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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-10-23

forts Of a widowed mother thai her
son might reach her ideal Of his dead
father; mortgage on b little farm;
the disappointment of the failing
crops; Of sickness and Of the death of
the b-read-winner. And all turn 10 the
university for help. that they may be
fitted to play a mans part in life and
lift b shadow from the YES OF their
loved ones"
The university through the royal be-
nevolence of friends and the generous
liberality Of the state (yet to be.) should
be made able to educate every worthy,
qualified, aspiring poor boy in North
Carolina The blessings should be as
wide as the needs Of the state, and
then hundreds will rise UP in the plen-
itude of their owe and gratitude and
the dear old alma mater blessed
forever. We feel sure that the address
will be Of service to the aus of hber-
al education and win make friends for
the great central literary and scho-
lastic light of the noble Dc state. now
a great state with at least 1900, 900 in
we guess. Long may it -four
ish in its widening usefulness. When
We forget thee Oh. University, as
David said of Jerusalem. the City of
the Great King, 'iet my right hand
forget e cunning" That should be
the hearty sentiment of every loyal son
Of the chief glory of the ancient COM
monwealth.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-10-23
BREVITIES

The n. Y. Sun, a bitter enemy OF our
southland. is recovering somewhat its
lost intelligence. 1t admits that if the
people of New York or Massachusetts
We're confronted with the conditions
that confront h southern people, they
would rebel against them as the south
ern people do"
The Richmond Times says General
Bradley T. Johnson is a Virginian. Is
that correct? For forty years we have
heard him referred + as a Marylander
by nativity.
Surgeon General Sternburg, in his of
fetal report denies that there is the
newspapers have reported. There is
but little increase of it in the foreign
service.
The increase in four years in the pos
tai statistics is great. The revenues
of the postal service now amount to
$1O2, 354, 579, an increase of 49, 55 go.
The expenditures have grown to Sl07.-
24S, 293, an increase of SIG, 623, O01. The
total money transactions of the depart
ment, including money-order in
creased from 1886, 124,4 26 to STA, 394.191
in 1900, an increase of Sis, 259, 764 or
SO 1-3 per cent.
THE war is over in the Philippines
was the cry months ago. Now it is
urged tina $4,000 soldiers are not ade-
quate TO cope with the insurgents,
and peace is very far off.
The wise and true jefferson said:
Conquest is not in our principles. 1t
is Inconsistent with our government
True when written more than seventy
five years g and true now, and true
forever.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-10-23
BREvTTIES

Judge George Gray, one Of the ablest
men in Delaware. a gold democrat. is
out for Bryan. He was a member Of
the Mckinley peace In
Paris.
The Tory government in England
has thus far 100 maiorty-Ies sthan IL
had in the last election that put them
i'll power. The total members of par
lament is 6sz-divided, Tory 4OI. oppo-
s1tion 2es- Other elections are 10 be
held Unlike our own eiectIons they
occur for weeks in different places.
The New York demonstration for
Bryan eclipsed every thing thus far i'm
h country's political history. 1t is
said $1,000 people heard him speak. and
besides these the streets were hacked
with dense masses who could not get
near enough TO hear HIM.
eddy, the Rough Rider. Is d candi-
date nov and wants & help. He
has at Fast discovered thai his black
comrades in Cuba were gosd fighters
Ii Teddy had been no candidate that
praise would lever have been bestowed
"A travelling man in u speech in
washington on the 18th. told of the
plague OF trusts" and said that "thou-
sands or travelling men have been
robbed OF employment by the new giant
corporations" And this is a fact.
Arctic Explorer E. b. Baldwin hopes
20 carry the Americas flag nearer the
north pole than ii has ever gone. His
expedition IS backed financially by Mr..
William Zeigier and other capitalists
IN New York interested In scientific
work.
The campaign guessing and Wild
Dragging continue. II Ia too wild TO
repose IN q OF il confidence. The
game Of claiming everything Is an
Gent and unsafe.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-10-23
A / c COMMITTEE.

1t should not be lost sight of by
American freemen-the great S
of bread-winners who constitute about
20, 200, 900 of the 76.O 900, 900 of inhabitants
the present OF the re-
publican party belong to the class
known as plutorcrats. They are all rich
men, some very rich They are not in
sympathy now with he struggling poor
whatever their origin and anticed-
ents- These men manag for the other
rich-the multi-millionaires. There are
eight of hess managers and they are
personally classified as follows among
the rich in the north:
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-10-23
THE NEXT FEDERAL HOUSE

The Messenger would again urge
upon the democrats in North Carolina
to be much awake as to b necessity
and Importance OF electing a demo-
cratic delegation-the whole nine-to
the next federal congress. One vote
may be necessary to give the demo-
Gratis control. and control Is OF the very
greatest importance to the welfare OF
our country and the democratic party.
II Mr.. Mckinley should be elected 1T
would be of imperative importance that
he should have the house at his back
to prevent unwise n un-Amertcan
and un-democratic legislation on the
part of the senate. The democrats
should keep their eye steadily upon the
next house and the vast interests in
volved in making 1T democratic. One
member may be Of almost infinite i'm
portance to the democrats in the house.
as compared with the choice of a sen
ator now.
The New York World has been fig
uring as to the house. Calculations
break down often, but there is at least
a chance to get the house. The Worlds
figures based on a poll of all the con-
gressional districts cannot amount to
much. What man In North Carolina
can with any safety pretend to give the
poll of any one of the districts in
his state. The World figures 1t this
wise:
fepuDllcdnS ...-.-. liz
DemOCrdES .......--- --.. - ...-.-.lof
Silver republicans ..-.-...--..---- z
FUSION 49, d. -. = . -.-.--.---. %
doubtful - - : . - - $500. ~
This would give the democrats only
four members more h a they have at
present, while it reduces the republican
delegation by ten
The World expects the democrats to
gain at least one member In New York,
while the other prospective and posi-
BILE gains are scheduled as follows:
Maryland, /; Kentucky /; Delaware.
/; Missouri, /; Connecticut. 1; IndianS>
(probably) 4. The conclusion is that
the democrats have a fighting show.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-10-23
Eruptions

Are grand, but Skin Eruptions rob
life of 10y. Bucklen's Arnica Salve
cures them; also Old. Running and
Fever Sores, Ulcers, Boils, Felons,
. Corns, Warts, Cuts. Bruises. Burns,
Scalds, Chapped Hands, Chilblains,
Best Pile cure on earth. Drives out
Pains and Aches. Only % cents ~ box.
Cure guaranteed. Sold by R. r Bel
Iamy, Druggist.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-10-23
HOME FOLKS.

Ex-senator Jarvis spoke at much
length at Greensboro on Monday night.
His speech was clear and able, as all
his public talks are He declared that
McKinley's administration is a govern
ment of trusts. for the trusts and by
the turSts.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-10-23

The late Rev. DR.. Calvin III. Wiley. of
the Presbyterian church; a distinguish
ed. most useful. and gifted native of
Guilford county. y. c. vas the first su-
pe~rintendertt OF public schools and did
more to tar that system than any
other dozen men combined, deserves to
be held in honored remembrance. He
was a warm personal friend of this
writer, and we sat at his feet to earl
when we were not more than twelve
years old. When he wrote "Alamaner."
his first novel, he read to us every af-
ternoon hat he had written in MORN
ing. We were not more than sixteen,
if SO much. He was a superior man
and lovable character. We see It stat
ed in the Winston Sentinel that his
faithful widow residing in that town,
has notified the superintendent of the
Raleigh public schools hat she will
present a portrait of Dr.. Wiley to the
Wiley School," named in honor of him.
The portrait will be presented in De-
cember and there will be appropriate
exercises.
All this is very gratifying to the.
surviving friends of a man of accom-
plishments, ability and marked person.
al excellence.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-10-23

Intimidation continues In North Car
DINA among republicans. The arrest
Of a large number Of leading citizens
and democrats in Johnston county and
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-10-23

there being forced to give by are
publican United States COMMISSIONS
on a charge Of Illuminating voters In
the last election Is stale but an inia-
nous procedure. Lawyers. mercnants
ex-members of the legislature, county
officials and others are among the ar
rested and the barted. They are 10 De
taken before the federal court for trial.
A great deal Of feeling Is
around. The lawyers offer their sers-
ices tree. It is thought that the N
sought Is to prepare for a contest IN
the congressional election to be held IL
a democrat is elected and throw out the
vote OF Johnston IL there should De a
corrupt republican house like the pres
ent one. The best laid plan OF trick
sters, traders and rascals gang All
agley."
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North Carolina thus far does no bis
things in the Goa product. But there
is steady increase. In 1889. but 1s:
tons were produced. The next year IL
vas 10. 262 tons. In 1895. r. was "a. 800
in 1899 it had reached &c. $50.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-10-23

that should arouse attention. For in
stance the new president says:
9Th citizens OF this state cannot af-
ford to have his university narrowed
down to the political platform OF any
n party, to the creed of a single
sect, to the economic beliefs of anv
individual philanthropiSt Parties,
churches, philanthropists, all a cen
ter their efforts here and unite in the
making Of a great peop'e, a grand COM
~monwealth, but the people must con-
troll"
out caste or coteries built pom lordly
birth and personal pretention. DIR.
Venable mentions the appeals made to
him by parents eager and r~esolute in
heir poverty to have the higher scho-
.astic education impaired to their
sons. We quote what he says:
THE needs of this people and the
beneficent work done by the univer-
sity were deeply impressed upon me
by the letters which came to me this
summer from all sections of the state,
many of touching appeals for helo.
They were inspired for h strong de
sire for higher things. They breath,d
a deep determination to rise to a high
er manhood. They told of desperate
struggles against poverty and igno-
rance and all tragedies of h home
life, the grinding economy of a father
and mother and their loving self-Sac
rifce that their children might have
h advantages which they themselves
had never enjoyed; the despairing eff
, 1900-11-22

So short in 1896 that one Bryanite cleo
tor managed to squeeze in. Oregon.
10y it's election last June, showed the
way it was going to vote in November,
but the extent of the majority surpris,
eded both republicans and democrats.
The swing to the republicans in Wash
ington was also foreseen. but there.
too, the dimensions of the republicans
triumph have been much greater than
were looked for by the country. On
the Pacific coast the imperialism
question indeed. as Bryan and his
party wanted it to be all over the coun-
try. the paramount issue. and it had a
widely different influence from what
the democrats expected and intended.
imperialism" does not brighten any
one on the Pacific slope. The states
Of that region have had lots of "imper-
ialism'' in their own history. and they
like it. California, Oregon and Wash
ington are decidedly the enemy's coun-
try" for Bryan and his follies and vices.
acknowledgements.
, 1900-11-22

But little has been said in Spain
about Cuba and Porto Rico since the
close of the Spanish war. However. La
Epoca, the semi-oficial conservative
organ. recently broke through this rule
and in a long article spoke freely OF
conditions in the islands Spain lost. #
urges Spaniards to cease affecting in
difference toward SPANS former col
onies, urges Spanish subjects in Cuba
and Porto Rico to avoid creating dis
turbances and to work harmoniouslv
the new conditions. The ar
ticle closes with the hope that some
day common ties of origin, race. his
tory. literature and material interests
VIII make the West Indies seek close
and friendly relations with Spain and
forget recent struggles and painful
recollections.
, 1900-11-22
HOTBED OF ANARCHY
SOME CAUSES WHICH GIVE
ITALY THAT REPUTATION.
A Geographcr Expresses An Opinion on
the Question-Low Wages In Italy =
SERIOUS Cause of Discomfort Among
Day Iaborer-

why is Italy the present hotbed of
anarchy. is a question which has been
frequently asked since the recent as
sassination Of King Humbert. A lead
Ing Italian gentleman, a doctor OF phil
osophy and a geographic. recently
expressed an opinion on this question.
There are many reasons he said.
In the first place, the Italian laborer
Is the poorest in the world. On the
one hand he is ground down by taxes
which increase his outlay. and on the
other hand he is oppressed by condi-
lions of the labor market which make
his income infiniteSimally small. A
day aborer in Italy is lucky il he
makes Is. cd. a day. But il he had a
wife and children. how can he SUD-
port them? II he Is out Of a lob, as
he may be for months at a time, will
he not be maddened by the cries OF
his family for even the bread he can
not give them? Those cries drive him
to the wrathful despair which well
comes crime against the social order
responsible in his eyes for his pov-
erty. For remember the Italian is a
born politician, n a politician of the
uncompromising sort. He pos
sesses that subtle Latin mind. which
makes him reason out his own phil
osophy OF life. But his philosophy is
rooted on mis- W standpoint. He
aVerts his mind from all arguments
that may come from the outside. He
Is enclosed in the hermitage Of his
own thoughts. n he Indignantly re-
pudiates all intrusion OF alien ideas.
he sees wildly, intensely. but narrow
~. You Will meet in England men,
even of ordinary intelligence. who are
willing to read papers representing
their own views and also papers rep
~resenting antagonistic ideas. They
read not only to master the arguments
which are advanced by their own side,
but the arguments Of the other side.
SO that they may combat them. Ital-
ians are different. They will not toll
crate the views of others. They will
not pay them the compliment Of read
ing them. the heather and the pub |
lican. They are anathema. Another |
reason why Italians are likely to be |
to extreme views Is the extreme |
position taken up by the Italian gov.
The Italian government per- |
sists in looking upon all suspects as
1t applies no form OF law
to the people who fall under the ban
Of suspicion. There is Malatesta, for
example. He was believed to have
part In the Milan riots. There
vas no evidence against. But he was
at once to q penal colony
an island near Naples. There he
vas allowed Cd. a day for his ex-
'snsss. He escaped through the in
, 1900-11-22
One Sign Told the Truth.

A countryman on "A visit to Glasgow.
while walking along Argyle street
reading the sign boards and the rickcts
in the shop windows. said to his COM
Danion: Hoo can a thae ham shops
be the best and cheapest? Every yin
o them says that and the same wi the
clothes shops tae; they are list a LOT
o Gears They continued along the
street until, coming opposite a plumb
er's shop with a big bill in the WIN
dow with the words, "Cast-iron Sinks
printed in large letters on it. he ex-
claimed: We'll, Jock, here's yin that
tells the truth at ony rate; but any
DANCED fool kens that castlron wad
sink"
, 1900-11-22
SOCIALISM.

The theory of the socialist will never
be accepted by the people of an en-,
lightened and progressive nation. and
more particularly is this true of thu
people of those nations dominated by
the Anglo-SaXon race. Capitalization
o. capital and the forming Of large
combinations called trusts have led
many people to believe that the ten.
but a careful consideration of the mo,
tives which impel men to engage in
business discloses the fact that such
is not the case.
Socialism is ~paternalism in the SUI,
p~erlative degree. The individual is
swallowed up in government. Organ,
lied cooperation takes the place of
competition. The ambition. the thrift
and the talents of the individual are
deadened and he becomes a machine
for the benefit of the whole. to the end
that society loses in the degree that
the talents of the individual fail OF de.
velopment.
1t is the hope and the ambition OF
every youth to engage in something
for himself. at which he may devote
his energy and his brain for the bet
terment of his surroundings and foI
the benefit of his family. He has nc
doubt Of success. Competition in the
world Of business spurs him on. His
mind is frightened. his knowledge OF
humanity and human affairs is broad
ened and he becomes a greater man
a better member of society. The
thought that one is doing something
for oneself, the wonderful interest that
goes with the management of a bust
required in attending to the details
are the spice and vinegar that make
life more enjoyable.
Destroy competition and place al
citizens under a paternal government
with the promise before all that al
must share equally in whatever may be
invented or whatever may be produced
by the superior talents of the individ
ual, and you have destroyed that which
made America what it is.
The keen competition of brain ant
Drawn is the handspring Of the bust
ness world; the lever which ~elcvates
society and civilization and makes :
great nation.
, 1900-11-22

The estate of the late c. p. Hunting.
ton must pay death taxes to the
amount of 5000, 900 to the state of New
York and an equal AMOUNT to the gen
eral government under the war rev.
enue act, the Supreme Court having
decided the inheritance tax to be con
stitutional. But that is a small amount
with the death taxes i'm
posed by Great Britain. The returns
snow that nearly $40, 900, 900 was paid
INTO h British treasury on that ac-
count last year. The total amount be-
queathed by 65,344 persons in Eng
land during the year was 81 ACC, OOO, 900,
equal to one-half the national debt.
twelve different estates paid death
rates to the amount of nearly 81 ,OOO..
900 each.
, 1900-11-22
Good Advice.

The most miserable beings in the
world are those suffering from dys
pepsia and liver complaint. More thar
soventy-five per cent. of the people in
the United States are afflicted will
these W diseases and their effects:
such as soul stomach, sick headache,
ha bitual costiveness. %palpitation OF the
heart, heartburn. water-brash. gnaw-
ing and burning pains at the pit of the
stomach, yellow skin. coated tongue
and disagreeable taste in the mouth.
coming up Of God after eating. low
spirits, etc. Go to your druggist and
get a bottle Of August Flower for rs
cents. Two doses will relieve you.
Try 1t. Get Green's prize almanac. F.
H. Eggleston. druggist.
, 1900-11-22

A girl who goes out a lot confides
to me that the only nan who. before
taking her to luncheon, mentions what
she is expected to eat, and chooses
cheap dishes, is the son of n million
aire: while a dear chap who is only q
clerk at SIS q week, thrusts the bill
OF fare into her hand and bids her Sc
lect for herself. 1t is unnecessary to
mention which of the w she likes
lest.
, 1900-11-22

Ex-President Cleveland is widely
credited with originating the phrase:
Public Office is a public trust" Two
years before his death in 1874 Charles
Sumner wrote: The phrase Public
office is a public trust has Of late be-
come common property" Dorman B.
Eaton said in 1881: The public offices
are a public trust" Calhoun said In
1885: The very essence OF a free gov
eminent consists in considering offices
as public trusts Thomas Jefferson
said in 1907: When a nan assumes
a public trust he should consider him.
self as public property."-New York
Press,
, 1900-11-22

terVentfon or MS friends, AID came to
mis- country more embittered than
ever against the system which made
1t possible for an innocent mar to SUI
FER for other peoples sins" This is
all true. There is no doubt the Italian
government has acted against the an.
archists and the men whom it sus-
pected Of being anarchists with I'M
necessary and. indeed. culpable fero-
city. There Is. Of course, another side
or the question. 1t has acted with
ferocity, not because of Its own essen
tai ~wickedness or cruelty, but because
1t has Deer attacked with fendish in
genuity and fendish violence by the
anarchists. Nevertheless, though a
r~ed-handed anarchist may be treated
as a dog, 1t becomes the state to see
that 1t is not doing anything to pro-
duce mad dogs, and is doing all it can
to prevent dogs from going mad.
, 1900-11-22
D-PRODuC TREE.
1t Arises from the Sea and Adds to tho
Surface Of the Earth.

"Erac OF tno Earth.
Every one has read of large islands
being produced by the mineral depos-
Its of innumerable coral animals, bu.
few. people know hat there exists n
tree which, like the coral island, arises
from the sea and adds to the surface
OF the earth. Some twenty years ago
a schooner, while sailing along the
South american coast. was wrecked
on a sand bank. The captain of the
vessel CHANGED to have a number OF
seeds, which we now know were given
him as a token of friendship by a
Mexican. In the confusion of the
wreck these seeds were lost in the
sand, and. finding their way into the
soil, took root. The tree which arose
is such as is found only in the tropi-
cal countries Of America. Like a mon
strous vine it crawls along the ground
and spreads with marvellous rapidity.
Its huge branches %interlace and form
a surface as solid as earth. The i'm
mense vine first grows under water
along the sand, and then. like the coral
rising upon itself. at last comes above
the sea. The sand stretches for miles
and miles beneath the surface of the
ocean, so that there seems no limit to
this monstrous tree.
, 1900-11-22
PACIFIC COAST POLITICS.

The year 1900 has broken all rec
ords in the extent of the republican
lead in the Pacific coast states. Cali
fornia was one of the very free states
which went democratic in 1856. and in
that year. too. one of California's sons
Fremont. was the republican candi
date. Only 10000 votes We're cast by
California for Fremont. as compared
Nothing. and SO. 1000 for Buchanan, the
democrat. In the anvas just ended
California gave a plurality of about
q 1000 for President Mckinley.
Oregon has been another uncertain
state. 1t was carried by the republi,
cans, Of course, in 1860 and 1864, but
II deserted them in 1868. and also in
1897, while it's republican lead in 1876
va % short that for several days the
result in that state was in doubt. In
1909 Oregon has cast an immense plu-
raIity for the republican ticket. Wash
fngth was carried by the Bryanites
In 1885 by a large plurality, but appar-
ently II has given a still larger mar
gin 70 Che republicans this ear.
This breaking of records by the
states Of the Pacific coast is an i'm
pLrtAnt development in national poll
tics. California's margin. for exam
pie. Ia 1890 is several times as broad
s.Ithat eEqte ever before gave to a pres
dental candidate. Everybody knew
that Nj. Mckinley would carry that
stats th1s year. though his lead was