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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-01-03
'NHNNCINC ZIG BENEFIT
SUCll Vaudeville Entertainment to
he Gi,cn in january for Worthy
Cause

For the worthy purpose Of raising
money to send TO several Maynard
youths to a reformatOry, there will ,
given in this city, by locad talent with
the aid of professionals one Of the
SWEETEST vaudeville entertainments
ver seen in Wilmington.
a committee consisting Of Messrs.
T. H. Wright, w. F. Robertson, J II.
Cowan, will arrange the program and
these gentlemen promise something
unusually attractive and entertaining.
Acts and paraphenalia have already
been donated by the crystal Palace.
Bijou and Majestic theatres. the Hol-
lowbush orchestra has donated its SER
vices and all the Academy attaches
will act hat occasion without renum-
Grafton.
The event will likely be given on
Monday night. January 18th. and I'M
doubtedly a packed house will greet
the players, the w%orthiness Of the
cause alone appealing to hundreds.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-01-03

SPOKE IN BEHALF OF POWERS.
Remarkable Demonstration Follows
Conclusion Of COunseI's Speech.

Ger T~Cetown. Ky. December 81
In the Caleb Powers trial today
Judge J. c. Sims. chief counsel for
Powers. in an address lasting three
hours. based his argument on the
theory that Henry Youtsey was a po-
litical crank. imbued with the excite
ment Of the time and that he fired
the shot that killed William GoebcI.
that this was on Youtsey's own res
possibility, and that no conspiracy
had been shown by Powers or anv-
one else. When Judge Sims conclud-
ed a remarkable demonstrated fol-
lowed. Scores OF men and W.lou
crowded 10 the bar where the pris-
oner stood with his aged mother and
shook his hand.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-01-03
COTTON MILLS CLOSE Down.
Action Taken in Accordance Witt
Agreement 70 Curtail Production.

Providence, R. l., December ST.
The cotton mills of B. 3. and r.
Knight, in Providence, WoonsOcket,
Arctic, Nick, Pontiac, LippItt, River
Point, White Rock, and Jackson. r.
T., and at DOdgville, H~ebronville,
keadville and Manchaug, Mass, smut
down tonight until next week. The
knight mills, which employ 1000
hands, will continue a policy of cur
Cailment with o. er mills in this state
during January and February.
It is expected that the Manton,
Riverside, Valley, National and Pro
violence mills of the American Wool
en- company, employing 10000 opera
tives, which have been closed for
several days viii II work to-
morrow.
Nassau, n. H. December 31.-Be-
ginning next Monday, the cotton mill
Of the Nashua Manufacturing and the
Jackson company of this city will &c
- = forty hour q week schedule. The
mills will be run eight hours a day,
five days a week, closing all day
Saturday. About 1000 operatives
are effected.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-01-03
BIRMINGHAM SALOONLEss.
Citizens Take Advantage of Low
Prices and Lay i'm Stock of Liquor.

montgomery, Ala, December 81
a special from ~Haynesville, Ala, says
managers OF d~ispensaries at HAYNES
Vile and Fort Deposit will begin a
test tomorrow for the constitutional
ity Of ths local option Law in this
county. In an election LoWdnes re-
Gently went dry. The dispensers will
tender their license money to the
probate Judge tomorrow. In event
he refuse il the dispensers. il is I'M
dergtOOd, will continue business
thereby putting the state in the at
titude Of complainant.
Birmingham, Ala, December 81
At midnight the existence of saloons
in Birmingham and jefferson county
the largest county in the state. ter
minated. 1t is estimated that more
than two hundred and fifty establish
ments are affected.
At many places today brandies and
champagnes were selling at half
price and even cheaper. Many vas
of liquors have been delivered to
private residences and stocks on
hand with the dealers are small. The
large number of the best saloons in
the heart of the city have been rent
ed, but many places which have
brought 500 TO 1925 a month will
not bring half that amount.
Tonight was the time set for the
prohibition to go into effect in the
counties in Alabama, in which local
option elections have been held dur
ing the year. C~renshaw county was
added to the prohibition ranks today.
making fifty counties in the state
which closed the doors Of the saloons
permanently tonight. This leaves
seventeen counties III the state from
which liquor can be sold for another
wear.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-01-03

Finding Badly Wrecked by Boinn
Thrown by NiScrcant.

New York. Dee. 31.-A bomb thrown
against the front of a two story frame
building in East las street in the
Bronx Early today, badly wrecked the
building and endangered the lives OF
eight PERSONS asleep therein. A fish
store Kept by Joseph Kaen on the first
floor vas almost demolished and his
living room back OF the store was
wrecked. A door was blown off its
hinGes and striking Mrs. Marie Bot
tisf1nO, Raen's daughter on the mead,
inflicted q painful wound.
The ceilings in a tenement in the.
upper part of the building occupied
by a family Of six persons were torn
down by the explosion but the family
was lot injured.
Raen has asked the police to seact
for his son-in-law, Antonio Bottisine,
who he said, had threatened to blow
up the store because his wife had leftI
him and taken refuge with he'd father
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-01-03
FIRST Dry Sunday IN New Orleans

New UTIeaIs 0uIudJ tApeTIFItEu tbs
first really dry" Sunday in many
years. Saloons that rave been dOing
business every day in the year for a
decade or more, did not attempt to
open Sheir doors, while the police
were peculiarly active against the few
who did Out of the sixteen hundred
barrooms in the city, there were only
twenty arrests, and these were mostly
places in the suburbs. The big down
town saloons and the restaurants and
cafes made no effort to sell.-New Or
leans dispatch to Raleigh 'TiEes.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-01-03
To- THY OUT CANDIDATES
At tile Philadelphia Banquct-Prom-
inent Democrats Inyitcd-PolitiCsd
situation i'm lite West

The trying out OF candidates for the
! democratic nomination begins in Phil
acelphia on the evening OF February
1sL \ dinner is 10 be given To State
Treasures .,erry, OF Pennsylvania, AM
II.e fOiiu.ins-uaaIed a~suaCSr1lts la {
Teen ass 81 10 appear and speak. Vii
liam Jennings Bryal OF Nebraska.
Governor John a. Johnson. OF Mime
sofa. Governor James II. Higgins. OF
Rhode Island, Mayor rom l. Johnson,
Of Cleveland. Ohio. Mayor George W.
Guthrie OF Pittsburg. and Judge George
Gray Of Delaware.
Bryan IS not the only person on the
pike. There is = disposition 10 give
Governor Johnson an opportunity.
Those interested in the welfare OF the
party think that IL the democrats are
Gesirious OF winning back the west
they had better name the famous vote
gettcr Of Minnesota The situation in
The far west seems almost hopeless
Ever state has Joined the republican
camp. The Rocky Mountain states II
territories make the following show
ing OF senators. house members and
delegates in congress-: Washington,
five republicans, Oregon. four; Califor-
MIA. ten: Arizona. one, a democrat:
New Mexico, one. republican; Utah.
three republicans; Nevada, three, a
republican and two democrats: Idaho,
three republicans; Colorado, M dem
Ocrat and three republicans; Wyoming,
three republicans: Montana, three re-
publicans; North Dakota. four repub-
licans: South Dakota. four republicans.
Nebraska, seven republicans. one de
mocrat; Kansas, ten republicans; To-
wa. twelve republicans and one demo-
crat: Minnesota. ten republicans and
one democrat: Wisconsin. eleven re-
publicans and two democrats, and
Michigan, fourteen republicans.
That is the record Johnson is the
only democratic governor in that sec
ton Of the country. He has won in ev-
cry contest he made. He is very pom
ular on the Pacific slope and as far
back this way as he is Known
Washington dispatch.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-01-03
Following The Mckinley Policy

When President Mckinley asked
Judge Taft to take the responsible
position of governor general Of the
Philippines, he told him it would make
him president. In every step Mr..
Taft has taken with reference to the
Philippines, he has followed the poll
cies laid down by President Mckinley,
and as a result, his administration
of Philippine affairs has been so sue
cessful that it has filled the entire
civilized world with wonder.-Durham
Sun.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-01-03
MIX BRYAN'S MISTAKE
Refused ChanCC of S~cnatorShiF ir"in
oklahoma. Which He Was 10 HiNc
for Securing Statehood.

Refused Chance of S~cnatorShiP From
Oklahoma. Which He Was 60 Have
for Securing Statehood.
Thomas II. Doyle, OF Perry. oNlA-
recently aspiring for a democt2tic
pubtrnatorial nomination. said today:
'Cne OF the unwritten storics ~
Oklahoma politics is that William }
l.ryau was Invited. aui for a titnS
seriously Considered. mu'ing to Okla
bona to lead the fight FOR statehood
with tho assurance that his reward
would be- one of oklahoma first
United states senator's. This oner
WAS made him in 1899. hv me as
spokesman ~ a democratic workeIS
COnF-rCI &C. convinced that The only
Chancc Tor statehood in a generation
was in securing a leader Of nationai
prominence. Mr.. Bryan Joined him
IN p train en ute through Oklaho-
ma TO Tcvas-said ne would much
rather be senator from a great state
than president. He promised 10 con
slider the proposition. Several days
later. he told me ne had his ncwspa-
per and other interests In Lincoln,
Neb.. and he could not see how he
could afford 10 take the step '-Guth-
rte. COkloD. Dispatch.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-01-03
SIGNS OF THE TINES
For state Prohibition by Legislative
Enactment.

The Wilmington Messenger and 9th
er papers are limiting that the special
session Of the legislature, If il is call
ed, will not only take VI the passen-
ger rate matter. but will also consider
the advisability Of a state prohibition
law. Since so great a portion OF the
state already has prohibition and since
the cities and towns in which saloons
and ~dispensaries prevail viii surely
vote out liquor, the Legislature could
do a great deal worse than making the
entire state dry. For instance, il
would save Wilmington, Salisbury and
Winston the expense OF an elestion.-
Raleigh Times.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-01-03
PREC|P|TATEO The Pat|CI
Run Upon the Large Trust Com
panies
Statement Made by Il. c. Dun &
Co. i'm Annual Review of Trade
Withdrawal of S125,G00.O 600 Placed
Premium on Currency When Most
Needle

New York. December 31.-The
withdrawal of 1925, 900 from "A
few large trust companies, precipit9t-
ing a SeASOn of boarding and send
ing currency to a premium at a time
when X vas most needed, through
out h country, is credited in r G..
Dun and COmpanY's annual review
of trade, published tomorrow, with
having been one Of the greateS< fac
tors IN turning the year 1907 from
its promise of new records in pros
perftY to a closing period of financial
disturbance hat caused many plans
for future extensions Of business to
be either abandoned or postponed.
The restoration of normal conditions
The review declares. depends upon
easier MONEY and d revival of conf
dcnce, both of which seem nearer to-
day than III any time since October
when the 1stTingency began. While
failures were frequent during the
last Cuartpr Of the year, the review
points out that if the comparison is
carried back to previous periods Of
distress, there is much for o n
graduation in the insolvency re-
turns. The Review says in part:
"AIthough in many cases the size
of CROP in 1907 fell below some pre-
ceding years, high prices made the
return to the farmer much larger
than yver before TO some extent
short crops in other countries &C
cOuntvd for the high prices, notably
in the case Of wheat, for which for
eigneTs we're willing to a more
than a dollar per bu5hel during the
closing months.
''Adding the value Of cotton,
meats, dairy products, poultry, eggs
and al other items raised by the ag-
riclilturist. the years total attains
the phenomenal value of $7,4OO,-
100000.
"Cotton has ruled at a high po-
sitiOn throughout the year, while
the latest statistics of the crop indi-
cat a yield Of 1900, 900 bales or
10 per cent. less tnan the high rec
cord established in the previous
viOus year. The old crop year ended
on August 31st with the largest to-
tai ever harvested and with exports
exceeding all other years except
1907, as to quantity, while the high
average export prIce of 1O.7 cents
per pound this year, raised the total
value 10000, 900 above the prev
vfOus high water mark established,
two yeors earlier when the average
price vas about Z cents per pound
lower. !
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-01-03

Cooke Expresses His Intention of Re
turning East.

San Francisco, December 81
TIE Rev. Jere KnOde Cooke, who
disappeared from his residence when
his Identification became known, to-
gether with his young companion,
Floretta Whaley, and their baby is
staying at the home OF a friend.
where they are comfortably situated.
In an interview last night Cooke
said he will return east as soon as
he can get enough money together
t travel and as soon as matters can
be arranged he will marry Miss Wha-
ley. 1t IS expected that the 6 and
mother Of the young lady will send
ner the funds necessary to return
east.
The police are not looking for
Cooke, although dispatches from
New York say that there is a war
rant for the clipping preachers ar
rest on the charge of abduction, and
that the local authorities will be ask
ed to find and hold the fugitive.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-01-03
Whe Pays the Bill?

Who is paying the immense sum
which it must cost to send broadcast
throughout the country the book writ
ten by Chancellor Day, Of Syracuse,
\. Y, University in which he attacks
the Roosevelt policies and lauds the
Standard Oil Company to the skies?
We don't know. But we do know that
Appleton & Co., the publishers. are not
printing an expensive book and send
ing it out free just for their health
Durham Sun.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-01-03
ANOTHER tXPlG,i.R ii MINE
Thirty Persons Believed to Have
Been Killed
1houCht to ~ GA Fire a. Result Of
REPRESENTATIVE Mostly imCriCaIz
and NrxiCans.

Santa Re. y. NJ, December 81
An explosion OF fire damp entomed
80 miners in the Bernel coal mine
at Carthage. Socorro county. owned
by the Carthage Fuel company.
IL is supposed all are dead. nine
bodies have beef taken out already.
Forty men employed in the mine
had not returned from dinner when
the explosion occurred
Carthage Is on n branch line OF
the Santa Re line from Albuquc rail-
road and is one OF the Oldest min
ing camps in the territory.
II is believed that the mines are
on fire as a result OF the explosion.
The miners are mostly Americans
and M~exicans. but there are 4 Few
Greeks and Italians.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-01-03
DEFENDS TIE SALOONS
Michigan Pastor Declares There is
Nothing Wrong With Honest Liquor
Traffc'-QuotcS thc Scripture h
SuDnort OF IIis Declaration.

aI..Ou, Mich, D,I. -. 40 AEON,
college town, the HON, 81 40 "aIl4el
Dlckic. ardent advocate oi pIohtDluoh
and the notDed OF the prohibition
movement in Michigan, a "Icnur ut
the saloon has been found 81 n"'-
H.. +. Grimm, pastor OF me German
Lutheran church, a quiet, modest.
appearing man, with a family oil grow
ing boys. The criticism by DR.. Dlcklc
of President Roosevelt. In a Detroit
church last Sunday, in which the Tor
mer said the President did not hrvc
the courage to put into his annual
message some reference 10 The hqnor
question. though IT was petitioned for
by $4,000 people, called forth Rev.
Grimm's defense.
Nobody ever darcs 10 say anything
for the saloon in Albion declared
Mr. Grimm, but ! am not afraid ! do
not think that President Roosevelt
lacked courage when he declined to
mention the liquor question. ] think
he was sane not TO mention ii. We do
not want a dry country. Neither do
W. care TO have our government In tho
hands of such as cannot think sanoly
when liquor is mentioned.
so much is heard in these DAYS Of
the curse of drink Of tho shameful
liquor traffic Of prohibition. and Of
other terrible things, that one must
doubt IL We really live In a sane. in
dependent and happy country r. II
really q sin to drink a glass Of wine
or a glass or two Of beer. No. not 30
long as you can pay for il, and do
not make your family suffer for Il n
there IS harm In the moderate partak-
ing Of liquor. then Christ. our own
beloved Saviour. must have sinned.
drank winc-real wine-with His
disciples. with the publicanG and sin
ners. Christ himself says. John came
eating nor drinking, and they
he hath a devil. The Son az Man
eating and drinking. and they
Behold, a man G~luitonous and a
winebibber, a friend Of publicans and
Matt XII. Is and -.
According TO the talking and acting
Of the very good people OF today who
SUBJECT IHeHlSelNer 10 tEc command,
touch not, taste not, handle not
people who are dying also 20 subject
others to the same eommand-they
IL Christ were here cry out,
Behold a man gluttonous and a wine
Why did Jesus use wine in the most
holy OF sacraments? Why did he not
Use water or buttermiik7 II one Of
religious cranks today should in
a new sacrament he would Ger
.ainly not think of using wine.
There is no wrong In the sane ar
aking OF liquor. There Is no wrong
n an honest liquor traffic. Not every
has the time and knowledge 10
beer and wine. II must BE- made
sold somewhere by some one
our laws regulating the rale OF
liquor are quite good. Enforce. these
avs and let we'll enough alone.
We do not want 70 encourage drunk
lrds. They themselves are to blame
or their miserable life. Liquor does
rot kill them: they kill themselves.
Dur solemn duty is 70 save Them,
o help them, not By filling their minds
With prohibition. but by preaching the
living and saving word OF God to
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-01-03
L\L1 C<I DEL E\DAN1 HELD
sylvia ~&-HingtOn Bound Over fol
IictciNug stolen GOUds-Casc:
ASaiust the Others Mere No
Pressed.

ouch q Ia.sc I.Omd gathered III MdS-
.s,rate FL.Ilunss Office office yesterday
TO atenu me trial of the negro men
ana women arrested on Monday night
=. tuu city and at Wrightsville Sound,
vLalAcu 18th stealiE. goods FROM cars
consigned to the Swift Packing Com
pany's local agency, that it va found
necessary to adjourn the hearing to
the superior court room. The trial
of the dozen defendants was in progress
fer nearly three hours and after the
exhaustive examination OF witnesses
and their rigid crOsS-eXaIninatiOn, Il
mol pros was taken in all the cases
except the one against Silvia Wash
ington, who conducts the restaurant
on Mutt and walnut street, and in
whose place q large majority of arti-
cles was secured by the officers, which
were believed to have been stolen from
the Swift people.
After hearing arguments by interest
ed counsel. the magistrate bound over
the Washington woman under a bond
OF 5000 for trial by the superior court ,
under a charge Of receiving stolen
goods. Later this bond was given aud
the woman was released.
The Washington woman was repre-
scented by Hon. John y. Bellamy: Hen
ry Jones, one of the defendants. had
b. G. Empie. Esq, as his counsel, and
Marsden BeIlamy, Esq. appeared for
the other defendants. The cases were
prosecuted by Herbert McCIammy,
Esq. representing the Swift Co
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-01-03
TOI;PEDO BOHTS AT PARA
FICtiIla Had Rough VOya9e-1S Five
Days Behind schedule.

Para, Brazil, December 31.-The tor
. Dedo boat fotilla. which is preceding
the battleship fleet to the Pacific coast
arrived here today from Port of Spain
Trinidad.
The flotilla had a rough voyage, en-
coun-ering head seas, and was delayed
one day on the run by bad weather,
The transports AretEusa and Sterl-
ing arrived here yesterday and from
them the flOtiIIa will take coal and
supplies. The torpedo boats will leave
here january 3 for Pernambuco. They
are five days behind their original
schedule.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-01-03

II those who vot for prohibition in
order to get the stuff out Of their way
would not put themselves TO SO much
trouble to get it afterwards the thing
would work out etter.-Durham Her
aid.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-01-03

Para is on the Para river, about
sixty miles from the sea. 1t is a mod
,ern city of broad and w~ell-paved
streets. surrounded by pleasant rural
suDuros and has a population of 75,-
900. It is an important shipping port
ana has & fairly good harbor. The tor
'pedO boats will remain there several
, days.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1908-02-10
CASH PRIZES
DISTRIBUTED
BY The NEWS
Three More Persons Get S. Each
Today For Securing SuhscTip-
tIOns for This Paper.
ANOTHER CONTEST ON
Opportunity for Boys and Girls
to Get What They Want When
They Want il.

Once more the EVENING NEWS
presents three persons with IS each
for gaining the most points in the
weekly contest for cash prizes. The
winners this week are:
Alfred Miller. 237 Washington
street., 1886; Mrs. Mathilda Peder-
son, 1872 Gordon street, 1869: Fred
Anderson, 1913 New Brunswick ave-
|nue, 1886.
The other contestants are as fol-
lows:
James Doyle. 462 State street,
1908; Foster Tyrrell, Market and
Rector streets. Ito; Lottie O'Brien,
IS Parker street, 1,150; Annie Han
sen, 81 High street, 1,136; Miss M.
Is. Anderson, 223 Market street,
LII; Emma Yenk, Washington
street, 1,09S; Harry Rabinowitz,
Broad street, S87.
Boys, spring is coming and you
will want a bicycle, perhaps, or some
thing else that costs considerable
money. The question is, how badly
do you want It? Bad enough to do a
little hustling to get I'll? Let's see.
The NEWS today starts another
weekly contest. The three persons
getting the highest number of points
by next Monday morning at 9 o'clock
will receive SIS each. Get busy. A
week or two of active soliciting for
subscriptions and collectiong coupons
will give you big start toward get
ting that bicycle or something else.
The same thing applies to the girls.
Then, there are some grown up folks
who are out of work just now. To
get IS a week with comparatively
little effort is better than nothing.
Why not try hand?
The coupons published in the
NEWS every day count one point
One yearly subscription counts 500
points; six months, 200; three
months, 100; one month, 25. Others
are earning this IS weekly, it is
offered to you at the same terms.
Start now.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1908-02-10
HENRY C. COOKS
WILL ATTACKED
BY DAUGHTER
Mrs. AdeIine Chambers, of Ari.
zOna, is Coming East to Fight
Disposal of Fortune.
WAS LEFT TO HIS WIFE
Danghfer Has Retained Local
Lawyers, Beekman & Spencer,
TO Look After Interests.

Mrs. Adeline Chambers, of Klon-
dixie, Arizona, daughter of the late
Henry G. Cook, of 203 High street,
has retained Beekman & Spencer, of
this city, to try to break his will, by
which he is said to have left all of
his estate to his wife. Mr.. Cook
died In Orange some months ago in a
private sanitarium, where he had
been taken few weeks before.
When Lawyer w. A. Spencer was
asked this morning If his firm had
been retained to fight the will, he
said that they are looking after the
Interests Of Mrs. Chambers. 1t is
understood that the fight will be
started as soon as Mrs. Chambers
can get here from Arizona. Mr.. Cook
owned much property, including the
brick house at High and Smith
street, and the row of buildings
which were recently partly destroyed
by fire. and it is said that diamond
collecting was hobby of his.