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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-06-21
East Ardmore Baptist Church.

Rev. W. II. Selyidge will preach at
the East Ardmore Baptist church sun
day and Sunday night.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-06-21
Broadway Methodist Church.

The usual services at this church
today. The pastor and members invite
YOU to attend.
J. w. SIMS. Pastor.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-06-21
ALBATROSS

That's the name Of the best -four
sold i'm ArdmOrc.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-06-21

Betting, Packing Valves and Brass
Goods. Shafting, Hangers, Pulleys and
Special Bearings in Stock Oil Well
Tools, Store Fronts and Columns
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-06-21
Gray Iron and Brass Ca tings
INCORPORATED.

We design and build models for pat
ents on machinery
The only foundry building special
rock asphalt machinery
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-03-20
THE PROHIBITION FIGHT
Will BE Much More Interesting Than
M First Indicated.

A good many OF the details for state
prohibition election-or, az the ,
ponents Of the election call it-fou
the dry part of the state to vote the
rest dry. were arranged during the
past week.
A number OF the appointments OF Gov
ernor Glenn and Senator Pritchard.
the leaders OF the prohibition side.
ment has been made that Major A II.
Boyden OF Salisbury and Mr.. Cyrus B..
Watson. OF Winston. are to lead the
fight against the legislative bill. Mr..
Boyden was born and bred In a dem
ocratic atmosphere and has been m OF
the most active forces In the democrat
ic party OF the state for a quarter OF
= century.
Mr.. Watson Is a thoroughbred DEM
ocrat and would have been governor
Of the state hut for the fatal program
mapped out for him of ignoring state
issues when he was n candidate n
pandering TO the populist sentiment.
Nobody Is going TO doubt for a mo-
nent that under the leadership OF
BCyden and Watson an aggressive OPP
position is going TO be developed
against the advocates Of the prohi-
bition bill. .
The anti-saloon league will meet this
opposition with a perfect organization
and a superb force of speakers in IN
field. The campaign. therefore, p ON
Uses much more OF interest than the
earlier outlook had given any signs
OF. and through it all. those actively
participating in It should keep in mind
that there are good men on each side
OF the question as II has bee. handed
tC the people by the legislature.-Char-
lotto Chronicle.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-03-20
THE AFFAIR.

Outrageous as was the attack by the
body of negroes, lead by two white
men it is said, on the party of
Greek laborers at Belhaven, it was
not as serious in results as at first
reported. The statement that two of
the Greeks were killed was not true,
though FIVE were wounded, some Of
them seriously; but the latest re-
ports state that all the wounded are
getting along very we'll. Eleven of
the accused, all negroes, have been
taken to Washington under military
guard, where they are now in Jail
awaiting trial. The twelfth person
arrested and bound over to court is
a white man, who gave a thousand
dollar appearance bond.
AS the victims of the attack are
citizens Of a foreign country there
is possibility of international compli-
cations arising. Therefore the state
department of our government sent
three secret service men to the
scene at once and they are there
now Investigating the affair.
We are glad to note that the citi-
zens of the town and county have
gone actively to work to ferret out
all the offenders and to secure their
proper punishment. It was. an in
famous proceeding-an attempt at
wholesale murder Of innocent men,
and for the good name of the state
and of Beaufort county we hope
every person who took part in it
will be apprehended and punished to
the full limit prescribed by the law
for such a crime.
1t is said the men who were at
tackled are well-behaved and law
abiding. They are also Industrious
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-03-20
TRINITY COMMENCEMENT

There will be a brilliant array of
orators at Trinity college COM
mencement, which begins on Sunday,
June 7th. On that day President
Kilgo will deliver the ba~ccalaureate
address. On Tuesday morning the
commencement will be
preached by Rev. Henry Stiles Brad
ley, D. D., pastor of st. Johns Meth
edist church, South, of St. Louis. In
the afternoon will be held the an
nual meeting Of the alumni associa-
ton, the address being by William
Ivey Crawford, Phi. D., class of 81
and professor of philosophy at the
college. Senator Overman Is president
Of the association. On Wednesday
morning the regular commencement
exercises will be held, the address be-
ing delivered by Walter H. Page,
editor Of The Worlds Work Maya
zine. After these exercises the Wash
ington Duke memorial statue will be
unveiled with appropriate ceremon-
les. This program will, without
doubt, cause a very large attendance
at the commencement.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-03-20
BRYAN WOULD "FAN OUT"

From it's Washington correspond
ence in yesterdays Charlotte Obser-
yer we copy the paragraphs given
below in reference to the growing
opinion at the national capital that
Mr.. Bryan is losing ground.
That Tar Heel preacher made a
good illustration from the baseball
game as to the feeling of many that
MIR. Bryan would not be elected
There are a plenty of democrats who
feel sure that if he gets to the bat
he will fan put"
The Observers correspondent says:
Students of political conditions in
this country are interested in b fact
that the state democratic executive
committee of North Carolina failed
to pass a resolution offered at its
meeting at Raleigh endorsing Bryan
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-03-20

for the nomination for the presiden-
ey The action Of the Tar Heels Is
considered a note OF warning to the
Nebraskan. The friends Of the Peer
less candidate say that the action OF
canoe. That may be true, but ie would
be difficult TO make many people be-
lieve il. 1t viii be recalled that this
sane committee put the populist
electors on the Bryan ticket In 1896
and commanded the democrats to
vote for them Most Of us did, being
democrats Of the loyal sort The
executive committee" is great and
powerful in the democratic organiza-
ton. Therefore the failure to endorse
Bryan is significant
There is no doubt in the minds
OF leading public men at Washing
ton that the autocrat of 1.-The demo-
eracy' is losing ground steadily
Were he to remain at his home in
Nebraska until the Denver ave
ton, he would be overshadowed by
Johnson, Gray or some n else. In
his frequent trips to the capital and
other centres he covers men who
would see him defeated for the nom
ination and have their party 60 for
ward with the hope Of victory. The
rank and file of the party like Mr..
Bryan but he no longer inspires
hope. The North Carolina commit
tee did what other southern demo
Gratis would like to do If they had
the courage of their convictions.
while in Washington last week
an Old North state minister Of the
gospel told a very clever story, which
illustrates aptly the general feeling
about Bryan and his party.
81 am a sort of baseball crank
said the preacher, and / often go
to ga; a gam., and always take sides
and root silently but earnestly for
crowd. II the boys are in a tight
place, two men strike out and are
followed by a man who has a rec
ord for tanning. my hopes fall and
l fear defeat. The fellow who struck
out every time before is more than
likely to fan again
""Tha Is the way I feel about
Bryan"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-03-20
THE SUBJECT OF A SERMON

1t seems that the fight between
the South Carolina state courts and
the federal court over the eight nun
dred thousand dollars Of d~ispensary
money in the hands Of the commits
sioners of the state has gotten into
the church in that state. 1t was
made the subject Of a sermon In "A
of the churches of Columbia last
Sunday. The preacher took the side
of the state, of course, as the at
torney general, his assistant and the
man who refused to act as one OF
the federal court receivers are mem-
bers of his church A Columbia
special to The News and Observer
says:
In his sermon on Moses today at
the Washington Street Methodist
church, where Attorney General
Lyon, Assistant Attorney General De-
Bruhl and Chairman Murray. OF the
winding-up commission, all hold
membership, the pastor, Rev. DR.. HI
w. Bays, referred feelingly to the
situation At prayer the pastor also
referred to the federal courts posi-
ton Of usurping the rights of the
state and interfering with the state
administration. He called no names,
but he severely criticised those men,
bers OF the commission who had ac-
cepted appointments under Judge
Pritchard. The preachers compli-
mentary reference to the citizen who
had told him on the street that hs
would not accept Judge Pritchard's
appointment for a million dollars
cash in hand was easily traceable to
DR.. Murray, WHO had made this same
statement to a number of people the
night he received Judge Pritchard's
offer. The preacher thanked God for
the fact that there were still plenty
of men even in this commercial age,
this age Of graft and greed, who were
enough to unhesitatingly de-
eide for the right against their own
advantage, and for the fact
the states agents could not be
bought or bullied from their stand
for the right
1t is bad enough to get state mat
and politics into the church;
but when it comes to law suits we
think the limit has been reached.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-03-20
> TWO SENSIBLE NEGROES

The Tarboro Southerner gives the
two negroes for the possession Of a
piney woods steer which has a most
unusual examinations:
John Cobb, the genial cashier Of
the Pamlico, tells a good one on his
friend, John Cherry.
Two negro men claimed q steer OF
the piney woods variety and insti-
tuted suit before MIR. Cherry as JUS
tice of the peace to determine the til
tie. Each employed a lawyer of this
place, who appeared before His Wor-
ship, and made strenuous and elo-
quent pleas for their respective
clients Squire Cherry postponed a
decision, saying that his mind was
not quite clear.
The next morning, Mr.. Cherry
found the steer tied in his yard. He
sent word to the plaintiff to come
and get the steer. The man came
but declined to AXE the steer, saying
that the trial would cost too much
Mr.. Cherry then had the defendant
notified. to come and take the animal,
but he declined, giving the same rea-
son.
Evidently these two .Edgecombe
county negroes are we'll acquainted
with Hogarth's idea of a law suit as
represented in his picture-a cow
held by the horns by the plaintiff
and by the tail by the defendant,
while the lawyer is quietly milking
her. We did not know any North
Carolina negroes were so we'll ac-
quainted with the work of this great
English painter of the Eighteenth
century. Those two we're not willing
to hold ever a steer for the lawyers
to-proft by.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-03-20

According TO Congressman Harrison,
Of New York. President Roosevelt is
exercising the functions of government
In the canal rome without any au-
thority OF NV and has been doing 30
ever since the Fifty-eighth congress
closed on March 4. 1905. He has in
troduced a resolution in the house
asking the president by what authors-
ty he Is governing the zone. In in
Producing his resolution Mr.. Harrison
quoted the second section Of the act
Of the F1fty-eighth congress establish
ing a temporary government for the
zone. which declares:
That until the expiration Of the
F~ifty-eighth congress. unless provision
for the temporary government OF the
canal zone be one made by con-
gress. all the military. civil and ju-
licial powers as well as the power
TO make all rules and regulations
Necessary for the government OF the
canal zone and all the rights, powers
and authority granted by the terms OF
said treaty of the United> States. shall
be vested in such person or persons
and shall be exercised in such manner
as the president shall direct for the
government of said zone"
That congress. Mr.. Harrison state
ed. closed without comforting on the
president any authority to continue
to govern the zone. and the Fifty
ninth congress made similar failure,
a bill for that purpose dying in COM
mittee; but the president continues
to exercise the power.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-03-20

and make good laborers- The attempt
to exterminate the party was be-
cause the men had been put In the
place OF some negroes formerly en-
ployed by the company which
brought them to the place Negroes
who commit such crimes and white
men as well who incite them there
to should be made to understand
that such conduct will not be allow
ed to go unpublished.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-03-20
UNINTENTIONAL MISREPRESEN-
TION

The Kinston Free Press speaks of
Mr.. Ashley Horne as the farmers
candidate" We think it unfortunate
that a paper should designate a man
seeking the nomination of the party
for governor as the candidate of any
enc class of our people. In d~esignat-
Jig Mr.. Horne as "the farmers candi-
date we think The Free Press does
tionally, of course-for should he be-
come the governor of the state he will
not b. the farmers governor" any
more than he would be the governor
%distinctively of any other class Of Our
people. We know that Mr.. Horne does
not want the farmers to think that
ed of course he will be elected-hs
will be the governor of any n class
OF our people. His ambition is to be
the governor of the state and of all the
people of the state, and if elected we
believe that is what he would be We
do not call attention to this uninten-
tional Misrepresentation of Mr..
Horne's attitude through any advCc2cy
of his candidacy; for this paper axes
70 sides in such contests, but simply
because we think such an expression
does injustice to Mr.. Horne, and We
want to see fair play among the candi-
dates ,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-03-20
The North Carolina board

The North Carolina board of
health that State Biolo-
gist Mccarthy has resigned, to be
succeeded by DIR. c. A. Shore. MI.
Mccarthy will go to Europe to pur-
sue his studies. OF DR.. Shore the
Charlotte Chronicle says:
Or. Shore is a native of Forsyth
He received the degree Of M D.,
from Johns Hopkins, where he took
special training in water and milk
analysis. During the vacation in
the meteorological laboratory of the
state of Maryland he did the routine
as well as special work. He also had
unusual opportunities to investigate
the methods and work of the health
laboratories of Philadelphia, New
York and Massachusetts, He has
likewise made a special study of the
diagnosis and treatment OF hydro
phobia by the Pasteur method. By
authority of a special act passed by
the last legislature the board Of
health hopes to utilize this special
training" lIHxly"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-03-20
CONFLICT OF JURISDICTION

! Doesn't that dispensary case decision
by the South Carolina supreme court
bring about a condition of conflict Of
jurisdiction between that court and
that of Judge Pritchard? Judge
Fritchard had taken jurisdiction of the
case and ordered the dispensary COM
missioners to turn over all funds to
receivers appointed by himself. The
state court declares hat the attorney
general is entitled to fifteen thousand
dollars of the fund wherewith to prose-
cute the alleged dispensary grafters.
If the commissioners obey the man
date Of the state court they make
themselves liable to contempt proceed
ings from Judge Pritchard's court.
II they obey the federal court order
and turn all the funds over to the re-
ceivers appointed by it they will be in
contempt of the state supreme court
for disobeying its mandate.
Now if Judge Pritchard would issue
a supplementary decree and except
from the funds he ordered turned over
to his receivers the fifteen thousand
dollars the legislature had previously
provided should be placed in the at
torney generals hands there might be
plain sailing right up 70 the final de-
cisiOn of the important question of
ilriCdiot;nn of tho foloro1 oo,r+ ~ 49,
case.
Judge Pritchard claims, of course
as he assumed it, that he. has jurisdic-
ton. A good many partisan newspa-
pers declare that he has not and de-
nounce him for having taken it. We
believe the judge thinks he has juris-
dictiOn or else he would have dismiss
ed the case. AS to the correctness Of
his opinion, We prefer to rely on that
OF a lawyer of his reputation for nat
ural and legal ability thar on that Of
the editors who differ with him.
The question will be decided by the
proper court in due time, and when de-
NIOSu Vie AldIlS1 Will UC SClkASO III
accordance with the decision and no
harm will have been done; 20 there is
no use in any one going into hyster-
les over the matter in the meantime.
Some editors, even some who do not
live in South Carolina and have no in
terest in the case, have been mighty
nea busting their bilers,' ever since
they heard Of the judges decision. Our
advice to them is to keep cool and
let this case-as all others should
take it's course through the courts.
There is going to be no fighting be-
tween federal marshals and state
troops. The governor of South Caro-
lima is not going even to buster and
threaten to call out the state guard
to resist the power of the United States
if the latter be called on to enforce a
decree of its courts.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-03-20
Pharaoh Was equity and Cross

A learned German scientist finds
that the Pharaoh who refused TO let
Moses and his compatriots leave
Egypt had the govt and toothache.
His name was Menephtah. He was
five feet eight and a half inches tall,
and died in 1915 B.. c., at the age OF
co. lie was a high liver, fat and
balG-from which it might be in
ferred that he was a very bad man,
taking the best seat at the table as
well as the front seat at the thea
ter. The chalky degeneration Of his
organs indicates govt, and cavities in
his teeth show he had toothache. A
man in his fix is seldom amiable, and
his refusal to let the Children of
Israel go is not surprising. He was
cross and must have made life a
burden for his family. Had his health
been better and his blood vessels
less chalky he might have given
Moses a hearty send-off and hav
even loaned him his auto. Who
knows?-Baltimore Sun.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-03-20

What a peculiar coincidence it was
that National Committeeman Daniels
who is a strong Bryan advocate as ev
eryone knows, should have gone to
Washington to consult with one Of the
assistant postmaster generals at the
tame time that three other national
committeeman from other state, all
strong Bryan men, too, had found it
necessary to be in that city on bust
LEI of various kinds and that those
four men should have accidentally met.
Having met, even though accidentally,
it was perfectly natural that they
should hold a conference, and it was
equally as natural that the action Of
the North Carolina executive commit
tee ON the resolution to endorse Mr..
Bryan should come up for discussion.
We suppose that Mr.. Daniels ex-
planned to the satisfaction of the other
committeeman the true intent and
meaning Of that action and convinced
them that it meant nothing.
The Washington correspondent of
The News and Observer of yesterday.
after giving an account Of that acct
dental meeting of the national com
mittesmen says:
The various members of the national
committee who are here lake very
little stock in the reports that Mr..
Bryan rs in danger of losing the nom
ination for the presidency. One and
all of them confidently expressed .the
opinion that Mr.. Bryan would be nom
mated by much more than a two-thirds
majority.
If there is no fear on the part Of the
Bryan men why are they holding &C
eidental' meetings and taking the
trouble to publish denials Of the rum
ors that Mr.. Bryan is losing ground
and this, too, just after the democrat
ic committee of a state claimed by them
to be strong for Mr.. Bryan refused to
adopt a resolution endorsing him?
There may have been no significance
in the action of the committee, taking
into consideration the reason given for
that action, but the fact remains
that an effort was made to have the
committee officially endorse Mr.. Bry-
an and it refused to do 50 on a divid-
ed vote.
Those opposed to Mr.. Mryan will
be able to defeat his nomina-
lion; but there is no doubt that senti-
ment against him is one the
increase, and if this sentiment
should continue to increase as
up to the time Of holding
conventions of the various states
it has in the recent past there is
q possibility that his defeat can be
accomplished. Evidently the Bryan
are becoming uneasy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-03-20
Cleveland for Publicity

Publicity would prevent corporate
efforts 10 influence legislation; the
honestly conducted and strong corpora
tons would have nothing TO fear; the
badly managed and weak ought TO be
expOSed."-From Grover Cleveland's
message 10 the New York Legislature
in January, 1884.
'-r~ rn1.i~~-o Naws %Copvin. .he
above remarks the campaign against
predatory wealth began n long time
z and it might have added nobody
has since stated the case against IL
any better than was don in 1884 by
G.. Observation-Disclosures Chronicle.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-03-20
PAIN

Pain IA the hezd-pein anywhere. has It's causa.
Pain IL congestion, pain Is blood p~ressre-nothing
else usually; 1t least; so says DR.; shoop. and 20
prove Ii he has created q little pink tablet Thet
~tablet-cared DR.. shooD's Headache Tablet
conxes blood pressure away from pain centerx
Its effect is charming. pleaS.ngly delightful. Gently
though safely. IL surely eQUalzes the blood drcur
latiOn.
II you have q headache. IT'S blood pressure
III its painful periods with women. same causa.
II you are sleepleas. restless, nervous. rs blood
congeStion-blood pressure That surely Is o
certainty. for DR.. Shops Headache Tablets stop
II IN % minutes. and the tablets simply distribute
the unnatural blood pressure.
Bruise your finger. and doesn't 10 get red. and
swell. and pain yoCg OF ooCrSs IL does It's con-
geStion. blood pressure. YouQ find Il where lain
is-olwsys. It's simply Common Sense
We sail a. = cents, and cSeerfaIly recommead
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-03-20
The homicide record of Sou

The homicide record Of South
Carolina for 1907 was slightly over
n a day, a bad situation, which
is declared to be growing worse from
year to year. 1t would seem that
this might give that enterprising at
torpey general. who is so deeply con
cerned over the abstract question Of
states rights, something 10 think
about for a while. OF course it is
among the rights OF a state to per-
nit its citizens to murder one an
other every day in the year, but still
it is a detail which might we'll in
terest the states legal machinery.
Such citizens as are not killed will
certainly get justice in the matter OF
the dispensary cases from the Unit
ed States courts, whose acts, we
take it, are subject to review by the
supreme tribunal at Washington
Industrial News.