarded was long
generally suspected, but the mass OF
evidence now turned over to congress
and the Department of Justice going
to show systematic and wholesale VIC
lations exceeds all expectations.
The monotony of the results Of
these Investigations, revealing how
outrageously unfair have been the
practices of the carrier corpora
tions, ought not to be permitted
to tire the public of their vast signifi-
canoe, because the struggle to destroy
these abuses has yet to be fought to
finish. Bituminous coal is a commod-
ity fundamental in our industrial sys-
tenn. The commissions report mar
shals an ominous array OF proofs
that the carrier corporations, instead
OF performing their Legitimate func-
ton Of transporting this article OF
prime necessity and universal con-
sumption, have for ten years been In
a conspiracy to prevent competition
and restrain trade in 1t, in addition to
running the whole gamut of subsid-
larry or related abuses.
All the big trunk lines are imph-
Gated in this showing, covering prac-
tically every ton of soft coal mined
east of Chicago and far south of the
Ohio river The commission has, with
apparent thoroughness, executed the
Joint resolution of congressl ordering
1t to develop the main facts in the con-
duct and relations of the carrier cor
porations and the coal industry. All
the detailed evidence is now avail
able for the Department Of Justice,
which will surely find in them basis
for a series of far-reaching prosecu-
lions and remedial proceedings.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-28
NO BONDS FOR OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

One of the charter amendments
pending at Lincoln proposes to give
the mayor and council of Omaha
power by unanimous vote TO issue
bonds and use the proceeds for the
payment of current expenses of the
city government.
This strikes us as a most vicious
proposition. If enacted into law it
would vest with officials who spend.
the~money authority to keep on con-
stantly increasing the eity's debt with
out any responsibility to the taxpay'-
ers. 1t would enable them to unload
upon a future generation the cost of
running the machinery OF city govern
ment, which should be met out of the
current revenues of the municipal
treasury.
There is some reason for issuing
bonds to pay for erecting buildings.
laying pavement and other perma-
nent improvements because the. bene-
fits of those improvements will be
spread over a long number of years,
but to issue bonds for running ex-
psnses would make those who are to
come after as pay for something from
which they can derive no benefit
The practical working of such a
change in the charter can be easily
foreeasted. The Requirement of a
unanimous vote OF the council to issue
such bonds would be NO bar. partic-
ularly in years just preceding NUM-
eipal elections. In order 10 curry pub
lie favor and make 4 record for a low
tax rate the mayor and council could
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-28
HARD TINES FOR LOBBYISTS.

The professional lobbyists are not
prospecting in a single one of the two
score states whose legislatures are now
sitting. They are everywhere not only
under a cloud, but under a ban.
In many instances the legislatures
promptly undertook measures of a
more or less drastic character for ban
ishing or limiting mischievous lobby
influence. Such measures cover a wide
range Of method, but are identical in
purpose as a response to a command
ing public opinion that professional
lobbying is disreputable and perilous
to free government
The similarity of the tactics of the
professional gangs that have so long
infested the state oapitols at this sea-
son is suggestive, since all make pre-
tense of injured innocence. of the
right of petition" etc, which, how
ever, deceives nobody The difference
between honest effort to enlighten leg
islators or to represent legitimate in
NSlSSbo Claiming dlbSutlOH anu lndL byS-
tematic and expert conspiracy organ
lied TO befool and corrupt the law
makers into betrayal of the public is
mountain broad and high, and has
aroused the people throughout the
country to action for their own pro-
lection.
1t does not appear that any state, no
matter how 1t may have been hereto
fore victimized by professional lobby
Vaccinations, is disposed to deny fair
hearing to any proper interest, or even
to those corporations that have been
the grossest offenders. But an irwin
chile determination is manifest ia
make all interests come out into the
open so they may be known for what
they are and their purposes judged on
their merits. Necessarily there can be
no place in this process for the mer-
cenary experts whose business II is to
play upon the weaknesses. the suscept-
Utilities and the baser element IN leg
islatures.
A material general change for the
better is also apparent, although OF
course no one imagines that profes
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-28

Iowa lawmakers are waking up to
the fact that the railroads in their
state, like the railroads in Nebraska
have been almost wholly escaping
their just shares of municipal taxes
through the loophole of pretended dis
tribution OF terminal values. The
railroads have been working their tax
Sinking game in every state where
they have been able to pull the wool
over the eyes of the people. The
fight for terminal taxation started and
waged in Nebraska is sure to have it's
effects far beyond state lines.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-28
Personal NOTES.

Governor Jeff Davis of Arkansas rivals
Ex-Governor Mickey as a lover of freedom.
He scored a record OF LIS penitentiary
convicts turned loose in two years
Governor swettenham is described as 81
years old. with the physical energy and
vigor OF a man of 30" and 1t might have
been added; with the cubbishness OF a
boy of TO-"
Mr.. Carnegie is reported to be willing 10
put up $9o,OOO,OOO for ten-year lease OF life
Strange to say, no guarantee company
jumped at the risk. Father Time isn't say
ing a word.
The correspondent Of a southern paper
which encourages originality Of expression
wrote; THE oily Aldrich. the nifty Knox
and the suave Spooner will lick the fighting
Foraker TO a finish"
In Massachusetts II has been held I'M
lawful to shoe a fire department horse on
Sunday. Perhaps the learned Judge has
no property that a Sunday conhagration
would be calculated to damage.
Senator Tillman Is not the only man who
has sust failed as a humorist. A newly
married husband of Bloomfield. N. j.. ven
tured to perpetrate some jokes about his
brides cooking, and she had him arrested.
rev men nave mao the experience OF
John McGrogan, who died this week AZ
Paterson at the age OF "a. He was hanged
by confederate gueTillas over forty years
ego. but was cat down in time TO live to
ripe old age.
Senator Foraker did rot answer a single
point made" declared Senator Lodge 70
a friend after the recent Lodge Foraker
clash. That's easy" said Foraker. hear
ing Of Lodges remark: Lodge didn't
make any points"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-28

be counted on regularly TO reduce the
tax levy even below what legitimate
demands would warrant and to I'll out
the funds by selling bonds so as to
make a big showing of work accom-
plished. The bonded debt Of the city
would be increased year after year
and never reduced, while the assets to
Offset the increasing liabilities would
secure no increment beyond that ac-
cruing from the natural growth of the
city.
It is always a safe plan for every
governmental organization to pay as
It goes and to cut its garment accord
ing to its cloth. No authority should
be lodged anywhere to issue bonds to
defray current city expenses.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-28
GOVERNOR MAG DON s DANGER.

Notwithstanding the remarkable
record he has made as governor of
Cuba under the second American oc-
cupation, giving apparently perfect
satisfaction to the authorities at Wash
ington, latest advices from Havana in
dictate that our distinguished fellow
Nebraskan, Charles e. Magoon, is in
danger of forfeiting the respect and
confidence of the native Cubans. 1t
must be difficult, of course, for a man
of his temperament and training to
remember constantly that he is living
in Havana and not in Lincoln, but his
reputation appears to be menaced by
his failure to keep that fact continu-
ally in mind.
The governors first slip came when
fire broke out in the governors palace
the other night. The fire department
responded promptly, an unusual thing
in Cuba, only to be rendered helpless
by the sight that met them. Clad in
pink pajamas, Governor Magoon was
welding an axe against the partition
behind which crossed electric wires
had started the blaze. He had an cleo
ton day sweat up and was cursing his
servants without resort to the Spanish
language, giving orders and then ex-
ecuting them himself while the aston
ished natives gaped. The members of
the fire department, uniformed like a
lot of Georgia coloaels at a governor g
ball, simply refused, or at least failed,
to be of service. They could not bring
themselves to associate, even at a fire,
with an official who so far forgot the
rules of Cuban etiquette as to appear
at fire in pink pajamas. Abas Don
Carlos Magoon unless he should apol-
ogize or offer an acceptable explana-
ton. The outraged firemen returned to
quarters and the governor returned to
bed.
Instead of explaining, Governor Ma
COON the following night added a
straw that nearly fractured the Cuban
camel's spine by ordering a raid OF
cock fight, in which the police gath
cred in such patriots as General Jose
Miguel Gomez, presidential candidate
of the liberal party; General Mon
teagudo, General Pine Guerra and ex.
Congressman Mendoza. All Hayans
was aroused Thespatriots gathered in
front of the cigar stores and loudly
voiced their protests. 1t had come t.
pretty pass. they insisted, If the reg
ular army of Cuba could not invite 6
friend into an alley and bet a fen
! piasters on the merits of their game
cocks. 1t were we'll, perhaps, for then
that the hollowness of the Gringo'!
promises had been so early ascer
tanned. Instead Of guaranteeing peace
to the island and offices to the patriots
1t was evidently the purpose of The
Second Army of Occupation to rob the
ragged and rugged patriots of theil
heaven-authorized entertainment anC
undermine the very foundation of Gu
ban independence. Clearly here wal
ground for another revolution.
Governor Magoons friends will anx
iously await developments, with thu
hope that he may, by the exercise o
wise diplomacy, re-establish himself II
the good graces of the Cubans who's,
dignity he has so grossly outraged.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-28

A Lincoln architect has suddenly
discovered that the east wing of the
state house is In such a decrepit con-
dition that it is liable to suffer a par
alytic stroke at any moment of the day
or night. The only way to cure the
patient is to have a prescription filled
at once for $4,000 worth of repairs.
The strange thing about the diagnosis
is that it leaves out of account the i'm
perative necessity of building a new
capitol building at an outlay of mill
lion or two million dollars. But per
haps that is to be the second chapter.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-28
Changing the Consultation.


The lawmakers OF today may be as great
as those who framed the constitution. and
there may be just much patriotism 20
enlighten and inform this ability. But II
is a question whether the public reposes
enough confidence ia the patriotism and
legal ability OF It's lawmakers 20 charge
them with the duty OF improving on the
work of Hamilton, Madison and their coll
leng'les. As for changing conditions
there is no change IN the fundamentals Of
justice. truth and right Nor should there.
be any change In the fundamental struc-
ture of the government II the refOrmers
who banker for change In the constitu-
ton would turn their energies u the Inn
proyement of abuses, which can be cured
by strict and honest adherence 10 the con
stitution, they would discover that there h
a good deal OF vitality left IN that old In
EtrumenL -Is l-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-28
TOMMY's COMPLAINT.

Puck.
Fathers got the fresh-air craze, and
mothers got IL, too,
And ! don't know II / can stand this
bloomin' winter through.
we haven't any furnace FIRE. cause father
says as where s..
fire II unhealthy, so we warm with his
hot air.
He gets up early evry morn an thaWs
out both the cats, ....
And then goes up In our spare room an
does some acrobats:
The Ninders are left mp all night. an In
tho mornin'. gosh!
have Ter crack the ice up In the pitcher
when ! wash,
An mother, too she's Just as bad. she
walks from 2 tin T.
Ana then comes back an uulls at some
a.. thin hangin on the door,
And then she takes big. long breath
it's one o. her Eost tricks
And doesn't breathe ti!l she has counted
up ter ninety-siX.
We live on nailed shevin's and shredded
door mats. too.
An / can't Use my appetite-it's Just as
good az new, -. .-~ -. .-t..r. ..t
An 50 I'm goin' 70 gTandma's house.
where | can sleep and stun.
TIL mother, gets her lungs hiled ~ -
pa gets air ernu4 f@aa sfs-e
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-28

From the personnel of some of the
"anti-annexationists" 1t is fair to as
sumo that the chief objection to wip-
ing out the imaginary line separating
Omaha from South Omaha lies in the
danger that 1t might also wipe out the
of certain COAL lumber and building
supply houses not zte invade each
others territory. ., s.s. :. ... l. -..-.--