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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-30

belief. Within the last thirty days.
however, h democratic party has
been thoroughly and s~plendidly organ
lied The campaign has pen and
opened well, and we are in for a fight
to the finish. The credit for this is
very largely due 10 the chairman, Mr..
r. II. Simmons. III my time / have
erved as lieutenant under many poIit-
zeal leaders, but Mr.. Simmons is by far
the best organizer and campaign man
ager that / have ever known.
General arr will do his duty, as he
always does-manfully, pat~riotically,
intelligently.
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wilson Notes.
Correspondence of Che Aessengcr)

Correspondence OF sue AeSSSAScAJ
Wilson. y. C, January %
The musical given last night By the
L.Ailegro Club. at the home OF Mrs.
J. T. Virgins was voted by all a great
success. This club since its organiza-
ton in September has given a monthly
entertainment but none have been
quite so enjoyable as this Several
people from a distance added very
much TO the enjoyment. This singing
OF DR.. II \. Register, OF Raleigh. and
the violin selections of Mr.. TuydeF. or
Richmond. were features OF h even
ing
The most successful event on the
nroSramme were the r~ecitattons OF
Mrs Warren Woodland and Mrs. ". p
Anderson. Mrs Woodard's recital or
The Marble Dream. was very touch
ing and called forth vigorous applause
The hostess served appetizing re-
fre~hments after the exercises
The Wilson Cotton See oil Company
began its first shipments this week
This new under the enegetic
OF Mr.. r. g. Briggs. its
president has put into peratio q
very successful plant. Besides addlnS
much 10 the business or Wilson NJ Is
ii SOuIGS u HULL
ers. The company has made a special
price on seed. Farmers now lind that
when they pay no feight on seed their
profits in farming are very much In
creased.
It is the intention OF the company
to add an ice plant during the spring
This means another step toward the
factory impetus which is expected in
the near future.
Mr.. w. NJ. Carter. the agent of the
new cigarette plant recently organized
here. has just returned from a trip 10
Danville and Richmond. He
reports the outlook for the new com
pany very promising. Work on the
building will begin about February LIST.
The court house has been fitted up
with telephone facilities.
The Carolina Telegraph and Tele-
phone Company has recently bought
the Cumberland Telephone Company
and will in the near future put in lines
to Fayetteville. Wilson is now connected
with all the neighboring towns and
these new connections will mean much
TO our business interests.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-30
HOME FOLKS.

General Julian S. carr is certain that
the amendment will be carried, but il
will require hard, persistent fighting
He is reported in The Charlotte OBJ
server as saying:
"A long time we made a great mis-
take in thinking it would carry it with
a whirEwithout much effort. But we
now fully realize the mistake of this
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-30

We pass now to a consideration of
the second chapter of Paul's Letter to
the Ephesians. The first chapter clos
ed with the glorious exaltation of
Christ as sovereign, Is the head of all
things to His Church, and with the
glorious title given" to Him as the
head of the church, that He 'flleth all
in ALL" He is father and mother, and
fIleth "aIl conditions, riches with
thankfulness, poverty with content
ment." Burkitt). The apostle then di-
reefs attention to the low condition of
the Ephesians. and you hath He
quickened, who were dead in trespasses
and in sins" Their condition was truly
deplorable-lost-and because they
were absolutely dead spiritually, dead
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-30
RELIGIOUS EDITORIALS FOR
SUNDAY.

3 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our
infirmities; for we know not what we
should pray for as We ought."-Ro-
mans viii 20.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-30

Jesus Christ and Him crucified is the
only theme that satisfies the soul; that
fits the religious pulpit; that strength
ems and encourages the fainting soul;
inspires with new purposes and fresh
conservation the genuine disciple who
is pressing on in the Christian race
without WEAKNESS or fainting, striving
with all the powers of the heart and
soul to reach the goal thai he may
at last wear the crown. Any other
theme in the pulpit is profitless to earn
est seekers after Sod and holy living.
The deafness of the times, the poverty
of the pulpit in results, the startling
fact that in 1899, the entire Christian
church gained but one per cent in ad-
ditions, the lack of interest on the part
of so many goddess members who are
practical "dead-beats," the great needs
OF society, the materialism of the age,
the worship of Mammon instead of
God, h general religious paralysis, all
may be traced in part to the failure of
the pulpit to preach a pure Gospel, the
simple truth as it is in JeSus-that
Christ is the beginning and the end, the
all and in all, the foundation and the
capstone, the only Saviour and hope of
alost world-Jesus Christ crucified and
IlScn. jesus SuI1Sl Il Tie OHc pIOpSI,
positive, saving theme of the pulpit.
The venerable, able. delightful, conse-
Grated Christian writer. Rev. DR.. Theo-
dore Cuyler, says of Jesus Christ, the
Son of God;
with Him everything; without Him
nothing. The gift that includes all
gifts. the blessing that enwraps all
blessings, is a present Saviour working
in US as a conqueror of sin. as a on
Verting power, as a refiner. as a COM
forter and as a quickener of the dead
TO life. \ personal Jesus accepted
means salvation A personal Jesus
obeyed is san~ctificaition. A personal
Jesus followed is a life of brotherly
kindness and philanthropy. a per-
Sonal Jesus reigning in the heart is the
fullness of joy and power. The bells
of Bethlehem ring n note, and the
Christmas carols are all calling aloud
Back to Christi Back to Christi
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-30

The Washington Post says that Judge
Ewart viii be confirmed if his case
ome to a vote, But why delay? Is
Marion Butler boss?
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-30

The Winston Daily Journal is still
issued and is there to stay. 1t has
nearly completed its third year.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-30

The people Of Scotland Neck have
contributed S1.075 to the Baptist Fee
| male university at Raleigh.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-30

The lady who more than forty years
g wrote pleasant religious verse for
The Fayetteville On. c. Presbyterian,
signing herself Lucia" was the wife
of an intimate friend and old school
n college mate of this writer, the late
Rev. Willis L. Miller, who was one of
the editors at the time of The Presby-
terrain. He died many years ago. We
had not seen anything from her pen
in many years until recently. In The
Charlotte Presbyterian Standard of a
late date we read with pleasure the
following, which we are gratifled to re-
produce. 1t is touching and religious,
and not without poetic interest and eff
fe%ctiveness. 1t may comfort some
wearied soul longing for the close Of
the earthly life:
REST, SWEET REST.
Arise, depart. this is not your rest
Micah, 2:16.
LUCIA.
Oh Earth, sin-stained and weary.
Oh, Earth. grave-scarred and dreary.
What can 1 hope from e
Oh Earth strewn thick with losses,
And red with cruel crosses,
What joy hast thou for me?
] bowed my head in, sadness,
TIL there came a thrill of gladnesS-
To me a summons blest:
Arise and cease thy signing.
Nor linger midst the dying.
For this is not your rest"
Then 1 heard, thro' open portals
From radiant immOrtals
The anthems of the blest:
Midst never ending.
Was the chorus ever blending.
Here is rest, sweet rest"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-30

auditor worth repeating and remem-
boring:
I'm 1861 real estate was valued a
s125 900, 900; in 1863 at s131, 900. 000. and
slaves AT 1852. 600, zoe: in in 1867 real es-
tate at $97, 900, 600: in 1899 s269, 600, 600. In
1862 the state debt was s14, S12, 900, in
1866 il was SIS, 262, 900; il is now $685.
600.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-30

Roanoke Rapids is to have a paper
mill.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-30
TABLE LINEN.

Good BLEACHED TABLEcIOTu
DAMASK, 81 inches wide. 25c per yard.
UNBLEACHED LINEN, "a inches
wide. 25c per yard; 90 inches wide. 35c-
20 inches wide, soc. BEAUTIFIu.
BLEACHED TABLE LINEN soc. 75c
ana 100 We have a large stock of
Table Linen. AND OUR PRICES APE
LOW.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-30

TURKISH BATH AND TURP SOAP
at 1c per cake. WILD HONEY and
WHITE CASTLE at &c per cake. A
big line of Soap, various kinds, equal
to any &c Soap in the city, at &c. WILD
CHERRY, 5 cakes in boz, &c per box.
MIDORY, 3 extra large cakes in box
1Oc per 5ox. We have a fine of Soap
at 15c, zoe and 25c per box. TWELVE
OUNCE BARS LAUNDRY SOAP at &c
per bar.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-30

We are now handling A FINE LINE
OF LADIES' SHOES.
We handle the Old Virginia" SOLID
DONGOLA SHOE, solid sole and coun-
at s1.25 per pair. We have a solid
DONGOLA SHOE, solid tone and coun-
ter, in button n lace, at S1-00 per pair.
We have a nice line of YOUNG
MEMS and BOYS SHOES for s1.OO
per pair
We handle the famous "SOROSIS'
SHOE. They are s2.75 q pair
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-30
REST. SWEET REST.


Arise, depart. this is not your rest.
Micah. PIG.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-30

We have just received sixty dozen
BLACK HOSE. seamless. heel
and TOE, heavy weight, fast black, rib
bed, equal to any 15c Hose, for 1Oc.
INFANTS HOSE, fast black, seam
less, at 10c. MEMS and WOMEN'S
HOSE at sc per pair. BIG LINE OF
SAMPLE HOSIERY and GLOVES We
Will sell at wholesale prices. All grades
from the cheapest grades TO fine Silk
Hosiery.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-01-24
Not so Funny as True.

The farmer cannot too fully under
stand that all the live stock on his farm
with which he is brought in daily con-
tact will partake more or less of hie
personal moods. If he kicks open the
barn doors in the morning and thump5
the old mare with the shovel or pitch
fork TO let her know that he is boss of
that ranch, even the hens will be ner-
vous and out Of sorts all day. 1t is the
placid, even-tempered farmer who has
docile stock. If he leaves the kitchen
door for the barnyard singing "The
Sweet BY and By" he will find his
cows piacidly chewing their ends and
his hogs grunting contentedly in the
morning sun.
A horse understands when he is
sworn at, and it embitters cow TO
threaten to break her back with straw
cutter. A pig in the pen which re-
ceives a CHEEKY "Good morning" from
the owner will fatten twice as fast as
the one which climbs up to receive a
blow from club. 1t is 80 with the
fowls. The farmer who puts on be.
nevolent, fatherly expression as he
scatters the grain will find every hen
doing her best that day to lay an egg to
prove her gratitude and confidence,
while the one who scowls and mutters
and tries to knock some hens head off
with clothes prop will find himself
feared and detested.-M. Budd, in Ne
braska Farmer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-01-24
FATTEN MORE CATTLE.

A Greenfield marketman is quoted
as follows: "Farmers are just begin
ming to realize that there is money in
fatteDing cattle. Twenty-Five years
ago all these farmers were raising fat
cattle for beef, but most of them have
gone out of it during the last dozen
years. With the present prices of beef
it will pay better than it did twenty
five years ago. Then the farmers got
but about Sc TO $3.50 hundred for the
best steer beef. Today they can get
81 to $3.50. Farmers come in here and
say they aren't getting any money. l
tell them to take the surplus feed they
have in their barns and fatten cattle
and they'll get more money. There
are good many more farmers going
into it than a year ago, too.
you'll never see beef as low as it
was again. They can't afford again to
raise it so low out West. The cattle
ranges are more restricted, and it costs
more to raise beef out there than it did.
The thing for the farmers about here
to do is to clear up their old pastures
that have gone to brush and 60 to fat
tening cattle. 1t will take a few years
to get the best results, because the old
pastures have run out. The higher
price of hides helps the farmers, too.
Now they get eight cents pound in.
stead of three and half cents few
years New England Farmer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-01-24
KEEP YOUR STABLES LIGHT.

When in darkened stable the iris,
or brownish curtain around the center
of the eye, expands so as to admit the
passage of sufficient rays of light for
distinct vision, but on emerging into
the glare of day the same aperture i'm
mediately closes or grows less, small
er quantity of light being necessary
under these altered circumstances.
Any person who has felt the pain and
inconvenience of coming suddenly from
a dark room into the full blaze of day
will readily conceive the necessity for
lighting stable in a proper manner.
This is too often neglected in confined
stables, and the consequences are most
distressing to human observer. The
poor horse, led suddenly out to his
work, shows his pain by unmistakable
signs, stumbles, and runs against any
thing that may happen to be near, I'M
til the eye has in some degree accom-
modated itself TO the new circumstance
under which it is placed.
Nor is this all. BY a continuance of
this change from darkness to sudden
daylight the eye becomes seriously in.
jured. The retina, or sensible nervous
expansion, becomes deadened and more
or less useless; the horses sight is in
jured; he starts and SHES at objects
which he sees imperfectly; and many a
rider who has received dangerous in
jury has had TO thank his inattention
to this simple cause rather than any
vicious habit of the animal, to which
it has been attributed. Blindness is al
most certain to be caused by inatten.
tion TO the above caution; but even
blindness itself is less dangerous to
the rider than imperfect sight. In
the first case the horse is forced to
trust entirely to the bride; but in the
latter objects only half distinguished
terrify and startle, though they would
under ordinary circumstances be pass
ed without notice. f. d. Coburn, in
The Horse Useful.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-01-24
AGRICULTURAL.
CHOKING CATTLE.

Choking in cattle is usually caused
by swallowing q potato, an apple, a
piece of turnip or carrot or piece of
corncob. No matter in which part of
the gullet it is lodged, it causes great
distress. The animal coughs, saliva
runs from the mouth, eyes bulge out,
back is arched, and bloating also takes
place. If it is in the upper part of the
gullet, the animal soon dies from suffo-
cation; if it is in the middle or lower
part, the animal may live for several
days. If it is in the upper part of the
gullet, give little oil and then rub the
hand up and down the throat to scatter
the accumulation. 1t may be neces-
sary to give a little oil several times
and continue the rubbing, as it may
take some time to overcome The chok-
ing. In case no oil is at hand q similar
attempt may be made by pouring down
some water.
If the obstruction cannot be forced
up or down by oiling and rubbing the
gullet, use probang, which is made
of spiral wire covered with leather, and
which will bend with the neck. There
is also a gag to put in the mouth, with
hole in the center through which the
probang passes. Oil the probang and
let one man take hold OF the animals
horns or ears, while another passes the
probang through the hole in the gag
and back into the gullet. Press gently
until the object is felt; then by steady
pressure it will pass into the stomach.
Too much force should not be used for
fear of rupturing the gullet. No un-
yielding article should be pressed down
the gGii11tt, as it is almost sure to rup-
tuTS It, - probang is not con17cc22..ee..,..
take piece of rope about three-fourths
to one inch in diameter, fray out
little of the end and tie a piece of
string around it to form soft knot,
grease this well and it will supply the
place of probang.
In cases where an animal cannot be
relieved by this treatment cut down on
the gullet with knife, making an in
cision and removing the material.
Clean the wound and bring the edges
of the gullet together firmly and sew
with silk thread or catgut, letting the
ends hang out of the external wound /;
bring the edges of the skin together,
put bandage around and keep it wet
with cold water for twenty-four hours,
and it will usually heal. Give the
animal soft food for some days, and if
probang was used and the gullet
not cut, give soft food two or three
days.-Dr, Mcintosh, in Denver Field
and Farm.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-01-24
Live Stock Market.

The offerings of live stock ON the market
at Brighton last Tuesday aggregated 1887
cattle, All sheep and lambs, 463 swine and
243 calves
In Northern and Eastern cattle business
was slow because OF the absence OF demand
from exporters. Sales included: cattle,
average 1,680 lbs, BIC; beef COW, weighing
$40 lbs, DC; beef cows, average $40 lbs,
2ac; Q cattle, average 1870 lbs, 51c;4 cattle,
average 1,S45 lbs 5ic; beef COWS, average
1125 lbs, Bic; beef cows, average 1850
lbs Sc; 10 cattle, average 1900 lbs, So 05
cwt.
In milch cows and springers there was
some trading at $50 to 55 according to quail
ity. The supply was limited, and the buy
ers were as rule spectators.
For veal calves the market was active
and strong. Sales: - calves, average 1916
lbs Gle; calves. average 100 lbs, 6ac; q
calves, average 90 pounds, 5fc; "a calves.
average 1i3 lbs, 5fc; "a calves, average 100
lbs, 6lc.
The supply OF sheep and lambs exceeded
the demand and the tendency of prices was
downward. Sales, "a sheep and lambs. av-
erage 70 lbs,, 4o; IA sheep, average 80 lbs,
4c; 205 lambs, average 80 lbs, 4tc
or Western cattle receipts were light,
there not being much ocean space to fill.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-01-24
OLEOMARGARINE UNWHOLEsOME

1t would seem as if education would
do very much to curtail the consump.
ton of oleo, and that when once the
people are convinced that oleo is not
healthful its manufacture and sale need
not be legislated against, because there
will be none of the businest left. II is
well known fact that in the manu-
facture of butterine the fat from both
the hog and the steer have not been
cooked sufficiently to make them health
full articles of food, as, instead of dis
solving and melting at the temperature
of the human body, about 90 or 80, it
requires from three to four degrees
higher temperature to melt them, and
therefore they do not 60 into emulsion
and become part of the digestive food
that goes to build up and sustain the
human body.
Tallow and lard in the raw state are
not desirable articles of food for the
ordinary man. They may do very well
for the inhabitants of the arctic zone,
not for the temperate zone, One of
the most eminent physicians who ever
lived in Elgin claimed, and said he had
very good evidence to sustain his
claim, that persons eating oleo or but
terine were much more subject to
stomach trouble than those who did
not. The increase in stomach trouble
among our people may possibly be
traced to this cause. The fats, having
been treated to temperature of $50 or
100 degrees only, are practically raw.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-01-24
HOW's This 7

We offer one hundred dollars reward
for any case of catarrh that can not be
cured by taking HALLS Catarrh Cure.
+. j. CHENEY 81 CO.,
Proprietors, Toledo, Ohio.
We, the undersigned, have known f.
j. Cheney for the last fifteen years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by the firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, Ohio.
WALDINe, KINNAN & MARVIN, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrb Cure is taken inter-
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Price seventy.ive cents per bottle.
Sold by all druggists. Testimonials
free.
HALLS Family Pills are the best.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-01-24
IMPORTANCE OF THE BULL.

The desire or resolution to go into
cattle must be tempered with the de-
termination to go in right, and in do
ing this the most important, in fact,
the determining quality, is the bull to
be used in breeding for the desired an
imals. That the bull should be "pure
bred" or Registered" does not need
to be said, but that should not be the
only consideration. Being purely bred,
the bull possesses a power to transmit
his individual qualities with certainty
not possessed by mixed blood animals:
this makes it vitality important that the
individual properties be desirable in
the largest possible degree, and they
may not be present in pure bred or
registered animal.
Breeding is not an exact science, and
unworthy children of worthy sires are
possible, even probable, in brute as in
human animals. But the unworthy
children of the worthy brute sires are
eligible to registry, because their
blood is pure, not because their indi-
vidual merits deserve it. In selecting
the bull to breed beef animals, for in
stance, his individual fitness for that
particular purpose must be considered
in connection with his breeding, else
he may prove Disappointing and I'M
profitable. He must possess the "beef
points" and if he does not his breeding
is of no avail, and if he does possess
such points but has not the power TO
transmit them with large degree of
certainty, he may prove valueless, be-
cause his progeny may not be at all
like him,-Farm, Stock and Home.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-01-24
Old People Made Young.

j. G. Sherman, the veteran editor OF the
Vermontville (Mich.) Echo, has discovered
the remarkable secret OF keeping old peo-
pie young. For years he has avoided ner-
trouble, constipation and rheumatism, by
using Electric Bitters, and he writes; ut
can't be praised too highly. 1t gently slim
ulates the kidneys, tones the stomach aids
digestion, and gives splendid appetite.
1t has worked wonders for my wife and
me, It's a marvellous remedy for old peo-
pies complaints" Only fifty cents at G..
Blakely drug store.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-01-24
We Will Positively Pay You

One dollar if one bottle of Smiths
Green Mountain Renovation does not
benefit you in case you are troubled
with any. blood disorder, chronic rheu-
matism or neuralgia affections. 1t is
endorsed by the best physicians in the
country and is warranted to do what is
claimed for it. G. Blakely, w. E. Ter
rill g. go.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-01-24
Made Young Again,

zone of DR.. Kings New Life Pills each
night for two weeks has put me in my teens
again" writes d. II. Turner of Dempsey
town, Pa They're the best in the world
for liver, stomach and bowels. Purely
vegetable. Never grippe. Only 25c at G..
Blakelys drug store.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-01-24

n. ID. Bridges, Editor Democrat" Ian.
csster, N, H., says, zone Minute Cough
Cure is the best remedy for Group I ever
used" Immediately relieves and cures
coughs, colds, Group, asthma, pneumonia,
bronchitis, grippe and all throat and lung
troubles. 1t prevents consumption. w. Il.
Terrill 4 Co,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-01-24
WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.
Boston Produce Market.

~ The quotations given below represent price,
obtained DY receivers pAosate lofs mot ,o66,r
pricesj dness otherw Indicated, snd are intended
to represent actual 90 es