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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-11-18

{ 7 Richardson printing ballots l76 Is
!, c. c. Young, county clerk. hereby
certify that the above and foregoing is
correct list of the election expenses as
the same were audited and allowed by
the Board of County Commissioners at
the November meeting 1898.
c. c. YOUNG, County Clerk,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-11-18

Davis & Davis, Dentists, west side Of
square, Albright building, upstairs, 9-23
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-11-18

DR.. Vests Prescription for Rheuma-
and best treatment at
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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-18

ticeship, has to wade in blood to gath
er in the spOils of office to which he
deems himself entitled. For the race
riots in the south there is no seeming
help. They are d~eplorable, they are
disgraceful. But our mistaken policy
has made them inevitable. The equal
ity OF the two races has been establish
ed on paper, but it cannO be main
tanned in practice. The weaker rae
must bend to the stronger. This is a
law that no act of congress can re-
peal"
The Record states the case correct
ly. Experience has proved that the
Wholesale enfranchisement of the ne
grOes has not only endangered the
peace and good order in the southern
states, but has been a barrier to the
progress and advancement Of the ne
gro race. 1t has been the means OF
producing antagOnism between the
races, whereas harmony is essential to
the best interests of both. Wise states
men might have fOrseen all the evils
that have resulted. The wonder is
hat the mischief has not been more
serious. But wise craftsmanship did not
control the action Of the republican ma
jOrity in congress during the days of
reconstruction.
There are now but two practicable
ways of minimizing the evil. One is
by so regulating the suffrage as to APP
ply impartially to both the races and
exclude from the polls a large per
centage of the ignorant and venal ele-
ment Of our population. The other Is
that proposed several years ago byUnit-
ed states Senator ingalls,, viz, dis
franchise the negro.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-18
ARMY OFFICERS DISGJSTED
All the White Officers of the Sixth Viz
ginia, Coiored, Regiment Resign in

Richmond, Va, November 16.-All
the white officers of the Sixth Vir-
ginia regiment (colored) have resign
ed, except Lieutenant Colonel CrOXtOn,
and Lieutenants Healey and Richard
son. The Iieutenants are on special
duty and are not Immediately in COM
mand of negro soldiers. A letter re-
ceived here from Captain w. S.. Faux
ner tells of the troubles the white Off
GERS have had. The soldiers, while
Obeying their white officers in a sort
of perfunctOry way, are Sullen n
make things very unpleasant for their
officers. Colonel CrOXtOn advised that
all recently appointed officers resign.
He hoped to build up a fine regiment
under capable officers, but has been
disappointed. The white captains and
lieutenants do not hesitate to express
themselves as disguised with the con-
dition of things. They admit hat they
have been forced to resign OF account
of the sentiment mons the men Of
the regiment in favor of colored Off
GERS.
Governor Tyler has not acted pom
the designations. He will consider the
matter we'll and, no doubt, while in
Washington will talk the subject over
with the secretary of war. He is said
to be opposed to appointing negro Of
ficers, n will probably try to have
the regiment mustered out and end
this unpleasant feature of the war.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-18
DEEPER THAN POLITICS.

tNeNS ana oOuIltI.D
Some of the northern
which have preserved an eloquent ST
lence about the race troubles in Hi
nOis, are saying some very severe
things about bloody events of the past
week in the two Carolinas. 1t ought
to be said, however, that so far the
expressions of horror have not been so
general as we expected. The writer of
the ION the Tip of the Tongue" col
umn in The New York Press has
reached the point of saying: "Aren'r
we a little too far from the scene of
action? 1t was easier to direct kitche-
ner how to take KhartOum than to
tell our erring Carolina sisters how to
let up on the 'niggers.' After all, the
whole business is merely a matter of
pOlitics-measly politics." That is part
ly true, but the question is deeper than
pOlitics-it is a question of race, and,
strange as it may seem to those who
are "a little too far from the scene of
action" in view of the laWlessness and
bloOdshed which have distinguished
the recent demonstrations, it is a ques-
ton of "civiliZatiOn," or what we call
by hat impressive name. That, at any
rate, was the occasion of the reVOlu-
ton in North Carolina-the rioting and
slaughter in South Carolina cannot be
explained Upon any ground Of right
or necessity. There is absolutely no
similarity between the situations in
the two states.
The New York Mail and Express
says: THE immediate cause of his
dreadful condition is to be found in
the political agitation in both states
by populist demagogues, which, inten-
tiOnally or otherwise. has had the ef-
feet of uniting the lawless white men
of all parties in a bloodthirsty mob
against the negroes" That is not true.
The immediate cause of the trouble in
North Carolina was the union of pop
ulist and republican demagogues with
the negroes for the purpOS of ruling
the state in its local affairs and of rep
r~esenting the state in congress n in
federal offices. 1t was the lowest and
meanest of white men mixing with the
negroes for plumber, and they We're
supported in their miscegenating poll
cy by the republican administration at
Washington and republican sentiment
at the north. But for the encourage
ment which the negroes and their
white allies in the crowded
southern states have received from the
republican party there would never
have been any race troubles in the
south.
But account for these troubles as
we may, the blood that has been shed
is on our hands. and we shall have to
pay for it some time and somehow. We
kill negroes. on occasion. with or
without justication; we cannot control
ourselves.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-18
The Riot of Negro Soldiers in Cuba

Washington, November 16.-General
Wood, military governor of Santiago,
Cuba, attaches little Importance to the
ARRAY between the Cuban police and
some negro soldiers at San Luis, in
which Lieutenant Ferra, of the police,
and three or four others were killed.
tonight by the war department from
Genera Wood:
Affair reported by newspapers at
San Luis no. important. Row between
drunken negro soldiers and Cuban po-
lice. Soldiers in the wrong. Will be
detected and punished. Their camps
been ordered moved a greater distance
from town. General Ever is instructed
to take most rigid measures to insure
absolute quiet in future.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-18
THE PRESIDENT GRIEVED.

D~acksOnviIIe Times-Cnl0n.D
The president is deeply grieved" by
the lamentable condition OF things in
North Carolina. and is only waiting for
a conference with Attorney General
Griggs. when something VIII be done"
BY way Of comfort. we would suggest
to Mr.. Mckinley hat other pebbles lin
ger on the beach awaiting the high
tide OF his grievous Indignation. ILL.,
nois is one of them, where the govern
or proclaims that no negro ADORE can
invade his state-where the border line
is guarded by Cuttings and the rifles
Of the militia accidentally go off when
eve a negro is in fr0nt OF them. More
over. the citizens Of Tucola. in the
same state. hunted a negro with blood
hounds and hanged him to a tree with
out Judge or fury. Consider the two
together, Mr.. President.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-18

done decently and In order. and the
first tw~enty-four hours of the new ad.
ministration justified its existence.
Undoubtedly Colonel A NJ. waddell
was n man in a thousand for the
place Of mayor in the rejuvenated ad-
ministration- A man of unQuestioned
n tried courage OF many occasions:
cool. always. no matter VIA the cir
cumstances or what the p~rovocation
for excitement: a fine type Of the Gull
tured southern gentleman. he was Just
the figure to place in the forefront OF
the new life on which Wilmington Is
TO enter. The business mems commit
tee having done its work retired. and
the first assurance to be extended by
the new administration after the
worthless, n incendiary material was
got rid OF by ordering it out of town,
was that Of complete protection of ev-
cry man in the city, white or black.
who was prepared to obey the laws
and submit to the constituted author
tiles.
This, it is apparent, was no small
task. A certain clement in the city ev-
identity thought the change of admins
tration was TO be followed by a sort OF
reign of terror in which old sores
would be paid off and Objectionable
characters were to be summary re-
moved, no matter What the degree of
ilSlT OItilulflS OF VI their quit. Mayor
Waddell and his associates m
put this report to sleep by undertaking
the protection of several negroes who
were of the party that opened fire on
a number Of white men III Thursday
from a house in the negro quarter of
the city and had afterwards been jail
ed. The task appears not TO have been
an easy OF but it was accomplished,
lynching was prevented, and the ne
groeS were sent out of town unframed.
That life, however worthless to the
community, was lost in the new birth
of Wilmington is greatly to be regret
ted. But studying the situation as it
was and as it is, there is cause for
wonder that so little blood was spilled.
The change had to be made; the intel
ligence of the city had to come into
control of it; and that ignorance and
v~iciousness gave way before the de-
mand as quickly as they did is a mat
ter for cOngratulation. We feel sure
that the lives of the poor and uninflu-
entail of whatever color, as we'll as of
those who have large interests in the
city, have not for months been so safe
in Wilmington as now. May the new
mayor and aldermen continue to real
ize to the fullest extent, as they seem
to now, the gravity Of the situation
and he seriousness of the responsible
ity they have accepted.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-18

one Of the vessels OF Cervera's fleet as
a trophy to be placed on the American
naval list, although somewhat dis
cOuraged by the result of the venture
in the case of the Teresa. Assistant
Secretary Allen, who has been direct
ly charged with the matter, has been
In correspondence with the representa-
tlves Of the Neptune Company, a
Swedish corporation which has had re-
markable success in floating the lar
gest type Of warships when sunken.
The company a made a tentative
proposition to wreck the Colon for 4
salvage to be arranged in advance be-
tween itself and the department. Me-.
Allen believes that some arrangement
may be made on this basis, and, neal
while, has authorized representatives
Of the Neptune Company to visit the
scene OF the wrecks near Santiago in
order that they may ecure the basis
for a definite proposition.
DISQUIETING NEWS FROM MA
Mia.
Washington, November 16.-Reports
Of a somewhat disquieting nature have
been received from General Otis, in
command at Manila. He says that the
province Of IlOilo, in the island of Pa
nay, which is technically occupied by
the Spaniards, is surrounded by the in
surgents and that fears are entertain
ed hat the Spanish population and
garrison will be massacred by the in
surgents. The capital of the province
is 355 miles from Manila, but this and
the other islands, with the exception
of Manila and it's adjacent country, is
not under the control Of the Amerli-
cans Heretofore, the United States
officers have tried to prevent distur-
Dances etwee the insurgents and the
SJaniards through good offices and
counsel. The indications are, however.
that the present situation in IlOilO can
not be controlled by the United States
army at Manila or the i~nsurgent lead
there, and if serious consequences are
aVerted some other method will have
to be adopted. The troops unde" Cen
eral Otis are not available for any
such duty, and under the terms of the
protocol. pending peace negotiations, it
is not desirable to send a force from
the army to the island Of Panay. There
is no intention at present Of sending
additional troops to General Otis but
the situation is sue as TO sire lgthen
TIE determination of the administration
not to reduce the available force now
under his command.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-18
Wirginian-Pilot.

One must he conversant with the
circumstances and facts surrounding a
deed to properly judge it. Try TO put
yourself in the place Of the other man
before you criticize him. The honor of
their women has ever been a thing
dearer than life to the southern men.
The sacred institutions OF the south
are precious legacies from revered
fathers. Their homes represent not
only the living. with their owe ones.
but cherished memories. handed down,
respected, honored, loved and protect
ed from generation to generation. The
blood of the Caucasian was shed to ere
ate and establish them, as IL flows to-
day to shield and protect.
When reports go abroad OF d~issatis-
faction with local affairs. remember
that il is local. That while IL is fair
here a terrible storm maybe brewing
elsewhere. Get the factS< ye h are
fit to criticize. and not till then form
your opinion.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-18
RACE RIOTS IN THE SOUTH.
Ivnchburg News

tLEuCEDufS news
Commenting on this subject, The
Philadelphia Record makes the follow
ing judiciOus reflections:
Never was a worse political mis-
take made in this country than when
the republican party, with the selfish
view of securing permanent control Of
the southern states. armed the igno-
ran negro population with the right
of suffrage. The result has bean u
halt negro advancement by making the
hite population a~ntagoniStic as a
matter Of self-preseryation. The south
err people have been made solidly anti
republican. Negro domination has
proved inIolerabie where the expert
ment has been tried. and a dangerous
floating vote has been added TO the
electorate in states in which the negro
population is but a small percentage
OF the whole. After hundreds OF years
of slavery there would have been. a.
least for the lifetime OF two or three
generations. a season Of probation 10
fit the African for the full exercise OF
the rights OF citizenship. Now the
poor negro, without such an appren-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-18

taken Internally.
Swift's Specific 6. 5. s. is tho
right remedy for Catarrh. 1t
cures the most obstinate cases by
going direct 10 the cause of the
trouhl-thc blood-and forcing
out the disease. Those who have
met with SO much disappointment
from local treatment should throw
aside their sprays, washes and in
haling mixtures and take s. S. s.
A u will result. Send for free
books. Address Swifte Specific
Company, Atlanta, Georgia.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-18
WILMINGTON A
Baskerville CitiZen.)

When a crisis comes to an American
community there is generally a man or
men raised up to meet ii. This seems
to have been as true in Wilmington as
elsewhere. The aldermen of the dis
credited administration resigned che
by one, those that remained elected a
successor out of the foremost citizens
of thu town and the process was con-
tinued till an entirely new board was
constructed in this legal way. Then
the new board elected the mayor and
other officers as provided by law. and
the new government was in and tne old
n was vegy much out. It was all
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-18
Lawlessness of Negro Troops

Mason, Ga, November 16.-The
Tenth regiment of colored immunes ar
rived here today from Lexington, Ky.
At South Macon thirty or forty of
them, with side arms, attacked
Reeves store and threatened to loot
it unless their demands were COM
piled with. Then they formed a line
across the street - prevent any one
being sent to call for help. They failed
to cut the telephone wire, however,
and a large detachment of provost
guards, under command of Captain
Rallar. arrived and with fixed bayo-
nets forced the negroes into a lot and
arrested thirty of them. They We're
marched to the city Jail.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-18
Get a Start
On Catarrh

Those who get a start on the dis
ease before the cold and disagree
able weather a~ggravates it, will
find a cure less difficult. Catarrh
increases in severity year by year,
4cd becomes one of the most OBJ
sii0atc and ~deep-seated troubles.
But it is equally important that
the right remedy be given. All
lcr"i applications of sprays,
WASHES, iahalatlons, etc, can
acver cl!re Catarrh. for they do
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-18

Constipation prevents the body from
Kidding Eltselfe ~ waste matter. De
Wits little Early Risers will remove
the trouble n cure Sick Headache,
Billiousness, Inactive Liver and cle;I-
the complexion. Small, sugar coc> Il,
6on't grippe or cause nausea. r. R. Bel
lamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-18

not reach the dis.
ease. Catarrh is
in the blood, and
only a Nblood
remedy can euro
IT.. Local appli-
cations only
reach
surface; the right
remedy must DO
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-18
CAROLINA RIOTS
The Postofice Gives Mr.. Tolbert Little Con-
ISOLATION on His Complaints.
THE FOLLY OF FEDERAL ACTION

Shown by Congressman McLaurin.-J. w. Tobert's Telegram to Gov
ernor Enerbe--The Governors Reply.-The Postoffce Depart.
men Does not Recognize a Assistant Postmaster IS a
Federal Offca1--The Rescue OF the Teresa Aban.
doned.-Disquieting Reports from the Phil.
ippnes- insurgents Aggressive.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-18
"A NEW BROOM
SWEEPS CLEAN"

ALL OUR GOODS ARE NEW AND
IN FIRST CLASS CONDITION. OUR
SYSTEM OF QUICK SALES AND
SMALL PROFITS KEEP OUR STOCK
MOVING. HENCE YOU GET ONLY
FIRST CLASS GOODS FROM OUR
SHELVES.
WE ARE JoBBERs IN EVERY
SENSE OF THE WORD AND ARE
IN POSITION TO OFFER
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-06-28
"Perilous Times"

raul, in writing to Timothy, says:
LUIS Know also, that in the last days
p7fious times shall come. For men
suSli be lovers of their own selves,
UoVetouS, Boosters, proud, blasphem-
~ a'soOedient to parents, unthank-
W unholy, without natural affection,
Sace breakers, false accusers, incon-
aasnf' fierce dispisers of those that
ate good"
Laeae three verses present a fright.
Pcture-human nature unrenewed
"S revolving selfshness, and vile
sas1on IL pre- eminence. Following
'' potent sentences are other verses,
SS9aSlng the catalogue of iniquity-
%al'oFs' heady, highminded; )" and of
i I''' having a form Of goodness. but
s%uylng the power thereof and in
of. ssace to these he gives very ex
wv lnstEuction-"From such turn
IN, Cody people must ''have no
d., sup with the unfruitful works of
ave we come to the "perilous time"
i : peFlloua times of ''the last daysG"
b. ~ picture so graphically drawn
N, master apostolic hand open TO
=cairo0"Ti The signs Of the times are
Nsniionss. Ungodliness in multiform
tacaiDott5Stlons stalks abroad. 1.-THE
Rsks ~ of indebtedness"
llssg AZ ~ LaEe captive as it were, 1.-THE
Gg n;al Satanic subtIety is work
eekite eTnluy to prove that black is
Se ser. LIE very elect needs co be on
sgGtim Hell is moving on lines OF
ssQtur@s aoominations, and will surely
Ss6sso un"ary souls. The word OF
~'er Is, Watchp
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-06-28
Drink and Labor Market.

Under this heading q writer I'm the
q T. "Watchword" makes the follow
inc eFsetive showing: It has been
stated that Caled9nian distillery, at
Edinburgh, whose output Of liquor Ia
over 81, $50, 900 worth per annum, only
employs $50 men. Compare this with
the Atlas Iron works at Sheffield,
whose turnover is about the same
amount, and where the number Of men
employed is above 5000. With the
same turnover of money In the bust
ness in which the writer ia engaged
(stay making), instead Of employing
$50 we could actually, ourselves, find
snoloyment for 10, 600 people. But in
addition to this, in order TO keep our
operatives fully employed, we should
b the means of goving employment
| 10 quite another 5000; for we should
/ aQuire (in addition 90 boilers, engines,
shafts, etc a large number Of addi-
tionaI cutting machines, 200 pairs Of
shears annually, about 10000 sewing
mchines-which would require TO be
replaced every seven years-and be-
tween times we should require to re-
place breakages and ordinary wear
and tear, which would be enormous.
We should also require $50, 900 needles
every year, and $50, 900 pieces of cloth
would be wanted annually. At the
very least 10 600 gross OF reels of cot
ton (f 1000 yards each); 2 900 tons
Of steel strips; 1000 tons OF Irvine,
cane, horn, and whalebone; $4,000
gnas yards Of lace; and 30 IONS of silk
would be wanted, besides q host of
0her things. A similar demand would
ensure from many other trades we're
this immense turnover theirs. In this
way all industries would reap the ben
eG But what has the drink trade to
snow as a set eff against this large
employment of Of labor7 Beyond few
e0psfs, glassblowers, cask makers,
se', absolutely nothing"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-06-28
Lie Column.

e,ouId Answer the Prayer Himself,
.m~os the hour for prayer, and the
T"'' farmer stood,
u;th a thankful heart and q low
ly mind,
AID prayed to the author OF every
good,
very kind,
bless His creatures with raiment
t Seq bIeSsinga each day might be
ID renewed;
very man might fnd relief,
Tns' nIenty for hunger, JOY Cor grief,
AnuIoosured by the MerCiful One
BE aII who suffered beneath the sun.
r,a prayer concluded, the Cody
Went forth in peace to inspect his
49,, b tAF his side delighted ran.
Glowing with every healthful
charm,
~, little son, a sprightly boy.
Tbose home was love, and whose life.
.b WIZ fsfher said, 1.-THE harvest Yields
And EnH nAGS S
an NJiontiful crop, my son this year;
a barnsa are too small for my grain, /
fear"
And they wandered on through row
upon row
OF pIumy sheaves, and at length
the child,
With earnest in look, and rosy glow
"Ga his shing cheeks looked up and
smiled,
And said, my father do you not
Tar the poor and needy, day by day
That God, the good would the hungry
81 do n.y. my. my SON" "well, l think,
IS you plead
His eyes waxed bright, for his soul
That's SnO %Rs AGO. GOD, if he had your
wheat, would do"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-06-28
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