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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-04
NORTH CAROLINA COURTS

1t is difficult as courts are now con-
Quoted in this goodly state for an or
DERBY, peaceful, intelligent citizen to
hold them in that respect and reverence
that nee so freely obtained among all
classes and conditions. Some of the
judges evidently carry their politics
into their decisions if they are not much
misrepresented. Whether the supreme
court is of this sort we will not af-
firm, but there is suspicion attaching
to some things they do. When a man
make n~artisan 1Hine is SO corrupt as to
and the ~exigencies of party the moVI,9,
in a legal decision, then that fell
low is far gon in the ways of judicial
debauchery n is a sight for men
and angels" It is to he hoped that
member of North Cardinals highest
judiciatory. The decision of the court
in the matter of the railroad commits
sioners has about it anything else than
"the odor of sanctity," n takes on an
aspect very like to that Of grim parti-
sanship. But wi are no lawyer and its
rulings may seem all right to the bar.
We think that probably at this time
there are some tens Of thousands of
honest minded folks in our common
wealth who are closely scrutizing the
action of the supreme court and if they
are satisfied that there is political
rottenness as we'll as judicial faint in
the doings Of that judicial body they
will not only hold ''the court in con-
tempt" but condemn the men who dis
grace the ermine. The people Of sense
and character who revere virture in the
public servants will hold the betray-
ers to a very stern reckoning indeed,
and will resent every assault upon their
rights and liberties. The purity of the
courts is absolutely essential to the
maintenance of right and justice, and
any ruling in unrighteousness, any
vindictive or arbitrary oppression Wis
tied upon the people will react against
the guilty ones with a tenfold power.
The vengeance of our offended and
outraged people is terrible in the day
of evil doors.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-04
STATE PRESS.

In the case Of the state against
Bryant the supreme court has filed an
opinion. This s involves the legali-
ty of the section Of the revenue act
which orders imprisonment for non
payment of taxes. The judges held
Bryant not guilty and the soain'.oI ap-
pealed. Tt was made test case py
consent. The supreme court suSta1ns
the lower court. The News rises to ask
if the supreme court means what 1t
aerfu II uhe court said this "in a ioc111ar
mood" will we have to wait to find II
out?-Charlotte News.
The forcible entry into the Office nv
the new commissioners, al the instance
OF the governor, after it was well
known that a writ of error had been
granted to the supreme court of the
United States, was a case Of indecent
haste. The governors action in the
matter seems to be properly %caracter-
lied as revolutionary" but whether it
is so or not, it will appear to the ordi-
nary mind that this is a case which.
more emphatically than the average.
should have been allowed to proceed in
due and regular form, all parties await
ing with dignified patience the early
and final arbitrament of the supreme
court Of the country.-Charlotte Oh
server.
If a federal republican administration
puts negro postmasters on our COM
munitieS over their protests; if a re-
publican state administration puts a
negro as the head fertilizer inspector
Of the state, giving him control over
white subordinates; if republican coun-
ty administrations give the negroes
voice in the control of white public
schools; and if republican township
administrations elect negro magistrates
to administer justice over white men,
and negro c~onstables to see that the
orders of the court are enforced, if these
things, which are witnessed every day
in North Carolina, make r impress
sion upon the people it must be that
under the present regime a white man
has no equal chance with a negro In
the word of a radical politician: THE
time has come when a white man is as
good as a negro il he behaves him
self."-Raleigh News and Observer.
The supreme court, in bolstering up
its decision declaring Messrs. Pearson
and Caldwell railroad commissioners,
that 'tany attempt by anyone
else to interfere by alleged legal process
or otherwise" with these gentlmen in
taking possession ard exercising the
of the office twill be a con-
of the court" This looks like
an attempt, with all respect be it spok-
to fbulldoze parties to actions into
to what they may believe to
be wrong, and prevent them from re-
to the law, in an orderly man
ner, to establish or maintain their
Does it mean that the supreme
court OF the United Staes cannot pro-
tect it's own jurisdiction pending the
of the appeal? It is as
offensive to ommo sense, if not to
lawful. rights of the citizen as
Governor Russell's mob violence in put
ting his proteges in possession Of the
of the co-nmissioners.-Raleigh
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-04
Clothing.

I handle Clothing for everybod, prices
to suit. Should you need a new suit,
cometo US for 1t. i paid the spot cash
for my stock and got the full discount
and can n will sell Clothing as cheap
and cheaper than anybody. / sell
suits from $500 to 1920 Boys suits
from 75c to $3.50; Youths suits from
1925 to $500, sizes from IA to 10 years
old. Underwear for Children, Ladies'
and Men. Some CVhildren and Ladies'
Union suits to close out, will sell for
20 and 40 cents a suit.
Remember to get your card punched
so you can get you a new chair by
Christmas. / have a nice line on hand
now to fill your order. Bring the card
and get for a $25 purchase a nice Chair,
Book Case or Table; with a $40 pur-
chase have your picture enlarged; with
a SIS purchase a nice Oak Table; with
a IS purchase / will give q rice Silver
Plated set Of Spoons. Bring your card
and get it punched and buy your goods
at the right place and at h right
price. We do a cash business and
want the cash trade at Wilmington
Big Racket Store, on Front Street, op-
posite the Orion Hotel
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-04

States bank examiner for Maine. has
sent out a circular to bankers in Maine,
presenting his views in opposition to
the plan. In 1t he
1.-The adoption Of any such system
must seriously affect the prosperity OF
OUT savings banks and 1oan and build
ing associations and would, / believe,
ultimately to a very large extent dis
place them and compel them TO, in
some way, wind up their affairs. I do
not believe n private association can
successfully compete with the Nation
al government in any kind OF business"
II he Is correct then the congress
should not allow the federal govern
ment to go into this sort of rival bank
ing, the end of which will be to dis
troy the hundreds Of well managed pri-
savings banks distributed through
out the We do not know that
his fears will be realized, for b test
is to be made. But it really seems
rery probable that Uncle Sam with his
immense and power will
strange the banks operated now with
profit by private citizens. OF course
there are other objections to the pro-
posed departure, and they have been
presented already by h Messenger.
We venture to predict that the gold
organs and the great papers" in the
chief centres of trade and wealth will
favor, with but few exceptions, the
scheme of adoption and ex-
tension.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-04

are married, and had been drinking.
They helped make up q party OF four to
start on a hunting trip. Green is said to
when drunk was quite crazy. AS the re-
port is. he was in Hudgins' yard and was
cursing very badly. The family Of Hud-
gin were within hearing and Hudgins
ordered him to leave the place. Green
refused and upon continuing his bad Ian
guage, Hudgins came upon him and
struck him with his gun.-James H.
and Marion Parker. coiored. got into a
drunken row Thursday night. 1t Is re-
ported that Fisher drew a pistol on Par
ker and then Parker struck Fisher over
the left eye with a beer bottle. It was
not thought at first hat Fisher was bad
Iy hurt, but began growing worse
Monday night. and had lost the power
Drs. Parrot and Pollock performed a
surgical operation. and found that his
skull was fractured They relieved the
pressure, and express the opinion that
Fisher will recover.-Aifred Adams.
colored, was killed last Friday night be-
tween Kinston and the iron bridge He
was returning home in a wagon with a
lot OF other negroes. Coroner j. b.
Langston was notified and held an in
quest Sunday The coroner's jury We're
as follows: N. B. Wooten, J.. p Num-.
w. l.. Jones, ]. E. Moore and j. w
physician in charge of the inquest. and
found that the bullet-a 32-calibre-pass-
ed eawee the third and fourth ribs and
entered the heart, passed through and
lodged in front of the spinal column. The
coroner's jury, after hearing the evil
dence. certified hat to the best of their
knowledge and belief, Alfred Adams
came to his death from a gunshot wound
at the hands CT Henry Aldridge.-Den-
mis- Fisher, a colored boy, was in the
woods hunting Christmas afternoon. The
gun exploded in his hands and tore them
to pieces badly. DR.. j. NJ. PARROT patch
ed him up and he is getting along all
right. His han VIII be saved.-There
was a general fight in the street Christ
mas afternoon, near the town hall. Sticks
and knives were freely used. Drew Sugg
and his son John were slightly cut on the
hands. We have heard of no other in
juries.-Hilliard Moore, colored, was cut
by Ivey Moore, colored, on Mr.. Shade
Jackson'S plantation, a few miles from
Kinsten, last Thursday. Hilliard was
| stabbed in the side into the apex of the
heart. 1t seems that Hilliard had beer
imposing on Ivey for a long time. Both
are boys about II years old. DR.. ]. NJ
| PARROT attended the wounded negro
and thinks he will recover.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-04
Murder and Casualties

An Asheville special to The Charlotte
Observer. says: Saturday Budford Ear
ly, living near Fairview, this county,
went out OF his house to shoot a guinea.
AS he fred, tie --year-old son of James
McBee a r1:gfsbor, got in range of the
shot, and the contents of Early's gun
struck him in the back. making a wound
from which tie boy died yesterday. The
shooting was purely accidental.
New Bern Journal: An unprovoked
murder occurred at PIarl, Landing, six
teen miles from here, on the Neuse river,
In Craven county, last Thursday. Chris
topper n Oxley, a citizen of this city,
well thought of by his friends and neigh
bors, was struck down by an iron weapon
in the hands of Jack Jones, a man of
very dark character. Oxley was work.
ing at the Landing, employed in cutting
wood for W. b. Ellis, of this city. Jack
Jones lived in that n~eighborhood and the
two men had a quarrel during the day.
They, however, had made up and to show
that all i'll feeling has passed, the two
shook hands. Cxley walked away a short
distance after the friendly understandings
and took out his tobacco from his pocket
and proceeded to fill his pipe for the SOL
only waiting his opportunity. He saw
that Oxley was deceived by his show OF
friendship. As his victim was engaged
in forgetful preparations for a smoke.
Jones crert upon him and dealt Oxley q
murder0us blow upon the back of the
head with q heavy hand-spfke, used for
canting logs. Oxley sank to the ground
without a word.
Kinston Tree Press: In Craven coun-
t., at he Green place, last Thursday.
Nj. Hardy Hudgins struck Mr.. William
Green on the back OF the lead with =
gun. Green died of the Injury that night.
The NeWbern Journel says. both men
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-04

taxes n how the money flies under
the hierarchy Of the Russell gang of
spentdthrifts! The last is that a COM
missioner of Immigration is to receive
50, 900 per annum salary. What for?
Cannot the right kind of immigrants
be secured at less cost? Are the pros
perity and happiness OF the state de-
pendent upon rushing in Immigrants?
1t is a wise way not to make the nag
trot too fast ON a bard and rugged
road.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-04
Shoes.

Should you need a nice pair of Shoes,
come to us. We carry a big stock and
a and do, sell the best Ladies' DON
COLA, Patent Tips, Ladies' Shoe I'm the
city for s1.00. Mems Calf Skin Shoes.
nice stock, at 50. 90 and $3.50. Russet
and Tan, nice Kid Shoes, at 800.
Boys Spring Heel, Dongo1a Lace
Ehoes, best goods, at $1.00 a pair. Mems
Brogans, solid, high cut. Creedman's.
at 50 cents; low cut. solid Shoes, Bro
gans, at rs cents; Pebble Polish, good
honest Shoes, at So cents. Ladies' very
fine Shoes at $50, $500 and s2.25. A
job in Ladies' Shoes. honest goods,
small sizes. n pair of a kind, to close,
1t so cents. Shoes / soil for 500 to
$500 a pair, now so cents.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-04
Bucklen's Arnica Salve

The best salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises. Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores. letter, Chapped Hands,
C~hilblains, .Corns, and all skin Erup-
tions, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. 1t. is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction of none refunded.
Price Is cents per boz. For sale by
r. r. Bell ~.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-04

Will be. on full dress parade, going
from house to house, carrying presents
to the little people. He has made my
store his headquarters this season and
he welcomes the letters from the chill
dren, telling him what they want. Come
and get your selections before he has
bought them all.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-04
HandkerchiefS.

We have just received a big lot Of
Xmas Handkerchiefs for the Christ
mas trade. We have nice embroider-
ed Handkerchiefs at s, 10, Is and rs cts;
Silk Handkerchiefs at Is, 25, 35 and
so cents; Children Cotton Handker-
chiefs at 2, 4 and 5 cents; Ladies' and
Gents Handkerchiefs, hemstitched, at
5 and 10 cents; Linen Handkerchiefs at
25 cents.
A big reduction in
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-04
HOME FOLKS.

That was a wicked joke, if "joke" it
was, that occurred ait Wnkesboro ON
Christmas-wrecking partially the
court house. The visitation of punish
ment upon lei thoughtless "jokers'
would be just and proper. There is no
little deviltry perpetrated under the
guise of fun.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-04

We were much surprised when we
read the report concerning Judge SUIT
ton at Taraboro. but it seemed TO cone
straight. 1t shows THAT evil reports
should not be readily credited against
amy one, much less against a judge or
amy high official. Tt is so easy for mall
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-04
ENDANGERING PRIVATE SAVINGS
BANKS

We are not surprised to see the man
ayers and friends of saving banks dis
furbed by the movement to establish a
United States system of postal banks.
1t has been urged by the Messenger
and by all newspapers not carried away
by the plan of increasing the banking
privileges of Uucle Sam, thus adding
to his already tremendous control pow
~er. that h plan of postal savings
banks was hostile to the private saw
-fngs banks and would very seriously
~~endanger their continued prosperity
and their existence. We suppose there
lis hardly any doubt as to the good
Foundation of this contention. h
opinion certainly prevails widely that
the proposed enlargement of United
: States government banking through
.She system Of postal savings banks
z4eally bodies no good to the private
banks, and perhaps in the end will
bOde no good to popular liberty. AT
any rate, the control of the correspon-
dence of the people, and of much OF
their savings, and of the army and
navy. might one day be a very serious
to liberty II some Grant or
some man greater than Grent-a Ma
poleon-should perchance become presi-
dent with greatly enlarged powers.
But DE this as IT there is a sense
nnnAasiness of decided OPP
Hnent compe-
~-s--
fted
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-04
Hats and CAPS.

Should you need a nice Baby Cap, or
mood, Boys and Girls Caps, Mems
Hats, Ladies Hats. before Christmas.
come n see us. We have a nice line
or new Hats just received. thai we can
sell from 25. 35 and so cents: Sailors.
narrow backs, bell crowns, and all
kinds. We trim ali Hats free when
you buy the lat and material from us.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-04

II a state or the officials OF any grade
can prevent a railroad from giving a
ride Ito a lame man or a sick man or q
ma withou5 money. why canmot 1t
also debar a merchant from giving q
pair OF shoes OF stockings to a barefoot
or a cake dealer from giving a cake to
a hungry gamin? lie that kind Of lafw
is not usurping, arbitrary and Imperial
pray what can it be? After a while a
man driving in the public road in a
buggy cannot give a lift TO any one.
Capitalization of power in any hands
fering with private rights by author
ity of officials is a public wrong. The
tendency in this country has long BEEN
to usurpakfon OF power and interfe1-
ence with the peoples rights.
The people should watch far more
than they do reckless expenditure of
taxes. The trend is to extravagance
and waste. Officials do not care a
bauGbee for the money, coming out OF
other peoples pockets, when they take
a notion to create a new office or to
reward a (henchman, who is hungry and
like 'Barkis' is within" Think of such
a. cruel and ~vindictive fraud AMID ira
vestie Upon real law-making bodies as
h Kangaroo gathering at Raleigh
y'clept a Legislature costing the tax
payers of North Carolina $4,000. They
would have cost high if they had beer
fed on 'tginger bread with no pen
ITEM. Tt is i'm this way that the liberties
of the people are stolen and enslave.
ment comes. Down with h~igh-handel
acts and law that Cypress and are
based ON a destruction. of the muni.
ments nj rights of the people!
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-04

In the recent Cotton Growers Conven-
ton that met at Atlanta there was a
very unwise movement started, that
failed of success most fortunately. 1t
was to form a Cotton Trust. One would
suppose that of all people the farmers
had already had more than enough of
try, including the a~lI-grasping tobacco
trust, that is as constituencies as a
dead mule. The convention put its foot
down on the cotton trust movement.
One like this would in the end be as
Objectionable as the other trusts that
unite against the people at large for
their own selfish purposes and gain.
How could farmers who have been
damning all trusts with intensest We
hemence think for a moment Of setting
UP a monster Of their own making?
Poor human nature is so very, very
weak. 1t must strike back by doing
evil in turn. Think of people calling
themselves, to illustrate, indorsing the
vile sugar trust, and the viler cigarette
trust, upon the plea that the end sane
titles the means, AND it is highly re-
ligious to do evil that good may
come. The heather have as good NOR
ais and theology as that. But the cot
ton trust died a-borning. Let no stone
mark its unhallOwed grave.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-04
SOON old SANTA CLAUS !!

Cloth Capes at $2.25 and $3.50. Bead
Trimmed, better quality, lovely goods.
at $2.9 8 We are selling a big lot OF
Cloaks, of all kinds and at all prices.
from $1.00 to $500. i.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-04
Capes.

We are selling Silk Plush Capes for
next week at $2.9S; our $500 line at
$4.25; our Flannel Fur Trimmed
Double Capes, full size, grey, at SIPS;
black at $3.50; Velvet Trimmed Beaver
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-04

Washington, December 30.-The fol-
lowing fourth-ciass postmasters have
been appointed in North Carolina: Ara
pahoe, Joseph B.. Lee; Nealsvflfe, Jos
eph G.. Pyatt.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-04

ice to fabricate a mountain OF False
hood Take the case OF Rev. %. III.
Tuttie and the reported watery es-
capable ait Beaufort. He brands It
squarely as containing no less than
four Ties"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-04
\ THIEF in THE NIGHT:
How Catarrh Robs Its Victims Of Health and Lie.

CataSrh ID the most insidious OF
diseases. Ifnegiected, Il invadabiy
reaches the bronShiai tubes and
lungs, rendering them weak and
susceptible to consumption.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-04

tLippman's Great Remedy
10 the only logical treatment for
this loathsome disease. Catanh 10
now recognized as an affection OF
the blood, and not a mere local trou.
bic. The best blood purife isthere.
fore the best remedy, and the best
blood purifier is acknowledged to be
p. r. p. Under treatment with p.
p. p. the sickening discharges, with
hawking and splitting and offensive
odor, quickly disappear and perma.
uent and radical recovery soon re.
suits.
Messrs. LiPPMAN BROTHERS,. Savan.
nah, Ga.
Cent.-I have used nearly four bottles
OF p. p. p, Lippman's Great Remedy I
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-04
sHARPS AND A

The American Sugar Growers Society,
Of Nebraska, has prepared a petition to
the congress against annexation of
Hawaii. It asserts that such an un-
wise Nurse will seriously cripple, if not
ruin, the new beet sugar industry in
the west. It contends that our farmers
cannot compete with the cheap coolie
labor of So a month. The American
farmer a the manifesto, demands
IA the islands he not annexed. With
coolie competition out, the American
farmer can harvest 500, 900, 900 worth of
sugar heretofore imported. The pro-
duction of sugar for Hawaii aggregates
24S, SGT ton for this year.. OF the %, 900
laborers on the plantations, 500 were
.o-eact Japanese, 5,285 free Japanese,
1,'oo coheiect Chinese, and 1,911 free
The humber of laborers
whose contracts expire next year is
The Japanese seem to he preferred by
the planters as laborers.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-06
AT THE CHURCHES.

Services at st. Marks at II a. m. and
1880 p. m. Bishop Brewer will preach
at both services and confirm class in
the evening.
Evangelist J. II. Weber will hold
three meetings in the Methodist church
to-day, one at IL a M, another at 3
y. m and the evening service. His spe-
cial topics will soon begin and also spe-
cial singing. Large congregations are
greeting him every night. Next week
beginning Tuesday he will hold service
at o'clock y. m, as well as in the
evening. He does not hold a meeting
on Saturday night. A fine chorus choir
is being built up and good congrega-
tional singing is heard. Service begins
with song at 7:45 p. m. and preaching
at Sis p. m. every night. All are in
Vited to come.
The Latter Day Saints (Mormons)
will hold services at the corner of
Third and Birch streets Sunday at 7:30
p. m. Elder f. d. Bramwell. president
of Montana Missions and other promi-
nent elders will be the speakers. Cen
eral invitation extended 10 all
At the Baptist church. corner Of Fifth