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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-19
THE GREAT PENSION BURDEN AND
SCANDAL

The Messenger has more than cnce
directed attention to the huge pension
burden resting upon the American toll
ers and bread winners. 1t is the Work
chiefly of the republicans. They have
simply piled a great burden In ORDER TO
make votes by purchase for their cor
rupt and wicked party. The total PEN
sions granted by the congress aggre-
gates the enormous sum of $2,523,43S'-
212.91. This is tremendous. 1t has
been already paid out of the sweat OF
the people. There remains to be paid.
according 10 official computation. not
less than So, oil, 964, 746.94. Think OF
the same, and then n that this huge
sum is more than double the total
amount of money i'm this great country
That statement shows the iniqulty, fol-
~ and crime of the burden imposed up
on the toilers. And yet there are peo-
ole who greatly hanker for what Is, now
ever great the drain upon the people,
exhaustive of resources, and wrong IN
principle.
Mark this. This tremendous indebted-
mess is above all that the Spanish war
and the attempted conquest of the Phl-
fppines, and the proposed
of Cuba will cost The history OF the
nension business is ONE of folly u
corruption. Tens of thousands nave
had ~nensions who never deserved them
or earned them i'm amy way. IL Is III
deed marvellous that the people O one
United States could have eve alDo"eu
such a run upon their pockets and such
continued exhibitions Oh fapaclouS
laundering. Why in the name on COIN
mon sense should a new country hAs
this, and an alleged republlc' ruh MAJ
i'm this way and permit po'f
ticians and d~emagogues to so cohsu
the substance of the people and oppresa
them with taxes and debts The ASH
ington correspondent of b houston
CTexas) Post, writes of the pensioa
scandal and afuer giving statistics says
Z G-U = - y 1 . % Il d T-grT
.this:-+.s4E foao.doT rrs s,-1-r zs'-aa,
.It would SEEM frpmt1he abeye Q
ing that the -~proverbial saving that
sreTo,bIics are ungratefuP cam have no
a~nnlicatiou to this republic. especially
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-19
SIGNS AND

The New York Herald of two days
ago published a dispatch from it's cor
respondent at Hong Kong. He gives
his view of the situation:
1.-THE censorship in the Philippines
continues unchanged. It is political in
stead of military.
The only friendly natives I found
on my southern tour were those at Mo-
roS, who, SO far, are willing that We
should hold any territory except the
single walled town of Jolo. Even the
non-combatants hate US. In Manila the
native feeling against us is growing
stronger every day.
Taxes are higher in Manila than un-
der Spanish rule, and the inhabitants
bitterly complain Living expenses
have doubled"
He corrects reports sent to this coun-
try of natives being friendly and de-
string American supremacy in the is
lands.
Taxes and customs duties are being
used to support the army instead OF
being applied to municipal necessities.
This really prolongs the wal by keep
ing h natives irrftated, after thigh
| sounding promises of good government
THE Mayor of Balinag, who is sup
posed to be a great friend OF the Amer
leans, is now in prison for deliberately
leading an insurgerat attack on Balinag
The mayor of San Pedro I-acate IS ais
In prison for raising money and soldiers
for insurgents"
The new Spanish consul general Al
New York is reported as saying by Nc.
Kinleys organ, The Tribune, was fol-
| four years stationed at Hong Kong. o.
| the Filipinos he says:
Few better educated men than thesf
Fflipinos I met could be found any.
where Even O who acquired theIl
| knowledge in the University of MauiIa
appeared as well educated as though
| they had received tuition in English o,
American places of learning. The,
nave also polished and Their
are many fine linguists among them"
These are some of the men Nc
Kfnley Is a~nxiously burning 10 shoot te
death. There are two tribes that ar
reported by administrator organs a.
! leaning TO the supremacy of MCKINLEY
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-19

In relation TO Is pension systern. More
money Is paid annually by the United
States government in pensions that by
any other half-dozen govern4nents in
the world. This is the more strange
when You stop TO consider that under
q monarchial form of government re-
wards may be conferred by the crown
United States Uncle Sam has no pre-
rogative. Indeed. his authority Is so
restricted and limited that he con not
confer a single dollar Of the peoples
money upon an Individual no matter
how m~eritorious his claim may be,
without authority from congress"
The congress under all parties has
been far too lavish in spending the
money OF the American people 10 be
raised entirely by taxation. Heavy tax
es are indeed a curse and oppression TO
any people The people ought to be
o watchfu1. They should never
send amy man to the federal congress
who Is not honest and trustworthy and
is not a spendthrift with other peoples
moneys
The recent meeting Of the G. o. P.
developed great greed and excessive de
mands upon the government. The cry
for more pensions and larger ones.
And that too thiryt-four years after the
last gun was fired. This attempt to
gouge the long-suffering people more,
after having BEEN SO ~plundered and
burdened for thirty-odd years, is simp-
ly infamous, outrageous. This Grand
Army is said to have 305, COB numbers,
and yet ON the United States govern
ment roll Of pensioners there are 1853, 450
The words of the Indianapolis News
are truly and pertinent. 1t says:
1T pains, rather than angers. them
when they ee the Grand Army Of the
Republic playing into the hands or pen
sion attorneys, and apparently fighting
every honest effort to reform the abuses
which have been engrafted ON our pen
sion system by politicians after votes
and attorneys after fees
1t is a pity the south can not get rid
of the whole bad burden. 1t was hard
fare to be defeated and then made to
help take care of tens of thousands OF
bummers, frauds and s~coundrels, for
there are tens of thousands of such fell
lows drawing money from the south
that we're never deserving soldiers.
The Messenger agrees with the Charles
tom News and Courier i'm this view
that there are doubtless many honest
men who were gallant union soldiers,
who are now both pensioners and MEM
bers of the G. A. R., but they are as
nothing when numbered i'm comparison
with the horde of harpies who have
been preying for years upon the nation
treasury. The better class of veter-
ans have been too willing tools IN the
hands of their robber associates for the
virtuous, but belated, indignation which
SOME of them are nov evincing ito at
tract much attention or to gain great
pctaHm.'
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-19
A Reunion "a. iSurgAw
Burgaw, N c., September IA
Editor Messenger:

Editor Messenger:
A pronounced patriotic sentiment is
being cultivated i'm Fender county.
With the wide spread influence en-
genderd by the Moore'S Creek celebra-
ton, frequent reunions OF old veterans
of the last war add to this public spir-
it. 1t is we'll that it 81 Not lone
is sOciability cultivated, old memories
revived of trying times, but seed of the
love of liberty n our country are
sown in sight of the rising generation,
and they will grow, surely so, q bring
forth fruit for uhs love and protection
Of the great American republic.
1t was not the paid Hessian soldier
Of revolutionary fame, who enlisted for
one dollar a head, that resisted the
from Europe to the federal army in Our
last war. Why? They were not posses
sed of this cultivated spirit of o of
home and liberty that possessed the
confederate soldier
The citizen soldier is the best yet.
1t enabled the confederacy to beat back
the proud host of Mcclellan for seven
days before Richmond with odds Of two
to one, and make proud men by the
thousands die in ascending the bloody
heights of Gettysburg, to the ~astonish-
ment of the world by their bravery.
The pleasant occasion today was the
reunion of company B, First battalion
of heavy artillery The gray old vet
Grams were we'll cared for. The late
war, of course, was the topic, and to
speak Of yankees was like shaking a
red flag in the face of a Spanish bull.
1t is la them yet.
This gallant company could only
muster about twenty to roll call today.
Like at the battle of Bentonsville, it
went into action with 160 men and
came out with only 60. Some few were
in prison north, and they relate that a
days rations was measured in the palm
of a mans hand. They were nearly
persisted, and while in this condition, a
card was posted for signatures for al
legiance to the federal government. No
member of this company signed it, and
several dIud in consequence.
Captain G. D. Ellis, first commanded,
and Colonel John D. Taylor afterwards.
The haToism and bravery of the con-
fedcrate citizen soldier eclipsing in it's
respondent glory any the world has
ever known, should be cultivated,
should be known to ali men and hand
ed down to posterity as the guarantee
and safety of American liberty.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-19

1t is to be hoped hat the antitrust
conference in session in Chicago will
be able to accomplish good in behalf of
The attendance is not so general as was
expected, and SO far as we know,
North Carolina is without a delegate.
The short, sharp, we'll studied, we'll
wrought speech of the gentleman from
Texas" Dudley Wooten, brought down
the house." and made a brilliant hit.
The Industrial bondage of 7O,OO0, 900
to the other 5000, 600 was we'll timed
and split the centre.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-19

Lieutenant r. E. Peary, who went
out in 1897 on another Arctic exploring
expedition, has been heard from. A
steamer, the Windward, went in
search to carry supplies, etc. 1t had
on board a party of scientific men. 1t
rs reported that they have arrived at
Brigus, N. F., and made important geo
graphical and meteorological observa-
tons. They report that Peary has lost
seven toes by being frozen. Amputa-
ton was necessary. He made several
sledge trips and suffered from them.
The thermometer fell to 20 degrees be
low zero. He went to reach the Pole,
and he will, like all other explorers,
fail of his n Would he know it if
he were to find it?
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-19

1oOoogza that fan to be lis{h. bt
Il is1ss IN in 1885. The average val
|uerton-4d&Rd in tl66Nr>uaty = $5-2k
lrsrbc ~pwnship s at sad
Horxes share decre@sed 31o-avera{
value $500. ThersA are more catd
but fewer hogs and@Eoms- 5000 ief
than five years ago. Sheep have d.
clined- There Is les money and II
per capita tsg the county is but sap
People say there's a plethora Of mon9
but surely not-in-Edgecombe. not i
North Carolina The whites nd
s3.34s.3os Of property; the blacks s1st.
725. The negroes increased over La
year. There are 1853 white polls al
negroes 2.o52. Suppose The SoutherIE
takes the trouble to institute the con-
Parsons suggested
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-19

st. Thomas, D. w. L., September IA
-Advices received at s.. kits today
from the Island of Anguilla, one Of the
British West Indian islands Of the Lee
ward group. say that a hurricane during
the night of September Sth, destroyed
200 houses and rendorud 800 people
homeless. There was considerable loss
of property and similar damage at st.
Martin.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-19
sfaxai Panic l.. T. So nagOgur

Berlin, September 14.-Advices from
Kalisch in Russian Poland say that
thirty-two persons were crushed to
death in a panic in a synagogue there.
caused by the upsetting of a lamp. The
victims were all women and children.
Many others were injured.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-19
Sick

The curse of overworked womankind
are quickly and surely cured by Karrs
Glover Root Tea, the great blood puri-
fer and tissue builder. MoDny refund
ed If not satisfactory. Price IS cts. and
so cts. For sale by R. r. aeJ1amy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-19

To -Cnre LaGsriDpe In Two Days
Take Laxative BromoH Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the mooney If 1t
fails to cure. e. WT1Cnos2ssSiaaaturs
is on each box. sc.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-08
HIS LIFE WAS SAVED.

Mr.. j. e. Lilly, prominent citizen of
Hannibal, Mo-, lately had "A wonderful
deliverance from a frightful death. In
telling of it he says: Il was taken with
Typhoid Fever, that ran into Pneu-
monia. My lungs became hardened.
was SO weak couldn't even sit mp in
bed. Nothing helped me. / expected to
soon die of Consumption, when | heard
of DIR. Kings New Discovery. One bot
tie gave great relief. continued to use
it, and now am well and strong, l can't
say too much in its praise" This mar
velous medicine is the surest and quick
est cure in the world for all Throat and
Lung Trouble. Regular sizes 50 cents
and $100 Trial bottles free at any
Drug Store: every bottle guaranteed.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-08

consolidate il with other roads. Favor
ably.
HOUSE BILLS REFERRED.
To amend the charter Of st. Peters
Home and Hospital. TO Committee on
Corporations.
To incorporate the Southern Real Es-
tate and Loan Company. To Commit
zee on Corporations.
To incorporate the town of Silva. in
Jackson county To Committee on Cor
porations.
To improve the roads Of Arson county.
To Committee on Public Roads.
To supply Swain and Graham coun-
ries with Supreme court reports To
calendar.
For relief of certain children of the
State To judiciary Committee.
To incorporate the town of Hoffman,
10 Committee on Counties, Cities and
Towns.
TO incorporate the Golden Rule Bene-
VIOLENT Association. To Committee on
Corporations.
10 amend chapter ~, Public Laws of
1897, to prevent public drunkenness III
Buncombe, Henderson and Transylyanla
counties To Judiciary Committee.
To prohibit the sale or liquor III the
town of Jackson. To Committee on
Propositions and Grievances.
70 protect the schools and churches
Of Jackson. To Committee on Propo-
sitions and Grievances.
TO repeal chapter 361, Public Laws
of 1897, establishing a graded school
in Hayesvile. Clay county. To judi
ciary Committee.
TO amend section 40 of the Code as to
protests of notaries and justices. To
judiciary Committee.
To allow the commissioners of Jones
county to sell the poor-house lands. To
Committee on Counties. Cities and
Towns.
To repeal chapter 271, Public Laws
of 1897. rs to drainage of Big Sugar
Greek in Mecklenburg county. To Com
mittee on Counties, Cities and Towns.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-08
Cold, Damp Weather Ag-
graVates the Disease.

Cold, damp and disagreeable
weather is dreaded by those sub
iect to Rheumatism, for the slight
est change in the atmosphere or
temperature is sure to increase
their suffering. A great many
who experience little difficulty
from = Rheumatism during the
summer months are likely to be-
lieve themselves rid of the disease,
but with the first cold, damp day
their aches and pains return and
they soon find themselves firmly
in the grasp of their old enemy,
who tortures them more than
ever.
Several years ago was afflicted
with what the doctors called Sclatlc
Rheumatism or Lumbago, suffering the
most intense agony at times, and being
confined to my bed about year, Ill
though four of the best physicians Zone
of whom was my father) attended me
during my illness. They could give me
only temporary relief, and think they
tried about all of the remedies known
TO medical science, dosing me with
strong medicines until my stomach got
in such condition that could digest
nothing, and neither myself nor friends
had any hope of my recovery. l was
persuaded to try S. s. S., and before
finishing the first bottle, | found that !
had the right remedy. continued to
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-08
A COMPLETE PANORAMA
INDUSTRIAL AM
POLITICAL PICTUR
A GREAT JOURNALISTIC ENTERPRISE
Hal David With Large Corps of Assistants in
The Field. The Move viii be Received
With Great Enthusiasm
EvervMhera.
Everywhere.

This morning the News and Observer
announces to the public the largest
scheme Of the kind ever planned in
North Carolina journalism namely it's
grand special edition devoted to COM
plete write-up of our Legislature and
State Government, in addition to a write
up of the various counties in the State
Pause a moment, reader, and think Of
the scope of the enterprise.
With the new legislative administra-
ton comes new ideas, new men, new
laws, white supremacy. Our law-givers,
the citizens of our great State. should
know one and all individually. This
we hope to accomplish by giving per-
sonal sketch of these men, and partly
for this purpose our special edition is 70
be issued in The course of some weeks.
Our plan is az follows: We propose
to issue 10000 OF this grand edition,
and expect to make it the largest paper
ever issued in the South.
The Legislators will be made a speca!
feature. North Carolina has never had
a more intelligent set of representative
gathered in Raleigh. they are thorough
~ in earnest in their labors for the
State and in passing laws that viii.
benefit their constituents and the State
at large.
1t is meet that the people of North
Carolina should know them--know their
life and history, and this the News and
Observer proposes to furnish. Every
member of the Legislature should aid
in the accomplishing of this purpose
Every iii the State who is either
a North Carolinial by birth or adoption
should put his shoulder to the wheel
and push the enterprise TO successful
end.
We also propose to give Il brief, but
comprehensive write-up of every county
in the State The work is in charge OF
Hal David and corps
The News and Observer proposes to
make this the handsomest and best spe-
cial edition ever issued i'll the State,
and only asks that the people do their
part. 1t is of and for North Carolina
and always proposes to keep the State
in the foreground. Let every man who
has come to the capital do his duty,
and when the News and Observer will
have issued its big edition the people OF
North Carolina viii have just cause for
pride in the magnitude Of their State
and its institutions therein portrayed
and the people abroad will more fully
appreciate the commanding position OF
the great Tar Heel State.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-08
TETTERONHANDS
Troubled for years. Sore All Over.
Could not use them. Spread over
Arms, Neck, and Face. Smarted
Like Fire. Physicians no Benefit.
Tried CUTICURA. Immediate
Relief. Permanent Cure.

had been troubled with letter for several
years. At times my hands would be sore all over,
SO that could not use them at all, and were 80
tender that clear water, even, smarted like fire,
and it spread over arms, neck, and face. had
been treated by physicians, but without benefit,
when began the CUTIoURA remedies. + found
relief beJore ThGd taken the first bottle. used
three or four bottles of CUTIcURA REsoLvENT,
one cake of CUTIcURA SOAP, and one box of
CUTIcURA (ointment), and it has never troubled
me since. ELLA CURZ0N,
March 10, 1898. Eppingham, Ill.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-08
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that application
will be made to the present General
Assembly of North Carolina to es-
tablish a dispensary in the town of Scot
land Neck for said town and for the
territory around said town distance of
five miles in all directions.
u. e. HILLIARD.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-08
CUTiCURA RESOLVENT
Begins with the Blood and Ends with
The Skin and Scalp.

That Is to say. it purifies the blood and circu.
lating fluids of HUMoR GERMS, and thus removes
the cause, while warm baths with CUTIcURA SOAP.
and gentle arointings with CUTIcURA (ointment,
greatest of emollient skin cures, cleanse the skin
and scalp of crusts and scales, allay itching burn
ing and inflammation, soothe and heal. Thusare
speedily, permanently, and economically cured
the most torturing, disfguring humors OF the
skim scalp and blood, with loss of hair, when the
best physicians and all other remedies fail.
Sold throughout the world. POTTER d. AND c. Corr,
Soils Props. Boston, How to Cure Every HumoT, sres
SAVE YOUR SKIN HaHd cr sns BAR sd z using
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-08

La Grippe is again epidemic. Every
precaution should be taken to avoid it.
It's specific cure is One Minute Cough
Cure. A. ]. Sheperd, Publisher Agricul-
tural Journal and Advertiser, Eden,
Mo-, says: mo one will be disappoint-
ed in using One Minute Cough Cure for
La Grippe" Pleasant to take, quick to
act. J. Hal Bobbitt and Henry Il.
Hicks.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-08

Mr.. s. A. Fackler, Editor OF the
Micanopy (Fla.) Hustler, with his wife
and children, suffered terribly from La
Grippe. One Minute Cough Cure was
the only remedy that helped them. 1t
acted quickly. Thousands of others use
this remedy as a specific for La Grippe,
and it's exhausting after effects. Never
fails. j. Hal Bobbitt and Henry I
Hicks
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-08
BLOOD POISON CURED
BY Cuticura ResoIVent

BY Cuticura Resolvent
One of my children ran a rusty nail into his
foot, which was most painful. His blood got
out of order, and sores broke out on his hands
and feet. gave him one bottle of CUTIcURA
REsoLvENT and used one cake of CUTIoURA
Soar, principally as salVe, and the child re-
covered. MRS. j. s. FUREN,
March Is, 1898. Markham, Fla.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-08

Pains in the chest when a person has
a cold indicate tendency toward pneu-
monia. A piece of flannel dampened
with Chamberlain's Pain Balm and
bound on to the chest over the seat Of
pain will promptly relieve the pain and
prevent the threatened attack of pneu,
monia. This same treatment will cG&
a lame back in few hours. Sold byA
Hal Bobbitt, Henry T. Hicks and Nth
Side Drug Store.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-08
SAVE YOUR SKIN
NOTICE.

Notice Is hereby given that application
will be made to the General Assembly
of North Carolina now in session to in
corporate the town of ManteO, Dare
county. This 18th day of January, 1899.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-08
Rheumatism,
Winters Terror!

take it until it cured me perfectly,
This was about nine years ago, and
have been in splendid health ever since.
~. +. MANSON,
"Murfreesboro, Tenn"
If YOU have Rheumatism, why
not throw aside remedies which
have done you no good, and take
one that will cure you 20 Disap-
pointment never results from the
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-08

Death brings to some people the only
real knowledge of life they ever had. Z
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-08

Amy man can make a speech, but the
speech is seldom the making of him.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-08

use of Swift s
Specif it
always cures
Rhe UNI tism,
because it is a
real blood remedy
and goes down
to the bottom of
,the trouble and
forces it from
the system. Ev-
cry claim made
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-08

relief OF DIR. j. Ii. Eubanks. TO Com
mite on Propositions and Grievances.
S. L. 573. Senator Eaves: For the
relief of Julius Robinson. To Commit
teo on Pensions.
S. Il. 574: For the relief OF S. Nc
Pheeters. TO Committee on Pensions.
). II. 37J. Senator Lambert: To re-
peal chapter 433, Public Laws Of 1898,
as to Finance committo of Mitchell
county.
s. y. $40. Senator Glenn: For the
relief OF ]. w. West. of Mt, Airy. TO
Commute on Propositions and Griev-
ances.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-08

Nobody has the right to be a critic
with the exception of ones own self.