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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-30
THANKSGIVINGS.

On Thursday those people who are
so disposed will assemble in the
churches for worship and thanksgiving
to Almighty Father for his manifold
and continued blessings. 1t is meet
and proper that Christian people should
recognize God in all things, and that
they should offer in His Holy Temple
the grateful incense of alteration and
praise and prayer and thanksgiving.
There is a very great deal to thank
God for, and he is a very blind man
who cannot see 1t, realize it. Great
and merciful is our Heavenly Benefac-
tor is, but a small part of the 76,0 00, 600
of inhabitants in this country will give
him the praise, gratitude and owe of
sincere hearts for past favors. present
blessings and the great boon of life.
Serve God, honor, obey and love Him
is the first duty of man. Man is help
less without God. Unless he is a seek
er after God in all sincerity and purity
of heart it will be woe unto him. That
strong English novelist, Amelia E.
Barr, lately printed this on Thanks
giving:
Then lift up the head with a song!
And lift up the hand with a gift!
To the ancient Giver of all
The spirit in gratitude lift!
For the joy and the promise of spring,
For the hay and the clover sweet,
The barley, the rye, and the oats.
The rice and the corn and the wheat.
The cotton and sugar and fruit,
The flowers and the fine honey-comb.
The country, so fair and so free,
The blessings and glory of home"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-30
OUR QUARREL WITH TUKEY.
She Objects to Presence of the Ken
tncky-Inclined to be Defiant.

Washington, November 2s.-Ali Fer
rough Bey, the Turkish minister here.
called on Secretary Hay today relative
to the visit of the big battleship Ken
lucky to Turkish waters. The Ken
lucky sailed from Naples last Saturday
and arrived at the important Turkish
port of Smyrna this morning, only a
few hours before the minister's visit.
1t is understood that the negotiations
W Mr.. Griscom, our charge at
Constantinople, n the porte. for the
settlement of the missionary claims
and the question as to DR.. Norton's ex-
equatur as consul at Harpoot are pro-
crossing with indications that a COM
promise will be arranged.
New York, November 2S.-CabIe ad-
vices say that the Vienna Tageblat pub
fishes a dispatch from Constantinople
to the effect that the Turkish council
of ministers AVE held 4 conference to
determine whether or not the sending
of the United States battleship Ken
lucky to Smyrna should be regarded as
an act of hostility. According to the
Tageblat dispatch, the home minister
urged the severance of diplomatic re-
lations with the United States and even
went so far as to threaten war unless
Kentucky should be withdrawn from
Turkish waters. The ministers express
the belief that the European powers
would not permit the United States to
attack Turkey, and that country. there
fore, would be safe in taking a defiant
attitude
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4 STAMP TAN DECISION.
An Unstamped Instrument OF Convey
ance Admissible in Evidence.

Atlanta, Ga, November 27.-The SUI
preme court of Georgia today handed
down an important decision affecting
not only the war stamp tax, but involv-
ing a question of states right.
The point involved was whether or
not a lease contract which did not bear
h special stamp required by act OF
congress is admissible as evidence.
The supreme court ruled that congress,
While it has the right to levy taxes
through a stamp act, such as was
passed by congress, has not h right
to prescribe rules of evidence for state
courts, which would be conceded, if a
document not bearing a federal stamp
was denied admission as evidence.
The court in the decision rendered by
Chief Justice Simmons, goes on to say
that. under our system of government,
the states retained all powers of sover
eighty which were not granted to the
federal government by the cOnStftu-
ton.
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In England there Is doubt fealt as to
the importance Of the decision.
Russia gives notice that it viii keep
its grip on the Ten Tsin railroad A
change of mind
Lieutenant Psary. the arctic explorer,
has been heard from This is the first
news by letter since Auugst, 1899. He
Is pushing along northeast Greenland's
coast, and in good health
General T. F. Brown, a G.. A. r. vet
eran, aged 81, is SEM to Jail for fraud
in the pension business, for six months
in Chicago.
Germany's Indignation is represented
IS very intense against the pacific pow
ers. The London Standard of the 2sth
says:
1T is hardly possible for Germany to
hold out, deeply offended as she is, if
the United States, Russia, France and
Japan are disposed to moderation. Our
Berlin correspondent believes that Ger
many is prepared to waive the death
penalty"
The venerable president of the Beers
was received with honors OF state in
Paris by President Loubet.
In Havana yellow fever and con-
sumption are playing havoc and it is a
close pace as to which fell disease
leads.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-30
PLANNING FOR BARBARISM.

The barbaric news from London IS
confirmed as to Kitchener'S drastic
plan to lay waste, ruin, destroy, muir
der in the Transvaal. The plan is 10
actually destroy all villages and i'm
pose death for what it is pleased to
call treason. The London Daily News
Express turns on the light. A dispatch
from London If the Goth contains a part
OF the London papers statement Ii
follows below:
He will endeavor to isolate the COM
mandoes, and to move suspected Boer
families into g~arrisoned towns. He
will clear troublesome. districts, con
lining the population in larger, If neces-
sary, and win take or destroy all food
supplies, punish treachery by death on
transportation, raze villages guilty o.
reasonable acts, and destroy all farms
in the vicinity of railway or telegraph
cutting"
With that most foul and brutal pro
gramme, Kitchener will become more
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PENSACOLA, Fla, November 1.-THE
trial OF h twenty-five citizens charg-
ed with gambling began before Mayor
he haviag overruled the de-
murrer Of the attorney for the defend
ants against his sitting as trial justice.
The entire day was consumed in hear
ing testimony in the various cases, II
having been agreed between b attor-
ney for the defendants. G. Morno
Jones. and City Attorney John b. Jone-
to postpone argument until all the tes-
tfmony Is In.
A sensation was sprung during the
trial by Sheriff Smith arresting Aaron
and Hans Kelly, the prosecuting wit
nes5es On warrants charging that they
sold hquor on election day. November
9Th. and. later. on warrants charging
them with carrying concealed weapons
Seven OF the defendants were dis
charged. there not being sufficient evi-
dence to convict.
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HOW WORKS..

Great fortunes are 50 Astounding in the
northern states that a man not worth
more than $1,000 900 is deemed poor by
his neighbors. And so he is if he tries
to live after the style of the multi
mfllionaries. There is so many r1cf
people in the north they are worried &c
know how they can spend their money
and get 8 per cent. for their gerat sur
plus. 1t is not at all remarkable that
the rich men up there" should count
by the thousands. h legislation OF
the republican party for thirty years
has all beer directed to build up and
foster a vast rich class. Monopoly. the
creature and product of high tariffs
and unfair legislation, has flourished
in splendid pomp and ~affluence. The
fact tina Carnegie's profits for one year
are $26, OO0, 600, and that Rockefeller
makes about $40, 600, 900 yearly by his
numerous investments show what ia
vOrable legislation and unjust discrimi-
nation Will do.
The Louisville Courier-Journal points
10 W gigantic ~monopolies that illus
trate the efficiency of unequal and un-
fair legislation n the ease with which
great fortunes may be rapidly accumu-
lated. In some four and a half months
the Standard Oil shares have advanced
in price $17O per 800 share. 1t is simp-
Iy the work of monopoly-controlling
the markets. But there is a trust in
England that perhaps eclipses the
bloated Standard Oil monopoly of our
The Louisville paper gives
the operations in English money, but
bv multiplying by ) Gin round numbers)
you will find the results in American
money. It says:
The j. and P. Goats Company is a
British trust that is about the equal
of Standard Oil. 1t has a c~apitaliza-
ton of $40. 900, 900 in 6 per cent preferred
shares, $40, GOO, 600 in AZ per cent deben-
lures. and SIS, 600, 900 of ordinary shares,
on which 40 per cent was paid in -d1vf-
bends in 1899, and 80 per cent. for the
year ended June so last. These ordi-
nary shares, or common stock, as we
a here, have a par value of 41O and
2 market value of eS5. Standard Oil
certificates are thus still a good way be-
hind the Coats common stock in APP
probation, though the dividends paid
this year are about h same. The
Coats Company has steadily increased
its earnings from ESQ, 900, in 1894, to
G2.425, 900, in 1900. Its dividends in the
same space of time have been advanced
from s per cent. to 90, and its reserve
has increased from e200, 900 to Ell, $780,
900. 1t will be hard for Rockefeller to
beat this
These ~stupendous fortunes are made
out OF the common n-ecessaTies of life.
Every household in the land needs sew
ing thread and light-spool cotton and
oil. But how the greedy fellows pile it
up and the l~ong-suffering people groan
and sweat under a weary load. Tom
CARLYLE. extreme and bitter sometimes,
said thirty or forty years ago: There
are 81, 1000, 900 Of people in Great Britain
-mostly fools" Would any wise peo-
pie permit such grinding monopolie-
and such a monster as h American
Mckinley tariff?
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-30

Infamous in history ti;an Weyler OF the
present time or the Duke of Aira of
nearly three hundred years ago, both
Spaniards- What becomes of a peoples
good name that allows such infamies
and outrages to be committed in the
full day sun of the closing month Of
the nineteenth century? No American
Indian tribe ever plotted much worse.
world should unite in a definite. stern.
indignant ~denunciation Of such hellish
w~ickedness. Surely the sober second
thought must come to the British aris-
tocratic government now in power-the
Salisbury ministry.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-30

Republicans Favor Giving the Presi-
dent All He Desires.

Washington, November s7.-The
house committee on military affairs to-
day met for the p Of considering
the new army bill. The business was
mostly Of a preliminary character. the
discussion being quite general on army
affairs. The republican members ct the
committee apparently are in favor OF
giving the president such an army as
he may require. The draft of a bill al
ready prepared by Chairman Hul will
be the basis OF the measure which the
committee will consider. This bill pro-
vides for an army of the maximum
strength OF 1o0, 900 men, with a mini
mum Of $4,000. and general officers al
the rate of n brigadier for each 1000
men. with major generals in proportion.
Chairman Hull states that there viii
De but n bill prepared and IL any stan
changes are contemplated they viii be
incorporated in that measure.
The members OF the committe VIII
confer with Secretary Root in a a
or two. This afternoon they went over
the bill which a been known as the
war department bill, dawn on lines
suggested and approved by Secretary
Root. The secretary expects TO give
further consideration to the bill and
then will send it to members OF the
committee. The war department bill
provides for a maximum of 90, 900 men
and a minimum OF 5S. 900 with thirty
regiments of infantry, fifteen regiments
of cavalry and a gradual increase of
h artillery until at the n of five
years there will be is, 900 men.
The artillery is not to be organized
into regiments but as batteries and
field artillery. With the maximum ar
my there are to be $50 men in each in
fantry company, making 1880 men to
a regiment.
The maximum of a cavalry troop is
to be 100 men. There is 40 provision
for q lieutenant general in the war de-
partment bill, but under the present
law the senior major genera, command
ing would W. the rank of lieutenant
general. The war department bill does
not give the same increase of major
generals and brigadier generals as the
Hull bill.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-30
REVTTTE

A huge joke has been perpetrated by
a Mckinley o~rgan-grinder. 1t is that
Mckinley is not a partisan president.
Oh, no, and he is not a sectional presi-
dent either and does not love force
bills for the south" Tell it to h ma
rines."
The latest deal proposed in England
for the Beers is for men of capital to
buy all the farms from-the Beers dc
you say?-oh, no., but 'the farms from
which the Beers have bee driven" A
fine game and highly Christianized!
The deadlock is broken I'm Picking. on
the lines proposed in the French note
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-30

There is a departure worth noting
in the plan adopted by the Pittsburg
Coal Company to get h employees in
terested in the business and to furnish
them with a certain educational pro-
cess that will lead them to better under
stand the actual relations existing be-
tween capital and labor. If it works
satisfactorily, and We do not see now
why it may not, it should be adopted
by manufacturing and mining compa-
MES. The Pittsburg Dispatch tells of
the plan as follows: The plan is simp-
ly to open a subscription fund, to which
the employees may contribute as they
are able, the funds to be invested i'm
h stock of the corporation on behalf
of the employees. 1t has the advantage
over ordinary investment in the guaran-
tee of the company to pay back to the
subscriber the amount paid in, togeth-
err with interest at 5 per cent. IN case
the subscriber desires TO cav the en-
up his payments. To that extent it is
an insurance fund. Plans similar to
this nave been put into operation by
various interests in the past, and in
nearly every instance have worked sat
isfactorily."
President Kruger is seeking honor
able terms of peace with England. He
says the Beers will resist annexation
to the very last.
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Zanzibar, November 26.-The Domalis
have risen in Jubiland, a province Of
British East Africa About 1900 we'll
armed men are on the war path. Sub
stltute Commissioner Jenner, who has
been on a tour inland with a small
force, is said to have been attacked.
His position is grave.
1t Is doubtful whether he viii be able
to return safely to the seaport, Kis-
may. Reinforcements from Mambaza
have bee nse4rt to Kismay.
London. November 26.-It was Off
ciaIy confirmed today hat Sub-com-
missioner Jenne was murdered about
November 18th during a night attack
made on his camp by professedly
friendly natives.
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THE DEMAND FOR CONVICTS.
For Railway building Cannot be Sup
Observation-Disclosures Debate-Ra-
leigh's AnaniaS Club.
Messenger Bureau.

Raleigh, n. c., November 81.
N. C. Wade. of the Atlantic Coast
Line, and also the owner and builder
Boardman, in Robson county, was
here today t o see the penitentiary au-
thorities. He applied for 100 convicts,
20 do grading. The officials are unable
to furnish them, but filed his appnca-
ton.
Thanksgiving day there will occur
here h usual debate between Trinity
and Wake Forest colleges, at the c
envy of Music, in the evening. In the
afternoon there will be a new and
pleasant feature, a reception to the
students of Trinity and Wake Forest
given by the Baptist female university.
The supreme court today called the
docket OF appeals from the Tenth dis
trict.
All the union men have not returned
to work in the cotton mills in Ala
nance Those who remain in the union
claim it is practically as strong as ever.
The announcement of the marriage
next May of Mr.. H. NJ. Flagler and
Miss Kenan attracts much attention
among society people here, by whom
Miss Kenan is we'll known.
Under the direction of Mrs. Charles
NJ. Busbee the ladies here are preparing
to give the annual bal poudre'' next
Friday evening in the assembly room
in the Raney memorial library build
ing. 1t is expected that over fifty
couples will participate.
The newly organized Press Club here
is to take the name of the 'Ananias
Club and starts with more than
thirty members.
A party of Raleigh ladies and gentle
men will go to Washington, D. c., to
see the Thanksgiving day foot ball
game between Georgetown and the
University of North Carolina.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-30

Wheeling, W. Va. November IA
Leazerville. w. Va, twenty miles above
wheeling on the Ohio River, a crowd of
twenty boys had built a fire on the
river bank from drift wood and were
watching the rising waters. In a lot
OF drift wood one Of the boys threw on
the nre was a can partially flied with
hotro giycerine- Immediately there
was a terrific explosion and three boys
were killed and fourteen wounded, OF
Wnom three may die. AS a result Of
he explosion an infant child OF Mrs
Durig died a few minutes afterward.
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London. November 27.-Lord Roberts.
cabling from johannesburg under late
or November 26th, reports a number Of
with the Beers at widely
separated points, in which the British
captured some cattle ard a few prison
ers and suffered slight casualties. The
most serious affair was an engagement
with the forces Of General Dezarey.
numbering about I.eO0 men, with three
guns. who opposed General Clements
inarch towards Reitfontein. The Beers.
the dispatch says. were completely dis
persed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-30
Value OF Cotton Seed.

Swainsboro, (Georgia) Pine Forest:
Mr.. William Love, on Judge John YOU
mans plantation, made on five acres
four bales Of cotton netting twenty
one hundred pounds of lint and eight
hundred bushels of cotton seed. The
cotton at 10 cents, bringing $40 and the
seed at g cents a bushel, bringing $500.
Thus it will be seen that h seed
farmers used to throw away in this
country are bringing nearly or quite as
much as the lint.
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Tampa strike Gains strength.

Tampa, Fla, November 27--Several
hundred men were added to the strik-
ing forces here today. n came
principally from u~norganized labor. and
buildings in the course OF construction
are more at a standstill than on yester-
lay. Much incendiary talk is being in
dulged in. together with threats that
the Resistencia Union is TO De forced
from the factories if the general strike
does not have the effect of bringing
them out. The Federal Trades as
sembly has made arrangements for a
parade tomorrow afternoon, but II Is
probable that this Will be postponed or
prohibited.
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Secretary Roots Return.

Washington, November 27.-Secretary
Root returned from Cuba at 1.50 o'clock
today. He said his trip to Cuba had
been quite satisfactory, He had con-
fined his inspection to the east end of
the island, where he said affairs were
in very favorable shape. His annual
report, Mr.. Root said, would be ready
for h president about the time or
greSS meets.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-30

Washington, November 27.-The house
committee on rivers and harbors today
continued work upon its bin, but did
nothing but compare notes on the work
with the view, later, of formulating a.
bin which will be generally satfsfac-
tory. The printed estimates will be re-
ceived tomorrow and the work of putt
ing h committees conclusions on pa
per will be begun then.
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AnothersNaval Commander for the East

Washington, November 2s. = 1t is
stated at the navy department that
Admiral Frederick Rogers, at present
chief of the inspection board. Is slated
for duty on the Asiatic station. either
as an additional commanding officer,
making three on the station. or as a
relief, either to Admir- Remey or Ad-
miral Kempff, according to needs OF
the service in Asiatic waters at the
time.
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The Lace-Makers to be Admitted

Washington, November 20. The
treasury department today decided to
admit the lace-makers and their fami-
lies, who II brought to this country by
DR.. j. A Dowie, the divine healer"
and h founder of Zion City, H.. to
teach others the art of lace-making.
This is a reversal Of the action of the
Philadelphia immigration officials, who
, had decided that the lacemakers should
not be admitted to this country.
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Birmingham. Ala. November 27.-The
Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron Company
has completed repairs on one Ensley
at Sheffield and has ordered
the second Ensley furnace at that place
repaired. One of these furnaces proba-
bly, will be fired within the next two
weeks. The Jenefer furnace at Jenefer,
Ala, will be put in repair at once. The
Woodstock Iron Company at Admission,
has determined to repair its three fur
naceS there. When these furnaces are
in operation they will increase the daily
product of pig iron in Alabama by at
least 1000 tons.
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On the 18th in Chicago in thirty-six
hours 400 arrests were made of pick
pockets, highwaymen and burglars.
Fine civilization and high morality