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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-03
HART TO BEAT FARMING IN
NORTH CAROLINA

What a fine climate North Carolina
is blessed with, and what great advant-
ages fall to her people. 1t is not in
frequent that two crops of fruit are re-
ported in one season, or two crops of
food from the same land. In yester-
days Messenger, from Granville came
the report of two crops grown this year
On two acres. The first crop was thirty
two-horse loads of rye from two acres.
The second crop on the same land, was
ten barrels or fifty bushels of corn per
acre. is very fine indeed. A day
or two g another county reported
three crops this year on the same land.
Some one writes to the New Bern paper
that in Pamlico county q farmer made
twelve bales Of cotton on four acres.
If the bales are of regulation size that
is indeed superb cropping. Read what
follows:
We heard Rev. Charles P. Jones, still
living in the west. a native Of North
Carolina, long time connected with the
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-03
AS TO THE MOVEMENT AGAINST
BUTLER

A dispatch from Raleigh to The New
ing. It is concerning Senator But
ler's ash speech"-better to call it in
famous speech-and the idea conveyed
is hat there is a movement on foot
to drive him from the senate. The
heading is Threats in North Carolina
to force him out of the senate" We
suppose it is empty threat by dis
gusted men. We ~apprehend that M
democrats are so deeply incensed as
to try to attempt. an impossible thing.
Butler denies and evidently lies for
three reputable ministers Of the
Gospel, a physician Of character,
and other men of known personal
worth make affidavit to the fact that
leigh special has this:
"POpulists who are opposed to But
ler's leadership are scourging him
with this new whip. Some populist pa
pers declare that he should resign
OF the populist national committee,
With q ~ 81 z
fore the next legislature and demand
that his resignation be asked"
Beyond a doubt it would be a very
great relief to all parties if Butler
could be bounced. The demagogue
only lacked this slanderous assault to
complete his political ruin. Personally,
but few democrats have had any conf
dence in his integrity or respect for the
man. The democrats would rejoice to
see a better, purer, truer man in his
place. Republicans would rejoice if he
could be ousted for it would open up
a chance for one Of their gang. The
better class of populists-the men of
character, who have been sincere and
honest in their advocacy of certain
measures, would be greatly relieved of
a burden if Butler, the traducer and
blatherskite, were taken down n put
in some obscure hole where he
could work no iniquity.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-03
lens CLOTHING & BOYS SUITS,

We are making a special effort to sel1
our winter stock. Our sales have been
large in this line. We have suits at
$3.50. $4.26. $500. 1925, $3.50. 50. ~. SIC. oo.
1880 and $500. We never misrepre-
sent a suit. Our prices are very low.
We have Youths Suits from IA to -
years old. all wool. from $3.50 TO IS. %.
Boys Suits from SOC to $3.50. Mems
Odd Pants, all kinds and prices. from
&c to $3.50. Sweaters from Csc to 81. 90.
Top Shirts from 15c to $l.Oe. Under
wear. all grades and prices to suit the
times.
DRESS GOODS OF all the new things
that are shown this season. Forty
inches wide, new wool Novelties. at &c
per yard. Beautiful all wool trlcot at
zoe. one-half wool ~tricots. 80 inches
wide. at 1oc a yard. A Job In calico ut
3kc per yard.
We sell almost everything IN the
Dry Goods line. Carpets OF an kinds at
a reduction OF sc per yard. Mattings
from 12h to zoe. Carpet paper for C.
Fruit Of the Loon bleaching a. 7c. CO.
lumbus bleaching. 1 yard wide. at Sc.
l.. L. Sheeting, l yard wide. at 40. Good
Plabds at SIC. Ginghams at SIC.
Come to the largest Dry Goods store
in the city on Front street, opposite
The orion House.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-03
TOYS. TOYS.

of all kinds, with a brand new stock.
We sold out last season completely and
now are prepared to show the largest
assortment of Dolls in all prices from
sc up. A large jointed, BisQue curly
haired doll, IL inches long, for Csc. Kid
Dolls from 10c to slips. Fancy dressed
Dolls from 10c to $3.50. Very large inde-
structible Dolls, 80 inches high, for 75c.
Unbreakable Dolls for SO, 75c and $1.0O.
Infant Dolls at 25c. Boy Sailor Dolls
at 25c. We LAY a complete line of
Dolls n can suit Mr.. Santa Claus to
his fill. Wagons, Horses, Carts, Stoves,
Guns, Watches, Trains, Balls, Doll Car
riages, from Csc to 81 so. Infant Chairs,
Goat Carts, Push Carts. I have Toys
to sell that will please.
WOOD TOYS-Tables, Is inches high,
for Csc. Bureaus, Beds, Cradles, Side
board for al prices from Csc to $1.0O
each. We will ave our toys in full dis
play in a few days.
A big line of fine handmade Indian
Baskets for lunch, fruit, hampers,
waste paper, wall racks, flowers. This
beautiful line Of Baskets are all new,
fresh and lovely goods. 1 bought them
very cheap and will sell them at half
what other merchants ask for them.
They run in price from 10 and Csc to
$3.50 and $3.50. Look at them: they are
beautiful presents.
CROCKERY-Vases, Bisque Figures.
Mugs. Cups and Saucers, Ind every
thing in the fancy crockery line.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-03

1896 Is lost and by more than 100. 600
over Mckinley had s5l LOIS majority.
Loss in 1897. 7ee. 33s-loss Ill, 31s. II you
viii d h democratic majori,ies in
the late election in Nebraska and vir-
ginia you will swell farther the volume
indicating the marvellous change. The
people are weary already OF Mckinley
pie. They should compel their senator's
and representatives to be hereafter
elected to very greatly reduce public
expenditures. The more than $500. O00.-
600 annually, should be SO heavily
raced as to make 1t not more than
$3.50. 000. 900, and then by degrees cut
down still farther until this govern
ment is run upon a proper economical
and honest basis SO that the yearly ex-
penditures for all purposes shall not
exceed $500, 900. 900. We repeat again
that President Buchanan's administra-
ton for tour years did not exceed an
average OF $70,0 900, 900 a year. We have
not the figures at hand. but such 10
years he required no more than $780,
O00. 900. The population was some 3d.
000, 600. Surely IL that rate Of expendi-
ture was sufficient with 81. Zoo, 600 OF
people, $500. 600. 900 should be enough
with some 20, OOO, 900. The government
in honest, capable hands, can be con-
Quoted efficiently by an expenditure Of
as much money in a rear or more, as
Buchanan required for four years. 1t
is an outrage upon the people that for
the ten last years the expenditures
have been so enormous. The people
must correct the evil for politicians
will never do it.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-03
MILLINERY.

We are still leading the state In Nil
linery. Our Ladies' Hats. Ribbons,
Feathers, Flowers and Jets. We sell
nice Sailors at Is and Csc. Splendid
trimmed Hats from zoe to 75c and 81. 90.
Our fine line Of Hats we trim to your
order free OF cost to you. We sell you
the material-hat and trimming-then
our milhners viii trim 1t to please you
free OF cost to you.
We have just received q big line Of
fancy Ribbon. beautiful fancy ribbon.
new woven stripes. all best taffeta silk
IN No. 50. which is 3h to I inches wide,
at Csc per yard. worth regular acc. A
big line OF cheap plumes. 7 Inches long.
for zoe each. Wings from 10 to Sc.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-03
LADIES' CAPES.

I have just received from a big
slaughter sale OF Ladies' Capes in New
York a lot of new goods that 1 am SELL
ing very low. A nice Double , Fur
Trimmed Cape for 99c; better quality
at $1.25 and $3.50. A nice new style EN-
pire Cape, Fur trimmed all round, at
$1.75. A fine Seal Plush Cape at $2.99.
A very handsome Seal Plush Cape.
handsomely Trimmed, at $500, and bet
ter and longer at $500. A nice line OF
cheap Jackets made Of very best Beav-
er, large buttons, at $3.50 each, a splen-
did job. A big line of Ladies' Cloaks.
to close out at a price. See our dis
play OF Capes and Cloaks and we will
save you money on this line.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-03

North Carolina conference. n. E.
church. author Of a valuable book and
a capital preacher. say In . public talk.
at Oxford. in the Methodist church,
that below New Bern, or near New
Bern. in Jones or some county not Tar
OH. we forget which. for it Is nearly
forty years since we heard him. that
he had known fifty bushels Of corn to
be grown pom land between the Neuse
and the Trent rivers that was never
ploughed or hoed. or worked in any
way. A hole made by a peg received
itself. We know the late Thomas w.
Harriss, Of Halifax. OF blessed memory.
an alumnus OF the university. more
h fifty years a steward on the
old Roanoke circuit. the first one
formed in North Carolina, and one of
the wealthiest men Of his county or Sec
ton, went to Beaufort county after the
war, and purchased a large plantation
near, We think, the old town OF Bath.
His object was to plant cotton. He
told US after experimenting that the
land was positively 50 rich he could not
make cotton probably. 1t grew so
enormously and SO thick that the bolls
could not mature. He was forced to
abandon cotton and plant corn. We
knew DR.. Robert Patterson, Of Halifax,
a nephew Of the late Bishop Atkinson,
to average more than 100 bushels Of
corn on some fifteen or twenty acres.
and tina too in war times. So it is not
impossible to make three bales to the
acre provided the and like Mr.. Harriss's
and DR.. Patterson's is not too rich for
have more than once mentioned. we
know that the late Littlebury Manning
| made on n acre enriched by him,
| three bales and exhibited them at a
Weldon fair, taking a premium. So
what has been lone may be done again.
Do not let fruit growing, a most i'm
portant industry be overlooked here.
Excellent returns are reported this
year. What have been accomplished is
| but a foretaste that awaits North Car
| DINA If its farmers and others will give
their time or a part Of it to growing
fruit of different kinds, and learn how
to prepare it properly for shipping to
the various markets. The state labor
commissioner will report that fourteen
counties ship 80, 900 barrels; Haywood
and Swain $4,000 each; Caldwell and
Wilkes, 10000; Yancey, Clay, Jackson
and Surry 5000. There are many local
tiles in this state where peaches are sell
dom killed, and especially is this the
case in the thermal belt region. Apples
are kept all winter in ordinary cellars.
It is destined to be the greatest apple
growing region in America. Let our
people wake up. They have all about
them a veritable Land of Goshen. To
abandon North Carolina for other
states is folly.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-03

Why allow yourself tc be slowly tor
tured at the stake of disease? Chills
and Fever will undermine, and event.
ually break down the strongest consti-
tuition. Febri-Cura (Sweet Chill Tonic
with Iron) is more effective than quin-
ME, M being combined with iron is
an excellent Tonic and Nerve medicine.
It is pleasant to take, and is sold under
positive guarantee to cure or money
lust as good" kind dom effect cures.
Sold by J. c. Shepard, J. H. Hardin
n H. L. FentreSs
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-03

Remember our line of Ladies' Skirts.
We have them at all prices and can
please you in fit, style and quality.
The price is low-far much less h
you can make The skirt for-from Sl.bo
to 800 each. I have q few WorsteA
Waists made Of black B~rilliantine that
/ will sell at 81. 90.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-03

Nv nent farmer, and well known By al
old residents near Belmont, \. =.
writes: For t~Tenty-seven years l had been
a constant sufferer from nervous prostra-
ton, and paid large sums of money for doc
tors and advertised remedies without bene-
FIT. Three years s my condition was
alarming; the least noise would startIe and
unnerve me. I was unabIe to sleep, had a
number of sinking spells and slowly grew
worse. l began using DR.. Miles Restorative
Nervine and Nerve and Liver Pills. At frst
the medicine seemed to have no effect, but
after taking a few bottles I began to notice
a change; I rested better at night, my appe
title began to Improve and I rapidly grew
better. until now I am as nearly restored
to health as one of my age may expect CO.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-03

bless DR.. MileS'Nervine
DR.. Miles Remedies
are sold BY all drug
gists under q positive
first bottle
benefits or o q re-
funded. Book on dis
eases OF the heart and
nerves free. Address
DR. NILES MDICA
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-03

SldlSS IA III ytdI... 0Jl,O51
1t will be recalled that in the union
Mckinley led Bryan by Col ,o16 MAORI
ty. So in six states the majors major
ity is reduced nearly 400, 900. In nine
months his administration has been SO
unpopular, SO detrimental, such a dead
failure save in increasing PENSIONS, in
creasing taxation and adding to the
expressions OF the people, that at the
very first election the majority of for
ty-five states is cut down nearly two
thirds. Now take two other states and
see results:
Rep. mai. Dem. mai.
in 1896. In 1897.
New York ............2 68, 400 IS, 500
kentucky 80. ....... PSI II, 326
Totals ....... ......26S $50 5 1855
Republican loss in two states. $50 1854. 6S5
Add republican hiss In six states
As above 397. 644
Total republican hse in eight
States from 1896 to 1897 ....... 7ez, $50
That will do for the first year ana
IN only eight stste&. Tue majority se
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-03
W1niDgtons Big Racket Store
HAS MADE
LARGE PREPARATIONS FOR CHRISTMAS TRADE

That grand time Of the rear is now
drawing close to hand when every
heart is expecting something from
some dear friend in the way of a pres
Ant
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-18

mending them to all afflicted as I was"
shmue! Sanders, Blytbedale Mo. writes {:
my disease was catarrh of the urethra
ana bladder. had tried very highly recon-
lnended medicines. hut they did me no
good. got a bottle of Pc ru-na. and in +,
rev days | was relieved and could sleep
ana rest all night Ny physicians had told
me mat | could not expect to be cured"
Nhlle practicng at Pittsburg p +,
gentleman from one OF the suburban towns
called at my office and insisted on NV 90
ing nome with him 10 see his lO-year-
daughter. who. he said, was dying with
dysentery; that the doctors had given her
UP. = explained to him that l never went
OUTSIDE OF my Office TO see patients and
mat my waiting room was full OF patients
from distance waiting to see me. and
mat doubtless, most Of them wished IN
return home that evening. and, as IT was
already late in the afternoon, It would not
DO Tor me 10 disappolut them. Finding me
ilrnl, ho became excited, talking loud. I
assured MN II her disease was dysentery.
ana not too Tar gone. | could cure her inst
as well without seeing her and turning TO
the l1th page OF The Ills of Life"
pointed TO the treatment for dysentery ard
SAD III you do as that says you viii do
exactly as would If could 90 with Won
lie jerked the book out of my hand and
angrlly left without thanks or good bye
~" va" iuilVNlnE ouHuhy morning he WAS
my hrst caller. and. without preliminaries
said: DR. Hartman, have come 10 apolo'
glze for my impoiiteness last Tuesday
When l reached home my wife was stand
ing In the door impatient TO sec me return
with you. She said, Where il DR. Eart-
man told her you would NOT come
Well said she, did he not tell you onv'
thing TO do? oh, yes. to get rid Of mo
We'll, what is it?' gave her the b,o, sbe
sent me for bottle OF Pe-ru-na; gave her
teaspoonfui, and injected into The howell
four tahlospoonfnls in two quarts az Inlsoa
warm water-hrs, half of It, and In an honr
the other half; and thea continued IN ,,iva
her teaspoonful every hour for TWO davs
We now give II every three hours, ana
doctor. she ia we'll. sitting up LAUGHING and
playing with the littls children. Oh. We ara
all SO happy. Just came to tell Won how
we thank you for tho book and how
ashamed ! am for acting so meanly toward
you, and ! want to pay you for telling me
mo cure l assured him that | mads mn
charge for such things. Yes. I'M, don,t
you see YOU have saved her life orr family
physician says so; ard, by tho way' he
wants mo TO ask you what is In Pc r,,-na."
said. Toll him Peru ma is in II and Pc
ru-na is all that is in II. The same treat
ment VIII cure all catarrhal and intlamma-
tory diseases OF the bowels
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-18
BRAZos VALLEY DOCTORS.



Cameron. Texas. April 1.-THE Brazos
Valley Medical association will meet here
M5y and Il. Dr. y. W. Cummings of
He4ae is president.
The following papers will be read at the
session
Infant Feeding, Its Roeults-Dr. G. Nj.
Abney Franklin. Discussion-Dr. w. w.
Greer. Cameron, Dr. George r. Tabor.
Bryan
Malaria Haematura-Dr. W. p. Briggs,
EaF'lri4 Discussion Dr.. d. Monroe, Cam
erau ur Daniel Parker, Calvert.
Third Stage Of Labor; Its sequellae-Dr.
i r. Watkins. Bryan. piscusslon-Dr w .
] sharp, Dayilla, Or. r. II. collard.
Vie look
lnfiammation--Dr. D. l.. Peoples. Nava-
sofa Discussions DR.. Thomas a. Pope.
Cameron DR. T e. Curry. Brnmond.
LaGrlppe-Dr. w. W. Mcdonald East
eriy. Discusslon-Dr. r. W. Wallis, Rock
dale; Or o. 7 Lewis Welborn DIR. C.
r Doremus Hoarne
Diseases Incident to PreRuancy-Dr. j.
" Hudson, Milano. Disousson-Dr. J. NJ.
Sicks. Stone city DR. w II. Harrison.
Bryan. In W A Smith Hearpe
Eczema Dr. r. W Mobiles. Temple.
Discussion e Britain, Bremond. Dr. II.
l.. Fountain Bryan.
Mountainous Laryngius--Dr. j. p. OIL
yer Caldwell n!scussion--Dr. /. p. SEES
slonr Bockdale, DR.. J. II. Browton,
Franklin Dr A. e Barnhnl. sebesta
pyseniery DR. a. ]. Ellzey. Lilac. Dis
cussion pr. A. llobra. Rockdale; DIR. W.
J. Ahaerhold Millican; Dr. w. p. Oils
trap Wheelock
Voluntary papors and report of cases.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-18
DR.. HARTMAN'S LECTURE.
Espeotallu Reported for This Paper,

Gentlemen. Having finished the diseases
OF the respiratory organs a, our last lee
ture. had proposed 10 take up the ca
iarrhal diseases o, the ailmentary canal.
commencing with catarrh OF the stomach /;
| but, as II is the wish o. the class, COM
inunioa;ed to me by Or. Nicer. that l talk
more specifically about the remedy Peru
ma, have concluded TO deviate from my
course Of lectures in this particular OF
leoursc, In single lecture can tell you
but little Of what might be told about this
famous remedy.
fe-ru-na is entirely composed OF vege-
table ingredients. each one having a specific
innuence upon the Mucous membranes OF
the orsans OF the body. During the win
ter the respiratory organs become diseased;
during the summer the digestive organs
are In constant danger Hence curing
warm weather we have tc contend against
ca'arrh and Inflammation OF the stomach.
bowels. reotum and bladder These trou-
pies frequently assume the form OF cholera
morous' summer complaint. cholera intan-
tun1, collie, diarrhoea. dysentery aud chills
and fever
Just as Pe-ru-na is a specific fer chronic
catarrh and inflammation Of the nostrils,
bronchial tubes and lungs. 80 It Is an abso-
! lutte specific for catarrhal diseases OF
summer. have now just passed my forty
second year IN the active practice OF med
icine, and can say what few other ihysl-
clans can say. that Is; ! have never in all
these forty-two years lost single case OF
dysentery diarrhoea. cholera morbus. sum
mer COMPLAINT cholera iufantum, innam-
nation Of the stomach bowels or bladder.
or Bright's disease; an; the only medicines
ever used in these diseases were Peru ma
and Man -a-lin. mold in my hand publ
cation, the first edition Of which l wrote
twenty-seven years ago entitled The Ills
OF Life" 1t has now reached Its eleventh
edition. In this little book yop can read
not only the medical treatment for all
catarrhal diseases but also the adjuncts
10 that treatment In the way Of iniec-
tions. hot and cold wcter applications
diet. drink and clothing to be worn after
recovery. have received arv number OF
letters from physicians dscl1rng that they
never use any treatment except that given
in my book. THE Ills Of Life and that
their success In catarrhal diseases has been
greater than the old treatment
recommended in medical books and lectures
in medical colleges. You see. then, that
while Peru-na is indispensable for the
catarrhal diseases OF winter, 1t is even
more Indispensable in diseases OF spring,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-18
c,TAnnm or THE STOMACH.
Pleasant, simple, hut Snfc ana
Encctunl Cnrc For II.

CGtarrh OF the stomach has long been
g1.9i adcred the next thing 10 incurable'
me usual symptoms are a fun or bloat-
inE NeHsation after eating, accompanied
sometimes with sour or watery rslngs, a
formation Of gasts. causing pressure on
tho heart and lungs and fncuIt breath
ing headaches, hckle appetite. nervous
feeling.
coated tongue, and II tho Interior OF the
stomach could bc seen " would show Il
slltny. iniiained condition.
Inc cure for this common and obsiihaie
Trouble ~ found In treatment wh!rh
cauaes the food 10 be readily, thoroughly
diFcsicd before u has time TO ferfnt'ht ana
irr.tnte the, delicate mucous surfaces OF
The stomach. To secure q prompt ana
healthy digestion IS the one necessary
thing to do and when normal digestion -
sscured The catarrhal condition Will nave
According 20 DR.. Haranson the safes,
and best treatment is 10 use afier oich
tlo ,Pepsiin, llttlc Nux. Golden Seal ana
run apiis, These tablets can now "
FOUND at al drug stores under tho name
or stuarts Dyspepsia Tables and 70.
t"ns patent medicine can be use WIN
prrfeci safety and assurance thai heaitnS
aIUette and thorough digestion VIII fol-
10Y 'nSr rG 6e ehr nf sfder s mr street
Chicago, H., writesi "C,tarrh IL a local
condition resulting rom u neglected cold
n mo heed. whereby the Lining meni en-,
BRINE Of tho nose becomes nnsnei anu
the po,epnous discharge therofroW, pass
lnF backward Into the throat. rs3cnes ne
stomach thus producing catarrh OF the
stomach Medical authorities prescribed
FOR me for three years for citarrh of the
sitsnach without cure. but today am me
hAppiest Of men after using only one box
Of Stuari's Dyspepsia Tablets. l can not
fnd appropriate words to express my
good feel ng have found fiesh. appetite
ana sound rest from their use.
STARTS Dyspepsia TablciB Is the safest
preparation as well az the simplest ana
most conyenien, remedy for any form ol
mere. sour stomach. heartburn and boat
ing after meals,
Send for little book, mailed free, on
stomach troubles, BY addressing stuart
Co. Marshall M.oh. The tablets can be
found at all drug stores