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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-03-31
THAT SUPREME COURT DECISION

Has it occurred to those newspap-
ers which are criticising the action Of
the federal supreme court in sustain
ing the circuit courts in this state
and Minnesota in the railroad cases
and are trying to make it appear that
the decision of that court was In line
with the alleged established policy Of
the republican party to break down
state lines and override the demo-
cratic principle of state rights that
three Of the justices Of that court
who approved Of the courts decision
we're democrats? that one Of the
number was Justice White. from
Louisiana, a true southerner and
staurch democrat and admitted to be
one Of the most learned jurists in the
whole land? that the man who de-
Iivered the opinion Is one of the
s~taunchest of staunch democrats of
the state of New York? that the
third is Chief Justice Fuller. who
appointed to his present posi-
ton by a democratic president stood
without a superior in his state of
Ohio or in the United States as a con-
stitutional lawyer and unbiased in his
views as to- federal supremacy I'VE
state rights? Don't these facts go to
show the decision OF the court was
made without bias through political
views in favor of the federal court as
against the states? The truth is what
politics there is in the case is on the
side Of some of those men who ad-
versely criticise the decision Of the
court for the purpose of stirring up
against the federal court
and, consequently against the rail-
for their own political pur-
poses. They either know that the fed
era1 court is right or do not know
enough about the case to know
whether it is right or wrong but de-
nounce it is a usurper of power over
the states because they think it Is
popular to do so; that they can gain
by fostering and pander-
ing to the popular prejudice they have
worked up against what they desig-
nate as foreign courts. Such men are
enemies to the peace and prosperity
of their people. They are either
in sleeps clothing or asses
under lions skins, as each case may
he.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-03-31

The Greensboro Telegram, referring
TO The Messengers remark about the
coming season being the biggest one
in the history of our seashore resorts,
says we must have forgotten all about
the panic: that this is a year of
economizinC and it is a safe prediction
that mountain and seashore resorts
will be less patronized this SUE ~
than in many moons.' If The Tele-
gram is of that opinion it should keep
it to itself and not throw a damper
over our spirits by giving utterance to
it. but we think The Telegram is
wrong. The panic is not going to
keep from the summer resorts those
who wish to 60. We predict that there
will be large crowds at the hotels on
the beach if the summer is not such
"a. one as we had last year. We have
the Information that one of the hotels
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-03-31

The Fayetteville Observer has our
sympathy for it's misfortune, and we
hope it will soon be itself again, with
a good roof to cover it. Mondays is
sue came to us with only a half sheet
and hat printed on only one side. AS
reason for this the paper says:
The Observer issues only a news
sheet today, as the storm that has
been raging for the greater part of
the past four days has caused US
finally to succumb, for the moment
AS stated on Friday, the entire roof
has been taken off, and the paper
has been gotten out under almost the
same conditions as if it were done in
the open.
1t appears that the contractor failed
to assemble material and force sufi-
cient to rush the new covering
through, as usual in such cases, be-
fore taking off the old one. Il has
been a week since the roof was
taken off, and the vernal equinox,
due at this time March II, %, 23),
has hit us, as was to be expected.
We hope that the abatement of the
storm will enable us to resume our
regular-sized issue tomorrow.
This sheet is gotten out by the as
sistaRce of the Fayetteville Printery,
ia Donaldson street.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-03-31
WILMINGTON. ". G.
TUESDAY, MARCH 81, 1908.
NIP TT IN TIE BUD.

North Carolina is no healthy place
for Black Hand threats. or anarchis-
tie proceedings in the the way OF
warning respectable people to leave
their homes. There has recently been
one ease of each kind in this state.
Both should be thoroughly investigat-
cd and the guilty parties severely
punished. In the sending Of an in
fernal machine" to Mr.. Caesar Cone. OF
Greensboro, through the mail he was
put in danger of his life or. at least
of great bodily harm. In that case there
can be no plea hat it was intended as
q practical joke. Had he not received
the letter Of warning before the ar
rival of the package there is no tell
ing what harm would nave been done.
The man who sent the deadly package,
il his identity can be established.
should be severely punished, even If it
was he who, after mailing the pack
age, had repented of his action and
sent the letter of warning; for even
30, there was great danger of a fear
full accident to some one. Any n Of
the postal clerks handling the package
was liable to explode it, and there
was possibility of the letter of warn
ing not reaching Mr.. Cone until it was
too late to prevent the fearful results
contemplated at the time of the mail
ing the deadly package. The sender
committed q horrible crime and his
punishment should be graded with the
possibility Of the fearful results that
might nave followed his conduct.
And there is that outrageous case in
M~ecklenberg county in which a coffin
with a threat of direful calamity il a
sum of money was not paid is left at
the door OF the residence of a re-
spectacle farmer. We are glad to
know that the authorities are on the
track of the perpetrators of this deed.
Some think it was done as a joke. Men
who play such jokes ought to be given
time in the penitentiary to reflect on
the serious consequences which might
follow such jokes. The lady of the
house where this joke CD was played
was so frightened that her condition
became very serious and she almost
went into commissions. Joke Or no
joke, the men who did that deed should
be severely punished.
Such tricks as these are new in our
part of the country and they should
be nipped in the bud and so severe
tors that they will not be repeated.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-03-31
OUR MAGISTRATES COURT SYS.
TEN.

Recently there have been a num-
Der Of false fire alarms turned in by
some unknown person or persons in
the city of Greensboro. The firemen
urally. One company has offered a
reward of twenty-five dollars for the
apprehension and conviction of the
guilty ones. To the offer of reward
there is attached a most remarkable
condition, which is that the party
charged must be tried before a GER
tain magistrate named in the offer
of reward, because as the Green's
boro Record says "in which event
the firemen no doubt think what he
will do with the defendant will be a
plenty That condition is either a
gross insult to the magistrate named
or a most serious reflection on the
justices of the peace of Guilford
county, if not of the whole justice of
the peace system of the state, Again,
it is hardly possible that the condi-
tons on which the reward is offer
ed could be carried out, for after
such publication no man arrested on
the charge upon a warrant issued by
that magistrate would allow the lat
ter to try his case; he would be per-
fectly justified in moving the cas-
under statutory affidavit from the
of that justice. What palmer IL
lustration than this do we need of
the necessity for reorganization and
of our system of mag
istrate's courts? In many respects the
system is rotten and a disgrace to a
civilized people.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-03-31

Hon. III. A London, Of Pillsboro.
announces that he has Unexpectedly
decided tn become a candidate for
corporation commissioner. subject, OF
course to the action of the democra-
tic state convention. He came to this
OF 3fr. Henry c. Brown, clerk TO the
commission, that he would not be a
candidate. There are as yet only two
candidates for the nomination to this
ofice-Mr. London and Mr.. B. r.
Aycock, of Wayne county.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-03-31
THE REAL OPPOSITION TO BRYAN

An exchange remarks that while
Mr.. Bryan NEW all along that the
New York leaders in the democratic
party did not want him, he was sur
prised that they had the courage to
say so at the meeting of the state ex-
ecutive committee. Now that these
leaders of the party have had the
nerve to refuse to do his bidding it
may be that others will take courage
and express their views on the ques-
ton of sending uninstructed dele
gates to the Denver convention. If
all who are opposed to sending dele
gates to the convention instructed to
vote for Mr.. Bryan will express their
sentiments it Is most probable that
he will not secure the requisite two
thirds on the first ballot, and if he
fails to do that there will be a good
chance to accomplish his defeat and
to nominate a candidate who will
stand a much better showing of being
elected. We believe that Judge Gray
or Governor Johnson would carry
more states and, consequently secure
a larger electoral vote that could
possibly be done by Mr.. Bryan.
OF all the men who are urging the
Nebraskan's nomination we believe
there are very few who really think
that if nominated he could be elect
ed. There is a widespread %infatuation
of the man because of his ~eloquence
and personal magnetism, and the
people thus infatuated arc demanding
his nomination just because he wants
it and without any regard whatever
to the consequences.
There is another class of demo-
Gratis who claim to be Bryanites-
but really do not want him nominat-
ed-just because it is popular to be
SO and because they are afraid to ex-
press their true sentiments. Were
every man who is opposed to MIR.
Bryan to declare his true sentiments
the real Bryanites would be surprised
to find how fearfully their ranks had
been depleted.
We hope the action of the demo-
leaders in the three states of
Carolina, New York aud Rhode
Island will give sufficient encourage
ment to democrats in other states
who are opposed to Mr.. Bryan to
out in the open anu declare
themselves.
1t is a remarkable state of affairs
when one man who has twice led
his party to defeat should so domin-
ate that party that it is in danger of
nominating him for the third time
it's will and because the large
majority of the leading men of the
party who oppose his nomination are
afraid to SO declare themselves. A
party which dominates a candidate
lnder such circumstances-feeling
hat he surely will be defeated, but
not the will power or the cou-
age to oppose him in his seeking
the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES to be
defeated.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-03-31

IT have found out that there In no
after the case is pronounced hopeless"
The most reliable rep,edy for coughs
use Go ~ ~ lung tTuualc rs long 10
you can sct Or. XIog's New DsscCv-
ery."'says Mrs J. p. White. OF Rush.
horo. Pa Il would not be alive today
only for that wonderful medicine 10
locsens up n cough quicker than any
thing else. and cures lung disease even
and colds. lagrippe. asthma. bronehi-
It's and h~oarseneSs, Is sold under guar
anteo a. r r Bellamy's drug store.
Sec and 500. Trial bottle free.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-03-31
Sfnn ihnf AlnElAn

Stop hat tickling cough, DR..
Shops Cough Cure viii surely stop
It, and with perfect safety. II is so
thoroughly harmless. that DR.. Shoop
tells mothers TO use nothing else even
with very young babies. The Whols-
some green leaves and tender stems
of a lung healing mountainous shrub
furnish the curative properties 4 DR..
Shops Cough Cure. Ii Gains the
cough, and heals the sensitive bron-
chial membranes. No opium. no cho-
loroform. nothing harsh used 20 in
jure or suppress. Demand Shoop's
and take no other. Robert X. Bel
lamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-03-31
Glenn VIII Not Run Against ovcrnaa

The prediction IL being freely made
20 be q candidate for the senate to
succeed Mr.. 0verman.
Governor Glenn mas for some time
contemplated this action. and L. is said
that he definitely decided TO make me
announcement one cay last week but
here tonight that Governor Glenn will
very shortly announce. through n Tor
NAL letter. that IL f. not his purpose
some Of his friends disssaded him
from taking such hasty action.
IL Is said that the governor has nc
last come TO the realization thai things
are not what they seemed when he
emerged with seeming triumph from
his tilt with the corporations. and the
tide CT democratic sentiment has turn
ed against him-Raleigh C~orrespon-
deEce 10 Industrial News
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-03-31

Mr.. Norman X. Coulter, q promin-
ent architect, in the Delbert building.
San Francisco, says. Il fully endorse
all that has been said Of Electric Bit
ters as a tonic medicine. II is good for
everybody. 1t corrects stomach, liver
and kidney disorders and a prompt
and efficient manne and builds MP
the system" Electric Bitters is the
best spring medicine ever sold over a
druggists counter; as n blood purifier
1t Is unequaled. so. ut X. r. Bellamy's
drug store.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-03-31
Is Roosevelt a Candidate.

Nashville, Tenn, March 23.-ISecre-
tary E. S. Shannon, of the Nashville
board of trade. upon his return from
Washington quotes President Roose-
welt as saying thai il he felt sure OF
carrying u of the southern states
solid he would reconsider his announc-
ed decision and make the race for pres
iGent this year.
II should like for the state of Ten
n~essee," the president is quoted. and
if / should be reelected after having
carried Tennessee / would name a Ten
nessean as a member Of my cabinet
Dispatch to Raleigh Times
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-03-31
DENIES FORMAL ENGAGEMENT

New York. March 26.-Mme.
Anna Gould and the Prince de Sagan
met today at the apartments OF Mr..
and Mrs. Tyler Morse at the St
Regis hotel, where they were lunch
o guests. DE Sagan declined to
comment on his call and Nine
Gould. in answer TO inquiries would
only say:
II am not formally engaged { O
the Prince de Sagan."
Later she went TO the home OF
Miss HELEN Gould. where the Rev.
III. d. Underwood gave a talk on
Korea TO a large gathering OF So
ciety folk, among them rfr. and Mrs.
George J Gould.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-03-31
ABRUZZA-ELKINS.

There is a serious hitch in the Alb
ruzzi-Elkins marriage. The laws of
Italy do not recognize the marriage
of a member of the royal family with a
ccmmoner and if one makes such mar
riage it is considered morganatic. 1t is
said that should Miss Elkins marry the
prince she would not acquire the title
OF her royal highness; would not be
received at court as the wife Of the
prince and would not be allowed to re-
side in the Quirinal. Miss Elkins' fam
lily is opposed to her marriage with the
prince until it is settled beyond all
doubt that this law has been so chang
ed as to recognize her as the real wife
of the prince and that she will be so
royal family, and, it is said, Miss Elk
is sensible enough to agree with
them. No doubt it is for the purpose
of securing this concession that the
prince took such a hasty trip to Rome.
Furthermore 1t is stated that Prince
Abruzzi, against the advice of the
king, has asked that an income of one
hundred thousand dollars a year be
on the bride at the time Of the
marriage. This must rather stagger
the senator and his father-in-law from
whom the prospective husband ex-
poets his wife to inherit a large for
in the cnl1rsa of a fau Years
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-03-31

What fearful mortality there has
been in the United States senate
since the beginning of the present
congress on the fourth Of March of
last year. In that time seven sena-
tors have passed away. Alabama has
lost two, Florida two, South Caro-
lima one, Maryland n and Vermont
one. With the exception of Senator
Bryan, Of Florida, all of them were
men who, by reason of their long
service in the senate and other pub
lie Offices, had become men of ma
tional reputation; and as we write
this there is a possibility that one
of Pennsylvania's senator's may have
joined the other seven who have pass
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-03-31
THE RAILWAY RATE CASES.

What VIII those papers now have
10 say which were so denunciatory In
their criticisms OF Judge Pritcha-d's
action In assuming Jurisdiction In the
railway rate cases and In discharging
through writs of habeas corpus the
men indicted In the state court for re-
fusing TO disobey his order? According
TO the views-or pretended viexs-of
some editors most vigorously express
ed in the columns OF their papers about
that time, Judge Pritch1rd was. with
out the semblance Of law or authority
trampiinG unde- pot state rights and
overriding state sovereignty. BY ore
stroke Of the pen + mad wiped out all
state boundaries bv a fragrant viola
ton Of the federal constitution n OF
all fundamental law. state and natl n
al. He was r~idiculed, reviled and de-
nounced for having assumed turisdic-
ton In this case by men some OF whom
hardly knew what the words state
rights mean or understood the differ
ence between the constitution OF the
state and hi of the federal govern
ment, who yet pretended to know more
about the powers and jurisdiction of
the federal court as conferred upon
1t by the constitution that one Of the
most learned judges of the United
States circuit court
What are these same editors going
TO say now that eight OF the nine JUS
tees of the highest court In the land
have sustained Judge Pritchard in ev-
cry particular? Will they admit thai
they were wrong? or will they refuse
to admit that those eight supreme
court justices know more law on con-
stitutional questions h a they do? Or
will they charge them as they did
Judge Pritchard, with willfully and
arbitrarily overriding the state co lsti-
tuition and violating all Law for the
purpose of ~befriending the railroads?
We are glad that Judge Pritchard
has been sustained. 1t refutes the
charge that he was acting arbitrarily
and without legal authority when he
assumed jurisdiction in the case and
when he issued his writs of habeas cor
pus. 1t will add to the reputation as
a sound jurist of this North Carolina
will help the financial situation by
increasing confidence in railway and
other corporation securities because
showing that the federal supreme court
will protect such corporations against
co%nfiscation of their property through
unconstitutional legislation. We lo.k
to SEE securities, especially at the
south, increase in value in consequence
of that decision.
When Judge Pritchard announced
his decision in the railway cases we
took it for granted hat he knew what
he was doing and that he would not
have assumed jurisdiction or issued
was sure of his position. We were too
ignorant of the law to express an
opinion as to whether he would or
would not be sustained, but we felt
pretty sure that he would be because
we supposed that he thoroughly post
ed himself before taking action in
such a very important and far-reaching
case.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-03-31

1t begins to look like there will De
a contesting delegation from every
county in the state at the republi-
can state convention. In many coun-
ties the negroes, on being refused re-
cognition in the conventions. have
held separate meetings and appointed
delegates to the state convention. At
the Durham county convention on Sat-
urday the Taft men withdrew and held
a convention Of their own.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-03-31

This town needs a police patrol wa
gon The sight of a couple Of police
men dragging a drunk through the
crowds that line Main street on a
Saturday afternoon is not an inspiF-
ing spectacle.
The above is from the Durham
Herald, a paper published in n OF
the pioneer prohibition towns of the
state where if any where prohibit
ton is supposed to prohibit and
where also there is a law and order
league organized to aid the authori-
ties in making prohibition prohibit.
OF all towns In the state Durham
should be the last one to declare the
necessity for a patrol wagon to haul
DRINKS to the police station
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-03-31

Mrs. Popley-Mr. D'AubeI p-
marked today that our George was
like a young Apollo.
Mr.. Popley-Oh, that's the way
with them artists; they're always
trying TO make people think well
Of those old classical heroes.-Phila-
delphia Press.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-03-31

1t is not often that n member OF CON
gress resigns. especially one who has
made n reputation and stands high in
the councils OF the nation. Therefore
much surprise is caused by the an
nourcement hat Congressman Little
field. Of Maine. has rendered his resig-
natiCn, to take effect on September S0th
next His reason is that he may de-
vote more time TO his law practice.
Mr.. Littleheld has been elected to Ave
successive congresses.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-03-31

been 30 completely taken In by that
shoplifter unless il is that her people
we're dazed over the success OF Char
lotte in taking the state convention
away from her. The Telegram ad-
mits that 1t was disappointed .. ia
city not securing the convention. but
we did not know the disappointment
struck 80 deep as 70 make the whole
population apathetic.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-03-31

"Healt Coffee Is really the clos
est cCnee imitation ever yet produc-
sd. This, the finest coffee substitute
ever made. has recently been prodLe-
ed by Dr. Shoop OF Racine. Wis. Not
a grain OF real coffee In IL either.
Health Coffee is made from pure
toasted cereals. with malt. nuts. etc.
Really IL would fool an expert-who
might drink IL for coffee. No 20 OF
go minutes boiling. Made in a min
ute" Il y the doctor. S. W. Sanders.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-03-31

North Carolina Is an unhealthy sec
ton of the country for Black Hand
agents Or anarchists, whether they ply
their trade in earnes or pretend
them to be practical jokes.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-03-31

ed into the unknown beyond The lat
est reports from the sick room OF
Senator Penrose, of Pennsylvania, in
dictate that death will soon terminate
his services to his state as n OF
her senator's.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-03-31

Sickening headaches, indigestion,
constipation, indicate unhealthy con-
dition of the bowels. Hollister s
Rocky Mountain Tea makes the bow
els work naturally and restores your
system to perfect health and happi-
ness. 35c, Tea or Tablets. R. r.
Eellamy. g.1sSiI4S
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-03-31
Thousands Perish.

Thousands perish every day from
consumption resulting from a cold Fo-
ley's Honey and Tar cures the most
obstinate rackinB coughs and expels
the cold from your system and pre-
vents consumption and pneumonia. II
has cured many cases OF incipient on
sumption. r. K. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-03-31

Rev. F. StarDird. of East Raymond,
Maine, says: Il have used Bucklen's
Arnica Salve for several years, on my
cid army wound, M other obstinate
cores, and find it the best healer in
the world. / US it too with great sue
cess In my veterinary business Price
Csc. at R. r. Beilamy's drug store.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-03-31

are you ever going 10 pay back
the Gve-"
The man addressed looked panied.
1T would be a pleasure TO do go"
he replied, but | cannot indulge IL
pleasures during the Lenten season"
PHILADELPHIA Ledger.