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Evening star., 1899-11-13
Embroidered Skirt Flannels.

47c. yard.
But SOC, 55c. and 6oc. qualities to pick from the
daintiest colorings and designs, that are Sweet
pretty" Some OF them have hemstitched edges
They are all new patterns, and most, if not all,
exclusive with us. Anyway, these qualities at this
price are exclusive with us
4zc. a yard.
Evening star., 1899-11-13

SilVerWare.
Quadruple plated Butter Dishes, of new design,
with knife rest satin finished and engraved-jewel-
ers would say worth So
S1.23.
Baking Dishes, full size, FURNISHED top and satin
bowl with rocco edge, ring handle; worth 81,
lol SEeOV
Bread Trays, heavy quadruple plated hand
somely engraved; worth ST. I.5o for....... csc.
Salt and Pepper Boxes quadruple plated and
engraved; worth SOC, for................ 25c,
Quadrupe plated Napkin Rings, new engraved
designs, full size and width. ....~....... iOC.
Quadrupe plated Candlesticks; worth SOC,
1or .'.......'........... .................. ZSC.
First Floor, West.
Evening star., 1899-11-13
Another Big Dress Goods Collection.

Nowhere has the influence OF out-season weather
been stronger than among the Dress Goods max
ers, Their season should be nearly over noW--yet
it has hardly begun - and as a consequence
scented the opportunity replenish Our lines with
greater values than comprised each grade before
Really bringing the exclusive effects into the
bargain circle.
You who have postponed until now the pur
chase OF the Dress pattern will buy for less than
YOU expected to pay-or, paving the same get
superior quality chocer pattern than was pos
sblc a month ago.
Among the Colored novelties.
At % cents a yard.
36-inch Tricot Flannel ior waists. in the newest
shades, including automobile Hunters Green, vi
olct Gray and all the Blues. Good value at SOC.
ward.
At so cents a yard.
Pure Wool HomespunS, in Brown, Gray and
Bluc-but about what YOU have seen at 75c. yard.
At 50 cents a yard.
More Flannels for Waists in Brown Green
Royal Blue Navy Blue. Cadet Blue and Garnet.
Worth 75c. yard.
At 80 cents a yard.
52-inch Venetian Cloth. all wool with handsome
finish These shades-Brown, ROYAL Blue, Navy
Blue Cadet Blue and Garnet, Regular SI.25 value.
At @ cents a yard.
25 different effects in Camel's Hair Plaids, in
both the gay and quiet colorings. Worth sI.25
yard.
Evening star., 1899-11-13
Fish Net Lace.

Four lots OF this handsome All-silk Fish Net for
tull dress costumes; each lot different mesh and
different yalue-but all four new effects and rich
qualities a. and IS inches wide-and YOU can
buy them now at 25 per cent less than they could
have been sold at the first of the season.
S1.OO quality-75c. a yard.
S1.25 quality-85c. a yard.
$3.50 quality-s1.8o a yard.
$500 quality-s2.25 a yard.
Floor Vest
Evening star., 1899-11-13
S0.O8 a set.

Fifth Floor. West. Elevators.
Evening star., 1899-11-13
S2.85 a set.

Fifth Floor, West, Elevators.
Evening star., 1899-11-13
Choice, 63c.

Second Floor, East, Elevators.
Evening star., 1899-11-13
EiderdOwn Dressing Sacoues,

First Floor. West.
Evening star., 1899-11-13

1O1 ~ W.
RkEr CONDITIONS At THIS TINE
Spreads nd Comforts
soosrh's 'e,'s o's s"a "
neatly finished Worth
o5c each.
Sss's s dc isss s'"'r sa ssa , s s Sd'a:~ a
pvs g"s " hs sn 'ss as Tnss no , ,s the So Soc ,o
ooc EACH
a3,sss i eis % s.s F 1 in "a5 handsome 1s" ssseze Ses ss
$s % and 1fs % % s % ssn Sss Be- a., . but they es@ ss be
Bed Blankets.
that sS S-tosena at SIS a pair They are
unusually the Tgftea OF them
borders with s'" dout Ss' sabsf5ei ISsf 1ed
binding While sdi ia size in fact
t@T, sr in H' ~6ni o1 they x are as's ~osh s.
ou an buy fernto omorrouat
s5.75 pair.
Rs 1s1 BI sa a PR sS 1S5 BAts t %s 04 @ @s with with
sp roi cG%ds for ',.s but hight 7pc ep.
p5 sPss sap + sei ei ssos sars ss % with Red ss.: an,
poas with h+ Rsd d' 1u and n5 Tant 6Pis n weigh %4 SS
Horse Blankets.
Itis for the horse
cam cam be ee oss at 1S D is At a1S Se "ns" sns ss they
you dor neeSa'SH need them. But
mere TOO 5's psrs o Of f9StHnay Fnni s1 @S, Blankets with
sapsd elei no borders der. and % strong leather
50 cents.
Sra md Striped Square Blankets
W Where fOr 81
bes wearing
horse tlanke borders sand
scil a t
sd drr Yves Elevations
Art Enb
to Npauerns sins Stamped
500 d them an dneaIvd ii
p nnhess
big The a utnei
and the Bdongm
Ion them
Choice, 19c eact
eat for
And we will too
] VA @'%Ss in Roman nss 9s
c~e esMa amdC
West Elevators
Athletic
o to canvass tn situation
ersof orandu
price hem moac
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h eSavng ogerto
Cotton 5sag g%@ Rn@ e4% nG Tst s s 8qc
mBA AanN NayB
h "..... 49C.
aJyT light
A. Red dShrsd
Punch Bag mJ
nh adjustable.
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FACTS For INVESTORS TO CON,
SLIDER

The southern cotton mills last year
did a very profitable business. Nearly
all made mOney-perhaps all. Ger
tainly the mills managed we'll prosper
ed and secured satisfactory dividends
Many in North Carolinta and other
southern states made "big money" We
heard recently of one North Carolina
cotton mill paying for itself in two
years. But the owner knows his bust
ness thoroughly. We give some re-
ports from southern mills for 1898.
The profits are all right. Monroe
(Ga.) Cotton Mills declared a semi
annual dividend of 5 per cent; Sal
isbury On. c. Cotton Mills declared a
quarterly Of 2 per cent; Raleigh On.
c. Cotton Mills declared a semi-annual
of 4 per cent; Manchester Cotton Mills
X Rock, Hill, S. c., s~emi-annual of 4
(and passed several thousand dollars
to surplus;) Gaffney Is. CO. Carpet
Manufacturing Company, it's first years
business, 3 per cent; Odell Manufacture
ing Company, of Concord, N. c., semi
annual Of 4 per cent; Palmetto (Ga.)
Cotton Mills, annual of 6 per cent;
Louisville (Ky.) Cotton Mill Company
regular semi-annual of 3 and extra of
1 per cent; Eufaula (Ala.) Cotton Mills
semi annual Of 3 per cent.
We know that some North Carolina
cotton mills have greatly excelled the
above. One declared a dividend of SO
per cent. Others made 20 and 25 per
cent OF more.
Charlotte is a remarkably progress
sive city. 1t has made a great gain in
population within a decade. They
talk Of $4,000 inhabitants, and think
they have that many. Do you want an
explanation or do you seek for the
cause of such growth? It's prosperity
is most marked, and the Observer
gives the explanation is a brief para
graph in it's issue Of Thursday. 1t
says:
'"The cotton mills and the allied in
dustries of Charlotte give employment
to 1000 wage-earners, who support
10, 500 people. The money paid out in
wages and salaries amounts to $685.
900 per year. The market value of
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BnEvITIES

AS there is a revolution in San Do
mingo, the wild ~expansionists cry out
Hooray. Let Uncle Sam attepd to this
at once. Send an army. Call Cor VOL
unteers. Let US and spend
the peoples money. And so the craze
widens and expands.
Governor Gambler, of Georgia, proves
his faith by his works. We wishes to
end lynchings in his state and he goes
out TO prevent one
John Browns soul is still marching
on" in the north. He and his ~conspira-
are again honored. Fanatlcisn
run 70 seed.
Poor Mr.. Bryan 'is dead" again ac-
cording to the republican and other
gold papers. But he comes to life Of
ten Last week he spoke to great
crowds in several cities, speaking three
times in one day. At Ludington, Mich.
5000 heard him.
Representative Gaines is in Washing
ton. He tells The Post interviewer
that the southern democrats are a
unit for the denomination of Bryan, for
the Chicago platform; that they are
practically as one against imperialism
and trusts, and hat they are for re-
trenchment and reform"
The Atlanta Journal makes this state
ment as to the little Major: Civil SER
vice reform seems to be advancing
everywhere except in President McKin-
ley's administration"
1t is claimed hat the lex radical
senate is hot for expansion.
The new democratic state ticket in
Maryland is said to be for gold out and
out.
Mexico has an Indian war on it's
hands in Sonora. The Yaqfis tribe has
been killing Americans and Mexicans.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-08

That ~subjecting damp cotton, Just
picked from the field, to h heavy
pressure necessary under the round
bale system. presses the oil o the
fibre. mats the lint and causes vegeta-
bic decomposition
That this decomposition OF round
bales runs from twenty TO one hun
dred pounds. II IL just that u1uch COT
ton absolutely lost
That the round bale system does not
allow the cotton { o dry out The very
opposite is true with the square bale.
That the round bale Is purely an ex-
hioitioR bale. Handle with care" and
no hooks is the only way to treat them.
IL cannot BE- treated as an article OF
commerce but must be handled rs 4
work OF art.
That ffnally-to allow the introduce
ton OF a round bale press gin In your
plant means the r~evolutionizing of
your business. the risk OF putting
yourself wholly in the hands OF 4 gi-
ganuc trust, the positive loss that YOU
will sustain for reasons shown herein
and the almost certainty OF the trust
treating you just as Keys and scores
OF other ginners have been treated az
ter they had imposed upon by the
trust agents.
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There are two things that the Holy
Bible is perfectly clear about: as to
whether women shall preach and as to
divorce. AS to the former there are
churches and newspapers that disre-
gard and ignore the plain Word Of Je-
hovah; as to the latter all legislators
appear to have no regard whatever for
what God commands. The talk now
in the north is to educate the women
for the ministry. The south loves to
copy northern pronunciation and north
ern educational fads and northern legal
codes, and it will be ready to copy the
suggestion to forget God and His law
and educate the young women to be
preachers. 1t is now announced that
the Chicago Theological Seminary will
open it's doors to women to study for
the ministry on equal terms with the
men. That will be endorsed all around
the northern circle as eminently wise
n progressive. The Washington Post
notes that The Chicago Inter Ocean
recalls the fact that not many years
ago one Of the professors in this same
SEMINARY ICIldIheu III private COllNeI-
satiOn that he would as soon break
one of the ten commandments as allow
a woman to speak in meeting. He rea-
soned this way: Paul was as truly in
spired as Moses, and he said I suffer
not a woman to speak, Yet that pro-
fessor has lived to see the faculty, of
which he was then a member, arrang-
Srr 70 aI~o;4 o;o1 $1,000
lar students, entitled on graduation to
receive the same diplomas as are given
to male candidates for the clerical pro-
fession." The Post indorses the whole
business. The destructives have
wrought nightly and worked great
changes. When the plain letter of the
law and the true spirit of Christianity
are set aside in come all manner of
evils and wickedness and departures.
The great, learned churches are a.
mistaken, it is now contended, and
lave been through the ages as to wo-
men not to preach by command Of God,
and latter-day sO-called criticism is to
put women in the pulpit. In a few
years in the north, we suppose there
will be women bishops, women pre-
siding elders, women pastors, women
elders, women professors of theolo-
gy, women circuit riders n so on ad
infinitum. But, beloved, remember We
the words which We're spoken before
of the apostles of our Lord Jesus
Christ. How that they told you there
should be Knockers in the last time, who
should walk after their own ungodly
lusts. These be they who separate
themselves, sensual, having not the
spirit" Jude 1910.
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ATornado I'm the Air

Elizabeth, y. J.. August William
A.. EDDY, who for the past fifteen years
has Visited the tracks OF all tornadoes
throughout the country for the weathe-
bureau at Washington. came here this
morning to max a scientific examtua-
zion.
After completing his examination he
said: The tornado which swept over
this place yesterday afternoon had sew
eral peculiarities. The only thing thae
saved the part Of the town through
which K swept from utter destruction
and saved the lives VI the people ~ the
fact that it stayed for most OF the time
at a height Of az least forty feet above
The surface Of the earth.
"Had II struck the ground. as did the
n at Cherry Hin. n. J.. several years
ago, the result would. in all probabili-
y, have been a terrible loss OF life and
a real estate loss that would have ruin
ed many property owners"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-08

Cnarlotte's yearly product OF manufac-
tured goods is Sc, ZOO, 900.
These figures are not wild estimates
as b method by which they were OBJ
tanned will show"
IL got its facts and figures from the
mill men themselves. Il says:
The cotton mill. indeed, may be re-
garded as the father of prosperity.
How true this is, is exempliied In the
case Of Charlotte. where an example
Is afforded OF what the textile industry
will do for a community. The new edi-
ton Of The Sketches OF Charlotte, now
on the press, gives some information
on this subject that Will be Of general
interest There ar twelve cotton mills
IN Charlotte, operating 10000 spindles
and 1,5OO looms, in the manufacture OF
hosiery, webbing, batting. wadding,
yarns, gray cloth, gingha1ns, towels,
sash cord. clothes lines, pillow lines
and fancy braided goods; five facto-
ries for the manufacture of clothing;
four iron and machine shops; two oil
mills; one fertilizer factory; two card
clothing, reed and harness factories;
five supply houses; four contracting
building and equipping houses and a
shuttle block factory"
We copy this as a lesson and inspi-
ration for Wilmington. With like &C
tivity, enterprise and go with it's
greater advantages, our little city
would now have nearer 10000 inhabi-
tants than $1,000. Alas, alas! While
Charlotte is indeed a great cotton MILL
ing centre, it is no reason whatever
why Wilmington shall not have a great
business in all directions as the enter
prising city of Mecklenburg. The OBJ
server gives the following suggestive
figures:
"CharlOtte's important position in
this respect is revealed in the publ
cation of a map taking in the mills
Within a circle of 100 miles of the city.
The map shows nearly 800 cotton mills,
operating 2,23S, 451 spindles and 62,355
looms, or SO per cent. of all the spin
dies and 81 per cent. of the looms in
the south. Within this territory, dur
ing three years past, there has been an
increase of 617.231 spiuc1es and 1882
looms"
We can see no reason why our W
town may not rival Charlotte and
have its W fifteen or twenty cotton
mills and scores of other industries
that will pay
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-08
HOME FOLKS.

AN Old Veteran" writes interesting
ly in The Weldon News Of the war
times in 1876, and tells of the brave
fellows Halifax county sent out to bat
tie with the enemy and refers to some
of the scenes of carnage in which they
figured with gallantry and courage.
He appeals to the people of Halifax to
mark the graves of the fallen and to
enclose them. He asks that a fitting
monument shall mark their resting
place. He says:
Many of our boys are resting, in Vir-
ginia's soil. Strange hands cared for
them while living and now their graves
are IGNORED with garlands fresh and
green in each recurring spring. Should
we do less for these? Let every veter-
an in Halifax county have a part in
his work. Let the sons of worthy sires
do all they can to improve this sacred
spot. To the ladies Of Weldon it should
be a loving task"
The appeal comes none too soon.
Nearly or quite t~hirty-five years have
passed since the last gallant son Of
Halifax fell with his face to the foe.
Let the response be prompt. The appeal
fits all the counties perhaps as we'll as
Halifax.
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Easy TO HanGie

Mr.. NJ. E, Y. Kolb, of Common
wealth, Ga, thinks the press box 24x54
just about right. "a press box 24x54
is just about right. 1t is Of a size that
is easy to handle. 1t cost me so little
to change my press l made no note of
the amount, which probably did not ex-
coed so cents. My press does much
better work since I changed it and my
customers like it a great deal better.
We do not want the round bale, and
that is not all, WI will not have it. It
cost the warehousemen just as much
to weigh a $50 pound round bale as it
does a 600 pound standard bale. l
think if all the farmers and ginners
could realize that they would have to
pay just as much for storage and
weighing of a $50 pound bale as they
would for a heavy standard bale, they
would not want the light round bale,
even if it was ginned for nothing"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-08

There is q lesson or two we may
learn from a brief consideration Of
some verses in Luke's Gospel, 18th
chapter. The discourse which the bless
ed and adorable Saviour preached to
the multitude as given in this chap
ter is to be found only in Luke. 1t is
the legitimate outcome Of the encoun-
ter the Saviour had with the Phari-
sees in the preceding chapter. 1t is
not a fresh discourse entirely, For He
had utterly many of the sayings on
several former occasions, and now re-
peated. them with a few additions n
variations so adapted as to meet more
exactly the purposes of the occasion.
In the first twelve verses there IS set
forth the connection between fear n
falsehood, and the Christ teaches his
hearers that they must avoid hypocrl-
sy. Surely it is deep stain upon char
acter to be either hypocritical or false
in statements. We once heard an old
worldly man say that habitual lying
was NJ better than thieving. The Saw
iour began speaking as we learn from
the first verse, to IAN innumerable
multitude" A scholarly commentator
says that literally the Greek means
''the ten thousand of the multitudes."
But He first addressed his wv follow
ers. and said to them-"Beware We of
the leaven of the Pharisees, which is
hypocrisy There is a great deal of
that leaven in these times. 1t Is TO be
found in all of the churches ana even
among the preachers. What is meant
by the Master? 1t is pretending 10 De
just what a man is not. 1t is wearing
sleeps clothing. 1t is cutting a figure
in a garb to which you have really no
claim. 1t is to make people believe we
are better than we. know ourselves to
be-to deceive by our soft wor n
gracious actions securing confidence in
our character when we are really a sim
ner before God parading in false col
ors. The Saviour continued: For there
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a TO Manage

Mr.. ]. j. Dean, OF Charlton, Ala,
likes the 24x54 press box. Il like my
24x54 press box far better than /
could a 200 pound round bale press.
Our square bale Of 500 pounds is much
easier for us to handle, as We handle
two and a half bales at one time. The
farmers seem to be satisfied with the
24x54 press box, and I know the gin
ners ought to be satisfied, and stop ex-
p-nses at least five years. | am a far
mer, and almost all ginners are farm
ers. | do want the farmers to learn
how to manage their seed cotton in bet
ter style. Poor grades do, and ought
TO, demand very, yes, very poor prices,
while better grades should demand
much better prices"
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Bryan Speaking In Michigan

Ludington, Mich, August About
5000 people were on the Epworth as
sembly grounds today when Colonel
Bryan was driven in TO deliver his ad-
dress on Pending Problems" His first
propositions argued related to the re-
ligious and moral principles underlying
his political philosophy. Equal taxation,
the money question, antitrust and anti
Imperialism arguments followed, and
the efforts of the eloquent orator were
received with applause Later, Colonel
Bryan spoke in the street for fifteen
minutes. He left this evening by steam
er for Manitowpco. Wis.
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Fort Ga ell Notes
Fort CaSwell. N G..

Fort Caswell, N. G, August 5.
Our base ball team is practicing daily
and are in fine trim for the coming
games with the Wilmington team.
Private John Hurley, who deserted
from this battery in August, 1898, has
been captured and is now in confine-
ment at Fort McHenry- Baltimore, Mo.
Lieutenant Bishop, the post quar-
termaster, has just received a very fine
yawl boat for the use Of the post. Cor
poral Hind will be coxswain and the
following men have beer detailed as
the boats crew: Duval, Markum,
Hendricks, S~takelbach. Supernumera-
ries, Gum, Myers, Johnson, Bohn,
Smith, End.
The boat will make daily trips to
southport with the mail.
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1899.
RELIGIOUS EDITORIALS FOR
SUNDAY

Lord, what I one had done with
youthful might,
Had I been from the first true to the
truth,
Grant me, now old, to do, with better
sight,
And humber heart, if not the brain
Of youth;
SO wilt Thou, in Thy gentleness and
ruth,
Lead back my old soul, by the path of
pain,
Round to his ~best-young eyes and
heart and brain.
George Macdonald.
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General J. B. Lane is a Virginian,
but a very genuine friend Of North
Carolina and its troops in the great
war. He commanded a North Caro-
lima brigade and it was a very good
one, as we know General A. P. Hill
thought. He is preparing a paper for
Southern Historical Papers in reply to
General Harris who sets up extraordi-
nary claims in behalf of "Mahone's
Division" Of Virginia Writing to Major
E. j. Hale, editor of The Fayetteville
Observer, he said:
cit is military glory for me to know
that in fighting for a just cause, I had
the honor to command such men, and
that my name will go down to history
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-08

During the civil war, as we'll as in u
late war with Spain, diarrhoea was one
Of the most troublesome diseases the
army had to contend with. In many
instances it became chronic and the old
soldiers still suffer from it. Mr.. David
Taylor, of Wind Ridge, Greene County,
Pa, IS one of these. He uses Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy and says he never found any
thing tina would give him such quick
relief. It is for sale by r. R. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-08

In a published table of "Heights"--
the mountains-we notice that North
Carolina towns lead easily those Of the
other southern states. We give hose
mentioned: Balsam 3,34S feet above the
ca; Wynesville 1854; Black Mountain
2,373; H~endersonville 1900: Asheville
1895. There are mountains in North
Carolina that nearly reach 1000 feet.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-08
Ladies' Can Wear Nhoes

One size smaller after using Aliens
Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into
the shoes. 1t makes tight or new shoes
feel easy; gives instant relief 10 corns
and bunions. It's the greatest comfort
discovery Of the age. Cures swollen
feet, blisters and callous spots. Aliens
Foot-Ease IS a certain cure for ingrow-
ing nails, sweating, hot, aching feet. At
all druggists and shoe stores, Csc. Trial
package FREE by mail. Address, AL
len s. Olmstead, LIE Roy, N. Y.
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coupled with such a gallant brigade.
Without political influence and a per-
feet stranger almost, North CAROLYN
ians honored me, as a young man, in
times that tried ones soul, and I shall
eve to love them for it, and
wish hat I could spend my last days
them. There is to me an indie
scribable pleasure in the greetings that
I have always received from the true
sons Of the Old North State"