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Evening journal., 1898-05-05
CLUE WOMEN AT DOVER.

Among the Wilmington club women
who went to Dover to-day to attend the
drst annual meeting of the State Fed
aration Of WOmen's Club were Mrs.
BENJAMIN Nields, Mrs. Walter d. Bush,
Mrs. William p. Webb, Miss Mary H.
a. Mather, Mrs. Frances S. Garrett,
Miss Edith ~ Gawthrop, Miss Mary d..
Sissons, Mrs. Charles r. Miller, Miss
Anna T. Candy, Miss r. J. Warner,
Mrs. A. d. Warner. Among the ad-
dresses will be Some Suggestions on
parliamentary Usages," by Miss Ma
iher, and What the Women's Clubs
Can Do for the Advancement Of Public
Education in Dover" by Mrs. Benjamin
Nields Mrs A. d. Warner responded
10 the address OF welcome, which was
delivered by Mrs. Beniah Watson, OF
Dover.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NOTES.
Medford II. Cahoon spent yesterday
afternoon in Philadelphia
The annual meeting of the Loyal Le-
gion, in Philadelphia, last evening was
attended by Colonel Henry B. Nones
Colonel William A. La Motto and AL
fred Gawthrop.
Deputy AttOrney-General Peter l.
Cooper, Jr, and wife, went to Philadel-
phia to-day to attend the reunion ol
Evening journal., 1898-05-05
Painless Extracting

When new Teeth are ordered. w,
the latest scientific methods.
Evening journal., 1898-05-05
Mems Muslin Night
Shirts.

Only 40 men can be nj
happy and comfortable v
these Shirts. They are m
all plain and colored, trimn
fronts and of good quail ty'
bleached muslin,
Evening journal., 1898-05-05

1000 yards fine black Sat
high sta ndard grades, wd
1sc per yard-special price
his lot-I2Hc per yard
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-16

The conduct of the negro regiments
in the service of the United States is
still the subject of comment in the
north. The press in many sections of
that great division Of the country have
severely denounced the mutinous IN
military, dangerous conduct of the ne
groes amounting to downright outlaw
ry and even murder in several in
stances. The Chicago Interior is an
able Presbyterian weekly. 1t lately
said:
"The negro regiments had been a
constant source of trouble since his
arrival. He had never regarded them
as part of the military strength of the
army in the province on account of
their bad discipline and irresponsible
conduct. The CubaEs feel keenly the
presence of negroes inthe town, where
there have been man. acts Of robbery
and bullyism."
That is a western religious view Of
negro behavior and character. When
such acts of violence, of robbery, of
murder even occur in the south by the
anne race it is expected in the north
that the southern whites must Deal and
forbear-that no reprisals or resent
ments shall be INDUCED. The COM
ment of the able North Carolina Pres
byterian on the Interiors view is point
ed:
$50 of course the dear Cubans must
moi be subjected to what the southern
people must learn to endure. The In
terror also admits that complaints of
similar conduct, though not attended
with such d%eplorable results, have
come from Puerto Rico. Yes, and if
the Interior had kept it's eyes open for
other incidents in the south besides
southern outrages" it would have ad-
ded, from Chattanooga and from Ma
con and from Admission, etc."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-16
A BOSTON NEWSPAPER THREAT.
EMS COERCION.

The Severset threat We have met
with comes from the crazy Boston
Transcript, the daily that published
the lying, slanderous, bitter long COM
munication written by some northern
resident here. The Transcript boast
fully declares that it woul be impos-
sible for Yankees to do as the whites
did in this city. 1t says that Whining
ton is "~disgraced." The transcripts
forbears, it may be, were of the chief
witch burners in that and of ''isms"
and extremes" 1t admits that Mas
sachusetts has not allowed "illiterates"
to vote-tnat they were kept away
from the ballot" In Vermont now
there is a local township committee
hat has charge of ballots and that
determines who may and who may not
vote. They are a superior people" up
there. They know how to rid them
selves OF the rule of ignorance without
the bullet. 1t admits this:
Neither in Massachusetts nor in
North Carolina can intelligence and
ignorance be placed on the same level.
That is one Of the things that are i'm
possible of performance
That is good SO far as it goes. But
if the south continues to set aside ne
gro voters then the south (whites) is
to be whipped into good behavior by
the United States government. Let us
give it's own threat in it's own words:
The south is doing a great deal to-
wards bringing h nation toward a
frame of mind wherein it will believe
that if six states permit lawlessness
that disturbs forty the six may have
to be coerced into respect for the har-
mony Of the union"
1t will march down it's legions into
the south to ~overpower the white race
tina Intelligence and ignorance may
be placed on the same level" and that
8 1-3 per cent. of the black tax payers
may control and despoii So 2-3 of the
White burden bearers. That is a fresh
example of Boston economy, justice,
virtue and sense.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-16
HOME FOLKS

The fiery New York Observer pub
dishes a communication from Rev. DR..
Peyton H. Hoge, and says it is "a calm
review of the recent troubles here,
and yet it does not change the Obser-
ver's former views. The North Carroll
ma Presbyterian says DR.. Hoge's paper
els bound to compel belief when the
mind is open to truth There are
some cheerful signs of an improved
temper on the part of some of the
northern religious papers. This leads
the Charlotte Presbyterian to say:
ut is a pleasure also to reflect that
there is rapidly emerging from the ig-
norance and prejudices Of the past, a
New North. with a clearer view OF
southern problems and a irmer con-
viction hat Blood is thicker than
water"
So be it. The Messenger halls such
signs with delight.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-16
II HOLIDAY SEASON

Jet Trimmed from $3.50 to ss.25. Hand
some Plush Capes from $3.50 To $500.
Nice Jackets from $3.50 up to $1,000.
Skirts OF all kinds. A nice figured
B~rilliantine Skirt for Sl.00. Better
skirts for $3.50. $500 and up. A nice
line OF Silk and Satin Skirts from $500
to $3.50.
Just laid in a large assortment OF
Handkerchiefs for the Holiday Trade.
A nice real Linen Handkerchief for
12kc. 15c and 25c-big value. Nice I:m-
broidered ones from 1oc to 1sc and up
ward. White Silk ones for Csc and soc
that cannot be matched elsewhere. a
nice quality OF Cambria Hemstitchei
for SC.
Men and Boys Clothing. A fine line
OF Black Clay Worsted Suits from $
TO $1,000. Good all wool Suits from $500
to $500 and on up. These suits we can
give you in all colors. Youth Suits
from $3.50 up. A nice Brown Plaid
Suit for 5000. Odd FNnts from soc up
10 $500
Trunks Of all kinds. Packing Trunks
25c to s1.00. A Zinc Covered Trunk
from s1.00 up to $500. ia Top Canvas
Covered Trunks at all ~prices-$2.50 &.
$500. $3.50, etc.
Come to see m your dollars
count. Bring you card and have your
purchases punched on IL. at Whining
toms Big Racket Store. North Front
Street. opposite the Orton Hotel.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-16

Is on hand and anything You want In
the Toy line we have it ready TO show
you.
An etensive line Of Dolls from sc to
$3.50. An unbreakable Doll from zoe
to s1.25. All kinds Of patent Iron Toys
Fire Engines, Hook n Ladder
Trucks. Milk Wagons, etc. Foot Balls
from 35c TO 75c and up. Drums CSC to
LOO; Rubber Toys, Balls, Dolls. etc.
Tin Toys of all kinds, Horses from sc
to 25c. A nice Piano from CSC to $1.00.
Tool Chests, Saw and Buck, Picture
Blocks. A Blackboard and Easel for
25c; a larger one for soc. Toy Pistols
and Guns. A nice Air Rife for s1.0o.
Sideboards from sc UP to 75c. Dell
Carriages from 25c to $3.50. Doll era
dies for soc. Novelties in Toys of all
kinds. Jul Toy Department is noted
for being Santa Claus headquarters.
Our Millinery Department is a scene
of activity from morning till night. La
dies Hats, trimmend n untrimmed
all the leading styles. 1t will pay you
TO look yer our large assortment.
Just received a lot of Velvets to u
at SOC, 75c and $1.00 and upward.
Capes and Jackets We handle in
large quantities and at prices that COM
pei you to buy. A nice Fur Trimmed
Cape from 75c up to s2.75. An Astrakan
Cape for s1.75. One with Box Pleat for
$500. Mice quality Of Melton Braid or
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-16
BREVITIES.

Sampson got the lions share of the
500, 900 the United States captured
from the Spanish ships, and yet he
did not fire a gun or help to capture a
ship. That is d great injustice to those
who did capture the ships and the
money.
J There are so many trusts forming
now that The Philadelphia Record
raises a heading-a department 10
J record them. The last are the enlarged
linseed trust and the -four trust. They
are Infamous things and should be
stamped out by the government backed
up by the people.
Senator Vest is the first democrat in
the senate to oppose the Imperialistic
movement. He has a resolution intro
duced against the acquisition by the
United States of territory that must be
permanently placed under colonial gov
eminent.
Lieutenant Hobson is as modest and
meritorious-as much Of a patriot as
he is little Of a Shyiock. He declines
a $50, 900 offer to lecture. He says be-
AoAN AAo - "oo Z LII "a
ing the Merrimac his lectures would
not have been worth so cents, and they
cannot be worth $50, 900 because of duty
done, or words to that effect. There is
North Carolina blood in Hobson.
Maryland will give Admiral Schley a
medal. He will also have several
swords presented to him. He richly
deserves them all.
We saw tina Princeton had beaten
Yale at foot ball, and that Yale had
beaten Princeton in debate. We were
about to make the same comment that
is made in the following (before seeing
it, from The Baltimore Herald:
But are honors even, for in the col
lege curriculum is the rostrum as great
as the gridiron?"
Senator Eoar d%enounces in the SEN
ate, the appointing of the peoples rep
resentatives in the federal house as
commissioners to negotiate for the ex-
ecutive branch of the government. This
is probably we'll AIKEN.
The proposed great standing army
strikes The New ork Evening Post that
it furnishes the most striking proof
that we have yet had of the tremen-
dous burdens the expansion policy is
about to place upon the taxpayer"
The Baltimore Sun, one Of the ablest
of our southern exchanges, looking at
the proposed naval reserve" is moved
to say thai after 'annexing everything
in sight with a gay disregard to conse-
quences, the people of the United States
will be called upon to shoulder the bur-
den of the protection of our new poses
sions against all corners. For this
work, of course, the most essential
agency will be a navy"
Now for subsidies galore" See Nc
Kinley's message. The American peO-
pie do not favor such a scheme.
In the town of Bedford, Pa, that has
$500 inhabitants, there are 200 cases of
smallpo. People will naot ccvshrdlu
smallpox. People will not vaccinate
until too late.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-16

49,
towards Tennessee, for she is heI
daughter. It is a fine state and has q
still brighter future before her. She
has been cursed, as her mother has
with some very scurvy demagogues
and enemies, but she is now, we hope,
free from them In a great degree. We
do not know, but we suspect that Gen.
eral Bedford Forrest was born in North
Carolina. IL not a son, he is no doubt
a grandson. General Bradley T. John
son in his very interesting book on
General Joseph e. johnson, says thai
Forrest was the foremost military gen.
Jus Of the great war.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-16

Large exports continue. Corn and
wheat shipments were immense. Cot
ton continues very low. In New Eng
land the curtailment in purchase of
cotton is great. There is a better de-
mand for cotton goods. Wooden goods
are in better demand. The volume OF
business is heavy. Dun says: Fail
ures for the first week of December
were in amount So, 995, 237, manufacture
ing 1881, 05S, and trading 2,56S, 979.
This weeks failures have been 24S in
the United States, against 312 last year,
and % in Canada, against % last year"
SO the proceeding week, and 105 for
corresponding week in 1897.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-16

Rev. Elias Dodson was a we'll known
clerical figure in North Carolina for a
half century preceding his death which
occurred in this city in December 1882,
when visiting here. He was buried
from the First Baptist church, Rev.
James B. Taylor, D. D., conducting the
services, assisted by Rev. DR.. Joseph
n. Wilson, of the First Presbyterian
church. His body was inferred in
Oakdale cemetery. He was a man OF
most sincere and profound piety, a
man of great purity, simplicity and sim
gularity. We knew him for years. and
like all who knew him personally held
him in esteem and veneration for he
was an useful and Jealous servant of
his Lord and Master. In the Richmond
SVa.) Religious Herald, DR.. Taylor
publishes an interesting paper in
memory of this good man. A picture
of the divine appears, but it does not
strike us as good. At least It does not
suggest the man as he appeared to us
in the last twenty-five years of his life.
DIR. Taylor writes:
Last May a year ago, when attend
ing the Southern Baptist convention at
wilmington, I visited the grave, and
thought, how he enjoyed attending our
earthly coverings of the redeemed,
with multitudes whom he had known
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-16
The Messengn.
SUGGESTED BIZ A CONTAMINATION

We publish an interesting and con-
sentative communication today from
President James B. Dudley Of the A.
and NJ. college for the colored race at
Greensboro, N. C.. We premise that
this Is the chief educational institution
for President Dudley's race that has
been erected and kept running by the
sympathy and liberality of the white
race in North Carolina. 1t is n of
several state institutions (some four or
fve) that the true friends of the negro
race in North Carolina have reared and
supported.
The Messenger is not now, and never
has been, an enemy Of the negro race.
1t is a firm friend of White supremacy,
believing hat it Is necessary in the
south for both races. So it is not hos
tility to the negroes that leads us to ex-
press a fear or conviction that the ne
groes would vote against a constitu-
tional amendment that would deprive
tens of thousands of them of the right
of suffrage. The illiterate whites would
vote against as SOC as the negroes
the educated voters of the state would
oppose the discrimination against illit-
crates if they were of the number
Human nature is of that way. There
is one thing that should be done, what
eve else fails-no man should vote,
white or black, who can not show a re-
ceipt establishing the fact that he has
paid his taxes and has thereby contrib
uted to the support of the government
under which he lives and moves.
President Dudley writes in a truly
moderate and intelligent manner
He shows d~iscernment, judgment,
an3 a sincere regard for the
best interests of his people while
not overlooking the interests of
all classes, races and conditions.
He is clearly a disciple of President
Booker Washington, of Alabama, and
has caught much of the breadth and
wisdom of that ablest leader and teach
er OF his race.
We do not enter upon a prolonged
examination of what he says. His
communication will be widely read no
doubt. The general good sense and
%soundness will strike most intelligent
readers.
We believe, as WI stated, and to
which the correspondent replies, that
a vote to d~isfranchise any body of cleo
te~s OF any race or color by an educa-
tiOnal and tax paying test will cause
nearly every man of his class to vote |
against ratification. That is quite like
human nature. Very few white men
will vote to deprive themselves of the
right to vote. We will not rely for a
day upon any other opinion. The trial
might be disastrous. We believe a con-
stitutional amendment would be the
very thing if it could certainly pass
and contained two provisions-that
voters should be able to read the con-
.stitution under which they live and that
no elector should vote without showing
his tax receipt from the sheriff.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-16
SUGGESTED By ERRORS.

In an article in current literature, a
writer of verse of Tennessee birth says,
that this state has had somewhat to
do in making history, and in furnish
ing the republic with a number of dis
tinguished men-as Perry and Farra-
gut in the navy, and Andrew Jackson,
James X. Polk and Andrew Johnson
in craftsmanship. But not until within
the past quarter of a century has she
drawn to herself any considerable at
tention in literary matters; and, strange
to say, two of her women have brought
her such prestige as she has in this re-
spect. OF course, l refer to Mrs Bur-
nett and Miss Murfree, Charles Egg
bert C~raddock."
This sounds we'll, and We dislike to
spoil it, but in with Jackson, Polk and
Johnson-the only three presidents of
the United States that were credited
to Tennessee, of which they were citi-
lens when raised to that high office,
were all born in North Carolina, as
were several others of the most distin-
guished men of that state in the past.
Among them were General Zollicoffer,
Meredith P. Gentry and others. Mrs.
Burnett is not a Tennesseean, but of
English birth. Tennessee has unques-
tionably given birth to seven eminent
and able men, jurists, statesman etc.
North Carolinians always feel kindly
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-16

The pension business has run to seed
long ago. Senator Vest, one of the
truly very able men in the senate now,
is right in insisting on more are in
passing private pension bills. He
thinks it is time to call a halt. The
taxpayers have been thinking hat way
for years. When Grant and Garfield
insisted that under no circumstances
should the pension appropriations
ever exceed s31, 900. 900. it staggers
belief that for years they have
ranged from s145, 900, 900 to nearly or
quite s17O. 900, 900 each year. 1t is in
deed time to cry halt and to stop the
reckless, unjustifiable raid upon the
peoples pockets.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-16

and loved, and with many saved
through his fundamentally, and, bet
ter than all, with Jesus. At the fun
eral, years before, / had said: Fare
well, man Of God! Thy tolls and sac
riices are over. No more shall we see
thee on earth. No more shall the lips
now silent in the tomb, speak to dying
men of a Saviour's love, or plead for
obedience to the last command of our
risen Lord. But thy memory will be
embalmed in our hearts"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-16

The condition of Havana as to health
is wretched. DR.. Drummer, United
States sanitary inspector there. reports
40 deaths for last week in November.
He says it is an annual rate of 1l41s in
1000 inhabitants. That is the highest
mortality We remember to have seen
reported for any part Of the world, ex-
cept in cholera or yellow fever eui-
demic. Strange to say, although the
death rate at Havana is SO very high.
there were but four deaths from yell
low fever. It is reported that half of
the deaths were caused by malarial fe-
yer, consumption and enteritis. THAI
looks very ~uninviting for fresh Ameri-
can troops to be sent there. We regre,
the First North Carolina is to -oe sen
to such a death hole.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-23
ALL QUIET At MANILA
PERFECT ORDER MAINTAINED BY
THE AMERICAN TROOPS.
The City Resuming It's Normal Bus
gents with Arms Allowed Inside.

MANILA. Aug. p, s p m.-Perfect order
has thus far been maintained in Manila I'M
der American control. The city is quiet
and seems almost to have resumed its nor
NAL business and social activity.
LONDON. Aug. 2S.-The Hong Kong cor
respondent of the Daily Mail says: Several
American war ships will return here and
dock when Great Britain shall have recog-
nized the peace between the two countries.
General Merritt and Aguinaldo agreed that
the latter shall govern outside of Manila
for the present No insurgent will be al
lowed inside of the city with arms.
"A British surveying party met with a
hostile reception on Saturday between deep
bay and Tai-Moshan, near here. thou
sand natives, beating gongs and shouting
foreign DEVILS closed the gates against
them. Two Maxim guns and seventy blue
jackets were ordered out and the natives
were given ten minutes to open the gates.
They promptly complied with the demand. "
The Daily Mails Madrid correspondent
says: General Jaudenes telegraphs that
the Americans have taken possession of the
Spanish headquarters for their troops and
that the Spanish troops are encamped In
the cathedral quarter. Their condition is
bad. General JaudeneS recommends their
prompt repatriation in order TO prevent the
outbreak of an epidemic
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-23
SWORD FOR DEWEY.
Design Selected by a Committee in
RehaIf of the Government.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22-The design for
the memorial sword the government is to
present to Rear Admiral Dewey, according
to act of Congress, was finally determined
on to-day by the committee having the sub
ject in charge, consisting of Acting Secre-
tary Allen, Senator Lodge, of Massachu-
sets, and Prof. Oliver, of the United States
Naval Academy. A great many designs
have been submitted some of them show
ing much artistic beauty. The one selected
was submitted by Tiffany & Co., of New
York. The design is less ornate than some
of the others. It's marked characteristic is
it's simple and solid elegance. The hilt of
the sword, as originally submitted, showed
an eagles head, but this was changed to a
plain and solid. but highly traced gold
handle. The blade is "damascened,'' being
subjected to that process by which the
famous Damascus blades were made. One
side of the blade bears the inscription:
THE gift of the Nation to Rear Admiral
George Dewey, u. s. N, in memory of the
victory at Manila bay, May /, 1885,
The scabbard is of dark blue damascened
metal. with tracery of gold One of the most
marked features of the original design was
at the end of the scabbard, where in minia-
ture crown, presumably the Spanish
crown, was being run through by this
Dewey sword. the committee rejected this
suggestive feature and instead of the
pierced crown there is substituted two
dolphinS.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-23

WASHINGTON, Aug 22.-The Manila
cable was repaired and operated by the
Signal Corps of the United States army
The first intimation that the cable was
again in working order was a dispatch re-
ceived from Lieutenant Colonel Thompson,
who telegraphed General Greedy that he had
repaired the cable with the materials he had
taken to Manila with General Merritt's
army Two days after the message from
Colonel Thompson a message was received
from the president of the cable company
announcing that the Manila line was again
in working order. The Signal Corps has
sent with every detachment which it has
ordered to the front a complete outfit so
that when the army landed at any place it
could begin operations at once and very
soon place the government at Washington
in communication with the officers in the
field Outfits were carried to Santiago and
also to Ponce, although the landing at the
latter place was unexpected. Yet, with the
materials at hand an improvised cable was
put in operation at Ponce until supplies
could be obtained from st. Thomas.
Adjutant General Corbin has cabled Gen.
Merritt to send list of the wounded at
Manila.