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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-17
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL TICKET,
FOR PRESID-
WILLIAM ]. BRYAN.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
ADLAl E. STEVE NSON.


The at home and in the
north differ as to the number of ne
groes that will be disfranchised by the
amendment when it goes into operation
nearly two years hence, on LIST July lSOZ-
Some North Carolina democratic pa
pers are putting it as high as 9O,Oo-
Others 10000. The Messenger has gen.
orally said $4,000 or so, 900, but probably
the latter. Let us examine for a Few
minutes his matter Jeter Prltcnaro
said 1000 negroes could read ana
would still vote. If those nearing the
voting age-nineteen or upwards-wlli
attend school and study, thousands can
vote by 1st July 1902.
In 1896. the vote cast in this state was
329. 10. In 1898, it was mOre-336,96 $50.
The census of 1890. showed that the
voting population was 346,25S. 80 IN
1s9S-eight years later-the vote was
some 5,693 below the census.
in 1898, 40, 900 men failed to vote.
Let us turn to the character Of the
population of 1890. There were 1,Ooo,SSz
whites and So, 565 blacks. Properly OIL
yided what would his mean? What
proportion of the population in 1871
342, 653 voting population in 1s90-was
white and what was black? There
were 223, 512 white voters, n 1l9,l4l
black voters. Ther are many more now,
no doubt, probably $4,000 of the latter. Ii
this be true then there must be $4,000 dis
franchised unless Pritchard's $4,000 es-
innate is under the mark. We confess
it is more than we had thought, toi
without making the calculation neces-
sary we had not thought the negro vote
now more than no, 900 or 10000. De-
Quoting the so, 900 of Pritchard, anc
there would be but $4,000.
Once more. The negroes have peer
rushed to the schools provided by white
mems generosity, for more than thirty
wears. This is enough to have educat
ed in reading and writing all OF the ne
groes of the present generation nde
forty-five years of age. If $4,000 onl!
are all of the 100000 who can read an
write then their schooling has beel
neglected.
The white people-mainly the demo
crats-are resolved to educate tn
whites and blacks. In that event b,
1910. there will be an educated electo
rate in North Carolina. Speed the day
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-17
A GREAT ENGLISH LAWYER

The late Lord Chief Justice of Eng
land Lord Russell, was Irish born and
educated in Dublin. He was a true
Liberal and was made attorney gen.
eral by Mr.. Gladstone and then nlgne
cd. He gave up a practice worth sloV,-
600 annually to accept office for one
wear. He was a Roman tho In
1894 on the death of Lord Bowen, ne
was Amounted a Lord of Appeals In
Ordinary, and a life peerage was con
ferred upon him, and when Lord Cole
ridge died i nthe same year, he was ap-
pointed to succeed him as Lord ChleI
Justice, being the first Roman CatnoHc
to hold that office for more than three
hundred years. He was connected, III
is stated. with many of the most cele-
DRAFTED English law cases for thirty
wears or more. The London c~orrespon-
dent of the New York Tribune says:
Lord Russell was regarded as one
of the foremost orators OF Great BIT
tain, as we'll as one of the leading Jur-
lists. and to his Irish blood was attrlp-
uted his happy combination OF decla-
nation and gesture, of eloquence ano
acting, of forceful logic and graceIu
vivacity.
'These qualities gave him success
NOT only in court, but in parliament anC
as a campaign orator, in when capacl'
tv he did much useful work Tor In
Liberal party.
Because of his honest, genuine LID
eraJ tendencies he refused to accept al
hereditary barony. His family wer'
nrominent. The correspondent write
.hat "his uncle, the Very Rev Dr
Charles Russell, president OF Maynootl
college was one of the most infiuent1a
of Irish clergymen-the man OF wnop
Cardinal Newman wrote in his Apollo
gia' as the lear friend to whom. un
der heaven, I am indebted for my con
version A brother of Lord Russel
was one of the best known Jesul
priests in England, the Rev. Matthew
Russell; his sister. Mary Russell, VIII
died in 1898, was Superior of the Sister
of Mercy in San Francico, having gon
out in 1854 to found a branch of her or
der on the Pacific coast"
Lord Russell loved the turf, an
games. He will be succeeded by Lor
Alyerstone, who was Sir Richard Web
ster. former attorney general. Such
the london opinion.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-17
Best Advertising | Can DO
= ~ he Coptinually Selling Goods Cheap

We have all the new shades and up
,o-sase STYLES In new Golf Hats. II
GRAY and Summer co1ors, from DOC TO
40 Is. Narrow Velvet bbo at isc
tunch. We have all the widths in vel
vet Ribbon.
We are sole agents for Aycock Hats
ard are having a special sale OF them.
We have them at 75c. $1-eo. sl.se anu
sse5. We have 20 dozen Good spec
tacles to sell at sc per pair. Five nun
dred boxes Paper N Envelopes at &c
ner box. Five hundred pounds Writ
ing Paper at l0c per pound 1.soo cakes
sweet Soap. Turkish Bath and Tar
Soap for ISc dozen on Saturday &c per
cake. The beE 1oc Suspenders In the
world. Richly worth 15c: while they
last for ioc. Three hundred Ladies
Leather Belts. all samples. n 25c La
dies Reit for 12c- Fifty dozen snoe
Soles al Iec a pair. Forty-eagnt pairs
Lace Curtains at 4sc a pair. \ GOOD
3-yard long Lace Curtain Tor si.V d
pair
Two hundred yards very fine Black
Organdle. worth 25c per yard whole
sale, my price 1Sc per yard. White Bed
Spreads from soc up Best quality
Hemmed Sheets, 81 by 30 inches. for soc
each. We have a big stock Mems and
Ladies' Bathing Suits to close out.
To move goods you must put a lever
behind them, and the driving whee or
trade is a combination OF big values
and low prices.
We serve others and Will be glad TO
| serve you. Come and help Us unload
| our stock. We've got to move INTO our
new building, and we had much rather
move money than goods.
Wilmington's Big Racket Store on
Front street opposite The Orrezs.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-17
1

A young Bostonian in Norfolk at
tended a cake walk. He fondleds a
negro baby, and he came TO early grief.
The young whites went for him, he
fed. was overtaken, choked, rescued,
and spent the night in h station for
protection. The boys say it made them
sick to see the fondling.
At Slatington. Pa, a train dashed
into an omnibus killing eleven and
fatally injuring others. 1t was horrible.
The bodies were 2wfully mangled. legs
and arms were strewn all about
On Sunday seventeen deaths occurred
in Philadelphia from heat New York
had several deaths from same cause.
Democrats in Kentucky are very
hopeful.
General Wat Hardin has made him.
Kentucky, that he will STAN a good
chance to be mobbed If he canvasses.
Lord Roberts burned Boer farms for
ten miles around because two Boer
soldiers escaped from the train. So
says London Standard. Humane and
civilized,
A lynching crowd went to the jail at
Fairmont, w. Va, to lynch two negroes
who shot two white men while they
were resisting arrest. They had been
fortunately removed.
Hen. Stephen r. Mallory, secretary OF
confederate navy department, has writ
| ten an account of the fall of Richmond
and of the succeeding events ending
with the capture of jeff Davis.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-17

The last OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
very lavish in expenditures 1t Great
ed SOS new offices says the Washing
ton Post. rep, and voted an expenditure
Of $710, 150, So. IS, for one year-an in
crease over the previous year OF $685.
les, +0.59. And this is the way the
peoples money goes and high, crushing
taxes are piled up towards the sky
The new offices created require A,537,-
6I3.T- This is indeed a very great
country, and the present administra-
ton can hold its own with any gov
eminent under the sun in making way
with public moneys.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-17

Mr.. Bryan will not make a general
deal of speaking selecting points and
places mostly NEEDED. He will address
himself particularly to the many GEN.
surable acts OF the Mckinley admins
tration and the very bad republican
legislation. He will make it warm for
the spendthrifts and betrayers of the
people. He will not forget the dreadful
trusts and their great abuses. A lead
ing republican organ, the Detroit Tri-
bune, tells of a recent outrage perpe-
copy because it is fresh and suggestive
and points a moral. 1t says:
THE Page Fence Company, Of
Adrian, las made a good fight against
the trusts, and outside of trust circles
a general sympathy will be felt for it
in its temporary embarrassment. Its
history illustrates the difficulty of con
tinued and effective opposition to the
When its directors refused to allow
the concern to be absorbed by the fence
trust, it had not only this trust but al
lied trusts to fight in the struggle to
maintain it's place in business. The
wire hat formed the raw material on
which the factory operated was adj
vanced in price more than 100 per cent.
1t c~ourageously set about the establish
ment of a rolling and wire mills to sup
ply it's own needs, n the large de-
mands on its capital created by this
extension of it's business is assigned as
the cause Of it's present embarrass-
ment."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-17

questions, and that they We're made
that way in order that people may see
genuine tourists can take a Joke as
well as any one. The Tourist Union.
however, he afirms, is no laughing
matter.
Britt. Ia, is a place OF about LEGO in
habitants and is a farming community.
There promises to be quite a sensation
when the Weary Wi1ies begin to come
down on the fold like Lord Byron's AS
syrians have done in the readers from
Cme Noe states that
Britt Is aware Of the prominence
that it Is being brought into. and in
the hope of casting Three Oaks. Mich.
completely In the shade will receive the
delegates TO the gathering with open
hands. wy" says the esteemed
Head Pipe. "Britt's hoin' TO trea. US
tourists like kings. Dookies at every
back door. empty box cars and barn.
to sleep in! Were goin' 10 live easy,.
IL Is indeed, stated that the citizens
% Britt have obtained permission from
the Chicago. Milwaukee and st. PaII
road TO nave the use of all empty box
ears while the convention Is In session.
As a precaution the police force Will "a
doubled. but Will have Instructions tn
address all Tourists az Mister" This
IS expected to be quite a shock urfiI
the Tourists become accustomed to g
Huge badges bearing the picture Of a
coHae paper Willie and Ornamcrfed
with the coupling pin and links. the in
sigma or the union, will be given to
each delegate ON his arrival. The NO.
ice. the Head Pipe says, have been 50
good as to consent to act as a Commit
tee or reception They VIII meet all
freight trains and be ready With helm
mi hands when they see a Tourist Iook-
ing out from under a box car with an
anxious eye.
Head Pipe Noe. in talking to a World
correspondent, was darkly mysterfo1s
when asked what the convention wofId
do With dexterfty he parted ali uues-
Tons the answers to which would SHOW
whether h "hoboes" intended to taEe
any action on political issues. The PIN
tntimated that the Britt platform mi<hi
go ringing down in history as the Ne
ma Charta of the American hobo A.
admitted that the usual -expre~xions
We view with regret" we denlore,
and the others might he used IN CO..
nection with the hardness OF E.,r "a
floors and the manners of tra,n nsr
II L. reliably stated. however. that No.
mas Dreams OF a united shoho" nart,
! clans" " us poie'
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-17

But for the laundering stupidity Of
a negro William Goebel would probably
be now living. On the day before his
murder he was riding twelve miles with
two riends. Goebel told them that he
had resolved not to contest the veal for
governor to which he had been elected.
He said that while he believed he was
justly entitled to the seat, he felt that
a contest before the legislature would
only increase bitterness throughout the
state and might injure, rather than
help, the party. He had apparently
fully determined upon this course.
Il am" said he, going to get up in
time to catch that early train tomor-
row morning and go off to Covington
with my brother for a rest" He was
not called but was killed instead by the
republican assassins. Mr.. Oil, CORE
spondent of the Atlanta Constitution,
gives the particulars. He says:
This was his firm determination that
night. As he went to bed, he left a call
for the early morning train, intending
to carry u the programme he had
| outlined. The negro porter forgot tc
call him. The next day Joe Blackburn
| and other democrats got at him and
| urged that he owed it to the party tC
, carry the contest before the legislature
| They presented the case with so much
| earnestness that he finally yielded OF
| the score of party duty. This change
| in his plans cost him his life.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-17

men who viii keep to the same idea
several years in succession. Consider
the unstea6iness of Senator Hoar. the
righteousness Of Lodge. and he pratt
tie OF that upstart, Roosevelt, the
Rough Rider. 1t grieves me when /
hear the applause which greets Roose-
Welt Why is 1t that so many attach
importance to Roosevelt and consider
him a statesman and a soldier? I can
not understand IL. 1t shows a marked
decline in public sentiment / fear for
my country. Mark me. Roosevelt won't
last long. There will be a collapse
shortly"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-17
Founded 1852.
6T!!!EFF
/PlAMos \ !
"Sing their Owl praise.

"Sing their oWn praise. Il
"HEN A RETAIL DEALER TRIES
to convince you that he Ear sell a high
grade piano cheaper than the manu-
facturer. he's simply trying to run a
bluff. Manufacturers don't give pianos
TO the retail dealers, and il he tries to
improve his chances Of selling some
other piano by abuse of the Stieff, he
will bear watching.
Persons who Ire contemplating the
purchase OF a piano can't secure q
finer instrument thar a Stieff, and we
viii save you the retail dealers profit.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-17

Mr.. z. L. Godkin is an Englishman
of superior learning and ability. For
a long time he was editor-in-chief
of the New York Evening Post
the most scholarly of all American
newspapers. He is a very plain spoken
and vigorous writer. He retired a year
or so ago On account of impaired
health. Since he began to denounce
Mckinley and McKinleyism-the vilest
of 'isms''-there are newspapers that
say he is in decayed mind. Here is a
speciman of his insane talk. 1t is a
pity his revilers have not been smitten
with the same degree Of insanity that
they might write truth and common
sense:
What we need in this country more
J than anything else is a large body Of
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-17
ssHunger is the Best Sauce.''

Yet some people are never hungry.
Whatever they eat has to be forced
down." There is, Of course, something
wrong with these people. By taking
Hood's Sarsaparilla a short time they
are given an appetite and then they en-
joy eating and food nourishes them. II
you find your appetite failing, just try
q bottle of Hoods. It is a true stom-
ach tonic and every dose does good.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-17

While the democrats have much hope
of capturing the next u. S. house, they
nave no opening in the senate. And
yet they will make some changes that
will be important TO certain states. and
farther on may aid much in helping the
democrats to once more control that
body. Joseph H. Manley is a member
of the republican national committee.
He is not sure that the senate will re-
main republican for four years to come.
The Philadelphia Bulletin, rep, says
that among the states which are to
choose senators who will take their
| seats on March 4, 1901, are Colorado,
Delaware, Nebraska, Idaho, Illinois,
Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, North
Carolina, South Dakota, West Virginia
and Wyoming. The representation of
these states in the senate at present
| consists of Is republicans, 1 democrat
and 6 populists and silver republicans.
There will be changes in some of these
states, but whether it will diminish the
| actual republican membership may be
doubtful. 1t will surely increase the
number of democrats, North Carolina
for instance.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-17

The calculation is. that it will cost
SOS. 600. 600 to elect a president. A mere
bagatelIe. To elect sly and obliging
Mckinley what would the great money
yower care If it took 800. OOo. 1000? They
can raise enough to buy hundreds OF
thousands of votes in the north.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-17
HOME FOLKS.

We saw it mentioned that fifteen
democratic papers were out for Chair
man Simmons for United States sena-
tor. There are probably $50 democratic
papers, of one sort and another.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-17
OXFORD SEMINARY
FOR GIRLS,
OXFORD, N. @.

5Ist Annual Session Opens Aug. 2sta. 1900.
Large patronage. Fist class facilities. Sci
ence Laboratory. u Conservatory of Mu-
sic. Business Course.
School physician called but twice during
session.
Board and Literary Tuition for Annual
Session SIPS; Music Extra $40.
Apply for handsomely illustrated cata-
logue. +. p. HOBGOOD,
President.
jun q. Pm. - lr sun & w
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-17

Mr.. c.. B. Aycock has returned from
a short visit to Old Point, Va, to his
home at Goldsboro. After his glorious
campaign and victory he should take
a prolonged holiday. After labor there
should come est.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-17
TRAMPS BOUND FOR IOWA

to Meet in Convention in the
Town of Britt on August 2O-Vfsions
of Plenty to Eat and Drink and Moth
ing to Do but Sleep.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-17

Mr.. J.. P. Sossoman, chairman of the
populist state committee, writes to the
Philadelphia American, whose editor,
Wharton Barker, is the populist nomi-
nee for president, of the situation in
North Carolina He says every Bryan
populist is now in the middle of the
road, for Barker we take it. He is
hopeful to his extent:
II am satisfied if we go to work and
get good men in the field as electors
and a wide-awake man who will work
in each senatorial and congressional
district, that we can roll up so, 900 votes
in this state at the November election
for the mid-road presidential ticket.
. . Our state is rather peculiarly
situated. We are stained all over with
fusion. Our leaders have fused with
everybody and everything hat could
not outrun them, or climb a creased
pole, and it has put III people in such
shape that it will take some trouble tc
get them in line"
Hurrah, for Bryant
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-17
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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-17

The catalogue number of the A. & NJ.
college at Greensboro is instructive.
1t is illustrated and gives a view Of the
excellent buildings, the shops, rooms,
ETC., in which mechanics, science, &C.,
are taught. From the Greensboro pa
pers we AVE learned that this is an
excellent school for the negroes and
President Dudley well.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-17

We are sincerely sorrowful to learn
of the death of Colonel William F.
French, of Lumberton, in his 59th year.
He had been in poor health in the early
part of the year but a month or so
since he was in Wilmington looking
robust n fresh. He was a native Of
Virginia, was a lawyer, was Lieutenant
Colonel of the Junior Reserves, and
was an useful and faithful citizen and
democrat. He was at one time in the
legislature. His death was sudden.
He leaves a wife and four children.
He had talents and worthy aspirations.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-08-29
NEVADA SILVER MEN ARE ANGRY.
Stewart Is Denounce for Goini
Over to Mckinley.

Stewart Is Denounce for GoinG
Over to Mckinley.
Carson. Nev.-(Special.)-T news OF
the flop of Stewart to Mckinley from
Bryan created a sensation in politics.
Interviews with politicians in the cap.
ftol building brought out the follow.
ing:
Massey of the Supreme Bench: "It
doesn't surprise or disappoint me. H,
went over to the enemy when he voted
with Jones on the Porto Rico tarifi
bill. and has been a Mckinley man evei
since"
Surveyor General Kelly: II regrei
ever having supported such a man, and
want to$havey someone kick me every
time think Of 1t. Still 1t doesn't sur.
prise me. He has been trimming fol
some months. and guess he is through
with this state and will return to Cal.
ifornia, where he came from. 1t Is al
insult to every Bryan man in Nevada
1 guess Jones will go next"
Controller Davis, publisher of the AID.
peal. said his paper would blister Stew.
art in the morning. Davis has been a
champion and apologist for Stewart fol
many years. and the Appeal has always
been recognized as his organ. The sill.
yer men will no doubt, when the state
convention meets. pass scathing resolu.
tions denouncing Stewart for his treach.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-08-29
uAklHe HARD FIGHT FOR BRYAN.
Extra Effort Are Being Made Fol
Success In South Dakota.

Extra Effort Are Being Made For
Success In South Dakota.
Sioux City, Ia.-(Special)-In an in
terview here today Senator Pettigrew
of South Dakota, enroute to Chicago
declared that every effort would be
made in his state to carry 1t for Bry-
an. 'T would certainly prefer" he de-
clared, that my own campaign for
United States senator would fail, rather
than see South Dakota's electoral vote
go for William Mckinley. We are
fighting for the issues at stake and not
for personal preferment."
Pettigrew Is being made the special
object Of a bitter fight in South Da-
kota, but he professed not to be worried
about IT. IT know there Is a special
fight on me-" he said. "but money will
cut no figure. except that 1t will enable
the opposition to get its vote out on
election day. Our people are thoroughly
aroused. while the republicans are
apathetic. People can't be aroused over
a nonenity like Mckinley. who does the
business of his administration either
through commissions or Mark Hanna"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-08-29
BRYAN SPEAKS AT WAH00.
Huge Crowds Gather to Hear Hin
at Courthouse.

Huge Crowds Gather to Hear Hin
at Courthouse.
Wahoo, Neb.-(Special)-Se ha.
1t been the privilege Of Saunder
county audience to listen to SO man,
brilliant speeches in one day as have
occurred in this city today. With onl,
five days notice and a terrific storm
at noon today, there gathered about 800
people to hear Mr.. Bryan. The speak
ing was opened at 80 this afternoon b,
Senator Allen, who reviewed the des.
picable policy of the present admins
Itration. beginning with the causes whicl
brought about the Spanish war;
At PAS p. m. Mr.. Bryan arrived owe
the Elkhorn from Lincoln. He was es
corted to the court house park, wheu
a great audience awaited him. He spok,
for an hour and a quarter, touching oil
all the live political issues of the day
He reviewed the wobbling, haIting ant
changing policy Of the administratio
during the last four years in a way tha
was highly appreciated by the big audi
ence.