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The state herald., 1899-11-24

In the current number OF the Geo
graphical Journal DIR. Moreno gives an
account OF Patagonia, which In n por-
ton OF that vast area In South Amer
Tea still unknown 10 geography. and
Interesting because Of the rich prod
ucts. which Il probably contains. and
Its charming landscapes. !, seems that
Patagonia does not merit the bad repu-
tation as regards scenery which It has
had since Darwin and Fitxroy received
y diuagrecable impression from the
portion they explored. The piateaus
OF Arizona md their analogy In the
table lands OF Patagonia. and "the
picturesque Jordz and white noun
talns OF Alaska seem to be a copy OF
the fjords and mountains OF pata-
gonia." The analogy might be pushed
ever further. for II seems there Is a
strange similarity between the aneien,
sus,oms and industries OF the Alaskan
and patagonian Indians.
The state herald., 1899-11-24

Jones is n man OF domestic habits"
Then I pity him." '' whyy' "Because
a man Of domestic habits can't live up to
his reputation unless he stays ut home
every night
The state herald., 1899-11-24
Elegant. Clean. Convenient, Roomy.

New equipment makes the Union Pacific
the most popular line running both east
and west from Denver Nine hours saved
between Denver and San Franclsco or the
Pacific northwest and only one night to
Chicago. st. Paul or st. Louis. Ticket
Ofiice gii 18th street.
The state herald., 1899-11-24

A man is very apt to play the races
and the focl simultaneously.
The state herald., 1899-11-24

II man succeeds. the world envies
him; II he fails, 1t sympathizes with
him-and secretly rejoices
The state herald., 1899-11-24

when Spain ntroyc 20 subdue tho
cubans thore was much bitterness In
CASTLE because American hrms sold
arms and ammunition 10 the inHurgcnt
bAttallonH, Protests were made. bu,
the United States assumed tho ground
tina, guns aud cartridges were leEill.
mate articles OF manuI.slurc and OF
commerce. 20 that the sales could moi,
be prohibited. Japanese Arms are now
supplying arms 20 the Filiplnos and
the American government cannot iile
objections The joke IL rather painful,
hut ia. no doubt heartily appreciated
IN Madrid.
The state herald., 1899-11-24

The man who boasts of being self
made probably believes that an honest
confession is good for the soul.
The state herald., 1899-11-24

A faultless complexion is thing OF
beauty, but 1t will not remain a joy
forever.
The state herald., 1899-11-24

The manager of an opera company
should not be blamed for putting on
airs.
The state herald., 1899-11-24

Promotion in the British army
comes rapidly these days. Also an ex-
cellent chance for glory or the grave.
The state herald., 1899-11-24

Half loaf is sometimes better than
an unpaid board bill.
The state herald., 1899-11-24

Sometimes little white lie does a
lot of good
The state herald., 1899-11-24

The moment girl finds her ideal
she. Immediately begins search for a
substitute.
The state herald., 1899-11-24

1t is deplorable fact that idle Gu
riosity keeps lot of people busy.
The state herald., 1899-11-24
THE GRIr CURE rmar pors CURE.

Laxative Bromo Quininc Tablets removes
the cause that produces In Grippe. l.. W.
Groves signature Is ON each bCr. &C.
do you think ridiculc crushes poctsf'
mo: Il inspires the good poets TO do bet
ter and the bad poets to do worse"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-21

1t is easy enough to prove that the
real movement against the south was
not to free the negroes. That came
later. The Waterbury Comm Ameri-
can says hat Lincoln was not in favor
of liberating the negroes at first. It's
words are, that he did not sympathize
with the extreme anti-Slavery crowd,
and went into the war not to free the
slave, but to save the union. The free
Ing of the slaves was an incident"
But When he did favor it he did so for
the most disreputable and cruel reason
-to have them kill all the women and
children and old men in the south See
Gideon Wells's book Lincoln and
Seward" Wells was a Connecticut
nan The Charleston News and Cou-
rier refers to the moving cause for the
war and Lincoln's supper as being
mot so much h preservation of the
union for which Mr.. Lincoln fought,
as it was the preservation of the states
of the south, the seeding south, as a
great taxing district. If we allow the
southern etates to, 60, where are we to
get our revenue" Greed first, and
malice n revenge next, were the
chief factors no doubt in the raging
of the most unjustifiable and detesta-
BILE wal that occurred in two hundred
years. 1t is very hard to get the north
to understand itself and the true re-
cords of the war against the south.
They read history with blinded eyes
and very imperfect memories "up
there"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-21
TOBACCO.

1t is true that tobacco q few years
ago sold higher a IL does now n
that small portions OF the crop sold
for fancy prices. But ii Is also true
that the cigarette and smoking tobacco
manufacturers never did pay fancy
prices for the n used by them
Ii is impossible to manufacture leaf
tobacco that cost $50 and $50 a hun
dred n sell 1t at retail for 10 cents a
pound--Durham Herald.
Our esteemed contemporary Is mis-
led. We know that in the past the
manufacturers at Louisville, Lynch
burg. Petersburg. Danville and other
manufacturing centres did buy fine
Granville tobacco at from $40 TO over
800 per hundred. We have known
Hill ami Skinker. OF Richmond. Va. to
on a given day the fine a OF
Dennis Tilley. OF Granville county,
North Carolina. would be sold. A dog
en- other finest tobacco growers in that
county, that then led every other coun-
ty in the United States, would take
advantage OF the Tilley sale 10 send
their richest and brightest leaf to mar
ket TO be o at the same warehouse.
Buyers from a half dozen towns would
be present TO lay in stock. We have
known the tobacco from Granville on
such a day TO fetch from $40 10 s131.
per hundre pounds leaf. Dennis Til
ley at such a time sold nineteen tierces
averaging more than sl.00 for every
pound. His lowest price was $S1, and
his highest s131 per hundred. If he Is
still living he will confirm the state
ment. But the newspaper files in
Richmond will show that our state
ment is true, every word of 1t. Fine
tobacco was used mainly for wrappers
of finest chewing tobacco. We knew
Colonel John s. Wilkerson. of Durham,
when he was manufacturing at>Lees-
burg, Caswell, to send a six-horse
team to KNAPP of Reeds, in Granville
county twenty-five miles away when
roads were at their worst in January
to get the finest grade. He told us he
wanted Granville fine for his
best chewing tobacco he sold in Mis-
sissippi and other states south, getting
81 a pound for the manufactured ar
ticle.
The prices of tobacco as compared
with the past are indeed but "a drop
in the bucket" Whatever the cause
then of higher prices it is certain that
neither the u nor the prices exist
now. And yet some recent sales at
Oxford of Granville tobacco show up
better than some time ago. Prices
ranged from 81 to $50, S34.5 $50, s37.
But the most of it we suppos under
SO per hundred-much ranging along
So, $500, $3.50, $50, $6.4O, $3.50. $s.75.
$500, s7.75, $3.50, s7.75, $40, s13.5 so, 81,
n so on. We have known manufac-
tured tobacco, filings costing from $40
up, to sell as high as SIPS per pound
by box. But that was in the good old
days that come not again ITO the farm
ers. The trust has put in its baleful
work. The papers %nnoun that trust
men at Durham have bought some S0,-
900 acres or more of land, we do not re-
call the precise figures, in Florida. They
are making enough at the expense of
the farmers to almost buy a small
state They canno fool the farmers as
to prices who ever else may be fooled
by them. The farmers know they are
! robbed and WrOnPed
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-21

all understanding; it means the peace
of Heaven al last. We need this
grace" of God and the Son every day
and hour of our life. We cannot do
without it. II we have Gods grace
and peace We are apt to have Gods
presence wherever We go, wherever we
are. Thou God seest me-" He is an
ever-present God. When the sincere
Christian man or woman walks abroad
the presence of b Saviour is assured.
Like the disciples on the way to EN-
maus they are accompanied, too, by
the Risen Lord and Saviour. The anx-
ious Christian mother because Of the
Saviour sitting with her in the ap-
parent solitude of the chamber. When
they walk in the or the noon
day the Master is with them watch
ing, guiding, protecting, blessing.
Peace from the Lord Jesus Christ"
1t is a fact mysterious to all but those
who are initiated and have expert
mental knowledge of Christ, that the
more grace you have the more grace
you need. 1t may be to some a para
dox, but it is the truth. The apostle
in the third verse writes: Blessed be
Christ, who ath blessed us with all
spiritual blessings in heavenly places
in Christ" These are remarkable
words indeed. 1t is one of the great
descriptive titles in the Book of books.
1t is s%ingularly ~endearing. We all
worship God, and reverence His Holy
name and His august Titles. But
here we have a statement that ap-
pears to us, tenderly-He is the God
and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ"
Note that the apostle places the en-
phasis on our" He is not somebody
else's, but our w Lord Jesus
Christ. He is our God. He is also the
Father Of our Lord and Saviour. He
is the Father of Jesus as man, and
He is Father of Jesus Christ, who is
both God and man. So we have the
apostle blessing, adoring, worshipping
God the Father and declaring that God
a blessed us with all spiritual bless
ings in heavenly places in Christ. So
it is in Inc through Christ tina the
Father hath so greatly blessed His
Children on earth, and it is, therefore,
mete and proper, u duty and our
privilege, our joy and satisfaction that
we must give thanks to Christ Jesus,
and for His sake that we must praise
the Father for the completion Of the
plan Of salvation. "It is for the Son
that we must give thanks to the Faith
er, and it is to the Father that we
must give thanks for the Son." On
earth you have grace; in Heaven you
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-21
NORTH CAROLINA.

Ashevflle Citizen: The bpard OF di-
rectors of public schools has emphat-
ically instructed the county superin-
tendent not TO pay FOR n stick OF
wood. as IL recognized no authority
given IL TO do SO in the sChool law OF
North Carolina
Greensboro Telegram: About 10
o'clock asst night a negro named Frank
Donnell walked into Hoioon's drug
store and called for a physician. say
ing that a negro woman mad assaulted
him witch a knife during 81 quarrel at
Wilkerson's distillery. DIR. Battle dress
ed the wound, which was or Donnells
neck and was about five inches long.
Charlotte Observer: Lass week IL
was printed thas some children mad
found $500 in money, mostly in gold
coins, under a Catholic church in Chi
cago. Il developed later that they had
found SIS in small change. About the
same time the North Carolina papers
printed that the safe Of the sherin OF
Orange county had been broken open
and robbed OF $5.0 0 Ii now turns out
that 5000 was the amount stolen.
Tarboro Southerner: Timothy Man.
gum, who works on the Fountain cot
ton mills, Saturday was stabbed in the
left wrist by another white man. The
arteries were cut. Mr.. Mangum says
Vha1 ne not only does not know the
name Of his assaifant- but also that he
never saw him IT'LL a few moments be-
fore lthe cutting was done, thai; he new
er had any quarrel with him. Accord
ing TO him. he and the unknown met
on the street and probably for rush
ing against him, the unknown, who ap-
peared to have been drinking. attack
ed him. He told the man to go away
and lot him alone n resumed his
journey. AS he turned the oorne the
man rushed up behind hin and struck
at him In trying ITO ward of the knife
he was cut as above described.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-21
STATE PRESS.

What is the matter with North Car
DINA? At Wake county court eleven
divorces were granted; seven or eight
were granted at Guihord court; and
quite a lumber in Arson, Durham,
Chicago craze seems to have struck
the Old North State.-Charlotte News.
A telegram in a Mckinley paper from
Louisville says: Unless the fight is
given up at once (by democratic chair
man Blackburn) bloodshed Is certain"
That Is a distinct threat. We will near
a good many threats of that kind from
now on; n IL Mckinley can get US
fully launched on his scheme OF imper-
ialism, he will use what he requires OF
his big army to enforce them. Do not
mistake: 1t Will be the end Of liberty
in America II We allow his agents In the
garb OF democrats to lull US to sleep
Fayetteville Observer.
Since competition Is unrestricted in
the growth Of tobacco, cotton, grain,
ETC., why should the manufacturer and
capitalist be o wv to form trusts
and combines to exact an unnatural
and exorbitant price for what they
AVE TO sell and force the farmer and
laborer to take what they see fit to give
them? Why should not the farmer be
allowed to profit by an overproduction
or manufactured products-clothing,
household goods, hardware, farming
utensils, cotton goods, and the innum-
cradle articles OF merchandise he has
to buy-if he is to suffer when he makes
more than the market reQuires?-Web-
steTs (Reidsville) Weekly.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-21
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.

The Messenger is mailing statement
of subscriptions, in sealed envelopes,
to all delinquent subscribers. This was
done Ito let every one know how he
stood and to give every one ar oppor-
tunity to remit monrst in settlement
OF the same.
Many will respond promptly, we have
no doubt, but some will not, we fear.
We desire to say that the Semi
Weekly Messenger (two papers, 8 pages
each per week. is we'll worth the price
we charge, $1.00 per year., n to send
it year after year without receiving
anything for 1T. is more than We can
afford, or will do. 1t is ito be hoped
that those who receive statement will
promptly remit, as the money is need
ed to further improve the paper.
1t has been the habit Of some in
the past to entirely ignore statement
of their subscription account, and we
earnestly ask those to remit.
do unto others as you would have
others do unto you"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-21
BREVITIES.

Brooms have advanced from SLIPS
to So per dozen for poorest quality,
and better ones in proportion. The
trusts nave done it.
The mugwump Philadelphia Times is
anxious for the silver democrats to
nominate goldbug Whitney for presi-
dent. Colonel Mcclure should try
again at nominating. He is goldbug,
too, and the %silverites will hardly &C
cept his man.
There is a most palpab1e untrutn in
the statement that the south is in ia
vor Of Expansion and indorses Nc
Kinley. We do not believe one demo
crat in ten favors it.
Mckinley is no better morally than
Mark Hanna. He clings to his corrup-
zionist adviser and avails himself of
all that is gained by Hanna's ~rascali-
ty Inc corruption. They are close to
each other and understand each other.
Why curse Hanna and f1atter lit
tie Nc?
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-21

A first rate new cartoon represents
John Bull and Bill Mckinley in full
feather, either standing on the edge
of the ocean and shaking hands across.
Behind Mr.. Bull there is a fort on it
written-"Excessive Taxation-Pauper
Labor" On top is a flag on the folds of
which is written-Transvaa1 Troubles
-Omduran Massacre-Large Standing
army. Cannon, ~bayonets. ETC., all ap-
pear. At Bulls feet are lying men of
a Mckinley on his side as he
shakes, has his left hand to his ear and
he looks sidewise, as if scared. AT his
feet are iron cruisers. At his back is
another fort. On it is printed: Hanna
ism,-Fraud-Imperialism. A flag float
with the motto-Large Standing
army" Guns, etc. are on top of the
fort. Over the fort appears-"Dead
American Heroes-Fflipinos Massacre"
Underneath is "a Colloquy Between
Greatnesses:
John Bull-we are the people Bill!
Wen WI the earth!
Bill McKinley-S-h! Don't talk SC
loud, John! That isn't the issue Tn
talking!
1t is a New Orleans inspiration and
appeared in 1.-THE Harlequin.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-21

Their is a contest going on over a
statement of that acrobatic
performer, the New York Sun and the
Evening Post. The Sun says with it's
usual assurance that nowhere in any
act of congress now in force is the sill
yer dollar declared to be a unit or a
standard" To this the Evening Post
replies: THE Bland-Allison act Of
February %, 1878, is entitled an act to
authorize the coinage of the standard
silver dollar 1t has been repealed
only in so far as it required the con-
tinued purchase of silver bullion and
coinage of these dollars" Both news
papers hate silver and are most pro-
nounced gold organs. The Evening
Post is disposed to tell the truth, and
that makes a wide difference in their
!. statements. But the latter insists that
the words standard silver dollars
ACQUIRING in three separate acts, need
not be insisted upon as making them
really "a standard of value" Oh, no,
but if the contention was as to gold
dollars" instead of silver would not
the Evening Post insist otherwise?
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-21
FREE BLOOD CURE
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eases, Eruptions, Pimples. Scrofula,
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Children, Rheumatism, Catarrh, Itch
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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-21

The higher education In North Car
DINA proceedeth under grave difficult
ties. Up to date one young mans hip
was broken, another was SO badly
done UP he suffered from commissions,
and many others were injured in one
way and another. Thus far no death
has resulted from the unfortunate way
of prosecuting the higher education in
North Carolina within the last w
months, and it is a blessed good for
tune that this statement is true. A
reason assigned for the failure Of he
University team in its scholastic "trip
''up north" vas that the team of in
structors "has been peculiarly unfOrtU-
matte in the matter of injured players
this season." 1t is very rarely the case
that too much study of books knocks
up or cripples the eager youth.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-21

| We confined our attention last Sun
day to the consideration of the first
verse of ST. Paul's letter to the Ephes-
ians. In the next verse the profound
love of the Apostle, of which we spoke,
is manifested. He invokes upon his
faithful children in the Gospel at
jEphesus two blessings n from both
Father and Son: "Grace be to you,
and peace, from God our Father, and
from the Lord Jesus Christ" This
lis the greatest favor that the Father
land Son could bestow or Paul could
POSSIBLY invoke-the grace and peace
Iof Almighty Father and His dear Son.
Heaven has no higher blessing in store
for Gods faithful, believing children
lon earth than the grace n peace OF
Father and Son. Do not forget that
1t was really much of an apostolical
the letter after Pauls faithful and
loving manner as shown in other
lepistles. Mark this: God bestows
not His grace as a Creator, but as &
Father in Christ, in a discriminating
WAY and peculiar manner" Peace be
Istowed is a blessing consequent upor
the Divine Sacrifice. the salvation
Wrought by the Eternal Son according
Ito the will and plan of the Everlasting
Father. 1t is Christ who died for tn
lsinner and perfected the most merci
full redemptive scheme by His owl
Isacrifcial death upon the rugged Gross
lon Calvary. So grace and peace iron
the Lord Jesus Christ" means a yer.
Igreat DEALT means peace from sin
river, that peace" of mind that passetl
from enemies; peace that flows as {
river, that peace Of mind that passetl
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-21
Mrs. PinkF,am's Medicine Made
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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-21
THE PRESIDENTS CALLERS.

Washington, November 1S.-H. H.
Hanna, OF the Indianapolis monetary
convention, had an hours consultation
with the president today. Among the
presidents other callers were General
Henderson, Of Iowa; General Fitzhugh
Lee and General Wade. General Hen
derson said hat he had simply called
to pay his respects. General Lee talk
ed over the situation in Cuba, especial
ly Matanzas province, of which he Is
military governor, with the president.
He VIII return to his post the latter
part of this month.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-21

The Charleston News and Courier
publishes an interesting and suggestive
paragraph concerning North Carolina
cotton milling and h results. We
copy 1T that it may prompt others to
go and do likewise. 1t says:
Our Yorkville CORRESPONDENT reports
that a gentleman informed him a Few
DAYS ago that he had recently rece1v-
ed a letter from a relative in North
Carolina announcing the receipt or a
check for 1888 as his part of the pro-
fits made by "a small cotton mill In
That state, in which he a invested
$40, 900, and that the sum represented
the earnings for nine months only.
This is alt the rate of so per cent. a
year on his inves-ment-not a bad re-
turn from any business, surely.
I'VE noted a few days ago the re-
mark of the American Wool an1 Cot
ton Reporter that some men in NORTH
Carolina who are able to build DIG
mills, prefer to put their money IL
stead into two or three small ones,
and their preference appears to be wei
founded"
When a small cotton mill "a make
so per cent. per n for investors
they must be a greedy set who will MOI
be satisfied with 1T. Making clear YOU
capital invested in two years is sim
ply immense. A great deal depends
upon the management, and most. pos
sibly all, of the North Carolina mills
are we'll superintendent throughout.