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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-04

About the most cold lblooded and i'm
pudent OF the northern raiiers and ma
ligners Of the southern whites is that
New York merchant known as r. b.
Thurber. He did not go TO Atlanta to
make his bitter speech against the
south before the Industrial League. but
he sent it and IL was ead He Is cry
cheeky" but considerable OF his own
safety. According to The Atlanta Con-
stitutioE. as we conclude from what IS
said but few Of enemies and slanderers
have in a long time INDUCED in such q
strain OF u~nwarranted abuse. n Civ
en- out such untenable stun as facts
The Constitution: mfr. Thurber, in
short, accused the people Of h south
OF business. social and political dis
honesty" II the south cannot easur
fully up to the prevailing northern
standard Of ethics and honesty in all
particulars it is bad of indeed. With
such daily reports as T sen out Of
r~ascaiities and crimes and debaucher-
les or every kind It is madness and
falsehood to be throwing stones at the
south. If the Thurber gang Of SIAN
derers would clean up their own back
lots and sweep the filth from before
their own doors they would help the
world and bless their surroundings.
The following is we'll timed and we'll
oiAA-o. 4Ac NOuSlltuklOn lciIS IA SAdil-
derer and enemy:
Many New Workers have ventured
upon trips into the provinces 30 be-
come astonished with the fact that the
further they went, the more of Ameri-
ca they discovered and that there were
people claiming to be American citi-
zens in excess of h number found in
New York city. Such men as these have
obtained a larger vision of what COM
poses our country, and of the diverse
interests which are concerned in Il.
They have learned that every public
question is not to be measured by the
local instinct which prevails on Manhat-
tan Island, n that the mere business
of buying and selling groceries is not
the only thing which requires govern
mental attention"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-04
BnEVlTIES

1t is astonishing how deeply inter-
ested are some republican high tariff,
goldbug organs, as well as some dem
ocratic papers Of a certain stripe in the
doings of the democracy and how fer
tile in suggestion they are as to what
they should do.
Lawyer Elihu Root has been sworn
in as secretary Of war. He will now
show the country what he knows
about war and what an immense STRAIT
egist he is. He is a wide, wide expan-
sionist. Root is able but he is identi-
fed with all the big trusts and combi-
nations in this country. He will prove
a Root of bitterness.
Esterhazy refused to testify in the
Dreyfus court-martial. The New York
Evening Post says this sis the tribute
of a scoundrel to common decency. 1t
is something like a blush. Esterhazy
has a large endowment of Cheek" but
to ask him to stand up before a jury
of his fellow-oficers and acknowledge
that he committed forgery and perjury
in order to send an innocent man to
life imprisonment or to the scaffold is,
in his opinion, asking too much"
There are bad folks in big New York
city as the criminal records show. Mrs.
Verona Hirsch, wife Of a wealthy i'm
porter, was shot and seriously wound
ed at St. Nicholas avenue at 2 o'clock
in broad day. It is not known who
did it..
After all it is claimed that the peace
congress was a success. But there are
a half dozen wars On hand or ON the
eve of being so. The English and
American delegates pulled together.
Ferdinand Knack is serving a long
sentence in the Wisconsin penitentiary
for poisoning his wife. He has been
in already for ten years. A man writes
to the clerk of the criminal court stat
ing he poisoned her because she failed
to marry him..
The senatorial campaign in Virginia
is very warm. Representative Jones is
canvassing for Governor Tyler who OPP
poses Senator Martin, and rakes him
behind and before. Martin is a gold
bug.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-04
HOW SOME RICH MEM GIVE

Some of the very rich men are gen.
The good deeds of the plutocrats should
be accorded them with all proper
credit. While the most Of them get
their great fortunes in a bad way some
Of them use a part of their great ac-
cumulations wisely and benevolently.
Many such reports have been given
to the country through newspapers.
Many less large but perhaps more
worthy bestowments are made of which
the world learns nothing. We know it
to be so of North Carolina's incompar-
able and most generous ~benefactor.
Mr.. J.. D. Rockefeller is said to have
given $40, 900, 900, and Philip D. Armour
$40, OOO, 900. 1t is suggested that these
are high gifts to the conscience fund
The late Senator Stanford's estate has
given in all some $40, 900, 900 to the uni
versity named in his honor. Rev. G.
A. Hoffman, D. D., of New York city,
is the richest clergyman in America,
worth many millions. He lives in a
81, 600, 900 house. He is dean Of the
Episcopal Theological Seminary in
New York city. His property is said to
be worth over SIS, 900, 900. He is said to
be a friend of workingmen. He has
spent his money freely for benevolence
Of one kind and another. An account
says of him:
His theory seems to have been that
the clergyman is needed quite as much
as h doctor when death is near, and
h never hesitated to visit a sick par
ishioner even when the disease was
smallpox or yellow fever. During the
prevalence of a smallpox epidemic in
one of his New Jersey parishes he Wis
tied the patients 81 regularly thai the
mayor of the city threatened to lock
him up unless he would promise to stop
the practice for fear the disease would
be spread by his comings and gofngs."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-04

The short communication in yester-
days Messenger on THE Encourage
ment of Industries" contains much in
little. 1t is o right lines it appears
to US. The gods help them who first
help themselves is a saying of antiquity
first spoken. While Wilmington much
needs a great increase OF industries if
rapid increase of population is to come,
the people here must be first wide
awake of purpose, with broad ideas n
industrial energy. Then capital from
elsewhere will conn to their help, and
in his land capital can take a OF
appeals to p~aternalism. That is not
history, however, for the manufactEr-
ers in the north have been for seventy
or eighty year. wards Of the nation"
sucking pap that came from the peC-
pie, but mainly from the south. The
suggestion Of the writer of the COM
m~unication is clearly right when he,
urges first appropriations for the i'm
prOvement of the city, in order for
"the city, to secure good water, good
roads, good streets n a modern sani-
tary system, etc. With these we e
pay NJ entarpr 80 to come here, as of
their own volftion n good sense they
would locate"
Nothing surprises travelling stran-
gers more thar the lack of paved streets
and side walks. The health of the peo-
pie of a community should be the high
est consideration of all in authority.
Dhe south contains cities that are full
of incentive and instruction as to thor
ough sanitation, pure water n i'm
proved conditions. If our authorities
Gull correspond with the health Off
GERS of Augusta, Savannah, Memphis.
and New Orleans, they could learn
much as to diminution of disease and
death by a faithful, wise use Of
Persons abroad seeking a town to in
8 are sure to inquire as to schools,
churches, sanitation and water.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-04

requires the strong power OF he's statute
law. sustained by a healthy vigorous
public sentiment"
That Is true, we regret to say. Lynch
ing has not ended h great crimes. II
il true also that courts have never
ended crimes. Educated and rich Mas
sachusetts has far more crimes as sta
Iistics show thar prevail among the
whites in North Carolina and the OUT
Neither the rifles nor the courts OF JUS
tice can stop crimes. They prevail all
through the north The only cure Oh
crime that will be permanent Is the
Christian religion of the genuine type.
Moral elevation viii make an end when
all els will be a nostrum. a failure
All races and conditions OF men are
really deeply concerned in this matter
OF stopping the ravages OF crime and
ending criminals. Both whites n
blacks are much involved in h n a
outcome. The Georgian chief executive
concludes with an earnest appeal 10 all
faithful citizenship. He says:
In bringing about this end i would
invoke the active. earnest cooperation
of all good men. white and black, with
the officers of the law in their efforts
10 prevent crime, suppress mob vio-
lence and bring criminals to Justice
and TO restore peace and order and
tranquility to all OF our people OF every
race. class and condition"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-04
THE WORK sCCOMPLnSUEDA AT
she HAGUE

The peace conference failed to &C.
complish much that vas expected of it,
and that was hoped for by many. But
it did something that will be perma-
nently useful it is believed. Sixteen
countries signed the agreement for an
arbitration convention. The farewell
address by Baron de Staal was reas-
surfing. He said that "the work accom-
plished, while not so complete as might
be desired, was sincere, wise and prac-
teal. The great principles Of the SOW
ereignty of individual states and inter-
national solidarity, apparently so op-
posing, had been reconciled by what
they had accomplished" Other speak
ers thought that the moral effect of
what had been done would more and
| more influence public opinion and aid
J governments to solve the question OF
| the limitation of ornaments, which
| still remain a source of grave consid-
Grafton for statesmen of all countries
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-04
LIGHTNING

Time and again through a decade
has The Messenger warned it's read
ers against the dangers from lightning
and how to ward against it in some de-
gree. This summer it appears to this
writer that exchanges in North Caro-
DINA lave reported more deaths from
lightning than are usual The things
that The Messenger has sought to i'm
press upon all it's readers that they
should do are few and simple.
When a storm is approaching do not
await the rain before you take a few
precautions. People are frequently kill
ed before the rain falls. The first thing
to do is to close up all drafts-that is
put the windows down and shut all
outside DOORS. Do not sit neal the fire
place. Never sit in an open doorway,
nor at a window when raised. If in the
field or on the road avoid all trees and
never AXE shelter under them. Rather
lie down in an open space m take the
rain. Do not be near horses if possible
to avoid it. In yesterdays Messenger
two accidents by lightning are report
ed as occurring on Tuesday. Mr.. Dick
sey was sitting at a window and the
bolt came down the chimney. Two ne
gro men got under a tree. The tree was
struck. Watch that. Two horses were
near. One was knocked down and the
other shocked. Two women lear the
tree were shocked, and one was burned.
other accounts that show hat drafts
and horses and trees were near at
hand.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-04
FRI DAY, AUGUST 4, 1899.
GOV. BOUTWELL, ON MCKINLEY
AND DAVIS

Ex-Governor Boutwell,, Of Massachu-
setts is evidently no personal admlrer
of Mckinley and his ways. He IS not
lust in all he says : ut he hits nard.
In a recent letter he was bitter and un-
in formed enough to say that Mckinley
is "a greater criminal than JEFFERSON
Davis" That is true, for the 1llustrl-
GUS southron, the pure M noble anu
able leader of the south in the great
war for second independence, was in no
sense whatever a criminal" but a pa
triot of the truest and most exalted
tyne. Any country would indeed be
great and powerful with such men as
President Davis was. To SANDER ana
reyile him in 1899, is only to render
one small and contemplate n to IN
dictate the densest ignorance as to his
toric facts. Since writing this we ave
discovered it was the work OF the Bos-
ton Irish World to SO brand President
Davis. 1t ought to have had more de-
cency and more regard for the truth.
Mr.. Boutwell, himself declares that
-'there has been no other such departure
from American ideas and principles In
all our history, not even by Jefferson
Davis, as is now in progress under tine
lead of the president. Jefferson DAVIS
did not contemplate the destruction OF
the republic; he only contemplated its
nu1~:Ia- NToLIirJou iS trans
forming this republic into an empire
and the permanent establishment or our
authority in the Philippine islands IS
the consummation of the undertaking.
If MI. Boutwell, will take the
to read DR.. Bledsoe's little book Us
jeff Davis a Traitor" and will supple
ment it with a careful examination OF
Hon.. b. F. Grady's recent work on
"The South Against the North" he Will
understand more clearly what the
southern men believed in and what
their aims were. DR.. Bledsoe proves
incontestably that prior to the great
wal the right of secession was con-
stitutional. Mr.. Grady by overWnelm-
ing evidence shows that New England
~steadfastly held to the doctrine OF seces-
sion from Washington's time until up
in the twenties of this century. The
Baltimore Sun says germanely:
1T is worthy of note, however, that
Mr.. Davis and the Southern leaders
justified their course by the constltu-
ton. and while the question has Deen
settled finally, it cannot be denied hat
they made a very strong argument.
They pleaded the doctrine OF the
consent Of the governed, ana
when this doctrine was knocked INTO
fragments by force the Constitution
of the United States was shaken TO
its foundations. There was no 'depar-
ture from American ideas n prlncl-
ples' in the course pursued by MI.
Davis. He was at the head Of a purely
american movement, based, as he con-
tended, upon the instrument on
which the United States government
was founded"
1t is a pity that men will not IN
form themselves as to the matters IN
DISPUTE between the South and North
cit would from many a blunder free
them"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-04
THE sEMI-WEEKLY MESSENGER: FRIDAY, AUGUST 4. 1895.

The United States played shy In some
important matters, and did not agree
with the European powers. They only
signed the arbitration convention. and
that under reserve. Rumania also
made reservation.
The three declarations prohibiting the
throwing OF explosives from balloons,
the use Of a~sphyxiating projectiles and
the use Of dumdum bullets were not
signed by Germany, Austria-Hungary,
China, England. Italy, japan, Luxem-
burg, Servia or Switzerland, while the
United States only signed the declara-
ton regarding the throwing OF explo-
sives from balloons.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-04
GOV. BOlE~I IN THE NEXT CAMPAIGN

Ex-Governor Boies. a very promi-
nent democrat in Iowa, and a leader in
the west, has been talking about 1900.
He holds that il is not essential to
make it Is to l, but he says the money
question is bound TO be very promi-
lent. He says Ii will be the cardinal
issue" and the democrats must unite
to win. He declares that the war or
the Fflfpinos is a great outrage He
says:
Il shudder with horror when my
mind turns to those poo Filipinos whom
we went to meet as friends and whom
our forces are now shooting down like
dogs. 1 am confident that the Ameri-
can people will tolerate any such
outrage, any such disgrace, if the mat
ter be fairly put before them.
OF course it is a little early to say
just what will be done. Perhaps the
coming congress viii catch the drift OF
public sentiment and pass such meas
ures as will grant the Philippine is
able form of government can be ar
ranged. In that event one phase of the
coming campaign will be materially
changed"
He thinks there should be independ-
net government for the people in the
Philippines. The war is very costly n
is causing the deaths of many worthy
AL iSdiS. nc UOIUS ludl the war Is
absolutely "un-American and horrid."
And SO millions of the democrats think
with him. OF that. there is not the
shadow of a shade OF doubt. But very
few southern newspapers favor the war
as now waged:
AS to the none question, a gold
is not democracy; it never
was, 1T V can be-. To insist upon it
is to cut the vitals out of the demo-
cratic faith. 1t cannot be so now, be.
cause the democratic party will lever
be united in it's favor"
What as democracy on this ques-
tion?" was asked.
"Bimetallism. L mean the equal and
concurrent use of both money metals.
Coin is not a favorite medium as an ex-
change; paper is preferred by the peo-
pie"
We copy what Governor Boies says
AS he is really n of the leaders amons
western democrats, true to his party
and a politician of merit and force and
xoOd repute.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-04
TO Control the Cotton tror
(Planter and Ginner.)

1t is a %stupendous undertaking, the
control of the entire cotton output,
isn't it! Yet the plan upon which the
American Cotton Company is korking
renders it simple, if not. easy. The
Skillful tactician separates TIE COM
mands of the oposing army, and whips
them in detail. That is the managers
plan or campaign. He sends an ennis
sary to a certain point in the cotton
growing section where he thinks it
would be well to establish a round
bale press. No announcement is made
OF the agents visit or it's object, and
he goes quietly to y DIRK to get some
ginner at that point interested. This
is done by pointing out to him the
fact that the American Cotton Com
pany viii buy all the cotton which he
puts up in round bales, paying there
for an advance of some points over
the market price for cotton in the
square bales. The ginner listens, hes
ltates and is lost. The round bale
press is duly installed, and the ginner
ma agreed to pay a royalty Of 20 cents
a hundred pounds-$1.O 90 for every 500
pound bale-for all the cotton baled
With said press, not for one, two, five
or ten years, but throughout all future
time. When the ginning season begins
the American Cotton Company has a
buyer at this gin and he offers we will
say, $L.OO a bale more hnv cotton than
the same cotton is worth IL put I'D In
the OLD way. The company can afford
10 do this, because it. isgetting LOO
a bal from the ginner for the use Of
the press. The farmers naturally want
all they can get for their cotton and
so the round bale plant is busy, while
the other ginners throughout that Sec
ton have nothing to- do, and 60 out
or business, allowing rust and waske
70 a possession Of their plants, to
gnaw and eat and destroy them. When
once the other gins are out of the way
and the n that puts up the round
bale has the field, the American Cot
ton Company, being the only buyer.
Will cut OF the advance price, and buy
at its own figure And as it's presses
multiply and its power increases IL
Will continue to cut the price. until
there rs nothing but penury left those
who must depend upon cotton as their
money crop. The price Of cotton is low
enough now, in all conscience. but the
markets are free and open, and compe-
titio is always brisk, so that the
farmer is always sure of getting for
his product the very best possible price
based upon the state of the market on
the day OF sale. How different this
would be If there were but one buyer:
and the American Cotton Company was
organized and is now working to the
n that there shall be but enc in all
the country, and that one itself.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-04

Francis B. Hays, a native OF Oxford.
who is s feet 3h inches tall in his SOCKS.
The New York Press writing 0; the
awning nuisance, says OF our young
friend:
"He now begins to grow round-shoul-
dered because Of low awnings and
sawed-off doors. He stoops wherever
he goes. The awning at Fulton and
William streets knocks OF his hat End
spectacles whenever he happens to pass
that way. He is one Of the giants Of
New York in more ways than me-. Our
institutions are made for short people.
These things must be changed. Hays
is a veritable CULVER among the lilli-
%nutains."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-04
Government Weekly Crop Keport

Washington. August Following is
the weather bureaus weekly summary
of crop conditions:
Drought. has been relieved in the
south Atlantic and east gulf states, and
beneficial rains-have fallen in Ohio and
Alabama, u rain is now needed in por-
tions of New York and Pennsylvania.
the central portions of Illinois and Mis-
souri, and IN Louisiana, Arkansas. -.
Dakotas, western Nebraska n cLat.ll
Mississippi.
Local storms, accompanied by excess
sively heavy rains, have proved DAM
aging IN Alabama, western Florida and
southern New Jersey. Notwithstanding
these conditions, the week may he said
to have been upon the whole generally
favorable, the most unpromising re-
ports being resolved from the Dakotas.
where high temperatures and lack OF
moisture are being seriously fek.
While corn would be benefited by
rains in central Illinois INC portions OF
Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska and South
Dakota, the crop has made satisfactory
progress in the principal corn states. a
marked improvement being reported
from the states of the Ohio valley. Iowa
also reports decided improvement. and
the outlook in Kansas is considered tho
best for a number OF years. Early corn
is now matnred as far north as Mis-
souri, and southern Illinois.
AS in the previous week, hot winds
with temperatures exceeding, 100 de-
grees have prevailed in South Dakota,
causing injury to spring wheat by
premature ripening n shrinkage Of
grain; and while the heat in North Da-
kota has not been 50 excessive, the
crop has bfen more or less damaged.
Spring wheat has also sustained some
injury from hot winds in Oregon and
portions of eastern Washington. over
the eastern portion OF the spring hea
l region ths crop is more promising.
/ Complaints OF shedding continue from
the central and eastern portions Of the,
cotton belt, and while rains have i'm.
proved the condition of tho crop in the
Carolinas. the excessively heavy rains
in North Carolina have proved inJuri-.
Gus. Good growth is, however. general
~ reported, especially in the central and
eastern sections, and, as a rule, the
crop is fruiting well. Picking is we'll
advances in portions of southern Texas,
and the genera condition Of tile crop
Is promising.
Tobacco is suffering from drought In
New York and has been injured on low
lands. in Tennessee by heavy rains; else
whers TIE weather conditions hay>
been favorable for the growth of tsoac>
co. : marked improvement being re-
por:ed from the states OF the Ohio val
ley Cutting and curing continue in the
Carolinas and will soon begin in Mary
land and Virginia.