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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-10
A BLOW AIMED AT EDUCATION.

Negroism is assuming a new phase
IN the south. Under the false teach
ing of the north and the encourage
ment it receives from northern negroes
and certain preachers of their race,
they are mending their ticks in the way
of pretention and demand. They have
begun an action before the supreme
court Of the United States which may
finally end in the whites in the south
absolutely refusing to appropriate n
oent for the schooling of negroes. This
will certainly be done if to counteract
the aggressions of the negroes
st becomes necessary TO cut off all
school supplies. This will leave it to
the negroes to give schooling to those
of their own color and households.
They are playing with fire when they
undertake to deal with education in
the south through the c~ompulsions of
the federal supreme court. The state
of Georgia is sought to be enjoined
from establishing in the city OF Angus
TIA a high school for the whites only.
Let the supreme court if it pleases to
decide to place such a restriction, un-
der m plea, upon the whites-that
they cannot establish high schools for
their own race. and not ONE dollar of
taxes will ever go unto the education
of negroes as paid by the whites. The
negroes insist that il 95 per cent. of
taxes paid by whites alone are appro-
priated to educate their own children,
that a proportionalte sum must go to
negro children which while the negro
parents actually pay but 8 per cent. of
taxes or less. In North Carolina 1t is
not more than Sh per cent. we think.
IL Fayetteville or Wilmington, Char
hottie or Raleigh propose to nave a
white high school the expenses Of
which are incurred by white tax-pay-
ers. then perforce the negroes must
nave a corresponding high school at
the expense Of the same white tax
payers. Will that contention go down?
VIII that plea under the fourteenth or
70 other amendment to IN constitu-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-10

Rev. DR.. P. III. Hoge, in a we'll writ
ten and interesting letter from LOUIS
Vile, KY, to the Charlotte Presbyte-
rian Standard, gives a brief account
of his own installation" as pastor of
Warren Memorial Church, and otter
matters Of interest. We make a seize
tion or two:
the 22nd, was a delightful illustrator
of Psalm 1873. The other three central
churches were closed, and six miris-
tiers ook part in the service-thee
from each assembly. Dr.. Warren, a
son of this church and of the elder for
whom 1T was named, presided with
grace and dignity, and delivered a
lucid and sympathetic charge to bhe
people. DR.. Kinsey Smiths sermon
stration of The Inimitable Gospel
from Isaiah 40:6-S. DR.. Marques
charge to me was the most solemn and
impressive 1 ave heard since my m
cle's charge ait my ordination. He al
luded at the close ito h fact that
We two stand in the fourth genera
ton in two ines of ancestry as preach
ers of the Gospel of Christ DR.. Hemp
hill made a beautiful and tender install
lation prayer. DR.. Lyons read the
Scriptures and DR.. Brown made the
prayer before the rmo
The Warren Memorial industrial
School meets every Saturday in the
Chapel Cor lecture room) of the church.
Two hundred little girls are gathered
from the 'congested districts'-the good
ladies' of the Woman's Club tell us we
must not say 'slums'-and are taught
sewing and other household arts, the
Catechism and Bible. = =
The Death of my kinsman, DR.. Lacy,
awakens a flood of tender recolec-
tions of the Synod of North Carolina
and of the paper to which he contri-
buted such charming and graceful ar
ticles. 1t is a blessed change for him,
but 1T is another sacred tie severed
here to many of us,
It'll the Lord
CAN US round his heavenly board;
Some from earth, from glory some,
Severed only-'till He come"
DIR. Hoge's friends and neighbors in
Wilmington wish him great success
every way in the Kentucky city, so far
away and so near the Ohio border.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-10
MR. SETTLES EsSOCKDOLOGER.'

The letter on the constitutional suf-
frage amendment by Hon. Thomas
Settle in the Sundays issue of the Mes
senger, must impress fairly intelligent
people with its conclusiveness on the
points upon which it touches. 1t is not
only a sound view and in harmony
with the democratic contention, but
it puts the republicans in this state
who are SO unwisely and so bitterly
antagoniZing the democratic Measure
IN a very deep and dismal hole. The
points raised by Mr.. Settle are force
fully argued and with d~irectness and
clearness of statement. If there is
any answer-real answer and not So
phism and special pleading-we shall
be surprised. While Mr.. Settle is a
very wool-dyed and old-style republic
can Ca mighty bad thing to be- al
though yet a young man, he is not so
blind hat he cannot see the difficulties
in the way Of the unwise leader of his
party. Jeter Pritchard, of Browlow's
part of Tennessee, and his superser-
yiceable and infatuated followers,
spellbound and hungry-bellied, and SO
he writes, to Mr.. Linney, an ~antiGuat-
ed republican, and suggests with vigor
certain great, and, indeed, insuperable
difficulties that lie in the way of the
little Jeter game of hide and seek or
rather of the antique ithimble-rigger-
Now you see il, and now you don't"
We do lot stop to analize the strong
letter of Mr.. Settle. Our best compli-
ment is that Its clarnty is so p%rcnounc-
ed it neither requires analysis nor SIM
pifying. 1t is a good document for
people of sense to read and circulate.
We do not expect hat either the
mighty Jeter, OF the great lawyer
Lnney, or hat profound constitutional
expounder, the successor by lineal de-
scent of the "godlike Daniei" Web
ster, who bides his time in powerful
expectancy some where in Sampson
county, will be able to bic up the
argument of Mr.. Settle with either
their logical dynamite or their orato-
rical blatherskfte or their famboyanr
rhetoric. The argument win stand.
Commend 1t ito your neighbor.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-10

1t is agreeable to h public safety
and the enforcement Of law that quite
recently two negroes have been tried
in the regularly appointed courts AID
convicted. The man or brute who at
tempts an assault upon a white woman
of responsibility or a white child
should die the death so richly DESERVED
Mercy for such cruel villains is merry
misapplied and lost. Mrs. ingram
tainted while undergoing the torture
of a witness for herself in open court.
Such things ought not to happen in a
civilized land.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-10
Mobile Wins the water work. Case

Washington. November Gin the
United States supreme court the chief
Justice handed down an opinion in the
case Of the BienviHe Water Supply
Company VS.. the City OF Mobile in the
state OF Alabama. The case was orig
inally brought by the water company
10 enioln the city OF Mobile from con-
structing a system OF water works dur
ing h continuance OF contracts with
the Bfenvifie company. The decision
of the circuit court OF the United States
for the southern district OF Alabama
was favorable to the city. and today's
opinion affirmed hat decree.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-10

1t has been plain for many years that
not all taxable property was listed an;
that MUGS listed was undervaluet.
This year ~fifty-seven of the ninety
seven courties show an increase Of
So. sS3, 900 Of valuation over 1895.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-10
That Troubling Headache.

Mould quickly leave VOC. IL You used
Or. Kings New Life Pills. Thov-an
OF sufferers have proved their match
less merit for Sick and Nervous Head
aches. They make pure blood anc
strong nerves and build up your
health. Easy to take. Try them Only
Is cents Money back III not cured.
Sold by R. R. Bellamy. druggist.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-10

Has turned with disgust from an 9TH
erwise lovable girl with an offensive
breath. Karrs Glover Root Tea curl
fes the breath by It's action on the
bowels. etc. as nothing else viii. Sold
for years or absolute guarantee. Price
Is cts. and SO cts For aaie by r r
Beliamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-10

Annapolis overwhelmed the Univer-
sfty foot ball educators The cadets
did not relish the education offered.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-10

When I say I cure | do not mean merely to
stop them for a time and then have them re-
turn again. Imean a radical cure. Ihave made
the disease of FITS, EPILEPSY or -ALLlNG
SICKNESS a lifelong study. Warrant my
remedy to cure the worst cases. Because
Others have failed is no reason for not now
receiving a cure. Send at onc. Sor a treatise
and a Free Bottle Of m, infallible remedy.
Give Express and Post Office
Prof W.H.PEEEE Ed, 4Cedar st. N.H
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-30

Houston, Texas, May 25.-Three
white men, James HUMPHREYS and his
two sons, were lynched last night near
the village Of Alley, in Henderson coun-
ty. Several months ago Constable Mel
ton, of the Alley precinct, was murdered
and the murderer escaped, it is said,
through the assistance of the Hum
prizes. Last night a mob Of thirteen
masked men appeared at the Humpries'
homestead and called the father and
two sons out. They permitted them to
see the women Of the family, whom
they informed in a spirit OF charity,
that the men were to be taken to NAL
akoff, a few miles distant, before a JUS
tice Of the peace, and perhaps I the
county jail at Athens.
This morning the bodies Of the three
men were found hanging from the limb
Of an oak tree, three miles from the
HUMPHREYS farm.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-30
SAMOAN COMMISSIONERS
Arrive at Apse and Begin Investigas
tfon-FrfeDdly Oyertures from mas
taafa.

Apia, May II, via Auckland, N. L..
May 25.-The Samoan commission, con-
sisting of Bartlett Trip, former Unit
ed States minister to AuStrIa-Hun-
gary; Baron Speck Won Sternberg, rep
%resenting Germany, n c. n. Eiot,
c. B., OF the British embassy at Wash
ington, representing Great Britain, ar
rived here on May 18th Its first Sit
ting took place May 18th. The commits
sioners were engaged all that morning
in comforting with Chief Justice VIII
liam Chambers. Nothing was disclosed
regarding the deffbcI atoms, but 1t IS
reported that they will uphold the &C
ton of Admiral KautZ, the American
naval commander.
Mataafa sent the commissioners a
letter Of welcome and expressed hope
that they would Satisfactorily end the
troubles in Samoa It Is understood
Mataafa will obey the unanimous or
der of the commission, though it 5
doubtful whether he viii order hiC fol-
lowers to disarm, unless the M2lietoans
are first disarmCd.
The Germans are preparing compen-
sation claims. 1t is understood one
German firm claims $50, COO, and that
other German subjects claim $4,000.
Replying 10 que lions submitted to
him by a corr ecpondcnt of the Associ-
ated Press, M2taafa sal it was the
lead chief, and nCt himcclf, VINO be-
gan the war, adding that they did so
because they were angered at power be-
ing taken from them by violence.
Mataafa claimed ne had upheld the
treaty, and said Ms orders throughout
were not to fire upon h Europeans,
and but for this OId-r the whole party
Of b~luejackets could several times have
been shot down by large bodies of ma
tives concealed IN the brush.
Washington, Nay 25.-The American
member CT the Samoan commission,
Bartlett Trip, did net make any re-
port by cable to the state d1oaI lment
today and all Ct the Information Of
the movements of the commission came
from the naval caolegram n the
press dispatches. Naturally The eff
Gals were greltified to note tint there
had been no fresh outbreak preceding
the arrival of the commission, n from
what is reported G the conditions at
| Apia they are convinced that the crisis
has passed and that the commission
| will have little difficulty in securing the
complete restoration of peace. 1t is re-
allied that it will be no easy tsak to
provide permanently for thc sdmiris-
tration of the affairs Of the island.
however. and it . possible hat this
| portion of the wolk will be passed over
for the time, and remain for adjust
ment when the commission us IStuIn to
the United States.
Admiral Kautz will return to the
| United States with the Philadelphia,
| The flagship will b. replaced at Apia
| by the cruiser Newark, which is as
| formidable N every respect as the Phil
| adelphia, and having been recently
| renovated, is in shipc for lor5 service.
| She was started for Apia abCut six
weeks ago from New York, making
| her way around South America
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-30
NOT FOR Dogs GRAVE

to Baltimore Sun

\OptCIdl 10 Baltimore SUM-
Middletown, N. Y, May 24.-Despite
the fearful pleadings of Mrs. Charles
Collins that the body of her fox terrier,
Spot, might be placed in the family
plot in Sylvan cemetery, Wurtsboro,
today, the trustees declared hat it
could not be permitted.
h body of the dog was then buried
in the homestead farm near by. Here,
it is expected, a monument will soon
be erected to the memory Of the dog.
On 1t his pedigree will be inscribed.
Spot was killed by a trolley car last
December. The dogs body was placed
in a coffin, lined with white plush, and
with heavy silver trimmings. For sew
eral days it rested in the front parlor,
covered with a p~rofusion of flowers. 1t
was then temporarily buried in the rear
of the residence.
DIT. Collins was seriously i'll at the
time, n his death occurred on April
14th. He was buried in the family plot
in Sylvan cemetery, where Mrs. Collins
mother also is buried. Mrs. Collins
decided TO remove the dogs body to the
family plot. A storm of protest was
aroused among h lot owners, and
Mrs. Collins was refused admission to
the cemetery with the dogs body.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-30
Northern Presbyterian Assembly

Minneapolis, Mimi, May 25.-In the
Presbyterian general assembly today
d. A. Glass, Of Baltimore, caused a sur
prise by introducing a resolution di-
recting DR.. Arthur j. Brown, secretary
of the board of foreign missions. to call
a conference CT ell the c~yanselicaI
CHRISTIAN bodies to meet in NV York
concerning a harmonious arrrangem, mt
and distribution of forei.a Missions.
The resolution also directed thot the
Roman Catholics be invited 70 partici-
pate ii the conference if Dr.. Brown
should deem it wise. St. Loui. will be
the next place Of meeting.
Attorney General Griggs' opinion in
support CT the army cantecn waS de-
nounced as outrageous and the COM
mlttee recommended that the assem-
bly, should appeal to President McKin-
ley to enforce the -anti-canteen law by
virtue OF his position, as commander
in-chief.
In the hands OF the ~presbytery of
New York is the lite of the Rev. DR..
Arthur c. McGiffert, professor of
church history in Union Theologi-aI
seminary New York. The assembly
steered clear, as it hopes, of the rocks
of another herosy trial when it voted
this afternoon after a tumultous and
sometimes personal debate to refer the
whole matter to the presbytery of New
York.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-30
SOME PERTINENT QUESTIONS
Put by the Representatives of Aguts
naIdO to the American Commission

Manila, May 25.-The Philippine
commissioners left here by special train
today. They will be escorted to their
lines under a flag of truce. 1t is ex-
pected they will return o
President Gonzaga, of the Philip
pine commission, previous to his de-
parture, said: I'VE greatly appreciate
the courtesy shown us. We ave spent
some time with III commissioners, in
cidentally considering the American
constitution. Its principles impress us
profoundly. The plan Of government
offered the Philippines seems, in the
DRY, a good colonial syctem; but why
should a nation with your constitution
seek to make a colony of a distant peo-
pie who have been SO long fighting
against Spain to secure the same
rights your constitution gives? You
fought the same battle in America
when you fought against England"
In the fighting at San Fernando, fiji
ty Philippines were killed and many
wounded. The Americans had wv men
killed n twelve wounded.
CABLEGRAM FROM OTIS.
Washington, May 25.-General Otis
has forwarded the following dispatch
to the war department.:
Manila, May %.
"Adiutant General, Washington:
ION the 23rd instant, the Third in
fantry returning to Baliuag from San
Miguel, were attacked morning, noon
n evening by a large force of enc
my, suffering few casualties, two men
killed and thirteen wounded. Enemy
repulsed, leaving on the field sixteen
killed. Large number wounded and
prisoners. Yesterday enemy appeared
in vicinity of San Fernando, attacked
by Kansas and Montana regiments.
which suffered slight loss. Enemy
driven through rice fields, leaving fifty
dead, thirty-eight wounded and TWEEN
ty-eight prisoners; fifty rifles and 9TH
er property captured; their retreat
through swamp land saved them from
distinctions; Lawton returning, leav-
ing with Macarthur on the front regu-
lar troops to replace volunteers.
OTIS"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-30
Day at Salem Female
College.
Especial 10 The Messenger


Winston, n. c., May 25.-Salem
Female college commencement closed
today A cable message and letters Of
greeting were read from PRINCIPAL Gle
well and Bishop Rondthaler, who ara
in Herrnhut, Germany, attending the
general Moravan stnod.
The literary address by Rev. DR..
Stage, OF Chrlotte, was one OF the mos.
beautiful orations ever heard in the
Twin city. 1t glowed and sparkled
throughout with bright and happy al
lusions, with good and, timely advice.
and frequently with Mshes of clas-
steal and o~ratorical eloquence. His
subject was: "The Conquest of Fear
Is the Basis of All Scientific Progress
and the Cultivation OF Love is the
Emancipation Of Man"
Diplomas were presented 10 sixty
seven graduates as follows: Forty In
the academic department, three post
graduates. eight in bookkeeping, seven
in stenographey, two in instrumental
music, one in vocal music and seven
In elocution.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-30

Albany. n. Z, May 25.-The state
legislature, which met in special ses-
SION Monday night. adjourned sine die
at 5:23 o'clock this afternoon, after
having passed the amended franchise
tax bill and a bin appropriating SIS, 900
for the expense Of celebrating Admiral
Dewey's return It 10 expected that
Governor Roosevelt viii sign the fran
chise tax bill tomorrow.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-30

To prevent Ia Grippe take 4 dose ortr>
OF Dr. Niles Restorative Neryine dail.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-30
HIS REMARKS NOT RELlSHED
A Negro Preachers Decentralization I'm
Church Conference of Criminal Ass
~anif.

"A TNCSEo EIcdchcE|b IeHuusIdtlOh III
Church Conference of Criminal Ass
sauit.
New York, May 25.-The New York
conference of h A. M. E.. church fin
ished it's sessions today. Many strong
speeches were made denouncing lynch
ing, but H. c. c. Astwood, former min
lister to San Domingo, evoked some ex-
preston of disapproval by admitting
that he had been quoted correctly in a
newspaper recently as having said that
lynching was no worse than the crime
of rape. He added: IF I am to be un-
frocked, why, let that come. 1 believe
that raping is as a as l%ynching. I
would rather defend a woman than a
criminal. 1, for one, do not stand up
for murder"
The report of the committee was,
however, unanimously adopted and it
strongly urged the necessity of formu-
lating a plan whereby lynching should
be lone away viii.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-30

When ] say I cure ! do not mean merely to
stop them for a time and then have them re-
turn again. mean a radical cure. Ih2ve made
the disease Of FITS, EPILEPSY or FALLING
SICKNESS a lifelong study. Warrant my
remedy to cure the worst cases. Because
Others have failed is no reason for not now
receiving q cure. oSend at once for q treatise
and a Free Bottle Of my infalible remedy.
Give Express and Post Office.
Prof W.H.PEEKR I'D, 4cedar st. NJ
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-30
The Ninth Immunes Mustered On.

Harrisburg, Pa, May 25.-The Ninth
immune infantry regiment was mus
terout today at Camp Meade. The reg
1ment came to Camp Meade from Cuba
about the middle of April. 1t is COM
posed of colored men and was recruit
ed In the south by Colonel Crane, a reg
ula army officer.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-30
Marion Clark SILL NiasfuU

New York, May 25.-The kidnapped
child, Marion Clark, is still missing.
The rewards offered now amount 20
$4, 500.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1899-06-06

9odamt nnb Hadmitass 9eeliidpiinz
l9ung bon Seiten Der Gemeinoe, bic
oem Subilar eine pertbppQe aplbene
u9r nebit geipidter 9elo6DrIe iiber,
mahte, pdbrenb bic prieiter tbm eineu
&elh, NIT Siamanten befebt, inn
Wertbe bon $40O perebrten. 9luber
oleien erbtelt er nod mebrere anbere
9e14ente. &eb. &ublmann bon Stz
St. Houls belt cine 5eftprebiet in ena=
la4er uno Hep. 9. SaiIe bon g}t.
sterling, Sa., einie fof9e in beutIder
Spra6e.
pfarrer @usuitin @enter tpurbe am
~: 5ebruar 1850 in Warenborf, einem
tleinen ipeitfdltl6en Stdotden, BON
unbemittelten @ftsrn seboren. Hodpem
er bic pfarri4ule Ieiner 8aterfabt
uno bonn 13. 2ebensiabre an oas gpms
nahum 2atrentianum beiu6t bate, er=
belt er bic erite Communion am
palmionntas bes Sabres 1863. 1870
be5og er. enti4loFen. ii9 benz prieiter,
berufe gu pibmen, bic 9lfabemie au
Wtunl tier uno 1871 bas umerifaniIche
Seminar bon ct. Maurib, in Der slbz
iiht, oas 6elb feiner SbGtisteit in BEN
Wer. Staaten gu iu6en. Seit 1878
iptrtt er als SeelIorger an Der ct.
peter uno paul'sz&ir9e gu Raperpiqe.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1899-06-06
QatbsIii&e Stride 100 Sabre alt.
Glifabetbton ga,

l.. ,yuWt.
Der @rGberi6miidungstag mar fir
bic 8epDlferung bon Glilabetbtonn in
boppelter 9inii9t bon Bebeutuns, ba
6as Centennial Der 9runbiteinlegung
Der ct. peter'szair4e sefeiert tpltrbe.
Der erite resuldre tatboliibe @ote
tesbieni tpurbe in gliiabetbtotpn i'm
Sabre 1852 absebalten. Die priefer
iparen beuti9e MiiTonGre, tpelde ibre
Station Bel ben Seiuitenpdtern in Cos
nepaso, nabe 9annoper. pa.. batten.
SIN Sabre 1853 tpurbe in Der NGbe Der
|iebisen ct. peter's Stride cine Rapelle
aus rob bebauenen 9olaitdmmen ses
baut. unb es tpuroe ibr Der Name ct.
Maria 9immelfabrt geseben. Oieie
primitipe &ir4e purbe 81 Sabre lang
bon ben Mniieblern sebrau9t, unb am
80. Mai 1899 fpurbe Der @runbFetn
fiji bic segenndrtise Steintirde ses
leet, ipelde ben Namen ct. peter's ere
belt. Gs tparen namentli4 ben Be-
miibunsen bes pater 2ouis 8artb unb
bes ipdteren eriten 8iidofs bon pbilaz
Oelpbia. Mic5Gel gsan gu banten. bab
bic airde sebaut ipurbe. Der erite 8iz
fdof, ipel9er bic neue Stride beiu9te,
mar Sobn Carroll, gu Der 3eit, 10.
Suli 1898, Der einsise tatboliide 8iz
f4of in ben Der. Staaten. Der segen=
lpGrtise @ettor 1T pater Stephan M.
Wieit.