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Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-08
PROPHETIC WORDS.

The prophetic words of Thomas Car nsle, written fifty years ago. ring sadly in our ears today indeed:
 "The republic west of us will have it's trial period, it's darkest of all hours. It is travelling the high road to that direful day And the scourge will not come, amid famine's horrid strife, nor will it come by ordinary hiatus in statecraft- a murderous bungle in policy. It will be when health is intact, crops sabundant and the munificent hand open. Then so- called statesmen will cry 'over-prcduc- tion," and the people will go to the bal lot box ard ratify by their ballots the monstrous ifalsehocd-o uttered by mis-statesmen and vindi- cated by the same ballct-the infamous lie, overproducltion. thrown upon the breeze by servile creditors through a ser vile press. And this brings ruin upon the country. serfdem uron himself ard oppression upon his children"
 And yet in Q hormal stata there can he no such thing as overprodiction. Of all the sea there is rot drop too much. Of all our production, thposanS5 are st'll crying for more and dying for wat of it. No, by crrtailing copsumpt,or. by strangling freedom and chaining down liberty. millions are unable to reach ard enjoy their own production. but they ere starving for want of it inst ad cs sur feitirg. and all bscabse of mi directed # not selfish gislatf6n.--Tall2d dega News Register.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-08

women. In those days woman sat on the throne and every man worthy of the name sat at the foot" The distinguish ed lecturer thought that there are three things which will have strong tenden- cy to decrease this chivalrous devotion for women. They are lack of home train- ing, round dancing and Irritation. Round darcing, he characterized, as getting d little too close to the "gracefuls."
 pr. Briggs is of the opinion that every- body should get married. While it is a solemn thing to get married, it is a l.nch more solemn thing to some people not to. It is not such a dreadful thing to be an old maid, but Heaven help an old bachelor. Men need marriage more than women, because there can he no spirit ual growth without A home, and nobody but woman can make home.
 His advice to girls was, Think little about marriage, talk less and do noth- ing. If that does not get you good hus- band it will keep you from marrying fool or knave." After marriage he de- clared that the happiness of both man and wife depends on the power of both to bury dreams. He closed with an ex- quisitely drawn picture of happy home. Dr. Briggs is a most entertaining speak, CT; his humor is genuine and wholesome; his pathos sincere and unaffected His eloquenee has completely captivated the Chautauqua audiences.
 Program for Wednesday,:
 9:30 a. m.--DeTotional meeting
 10 a. m.-Nornral Bible Study. Rev. F. J. Tyler.
 Il a. m.--Lecture, "Humors and He- roism of the Pulpit" Rev. G. W. Briggs.
 4:30 D. m.-Grand concert
 5:S0 p. m.-C. L. s. c.
 SD. m.-Music.
 S:30 D. m-efThe Tomkins Family" Goodwal Dickerman, impersonator
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-08

buried ones, thus exposed, should at the city's expense be transferred to within the enclosure. Nearly all available space for burials in this cemetery has been sold, there F maining only forty (40 lots When these are sold you will cease to receive any income from this source, and the cemetery must be maintained or cared for at the expense of your general furd. It may be well for you to consider now the advisability of purchasing more land adjacent and enlarging the grounds, unless you deem it inadvisable to extend the limits of a cemetery so close within.
 THE FIRE DEPARTMENT continues to render effective service. The present strength of the department is as follows: Twenty-seven men, with monthly payroll of $1, TOO; 13 horses, en- zines, hose wagons, hook and ladder truck and 40C0 feet of hose. Of these, enc engine and the hook and ladder truck are not in active use. but are held in re- serve.
 THE POLICE DEPARTMENT being entirely under the control of a com mission, cannot come properly under the purview of a report from the mayor. The workings of the department are fully set forth in the monthly reports made by the chief to the commission. The month ly payroll of this department, paid direct ly out of your treasury, amounts to $2,- 500, or S31, ,2C0 per annum.
 In conclusion, I desire to. thank the officers and employees in all departments for the uniform courtesy and strict at tention to duty which has thus far char acterized their course. Much of the sue cess of the administration is due to-zeal manifested by these men. l again urge upon you the necessity for continued exercise of economy and activity.
 All of which is respectfully submitted.
 F. " EVANS,
 Mayor.
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art work of causing that law to be full filled. While speaking of this duty of entertaining and being entertained, he paid an elegant tribute to the work of the Chautauquas and Lyceum lectures. DI. Briggs declared that love and mar riage are sacred subjects, just in pro- portion as men hold women sacred in their thought and reverence As to him. self, in his early youth, he confessed that the experience of that crusty old phlloso- pher, Teufelsdroch, in "Sartor Resartus" was his own; he was afraid to even touch one of .'the gracefuls.'
 Dr. Briggs paid the Old South the highest compliment in his power to be- stow when he said that reverence for acteristics of it's civilization. 'There was one thing that the Old South knew, and that was what and how to think of
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-08
Mrrsr XIII, TwO-THIRDs.

prohsbly this new army that Debs is ostting I'D is only the funeral procession of thIe dead issue of free silver. Debs as serts that it is dead, anyhow. ard he wants to march in the cortege.-Ment- gomery Advertiser.
 Yes, and so has the goldbug press as serted that it is dead, but all these state. ments do not take it true. Brother, if vou will kill about two-thirds of the good people of the United States and be sure that you get good silver democrat every time, then there may be some truth attached to the statement-Warrior Breeze
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-08
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OAK HILL CEMETERY.

Under management of your cemetery committee, Oak Hill cemetery is receiving much care and attention. The drivewayS and walks have been kept clean. and several loads of chert used upon them. From time to time the weaker prison la- bor has been used in improvement there, and I recommend that the sexton be all lowed the use of these whenever in his judgment it seems necessary for a proper care of the cemetery. By the opening up of Seventeenth street quite number of graves were left without the enclos- ure or in said street. It seems but right and proper that the remains of these
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-08
WITH TIE STATE EDITORS.
SMALLPOX JOKES.

Some persons have been so thought less as to crack jokes al the expense or the town on the smallpox. some have told that the dissase r'eally~existed here. Great damage may be done to the town and it's citizens by the spread Of uHta- vorab9e and untruthful news on the sup ject. The disease is not hens, aithoush Several. times so reported through care less persons The truth ought to be told about the matter, and should the coma zion come. we propose to give the public the solid facts.-Fayette Sentinel.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-08

The following from the Mobile Register would be a good joke on the Advertiser if the Advertiser had enough of silver readers to appreciate it:
 "The silver readers of the Montgomery Advertiser ought to be very well pleased with the prominence given their leader, Mir. Bryan, in the plate matter side or that paper on Sunday. A page of dis tinguished public opinions as to the Fourth of July was the plate syndicate feature of that issue; and lol Bryan, and his picture. led all the rest.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-08

Speaking of President McKinley's com gratulatory', letter to the queen on the ocoa sion of her jubi ee, the Loui ivil Cou- rier-JournaL says;
 "Our republican tail twisters of the British lion, who were so busy keeping Cleveland from feeding tthe American eagle to the, aforesaid lion. had better put an extra lock on the coop of the proud bird a,sjd watch on their own man, Mckinney. In his lstter of cangrat- uiation to Queen Victoria the president dapa rted from long custom by corclud.n. it simply with the words, Done at Wast- ingfon this 2Sth day of May. A. D. 1S97." when If he. had followed the precedents in such official documents he would have said. Done at Washington this 18th day os May. A. D. 1897. and in tn year of the independence of the United States the
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-08

one hundred and twenty-first" The president probably omitted this refer ence to ourindependence out of a delicate consideration for the nationality of the queen he was addressing, but what is a delicate consideration of anybody to the tail twisters? Are we to refrain from fiinging c-e boast of our independence in the face Of perhdieus Albion for any such reasons? Let a called meeting of the tail twisters be convened at once
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-08

In speaking of MT. Brewers being the only member of the Alabama delegation opposed to Morgan's Cuban resolution, the Eufaula Times remarks: "Col. Will lis Brewer would not be himself if he agreed with other people"
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-08

Birmingham does not mean to infringe on the rights of any of her south Alabama neighbors by the instituting of frog farm, but simply desires to show to the world that any kind of an industry can be made to flourish in the Magic City.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-08

From the tone of the Associated Press report of the Fourth of July cele- bration by Tammany 1t seems that Mir. Bryan, instead of losing strength, is gaining it in tha: great political organi- zarion, while even the name of Mir Cleve- land is received with jeers and misses. The Press says;
 When the letter from Grover Cleveland was read, his name was greeted with hisses.
 James D. Richardson, of Tennessee was the first speaker, who was down for a Hong talk" He made an allueion in his opening to Grover Cleveland as the man with whom the d. mocrats had been twice successful in the nation The name of Cleveland was slightly applaud ed, and loudly hissed. and the misses con tnued for nearly minute.
 The reunion of The democrat tic party" he said. was coming, and there Were per ceptible signs of a glorious revival in the party ard a victory for the party next November.
 "With an. Intrepid leader such as W. J. Bryan" he, said, but got no farther. The audience broke into a wild cheer, which lasted for nearly a minute.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-08
SEWERAGE DISPOSAL.

Ore of the apparent dificrfties with which your city is confronted Is the lra+- ter of sewera ge disposal While the paes- enti outlet southwest of the city would seem to be adequate for present purposes, there is already some complaint express ed by oecunants of the Ia ds in the neigh borhcc1 that the stream into which it emptiss is becoming polluted. and some. thought should be given to the subject that the rear future may be provided fArf This question of sewer draina~e Is che of stlla nest imperative functions that modern cities recognize. The most ad- v1nred English cities are, uei-g a system of filtratiOn, which is found for less ex- pensive th9n an extensions of m sins For the city of Rirmingham to undertake -ex- tension of its mains to a point where popular ebisctiorl would net be- mat. would he at ooet bevend the present or nrcSnective ability of the city to pay.
 II mieht be well fc" vou to inquire now into the cost of establishing a system of filtration.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-08

The State Herald wants bleachery at Birmingham and cities many advanta- ges offered by that city; among them are pure air and water While Birmingham may have a bleachery some day, we would modestly suggest to the State Herald that the first bleachery built upon Alabama soil will rear its smokestack at Huntsville. In cotton manufacturing Huntsville leads, others follow.-Hunts- vile Mercury.
 And no city in Alabama will rejoice more than Birmingham to see you get it. Birmingham has lived to see the time in her history when she is the hub of all southern industries, and knowing her advantages, can be liberal with her neighbors without the slightest detriment to her own interest We repeat, nature has done more for Birmingham than her citizenship can hope to accomplish with a combined effort in a hundred years.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-08

It is said that the governor of our neighboring state, Georgia, is not in q good humor because the Georgia min oral exhibit at the Centennial is credited to the Birmingham district in this stare. A'shama can make a good enough min eral exhibit without borrowing from any other state, and we are willing Cor ,;eor gi;i to have her full 1ues.-UniJn Jn Sprln3s Herald.
 The Herald is right. BecausN Birnirg hen can hold up all Sour corners of Ala bime and make the whole s) if1 tilt when it comes to mineral display. is no rsason why we shoui wound the fctlil gs of a neighboring s; ;a.c In any such manner as indicated When tie Georgia governor makes us another visit to see how we manage our convicts. we will fill his pockets full of mineral rocks that he may keep to retaliate with at the next national exposition.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-08

There are several judgments standing against the city aggregating sum not exceeding s5,000 Eventually these judg- msnts must be settled. It is neither req sonable Eor right for the corporation to st-nd idly by and ssy the property owned by the city for pubic ,'se- $. shis ded from .process of law.len nd that therefore we cann-t be forced to a settlement. So
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-08
BIRMINGHAM STATE HERALD

Entered at the postonce at Birmingham. Ala, as second-class matter.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-20
POINTED

Everybody who wants to start a
magazine goes to New York. 1t gives
a magazine prestige to have a funeral
in "the metropolis Of America."-At-
lanta Constitution.
The nav may be the least bit shy
on dry docks, rmo plate, n the art
of keeping afloat, but hat Newport
affair shows hat when it comes to
participation in fetes the North At
lantic squadrons has no peers.-Wash-
ingtOn Post.
Secretary Sherman says hat the
newspapers fifty years ago were more
carefully edited than now. However
this may be, there is an idea afloat
that the u~tterances of secretaries of
state were more carefully edited fifty
years ago than now.-Washington
Star, ind
Dear" said the senator's wife,"
"the papers are accusing you of letting
he stock market influence your vote"
ut is not So" roared h statesman,
as he pounded the table with his fist.
"An / have done in that direction was
to allow my vote to influence my deal-
ings in the stock market.-Indian-
apolis Journal.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-20
FUN.

Where 1t Is.-Orator-"What has be-
come of the famed American states
manship?" Auditor-'Lost in the push
for offices ."-Philadelphia North Amer
lean.
Mrs. Tenspot-"I am SO glad hat
you are engaged to Harold Willough-
by. Was it a long courtship?" Miss
Skidmore-"Not very. My cyclometer
registered about 700 miles. "-Judge.
One Exception.-'The good die
young" said the casual caller, apropos
of any old thing. "They may if they
are chickens" said the editor, but if
they are jokes they do not.'-Truth.
Mrs. Della Creme (wearily)-"I know
everything we eat is adulterated; but
That can we do, Reginald? We must
trust our grocer" Mr.. Reginald Creme
(drearily)-"Ah, yes, Della, very true;
and if-oh-if our grocer would only
trust us!"-Tid-Bits.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-20
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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-20
SOUTHERN JOTrINGS.

In Little Rock, it is reported that the
famous Spanish mines, hidden for
years, have been discovered.
After torturing a 3-year-old child
with hot irons, two negro children
stamped it to death at Grapevine,
Texas.
The senatorial fight in Texas is going
to resemble very much the far famed
controversy between the devil, the
Dutch and the dun cow.-Houston Post.
Mary Baker, of Cass county, Vir-
ginia, celebrated her 9th birthday. by
going into the wheat field and binding
enough sheaves to furnish souvenirs
to her relatives.
Mckinley was presented with a
seventy-eight pound Georgia water
melon the other day, but wouldn't open
it. He was afraid it might contain
Tom Watson, or some other deadly ex-
plosive.-Hubbard City News.
The Western Union will fight the cut
in it's rates ordered by the North Care
lima railway commission In other
words, the third state, within a month,
will have it's sovereignty questioned
and be properly disciplined by the ever
ready federal Observation-Disclosures
Post.
Last Sunday Rev. DR.. Thomas n.
Potts, of Richmond, preached at Hon.
Hon. Charles T. O'Ferrall, governor Of
Virginia. H takes my breath away"
cried DR.. Potts, "by going to a COM
mon vaudeville performance. His last
act lays him liable to a more serious
imputation thar that of moral courage.
Shades Of departed glory! When a
governor of this grand Die
wealth prostitutes virtue like that, it's
time to call a halt.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-20
PUBIlIO OPINION.

The Lexington Echo favors Bishop
Turner's scheme of inducing the ne
groes to go to Africa 1t says: We
have always, therefore, been favorable
to letting h negroes go to Liberia IL
they wanted to and disposed not to
place a single obstacle in the way Of
their going. History does not record
a single instance Of a country in which
two distinct races have dwelt which
was peaceable and prosperous. 1t Is
against h laws of nature that such
should be the case.-Atlanta Journal.
Why shouldn't Minister Sewall run
government building in Honolulu and
declare a Drotectorate over Hawai-?
There is no reason on earth why he
SHOULD bother about consulting the
president and congress. The president
didn't take the trouble to consult the
American people before he negotiated
the treaty of annexation. On with the
leper dance! Let the Hawaiian job be
consummated and the dividend de-
clared.-New York Times.
The Post is as anxious to hail the ap-
proach of good times as are the repub-
licans, and it has taken pleasure in
pointing out the excellent prospects of
the agricultural west n south by rea-
son of a special providence which has
come to u aid this year., and indeed
has saved the nation from bank
ruptcy and disaster ace more. But no
one can have patience with the contin-
ued n braZen repetition Of these p0-
litical fictions from the east about an
increasing volume of business n
renewed confidence" while the great
industrial establishments of the coun-
try are closing daily for wan of or
ders. If the highest protection ever
granted in America, higher than when
our manufacturing industries were in
fants'' can not stimulate trade, the
trouble must be elsewhere than in the
want of Mckinley n Dingley tariffs.
And the trouble is elsewhere-in the
financial system which enables the
money syndicates to corner and hoard
and manipulate at will the nations me-
dunn of exchange and thus decrease
the facilities Of the masses to get dol
lars with which to make purchases and
increase business.-HOustOn Post.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-20
STATE PRESS.

h University of North Carolina has
always had a president, but if ever the
students felt hat the professors were
humble vassals of a lord" or if the
professors have at any time felt that
they were subjects to "one-man power"
it has never been commented upon The
trustees have been gifted with singular
wisdom in selecting their presidents;
and we have escaped the evils that JEFF
ferson dreaded. The presidents of u
university, as a rule, a " initiated the
example of Mr.. Jefferson, who, when
he was president of the country, treat
ed his cabinet officers as equals, and
not as clerks, as is the habit in this era
of the republic. He was big enough
to meet on equal terms the members
of the cabinet. It takes a real big man
to let his council feel that he wants
their judgment.-Raleigh News and
Observer.
We are inclined to think hat the
publication by the newspapers of all
the horrid details, with such painful
m~inuteness, end to increase rather
than check the crime. Such publica-
tons are criminally suggestive. In
fact, this is the way. all epidemics start,
by contact Of the healthy with the in
fected. We really believe that in such
cases pity for the victim should keep
her name out of the newspapers. And
speaking in all candor, we are not dis
posed to quarrel with that
method of punishment which ave her
the keen modification of parading her
calamity before a crowded court. To
compel her to drag her memory pain
fully through the disgusting details of
the tragedy is a second crime against
the poor woman With all due respect
for the processes Of law, we believe
that such exquisite villainy does not
deserve the dignity Of a court trial.
Judge Lynch is not more likely to con-
denim an innocent man than any other
judge.-Beaufort Herald.
The Asheville lynching brings very
close to North Carolinians the horrors
of the crime, the most heinous and
monstrous On the calendar Of crime.
Is this to be the only one, or is it the
beginning more of the same nature in
North Carolina? If the remedy in
this case. lynching. is also the cure,
is no precedent for assuming or think
ing for a that quick death, no
matter in what shape, is a cure for the
crime of assault upon women by ne
groes. While in some instances there
has been a combination Of whites and
blacks to punish the perpetrators of
this crime, yet the leaders of the negro
race, the educated class, those who can
and should rule the masses of their
brethren, have taken no positive stand,
no united action, to stamp out the con-
tinuation of these villainous assaults.
The white mans action will be as it
has been in these cases, instant death
to the wretches.-New Bern Journal.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-20
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Mr.. Thos. Eggers, 139 Florida ST., San
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without result everything else, then
bought one bottle Of DR.. Kings New
Discovery and in two weeks was cured.
He is naturally thankful. It is such
results, of which these are samples,
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