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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-27
EXCITED AS TO LYNCHINGS.

The awful lynchings by burning out
in Colorado is the theme of many news
paper articles. 1t was ~unspeakably
awful, and shows how fallen human
nature in the north is quite equal to do
ling very savage things. The south
lsome times wakes warm over terrible
Grimes and revenges them by spas
imodic acts of cruelty. The Messenger
has urged dozens Of times that the ne
groes unite in suppressing the crime
of rape and murder that prevails so
widely among their lower class Who
bring disgrace upon humanity. 1t has
said to the preachers who passed resolu-
lions in Pronunciation of lynchings thai
lit would be wise to direct their influence
and d~enuncations to the villains who
the crimes if they would
find a cure. But they exhaust them
selves over the punishment, forgetting
entirely the p~rovocation and the hell
,ish crime. The south long ago resolv-
ed to visit speedy death upon the cruel
SON of a virtuous white woman or a
girl or a child. So long as this diabol-
ism RACES so long will Judge Lynch
continue to hold his court in the
woods" We see that Mr.. E. II. Mer-
rill, of the Syracuse IN. W Mothers
Club, is quoted as saying in comment
ing on the case that "savages will meet
the fate of savages."
In Chicago the negroes became
greatly excited over the burning of the
negro in Colorado. Several churches
Ipassed resolutions, demanding trial by
Jury by act of the congress for all
|rapists. Nothing was SAID of the great
crimes committed to provoke such
lbloody reprisals.
A dispatch from New York says a
negro official in Washington, Judson
w. Lyons, says:
"Lynching is becoming a national
crime. While I a " NO sympathy with
Ia man who commits an infamous crime
ieither colored Dr. white and believe that
death should be the penalty, / also be-
llieve that the law is adequate and
should be allowed to take it's course.
"Lynching is 10 longer confined to
the south. Whole communities in ev-
cry section of h country seem to be
lseized with an uncomfortable frenzy at
such crimes and their action only adds
another crime to the list"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-27
ALLEGED PLAN OF KITCHENER

$ We noted for comment W or three
days ago a very ugly report that was
sent out from beyond seas concerning
the plan favored by Lord Kitchener
for the determination of the Beers. II
looks as if he desires to repeat in South
Africa some of the warfare he carried
on two or three years & against the
sons of the desert in northern Africa
that he well nigh exterminated. The
Beers are certainly ~pugnacious, and II
they had half the army of Lord Rob-
erts peace would be made on terms hon
orable perhaps to both sides. AS II Is
the brave Beers continue to give trou-
Bile. and will show fight, and are not
thus far e-xterminated. What then
shall be done by the brave British to
end the trouble? The Philadelphia
Ledger. a moderate paper in Judgment
says:
''The policy which h British are
now attempting to carry out in South
Africa against the Beers bears a closes
resemblance to the tactics of a bloody
Oriental despot of h middle ages
than to the practices OF a ctvlhzeo ma
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-27

In a recent address by Secretary
Gage, of the United States treasury de-
partment who will continue in office
under McKinley's second term, deIiv-
cred in New York on the 18th inst, be-
fore the Columbian University law
school. on Banking and Currency" he
gave the bankers and legislators some
thing TO think about in the following
statement:
rs any change in our surrency sys-
tenn at all probable, or eve possible,
no mater how much 10 be desired? No
immediate change Is at all probable,
but looking forward to the period Of
your " business future some change
in our system seems to be inevitable.
In h first place, IN the absence of ex-
traordinary expenditures for war, the
present outstanding public debt ought
to be largely reduced or wholly paid
AS this eventuates the now required
form of security for bank note issues
wilt be lacking and modification in our
present law will be necessary"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-27
CHANGES IN THE NEXT Q. S. HOUSE

It appear that the changes made in
1.-THE next congress will be fewer than
usual. Most OF the successful promi-
inent members have been returned. It
takes time in Washington for a member
Ito make a mark in either house. One
lof the losses to the democrats is
f"Private" John Allen, of Mississippi.
HE would not stand for another re-
turn which he would have received
iBumptous George White, the negro
member from North Carolina, disap-
Ipears. Ia! ia! He stood alone, the
lone sable representative Of his race.
rye who have tears, prepare to shed
them now" Ciaude Kitchin, the prom
Using young son of Hon. Buck Kitchin,
Iof Halifax, succeeds him. Captain
buck will have two SON in the next
before? They are both sound demo-
Icrats with no foolishness about them.
Mr.. Jas. Oil, Washington correspon-
dent of the Atlanta Constitution, and a
good one, writes of two white changes
lin the North Carolina delegation:
Two noble figures who got out are
Judge Linney, of the eighth district.
and Richmond Pearson, of the ninth.
Both are republicans and both are
succeeded by republicans Spencer
Blackburn and James NJ. Moody"
As we take lit there is a distinct loss
lin ability in these two changes. Lin
Iney is vastly preferable to Spencer
blackburn. The eighth district de-
serves public sympathy.
There are no changes in the delega-
lions from the following states: Col
Dorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia,
Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Nevada,
Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington
and Wyoming.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-27

ton at the end of the nineteenth CEN
fury. The British soldiery of late have
been burning h Boer farm houses.
destroying the property of non-combat-
ants and deSolating the country. 1t IS
now reported that sterner measures
are to be reSorted to for the punish
mento of the Inhabitants Of the Boer re-
pubhcs because It has been found diff
cult to rush the spirit of independ-
ence in the Beers. Kitchener IS to be
given a free hand, and he proposes to
a h Beers u His policy in
and the moving OF the whole non-mili-
tary element toward b coast"
That greatest of English living his
torical writer's, Professor Goodwin
Smith, said some time ago in an inter
view, that the history of he Boer war
will bring such infamy upon England
as it has not had since the cruel burn
ing of the now celebrated Joan of Arc
the two events in its history of the
most damning shame. The New York
World is not disposed to believe the
report as to Kftchener's barbaric plans.
It says:
But it must be admitted hat phil
anthrOpy and the Exeter Hall idea
have not been very conspicuous in this
South African business, and, moreover.
what else car Great Britain do? II the
Beers remain disaffected and contu-
macious there is nothing to do but to
exterminate them, and, as they refuse
to be exterminated in battle, h only
alternative is h heroic remedy OF
starving the non-combatantS in stock
AIDES n prison pens by the approved
methods Of Weylerism. Under other
circumstances We might expect some
thing in the nature of a protest from
this country against an inhumanity
which is nearer to the Chinese Boxer
than to the Peace Conference delegate,
but just at present we shall probably
keep our feelings under control
Fol the sake of humanity, and civili-
zation and the right it is to be hoped
hat wiser, saner, less barbaric plans
will be adopted. The world should
protest in unmistakable language il
the cruelties and terrors of the Dark
Ages are reproduced by a great Eng
disappearing power Boosting OF ats
great history and it's lofty civilization.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-27
THE CENTRE OF POPULATION.

This is a great big Int we. are
living in. With over $1,000, 900 OF people
and a vast area the American republic
is indeed a power for good or for evil.
How the population has increased, and
what a huge affair it will become II 1t
can hold together. We can almost
remember when it a only some H.
OO0, coo people. Look at New York n
Pennsylvania, two states combined with
nearly 14,O 0O, 900 inhabitants. They
have but four senators between them
while little Delaware and Rhode Is
land, with a handful of people, have
also four United States senators. the
centre Of population steadily moves
westward. Sir William Jones in his
famous lines a long time ago wrote
that
westward the course of Empire k
it's way"
He saw 'aempire" ahead in that west
ern travel. The central point is now at
Columbus. Indiana, but the census
shows that the movement westward is
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-27
Refuse to Reduce Commissions.

Philadelphia, November GIN re-
Spouse to a telegram received from an
officer of the Southern Cotton Spinners'
Association relative to a reduction IN
the rate of commissions charged ~
the yarn houses. the following aaHed
firms. which practically cornpTiSe &c
Yarn Merchants Association, drcF1
positively to entertain any redueEyr
from the present rate: j. H La. &.
Co., buckingham & Paulson. James +.
White & Co., Charles j. Webb. & co.
James E. Mitchell & Co. w. 81. & r.
W. Sharpless- Hooper. Sewing & ~
Oscar D.. Loeb, Schnell, Taylor * LoJ~
streth, Thomas & Houston. Edward -
Hyde, Wilson & Co., Bradbury. Walter
II. Cochran & Co. John CorbelI & Sons,
william D'Olier & Co, and Richard i.
Blythe.
A telegram to the above effect Was
sent to the Southern Cotton Spinnerz'
Association at Charlotte. y. G.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-27
Ole Wesse1mer.
M1SSOURI's GREAT SENATOR ON
DEMOCRACY.

Senator Vest, of Missouri, now an old
man somewhat broken by disease, has
for a long time commanded attention of
the senate and the country at large.
He is a statesman of very superior
abilities. a man OF much resource, n
generally wise and always true and
honest. He is not so able a man as
Morgan, of Alabama, but he is more
discreet and better balanced. While
Morgan favors all foreign people on
ouered coming into the American Union
which is a political monstrosity, Vest,
and with improved health, is back in
Washington and talking interestingly,
and many intelligent people will think
he is talking with wisdom and judg-
ment. He is reported as saying that
zone thing that was made manifest by
the election was the fact Mr.. Bryan can
never be President of The United
States. "But the democratic party"
he said, "is not dependent upon the
fate of any one man. 1t survived the
death of Thomas Jefferson, and 1T
will survive the disappearance of Mr..
Bryan" He thin-s it n~onsence to talk
about reorganization of the democratic
party at this time. "All that the dem
ocratic party can do" said the senator
sis ito await the developments in the
future, and enc our allegiance TO
the principles Of the party as
ed by jefferson. We nave had too
much Popufism and too much cropping
around for alliance with people who
have no sympathy with u democrat
ic doctrine. Nobody can say now who
ill be the nominee Of the party in
4, or from what section he will
lie. A leader will be found for the
.focracy at the proper time"
he sees no course for discourage
I mt on the part of democrats. He
f ads that in what a but recently
happened but a REPETITION of history,
Nothing can be truer among the wise
sayings of the world, we hold than
tina history is always repeating itself,
What has been will be. Senate Vest
gives this bit of political information
which We may all profit by-that no
political party of this country has
ever been able to defeat an adminiStr-
ton which was carrying on a foreign
war. The federal party was defeated
because of it's opposition to he war OF
1872, n while the Wings elected
eneral Taylor in 1S48, Notwithstanding
heir opposition to the Mexican war,
the election of Taylor was cause by
the fact that the people believed him
to have been unfairly treated by Folks
administration, and they resented
what they conceived to be an injustice
to a gallant soldier. 1t must be remem-
bered, however, that Taylor was the
last Wing President elected, and Fill
more, who succeeded him, was the
last Wing President in the White
house."
Let the democrats be cautious, watch
.ful. true and keep their powder dry"
and he is indeed a seer who can say
that they will be defeated again in 1904.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-27

The negroes at the Paris exposition.
as previously noted, did we'll. A Geo--
gia negro. a man of education, has
written a paper for the New York Re
view of Reviews. IN regard to what ne
groes have accomplished According
to him the negroes since 1884. have Sc
cured $50 patents granted for inven-
tons: have published of all kinds, 1.40O
books, and now edit $50 newspapers and
periodicals in the United States The
negro occupations are thus given for
Georgia.: In agriculture. s. Per cent:
in domestic III personal service. 2S
per cent; in manufacturing and me-
chanical industries. 5 e cent; in tradc
and transportation. "a per cent: in
the professions n per cent. They own
], 200, 900 acres of Land and pay taxes on
$12. 600. 900 worth of pr~operty-not large.
but telling figures; and the charts in
dictate. from year to year, the struggle
they have had to accumulate and hold
this property"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-27

That cyclone storm in Mississippi n
Tennessee was indeed terrific. AT last
report "a are known to have been killed
and 81 injured. That beats American
loss in a fight with the F~flipinos, as
reported.
President Daniel C. Gilman. the able,
| efficient and admirable president OF
| Johns Hopkins university. Baltimore.
| will retire in June Of 1901. His place
| VIII be hard to fill. He has been presi-
/ dent for twenty-five years.
The republicans are talking in earnest
now Of cutting down the war taxes.
Let it not end in talk
It is said that Major General Mac
Arthur's truthful telegram much Of
Tended Mckinley and Adjutant General
Corbin. He told them hat troops
were needed, and the Philippine insur-
gents We're tronge than ever. Heavy
achievements must be sent at once,
if the Americans are to contend with
the enemy.
The Cuban farce is ended. The in
quiries by Uncle Sam will be discon-
tinued for the present. The true con-
ditions are to be kept from the public.
There now
The fall in wheat is distressing. 1t
is caused by over-supply. It is stated.
The visible supply is in excess of de-
'mand.
Mckinley received 292 electoral votes
and Bryan 155. Mckinley had IS
votes above what was necessary. There
have been worse defeats than that.
For instance, in 1888, Harrison received
233. and Cleveland, 1856 majority for
Harrison. This is not quite so bad by
3 votes. But in 1892. tour years later,
it was reversed-Cleveland 277, Harri-
son 1873 majority for Cleveland.
The moral side of the Philippine BUS
ines has departed according to the re-
publican Boston Record 1t is only
henceforth the "commercial' aspect
that will be considered How his
country drifts and descends.
Nearly a fourth OF the deaths in Paris
in 1899 were from consumption. This
too in a comparatively mild climte.
Most of the victims were in the prime
of life.
Bryan gained 124, 79S votes in New
York aver his vote of 1896. Mckinley
gained but 1,472. The democrats in part
returned to the old fold.
In South Carolina the Mckinley cleo
toral ticket was composed of seven ne
groes and two whites. It is noe sur
prising THAT good republicans would
not touch that ticket. The negro in
the wood pile" was too much for them, |
and they would not SO little Mac with |
such surroundings and backings..
Up in New Jersey an ancient has
been found named Noah Raby, and he |
YES at Piscataway. He is in his 12Sth |
year, it is reported. But the proof il |
lacking. Il
After all the late Mayor Strong. Of |
New York, wSS a failure in business |
and his methods in banking were not |
good. |
Lieutenant Robson was at Jackson,
Miss. He was invited to attend an af- /
fair given by the Kings Daughters.
price % cents entrance. His relatives /
decided that he would not be exhibit
ed" to crafty a vulgar curiosity. He
have got many kisses. /
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-27

not 50 swift as some yearsago. The St.
Louis Globe-Democrat. considering the
growth and the failure OF the west to
keep up its old rapid movement, says:
Manufacturing attracts population
more strongly than does commerce,
and, OF course, far more strongly than
does agriculture of any sort, n the
east is growing more rapidly in manu-
fractures than b west. This order Of
things may change in h future, and
probably will change in a considerable
degree"
But all know what is the final output
when farms decay and men with it.
Agriculture Is the true basis Of a re-
lpublic's prosperity.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-27

The Presbyterians have been making
steady strides in North Carolina in the
las ten years beyond anything they
had previously done. 1t strikes US that
our lamented personal friend, the true,
Christian, admirable gentleman. most
capital preacher,the late Rev. DR.. Mara
BILE, had something to do with the new
activity of his church that has marked
it's work for several a The mem
bership now in North Carolina is 34,-
5S4. 1t has in a decade increased twice
as rapidly as the population of the
state has increased. 1t leads all the
Christian denominations in North Car
DINA in giving to God-in per capita
contributions. 1t will undertake to
raise 100000 for it's twentieth century
fund, and, we may not doubt, it will
accomplish it.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-27
No Right to Ugliness.

The woman who is lovely in face.
form and temper Will always have
fiends, but one who would be attractive
must keep her health. If she is weak.
sickly and all run down, she Will be
VI and irritable. If she has con-
~stipation or kidney trouble, her impure
blood VIII cause pimples, blotches, skin
eruptions and a wretched COMPLEXION.
Electric Bitters is the medicine in the
world to regulate stomach, liver and
kdneys and to purify the blood. It
gives strong nerves, bright eyes
smooth, vefvety skin, rich complexion.
1t Will make a g~ood-looking, charming
mn OF a rundown invalid. Only
% cents at r. r. Bellamy's Drug Store,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-27

There appears to be unusual activity
on the part of some bank officials late
Iy. Quite a number of ~defalcations,
&c, have been reported within a few
weeks. Assistant Cashier Frank NJ.
bank at Newport, KY, loss $500, 900.
Women, wine and gambling explain
that deal" Robert ]. Sten, secretary
treasurer OF the Monadaoch Loan
Company at Chicago. is of with $751;
600. Very moderate in his thieving.
This does not exhaust the latest list.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-27

Rev. ]. N. Stalhngs, D. D., an old
friend, a retired from the editorship
of the Salisbury Daily Truth-Index.
He is a gentleman Of ability, of honesty
and sincerity of opinion, is a democrat
of the genuine sort, old and tried, and
made a good and wise editor, standing
up boldly for what he held to be right,
and true. The Messengers best wishes
go with him. Mr.. ]. H. Stewart sue
ceedS him.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-27

Emperor William. CT Germany. nav
have his way for the most part. hu,
his actions are sometimes discuss,
with much Of freedom in the ReichsoSx,
as was the case on the 18th inst. t.
situation in China was up. and Count
Won Buelow. the imperial chancellor.
referred to the charge that the catas-
trophe in China-ths "embrogio"-was
due to h German seizure OF Kan
Chou. Upon this. there were loud cries
That is true. That is true" The
chancellor said he regretted to hear
such cries in the Reichstag. He then
entered upon an elaborate defence q
the emperor's policy. and OF the course
pursued by his government. He claim
ed hat Kiao Chou vas acquired BY
right OF treaty with China, and tina;
Germany like all the other powers had
acted in China only IN defence Of her
rights and the rights of her people. L,
seems that the powers are agreed as 70
their demands upon China.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-27

Some Of the northern papers lately
published a long list Of American girls
who had married foreign fellows with
a title, the most OF whom had married
in misery, and sought escape from the
meshes Of matrimony. The latest mar
riage IS the young Duke of Manchester.
recently declared a bankrupt. TO Miss
Helene Zimmerman. Of Cincinnati. q
Tt was quite a private affair. She has
a rich father. worth his many u
lions and the young sprout s-
ty Is very nccessitous. Il Is sse
merely a coincidence that tbeH .ide
should be rich and the groom should
be fresh from a bankrupt court What
sort of life can she anticipate froa1
such an alliance. And the old father =
said to be we'll satisfied with such a
son-in-law.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-27

sion rendered. did so on different
grounds than those held in the opinion
Justice White was h one who held
this. The dissenting tour were the chief
justice and Justices Shiras. Brewer and
Peckham. The case decided grew out
of the Importation Of cigarettes from
North Carolina into Tennessee.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-27
A Negro Woman Beaten to Death by n
Negro

Atlanta, Ga, November Z.-The
body of Emiline Whitehead, a negro,
was found on the outskirts OF the city
today with ~laceratiens upon IL 20 such
an extent that the authorities believe
h was beaten to death.
Martin Springer, a negro. mas been
placed under arrest. as a party TO the
murder. The body of the oTna who
was well known in the city as a r.
spectacle negro, vas nude when found.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-27
HOME FOLKS

A work, copiously illustrated, upon
historic southern towns. has been re-
Gently published by a northern house.
We have not seen it, but note that
among h towns written Of as historic
is our own little city.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-27

AS to more senatorial primaries there
is a division of opinion. We a~pprehend
that a very large majority of he OBJ
servant, sober-sided democratic voters
are not enamored of the experiment.
1t is to be hoped that never again will
this dreadful experiment be repeated
in North Carolina. The Raleigh Post
published a letter from Mr.. J. c. L.
Bird, of Mcdowell county, from which
we take this:
mo greater misfortune could befall
the democratic party in North Carolina
thar the adoption of the primary sys-
ten, legalized or otherwise. The party
in this county (McDowelD tried 1t
twice with fatal results, the third, ano
it is t. be hoped the last, landed the
county in the republican column for
the first time since 1865. 1t is a pro-
life source of discord and d~issension
within the ranks"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-27
Complaints as to Filipino Junna n
Hong Kong.

London, November 2i.-United Statee
Ambassador Choate has made reprs-
s~entations to the British foreign off q
on h subject of the Filipino iun4a At
Hong Kong. The foreign office Is in
vestigating the matter and will reply
50 soon as the reports Of the auth0rl-
ties at Hong Kong are received.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-27

We a with much pleasure a recent
Greensboro Methodist Female College,
that Julian S. Carr has educated
there out of his own pocket between
twenty-five n thirty needy and de-
serving girls" Out of the abundance
OF his fiberality he had paid every cent
to educate over twenty-five North
Carolina girls at the chief female
school of the Methodists in this state.
Excellently, kindly, generously done!