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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-04
THE SOUTH,S COTTON CROP.

The south grows a good deal of stuff
OF one sort and another. It has climate.
soil, water courses, dews, rains and
sunshine in abundance ordinarily. 1t
produces mucha already and it can make
a great deal more If stimulated and
encouraged by good prices it could
produce well nigh double the wheat,
corn, oats, POTATOES, rice and tobacco
it now produces and at least $50, 900 more
bales of cotton. The Baltimore Manu-
facturers' Record that gives attention
to some of the south's productions gives
the following which we copy for it's in
formation and encouragement. 1t says:
The south's cotton crop this year will
be worth from $3.50, OOO, 900 to $500, 600, 900,
against an average of $500, 000, 900 of late
years, an increase OF from $3.50, 000. 900
tt 5000, 000, 900. Including the seed, the
value of the cotton crop will exceed
$500, 900, 900.
Southern mills will continue probably
1, 10000 bales, against 1900, 900 bales
last year. This cotton, which will cost
southern mills about $751; 00, 900 to $780,
900, 600, will, in it's manufactured shape,
be worth more than 1925, OOO, 600, thus
adding $3.50, 600, 600 in the process of
manufacture. To this d an estimate
of 500, 000, 900, as the value of cotton
seed oil, hulls, etc., and is found that
the cotton crop this year will yield up
the south the following:
Cotton o-J God SSnn Onn nan
Added value of cotton manu-
featured in the south....... $50, 900, 900
Value of oil and hulls. etc,
Tor eed1ng 100, 600, 900
Total. $3.50. 600, 900
The south's true way to independence
is not in politics or high tariffs or op-
pressive combines or s~ubservience TO
1.-The powers that be-" but in we'll di-
rected industry, in improved farming,
in multiplying and distributing of in
dustries.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-04
Ghe Messenger.
ELECTION FIGURES AND DEDUC-
TlONS

Grouping arranging election figures
continue. New lessons are drawn here
and there from the results. The New
York Sun, vilest, bitterest. meanest Of
newspapers, wants to get rid of the
south somehow as a lightweight. But
when the south proposed nearly forty
years g to Withdraw peacefully from
a violated compact, the whole north
rose up, recruited in all Europe, and
swore in its mighty wrath that it
should not be. that the south should be
coerced and disciplined and kept in the
union to be eve after, as in the past
from Washington's first term, "ahewer
of wood and a drawer OF water" Of the
greedy, insolent, over-bearing of that
dominating section Now after more
than thirty-five years of steady service
and contribution to the wealth of that
section. the south is a drawback, and
must be punished or put in political
Straight-jackets or something else
equally devilish, mean and ~revengeful.
The south might be glad to be permit
ted to depart in peace and to york out
its own destiny under the divine favor
and blessing. But that can not be,
however v~irtuperative the northern
press Of the more savage and malign
type. The south must remain in the
union so long as it lasts and it may
come to pass that it may help to pre-
serve that union against northern
traitors imperialists and plotters who
nay seek it's destruction.
But let us come to some more figur-
ing: The New York Buffalo Courier
has mad a comparison of the late vote
for president according to sections
Pfuralities are given:
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-04
COST OF CANNEERIES AND THE EX-
PENSES.

In Texas a cannery was established
by a college president at College Sta
ton. After one month Of operating a
report was made. The cost OF the can
nery's fixtures was s361.72. Expense OF
running s524.29. Production for one
month, s753.3S. Cost $524.27-clear sav-
ing t. the college s219.o1. The president
ployed in order to teach them to can.
and seeing that we could easily make
a profit, we paid them our maximum
student labor rate, 12h cents per hour.
A still larger profit could have been
made IL they had employed men used
ro~the work n paid them a less ate
per hour
This experiment shows what a small
amount OF capital may do in this state
when placed in a small cannery. This
is practical work. What was done In
Texas can be done easily in North
Carolina Given a head, why not. We
copy the above facts for the encourage
ment of North Carolina What a small
cannery can do is shown satisfactorily.
The president gave all the items, which
we omitted seeking only for results.
When the south manufactures and
grows all it consumes it will be on the
highway to both prosperity and indie
pendence. Let the ~canneries be multi
piled. Grow fruits and vegetables ano
put them up for home consumption and
tn markets generally. Multiply the in
dustries, utilize h products, and be
active and the profits will come. Try it.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-04
A STRANGE INDIFFERENCE.

1t looks as if voting in Mississippi
was either greatly neglected or much
despised. There are some go, 900 voters,
we suppose, including the disfranchised
negroes. OF these 150, 900 are whites,
no doubt. But in the las election only
about 10000 votes were polled. There
was a rather surprising d~eclension all
through h south in votes for Bryan,
We believe. 1t was a strange indiffer-
nee under the circumstances. There
may have been some truth in what GER
tain active kickers said that there were
thousands of democrats who wanted
Mckinley because of his imperialism.
his high tariff notions. his conversion
to gold buggery. &c. Although the negro
in Mississippi fails to figure in cleo
tions, there is an extraordinary indiffer-
ence on the part of the whites as to
the exercise of the ballot, not halt OF
them voting. 1t is the duty Of all good
citizens to vote and it is their duty to
vote for the right, for the good of their
country n state and community. If
the bad vote only farewell to honest
and good government.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-04
BREVITIES.

The Tar of Russia is a hard worked
| sovereign When well, Is are nearly all
potentates in later times.
Reported plots to kill President Nc
Kinley, Lord Roberts and other po-
t~entates now and then, are ominous
and show the disturbed conditions of
the world. There are cranks and viii
lains around the world who think "mur-
der a fine are" to quote De Quincy,
and that it is a glorious Iced Ito play
the devil" Catch and hang quick.
Has it ever occurred to you how
many little children are burned TO
death and how many hunters are killed
accidentally?
another American girl caught by a
title. Hope she will not be made mis-
cradle. Miss Adele Atlee, Of Philadel
phia, marries a Frenchman with the
title Of Viscourt Louis de Oranges de
Bourcea. They are first cousins. He
is six feet two, but it is not stated what
is the size of her pile.
A nine-months-old baby in Newport,
r. l., is worth the neat little sum of
$1,000, 900. So far as known she has the
biggest pile of any little n in the
world. They begin early to be rich up
there
1t is we'll that the people who so
warred on the south have found some
thing nearer home to look after. Leads
ing men in New York are warning at
last on vice-sweeping, so TO speak, be-
fore their own dirty doors.
Texas now has over 1900, 600 people,
or to be exact S,04S, 10. It's rate Of in
creas was 36.3. Texas is a big thing
geographically. 1t would make about
five states the size of North Carolina.
Talk now is that q great sun win
be voted by the congress to complete
the scheme of digging the Nicaraguan
canal. Foreign vars, foreign con-
quests, foreign annexation and foreign
government. Progress!
The Detroit Free Press thinks that
England lis dangerously near the plans
under which Weylerism sought to pac-
ify Cuba, in her efforts to pacify the
Beers. Little quarter is given, 4 the
- Va NhNSA " WIN 1E n ID
but family rebuked within the empire
Mr.. \. I. Bacon in the Yale Review
discusses with care our Foreign indebt-
edness. He says that so tar as he can
learn from a careful study that in 1885,.
the United States owed $500, 600, coo pay
able abroad He thinks now it is but
t~wo-thirds of that sum. He is much
under former estimates.
Mark Twain, since his return from a
long s~ojourn abroad, is doing straight
Onward talking TO his northern coun>
trymen. He suspects h the devil
has more 10 do with the burning and
slaughtering Il seizure in the Philip
pines thai any other agency employed.
Senator Hansbraugh is preaching
conservatism With Hale. He talks
through his hat when he a y there is
no danger of Imperialism and that a
shipping bill will pass and ought TO. Is
all that conservatism? Save the coun-
try from such.
Rev. Huberty-James, a professor in
the University OF Pekin. was tortured
and murdered on the Goth of June while
trying 10 save others.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-04

Some of the town papers are CRITICS.
ing sharply the destruction of shade
trees, and it comes none too soon. We
note that Reidsville, Wilson and Tar
boro have spoken. Trees are so beau
tifying and pleasant in a town it looks
like havoc itself to see one needlessly
destroyed. Sheriff Crowell, of Rocking
ham, is reported in Webster's Weekly
as saying:
1.-The man who cuts down a shade
tree, shoot him on the spot. Reidsville
has lost many beautifu: shade trees in
the march of Improvement and we can
sympathize with our Wilson friends in
their loss. Two or three we have in
mind, where the country wagons used
to collect during the heat of the day,
and man and beast enjoyed the refresh
ing shade. it seems almost a sin to cut
down.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-04

s4S5,366, IND for the nine months of this
year, compared with the first nine
months Of 1899. this decrease has beer
81, 251 1923, We have often been told that
figures do not lie, and that facts speak
more eloqueTTtly than words. The ac-
tual record ~recounts a big loss OF bust
ness this fall as compared with last
year"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-04

Mcklenburg county leads Wake
now, its population being 55.2Ss against
Wakes 54.626. Charlotte has thirteen
cotton mills and is to build another at
once. That explains. Buncombe is
third with 44,2Ss; Robson fourth with
40,371; Guilford is fifth with 1904;
Granville that stood third before Vance
was taken from it. is now low down in
the list, with %, 1868.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-04

North Carolina in ten mas done
very well all things considered. 1t has
advanced on some desirable lines. and
as it is not yet tired of this is some indi-
not be well believed that its growth
and development will continue at the
same speed just passed The Messen-
ger has fequently published statistics
concerning the industrial development,
but r~eproduces the following not as
new but as a reminder. We take from
Raleigh News and Observer:
There are now in operation in North
Carolina, 500 saw mills, n SO shingle
mills. In addition it mas 1S2 planning
mills and sash, door and blind factor
les, Go factories making furniture,
chairs, showcases, etc., SO making wag-
ons, carriages, agricultural implements,
ETC., % making boxes, crates, veneers,
etc. a total of 306 establishments en-
gagged in woodworking, which employ
much skilled labor.
Ten years g this industry was in
it's infancy"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-04

some OF the citizens in the exercise OF
the right of franchise. have done the
negro half so great an evil as was done
him by the national government when
1t imposed this right upon him.
In all this he appears to be quite mp
with the Aiebama president in a Fro
per understanding of the past and "the
fitness OF thinxs."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-04

The Boston Advertiser, rep., insists
that there is no surplus this and
1T is very doubtful il there will be any
nex year. He says for the year ending
October /. there was a clear defect of
81, 600, 900.
In Greater New York $40. Ooo. 900 are
still u-naccounted for in education since
consolidation. Whew.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-04

On the medallion To John RuEkin.
the great author and philanthropist, in
Westminster Abbey is TO be inscribed:
He taught Us TO hold in loving rever-
ence poor men and their work. greet
men and their work. God and his work"
No English man OF letters Of Great
Britain ever deserved 50 richly those
words.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-04

In answer to our friends inquiry. at
Fayetteville relative to Mr.. Goodies
authorship of the "euphemistic trans
lation' referred to by him, we can give
no information In fact we have
never seen the remarkable ~travesty."
Mr.. Goodfoe can answer the inquiry.
He has done no little clever work in
his life with {" his good gray quill
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-04
FIGURES.

VIII do the postoffice receipts of I'm
s,le Sam show such a falling off? 1t
has been believed and urged that the
increase in ~postoffice business was d
sure. convincing sign of prosperity. we
have all beer informed by the leading
commercial journals in the north that
the commercial failures of the year arr
much larger than the preceding year.
We are further informed h a there Is
also a decline in internal re-
ceipts. 1t is held that this source OF
revenue is a good test of genuine pros
perity. But there is a falling off in re-
,ceipts ais compared with the year be-
fore. We give the receipts from all
sources during September last. They
amounted to s23, 453. IA decrease Of
81 .O67, 900 as compared with the receipts
of September, 1899.
The fact is noted that the decrease
affects every class of revenue except
fermented liquors, which show a slight
increase. The monthly statement is as
follows:
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-04

The state expended more money than
its receipts by $37, 217. Public economy
Is always wise and sometimes a neces-
sity. Help US Cassius."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-04

The amazing mosquito has been for
some time under arrest for his active
performances n the results there
from. Experiments have been made in
Italy and West Africa to ascertain what
there is the latter-day theory about the
effects OF the mosquitoes bite. The
Maryland Medical Journal for Novem-
Der gives some information. 1t says
that 1.-THE experiments test equally the
theory of the PROPAGATION of. malaria
and the practical utility of preventive
measures" and expresses further the
opinion that the experiments should
at once engage the attention of working
s-anitarians and the general public"
The public. it appears. is itself to blame
for most cases of malaria People who
have the fever are allowed to poison
the mosquitoes that are foraging for
blood.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-04

The very hard terms given to China
will be accepted, strange to say. it is
believed. Germany may modify the
terms.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-04
Totals

1t is not yet certainly what is
the precise increase in McKinley's plu-
raIity over 1896. 1t is estimate that it
will be about 49, 600. which Is really
much less than was thought soon after
the election. Bryan gained in h east
Mckinley gained in the west, but while
Mckinley gained 351, 1853 in he far west
and &c, $50 in the middle west, an ag-
gregate of 422, 724, he lost 167, 761 in New
England and 17O, $50 in the middle states
a. total of S3S, Isl. He lost in every
New England state while in every state
of the middle west his plurality was in
creased except in Illinois. In Ohio NC
Kinley's plurality increased by $4,000;
in Indiana 10000; in Michigan by $4,000;
in Wisconsin by 5000; In Iowa by 34,-
900, and il Minnesota by 1000, while in
Illinois Mckinley lost.
1t really looks as if Organism or sill
versim was was weaker in the west. In
the east McKinley's wild espousing OF
commercial imperialism 20 worked as
90 cause loss ito him. In west OF
states Bryan carried but three,
against ten in 1896. Mckinley carried
nine against four in 1896. The Column
bia IS. c. State one of u ablest ed1-
ted southern exchanges. makes deduc-
ton from the result that are rational
andwell-based We copy a part:
AS to the southern states the de-
crease in Bryan'S plurality is due not
10 an increase in the republican vote
but to the failure of the democrats to
poll their strength. western
expansion is profitable, and hence pop
ular. in the west where h issue of
free silver has lost its potency. The
New England conscience" is response
bic for the democratic gains in that
section as a protest against Imperial
ism. In the east where four years ago
honest money was effective, "honest
government is no less powerful now.
In the older part of the country there
is a regard for American principles,
for the traditions of u fathers and
the teachings o our founders" Hence
an appeal against un-American ten
denotes was needed in the east and the
middle states. The new west, with It's
large population of foreign born citizens
and their descendants. caring naught
for the ethics of issues, was not a1ect-
ed by the danger to republican instltu-
tons
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-04

The Houston (Texas) Post takes no
tice of the decrease caused by a gov
eminent and points to 'The large de-
e in the sale of documentary N
proprietary stamps. the falling on IN
September, 1900, as compared with the
Warren sheaf., 1900-03-01
BLOOMER.

Agnes and Hugo Anderson, step
children OF r. NJ. Caldwell, have beeu
in Warren for the last two weeks, in
tending to stay two months to study
their catechism under the tutorship
OF Rev. Mattson preparatory for con
firmation, which makes Mr.. and Mrs.
Caldwell very lonesome.
Miss Kelley has been engaged to
teach the school in District No. TO-
She is a very efficient teacher.
The school board in Dist. No. 10 is
going to erect a flag pole thirty-fou1
feet long and make other improve.
ments on the grounds and school
house the coming summer.
A new innovation in the town Of
Bloomer is religious services held in
the school housein Dist. No. 1Oevery
two weeks; the Rev. B. E. Hoard, OF
the Argyle NJ. E. church, officiating
John Dundass and bride have re.
turned from Boston, Mass, to this
town, bringing with him his sister-in.
law, Mrs. Miller, and her daughter,
Agnes, for a visit. Here is long life
and happiness to you and your wife:
Jack!
Warren sheaf., 1900-03-01
VEGA.

FEB. 26, 19UO.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Anderson, OF
Roseau county, have been visiting
relatives in Vega the past week.
Adam Sahlberg, OF Marsh Grove,
was the guest at John Carlson's on
Tuesday last week.
Peter Iverson is spending a few
days in town of Fork.
Miss Hannah Smith is teaching a
five months term OF school in town
OF Big Woods.
Owing to the dry weather last fall
the water supply has been scarce
this winter, and those who are not
fortunate to have artesian wells on
their farms have been compelled to
haul water for their stock.
As stated by O. in a former letter
in the ,SHEAF, many of our young
people are away attending school
and consequently there are few
things on the go to break the mo-
notony on the farm.
CORRESPONDENT.
Warren sheaf., 1900-03-01
NEWFoLDEN.

Feb 26th, 1900
Farmers are busy hauling and cut.
ting their summer wood.
VIM. n. Elovson has returned
home from Thief River Falls, where
he has been visiting his brother,
Eddy Elovson.
Peter L. Olson, from Sandsville,
spent few days in Newfolden a
week ago.
Prof. Theo. Knudsen gave a free
lecture on the subject OF phrenology
and physiology on Friday evening,
Feb. 16.
Ed. c. johnson is hauling lumber
fro1n~the woods.
Mr.. Dalmberg conducted a re.
ligious service last Wednesday eve
ming at Nels Bengtson's place. The
attendance was large, and Per was
kept busy making room for teams.
Anton L. Stoke is hauling lumber
from Thief River Falls.
Warren sheaf., 1900-03-01
LUND.
Feb. 26, 1900.


Ed. SHEAF:
The Town OF Lincoln has been
standing on the outside looking
when all the other townships have
been figuring prominently in the
WARREN SHEAF. Now, here we come!
We are not going to discuss the
weather question, as everybody
knows all about that, but strange
things happen once in a while.
A prominent lady in our neighbor-
ing town east Of us has lost her mind
altogether. She is so wild that peo-
pie have to watch her night and day.
Religion seems to be the cause.
N. P. Nelson went to Stephen with
cordwood the other day and brought
home a load OF merchandise for c..
NJ. Carlson. Charley Carlson also
went to Stephen the other day. He
had a load Of wheat which graded
No. l hard. From Lincoln, eh?
The Nelson Park people are going
to organize a farmers mutual fire
insurance company. A very good
thing, push it along. 1t is about
time for all the farmers to begin to
look around for their own protection.
A New MAN.
Warren sheaf., 1900-03-01
THIEF LAKE,.

rep. "a, l9OO.
A couple loads of our best looking
young people were over to Breese
helping celebrate the ball the 22nd.
Eugene Webster went to Thief Riv
er Falls yesterday.
Miss Runie Brager is staying with
Mrs. Junkin this week.
Mr.. Gustafson lost two year old
child last week. The disease had the
appearance of diphtheria.
Miss Annie Polanske has gone to
Crookston where she will remain for a
few weeks.
Raff1es seem to be the proper thing
of the day. One man over in Spruce
Valley has even raff1ed off his over
coat. Surely there is going to be an
early spring.
0. Bjorgium crossed Thief Lake to-
day. He says he got more fresh air
than he cared for.
One man says he saw whole flock
of wolves on the Lake the other day.
Another says he saw bunch of them
However, there were six in the pack.
Z. Z. Corr.
Warren sheaf., 1900-03-01
Towns 153-154, Range 46.
News from the townships in Polk Co., Mimi.
called Norge" "g...'.

The country has been lively with
storms lately. and the windows Of
the farm dwellings, have been covered
with fowers-of ice. Everything is
quiet, and people are enjoying the
rest that the winter gives them.
A number OF the farmers around
here intend to prove up on their
homesteads this spring, and I sup
pose that the next thing they will do
will be to organize the town SO it can
be known that there is some good
citizens in this district also.
O. Omdal came home on Monday.
He has been in Norman county visit.
ing old friends.
Ole Morud received a new member
in his family. last week. We wish
that new citizen good health and
good luck.
Anti-Tobacco union "Fram' had a
meeting on last Saturday, when l
and another crank was able to keep
the audience cooled down almost to
the freezing point. After the meeting
was over we tried to push the fault
onto each other or somebody else,
but as we found that it didn't work
we'll we agreed to drop the matter,
and at anot other time. work together
for some better purpose.
Warren sheaf., 1900-03-01
Oak Park and Big Woods Items.

Messrs. Gilbert Gilbertson and Kit
tel Nelson, who have been visiting
friends in this neighborhood, returned
to their homes in Newfolden last Mon
day.
Mr.. Tom Brandsgard and his sis
ter Sigrid were over from Big Woods
the other day.
O. P. Oseth and Tom Stay were
seen on the road last Monday.
George Odegard came back from
Cass Lake last week.
The farmers are talking about hav-
ing railroad through here, but when
will it be?
The mail carrier had a hard trip in
carrying the mail against that snow
storm last Friday.
Warren sheaf., 1900-03-01
VIKING ITEMS.

Chas. Larson seems to improve.
We hope he will soon be among us
again.
Chas. W. Anderson and Fred Lar
son made a flying trip to Middle
River last Sunday.
Rev. Olson, a travelling minister OF
the Mission Friends, preached in
Viking school-house last Tuesday
and Wednesday.
Anna p. Peterson returned home
last week.
Many OF our neighbor farmers are
hauling water now. Since the cold
weather set in, shallow wells have
gone dry, A. b. C.