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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-30

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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-30
.RUSS[l'S LATEST DODGE:
Efforts to Weather the
Coming Storm.
PENITENTIARY OFFICERS

To be Placed In Absolute Control Of
Seperate Car Law-Fiyures from Re.
port Of Secretary Of State-A Change
I'm Insurance Law accommodated
MOOnshiner Killed by Revenue Oni-
cer-Metters Before Democratic Ex.
ecutive Committee.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-09-15
REAR ADr1lRAL KIRKLAND.
Harper's Weekly's Estimate Of the
Record of the North Carolina Off.
(uarper'S Weekly.)

Rear Admiral William A. Kirkland,
who died at the Mare Island navy
yard in San Francisco, was born in
North Carolina in 1886, and began
his long service in the navy when he
was fourteen years old. He became
passed midshipman in 1856, and was
commissioned lieutenant in 1858.
During most of the civil war he was
stationed away from home, with the
Brazil squadron until 1862, and at
the China station and in the East
Indies until 1864, but he was ordered
back in time to take part in the cap
ture of Mobile in 1864.
In later years he was in command o
the Brooklyn navy yard QSS5,) was
supervisor of New York harbor (1SS9,
and was commandant of the League
Island navy yard at Philadelphia.
He was commissioned commodore in
1898, rear admiral in 1894, and COM
manded the European station for
more than a year, until November,
1895. In July, 1896, he was put in
command Of the navy yard at San
Francisco, and though he was re-
tired last July, the intention wa,
that he should retain his command
until the end of the war with Spain.
He died from the effect Of a surgical
operation. He was reprimanded by
Secretary Herbert for sending a let
ter of congratulation to President
Faure on his election as President OF
France, but he held that the letter
was a personal one which grew out
of his acquaintance with M. Faure.
Some com ment he made in a news
paper interview on the American
missionaries in Syria brought him a
good deal Of hostile criticism; bu'
his naval record was good, and hi
was regarded as an efficient officer.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-09-15
Expressed In a Nutshell.

The way to get business is to ad-
vertise-the only way to advertise is
to advertise right-the only way to
advertise right is to study the needs
of the people in your particular line
Of trade, and place the matter before
them in an honest, straightforward
manner-pleasantly stated, and Civ
ing due prominence to the good
points of the articles you wish to
sell prominently, persistently. and in
an attractive manner. Fortunes
made by judicious, persistent, con-
sistent advertising are not excep-
tional. The largest business houses
have been the largest advertisers,
and their success has been in keeping
with the amount of advertising.
Large oaks from little acorns
grow" Keep your name before the
people. Keep your goods before
their eyes. The only way to do it is
to advereise.-American Harness ana
Cdrrjd1e journal
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-09-15
THE NEW SCHOOL LAW,
It Should be Changed-What Superin
tendent Mebane Says.

Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion Mebane has foresight as well q
.'hindsight. He writes sensibly o
the need Of change in the elect 10,
law now in force. He recognizes tn,
fact that whites aud blacks are not O.
| the same race, are not one and the
same. He will say in his report this
| and it shows that he is not one O
the blind who cannot see, and not
one Of the fools who cannot under
stand. We copy:
Il think we should have an amend
ment in regard to the township COM
mittee. Instead of having five men
as we now have, who have charge of
all the public schools of the town
ship, l think it better to have six
men-three white men for the whit,
schools and three colored men for
the colored schools of the township.
1--WE must do all we can to avoit
race prejudice. The mixed com
mittees give the enemies of publ,
schools and others something to OBJ
ject to. We must remove all the OBJ
lection we possibly can in operating
our public schools.
1--WE have two distinct races and
must have two distinct systems o.
public schools. as far as possibl,
without injury to the general system
Of the State"
White people who are not ashamed
that they are white are very sick OF
the present school law and its ad
ministration. 1t is to be hoped that
the next legislature will be alto,
gether of another kind from the two
last, and will be controlled by the
democracy. If so it is much to be
desired that great, radical changes
will be made in the common school
law, and that it will be improved
very greatly. A joint committee OF
the wisest, best informed members
should be named to consider well
and thoroughly the needs of the
public schools. All mistakes hereto
fore existing should be avoided, al
mprovements that experience sug.
gests should be adopted, and a wise
clear cut, advanced law should b.
prepared and offered to the people
Let also discreet, well informed, ex
perienced teachers be consulted, an(
let North Carolina have the very
best possible school law tax.-Wil
mington Messenger.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-09-15
THE CALL TO DR.. HOGE.
The Journal Explains How the North
Carolina Minister Will Succeed DR..
Hall.
(New York JOurnal.)

The Rev. DR.. Peyton H. Hoge, of
Wilmington, N. c., will, in all proba-
bility, be the successor of DR.. John
Hall as pastor of the Fifth Avenue
Presbyterian church. His selection
is Indirectly the outcome of the
trouble in the church which culmi-
mated some months ago in the resig-
nation of DR.. Hall. The congregation
refused to accept the resignation of
their venerable pastor, and this
caused many of the prominent men,
bers to withdraw. There were many
meetings of the presbyters and trus-
tees, fraught with earnest discussions
and some acrimony, and finally DR..
Hall was induced to withdraw his
resignation. He did this with the
understanding that he should have
an assistant to help him in his duties
as pastor.
The congregation gave DR.. Hall,
who has become quite feeble of late,
long vacation, and he is now in
England resting. While he has i'm
proved, it is said he more and more
feels his inability to carry on alone
his work as pastor of the largest and
wealthiest congregation of Presby-
terians in this city. He wishes to
retire from the work, or at least to
have an assistant Immediately.
So the presbyters and the trustees
have been casting about for an as
sistant for him. They wanted a man
who might eventually succeed DR..
Hall, and there were many candi-
dates for the position. But up to a
week ago no one seemed satisfactory
Then DR.. Hoge was practically Sc
lected. The majority of the congre-
CATION favors him, and the officers
will no doubt formally name him for
the place as soon as DR.. Hall returns
from Europe the latter part of the
month. DR.. Hoge's father was once
associated with the Rev. DR.. Springer
in the Brick church, in Thirty
Presby terian minister in Richmond.
DR.. Hoge is scarcely thirty-seven
years old, full of enthusiasm and
vigor, and represents advanced
thought in Presbyterianism. His
selection, it is said, will be salts
factory to all factions in the church
and to DR.. Hall as we'll. 1t is ex-
pected that he will be able to bring
back those who left last Spring,
among whom were some of the wealth.
lest and most liberal members.
No call has yet been extended to
DIR. Hoge, and none can be until after
the meeting of the presbyters and
the trustees, in October. If DR.. Hall
can be persuaded to continue as
pastor emeritus, DR.. Hoge will be
called to assume the duties of as
sistant. with the idea of ultimately
becoming the pastor. If DR.. Hall
insists on retiring for good, then DR..
Hoge will be called as pastor-in-chiet.
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obstinate coughs Phil H. Thomas.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-09-15
IN HONOR OF LIEUTENANT SHiPP.
Camp at Admission to be Named for
Him-Story of q Hero's Death.
News and Observer.)

Washington, D. c., Sept. 5.-I was
tonight in Adjutant General Corbin'
office talking with him and Major
WebbC. Hayes, son of the late Presi
dent Hayes, when General Corbin
said:
"Hayes, who was killed at San.
tiago, for whom can name the camp
at Annistonp"
Major Hayes paused a moment and
then said:
Lieut.. Col. Hamilton was killed
there"
"We have a Camp named for him,
said General Corbin."
"What's the matter with Shipp?'
I took the liberty of interposing.
"Was he a Southern man?" asked
the big-hearted Adjutant General.
Eyes, sir, North Carolinian."
Turning to his private secretary,
General Corbin. with that prompt.
ness, broadness and chivalry which
have characterized his whole conduct
during the war, gave orders that the
camp at Admission be called Camp
Shipp.
When General Corbin was through
Ma jor Hayes exclaimed:
"He was a glorious fellow. l saw
him fall. 1t was in the charge of
San Juan hill. The blockhouse was
rooted with zinc. l took a piece OF
zinc and marked his name, Lieut..
VIM. E. Shipp, Tenth cavalry, with
pencil and then drove nails through
the tracing. I did the same in the
case Of his friend, Lieut.. Smith. He
died like a soldier"
asked Major Hayes would he not
give me permission to send what he
had said to the home paper of the
dead young officer.
0"Send it along" said bluff, kind
old Gen. Corbin, "it will please his
folks to know just how we'll the boy
died"
Lieutenant Smith fell within a
hundred yards of Shipp and Lieu
tenant Colonel Hamilton near by.
Hayes had been wounded in the
charge, but succeeded Shipp in COM
mand. Every officer on Young's
staff was wounded or killed." said
Major Hayes, as if modestly endeavor-
ing to withdraw attention from my
mention of his own wound. "The
grave is we'll marked on the hill, -
said Major Hayes in answer to my
question.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-09-15
OLD CONFEDERATE JOE.
(E. A. Wingard, in Rocky Mount Mott

(E. A. Wingard. in Rocky Mount Motor }
What q man was he for time like this
In that tangled death-swept glade,
Where the rifle spoke with wrathful hiss,
From the deadly ambuscade!
When the men in blue with laugh and
cheer,
From the hillt0ps brushed the foe,
For the one who led their wild career
Was Old Confederate Joe.
All, the Nations heart beats warm and
right,
And its head is just and true,
When the Gen rails stars flash golden light
From Joe Wheeler's coat of blue.
And his name is one that thrills to-day
Through the North and South, l know,
For the men swOre strong in that red fray
On Old Confederate Joe.
For there is no North, there is no South,
When their men charge side by side,
And drown the flame of the cannon s
mouth
Like rushing mighty tide.
And the one who forged the chain so
bright.
And who struck the welding blow,
On the links which now their carts unite
Was Old Confederate joe
There's magic charm in Wheeler's 5 name,
"Tis Nations battle cry;
And it stands high up on the roll of fame,
AS name that cannot die,
For the country now is one again
There is no North and South no more;
While the whole land has loving claim
On Old Confederate Joe.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-09-15
ASSERTING HIr1SELF IN RUTH.
ERFORD COUNTY.
The Negro in the Central and Western
Counties Initiating His Brother in
the East.

Rutherford is not in the East, it is
in the West. The whites are in the
majority, but the negroes constitute
the bulk of the Republican party and
therefore they are beginning to
realize their Importance, to assert
themselves and to demand their
share of the county offices. John F.
Carrier is colored citizen, believes
that 1.-the horse that pulls the plow
fore addresses letter to the white
bosses from which the Western Vim
dicator publishes the following:
1--WE have always been together
for the past thirty-three years in
politics. Have we not? And we ne
groes have been true and loyal to the
party. There have not been more
than ten out of 1867 negro voters
but who have voted a straight Re-
publican ticket. Because you have
fooled us the first time we were per-
mitted to 90 to the ballotbox to
stick to you and stay with you. And
that is what we have always done; is
it not? Yes, sir. And that is what
we always will do. We mean to stay
with you, so if you hold Office we
will, and if you don't we won't. So,
if you will not reach down and catch
us by the hand and pull us up with
you, we will reach up and catch your
hand and pull you down with us, for
we must stay together, for that is
what Won have ALWAYS said to the
negro, and we have always stayed
with you, and now you must stay
with us. We will put out our own
ticket in this county, and we know
we cannot elect ours and you cannot
elect yours-if we can't get our man
in you shan't either.''
Since Congressman White (black)
made that defiant speech in the Re-
publican State Convention at Raleigh,
and gave notice that the negroes
(whc really constitute the Republi-
can party in North Carolina) were
entitled to more offices and must
have them, the negroes throughout
the State have become more assertive
and aggressive, even in the central
and western counties where hereto
fore they had nothing to say, but
submissively voted solidly for the
white bosses who reaped all the
benefits. The changed attitude Of the
colored contingent is rough on the
white bosses, but the colored allies
seem disposed to bring them to taw
Wilmington Star.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-09-15
90 Thou And Do Likewise.

There was a man in our town, and
he was wondrous wise; for when he
marked his prices down, he then did
advertise. And when he saw his
trade increase, with all his might
and main, he marked still lower
everything, and advertised again.
And when he advertised again, his
rivals cursed and swore, to see folks
60 with mighty rush to Patronize
his store. And when they sat in
solitude and saw him custom win,
that man behind the counter stood
and raked the nickels in. And when
he raked the nickels in, and saw his
fortune rising, he took goodly lot
of space. and kept on advertising
Each day a generous sum he'd sink
and demonstrated plain, the more
one pays for printers ink, the greater
! is his gain.-E1chdnge
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-09-15
LET THEFT COME BACK.

The Commonwealth is very glad TO
see so many indications that Popu-
lists throughout the State are will
ing to return to the Democratic
party, the true white mans party;
but we must say that it does not
look exactly right for them to come
asking for certain favors and posi-
tions as an inducement for them to
return. They left the Democratic
party, they said, in the interest OF
good Government and with no selfish
motives; now let them return in the
same way, for they certainly have
not improved the Government Of the
country by aiding populism and re-
publicanism. Let all come back in
the honest wish for better Govern
ment, and have no bubbles over
what any one shall receive fol-
coming.-Scotland Neck Common
pedlh-
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-09-15

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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-09-15
HENDERSON, N. c.. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER Is 1898.

the fact that, while our losses in life
were heavy, your people lost but one
man. That seemed to me almost in
credible. Indeed, had l not stepped
aboard some of your ships, and found
them comparatively unscathed, l
would not have believed it possible.
Our firing was frequent, and, l
thought, deadly, but it proved to be
far otherwisen
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-09-15
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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-09-15
AMERICAN GUNNERY.
SURPRISED AT THE WORK OF OlIR
nEN BEHIND THE GUNS.

Spain's Eyes Opened to Full Apprec-
iation OF the Superiority of Ameri-
can Ships and American Gunners-
Spanish Prisoners Express Amaze
ment at Their Rapid Work and Ac-
curate Aim.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-09-15
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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-09-15
GENERAL JOE WHEELER,
THE MAN WHO SAVED THE DAY
AT SANTIAGO.

1t Was His Refusal to Yield One Inch
of Captured Ground That Saved
Probable Defeat and Led to Cervera's s
Attempt to Escape-Some Things
He Will Have to Say When He Goes
Back Home Again.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-09-15

Truth wears WE'LL People have learned
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| liable little pills for regulating the bowels,
! curing constipation and sick headache
They don't grippe. Phil H. Thomas.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-09-15
Correspondence News and Observer. }

You invite disappointment when you ex
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They cure constipation and sick headac he
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Thomas.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-09-15

After the Spanish prisoners (of
Admiral Cervera's tleet) had become
accustomed to their new surround
lngs at Annapolis and realized the
KIND and humane treatment they
were to receive at the hands of the
Americans they became friendly and
communicative. AS the result of an
interview with some of the prisoners
newspaper correspondent writes:
The prisoners frankly admit that
all Spain-aye, and all the world, as
for that-had been deceived as to the
American character and the Ameri-
can naval capacity. The continen-
tai press, SO the prisoners assert, has
deliberately y misled European public
opinion as to the true state of affairs
on this side of the Atlantic. Even
many of the high officials in Spain
have labored under the belief that
the United States was a most sue
cessful buffer and blusterer Only
a few understand that behind this
noise of the whirlwind likewise lurked
the power of the whirlwind to de-
stroy such obstacles as obstructed it's
path.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-09-15
ADMIRAL CERvERA's VIEWS.

Admiral Cervera is rather predis-
posed towards reticence. He says
very little of critical character, his
only illusions being made now and
then to some special incidents in
which he figured.
''Our attempted flight from San
tiago." he said, .'was not concealed
from our officials at home. They
were apprised of all that was contem-
plated. In fact, they gave orders for
us to leave. Though we informed
them of the disastrous possibilities
of such a venture. the home authors
ties issued peremptory orders for us
to leave, and we boldly determined
to acquiesce in the command.
when found conditions hopeless
| leaped overheard and my son fol-
lowed me. think, however, | would
have sunk, and have been lost, had
my boy not remained close by my
side and given me assistance with
his stronger, younger arms. Since l
have passed into the custody of my
captors | have been treated with
courtesies such as are the very acme
of kindness. Every civilty, every
imaginable act of thoughtful defer
ence. such as would relieve the poig-
nancy Of my present modification,
has been furnished with the utmost
good taste. No words of qualification
could express the real appreciation
felt by my officers and myself. l see
that Americas big heart does not
harden against an enemy.
Nobody can forget the generous
care afforded our distressed men
after the discontinue of our fleet.
At one time the Gloucester was lying
close to the Maria Teresa, my flag
ship-so close as to be in danger Of
momentarily expected explosion of
our magazines. The Gloucester was
at work picking up our men. KNEW
her peril and appealed to Lieutenant
l.. p. Huse, executive officer of the
Gloucester, to withdraw. but he
quietly replied: No. Admiral, not
until l have rescued all your wound
ed >"
HEART BLEEDS FOR SPAIN.
Captain MacohOn. OF the Maria
Teresa, bewails the misfortune Of the
fleet, because of its probable reaction
AIRY effect upon Spain.
'Our fleet was the pride of the
land. and one in which our people
had unlimited confidence Its loss
will prove sore calamity to our
country. and it is for that my heart
sorely bleeds, have witnessed the
excellence OF your machines, the
dexterity of your commanders in
handling fleets, and the amazing
rapidity and accuracy with which
your men fire their guns. That has
been a revelation to us, and mourn
full one besides.
lone thing that has almost over
whelmed me with establishment is
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-09-15

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Admits That He Did Not Hear His
Charge to the Grand Jury at CoIum-
bus Court, and Knows Nothing of
the Matter, but Thinks Injustice
Has Been Done an Innocent Man,
Hence His Letter.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-09-15
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