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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-09-12

i
es. The presentation speech was
made by First Sergeant Alfred
J. Dunn, of Company r, ranking
sergeant of the regiment, and is
as follows
LAS ranking sergeant of the
First Idaho volunteer infantry, l
have been designated to act as
spokesman for my associates in
the regiment in addressing you
on this occasion. | consider my
self fortunate in having this dis
tinction come to me, and in adj
dition to the personal interest, l
feel it is a pleasure to be the
medium through which express
sions of respect and high regard
are conveyed from the rank and
file to the regimental command
er. When our venerable and
veteran colonel found it neces-
sary to relinquish the command
of the regiment and return to
his home you assumed command,
and while making no pretense to
exceptional military training, the
zeal and energy you infused into
your position soon manifested
itself in the regiment. 1t was no
easy task that fell to your lot at
that time.
"The battle of Manila had un-
loosed the malignant tongue of
SANDER and for months before
your advancement you had felt
its perilous sting. Circumstan-
ces must have intensified the
natural difficulties of your posi-
ton, but you met each one with
such commendable candor and
unflinching courage. that the
shadow of distrust soon began to
fade away under the growing
brightness of confidence. Then
came the clash of arms on the
night of February 4, and the
First Idaho volunteers were call
ed upon to play an important
part in the, ensuing struggle.
Your conduct February 5th, on
the now historic field of Santa
Ana, is a matter of record and l
will only add that every man in
your command realized then and
there if not before that they had
d leader who would lead, and one
whom it would be an honor to
follow.
IA few days later, at Caloocan,
under different conditions, your
conduct at Santa Ana was re-
peated and conspicuous for cool
courage and aggressive action.
'"To the man behind the gum
there seemed to be no longer
doubt as to who would now wear
the silver leaf of lieutenant col
onel of the First Idaho, for you
had won your laurels and should
wear them. But, unfortunately.
the power that controls the des-
tiny of the volunteer soldier in
the field, so far as his advance
is concerned, does not al
ways exercise it's function with a
view to recognizing rank or re-
warding meritorious service.
When, therefore, it was learned
that you were still to wear the
golden leaf of major, the enlisted
men of the regiment conceived
the idea of presenting to you a
testimonial which should be a
of their esteem of your
services in the field as command |
ing officer of the regiment.
In contamination of that T |
now present you on behalf of
my comrades, the jeweled emb-
EN- of the Eighth army corps.
When our work is ended. the
regiment disbanded, and we re-
sumo the peaceful avocations so
promptly and so cheerfully left
1t our country's call, we trust
hat this badge of merit will re-
'all to your mind a pleasant in
'ldent In your military life, and
'emlnd you that the heart of the
IDAHO volunteers is just, though
'owerless to see that justice is
lone"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-09-12

IOCTdCy. ZHu-W men III Is lOuScl
in a counsel composed of select
mot selected) members, Aristoc
racy. 3rd-When it is entrusted
to the hands of one person, then
it is Monarchy. By the sover-
eign power is meant the making
of laws, for wherever that power
resides all other things must
conform to it, no matter what
the appearance or outward form
of the government may be-"
The first-Democracy-is laws
enforced by consent of the people
governed. The others, by force
of arms. When our patriotic
forefathers entered into an agree
ment as to the form of govern
ment which they, and all their
future posterity should live
under and conform to, they had
just thrown off the yoke on mon
archy. All its CALLING attributes
were fresh in their memories;
all the evils of irresponsible gov
ernors,- unrestrained by any set
principles of the extent of the
individual power, or the personal
rights of the people had just
been suffered by them, and they
knew its terrors, Therefore
they conceived the plan and the
idea that it would be for the best
to make a list of the powers to
be exercised by their future gov
errors as Individual officers and
also the powers of the United
States government, to be exer-
cised by the United States Con-
gress. All other powers were
retained by the people. They
even went so far as to make sep
arate articles declaring it SO.
The Constitution declares, Article
TX (Amendment)
1.-THE enumeration in the Con-
"stitution of certain rights,
"shall not be construed to de-
my or disparage others re-
tanned by the people,"
Article x (Amendment) reads
as follows
"The powers not delegated to
1.-The United States by the Con-
"stitution, nor prohibited by
lit to the States, are reserved
ito the States respectively, or
1.-THE people"
Our forefathers knew that the
strongest men are at best but |
veaklings, that they will usurp
power and misuse it if unrestrain-
I'D, for even governments will do
80, even when guided by the
BEST, brightest, most profound
brains of the realm. So by the
Constitution, they set out plain
y what power was given to the
Individual officer, what power
vas given to Congress, and what
vas reserved by the people to be
siven by them, and by them
lone as occasion and necessity
equired after due elaboration.
Making war in foreign coun-
ries, and upon foreign people
lot subject to our laws, was not
power given to either an in
ividual officer or to Congress
ven by the most liberal con-
truction of our Constitution. 1t
7as reserved by our forefathers
D themselves, and by them be-
ueathed, with other powers,
lights and duties, to their pos
Gritty, and comes to us one of
ur perogitives, and one not to
e consented to before it is care
lily considered.
The Republicans believe in a
beral construction of the Con-
5itution. That is, they believe I
he Constitution is flexible {
ling, to be bent to fit any and t
j circumstances-to be twisted !
day to free the negro slave e
to enslave the people v
the Philippines; yesterday to
lbmerge the unfortunate South T
18th the negro vote. preiudiced v
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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-04

The ~malodorous gases escaping from
heap of the agricultural department are
of a character to endanger the good
name of sundry republican officials if
even more serious consequences do not
follow. Really these exposures from day
to day bring back to memory the
dreadful, gruesome days of RECONSTRUCT
ton when corruption ran riot and men
lost all sense of right and combined
to rob the taxpayers as if to do this
were honor and fame as we'll as grub
and cash. For twenty-five or six years
nothing of these scandals and outrages
were heard Of while the white men,
the democrats-had control. But with
the coming in of the new set of con-
%spirators with their ignorance and in
experience and want of principle and
undying greed there has been a return
of h black radical days with it's
stains of guilt, it's boisterous promises,
it's bragg and gag, it's pollutions and
robberies. 1t is a shameful spectacle
at Raleigh for freemen to contemplate.
1t is a. study of decadence and immor-
ality. Even John r. Smith under ex-
animation confesses hat the agricul-
tural department was mismanaged and
could have been run at less cost. He
also says that after the November up
heaval of 1898, things looked mighty
bilious for the plunderers. 1t was YER
lily the salvation of the tate. If the
gang could have had two more years
of what the northern carpet-bagger
said of South Carolina after the THEW
ing gang had stolen more han 500. 000,-
900, "of good stealing the old Mother
would have been robbed far more and
would a " been naked and poor in
deed. Let the people give close atten-
ton to the exposures of the ang of
spoilers. 1t is a lesson to be learned
and remembered. Never be deceived
by specious pleas of REFORM" nor be
beguiled into trusting demagogues or
in voting for any men but those of
tried honor, of unquestioned high
character.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-04

Canon W. ]. Knox Little, Of the Es-
tablished Church of England, has pub
lished a small volume Of sketches and
Studies in South Africa" a result of
a recent visit. He has no admiration
for or faith in the Dutch Beers IN the
Transvaal. He saw but little to admire
or to excite his confidence either in
their personal character or religious
sincerity. He writes of them and the
course pursued by the British govern
ment in the past:
T these people, not altogether So
gentle, simple, and religious, as some
ph1Ianthropists supposed, the govern
ment Of 1881 handed over the natives
of the Transvaal without appeal. Prob
ably no more inhuman mistake has
ever been committed, with not only a
calm Inconsistencies, but even with
a flourish of trumpets as to transcend
ant morality, by any body of well-in-
tentioned and misinformed men. The
British colonial policy has much, in
deed, to answer for, but we cannot
wonder if many in South Africa con-
slider that it never, probably, has had
to answer for a sin of such dimensions,
as-in spite, too, of being done in the
name of high moral principle-the sur
render after Majuba HILL"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-04
MONUMENT TO LEE

The Messenger promptly mentioned
in May that there had been organized
in Washington a monument associa-
ton of the District of Columbia, with
Mrs. Florence S. Vance as president.
The movement means that a monument
or equestrian statue to the great SOL
der and Christian citizen, the peer
less Robert Edward Lee, the nonpareil
in war. shall be erected. God speed
the noble work. If there were ever
blended in one man great military
genius, high courage, exalted charac-
ter, the most engaging qualities of
mind and heart that can adorn human
ity, the most chivalric n noble ma
ture, a soul that was tender, sympa-
thetic, gentle, loving, they were m
bodied in this knightliest Of men, the
most exalted of all the brave and hon.
orable and devoted and able men who
constituted the liable Round" of the
Southern Confederacy. Let the people
everywhere contribute to this end. If
you cannot give hundreds give tens of
dollars. If you cannot give so much
as ten give less. If you can only give
pennies put them in this memorial of
the great confederate leader, "Uncle
Robert" as the toll worn and war
SCARED soldiers used to fondly call
him. An address sem out states this:
Patriotic citizens of Fort Myer
Heights, Alexandria county, Virginia,
have donated a large tract OF land
for a memorial park and upon which
to erect the proposed monument.
THE sight is a beautiful n COM
handing one, in clear view from many
parts of Washington and from it's po-
s1tion overlooks the city, standing out
as IT does high up on the rolling hills
which form the western banks of the
POTOMAC. The park Immediately joins
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-04

The Peace Congress after a long SEES
sion, will soon adjourn. 1t is said by
those who are in a position to under
stand results, that the outcome of pro-
tracted meetings will be good for the
world because favorable to fewer wars.
A prominent peace commission will set
at The Hague to which voluntarily will
be referred complaints by the nations.
Much that was expected failed of &C
complishment, n is therefore disap-
pointing. It is noticeable tina the Ger
man papers, not given to friendly COM
ment as to the United States, are par
ticularly severe in censure Of thu Brit
ish and American delegates. They are
represented as having united against
practical humanitarian propositions,'
such as prohibiting bombs filled with
noXious gazes.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-04

Heigh. Up in Indiana there are three
hundred men with ~bloodhounds in hot
| pursuit of a white man who allured
| a young white woman from her home.
If caught 1.-The villain will no more
pursue her."
Strikes on a large scale are either on
or threatened to start. But strikes
rarely pan out with profit to the strik-
ers.
Representative Livingston, of Geor-
a~ntagonizes Bryan. If the democratic
national convention dominates Bryan
upon an anti-imperialist platform will
Mr.. Livingston swallow Mckinley on
a broadly expansive policy? If so wha
will his constituents do about it?
~provements fetched STA, OOO. In 1857 it
sold for s1S7. But Sherman had not
burned Atlanta then.
How that F. B. Thurber Is catching
it for his insolent abuse of southern
people. He lives in Greater New York
Inc knows it all with the catechism
added. He has been denouncing the
south for a quarter of a century.
Moses Henderson, a Georgia darkey,
greatly relishas q dish of rattlesnakes.
He particularly is fond of fat snakes.
The Constitution says it is true. He
has inherited the appetite and love Of
his African tribal ancestors perhaps.
"The negroes of Sumter county veneer
ate and fear him as a mysterious doc
tor who can cure when all else fails,
and look upon his snake oil as some
thing enchanted
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-04

North Carolina A special to The Bal
timore Sun from Washington gives this
as from the official organ of Bishop
Satterlee. OF Washington:
W know OF a hospital MOI a thou
sand miles from Washington which
asked the state legislature for an ap-
preparation of $4,000. The member
through whom the application was sent
answered: Make it 6 1000, for we must
have half Another hospital, in the
same city, on asking for 500, 900, was
tald that 1t could have the appropria-
ton If it would give up 20 Der cent.
Of it."
That reminds one Of the doings Of the
combine now being investigated at
Raleigh. It also reminds one Of Stahl-
man and his s1os.0oo of the sum due by
the United States government TO the
Methodist Publication House.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-04
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The Richmond Times says there is
an ofice-holding trust in Virginia, but
we have noticed that no party has de-
clared against this kind of a. trust
Durham Herald.
Besides there is no constitutional
Warrant for such use of the public
eunds. The southern statesmen have
never been educated to believe either
that the constitution sis a league with
hell and a covenant with the devil" or
that the general welfare" clause per-
mits congress to vote public money for
private schemes. And they will not
vote for subsidies, even to please Mr..
Thurber and stop his malicious and
slanderous tongue.-Raleigh News
Observer.
Every now and then the suggestion
is thrown out tina. before the issue car
be crystalized by another presidential
campaign, the war in the Philippines
will have been brought to a close. As
we have so often said, We very much
doubt whether the Philippines can be
subdued with any force short of one
which the administration would not
as yet dare to call for. If that be so,
WI must look for an explanation of the
administrations extraordinary course
to some other motive than to n rest
ing on the courageous belief that it
can 500 conquer a peace. As General
Bradley Johnson says, the present war,
like the invasion of the south in 1861,
is a contractors war, and that phase Of
it is being worked for all it is worth
Fayetteville Observer.
Bro. Bailey's conscience must be
troubling him, judging from his pro-
testations that he no enemy of the state
schools. Who said he was? And who
started the trouble? Have not the
state schools always been neighborly
and fraternal? Has not the states
policy always been liberal? Does it
not exempt the UNCONVENTIONAL COL
leges from taxation, amounting to
thousands of dollars annually? These
questions must be answered afirma-
lively. The Bailey-Kilgo contention
will not bear investigation. Divest it
of rhetoric and prejudice and it an
swers itself. All the fuss and feathers
is about something that Bailey and
Kilgo, to begin with, say is not essen
tial either t salvation or good citizen
ship. The Church is bending its ener-
gies to supply what they say is a lux
ury in education, while it relagates to
the care Of the state the tender lambs
of the flock, whose minds and hearts
are as impressionable as wax yet al re-
tentive as marble.-Webster's (Reids-
ville) Weekly.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-04

the Arlington estate. the old home
stead of h Lees"
Any funds may be sent to the treas
urer, Mrs. Edward Gadsden, Washing
ton, d. C. Any one who would like to
contribute to this most c~ommendabIe
purpose, to this superb and most noble
Christian gentleman and soldier,
whose Christian spirit and m~atchless
courage embodies the tone and chiv-
airy OF the southern character" in
Wilmington or this section, il they pre-
fer to do so can send the amount to
The Messenger and it will be forwarded
to Mrs. Gadsden with name of donor.
Professor Trent, LII D., of the Epis-
copal University Of the South, at Sew
anee, Tenn, a really gifted, accomplish
ed literary critic and man Of letters,
a written a one volume life Of Cen
eral Lee. In his preface, he say that
he has Learned the full greatness Of
General Lees powers, as he has
studied his life closely, and he finds
him mot merely a great American, in
whom citizens of every section may
take just pride, but a supremely
great and good man, whose fame
should not be limited by the charac-
~teristic conceptions Of patriotism so
rife among Vi today, but should be as
wide Is humanity, or, better still, Is
his w exquisite spirit Of charity and
brotherly love-"
Honors, honors, continued honors to
the peerless Lee!
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-04
ODDS AND ENDS

Are around our" front door to close
out. We accumulate during the season
lots of them and the way 1 keep my
large stock of goods fresh and clean
and worth a hundred cents at all times,
/ have twice a year Clearing Sales.
1 have on sale now about 100 pairs of
Babies Slippers job at Zoe a pair.
SO pairs of Child's Shoes, we sold from
Csc up to Coo, now 15c.
IS pairs of White Duck, Leather Trim
med, nice Ladies' Slippers, honest, solid
leather, fromer price S1.00, now CSC.
Is pairs Women's fine Slippers. worth
from $1.00 to ST. "a pair, now soc.
Is pairs of Mems Low Cut Summer
Shoes, we sold at $1.25, now soc and 75c.
10 pairs Old Ladies' Low Shoes now
25c a pair.
5 dozen Panama White Hats, worth
s1.OO, now Csc.
LOO Ladies' Yard, and Beach Hats,
worth 25c, now 10c..
so Bathing Suits from S1.O0 to $500.
I dozen Rubber Bathing Caps at 10c.
20 pieces of Colored Organize al sc
per yard.
100 Mosquito Canopies, ready for you,
at s1.15.
% Sand Flay Camopies, gnat proof,
at $3.50.
20 rolls of Mating at 1oc per yard.
so remnants of Mating at lie to 15c
less than cost.
% styles of Summer Silks from 1Sc
to Csc, worth 25c to s1-00.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-04

The kissing bug, misnamed, turns out
to be an overrated humbug. The state
entomologist, of Maryland, DR.. E. B.
Felt, has been examining some speci-
mems and says it is an insect common
to this country and is neither a pugi-
listic nor p%ugnacious bug. He says that
it's ''sting is sharp, and it ~injects a
poison which is very painful in it's eff
fects, but it is only in cases of greatly
enfeebled constitutions, according to
scientific authority, that the results
have been fatal" All works an ento-
mology treat of it. 1t is not often zap
tured because it fees from it's enemy
man. If annoyed he will sting and fight
and there is poison in his bite. His at
tacks are in self-defence. In this he is
unlike the mosquito. A description in
n work of entomology is this:
BLACK, shining. wings Opaque, head
a little hairy, antennae yellowish
brown, slightly hairy, first joint short
er thar the head, second, fourth, and
fifth much longer, subeQual, third very
small. Thorax slightly margined,
strongly CONSTRUCTED in the middle, the
anterior portion rounded and longitu-
dinally ~sulcate, the posterior portion
transverse. First pair of legs hairy on
the under side, as are the thighs also
of the second pair, but the tibiae and
tarsi of the hinder legs all over. Length
0.8 of an inch. The bugs scientific
name means the black c~orsair.'"
Do not mess with the bug and he
will hardly trouble you. The best way
is to let him severely alone. So the
monster" of the newspapers is not
such a terrible fellow after all.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-04

-
The brick walls fog the addition to
the Wayne Cotton Mill, o the Rob-
bins Manufacturing Company are In
course Of erection.
The annual picnic at B~ooresyille for
the Barium Springs Orphanage pres
oyter1an) was a great success. DR..
Chas- ID. McIyer was the orator and
made a fine speech
The Newton Spinning Company has
had the foundation Of their new fac
tory laid and the work is being rapidly
pushed forward. The factory VIII be
built on the site formerly occupied by
the Spoke Works
The Mooresville correspondent Of the
Charlotte Observer says a COW ran over
Mrs. Ballard, wife OF Rev. John Bal
lard, at Doodle, in Davidson township.
last Saturday, knocking Mrs. Ballard
and breaking her leg above the
knee.
Troy Examiner: Al cutting frolic
took place at McNeilps sawmill down
in the lower part OF the county last
Tuesday night between Monroe and
Caus Luck, white, and Ras Ewing and
some other darkies. Caus Luck was
right badly hurt. Ewing was jailed
here.
Greensboro Telegram: Prof. E. P.
Moses, superintendent of the Raleigh
graded schools, is in the city to lecture
to the colored summer normal, at the
Agricultural and Mechanical College.
Prof. Alex. Graham superintendent Of
the Charlotte schools, is also here for
the same purpose.
Monroe Enquirer: The high prem
at which the bonds for waterworks
and electric lights were sold shows that
the credit of the town is good.-Prof.
S. F. Sans informs Us that Marshyille
Academy withninety-nine students and
now has M hundred and seven en-
rolled. There are between thirty and
forty boarding students.
Raleigh News-Observer: Died at
the residence of Major ]. III. Crenshaw,
near Wake Forest, on Saturday last,
Mr.. Robert Elliott Harris, in the Goth
year Of his age. Mr.. Harris was born
in Wake county on March 10th, 1904,
in the house in which he died. He was,
if not the oldest, Mason in the state.
He was buried Sunday, with Masonic
honors, in the family burial ground.
Special to Kinston Free Press: Sat-
urday night about 10 o'clock Mrs. Ada
who lives near Newport,
found some one at the stables, who she
was her husband. She called
to him and said, Jim, what are you
going to do with the horse?" The ne
groes answered in a Mofane manner,
and told her if she did not go in they
would shoot her. She became fright
ened and ran in. She ran into an adj
room, where hef eldest daugh-
ter slept, ad called her very low and
told her that some one was trying to
get in t o murder or assault them, and
to go for her father. The daughter
raised the window, jumped therefrom
and ran down to the tobacco barns
her father was, and told him as
best she could what had occurred at
the house. Mr.. Smith grabbed his gun
and made for the house. In the mean
time Mrs. Smith was in the house
begging the Williams to spare her life
and her little ones. MI. Smith fired
at them as they ran but they escaped