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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-03-29
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pidenan 10 for sale by r. Hansen, Sioux City.
10. el.OO box, six for $500.
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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-29
GatliHGs Big Gun

The big gun Of DR.. r. ]. Calling.
which left Cleveland Thursday for this
city, arrived yesterday and was taken
at once to the navy yard, where it will
be rifled and fitted with a breech lock.
after which it Will be taken to the
Sandy Hook proving grounds to be
tested. The gun is twenty-sik feet
long, has a nine-inch bore, and weighs
about twenty-five tons. AS soon as
completed it will be used in the coast
defense.
The gun is a new departure in the
of making cannon, and instead
of being built UP, as the custom at
presnt in vogue. it is cast in a solid
piece. The govern ment has been under
contract to build the gun for some
time, and the frequent delays have ne
cessitated a number OF p"ostponements
after the government has been In read
mess to complete the work. AS soon as
practicable the work will commence.
and be pushed as rapidly as possible
TO OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Post.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-29

months the home demand will be
strong n pressing. Silk goods are
in large demand. The war fight can
not lessen the demand for silks.
Queer, Shipments of boots and shoes
immense. Several large cotton mills
in the north have resumed. The de-
mand is good. Print cloths are at the
lowest point. Dun reports:
Failures for two of April have been
81. S65, 40 against s6,14S.05 in fifteen
days last year. Sc, $50, s13 in sixteen days
in 1896, So $751; 92 in eighteen days in
1895. and Sc, sSs, 6sS in nineteen days of
1894. Manufacturing have been s., 952,-
O66 against S2.572,0 46 last year. and
trading s 1.610,1 67 against So. 535 last
year. Failures for the week have been
204 in the United States against Els
last year. and 90 in Canada against u
last year
The south had so against 50 week
before, and 50 last year for correspond
ing week. Large shipments abroad of
corn continue.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-29
NORTH CAROLINA

Raleigh Press: Mr.. Walter Tucker. or
ducto- on the street cars here. met with
a painful accident today. He was hu-.
while trying TO board a freight train.
The IredeIl Tobacco Company. or
Statesvi4e. shipped = car load OF tobacco
one DAY this week The proposed in
crease in the tax i making sales lively
at all the factories
The Allegheny Star = pretty severe on
Judge Coole. II says there i some talk
OF ~indicting him for holding court al
Sparta on Sunday TIE paper add that
his honor transacted less business there.
perhaps. than any judge ever did in the
same length OF time.
Rutherfordton Press: On last Thurs
day and Saturday nights some unknown
OF stock law fence down in Camp Creek
township. which cost the county not less
than 500. as forty-eigat bales OF wire
We're literally destroyed.
Winston Sentinel: Walter Jones. OF
North Wi,keSboro. A brother OF Mrs
Charles A Sink, OF this city. met with a
painful accident several days ago. While
driving through a gate with 4 harrow
on the wagon. one end OF the harrow
caught against the gate post. which
twisted il around. catching his foot
against the wagon and badly MASKING
il, when he was thrown 10 the ground.
Windsor Ledger: \ coIored man by the
name Of Ed. Deal was killed on the w.
"-AAOah SdAALQds IAS llt- - white
man. an Englishman. had mis- arm broken
and his face bruised There was no
wreck. The co.Ored man was drunk. He
fell of the track. The train ran over
him. He was halved. This caused other
cars TO jump and in leaving the track
the white man was injured. The latter is
now improving.
Raleigh News and Observer: Four new
convicLs were yesterday brought to the
pe~nftentiary. Two OF them were from
HEREFORD county. both accessories 10 a
murder. One OF them got six years and
the other TWO years. The other two were
from HendersOn.-Rev. DR.. w. r.
Gwaltney, who has just resigned his pas
torate at Wake Forest college, after
serving the church there seven years.
has accepted a call TO the church at
Hickory. He will begin his pastorate al
Hickory on the first Sunday in June
Home Rule" the new populist paper
(anti-fusion) made its appearance yester-
day. bearing the names of A. S. Peace
and Joshua Skinner as editors. 1t is the
same size as Otno Wilson's "Hayseeder''
was, and about as unSpicy. In fact il
succeeds the HaySeeder and is the Hay
Seeder by another name.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-29

our policy, and we face the issue of
war with absolute unanimity."
The people are not lacking in pa
triotism ever. There are no traitors in
the south when the ~country's honor is
involved. They know how to conquer
peace by fighting steadily, fighting
hard. The New Orleans States takes
in the following the view Of hundreds
OF thousands of people Of the south:
THANK heaven, in his awful hour
we can feel that no word of ours help
ed to stir UP this wicked and bloody
folly. Our voice has been all along
for peace; for aybitration; o mag
nanimity, in dealing with a feeble,
bankrupt and foolish antagonist. But
the war is here; and, OF course, we are
for our country, and We hope TO see
the wa terrible and swift, and ended
with glory TO our flag, if there can be
any glory won by ~ent men
thrashing one"
1t is too late to halt between two
opinions 1t is to lick Spain or b
licked. 1t is to prolOng the war by
divisions at home, or 10 win a swift
victory by Dravely fighting. AS the
war will iDe mainly on the sea probably
the advantage is not very great now
in favor of this country.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-29
STATE PRESS.

1t remains to be seen if the demo-
cratic press of the state have been
sincere in their utteranceS in regard to
fusion during the past few months. 1t
remains to be seen if those papers which
have pposed and denounced barter and
trade will quietly submit to the dictates
Of Bryan and Butler and repudiate their
own declarations whether they will pos
sess the courage of their convictions to
persist in denouncing this great danger
10 our home government. or tamely Swai-
low the nauseous medicine that Jones
ard Butler are giving them.-Smithfield
Herald.
The Wilmington Messenger very truly
says that under a bargain and sale ar
Tangement. there will be more independ-
ent voting by the real democrats this
year than was ever seen before in this
goodly Old state" and further. that it
can conceive of no contingency, of no
storm and stress of party. that will in
duce. or ought to induce, the old battle
worn democrats to lower their flag and
go into the trading business with desert
ers and camp followers and tricksters.'
Whenever they do this they will see
their party go to pieces unless it is true
that all men are liars. We hear men
every day. say they will never vote a
fusion ticket. some going so far as to say
that they will not even vote for a demo-
crat who permits his name to go on one.
This very agitation is hurtful, promoting
as ii does the spirit of independentfsm
and still further s~lackening party ties
Charlotte Observer.
1t has been said oftcntimes before
that any fusion of political parties on
the basis of "A division of spoiis is wrong
in principle and is bound to bring bad
results to the masses of the people. If
the past is any criterion We are bound
to say that any fusion of parties whose
tenetS are widely divergent. is fraught
with evil to all taxpayers. Right here in
this state it has brought high taxes. 1t
has brought strife and contention. 1t
has brought debts and litigation. It has
brought many things heretofore I'M
known to a peaceful and prosperous and
contented state. 1t is the business of
the people to see to all these things in
the future. All prejudice. all bitterness.
and all bad feeling should be put aside
n all men who want to drive from our
midst the noxious and baneful miasma
brought here by unholy cooperation.
should put them heads together and Sc
cure a happy and a glorious radiance
Lexington Dispatch.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-29

1t is to be hoped that no simon-pure
democrat will be deceived by the re-
CEN talk Of dicker and will be led to
repOse the slightest trust in the leader
better not to vote at all than to vote
and be fooled by these perennial
traders. Butler is very Shrewd, doubt
less. His worshippers-mostly men of
extreme fgnorance-think him i'm
n a marveilously great man. But
no sensible man, certainly no man
with pretentions to being we'll informed
as to public men and state politics eth
er credits Butler with high abilities or
sincere principles. He is cunning,
cool, calculating. a simple trickster,
without any permanent convictions Or
conscientious scruples. He is one of
your winning politicians" His scheme
to bring about fusion now on with
something of pretense ought not to de-
ceive any democrat with brains enough
to keep out of the fire. One, Aver, has
with extreme effrontery marked out
a big thing for the small populist par
ty, provided the democrats will only
walk into the parlor." That Aver
ever deceived any democrat or can ever
deceive one again is indeed an unex-
planned mystery.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-29
hume rous Applications for Voluntee
Service.


Richmond, Va. April Ex-Governor
Tyler has sent out the following:
The governor is overwhelmed with
applications of all kinds Offering ser
vices for the war. Positions are re-
quested for ~chaplains, surgeons. nurses.
privates and commissioned officers Of
various grades. He fnds it utterly i'm
possible to answer them all and the
press is requested to make this state
ment- Those wishing to enlist as
privates should make application to
The applications for positions as sur
geons ave been placed on file and will
receive due consideration. The num-
Der of officers to be appointed by the
governor is very limited and ach ap-
~plication will stand upon it's merits.
Persons desiring to serve as nurses
Will maxi application to commanders
Of forces when mustered into the Unit
ed States service. The present officers
in the Nirginid volunteers are Suffici-
ent in number TO double the amount of
men likely to be called into the United
States service, therefore, the governor
disposal. All troops that are likely TO
be called out by the governor are fully
provided with officers. There is no
necessity for the formation Of addition
al military organization. unless a very
much larger additional demand is made
upon the state"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-29

Dent think because a Streamlet is q
little stream that a hamlet is a little
ham.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-29

The ancient Greeks believed hat the
Penates were the gods who attended
to the welfare and prosperity of the
family. They were ~worshipped as
household gods in every home. The
household god of today is DIR. Kings
New Discovery. For consumption.
coughs, colds and for all affections of
Throat, Chest and Lungs it is invalu-
able. 1t has been tried for a quarter of
a century and is guaranteed to cure.
or money refunded. No household
should be without this good angel. 1t
is pleasant to take and a safe and sure
remedy for old and young. Free trial
bottles at r. r. Beflamy's drug store.
Regular size so cents and $1.90.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-29
One Reason for Quick Action.

One of the greatest evils resulting
from a prOtracted war would DE the
final Transformation OF the United
States into a great military power with
all its enormous resources harnessed
TO the war chariot. Defeats for our
~squadronS at the outset would so
arous the people that only a navy of
the first rank would thereafter satisfy
them. The very duration Of the civil
war left US, for that period, the fore
most military nation on earth; and a
long drawn out conflict now would land
US at the end in h same position.
People who disapprove OF this war,
therefore. have every reason. now that
il is upon Us, to give the government
their warmest and most royal support
in order that the Gnosrilities ma De as
brief as possible.-Springfield Repub-
lican.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-29
BUSINESS LAST WEEK

Business is contracting says Dun. 1t
says there lis no excuse except want
of nerve for decline in railway stocks
when earnings have been 14.3 per Ger
larger than last ear for the first half
of April. and AS per e larger than
in 1892" Last week wheat advanced
1.25 cents. The Messenger predicted a
steady rise. That was what the first
week of war did for higher bread.
Large exports of bread stuffs continue.
Is that wise under the pressure of war?
There is large foreign demand for
wheat. If war continues for a few
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-29
OPINION ONCE DIVIDED But NOW
UNITED

~ -
The wal being a fixed fact, congress
SfaHi1C declared war, it is the part OF
Eatriotjsm to make the most IF IT. 1t
rs absolutely true that there is really
gsut little enthusiasm in the south over
IT One day in 1851, showed more Ia
tense excitement and enthusiasm than
n week brings forth now. The reason
Gf this is hat the southern heart is no;
a1 il. The Maine was forgOtlet. and
che war precipitated upon commerce
and sentiment. That disgusts men
Aho believe blood is thicker man
Fgater," and honor nobler than dollars
aud cents.
We notice that the old Richmond (Va.(
EioWItZers refused to a man to volun-
teer while declaring they Will do their
ftIU duty if called out. One of the cap
fEains pronounced the war both 'un-
holy and unrighteouS." The New Or
fcans Picayune takes a view held by
R3Undreds of thousands of brave south
srn men, that such a war, QuiXOtic
unnecessary as it is, becomes a bind
ing obligation upon the patriotism OF
every citizen. The first hostile gun
fired at an American ship by the Span
Saxds compels every patriot in the
United States to range himself under
its flag and against its foes"
The Mobile Register, ONE of the Oldest
southern newspapers, as is the Picay-
zzzse, says that the southern represen-
4atives in congress-, who We're unani-
1nosls and enthusiastic in their support
OF a war measure, will not be able TO
sfRsd in the whole of the south amy war
enthusiasm to support their exuber
aance-" These views effect no little
OF the thinking of the people. We do
rot believe, take the whole state
through, that one-fOurth of the demo-
gratis favor wal if the Maine is eliml-
mated and the wal is waged for other
caUses. The Macon (Ga.) Telegraph
takes this view, n it is the right
view as The Messenger holds
THE hour is gone for discussion as
TO the righteousness of the war. The
American people are now united upon
THE only proposition remaining. the
.gFopoSition to compel the withdrawal
OF Spain from Cuba. We must now
stand shoulder to shoulder and make
good the resolution of the American
Congress"
We find similar views set forth in
rnany southern leading dailies. They
condemn the policy pursued or oppose
tn causes of war as adopted, but they
tare for fighting now and rebukinG
Spain; they are for pressing the wa
with intense Uigor and using sucn re
source as may be necessary to secur
victory and an early peace. The Au
.Ersta Chronicle periodically says
1--WE do not believe that the policy pur
szed was the wisest policy, but having
Eseeu adopted 10y our country, it is nov
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-29
Dhe W(rssenger.


Ghe fight will be very unequal be
EaPrn the United States and Spain if
SG rs prolonged. AT first owing TO the
Earyp army and fighting force Of this
n and it's inferior navy COM
1xsxed with the great European navies,
the disadvantage under which Spain
exists 0vill not he very apparent. But
strengthen its navy 10y purchase and
in SIX months this country could
s11pngthen its navy by purchase and
GsIshding no little, and could raise an
army of 5,000,0 900 of men If it should
be- necessary. Spain is poor in re-
SuuTces and heavily in debt Her re-
EsIarrces are less than her annual ex-
fHe3ditures. But the same may be said
SF the United States. But there is a
difference. This country can raise
500, O0O, 900 annually more than IS now
raised by simply increasing taxes. The
Tnited States votes IA, 1000 900 men,
while the entire population Of Spain is
not more h q, 900, 900, il 50 much.
n is said that owing 70 the Cuban
war the expenditures of Spain were
Er 1897. $62, 900, 900 in excess of her re-
venues Her public debt for SO small
81 Kingdom is extremely great-S1,6 $40
100000 While our own country is vast,
with z, 900, 900 of people, increasing all
the time, and immense vast
productiveness in sereals and other
GGibles, and capabilities IN almost
$500 J:~z-4;~~ $1,000 .J-o1- 49,,
other country, Spain is about At the
end of her productiyeneSS, her ven
producing capacity But she can fight,
and fight hard.
No intelligent American SHOULD b.
found favOring a long war. That means
not only horrors and distresses beyond
estimation, but it means another great
national debt, long continued high
faxes, great business disturbances, the
reign of sharpers, ShOddy and
dals, and a general widespread de-
mOralization affecting the public life
for a generation. In war the specula-
TORS grow rich while the poor suffer
and are plucked. The Richmond Dis
patch surveying the scene in case Of a
gNotracted war says:
THE longer it is protracted, the
more we will add to the intereSt-bear-
ing debt of $847 ,365, 315, the more nu-
E7lerOus will be the opportunities for
JObbery at the expense of the people,
the greater will he the humble of new
articles subjected to internal taxation,
nnd the larger will he the army of pa
riots" employed in collecting those
taxes ia
In 1890, when the United States had
r. debt amounting to 1857, SIG, 900, the
debt per capita was $32.37. At the
same time Great Britain's per capita
debt was $71.27. In 1890, the wealth Of
dhe United States was seven and a half
times that of Spain, their debt $3.50.
100000 less. and their per capita deb
about two and a half times less. T1esc
are the estimates by the famous Ing
fish statistican, Michael Mulhall.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-29
HONE FOLKS

Funny things happen daily. News
papers pronounce this paper or that
paper the ablest, the best newspaper,
the most reliable and so n. But they
often say this with an exchange list
the PAPER in the state. Such opinions
go for but little as they are given
upon insufficient, imperfect informa-
ton. AS we said, all papers have
friends, but this is no reason for un-
just discrimination. There are prob
ably just as able, conscientious, we'll
equipped, experienced, faithful editors
on the papers not lauded as those that
are the happy recipients Of the praise.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-29
Something to Know.

It may be worth something to know
hat the very best medicine for restor-
ing the tired out ervou system to a
healthy vigor is Electric Bitters. This
medicine is purely vegetable, acts by
giving tone to the nerve centres in the
stomach, gently stimulates the Liver
and Kidneys, and aids these organs
in throwing off impurities in the blood.
Electric Bitters improves the appetite,
aids digestion, and is pronounced by
those who nave tried it as the very
best blood purifier and nerve tonic. Try
it. Sold for soc or $1.00 per bottle at
R.. r. Beilamy's drug store.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-29

AS North Carolina is expected to fur
nish to the United States government
2,O67 volunteers, it is the opinion of
some of u state contemporaries that
these should be commanded by a
North Carolinian, and very proper is
this contention. The Virginians wish
General Fitz Lee to command troops
from hat state. Virginia's great SOL
diers-Robert E. Lee, Joseph E. John
ston, T. J. Jackson-have passed over
the river" And SO it is with North
Carolina for Pender and Pettigrew
and Anderson were all killed in battle.
But there is n soldier remaining who
as major general made a good record
both for %gallantry and capacity-Major
General Robert Hoke.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-29

The 10 cent trial size of Ely's Cream
Balm which can be had of the drug
gist is sufficient to demonstrate its
great merit. Send 10 cents, We will
mail il. Full size 50cents.
ELY BROS. So Warren St, NY. City
Catarrh caused difficulty in speaking
and to a great extent loss Of hearing
By the use of Eiy's Cream Balm drop
ping Of mucus has ceased, voice and
hearing have greatly irnproved.-J. w,
Davidson. Attorney at Law, Mon
mouth, Ill.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-04-14
JOHNSON'S
CHILL AND
FEVER TONIC
Cures Fever
In One Day.
No-To-Bac for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure. naRes weak
men strong. blood pure. Soc. 81. AL druggists

A Chinese writer in one of the
publications of his own country
has summed up the pecnllarities
of the American people IN par
agraph which is as follows: "Tney
live months without eating a
mouthful of rice; they eat bul.
locks and sheep IN enormous
quantities; they have to bathe
ire quently; they eat meat with
knives and prongs; they never en-
Joy themselves by sitting on their
ancestors graves, but jump around
and kick balls as if paid to do it,
and they have no dignity, for they
may be found walking with wo-
men."
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-04-14

"a word to the wise is sufficient
and a word from the wise should be
sufficient, but you ask, who are the
wise? Those that know. The oft
reapeted experience of trustworthy
persons may be taken for knowledge
Mr.. W. NJ. Terry say Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy gives better salts
faction than any other in the mar
ket. He has been in the drug bus
mess at Elkton, KY, for twelve
years; has sold hundred Of bottles
of this remedy and nearly all other
cough medicines manufactured
which shows conclusively that
Chamberlain's is the most satisfat
tory to the people, and is the best,
For sale by wallace d johnson.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-04-14
ATTENTION, VETERANS.
Imported Letter to Those Who Are
| Going to Charleston.

Imported Letter to Those Who Are
Going to Charleston.
We have received the following
communication from General &. l.
Walker, commanding the South
Carolina Division of the United
Confederate Veterans, with the re-
quest that it be published:
The Y. NJ. B. L., and the good
people Of Charleston In respond
to a suggestion from one; not a
citizen of Charleston, have deter
mined to entertain free all such
Veterans who while able to pay
their railroad fair to the city, can
not maintain themselves while in
the city, and whose desires are
once more to NEE. their old COM
rades.
The people Of Charleston have
large enough hearts to entertain
free all Veterans, and they only
regret that their purses are not as
large as their hearts. But they
,ciH take care of such as cannot
afford to take care Of themselves.
In so large a gathering such a
privilege is aptto be abused, here
tore, the committee in charge ar
forced to have some restriction
which will protect them from. I'M
position, if attempted. They will,
therefore. require of such as they
will take care of. a certificate from
the Commander of the nearest
! Camp, If a Z. G.. ", from the Com
mander of his Camp, that the com
rale is Veteran, and is financial
ly unable to pay his board while
in the city. All such comrades
are, therefore, cautioned that they
must secure sue h certificate Il
admit them to the quar- ers Pro
vided.