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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-20
HOME FOLKS.

1t is altogether in order that Butler
should import northern republicans to
speak at Raleigh when the populist
state convention meets. There is 'feter-
nal fitness" in that sort of thing. But
Ter is fused" himself with the black
radicals, n is trying to drag others
into the same disgraceful alliance. 1t
is both appropriate and consistent that
he should bring down northern repub-
Leans to teach North Carolina white
men what their duty is in resisting the
amendment to prevent ignorance and
vice to dominate the state and spend
the white peoples money. Let the
northern radicals come on, white men
in North Carolina have never feared
the gang while despising their prin-
ciples and policy and treatment of the
south. Butler will make nothing by
that game.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-20
REPRESENTATIVE ATWA TER FA-
VORS THE AMEND NENT.

Representative ]. w. Atvater, of the
Fourth district, talks like Il mar of
sense n of self-respect. He regards
1.-THE negro vote as an open
and like a true man to North Caro-
lima, to his race and to himself, he
Efavors white supremacy-a government
of the whites and by the whites and for
the good of all people in the state. He
us a populiSt of character and talents.
He thinks the bulk Of his party viii
support the franchise amendment. and
will not follow that political fire-trap
and ignis fatuus, Marion Butler,
whose entire game begins and ENDS in
trying to again misrepreSent ard abuse
N"Gth caroline by securing a r~e-eIec-
ton 10 the senate. a body he reflects
mo credit upon and in which he is not
felt. Mr.. AtWater says wisely md ap-
propriately that there are some things
imore sacred than political preferment,
land white supremacy is one" Spoken
Hike a man. Such views do redit to his
Intelligence and to his character: We
quote from his letter that appears in
The Raleigh News-Observer, and it
will be read with interest and with
hearty endorsement by all true, self
respecting genuine white men of all
lparties. He says:
Regarding my own personal posi-
ition, | car state that there hes been,
III lang L DttiIitt d DDpuIiSJ D1cdOSci
Iof my sincere convictions upon c~ertainI
Ipublic questions, and upon the mainl
tissues, which induced my change at.
the time, the democratic party subse-.
Iquently aligned itself by the adoptionI
Iof the Chicago platform at it's ~aationalt
convention in 1896. During the entire
time, since l became a populist. | have.
never knowingly allied myself With The.
republican party for the sake of the
lSDOllS of office. and claim that NV
in this respect has been entire-I
lily consistent.
Il state most emphatically thai l am.
for white supremacy, for the rule of
the white man in North Carolina, and
for the elimination of the vicious and
ignorant negro vote, which has for
years stood as an open menac to good
in the state.
Senator Butler, nor any ether ma,
can lead me to antagonize my ow-
or to oppose the present movement
in North Carolina to amend the con-
Ist4tCtion OF the state SO as to dis ran
Ichise a portion of the ignorant Esgrcl
Iviters or to sanrifice the principles of.
the populist party by fusing with .heI
republican party. II is an opp~ortuni-.
ity which has not come to the people x.
the state since the franchise vas
~wrongfully conferred upon the negro, :!
land every White man who loves h
race and his state, should without hes
itation embrace this opportunity, and
lin my opinion if he follows his own
conscience and his individual Judgment
he will do so.
These are the frank and timely ex-l
Ipressions of a populist leader, a mem
her of the present congress, and a
imam of character at home in ChatI
tham among his neighbors and &C
ouaintaQceS.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-20
THE LAUGHINGHOUSE ROBBERY.
Particulars Of the Bold Crime-Blood-
hounds Unable to Strike the Trail.
Correspondence Of The Messenger.)

Correspondence of The Messenger.)
Greenville, n. c., February Il.
Mr.. ]. J. Laughinghouse, who lives
about fifteen miles from here on the
Washington road, sold a lot of tobacco
here Thursday. He did not get through
with his business in time to go home
that day.
Yesterday morning he left for home
in a buggy by himself. At a branch
about seven miles from here, he met
four negroes coming down the hin on
the other side. Before he had time to
suspect anything, one seized his horse,
two, n on each side, presented pis-
tolls and the fourth, with an AK on his
shoulder in striking attitude, took po-
sition at the back OF his buggy.
He was made to get out of the bug
gy and was then robbed of S720 in mon
ey, a Bank of Greenville cashiers
check for $500 n his gold watch. They
then left him. A short distance up
the hill he looked back and saw the
negroes in the road going in the oppo-
site direction.
Mr.. Laughinghouse drove hurriedly
TO Grimesland, five miles further, and
phoned Sheriff Mooring of the robbery.
Many people left at once for the scene
of the robbery and in a short while
a crowd was there. The surrounding
country was searched for tracks and
many We're found, several of which
were thought to be those of the rob-
bers. A large woods was also search
ed.
In the meantime b~loodhounds had
been telegraphed for. Fiv from the
state farm and a keeper were sent.
They arrived on the grounds about
nine hours after the bbe and
though the spot IN which the robbery
o place had been protected from
t-resspassers, the hounds were unable
to strike a trail. After a trial of abou
two hours this plan was abandoned
and the crowd dispersed.
Mr.. LaughinghouSe was unarmed
The negroes were all strangers to him
though he is positive that he could
identify them. Unceasing efforts will
be made to capture them.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-20

Grace" is a free gift, it is undeserved
mercy. by grace are we saved"
Mark the ''saved"-the result of the
free and unmerited gift. You are
saved" from the devil; from your on
demnation; from your own evil nature;
from your sins; from the power and
degradation of fallen nature. You are
delivered, saved" from all the danger
in which you stood, from the misery
and ruin in which you would inevitably
have continued but for Gods free
mercy.
His grace" BY grace are We saved
through faith" Not by our acts. or
the acts of others; not by rites and GER
emonies; not by joining the church or
using much machinery-not by these,
or any of them or of any others, but
solely, purely through faith exercis-
ed on your part in the Son of God, in
the efficacy of His atonement, of His
blood shed for you on the cross.
Through faith"-that is the instru-
ment. 1t is solely the believers saliva
ton through faith in the Christ. the
Son of the Father. But the apostle
adds: And that not Of yourselves"
You have no merit. In your fallen
condition you are a sinner You can
never deliver yourself from the evil ma
ture, nor car you by works for the can
not possess saving power and win
heavens favor. They are not causal in
any sense, but effects as an old divine
says. All possible Boosting is excluded
forever under Gods redemptive plan
Not of yourselves; 1t is the gift OF
God" There you have the cause. By
Gods free favor, through faith in the
! Lord Jesus Christ, and in no other way
can any one born OF the Adamic race
be ever saved. Not of works lest any
man should boast." Such is the Divine
teaching and it is forever true. Faith
is the gift of God as we'll as Jesus
Christ and the one is as necessary as
the other" (Burkitt.) 1t is not of our
doing that we are saved. 1t is plainly
and truly all Gods doing. 1t is through
our believing in God, hat He justifies
the ungodly and saves" We are not
saved by our obedience, by our acts,
nor by our faith, but by grace" BY
! Gods love and mercy. His free grace,
His mercy, by the merit of the Son
Jesus Christ. This being true all self
glory, all vain Boosting. all confidence
in the flesh are excluded. This is what
is taught as we see it in the eighth
verse of the second chapter of Ephe-
slams which we have been studying fo'
Not of works, lest any man should
boast" No flesh can glory in the
presence of the High and Holy One.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-20
~CHAMBERLAIN'S CHANGE.

A friend sends us the following ex-
tracts from a speech delivered by Hon.
Joseph Chamberlain at Birmingham on
June Z, 1881, which did not by any
means square with his present
speeches and other public utterances:
II ask your attention, in the first
place, to the settlement we have made
of the unfortunate war in the Trans
vaal.
You know that the great majority
Of the Boer inhabitants of the Trans
Vaal are bitterly opposed to the British
rule. and yet we are told that we ought
TO have perseVered in wrong-dOIng af-
ter is was proved that the two grounds
upon which the annexation was de-
Tended were fallaciOuS and rested on
40 solid foundation, that we should
still force our rule on an unwilling
people, whose independence we had
solemnly engaged by treaty to respect.
lit has been proved to us that the
Beers are at all events brave soldiers,
that they are skilled in the use Of
arms, that they are, physically at
least, a match even for English SOL
diers.
We'll we know also that the Orange
Free State would make common cause
with their co-religionists and men of
the same nationality in the Tranvaal,
and therefore I say that is is perfectly
certain that not less than 5000 to 20
900 English troops must be permanent
~ stationed there if we are to mol"
that country by force and against the
will of the inhabitants.
They are animated by a deep and
even stern religious sentiment, and
they inherit from their ancestors their
urconquerable love of freedom and Of
liberty.
Are not these the qualities which
themselves to men Of the
English race? Are they not virtues
which We are proud to believe form
the best characteristics of the English
people? Is it against such a nation that
we are called upon TO exercise the
dread arbitrament Of arms? These men
tiled in the Transvaal in order to es-
ape foreign rule. They left their
homes in Natal as the English Puritans
left England and went to the United
States, and they founded a little repub-
lie Of\their own in Africa.
In 1852 we made a treaty with tnem:
they agreed to give up slavery and We
agreed to respect and to guarantee
their independence, and l say under
these circumstances is ii possible we
could maintain a f0rcible of
me country without mourning the ac-
rusation of having been guilty, 7 will
rCt say of national folly, but l say of
national crime?'-CharlOtte Observer.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-20
GOIdsbOro Notes.
Correspondent of the Messenger
Goldsboro, n. c., February Il

Correspondent of the Messenger
GoldsborO, N. c., February Il
Mr.. and Mrs. b. H. Griffin celebrated
the fifth anniversary of their wedding
last Tuesday evening at the Kennon
hotel, of which Mr.. Griffin is proprie-
tor. There were about fifty guests
present, all of whom spent a most
pleasant evening.
Last Saturday night Mrs. r. A.
Smith gave a delightful card party
complimentary to her visiting friends.
Misses Mary Hadley and Pauline
Woodland, of Wilson. Those fortunate
enough to De present were: Miss Mil
dred Dortch with Mr.. Hines, Miss An
nabelle Borden with Mr.. Ed. Yeiver-
ton, Miss Julia Howell with Mr.. !. W.
Aycock, Miss Pauline Woodland with
Mr.. T. a. Uzzell and Miss Mary Had
ley with Mr.. NJ. c. Tuck. After an en-
joyable game of hearts was played
dainty and delicious refreshments were
served.
The annual charity ball took place in
the dining room OF the Hotel kennon
Thursday night, and is aid 20 nave
been the most enjoyable held in many
years. The dining room was prettily
decorated and the music was furnished
by Haywood's band. of Raleigh.
The G~oldsboro Choral Society was
most charmingly entertained last night
by its director, Mrs. George
Royal. at her home in this city The
hostess presided with her usual gra-
cious manner and all spent a very
pleasant evening. Miss Caddie Full
ghum with her charming reading OF
The Absent Beggar,' and Master
/ Ralph Faison, who played The Flow
er Song so/ sweetly on the violin.
largely contributed 10 the success Of
the evening. Delightful refreshments
were served, which included olives.
! sandwiches, pickles, chocolate. crack
ers. cake and frozen punch. Mrs. Roy
! all leaves tonight for New York where
she will spend some time studying
! voice culture She a endeared her
self especially TO every member Of tbs
society. who regret very much TO see
her leave, and viii wish for her speedy
return.
Hon. Charles 3. Aycock left thi:
! morning for Charlotte where he viii
make his first campaign speech of 800
on next Monday night
DIT. John C. Kilgo, president OF Trim
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-20

II is now Known that there is a de-
cided decline in the sale o. paper Gig
Iarettes. The falling off for January is
about one-fourth. 1t is q good sign
and it is to be hoped it will go down
another quarter soon h is regarded
as the outcome of anti-cigarette agita-
Ition. 1t may not show actual decline,
however, but may indicate only a glut-
ted market. But let the fight against
the deadly cigarette be continued
There is no decline in tobaccos. The
returns show a heavy increase in to-
bacco for chewing. smoking and snuff
ing. That in paper cigarettes alone
there should be a tremendous falling
off is a phenomenon. justifying at
tention. The cigar output also shows
increase. Down with the baleful. muir
derous cigarette.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-20
statement of State Banks Called For.
Especial TO the Messenger.)

Especial to the Messenger.)
Raleigh, \. c., February 16.-The
corporation commission calls for report
of state banks up to the close Of bust
ness February 18th. There are eighty
five banks.
Among the arrivals today a Mar
tin s.. Willard. of Wilmington.
Commissioner OF Insurance Young
says he will turn into the state treas-
ury for the fiscal ear about $4,000
more than il has eve received in one
year.
The state charters the Lindsay Chair
Company, of High Point capital SIS. 900,
J.. a. Lindsay and others stockholders.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-20

ity college. will preach here in St
Paurs NJ. E. church. tomorrow morn
ing and ST. John's NJ. f. church. TO-
morrow night
Miss Zelda Smith who has beer Wis
iting her aunt, Mrs. X. A Smith. re-
turned to her home in Raleigh yester-
day.
The different precincts OF G~oldsboro
township met last night and elected
delegates to the county convention
Miss Janet Dortch who has been Wis
|1tin- her grandfather DR.. Hogg in Raj
eigh has returned home.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-20

Why did Governor Russell pardon
ten rascals in the p~enitentiary in one
day? That is wholesale business in
the one-man's p~ardoning shop. Why
was a negro in for life so favored as
to have the penalty committed to but
four years in the pen? But these fell
lows cannot vote in August unless by
fraud.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-20

The cotton planters who hold cotton
are now taking advantage OF the ad-
Ivanced price and perhaps wisely. al
though there is expectation of a still
farther rise. We notice in The Mes
lsenger's Cotton Futures" Of the 18th
instant, that in Georgia farmers are
Ipledging themselves not to increase
their paintings over last rear. In
South Carolina less fertilizers are be-
ling used. They are higher. Raise more
home is the right idea.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-20
INTERNAL REVENUE DECISION.

Washington. February 17.-Commis-
sioner Wilson Of the internal revenue
bureau has ruled that a person who
holds special tax stamps as a ,rectiier
and retail liquor dealer is O required
TO pay special tax as a wholesale liquor
dealer for transferring packages Of
spirits from his possession as a recti-
fer into his possession as a retail
LIQUOR dealer.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-20
4 PINE LUMBER DEAL

Norfolk, Va. February 1s.-It is said
that the entire pine lumber interests
of Virginia and North Carolina have
been pooled. DR.. ]. o. White, of Cam
den, n. j., is reported to have been
the promoter and to have consummat-
ed the deal at the Waldorf-Astoria hos
ted, New York, Thursday.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-20

1t is all OF rae that a sinner is
saved. 1t is not by himself. 1t is not
by the church, it is not by works that
he is saved. The Bible is full of grace,
and grace for the lost as WEI as grace
for the saved. For by grace are We
through faith" hat is very I'M
portant. We have set before US a great
and merciful truth, that it is Oh coos
great mercy that you are saved ana
that it is on your part through faltn IN
the blessed and adorable SAVIOUR the
Som of God, that you become an heir
of heaven and one of the elect or o
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-20

ais glorious visage 1 may see:
His blessed form on Calvary:
His precious blood was shed for me.
And this alone my creed shall be.
1 love the Lord, He first loved me
Marie Guilbert, in Public Ledger.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-20
RELIGIOUS EDITORIALS FOR
SUNDAY.

by whom we have access by faith
unto this grace wherein we stand, and
rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
Romans So.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-20

that is, if they can avoid 1t. The Beers
continue to gain advantage in some
iminor engagements as is their wont.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-20

The larger cities in this country in
1899 did a great building business. The
total is s229, 900, 900. an increase of s66.
1000 ove 1898. This is the showing
for only twenty cities supposed 10 have
10O,O 900 inhabitants and upward. II
the list New Orleans and Atlanta ap-
pear. The former had 1863 houses
valued at ST. 49, 05. The latter 2,12;
valued at 81, 293, 997. Create New YORK
had S.2SS. cost $780, 37 $40. Total for TWEEN
tty cities 1929, 900, $50. In the same year
electric plants We're greatly extended.
The Boston Transcript says;
There are now no less than $50 wa.
Ter power electric plants scattered -
lover the country, representing an in.
lvestment of capital of $50, 900. 600. TIL
year 1888 has seen many and importan
Ichanges in the ~ipdependent t-.ophont
field. At the close Of last -=ar tn
number of Independent te.aThene ex
changes in operation Throughout tn,
UNITED States scarcely exceeded 1.50t
whereas at the present tine The mum
her, as nearly as can be ascer:ained. il
5000. with 700, 900 instruments i. use,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-20
According to that high authority. The

According to That high authority, The
Age of Steel, the capital now used in
the southern mills to 1925, OOO,-
O00. OF this sum $33, 900, 900 are invest
ed in spinning and weaving mills. The
thing abou the south's invest
ments is that most all of 1t is owned
at home and not by northern or for
lelgn capitalists. When 40 per cent.
profit is possible there is surely great
temptation to put you money in a mill
While the mills are whirling let the
ploughs also speed their way for agri.
couture is after all the source of life
and of general prosperity. 1t is a BAG
time for any state of people when ag.
riculture decays.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-23
Horses in Battle and After.
From Psarson's Magazine.

The thousands of horses killed in every
important battle have to be disposed OF :
they are either buried or burned, accord
ing TO the climate. In South Africa burial
is always resorted to- but in some of the
northern parts of India the carcasses are
left where they fall. and in less than
eight hours afterwards are picked clean
by the vu.tures. This is by far the best
wav from a unitarian point of view. for
the bones may afterwards be collected and
ground down for manure The interment
Of slaugh tered animals is always left to
the burial parties. and can scarcely be
said to be any part of the veterinary sur
geon's duties.
In cavalry charge, especially when the
firing is at long range, it is practically i'm
possible for the enemy to aim at so small
a figure as d human being with any GER
tain chance of hitting him, and so the
horse, presenting the larger target, the
list of casualties among horses under these
circumstances is naturally greater than
among men. At Talavera 290 horses were
killed and 240 men, while at the famous
charge of the light brigade at Balaklava
the losses among horses were 800, and
among men $50.
The horse is more Likely to suffer from
hunger and want of rest than a man,
and consequently we find that In all pro-
tracted wars the loss i'm horses from dis
paign across the Niemen. out of 60,0OO
horses. no fewer than 5000 succumbed in
six months. At the siege of Plevna the
Russians lost over 80 per cent. of their
draft animals and in the Egyptian war of
1882 half the English horses were disabled
of which GO died from sickness and on.y
sixty on the field OF battle
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-23
THE "DOXERs."
Their Name. Origin, and Objects CO.
herently Explained.

Letter to the Editor of the London Times
Sir: The so-called Boxer" Society in
China has lately forced itself into such
disquieting prominence that short &C.
count of its origin and objects will prob
ably be of interest 10 your readers.
!. Name-The proper name of the society
is I-ho-ch'uan. which may be translated
League of United Patriots" What is the
origin of its popular designation Boxers, "
IS uncertain. This name may have
been given them from the prom
inence its members appear to
attach to gymnastics in their
training, or by pun on the last charac-
ter in their Chinese name, ch'uan also
meaning "hsts"-the characters are diff
ferent, but the pronunciation the same.
2. Origin-The seizure of Kiao-Chau bv
Germany as one of the measures of pun
ishment for the murder of two Chinese
missionaries in Shan-tung. and the conse-
quent acquisition practically seizure) of
Port Arthur and Ta-Iien Bay by Russia
Of Wei-hai-wei by England, and of
Kwang-chau by France gave rise to the
general belief among the Chinese that the
chief source of International complications
Hes in missionary propaganda and that IL
missionaries and converts could once be
got rid of. things would run smoothly.
This idea was availed OF by Yu Man-tsi
as the basis of his campaign of destruction
in Szu-chuan, and to a certain extent nv
the Large Knife Society" In their up
rising on the borders of Shan-tung, AMI
wei, and Kiang-su Though In the latter
case dearth of food was also a large con-
lributing. probably the main. factoro II is
the same idea which has led to the pres
ent outbreak of the I-ho-ch'uan in Shan
tung, the province in which Kiao-Chau
and Wei-hai-wei are situated and In
which the railway development being
pushed on from the former place has en-
countered so much opposition.
Third. Objects-Tt is not unnatural.
the refore' that, as the China press reports
is the cas-, the society's flag should bear
the device, typhoid the dynasty. drive
out foreigners" 1t is also perhaps not
acknowledgements mad the policy indi-
Gated by such device may aupaar TO us
Wcsternel SHAT at a time when great
and Widespread dis satisfact on was being
openly expressed with the Empress Dow