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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-03-26

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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-08
EDITORIAL ENTRIES

1t is a fact that although times have
not been favorable to large profits in
cotton for some time as they were
some years ago, that most southern
mills have realized profits, and in
some instances very satisfactory prof
it's. In the South Carolina cotton mills
in the upper or piedmont section, the
rewards Of industry have been good.
Mr.. Hammond, of Greenville, has pub
lished some statistical information. He
writes that one mill near his town
cost s1O0, 900, plant and working CAPT
tai included. 1t has a plant cost
ing $780, 600, has paid out dividends
amounting to more than the capital
stock, and is continuing them as the
rate of 10 per cent. per annum. An
other started with 5000 spindles and
now has 10000, and all increase and
expenditures came from the earnings.
At Danville, Va, there is a mill which
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-08
Excitement Down South

A gentleman arriving in Richmond
from the southern part of Florida yes
terday said hat the excitement in the
land of overs at this time by reason
of the threatening condition of affairs
between the United States government
and that OF Spain was growing more
intense daily. THE inha bitantS of ST.
Augustine, Ormond, Mai1ni and other
coast towns of Florida said he, ARE
greatly aroused over THE situation and
are afraid that the Spanish warShipS
Will blow them off the face of the earth
in cas of war. Down at Key West,
there is a general feeling of alarm AT
Tampa and Clearwater harbor on the
west oaS one hears nothing but war
talk and expressions of uneasineSs. You
see, the basis Cd operations will be
shown in the vi Unity, than any
where else should war be declared.
You people UP here are feeling secure
enough, because you wOn see much OF
the conflict il they get to fighting, but
it will rbe a no time for the seaport
towns of Florida when the ViZcaya, the
Maria Theresa, Alphonsa XII. and that
feet OF torpedo boats get to work down
in Florida. don't wonder the folks
DOWN there feel scared up Why, think
OF h havoc the Spanish warSh1ps
would do when they once turned loose
on Flagler's palatlal hotels strung
along the east coast, and Plants beau-
tiful Tampa bay, Bel All, and other
handsome structures IN the west coast.
Many tourists have been running
III of Florida OF late by reason OF the
war scare. 1 know OF a whole party
who were going to Key West and Bis
cayne bay. but got scared. they might
get down there about the time the bonn
bard7nent commenced so gave up the
trip. It's no laughing matter with
hose folks. I tell you it isn't.-Rfch-
mond Times.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-08
GRANDJURIES AND WORTHY
CANDIDATES.

h Messenger many times has es-
sayed to expose the insuficiency of
jury trials in the south as now con-
Quoted. There is too much of race
prejudice and antagonism in it, as
we'll as rae ignorance and incompe-
tency, to obtain uniform justice and
vindication. The grand juries also
need Overhauling. Not all, for some
are good, faithful and efficient. But
in the newspapers we meet with COM
plants and exposures Of the inefi-
cheney Of these ~juries, and that it is
simply impossible for some forms of
viciousness and d~epravity to be
brought to justice. The Richmond
(Va.) Central Presbyterian lately had
a timely editorial pom Grand Juries"
in which were discussed properly as
1.-THE fountain head of our govern
ment." Let this fountain be impure,
corrupt, and let it's stream OF duty
and fidelity become turbid and weak,
and at last to flow, and a great
evil befalls a state. A gentleman liv-
ing at Darien, Georgia, Mr.. Joseph A.
Walker, writes to the Central Presby-
terrain in hearty approval, and from
his communication we take this:
"a pure fountain must send pure
water. There is no source to which
a community looks for the vindication
Of the law with as perfect right as to
it's grand jury-yet how many grand
juries-'even under oath go back on
first principles? Surely, Politics with
out religion are fatal to society new
~ertheless, how man. Of our chief Off
Gals, processing godIiness, publicly
disregard the commandments of God
and live irreligious, and consider the
sanctity of the Sabbath of no impor-
tance? Is it not time for Gods people
to cry out against these things"
The nominating conventions in
North Carolina are soon to be held.
North Carolina has had a most unfor-
tunate and sad experience for some
years in the bad character and gen.
eral venality of some of its officials. 1t
is a sore affection to a commonwealth
to fall under the baleful control of
bad, unprincipled men. There is too
much Indifference shown as to who
are appointed delegates. How can men
| Of low principles and easy virtue be
relied upon to eject upright, consci-
entious, faithful. tried men for Office.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-08
BREVITIES

Late London papers are of the opin-
ion that Spain has waited long for
peace-has lost her opportunity to set
tie the dispute with the United States
amicably.
Diplomacy is at an end; will media
ton of the European powers come? If
so it must come quickly or it will
come in vain.
Senator Mcmillan merely voices
what everybody understands, that Nc
Kinley's delay from time to time as a
dodge to get the country ready for
the final appeal. He says:
"The president is fl~at-footed on the
proposition that Spain must move out
bodily.
"He also knows absolutely that
Spain cannot or at least will not con-
cent to this complete abandonment.
That means war"
The state guard of Pennsylvania and
New Jersey is reported ready for &C
ton. Miles says the United States
ol III II ACooy. VI Soul DC. Id 4AilCO
ready also? Is his new uniform of Eu-
ropean cut ready and are his mus
tachiOs waxed and twisted?
Northern Methodists now have dea-
conesses and they are licensed like the
preachers are. Next.
The able New York Times in it's is
sue of Saturday says that the "testi-
mony against SPAIN as to the destruc-
ton of the Maine "is simply over
wheming." Of course it is, and Spain
knows it, but plays a set-off, a sort of
bluff game.
The Baltimore Manufacturers Rec
ord dared to censure the course of the
New York Evening Post in it's in
tense opposition to wal with Spain.
One John M. Grath, of New York, in
sympathy with the Post, writes to The
Record that "it ought to be burned"
That fate ought to be reserve for
traitors. Grath thinks this country is
as bad as Spain and has an antodafe
ready for those who dare to think for
themselves and are faithful to home
and country.
1t is now President McKinley's cri-
sis as we'll as SPANS. What will he
do with it?
Boss Hanna with infinite innocency
cries in the night for peace, and says
there must be no war. 1t is understood
tina the Boss is in the mighty meshes
of Wall street peace-makers. What
will Major Nc. do with Hanna?
1t is admitted by many republicans
of the Dingley following that even if
no war comes there will be a curren-
cy defci. ncy of full $4,000, 900. 1t will
no doubt be even larger than that
sum. With 900, ZOO blood suckers on
the pension roll thirty-three years af-
ter peace a deficiency may be long ex-
pected. 1t takes nearly $3.50, 900, 900 to
fill the prodigious pension nav.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-08

They will not rise above themselves
above their own standard In selec-
ton in all probability. Only really
worthy men, who can be trusted to do
right and be honest and faithful,
ever venal, vicious men are forced
upon the party it is the duty of the
upright, self-respecting democrats to
refuse to vote for such fellows 'of
the baser sort No good and true
man ought to vote knowingly for a
rascal or for a man of doubtful record.
of North Cardinals fate and your own
welfare and conscience.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-08
THE OUNTRY EDITOR"

A competent editor of a country
newspaper is able to render important
service to his patrons and the COM
munity in which he labors and in the
, section in which his paper circulates. If
he is a man Of intelligence, a man of
personal integrity, of good morals and
| a friend to truth, he can be an educa-
tor, a benefactor, a true friend of the
people. He can aid in all deserving en-
terprises, expose all crying abuses, up
hold morality and religion, stand
forth as the champion of education,
in a score Of ways help on good gov
eminent, justice between man and
man, and help TO develop a better sys-
tenn of farming. In fact a faithful, well
equipped country editor is a public
blessing. He is to be relied upon al
ways to favor and defend the rule of
virtue, the conservation of the public
peace, the maintenance Of upright
government, the purity and fidelity of
tlS Sooi =, II thC 6lOot,
invincible principles of civil and reli-
giouS liberty, the freedom of the press,
the right to think and to print. We
have been led to indulge this brief
train of reflection by a simple head
line in the Annapolis (Mo.) Gazette
"The Country Editor" Now we turn
~ raoI uho{ foJ1o1,oI a~J rr;l1 ,o~r-
the main part if not all, if it strikes us
as good, as impressive, as supplemental
in any way of u own short screed
above. We find it very good and as
true as good. Thank us for the fol-
lowing concerning the much neglected
Country Editor" one of the most
useful of men and best of citizens:
H is the packhorse of every COM
munity, the promoter of every lauda-
BILE enterprise, the worst u%nderpaid
laborer in the vineyard. Counting his
space as his capital, he gives more to
charity, his means considered, than
any other member of society. He is a
power in politics, a pillar of the
church, a leader in the crusade for
better morals. He is pre-eminently
the friend of humanity. Line upon line,
paragraph by paragraph, he is en-
balming in cold type the facts from
which the Herodotus, Tacitus, Sis
mondi Or Macaulay of the future will
write the history of our time. He fully
chronicles our advant into the world,
briefly notes III uprisings and our
downsittings, and sorrowfully records
our exit.
We are all more or less-generally
more-his handiwork, and the creature
should not be ~ungrateful to his crea-
tor. Without his generous and enthu-
siastie abors most of us would lever
have been here; and When he tires of
us, most of us will return to private
life, amid rural scenes propitious for
secret meditation and silent prayer,
Working night and day during the
campaign, when the election is yer
and the time comes for the distribu-
ton of the loaves and fishes-now vul-
carly called 'pie-by some strange
lapse of memory, he is generally for
gotten"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-08
Consumption Positively Cured

Mr.. r. B. Greeve. merchant, OF Chill
howie. Va, certiies that he had on
sumption, was given up 10 die, sought
all medical treatment that money
could procure, tried all cough RENE
dies he could hear of, but got no re-
lief; spent many nights sitting up in
a chair: was induced to try DR.. Kings
New Discovery, and was cured by use
OF two bottles. For past three years
has been attending TO business and
says DIR. Kings New Discovery is the
grandest remedy ever made, as il has
done 50 much for him and also for 9TH
ers in his community. DR.. Kings New
Discovery IS guaranteed for Coug|s
Colds and Consumption. It don't fail
Trial bottles free at r. R.. BeisAmy's
drug store. -a1sZ .x-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-08
How to Look Good

Good looks are really more than skin
deep, depending entirely on a healthy
condition of all the vital organs. If the
liver be inactive, you have a bilious
look; if you stomach he ~disordered,
you nave a dyspeptic look; if your kid
neys 'be affected, you a a pinched
look. Secure your good health, and
you will surely have good looks.
Electric Bitters" is a good Alternative
and Tonic. Acts directly ON the stom-
saoh, liver and Kidneys. Purifies the
blood, cures pimples, blotches and boiIs,
and gives a good complexion. Every
bottle guaranteed. Sold ait R.. r. Bel
IamH:S drug ~ 81 Sents per bottle.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-08
"MOther'S Friend"

prepares the system Tor the change
taking place, assists Nature to make
childbirth easy, and leaves her in .
condition more favorable to speedy re-
covery. 1t greatly diminishes the
danger to life of both mother and child.
Sent by Mail, on receipt Of price, s1.oo. Book
to "Expectan. Mothers" free upon application
The Brsdfeld Regulator Co., Atlanta, Ga.
SOLD 6v ALL DRUGGISTS.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-08

One of the abuses in our country is
the senseless hostility displayed by
d~emagogues and unrefecting people
to corporations generally. These
institutions" are assaulted mercilessly
as if a cotton factory, or a bank. or a
railroad, were necessarily a public en-
envy, and should be warred upon as
a sacred duty by every patriot. and
particularly by all who never expect
to have money enough to invest in any
enterprise requiring capital and of
public utility. There are 2,40O, 900 per-
sons who live off the railroads in the
United States, and are to a very great
extent dependent upon them for daily
bread and comforts. The actual en-
ployes are put at 800, 900. Mr.. st. John,
vice president of the Seaboard Air
Line, in opposing a reduction of pas
senger rates lately, said:
Let us deal fairly with this great
interest and see to it that it is not only
permitted to exist, but to carr from
just and reasonable rates sufficient to
meet not only it's operating expenses
and taxes, but to have something over
to meet it's physical necessities and to
pay that debt which it justly owes to
its bond and stockholders, viz, the in
terest upon it's bonds, coupled with a
reasonable dividend upon it's stock;
and right here let me say that the
railroads comprising this line have no
bonds or stock which does not repre-
sent actual cash expenditures"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-08

1t is to be hoped that the United
States government will take immedi-
ate steps to afford protection to Beau
fort and Morehead in this Stste. Prior
to the wal Fort Macon, of the old style,
stood ready to be used il dangers
threatened. The war department
should at once put defences at the en-
trance to these towns that will give
the Spanish ships trouble if they do
not keep them away entirely. 1t will
be very neglectful and unmerciful in
deed to leave the inhabitants of those
towns and the people living On water
courses adjacent, without the best
available protection. While North Car
DINA militia are to be called out at the
sound of the first tocksin, and her
steamers are to be used for war pur-
poses, let the federal authorities not
overlook the present "Reminiscences
of the towns indicated.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-08

No Word 50 Full
of meaning and
about which such
tender ~recollec-
tions cluster as
that of Mother
yet t b e are
months when her
life is filed with
pain, dread and
sufering,and she
looks forward to
the final b o uI
with gloom
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-08
HOME FOLKS.

Asheyille may well expect two very
Eine addresses at the unveillng OF the
monument erected in memory of the
great senator, Zebulon Baird Vance,
The most popular man ever born with
IN the boundaries of North Carolina
and certainly one of the .truest, most
wany-sided and ablest. Senator John
w Daniel, of Virginia, and Colonel
Alfred NJ. Waddell, Of Wilmington,
are to be the orators.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-08
Ole Messenger.
PU rTING ON WAR PAINT.

1T really looks as if the fierce dogs
-6 war were about to be un~leashed.
The heavens are now deeply wan as il
already wrapped in drifts Of lurid
smoke" The American people are in
Iced profoundly moved. And from all
carts of the country, unless New Eng
land goes as it did in 1812-'14, "war,
war is still the cry, wal even to the
knife" While millions Of Americans
do not desire war but greatly prefer
peace ON honorable terms, they do not
favor a surrender, a backdown 10Y
Just as the insolence of Spain becomes
intense and it's ~braggadocio
more v%iruient. Probably McKinley's
backbone has been sufficiently plaster
ed and strengthened by the voice OF
the country and the demands of half
OF his party in the house, to do what
Il proper and patriotic and brave now.
III he indeed favors Cuban indepen-
dence and intervention at last, and
even goes SO far as to hold Spain re-
sponsible for the Maine disaster, a
position we do not now believe be will
assume without some provision, some
7oophole of escape, it will cure the sus-
pense and then the fight for peace, in
dependence and liberty will have be-
gun. Once begun it will be pushed
with intense vigor and immense actiy-
5ty and pluck.
The report as to the readiness of the
queen regent and the little heir tt the
throne to flee from Madrid means
probably that a home in France will
be safer for them in view of a pos
sible revolution in Spain INT over
throw of the present government. The
other report, several times repeated
asst week, that Spain had sought and
still seeks mediation is a sign of an
xiety and even weakness in spite of
newspaper buster and fool ak by
individual Spaniards.
The calling out of the state guard in
all the states will occur at once if war
Is declared. That body numbers over
100, 900. The United States have over
100000 infantry and artillery to begin
the racket with. If volunteers were
called for from all the states, and the
number fixed at half a million it would
very soon be met. Once arouse the
American war spirit fully and let this
49, 49, " H.
world are upon it, and great deeds and
IA magnificent display of patriotic en-
thusiasm and devotion is expected
and its soldiers will pour forth from
every city and town and village and
hamlet, and from tens of thousands
of homes in the country. They will
come from the mountains and glens,
from the hills and the Wales
~rThey will come as the winds come
when forests are rended;
They will come as the waves come
when navies are stranded"
And yet millions of these patriots
loving peace and hating war, will sigh
for peace, and tens of thousands OF
yrayers ascend daily to God, the AL
mighty Ruler of the armies of Heaven
aId the armies of earth, that the
dreadful, most stern arbitrament may
ne merciful1y averted. These are the
men who will do the best fighting
when the fiery trial visits this coun-
cry
The lie sent out about Spanish cru
city TO American seamen was a cruel,
ssenseIess joke for the list of April.
The fool" in that instance was the
stupid fellow who fabulates the false
hood.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-08

began in 1883, with a capital stock OF
0 1000, and today is capitalized at
s 2 900, 900, of which 1 ,O00, 600 is in pre-
ferred stock, which pays 5 per cent.
semi-annually, and $1,000, 900 is in
common stock, which pays 4 per cent.
semi-annually.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-08

The University of North Carolina by
East reports, shows up with $40 stu
dents on it's roll. What will be the
4uxn of the enrolment of the teachers
'&gomen and men) at the coming sum-
Ezer school we cannot anticipate
nxobably between $50 and 200. The
report says:
THE attendance, not counting the
SKINNER school, exceeds the highest
nRmber ever reached Tin 1S57-5S) by
ii, and includes for the first time wO-
xnen among the list of students. A
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-08

Mr.. Edward Gillian, the really gift
I'D ex-North Carolina journalist, gave
-E1ur readers in Sundays Messenger
some appropriate and patriotic verses.
The lines rebuking the indemnity idea
are pertinent, and the two couplets as
Go the office of gratitude are awaken
ing
Upon their blood we set no prize,
Who made supreme their sacrifice.
Ket Gratitude their names still trace.
And hallow their last resting place,
WHO gave all that they had to give
And died that Liberty might live"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-08
THE SEMI WEEKLY MESSENGER, FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1895.

new department, that of pharmacy,
has been added, which enrolls IL stu
dents the first year."
The broad ax., 1898-06-04

Half rates east via the Union
Pacific r. r.
to the following named points arc
announced. Round trip tickets on
sale June z and 8 good until Sept. 5.
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GTfTE @n"Ti
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''Mixed train trOa Te-ninas, TOOese
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AN EPIoURE's APPETIrE

is politely catered to and he dimes
sumptuously amid all the surround
ings of Injurious comfort IN the
dining cars of the Union Pacific
r. r. No other line out Of Utah
carries them. Ticket Office 20l
Main street.