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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-18
4 Great Monopoly
{ Savannah Morning News.)

Savannah Morning NeWS.)
The companies which control the
round bale were successful in getting
a hearing before the Southern Indus
trial League in Atlanta last week. A
paper by Major D. C. Ball. of st. Louis,
was read on "The Necessity for Cotton
Bailing Reform" the paper being in
fact, an argument in favor of the round
lap bale system.
We do not pretend to say what the
merits of this system are-whether
they are better than the standard bale
system or not-but a very great objec-
tibn to the round bale is the fact that
the owners of the round bale patent re-
fuse to sell their machines. They re-
tain possession OF them, and charge
a royalty Of 81 per bale for baling.
The companies have, of course, a
right to carry on their business in any
way they please, as long as they vio-
late no law, but we shall be very much
surprised if there does not spring up
very strong sentiment against the royal
~ OyoIClll. 1hClC WouAoA y NC So u
objection to that system if the ma
chimes could be obtained by individuals
and companies, but for n company to
retain them means that if the round
bale system were to be generally adopt
ed the cotton growers would eventu-
ally be in the grasp of a great monop-
oily, which could do what it pleased
practically with the cotton crop. 1t
could increase the royalty, if it pleased,
after the square box system, or the
standard bale had been abandoned.
If we are mistaken the owners of the
round bale system already offer to buy
all the cotton baled by their machines.
They offer of course, the market price
for it, but, in a majority of instances,
the farmer doesn't know what the mar
ket price is-that is, what the market
price of his cotton is, because he is not
an expert in grading cotton. If the
round bale people should buy the cot
ton and the round bale system should
become general they would be in a po-
sition to a certain extent to fix the
price of cottOn-that is, the price which
they would pay for it.
The cotton farmers will hesitate a
long time before discarding the present
system of baling cotton if the round
bale people insist upon retaining the
ownership of their machines. The talk
against m%onopolies and trusts will
make them wary of getting into the
clutches of a great cotton baling trust.
Apparently the round bale has a great
deal to commend it, but whether more
than the square bale We are not pre-
pared to say, but the fact that the round:
bale system is operated on the mo1op-
oily principle is a serious obstacle TO
it's coming into general use.
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Especial to The MeSsenger.)
Raleigh. y. C. August 14.-Summons
has been served on The News and OBJ
server in a libel suit for $500 by SUM-
erville for charging cruelty to convfcts
1t Southampton farms.
The legislative investigating commit
tee for the penitentiary meets the End
instead of the 18th.
Walter Fl. Page retires from The At
lantic Monthly and associates himself
with the combined Harper's and Nc
Clure.
Raleigh township school bonds sold
at SIG. The purchasers now advertise
the bonds for s1ls.35 and accrued in
terest.
The university trustees meet August
18th. 10 elect a dean Of the law school.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Johnson, Mrs. A.
B. Andrews and Miss jamie sail from
Liverpool on the Teutonic on the 23rd.
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Dewey at LeghOyn

Leghorn, Italy, August 14.-Admiral
Dewey today remained on board his
flagship Olympia, which arrived here at
noon yesterday from Naples, being ill
with fever. The captain Of the vessel
received the visits Of officials and 9TH
ers in his place.
James A. Smith. United States con-
sui at Leghorn, accompanied by Ed
ward G. Cramer, the United States con-
sui at Florence, visited the Olympia to-
day for h purpose of taking leave of
Admiral Dewey.
The newspapers Gazetta Lifornse and
I~ltelegrafo, Of this place, have publish
ed biographies OF the victor Of Ca
vite."
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THc. PLnr
To overt: row the French ,kepublfc
DiscOy cred by the AutLu rites

NJ Is Tetlts SkepuOt1c
DiscOyered by the Authorities
Paris, August 1.-THE office Of the
Semitic League, in which NM. Guerin,
president Of the league, and Max Regis,
the noted Jew batter and ex-mayor of
Algiers, sought refuge from arrest on
Saturday, was still besieged today.
They were guarded throughout the
night by a force of police armed with
revolvers.
NJ. Guerin, his friends declared, would
fire on the troops if attacked. After
attempting to gain the besiegers over
to their side he besieged men threaen-
ed to pour boiling oil upon those out
side.
This forenoon a fresh warrant was is
sued for the arrest of M. Guerin. Ac-
cording to a French statute, his ef-
forts to evade arrest for a political
crime are punishable with penal servi-
tude.
Slight demonstrations occurred here
this evening, but there was no disorder.
With reference to the report that the
attack upon M. Labori covered an at
tempt to seal documents it is said that
the last y letter he received
contained the following sentence: I'VE
are going 10 DuTn your DOx ana your
Dreyfus dossier."
The immediate cause of Saturdays
arrests was a police discovery of treas
enable correspondence in France and
Belgium, revealing an intention to call
a great meeting of royalists, national
lists and anti-Semites to plan measures
for the overthrow of the republic. The
idea was to create disturbances which
would necessitate calling out the troops,
who would have fraterniZed-so the
scheme cOntemplated-with the con-
spirators. Then rushes were to be made
on the Elysee palace and the govern
ment offices. Finally a minister of war,
named by the Duke of Orleans, was to
have replaced Marquis de Gallifet.
1t is impossible to verify these de-
tails, but it is believed that matters
were on the eve of becoming serious and
that the attempt upon the life of Labori
was connected with the plot.
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faction fight, a gandarme was sent
around to a them In charge n thu
gendarmes insisted. The court the
entered
CASIMIR-PERIER AND MERCI-
Err CONFRONTED.
Colonel Jouaust. the president of the
tribunal, alluding to some manifesto
ton Of opinion last Saturday in the
press tribune, threatened to clear il IL
either approval or d~isapproval OF any
witness was expressed there. He Their
ordered the conformation of NJ. CASH
mir-Perier and General Mercier. These
witnesses were more like O. cat and a
ed SO like one OF these fussy mongrels
peasants market cart. The dog sits
behind h driver, looking intentiy for
ward and ready to pick a quarrel with
no matter whom He seems 10 think
he ruEs the whole concern.
Casimir-Perier spoke of himself My
what he did and said when pres
dent. He often snubbed Mercier YER
Daily and by almost turning his back
upon him. He had little to say Of the
Dreyfus affair.
General Mercier paid him back in
that almost drew blood.
General Billot sat while making his
deposition. He still believes Dreyfus
guilty, but gave no strong reason. He
said that Colonel Picquart systemati-
cally, "a head Of the intelligence de-
partment, kept back all new facts un-
favorable to Dreyfus and sti1ed in
quiry.
(Signed.) EMILY CRAWFORD.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-18
The ubO ic plague

Hong Kong, August 14.-There were
twenty-three deaths from the plague
during the past week and twenty-five
new cases are reported.
London, August 1.-THE Daily Mail
publishes the following dispatch from
OpOrto, Portugal:
The suspicious disease which broke
out here recently has become epidemic.
Its symptoms are identical with those
Of the buboric plague. The doctors
disagree as TO its precise character, but
admit that it must be allied TO the dread
eastern malady. Sanitation and the
water supply here are bad and the
widest rumors are current. The au-
thorities however, are taking energetic
measures.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-18
NEGRO COLONIZATION
4 Proposition TO Settle Them In thfs
State

Charlotte, N. c., August 14.-E J.
Young, colored. general secretary for
the Peoples Benevo e.; and Relief AS
ISOLATION of North Carolina. with head
quarters at Charlotte, has 4 practical
plan for solving the rlco problem. He
proposes to organize a colonization So
ciety in North Carolina. The society
proposes to buy up waste land where
it can be secured in large tracts, far
away from any railroad and to divide
this land into ten acre and twenty
acre farms, and settle families there
where they may thrive by honest toll.
He desires that the race follow more
generally agricultural pursuits; that
the idle of the race may be put to work,
believing that putting men to work
will leave no time for crime.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-18
What Farmers aud Ginners in Georgia
lay About the Standard square Bale

What Farmers aud Ginuers in Georgia
lay 4 bout the standard Square Bale
E. w. Lingo, of Georgia, under date
Of June 5, 1899:
Il find it just as easy to press a 24so4
bale and much easier to handle, and
l do hope all the ginners viii make
the change, for it will be so nice to have
all the same. Could ship more weight
in less space, and it will not cost them
much to make the change, and they
will like it, and l do feel like if all will
come to it will be good for the farm
er. | am not sorry that l made the
change"
w. C. Sheffield, of Georgia, May so,
1899:
About one year ago l found that
there was a movement on foot to have
our cotton in uniform bales, and was
favorably impressed with the idea; in
deed, so much so, that ] changed my
press before the beginning Of the GIN
ming season. My old press box was
2Sx54, which l changed to 24X54, be-
lieving that it would require mora pow
er to pack a bale in the new box than
in the old, but by actual experience l
found that if there vas any difference
at all that it was SO slight that l
could not detect it, and the weight OF
my bales, on an average, was fully up
to those of previous years."
A. N. English, of Georgia, May 30,
1899:
will say that the 24x54 standard
cotton press is a success. / can pack
a 500 bale of cotton as easily, If not
easier, than 1 could before l made the
change, and the bales present a much
neater appearance than they did be-
fore"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-18
CarrabeIle,s Appeal For Aid

CarrabeIle, Fla. August 14.-IHe CilI-
zens of this place have issued the 1ol-
lowing appeal:
ITO the Public: ~.
eat a mass meeting of citizens the
following resolution vas adopted:
Ion the 1st instant u town was
visited by the severest storm within
it's history. Every house in the town
was wrecked and most of them totally.
The majority of the people are without
houses, food and clothing, anG we ap-
peal for immediate aid. All contribu-
lions to be sent to Chairman CT Re-
lief Committee.
ct. S. ANDERSON, M. D.,
"tAgent State Board of Health"
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Raleigh News-Observer Faith. y.
T., August 1.-THE timber Is being
hauled on the ground to build the new
Lutheran church.
Safsvllle Landmark: Mr.. Isaac
Long a good citizen of Yadkin and one
Oh Inc landmarks good friends. Drop
PED In Yesterday to pay his subscrip-
0lon u was telling The Landmark
about his family. There are seven
brothers and sisters in the family says
Mr.. Long, and all of them are living.
The Oldest is 81 years old and the
youngest 81. There has not been a
death in the family for more than 40
years.
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Correspondence Of The Messenger.J
Ecrt CaSuell n C. Aug l..

Va
Fort Caswell, n. c., Aug. IA.
Private Brown, who deserted from this
battery last December is now in con-
finement at Fort McHenry, Baltimore,
Md, awaiting trial by court-martlal
for desertion.
Musician Jesse E. Heiser, (the base
ball pftcher) will be discharged in a
few days by favor, much to the regret
of his many friends in blue. He will
denart for his home in Illinois.
Bishop A. A. Watson and wife are at
Southport, the guests of Mrs. Waters,
a sister of Mrs. Watson. The bishop
held services at the Episcopal church
last Sunday morning and evening.
They will spend this week here.
Messrs. Pullen & Weeks Will COM
mence work in their new factory this
week
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DOCKERY'S LAME CONTEST
He Wakes n Confession that He Has
Not satisfactorily Shown that the
Hon. JnO. ID. Bellamy Was Not Elec.
ted-CoI. vaddeil and New
County ViIlifed

The brief of Oscar j. Spears, Esq
of Littleton, Claudius Dockery, Esq, OF
Rockingham, and Messrs. Dudley &
Kitchener, Of Washington, d. c., attor-
neys for Colonial Oliver H. Dockery in
his case contesting the seat Of the Hon.
John D. Bellamy, democratic congress
man elect from this district, was re-
ceived yesterday by Mr.. Bellamy.
The salient point of the brief is that
it is common report that for months
prior to the last congressional election,
systematic and effective measures were
taken by the white democrats OF the
state to intimidate and suppress the
white and colored republican vote in
said election. The contestants conten-
ton is that owing to intimidation prac-
ticed by the contestee and his part1-
sans, qualified electors were kept away
from the polls, who had they dared 10
vote would have voted for the contes-
tant, enough in number, when ADDED
to the vote which were allowed TO DE
cast for the contestant, to have elected
him.
The brief in speaking Of New Han
over county designates it as the storm
centre of the great cyclone OF fraud,
violence, intimidation and political out
rage by which the democrats OF North
Carolina, being in a constantly increas-
ing minority, wrested the government
of state, county, city and township
from the hands of it's lawfully elected
officers and stamped, killed and ran off
or permanetly disfranchised the rapidly
increasing majority of the republicans
and poulists." The brief designates the
city of Wilmington as 1.-The home n
site of the chief o~riginotors OF the con-
spiracy." 1t compares the campaign
in November last to the French revo-
luton when Gin the name OF virtue ter
ror was irrevocably the order or the
day." 1t calls Colonel Waddell the
Danton of this recent attack upon
American Institutions"
In conclusion, the contestant prays
congress to- reopen his case and take
I'D the investigation of what he terms
these unparalleled political crimes"
where he has been forced to leave it,
and asks congress through it's commit
tee, to bring out and show the house
the whole "of that great iniquity called
the election of 1885," which the con-
testant claims he has been unable to
do satisfactorily on account of the still
existent effects of the recent reign OF
terror.
The brief is co~nsindered as begging
the question:, and is a confession on
Dockery's part that he has not MADE
out his case. 1t is regarded as a very
weak and lame document in all re-
spects.
Mr.. Bellamy's attorneys, the Hon. F.
I. Osborne, of Charlotte, and the Hon.
C. M. Busbee, of Raleigh, have 30 days
in which to fill their counter brief
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ffent on killing the tntire Family

M~iddlebury, VT, August 14.-In East
Middlebury a man named Eastwood
went to the home of his mother .:G-law
and shot his wife and her mother, kill
ing both. He then drove to Middlebury,
went to the residence Of Frank Fem,
shot him through the heart, killing
him instantly n her shot at Fenn's
wife and just missed her. Eastwood
then went to the residence of mis- w;fe's
brother, f. d. Brown, evidently in
tending to kill him, but could not find
Eastwood escaped.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-18
Mrs. S~toneNaIi Goes TO a sam
ifarSUm

Charlotte, n. c., August 14.-Mrs.
Stonewall Jackson, who has been at
Buffalo Lithia springs, has gone to
Richmond, and thence will go to a sam
itarium for treatment for inflammation
OF the orbital nerve. She has suffered
greatly at times during the past few
years from this cause, and a year or
two ago she spent several months in
a s~anitarium. She is now simply suf-
fering from a recurrence of the old
trouble, which is in no wise a danger
Gus, but quite a painful one.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-18
New EngIand Cotton Hin Ala bar =.

Montgomery, Ala August 14-New
England parties have purchased land
and water power a. Lock No. 8 in Saint
Clair county, this state, on which L
erect one OF the largest cotton factories
in the south. They propose 10 begin
work in thirty days and will expend
over 81, 900. 600 on the plant.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-18
Fine Steamer Between WiImin.ten
aud New York

The steamer New York arrived here
Sunday from Charleston, S. c., took on
a cargo and sailed for New York this
morning at 5 o'clock. She is command
ed by Captain AL Ingram, of this city,
and is the finest vessel of the Clyde.
She has Accommodations for ninety pas
sengers. She will run to this port
regularly.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-18
TwentysOue Buildings burned

Cleveland. O., August IA fire
which started about noon today de-
stroyed a large part of the business sec
ton Of Borea, a village fourteen miles
southwest of this city. Twenty-one
business places were burned. They were
mainly two story frame structures. The
loss will be about 800. 900, with no in
urance.
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Raleigh, N. c., August 14.-The sec
rotary of state today incorporated the
Raleigh and Eastern Railway Company.
The corporation will construct a rail-
road from Raleigh to or near Wake
field, in Wake county, or to or ear
Earpsboro, in Johnston county. The
length of the road will be twenty miles.
The capital stock if fixed at 500, 900.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-18
Victory For the bia

newport, r. l., Aug. 1.-THE Column
bia added nother victory to her al
ready splendid record today by de-
feating the Defender Is minutee and Z
seconds over a thirty-three mile course,
and the Amorita defeated the Colon;a,
Quisetta and Arie in the schooner
class, finishing L seconds ahead Of the
Colonia and winning the C. by 1
minute and IA seconds, corrected time.
Experts who figured out the Column
bias time say that she had beaten the
Defender at the ate of 20 seconds for
every mile OF the course sailed.
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Mayheld, KY, August 12.-William
Goebel, democratic candidate for gov
ernor, opened his campaign here to-
day at a large meeting which was
addressed by him and ex-senator
Blackburn. When a little over half
through his speech, Mr.. Goebel was
overcome by the heat and tainted, but
was quickly revived. He was unable to
proceed with his speech, however.
At Bowling Green, CONGRESSMAN
Evan E. Settle was similarly overcome
while speaking for the democratic
ticket.
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The Youngest Confederate Volunteer

Mobile, Ala, August Thames T.
Palmer, the youngest enlisted man in
the confederate army died tonight. He
was powder monkey on the confederate
steamer Morgan, commanded by Cap
tain Fry, of Virginus fame and served
in the terrific action off Fort Blakeley,
Mobile Bay, in April 1865. being then
6 years old.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-18
Dominican Kevolutioui.t. Gain "A
Victory

Havana, August 1i.-General Juan
Isidro JimineZ, the aspirant TO the pres
idency of the republic of Santo Domin-
go, has received, ii is reported, news OF
a decisive victory of the revolutionists
a Monte Christi, which place is now
besieged. The garrison there may offer
some resistance, as the governor last
year shot six adherents OF JimineZ af-
ter the revolution that failed.
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She Lost Her Life by Trying Z" I've
Others

Red Bluff, Cal, August 1.-THE ho-
tel at Tucson Springs, near here, has
been destroyed by fire. One life was
lost and the financial loss win be in
the neighborhood Of $4,000. Over 100
guests, besides the employees in the
house, escaped with only their night
clothes, but few saving any personal
effects. Miss Belle Mckenzie, an en-
ploye, awakened in time to rouse many
guests, but she tarried too long and lost
her own life.
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Peru,s New President

Lima, Peru, via Galveston, August
14.-At h close of an exciting session
today the Peruvian congress formally
approved the recent presidential cleo
tons and proclaimed Eduardo Romano
as president and Senores Alzamora and
Bresani as and second vice presidents
respectively.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-18
sick Headaches

me curse OF overworked
are quickly and surely cured by KarI,s
lover Root Tea, the great blood puri-
her and tissue builder. Money refund
ed II no satisfactory. Price q cts ana
% cts. For sale by r. K. BelIamy.
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North CarOIInass Rt~ss n

Charlotte, n. .. August IA ba1e
OF net cotton was sold al Moryen. An
son county, today. II graded strict
middling and brought ESQ.
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Cigar naouiacsur.r.' Ena..

Jacksonville, Fla, August IA
special 10 The Times-Union and CitI-
zen says the cigar manufacturers lock.
out at Tampa was declared of TODAY
ana that all the factories are open at
day work.
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Charlotte News: The News learned
Saturday that about so dogs have been
killed this year in Castor county, either
rabid or having been bitten by rabid
animals.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-03
A pro.nerou. MISUNDERSTANDING civ,

Brockton's prosperity is so closely al
lied to the prosperity of the shoe indus
try that 1t will, no doubt. prove a matter
of interest to Il large number of people to.
of each individual employed in the max
ing of the world-famed Brockton shoe.
For illustration: At the factory OF tho
roll for the week ending Sept. 80. exciud-
ing superintendent, foremen, salesnlen,
and all clerical help, shows the average
earnings of the employees, large and
small, 10 be sl5.54 per week. This was not
tcn1nry pay roll.
does not always tell the story of pros
perity. The number of weeks employed
each year is the determining factor in the
wage earners' prosperity. The Douglas
factory has been closed but one week
this year. and that for the usual summer
stock taking. and 1t will be closed but
three days the latter part of December.
This would make but nine days out OF
the year that the factory Is clo.ed which
is surely as steady work rs no most In
dustrious shoemaker could desire.
1t is believed that the average pay and
the number of days worked is larger at
the factory of the w. L. Douglas Shoe
company than at any manufacturing In
stitution In Massachusetts.
owing to increased business. another
addition Is to be made to the Douglas
factory. 1t Will be 100 feet long, 40 feet
wide, and five stories high: 1t will BIO
ready for occupancy early in December.
This addition. increases the capacity rs
per cent. The w. l.. Douglas Shoe COM
puny has the largest factory in the
world, producing an advertised line $3.50
Mr.. Douglas says thai the prospect for
successful business for Brockton manu-
facturcrS was never so good as now, and
that collections are better than for years.
Tho Brockton (Mass.) Times. Oct. 10.
1893.