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church Of Jesus Christ, jealous for the
honor Of its sovereign, and determined
to get back those who have been car
ried OF captive into the bondage Of
Satan, and intent upon the destruction
Of those mighty wrongs which have 90
long cursed the earth, are bent upon
the extension Of the Saviours reign OF
mercy, in the name Of God sets MP its
banner Of proclamation.
The church makes no assault upon
the world. do not believe that God
ever made better world than this. II
Is magnificent in iss ruina. Let us stop
talking 20 much against the world.
God pronounced It very good 1t the BE-
ginning. Though . wandering child
Of God. I - IN II yet the Great Fathers
Nneaments. Though tossed and driven
By the stogms Of 5000 years. she sails
bravely yet, and q 1t her Launching In
the beginning the morning stars sang
together and al the soma Of God
shouted for joy, 90 at last. when som
5ng into the calm harbor Of Cod mercy
Ghe shall be greeted BY the huxzas d
gloei1ed kingdoms II II not Hle world
against which We coutep:, bat II
tanag1easioe1& Whatever y obstinate
81 the viii. dee116iaS in pasnica,
hlxnful IN ogestom, 3hlse IN 1t3endship
hypocriticas n profession = aeainsl
III thie CArist mAkes onset Ftuul
1n1se rrofAfeion He would tear maa1k,
lko0 op10eaD3on He would enn1e1 ~
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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-02

sition has been a pronounced success
from the beginning-the first day-o
the present. As an industrial show it
has more than met expectations. and
We believe, nat financially it will be
cussessful also. If it should meet all
expenses il viii indeed be a triumph OF
pluck. energy n enterprise to be re-
joiced over. As a daughter of North
Carolina many Of our people have been
interested in the public display, this
hundredtn year celebration in such
fine style of the statehood of Ten.es-
see. But the attendance from Ne-th
Carolina has been a trife compared
with what it might have been ard
should have been In June, 1898, the
TranS-Mississippi and International ex-
position will be held in all probability
in one OF the cities OF Nebraska.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-02

Our Fall Goods are all in now. They
have been coming by every boat and
train for the past forty days and today
we can boast of our Fall Stock. Our
goods are all new, pretty and cheap.
We are known as the large, cheap
store, where goods are plentiful and
prices low. Read our Bargain Price
List and give Us a chance to furnish
your home and your dresses.
. DOMESTIC GOODS-Calico 3c;Check
Plaids 3Rc: Ginghams at &c; n yard
wide, nice Bleaching at 41ac; Mason
vile Bleaching at &c; Fruit of the Loom
at 6hc; Mattrass Ticking at 5 and &c;
Feather Proof Bed Ticking at 121ac;
White Flannel at 10, 20 and 25c; Red
Twilled Flannel at 1917, 10, IS and zoe;
Colored Flannette at 10c, very heavy,
and Silkaline at &c.
Fine Linen Crash, % inches wide,
very fine, at 10c, also at 5, Z and Sc.
Danish Cloth at 10c; pretty Worsted
Sc; Double Fold. lovely all styles
12Rc; pretty Plaids at 10, 1912, 10, IS, 25c
and up. Fancies.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-02
CRIMES IN NEW EN-
GLAND

In the north there are reports of
shocking treatment of children, and
the strong hand Of the law should be
invoked to put a stop to such cruel
ties. The Hartford Courant, one Of
the two leading papers OF Connecticut,
says:
Hartford was stirred and shocked
last week by the story OF the cruel
horsewhipping Of a baby not a year
old. The whipper goes to jail for four
months.
Several like stories got into news
paper type last week. At Norwaik, this
state, in a divorce suit. the mother OF
ar infant child testified that one day,
when the baby was fretful, it's father,
her husband. Michael Connors, grabbed
it and put it on the hot stove, burn
ing it 'frightfully.'"
Most frightful, most horrible! Have
any barbarities equal tt these and 9TH
ers ever occurred in the south. It reads
the man-eating tribes where the name
Of Christ was never heard. Here is
another lagubrious, awful story of
brutality beyond belief. A little boy of
four years was brought into court, and
he was "a mass OF cuts and bruises" q
six-inch cut ran down his back, his
body was black and blue, he could
hardly speak in~telligibly. Now all this
happened in the LAND of schools and
boastful higher civilization. They oc-
CURED in a section where the south is
DETAINED, her people are stigmatized as
barbarians and the charge of universal
lawlessness in the south is brought.
The Richmond Va.b Times noting
these cruelties against children adds
this:
True, we have an occasional lynch
ing down here and mOre'S the pity.
But where we have one lynching for
the most brutal of all crimes, the
north has a hundred cases Of cruelty to
children, betrayal of women, assertions
of husbands, %stabbing, shooting, rob-
berry, and so on. Read the northern
papers and you see daily a record of
crime that makes ones blood run cold"
Hear that brother in the amen corner
praying-"Oh Lord, we do thank Thee
we are not as other people are, espe-
cially the barbarians in the south, the
lynchers and prosecutors of our lear
friends, the blacks, for we are good and
civilized and o~ver-running with broth
erly love and the milk of humanity"
And then ear the responsive "AmenS"
from the good brethren around who
think the south beset with robbers and
ruffians, and where human life is never
safe and riders in black and riders in
whitecaps nightly roam to hang the
helpless, rob the weak, Cypress n
ravin and rape at will. And yet all
the time the filth ~accumulates before
their own doors, sweeping is neglected
and sanctimOniousness abOunds.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-02
IN DRESS GOODS

SO inches, Is, 25, 80, Acc and up to s1.0O.
solid %colors, all grades Of Cashmere at
16c, F. T. at &c. Lovely Suitings at 50.
40, soc and up to $1.00., Gold Medal
Brand Dress Goods, all black, from soc
to $1.25. White Lawns at 4, 6, 8 and I0c.
New set of Dress Trimmings at Is,
%, and 80; Braids from l to SOC a year.
Silks of all kinds and styles from 20
and 25c to fancy at 45c; beautiful Cross
Grains at 60 and SEC and S1.0O. Black
Satin at %, so, 20 and CSC. Striped
Satins, very fine. all silks, heavy weight,
very fine goods, worth $1.50 a yard,
now 75c. The beautiful Roman Stripe
Percal at 12Rc; also Satteen at 1Oc.
Black Satteen at s, 10 and 121hc.
CARPETS, MATING, RUGS AND
OIL CLOTHS-Beautiful Brussels
Rugs. 60 inches long, for soc each; love-
ly pattern, 5 feet long, at '75c; one yard
square, All Wool Rugs, at 20 and 25c:
Hall and Stair Carpets at 25, 80 and
4Oc; Fine Body Brussels at 55 and Coo;
lovely parlor Carpets in Brussels at so.
SO and Coo; Ingram Carpets at 20. 22b
and 25c; better quality at 35, IS and
4Sc; Three Ply, all Wool, a special Job.
at SOC. Mating at 10, IA, 16 2-3 and
2Oc; Cotton Wary, a special drive, at
1872, Is and zoe. A big line of New
window Shades at Csc, all first quality.
Opaque Linen, fixtures complete.
Lace Curtains at As, 50, IS and s1.00
and UP.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-02
BARGAIN SALES
WILMTNGTON'S Big RACKET STORE.

Fine large arm Rocking Chairs. best
grade cain bottom, made OF solid OAK,
at $l.50; Willow Arm Chairs at 500.
Wicker Willow, beautiful ladies' chair.
at $500. Trunks, Grips. Tables. Book
Cases. Racks, also in our line OF home
furnishing goods.
BLANKETS AND QUILTS-Douhle
Blankets from fSc to $3.50 a pair. Nice
Comforts from 55c to S2.25. Bed Spreads
from 4Sc to $500.
CLOTHING-Boys' Suits, with short
Pants. at T5c. CSC; nearly all wool from
. to 8 years old, $l.25: from 10 to 1G
years, S1.50; better suits from $3.50 to
$500. S2.25 and up to $3.50 a suit.
Mems suits from nice wool Chcviot.
all black st $3.50; Plaid suite. lovely
New Styles, at $4.25, $500, $500 and
$.Z5. Very fine new styles ana pretty
suits from 1915 to $500. $500. $500 and
$12.5O: all styles lovely black suits.
We have as nice an assortment in suits
as any house in the city, and our pricA
are much less. Mems fine Beaver Ovef-
coats at $500; nice, long length. satin
lined, fine Beaver Overcoats at $3.50:
Colored Overcoats. long. full length, at
$500, $500, $3.50. Mems long. well made
Mackintoshes at $3.50. S2.75 and 81. 90.
Boys pants at % and 35c.
UNDERWEAR-Men's, Women's and
Children's Underwear. all styles and
prices; Children's knit ribbe under
vest for boys and girls at &c each; Me
rino Vests from SC to 25c; Ladies' Knit
Ribbed Vests Is and 25c: nearly all
wool Merino Vests, a special at SOC.
worth 75c; lovely Knit Vests at 30. Is
and $1.00. Mems Vests at 10 and 25c:
fleece lined heavy one-half wool at
CSC; DR.. Jager's Suits at soc; heavy
wool Suits and pants at soc and up 10
S1.00.
; NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the season
has come when you must change your
headware. We have the best selected
stock Of Millinery in the state. We can
and viii save you money on Ladies
Hats and Sailors. We trim all hats we
sell free Of charge IL you buy the ma
terial from us. Remember to get one
of our furniture cards or picture cards.
We Will give you free a nice oak CEN
tire table with a purchase of $500. We
will give you a nice arm rocking chair
or n fine oak book case or a beautiful
oak table with a purchase of $500 y e
will give you a handsome hall hatNVS
with umbrella stand and beve plate
mirror, or a fine folding writing desk
or a handsome folding oak book case
for the purchase OF $1,000; or we will
have yours or any Of your friends pic
azure made life size free for the pur-
chase Of $1,000. And besides all these
present I will sell you good cheaper
than any house In the state. Call and
see us this week on Front street, oppo-
! site The orion Hotel.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-02
PEOPLE ALL o

Archbishop keane. former rector of
the Catholic university at Washington.
and now secretary OF the college OF
cardinals at Rome, sailed for France
on LIE Gascogne. He said he expected
to return to the United States On a
visit next August.
William r. Foster, Jr., who in 1883
embeZzled $685. eco from the gratuity
fund of the New York Produce TX
change, and fed to Europe, has been
arrested in Paris, France. and will be
brought back to this country for trial
on the charge CT forgery.
When Bishop Bascom vas chaplain
in congress-, Henry Clay was a mem
Der. In one of Bascom's prayers he
was pouring hot shot on the democrats
and in one of his fights of eloquence
it was too much for Clay, and he cried
out, That is right, Basconl. Give them
h."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-02

Having used three bottles of P. P. P.
and having derived great benefit from
the same, having gained IA pounds in
weight in four weeks, I take great
pleasure in recommending it to all I'M
fortunate like
Yours truly,
s. JOHN MORRIS.
Office Of ]. N. McElroy, Druggist,
Orlando, Fla, April 90, 1891.
Messrs. Lippman Bros, Savannah, Ga.
Dear Sirs:-I sold three bottles of P.
P. P. large size yesterday, and one bot
tie small size today.
The P. P. P. cured my wife of rheu-
matism winter before last. 1t came
back On her the past winter and a half
bottle, 81 size, relieved her again, and
she has not had a symptom since.
l sold a bottle Of p. P. p. to a friend
Of mine, one of the turkies, a small one,
tool sick and his wife gave it q tea
spoonful, that was in the evenir and
the little fellow turned over like b was
dead, but next morning he was hollow
ing and we'll.
Yours respectfully,
]. n. McELROY.
Savannah, Ga, March II. 1891.
Messrs. Lippman Bros, Savannah, Ga.
Dear Sirs:-I have suffered from
rheumatism for a long time and did
not find a cure until found P. p. P,
which completely cured me.
Yours truly,
ELIZA JONES,
IS Orange ST.. Savannah, Ga.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-02

Writing yesterday We referred trief-
ly to a work just published by Fpncis
T. Palgrave, of Oxford university We
said Cambridge, mistaking the ufiver-
sity. He had but just died and died in
London on the 25th, but we dit not
know it. He was poet and e~ssayist,
was the eldest son of Sir Francis Pal
raw was BORN in 1924, was fneE ed
ucated and was graduated With high
distinction from Oxford. He held sew
eral government posts. A sketch d him
informs us that his first book of POEMS
was entitled "Idyls and Songs" Par
ker, 1850, and was dedicated 'Tb AL
fred Tennyson, poet laureate" It 1855
he contributed to the first volume of
THE Oxford Essays" an appredative
study Of Alfred de Musset, notabe for
it's scanty and rather sighting Fefer-
ences to Victor Hugo. In the same
year he contributed to the thirt edi-
ton OF kusler's Handbook of Paint
ing" an Essay on the First Century,
OF Italian EnGraving." His next work
was a sort of spiritual romanca emit
tied THE Passionate Pilgrim; on Eros
and AnterOs." Other publications fol-
lowed Of more or less interest and
value. He wrote admirably OF Sit Wal
ter Scot and one OF his latest Ipubli-
cations was a delightful edition bf the
great poet Keats. In 1886 Oxford elect
ed him professor of poetry. Yesterday
We referred to his last volume.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-02
HOME FOLKS.

The North Carolina conference, NJ.
e. Church, will meet at Raleigh on the
list of December next, Bishop Har-
grove presiding. It will be his first Of
fetal visit to this state. The session
will be important, and may be highly
exciting. In the first place the dele
gates to the next Quadrernial General
Conference Of Southern Methodism,
that meets in Baltimore in May 1898,
are to be elected. Then there is talk
thai the conference will be pressed to
take action relative to the war against
the university and to sustain those who
believe in giving the control of the con-
ference college to the cigarette trust
that it may dictate it's policy. We do
not know of course anything as to this
beyond umo but if it comes it will
be lively and intel esting.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-02

The Spanish government is talking
of pacification of Cuba. Its reply to
this country is said to be inoffensive in
language. The AUTONOMY OF Cubh is
the plan. This wolves many particu-
lars. among them universal suffrage.
The sentiment, so far as known at
present, among the people Of the is
land new in revolt is hostile to the bIan
and they will continue the strugge for
liberty and independence. After nearly
three years OF a most terrific, brutal,
sanguinary struggle against all the
power hat Spain could bring to bear
it is hardly probable that the patiots
will be satisfied with anything short
Of complete independence. Then may
come an alliance, if not absorption,
with the United States. Spain has lost
more than so, coo soldiers already, and
the cost is heavy. The cost to spain
is said to be nearly 50, 600, coo every day.
Spain is not rich and has troublts at
home.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-02
Sheriff and Deputies Indicted for Murder

Wilkesbarre. Pa. October 2s--The
grand jury today returned a true bill
against Sheriff Martin and his deputies
for the Latimer shooting. The bills in
clu6ed nineteen for murder, one for each
man killed and one for the victims con-
sidered collectively. Thirty-six true bills
were found in the same way for ~felonious
wounding against the same defendants.
The likelihood is that Sheriff Martin
his deputies viii ave to be tried to-
gether.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-02
SHARPS AND A

Considering how little free advertis-
ing the Tennessee centennial has had
by the newspapers generally, its sue
cess has been remarkable. The expo
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-02

What is specially needed for politi-
cal educational purposes in North Car
DINA is a full report Of the doings of
the combine" officials in the several
counties. There is no little ~rottenness
in many counties, and it should be full
ly exposed to the public gaze. The
last revelation is given in The Mes
senger's Raleigh correspondence Of
yesterday. In the public schools there
is fraud, for some teachers are deceiv-
ing and cheating their assistants out
of pay for services rendered. This is
only a sign of prevailing evil. Take re-
cent disclosures-public printing, PEN
itentiary scandal, penitentiary incapac-
ity, lying about expenditures, n the
row and antics of the governOr-judge
and pardon dispenser and we have a
scene over which angels might weep
and good men and patriots might pray.
The noisome odors fill the atmosphere.
The last Reidsville Weekly, Colonel
John r. Webster's paper, has several
letters from prominent Methodist lay
men who take strong ground for the
university appropriation and oppose
the war upon it being so severely
waged by a few. Among the letters are
those from ex-senator Thomas J. Jar
Wis, Colonel Julian S. Carr, Lawyer
George Bradshaw, of Asheboro, Law
yer Wilson, of Greensboro, a son Of the
late distinguished Rev. DR.. n. II. D.
Wilson, of the North Carolina Confer
ence, NJ. E. Church. We have under
stood hat there are no less than six
judges ard e~x-judges in North Carolina
: and all Methodists, who very decidedly
favor free scholarships n ample state
appropriations for the university. Per-
haps there are more n six, but we
have heard of but that number.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-02
COTTON MANUFACTURING IN THE
L

Fester's report to the New Orleans
cotton exchange is instructive and the
New England folks are examining it.
They recognize the progress, the e1-
p~ansiOn Of the cotton manufacturing
industry in the south. While profits
were less expansion was large. Now
the south absorbs more than one-third
Of cotton consumption in the whole
country. The Boston Journal in it's
study Of the facts and figures says:
The total takings by southern spin
dies in 1867 were, as we nave stated,
1,O42,o1 bales, against 1904, $50 bales
consumed by northern spinners, out of
a total crop Of 1851, 1854 bales. It is clear
that our w~ide-awake New England
manufacturers have not over-estimated
the formidable character of southern
competition"
Candor asserts itself "up there now.
1t is not many years ago when the idea
of rivalry or serious Interference with
the milling business in New England
by the south was a subject Of con
temptuous filings and scofings. The
time has changed as the tables have
Al A>S" AOlh ooo Ia I'll
Commerce sees the future capitalists
and possibilities of the south in the
matter of cotton manufacturing, and
notes that a change is ahead of great
significance n Importance. It says:
The foremost cotton producing area
in the world, she has sent her vast
crop Of raw material to New England,
to Manchester and to Birmingham for
manufactures; afterward buying back
a large part of it at a much higher
price as finished goods. It is manifest
that the wealth of the southern states
would be enormously increased if they
could transmute their raw cotton into
the manufactured product at home,
close by the fields where the cotton
grows. There is reason TO believe that
this benefit will ultimately be realized
in large degree"
The north is surprised that the south
has manufactured 1,O24,4S2 bales. Il
1S90-S1 the south worked Up Cos, SIS
bales. The northern mills for the last
ear ending the 30th Of June used 1885,
O00 bales less h for the year before,
while the south used 40. coo more. Here
is a table of interest:
Spindles.
NORTHUMBERLAND ........ ......12. 925, 900
lS90-91-SOuthern $500. 1900. 1.S5s. 900
1S96-9i-NCrthern .........13 10, 500, 600
1SS6-9f-Southern 1856. coo
The north gained, il seven years,
a bare 1000. 600 spirdles.
The south gained 1.155, eco plus.
The north gained about 8 per cent. in
this department.
The south gained 20 per cent The net
southern gain in spi1dles in 1861 was
42!,261. The net gain in the north was
an wen 100, 900 spindles.
The progress in North Carolina has
been very satisfactory. Mills have done
well under the remarkable depressed
condition of trade. Many mills "a
been added Ink others are to come. It
leads the south in the numbe of its
cotton mills and this number is al
ways under-stated by trade journals
hat ought to keep better posted.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-04-29
A LAW UNTO THEMSELVES.

There is resolution of the Wilmington
Board of Aldermen that mo attorney be
allowed to appear for the city in any suit
for or against the same unless previous
ly authorized by this board" The Will
mington Dispatch criticizes the board for
paying $500 to attorneys upon the APP
prevail only of the Mayor and Mr.. Chad
bourn, and intimating that they were paid
for advising the Mayor to take charge OF
the city government.
The Dispatches criticisms seem sound
They would have weight if directed a
gainst Democrats, but here in North Car
DINA the Republicans have law unto
themselves. They despise strict con-
structionists" so much that they construe
that they can do with the public money
as they please, and hate limitations" so
bitterly that they create new offices for
their henchmen ad libitum. We are get
ting the bitter dose sooner than some ex-
pected.
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DIR. WORTH'S BEST WORK-WO
MEN SHOULD BE SELF SUP
PORTING.

One of the secrets of the accumula-
tons in the New England savings banks
and the thrift of the New England peo-
pie is due to the fact that almost all the
people are wage-earners. In that section
the women and the girls who are not
rich look forward TO becoming wage
earners Just as do their brothers and
fathers and husbands. In the South on
the other hand, in a family Of five or
seven, it is often the case that the father
is the sole bread winner. There is no
need to deny that we have too largely
permitted supposed ideas of chivalry to
keep women out of occupations by which
they would become self-supporting while
our Yankee cousins have been encourag-
ing them to become bread winners by
making openings where they could labor
proftably and intelligently.
There is no more reason why an I'M
married woman should not earn her liv-
ing than why man should depend upon
some one else to support him. Most of
them do work in their homes. We have
known some women to slave and toll at
home, doing work for which unskilled
labor could be had at four to eight dol
lars a month, when if they had the OPP
portunity and the willingness to go out
into the world and work, they could have
earned twenty to thirty dollars at lighter
and pleasanter employment.
Last weeks Asheboro Courier shows
that one patriarch in the State sees the
| need of giving women opportunities OF
supporting themselves. 1t announces that
a charter has been issued to the Ashe-
| boro Millinery, Mercantile and Manutac-
| turing company, of which every stock
| holder is a lady and the entire manage
ment is in the hands Of ladies. The
Courier says of it:
| This is new enterprise for Ashe-
boro, established under the direction
| Of our most energetic, patriotic and
! venerable citizen, Dr. J. Nj. Worth,
who has done so much for the develop
| ment of this section of the State.
! Although more than So years old he
! is still looked up to as the leader in
the development of our town, and
his name coupled with any enterprise
is a guarantee OF its success.
':For some time DIR. Worth has
been thinking of doing something to
give the young ladies Of this COM
munity an opportunity to learn how
to make a living for themselves.
1T is new enterprise for this sec
ton and the idea originated with DR..
Worth who while having no stock in
it himself is much interested in its
!. success and while having many
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-04-29

business enterprises o. more magnl-
tnde, vet gives this the benefit OF
much OF his wisdom, energy and ex-
perience."
II DR. Worth, in his old age, shall es-
tablsh a successful plan Of making wage
earning by women in the State success,
he will crown his life's work with his
greatest achievement. There are plenty
of intelligent and Industrious women who
long for the open door to self-support
and will gladly enter in.