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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-23

The New York World publishes an
amusing cartoon. 1t is entitled THE
coming G. O. p. campaign in outline:
Or the 'Trusty' following of William
Mckinley" little Mac is staggering
along cigar in mouth. To his right
walks the chief OF the Sugar Trust.
Behind follows some lovely specimens
of manly beauty. all trust" fellows.
with tall hats. all marked with robber
callings Behind the sugar fellow
walks old man Duke of the Tobacco
Trust" Mark, the leper. is next. with
Goal Trust" Rockefeller next "Oil
Trust" Armou next, Beef Trust"
Morgan with frightful visage, "R. Il.
Trust. These are the front rank rob-
bors. \ score or two others, branded
properly. bring up the rear. And that
IS 2 painful bat exact picture. and rep
resents the very remorseless. greedy
fellows who follow Mckinley and are
bossing this country TO the ruin of the
people.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-23

1t is gratifying to know that the
heretical DR.. McGiffert is not to go
loose, unchallenged and untried. As
al honest man he ought to lave retired
long g from the Presbyterian church.
He refused to do this. His views are
not only antagonistic to the doctrines
of the church of which he is as yet a
minister, but utterly destructive of
Christianity itself. Rev. DR.. George
Birch has brought five charges of her
sey against this destructive, and
a a detailed arraignment of Nc
Giffert's book. The charges are divid-
ed into specifications n fill forty-six
pages of a pamphlet. The trial will be
before the Presbytery of New York.
The hereto has ten lays grace before
he can be arraigned for formal trial.
If the deliberate effort to destroy the
fundamental doctrines of Gods Book is
worthy of ecclesiastical pains and pen
-alties then this u%nfaithful minister
richly merits to be dealt with severely
and to the extent of the W His is
about the worst case of systematic as
sault and plotting that has come under
our observation in this country latter
ly. The first four charges we copy that
our readers may see something of the
character of the accusations and, If
true, how far gone the hereto is in the
ways of folly INT destruction:
Charge IL do hereby charge that
the Rev. Arthur Cushman McGiffert,
Phi. D., D. D., being a minister of the
Presbyterian Church in the United
States of America, and a member of
tthe P~resbytery of e York. publicly
denies the fundamental doctrine of the
Immediate inspiration of God. and the
Iruthfulness and authority of the Holy
Scripture, as set forth in the Confess
sion of Faith and the Scripture itself.
Charge FL do hereby charge that
the Rev. Arthur Cushman McGiffert
publicly denies the fundamental doc
trine of the Confession of Faith and
Holy Scripture concerning Christ the
Mediator by teaching that the Lord
Jesus Christ during His earthly life,
was liable to err and did err.
Charge 81 do hereby charge that
the Rev. DIR. McGiffert, etc, publicly
denies the fundamental doctrine of the
lords Supper as said doctrine is set
forth in the Confession of Faith and
the Holy Scriptures.
Charge fl do hereby charge the
Rev. DR.. a. c. McGiffert, etc, with
publicly denying the fundamental doc
trine of the Confession of Faith and the
Holy Scripture concerning h justifi-
cation of the believer before God.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-23
Wis., So--G Notes
CCcrresDonGo-ce Of The Messenzf~
Wilson. y. c.. January =

(CorresDonGc-ce Of The M~essen=r~>
Wilson. y. c.. January
Contentnea Lodge Nc. 81. Knights Of
Keeper Of Records and Seals W. F.
Hollovell, OF Goldsboro. and D.. d. G.
c. Hanes, of Tarboro. III following
officers were installed: G. c., Mr.. f. 2.
Mangum; V. c., Mr.. E. H. Adams:
Prelate, Mr.. E. a. Darden: Master of
Works. DIR. c. A. Thompson: Master of
Exc, Mr.. j.. r. Mclean; master OF FL
nance, Mr.. S. NJ. Bobbftt; Master at
Arms. Mr.. Jas. l. Thomason: Inner
Guard, Mr.. Jno. L. Hare; Quite Guard.
Mr.. w. P. Anderson.
The movement to build a new Metho-
dist church in Wilson is being rapidly
pushed Onward Messrs. F. A. Wood
ard, Jno. F. Bruton and ]. b. Hurley
have visited Greensboro to inspect
some church plans there, and as soon
as suitable plans can be selected work
will begin or the building. The new
church will stand on h old site. 1t
promises to be the handSomeSt church
in Wilson.
The Wilson delegation TO the tobacco
growers convention, consisting OF
Messrs. F. w. Barnes. j. T. Graves and
DR.. Freeman. have returned very en-
thuSiastic over the proceedings. They
hope that their efforts will result in
much good to the farmers Of North
Carolina Mr.. F. w. Barnes and DR..
Freeman are on the committee to petit
tion congress to reduce the tax o n
! manufactured tobacco.
A chapter of the National Union has
beer organized in Wilson With the fol-
lowing officers. Ex-presidenJ. J. E..
| Woodland: president. E. P. Mangum;
vice president, b. F. Lane speaker, E.
r. Peoples: secretary. G.. j. Coke:
financial secretary, ). &. Hales; treas
urer. J. T. McCraw; cha plain. Rev. J.
b. Hurley; usher, r. V Deans; ser
geant at arms.R. BullocE: dOorkeeper,
| W. II. Davis.
Misses Annie Pierce. Of Weldon. and
Sadie Granger. Of KinSton- who have
been visiting Miss Margaret Hadiey.
left Wilson yesterday.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-23

Senator Wolcott did not follow on
Senator Beverages line. The latter
has been warmly rasped for his extreme
views and his speech to the galleries.
Senators Hoar and Wolcott each took
a hand in reply. The old senator from
Massachusetts got in some effective
work, while Senator Wolcott made
some striking points. He is something
Iof an e~xpGnsionist, believing it to be
the duty for the United States to hold
the stands with 10, 900, 900 mostly igno-
rant Malays. But he has no confidence
in the honest and just government that
would be accorded. He made his eff
Elective point:
With the municipal corruption that
Jail admitted existed, it was ridiculous
to talk of appointing a lot of Indiana
politicians in the Philippines and let
ting h reflected glory of the republic
lshine across the seas.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-23

1t has been demonstrated repeatedly
in every state in the Union and IN many
foreign countries that C~hamberfain's
Cough Remedy is a certain preventive
and cure for Group. It has become the
universal remedy for that disease. N.
V. Fisher OF Liberty, w. Va. only re-
paats what has been said around the
Globe when he writes: 81 have used
Chamberain's Cough Remedy in my
family for several years and always
with perfect success We believe that
1t Is n only the best cough remedy,
but that It IL a sure cure for Group. L
has saved the lives OF our children q
number OF times" This remedy Is foe
safe by r r. Bethany, Druggist.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-23
LONGING AND LISTENING.

LONGING AND LISTENING.
To stretch my hand and touch Him,
Though He be far away;
70 raise my eyes and see Him
Through darkness as through day
To lift my voice and call Him
This is to pray!
To feel a hand extended
By n who standeth near;
To view the love that shineth
In yes serene and clear;
To know hiatt He is calling
This is to hear!
The late Samuel W.. Duffie, D. D.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-23

Our gifted friend. Mr.. John r. Morris,
OF Goldsboro. has wrought exceeding
we'll in his poem in the Charlotte OBJ
server entitled Lady Fair" 1t is a
happy conception and full of a tender
grace, specially in its concluding STAN
"a. The Observer editorially says well
of it:
"The picture of the rare old lady,
growing ever younger in spite of the
flight into the past of life's annual mile
posts, is vivid. Some of us have known
just such sweet and lovely characters.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-23

st. Paul continues his prayer in be-
half of the Ephesians, after supphcat-
ing of God that they may know what
is .the riches OF the glory OF His inner
itance with the saints" by adding IN
nineteenth. twentieth and twenty-frst
verses of the first chapter, And what
is the exceeding greatness of His power
to usuard vho believe. according to the
working of His mighty power, which he
in Christ, when He raised Him
from the dead, and set Him at His own
right hand in the heavenly places lar
above all p~rincipality, and power, n
might, and dominion, and every name
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-23

The time is perhaps remote when the
church of Christ will measure up to its
duty in the matter of giving, of Chris
tan benefence. If all the members
gave a tenth of income or las the Lord
has prospered'' them, a better rule of
action, the Golfers of the church would
over run. But as it is, it is a constant
effort to. bring up expenditures and to
keep out of debt. The cur of indiffer-
ence and neglect is more religion, more
conservation to God. The Christian
Instructor says:
I'm P~entecoStal days there was no
pressing the law of tithes o. any 9TH
.er law. When the people knew the need
they responded without stopping to
consider the proportion the law requir-
ed of them. That is all should do
still"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-23
HOME FOLKS

We believe that seven new cotton
mills for the yea thus far have been
reported and planned. The last is a
$3.50, 900 mill at Elkin. Henderson also
is billed for a new mill of S125,0 900 or
more. We are awaiting to chronicle
the start of a new cotton mill plant
in Wilmington. While so many other
towns in our state and in the south are
moving will Wilmington stop at two
mills? Why not a third or a half doz-
en- at an early day?
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-23

Where the carcass is the buzZards
gather. The spoil seekers are in Wash
ington from North Carolina. They are
hungry and hollow-eyed, and they
see no grub but in a campaign with the
negroes in North Carolina. They. are
sale to be for Jeter Pritchard for the
vice presidercy. He will be a suitable
running mate for Mckinley. Not COM
plimentary but true.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-23

Let it be borne in mind that Henry
Wyatt, killed at Bethel, was neither a
native of North Carolina, nor was he
the first soldier killed. Wyatt was born
in Richmond, Va, The first soldier
killed was in a Virginia cavalry COM
pany, and it was some days before the
skirmish al Bethel. North Carolina
asks for no honors that do not belong
to her.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-23

That part of the populist party that
favors negro rule for ofice-that is for
office for said populists-meet, call a
state convention and denounce the suf-
frage amendment. That is all that
could be expected of the faction that
follows wildly the leadership of Marion
Butler. the Sampson county Solomon
in politics and law. The White Men
mean to rule North Carolina. That is
the fat.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-23

The tobacco growers convention that
met at Raleigh was a body Of inteIli-
gent farmers. They wish most right.
eously to have the ten years robbery
ended. They have felt the wrongs Wis
tied upon them for a decade and they
are weary and determined If possible
to have the curse of the tobacco trust
removed. That a glorious deliverancs
may come from their deliberations al
fair minded men who do not wear 9
trust collar must hope. The permanent
organization was made by the election
of President, j. Bryan Grimes, of Pitt
Vice President-Captain John B.. Phil.
lips of Nash. Secretary-T. B. Parker
of Orange. Treasurer-B. W. Up
church, of Wake.
Twenty-four counties were represent
ed. President Grimes spoke at length
with vigor and interest. The Messen-
ger published yesterday the resolutions
adopted.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-23
KEEP 1T ROLLING.

Did you see the boys roll up a ball
in the snow? The longer they hoiIed
the larger IL grew. Advertising is fust
that way0the more you roll the ball
the larger will be the return, but when
you stop rolling the increase ceases
and b ball begins to melt.-Green-
vile Reflector.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-23

If it was the authors intention to in
tensify in the readers mind the con-
cept Of the high bred quality of Lady
Fair by putting lilies in her hands,
after her death, to droop and sleep ON
rare Did lace he has admirably sue
ceeded. The poem is a gem and Mr..
Morris has written nothing finer"
1t has the lyrical movement with q
touch of pathos and fun.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-23

The Presbyterians who are now very
active and progressive in North Caro-
lima, will probably raise a large sum to
build at Charlotte a new college for wo-
men. Thus far SO, 900 have been raised.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-23

According to figures in The Phila-
Idelphia Ledger. a very decent, reputa-
BILE republican newspaper. there Is evil
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-23
RELIGIOUS EDITORIALS FOR
SUNDAY.

a new heart also will 1 give you, and
a new spirit will / put within you
Ezekiel So: 26.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-23

IIldhlHS d loldl U fo,OoO- INeIIltIlDeI
that General Lee pronounced these
figures too large, and that they evident
ly include all of the troops then in Vir
ginia and some who had beer sent I'M
der Wade Hampton to meet Sherman"
DR.. Jones writes:
Northern writer's have exhausted
their ingenuity and skill In seeking to
lessen Grants numbers and increase
Lees, on this great campaign in which
our grand old chief showed his vast su-
periority in military genius to the man
VINO never m~aneuvered,' and who ex-
pected to win. INK did finally win, by
mere attrition' (by swapping three
men for one), and thus wearing away
the Army of Northern Virginia int
Cnot conquered, but wearied out with
victory) 1880 Confederates, with arms
in their hands, surrounded by 100, 600
brave men in blue stacked at Apo
mattox their bright muskets."
We desire to add but one remark.
infatuated northern people worship
Grant and think him a great soldier,
even greater than Lee, 10 Johnston and
Jackson. But if General Lee had had
in the beginning of his campaign an
army of the magnitude of Grants and
Grant had been in command of no
greater than Lees in size, there
would have been an instant surrender
Of Grant at the first meeting or a pre-
cipitate retreat before a gray coat was
visible to his eyes. The two or three
greatest British authorities in war have
placed Lee with Marlborough and Well
ington, and the present head of the
army, General Lord Wolsely. has print
ed over his own signature that he con-
sidered Lee a greater soldier thar
Wellington.
Little Falls herald., 1900-11-30
SCORES Of LIVES LOST.

Disastrous Cyclone Visits Mississippi and
Tennessee.
NASHVILLE, Nov. 22.-Dispatches in.
dicate that the storm which swept over
Northern Mississippi and Central and
Western Tennessee was one of great
severity. Advices by the Associated
Press and from special correspondents
show that at least 100 lives are lost and
fully twice as many persons injured in
the territory visited by the tornado.
Telegraphic communication to the re-
gions visited by the cyclone is sus-
pended and it is feared that when full
details are known the list of dead will
be lengthennd.
The storm was the most destructive
ever known in this region. More than
so persons were killed and 100 others
III jurad III Tennessee alone, while the
dan4sl5e to houses, timber ana other
property will reach large figures.
The storm entered 'he state from
Northern Mississippi aud swept across
in a northeasterly direction. Great
damage is reported from the counties
bordering on Mississippi, and further
on Columbia, in Maury county. is the
heaviest sufferer. La Vergne, Nolens.
vile and Gallatin also felt the wind =
fury, the storm finally losing it's force
against the Cumberland mountain
range.
Little Falls herald., 1900-11-30
WE'D ON A SINKING VESSEL.
Two Courageous EniEFants Pllghtea
Their Vows In the Face Of
Death.

Perhaps the most impressive mar
riage ceremony ever performed was
solemnized while death stood leering
by ON the deck of the sinking emf
grant steamer St. Levan. The vessel
was bound to Australia, with 800 emf
grants on board and a heavy cargo.
During violent hurricane in the In
dian ocean the cargo shifted, throw
ing the vessel over on her beam ends
and leaving her entirely helpless. A
panic ensued and before the ships
officers could quell it 80 of the passen-
gers had leaped over the side in their
terror. For days the ship drifted,
swept by the seas, and life was lost
daily. Finally it was decided to give
the steamer one more day and then
take to the boats. as the St. Levan
was sinking slowly. Then two of the
passengers-a young man and young
woman, who had become engaged on
the voyage-hunted up the chaplain
and demanded to be married.
The chaplain declined at first, say
ing they had much better spend their
time getting ready for the death that
seemed certain. The pair had no no.
tion of looking at the gloomy side
and said they would rather die as man
and wife if it was inevitable. Even
tually the clergyman married them
before two witnesses, with sinking
ship instead of church, and the cries
of terrified passengers as chorus.
The boats were resorted to two hours
later and all were taken off, OF the
$50 souls on board only the newly
married couple and six other people,
in the smallest boat. ever saw land
again. They reached the isle of So
cotra after 12 days at sea.
Little Falls herald., 1900-11-30
GREAT SHELL COLLECTION.
One in San Francisco That the Owner
Spent Sixty Years in
Gathering.

There is probably no finer collec-
tion of shells in the world than one
in this city, owned by Prof Con-
radius de Lange. Agents of the
Smithsonian institution who have
seen it have said this, and added that
it excelled in many features, especial
ly in the rarity of its specimens, the
one in the possession of that famous
museum. Every sea and land in the
world has given from it's treasure to
the collection, and it has taken De
Lange nearly 80 years to get it to-
gether. The professor says, and emf
nent authorities sustain him. that he
does not believe there is another lot
of genealogical apercula-that is,
shells with their doors-in existence,
says the San Francisco Bulletin.
Shortly before the demise of the
late Senator Stanford he entered into
negotiations with the professor to
purchase the collection, but the for
mer's last illness came and they were
abandoned. De -Lange is getting old
and he feels that the time has come
to give the world the benefit of his
three-score years of research It was
with this idea that he took up the
study of conchology and started a
collection in his Norwegian home
when not more than a boy. He is
now 81 years of age and believes that
among other Important things of
civilization man first got his idea of
architecture and color from shells.
Little Falls herald., 1900-11-30
VLADIVOSTOK IN WINTER.
Ice-Breakers Employed to Pre-
vent interruption of Traffic
at Russia's Port.

Vladivostok is no longer the ice
closed port in winter it formerly was,
for the resources of modern shipbuild-
ing have been called in and powerful
ice-breakers keep it open the whole
year round, SO that now there is no
interruption of traffic at any season
and passenger steamers come at reg
ular intervals all the winter, there
fore reasons fer obtaining Port Ar
thur no longer exist, says a Russian
correspondent. Still, the climate is
not good in winter, and, naturally,
the officers of the men-of-war prefer
to winter in Port Arthur or Nagasaki,
although in summer time the bright
side of life in Vladivostok is quite as
attractive as in the southern ports.
The place has been strongly forti-
fed, but strangers are strictly pre-
vented from visiting the fortiica-
tions, which are to be seen on all the
hilltops. Magazines, masked bat
teries and other means of offense and
defense have been provided, and they
are connected by an electric tramway
and by telephone and telegraph. so
that in case of attack communica ton
with the various points can be rapid
ly established. The number of SOL
diers stationed at Vladivostok has
been greatly increased, and probably
it would be a more difficult place to
capture than Port Arthur.
Little Falls herald., 1900-11-30
FATAL ISSUE FEARED.

Persistently Rumored in St. Petersburc
That the Cars Condition Ia Critical.
BERLIN, Nov. 26.-The foilow;su
special dispatch dated St. Petersburg
has been received here:
''It is pei sistently rumored in St.
Petersburg that the condition of EN-.
peror Nicholas is critical. Well-ip-
formed people here declare that the dis.
ease has made far greater progress
than the czar's publications have pub.
licly admitted. A fatal issue is now
greatly feared.
ST. PETERSBURG, Saturday, Nov. q.
From three sources of information.
directly connected with as many min
istries Of state, the st. Petersburg cor.
respondent of the Associated Press to.
day ascertained that imperial officials
are becoming extremely pessimistic re-
garding the condition of Emperor Mich
olas and assert that the Livadia bulle.
tins COZ ceal the gravity of his illness.
LONDON, Nov. 26.-An Odessa dis
patch to The Daily News dated Satur-
day says: Reports of the last two
days, indicate serious decline in the
strength of the czar.''
Little Falls herald., 1900-11-30
FURS FOR DOLLS.
They Are Made In Consfdc ra bIe Va,
rtetx and Most Commonly
Sold in Cities.

This is the season when it's owne,
looks out to see that dolly shall be
carefully protected against the colo
when taken out for an airing. So
the dolls furs are brought into use:
or, it the doll has none, some are
bought for it. These may be found
in considerable variety of style, mate.
rial and price. Dolls furs include
muffs. and collarettes and boas. All
these things are made in various sizes
and then are commonly sold in sets
AS to material, the costlier are made
of fur in imitation of ermine and o1
sealskin, such furs being lined with
silk or with satin, in one color and
another. and muffs and collarettes
finished just as those for grown-ur
people would be.
Dolls furs, according to the mate.
rial of which they are made and the
style of finish, sell at from 50 cents.
or perhaps less, a set, up to three
dollars They are, of course, sold
only in the colder parts of the coun-
try, where furs would ordinarily be
worn. And while there are some ar.
ticles of dolls equipment that, like
the dolls themselves, are sold in citv
and country alike, dolls furs are sold
chiefly in cities.