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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-06
The State Line Sunday School Chatauqua
Correspondence of The Messenger.)
Fair Bluff, n. c.. July g.

Correspondence of The MeSSenger.)
Fair Bluff, n. c.: July 8.
The State Line Sunday school Chau-
tauqua, which meets at Fair Bluff, N.
c., July 18th, and continues one week,
promises to be one of the largest and
most interesting meetings ever held in
this section of the state. Several dis
tinguished speakers from both states
have promised to be present. The music
will be under the direction Of Professor
]. H. Ruebush, Of Dayton, Va, one of
the most distinguished musicians of
this country.
The Lumberton Orchestra, one of the
best in the tate, is also expected to
be present. The we'll known firm of
! Ludden & Bates, through their enter
prising agent, Rev. j. A. Smith, has
kindly consented to furnish the Chau
tauqua one of their best Mathusek
| pianos. The opening sermon will be
preached Sunday, the 18th inst, by
| Rev. John E. White, Of Raleigh.
Tickets will be sold at reduced rates
to persons wishing to attend the Chau-
auQua n. -. j.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-06

We offer one Hundred Dollars reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. j. CHENEY & co. Toledo. -.
We, the undersigned. have known =. J.
Cheney for the last Is years. and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able TO carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
WEST & TRCAX.
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. q.
WALDING, kINNAN a. MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. -.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is takeen internally,
acting directly upon the blood and niue
Gus surfaces OF the system. Testimonials
sent free. Price 15c. per bottle. Sold by
all Druggists.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-06
The Proposed State Hawaii

1. 1t has the largest leper colony in
the world.
2. Only 5000 of it's 109, 900 inhabitants
are ~enfranchised or have any civil
rights.
3. Only men of wealth can be mem
bers Of the upper house of it's legisla-
ture.
4. This upper house has the making
Of the president, and, contrary to the
usage Of every civilized country, has
the absolute control Of the purse
strings.
5. Its finances are in hopeless con-
fusion because the rich men who con-
stitute the government refuse to tax
themselves.
6. Ten-elevenths of it's products are
sugar, raised on fifty-two plantations
owned by about 100 men and worked
by $4,000 coolies and semi-slaves.
Z. Every great power in Europe and
Japan has refused fatty to even con.
slider q proposition to annex the island
8. The only hope Of the present gov
inner is an annexation to the United
States, which would thereby guarante,
the ruling class in the lands il ha.
stolen and give it fresh and larger Cd
~portunities for thieving.
9. There are less than 5000 men
women and children Of American brit
or ancestry.
10. There are more than So, 600 Chimes
and japanese contract laborers, tn
only sort Of labor that ear be induce,
to work on the plantations.
II. The islands have reached tn
height of their possible development
There is little room for colonists an,
no opportunity for them, everythini
worth having has beer gobbled up.
II. If the United States take tn
islands appropriation bills expendin,
hundreds Of millions will be rushe
through congress. And all this none
will be wasted.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-06
Peculiarly OF Cslored People Not uenessi
~ Known

1T was Professor Schroeder OF Louis
ville.' volunteered a surgeon to a Star
reporter. who first ventured the cpin-
ion hat the negro never sneezed. The
statement was made in reply to a ques-
ton of Professor Gross. the famous
Philadelphia surgeon. and in whose
memory a statue was recently dediCa-
ted in this city. a smne passed around
the listeners. and Professor Schroeicr.
observing that there Was SOM doubs
about his statement. reiterated Il with
some force. He then explained that
while there were no structural arrange
ments about the breathing apparatus
OF the colored race that had been dis
covered which prevented him sneezing,
* was a fact that the Ctlur-d man
did not sneeze. though he could be made
to sueeze by the use OF snuffs. pepper,
or other i~rritants. He HAD. he said.
never made any experiments in that
connection. He also said that his OBJ
servation had been confined TO Colored
people in the Southern States. Atrnos-
pheriC or other conditions might exist
elsewhere which might cause him c,
sneeze. but none existed naturally IN
the South. The debate on the subject
occupied nearly an hour at a meet
ing OF the International Surgical AsSo-
citation, which held a convention in The
old lincoln Hal some years ago. Since
then. / have often spoken OF II ami
asked my friends 10 notice, anu though
i have directed the attention Of hum
drsds TO the subject. 1 have yet 10
hear the first one say that they have
ever heard a negro man or woman
sneeze. BY negro l mean a black man
or woman. / believe that mulatto,s
Sr1aya ,agrn SipD1N and the nearer they
are 10 white the more frequently they
sneeze. but even they are less sensitive
to influences which produce sneezins
than the people OF the white race. Ii
has been observed also that Indians
sneeze Very seldom. while Chinese
sneeze 10 times as much. even, As the
white Observation-Disclosures Star.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-06
A Veterans Experience.

The Courant, which has been here
going on 133 years. Ia to admit that
as a rule the first duty toward young
men employed, whether taken from
school or college, is to teach them TO
spell, and the ext to teach them how
to express themselves. Teaching them
how to write was even harder, and Just
as necessary, until the advant Of the
divinely sent ty pewriter-the machine.
But young men well up in history, in the
classics, in modern languages. and, as
occasionally happens, in the literature
of their own language, will start in
with a disregard Of dictionaries and a
vaguensss of statement at which, after
a short training, they themselves are
amused Inc astor Why can't
they learn it at tt .riier educational
insritutions?-Eart- ! Couraut.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-06
Captain Newcomb Dies From Sunstrol

captain NcWCOmD Dlo0 from SuOStrOHe
Florence, s.. c., July 3.-Captain
George B. Newcomb, roadmaster for
the Northeastern Railroad Company,
whose home is in this city, died
today at Lanes, S. c., from sunstroke.
Captain Newcomb was a clever, high
toned gentleman, and had scores Of
friends throughout the eastern section
of the state. His remains were brought
here this evening n prepared for
burial. Tomorrow they will be carried
to Petersburg, Va, for interment. He
was a member of the Knights of
Pythias, Masons, Knights Of Honor
and several other secret societies.. He
leaves a widow and several children.
1.-THE many Wilmington friends of
Captain NewcOmb will be greatly dis
tressed to hear of his death. He was
stationed at Wilmington many years
and has efficiently served the Atlantic
Coast Line most all his life. We learn
that Captain Newcomb was out on the
rOad with his frank car yesterday and
that he arrived at Lanes ov~erheated,
and died at 3 p. m. General regret at
his death is expressed by the Coast
Line officials, who esteemed him very
highly.-Messenger.1
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-06

Controversy Over the City onices
Again to the Fron,-The Ulcers Elected
by the Harris. Board Enter Shit for Their
Offices.

Iredell Meares, Est, attorney for the
| plaintiff has entered the following
| suits in the superior court: w. H.
Northrop. Jr-, VS.. Fred p. Rice, city
clerk and treasurer. r b. Glove vs..
John r. Melton. chief OF police. and
Harry Hill vs.. l. II. Bryant, superin-
tendent of streets. 1t is well known
that the defendants were elected to
their respective positions by the
| Wright or republican board Of alder
| men. in April, and that subsequently.
when Judge McIver decided that the
Harriss or democratic board OF alder
men were the legal board of alder
men, that board elected the plaintiffs.
The suits are brought TO recover the
positions for the plaintiffs.
Deputy Sheriff w. ". King on yes
terday served the defendants with no.
tees in the above causes Of action. The
defendants are given notice. that the
plaintiffs will move before his honor
Oliver II. Allen. judge Of his dis
trict, at his residence at Kinston, N.
c., at 4 p. m, On Thursday. the 18th
day of July, 1897, for an order in the
several causes restraining the defend
ants from drawing any part of the
salaries, fees or emoluments as incum-
bents of their respective positions, or
in lier thereof that the defendants be
requi. ed to give good and sufficient
bonds conditioned to repay the plain
tiffs such fees, e~moluments or salaries
as may be received by the defendants,
if it shall finally be decided hat the
plaintiffs are entitled to the Offices.
Mr.. Meares expects to go over to
Kinston on Thursday morning to make
the motion before Judge Allen.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-06

the Mutt street 'front.' III VIII a110 be
rebuilt, making the building perfect.
The new wall being built at the north
east corner, is being put down TO last
forever. A secure foundation las been
made with piling that VIII be covered
with water, thus preserving them from
| rotting. In e~xcayating for the wall
and driving the piling, a bold spring Of
| water was discovered and yesterday
while the workmen were laying brick,
the water was standing three or o
is laid in cement. By the way, this
spring is what the Wilmingtonians of
half a century and beyond knew
as Paradise spring, and with its linn
pid waters gushing out in a dell made
lovely with graceful, low bending will
age it was the trysting place for the
lovers OF the years that have gone.
Among the equipments Of the COM
| press is a complete system Of auto
matte sprinklers that were installed at
a cost Of 5000 0 The compress is also
1i0sPpCd VII d Ae6 1cdA SiIdNt lIiG
contains a supply of coal for twelve
months ahead, in case OF a strike in
the coal regions, such as is now on,
that might interfere very seriously
with business. The shute delivers coal
right at the doors Of the furnace, and,
is constructed with a view to abo
saving. The firm also has a coaling
station on the west side of the harbor
and they coal all their vessels, which
has heretofore been done at Norfolk or
Newport News.
Mr.. T. E. Sprunt is the efficient su-
perintendent and general manager of
the compress and has his office in the
building. Mr.. w. w. Banks is fore
man, Mr.. ]. c. Stewart is chief engineer
and Mr.. j. G. Beach first assistant en-
gineer. All the improvements to- the
property have been admirably done un-
der the direction Of the engineer.
The business offices of the firm are in
the handsome pressed brick building
On Front and Walnut streets, a block
~'S AOA AN Y z
of the building are used for the offices.
and travelled people pronounce them
the finest offices to be seen south OF
Mason and Dixon's line. On either side
of a plate glass, vestibuled entrance,
are the w main offices, one the pri-
waite office of the firm; and the other
the office Of Mr.. James Sprunt, senior
member of the firm, who is the Brit
ish vice consul at this port. There is
next to the private office, a separate
one for the private stenographer, and
all the accountants are Systematically
provided for in the various depart
ments. The office is equipped with a
commodious vault 1Sx14 feet in size.
Ink in the second story of the build
ing there is probably the best arrang-
ed sample room in this country.
There are many other interesting
things that might be said of this great
Wilmington house, but We have said
enough to show what can be down in
Wilmington, and what Wilmington
men can do when they try.
Our city can take a few lessons from
the example in manufacturing, and we
hope to see an early development along
this line. Wilmington already has some
very important manufacturing estab-
llshments, that we have heretofore
Of, but The Messenger wants
to see a great effort made this fall to
enlarge our industries along all lines.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-06
A New Counterfeit.

Washington, July 3.-Chief Hazen. of
the secret service has received from Chi
cage another counterfeit of the new issue
or silver certificates. 1t is Of the 81 de-
nomination with letter B. 1t is regarded
as dangerous. being a Photographic repro
duction.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-06

and that almost innumerable series Of
diseases and complications resulting
rom any arrangement of the Nervous
system. Invaluable for weak women
and children.
The morning times., 1897-02-03
CARNEGIE NEEDS TUITION.

An esteemed correspondent writes TO
The Times severely cuticiSing Mr. Andrew
Carnegie's paper in tie North American
Review. In that strange, and must we
say it, ignorant screed, the author calls
Mr.. Bryan ICON juror and 'thtmble
rigGer,'' while processing admiration and
friendship for him individually Mr.. Car
negie's paper is very strong document
In the sense that it brands him IS n
person quite devoid of any knowledge of
tie most elementary principles Of political
economy and densely ignorant of cur
rentiy accepted statistics. 1t is "a pro-
duction on which we sincerely congratu-
late him, because it is calculated to do his
financial oo-relgionists infinite harm. No
economist above tile third reader grade
in common school would think 1t worth
an answer.
a person in Mr.. Carnegie's position to
hire brains ought to have some one near
to tell him that his argument based ON
the assumed enormously increased produc-
The morning times., 1897-02-03
Things for Opium EiendS

A row is being kicked up here. says a
New Y ork correspondent mt, overu the ease with
which Respondent victims can purchase
from drug stores any drug their fancy
might select for their translation No won
der suicide is easy when a druggist will
do as one did today in the presence of a
physician. How is that, DOCTOR" he
asked, holding up a queer-ooIdng vial
The doctor examined it and found it con-
tanned morphine, laudanum and pure aIco-
hol. That's for fine lady" said the
druggist. Il always mix anything these
opium fiends ask me to-" This is probably
the same man who made the ingenious
preparation which assisted a despondent
young fellow to shuttle off the other day
1t was made up OF strychnine and laUda-
mum. The former made death certain and
there was senough of the latter to soothe the
anguish that always follows when Strych-
nine tears a soul from its fastenings.
The morning times., 1897-02-03
POST FACro INGRATiTUDE.

The New York Evening Post observes
that THE himetallic speeches in the Sen
ate Of MessrS Hoar, Chandler and Allison
are seandalous, almost criminal, viola
tion OF political good faith II they had
dared To make such speeches in the course
OF the campaign, Bryan would have been
elected. If what they say and aim at is
true ana desirable, Bryan should have
been elected"
Instead OF abusing these gentlemen for
what they now say (Which they only ven
ture TO say when il is too late to do the
country any good, or the gold syndicate
any harml. the Evening Post ought to
fail on its knees before them, in gratitude
for their suppression OF their honest con-
victionS. then patriotism and manhood, at
the behcSt OF their eountry's wreckers
and oppreSsors.
The Evening Post is not content with
being the consistent and bitter enemy OF
ali true Americanisun. but must needs be
Ungrateful and hoggish about it
The morning times., 1897-02-03
LET THEM SHARE THE FATE.

large number OF important appoint
ments have been made by the President
since Congress convened, and not a few
during the political campaign, and not
one of them, that we can recall, has been
that of Democrat who supportedthe regu-
lar nominees oftheparty. The between six
and seven millions of voters who cast
their ballots FOR Mr.. Bryan have been ut
terly ignored, although fully five mil
lions OF them voted four years
ago for Mr.. Cleveland and made
his election possible, while the two
hundred thousand who voted ostensibly
for Palmer, but really for Mckinley, and
who, each and every one, did their best
to break up the Democratic party, have
been awarded all the favors the party,
with Mr.. Cleveland as its administrator,
has had to bestow.
The only way to meet such indefenSi-
bile fayoritism on the part of the President
Is to defeat it, and We are much mistaken
ocratic party in the Senate if they fail to
do So. IL Mr.. Cleveland chooses to place
the bar sinister on the brow or back OF a
Democrat who voted for Mr. Bryan, Mr.
Bryan's friends at least are not called upon
to make the brand ineffaceable.
The appointment OF Mr.. Forman as Com
missioner OF Internal Revenue was the most
fragrant insult Of all, and should have been
resented as such. But now that notice is
served that the ndignity is TO be repeated
On every possible occasion, the alignment
OF forces should be made.
Mr.. Cleveland has but thirty days left
IN which TO wreak his spite on the party
that lifted him from obscurity, and by
properly concerted action the mischief
be devises may be reduced practically to
nothing.
The morning times., 1897-02-03
THE WEATHER TODAY
CUBA IIBRE

b. about the first OF May the rainy
season viii begin in Cuba and if the
Spaniards should not succeed in crushing
the revolution by that time, they viii be
unable to do anything effective again until
next winter. In the interim yellow fever
and malaria win fight the patriot battles
Spain is out OF money. Her last loan, re-
ported T. have realized $50 900, 600, is
now said so have netted only S26 900 600.
Another popular loan is impossible and
any proposition TO outside capital would
be laughed at.
The patriots have just received heavy
aid in arms andammunition. 1t was what
they needed 10 give Weyler a pitched bat
tie under the walls OF Havana. Probably
they may do il to celebrate the inaugu-
ration Of an American president elected on
a platform that declared for their cause.
In any case, it looks as if their indepcnd-
ence viii come whether that platfprm is
strong enough TO hold Major Mckinley
or not
The morning times., 1897-02-03

ton OF silver, and the largely decreased
cost OF its production, is merely ridiculous
in the face of admitted facts. He does
not (but lie shouldl know that the produc-
ton Of silver during few years has been
less by half billion dollars in value
tiian the gold production for the same
time. If he were an honest investigator
or advocate lie would admit, what his
familiarity with industrial progress must
have told him, that the cost Of silver min
ing has not been economized as much as,
mining gold.
Mr.. Carnegie's reiteratiou Of the in
trinsic value theory we should character
ize as equally absurd but for the fact
that people who otherwise are presumed
to have seine degree of sense also cling to
that same paradox. Since the term value,
as applied to money, can only mean value
in exchange or purchasing power, and
that is something unstable and fluctuaring,
the idiocy of attributing value to money
as something intrinsic must be apparent.
Things may and do have intrinsic qualities,
such as length, breadth and thickness, but
value is ineXorably dedvative and never
inherent.
Mr.. Carnegie has learned but few things
apparently outside of the art OF making
money
The morning times., 1897-02-03
Make ANYTHING In Ohio,

IFTOln CIlt WdTTtH CHIUHIOIV,J
KinSman has a sugar refinery, where is
manufactured the sugar used by phar-
macistS This sugar is obtained from whey
The whey, after being drawn from the
cheese watts, is conveyed TO evaporators,
where it is boiled until it crystaizes. The
crystals are then taken in the crude state
to the refinery, reduced again to liquid
and put through a process of filtration
and a gain crystalized and ground by means
of small stones in huge cylinder until
fine pow der results. The product does
not contain much saccharine substance,
but in other features looks much like the
common pulveriZed sugar. The company
kes three grades OF this sugar, and has
q good trade for its product.
The morning times., 1897-02-03
Another Kind of Wheel

a friend, says the New York correspond
cnt of the Pittsburg Dispatch, just re-
Ceived this information in private letter
from member Of his family in Dresden:
The American visiting cards / brought
with me are useless, and | have had new
plate engraved. Over here the cards of
wives and widows must have the hus-
band Christian name on them Spinning is
now the rage all over Europe, and the
fever will, of course, extend to our coun-
try, | have picked up a gem OF a spinning
wheel, and arl getting daily lessons in it's
use from Thuringiau peasant, who is
teaching me how to prepare and spin the
flax" So fashion dictates more wheels
for its devotees
The morning times., 1897-02-03
The Wilderness

a hundred thousand men had passed
The Rapidan with ease,
a hundred thousand foes We're massed
Behind the forest trees,
A thousand cannon voileyed forth,
A thousand guns replied,
Ten thousand wounded StreWed the eartn,
Ten thousand men had died.
Theforestflam ed, the ground w;tsdrenched,
They never saw the sun,
The silent captain never hlanched,
But urged his thousands on
There, mile by mile, the way was won,
Six days within the wood,
On, ever by the left flank, on;
For Richmond southwark stood.
Ohi was it not a glorious yell
That rose from all the host,
VITO, Bursting from that burning hell,
Perceived the sun at last?
oh. was it not deed renowned,
Within that gloomy wood,
All night to fight the flames around,
All day to wade through blood?
Chi was he I OF a captain grand,
WI oSe coura ge never Cuailed,
vi ose "OrwaTdn' was his sole command,
Whose armies never failed?
And Is IT To5 a glorious land
For which those thousands bled?
o. iieceeiI, and II tIioE stand
Those mountain piles of dead.
q, Ii. b., III lttsburg Times