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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-10-17
ESTABLISHED 1890
SPECIAL EXCURSIONS TO PHILADEL-
PHIA, ACCOUNT NATIONAL EXPORT
EXPOSITION.
Low Rates via psnn.ylvanla Railroad.

Low hdOos Via SuHsyAShHAu 1sAAANOHNs
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has arranged for special excursion rates to
Philadelphia on October II and 20, No
vember s and 90, account National Elk
port Exposition. Round "trip tickets,
good to return within ten days, including
day of issue, will be sold on above dates
from New York, Trenton, Belvidere, At.
lantic City, Cape May, Pottsville, Read
ing, Wilkesbarre, Lancaster, Harrisburg,
York, Williamsport, Canandaigua, Erie,
and intermediate points at rate of siAglG
fare for the round trip, plus admission &c
the Exposition Ono rate less than one dol
lar). For specific rates apply to Ticket
Agents.
The National Export Exposition has
surpassed all expectations in the extent
and variety of its exhibits, and in its gen
eral excellence and attractiveness. ThG
Implement Building, containing marvel
GUS display of farm machinery, is partic
ularly interesting to agriculturalists The
band concerts and diverting midway furA-
ish delightful entertainment for all.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-10-17
Pemborton.

A new library has been placed in th,
infant department of the Baptist Sunday
school.
Mrs. James B. Hawkins, who has beer
visiting her sister, Mrs. Rheese Budd, ha,
returned home.
DR.. Frederick Lippincott, who has beer
here attending his mothers funeral, has
returned home.
A business meeting of the B. Y p U
will be held Monday evening in the lecture
room of the church.
Joseph Cotton, former resident here,
is now in Jail, where he was committed fol-
non-support of his wife.
Rev. J. R. Mason, formerly of Point
vile, now stationed at Camden, spoke in
the NJ. E. Church on Friday evening.
Cards are out announcing the goth wed
ding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. L R.
Clevenger, at their home near here, on
Monday next.
The W. G. T. U. met at the home of
Mrs. Hope Lippincott, last Monday, when
the report of the state convention was
made by Mrs Benjamin White.
Abel Harker, one of the best known
men in Pemberton township, lies danger
ously i'll at the home of his son, John
Henry Harker, at Browns Mills
Mrs. Jarvis Nixon died at her home on
Sunday night Deceased had been sick
for long time and her death was not I'M
expected She leaves husband and child
to mourn her loss.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-10-17
THE MARKETS.

Mount Holly dealers are paying for calves
turkeys. Ice; chickens. 12014cs TOW ls, l00l2c
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-10-17

The balmy weather of last week reviv-
ed all the pleasures of summer Fly ants,
potato bugs, etc, came out in large num-
bers, and the Katydids were heard to
croak during the day time. The country
was most picturesque sight; the foliage
being tinted with red, yellow, orange and
russell. 1t was very much like the Indian
summer which we may hope to enjoy
next month.
Mr.. and Mrs Martin Bayersdorfer cele-
brated the first anniversary of their wed
ding, at their home on Garden street. on
Thursday evening. Thirty friends called
to tender congratulations to Mr. and Mrs
Bayersdorfer, to whom they presented a
handsome rocking chair On Sunday II
of Martins Philadelphia relatives came
up to spend the day and brought some
handsome gifts with them.
After lying unconscious for % days,
Daniel Kell, farmer of Tabernacle, died
Tuesday night in the Cooper Hospital at
Camden. On September 10 he was struck
by train while driving across the rail
road track in a wagon. He remained un-
conscious up to the time of death. Ply
sicians have been greatly interested in the
case. There were no external appear
ances of an injury except few scratches
on the side of the head,
Enoch Wells and son, of Centreton,
came near losing their lives on Friday af-
ternoon. AS the steamboat Annie L. Van
solver was passing through the draw
bridge she became grounded. Mr.. Wells
and his son. who had been out fishing in a
batteau, endeavored to pass between the
stranded vessel and the wharf While in
the act of doing so the propeller of the
boat was set in motion and this swung the
bow around, which caught the skitf and
smashed it against the stone abutment
The men jumped out and went to the
bottom of the creek, but they came up il
good shape and managed to cling to the
bridge in safety until rescued from thei
lperilous position.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-10-17

On the night of November IA one of
the grandest spectacles ever offered by
the heavens will be witnessed in the form
of great fall of meteorites. They are
known as Leonids, and their dazzling per
Torrance, which occurs only once in every
thirty three years, will be plainly visible
in this section
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-10-17

Members of the New Jersey Confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal Church
are assisting financially in the effort to
secure a home for the Rev. William G.
Stockton, the well known Conference
Evangelist Evangelist Stockton is one
of the oldest members of the New Jersey
Conference, having been admitted to the
Conference in 1852, and served as pastor
of a number of South Jersey churches
during his ministry. He served as chap
lain in the United States Army in 1863
and from 1875 to 1880 as the Conference
Evangelist, He held supernumerary re
lation with the Conference from 1881 tC
1897, and has been well known figure in
Methodistic circles for many years, tax
ing an active part in various revival ser
vices and assisting for number of years
in different services at the Pitman Grove
Camp In his declining year!
the old patriarch of New Jersey Metho
dism is DESTROYS of settling in a home O
his own, and with this end in view, sub
scriptions are being received to make hin
comfortable in his old days.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-03
DIR. STRANGE IN RALEIGH.
The News and Observer Highly Conn
plimenGs and Publishes in Full His
SerIno There sunday Night.

The Raleigh News Observer of
yesterday refers in a very compliment
tary manner to the sermon delivered at
the Church Of the Good Shepherd last
Sunday night by Rev. Robert Strange,
D. D.. rector of st. James church, this
city. DR.. Strange. as Messenger read
ers are aware, is in Raleigh attending
the jubilee and cornerstone laying cere-
monies now in progress. In speaking
of the sermon, The Observer says:
AT night a very able, eloquent and
appropriate sermon vas delivered by
Rev. Robert Strange, who was the Sec
ond rector of the Church of the Good
Shepherd. His ext was from Romans
1:16-17: For l am not ashamed of the
gospel of Christ: for it is the power Of
God unto salvation to every one tina
believeth; as it is written the just shall
live by faith DIR. Strange spoke with
out note or manuscript. His voice was
clear and his pronunciation distinct.
Seemingly wrapped up in his subject,
he at times was very eloquent and al
ways logical"
Following this The News
and Observer publishes the sermon al
most in full.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-03
SHUT HIM OUT.''

IT, confederate veterans of Virginia
ha Z no use for John Fiske's History
of the United States, to be used in the
schools of that state. They have re-
solved against it and in plain words.
Fiske is an able, scholarly New Eng
land author, but like all his people he
is a partisan against the south. The
"Grand Camp" in Virginia, through the
chairman of the committee on history,
declares that Fiske is al advocate
seeking to secure pardon for the wrong
doings of his w section by ~persuading
the world of the guilt of ours; by con-
vincing all who read or study his book
that in defiance of all reason, because
of the wrong of slavery, we argued be-
fore the war and fought in it, not from
conviction of duty or loyalty to our con-
stitutional rights and those of our chill
drsn; not even from iasulted and out
ragged manhood, but simply to hold the
negro in possess. W" Fiske, like many
others, really know >but little of the
real grievances of thS&south or he ig-
nores them purposely. The report calls
upon the veterans to use their inf1u-
enc to prevent the use of Fiske's book
both in public and private schools
That is right, shut out forever all such
~unfriendly, one-sided, ignorant and ma
licious books. They are false to history
and hurtful to truth.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-03

Mark Hanna, the leprous, is being
properly handled at Columbus, Ohio,
by travelling statesmen, who held a
meeting, 40 being present They adopt
ed resolutions charging that Hannaism
has increased the prices for staple COM
modities. They say this has been going
on for eighteen months by and through
the action of trusts. They say that the
increase is on the articles used in every
household, thereby increasing the work
f statesmen while impoverishing the
onsumers. We give this from the res
buttons:
Whereas by comparing prices of 1899
as against those of 1898 we find an adj
ance of from so to 156 per cent. in every
household necessity; and
Whereas the Hon. Marcus A. Hanna,
the political godfather Of the republi-
a party, takes great pleasure in de-
claring trusts a good thing; therefore
Resolved, That we ~denounce the re-
publican party as the mother of trusts,
n pledge our best efforts to defeat
Hannaism at the polls in November z.
1892"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-03

County Sunday school convention in
stitutes under the auspices of the
North Carolina State Sunday School
Association will be held as follows:
Duplin county, Kenansvile, Satur-
day and Sunday. November 18th and
18th.
Pender county, Burgaw. Wednesday.
November 18th.
New Hanover county. Wilmington,
Thursday and Friday, November 18th
and 18th.
Brunswick county. Southport, Satur-
day and Sunday, November 18th and
18th.
Columbus county, Whitevilie. We'd
nesday, November 22nd.
Sampson county, Clinton, Saturday
and Sunday, November 18th and 26th.
The purpose Of these meetings is to
increase interest and stimulate and
help to better work in the Sunday
school and to reorganize local associa-
lions as a means TO this end. All in
terested in Sunday school work are
urged 10 attend and help to make the
meetings successful. Meetings begin
at 1880 a. m. ]. w. BRYAN,
Field Secretary North Carolina State
Sunday School Association.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-03
HOW LONG.

TIL wiseacres are discussing just how
long the British war upon the Beers
will last. As one power is an hundred
times strong than the other it might
be supposed without violence that the
biz dog would devour the little dog in
a week or a month One man in Lon
don predicts a six-weeks' war and the
final squelching of the brave Beers. But
a South African traveller and hunter,
Mr.. r. c. Selous, takes another view al
together. He thinks it may extend to
a year and a half. The British New
York Evening Post says:
He scouts the notion that BOer
craftsmanship has deteriorated, and
certainly the list Of British killed and
wounded at Glencoe and Elandslaagte
goes far towards giving that idea its
quietus. On the other hand, a British
officer OF long experience contends
that the rife is not to be the deciding
weapon in this war, and that therefore
Boer skill with small AIMS, no matter
how great it may be, will not count as
much as is commonly thought. 1t is
artillery fire, with three times the
n of the rifle, that Is to be the de-
termining factor"
Il looI ID LHC loOobiC new W.
armies of equal bravery, skill and
weapons may be opposed. If one has a
plenty of Maxims and other modern ar
tillery it can destroy the other not SO
armed. The Beers, according to the
British reports Of losses, have been
we'll nigh wiped out. But they still
fight and kill and compel retreats. But
D.r1-- H.. .-z:.-I u d. ~ =
will soon be in command. He is repre-
sented as a fierce fighter, believing in
killing, and he will wipe the earth with
the unfortunate Beers. He would do
well to keep out of range of the en-
emy's rifles
Mr.. Howard Ciagett, of San Francis
co, is in New York. He spent several
years in the Transvaal and knows the
country and the Beers. He does not
believe in the grit of the Beers. He
thinks if defeated in one battle they
will give up the fight. He looks for the
British campaign to begin in another
way from the present-that they will
work into the Orange Free State from
the south along the route of their
railroad. He says, and it is worth con.
sidering now if his view should prove
to be incorrect, as given in the New
York Tribune:
Il hardly think the English have any
intention of trying to enter the Trans
vaal by way of the Tongue of Natal
and the TranSVaal. They may, OF
course, but if they do it will be an al
most suicidal plan of campaign, as in
those mountain gorges a few can with
stand the many, n to win them the
entire way will have to be marked
with the cOrpses of English dead, and
from the mountain sides will run
streams of Tommy Atkins's blood. Once
through the mountains and on the veldt
of the Transvaal the fight will be over
and the Boer republic q thing of the
past. The veldt is a rolling country,
closely resembling that of Belgium,
TIL field of Waterloo looks like a scene
from the veldt of the Transvaal."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-03
BREVITIES.

Democrats are beginning to ak of
carrying Nebraska. But wi. they?
The Pennsylvania railroad company,
and New York Central lave ordered be-
tween them $4,000 new freight cars to
cost s12,0 0O, 900.
Bryan is hard to head off. He replied
in Kentucky in this wise:
IF you ask me why the republican
party does not destroy trusts, the an
swer is, Remember now thy creator "
The Chicago Chronicle publishes a
timely cartoon. John Bull and Kruger
are in a big fight each armed with huge
daggers and axes. Skulls surround
them. In the rear of each naked negro
savages are sitting looking on in amaze
ment. The motto is-"An object lesson
in advanced civilization for Afrikan-
ders."
A cotton steamer at New Orleans
takes out $4,000 bales.
Judge Tarvin thinks Goebel will go
in. Hon. A. F. V~andeventer, of Arkan-
sas, has been canvassing Kentucky, and
says Goebel will peat by not less thar
$4,000 majority.
Bryan is to make 66 speeches in Ne
braska in seven days. And still the
gold bugs swear he is dead.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-03
American Cotton Company i'll Smith
field.
(Smithfield Herald.O

Mr.. w. NJ. Sanders, some time since,
leased and installed a roundlap cotton
press here, and operated the same for
several weeks. In a short time, how
ever, he discovered that to fight public
opinion and to antagonize the best in
terests of the people was truly an up
hill business Accordingly he notified
the American Cotton Company to re-
move their press and announced his in
tention to cease the manufacture of
the d~espicable round bale.
Some correspondence ensued between
Mr.. sanders and the company with the
result that a few days since the entire
plant, gins, engines, presses, etc, was
conveyed by him to the American Cot
ton Company for a cash consideration
of 81, 900.
We congratulate Mr.. Sander for
having sold out, and we. welcome the
| influx of capital which the American
Cotton Company will, necessarily, put
in circulation in this community We
hope that the concern will spend $4,000
here, and it would not be charitable to
wish it to lose more than half this
amount.
For the past two years we have heard
! people speak of their "undying opposi-
ton to trusts and extortionate combi-
nations of capital They now have an
| opportunity of carrying their ak into
| practice" 1t is not necessary to visit
| New York or New Jersey to find the
enemy. he is here within reach, where
the public can strike him directly. 1t
is not at all necessary to employ the
| devious and costly and unsatisfactory
method of legislation to cripple him.
The enemy has invaded your country,
has pitched his camp, and with dollars
as mis- bullets, is attempting to capture
| the favor of the public. He has invited
battle with you, and has placed him
| self in a position where every cotton
raiser in the county can strike him II
remains to be seen II all this talk oil
opposition to trusts" is blow OF
business. Which is it?
In some communities of the south
where an attempt has been made to
introduce the roundlap bale, h farm
ers nave held mass meetings and adopt
ed resolutions pledging their individual
opposition to the system. Why shouldn't
the farmers Of Johnston county 10 the
samec
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-03
SUICIDE OF n WITH ESS
Through Fear or Testifying I'm the Ken
lucky Murder Case.

London, Ky, November 1.-The feud-
lists charged VIA murder at Manches-
ter, Clay county, Ky, have compare
lively easy sailing, as witnesses sum-
moned to appear and testify against
them will not testify against the war
ring factions.
Mrs. Sarah Collins. chief witness
against James and Willard Philpot and
Alexander Fischer, charged with the
murder of her husband, committed sui
eide by taking poison, fearing, it is
claimed, to testify against them.
Other feud cases have been postpon-
ed from day to day on account of alb
sence of witnesses, who refuse to at
tend court and testify against the feud-
lists, believing, they say, that their evil
dence against the warning factions
would imperil their lives.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-03
Programme Of SchIey's Entertainment
in Atlanta.

Atlanta, Ga, November 1.-The recep-
ton committee to arrange for the en-
tertainment Of Admiral Schley during
his visit here next Saturday anG Sun
day, have completed the programnl OF
events.
Saturday morning the distinguished
guest will visit Governor Gambler and
be presented to the general assembly
in joint session. The military parade
in his honor will march through the
streets and Admira Schley and MEM
bers OF the committee will go in car
riages to the auditorium ait Piedmont
park where he will be welcomed by
1890 people.
In the afternoon a luncheon will. be
given at the Piedmont Driving Club
and in the evening the Capital City
] win entertain him.
Admiral Schley will be the guest Of
the Royal Arcanum on Sunday.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-03
NORTHUMBERLAND NTPTTALS.
Married to Miss saIlie NJ. Shepard
4 Yesterday.

Ketchum, of Jacksonville, n. c.. TO
Miss Sallie NJ. Shepard, was solemn
lied yesterday at 1870 o'clock at the
home of the brides sister, Mrs. T. ].
Pratt No. 10 North Seventh street.
Rev. A. D. Mcclure officiated.
Miss Sallie NJ. Shepard is a sister OF
Mrs. T. j. Pratt and has scores of
friends in this city. The groom is the
register of deeds in OnSlow county, and
there is not a more popular young
man in that section. The bride and
groom left on the 2:25 train yesterday
for Jacksonville, where they will re-
side. Mrs. Shepard, mother of the
bride. accompanied them.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-03

Hon Carl Schurz, equal in ability to
any republican living, n superior to
all with the exception of perhaps a
half dozen leaders, the foremost man of
the Germanic race in America, is an
ardent, bold antagonist of the craze for
Imperialism in u land. He speaks
against it with eloQuence and power.
He writes against it with his usual
clearness and force. In a letter dated
23rd October, 1899, he expressed his OPP
position to imperialism, and declared
it was more dangerous than free sill
ver," thus a~ccentuating his gold bug
horror of bimetallism and imperialism.
He concludes with the declaration:
Il am of the honest conviction that
the greatest danger that now threatens
the republic is Imperialism. 1 believe
that it is our highest patriotic duty to
set aside all party interests and do our
best to avert this danger"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-03

II will not be a surprise to any who
are at all familiar with the good quail
tiles Of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
to know that people everywhere take
pleasure IN relating their experience
In the use of That splendid medicine
and In telling OF n benefit they have
received from IL, Of bad colds 1t has
cured. of threatened attacks of pneu-
monia it has averted and of the chill
dren II has saved from attacks OF
Group and whooping cough. It ts a
grand. good medicine. For sale by
r. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-03
DEATH OF DIR. McDrFFTE.
Fayetteville Loses One or Her Leading
Citizens.

The Fayetteville Observer Of October
31st says:
..Dr. w. &. McDuffie. who has long
been lingering on h tnresnoto %
death. passed away a. his RESIDENCE o'
Russell stree< a I2:45 O'Clock tooay.
DR. .McDufTie was n OF the most
DISTINGUISHED physicians in the STAKE:
He was president OF the State Medical
Association in isS5. and since the or
ganization Of Genera Parkers brigade
of United Confederate Veterans mas
been on Genera Parkers stan.
DIR. McDuffie's place in the commu-
nifty will not be filled He represent
ed a uera that Is past But IL VIII De
long before the recollection or ms
splendid qualities as a man and a CIT
izen. Of his genial presence. OF ms
kindly speech and tender heart. passes
from among us.
DIR. McDuffie was born in Cumber-
land county on the 10th day Of Febru-
airy. 1899. and was therefore in the list
year of his age at the time Of his
death. He was the youngest Of five
children born TO his parents, Archibald
and Rebecca q. McDuffie. His brozn-
er. MI. james r. McDufie, of Johnson,
Liberty county, Georgia. is the only
surviving member Of his family, ana
was with him az ghe gime OF and for
several days previous TO his death.
OF his own family there survives him
his two daughters and one son. Mr..
E. b. McDufie. of Philadelphia, Mrs.
Nash Bunting. of Wilmington, and
Mrs. Nm. Glover. Of this city, the lat
ter two having been with the doctor
during the entire period Of his Illness
and the former visiting him from time
10 time at short intervals. His esti-
mable wife passed TO her rest three
years ago. and since that time two of
his sons. W. c., Jr.. and Or. Archie
McDuffie and two OF his sisters and
one brother have died.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-03
MIR. BRITT ON OXFORD ASYLUM.

MI. John T. Britt, the owner of the
oxford Ledger, has made a statement
relative to the Masonic Asylum matter
in which he mentions that an investiga-
ton made relative to a negro being en-
ployed in the asylum to instruct the
girls satisfied the Masons that the re-
port was He made the
statement il good faith, believing it to
be true. He says that "the fact still
remains, as is shown by the report of
the committee, hat the negro woman
was employed to do the same work
which the girls were doing and received
her instruction from the same matrons
the girls did, and in the same room with
them and on the same work the assis-
tan matron had begun and would have
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-03
Mrs. Davis Elected Matron,

MI. n. jacob returned yesterday
from Goldsboro, where he was in at
tendance upon a business session Of the
board of trustees of the Odd Fellows
Orphan Home. He told a Messenger
representative yesterday hat the board
elected Mrs. Bertha Davis, of Colds
boro, matron of the Home. She is
thoroughly qualified for the position
and familiar with the management OF
such an institution. having been con-
nected with the Home for the past
eight months. She has already entered
upon the duties of her new position.