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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-06
GRAND OPENING Of SPRING millinery
At Wi|mington's Big Racket Store.
On Wednesday, Thursday ond hldu, And Gin 21.

Grand Opening of Spring Millinery at
W~ilmington's Big Racket Store on We'd
nesday, Thursday and Friday the eth,
9Th and 9Th of April.
We respectfully Invite the Ladies to Wis
it cur sto'e on those days and let us
have the pleasure of showing them our
line of Spring Hats. Flowers, Ribbons
and Laces in every style.
We have made great preparation to
meet the demands of the fine trade and
of the best people. and the most fastid-
iouS in their wishes: and also connecting
our effort to please in styles with the de-
sire to save them money on the price.
We wish that one and all would come and
look at our trimmed pattern Hats and
Baby Caps. and ask the price and COM
pare them with similar goods and styles,
While the Ladies are looking at Milf
merry, before leaving, we ask that they
take a look at our Dress Goods. Percales.
White Goods, Lawns and Spring Styles of
Dress Goods. We claim to be cheaper
and our line is equal if not superior TO
any you will find elsewhere.
We have pretty Silks for 25c, finer and
better for 35c. soc, Coo, 75c, 1000 and $l.19.
Stripes and solid colored Fine Satines all
grades. one peace black Saline slightly
damaged, a job for 15c per yard. Strictly
all Silk for soc, finer and wider for 65c.
75c, s1.O and s1.14 Fine Double Fold
Worsted Dress Goods in fine and hand
some styles for 15c. 20c and 25c; better for
35c, 4Oc and soc. We have a beautiful line
of Organizes. Lawns the handsomest
line ever III the CITY lOI l-t2c-JuSl Dtdu
tiful colors. We can please you in fine
Pique both white and colored. Our fine
white Pique Il special drive for 12l2c; very
neat in colors, in brown, tan. green and
blue, and 80 inches wide for 1212c, worth
regular price 25c. We also have all styles
of Plaids from 36 inches for &c a yard to
40 inches wide soc. Our Shepherd Plaids
from 15c to 40c is very nice.
ASpecial Drive in Table Linen, 60 inch
es wide. very nice, bleached for 25c a
yard; heavier at 35c. 40c, and up, y inches
very heavy, strictly all Linen for Soc.
Doilies all styles-the Fine White Doilies
not hemmed IA by IA inches for $l.00 a
dozen: II by u inches for coo. 16 by 1f
inches for $1.25 a dozen and up to 500
a dozen. Turkey red table Linen "a inch
es wide for 15c a yard, 62 inches. better
for 25c: some remnants from 12 to .
yard length, very good quality, for 1Sc a
yard.
Lace curtains all style and prices. We
have a good many very neat patterns III
fine Lace Curtains 312 yards long and AZ
inches wide for $1.00, $l.25 and up to $1.5t
and $500. Fin Line Shades, made Of best
Opaque goods, SO by y inches with best
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THE SEMIWEEKLY MESSENGER, TUESDAY. APRIL G., 1897.

ness, the unending life? Behind is
Egypt-the bondage. the toll, the sin.
the hopelessness. Before is light from
Heaven and at the end OF the mortal
pilgrimage Heaven itself and all that
it And yet the condition. of
safety, of complete deliverance, Of final
triumph, Of h crown and the home
in Heaven is fidelity, perseverance,
abiding faith, always Astounding in
the work Of the Lord" 1t may be
that We may not at last enter into
that rest-the Heavenly. 1t all de-
pends upon u being faithful CO.
workers with God. WORK out your
salvation with fear and trem-
bling" 1t is a time Of trial, a time Of
racing, of battle. Today if ye will hear
His voice, harden not your hearts. You
may do this and die by the way. If
you fail here o are lost. Unbelief
loses eaven Believe and live. But
let us not fail to "exhort one another
daily, while it is called today" God
from h Egypt Of sin that they
may continue to press on man
fully, faithfully, confidently, joy
fully seeking the better land.
To lose eaven means to lose all. Do
not forget this. To gain Heaven is to
gain everything. Let us not come
short of this. Let US grid up afresh the
loins Of our faith and fight the good
fight, make the journey to the last
step, where the Kingdom of Glory
opens upon the enraptured vision. Let
US watch as we would a cobra in our
path the evil heart of unbelief." I'm
der no allurements or persuasions let
us depart from the living God. Faith
full to the end we shall wear the crown
of Life. That is the faithful and true
promise of God. BE ye steadfast." Let
each hold fast the faith you have
begun with. Be true to God and He
will be true to you. Seek me and we
shall find me-" The Jews sought Ca
naan, the land of rest to them, but
through unbelief failed. Gods oath
was a bar to their triumph. The sinner
starts to seek the Heavenly Canaan.
He runs we'll for awhile, but unbelief
enters into his soul, he wanders from
the safe way, that new way of hOli-
ness, he falls into transgressiOn, and
Gods solemn oath ~intervenes with all
of its i~rreVOcabie pOWer n he fails
forever. ITO whom sware he that they
should not enter into His rest, but to
them that believed not" Verse 49, IN
belief loses Heaven. The immutable
God cannot save a hardened heart
filled with unbelief.
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need practical aid and not rhetorical
fiourishes.
The Messenger ali along has stood
squarely. unfalteringly by general esiu-
cation and by the state school system.
Since this writer began work in VIII
mington in September. 1876. he must
have written quite A hundred editorials
in regard 70 education He has never
faltered in his friendship for and
sympathy with the denominational coll
leges- Among the best of his friends
OF the last thirty-two years have been
members Of the faculty and OF the
board Of trustees Of Wake Forest col
lege. He rejoiced in the friendship of
President Wingate and Doctors and
Professors Royal. Walters, Brooks and
among the departed. and re-
jOices now in the friendship Of Presi-
dent Taylor, Major James H Foote.
and some of the present board OF trus-
tees-Drs. J.. d. Huffman and Skinner.
Oh, no, We are not opposed to or in any
way unfriendly TO the UNCONVENTIONAL
colleges. We wish u put a quietus
upon a Misrepresentation and rebuke
unwise and unnecessary thought.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-06

spring roles for 25c each, 3 Icy : feet for
%5c each. Fine Shades with beautiful
lace edge border and fringe, something en-
tireiy new. for SOC each.
Floor Oil. Art square styles for wash
stands. doors and closets, IL yard square.
for soc. \ pattern , yards square, for 95c-
a pattern, best flower, all cloths heaviest
and best goods for 25c ! yard wide. Ia
Yards wide 3lec n yard-running yard.
: yards wide, 4sc n yard-runnins yard.
Mattirlcs all styles. Best fine Japan cot
ton worp beautiful Mating, light. any
color. at 15c.-same goods We sold last
season for 22l4c. Very heavy mating.
121Hc. 15c and 1Sc. Remnant OF Carpet
strictly all wool. beautiful pattern. from
2 to 3 yards long, for soc a piece. Rugs OF
Clothing for Men and Boys: the largest
and best selection. We are no snides In
the Clothing Business. We claim to have
one of the best stocks, the largest an!
by far the cheapest stock. in the city.
Our Clothing is all new and durable.
Read these prices and bring this adver-
tiscments and compare the goods with the
description here. Men Suits. sack coats.
dark gray and brownish gray, for S.@S.
extra value. Mems black Cheviot Suits.
| part wool. S2.S7 a suit. Mems Plaid Suits
for 1926. Very neat Mems all wool, nicely
made, Clay Worsted Suits for 500, fine
black cheviot gray cheviot and a dozen OF
other styles of Fine Suits, strictly all
wool for $500. Better stock in English
Tweed Suits for $7.G0 and $500; beautiful
black clay worsted Suits and Coats, hand
sonlely made. for 800. $500 and $500 Il
suit. Odd Coats for men at $3.50 each.
odd Pants. We know our stock of odd
Pants is far better and much cheaper
than any regular homemade pants. We
have Pants from 35c, soc; very rear all
wool for 75c and SIC; all wool for 500. $l.2
and $l.50. Beautiful worsted Pants for
500 $2.25 and $500 a pair. Boys Suits for
Csc, csc, S1.00, $l.35, $l.S5 and 500 up to $3.50
a Suit.
We want the trade and we handle very
near any thing you may need.
Our Men and Boys Hats are very cheap.
styles right. The fine. new style Hats
for young men in white, black or tan, for
$1.G0 and S1.J0: others ask $l.75 and $2.5J
for the same Hat.
BE sure and come to the Big Opening on
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday the eth,
Sth and 9th, and we will show you more
Pretty Goods than we have ever had be-
fore, and at bottom Prices.
one thousand Trimmed Hats. very neat
styles, at SOC each for ladies, worth Sl.Gl
and $50.
You will find us at 1l2 North Front
street, opposite The Orton Hotel.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-06
THE REASON WHY.

We saw a paper today asking What
Defeated Bryan?" We all know the
several causes. But his reminds u.s.
of a scene in Raleigh about the year
of grace 1886. The state presidential
electors had met in the governors office
at Raleigh to cast the vote of North
Carolina for president. In Wheeler's
so-called history-but really a valuable
collection of Historic material" as we
once heard Governor Graham aptly
characterize it,-you will find under the.
heading Of Warren cOunty-sketch of
Nathaniel Macon-that is if our men,
Dry is behaving itself for it is a long
time since WI read it-you will find,
We repeat, al account of what occur
red. The question was raised-"Why
Carolina" instead of Martin Van Bu-
rem, the democrat? The reasons were
offered and the guesses were made,
finally the sage of Warren" the dis
tinguished n pure Nathaniel Macon,
always moderated by the wings, with
twinkling eyes and a ripping smile
said-"I will tell you why Mr.. White
did not carry North Carolina, gentle
men. 1t was because-he did not get
enough votes" That is Wheeler's ex-
ample Of the wit or quiet fun of the
statesman. That may explain, why
Mr.. Bryan was not elected, after con-
sidering cheating, bulldOzing and
Doodle. There is a "heep Of fun" in
Wheeler. On that same day the late
Abram w. Venable was present, as
Wheeler records, and he adds, with a
humOr quite equal to that Of the
Warren sage" that where he is there
is some talking" And that in the al
legged History Of North Cardinal"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-06
TWICE-A-WEEK.

The people Of North Carolina know
2 good thing and a cheap thing in
the newspaper world. They are show
ing this by the way they are subscrib-
ing to the Semi-Weekly Messenger.
They are taking it right along. Our
Crews, has his heart cheered very much
by the accessions to his list of sub
scribers to the new twice-a-week issue
from this office. An eight page paper,
large, newsy, filled with good reading.
and faithful to North Carolina always,
for the very small sum of One Dollar,
and you can pay for it too with "a
dollar of our daddies." They are COM
ing right along and no mistake. There
is no blowing or CANNON in all this.
The paper is published, it is eight
pages, it is we'll filled, it is very cheap
at one dollar and it goes to each sub
scriber twice every week and no pos
tage for him to pay either. Try it.
Nor is the big Daily Messenger that
publishes a great deal Of matter now
with our three wonderful linotype set
tiers overlooked. New subscribers are
the order Of every day. There is more
room. If you were a printer and knew
how to measure the reading you would
understand how very great the in
crease Of reading matter that is given.
We have found GU that about three
columns Of our editorial space is equal
now with the new type to about four
and a half Of the old type we used. The
cheap paper the Weekly Messen-
ger is.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-06
Baby Cried Night and Day
Discharge from Her Ears Top
of Her Head Broke out in
Scrofulous Eruptions
Grew Worse Under Treatment Till We
Gave Her Hoods SarsapariIla-She
Has Rosy Cheeks Now.

"When my baby was two months
old she cried night and day, and
seemed to be in great pain. She had
q discharge from her ears, and the top
of her head broke out in scrofulous
eruptions. The doctor gave me some
thing to stop the discharge and ease
the pain, but his treatment did not
cure her and we were sorry to see
She Grew Worse
instead of better. The top of her
head broke out with scrOfula. A
crust would form on her head and fall
off, taking the hair along with it,
and this continued for two or three
months, when something seemed to tell
me to try Hoods Sarsaparilla, and l
did o together with Hoods Pills
and Hoods Olive Ointment. Sooh
The Discharge Stopped
and the sores were rapidly healing.
In a short tin e her hair grew out and
she now haf, rosy cheeks and is all
right in every way Mrs. |. LLOYD,
Spring Valley, n. Y.
Hoods Sarsaparilla is the Best-in
fact the One True Blood Purifier.
Sold by all druggists. 81, six for So.
n. B. If you decide to take Hoods
do not be induced to buy any SUBJ
stitute. Get only Hoods.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-06
THE SAN JOSE SCALE.
The Fruit and Flower Pest
tifying LakewoOd-Confirmation-New
Notes.

Correspondence of The Messenger.)
Fayetteville, N. c., April 3.
Mr.. Andrew Broadfoot-truck and
fruit grower, and one of the moss
thoughtful and intelligent of that be-
neficent class-set The Messengers
correspondent to examining the San
Jose scale under a microscope the other
day. To the unassisted eye this minute
destroyer has the appearance, on leaf
or twig, of a faint smear of w~hitewash
under the magnifying glass it becomeI
a mass of corroding scales, made up of
insects, which come into life not by in
cubation but Observation-Disclosures, it is
said, from one parent. Some farmers
contend that The capacity of the seal
for evil is overrated; others are very
anxious about it.
Thursday nights cold killed a few OF
the peaches most completely denuded
of the protecting blossom, but the mass
OF the crop is yet safe; pears are badly
hurt; there will be weeping and wall
ing" on Black river, for the whortle-
berry crop is gone.
Mr.. Walter l. Holt-who believes in
always making two blades Of grass 10
| grow for one"-is busted with the inn
provencnts at Lakewood" the beauti-
full club property n Of town.
and under his skill and taste il will he
made TO blossom as the rose" BY
rhe way, the club should have perpet-
uated the memory Of the former owner
Of the property in its name. Barry
Grove was ones commandant Of the
/, Fayetteville Independent Light In
antry and a membe Of congress along
in those times when Colonel James Nc
koy, of Bladen, was the watch dog
! OF the treasury" For many years the
mute but eloquent ruins OF the Grove
mansion crumbled and mouldered
away on north Rowan street-all vi
brant with life and light in the days
when Fayetteville was the midway
point On the great highway north and
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-06
GEO. 0. GAYLORD, Prop'r.,
OF WLMNGTONrS BIG RACKET STORE

south, and southern congressman. on
their journey to Washington. halted
here to enjoy the hospitality Of their
colleagues.
Rt. Rev. DR.. Watson, bishop VI tho
diocese, will make his visitation here
next Sunday, administering the rite
Of confirmation.
Cumberland's first criminal court I'M
der the new law will be held next
month. Judge Sutton presiding.
DR.. Haigh's resignation from the
board OF dispensary managers caused
general regret, but he has a most ex-
cellent successor-Mr. Q. X. Nimocks.
a prominent business man. There he
those who believe that there Is a thor
ney path ahead for the ~dispensary.
and that there will be 4 fight on"
from and after July 1st.
His Honor Mayor Cook has issued q
call for an election in July for or
against bonds for the erection Of an
electric light plant. Possibly nobody
but a blind man fails to see that this
little city needs more light-there may
be many who will doubt whether she
can stand any more deb
The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Company should give US safety gates
at the Hay street CROSSING: the LANCER
TO riders and drivers is constant and
imminent.
Mr.. @. A. Burns, the well known Ilv-
eryman has been quite Ill. Captain
GARRISON has been recuperating. after
his dangerous sickness, at Red Springs.
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RELIGIOUS EDITORIALS FOR
SUNDAY.

We wrote recently a short editorial
on the death Of Professor Henry
Drumnond Since writing it we have
learned more Of his latter days and
the close of his life. We would not do
his injustice and therefore
hasten to say that from a very inter-
esting article in the Boston Congrega-
tjonalist Of the 18th, we learn that his
faith never faltered all during his
months of sickness. His sickness be-
gan with rheumatism and his suffer-
ings were great, so tina IL Is
stated that months before his death
his hair a whitehead, although he
was less than fOrty-six years OF
age. His faith in God and his faith
in Christ stood by him to the close,
and he is represented as enduring his
intense pain without murmuring n
with Christian resignation. We are
glad to know this, because he had
brought suspicion upon his religlous
character by some of his published
writings. He was charged with nav
ing a sort of rose-Water religion, but
he seems, in spite of any departures
from a religious orthodoxy, to have
had sustaining grace during his clos
ing days and in the final hour. He dled
a Christian, relying upon the Lord
Jesus Christ for salvation. He is de-
scribed as a man of singular personal
attractiveness, was intently DENT on
trying to do good, and expressed MS
conservation in several forms of prac-
teal endeavOr. He was a great traV-
.eler. never married, was we'll connect
ed. had friends amOng the aristocracy,
and particular friendly relations with
the Earl of Aberdeen. We saw 1t
quoted from DR.. Storker, a famous oil
vine, in a plea made by him for Pro-
fessOr Drummond when under trial for
heresy, that he said this: Il am preju-
diced in Professor DrummOnd's ave
am prejudiced by his prayers, by his
Christ like character, by his unselfsh-
ness and holy life. He has done work
for Christ and this country which no
other man could have DONE" In 1895
the assembly of the Free Church by a
vote of 274 to Isl indicated him from
the charges brought against him.
Peace to his spirit.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-06
Old People.

Old people who require medicine TO
regulate the bowels and kidneys Will
find the true remedy in Electric Bit
tiers. This medicine does not stimulate
and contains no whiskey or other in
toXicant, but acts as a tonic and alter
ative. 1t acts mildly on the stomach
and bowels, adding strength and giving
tone to the organs, thereby aiding ma
ture in the performance Of the func-
tions. Electric Bitters is an excellent
appetizer and aids digestion. Old Peo-
pie find it just exactly h they need
Price fifty cents and s1.00 per bottle at
r. r.. Bellamy's Drug Store.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-06

Putney, Eng, April 3.-The fifty
fourth annual boat race between crews
representing the Universities Of OK
ford and Cambridge was rowcd today
over rs usual course, from Putney To-
Morelake, a distance Of four and one
quarter miles oxford won by scarce
~ TWO lengths. The time was - min
utes and II seconds. oxford has now
won thirty-one out of the ffty-four
races rowed, and has been the winner
eight years in succession. The betting
was 5 TO j on oxford. Cambridge got
away first, but oxford gradually over
hauled her and thereafter the blues
were never headed, although hard
pressed to the end
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The Engineer of the Woodall Arrested.

New York. April 3-George Mowbray
the engineer of the alleged flibustering
steamer Woodall, which is said to have
made a successful trip to Cuba in
June, 1895, was arraigned before United
States Commissioner Shields today TO
answer a violation Of the neutrality
laws, on complaint by the Spanish con-
sui, but the case was postponed until
April 9Th. The authorities are asking
10 have the accused removed to Balti-
more for trial, but Mowbray's friends
will make a fight to have the case de-
cided in this district because Of the
conviction Of DR.. Joseph j. Luis in
Maryland.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-06

Let us return to a brief study of
Hebrews. In the third chapter the in
spired author set forth that Christ
is worthy of more glory than Moses.
He is called the Opposite and High
Priest of our Kingdom" n was
counted worthy of more glory than
Moses. So men are warned by the
Holy Ghost not Ito harden your
hearts, as was once the case, but to
"hear His voice. now, at this hour,
today. Read the chapter to the eighth
verse where this is set forth in due
order. We are concerned briefly now
with the single, clear doctrine of the
remainder of the chapter from 10th to
18th inclusive) that it is by unbelief
that men lose Heaven at last. That
is the doctrine of God. You are cut off
because they harden their hearts
and at last fail to enter in because of
unbelief." The inspired penmen, ad-
dressing affectionately h readers
now as of yore, says to them w~arningly
Take heed, brethren, lest there be
in any of you an evil heart of unbelief,
in departing from the living Cod" Do
not, he says in effect, 1 beseech you,
harden your hearts as did the faith
ers before you. They sinned, were cut off,
did not enter in and their "carcasses
fell in the Wilderness" They came out
OF Egypt, escaped from the cruel bond
age, the yoke of the oppressors and
task-masters, but they sinned against
90 I1a,,,~ +L1x- haliaI-,I opt ra-
member, and because of this unbelief
hey were not allowed by God, their
Leliverer, to enter into the land of
Canaan. The application is plain and
easy. God brings out His people from
the bondage of sin, out of hte Egpy-
tian bondage of death. He gives us
the Holy Spirit to act as teacher and
leader and inspirer. Through him We
follow Christ all this thorny road and
yworld-wilderness seeking a happier
and a better and holier home beyond
teh grave. The light of the glorious
Son of Righteousness falls upon our
way and into our hearts. We have the
anfallible Word of Truth to be a lamp
unto our feet as We journey and q,
-fISHl ulllo Jul PAIN lhdl We may uOl
stumble or wander off into danger
GUS by-paths. We are "staid with the
preparation of the Gospel" We have
on garments that wax not old, We have
with us the shield of faith, we have
joy and peace in the soul, and are sus-
tanned by the grace of God who
strengthens us. We are fed with
more than angels food, even eating of
the bread from Heaven, our Saviour's
flesh, and drinking of the rock which
follows us, which is Christ" Behind
Is the wilderness, before US is the
Beaulah Land, fairer thar Edenic
beauty and loneliness, a and of prom
Use, of peace, of rest, of eternal glory,
of p~ervading, satisfying joy, every
way excellent. Why shall We loiter by
the way? Why shall we halt in our
strivings after the crown of righteous
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-06

After using a 10 cent trial size of
Ely's Cream Balm you will be sure to
buy the so cent size. Cream Balm has
no equal in curing catarrh and cold in
the head. Ask your druggist for it or
send 10 cents to US.
ELY BROS, IS Warren ST., N. Y. City.
I suffered from Catarrh three years;
it got so bad I could not work; I used
two bottles of Ely's Cream Balm and
am entirely well; 1 would not be with
out it.-A. c.. Clarke, 341 Shawmut
Ave ROStOn-