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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-01
WeII-Nfgh IntO1erabIe
(Wi1cnn News

This county is in a most d~eplorable
condition. Negroes from other coun-
ties are being imported by white men
to help them arouse the negroes of this
county to a fever heat and drive them
into voting against decent and repu-
table citizens. The court house of the
county is infested by the most pestif-
erous gang ever known in the history
of the county. One of the great rally
ing cries of the early populist party
was down with the court house ring
and yet today, behold. Was ever such
as the present beheld in this county
before? One Of the ring is ar Edge
combe negro.
If anyone does not believe hat these
| facts are true then we simply refer
him to anyone who had occasion to go
| in the court house yesterday. And yet
that shining light of pop.-republican
reform. DR.. Cy Thompson, tells us that
negro domination is a democratic lie
| Ask the people of Wilmington. ASK
| Mr.. w. H. Chadbourn, a republican,
| as to the condition of affairs in New
| Hanover.
Come to Wilson for a few days and
| keep your eyes open.
The condition of affairs here is we'll
| nigh intolerable. 1t only remains fol
| the people of this county and this town
to show this crowd on the Sth day OF
| November what the decent people OF
the county think of them.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-01
Rarhpe Not CeuSured

The Methodist war claim matter, SO
far as Agent Barbee, of the publish
ing house at Nashville, is concerned,
saws a special from Clarksville, Tenn,
is said TO have been settled, after be-
ing before the Tennessee conference
for two days. Barbee=s character was
passed after the reading of a COM
munication from him expressing sor-
row over his connection with the war
claim collection and stating that he
may have made a mistake. He declar-
ed that he had walked with God in the
matter. He also asked the conference
to deal with the cas- with justice and
use it's wisdom. An affecting scene
followed the passage of his character.
Many wept, and old-fashioned songs
were sung. the agent being heartily
congratulated. A resolution favorinS
the return of the money and condemn
ing the action in its collection was
passed. but a resolution asking for the
resignation of the agent was ruled out
of order by Bishop Key.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-01
The Negro Organs Advice

We have already printed the advice
of The Kinston S~earchlight, a negro
organ, urging the negro women to go
to the polls and compel their husbands
and male relatives and friends to vote
the republican ticket. 1t has some
more advice for negroes this week., and
avs:
you can look for the 'burly negro
on the 8th day of November at the bal
lot box in a solid phalanx animated by
the negreSSeS."
Now, so far as the parties are con-
cerned, any negro man, as a leader,
who says hat the democratic party is
the negro party, from observation,
novation, is a thief, robber and a hypo-
critic"
Every negro ought to stick to the
republican party, which liberated him
from the hand of slavery and which
has done him the most good. and to
do otherwise, he should re kicked out
Of existence"
Adhere to the teaching of the re-
publican and fusion parties. If you
don't, hell will catch you to the de-
light of the devil"
We copy these extracts to show the
spirit of the negro organs, n to ask
white men who are white TO be as
true to their race and good govern
ment as the negro is true to his race
and bad Recommendations News
and Observer.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-01

AS a wagon load of hay was passing
along Lexington street, between Arch
and Pearl streets, yesterday
a small boy n the d e that the
ten of provender resembled very
much the viscaya emerging from the
barhor of Santiago. The Lexington
strea+ lad was in command Of a land
battery consisting of a 1-pounder rapid
fire match shooter, a brand new piece
of artillery which retails for a penny.
AS soon as the boy got the range OF the
load of hay he opened up the battery.
Like all American gunners his aim was
true and with a fizz, pop, the burning
match entered the hay.
There was a terrible explosion and
tho farmer from Anne Arundel who
was in command of the hay wagon was
all unconscious of what was going Oh
in the after part Of his cargo. 1t was
not long, however, before he was ap-
prised of the fact that a port nlasa-
zine had been exploded and a not hre
was raging between decks. !,
People along the street nOticeo
volumes of smoke rising ron t1e III
fated hay wagon, and Box AZ was
pulled, which soon brought the nre
department to the scene. In tne
meantime the commander had run MS
craft close ashore and she was an
chored to the pavement. while the lire
denartment extinguished the blaze and
rescued the planter.
The damage amounted to 50 and the
notice are looking for a small BOY
with dark clothes and knee pants, VINO
fired the fatal shot from the match
gun into the Dad Of hay.-Baltlmore
Sun.
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(Raleigh POSt.)

When Deputy Sheriff V. J. Macarthur
of Sampson county, and Special Depu-
ty ]. ]. Mathis, both of Clinton, the
home county of Senator Butler, had
safely turned over the three cOnvicts
whom they brought to Raleigh on the
4 o'clock p. m. train yesterday, they
had a tale of woe to tell.
The former was in the Office of State
Auditor Hal Aver, unfolding his
troubles to that official. and two other
f%usionists attached to the state admin
istration, when The Posts representa-
tive entered.
The deputy was in a very warm hu-
NOR and declared that a great outrage
had been committed while he was in
GoldsbOrO, where he was compelled to
wait over two hours with his prisoners
in order to catch the Raleigh train.
About five hundred white men as
sembled at tho depot, he declared, and
abused" him for claiming a white boy
IA years of age Zone Of the three pris-
oners) with the other two, the latter
being negroes. the chain being a con-
tinuous n and preventing the sepa-
ration of either of the prisoners from
the others for any purpose.
He told about the great Indignation
of the white people of Goldsboro at the
humiliating and inhuman spectacle;
how they denounced the act and the
perpetrators of it in unmeasured terms;
and how, finally, he was arrested on a
charge of assault and unnecessary
cruelty and taken before the mayor on
a warrant sworn u by some Of the
indignant citizens who could not abide
the miserable exhibition Of a mean at
tempt to degrade a poor white boy and
insult the self-respecting white people
with whom he was thrown in contact
in such a position.
When he concluded his recital of his
| grievance, during which he had worked
himself up to a great state Of excite
ment, which seemed to be largely
shared by Auditor Aver, the latter en-
| phasiZed his comments on the episode
| with the concluding remark:
Those d-m scoundrels down there
will not learn any sense until two OF
| three hundred of the s. arr
killed."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-01
ANOTHER DAVIDSON OUTRAGE
Mr, Hubbard Held Up by NeSFoeS
Cursed and Made TO Return 10 LIN
Town

Another outrage, perpetfated last
Saturday night at DAVIDSON was
learned of yesterday, and ADDS 1uel 10
the flames of mitigation felt by the
white citizens, not only of DAVIDSON
b,,t this entire section. Mr.. II. Z. Hup-
hard and family live in LemleV -
ahont eight miles from Davidson. Inc
box Mr.. Hubbard and sons register at
is three miles from Davidson. MI >.
n Hubbard, one of Mr.. Huopald .
cons who reached his majority leoeh.
1v vent ND to register. After reglSlel-
no Mr. Hubbard rode on to DaVlosot
hf+ar nightfall, just before the shoo. a
80 crane he got on his morse anu g
ntor+ed home. When on the eose %
top1n he was stopped by nVe VI his
nogroes One grabbed holo y .
hridle. while another tnrusl hIas-it
nisto1 or a pair Of brass knuch,SoN
80 dark and he could not see wnado
irto his face, and curslng MINI a. NJ
hiu 70 90 further on the roau. 40 voc
~ I'd was unarmed, tnere We Tis
IN4uimr for him to do but TO ulh
horsa,s head. He went pack ~
~ IRVING there just be1ore Il
or troubles took place. vo,,ne
M hubbard, father o. Tue can
MI uae in town yesterday. ne t +hn
snarcelv trust himself TO sp eh it
affair so indignant IS ne "
charlotte Observer.
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Referring 20 the facetious proposition
of a st. Louis reformer TO hang the
worst man in each ward Of hat city
on January LIST each year. the choice
TO h.. determined by popular vote. the
Philadelphia Record remarks that the
Idea of getting rid of ,he worst mar
Is good. Tut the method OF determine
ton ia faulty. II fre1uenl ~ happens
that the worst man Is chosen by popu-
lar vote for the most important and
desirable positions. II might there
fore happen that by the same test the
best mar would not escape hanging. -
Washington Pest.
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N.gro on Top in Beaufort Jul

wv
On Saturday October 22nd 30 f1ons.
D T. Avcock and T. F. DAVIDSON %
KILLED to speak at Aurora a il''ie
Dn'eo ;ahahitants. of which IS per
cent are white.
- +bis town are three halls. one'
Aurora white academy owned ny
.taa, all of which are
white men, ..
Another is the negro school building
owned entirely by negroes.
r, Friday October 21st a negro pol-
..:oian hv the name of Dixon, OF Hlils-
hnro N. c.. made his appearance hele
80 - was soon rumored that ne was
auo 70 eoe that the negroes voted loi
tbo fusion candidate for con-
Hanna's gold does
At 2 o'clock on SATURDAY ~
the hour for speaking MI. AycocN a
friends sought to secure a place 49,
thew could discuss the issues Vi 10
campaign and where they GUY
comfortable, as the air was GU "nN
chill from a strong northern VIM
Can the white men Of North Caroll-
no imagine their surprise When 'hos
were refused the use OF the Auiol"
academy. and learned it had been zen
dorod To the negro Dixon. rms puilu-
mo is owned exclusively by white mei
ord ;s leased to Mr.. R. II. Lane.
Mr. Avcock and friends rolled solle
boxos in the street and while the Hon.
Raniamin F. Aycock, of Wayne coui-
Nv N G.. stood bare headed upon an
empty box, exposed to a northern WV
and addressed $50 of the honest WHY
farmers of the county tandlng III lne
wet and muddy streets, at TINS sah e
time the negro Dixon was =,
the Aurora academy making harsh anu
hitter remarks about the wnlte hie
The rep-pop office seekers mere te,'
,s we have no negro rule III ~
Coro1;na Will some one Tor Goo
colo tell us whose rule is TINS!
negroes boldly say that tnes ar
on ton and verify it seems 10 De 50.
The school building releLIee
70 ;o owned exclusively by white mel
80 ronted to Lane for the purpose D
an academy. -on+ in or
,or NV the oldest girls of the school
What white man Will want ms onn e.
.er To clean the floor where Zoo ne
proes have spent three hours.
It is loudly talked on the s'le %:,
here today that there will be no CHI
dren at school tomorrow.
A stock company is being raise
bare and within ten days there VIII u
another school building erected her'
and one conducted without the heip .
Observation-Disclosures Messenger.
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When the train from the south ar
rived in this city today a big two
hundred pound white man stepped on
the cars leading two burly, black. I'M
couth negro men and q small, sailo"'
delicate. unkempt white boy, all three
chained together. and followed oy
| another white man, both being popu-
list fusion deputies, V. L. McArtnur
and Jesse Mathis. having the three pris
| oners in charge from Sampson coun-
", carrying them TO the penitentiary
| under sentence of the superior court
The two officers landed their prison
| ers in the railroad waiting room, and
Macarthur went to dinner while Mat
this stood guard.
Without discussing the respective
roles of the little white boy and the
two negroes as criminals, h scene
was such as 10 make the blood OF every
white mar who had an impulse OF pity
in his heart or n yestige of race pride
in his soul boil with indignation at
the gross humiliation to which the
helpless youth-criminal though ne
be-was thus subjected, with two
white men in charge, any n or
whom could have handcuffed him apart
from the two black criminals and de-
livered him safely at the pen: But
they were fusion officials-and fusion
says that a white Ia is no better
than a negro, and so from the fusion
ridden county of Sampson started
these two fusion officers, delegated by
the fusion sheriff, with the little white
boy. IA years old, and the two burly.
,r-oI sai1- ha-SranI1a1 nnprlpS al
chained together for the penitentiary.
Some weeks ago a white man and
a negro were carried through here
chained together from the republican
fusion county of Craven, and our peo-
pie chafed under the humiliating sight;
but that was a grown man, and ought
To have had better sense and morals
than TO commit a crime. and while
the object lesson of fusion was
there with two negro deputies In
charge, our people let it pass at that
But today, when the fusion lesson
"the democratic lie''-was a little
sickly white boy chained to two burly
negroes, with two populist fusion
white deputies in charge, citizens o.
: Goldsboro could not tolerate the odiou'
2 sight, and determined that it should
not De, put, DelHS law dDluiHS DIS w
J are, there was no resort to violence
g a warrant was duly issued against tn
/ officers in charge, and they were givel
e a hearing upon the charge of assault
in that they were subjecting this lit
: tie white prisoner to cruel indignity-
and through him outraging the rae
ial pride and sense of decency of tn
Anglo Saxon people. They were givel
| a hearing and the judgment OF tn
t court was suspended upon condition
that they separate the little white bo
from the heavy chains of the negr'
prisoners. The court SO ordered, an
it was then and there done, and the.
S proceeded to Raleigh, as they shout
have left Sampson, with the littl
white boy apart from the negroes.
This sickening scene was witnesse
d by quite a number of hitherto popu
y lists and votaries of fusion" an
they know it is no democratic lie,
but they are all democrats now. Thi
sight converted them to decency an
G democracy.
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'BLAcksUns,s. FATAL ADMISSION
ssNo White Man of Property or Respee.
liability VIII Live I'm a Community
Dominated by Negroes"
(Statesville

(~Statesville Landmark-)
Senator Pritchard was not the only
republican oratorical pebble on the
beach in S~tatesville this week. As
sistant District Attorney E. Spencer
Blackburn was his forerunner, he hav-
ing spoken at the court house Tuesday
evening. Blackburn is noted for his
attempted sky-scraping oratory,, his
noses and his utter recklessness OF
statement Life is short and space in
The Landmark is valuable, therefore
we didn't follow Mr.. Blackburn's
speech but in the course of his re-
marks he made one startling admission
which deserves notice. He was com
planning about the democratic cry OF
negro and said mat democratic speak.
ers were doing that state great damage
by representing that communities were
governed by negroes. What worse
could they do for Statesville,' he ex.
claimed, than to let it be known
| abroad that the town was dominated
by negroes and controlled by negro
| officers? No white man of respectful
ity or property would come and locatf
among you!"
That's it, Mr.. Blackburn That:
| the democratic argument, and yol
| didn't think how it sounded when yol
| made it. What white man of respect
| ability or property wants to live in
| community controlled by negroes, a
| you say; and yet your crowd turned
| over Greenville. New Bern, Whining
| ton and other towns and cOmmunitie
to them. Even if there are a few
white men in Office in these places tn
negroes are in control.
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Pritcharass Call for Troops
fRaleigh PoSt1

The most cowardly movement yet
made in this campaign Is that report
ed by the Washington correspondent
of The Post in this mornings issue.
That Senator Pritchard called on the
president for troops TO put down rio"
and prevent bl~oodshed" is an insult
to the people Of the state, and an ad-
mission that the present administra-
ton of his party is a dismal failure.
1t is an admission that his party is
defeated by the honest white people
already, and hat troops must be sent
to enable the negroes to override the
white people If possible. He acknowl-
I, edges to his own people n 10 the
world that his party can only main
tain itself by negro votes, and that
| federal troops are necessary TO enable
them to succeed.
Great Heavens, How little this east
Tennessee and has learned of the stuff
white North Carolinians are made of!
Does he suppose hat all the troops
that could be sent will prevent the
white majority-the It's, 900 white vot-
ers who voted against Russell and his
combination in 1S96-from voting their
COIutlludLlOu Vi tue pIcSSIlN lAAQuAIous
administration Of affairs.
Does Senator Pritchard no virtual.
ly declare by his act that an admins
tration which has so aroused the in
dignation of all honest people, ever
which has been the object OF his OWL
severe condemnation, ought not tc
prevail, and that it can only be main
tanned by the use of troops?
When the contest is known to be be
tween good government administrator
by white men, and the present t%ravest!
of a government controlled by ignoran
black men led by vicious white men
does the senator mean to appeal tt
soldiers and guns to enable the latte
to prevail over the former?
This is the shameless spectacle pre-
scented by one who holds the position
of United States senator for old Nortl
Carolina! This is the gross insul
heaped upon the intelligent people i
this day, and the cowardly cry that I'm
less the federal government send
troops the present disgrace called
state administration will be wiped frOr
the earth next month.
But, thank God, the good peopl
WIOSc IlfCS, plopCI ~, lo1iNss pSoN
and prosperity are involved in this con
test and pledged to win, can take tn
greatest courage from this act of tn
senator. 1t is a cry of despair, whic
certain defeat has inspired. The whit
men will preserve the peace, but, b
the gods, they will preserve the intee
rity of their homes and the right t
control their own affairs.
Let the troops come, come from tn
north or the south, and our people wi
show them as we'll as the world thu
they know their rights, and KNOWING
will dare maintain them.
Reconstruction days have passed.
The day of martial law has passe,
The day of troops at the polls
I gone.
, The day of negro domination wi
! soon have ended.
: The white men only have to star
| firm, as they will do. and the victor
S is won.
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Stanford Express.)

Mr. Editor: / want TO inform all
lovers of white mans government in
North Carolina that since | became u
years old up to the present time. |
have been a populist, but | have a
white family and white n~eighbors, and
| am a white man. / think hat is
reason enough for me TO stand with
my color. | shall no longer vote for
any Of the populist candidates. but
shall vote the straight democratic
ticket, and | would that all lovers of
white mans government would just
look at the present men in Office in our
state and county and who they are.
and then ask themselves the question
can / vote for such men? / for one
shall not vote for any such a mess.
F. F. ROSSER,
Sanford, n. C., October 18th. 1898.
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New York. October 21-Justice Cohen.
in the supreme court today, appointed
Frederick w. Day, of Elizabeth, n j..
and Edwin w. Sanborn ancillary re-
ceivers for the New York Wool Ware
house Company, a New Jersey cor
poration. with a capital stock of $1,000,
900, on the application of VIM Mac
Naughton, a stockholder. The bond OF
the receivers was fixed at $4,000.
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of Tuscola, reports two kershaw
vines measuring ~forty-six n loi.s-
eight feet respectively-the two sin
containing twelve whlte ~ aIso
rveiehing from 25 to so pounds. he also
has a new variety Of sugar corn. one
hill of it contained -four stalks vi
which grew fourteen ears OF cegn.
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weaknesses and irregularities of women
may be recognized by certain unfailing
symptoms. Backache, headache, bearing
down pains, irritability and extreme nerv-
business indicate arrangement Of the
delicate female organism Bradheld's Fe-
male Regulator is the standard remedy for
characteristic diseases of women.
Sold by druggists at SI.oo per bottle.
the BRADFIElp REGULATOR co., Atlanta, Go
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Modest Women

Modety in
women is no
less a charm
than beauty and
wit. Is it any
wonder that wo-
men afflicted
with physical
disorders pecu-
liar to their sex
shrink from per-
sona1 examina-
tons by male
physicians? The
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-01

Prominent Republicans Who VIII
Vote For W hite Supremacy
CNew Bern Journel.)

tNeW bern JOuI ieI-J l
The republican who is not a politi-
clan and on the hot chase after office, |
believes in white supremacy as ar
IDENTIFY as any me When he is a bus |
mess man and has seen and appreciat-
ed the blight that negro rule casts OF
North Carolina and on this city in
particular he is anxious to help dispel
the whole black cloud.
A Virginia gentleman visiting in
New Bern a short time ago said that
this city had SO man, advantages that
it seemed bound to grow and be e
thriving place, and that the tobacco
interests of this place should become
very great. But" he said, the mo-
ment people who desire 10 make in
vestments visit you they will retreat
They will not put their money in a
place dominated by negroes. Moreover
you do not seem to fully appreciate
| the gravity Of our position. You have
| become SO accustomed to seeing the
| negro in power that you are not fully
alive to the injury he is doing to your
| community"
! 1t is true that New Bern is not yet
1 go dIOuSSu do to4l. Do1 NA~AS
are men here who are willing to de-
vote their Lives, their fortunes and
! heir sacred honor in redeeming the
| good old town. With these men are the
| good citizens Of every party.
| The following card speaks for itself.
| It is signed by men who would lend
| their names to no unworthy cause. In
| every instance they are men highly re-
| spected, and occupy an exalted posi-
| ton in the commercial circles of our
! city. Messrs. Hawk and Aberly are
| connected with the Pine Lumber Com
pany, Mr.. Cooper with the Trent Lum-
Der mills; Mr.. c. L. Ives has an inter-
est in several large lumber firms, while
Mr.. Geo. N. Ives is we'll known to the
people of North Carolina as a whole
sale shipper and packer of fish and
oysters.
These men were originally from the
north as the card tells. But they be-
lieve that intelligence ana decency
shall rule. The card is commended to
the careful attention Of all republicans.
To Our Fellow Citizens of North Car
DINA:
Prior to our residence in North Car
DINA, we the undersigned, invariably
supported the republican ticket. We
still believe in the fundamental princi-
pies Of the republican party; but we
here and now distinctly our
intention of voting the democratic
ticket at the coming election.
For the past two years we have wit
messed the fruits of a republican ad-
ministration in North Carolina. 1t has
resulted in {, condition which is suf-
icient to cal forth a protest from ev-
cry s~elf-respecting white man. We
firmly believe in A~nglo-Saxon suprem-
acy, and will therefore vote to abol-
ish the present disgraceful state OF
public affairs in North Carolina
We earnestly appeal to all republi-
cans who believe in white supremacy
to unite with us in our effort to re-
store good and honest government ir
the old North State.
(Signed.) JOSEPH E. HAWK,
w. F. ABERLY,
/. j. L. COOPER,
c.. l.. IVES,
GEO. N. IVES.