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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-01

CRaleigh News and Observer.)
The following letters are self explain
atory and give the lie, once for all, to
the charge being made by the fusion
lists that it is the purpose of the dem
Ocrats, in case they get control of the
Legislature, to d~isfranchise the negro:
Raleigh, N. c., Oct. II, 1898.
Hons. James E. Shepherd, c. NJ. Bus
bee, r. o. Burton and w. N. Jones:
Gentlemen: The republican fusion
candidates for the legislature and
county offices in this county are trying
to scare the people by falsely stating
that if the democrats are elected they
will at once pass an act Of the legis-
lature to d~isfranchise the negroes. The
statement is SO absurd n foolish it
is hardly necessary to deny it, but in
order to fully satisfy the public, l will
be obliged if you will give me your
opinion whether the Legislature haS
the power to pass any law to disfran-
chise anyone, and oblige.
Yours truly,
3ARMISTEAD JONES,
Chairman Wake Co. Dem. Elk. Com.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-01
Raleigh, N. c., Oct. II, l

Raleigh, N. c., Oct. II, 1898.
Armistead Jones, Esq, Raleigh, N. c.:
Dear Sir: In answer to your inquiry
we would say that the constitution of
North Carolina, Article 6, Section l,
provides that every male person born
in the United States, and every male
person who has been naturaliZed, q
years old, and upwards, who shall
have resided in the state twelve months
next preceding the election, and ninety
days in the county in which he offers
to vote, shall be deemed an %electOr. But
no person, who, upon conviction or con-
fession in open court, shall be adJudg-
ID guilty Of felony or any other crime
Infamous by the laws Of this state,
and hereafter committed, shall be
deemed an e%7ector, unless such person
shall be restored to the rights of citi-
Zenship in the manner prescribed by
law"
The constitution being the fundamen-
tai law of the state, it is very certain
hat the legislature has no power to
deprive any one of the elective fran
chise who is embraced within the
above provisions. Any act Of the leg
islature to the contrary would, in our
opinion, be unhesitatingly pronounced
null and void by the supreme court.
The constitution can only be amend
ed by a vote of the people under the
following provisions, Article 8, Sections
l and 2:
"Section 1. No convention Of the peo-
pie of this state shall ever be called by
the general assembly unless by the
concurrence of two-thirds of all the
members of each house of the general
assembly and except the proposition
convention or no convention be first
submitted to the qualified voters of the
whole state, at the next general cleo
ton in a manner prescribed by law
And should a majority of the votes
cast be in favor of aid convention. it
shall assemble on such day as may be
! prescribed by the general assembly.
"Section 2. No part of the constitution
of this state shall be altered unless a
bill to alter the same shall have been
agreed to by three-ffths of each house
of the general assembly. And the
| amendment or amendments so agreed
to shall be submitted at the next gen
| eral election to the qualified voters OF
| the Who'll state. in such a name as
| may be prescribed by law. And in the
| event of their adoption by a majority
| of the votes cast. such amendment or
| amendments shall become a part OF
| the constitution of this state"
Respectfully.
JAS. E. SHEPHERD.
G.. NJ. RUSBEE.
w. n. JONES.
r. O. BURTON.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-01

We the undersigned citizens of Cra-
ven county desire to go on record as
~favoring white supremacy in North
Carolina. We are prohibitionists first,
last and all the time. But the. present
condition of our beloved state makes
it imperative that white men lay aside
all other differences and unite. to res
cue our state from the hands of the
spoilers.
We. therefore, announce u inten-
ton of voting the democratic ticket at
the coming election.
When the state is again controlled
by it's intelligent citizens, we will then
renew our fight for prohibition. Hop
ing that our fellow prohibitionists will
see the necessity Of doing likewise, we
are, Very respectfully,
w. r. HARRINGTON,
D. M. HOLLOWELL,
PHIL. L. THOMAS.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1898-02-13
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Sc ha modificado Ia formula

nm de ofrecer al pdblico una preparation it'll,
segura raplda en- sus efectos, 10 que 50 com.
prueDa por el uso tan generalizado QUO Sc haoa
de ella en- toda la isla.
Con el fin de precaverse de las muchas imi-
ticlones cue de esta formula Sc han hecho.. tCu.
y&5 !1o."e@ades son inferiores," debe sxioirse
que en- cada rala dc leg1tima procedencia, este
Ia marca de tabrica, en- la tapa superior un sello
que dice: DIR. N. REVERON, M@dico Ciru;sno,
Ponce Puerto-Rico". en- la inferior, su Arma,
en- e ado derecho de la fa exterior, Dc esta a.
pta; Ponce, Agosto 80 de 1885,
AVlS() siendo objeto de frecuentes lmit..
n,,,r clones las PILDORAS DEL DIR.
REvERoN NE hago presente que las legftinas
son las preparadas exclusivamente en- Ia acradi-
tada farmacia de EALLE y CANCIO, Que son
los depositaros de Ia vcrdadera formula. yI,s
unlcos que cst,m autorzados para usar mi nom.
bre en- dichas pfldoras.-DR. N REVERON.
~ 'cpdsto cn las siguientcs Farmacias: VA.
Ll-i. \ CANtIO, Ionce.-GUJLLERMETY
Cap!tal-luVERA Arecibo.-ITURRINO. La,
rGE:rROnIRA re-, ~ y ELVIRA; Aguadilla.-Ro-
DidGC ~, Iauco:-FONI. Adjuntas. lava
IA. ayan;lla.--FERRER, Juana Diaz-BE-
fANCr5. C'aro,- MARXUACH, Ciales.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1898-02-13
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PRIvI1EGIo EXCLUSIVE ExpED1no mn
MADRID Ell DE MAYO DE 1891 poR m.
E1cMo sR. M1NIsTRo DE FoMENro.
P'epa'adas en- Ia tarmacia de Vale } canciio
PONCE, PTO-RlCO.
NJ EINTE AMOS de experiencia han d.

EINTE AMOS de experiencia han d.
mostrado las propiedades t6nicas recoi !.
r,ao,ndpy mtayentes de estas pildoras, curando ra-
del empobrecimiento de la sansre Dor una ali
mentaclon POGO nutritiva, por habitar en- luga-
res hnmedos NAL ventilados y por enfermeda-
des anterores.
-, Su acci6 curativa es muy efcaz en- las pal-
pltaclohes de coraz6n, dolores de caleza, inape-
tencla ss deolidad dolores en- las piernas hi
9ropesla, cansancio, sorderas, zumbidos de OIL
no. marcos, palidez de la piel, Ia que restitu.
yen sn color natural; neteorislIo, flores blancas,
grandes perdidas de sangrc. f;l.a de menstrual.
con, su asundancia escascz para procurer
el complete desarrollo de las j6venes en- Ia pu-
oertad, debilidad general convalescencia do fas
enlermcdades agudas cr6nicas con tai cue Is.
las aiteraclones morbosas sean sintomas ds Una
ctoTo-Q,'enaaa simple no de una affection cene-
RAJ de una lesion organica que reclamaran Gu
tonces otra medication. ~
EN- vista de los progresses Dc la tsrapkutica
la practica A- ~
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Publishers Notice.

To the many would-be-purchasers of the proposed ARGUU' Pictor- ial History of the Orr Assassin ationn we would beg to say that the reason 1t has not been put on market long ago, was on account of the apathy we have held for ad- vertising the crime to the outside world. After thinking over the matter seriously, and knowing that what ever injures- Monroe county injures the ARGUS, we have concluded that 1t would not be best to place the Pictorial History on sale at this time, and we,trust that every good citizen will appre ciate our conclusion in the matter.
 PUBLISH FER.
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PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE STATE CONSTITuIIoNl

NOTICE is hereby given that the follow in i..,.,k resointioas. proposing amendments 10 tie' Chm
 stitution, were passed by the General X assepablv st its regular session of lSa7. and the same iIl be submitted te the electors of the the State at the next general election to be held September g rs9S fer adoption or rejection. viz
 PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO.
 The General Assembly shall pass laws ts seorrec. abuse and prevent unjust discrimination and ex- companies for transporting freight and passenEers. and shall provide for enforcing such iaws as ade quatc penalties and iurfeturcs.snd shall proyi3e for the creation ot such offices and eoMmissionS and vest in them such authority as shall he nee essary 10 carry into effect the powers hereby conferred. Approved February s6, lSsss PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. .. The county courts of the State in their rosnsc. tive counties, together with majority of me justices oi the peace of such county, in addition to the amount of county tax allowed to be levied, mills on the dollar on all taxable property of their respective counties, which shall be kuown as tho 1County Road Iax," and when collected shall be
 sed in the respective counties for the purpOee of making aud repairing public roads and briiRes of the respective counties, and for no other pHrposo and shall bc collected in United States currency ef county warrants, legally drawn on ouch Good nx county shall have voted public road tax at tko general election for Stale and county oticera pro March Is, 1897.
 !! Each elector may vote for or against ahovo ,asasaagselts esthes separately or jointly. Witaess my othsial sgoatase and seolt this dr1k day of Fser'sars. isss :. ax ALEX 2: HuLL 1 sEAI.l 2
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Change ill Management.

Capt. Sam. ". Thompson who for the past several years, mana ged the Bergan & Meehan Slave Co.,, has resigned and his place has been filled by the appointment of Mr. Hugh Morgan an old and estimable employe of the home factory. President M. J. Meehan was down from Louisville this week assisting Mir. Morgan in hls initial work. Capt. Tho mpson the retiring manager will buy slaves in Eastern Arkansas for Mr. Bergen, the millionaire stave- man of New York and everyone of his many friends will be delighted to know that he will continue to make hls home in Brinkley and will keep his interesting family here with him. There is no man lKho ever lived here, who has made mere friends than ths genial and reliable gentlcman Capt. !. Thompson. Every one has word for him and we all wish for him the greatest possible success in his new work.
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of each other and neither one ready to run yet. Our planters hauling their cotton to Brinkley and other places is very disagree- able to them.
 Mrs. John Grimes, wife of one of our best citizens, died very suddenly on Sunday evening, Sept. 4. She had light chill on the day previous and had been taking chill tonic and was thought to be well. She was sitting in a chair, Mir. Grimes was feeding his stock and her daughter, Bettie, was getting supper when she fell out of her chair, dead. Dr. Gray was summoned, but all to no pur- pose. Mrs Grimes was a devout christian and i'll her death the, church lost a good worker; her husband q loving wife and the children a tender mother which the world can never replace and the community one of the best of neighbors. The bereaved ones have our profound sympathy.
 BILL.
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Important Notice.

During the past four years we have not made any systematic eff forts to collect the amounts due us on subscription for the ARGUS be- cause of the short crops and hard times; but a change has at last come upon the people; crops are for the most part good all over the country, and we shall expect every one to settle up this fall; !; indeed we shall insist upon 1t and to that end we expect to see every inau in the country during the season, but how much better 1t would be if you will come and pay Us or send the money to us; 1t would save us both time and money. Won't you do It we need 1t and need it bad ly, and must have 1t.
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\ 4 Car Loads of Tagging and ties inst received by
 Henry Wolf &CO. That Ifs the reason we lead the IpriceS.
Helena Compress Company,
 Helena, Ark.

Helena, Ark, Aug. 30, 1898. To the patrons of the Helena
 Compress Company:
 As you have doubtless seen through the public prints we have caused our attorneys to ascertain, if possible, what effect the pres ent Stamp Act imposing a tax of twenty-fiv cents upon each ware house certificate as provided in said act would have upon the present methods of doing business in Helena. The answer of the Commissioner, which was pub llshed, left the matter to be de- cided upon the facts of each par tlcular case as it arose In order to avold all questions and leave the shipper and handler of cotton free from any doubt upon this point, we have decided that this |Compress Company will pay all taxes imposed by said act upon cotton received by it. Our pat lons can therefore ship their cot ton as heretofore to us with the full assurance that no burdens arising under said Act will be inn posed upon them.
 We feell grateful for the pat ronage heretofore bestowed upon us and can assure you that your business will be handled with the same careful attention as hereto fore. We have increased our shed room, platforms and com press capacity and are now pre- pared to handle crop equal te that of 1S97-9S with ease.
 Very respectfully.
 Helena Compress Go, By Leon Berton, Pres. x Mgr
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Announcement.

Miss Tackaberry wishes to an- nounce to her prospective patrons that she will begin teaching on Monday Sept. the 5th.
 The Music Studo is located in the Public School building and all pupils desiring a morning hour for study should call early.
 Piano Lesson three lessons each week per month $4.00.
 Vocal Lesson three lessons each week per month $55.0o.
 Class in Sight Reading three lessons each week per month $1.00.
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THE ARGUS
 HAS

More Bona fide subscri- bers than all other Monroe county papers combined.
 This. the largest paper ever published in Monro county.
 The news and reading the people want. : Pages that are clean and clear of objectionable ads The confidence of tAe people.
 The finest corps of cores pondents i'll the state.
 The place to plant yonr ads, if you want to reach the people.
 THE PULL.
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Burton o E don's gallant young men, 1Rae n HI. G. "Wednesday night.

Wiley Winston returned home last week from Chickamauga on account of sickness.
 A. K. Roberts returned home last week from Texas. He has been travelling for several months.
 Mir. O,Hara, the pearl buyer, has q pearl which weighs 400 grains. It was found in White river near Augusta.
 Mrs. Mcdonald, who has been visiting relatives in H. G.. for sew eral weeks, returned to. her home in Vandale Sunday
 Messrs. McAllister and Edgar Reid, two of Clarendon's worthy young men, made flying trip to H. G. Sunday on their wheels.
 Rob Kerr, Ed Patterson and Henry Dial and Nova Taylor, Lyda Chunn and Mamie Peete went to Clarendon Sunday night. Miss Beatrice Hall, of Lamber- ton, who has been visiting her sister in Newport, Ark, passed through H. G. Saturday enroute to her home in Lamberton. 1 Messrs. John Renfro, Jlm Tay Tor and Roy Renfro and Misses Daysie Boyce, Georgia and Rosa Lambert went down to Valley Grove Sunday to attend church.
 THIsBE.
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Examiners Notice.

Notice is hereby given that there will be Public examination of Teachers at Brinkley, the 10th and 16th, days of Sept, A. D. 1898, to ascertain the Professional Qualifications of all persons de- string to teach in the Public Schools of Monroe county.
 w. L. FERGUSON,
 County Examiner. Brinkley, Sept. 9th, 1898.
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If your child has thin, pale cheeks, uncertain appetite ard unrestful sleep. 1t has worms, and curing with strong medicines only makes conditions worse, by iri.i tating it's delicate stomach. White $ Cream Vermifuge is mild but cer- tain in effect. and is a superior tonic as well as positive worm At Dr. V. P. Stump far,S
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CHURCH NOTES.
ST. LUKEs EPISCOPAL cHrJRcH
THE PULL.

ST. LUKES EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Services every Sunday morning at Il o'clock and Sunday school at ten o'clock. Regular services by the Rector, Rev. F. J. F. Will Hams, every 3rd Sunday morning and evening.
 E. J. P. Williams,
 Pastor.
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NEWS FROM KEEVIL.

Health improving.
 T.. J. Wyatt went to Clarendon to-day.
 Cotton picking has begun in dead earnest.
 MT. Burton will leave tonight for Jacksonville, Ark.
 Our schools have closed until the cotton is picked or pending further manipulations.
 MT. O'Neil of Jonesboro is stop ping in Midway He is an old time friend of Prof. Baker and has, through the influence of Mir. Baker secured the Allendale school. Now that the night trains carry mail the girls can read before breakfast what their sweethearts write after supper i e. if their swpetAearts live 0n the Cotton Belt Route.
 Captain Walker, of Clarendon, spent Monday and Tuesday in Midway experimenting the con
 
 struction of his new gin. He says he is now ready to gin the cotton and grind the corn.
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\ Liberal Reward.

l will pay . liberal reward for any information leading to the recov- cry of one double case, gold filled watch. with initials J. w. B. on inside case. Was stolen from school room near Holly Grove.
 Address,
 J. w. Brooks, Brinkley, Ark.
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Argus Notes to Farmers.

From now on until Christmas the ARGUS will, under this head give each week, the latest market receipts and prlces on cotton and other farm prducts being put on the Brinkley market. We will also give notes on anything and everything that will interest those on the farm. If you have any thing for sale, such as, eggs, but ter, chickens, wild game, honey, fruits, vegetables or anything of the kind it will pay you to read this department.
 Respt. THE EDITOR.
 We gladly rote that at least one of our farmer friends has dropped on to money making far ming. He comes to town two or 'fhree times per week and brings a spring wagon loaded with nice fresh garden truck each tune. He brings fresh roasting eafs, string asa hutter beans, peas, saiaa, rad : ishes. tomatoes, etc, and people run after him to pay fancy priceS. for these things. The BrinkIey market would alone consume ten times as much as this one man has to sell and it would be strictly cash too, but unfortunately there is only one man catering to this trade-W. B. Bell.
 It looks strange indeed to see the various grocery merchants receiving daily, crates of cabbage raised hundreds of miles away ln some other state, when it Is well known fact that no finer cabbage can be raised anywhere in the world. than right here at Brink ley. About four weeks ago a young farmer brought possibly a dozen immense white head cab bage to town to sell. i asked him why he did mt raise more Said he Git is LOO much trouble-but 1 am going to raise some more next year." He, like hundreds of oth- CTS, had rather work 13 months in a year making cent cotton, than to raise fine cabbage at 10 cents per head and hundreds, yea, thousands of heads per acre. What an opening there is for men of mind and determination on the farms round about Br inkley.
 Nice fresh eggs are now bring Ing 15 cents per dozen, from pri- vate families.
 Nice, fresh yellow country but ter is in demand aud if 1t is prop erly put up can easily be made to bring 20 cents per pound.
 Some enterprising farmer eould net a real nice snm by neatly bot. ting i'll round quart bottles, some new sorghum and offering it for sale at retail in Brinkley and ad-' joining towns.
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BRINkL FEY
 HAS
Over 5000 Inhabitants.

Over 5000 Inhabitants.
 Four competing lines of railroadsmore than any other city or town in Ark. ansas.
 A large Cotton Oil mill railroad machine shops, car works and big lumber mills
 Ice factory, two stave factories, a tannery, gins, and other minor industries.
 Beautiful streets lighted by Arc Electric lights.
 A Fine new Public school building,
 More good people to the square inch than any other city of the same size on earth.
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Total

If you have watch out of re- pair which you have given up all hopes of getting repaired, take it to N. Harris, the new ieweler, uext door to Leopold's barber shop. He charges you nothing if he does not fix it.
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METHODIST.

1st Sunday, filled by Rev. T II. Howard.
 End and 4th Sundays by the Pastor, Rev. Graham.
 3rd filled by Rev. T. J. BrickelI.
 Regular services of Sunday School and Ep~ Izeasue Sum-. day at usual hours Uesae as~-e
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FROM MONROE STATION.

The health of the community is not much better.
 Oh! what delightful weather for the past few days.
 V. T. Smith has been quite sick for several days, but is improving we are glad to say.
 John Cain was in Brinkley Sat urday with load of seed cotton to have ginned.
 Rev. Jas. A. Mason was here last week delivering the book entitled "Cuba and the War with Spain"
 Dr. Terry, of Blackton, was among his patients Sunday. He says he is riding almost day and night.
 It is rumored that 5. \. Yancey one of our citizens on the ex- treme lower end of the Ridge, died last week. We did not learn the particulars.
 Someone tell ns what is the rmatter with tho cattle They are dieing at . lively rate They re- fuse to eat, stand around with their head down few days and then die, There are no ticks on them that arc visible. What is the matter with our gin ineng Two gins in l E miles
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ARGUS Correspondents.

We have decided to offer . twenty Dollar Odell Type Writef as premium to.the correspon ,ydent who secures the greatest $numbsr of points, between Feb. l zand Dec. 29 '98, according to the following;
 Now, as to the manner of con- .ducting the contest: Every com munication sentsin for publication will count 4 points; every new yearly subscriber sent in will count 8 points every new subscri- Der for six months will count 4 points, and every new subscriber for three months will count ? points. At the end of the year the correspondent having the greatest number of points will be awarded the prize. The points for new subscribers is offered so that the correspondent who enters the contest late will have an op- portnnity tot'.catch up' with the others.
 The ARGUS desires correspon- dent at all post-ofdces in Monroe and surrounding counties where we are not already represented, We furnish the paper free, also stamps and envelopes, so that the correspondent is out absolutely nothing except little time once each week. If you arc not already correspondent and desire to become such, let us know at once so that we can furnish you with stationery and stamps.
 The following. rules will govern the contest;
 No correspondent will be al- lowed to write. more than one let ter each week, except in cases of important happenings occurring soon after the regular letter has been mailed Then 1t may be supplemented with another report and two letters will be credited.
 No letter will be credited if not received in time for publication the week it is written, unless we have evidence to show that it was delayed while enronte.
 No subscription will be counted unless accompanied by the cash.
 A true record of the work of each correspondent will be kept by us and all the result published from tune to time. Every cores pendent is urgently requested to also keep q record of hls own work so us to compare with the published reports.
 The contest begins the first week in February and will close Thurs day, December 29, 1898.
 Our object in inaugurating thls contest is to induce correspon, dents 10 write every week even if the letters are short. We want to publish news while it is news.
 We will be plrnsed to furnish any information concerning the matter.
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cATHoLIe.

Services in the Catholic churu,. every Sunday in the year except the second Sunday in each month by Father A. Damurger.
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Are you lacking in strength and energy. Are you nervous Respondent, irritable, bilious, constipated and generally run down in healthi If ESQ, your liver iS torpid and a few doses If Her biue will cure yon- Helhlne has hrs no equal as health restorer
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BAPTIST

BAPTIST. Services lst and 3rd Sundays by Pastor, Rev s, L. Holloway. Sunday School every Sunday morning, x. Flora, Supt. Prayer meeting on Wednesday nights.