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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-19
Wilson News Notes

Correspondent Of the Messenger
Wilson, n. c., December 10.
The Tarboro c~onvocation, which has
been in session here since Tuesday, ad-
journed yesterday. Great interest has
been shown during the entire meeting.
The reception given at the rectoTy by
Rev. Mr.. Bell was largely attended
and was very muc enjoyed. Mr.. Bell
by his devotion has won the hearts or
all in Wilson
Miss ella Bridgman, who was
brought here from h Normal and In
dustrial school,, sick with typhoid fever.
lis very much improved. Her father
came for her yesterday and will take
Miss Bridgeman home today.
The sacred concert given in the
Methodist church las night has caused
quite a stir among the members Of the
church. The older members objected
to the concert and some one came out
IN the papers against the entertainment.
It was given just the same and very
largely attended. The singing OF Mrs.
John Cutchin and Miss Robbins were
the features Of the entertainment.
The violin solos Of Mr.. Julius Snyder
OF Richmond, were r much compfi-
mented.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-19
THE pEARCE-GADDY MARRIAGE.
Beautiful Ceremony at "a
Church Christmas Gifts for Pen
s~Ioners.
9, Nassau ST., New York

Correspondent Of the Messenger.)
Fayetteville. y. C. December Is.
Mr.. Joseph Huske Pearce. n young
man Of one of our best families. OF
sterling character. was married las
evening to Miss Annie X. Gaddy, a
lovely girl. daughter OF Mr.. w. M.
Gaddy. at ST. Thomas Chapel, on Hy-
bart Hin. three mites west of the city.
the rector. Rev. +. y. skinner, officiat-
ing. assisted by Rev. Isaac w. Hughes.
rector OF 81. Johns Episcopal church.
First came Messrs. George MCNEIL
and 5. w. dillingham;, Jr., who laid a
carpet down the aisle, and enclosed the
reserved seats with white ribbon. after
which the bridal party entered the
church and grouped themselves in front
of the chancel. The brides gown was
of broCaded white satin; she wore a
veil of tulle, and carried a bouquet Of
narcissus and hyacinths; the dress or
the maid Of honor, Miss Margarctte
Gaddy. was OF pink silk, deliberately
worked: the brides maids were Misses
jamie Mcpherson and Mary Gaddy.
Who bore slender wands adorned with
ribbon. with which they formed an arch
at the head OF the aisle Misses Catha-
rine Mcpherson and Matte II. Huske:
Miss Bar and Belle Huske. Their at
PENDANTS were Messrs. Ray McDufie
and H. =. Elliott (ushers), II. $. Pearce,
a. Il. Tillinghast, X. b. King. n. 5.
Macarthur.
The best man was the brother Of the
groom, Mr.. J. Der. Pearce, and a love
ly figure in this striking picture IA
Miss Carrie T~llinghast, who carried
the wedding ring, set in a satin r%osette,
on an embroidered cushion. After the
church service there was a pleasant re-
ceptiOn at Bordeaux" the country res
idence OF Mr.. and Mrs. James NJ.
Pearce. By the way, St. Thomas
Chapel is a beautiful country ch.irch.
with an interesting history. 1t is the
fruit of the Christian zeal and b OF
the lamented Rev. DIR. j. II. Huske.
one of the most beloved of all men dur
ing life, and enshrined in the memory
Of all classes OF this people; the little
church is. too, the inspiration Of the
godly and vital piety of the noble NO.
men who lived at the old homestead on
Hybart Hill-Mrs. Hybart. Mrs. Nc
Lean. Miss Eliza Hybart and Miss
Mary Weeks: all passed into the rest
Of the righteous, but their example lives
after them.
Warrants amounting in all to & ,
have been sent from Raleigh TO I0egts-
ter OF Deeds Bynum for pensioners OF
this county. OF course they are all
poor people. to whom this will be a NEST
welcome help at Christmas time.
Mr.. n Mrs. John ID. Williams en-
tertained the young married folks
whist club at its first winter meeting.
on Thursday evening. The prize was
won by Mrs. J. b. Underwood, Jr.
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\ BIT OF
The Result ofa Blunder OF an Egotistic
Consul.

The following story was told To the
Chicago Tribune correspondent at Ber-
lin by a diplomat TO Illustrate the SUI
periority OF professional consuls over
commercial consuls. but it is equally
pertinent TO Whittier's couplet-
For all sad words Of tongue or pen.
The caddest are these: 1T might have
been"
When Consul General Lee closed his
office in Havana just before the out
break of war. he took the key to the
German consul, who was a merchant,
and offered to place the interests Of
the United States and the lives and
property Of American residents under
the protection OF the German eagle.
He informed his colleague he wished
to reciprocate the honor conferred upon
the American consul at Paris In 1870.
Without even notifying has govern
ment the merchant consul at once de-
clined to assume the responsibility on
the ground that 1t would hurt his bust
ness. General Lee hen went to the
British representative. a professional
diplomat. and he, OF course. accepted
the trust as a high honor to his coun-
try.
The Berlin foreign office heard of fhe
matter some time afterward in a
roundabout way. as the story goes. II
a. GiAEiASEGs fIfDIL liiEos phN " was
then too late to make an explanation.
Genera Lee. Of course. informed the
secretary OF state OF the rebuff he had
received a: the hands OF the German
representative. AS no explanation was
received from the banks of the Spree.
IL was assumed the consul acted under
instructions, and his refusal to accept
IN office which International courtesy
renders almost obligatory was looked
IfnOY al an Intentional slight
The diplomat went on TO say he at
tributed the miserable squabbles OF the
last two years largely to the blunder of
the egotistic consul. Had Germany un-
dertaken ro watch over American in
terests in Cuba a diplomatic entente
would likely have ensued which would
have dissipated the suspicion she was
plotting to interfere. Admiral Dewey
would probably have had no ground to
believe Admiral Diederichs wanted to
shy his castor into the ring. public
opinion in Germany would have been
moderated and Admiral Kautz would
not have been called upon to show his
teeth TO the captain OF the Fake, for
there would have been no quarrel be-
tween English and Americans on
h one hand and the Germans on the
other at Samoa Such at least Ia the
opinion OF the diplomat who told the
story, n 1t Is a true story.
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BREvITIES

Worse and Worsei The British loss
In the last battle, called Magersfontein,
has run up to So, and it was a COM
plete surprise. Last night we read
from an English source that the Beers
were poor shooters, requiring hundreds
of shots to bring down a man But
somehow they get there"
The trial of negro operatives in the
Charleston cotton mill is reported by
the president as satisfactory. The first
president a Bostenian, made a fail
ure of it, and had a New England su-
perintendent. The men now in charge
are Southern men all through. A les
son here.
Booker Washington is succeeding
well in the rich north in raising money
for his excellent Tuskegee Institute in
Alabama. He has received about $751;
600. He richly deserves to be support
ed in his efforts.
The war editor OF the New York
Tribune is telling the British how to
conduct the war.
Mr.. Moody is done for. He will hard
ly again be able 10 undertake active
evangelistic work. He is a most use
full. c~onsecrated man OF God.
Rome, Italy, had an arbor day in
November, and they are becoming
common in Italy. Such a day is need
ed in barrens of the south.
Representative Deliver, of Iowa, is a
republican silver tooter who has "a
change of heart" and will foot for gold.
Sibley, alleged democrat, he
will no more foot for silver. How few
men are to be trusted.
Hanna is laying plans for 1900. and
says it must be Mckinley and Root.
and they must be nominated by accla-
nation. So the artful rascal declares
the policy and names the nominees.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-19
THE PHILIPPINES IN THE CON-
GRESS.

The resolution in the house of repre-
sentatives relative to the final freedom
of the Filipinos when the "cruel war is
over" will draw to them a warm sup
port from millions of right thinking
men and genuine believers in national
Declaration Of independence, n the
Constitution of the United States. The
purport Of the resolutions offered by
Representative Williams,o of Mississippi,
is that our government shall not annex
the Philippines, and that the F%ilipinOs
are entitled ito the inalienable right to
self-government and national indepen-
dence." He is q very strange "sOn Of
liberty" indeed who can at bottom fav-
or any other cause. The action of the
American people has been a living lie
if now they turn their backs upon
what they have always professed, and
become the hackers of Mckinley in his
treacherous and unfriendly course
seeking to bring u, OOO, 900 of people IN
der the rule and power Of the United
States against their will and in open
violation of pledges and the principles
of our government, and the ten thou
sand repeated declarations of the
American people.
~ When the pride and of the
old navy, Commodore Stephen Decatur,
gave as a toast at a dinner at Nor
folk, Va, Our country. may h al
ways be right, but right or wrong, our
country" he uttered doubtless a senti-
ment which found an echo in all Amer
lean hearts. We can accept the pa
triotism of the toast" though we an
not endorse or submit to it's ethics. A
country-our country-may become in
volved in a war as diabolical as that of
the Spanish war against the Neither
lands in the time Of the bloody Duke
of Alva, and then no right thinking
moraliSt with a prope sense of justice
and honor and humanity and right, can
possibly subscribe to the sentiment of
Decatur. In his day there were no
wars of expansion and conquest-no
invasion of i weak and helpless people.
He would have probably changed his
view, or entered a proviso. if he could
have so foreseen the future as to see
what would occur at the end of this
century with such a creature Of cir
cumstance and with such principles as
Mckinley has to be at h head of a vast
country calling itself a Republic with
more than 20, 900, 900 of people.
We helped the Cubans to defeat their
enemies, the ~Spaniards. We professed
fine sentiment of love of justice and
sympathy for the oppressed. Will we
keep covenant with the liberated Gu
bans? Is there any real difficulty if
governed by a proper regard for prin-
ciples and obligations and a firm be-
lief in the right of the governed to
choose their own form of government
and their own public servants? The
Williams resolution justly, righteously
says:
Whereas, Such is the intention of
the government and of the American
people, who do not believe in wars of
conquest or criminal aggression against
other peoples and have frequently de-
clared their horror thereof; now there
fore be it Resolved. etc."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-19

Evangelist Weston r. Gales is gen.
eral manager of the Mountain Retreat,
a Christian association for the benefit
of ignorant people in our mountains.
1t is located at Montreal. 1t is char
tered and a ample powers conferred
and privileges also, as Mr.. Gales states
in a circular letter, Ito carry forward
the purposes for which the association
and community exists 1t is a distinc-
lively Christian organization; it's su-
preme purpose to advance the cause
of Christ among men, and the princi-
pal methods to be employed are to
reach throughout the needy mountain
section of North Carolina, preaching
the Gospel to the poor, and to make
Montreal a religious and educational
centre, where at all seasons of the
year, and especially during the sum-
mer. months, conferences for Bible
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No Smallpox at Guilford College.
Guilford College, N. c., Dec. 10.

1dAAAoAo WHO 49, 49, ~ :"
Editor Messenger:
Since some cases of smallpox are re-
ported in the neighborhood of our col
lege, I shall esteem ii a great favor If
you will kindly publish this letter i'm
your paper. There IS not a case Of
smallpox within a mile of the college.
and there is absolutely nc Teason for
believing that any of the students
has been exposed. AS Guilford college
is the name of the postofhce here. any
event that nay take place in a circle
OF three or four miles in diameter is
reported as taking place at Guilford
College.
The term which is now about to
close has been highly satisfactory in
every respect. Almost no sickness,
and the least irregularity known for
years. Our operations thus far have
been characterized by much n
ness on the part, both Of instructors
and pupils, and the moral % OF the
student body has been such as to make
the atmosphere OF the place most
healthful and stimulating.
L. L. HOBBS. President.
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The Asheboro Courier, published in
the fine agricultural county of Ran
dolph, tells of three farmers in one
neighborhood raising over 5000 bushels
of wheat this year., and mentions that
in that county there are seventeen full
process 1Our mills. They ship largely.
The Courier says:
1.-The freight on a car of wheat from
Chicago to Asheboro is twenty-three
cents a bushel.
when it is known that the mills in
this county pay the farmers more for
their wheat than farmers elsewhere
can get, it is not surprising that there
is such progress in agriculture. After
paying good prices for wheat the mills
can then sell flour cheaper than the
same grade of western flour can be
sold"
All this is encouraging for North
Carolina. The state may be partly
asleep as TO education, but it is
awakening, and it is very alive to cot
ton milling n some other important
industries. If the accursed trusts of
various evil kinds do not get hold of
the other state enterprises and grind
the life out of the people we may all
hope for good progress in many need
ed and important directions.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-19
In North Carolina a white 7

In North Carolina a hit male
teacher in a public school receives
s26.33 salary per month; a white fe-
male teacher gets SO. 65-very poor pay
truly, if the teachers are qualified for
efficient service. Negro male teachers
get s22.53; female $3.50. Average an
nual salary of teachers about $40. The
average Of child ren's attendance is %
days-a o chance for an education.
The white school term is IA weeks, and
negro term Is weeks. There are 250
more male than female teachers in
the whole state. It shows that women
are busy trying to earn something OF
a living if a poor one.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-19

To accommodate those who are par
tfaa 30 the use Of atomizers in apply
ing liquids into the nasal passages for
catarrhal troubles, the proprietors pre-
Wy's Liquid Cream Balm. Price
the spraying tube is Is cents.
or by mail. The liquid EN-
bodies the medicinal properties Of the
solid preparation. Cream Balm is
quickly absorbed by the membrane and
does not dry up the secretions but
changes them to a natural and healthy
Ely Brothers, 56 Warren
Street, New York.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-19

What a wonderful discovery is Pain.
Killer II not only cures the ills OF
the human family, but is also the sure
remedy for horses with collie. 1t has
never been known to fail in a cure Of
the worst cases; and for sprains. gals,
etc, it never fails-try it once. Diree-
tions accompany each bottle. Sold by
druggists generally. Avoid subsu-
tutes, there is but one Pain-Khler,
Perry Davis Price 25c and soc.
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HOME FOLKS.

Lately the Raleigh News and OBJ
server told of a cotton mill paying &c
per pound for 100 bales of cotton more
than any exporter would pay. That
opens up relief for the cotton farmers
to consume at home their product.
Multiply the mills. The buyer Of the
cotton had in addition to haul his pur-
chase tw~enty-four miles to the cotton
mill.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-19

General Robert B. Vance some years
ago published a small volume of verse.
1t vas not nue. as to poetry, but re-
vealed some metrical gifts. Mr.. d.
Vance Price tells in the Asheville Cit
izen that the las words the good man
and genuine Christian uttered, was
Mother" He publishes some stanzas
on Gods noble man. The last is this:
1T vas Mother" he whispered: and
who will dare say
That he felt no his mothers sweet
presence that day?
For who than a mother could better
convoy
Her child DER the flood to the City of
Jey?"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-19

The general conference of the South
ern NJ. E. Church allots $70,0 900 as the
proportion which the Western North
Carolina conference is expected TO
raise by the LIST of January. 1901, of
the twentieth century educational
fund. Will it be raised?
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Though my way leads Ger the hill-tOps
With the sunshine beaming fair,
And the rarest flowers nOdding,
Breathe a welcome everywhere;
Or a-down the lonely valley,
With the shadows falling drear-
Still He satisfies M fully,
For / feel His presence near
O. +. HART.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-19

Look at Forsyth county and behold
the trouble that m from the ex-
istence of a fusion gang. 1t brings
distress wherever it lays it's palsying
hand. The democratic supervisor of
schools grants certificates of pay to
female teachers who are very necessi-
tous, when up starts the fellow Davis.
a fusion supervisor and usurper, and
forbids the payment for services rem
dered. That supreme court as now or
ganized is indeed a foul stencil in the
nostrils of the intelligence and charac-
ter of the state.
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RELIGIOUS EDITORIALS FOR
SUNDAY.

Therefore to him that knoweth to do
good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
James iv, II.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-19

Mr. w. V. Hall, of Charlotte, tells a
reporter Of The Washington Post that
the proposed amendment to the con-
stitution of North Carolina will GER
tainly be defeated by a strong major
ty. There are lots of democrats oppos-
ed to the proposed amendment; be-
tween thirteen and fifteen democrats,
who are members of the legislature.
voted against it in the session of 1889
and are still it's vigorous enemies"
What means has Mr.. Hall for such
a knowing, ~ex-cathedra statement? Are
there thirteen of fifteen members of
the legislature, elected as democrats,
VIC will fight the amendment and vote
against it? Does he speak by the book
or is he only guessing or talking
through his hat?" Are there really
lots of democrats" who will oppose
and vote against the amendment? If
so, who are they? He says nothing
about lots of republicans who will
probably assert their manhood and
self-respect and vote with their own
race against negro supremacy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-19

Two Of the North Carolina delega-
ton in the United States house have
introduced resolutions. Mr.. Bellamy's
seeks to aid the newspaper men and
others in repeating the tax on wood
pulp and all materials used in the
manufacture of printing and writing
paper. It would help no little if it
passed. The paper used Upon newspa-
pers, as we'll as other kinds, is leaping
k a kangaroo, and will soon embar-
rass thousands of newspaper publish
ers throughout the land. Mr.. Kitchin
seeks to reduce the tax on snuff and
tobacco. This is of doubtful expedi-
ency. 1t may not help the farmers,
and it is a tax on a voluntary indul-
gence by no means a necessity of life.
He also seeks to compel telegraph COM
panies to pay for all revenue stamps
required upon dispatches.
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gives color,
RaUov and frmness to
all fruits. No good fruit
can be raised without
Potash.
Fertilizers containing at least
8 to Io% of Potash will give
best results on all fruits. Write
for our pamphlets, which ought
to be in every farmers library.
They are sent free.
GERMAN KALI WORKS.
9, Nassau ST., New York.
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1t is a bad commentary upon Nc
Kinley appointments in North Caro-
lima that his revenue officers in John
ston county should prove so very
~treacherous as to protect the violators
Of law, connive at their rascality, and
even share in profits. The Mckinley
concern generally is very shabby and
unreliable. from head 10 bottom.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-19

Dr. W. P. Beall, of Greensboro, in a
card in The Charlotte Obs ,rver, says
that DR.. E. S. Stomey saw none of.
the Normal patients at Greensboro
about whom he wrote and never asked
a question of DR.. Lewis whom he crit
icises. He concludes with his tight
statement:
I'm view of these facts, 7 feel sure /
voice h sentiment OF every self-re-
specting physician in the state, when
L characterize DR.. Stamey's criticisms
as impertinent, unprofessional and I'M
gentlemanly."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-19

1t is noticeable that in the organi-
cation of the Southern Association of
Hosiery Manufacturers North Carolina
was well remembered. by choosing the.
president from Durham, Mr.. V. Bal
lard, and one of the executive commit
tee from Raleigh, Captain Samuel A.
Ashe. Both are no doubt excellent
selections.
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study shall be held. and religious as
sembles both for Christians and the
unconverted, thus combining some OF
the prominent features of the work at
Mortified, Ocean Grove, the students
summer conferences and mountain
gospel work The work may be called
undenominatinsal or interdenomina-
tionaL."
He is an excellent, discreet Christian
worker, n the proposed organization
may accomplish no little good If prop
erly sustained. He says that Mon
treat is in the Blue Ridge mountains.
and has IAN altitude ranging from
$500 to 500 feet, along the south fork
Of the Swannanoa river, with noun
tain peaks on the association property
& grandeur, and with a mean tempera-
ture so mild as to make ii a delightful
abiding place, summer and winter"
Mr.. Robert d. Gilmer. of Waynes-
vile. himself a candidate
torney general. He has a good reputa-
ton for ability, we believe. He tells
The Raleigh News and Observer tina
it is his honest conviction that the
amendment will be adopted, and the
west will do her part. / Judge princi-
pally by my own county. Haywood. The
democrats there are solid for it,"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-30
SEXTON WANTS HIS PAY.
Gets Restraining Order Against
Pastor Love and His Trustees,

Gets Restraining Order Against
Pastor Love and His Trustees.
temporary restraining order was
granted yesterday by Judge Falllgant, re-
straining Rev. E. X Love and the trus.
tees of the First African Baptist Church
from making use of certain funds in their
hands, as 1t is stated they intend doing.
The order was granted upon the petit
ton of Solomon w. Williams. williams
says in his petition that he was employed
as sexton of the church on Nav 1896
at salary of $50 a month He alleges
that the church is now due him 1902 50,
ana that Pastor Love and the trustees
nave in their possession over 500. which
was collected TO defray expenses of this
character Instead of putting the money
to the use for which Ii was intended. he
says, the pastor and trustees now pro-
pose TO use 1t in making a payment upon a
ueDt Oh the church contracted in the pur-
chase of the residence now occupied bv
Pastor Love on Ebert square.