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WILMINGTON MESSENGER, SUNDAY, JANUARY 29. 1905 TO DEEPEN THE BAR AT 3IORE IlEAD. 3IOCCE 31 CST HANG. T A. Jeremiad. (Correspondence of The Messenger.) 4 ' - - 1 1 1 1 i- y ex, Q5 Entered at the Fostoffice at Wil mington. N. C, as Second-Class Hatter. April 13. 1979. JACKSON & BELL COMPANY. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. TITE DAILY MESSENGER by mail, one year, $6.00; six months. $3.09; three months, $1.50; one month, 50 cod Lb. THE STOH-WEEKLY MESSENGER (tv eight pace papers), by mall, ono Tear. $1.00; stx months. 50 cento, in advance. WILEnHGTON. X. c. SUNDAY JANUARY 29, 1905. NEEDS OF THE UNIVERSITY. We hope the members of the legisla ture will read carefully and make a study of the report of President Vena ble of the State university which he submitted last Thursday to the trustees of the Institution. This Institution is in gTeat need of increased aid from the state. It should have it. If the univer sity is to be kept up at all it shou.d be made efficient. There is no sense in adopting a half-way ground in the state dealing with the university. It whould provide for its necessities or close its door.s. President Venable's re port shows what is needed, what la ab solutely necessary to keep this noble and venerable state institution of learning abreast of the times. The re port shows that additional annual ap propriations are needed for the current expenses and that it is highly important that a building to be used as a chemical laboratory should be erected. The university is not self supporting. It was never Intended that it should be. The running expenses are not met by the fees of the students, therefore the larger the student hody the greater r the deficit to be made up by state ap propriations or private donations. As Dr. Venable points out in his report, if this university was intended for the rich alone the charges could be placed so high as to make it self-sustaining; but it was never so Intended. It Is for the young men of the state of all class es who are desirous of an education as well for those who can afford to pay only part of their expenses as for the sons of our wealthiest citizens. They all are treated alike. As it is. Dr. Venable shows that there are only two universities in the whole land where the students pay a larger percentage of the expenses of conduct ing the institution. This Is a surprise to us, for we thought Chapel Hill would be found to be low down on the list. The university not being self-supporting, of course it takes more money from outside sources to maintain it now with its six hundred and sixty students than it did a few years ago when there were only five hundred present; and as the student body increases in size there must be enlargement of facilities for instruction. We feel confident that neither Dr. Venable nor the trustees would ask the legislature for additional appropriation for the annual expenses nor for a spe cial one for the building said to be so much needed if there -ere not absolute necessity for such appropriations. We hope the legislators will view the mat ter in this light. To refuse to give the university proper support would greatly hamper it in its work. To hamper it to such extent would be to greatly curtail its useful ness. The university was established by the state and has been kept up by it for the benefit of our young men and for future generations of young men. If the state is not going to property provide for it It would be better to cut off all appropriations; for keeping it up in a half-handed way and in a cramped condition is a useless expenditure of the state's money. The good work of this grand old university should not be al lowed to lag because of the lack of a few more thousand dollars a year' from the public treasury. That it is perform ing a noble work no one can deny. That it will be crippled in its usefulness un less these appropriations are made we cannot see how any one can deny who reads President Venable's report. Too much has already been expended on the university now to leave her to mold and dry-rot for the lack of a few more thousand dollars each year. It should not be necessary to make an earnest appeal to the legislators in this matter. All that should be necessary is to place the facts before them and tell them what is needed to remedy the un satisfactory conditions. The senate wont have much time for listening to long-winded speeches In the Swayne impeachment trial. Chicago wants a "business" mayor, remarks ' an exchange. But it seems that the people who do the electing do not. r w y- r yr It looks as if More head would at last be made a first' class port, or rather that Its entrance is to be so improved that thla naturally fine harbor can be utilized. The greatest trouble all along has been the shallow water on the bar. This passed, there is found one cf the finest harbors on the South Atlant'c coast. There Is plenty of depth of water and a good roadstead. Now that the committee of the house of rep resentatives having charge of the prc-p-arat'on of the river and harbor appro p! iatlon but has decided to provide for the deepening of the water on the bar we may look, for great things for ilcrehead in the near future. This ac tion of the committee is due, no doubt, to the influence of certain persons con nected with the government who want to se3 the plana of the I lowland Im provement Company and its backers carried out. We still think the state did -well in making the lease of the At lantic and North Carolina railroad and that the lessees will in time bring about great improvement of that sec tion of the state. This effort to get deep water over the bar at Morehead is the most imoprtant step yet taken by those interested in tho development of the town and of that part of tho state. Taking into consideration some recent events we have little doubt of the success of those who are trying to secure this appropriation. In reference to the proposed appro priation for dredging tho bar Congress man Thomas, of that district, makes the following statement to the Wash ington correspondent of tho Charlotte Observer: "This amount includes a cash appro priation of $15,000 for deepening and dredging the harbor bar to a depth of twenty feet at low water. The tidat range toeing from three to four f'et, this will tfive a depth upon the bar of from twenty-three to twenty-four feet at high water, making the depth up)n the bar equal to the depth of water In the channel leading up to Morehead 'City and the piers of the Atlantic and North Carolina railroad, now leased by the Howland Improvement Company. Ttecently Senator Aldrich and a party of capitalists visited Morehead City with a view to the improvement of this harbor. After making a thorough ex amination of the records at the war department, they found an estimate by the engineers would give a depth of twenty feet at low water upon Beau fort bar and a depth of twent-four feet at high water, at a cost of $45,000 by means of a new system of hydaulic steam dredging. For many years past but little work had been done upon Beaufort harbor and no -work, in fact, except keeping up existing jetties at Fort Macon and on the banks at the entrance to the harbor. This appro priation in the house bill which is an available cash appropriation, will Im mediately begin the work of deepening the bar to a depth of twenty-four feet at high tide, which is desired by cit izens of Beaufort and- Morehead City and by the Atlantic and? North Caro lina Railroad Company. It was at first supposed a larger sum would be requir ed, but the engineers' estimate for a depth of twenty-four feet at high tide is specific and Chairman Burton, at my request included it in the bill." THE AVERY MEMORIAL VOLUME. We are glad to note that the .plans to publish the "Avery Memorial Vol ume" are progressing so satisfactorily. This book will contain the choice arti cles written for The Charlotte Observer by the late Isaac EL Avery, whose "Variety of Idle Comment" afforded pleasure and amusement while running in that paper to so many of its read ers and of readers of other state pa pers also, for they were republished in xnnay of The Observer's exchanges. Th? book is to be gotten up in attract' ve style and will make a handsome souve nir and memento of this gifted North Carolina writer. We hope the pro moter will meet with even greater suc cess than theyexpect. There should be ready sale for this book, and no ioubt will be. In addition to the intrinsic value of the book the object of its pub lishers should recommend it to the peo ple of our state. Besides preserving in book form the writings of this gift ed North Carolinian it is the purpose of those in charge of the work to de vote the proceeds to the establishment of a memorial scholarship at Trinity College, from which institution Mr. Avery graduated in 1893. The board of editors is to meet in Greensboro next Saturday to make selections of such of Mr. Avery's writings as will be re produced in the memorial volume. We wish success to them in this movement. They deserve the moral and financial support of the people of the state. It does not look like there is going to be much improvement of the divorce law by the present legislature. NOT MEDICINE Babies don't need medi cine older children very rarely. Better nourishment r will generally set them right. Scott's Emulsion is the right kind of nourishment and the kind that will do them the most good. Scott's Emulsion contains nothing that -children should not have and everything that they should. We'll send you a sample free. SCOTT & BOWNE, 409 Pearl Street, New VorL- J When the governor of Virginia re- spited until' February 10th Dr. McCue. who had been sentenced to hang on Jan- uary 20th there was criticism of h.s ac- tion in some quarters. The following reasons given by the governor for granting the respite show that the cen sure was not deserved and that he was acting in aid of the judicial brancn of the state government instead of at tempting to usurp its functions. His words have the true ring. It is a pity some other governors do not take the same view of the -exercise of clemen cy in the cases of men who have been given a fair trial and declared guilty of the offense charged by those who are by law required to investigate uch matters and declare the guilt or inno- cence of the party on trial. Governor Montague gave these rea sons for his conduct, and any one read ing them will be pretty well convinced that he will not again take action on the case: "The guilt or Innocence of those charged with crime is to be determined by the judiciary tribunals. The execu tive should aid and not arrest the judg ments of courts or the executions of law, save for supreme reasons. For the executive to review the opinions of courts or the verdicts of juries, no mat ter how he disagrees with them, would be plain usurpation of authority. But the supreme court of appeals has this day been petitioned for a rehearing the application for a writ of error, and the executive has since been requested by this eminent tribunal to grant a respite of the death sentence that suffi cient time may be had for such further consideration of the case as j-.istice. and law may require. In granting this re quest the executive is aiding and not obstructing the administration of the law, and he, therefore, will direct a respite until Friday, the 10th day ,of February, 1905." n Latin-American countries are tj be given to understand that they may furnish the entertainments hereafter, but that Uncle Sam will have charge cf the gate receipts. 'Washington Post. But when the performances close whj will i.ay the bills if Ihe gate recpts fall short of the expenses? Wouldn't it be well for Russia and Japan to declare an armistice long enough for them to take a hand in set tling on the plans for the peace paacc a: The Hague? Congressman Llttlefleld of Maine says we must either reduce appropriations or face a deficit. How about getting out of the difficulty by increasing treasury receipts through proper ad justment of our tariff laws? The news the czar is' permitted to receive as to what is going on in his capital seems to be as -effectively cen sored as is that allowed to be sent to foreign newspapers. He apparently has very little idea of what is going on around him. There are strong indica tions of a widespread plot among the nobility to depose him and raise Grand Duke Vladimar to the throne. The Winston Sentinel gives utter ance to the following sensible opinion on the South Dakota bond case: If North Carolina owes that money it should be paid. If the claim is not a just one, as is believed by a great many people, some method should be taken at once for repudiating it. En tirely too much time and money has been spent with reference to the mat ter. Cardinal Newman says "a gentleman is one who never inflicts (pain." Then, we suppose, French duelists are all gentlemen. A! long-time and highly esteemed subscriber of the Messenger residing in one of the eastern towns of the state, in writing to renew his subscrip tion, adds: v "Please do your best to stop ler'ala tion - that is threatening to make paupers in our own state by excluding all help for cotton mills until youths are fourteen years old. Oan't you get the legislature to adjourn and arrest turning our state over to the republi can party?" We hope it is not as bad as our good friend fears. Tonic to tlie System. For liver troubles and constipation there is nothing better than DeWitt's Little Early Risers, the famous little Pills. They do not weaken the stomach. Their action upon the system is mild, pleasant and harmless. Bob Moore, of LaFayette, Ind., says: "No use talking, DeWitt's Little Early Risers do their work. All other Pills I have used gripe and make me sick in the stomach and never cured me. DeWitt's Little Early Risers proved to be the long sought re lief. They are simply perfect." Persons traveling find Little Early Risers, the. most reliable remedy to carry with them, sold by R. R. Bellamy. A Congressman With Cheek. Congressman J. Atlam Bede of Min nesota looks like a Scandinavian, but is not. Nor can he talk in their na tive tongue to citizens hailing from "the land of the midnight sun." There fore, he was rather embarrassed while campaigning last fall on finding him self face to face with an audience com posed almost entirely of Swedes. Try- 4 Ing to find a way out of the difficulty, J he asked how many of his hearers : were born in this, country. Only two hands went up. Mr. Bede felt "dizzy, but braced up and asked: "How many of you speak English?" All hands went up, whereupon he said with great ! dignity: "Of course, I speak the Swed- 1 Ish tongue, but for tonight I shall use ! English, having prepared my address 1 m that language." Hope Mills. N. C- January f TO ,toppelh hu eara at of the poor shall also cry himelf and shall not be heard. I believe that David when uttering the above was as wise a man and as near a Christian as any man that was elected to any office in any state of the union in the last forty years. . I have written to our legislators and : even to the governor at different times. asking them to use their better judg- ment and influence to get certain laws passed for relief and to lift somewhat the burdens off the poor women and children; and in ail these years Senator J. D. McNeil, of Cumberland county, has been the only man whose heart could be touched with a feeling for the infirmities of the women and children of the poor and common people- But he,- like Moses, after hearing the truth of the matter chose to suffer the abuse of a few richer men and refused to set his unholy foot on the necks of the poor to take away what God in hla mercy had given them to Hve on. But the legislators of two years ago turned a deaf ear to the same cry and to please a few men took away the rights of many poor to increase their suffering only because one rich man commanded and they must obey at any cost. Why is it that of over two hundred men elected two years ago that only eighteen have been returned this year. There may be something wrong when a man is only chosen for one term. I am now sixty years old. I have seen many mistakes in our party and I greatly fear that without a great ofchan&e two more years wm put us back without any voice in matters once more, and If our people manage so as to lose the power again we will be in bad shape, I fear, for many years to come. I am poor and without even a com mon school education, but I think I know more about the necessities of the poor and common people than the rich can find out were they to try. The great trouble with the rich is that they do not know and can not know how bad the poor in this country suffer. If they could know and realize the condition of the poor they and the poor wouid all thrive together and all be richer and better people. By not knowing the ne cessities of the poor they pass laws which make the poor man so poor and heartless that he cannot work. One of the worst things for all that could be doners passing stock laws in the legislature to please a few men while fully nine teruhs of the people are bitterly opposed to them. I am not afraid to say that tnJs is the leading cause of the poverty of the souih. find unless it is stopperl it will destroy the democratic party. Tills ttock law causes nearly double the cotton to be p'anted that would otherwise be planted. The people have to give up raising st jck. A poor man can not make a living in the country if you te.ke away his rights to raise stock that the state guarantees to him in his land deed, i When a man gets so stingy that he doesn't want a poor widow's stock to ran on his land her hao passed the grade of religion or even civilization, for -Cod made the stock and put them in the woods and made something to keep them alive before h3 made man at all; and later on He says: "Woe unto them that lay .house to house and field to field until there be no Place left." When the stock 'aw is imposed on a poor man he gives up, moves tj town or to a cotton mill where his children are soon worked to death, being tieatcd meaner than tho horses and mules, having to work b.efore day ard after dark, which is the greatest sin against God and the poor that has ever been committed in America. Talk about whl3lcey sellers! I know whiskey sellers are great sinners, but they are saints beside men who will force women and children out in the mud, water and snow an hour beTore day, half naked and bare-footed. Shame and sin! B. Before Selecfina YOUR Xmas Gifts Call and See Our Brass Andirons, Brass Shovel and Tongs Set. Carving Sets, Pocket Knives, Razors, Guns Leggins. Hunting Coats and Vests, We have a Large - Assortment all of which make very ac ceptable Gifts. J. II. HO SPECIAL AGENTS I- & R. Powder Peninsular - Stoves Howes Scales. KELLU ) SURE CURE FOR INDIGESTION la guaranteed to Mve Its name. AIX DRUGGISTS. JySO-Cm IM1 , H r I i 4 i 1 J f t Acgetahle Preparation Iotas -lmi&?irKl tte Food andRtt? ula - ling the Stoonrfts ardDovrc! Promotes DigcsliorLChccrfi-.r-nessandRestContains neiiker OpduxaJ-forphin norfincral. yOTARCOTIC. IKmwflm Stmt- - 1 I A perfeel Remedy forCoriSSrv: Tion . Sour Stomach.Diarrhoc Worms .Convulsions .Fcvensh ness and Loss OF SLEEP. Fac Simile Signature of NEW YORK. EXACT CQPY CT "VPa. m BIG REDUCTONS- Felt Romeos Crochet Slippers Velvet Slippers Children's Velvet and Crochet Slippers and Leggins at big J reductions. A lot ol Ladles Ultra Shoes were $3.50 rc ' duced to $1.98 and $2.50. SOLOMON'S SHOE STORE. RUBBERS Rubbers Rubber Rubbers All fv Sizes PETERSON & RULES 7 N. 'FRONT STREET, VKg -SSI. J " ,' Carolina Insurance Company. 17th ANNUAL STATEMENT. Total Assets ; JJ 73$ 71 Reserve for insurance in force and all other liabilities .!!!.. . . 25'281.43 Net surplus held for protection of policy holders .JC7 457 29 Cash Capital .$50,00 V DIREC TORS: R. R. Bellamy, H. L. Vollers. S. Solomon. - Donald MacRae, H. C. McQueen. C. W. Worthy R. A- Parsley. R. R. BELLAMY, President. H. C. McQUEEN, Vlce-Prr,l'nL. M. S. WILLARD, Secretary. -.. The A f I antic National Bank, Capital.. .... .. . . . . . . sinnnnflA Surplus and net profits over .............. A'JJoa n (All earned) ,uvo.U(i Offers tho services of an up-to-date Bank to itr customers. OVER A HALF MILLION TO NO STRONGER BANK IN THE SOUTH. JOHN S. ARMSTRONG President. j. W.' YATES. Cashier. For Infanta and Children, Ths Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature For Over Thirty Years 16) imu Vc ctTii"( towMWT. new errr. ft JfV In fit 2 Ose IN WINTER SHOE NOVELTIES. were $1.50 now $1.00 were $1.00 now .50 were $1.50 now .75 3t3 Styles All AT WILMINGTON, N. C, A LOAN ON ACCEPTABLE PAPER
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