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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-13
STATE

The Greensboro Record appeared in
an eight page form on Sunday. 1t is
a we'll printed, we'll filled, sound dem
ocratic exponent. Mr.. Reece has kept
up the interest of his paper we'll. It's
local department is always full
Mr.. Thomas J. Walker has become
editor of the Dunn Weekly Monitor.
He makes his bow in the issue of 2Sth
February. He is a democrat and pro-
poses to print a clean, moral paper.
Success to him..
The last issue of the Clinton Demo-
crat showed decided improvement in
it's get up and in it's editorial de-
partment.
The Durham Daily Sun is twelve
years old. We have known the editor,
Jim Robinson, for a quarter of a GEN.
fury and he is personally a clever fell
low. But do not consider that by our
long acquaintance he is an "old one"
He is but in his prime. May he con-
tinue to prosper and wax fat.
The Kinston Free Press is becoming
elderly. 1t has entered upon it's 18th
NoioAiiNs oiio iio oCSll VI HULL SS1 II
to the town and section in which it
circulates. These are all good papers
among the 200, more or less, now in
North Carolina. When we began the
newspaper business in October 1857, we
suppose there were about forty or forty
five newspapers in all North Carolina.
There is not an editor living now who
u-oc a6itinp fhnn Tho 1o1f Of tho odt
tors of 1857 or 1858, died some four years
since, the venerable ]. ]. Stewart, Of
the Salisbury Waterman, but more re-
Gently of the Truth. All are gone save
this scribe. They served their day n
generation with zeal and fidelity, and
some with marked ability and influ-
ence, and then passed over the river,
here We trust they found an abiding
home of rest and joy eternal.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-13

He loves the old things better than
the new, as is natural to his years, but,
we think, as based on sound reason.
too. To him the politics of Macon and
Badger surpasses in purity our pres
ent alignment as the Vicar of Wake
field overtops the work of Ouida.
He is devoted to Shakespeare and
Scott. Before his vision ever fits the
wonderful Kaleidoscope panorama OF
the great pan-Anglican king. while in
his ears the bugles Of the Glen Allan
yeomanry cc'-I.d as thrillingly SIS In
those o. -4e old earl himself.
He loves Dickens, and the beach Of
fers to him Steerforth lying with his
head upon his arm as he used to lie
at school" while Defarge knits be
meath the gallows. which Sidney
mounts to take the place of No. q.
He loves to the uttermost our own
favorite Thackeray. loveable To all
hoor he can c%onjure up the broken
fragments of Esmond's blade after he
has denied the perjured PretendT.
He has indicated the great claim
of Poe to first place among cis-Auantic
poets, as he has indicated Petit
Crews right to first place at Gettys-
burg. and with the same enthusiasm
and accuracy OF proof
But we set not out to review the
good points Of the reviewer. but to
say thank you to The Observer. ever
keen TO see merit at home. and sascep-
tibie to the impression that one may
be dressed albeit not in clothes that
came from the north.-Morganton
Herald.
The Observer some days ago had an
editorial paragraph which was a de-
served testimonial to the gifts and &C
c~omplishments OF DIR. r. q. K~ingsbury.
editor of The Wilmington Messenger.
We recognized the deserts of it's sub
ject. else the paragraph would not have
been written; but we are all the glad
der Tor IL, seeing that was the occa-
SION OF the above editorial about Dr.
Kingsbury in The Morganton Herald
OF this week. 1t is not often that one
sees handsomer sentiments. or gener-
Gus sentiments more handsomely ex-
pressed.-Charlotte Observer. March
3rd.
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REPUBLICAN, OPINION AS 10
PUERTO RICO.

We have for days examined with
some interest the opinions of northern
republican and independent newspa-
pers as to the conduct of Mckinley
and the republican party in their deal
ings with Puerto Rico. We have seen
tina a large number of the most invet-
crate expansion advocates have been
very caustic upon n even denuncia-
tory of the course pursued by the
Mckinley gang We could fill columns
with extracts ~denouncing the action of
the republicans in voting to give Nc
Kinley 50, 600, 900 Ito be used for the
government and benefit of Puerto
Rico" after surrendering their convic-
tons as to recognizing that part Of
the United States as such. The New
York Evening Post, independent, says
of the public sentiment in the north:
THE indignation of the republican
party against the who sur
rendered their convictions of plain
duty in the matter of Puerto Rico
grows more widespread the further
West one goes. We quoted yesterday
some striking illustrations of the feel
ing in the close state of Indiana, where
the supporters of Mckinley four years
ago admit that the party will be beat
en- If 1t stands on the platform of tax
ing the Puerto Ricans. as is proposed
in the pending bill; and today We pub
lish the indignant protest of General
Lew Wallace, hitherto an earnest sup
porter of Mckinley. Nebraska and
Kansas are two other close states, both
Of which went for Bryan in 1896, while
the former elected a populist governor
in 1898, and a populiSt judge of the su-
preme court in 1899. In Nebraska the
Omaha Bee, the leading republican or
gan,c onfesses that the party in power
will take a great risk if it shall adopt
the proposed policy toward Puerto
Rico"
Michigan republican members of the
congress are all one way and against
the Payne Puerto Rico tariff bill. We
find such republican sentiments as the
following: General Lew Wallace says
it is "a high handed outrage" The
indianapolis Journal says that Repre-
sentative Crumpacker, of Indiana, a
republican, when Mckinley told him
HI the defeat of the Payne bill would
be disastrous, he replied that it's enact
ment would be suicide for the republic
can party" The Buffalo Commercial
is indignant at the bill. The Buffalo
and others quoted from are expansion"
organs. The Boston Advertiser says
the ''dissenters are right" The Hart
ford Courant, Senator Hawley's paper,
says it is "purbIind and laundering
leadership" The Providence Journal
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HANDSOME
To the Editor of the Messenger from
Newspapers of the state.

The Messenger fully appreciates and
returns hanks to it's CONTEMPORARIES
for the following kind words thew
have had to say about its editor, DR..
K~ingsbury. The first knowledge to him
Of their publication will be when he
looks over this ssue of The Messen-
ger, and he will be gratefully thankful
for these expressions of praise and
commentator:
We were gratified to read in yester-
days special from Lexington to The
observer, that in a paper read before
the Sorosis, Of that town, by Mrs. Ru-
llna's Literary Celebrities" b men
toned particularly DR.. T. B. Kings
o~ury-indeed, according to u report
er, in her mention of journalists she
named no other. Mrs Pickens' tribute
to DR.. kingsbury was just. He Is far
and away the most accomplished man
on the state press. Literally educated
to begin with, he has ever since been
careful reader. Of the best books. and
mis- opinion upon any effort in litera-
ture is worth more than that Of any
man In the state. AS a co-worker with
him in journalism, we beg leave to ac-
knowledge, as he canno the ompli-
rosis.-Chariotte Observer.
The foregoing are just n we'll de-
served words, not of faattery, but of
honest praise We a never met the
subject Of them, but have followed his
work for many years AND ever with an
increased interest and respect.
If he lived in Boston instead of
North Carolina his name would be i'm
the school books used by North Caro-
lima children.
AS ii is, they do not know the states
best critic, reviewer and all-round man
of letters.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-13

says 1t is wrong morally and is bad
politics" The Philadelphia Ledger de-
clares it is "a policy of sordid greed"
The Washington Post says:
1T was our plain duty three months
g to give to the products Of Puerto
Rico free access TO our markets, il is
cur plain duty today. The president
summarized the ethics Of the situation.
Our obligation has been in no wise les
sened since the message was written"
The Detroit Tribune says it will make
the people blush for shame" The
Chicago Record pronounces it "a cow
ardly makeshift-" These are the views
of expansion advocates and all are re-
publican. II is to be hoped j. will
prove a case OF both disaster and
suicide"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-13
main deaths are probably among the

main deaths are probably among the
negroes.
What a terrible loss of life that is in
the West Virginia mine. 1t is a fear
full affair, and seventy are known to
have been destroyed. 1t is no wonder
that operatives in other min should
become demoralized with fear.
Representative Watson, of Indiana,
was opposed to the Puerto Rico bill.
Little Mac cent for him and begged his
support of it, as it vas very urgent.
He states:
Il said 1 would be able to explain
my change, unless it was known that
this request a been made. He re-
piled that l could quote him anywhere
and as strongly as l might desire to
the effect hat he had changed his
mind, and considered it necessary to
the interest of party harmony and dis
cipline that this easur be passed"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-13

In our MILLINERY DEPARTMENT
we have received a BIG LINE OF
SPRING HATS.
All the new shapes in black and col
ors in Chip Hats at soc TO 75c.
Nice line SPLIT MILAN SAILORS,
black only, at soc.
We have a nice line of new BABY
CAPS, in Silk and Lawn. 25 cents and
up to s1.00.
One undre rolls TRIMMING RIB
BON, Nos. > and 5. for Csc TO Acc bel
roll-for trimming Ladies and Chill
dren's dresses.
Full line. all shapes. TAFFETA
RIBBON. No. 40 at zoe per yard. No.
so at 35c per yard.
We have about ONE HUNDRED
CAPES left over. A full size Cape.
double collar, trimmed with braid.
worth SIPS, we now sell for 75c. Single
collar at soc. Other styles in proper
ton.
We have a few LADIES' CLOAkS
left. Ladies who like to ave money
can now get a Cloak at their own
price.
BLACK MELTON CLOTH JACKET,
we'll lined. formerly sold for $500, will
sell at $3.50.
We have a few HEAVY DOUBLE
WOOL SHAWLS, dark brown and
grey, that we will close at $1.69, worth
$500.
NEW EMBROIDERY AND INSER-
TION. We have $500 invested in these
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-13
M.KINLEY

Many changes are occurring. Some
republican officials stand aloof from
Mckinley. Some silverite republicans
returning to he old republican
fold they jumped. Many boiling dem
ocrats on currency "are f1ocking back
to the democratic party says the At
lanta Journal, a gold organ. 1t says:
Let us have a fair and square fight
this year and see who is who." That
is right. The republican party is
shaken up, something divided, and in
some states in danger. The Journal
makes this comment and it looks that
way:
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-13
Tortunng
D~isfiguring Humors
Itching, Burning. and ScaIy
Eruptions of the Skin and
Scalp with Loss of Hair
CURED BY CUTICURA.

The treatment is simple, direct, agreeable,
and economical, and is adapted TO the young
est infant as well as adults of every age.
Battle the affected parts with HoT WATER
and CUTICURA SOAP TO cleanse the skin of
crusts and scales, and soften the thickened
cuticle. Dry, without hard rubbing, and
apply CUTIcURA Ointment freely, to aIiay
itching, irritation, and inflammation, and
soothe and heal, and lastly take the CUTIcURA
This treatment affords instant relief, permits
rest and sleep, and points to a speedy, perma-
nent, and economical cure when all other REM
edies and even the best physicians fail.
Sod evGyvhere. Pnce. TIE sEI. sL2s; on, crrIcrHA
Soar, Sc; OisTMENr. DC; RRsoLvEsr (hAff sixe. DC.
PorrEK DKus AID CHEx. Corr, Sole Props, Boson-
How % Cure Humors." s<paes book. nes.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-13

Last week among new industries In
North Carolina that are reported, were
brick and tile works, three cotton mills,
electric light and power company, TWO
furniture factories, n knitting mill,
a mattress factory, a telephone CON-
pany.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-13
TOBACCO IN ROND.

Washington, March The ways
means committee of the house to-
day gave a hearing to representatives
Of n cigar and tobacco industry in
favor OF a change In the present tariff
law 70 as to permit the OF
duty on imported tobacco at the time
Of its Withdrawn from bond instead
Of at the time Of the ENTRY.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-13
"A BIundeF

VIII often cause a horrible Burn.
ScaId, Cut or Bruise. Bucklen's Arni-
ca Salve, the best in the world, will kill
the pain n promptly heal it Cures
Old Sores, Feyer Sores. Ulcers. Boils.
Felons, Corns. all Skin Eruptions- Best
Pile cure on earth. Only Is cts a box.
Cure guaranteed. Sold by r. p. Bel
lamy, druggist.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-13

The Southampton CVa.) Democrat,
pays the late Colonel w. c. Elan a
touching ribute and in doing SO re-
fers in graceful terms to the people Of
Cumberland county, North Carolina,
which are SO pleasant and SO reminis-
cent that We make room for a couple of
paragraphs:
He was born and reared to manhood
mid the evergreen pines of Cumber-
land county, N. c., the soft soughings
and singingS of which, as they gave
their balsamic doors to the ambient air,
first inspiring his sou with the poetic
and literary longings, which led him
into the paths of life in which in after
years he became distinguished.
There, too, among a people noted
for cultured refinement and intelli-
gence, he deeply drank inspiring
draughtS from the fountains of patri-
otism which welled up and gushed from
the hearts of her ons as the pellucid
and healthful waters gush from the
hillsides and bubble up in her bosky
dells, lighting with their silvery sheen
and fructifying all within her borders.
From those and with her sons, in the
full flush and vigor Of young manhood.
he girded on his armor, and with the
1st or Bethel regiment for N. c., enter
ed the confederate army"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-13
BREVITIES.

Alas. alas, There is no hope for the
balloon explorer Andree, says the arctic
explorer hansen.
The dread disease smallpox, is lit
orally destroying in Hinde county. The
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-13

It is hardly to be wondered at that
a negro brute who outraged a little
was hunted and hanged by an outraged
people. The young villain had been
employed in the family for years. His
name was George Radcliffe.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-13

MI. w. B. Conway, a populist and
genuine white man in Franklin county.
writes to the Louisburg Times in ap-
prevail of what Representative John w.
Atwater lately published in favor Of
the constitutional amendment. In his
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-13

There is one square and candid pop
ulist paper in North Carolina, if no
more, hat intends to do right, tell the
truth and stand with the white men
striving to max permanent a white
mans government. 1t is Our Home"
and from it we before copied a health
full, manly passage. OF the populist
gathering in Raleigh not long since.
it says:
The political machine gets together
and talks secretly among themselves
as to the best plan to get to the swill
trough. Then they issue an address
to the people about how they want to
be permitted to give the dear people
honest government, etc. The question
in secret caucus is how to get to the
pie counter, but their public addresses
express great interest in the welfare Of
the dear people n how they want to
see 'em have good government
We are not political prophets but we
venture thus far: the better class Of
populists will not vote to enthrone ne
gro rule in North Carolina and to rein
state negro inspectors of white schools
taught by young ladies.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-13

The correspondent at Washington
of the Charlotte Observer gives this in
connection with Mr.. Busbee's argument
for Representative Bellamy:
He said that Mr.. Dockery a fail
ed to establish or make out a case. and
that at this ate day admitted his
weakness by wishing to reopen the
case; that Dockery admitted in his
brief of the case that Representative
Beliamy vas in 10 way connected with
the alleged frauds or negro intimida-
ton SO alleged; hat his notice of con-
test did not specify the ground upon
which the contestant relies, and that
upon these grounds as above specified
the committee would be justified in re-
fusing to further hear h case, and
that there was no doubt as to Mr.. Bel
lamy's election, and that even Dockery
did not himself claim to be elected.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-13
HOME FOLKS.

The Messenger for perhaps a decade
has urged again and again hat sheep
raising should constitute a large in
terest in North Carolina. The state is
excellently adapted to hat industry.
OF the ninety-seven counties at least
seventy-five offer good pasturage and
climate for the business. 1t seems
northern men appreciate the merits of
the state in that way and are uniting
with some natives to develop a big
business in Burke county, in western
Carolina. The plan is to nvest a half
million dollar in this enterprise. They
will probably find that a dog law will
be a desideratum. There is no deny
ing that North Carolina "dargs'' are
c~arnivorous and have as special a
hankering after sheep meat and blood
as the present-day black radical has
after the feed trough and the "ixings."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-13

The advocates of compulsory educa-
ton copy European and northern
harmony with public sentiment. The
Messenger has hitherto opposed it as
anti-American and anti-democratic.
The Charlotte Observer thinks that
such a law in North Carolina is a
long way off, but that it will come in
the course of time. No doubt it will;
that it is the tendency of modern civil
lization. But we like it not; it smacks
too much of the government taking
charge of the family"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-13

A teacher writes to the Raleigh
News and Observer Of Superinten-
dent Mebane in advocacy of his nomi-
nation for the place he has so we'll
filled. He writes:
81 am a teacher, and a democrat. /
have never voted any other ticket, and
I him Mr.. Mebane ought to be re-
tanned. He has done more to arouse
a spirit Of education among he people
than it seemed possible to accomplish
in so short a time. He has risen so
far above s~ectarian prejudice and par
tizanship that even his opponents must
admir- him."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-13

A man in Mitchell c~ounty-up west
writes to the Raleigh Post: Continue
to give the supporters of Niger Equal
ity the ID every chance you get, and
oblige the Anglo-Saxon race"
If these supporters" begin their
work of expulsion as Butler favors, and
incite the negroes to violence as Hol-
ton and Blackburn desire, they will be
apt to make the personal acquaintance
of the satanic gentleman in black"
earlier than they would by pursuing
the even ways Of peace and decency.
The Mitchell westerner is clearly a
white man with white mans principles.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-13

Marion Butler is in a fix. When
catechised by nato Aldrich as to
whether he stood for free silver at 16
to /. he lodged and would not answer.
Buffers opinions are not ingrained, a
part of the man, but they are political
garments to be discarded at pleasure.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-13

A northern visitor or resident at
Southern Pines, writes to the Charlotte
Observer of the quietness and order
that prevails at hat home of many
people from the north. They ave but
few negroes there. The writer tells of
how the negro u was taken by the
horns at the beginning. He says:
Northern people who form at least
four-fifths of our population had taken
the bull by the horns n settled the
negro question by excluding them from
the town and town affairs. There are
but three or four negro voters with
in the town limits, while just outside
there are several hundred who work
here n then return to their homes.
In consequence there is probably no
town in the south hat a compare
with this place for good order n So
briefly. An arrest for any cause is the
greatest rarity n a lady without es-
cort may walk the streets at night in
perfect safety"
He calls this "a practical solution
and so ii appears to be. The northern
people are generally "practical' when
they move to take care of themselves
and their own interests.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-13

communication he lis solid for the
amendment" and he wants white
government for all time" He ays and
puts it clearly:
Il Joined the populist party because
L believed that the leaders were honest
in their claims that they were the
friends Of the laboring man, and were
honestly laboring for reforms in our
government. But I am convinced, af-
ter witnessing their inconsistency and
hypocrisy in "fusing' with a party
whose entire platform is almost op-
posite to that OF their own. that those
leaders are wolves in Sleeps cloth
ing" n not being satisfied with
'fusing" us heretofore with the repub-
lican party. they now come 1t a time,
when the white people are endeavoring
to put h affairs Of the state in safe
and reliable hands, and ask US TO fol-
low them in their fight against their
own race and color; not for the good
they expect to accomplish for the peo-
pie, but for no other purpose than to
keep themselves in office"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-01-11
MONEY TO LOAN
ON REAL ESTATE AND CITY PROPERTY
TERMS REASONABLE
FARRELL & BURKE,

The DEMOCRAT will shortly begin the
publication of two short stories from the
pen of F. B. Tracy, who five years ago
hustled local news for the Republican
and Is now the Washington correspon-
dent of the Boston Transcript. One of
the stories is founded on incidents that
occurred 10 the history of Cavalier
county politics years ago and has a little
touch of romance end blizzard experience
mingled in. The other story has for Its
foundation the spinal meningitis cpl
demic that visited the northern part Of
the state in the winter OF 1892 90 also
containing graphic description Of the
manner in which many towns, Langdon
among others, were blockaded by tho
snow storms that entirely suspended
traffic and communication Of every
nature at that time. The DzMocRA1
has secured from the publishers OF No
Olure's magazine the permission to print
these stories, which are protected by I
copyright.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-01-11
FARRELL & BURKE
GIVE THEIR SPECIAL ATTENTION TO
COLLECTIONS.

jas. Balfour, who in company with
George Bulloch forms one of the strong
est kind business combinations up at
Hannah. was down the line yesterday.
Their lumber yard and FIGURING mill he
reports are both money making concerns.
Both are former Langdon citizens and
friends here in the old town are glad to
hear of their good fortune.
MIR and Mrs. w. A. Monroe mourn
the loss of the little daughter that ar.
rived Friday of last week to gladden.
their home. Death came early Tuesday
morning, the funeral in the afternoon
being conducted by Rev. Dougan. The
fact of Mr.. Monroe being called away on
business Monday aud unable to reach
the city in time for the funeral added to
the loneliness of the home in the sad
hour of the family's bereavement.