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( THE WILMINGTON MESSENGEB, FRIDAY, JUXE 21, IVOI Enteifd at the Postorfice at Wiimiii,; v ton, N. C, as Second-Class s.i ii 13. ;8T: JACKSON & BELL COMPANY TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION : THE DAILY MESSENGER by mall, on year. $6.00: six months. S3.00; three months. $1.50; one month, 50 TH'E SEMi-WEEKLY ' MESSEN GER (two eight page papers), by mail, one year, $1.00; six months. 50 cents in advance. WILMINGTON. N. C. FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1907. IMPORTANCE OF OUR CHANNEL SCHEME. DEEP If Wilmington fails to get deeper water it won't be because The Mes senger, The Star and The Dispatch have fallen short in vigorous and ef fective advocacy. As one of the three Wilmington pa pers mentioned in the above extract from the editorial columns of the Charlotte Observer wo wish to thank that paper for its complimentary ref erence to the work of the papers of this city in behalf of a deep channel from our city to the sea. This move ment is attracting attention in all parts of the state and in sections far beyond her borders, and we believe the great interest that is being taken in the scheme is due, in great part, to the prominence that has been given to it by the press of our city, aided by the papers of the inland cities, who realize the importarce to their sec tions of the execution of the plan to make Wilmington a port of entry for foreign and coastwise commerce, which can be done only by giving her a deep water channel to the sea. We are pained, but can hardly say that we are surprised, to see that the only discordant note, the only word uttered in opposition to this great movement to free the commerce of our state from the shackles of railroad despotism, comes from our sister city of the lower Cape Fear, Southport. The weekly paper of that city in its last issue contained an article which opposed most strenuously, and at tempted to belittle the claim of our city, to secure government aid in giv ing her a deep water channel to the sea. We say thi3 movement on the part of our people has attracted attention beyond the limits of the state. The importance of a deep water route to our city is shown by the fact that such a publication as The Manufactur ers' Record, of Baltimore, should de vote a column of its editorial space to the subject. In yesterday's Raleigh News and Ob server also we find an editorial of over a column on the subject, which we regret that lack of space will not per mit us to publish to day. Other daily papers in inland cities of the state have time and again re ferred to this matter, have given the movement their hearty approval and have advanced unanswerable argu ments to show what great advauta would accrue to their sections of the state from the construction of this deep water channel in the lower Cape Fear. In another column our readers will find The Manufacturers' Record edi torial on this matter. Later on we will quote from and comment, if deem ed necessary, from the adverse criti cisms of the Southport Herald on this subject. CONGRATULATIONS. MR. VARNER The Messenger wishes to extend its congratulations to' Brother Varner, of the Lexington Dispatch, on his elec tion to the office of president of the National Editorial Association, which occurred at the meeting of that body at Norfolk on Fridaj . Mr. Varner was vice president during the preced ing year, and it is gratifying to know that his services in that position and his worth have been recognized by the members of the organization to the extent that he should be advanced to the position of president. We shake your hand, Brother Varner, and take off our hat to the new president of this association of "leaders of thought and moulders of opinion" of the Amer ican people. It is a high honor that has been conferred on our Tar Heel brother. We know that he will fiU the office with dignity and perform its duties with satisfaction to the society's members. CUCUMBERS FOR CANTALOUPES. A friend from Scott's Hill tells us that the farmers in that neighborhood are very enthusiastic cn the subject of raising cantaloupes. Nearly every farmer has from two to five acres planted In this luscious melon. Those who planted last year "hit the market" and made good profits. Consequently the whole section is enthused over this crop this year. We are told that the ordinary salutation between farm ers when they meet is: "How are your cantaloupes?" There ij one "lone lorn" farmer, however, who makes the nec essary exception to the rule. He is not "in it" in the matter of growing cantaloupes, but through no fault of his own. His predicament is his mis fortune and a Wilmington seedman's fault. This man planted three acres in cantaloupes and expected to reap a fortune off one j tar's crop. He bought from a Wilmington man what were recommended to be the best spe cies of cantaloupe seed. He carried the seed home, prepared the ground, put the seed in,, and they sprouted and the vines grew vigorously; but, lo, and behold, when they bgan to produce the vines brough forth cucumbers in stead of cantaloupes. He says he nev er saw cucumber vines produce so prolifically in his life, that the whole face of the earth is covered with cu cumbers, when there should have been a moderate production of cantaloupes. He does not like the exchange and he wants to know what the Wilmington man is going to do about it. We can not answer that question, but we ad vise him to get in communication with Heinze, the pickle man, as soon as possible. JIOTELS AND HOTELS We see from the Charlotte Observer that there is a squabble on over the conduct of the Selwyn hotel.. There seems to be a disagreement between the lessees and the lepresentative of the lessors as to who shall have con trol of the management of the hostelry. In the meantime there is much complaint from the patrons of the hotel about the fare and the ser vice, and it is said that because of this disagreement and complaint the present lesees will give up the man agement of the hotel on July 1st. We have no criticisms to make; nor will we say "I told you so" for we never said it. At the same time we want to call' attention to the fact that while Charlotte was crowing over Wil mington about her far finer hotel than any we had, "mine host" Hinton, of the Orton, was pursuing "the even ten or of his way", furnishing his guests with the best he had in his house which did not make as big an outside show as did the Selwyn, but which was comfortably and satisfactorily attend ing to the inner wants of its guests as well as supplying them with com fortable quarters. Good fare, com fortable rooms and attentive service are what the patronsof a hotel want not a big show of building from an outside view and an internal display in lobbies with handsome furniture. ADDICKS TO THE FRONT The public generally had an idea that "the gas man" from Delaware had spent all his money trying to buy a seat in the United States senate and had dropped out of public life; but it seems that Mr. Addicks cannot be downed. He turns up in Russia with a fifty million dollar contract from the government to build railroads in Si beria. We suppose when he "makes his pile" out of the Russian govern ment he will renew Ms attack on the senate of his own country, although his past experience should have taught him that the little state of Delaware is not for sale. His era of bossism In that state was one of the most dis graceful in American history, but, to the honor of the state, be it said, he was unable to accomplish his purpose of securing a seat in the United States senate by bribery and buying votes. It will be a bad day for the state when he returns with his pockets fill ed with Russian gold, seeking there with to gratify his political ambition. Already a squabble has been raised in Alabama over Senator Morgan's successor. According to the action of the democratic convention of last fall the governor will have to appoint ex-Congressman Bankhead as Mr, Mor gan's successor. There is no denial' of that fact; but the question has been raised whether the next legislature is bound by the action of the last conven tion to elect Mr. Bankhead for the nn- TAKE YOUR CHOICE. The St. Louis Glote-Democrat calls on the republican party- "to grasp more distinctly the size, value, courage, fi delity and increasing significance of its unsuppressed vote In the former slave states." On the other hand a staff corre spondent of the Chicago Tribune de clares that "there is no republican party in any of the so-called southern states, and that outside of isolated parts of Tennessee, Kentucky and Virginia the republicans elect nobody and frequently nominate nobody. Their organizatioa exists simply and solely for two purposes. One to secure patronage from the national adminis tration and the other is to elect dele gates to the national conventions." There it is from two leading repub lican papers of the est. One makes the republican party cf the south one of great size, value and courage. The other defines it as a band of politi cians holding together for federal pat ronage and what can be made out of the party's national conventions. Which of the two comes nearer the presentation of true conditions? The manner in which party affairs have been conducted in this state for the last year or so would indicate that, as far as North Carolina is concerned, The Tribune comes nearer declaring the true conditions of the republican party. ROOSEVELT AND HOKE SMITH Roosevelt and Hoke Smith is the re publican presidential ticket District Attorney Harry Skinner wants to see nominated. So says the Washington correspondent of The News and Ob server who had a chat with that gen tleman and his assistant attorney, Mr. J. A. Giles, who were at the depart ment of justice on Thursday. When asked why he proposed that ticket Mr. Skinner replied that it wrould enable the republicans to break the solid south. He went on to express the be lief that Mr. Roosevelt would be re nominated and would receive by far the greatest vote ever given any can didate for the presidency; even that "with a fair count" he would carry North Carolina. Mr. Giles expressed belief in the same result in this state without the quafilification of a "fair count." While at the department of justice Mr. Skinner met Senator Knox, who was attorney general at the time of the former's first appointment as dis trict attorney and signed his com mission. This fact was alluded to in pleasant terms, but we judge from the way in which the district attor ney afterward spoke of Mr. Roose velt's nomination thai such fact will not secure his support for Pennsyl vania's "favorite son." What a medley of politics we have in this country as the result of the war between the states and the sub sequent reconstruction and carpetbag rule period, resulting in the solid dem ocratic south. The placing of a north ern man at the head of the republican presidential ticket does not effect its strength i the south. The democratic party fears to place a man from the south even in second place on its ticekt lest it will weaken it among northern democrats. A republican wants a southern democrat put on his party's ticket in second place in order to break the solid democratic south. What a remarkable political condition these three propositions taken together show to exist in this country. We do not think the demo cratic party cf the ssouth should any j longer make itself a party to contin uing any such state of affairs. It should say to the northern democrats: "We are as good democrats as you are, and we demand that you admit us to the same privileges in the party as you claim for yourselves. All the loyalty to the government and to the nation in the "aarty does not lie on your side of Mason and Dixon's line. We have equal rights as you in the party and we demand that they be re cognized. We do not demand a place on the presidential ticket, but we do demand that we be not debarred be cause of our locality." The southern democrats should have demanded this long ago. Had they done so political sectionalism would now be a thing of the past and the cry would no longer be heard as it now is even from some of our own people that it won't do to put a southern man on the dem ocratic ticket. a l m a. . - Mi 1 .BY IMPURITIES IW THE. BLOOD An old sore or ulcer is only a symptom, an outlet for the impurities and poisons which, are circulating in the blood, and as long as this vital fluid remains in this impure and contaminated state the place will never heal. It may scab over and appear to be getting well, but a fresh outpouring of diseased matter from the bloocl starts it again, and thus it goes on, sometimes for years, continually growing worse, and slowly sapping away the strength and vitality of the sufferer. There are many ways by which the blood may become contaminated and poisoned. A long spelt of.f ever, cr other sickness, breeds disease germs in the system, the failure of nature's eliminative members to remove the waste and refuse matter of the body, the exces sive use of minerals in certain diseases, all infect the blood with morbid matter and germs, which sooner or later manifest their presence by a sore or ulcer which refuses to heal under the ordinary treatment of 6 salves, washes, lotions, powders, etc. A boil, blister, pimple, burn or even a slight scratch, often develops into a festering or discharging ulcer4if the system is run down or the blood depreciated from any cause. Persons with an inherited blood taint are very apt to be afflicted with sores and ulcers. Being' born with an unhealthy blood supply, the different -parts of the body are never fully nourished, and when middle life is reached or passed and the vigor and strength1, of the system begins to w.eaken and wane, the tissues in some weak point break down and a chronic sore or ulcer is formed, and kept open by the constant drainage of impure matter from the blood. How aggravating and stubborn an old sore can be is best known by Uiom: who have nursed and treated one for years, applying salves, washes, powders, etc., with no good results. The place remains and continues to grow worse by eating deeper into the surrounding flesh, festering, discharging, sometimes throbbing with pain, and gradually undermining the constitution by its unhealthy action on the system. It is a great mistake to expect to cure these places with external applications. True this treatment assists in keeping the parts clean, and are beneficial in this way, but do not reach the real trouble which is in the blood. The practice of cutting out the diseased parts and even scraping the bone beneath, is often resorted to, but these severe measures seldom N PURELY VEGETABLE circulation, drives out all poison and morbid matter, reduces the inflammation, and b sending pure, rich blood to the diseased parts, instead of feeding theni wih impui iti'-. allows the sore to heal naturally and permanently. Not only does S. S. S. purity the bhn. of all poisons and germs, but builds it up from its weakened and impoverished state, uiakr'; it strong and Healthy and able to supply every part of the body with sufficient and propv nourishment to keep it in perfect health. If you have a sore that is slow in healing, do ' depend upon external applications alone, nor experiment with unknown medicines, but begh the use of S. S. S., ?nd by removing every vestige of the cause, cure the trouble p;: : nently o Special book on Sores and ulcers and any medical advice desired sent fn-- who write. TMS SYIFT SPFCIF7C COMPANY. A TLAN . V KOOSEVELT AND" AXTT OHM) L.ABOK LAW. So it seems that Mr. Roosevelt is to take a hand in the passage by congress of the act to regulate child labor in cotton mills. According to the Char lotte Observer's vV.i5L i.3gt. i co-respondent, the prssi'lc-nt lias declared that he would put the Beveridge child labor bill through at the next session of congress. The Observer's represen tative says the declaration came about in this way: A short while ago, a Washington correspondent on one of the New England papers one who had come originally from the south was talk ing with the president. In the course of the conversation the cor respondent suggested that the Bev eridge bill regulating child labor would be a benefit to some of the southern states, especially South Carolina, where, the correspondent said, the child labor evil was very great. "Do you know that now?'' asked the president excitedly. '"Do you understand the conditions down there, and are you certain that the bill would help South Carolina?" "Yes, sir," answered the corre spondent. "Come to see me," said the presi dent in great enthusiasm; "we will put the bill through at the next ses sion of congress certainly." And that is how it was all fixed up. This is the way that tho presi dent usually makes his mind up, and his action in this case, inviting with enthmtasm the correspondent who said he knew all about it, is charac teristic. The president's declaration in trii-j matter would be less subject to criti cism if lie had not based his orcpesed action on a desire to benefit the south and especially the state of South Car olina. The truth is, the Beveridge bill is for the purpose of minimizing the advantage the southern cotton mills have over those of the New Engl nd states. Instead of the bill being in tended to help South Carolina and tho other states of the south its purpoi is to injure them. The president, we take it. is not aware of that fact, for he has given the subject but little con sideration. He should, however, know enough about the conditions of cotton manufacture in the north and in the south to understand that a representa tive of a New England paper is not going to advocate the passage by con gress of a law to advance cotton man ufacturing interests In the south. That declaration from such a source should have put him on his guard at once. Why should Mr. Roosevelt be so .SrES do any permanent good. The sore may be re moved, and for a time heal over, but the same poison that produced it the first time is still in the blood, because The Blood Cannot Bo Cut Away, and Tho Soro IV Return. The only treatment that can do any rea'i good is a competent blood purifier one that goes to the very bottom of the trouble and removes t he cause, and for this purpose nothing has evt.r beci found to equal S. S. S. It goes down into the much interested in the welfare of '.he state of South Carolina as to inter meddle in the affairs of congress ond declare his determination to put through that body a bill of whcie merits he knows nothing? He Is open ing the way to make himself the tool of the enemies of the cotton manufact urers of the south in a scheme ly them to injure the business of the latter under the mis'aken idea we will not say pretense that he is d ing tlrem a benefit. ) In criticising the president's action and in expres:-i:i;; opposition to the Beveridge bill wc do not assume tnt position of advocate of unrest ncte 1 child labor in cotton mills. 'ITere ! should be strict regulations on -his j subject, but tliey should be by lh states and no by the federal govern - men. This is a matter of police j lniion with which tbe national ;;j'.-i;n-; mt nt has no concern. ; It it were a proper subject for c ?i- i g.e.-sicn.3l action, still ;he Iter ends: ; bill is not one that should b? cnac'vl into law, for it would disc: iini.-a 1 jiacraiust some states ii. !';ivr A it!.-'.-: even among those of the south It purports to b.? for the purpose cf vU iv.j the states in the enforcement - f their anti-child labor laws by prohihit in interstate transportation cf goods; manufactured by ccrananies viol v In? the laws of their states; but the Bev eridge biil, as we lervrmber its terms, places a certain age limit and prohibits the transportation of goods manufact ured by mills employing children un der that age; whereas the age lirnii is different in the various states. Under that act interstate transportation might be denied some mill3 whose owners were not 'violating the law cf their state, as would be the case na to all the mills in a state whose age limit was higher than that in the bill. Another child labor bill was intro duced at the last session of congress which was not open to the second ob jection above raised to the Beveridge bill. That bill prohibited interstate transportation of products cf miJs which violate the laws of their states in the matter of child labor. If any law on this subject is enacted by con gress it should be of that character. Its operation would be confined to aid- .FED ATOT. '. KEPT OPEPJ () A BAD SORE ON HIS FACE. ,was afflicted with a sore on my fao of four yr ta&dJng. It was a small pimple at first bat it grad ually grew larger and worse In every way until i became alarmed about it and consulted several physi cians. They all treated tne but the sore continued ta grow worse. I saw S. S. 8. advertised and commeaoe its use and" after taking It awhile I was comp'.etelr oured. My blood Is now pure and healthy from th effect of S. S. S., and there has not been any sign of tt sore since S. S. S. cured it. , West Union. Ohio. TU03. OWEX. O .'-LL.-.1 ! ing in enforcing the laws of each st.itc by the federal government thrcugh .1 regulation of interstate comerce. but we think that would be carrying the principle entirely too far. WHAT HE SAID WHAT HE Ml Comparison of KoosovHi'h Ir-u-h-ment With 111m Iratlv. The president is hip speech to the editors at the Jamestown exposition on Monday said: "To assail a decent man for some thing of which he is irnocent is to give aid and comfort to every scoundrel." Wht-xi we read t'jat pentenc- we thought of pour old James N. Tner. who as assistant attorney t' ti ral of the postoffioe df partni'nt, was brand ed by the president ar, ;i criminal through the newspapers of the land, was exonerated in tb courts, and then helpless from ae uuc a paralytic stroke beeped Mr. Hooveveh to tfivo Jjack to his children th- good name he had taken from tliern in the de nunciation of th- father, hut died brok en hearted with hi apr-al unn jt Ic ed ; of JudK' Alton II. I'.uker. de nounced as a f.ilr-ifkr, ;md no apoh'gr offered when the time proved tho truth of th- statements Judge I'arker n:a le; of Rev. Dr. Lon. villifjed as a deceiver of children as to the habits of wild animals, who has prod be yond a reasonable dcibt that he w.ik not guilty; of dead Jefferson Davis put before the world f Itoos velt'K book readers in a darna'in poitfen that history shows he never occupied and the error was never oorie'ted. Raleigh Time. A HOBO'S LUCK. An Attack of Mcasle Save Him a Term in Jail. A white hobo who "as jailed yester day in default of pay'ng a fine for va grancy was unceremoniously diRcharg ed this morning and made tracks for his alleged home in Alamance county. The fellow had broke out with meas les and was let out on account of bin "measly" condition. Jailer May is afraid that, although no time was lest In ridding the Jail of the sick person, and epidemic of measles among the prisoners will result from his fchort stay in the prison. There are thirty one in Jail, the moat of them await ing trial at next week's term of supe rior court for the trial of criminal cases. Greensboro dispatch to Dur ham Herald.