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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-01

bark. Suppose b 81. 900 for Guthrie
had been given to Watson. then his
majority would have been over q, 000
So 1t looks as II Russell would MOI have
been now cursing the state as he is If
the populists had abstained altogether
from his support. or IL they had given
1t to Watson.
Take the presidential vote given
the same day. Bryan beat Mckinley
n North Carolina by 1926 majority.
Palmer, the goldbug. only got 57s votes.
That shows that many Of them either
voted for Mckinley. helping to put
upon the country the most Infamous
tax called a tariff. or did not vote.
But the lesson to be learned is simple
and easy. In the state election the re-
publican was elected by nearly 10 1000
while in the national election the dem
ocrat received over 1900 majority.
The prohibition candidate for president
received 635 votes. We may hope thai
these will vote next year for saving
North Carolina from the Goths and
Vandals.
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Death Ut DIR. James r.. Simpson

Mr.. Sandy Johnson received informa-
ton yesterday Of the death of his faith
er-in-law, the venerable DR.. James F..
Simpson, Offender county. He died at
his home, near Point Caswell, at S:45
o'clock On Tuesday night, aged rs years.
On the 18th of July DR.. Simpson had
a stroke of paralysis but had almost re-
covered from the effects and it did not
seem to seriously impair his health.
Subsequently he a an attack of pneu-
monia and later a relapse which caused
his death. He was one of Pender's
most prominent and highly respected
citizens and for many years was a
practicing physician. Several years
however, he retired from practice
on account Of his advancing years. He
was twice married and leaves a wife
and thirteen living children. One of
his daughters married Captain r. =.
Paddison, another Mr.. A. H. Paddison.
another DR.. Geo. F. Lucas, OF Fender
county. and another Mr.. Sandy John
son, of this city. Mrs. Johnson has
been with him for some time.
The funeral will take place at 10
o'clock this morning. The Rev. DR..
Strange rector of ST. James church.
will off1ciate and ne and Mr.. johnson
left yesterday afternoon for point Cas-
we'll.
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McKINLEY's RISE In PRICES?

How the papers with axes to grind
hurrahed bowed over the great
sum gained by the farmers by the in
crease in the price Of wheat, some put
ting the gain at $500. 900, 900. The truth
is thai about 800, OOO, 600 or a little
more. is believed pow by those prob
ably well informed to about represent
all the actual gain to the farmers. All
but bfOckheads know that the gold
question n the republican high rob-
Der tariff had nothing in the world to
do with the advance. It was indeed an
advance not brought about by monetary
conditions, but in spite of them; not by
a high drag net tax upon the people,
but in spite of it. The direful nse-
quences of crop failures in many lands
caused the advance. No class better
understands this than the class of liars
who magnify and distort for effect and
for selfish considerations. But what
about the fall in cotton and the great
loss to the southern planters? The
rise in wheat really burdens the south
rather than helps it. It has put up
flour $1.50 a barrel and this means
higher bread for all the great working
classes. But what the south is inter-
ested in now and most particularly is
the price of cotton. And what is thai
price? 1t is down, all know that, and
considerably down below the price a
year ago or some few months ago. It
is said to be at least $3.50 a bale lower
than it was last year. That is much
bale he has lost $3.50. If he makes five
bales he has lost $42.5O If he makes
fifty bales he has lost $3.50. If he makes
100 bales he is out 81, 300, and so on-a
is the loss on a 5000, 900 or TO- 900, 900
crop you can calculate. In a 1000, 900
crop, which the present crop is now
guessed at, it means that the planters
are out $76, 500, 900. That sum repre-
the deprivation in comforts and
pleasures to which they will have to
And that is precisely the con-
represents the Mckinley
mighty wave of prosperity in 50 far as
the south is concerned. It puts up
bread $3.50 on the barrel and cuts off
the cotton planters $3.50 on every bale.
If that is Mckinley prosperity, what
will his blight be? Let him AXE down
his sign and withdraw his favors at
once.
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BABY's SMOOTH, FAIR SKIN

A Grateful Mother Writes this Letter
Tells all about Her Troubles when
Baby Broke out with ScrofuIa Sores.
"At the g of two months, my baby
began to AVE sores break out on his right,
cheek. We used all the external ap-
plications that we could think or hear of,
to no avail. The sores spread all over one
side of his face. We consulted q physi-
clan and tried his medicine, and in a week
the sore was gone. But to my surprise in
two weeks more another scrofulous look
ing sore appeared on baby's arm. It
grew worse and worse, and when he was
three months old, I began giving him
Hoods Sarsaparilla. I also took Hoods
Sarsaparilla, and before the first bottle
was finished, the sores were well and nave
never returned. He is now four years old,
but he has never had any sign of those
scrofulous sores since he was cured by
Hoods Sarsaparille, for which I feel very
grateful. My boy owes his good health
and smooth, fair skin to this great med
icine." MRS. 8. 8. WRorEN, Farming
ton, Delaware. Get only Hoods.
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Savannah, Ga. September pa special
to The Morning News from Tallahassee.
Fla, avs Parties from Apalachicola
say there was a serious riot there yester-
DAY. IL appears that a white engineer on
the steamer c. u. Owens. a river boa
sent a negro boy to a shoe maker for his
shoes. The shoemaker told the boy he
could moi get the shoes without the
money. The boy delivered the message to-
the engineer. who attacked the boy with
a'knife. cutting his throat. The boy was
dead In a few minutes. The negroes be-
came terribly excited. They gathered I'm
large numbers and M To lynch
the engineer. The Franklin County
GUARDS were ordered out and with the as
sistance OF citizens demonstrating with
the negroes. a lynching was prevented
and order restored. The murderer was
saieiy jailed and at 5 o'clock this morning
quiet relgned In that town.
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sHERIFF's

In several counties the sheriffs are
posting or publishing notices that the
Eaw concerning taxes-jailing for fail
Ere to pay-will be enforced. How can
they do otherwise? The law is plain,
positive, mandatory, and the sheriffs
and other officials concerned have no
option in the matter. 1t is a most dis
civilized race, but 1t Is law. It Is quite
worthy of madiaeval darkness and is a
hitting prelude to the complete oblitera-
fipn, extinction OF h fools and bad
men who enacted it. The last one Of the
gang. II they had their deserts. would
he in the penitentiary today. General
az3rant gave expression to n wise SEN
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The friends Of Mr.. John F. Bioome
will regret to learn Of his death which
occurred last night at Ills o'clock at
h city hospital where he has been
since July goth. He had been in bad
health four. or five years.
The deceased was q son OF the late
Mr.. H. II. Bloom and was in the 35th
year OF his g He leaves one brother.
Mr.. w. H. Bloom, and one sister, Mrs.
George Fredericks, both Of this city,
who have h sympathy Of their friends
and acquaintance in their bereave-
ment. ".1
The funeral will take place this after
noon at 4:30 o'clock from the family
residence on Fifth and Chestnut streets.
The interment will be made at Oak
dale cemetery.
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Mystic Cure" for Rheumatism and
Neuralgia radically cures In 1 to 3 days.
Its action upon the system IL remark
able and mysterious. It removes at
once the cause and the disease immedi-
ate4y disappears. The FIRST dose great
II benefits.
I. F. Anthony. Ex-Postmaster of
Promise City. Iowa, says: II bought
bottle OF Mystic Cure for Rheu-
matisn1. and two doses Of Il did me
more good than any medicine / ever
took" 76 cents md 500. Sold by ].
y Hardin, Druggist. Wilmington.
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THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
a Special MsetieE Held Yesterd.x Ar.
nOon-Eight New Members h,.r,.L

A Special Msstieg Held YESTERDAY af,.r
noon-Eight New Members k,ec,.a
A special meeting OF the M
commerce was. held yesterday n,
O'Clock at the kooms OF the chamh.-
President James H. Chadbourn. Jr
presiding. Colonel John III. Cantwell.
the secretary. was on hand as usual.
On motion rhe reading OF the min
utes was dispensed with.
The executive committee reported IA
vorably on h application OF the fol-
lowing for membership and they were
duly elected: w. c. Jones. s. Behrends
r. w. Hicks; s. H. Fishblate. Giles w.
Westbrook. Owen F. Love & Co., Wal
ter L. Parsley and w. A. Johnson.
The president stated that the meeting
had been called to consider the matter
OF securing Don for the next year.
Vice President w. E. Worth suggest
ed a couple Of places. and the president
also suggested one. Mr.. NJ. w. jacob
suggested that the present rooms in
the MacRae building b. secured again
il possible.
Vice President w. E. Worth moved
that the president appoint a committee
to secure rooms. and the motion was
adopted. The president %thereupon ap-
pointed as such committee Messrs. w.
E. Worth. Gabriel Holmes and ]. b.
Mercer.
The following communication from
E. S. Martin. Esq. was read and
placed on fie:>
Wilmington, N. c.. Sept. 9, 1897.
Colonel John L. Cantwell. Secretary
Wilmington Chamber OF Commerce:
Dear Sir-I received today u copy OF
the resolutions adopted by the Cham
Der in regard to my late father, Alfred
Martin.
His family greatly appreciate this
evidence Of esteem for him and SYM
pathy for those he left behind.
1t is certainly gratifying to believe
that his life was one to commend as
an example. and it is a proud ribute
to his memory. With our sincere
thanks,
I am very truly.
E. S. MARTIN.
The president called attention to the
necessity Of repairing Eighth street
and the approaches to the city hospital,
and upon motion Of Mr.. Gabriel
Holmes he was authorized to appoint
at his leisure a committee to call upon
the city authorities and use their eff
forts in securing the desired improve
ments.
Mr.. M. w. Jacob called attention to
the freight determinations against
Wilmington and read a list OF rates
and figures favorable to other points.
and upon motion they were referred TO
the transportation committee.
The chamber hen adjourned.
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OFFICE OF J. 2. GREER, COUNTY JUDGE,
Green Cove Spring. Clay Co Fla I

Anuammat0-y Rheumatism
OFFICE OF J GREER. COUNTY JUDGE
Green Cove Springs, Clay Co., Fla.
Twenty-thres years ago I
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was attended by tho most eminent physician
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always consulting with the local physicians for
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Respectfully. J. 7. GREER
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The Honorable J. +. Greer, one of the
best known and most highly respected
county Judges Of tho State of Florida,
writes of his horrible sufferings from
Infammato-y Rheumatism:
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to flourish and peace is to continue
within its borders. It is impossible that
an inferior, ignorant race shall long
continue to dominate in, a free state in
which there is a very large majority Of
white men Of the Aryan race-not all
Anglo Saxons, but white men all the
same. The rule Of ignorance means the
rule of vice, corruption, anarchy in the
end.
We do not believe that the white
race in this state either desire the SUI
premacy Of the negroes or will allow it
to continue very long, Intelligence,
character, experience, mustat last win
over INSCRIPTIONS and unpatriotic dem
agogues and spoilers leading and using
the blacks to their own personal ag-
grandizement, but to the ruin of the
state, the oppression of the white race.
Russell says his party can carry
North Carolina without a populist vote,
or words to that effect. Is that true?
What are the figures? What did the
last election prove. If the figures at
hand are correct then this occurred,
Russell received $3.50 majority over Cy
Watson, democrat, Guthrie, populist re-
ceived 30,932. We suppose Russell
argues that he was elected by nearly
10000 votes owe Watson without the
populist vote. But some populists no
doubt voted for him. Major Guthrie
knows he did not receive the full vote
the probability is hat Watson would
have ben elected to the glory and honor
and safety Of North Carolina. But,
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-04-21

Fletcher, from 100 acres, pro-
duced, at market prices, So, ,726.45
worth of farm products, ranging
from rs bales of cotton to 400
dozen eggs.
In 1898 South Carolina raised
30.33S,S ,S95 pounds of rice, or about
one-fourth Of the whole country's
product, 29,261 ,422 bushels of
corn,4 ,767,S21 of oats, 1882, ,S24 of
wheat, 747,471 bales of cotton,
222, ,29S pounds Of tobacco, besides
rye, potatoes,and SO on. Aprlcots,
cherries, olives, pomegranates and
many other fruits are raised in
abundance. There are 10000, 900
acres of yellow pine alone, and
the turpentine stills turn out an
annual product of $3,OOO,OOO. The
gum, magnolia, sycamore, ash and
other trees are well known. Beau
tiful building stones and fine clays
and ochres are also among South
Cardinals treasures, while her
bone fertilizers, in deposits some
times foot thick, and with 500
to 900 tons to the acre, are de-
clared to be the richest on the
continent.
Of splndles there are more than
a million at work in the State,
their capital of $12 100000 to $15.
100000 being drawn from the
North and Feast. OF Columbia's
four cotton mills, one, the Gran.
by, was built in cotton field and
enclosed patch from which cot
ton was picked while the brick
walls were going up. That was
minimizing the distance between
crop add mill.
Pointing his moral, Mr.. McLau-
rim says that the South asks fair
share of consideration for her in
terests in the current tariff bill,
and also wants Northern thrift
and capital to enlarge her mate
rial interests. Are we not of the
same great national family, an
integral factor Of the same great
nation" ?" Certainly he has set
forth with enthusiasm what the
South has accomplished thus far.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-04-21
BANNER SANITARY MEASURES.
No Hogs Allowed In Florence. Even
on the Outskirts.

Florence, April 1.-THE regu
lar monthly meeting Of the Board
OF Health was held yesterday af-
ternoon. Considerable routine
business was transacted. When
the Board was organized two
years ago they established some
of the very best sanitary regula-
tions of any city or town in the
State, and in the report of the
State Board of Health for the
year 1895 the rules were printed
In full. AS foot note the Sec
retary of the State Board of
Health complimented the Flor
ence Board of Health for the ex-
cellent rules adopted and recon-
mended them to other towns and
cities, the result of which has
been that the rules and regula-
tions OF the Florence Board OF
Health have been sought after
by other Boards of Health i'm
one or two other cities and
several of the larger towns OF
the State, and have been adopted
almost in toto by those Boards.
One of the very best rules of the
Board is that which forbids the
keeping Of hogs or pigs within the
city limits, except in an open lot
of two acres in size; not more than
five hogs or pigs to the acre. The
fine is from 81 to $40. During
the past month the health officer
prosecuted thirty-two persons for
violation of this law, and each OF
them was fined in the Mayors
Court for violations of that rule
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-04-21

In the April number of the
Cosmopolitan appears an excel
lent article by Herbert Spencer,
on ''Modern College Education"
in which he uses these words:
How to live THAT is the es-
sential question for lis. Not how
to live in the mere material sense
only, but in the widest sense.
The general problem is--the right
ruling of conduct III all directions
under all circu instances. In what
way to treat the body i'm what
way to treat the mind; in what
way to manage our affairs; in
what way to bring up a family ;
in what way to behave as a citi-
zen; in what way to utilize all
those sources of happiness which
Nature supplies-how to use all
our faculties to the greatest AL
vantage OF ourselves and others
how to live completely. And
this, being the great thing nee:
full for us to learn, is by conse
quence, the great thing which
education has to teach To pre-
pare us for complete living is the
function which education has to
discharge; and the only rational
mode of Judging of any educa-
uonal course is TO judge in what
degree it discharges such tunc-
ton
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-04-21
THE SOUTK'S OPPORTUNITIES.
Mr.. MCLaurin's Speech in Congress
Doing Good Work.
From The New York sun

The liberal opportunities for
general debates allowed at the
present session of Congress have
been improved by Representative
John l.. McLaurin, of South Car
ollna, with some interesting re-
marks about the part of the coun-
try from which he comes.
Mr.. Depew has described the
South as a region of vast, un-
touched forest and coal and iron
veins. favored by health condi-
tions unparalleled, and "the best
climate in the world" Mr.. Nc
Laurin, coming to particulars.
finds lS3,OOO,OO0 acres of un-
broken forests in the South, with
pine, walnut, oak, cherry cypress,
hickory and other woods; enor-
nous stores Of granite, marble
and sandstone; phosphate rock
In wonderful abundance, and in
some places, as he learns, coal.
iron ore and limestone close to-
gether in the same range, "a CON
dition that exists nowhere else
in the world"
Last years cotton crop was o.
S37, 900 bales, or 50 per cent. Of
the whole worlds production, and
drought more money from abroad
than all other agricultural pro.
ducts combined" The total cot.
ton production since 1890, at its
price in gold each year. IS reck-
oned at $15,OOO,OO0, O0,O0O-in ex-
acter figures, $14, ,398, 8,5SS,4 ,43O. The
exports alone for century, or
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-04-21

The result was that petition
from large number of citizens,
mostly colored, was presented to
the Board of Health at the last
meeting, asking that the rule be
changed, so as to allow people
living in the suburbs to keep
swine upon their premises i'm pens
or lots, such pens or lots to be
inspected at the pleasure of the
health officer, etc. The committee
made their report yesterday, map
ping out certain streets as line
beyond which half of the com.
mittee was in favor of allowing
swine to be kept and the other
half was in favor of the law re-
naming as it now stands. The
matter was thoroughly discussed
by all the members of the Board,
two of whom are practicing ply
sicians, who opposed the keeping
of swine within the city limits at
all. The matter was finally laid
over till the next meeting of the
Board, so as to give all the mem
bers time for more thought and
deliberation. 1t is more than
likely, however, that after the
next meeting the logs will not
have ghost of show within ter.
rltorial limits covered by the
Florence Board of Health.-News
and Courier.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-04-21
The Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court met yes
terday. Justice Jones went down
Monday. There is only one case
to be heard from this county, viz,
Matilda a. Duren against Perme
liza ii. kee involving the title to a
certain tract OF land lying about
four miles east of Lancaster. This
land has been in litigation about
10 years, and has been before
the Supreme Court twice before
Messrs. r. +. & r. b. Allison and
W. 9. Hough are attorneys for
the Plaintiff, and Messrs. II. Y.
Williams and j. Il. Green for the
Defendant.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-04-21
No Monopoly of Fools in Lancaster

Those who are disposed to kick
at the proposed ordinance in
reference to hog pens shoulg read
the special to the News and Cou.
rier from Florence, published in
this issue. 1t is worthy of re.
mark that Florence is the home
of the Secretary of the State
Board of Health, DIR. James Evans,
who, it will be seen from the
special referred to."complimented
the Florence Board of Health for
the excellent rules adopted, and
recommended them to other
towns"
In the light of the foregoing
facts we presume it will be ad-
mit,ed by those OF our citizens
who claim that the hog pen or
dance is foolish. absurd, &c. that
all the fools do not live in Lam
caster.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-04-21
PtentU Of Horses 0nd Mules.

III. j. Gregory & Co. have Just
received another car load of
horses and mules-extra good
ones they are, too. Besides
this car load, they have large
number of nice ones that they
have had on hand several DAYS.
Those yet needing horses or
mules should be sure to call be-
fore they buy.