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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-19

In the Kinston Free Press of a re-
cent date we found the following which
is here copied because of its state IN
terest:
'"This extract from a letter by Prof.
Stephen B. Weeks, Phi. D. OF the bureau
of education, Washington, d. c., 10 DIR.
R. H. Lewis, Of Kinston, is an item OF
interest to North Carolinians.
There are 1,491 books and pamph-
let's about North Carolina, by nearly
500 authors. When we include all sorts
of books, published by North Carroll
niars or about North Carolina, the
number will be nearly doubled. have
i'm my own library 1900 books, pam
phlets and magazine articles Of this de-
scription."
DIR. Weeks was born in Pasquotank
county, we think it is, n. c., and was
graduated at the University Of North
Carolina in June 1888. He stood we'll as
a student, and afterwards spent several
years at Johns Hopkins University. He
is we'll UP i'm North Carolina history
and has contributed a half dozen or
more of large pamphlets (volumes if in
II mo form) concerning North Caro-
lima. His writings humber moro than
a dozen works upon historic subjects.
He is painstaking and industrious.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-19

table of figures. ]. is a comparison OF
Chinese and American populations.
Comparing certain Chinese districts or
provinces with American states. The
idea is to show how vast the popula-
ton of China, how the millions are
crowded into small acreas and yet man
age some how to live. It must be n
m~arvellously productive country or the
people would starve. They may live IN
shsrt ratlons. The whole table is edi-
flying, but we cite III a few examples:
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-19

The New York Tribune is deeply
moved. Its mighty heart is profoundly
touched ait the attempt of North Caro-
lima TO have an amendment TO its con-
sutution making an educational test of
electorship. Several northern states
have such tests and nothing is said.
But when southern states move to
eliminate ignorance and TO preserve a
white mans government it is awful TO
think of and the United States govern
ment should intervene. The Tribune
concludes an editorial on The South
and Negro Suffrage
1T would be equally fortunate for all
sections Of the country If schemes to
abolish negro suffrage, such as that in
contemplation IN North Carolina or thae
in actual operation in Louisiana, Mis-
Sfssippi n South Carolina, could be
brought in b near future to a delib-
crate and thorough constitutional test.
Congress has now undoubted power un-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-19

If you would learn a lesson Of what
expansion is and what it costs read the
history Of Great Britain for 100 years
In 1900, it a 2,O12,1S square miles. In
1899, it has 1856, COS square miles. In
1900 it had all told but 31,417,OO popu-
labtion, and India With $4,000, 900 popula-
tion was included. In 1899, it has a
population of Ala, 41O, 900, but the United
Kingdom has but 49, 200, 900. 1t is the
greatest success in land-grabbing since
Rome in THE time of the Caesars. Its
expenditures are enormous and its wars
endless.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-19

When you consult distinguished
northern men who fought in the Phil
ippines you will find very conservative
opinions. The present idol of Ire very
excitable, MISUNDERSTANDING, hero-wor-
shipping north is Admiral Dewey. a
most worthy gentleman and a very able
and gallant sailor. He is worthy Of
public confidence and southern esteem.
We think there is no sense in a coun-
try's over his return. The sea-
fight at Santiago is truly quite as mem
orable and was followed by as impor-
tant results as that i'm Manila Bay.
Over the splendid hero, Rear Admiral
Schley, There We're NOT crazy demon
STATIONS save those by the Mckinley
administration and it's attempts to rob
the real hero of his w~eH-earned honors
and glory, and to give them TO a preten-
tlouS fellow by the name of Sampson
who was not even in the fight. But
Dewey lis a man Of high and noble
character and no southerner would de-
prlve Hmm OF one feather i'm his lofty
plume. He is Well worthy of enrhusi-
astic reception.
This great hero to be 80 soon hon.
ored, il plain spoken ais to the war
against the F'ilipinos. The Messenger
LOS given WIdL ne SalQ 10 the LOndOn
News. Here is another Of his deter
mined sayings, and is expert opinion.
and not he ~vaporings II empty dem
agogueS and deceivers: He saws: II
ave never beer in favor of violence
W the FilipinoS. Rather than
make a wan OF conquest on this people
| would up anchor and sail out of the
harbor," says Admiral Dewey. What
we want is to stop this accused war.
1t Is time for diplomacy, time for mu-
rual understa nding; these men are in
oomitable. All they want is a little JUS
tdce,' says General Dawton. the mill
tary commander in the field in the is
lands, the mar who knows more
about the Fflipinos than any other fr
the army. General Funston's view. ex-
pressed months ago. was the same:
Less gunpowder and more diplomacy"
HIS latest view, now that the first has
been overruled, is that whipping the
insurgents is the only solution: they
will never surrender"
McKinley's patent solution after great
delay u most anxious paruuritfon ia
they assailed our sovereignty. and
There viii be no useless parIey. no
pause till b instruction Is sun
pressed" The question asked iy the
New York Evening Post Is seare rha
American people in favor of this policv
this merciless prosecution of an SAC
cursed war" against am indomitahla
people who only want a little JUSTICE"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-19

The veterans of Bill Johnston Gimp
met recently at Weldon They we're
from Warren, Halifax and Northamp-
ton. The News says:
cat II o'clock a large crowd filed
the hall to listen to addresses by disuin-
guished speakers. Eloquent addresses
were made by ex-senator Ransom, Cap
tain W. H. Day and DIR. 4. K. Zolli-
Golfer"
General Matt Ransom, now seventy
three years Of age, in his address paid
a touching and deserved tribute to the
gallant soldier, an old friend Of more
than forty years of this writer, Colonel
William A. Johnston, of Halifax county,
after whom the camp is named. Cen
eral Ransom knew the man and said
with something of his old eloquence:
Colonel w. A. Johnston. who had
now gone to another and a happier
world. The greatest earthly virtue, he
said, was love of country and Colonel
Johnston had that great virtue. 1t
was love of country, my fellow sol
diers," the speaker exclaimed as he
closed his remarks, 'that led you across
the dark lines of Virginia, that led you
through the evidences, that led you
across the Potomac and led your vast
ed forms to the hills of Appomattox."
Colonel Johnston was a sincere Chris.
titan.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-19
AzU.1I Folks

The Red Springs Record is one Eeal
old. Mr.. Duncan r. McIver is theledi
tor and we hope will be we'll sustained
in his efforts to give the people Of hi:
section a good, useful weekly.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-19

der THE Tourueenth Amendment % re-
duce the representation allowed 60 Mis-
sippi. south Carolina and Louisiana 20
correspond with the contraction OF xne
suffrage caused by negro dissranchfse-
meut
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-19

n Fever Is a bottle of Groves Taste
less Chill Tonic. The formula a pIaip.
~ printed on each bottle, showing tina
It 10 simply r and Qufnine in a taste
les: form Imitators do not advertise
men 'orInuia oecause IL they I'D they
tna1 you would not buy their
medicine. Be sure then that Won ret
Groves. az b cormula shows what
CURE NO PAY. PrSce % CAN'T.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-19
rEk rs of SUBSCRIPTION.
RELIGIOUS EDITORIALS FOR
SUNDAY

Search me, o God, and know my
heart; try me, and know my thoughts;
And see If there be any wicked way in
me, and lead me in h way everlasting.
Psalm 1879: 1924.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-19

Last Sunday we referred to the ar
rafgnment by Rev. DR.. Joh Watson,
the charming writer of Scotch stories,
and creator of some delightfully."- fresh
and vigorous characters, OF tine religious
conditions in the northern states of our
country. 1t vas not complimentary.
There is evidence to justify the belief
hat much of what he said is TRUE, but
the conditions are really no worse than
they are known to be in Scotland and
England. There nave been published
lately statements that practically n
firm the plain opinion of the Scotch
author. The governor of New Hamp-
shire's published statement that the
Christian religion was declining in hat
state-that there were towns in which
no church-going bells were rung now,
and no preaching was heard. The able
organ of the Baptists in Boston, the
Examiner, confirms the statement Of
decay. The same declaration is made
by the chief Methodist organ of New
England. Boston Zion's Herald. 1t is a
pitiful story DIR. Watson gives his coun-
trymen, but 1T is a lesson of warning,
OF faithless ministry, of the inroads Of
Satan into the ranks of the membership,
OF the incroachments of the world upon
the church ait large, and the sad depar-
lures from THE teachings of the pure
Word of God. Fifteen years ago the
late Mr.. John H. Mills, whose death is
sc much lamented, said Ito us after a
visit into Pennsylvania, and some
northwestern states, that he found the
standard of piety lower wherever he
went among the Baptists "a he knew
it to be in North Carolina. The Rev.
Matt.W. Moore native OF Halifax coun-
ty, and a preacher of good parts and
author OF an useful and interesting
book we nave read, after spending some
months among Methodists in the lower
section Of Pennsylvania and the part
adjoining lying in West Virginia, wrote
us that he considered the religious tone
and average piety Of Methodists in
North Carolina of a higher grade than
what he saw during his visit. So the
a~rraignment of the Scotdhman is pro-
bably just as the decay had set in with
it's proper fruit the result of conditions
existing ten fifteen or twenty years ago.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-19

There is nothing palmer in 1.-THE Bible
than that the Christian is to grow in
grace. He is to press on in the Chris
tian race Until he wins the goal. He is
to strive, to push on, ITO eagerly seek
the kingdom of heaven. A Christian is
to grow because God requires it, and
he is to do this by his own ~persevering,
unbroken, continuous effort. He is to
be diligent and earnest in the service
of his Heavenly Father. The law of
Christian living is growth. What saith
the Scriptures? The Saviour said:
First the blade, then the ear, then THE
full corn in the ear" This is the very
opposite of what many teach as the
law of the Kingdom of Righteousness
that the Master came to establish. 1t is
taught THAT Christian perfection, per-
feet love, absolute holiness-al meaning
the same thing-is to be an i~nStantan-
eous work in the soul, quite sudden
and spontaneous, almost automatic.
But the Saviour did not so teach. His
is the law of progression, Of develop
ment, of growth. 1t is in the natural
life growth and in the spiritual growth.
st. John writes in one OF his Epistles of
children, young men,. old men," We
are simply, clearly, emphaticaly COM
manded to grow. The commands to
strive, to run, to fight, to overcome all
show p~ersistency OF effort, continued
striving. If men do not obey the law
IS ar C,sx~;4 Itl, NV xr;l rL+ 49,
brave fight must be made if we are ITO
win. Believe hat if hope to enter
into the everlasting gates. That able,
Scriptural British preacher, Rev. DR..
Alexander McLaren, in a sermon preach
-ed several years g ON Grow IN
Grace gave this clear statement which
is true every way as we believe. He
said: 81,
"No doubt the progress of the Chris
tian life consists mainly in reception,
but reception is not passive. If you
do not hold the cup out, it will MOI be
filled. If o do not keep your hands
steady, much OF it's contents may be
spilled. Our growth depends on Jesus
Christ, inasmuch as the grace is his
gift; but it depends on us, inasmuch
as this gift will not enter our hearts OF
be wrought out in our acts without ouI
own effort and observance OF the con-
ditions.
What, then, have we to do? First
and mainly, to keep very near to ouI
Lord. 1t is because we do, ana onlJ
Tn the measure in which We 90, ina
He will fill our emptiness with His owl
strength. Communion with Jesus Christ
is the secret of all growth. If we are
close by Him, He will pour Himsei1
into our hearts,"
The Apostle Peter clearly understood
the law Of the Kingdom as growth, as
both John and Paul understood 1T, ARD
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-19

Df- JEFF BoSt, OF
HICKORY Grove, was very seriously hurt
YESTERDAY by being gored by a bull A
messenger came in dire haste for a doc
tor. Mr.. Bost was In his field when
by the bull The animal threw
him up on Its horns and tossed him
some distance. One OF the animals's
horns pierced Into the abdominal cav.
lily, and 1t Is feared Mr.. Bost Is serious
ly injured.
Char3otte Observer: Jim Brown, a
negro who came in on the excursion
tram yesterday. was badly hurt when
the train was nearing Charlotte. Part
0 tine glass in the window was broken
OUT, leaving a good-sized opening. The
negro stuck his head OF the window
and In drawing 1T back cut the temple
artery on a sharp piece of the glass.
blood poured in a stream down hLs
face. His wife, thinking 10 stop the
blood, tied a handkerchief aroun hIe
neck as tight as h could, not to XIII
ham- n came near shutting Off not
only his blood but his wind. A dostor
to his wounds, after ne rot
up town, but he was in bad shape when
ne left here last night. 1t is possible
Se may not recover-winston-Salem.
Septernber 13.-Mr. d. Brfnkpev az
fadkin county, who was found bv a
poilceman early yesterday morning
With a bad wound near rhe Ieft -
Caused by a pistol bail, died last nighr
and the remains were sent Nome toTav
Tor increment. DIR. Bynum mad a
post-mortem examination and found
nan OF the ball in the brain. Several
men cnargeo with being implicated in
Vrlal before TWO magistrates today the
result OF which was the court commit
ssd Thomas Reed, Bob Csobler and
Tnomas Hudson TO ian without bail.
Inc evidence was quite damaging
inoacared that Reed did the shooting.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-05-29

goso, sus triquinuelas de abogado,
sus habilidades de diplomatlco-
Cuatro amos ha sido represen-
tante de los cubanos en- Washing
ton, y su labor en- este sentldo
contribuy6 mucho a la pronta solu-
cion de la guerra de Cuba con
Espafla. Pero Quesada ha obteni-
do como premio su labor de pa
triota, que la Asamblea de represen-
tantes de la revoluci0n cubana le
haya destituido del cargo de dele
gado en- Washington, declarandole
POGO menos que t,'atdo,' por haber
seguido fel d la politica del ge-
neral Maxine G0fnez. Pero Cuba
hara justicia al patriotismo y d la
honradez del general Gomez Y dc
Gonzalo de Quesada. Por las ma
nos de ambos pas6 mncho dinero
para la revoluci6n de Cuba; Y am
bos estan pobres: ell general Gomez
viyiendo de La carload de los Gu
banos; Quesada yiviendo de su pro
fesi0n en- Washington
Gonzalo de Quesada es hoy una
Influenza en- Washington. Ell Pre-
sidente Mac Kinley y los Secre-
tarios del gobierno lie consideran y
estiman. En- esta sociedad tiene
IN puesto distinguido, y ESQ no Sc
Iogra nunca sino por meritos pro-
pios, personales. Contra cl infortu-
Mo Y las ingratitudes, la suerte lie
ha deparado un refugio, inexpug-
nable valladar tras el que Sc pue-
den desafar todas las tempestades
del mundo: y ese refuglo es su
hogar, aquel hogar que embellecen
una esposa carinosa y patricia Co
mo buena cubana, y una muhe-
quita de carne y hueso, que char
la en- ingles y en- espanol con esa
charla deliciosa de los niilos. An
gelina Sc llama La una; Aurora la
)tra; y un hogar que tiene ange-
es y aEroras, es un paralso.
Quesada, que ha confraterniza-
10 con nosotros como 81 fu6ramos
lntiguos camaradas, Sc identified
anto con la causa de Puerto Rico,
Iue me es muy grato recomen-I
iarlo d la consideration y al ca
Ifo de mis- palsanos.
Els un patricia cosmopolita; u
IN esas almas no cabe mas ideal |
Iue Ell ideal de la libertad, paral
odos los pueblos oprimidos.
Mariana AbriI.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-05-29
DE GUAYAMA

| Los presidentes de los sub c.mites d.
les barrios Palnsas Ctrnaens, de Qua
yama, los correligiouarios de los res
| pectlyos barrios
Liberales de siempre los suscribientes
en- prueba de firme adhesion afecto
| nuestro ilustre jefe ausente don Luis
Mufioz Rivera, paladfn fogoso de la,
libertades patrias, os invitamos para fe
| llcltarle por sus gestlones en- bien de
| nnestro pueblo en- la nueva metropoli,
y al propio tempo para reorganizarnos
| y prepararnos d La defensa de nuestro
partido, amenazade por nuestros STEM
pre- descontentos enemigos polfticos.
III timbre mas glorioso de nuestro
inyencible partido fue, es y sera la in
variable consecuencia polftica, acredi
tada en- dfas aciagos de memorable re
eordacion este nos enaltece ante La faz
del pats, que tiene los ojos fjos en- nos
otros en- estos momentos de trascedental
evolucion.
Correligonarios ha llegado ell mo.
mento de demostrar una vez mas nues-
ira ingaebrantable Iealtad al insigne
patricia don Luis Munoz Rivera la
adhesion mas grande su partido.
Els precise que yayamos toAos unidos
J compactos la reorganization de nues-
tro antique partido liberal, ell mas gran
de y ell mas fuerte de todos los demis
que han habido y hay en- esta hermoss
aunque peqaefia isia. Ell mas atacado
cuanto mas enyldiado, ell mas poderoso
y rico.
= l.
sorpresa del adversario que pretendiera
o intentara su triuufo fomentando nues-
ira disgregacion. La oportunidad de
una tregua no signitica Ia confession nj
el consentimiento de una derrota ce
sando esa tregua al teqae dado por la
corneta liberal, hay que aprestarse la
lucha.
Ltberales de los barrios Ptslqaas
Carmen La lucha Preparemonos
para entrar La defensa de nuestra CO.
lectisidad polftica para ell triunfo ;;
para ell tTiunfo ST, porque siempre triun-
faremos- UEamos nuestras fuerzas en-
haz inqaebrantable y esperemos con ye-
hemente entusiasmo ell momento en- que
Sc han de elegir los snb-comites que
han de dirigir las gestiones de propa-
ganda que Sc impone con premura.
Llberales loor a nuestro jefe, cuya
gloria inmsrcesible envuelye ell ref ie
lie nuestra propia gloria honor poll
tico.
MATIAs PoMALEs NAVARRO.
ORLANDO PoRRATA.
Barrios de ialnaas y Carmen, "a de |
Mayo de 1892.
Narciso Velez, JESUS Carballe, Lo-
renzo Carballo, Sirito Torres, Seledo- |
MO Torres, Gabino Gonzalez, Francisco |
lie Jesus, Marcelo Ortiz, Juan Berries, |
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-05-29

una vez mas ha demostrado, d la par
que su taiento y erndici6n. ell profundo
carifIo que lie tributa ei Jefe ausente de
Las fuerzas liberales de Puerto Rico.
Con gran aplomo habl0 iuego ell sc
nor Nolasco, abundando en- las misInas
ideas del sefior Cuevas.
III comite qued6 constituido en- la
forms sigaicnte: Presidente de honor,
DIN Luis Munoz Rivera; presidente
efectiyo, don Enrique Acosta; Tesore.
70 don Aciscio Diaz; secretario, don
Francisco p. Silva; yocales: don Hera
clio Ortega, don Jose ,Janer, don Gas
par Villa, don Pablo Morales, don LII
cas- Castro, don Francisco Soils, don
Siiverio Castillo, don Alfonso Pania
qua; supIentes: don Jose Soils, don
Manuel Suarez, don Francisco Garcia,
don Jose Rivera, don Ramon Silva,
don Jose A. Ramirez, don Fuigencio
Pineiro, don Ant MO Ramos Rosa.
Tornado el nueyo Comite, fue gu
primer aeuerdo saIudar d la seflora de
don Luis Mufloz Rivera
Rib-piedras ha demo trado Ell domin
60 que es IN pueblo cultfsimo senaa
TO, que sabe aquilatar medir Ia tras
cendencia del cumpliniento de los cfv
cos deberes.
Rio -piedras ha demostrado en- toio
tempo, sin yacilaciones nj tibiezae,
su entusiasmo creciente en- el noble
campo de las ideas.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-05-29

Martinez, los iovenes desposados : los
dos testIgos.
Los recien casados salem hoy mismO
para Yanco donde pasaran los primcros
dlas de amor; despu4s segniran para
Cuba para Venezuela
Leyes del dessino.
III aTo de 1898, en- una manaua de
grande agitacl6n en- ell paertc de la Guai-
"a, Venezuela, arribaban d las costas de
La patria de Bolivar infinida1 de fami-
las cubanas proscritas por efecto de Ia
guerra separatista. Entre esos emigra
dos, estaba Ia familia Martinez. Con
chita era apenas una nifla. Fuf de
los primeros amigos dc la familia. Pa
"a ell tempo, eonquista Cuba su separa
ci6n de Espafis.. disponen gu regreso las
famiiias de la emigration: entire elias
esta La familia Martinez.
Liegan Ponce por unos ligeros dias
en- 10 que verifcan cambio de vapor:
esste no llega tempo; la fsmiiia Mar
tinez dilata gu ytaje, y en- ese interegno,
formase Ell compromiro de matrlmonlo
entire Frowain Conchita.
LA conocf en- Ia prescription aver; hog
alto su matrimonlo al regresar b
Cuba su patria. iLeyes del destino!
Sabe Dios 10 que escrito estara en-
ell libro de los acontecimientos huma
nos al voltear la pagina que Sc cierra
hoy.
6umersind0 Riyas.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-05-29
MUERTE De CASTELAR,

Los cables del Beistt,a LEG gldos anoche
esta ciudad, nos lnforman de Ia mue,te
de don Emilio CASTELAR,.
La p6rdida no ha podiio ser mas
grande para la nacion espanoIa para
el mundo latino.
CASTELAR, era Ell polftico mas espaIol
conocido mas decide paitilario de la
union de todos los pueblos latinos.
Sofador poeta, sus IDEAS, fueran
del orden que. .fueran, las envolvfa stem
pre- en- el ropaje dianantino con que We ell
poeta = ell sofador las ideas que procla.
ma historiador, ahf quedar sus obras.
La muerte de Castelar, no afecta sola-
mente q EspaIia va directa al eoraz6n
de todos los puebIos latinos. Els un due.
10 universal.
Por muchos amos vestira de luto la
elocuencia castellana. El Parlamento
pierde su yocero mas caracterizado.