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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-02
HOME FOLKS.

Me-: w. F. Stevenson of Souifi Caro-
lima is a native of Iredeil county,
North Carolina. He has made his
| mark in the state that modestly calls
itself Carolina" The able Columbia
as. CO State say this:
1.-The unquestioned leader of the
house of representatives was Mr.
Stevenson, of Chesterfield. H. has
constantly risen in reputation I'D iB-
fuencey and there is good; reason % be-
lieve that if Senate McLaurin's resig-
nation had ben offered, as rumc ala
it would be, during the recent session.,
w. F. Stevenson, Of Cheraw, would
have. been his successor. Representa-
tive~Stevenson has a fine mind, keen
and instant perception, a remarkable
memory for details, untiring vigilance
and industry and the art of going To
the core of questions with af ew Incl
sive verbal strokes. No man in the
South Carolina legislature for twenty
Senator Smythe, of Charleston has
equaTled him in the rare mental quality
of ability to grasp several unrelated
issues at once. He has spoken often,
but very Briefly n simply, and al
ways with effect"
We learn from the Statesville Land
mark. that he Is a son of Mr. Iredell
Sydney Stevenson, of Fancy Hill, Ire
dell county. and a brother Of DR.: S. ".
Stevenson, of Mooresville>- He graGu-
ated at Davidson college" probably IS
or more years ago, and soon afterward
went to South Carolina, where ne
studied law and vas admitted to the
bar. Since then he has liEed and prac-
ticed law at Cheraw."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-02

at Csc per yard All the above in all
the different colors.
In HENRIETTAS, SERGES, CASH
MERES. FLANNELS. TRICOTS. La
DIES CLOTH, BROADCLOTHS,
BRILLIANTINES and MOHAIRS. We
lead. We have these goods I'm all
qualities and in all colors: the prices
range froTr ca to SIPS per yard.
We N-s- twenty-five of thirty pieces
Of SILkALINE DRAPERY GOODS In
pretty patterns. fully SO inches wide.
at from Sc to 12kc per yard.
We have a big line of OUTINGS
that we are selling at an especial low
price. We rave an Outing at 4mc per
yard. An ezra vi6e outing at &c per
yard We have ab"rti forty pieces Of
very heavy, fast co.,. IA. Outings that
are worth 10c-we are selling them At
&c per yard.
Three thousand short-end WHITE
HOMESPUNS at FAC per yard. A lot
OF SEA ISLAND HOMESPUN at &c
per yard. A splendid quality OF YARD
WIDE SHIFTING at sc PEI yard
food BLEACHING at 4hc per yard.
food PLAIDS 1t &c per yard
WE HAVE THE LARGEST STOCK
OF GOODS IN THE CITY. Our trade
is better now than IT has ever been at
this season. The reason tor this Is
that OUR PRICES ARE LOWER
THAN OTHERS
We ave just received q big lot Of
new CHAIRS AND TABLES TO give
away as premium presents. Bring
your card and get ii punched and get
a present free.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-02

from the state 25 per cent. and this, In
face of the fact that the American COL
|lege student pays only one-fourth OF
the amount required to train him"
1t is suggested that there are many
urgent needs even nc~. Among
these are:
II. Professor Of Political Economy.
- Associate Professor. OF Physics
Iand Electrical Engineering.
p Professorship OF English Lam
a More instructors and better pay
to o who have proven themselves
good.
IS. A Modern Gymnasium.
30. Completion Of Alumni Building.
"a. Better carr of buildings and
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-02
COTTON MILLING IN SOUTH.

The cotton mill building in the south
is the theme of the dailies, of the week
lies. of the trade journals. With them
it is line upon inc 1t is now ooast-
fully claimed that the future pre-emi-
nent position of the southern states as
the great cotton manufacturing centre
is absolutely assured, not only for
America but for the world at large
1t is a little soon to be putting it so
strong as that, but the probabilities
certainly look that way. If tine pro-
gress of the next ten years is in pro-
portion to population as was the case
in the last decade. it really locks as If
by 1910. the claim of superiority. Of
leadership over the northern states and
Great Britain and India and all other
lands might be rightly maintained.
While South Carolina and North Caro-
lima may at present consume all the
cotton they produce it is said that 1T
will take thirty years for the south to
| consume all the cotton it makes. But
| that may strike n as absurd. The
south can in thirty years produce three
or four times as much cotton as il
grows now. We verify believe that il
thai time Texas alone can grow anC
may grow more cotton than all south.
land grows now.
We believe it was MI. D. A Temp
kins, of Charlotte, who forecast tn
future cotton milling for the south am
put it's increase in spindles in the mex
ten at 10000. 00o. which added t
those now operating would make tn
total nearly 26,OOo,eoO. A Baltimor
special to the Charleston News ant
Courier. dated 22nd inst. says:
In round figures there are abou
loo. 100000 spindles in the world TIL
South furnishes three-fourths of tn
worlds cotton supply, or, sufficient
say, expressed in another way, to rul
75,000.0 900 Of h worlds spindles, an
: yet has, including the mills now build
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-02

of Buncombe, is the man talked of as
the republican candidate for governor
Trot out this horse if rou wish to- see
him distanced- He can make fair
speed for a quarter of a mile but for
a four mile race he is unworthy. AS
between Pearson and Butler the white
men have but little choice. 1t would
afford them infinite satisfaction to
overwhelm either of these very unfiS
specimens.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-02
DEWEY'S PRIZE MONEY.
The Claimed Greatly Redzeed
by the Court.

Washington, February 26.-The unit-
ed States court OF claims. today rem
dered a decision on the claim d Ad-
miral Dewey for prize money on ac-
count OF the destruction OF the Span
ish fleet in Manila bay.
The court decided against the admir-
III c~ontention that the enemy's force
was superior to his and awarded him
$3.50.
The decision excludes the supporting
shore batteries, mines and torpedoe<
in the determination OF the enemy's
force. Admiral Dewey's claim was
for 500 ach man belonging to the
enemy's fleet, including these fori6ca-
ton. Counsei for the admiral may ap-
peal to the United States supreme
court. The decision entitled the ad-
miral personally to $3.50.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-02
GEN. GORDON ON THE GREAT WAR

North Carolinians entertain consid-
cradle admiration for General john b.
Gordon. of Georgia, possibly the most
distinguished man of his state now
living. He won a good name In war,
and has been governor and senator
since the war. making a fine reputa-
ton in civic life. He is much OF an ora
for and A very successful lecturer. He
lately lectured in Charleston. ana IL
was much enjoyed and well praised
AS we gather from a brief report IN
the News and Courier, he denies that
slavery was the cause OF the war.
but the real cause of n war lay IN
the fact that the south believed In a
union of consent, not of force; hat the
states make the union and not the
union the states. On the other hand, the
north thought of the union as a unit
and as a compact which could not be
-~abrogated without the consent of both
parties. So it was that sectional bal
lots c~rystalized into sectional bullets
Tong before the first gun had beer
fred public sentiment had been dashed
into a sea of fury wherein the ship OF
state rode straining.
There were other causes, but we d'
not enter upon them here now. He go
OFF a good story which will do to re
peat here. and it has the o
probability:
Gen. Gordon told a good story OF
Cleveland. When the president visitet
the general, then governor OF Georgia
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-02

North Carolina has extensive mineral
deposits. mostly ~undavelopsd NO doubt.
Recent discoveries and developments
nave awakened fresh interest as |,
the capabilities in mining. The. time X
not far ahead when this state will be
better known as ia wealth ia import
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-02
u URPOS

In advertising so much and so per-
'sistently is to keep before you the feet
that we are always getting in new
goods and are always putting special
prices On than. There IS no doubt
it
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-02
ant minerals. The Charlotte Observer
of SUNDAY saws.

THE investment of $1,000, 900 in the
development of the copper mines at
Gold Hill forms the basis for an excel
lent article in The Engineering and
Mining Journal Upon the possibilities
Of the North Carolina mining field,
where, to quote that papers own lam
guage. there are gold and copper in
quantities greater than in some wes-
tern mines, but they cannot be got out
proltably by the obsolete methods
and in the small way hitherto tried. d"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-10-05
The Astronomer. Yardst,ck.

The distance separating the earth
from the sun is of so much import
ance in astronomical computations
that it is sometimes spoken of as the
Astronomers yardstick." An oppor-
tunity to increase the accuracy of this
fundamental measure will be present.
ed next December, when the recently
discovered asteroid Eros, famous for
approaching the earth nearer than
does any other heavenly body except
the moon, will be in opposition to the
sun. The method of observation will
be by making photographs showing the
position of Eros among the stars as
seen from different parts of the earth.
From the comparative displacement of
the asteroid in the various photo
graphs, owing to the separation of the
POINTS of observation, the distance of
the sun can be computed 1t is prob
able that these will be of the most ac-
curate measurements of the suns dis
lance yet made.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-10-05
Death Valley Once a Lake.

In support of the view that Death
Valley in California was formerly the
bed of lake, is the discovery of
traces of an ancient water-line run
ming along the tanks of the enclosing
mountains at height of 600 feet. The
bottom of the valley is 200 feet below
sea-level. The winds from the Pacific
cross four ranges of mountains before
reaching the valley, and by that time
they have been drained of their last
drop of moisture. 1t is said that mo
spot on earth surpasses Death Valley
i'll aridity or Tophet-like heat" The
lake that once filled it is believed to
have been fed by a river which has
now also vanished. The borax de-
posits of Death Valley are commercial
ly important, but labor is all but i'm
possible in a place where to be with
out water for single hour in summer
means death.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-10-05
The Bewltched Penny.

To give the exhibition termed 1.-THE
bewitched penny" 10 or - pennies are
required. Place them separately on the
table, and have one of the coins chosen
and marked by several persons. Have
this coin dropped, along with the other
coins, into hat and the whole shaken
up SO that the coins will be we'll mixed.
Placing your hand in the hat, feel ev-
cry coin. and you will at once detect
which .is the marked one by it's
warmth. The heat is impaired to it
from the many hands through which it
has passed. 1t is always advantageous
to have the coins placed on as cold u
place as possible. but on no account
turn back the tablecloth, as this act
might give hint to the solution of
the mystery. You can add considerably
to the effect if you are blindfolded and
allow your audience to attend to the
preliminaries. There are few expert
ments with coins that excite more
wonderment.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-10-05
POCKET LENS PoL1sHER.

foundation of the pads may be Of any
desired material. and the surfaces are
covered with chamois or soft cloth of
a texture which will not scratch the
lenses. There are four disks in the i'm
plement. the two outer ones being at
tached to the spring arms by loosely
pivoted screws. The inner pair of pads
are placed back to back and connected
with the central stem projecting be-
tween the handles. This central stem
has pins formed On either side, to act
as pivots for the main arms, the latter
being gripped with the thumb and fin
ger to open the polishing pads and al
low the insertion Of the lens The
polishers on one side are coarser than
the other. the fine set acting as fin
Usher for the lenses. 1t is obvious that
the disks can be removed easily when
the chamois becomes soiled and the
spring arms exert the necessary pres
sure to do the work without any adj
ditional pressure from the fingers of
the operator.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-10-05
FANcHER MAY RESIGN.

Republican Candidate for Governor
of North Dakota Springs a Sensa-
ton.
Fargo, N. D., Sept. ~. - Rumors Of
what promises to be the greatest po-
litical sensation of the state were cur
rent last night. 1t is reported that
Gov. Fancher, who was renominated
by the Republicans, has informed the
party leaders that he wishes to resign.
There is confirmation Of the story from
the fact that the Republican state
central committee has been notified by
telegraph to meet at Grand Forks to-
day on important business, but no de-
tails are given. 1t is claimed Fancher's
resignation is due to continued i'll
health. He is also of a most sensitive
disposition, and repeated attacks by
a large number of Republican news
papers in the state have Disguised the
executive to such degree that he is
willing to forego further political pre-
ferment for personal peace and COM
fort.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-10-05
RewSsOf the D0r1bweSd
80 z !. RAW s,PI,o1Ls e,.A1x.
FAX and: Wheat Yield Greatly DO
m, creased by Excessive Moisture,

Flax and Wheat Yield Greatly DO
creased by Excessive Moisture.
Redwood Falls, Mimi, Sept. 2s.-The
heavy rains OF September, including
the very heavy rain Of Sunday night.
have. put d stop to practically all
I. threshing operations in this county
during the month. Threshers are very
much disappointed.
Langdon. Minn-A. series of heavy
rains have prevailed over this section
nearly the whole week past. Thresh-
ing has been badly interrupted. Many
grain stacks are thoroughly soaked
through, and it will take some time
for them to dry. In many instances it
Is feared the grain will be damaged.
Devils Lake, N. D.-Several hours
rain occurred yesterday followed by a
genuine cloudburst at o'clock. This
will delay all threshing for full week.
Heavy pelting rains are knocking
millions of flax pods on the ground,
much descending the prospective yield.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-10-05
County Sent Removal.

olivia, Mimi, Sept. 26.-The county
commissioners of Renville county met
yesterday to consider the petition for
removal of the county seat from Bea-
yer Falls to Olivia. This petition was
died Sept. 8, and is the largest ever Sc
cured, containing 1866 names, or over
90 per cent of the voters of Renville
county. There have been six or seven
contests for removal prior. to this one.
but though the great ma jority of the
people have. desired the removal. some
technical error has prevented /, it in
each case. Beaver Falls was made the
county seat about thirty years ago.;
Little improvement has been made
since that time, as there is no railroad
and no hotel accommodations.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-10-05
THICK ICE FROZEN RAPIDLY.

7lCN lOE r HOZEN RAPIDLY.
In the illustration is shown an ap-
paratus which will aid materially in
the formation of Ice on a small lake,
the inventor being Ossian Guthrie OF
Chicago. Ill. 1t is we'll known that
when body of water starts to freeze
on the surface the latent heat of con-
collation. is liberated into the water I'm
derneath, thus retarding the freezing
process and often preventing the form
alton of ice beyond certain depth. IN
localities where the temperature sell
dom falls much below the freezing
point it is difficult to obtain a good
crop of ice by natural methods, in
which case the machine will be found
useful. The apparatus is so arranged
that it will withdraw the water from
beneath the thin sheet of ice, cool it
and return it at the opposite side of
the pond. The sluice through which
the water passes is provided at inter-
walls with planks set obliquely, to stir
the water and extract the latent heat.
The water re-enters the pond in very
thin sheet directly under the ice FORM
alton and. being now at low temper
ature, freezes rapidly, the inventor
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-10-05
Spider Republics.


The spider has usually been regard
ed as a type of the solitary among an
imals, each individual preferring to
live alone. But naturalists have dis
covered exceptions to this rule, and
among the most remarkable are three
species of spiders recently studied by
Eugene Simon in Venezuela. The most
interesting of these. the Uloborus re-
publicanus, seems to be truly repub-
lican in it's instincts several hundreds
of individuals dwelling together in
huge webs. made up of smaller webs
linked together by strong threads and
fastened among the branches of trees.
On these webs the spiders can be seen
moving freely about, meeting and ex-
changing greetings with their anten-
nae, like so many ants. In the center
of the main web is space where the
eggs of the entire republic are laid, and
where, at the proper season, the female
spiders can be seen assembled eacn
guarding her silken cocoon filled
with eggs.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-10-05
Queer Buildings of New York.

Fortunately the landowners and ar
chitects of western cities have not yet
been compelled to resort to peculiar
structures like those now projected in
New York. There contracts have been
let for two nine and one-half story no
tells, which will each be but 1879 feet
wide. Each hotel will be ireproot and
furnished with an elevator. Railways
and an airshaft. There will be two.
bachelor apartments on each floor max
ing eighteen apartments in each hotel.
The front apartments will consist of
three rooms and bath and the rear
ones of two rooms.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-10-05
BOY Lost in the Woods. !,

Renville, Mimi. Sept. 26.-At a picnic
held in the woods Sunday nine miles
south of here John Larkin's little boy,
about two years old. wandered away
and got lost. The woods were searched
all night without avail. In the morn
ing Mr.. Larkin came to town and rang
the fire bell to get the people together
for aid. About twenty teams went out
and the child was soon found about
100 rods from where the picnic was
held, lying down by large tree, COM
pletely tired out and wet to the skin,
as it rained nearly all night.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-10-05
Insects "a Food.

Mr.. Claude Fuller, the English gov
eminent entomologist in Natal, South
Africa, says that the Basutos eat To-
Gusts, even making cakes of them, as
he is informed. In Pietermaritzburg
the natives, and some of the whites,
gather the flying termites that are at
tracted by the electric lamps, and use
them both for fish-bait and for food.
They are sometimes toasted and some
times fried in a pan with butter. He
quotes from a friend the statement
that bugong moths are cooked by the
natives on hot ashes and eaten with
great gusto.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-10-05
ONE. MORE FATALITY.
Henry Frederickson Killed in I'll,
NIOrristoyyn Tornado.

NIorristown Tornado.
Faribault. Mimi, Sept. 81. A
late report from Morristown tonight
gives another death, the result of the cy.
clone. 1t occurred southwest of town and
is Henry Frederickson, who was struck
by flying timbers.
The injured people are all still alive and
a:c doing well. The loss of property will
probably reach $4,000.
The tornado created a scene Of desc
lation. Not a building in the path Of the
storm was left untouched. Some were
not Eady damaged, but all were more or
less injured.
The first serious damage done was on
the farm Of John Olson, where his barn
was lift ed from the foundation and car
ricd some distance and smashed. A boy
named T'fulfoos, aged about twelve years.
was In the barn at the time and was
killed by being struck with the heavy
t,mhers. The tornado made its pathway
directly through the center of the city,
taking barns and small buildings in its
course and completely demolishing them
Large trees were uprooted and carried
away. The most serious damage occurred
at thu brick building owned and occupied
by Pau! Gatzke, in which there were
eleven people, some going in for shelter
from the storm. The building was COM
pietely wrecked. The following were in
the building and were killed:
II. s. Wait, Republican candidate for
representative, Of the town Of Warsaw
Johnnie Rohrer. Morristown village.
Finer Brooks, Morristown village.
Jake Weber, Jr., Morristown town.
rank Pftfman Watarvil1o
Ctt,' Gatzke, son Of the owner Of the
building. Morristown village.
The injured are: Paul Gatzke, Norris
town village, body badly bruised, will re-
cover; Frank Wilder, Morristown village,
head BADLY cut and several ribs broken,
will probably recover; Porter White, Nor
ristowE village, head cut and les, frac-
tired; w. Pittman, Waterville. son Of
Frank Pittman, who was killed, injured
internally and both legs broken, cannot
recover.
l,.crristown has had two great misfor-
tunes in less than a year. There were
two great fires, the first nearly wiping out
the entire business portion. and which was
followed by second fire several months
later, and now comes the lorna 10 which
has caused SO many deaths and so much
loss Of PROPERTY
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-10-05
NORTH DAKOTA w. c. T. U.
Officers Elected for the Ensuing
Ycar-RepOrts Submitted,

Officers Elected for the Ensuing
Ycar-Reports Submitted.
Devils Lake, N. D., Sept. 26. - The
state convention of the w. c. T. u. at
its morning session listened to the re-
ports of Mrs. Dora Stanton, Grand
Forks. on evangelical work; Mrs. *.
V. King, Larimore, on reformation
work; Mrs. U. B. Calderwood, Carey,
on procuring homes for homeless chill
dren. The report of the enforcement
league showed that evidence in nearly
200 cases was presented by the league
during the past year. Ofiicers were
elected for the ensuing year as follows:
President. Miss Elizabeth Preston; vice
president, DR.. ]. H. knox, Wahpeton;
corresponding secretary, Mrs. U. Van
debogard; recording secretary, Mrs.
Carrie Allen, Grand Forks; treasurer,
Mrs. Addie Carr, Northwood.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-10-05
Fiftx Yea..l. Mi..ing.

st. Johns, N. F. Sept 2e. = More
chan fifty French vessels from St.
Pierre are still missing as the result of
the recent gale and much alarm is felt
for their safety. Many doubtless are
disabled, but it is almost certain, that
others have foundered. The French
flagship Isly has been ordered from
the treaty shore, it is reported here, to
cruise over the Grand Banks with. Il 8
view OF learning the extent Of the dis
aster and Of assisting any vessels re-;
curing help. ss 81 . IS
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-10-05
WAR ON osTEoPATHs.

Wisconsin Medical Board Says They
Are Not Lawful Practitioners.
La Crosse, Wis.,, Sept. PA Milwau-
kee special to the Republican and
Leader says the medical examiners.
who held their last meeting in this city.
will take steps to. prosecute all osteo-
paths in the state, claiming that they
are not recognized by the Wisconsin
statutes as physicians. Local prac-
titioners deny the charge, and say tina,
they will fight the case before the SUI
preme court. The board consists of thu
best physicians in the state. Attorneys
seem to think their stand is a correct
one.