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V 5- THE WIIianNGTGN MESSENGER, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 190 8 r v - : . - - t "'.:' II I TOTAL LOSS Sciiooner 'Mm Breaking to Pieces i i. MM MW 111 PORT .Returned Yestarday From its Trip to Ocracroks -Ontter Loft on Sunday to Go to tiie Aid of the Distressed Vessel Captain and Crew Rescued hy IJfc Savers Schooner Ashore With Nino Feet of Water in the Hold One of 'Owners in the City Yester day. liic revenue cutler Seminole reached ait ye.itaiiiuy al'iei neon sturdy he fore rive o'clock irom iis rescue t.ip nea; OciucoKe, wnere it -went on iiUa d&y, m response to hurry orders from .IrT&fciuglon, to the aid or tne sc-iconer Meh'ose, viiich was rtponed strand ed ihere. Tiie Cutter leu port Sunday afce--no;u and reached the Mehose on Monday morning. The schooner ws found ashore on .Core beach near Ocracoke beinu imbeded inline sand tfad with 9 feet of v.ater in the hold, ft was aeen at once that her condition was dangerous and it is believed that the vessel will be a total loss. The captain and crew of the JVIelrose we:e l&ken off the schooner on Sunday morning after strenuous -work by tJbo life saving station until the cutter the 'members of the life saving crew a Ocracoke. The men were kept at . arnived and they were taken on the Seminole to Beaufort, where they were landed. T?te Melrose was bound from a Cu ban ;oint tM Nejv York witha c:rg oiinwlirg cf salt, sugar and rura ani . it.fs not known how much o-: the car go bo saved. Captain Marston, aaier o!' the Melrose is we'll knowa 4n : hipping circles here, having been the past a frequent trader at this port. Mr. P. U. Crowell of Boston, one o" ike owners of the Melrose arrived In the city yesterday morning aud h2 left in the afternoon for Beaufort to loafc after saving as much of the vei el and cargo as possible. The val P of the schooner and 2ts cargo is aot known. Norfolk, Va., F'eb. 19. The three masted Boston schooner Melrcse wh'cb stranded on the North Carolina wast Sunday, ten miles south of Ocra coke inlet, has been abandoned by the Norfolk wrecking tug Rascue. The ... stern of the Melrose is badly damaged With the vessel full of water and it is Relieved by the wreckers Who w:n : to the scene that the vessl will prove a total loss. Her caro of salt from Tarks Island is rapidly melting. Captain Marston of the Melrose w?a taken off the schooner by the United ' Biases revenue cutler Seminole and ten, it is said to Beaufort The erhninder of the Melrose's crew were taken off by coast life savers. OOTTOX MJilN IN SESSION. Southern Association Meets hi Annual Session at Dallas Texas Dallas, Tex., Feb 19. The features ol the first day's proceedings of the ; annual convention of the Southern Catton Association here today wad the ftidress of W. B. Thompson, prsl- dent of the New Orleans cotton ex change. Mr. Thompson's subject was 'The functions of legitimate cotton ex changes." The substance of his argu ment was that the New Orleans cot ton exchange is an indispensible ad junct to the cotton raising industry at the south in that it furnishes a Market where the seller may post the price he is willing to take tor the . Staple. Uo declared against gambling where so actual cotton was involved but "'CaTored dealing in futures saying this yrka absolutely necessary. Several delegates replied to iMr. ITaompson. B. W. Marston, of Eastpo:nt, La. 3eolared that the distinction - which 'fir. Thompson attempted to draw be . tween an exchange and a "bucket saop" was the diiferehce between tweelle-dee and tweedle-dum." Mr. Taylor, of Guthrie, Oklahoma; :R. R. Dancy, of Houston, Texfes. and tyL L. Johnson, of Cass station, Ga., r also joined in the discussion. . B. D. Smith, of Columbia, S. C. dsr - 3ared that in going after the bucket Bhops, the convention was allowing " Itself to be switched off from the real iijaoe. Jfclen get rich by attending t5 their own business," said Mr. Smith. Let a attend to our business by pro seeding to make arrangements to warehouse and finance the cotton. JCTTiatr somebody in Liverpool or New Tark or New Orleans may writs on .4i piece of tissu? paper about the price of cotton Is no concern of ou.s." ' C. ,C. lark, assistant statistician of the United 'States department or. agriculture, read a p? per on the metti ods employed by the bureau in rela tion to government cotton' crop xr ports. ARRIVALS AT UN GOIM Several Families Recemly Settled at Hewberlin Were Brought to the City By Phila delphia Agent of the C. T. D. Co. ColonLsU Went to Newberiin On Tuesday and Were Given Royal Welcome to Their New Home. A party of Germans, composed of several German families, arrived in the city cn Tuesday morning from Philadelphia and in the afternoon the were taken to Newberiin, the German colony recently established by the Carolina Trucking Development Com pany, on the W. C. & A Railroad, where they will reside in the future. The colonists were accompanied on their trip to this city by Mr. August V. ,Demel, Philadelphia agent for the C'T. D. Co. people and they were met here by Mr. K W. Holden, local agent. , Vk m7 . u enndidarv before the next da-Wr-t : ? went with them, to their new homes, i''j ueiore ine next aemocratjc SnnmintonriPnt Kininr-ott. in nh.mtt convention for the office of I SuDerintendent Ltinincott. in chanre of the Newberiin colony, with a num- (secretary of state and he feels grab ber of the colonists already situated j fied at tn Promises of suppoort by his there, met the party at the train and I tTt!nlf throughout the state. General gave them a royal and hearcy welcome ! o berts said that the only other can to the prosperous and progressive set- iidate for the office besides himself, so tlement j far as he knows, is the present Incum- The new arrivals temporarily axe quartered in the big boarding house at Newberiin where they will remain until houses are erected for them oh their various farms. Each of the fam ilies has already been placed on a farm and those arriving Tuesday lost no time in getting to work, having started at their labors yesterday. The latest arrivals at the colony have been in this country for about four months and they are energetic, hard working people who will undoubt edly make fine citizens To make the new arrivals feel more at home Mr. Holden thoughtfully ar ranged a big party for them and all the other colonists on Tuesday night, the affair having taken place at the boarding house. It was a highly en joyable occasion to the members of the colony, furnishing the opportunity for the different families to get better acquainted. Newberiin has a bright and attrac- will soon be settled with numbers of prosperous German farmers. LOSING FOOTHOLD IN ORIENT. Recent decisions of Courts Alleged ! to be the Cause. Washington, February 19. Infer r a- i I liuii nuiu uiiuiLiai auu '"'""""o' I Ule;irinir the areIven'-ss ' ideacmg the agare3siven.s3 , sources ev of Japan in Manchuria, has been a:- cumulatins In the state department for some time. That this condition irritating in increasing degrees to China, is also a matter of knowledge here. It is state with authority that in no manner has the Chinese govern ment brought the matter to the at tention of the American government -nd no representation on the subject . t . -m m T. S f t-1 -t A. A. A s loOKen tor. it is irauniy aim Lieu by officials who cannot be questioned that America is losing her commercial foothold in the orient. This loss, lowever,is not charged to Japan. Rather it is asserted to be the effect of the growing tendency toward in ternal governmental regulation in the United States. fVvo years ago flour in babels was being shipped to the Orient from the northwest, steel from Pittrbur-i, rni cotton in bales from Texas. These shipments were marts possible boc.iue of an exceedingly lew ocean freight rate arrived at by a railroad combi nation. This rate has been condemned by cur courts ab a conspiracy against trade, and the development of this trade has been abandoned. The do mestic war, as it is characterized, against the Standard Oil Company which is credited with the largest Oriental tride of anv Americn enter prise, is declared to have been disas trously effective in the Orient while the tobacco hnd cotton trades are said to have been dealt heavy dItws tlirotfgh th.? operations or regular reg ulations here. 99 2800 Bags S-2-2 $19.30 1000 Bags 8-2-?, 20.50 3GOO Bags 8-2-2 . 21.00 4200 Bags 8-3-2 . 23.70 1900 Bags 8-r.-" 25.70 cioo Bags S-4-4 28.00 1800 Bags 8-5-7 34.00 150 Bags 10-2 14.00 3550 Bags 13 per cent Acid . 11.50. 49P0 Bags 16 per eent. Acid 14.40 W. B, COOPER TILMIIfGTQN, N. a FOR SEUHETIU1Y OF STATE General ti P. Roberts cf Gates ville is a Candidate So Stated to a Messenger Reporter v Xewterday la In City an ShorX-Hlsit to Ula Nleoe-ratflkiPaT TrwR&e of Support.. General W. P. Roberts, who arrived in the city on Tuesday night from hid home at Gateavllle on a short visit to his niece, Mrs. C D. Bell on North Third street, has been gire-a a cordial welcome to the city by hi J many friends who are rejoicing to see him in such fine health and with such a hold on youth. The general was a welcome visitor at the Messenger of fice yesterday afternoon. He spoke of i nI pleasure at again being in Wil mington, tnis oeing the nrst visit In rrore than 20 years, and while, he stated, that he was glad of the privi lege of meeting and shaking hands with so many old friends yet rreat number of those he once knew here and esteemed have passed away, their absence bringing a tinge of--sadness to his visit. General Roberts assured a Messenger i renorter that he is in narnpr in hi fent, Mr. j. liryan Grimes, who he esteems"' as a splendid fellow and good friend. "So," General Roberts declared, "its not the man I am after, but the office." In this connection he referred to the fact that Mr. Grimes had already held the office two terms, a period of eight vears f -d he -hn'i - ,.r.i;r,i, to his information ths 'n1:-v ai'rit)". that Vrr fasd amoun1:'1'1 ?' ii--r tTirn $50,000. Thg party tra::it:Y:: h" ' he stated, that two terms is the limit for a state official and he thought for this reason he should be given the nomination. General Roberts says he will run his campaign along the old line and he asks the support of democratic citl Wis throughout the state. General Roberts is an old Confed erate soldier and he thinks that on this account some support should be nven him. He was in Lee's army dur- 1 Ing the whole rength of the' civil jvswering the commissioner, the wit years, 1881 to 1889 he ! V ss admitted lat the southern roadi or. the saterv t that "defrauded" out of thiee cents or. For eight : " 1 "v 1i ; m:-ih iut i. ueeu oniv 3 i .ruu a ypnr He served the state to the best of his ! sacrifice. announcement of General Rob erts candidacy will be received with interest throughout the state. He Is vell known in nearlv pvprv spettmi . . . .. . " " . ' " I ana ouotiess ne jtvlll De given hearty ! rft;0n , ANSWER IN LIBEL SUIT. Filed Yesterday By Captain E. D. Williams Denies Charges Made in Complaint of Mr. W. K. Vander bilt, Jr. Capt. E. D. Williams, president of the Diamond Steamboat and Wrecking Company, yesterday in the office o! the clerk of the United Stat3 court filed his answer to the libel made LUC UCLl -,rj USjCL V Cl UTTCU UJ that company which was. Instituted last week in the name of W. K. Van- derbllt, Jr., owner of the. pleasure yacht Tarantula it being claimed that the yacht was damaged by reason of being run into by the "Beaver" and that the owner Is entitled to some com pensation for the deprivation of th use of thft yacht, total damages of $P500 being asked. The complaint charged negligence and incompe ence. In the answer the general charges of the complaint are admitted, but t' e charges of . negligence, (incompetence and improper handling are denied absolutely. The barge was being properly band led the answer alleges when by an art of Providence, a terrific wind and strong tide caused the hawser at tached to the "Beaver" to part, wren the baflge was carried against the yacht It is further alleged that the yF.oht was at an exposed place and that safe quarters r.ss'gned by th harbor master when the Tarantula arrived tn port had been deserted and that in this manner proper pre- ! cavtions. had not been observed. ( LlSE lS 5s IIATUSE'B PR0TECH0H AfififflST DISEASE The prcrcrv2tion of health and prevention against disease is almost entirely dependent txpen pure, healthy blood ; every orja:a, tissue, nerve and r. 'new of tiie body draws on this vital fluid for nourishment and strength roisons, humors and germs, from various sources often get into the blood, p.id then this great life-stream becomes a source of infection and disease, instead of a rourishing, health-sustaining fluid. Heredity is likewise at: important factor, regulating the quality of the blood. . Some persons are Lcm vrith tainted blood froni diseased ancestry, and Scrofula in one of its numeron: f irms is sure to crop out some time in life. Not only poisons in the blooi! are responsible for disease, but when the circulation is run down and become poor and weak in quality, then we see the effect in a general bad condition cf health, such rss weakness, sallow complexions, boils, s.nd various skin eruptions. All blood troubles require a tonic and blood purifier, and none other equals S. S. S. It goes down to the O O CO antidote aw -v Clinciv wcrcTADir it possesses health-giving, tonic properties, rUnLLT YC.U&IAUL& I which build up and strengthen weak, impoS erished blood, and fortifies the system against disease, S. S, S. permanently cures Rheumatism, Catarrh, Sores and Ulcers, Scrofula, Eczema, Tetter and all other "skin diseases and. disorders. ' Book on the blood and any medical advice free, " - ; THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLAHTA. GA IrlVESTlGAfUIB BEBHTL CUBES Case of the Cliesatsake & Ohio Railroad Taken Up Number of WiLne&see KWuhltd System of False BJllmr rirtfftcht to Light Southern Road DefravHled Fclchmond, Va., February 19, la Uus mTcstigatlon or tne charges of viola ting th Hepburn act by givimg and receiving rebates brought against the railways centering here and whica commeuced before United States Inter state Commerce Commissioner Lane today, the case o f the Chesapeake and Ohio was' first taken up. A number of witnesses were examined whose testimony tended to show the splitting of rebates by reconsignment without naming Richmond in the way bill. thv shipper thus getting advantage of the through rate and saving $15 er car on grain. . One witness, chief clerk for a large wholesale grain house, said that af tfr an old scheme was brokea three years ago he suggested to Mr. Gilbert. then assistant general freight agent of the Chesqpeake and Ohio a propo- smon ior me saving or tnree cents a hundred on what is called valley car , 11 naturally followed that th the trade would go over the Chesapeake and Ohio," he said, in reply to a ques tion as to what the Chesapeake and Ohio got out of it. The difference be tween this and the Lynchburg scheme was that th9 amount saved was less. On blank expense bills of the Chesa peake and Ohio Railway witness said he vould prepare a showing f the way bill number, car number, all sta tion numbers, amount and so on; all fictitious. This uncertain system caus ed him trouble, as he found he had teen shipping loose grain on flat cars. vimefcs lesuueu mat ne auu uuueri tad not found it necessary to discuss Lhis scheme in all its details because the plan and its advantages must be apparent to shippers and railroad men. Mr. Gilbert gave bin? authority to instruct the billing clerk to bill out the cars, and he did it by fictitious numbers that never appeared in the company's files. The whole matter was confined to the Chesarake ad Ohio ofl'ce and no one outside oull u prirt that the billing was noi genuim . Witness said the firm paid th Chesa peake and Ohio two or three tho-isand dollars a mont'a on its business. !a hundred. am.1,inHr t ,hrtt ' o ear, his firm shipping twenty-five or thirty ca:s a month. The different southern roads wer ' beaten" out of this amount under th- old Ivnehburg and valley scheme:; Witness could not say what the local competitors of his firm did to me it rnmnaHHnn Uio At-tv, 1 s iun. out of the rebates but simply were I thus enabled to go into the southern ! market on even terms with outsido J competition. - A recess was taken at 2 o'clock. Agents of the Chesapeake and Ohio freight department testified before Commissioner Lane this afternoon that on orders from A. P. Gilbert, assist ant general freight agent, they deliver ed to the Seaboard. Air Line and At lantic Coast Line shipments of grain which originated here, but which were billed in such way that connecting roads regarded them as through ship ments from the valley of Virginia. In this way. the cars took part of the through and not the local rate, a saving to the shipper of $15 a car. Chief Clerk Chappell said he was or dered to correct the false billings and issue corrected ones. The witnesses i corroborated Gates in his statement that he had selected numbers nt . random in preparing the waybills for j alleged through shipments. j Alter tne arrival here of L,. '.. John son, Billing Clerk Jones testified thaf C. & O. records were destroyed. Com- J missioner Lane failed to secure from witnesses admission that E. D. Hotch kiss, general freight agent, was aware that there was false billing. Two or ders to the station agent to reblll were signed "El D. H." There is evidence next door to an "ocular demonstration" that some Cannon money Is Soat'n? arnnd in this town and of curse in th5 .'t-t If the Taft men ''A coe n or-d nnd promise not teM. w - r n :l o strate the fact. Rj- -he-e :-. R v Leak? This money got here and was j I evidently divided up while he was a: j tending- a meeting of nogro bishops In j j Washington, at which time all of j them- were making money aansv. j Taftr. reensboro Record. very foundation of the trouble, and removes every particle of the poison or impurity from the blood. And not only does 8. S. S. the poisons, humors and germs, but 1 I 1 . . . . I Spring Opening Gf Bunlap Hats , featardaar. Vbrmmry ISUu VTm nav aot mtmet a style thafs I - . m - .. In aaatUr f little account. It's a had Idea, fsr asCafac makes or Mrs a wa' appsaraac aa his aat. Spring Derbies, $., Bprlaff Soft Rata, C-W tSO Dsn't I CD . CD J. M. SOLKY & CO, THE ONE PKICE CLOTHIER . 4 WOOD -: VOOD WOOD H WOOD WOOD OOD wood wood H- wood H- WOOZf H wood W woon H WOOD H WOOD WOOD K- WOOD ! "2" "I THE SPRINGER COAL COMPANY YES, WE HANDLE COAL! , That U our busts eta and' baa been for thirty-fire year,, and we propose to ep it up for thirty-five years more provided lit e and nothiag happens." Our coal we verly be'deve wi gi. you as much sath-iaction in ourning it as t ct lu selling It. Pleaee taktt note that a ten of oui ov-.l does H'.t ;:nljdr- weight of ci end 'driver Vfe also handle d oak itid rrine cut to i'ove length. Give us your order e and we'll treat you ri;:ut. THE SPRINGER (M COMPANY ''J.-y.-J A jtm,. --- -v 5 WHich" Yom ' Are (Goodl aed Busy tent of a trial. The Resulting Satisfaction is bound to moke you our permanent customer EGBERT BOOKSELUSR :-: :-: C. Oos pi53mgf Woolems ARB ARRIVING now daily and we arc offering pat reus whica for boaaty f colorings arc unAnr;aied by aj other Iious- in t!io IiurlncM. Or abilitj to prodacc. garment equal to Sth Ar-nu rotabllMlini? ni Ci;u:icl t:o bcjjl (Impwj .-Ji over It A, state to place their ord-r in our- hands end xih cur export corpn vt assistants. ro ar drvs inning and maa ufacturlr.s r.a"i:esU which make oar co:;ijHtitor turn gTecn wltk envy. Our bookings in other places on the read urr ulmady lore and uo would be glad to have you insert i:r.c before all the-, better hi j It arc closed- we only buj one pattern of a hind no duplicates. With Uio bct of trimir.inss thrfiughout, we produce IXCOMPAIIAKLH OARSJlLXTrt. Tiie balance of onr Winter Sl'ITlXCS and TROt'SKRIXGS we will make at COST, OL'R EXTIRK SIO.Ti; OV MKX'S AM) WV (?r)TII ING TO GO AT i RRDUCTIO.W. Mmnsom Coo Merchant Tailors Clothiers Furnishers Hatters Drawing: Materials of aR kinds. Drawing paper in rolls aad by tfce sheet. CroM-cectton and Profile Paper. Detail Paper. Tracing Pa per and Cloth, Hlcgm. Waterproof Ink. Drawing laatronieiita In eta from C3.00 to $30.60 r?v rx-t. T Squarea, Carres and Aae Scales aad Rales, Blue Print Paper, etc ORDERS FROM OUT OP TUB CXTT wffl meet with prompt at- G. W. YATES & Company A f . .mm. A II aoeepi aa ilUfec at kat r la differ at UmUm fraaa aar n flttiar If fmm cwtif kera far raar Opting Hat wa wCl nt ror hmA mm It will foel a pleajNure ta fm. Silk aai Q&ara Rata M M aaJ ftt 3LI (in i ,T" lX CO A I. -H H CO SI, COAT, . coal : - COAL, COAL J-r coal COAL -! coal :- v'm.mi -: 'oa i. 't:. l.t'A!, H :- ." 'Ai , H rciAi, . ' I-1! "!!" ! r'Tl - isn't it annoying to be bothered with poor stationery? If you've had such aa exaspera ting experience you'll appreciate all the more th fine business sta tionery obtained here. Make us your station er at least to the ex BeROSSET STATION II It r i