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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-15
The HOunC RaIe Trust

Garfield, S. c., News and Herald.)
No one questions that the present
system of packing cotton for the mar
kets needs improvement. A casual OBJ
server will notice the great loss by
wear and tear in handling the square
bale as it is generally packed and
brought to market. The round bale
may be an improvement, though many
competent authorities are c~ondemning
it. But the machinery for turning out
the round bale is in the hands of a big
trust, the American Cotton Company.
Considerable literature pro and con
has been sent broadcast throughout the
country. With the light before us, We
are not kindly disposed towards the
round bale trust. 1t appears to be a
scheme practically to control the bust
ness. The American Cotton Company
do not, and will not, sell the machinery
outright, but the company leases the
outfit-something on the plan of the
Bell Telephone Company, and similar
concerns. We have before us a copy
Of the contract which ginners of the
round bale are required to sign. The
contract in the main is in favor of the
trust. The farmer or the ginner must
pay "as rentals or royalties, for the
use of the said machines, at the rate of
twenty cents per 100 pounds of bales
turned out by said machines render
ing a report to the company on the 5th
day of each month. The company
practically takes charge of the vast
business Of ginning and packing cot
ton. The company shall be decreed,"
reads the contract "to have control of
the manufacture + y shall at all
times have full and free access to the
property" If in any n year the
royalties fall below $1,000, the trust
may refuse to renew the contract for
another year, unless the ginner will
pay 'for such preceding year a sum
which added to the royalties already
paid for such year, shall make aggre-
gate equal to one 1000 minimum"
This feature alone should kill the trust.
For instance, a ginner pays one year.,
say $4,000 royalty, the next year is a
poor crop and he pays only $500. The
trust can then require him to surrender
the machinery and get out of business
unless the ginner will pay $500 to make
up the thousand dollars. His having
paid the $4,000 the first year is of no
advantage 10 him. The royalty must
at least be $1,000, in a bad crop year
no matter how much more it may have
been in a good crop year. The whole
system points to placing the cotton
crop in the hands of this trust. Sam
pies of every bale turned out must be
sent to the trust.
Other points in the contract are
eoua1ly objectionable if NOT more so
The farmer has his hands tied now
and We cannot advise him to allow this
trust to put a rope around his neck.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-15
Perfumed With the Scent OF TruAt

Mr.. S. G.. Carter, of Georgia, thinks
the round bale too highly perfumed
with the scent of Trust"
Il changed my cotton press box last
year to the standard size, 24x54, and I
like it. Tt makes a neat, compact bale.
A bale, it seems to me, about as good
as you can get. Nothing is perfect in
this world.
CAS- to the much bowed and adver-
tised round bale, there seems to me to
be several serious objections.
list. I think a few gins would have
to do all the ginning. This would
benefit me, as I could put in a round
bale press, but this would injure a
vast majority of farmers as they would
have to haul their cotton so far.
"2nd. The round bale is so small
the ginners would be obliged in the
country districts, to build a warehouse
to hold them, as any thief could carry
n off on his back at night.
"3rd. The round bale seems to be
too highly perfumed with the scent of
Trust to make it ever desirable with
the farmers. At this time / think the
ginners and farmers like the 24x54
standard best"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-15
xUCooR Foa rHE 70 arcASs
Generous Offer OF the Air
Line TO Transport Contributions Free
Of Charge
pecial TO The Messenger.)

Especial TO The Messenger.)
Portsmouth, Va, August 1.-THE fol-
lowing Geographic correspondence
passed today between Mr.. E. st. John,
vice president and general manager
Of the Seaboard Air Line, and the Hon.
Elihu Root, secretary or war:
Portsmouth, Va, August y.
Hon. Elihu Root, Secretary Of War,
Washington, D. c.:
I'VE read with sincere regret OF the
devastation wrought in Porto Rico by
the recent hurricane, and also Tote
your call for aid addressed TO the may
ors of cities OF ten or more thousand
inhabitants, and in this connection beg
to say that if you will designate 4 re-
sponsible representative to whom such
contributions can be consigned, the
Seaboard Air Line will most cheerfu.ly
transport such contributions over its
own rails free of all charges. Please
answer. E. ST. JOHN,
Vice President and Gen'l Manager"
The answer was as follows:
washington, D. c., August II:
Hon. E. st. John, Portsmouth, Va:
Thanks for quick response. All food
and clothing for destitute Porto Ricans
may he sent to Colonel T. B. -orCr,
U. S. A, foot Of Whitehall street, New
York city. ELIHU ROOT,
Secretary Of War.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-15
Most Hospita BILE City in the Universe
MT Orrla~e, IIaroa couc.

The Home says:
ANNUALLY, in the month of August
since the establishment of the home.
the Odd Fellows of Wilmington have
magnanimously entertained the entire
home for a period o. four days in tae!r
city and at the magnificent seaside re-
sorts in the vicinity of Wilmington
1.-The writer lived for a numbe of
years in a city of over one million in
habitants, known the world over as
the "City of Brotherly Love-" in which
are more than n hundred Odd Eel
low lodges with a membership number
ing 5000, each Of whom on a certain
night in the year are requested 20 con-
tribute his mite with a view Of giving
the 100 children of their deceased broth
ers an outing, the result being a trip
down the Delaware, a distance of 100
miles, a stay of three hours at Cape
May and returned to the city in the
evening of the same day. These little
ones enjoy their outing, and hey arc
proud of the esteem in when the Odd
Fellows of their city hold them.
According to the above figures it
would seem that Wilmington, with her
80, 900 inhabitants, -four Odd Fellow
lodges, with a membership of less than
six hundred, is the most h~ospitahle
city in the universe. 1t is here hat our
fatherless ones are led by strong ann
and made to feel that they were Dorm
into the world for some noble purpose.
THE rendition of the "Rebekah De-
gree" as it is conferred by the children
Of "Open Hand Lodge No. 1S3," in
which some lively debates axe place
and songs sung for the Good Of the
Order" will be presented to mine
host in one of the Wilmington lodges
next week."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-15
Cfmely Suggestions

Mr.. j. H.. Leak, of Georgia, gives
boxes.
"My experience with the 2tk54 inch
bale has been a success. I changed
my press box last season. l am glad
to have the opportunity to express my
experience, and any information I can
give, take pleasure in doing so. I
think all %ginners should work together
for the 24X54 standard. It is a very
easy matter to change a press box, or
at least it was no trouble to me. My
press, before I changed it, was 24x6O
inch. 1 knocked out the ends, placed
a 3x6 scantling IN the inside Of each
orner post. I then spiked them hard
and fast, and nailed the ends back just
as they were before. I then cut off my
follow blocks 3 inches on each end,
and changed my doors to correspond
with press box. The actual cost of
changing amounted to a part of two
days work for myself and four labor
ers. The 3x6 scantling cost me 40 cents
and completed the change excepting a
few spikes. I have packed several
UdltS WSlS1I1uS oNCI OVV pOuLlu0,
scarcely any under 500 pounds. I gin
for a dollar a bale. Most Of the people
bring me heavy bales, but l have no
trouble, nor have I broken any castings
about my press. If the timbers in a
press are not stout, then stout timbers
should be used in cutting 1t down to
the standard dimensions. This will
strengthen the frame of your box, and
make it more able to stand the extra
pressure that is placed on it by the
smaller bale. If the pressure required
ito pack this bale is too great for the
power, or in other words, if it takes
all the power to pull the press and
other machinery before the press is
changed, this can be remedied by
changing pulleys. For instance, If the
pulleys on press are "a inches in diam
eter, exchange for a 3O-inch pulley.
The cost of exchange will not
to much, and will make the power
about the same"
MIR. John I. Miller, of Georgia, IN
ginning business for years likes
best.
81 have been in the ginning business
for 20 or 25 years, and have MADE All
sizes, from the longest down to the
24x54, and for several reasons l K
the 24x54 better than any. 1t makes a
better looking bale, and it is mor
easily handled in every way. Don't
see any reaso why it should not be
adopted by the general public
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-15
Evangelical Work Among the CoIored
People

The Rev. L. T. Christmas, former
pastor of the Central Baptist church,
colored, of this city, arrived here with
his wife on Saturday, August 5th. For
a year or more he has been pastor of
a large colored Baptist church at Char
lesion, W. Va, but he resigned in
March and severed his pastoral connec-
tion on the LIST of June to engage in
evangelistic work among his race in the
ed in pastoral work for sixteen or sew
enteen years, but he felt called to en-
ter upon the broad field in the uplifting
Of the colored people of our country.
His mission will be ~three-fold-to
awaken his people to the saving grace
Of Christianity, to inspire them to de-
velop high morals and to impress upon
them the Importance of industry n
economy, that they may make better
types of men and women. His special
aim Will be to enlighten the colored peo-
pie as to the necessity of home govern
ment as the ground work for uplifting
the race. He will strive to educate
them how to bring up their children,
and with this n in view he proposes
to hold wonfeps' meetings, as the basis
Of getting at the object of his mission.
Oul il lut uGllClGLCy O1 proper HOIlG
training he attributes most of the diff
ficulties which beset his people. He
will emphasize the necessity of a high
er plane Of womanhood and manhood,
and will show how scarce true men
and women are now. He will crown his
work with the high purpose Of uplift-
ing his people for the glory of roc and
their temporal and spiritual welfare.
Evangelist Christmas is highly en-
dorsed in his proposed work by both
white and colored people of standing,
and he has a great work before him.
On Sunday of last week he preached at
the Central Baptist church and will
preach again today at II a. m. and s
p. m. At 8 o'clock he will preach at
Shiloh Baptist church. He expected to
enter Upon his work at once but owing
to a malarial attack he expects to go
to Buffalo Springs with his wife, n
will return here in the fall.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-15
Lynched on the County GaIioyvs

Port Gibson. Miss, August 11.-Bili
Wilson, colored, was lynched here to-
day under peculiar circumstances. Last
Tuesday Wilson was arrested in the
Hermanville district, on a charge Of
attempted criminal assault.
This afternoon the jailer upon en-
tering Wilson's cell. discovered the
prisoner hanging to the county gallows,
with several bullet wounds in his neck
and shoulders. The coroner's Jury re-
turned a verde of death by hanging
n shooting by unknown parties. The
execution took place so quietly tina
non Of the officials knew what was
going on.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-15
The Worlds Bicycle Champion

New York, August 12.-Tom Linton,
of Wales, champion of Europe, in a
one hour paced race, won the cham
pionship of America today, beating
Harry Elkes, of Glenns Falls, N. Y,
champion of America, at the Manhattan
Beach bicycle track, by nearly two
laps. The Welshman in addition, made
a new worlds record, the pacing being
by motor cycles. In the hour he rode
"a miles and 440 yards. This does not
reach the record held by Elkes paced
in the old style. The old style record
held for the hour was "a miles and
1,204 yards.
Today race was, however, a good
one, though a number of mishaps, in a
measure spoiled it. The contest was
not on equal terms, Elkes being left
behind by the loss of a pedal from his
wheel and then by his riding off the
track onto the ropes of the enclosure.
Many thought, however, that Fixes was
being outridden and that no matter
what happened, Linton would have
won.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-15
Yellow Fever Quarantine Raised

Newport News, Va, August H.
There is no change in the situation at
the soldiers home. mo new cases
and no deaths" is the official report
today. The quarantine against all
points on the peninsula, except the
soldiers home and Phoebus was raised
tonight and communication between
Newport News, Hampton and Did
Point and the northern cities, as we'll
as Norfolk, was resumed.
Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York
and Boston raised the quarantine at
6 o'clock tonight against all of the Vir-
ginia points except the home and
Phoebus.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-15
WILMINGTON MARKETS.

Price same day last yeRr 5h9C.
NAVAL STORES.
Spirits turpentine firm; machine bar
rels 4Sc; country barrels 41Lc.
Rosin firm at 90c n CSC.
Tar firm at $50.
Crude turpentine firm; hard -:
soft $3.50; virgin $3.50.
Prices same day last year-Spirits
t~urpentine 26&c and 26Ac; rosin 92Ec
and s7hc; tar s1.15; crude turpentine
s1.10 and $3.50.
Receipts today-63 casks spirits tur-
pentine, 116 barrels rosin, 26s barrels
tar. - barrels crude t~urpentine.
Receipts same day last year-l03
casks spirits turpentine, SS5 barrels
rosin, $50 barrels tar. % barrels crude
turpentine.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Peanuts-North Carolina prime s1.10:
fancy s1.12; Virginia IS to S5c: Spanish
s1.O0.
Rice-Nothing doing.
Corn-52c.
Corn meal-47kc.
Cow peas-65c TO zoe.
North Carolina Bacon-Hams, &C %
10c; shoulders &c to 7hc; sides Sc TO
Size.
Chickens-Slow; spring 1oc to 1sc:
hens, 22c TO 25c; ROSTERS, l5c to 2Oc.
Eggs steady at 10c.
Shingles-Per 1000 five inch, hearts
and saps. s1.5OOc-0; six inch, s2.5oq
$3.50.
Timber at $500 to $500 per 1000 feet.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-15
Hands Off

Mr.. j. NJ. Jandey, of Mt. Meigs,
Ca, says hands off," of the round
bale.
Il find no objection to the new size
of my press. Think it makes much
nicer bale and the press works just as
we'll. Makes the bale nearer a uniform
weight, viz, 500 pounds, which is to
the ginner's interest.
Il have alreary seen and read enough
to know that 1 do not want any round
bale press. I saw the round bale press
at Nashville three years ago, did not
think we'll of it then, and since the
Money Kings have put it in a trust, I
a Hands off,"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-15
A Serious Threat Against England.

London, August 1.-THE Boer Or
gan in London, The Standard and
Diggers' News, today publishes a
johannesburg dispatch, threatening
Great Britain, in the event of wa say
ing the Beers are determined to wreck
the mines and ruin the general body
of shareholders by blowing up millions
of pounds worth of machinery, adding
that wal will NEAR the absolute ruin
of johannesburg, both as a mining
center and saying: while it will,
doubtless, end in a victory for Eng
land, the price of that victory will be
the ruin Of thousands who ought to
consider the price they must pay before
authorizing the government to declare
war"
Another johannesburg dispatch,
however, predicts further concessions.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-15
Asheyilla Citizen. a very

Asheville Citizen: A very amusu.g
thing occurred Friday between Selma
and Wilson The intense heat had
wared the rails on a bridge and the
train had 70 stop there two or three
hours,in the whitening sunshine. A
lot Of Wilson fremen were on board,
and these decided to go in bathing in
the creek. They went, and then The en-
gineer and the conductor cocluded 10
have some fun. So they gave out that
the train would run back to a station
nine miles away. The whistle blew,
the bell rang and mere came the fire.
men, on the Jump. in stages OF un-
dress. The othe~ passengers roared
with laughter. The firemen Joined in
the laughter at their own expense.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-15
4 Life aud Death Fight

Mr.. w. A. Hines, Of Manchester, Ia,
writing of his almost miraculous escape
from death, says: Exposure after
measles induced serious lung trouble,
which ended in Consumption. l mad
frequent hemorrhages and coushed
night and day. All my doctors said l
must soon die. Then 1 began TO use DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consump-
ton, which completely cured me. 1
would not be without it even if It cost
$500 a bottle. Hundreds have used !;
on my recommendation and al. say it
never fails to cure Throat, Chest and
Lung troubles" Regular size soc ana
s1.O0. Trial bottles free at r. r. Bel
lamy's Drug Store.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-15
To Remove subau Du,y GA PORTO RicO
TabaCc"

Washington, August 1.-THE off,
Gals OF the war department are now
considering the question Of the removal
or material reduction OF the duty on
leaf tobacco grown in and shipped
from Porto Rico to Cuba, and the in
dications are that an order TO that ef-
feet will be issued within a short time.
Under the presidents proclamation Of
December Is, 1898, the duty on this
tobacco was fixed at s. per pound.
This rate has been found to be prohib-
tive. The Porto Rican tobacco grow
ers represent that the tobacco indus
try in the island will be ruined unless
relief Is soon afforded them.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-15
Excitement GA >cw York cotton sx.
change

New York. August 1.-THE New
York cotton exchange was the scene OF
the widest excitement today. Recent
reports OF serious damage 10 the crop.
particularly OF Texas. had been disre-
garded by the shorts who continued TO
sell on the theory that there was no
speculative competition for cotton. while
the surplus would be something like
1000. 600 from the old crop n that the
movement OF new cotton. whatever the
actual yield might ultimately prove 10
be, would fall Immediately upon spin
ners OF this country n Europe. II
was known that h consumption OF
cotton at home and abroad was pro-
ceeding upon unprecedented lines, out,
over and against this. II was assumed
that the crop damage reports had been
overdrawn and that the yield OF new
cotton would be a sufficient onset TO
the activity in spinning circles. In this
way a very heavy short interest ac-
cummulated.
Latterly. however. the market has
been showing self-assertion and some
l~ong-headed Wall street parties COM
menced to absorb the cotton offered by
the over confident bears. Gradually the
ranks of buyers commenced to All up
from other directions and prices took
an upward u until, within a few
days, an a OF more than IL cent
had been established. This is an un-
usual advance for these times.
The excitement extended TO the Eng
lish n southern markets, which also
advanced rapidly. No less han eleven
official cables were read on change to-
day one after another, in rapid success
sion, and all adding 10 the excitement
by reporting additional advances, while
the southern markets and dry goods
markel caught the fever and marked
UP prices.
Before the session ended, however,
prudent holders undertook 10 secure
profits, which caused a partial reaction.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-15
Taken to Atlanta TO Prevent Lynchine

Atlanta, Ga, August ia company
of the Capital City guards under COM
mand Of Captain Barker, arrived late
tonight from Jackson, Ga, escorting
Lewis Williams, a tramp negro to the
Atlanta Jail for safe keeping. The
negro appeared at the farm house of
Mckinney Watkins near that place
this morning and asked for food. He
was refused and left the house. Soon
after, Mrs. Watkins saw him returning,
but before he reached the door, she
picked up her baby and ran screaming
from the house. Her husband, sup
posing that she was about to be as
saulted, chased the negro, being Joined
by n%eighbors. The negro was wounded
by a pistol shot, easily captured and
was taken to Jail. A large crowd as
sembled and the sheriff wired Govern
or Gambler for assistance. The gov
ernOr quickly summoned the guards
and dispatched them to Jackson.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-15

Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour steady. Winter patents, s3.45@
3.55; straights, s3.0093.25; spring spe-
Gals, s4.10; do patents, $3.30G3.sO;
straights, s2.70d3.10; bakers, s2.2OQ2.5O;
No . yellow corn, 69hc; No. 8 spring
wheat, 67h@69Ac; No. 2 red, 70zc; No.
2 corn, 31Hc; No. . oats, 21G21hc; No.
2. white, 23423Ac; No. 8 white, 22zG
23Ac; mess pork, per bbl, s7.50Gs.30;
lard, per 100 lbs, s5.10G5.25; short ribs
sides loose, s4.s0G5.1O: dry sailed shout
ders, boxed, $5.50G5.62R: short clear
sides, boxed, s5.30G5.35; whiskey, distil-
lers' finished goods, per gallon, SLIPS.
New York, August 12.-F1our quiet
but firm. Minnesota patents s3.70d
$50.
Wheat-Cpot steady. No. 2 red nc.
Options opened easy at sc decline un-
der disappointing cables and foreign
selling but met active demand from
prices eased off slightly under realizing
but closed unchanged. September
closed at 76Ac; December closed at
7skc.
Corn-Steady; No. 9 2sc. Options
opened easy with wheat but developed
subsequent firmness OF covering and
big weekly clearances, closed steady
and unchanged. May closed at 35c;
September closed at 3sAc: December
closed at 34Zc.
Oats-Spot steady; No. 2 &c. Options
neglected.
Eggs-Firm; state and Pennsylvania
16Q11c; western ungraded 11d14c al
market
Cotton Seed Oil-Steady.
Petroleum-Quiet but firm; refined
New York $3.50; Philadelphia and Bal
timore $7.15; do in bulk S5.25.
Rice-Steady; domestic fair 10 extra
4SG1hc; Japan 54G5kc.
Cotton Seed Oil-Dull and barely
steady, but low grades 30G31c.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-15
Death of a prominent Lawyer

A telegram received here yesterday
from Waco, Texas, the
death there Friday morning Of Jarvis
Buxton, Esq, son of the Rev. Jarvis
Buxton, the we'll known Episcopal cler-
gyman, of Lenoir, n. c. The deceased
was a brother of Mrs. Joseph H. Nc
Rec, Of his city, and the Hon.. J. c..
Buxton, of Winston. He was formerly
of North Carolina, but removed to
Texas some years ago and was a prom
inent member of the Waco bar.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-15

Honolulu, August 3, via Victoria,
August 1.-THE transport Tartar with
General Wheeler aboard, arrived Au-
gust 1st and sailed August Bird. Gen.
eral Wheeler was handsomely enter
tanned during his stay here. The
transports Newport and Ohio arrived
today and will sail tomorrow or Sat-
urday.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-15

Peoria, III, August 11.-An automo-
bile gun carriage, upon which a Colts
automatic rapid firing gun will be
mounted, is now being constructed in
affair with seats for four men and pro-
vision for at least 1000 rounds Of cart
Peoria and will be completed in a
month.
The carriage will be athree wheeled
ridges. The whole concern is expected
TO weigh about 1000 pounds.