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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-12
OUR ISLAND POSSESSIONS.

How many islands are under the
sovereignty Of the United States? is a
question two western papers are de-
batting. The Washington Post says sit
is doubtful if any person on earth Or
even the National Geographical Soci-
ETY. and all it's auxiliaries could fur
nish a correct answer, but it knows
that the number of islands under the
sovereignty of this republic Is greatly
in excess of the number under our con
stitution". By the treaty with Spain
we got possession of over twelve hun
dred-nobody knows exactly ho%
many. We had already acquired i
good many in Behring sea from Rus
STA by the purchase of Alaska. Then
there is the Hawaiian group, which
we took owe when Queen Liliuokalani
was deposed with the approval if moi
through the connivance of our govern
ment. We also own one OF The
Samoan islands. There may be a few
others which we cannot now call K
| mind. OF course there are a good many
| living in the Atlantic and Facih'
oceans close to the shores which torn
parts of the adjacent states: Thes'
we suppose are not considered liz tn
discussion of the two western paper
commented on by The Post.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-12

The Durham Herald wants the cor
poration commission to take notice
of the fact that the Raleigh street car
company doubles it's rate to non-fesl-
dents during the time of the state fair.
We are surprised that this matter a
not been brought to the attention Oh
the commissioners before this tine.
We're such to be done any where DIT
in Raleigh the howl against such dis
elimination would have been so loud
that the corporation commission YOU'D
have been compelled to take notice OF
II. but the Raleigh people seem to
have acquired the right to do as thes
please in treatment of citizens OF otfeF
sections of the state.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-12

Next Monday is the time for the
state democratic executive committee
To meet to consider the resignation of
Mr.. Simmons. The Indications are
that unless a certain crowd can get
the man they want as Mr.. Simmons
successor they will oppose his res!s-
nation. We would like I see MIR. SIM
mons reconsider the matter and with
draw his resignation. This is no tine
to be changing party managers. Mr..
Simmons should hold on until the
meeting of the next state convention
We are not in his confidence and dc
not know why he wishes to resign al
this time. 1t is evident, however, that
a certain party does not relish the ides
of Mr.. Simmons being foot-loose IL
the coming campaign for nomination
| of state officers. We may be entirely
| wrong in our surmise in the matter
but that is che way it 'looks to a mar
in the street. We feel sure, though
that Mr.. Simmons knows what he j
! about and he does not look for o
need any advice from us.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-12
STATE AND FEDERAL JUDGES

It was not a federal court judge but
a member of one of the highest state
courts of New York who issued the
writ of prohibition prohibiting all
justices of the supreme court from act
ing under the provisions of the recent
act of the legislature requiring a re-
count of the ballots in the last cleo
ton for mayor of the city Of New
York. The New York legislature
passed an act requiring the recount of
the ballots in the election for mayor
in which Mcclellan was declared the
successful candidate over Hearst.
Hearst contested the election and Sc
cured this act of the Legislature pro-
| yiding for a recount of the ballots. A
single Justice of the court of appeals
issues d writ of prohibition which pre-
| vents the act of the legislature being
| made effective until the matter can be
heard by the court.
A writ of prohibition against the
| enforcement of an 20 of a legislature
| Is seldom issued. When issued it IS
| always to meet a grave public emer-
gency.
There has been so much said in this
state of late about the federal court
judges interfering by Injunction and
other orders with the action of state
legislatures that we thought it would
be well to call attention to the fact
that in the great state of New York
q state Judge issues an order suspend
ing the operation of an act of the leg
islature. Those VINO tai the writ
ings of a certain editor in this state
for the Gospel truth and do not in
form themselves fully on such mat
tiers are liable TO form the opinion
that the judges of the federal court
are roaming the state seeking oppor
tunity to devour state laws and tina
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-12
THE LAW.

We do not believe that there is a
man in the town who has been hned
by the courts for operating a blind
tiger that has quit the business be-
cause Of ii, but we know one or we
received Jail sentences and W
quit it for good.-Durham Herald.
A Jail sentence may not entirely
wean a blind tiger operator from his
occupation, but it will cause a suspen-
sion of the unlawful business for
awhile; and for that reason, If nc 9TH
er, the superior court judges should
impose terms of imprisonment rather
than fines on persons who are ON
victed of the offense We are not in
sympathy with the idea some people
have that when a person is convicted
Of the offense Of selling liquor without
license or selling in territory where
such business is prohibited that the
defendant should be fined an amount
equal to the license tax, in order that
the state may make the same revenue
that it would receive had the defend
ant applied for and secured license to
| conduct the business. Such judgement
is no punishment at all. In commun-
| tiles where saloons are permitted by
law the men who conduct them have
| to pay the same amount in taxes for
| the privilege to do 50. The men who
| undertake to run saloons in violation
| of the law should not be put on the
same footing with those who comply
with the law and by so doing contrib
ute largely to the expense Of city,
county and state government. In
those sections where this business is
allowed and the men who conduct it
pay for the privilege it is due them
that the authorities see to it that no
men engage in the same without pay
ing the taxes legally assessed, and in
such localities where such traffic is
prohibited the executive officers and
the courts should execute the law AND
impose such penalties on those who
violate it as will deter repetition Of
the offense by those once convicted
and will prevent others from engaging
in the illegal business. The person
who runs a blind tiger has no excus,
for his conduct and no ground OF
which to plead for mitigation of pun
ishment. He violates the law deliber
ately and purposely. His intention i
greed-a desire to make money with
out labor and at the expense of hi
neighbors and of the state. Their
should be no sympathy for the con
victed operator of a blind tiger, an
every one convicted Of this offens
should receive the full penalty pro
vided for such violation of the law.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-12
STOCK RAISING.

Ubv don't our people turn theis at
+.n+ion more to stock raising? There
is O in it especially at this time
when horses and mules are rlngi
such high prices. We see in the H'gh
Point Enterprise that a farmer near
that town has Just sold a pair OF mules
raised on his farm, for five hunnfeo
dollars. A splendid price that was LOT
. nair of mules. What that farmer did
many other farmers could do, especial
ly in this section of the state "heie
grazing could be done for SO MANY
months in the year. We nave never
understood why farmers and lana
owners in this section OF the country
have not paid more attention to thls
industry There is no other section OF
the country where facilities Tor cutie
and stock raising are more advalla-
geous. 1t would cost little or nothlnS
almost to raise beef cattle and mules
for stocking farms. Why should the
south be dependent on the west 'or
IFS horses and mules for farm work
when they can be raised at nome
cheaper than they can be bought hom
the breeders of the west? Our pcopie
have NOT entered on this line OF INDUS
+rv bocanse if is something new to
them. They, from lack OF experience
6o not know the money that Is III II
for them. Let them once get at 'he
business and there will be an enc ~
the importation of horses and mules
for farm work from the west. In re-
cont wears the people of eastern North
Carolina have found out that thelI
section is better adapted to truck fa's-
ing for supplying the markets OF Tue
northern cities than any other sectlon
&c tho couutrv, BY this industry our
neonle have improved their cono''ioi
wonderfully, but they will not oa's
reached the acme of their success al
agriculturists until they begin th'
supplying of the home markets WIZ
beef cattle to supply the wants Oh liz
+ah14 and horses and mules VIII
which to stock the farms
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-12

DR.. Alphonzo c. Smith mas gooG rea-
son to feel greatly elated at the uniser-
sal expression of qualification i'll the
papers of the state at the news that
ne had declined to accept the profier-
ed position of a professorship in the
University of Cincinnati. Almost
every exchange that has come to ibis
office, both dailies from the cities and
week1ies from the country towns, have
expressed pleasure at the news b a
Professor Smith had decided to decline
the proposition to move from the state
and had made up his mind to remain
with the North Carolina educators.
The Messenger extends to DR.. Smith
thanks in behalf of the state and con
CALCULATIONS on his decision. We wish
North Carolina had more men Jike
him.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-12
IPSE DIXIT.

1nsa Dixit, The decree has gore
forth. issued from headquarters. Inc
naon1a of North Carolina are called
,,n,n nv the organ TO endorse n es-
tahlish the principle of nulilnca'ioh
They are urged to repudiate AND treat
as null and void the decision OF a 1uase
of the circuit court Of the Unlteo
States Why Judge P~ritchard's III
junction lis not worth the paper IL -
written on We do not know. before
III. Neus and Observer made that de-
cIaration we had been under the I'M
nression hat Judge Pritchard stooa
high as to his legal ability amons the
nersons who were competent to Judge
of a mans qualifications to hold the
office to which he had been appoi''So'
It hasn't been so very long since 'he
editor OF The News and Observer was
very laudatory in his comments on the
action of this same judge. Wneh ne
made a decision which prevented Tie
editor of The News and Observer be
ing sent to Jail for defamatory enar
in the columns of his paper in regard
to another federal court judge there
was no praise or %laudation too great
for that paper @ utter editoriaily on
the conduct of the judge whom it no"
d%enolnces as issuing an u~nauthoFizeo
Injunction. Judge Pritchaid now, ac'
ccrding to The News and Observer
either knows no law CT Wiifully lg'
nores that he does know in order &c
aid the railroads in their fight asa!ns
the people. In the other case he wa
the embodiment OF legal lore ana tn
personiication of right, justice al
equity; but now he either knows n
law OF is purposely ignoring VITA
little he doe know in order to help tn
railroads out. We judge this to be IN
News and Observers position from th
following editorial we find in Tues
days Issue of that paper:
Judge Pritchard's injunction is n
worth the paper it is written on
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-12

A magazine writer Of note who 1t
tended the Loving trial will write his
magizine a histor. ri the case and
trial, giving a synopsis OK the evidence
the prosecution was prevented from
introducing by the decision Of the
trial Judge. This is IC be done 70: the
purpose of clearing the young nan
Estes, from the cha &c Miss Loving
brought against him, the contention
If the state at the ,iial being CHAT
liz was innocent OF Eaving assau.tet'
the lady or even of having offered tcr
any indignities. 1T is p pity that s'ich
matter should be made the subject OF
a magazine article, but . can under
stand why the relatives and irleoaa
of Estes wish it done so that his Char
scter can be cleared of the charge mai
was made AGAINST him and al 81
which charge ne was SHOT TO death
without opportunity to prove his limo
n or even to make denial OF Els
guilt
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-12

argument in favor OF Roosevelt Tson-
mating Bryan-sse'asr IN he delno-
cratic or the republican convention
has not yet developed We judge he
viii soon announce his position on The
subject, from his latest remarks about
Bryan which were: The conviction
deepens that William j. Bryan Is the
talIest mora fg1re rfa@ American
craftsmanship has produced since
George Washington. Surely he would
no confine such craftsmanship IN the
common place performances of r-Upos-
ing a mans name 10 a national con-
yention for its Candidate for Office?
II Bryan is the man this Warwick Of
Georgia claims him 10 be why does not
the latter make him president Instead
| of using him as an instrument fer the
| making of a president out OF a piece
| of inferior material? Mr.. Graves
surely must be preparing the public
| Cor the Forthcoming aunoonce-I. LIT Of
his right-about position on the aGes.
ton of presidential nominations.
By the way we aaafd a gentleman.
speaking yesterday of the badly mixed
state of politics, gay that he favored
the nomination of Roosevelt and bry-
an by the republicans and of Bryan
and Roosevelt by the democrats, and
that each candidate should write hall
of both platforms, provided they pat
a plank In each platform for govern
ment ownership OF la0ndrfes. Id
withdrew the last proposition, hCw'
ever, when the suggestion was mais
hat such declaration might raise {
very serious international question
and make possible a war with China,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-12

Mr.. Fairbanks has more u on
his hands. Besides being a eandi-
date for the republican nomination
for president he is also an aspirant
for position of delegate from his con-
ference to the quadriennial confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal
church which meets in Baltimore
next Nav: but some members of his
church have raised the temperance
question ON him. II seems that he
gave a luncheon on federal decoration
dav in honor of President Roosevelt
and that he served three kinds OF
wine to his guests or the occasion.
Therefore he is not q fit person 10
represent his church in the generai
conference. Now We wan to kno"
if the men who think Mr.. FAIRBANKS
is not a proper person to represent
his church in a conference will con-
slider him the right kind of a man to
renresent the nation in the office OF
chief magistrate. Won't those same
men support him for the nomination
| and vote for him If nominated?
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-12

question, What is a Democrat CON
tinue to come in and TIE W latest
are the fwo best. The Sashyiile
American saws "a democrat Is a man
who. after he has joined the rspuo-
licans, will eat scorched beef at a
barbecue and say that is the way ne
likes it," and The Washington Her
aid, having consulted Websters Die
tionary. finds that a democrat IS "a
light wagon, having several seats, and
no top
The above definitions are az good as
| any we have seen. and much more 10
| the point than a good many.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-12
STATE NORMAL COLLEGE.

The catalogue of the State Normal
and Industrial college shows the n
rollmept during the last session, III
Guiding training school attendance, 10
have been eight hundred and ~forty-fve
Before the new session begins, which
will be on September 18th, the number
of teachers will be increased and dor
mitory accommodations will be en(arg-
ed. To students who will Dledae
themselves to teach in the state fCr
two years after graduation. tuition
will be free and board will be furnish
ed at actual cost. AS dormitory room
is limited all free tuition students
should have their applications in The
hands of the college president by the
18th of this month. Half the dornli
tory room is reserved for tuition-pay-
ing students. OF the latter class -hose
who apply first are first served. Those
who fail TO secure board in the college
can secure it in boarding houses III the
city
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-12

That is a good North Carolina
name the new mayor of Louisville
has-Robert D. Bingham-and in his
very first act after being sworn In last
Saturday he shows his Tar Heel
blood. His first official act was TO
issue an order for the closing or sa-
looms on Sunday, aud he let it be
known that he meant that MS orueA
should be obeyed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-12

The ewspapers all over the south
especially the agricultural journals
and some In other sections OF this
country as well as papers in the man
u~facturing centers OF Great Britain.
are continually urging the cotton plant
ers of the south TO take more pains
in he baling Of cotton and it's protec-
ton rom bad weather after IL has left
the gin.
Beyond doubt the southern farmers
lose thousands of dollars eaet year
through their carelessness in the hand
ling Of cotton after IL comes from the
fields. This truth has been dinged into
their ears year after year. Many OF
them have had personal experience m
the matter, when IL has been brought
home to them that they have lost
money by their careless conduct; still
they 60 on in the same DC way or
Careless UdIiue duu uNNci 3AS'NS"
conditions OF weather to which the
bales are subjected after they are
packed and turned out from the gin.
Many farmers have an idea tha; they
alone know anything about cotton pro-
duction from the time the land Is pre-
pared until the fruit of the plant Is
delivered TO the factory. In this they
are greatly mistaken. 1t is true that
they know more about the planting
and cultivation n gathering OF the
crop than do the newspaper men; but
when il comes to marketing the crop
and the conditions existing at the
points where the raw cotton is being
turned into the manufactured goods
they would do we'll to listen to the
words of advice from those newspaper
men who have made a study OF thar
end of the chain OF cotton crop trans
actions from the sale by the producer
to the landing Of the product at the
mills One of the most careful stu
dents in the south of this branch oil
, the south's great industry is The Pro-
/. gressive Farmer of Raleigh Ii keeps
Y posted on conditions and has many
= sensible suggestions 10 make. On the
!, subject OF the great waste and subse-
: ouent loss to the farmer through care
Y lessness in handling cotton we hnc
a the following paragraph in that paper
: which is a practical illustration IL
n every farmer of what he loses by no
h paving proper attention TO the care o
ii his cotton in the baling and housini
II of the same.
J. What would YOU hin of a coitol
"a Warehouse four stories high, nearly
mile long. and constructed from top q
/" bottom and end TO end Of REINFORCED
n concrete" There is such a one aCros
the water mentioned recently by MI
y Harvie Jordan who has been owe
% there and saw il. But that isn't tn
big thing about il for us. There wa
70 a section in that warehouse deroI"d
the picking OF the dirty, milde~ed. rot
81 ten outside cotton from American cot
re ton bales, and there were 10 carload
of our southern cotton standing on IN
rs sidetrack waiting to take it's turn !
these monster picking rooms. some
body is losing money or this cottoi
and in Mr.. Jordan's article IN Amer
can Cotton Abroad which we wi
print next week. there are some Trims
that will prize your eyes open abol
our slipshod, rakish way Of handiin
n tho cnI,tNfr nrnatnSf nnnnnN nrOn
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-12

The Durham Herald is a strong ad-
vocate of the thirty~foot channel Ilom
Wilmington to the "a. it favors the
state doing the work if the federal
government will not make the apprc-
priation. That is the way we like to
hear North Carolinians talk. n
deepening of the channel in the Cape
Fear is a state matter. not a local en-
terprise and we want to see the whole
state interested in securing the neces-
sary appropriation from congress-
When the work has been completed
every town and community in the east
ern and central sections Of the state
will feel the good results of the work.
We feel confident that the thirty-foot
channel will be an accomplished fact
in the not far distant future.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-12

We would like to know who started
the rumor that Governor Glenn had
decided to call an extraordinary ses.
sion of the legislature for the purpose
of repeating the railroad rates bills OF
the last session and of enacting new
rates, among them a law making pas
senger fare two and a half cents a
mile. instead of two and a quarter
cents as provided by the present law.
This report has been going the ROUNDS
of the press for several days, but we
gave it no credence, and it turns out
that we were right, as announcement
is made from Raleigh that the govern
or has never entertained such an idea.
Probably the rumor was started to
prejudice the case of the railroads IN
the suits now pending in the federal
courts.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-12

We congratulate the Mount Olive
Tribune on being forced TO miss only
one issue by the fire which complete
Iy destroyed its plant on June 10Th.
Last Thursdays issue showed liz 81
feet OF the disaster whatever. BrOtser
Mintz announces that a~rrangenIcnts'
have been made with The Raltign
Times for publication of his paper un-
til he can re-establish his plant, whsh
we hope will De NJ an cariy date
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-12

The annual convention OF ;he
building and loan association in ses-
sion in Greensboro closed "Wednesday
night with a banquet given by tie
local associations. The next conlen-
ton will be held in A.heville. The
election of officers resulted as follows
Samuel WTttskowsky. OF Charlotte,
president; G.. A. Follin, of Winston
Salem, vice president; j. NJ. Hendrix,
Of Concord, second vice president, e..
l. Keesler, of Char .o'te. secretary and
treasurer. The fCuoSing gentlemen
we're elected t o constitute the executive
board for the incoming year: D A.
Tompkins. r. J. Murphy. Mr. Roberts
and DR.. Harold.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-12
POLITICS BADLY MIXED.

Hon. John Temple Graves must be
preparing TO make a new political an
nouncement regarding the position he
occupies in national p1Illjcs. We jude
that he no longer desires to have By
an nominate Roosevelt in the demo-
cratic convention, but is preparing an
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-12

1t dos not look exactly rlsn' ' ~
ono man should have the right to
ston the work of a legislature, n
still if there was no higher
than our legislature some concerns
would fare but middling.
Judging by the conduct of some mem
hers of the last legislature a few OF the
concerns in this state would fdre
worse than middling.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-12

The best remedy for backache, kid
neys, inflammation Of the bladder Is De-
Wits Kidney and Bladder Pills. Their
action is prompt and sure. A weeks
treatment for 25c. Sold by Robt. r.
Bellamy
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-12

every man charged more than 2 Is
cents for a ticket brings suit against
the North Carolina railroad and the
western North Carolina railroad. a
State law commands greater reVer-
ence than an unauthorized Federal in
function
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-12

The Charlotte Observer has the oil
lowing to say in reference to he New
York Worlds question of What is a
democrat?p and the many kinds OF
answers which have been made TO It.
Answers to The New York WORLDS