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The evening times., 1900-01-15

TIE Sun.
Sun rises......7:I7 An. sun sets.......5:G2 Pm
The evening times., 1900-01-15
Trimming Prices Are Almost
Too Low.

Trimmings like ours don't deserve such
prices as we're naming. It's almost hu-
initiating to their naughty quality, but
there's clearance. you know. and consid-
Grafton of anything else plays no part il
the price marking.
The evening times., 1900-01-15

en- OVERCOATS, the best make Of
vi fine blue and black covert and
whip-cord cloths. Perfect cut, fit
and fashion. Abso- C11 ~
lutely superb Clear out jill ~
at. Ee7O
The evening times., 1900-01-15

S1c oVERCOATS. stylishly tailored,
%IU blue and black melton cloths,
raw edge cut, and warranted every
thread pure wool. These CT A.
80 we'll clear out D IN
t...................... IsfJ
The evening times., 1900-01-15

BOYS ULSTER OvERCOATS, with
Capes, to 16 years, about 80 alto
s f.; S;:s; ::;s ssi e ' It, .: @::: St.: s124
The evening times., 1900-01-15

BOYS SUITS, about 200, and every
one a very good suit for CO IA
any boy. Biggest kind of III
bargain. Clear out at.... aZf
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-05-08
BLACK RADrcAL1sM CONSERVING.

The black radical gang met at Ra-
leigh Only eighteen negroes were In
II. Ruled out all aroun you see. And
how glad were the d~eceivers- Tney
were heard next day rejoicing ina
Sambo and Josh were no longer In II
How ridiculous. and how
and unkind. They hav no recollection
of past events and no gratitude for
gone favors. An u~ngrateful fellow Is
apt to be a base fellow. From $50 DEL
egates the negroes have dropped to Is
Pritchard Is still on the big orag. ne
swears the ticket OF VIII De
elected. 1t is headed by Spencer
Adams, the foul-mouthed Judge who
DETAINED the white men in 1855, from
the bench. Think OF Spencer Adams
ever being governor OF North Carolina
There is much wickedness and depravi-
~ in the state. but il is to be hoped
tina IL is not so fallen and lost to be
cursed with such a fellow for governor.
May heaven forefend, We scarcely
ever heard of the remainder of the
ticket. with one or two highly unimpor-
tant exceptions. little Claudious Dock
cry for instance. The white men OF
North Carolina who are proud OF their
race. proud Of their state, proud OF An
glo-SaXon civiliZation-proud OF the
history of their people will be more de-
termined than ever before to save the
grand old state from the predatory
vandals, and TO p~erpetuate free institu-
tons, good government, the blessings
of civilization and the right 10 worship
God according to-choice and the honest
dictates of their consciences in this an
cient commonwealth.
The platform of the robbers n con-
spirators is precisely h one that fits
them all through. A just, righteous,
s~tatesman-like, wise, liberty-loying
platform would have been a complete
misfit. No fellow in hat gang could
ever have stood Upon it. 1t re-affirms
the national platform of 1896, endorses
the administration of President McKin-
ley and Governor Russell and de-
nounces the proposed amendment to
the constitution of the state. That is
enough to politically damn the whole
gang. A band of high way robbers
could adopt that sort of thing.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-05-08
BREVITIES.

Captain Chadwick has made a saw
age attack on Rear Admiral Schley. 1t
is malicious. He is a Sampsonite.
Yes. yes. Root, secretary of war
says that the Monroe doctrine must be
a~bandoned or fight for it. 1t is too alb
surd and dangerous to fight for. 1t is
really a preposterous contention now.
The Unitarian church in Washington
is in trouble. The members want to
call an "old gal" as minister. She is
known as Rev. Ida c.. Hutton. Dissen-
sion occurs. A dispatch states thai
Senator Hoar, Senator Lodge, Carroll
d. Wright, the commissioner Of labor,
and other prominent. members of the
church strongly opposed this"
In the British parliament the ques-
ton was asked is Lord Methuen
Above the criticism of the g%eneral-in-
chief in Africa because he is "a society
peer n a court favorite?'"
Senator Teller is seeking to get back
into h old rotten radical party. He
says he stands with the republicans
on the issues of the hour" Let him go.
He is another Ananias Butler.
Thus far mir people have been killed
by accidents at the Paris exposition and
fifty injured.
Some burglars at Railway, n. J., en-
tered a doctors office and poking
around in a closet they struck a hu-
man skeleton and skedaddIed. That is
probably the first skeleton in a closet"
that ever did any good.
ann prophesies the reelection of
Mckinley. He says hard work is
ahead.
Senator Vest is 50 in love with the
rascal Quay that he says his vote
against him will cause him sorrow ali
his life. as reported by the washington
Post. He says he has always held that
the governor had no right to appoint
when the legislature failed to elect, and
he could not stultify h~imself-would
have defended Quay if he had been at
tackled in senate.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-05-08

They were not used much TO 'scanty''
food before the war, but they got used
to it before the our years Of tussling
had ceased. AS to pay, they got 1t,
blu they were fighting for liberty and
rights, for independence and homes,
and they fought so that no other people
have surpassed them. One day. when
lies about the war shall cease, and the
plain truth is printed. the north will
fully appreciate the rebels they tried
so hard to kill. Here is an apt quota
ton from the greatest Scotsman then
living and also another admission Of
cause, by the Evening Post:
1T reminds us of Carlyle's explana-
ton of the issues Of our war: Peter Of
the North Quarrels with Paul of the
South because Paul hires his servants
for life, while Peter hires them by the
e
1t is true that the civil war in this
country did not begin as a war for the
emancipation of the slaves. But hatred
of slavery was the motive which
strengthened the heart of the north"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-05-08
OUT IN THE COLD.

Sambo has no idea of being left out
seat in the black radical wigwam in
North Carolina. Look at the republi-
can Wake county convention. A big
split and the negroes on top of the
dismayed whites. The negroes asserted
their rights and declared for front seats
or the back door. The result was the
negroes withdrew and claimed to be the
original, the only genuine convention.
The effort to silence the darkeys gen.
orally succeeded, but it may result in
silencing many Of them at the ballot
box. They will hardly agree to be
kicked about as a ball and then to come
up to give the fat offices to the hungry
horde of white managers. AS members
of the negro party in North Carolina
the black radical-and as constituting
nearly three fourths of it they have a
perfect right to both a division of del
egates, and of spoils. Heretofore the
fat places have been going to the pale
faces while the black-faces were Expect
ed to get the mental places where they
could continue to and to wait
like good and faithful servants Of the
white trough-treaderS. Whenever the
negroes take on a fair share of self-re-
spect, they will no longer be used for
the selfish ends Of the corrupt and
vicious white politicians who have
ruled in iniquity and ~debauchery and
brought curses upon the people.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-05-08

senger has before commented upon
it. DR.. B~arringer said this: I'm every
part of the south, it Is the opinion of
every man of unbiased mind that the
second generation (of negroes) Is in
finiteIy worse than the first"
The Medical Record Is about the
highest authority in medicine in this
country. The Charlotte Observer
quotes 1t as confirming our gifted North
Carolinian's statement, and says that
1t has many times called attention to
the physical deterioration of the color
ed race on this continent, clearly owing
to the i%nsanitary conditions in which
its members live;that the matter is of
the most serious Importance, and, ma
turally, assumes a most ominous as
pect. 1t admits that the abolition Of
slavery, instead of exercising a favor
able influence upon the negro morally
and physically, would rather appear
to have had a contrary effect" 1t ad-
mits. too, hat the physical degene-
racy Of the Afro-American ace natur-
ally becomes more and more evident,
while it is to be feared that the moral
condition of the colored man in this
country is at a lamentably low ebb."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-05-08
DOWN IN AFRICA.

There Is news Of one sort and anoth-
certain interest. The British were on
the defensive lately and the Beers were
making it lively with their rear guards.
General Roberts is held up for h pres
emit. He stands" but fails Ito deliver
battle according to his programme.
While the British are in strong force,
the Beers are in small force, but keep
on attacking. They appear to be
ubiquitous, and turn up at unexpected
points daily. They are massing to the
west of Roberts position. 1t is said
that the British column to relieve Ma
feking will have to do some hard fight
ing and from the start. General Louis
Botha has proved himself a skillful
general the British press admit, as do
the soldiers in Africa. An interesting
statement is made as to the battle of
Colenso, and Colonel Long. The %
Tribune sends this: AT the time when
General Butler reported Colonel Long,
it will be remembered, was lying dan-
gerously wounded, and had not been
able to explain his action, but he has
now recovered sufficiently to assert
with the utmost positiveness that in
doing what he did he was acting in
strict obedience to orders"
Bear in mind that General Hunter
proposed to undertake to march 200
miles to relieve Mafeking and with but
5000 men. If he succeeds he will make
London go daft completely.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-05-08

Of the fourteenth amend
|ment. require a reduction OF represen-
|tation In congress and In the electoral
votes"
1t adds that this point has not yet
|teen decided authoritatively by the
United States supreme court. and the
hope is expressed by Mr.. Guthrie that
|it will be settled at an early date so as
TO avoid having 1t raised in some close
contest. when the decision
might be necessary to determine the
election Of a president" The south
has. 1t is conceded. the power to deal
with the question OF negro suffrage,
and to control it or abolish it by any
property or educational qualiica-
lions" IL IL should under the decision
OF the supreme court. yet to be made.
lose any part of its representation In
the congress. then let it go, for II is
far better every way to be relieved of
some part Of its representation than to
have the continued rule of ignorance
and corruption. The robbberies perpe-
Itrated in the Sarolinas. in Georgia, in
Louisiana, in Arkansas and other states
under negro supremacy are great re-
Iminders Of the %iniquities and unbeara-
%bleness Of government by negroes over
whites. The actual vote Of the south
will continue to be represented in the
congress and electoral college whatever
may be the final action of the supreme
lcourt
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-05-08

While the United States are under
Mckinley making demonstrations be-
fore the world hat they mean to busy
themselves with the affairs Of the ma
tons and emulate Great Britain's ex-
ample as a globe grabber and universal
fighter, there are unpleasant signs hat
the nations are learning to hate this
country. A few days ago a dispatch
was sent from Vienna to the london
Times to this effect: The widespread
hostility manifested on the continent is
a factor to be reckoned with. as The
United States will doubtless discover
at the next renewal Of commercial
treaties"
What does this portend? Does il in
dicate that Uncle Sam will not be al
lowed to nave his w sweet will in
enforcing his imperial policy? 1t is a
case OF give and take. II this country
pursues a narrow, selfish policy it may
expect to be dealt with in turn and in
the same way.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-05-08
TRACING RESEMBLANt f. AMI AID
MISSIONS.

English writers think they discover
a resemblance between the wal upon
the Beers and the Yankee war upon the
south. The north often fails 20 correct
fy represent the causes and conduct of
ITS war pom the south, and English
writers are neither better informed nor
possibly more penetrating. 1t is anus
ing TO reproduce the utterances of the
north as to the short war it would be
against the South-a few weeks affair.
So the British made lightly of the pur-
posed resistance of the Dutch Beers
and said the job would be quickly dis
patched. 1t took the north with 2,7OO.-
600 men exclusive of navy, four years
to triumph over 600, 900 men Britain
has been at it nearly seven months,
with an army now of 215,0oO or more,
and the 40, coo Beers are not yet wiped
out and their country with it, We find
in the New York Evening Post this
statement-a belated admission of
truth:
when the rebellion broke out, many
peoa:e in the north supposed that 1T
would be quickly suppressed. Secre-
tary Seward put the time necessary al
ninety days, and Horace Greeley gave
the rebels six weeks to capitulate.
ON TO Richmond was the cry until the
Bull Run disaster sobered the northern
people"
Here is the idea today-in 1900-oi
the southern men who fought them fol
four years and against AZ times their
numbers and the War Records of the
limited States government show. The
Evening Post says:
'sThe confederate soldiers We're, nix
h Beers, horsemen anG lihelnen ..
na+,raI raining. They were used t.
Door and scanty food, and could subsis
without pay"
The best the south had was In tn
great fight for second Independents
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-05-08

Readers OF Canon Doyle, the British
novelist. who has written one or two
decidedly clever books, will be interest
ed in his description of the British
troops after they had been lon enough
In Africa to stand the hot climate. and
mad roughed IL for months trying to
whip the Beers who some how will not
stay whipped Doyle writes 20 the
London Daily a OF how he was i'm
pressed when he first saw the British
soldiers:
Il watched them-ragged. bearded
ferce-eyed misunderstanding along
under a cloud of dust. Who could
have conceived, who had seen the prim
soldier In time of peace, that he could
so quickly transform himself INTO thts
grim, virile barbarian? Bulldog faces
hawk faces, hungry wolf faces. every
sort OF face except a weak one. Here
and there a man smoking a pipe. here
ana there a man who smiled: but most
nave sWarthy faces and lean a little
forward with eyes steadfast and fea-
lures lnpassive but r~esolute. Here In
1iurnp OF mounted infantry. a grizzled
Ieiiow IKE a fierce old eagle at the head
OF tnem- Some are named like lions,
some nave young keen faces.
but tnese men are warriors amid war
iheir eyesc are hard and quick. They
nave a gaunt, intent look, like men who
ilVe always under a show OF danger"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-05-08
WILD STATEMENTS A. To THE
COTTON MILL GROWTH.

The Messenger some two or three
weeks ago directed attention to the
very gross e~xaggerations that appear
ed i'm the newspapers and trade jour-
mails relative TO the progress in cotton
milling in the south IL gave the
figures of the Chattanooga Tradesman.
tina were conservative and corrective
Of statements made by another trade
organ. There is not sense or truth in
mistating and charging as to
what has been done in the south.
There is very real. very comforting
progress. but il needs the pen OF no
M~unchausen TO make the increase two
or five times greater than il is. A New
York city commercial paper relying
upon southern writer's for its imagined
facts, has very greatly multiplied the
progress made. 1t is TO the effect that
the south has increased its spindle pow
er IS per cent. or nearly one-half since
January 1, 1899. but little more than a
year ago. The engagements already
completed amount to SIG, 424 spindles.
and the new mills, organized and under
way, will give a total Of projected work
of 1,S4S,2 42 spindles, or a grand total
for sixteen months of 2,667. 666. In Au-
gust 1898, there were in the sonth only
$3.50. 290 spindles in operation; and the
chances are that by August, 1900. or
two years from hat date, the south
will have doubled its production of cot
ton goods"
That sort of stuff-downright lying
will do a great deal of harm. 1t mis-
leads the south and the outsiders as
well The gain is really satisfactory,
but the impossible has not been accom-
plished. The Tradesman sternIy re-
buked the Baltimore publication that
gives out such gross misrepresenta-
tions, and sIaps the New York CONNER
cial Bulletin for presuming to give
farther currency to such spurious sta
tistics. The Tradesman says peril
nently and positively:
There is just enough truth in this
to make it potent for mischief. There
has never been a gain of more than
25O, 600 spindles in the southern trade
in any one year, with a single excep-
ton, and that average gain meant an
addition Of fresh capital amounting to
5000 900. If 1857 900 spindles were ad-
ded in sixteen months the new capital
would not be less than $50. 900, 00e. The
statement is absurd, preposterous.
The mere scribblers. who usually write
up these matters, have no idea of the
number of projects that come to
nothing"
The states Of North Carolina and
South Carolina are specially active in
starting new cotton enterprises. This
state is not neglecting other import
ant enterprises, nj many smaller in
dustries are being worked satisfactorily
The movement all over the state is up
ward and onward. But there are no
miracles attempted. The Tradesman
thinks that so. or. 900 will be added to
the cotto- { de in 1900. That lis too
low We Goubt not. We are quite as
sured that the two Carolinas will add
sS.OO0.OO0 this year. 1t thinks fifty
mills of all classes may be added. We
hope for higher figures. But let there
be no wild guessing given as facts.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-05-08

The French are believed to be hostile
to the British, and would not bear
much. They are said to be sore over
their treatment yer the Fashoda
matter. They think it was the act Of
the British for hostile purposes. Edi-
tor w. T. Stead, of England, has been
staying for months in Paris. n he
says % 1.-The attitude of the French
people is one Of irritation. suspicion
and determination not to suffer further
indignities- In the Fashoda matter
they were Obliged to yield. because they
were not ready to do otherwise, but
that they are resolved hat they will
never again submit"
We believe talk Of an invasion of
England is all talk. 1t would not be
possible with Britain's great fleet.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-05-08
Virginia Democratic Convention.

Norfolk, Va, May 1.-The demo-
cratic state convention adjourned at
midnight after affirming the Chicago
platform Of 1896, endorsing William
Jennings Bryan for denomination for
the presidency, making the call for a
constitutional convention a party az
fair, and endorsing the proposition To
submit the revised constitution to the
people for ratification or rejection
Hon. John L. LETTERS and Judge VIII
liam H Mann were selected as electors
at large. and Senators Daniel and Mar
tin, Governor Tyler and Congressman
Jones delegates at large to the ma
tional convention.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-05-08

So Linney will not aspire to the high
office of a sacrificial offering for the
multitudinous sins of his railing, rot
ten, false party-false to the state
false to civilization and the country
false to humanity. 1t is a party without
honor Or principles worthy of a free
and enlightened state. Linney prefers
certainty to sacrifice. He would rath-
er misrepresent a district in the strong
federal house than to climb a creased
gubernatorial pole with the certainty
of a lightning descent. There is moth
ing OF the martyr in Linney. Pritch-
ard is vain enough to believe hat he,
the immense Tennessee refugee, al be
elected governor in North Carolina by
the vote of the negroes =. Let him try
it, and he will awake to know hat the
great white mans party in North Car
DINA has repudiated him as traitor to
his race and as the enemy of the great
state.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-05-08
HOME FOLKS.

Either Jeter Pritchard is q very
blinded partisan who can not see the
way the wind is blowing, or he is doing
lots of idle Dragging about his rotten
gang hitched on to Buffers little con-
tingent carrying North Carolina this
year. We put the majority for the
democrats at 10000 and we are not at
all willing to lower the figures as yet.
If there is effective, thorough organiza-
ton it can be made 10000. Watch the
figures. But this estimate is based on
the thoroughness and completeness of
the organization Of the townships in
the state. We repeat it is possible to
carry North Carolina for the amend
ment by 10000, but it all hangs upon
a most determined, vigorous, u%nceasing
effort. Speaking and writing and
working can redeem North Carolina
forever. There will be no more negro
supremacy in this grand old state.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-05-08

The democrats have an excellent
State ticket in the field. Let the coun-
ties emulate the example, and put the
best men forward, men who can be
Trusted
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-05-08

The Messenger is pleased to note that
Greenville. Pitt county. is to have a cot
ton mill. The Reflector says $3.50
have been already subscribed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-05-08

The New York Medical Record in
dorses the statement of DR.. Paul B.
BarriRger in his address before the
Tri-State Medical Society. The Mes
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-05-08

nOTASH gives eosoD.
Ravoy and f'mness 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.
q, Nassau ST.. New YORK.
New-York tribune., 1900-04-16
RUNAWAY IN CENTRAL PARK.
LARGEST CROWD OF ANY EASTER SAID TO
HAVE BEEN AT THE MENAGERIE.

According to Acting Captain Dillon, Of the Cen
tral Park squad, the largest crowd of any Easter
present in Central Park Yesterday Acting
Captain Dillon said that for Easter Day II was
a record breaker for visitors. and the crowd was
as large as he had ever seen in Central Park at
any time. and he had been the force for many
years. 1t was estimated by Sergeant William Nor
gan that at least twenty thousand people were at
one time in the neighborhood of the menagerie
Notwithstanding the great number of people
there were few arrests and those made only for
trivial offences There only lost child at
the Arsenal. One accident alone was reported up
to 4 o'clock This a runaway in the West
Drive which at one time threatened to be serious
NJ. F. Ell, of No. 40 West Seventy-seventh-st was
driving spirited horse, which was attached to a
light wagon, shortly before Just south of
Sixty-ninth-st the horse took the bit between his
teeth and ran away. At Sixty-ninth-st. Mounted
Policemen George Schafner and Dennis F. Ander-
dashed after the runaway. The policemen got
either side of the horse and each grabbe the
check rein. Ell himself tugged hard on the rein
Despite these efforts. the horse ran 10 Seventy
hfth-st. before II could be stopped. The only dam
ages sustained were the injuries to the horses Of
the mounted policemen, caused by being kicked by
the runaway.