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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-28
D. BROWN
GIFT-GIVING is
III THEME

On all tongues-in a Ill thoughts. Let IT be something useful something prac-
teal, something sensible something that Will be appreciated be renpm-
bereda after his holidays are over. Sen tmental tufes are all very nice t.
hr way u he growing tendency If this enlightened & regarding Christ
mas Remembrances is to exchange preentso o substantial worth. o those
who ave not already made their slec tDns. We tai the liberty o mention
I'M the following articles. which will prove vey desirable n useful Christ
mas Presents. and h store is tn right place % purchase them:
A NICE SILK UMBRELLA. FOR LADIES OR GENTLEMEN.
A CALIFORNIA BLANKET OR AN ELEGANT DOWN QUILT.
A PAIR KID GLOVES IN CLASPS OR HOOKS BLACK OR COLORED.
A STYLISH CAPE. JACKET OR a HANDSOME FUR COLIARETTE.
A DOZEN FINE EMBROIDERED LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS.
A DOZEN GENTLEMANS HEM STITCHED LINEN HANDKER-
CHIEFS.
A WHITE LINEN TABLE CLOTH WITH NAPKINS TO MATCH
A BLACK SILK DRESS. WITH y NECESSARY TRIMMINGS.
A BLACK OR FANCY WO2STED DRESS.
STERLING SILVER NOVELTIES IN GREAT VARIETY. AND MANY
OTHER FANCY ARTICLES. too nun ervus to mention. Fan carly n avoid
the rush in the afternoon.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-28
Correspondence of The Messenger-)
Goldsboro, December 81.

correspondence of The Messenger-)
Goldsboro, December 81.
Christmas of 1900 is a by-gone thing
and 1 am proud to confess l Inn glad.
The occasion is so grossly desecreated
that instead of the day being one OF
gladness. one is on the alert in eN-
pectancy of accident and crime that
brings sadness and gloom into many
homes. 1t is a funny idea that has
crept into the minds of many people
that to rightly celebrate the natal
day of our Lord one must take in the
damnable stuff that makes sane men
mad. wrecks homes and fills jalis and
asyIums. In his respect Goldsboro is
not unlike her sister towns, the GUS
tom prevails almost everywhere n
it is as lamentable as true; and, 1T
is o confined to any age In life
from youthhoOd to him whose locks are
white and whose form is bent with the
load of years the habit Of drink has
fastened itself on MANY and these move
in and out, objects of pity.
The game of foot ball between Will
son and GOlGsboro vas called on the
graded school grounds shortly after 4
A SeSlSIudS dllSAAOOA LIZ 10y
boyS Were soon in contest. The VIII
son team was much heavier than the
home team. but our boys played excel
lent ball and at the close OF h first
half neither side had scored. To this
stage of the game everything had pass
ed oft pleasantly and liz crowd
OF spectators were getting interested
IN the contest True, the spectators
crowded the gridiron. but the teams
were not much ampered in their work.
Now comes the unpleasant feature of
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-28
Contribution to Conscience Fund

Washington. December 26.-The sec
rotary OF the treasury has received
from a town in the south. a conscience
contribution of 5000. In the curse of
his letter the sender says that he de-
frauded the government out of reve-
nue. taxes on tobacco to the amount
in 1871, s72.73.
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ing provided for the Pan-American
visitors. A new steel and concrete
bridge to span the rapids from the
American mainland t Goat island. for
the building of which the New York
state legislature appropriated S120.cO0.
is in course of construction a new
administrator and shelter building is
being erected at a cost of s21.0oG The
old stone inclined railway building AT
Prospect Point will be RACED Ia q ord
an unobStructed view of the falls from
the park. A broad stone staircase Ton
Meeting Goat and Luna islands. where
the rainbows play and delight TIE
visitor with their prismatic colors. las
been built and new balconies for sight
seers have been constructed New
beauty spots have beep created by
grading and seeding wherever the pos
sibility was offered. A flock Of sheep
will wander at will on Goat island and
add life to the beauteous scene. An
automobile service in the reservation
will be inaugurated. In the Canadian
park many improvements are being
made. Niagara Falls will be dressed
in her finest for the Pan-American Ex-
position in 1901. Niagara is an ideal
Breathing spot. The parks are extern
oive, literally shaded and constantly
visited by cooling breezes. No EXPOSE
public an attraction equal { Niagara
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Miss0uri'S Grain Exhibit.

Charles c. Bell Of Boonville, Mo,
who is n Of the commissioners for
Missouri to the Pan-American Exposi-
ton of Buffalo. is at work preparing
the agricultural display for the Pan
American from that state. He IS work
ing TO obtain from various sources the
best specimens ri grains. grasses and
everything pertaining - such an ex-
hibit. and he expects TO obtain from
county fairs III Missouri much mate
rial for this purloSe.
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President of Liberia Resigns

Sierra Leon, West Coast Of Africa,
December 26.-The president of Libe-
ria, w D.. Coleman, resigned December
18th, owing to the disapproval of the
of his interior policy. G. w.
elected president by the legislature.
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Evelyn B. Baldwin. the arctic ex-
plorer, who is arranging for the Bald
win-Ziegler expedition, has purchased
the EsQuimaux. the largest and
lstauncheSt Of the whaling fleet. fitted
her with modern appliances and named
her the America.
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A dispatch TO The Pail Mall Gazette
from Pekin, dated Monday, December
oath, says that much irritation has
been caused by the activity of the Ger
man troops in the districts under Brit
iSh protection.
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D. BROWN
~NOtice-BefOre Removal!

WE WILL SELL THE ENTIRE STO OK OF TOYS REGARDLESS OF
COST BEFORE REMAVAL. AS WE MUST yACATE THE TOY
STORE BY JANUARY 1sT. AND WE ARE ovER-CRowDED IN
OUR OTHER DEPARTMENT WE POSITIVELY HAVE No ROOM
FOR THEM. SPECIAL IN JUDGEMENTS WILL BE OFFERED
TO PEOPLE IN SEARCH OF PRESENTS FOR CHRISTMAS.
TREE FESTIVALS AND UNDAY SCHOOL CHRISTMAS PRES
ENTs. REMEMBER. TOYS WILL BE SOLD AT AND BELOW
COST AT
BAZAAR.
Toy Department, liz and 12O Market Street.
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AIabama's New Governor.

Montgomery, Ala, December 60
Governor w. j. Sanford reached the
capital this morning from his home in
| Opelika having entirely recovered his
health and at once assumed his official
11ItipS
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-28

The best protection against fevers,
pneumonia, diphtheria, ETC., is in build
ing up the system with Hoods Sarsa-
DarillO.
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DISPATCHES.

It is given out at Washington
with all gravity, that the Depart
ment of State has reason to su
spect that the Chinese have
knowledge of it's tegraphic CT
pher code.sOf course they have.
This should not surprise any
body.
It is safe to say that every
diplomatic service could, if it
we're worth while, decipher the
secret dispatches of any other
service, This has been done in
the past, and the Department of
State has changed it's cipher sevs
eral times as a ssmatter of pru-
dence. European and American
diplomacy in recent years has
not been so much a matter of
secrecy as it used to be and le-
cations are not obliged to spy
upon one another. But the Chi
nese are suspicious and crafty
and such espionage is precisely
in their line.
Tits aid by experts that no
cipher code ever was devised to
which the key could not be dis
covered, with sufficient patience,
from a reasonable number of K
amples. Now the Chinese have
all the patience in the world and
as all diplomatic dispatches must
be forwarded by Chinese govern
ment officials, they have had as
many examples Of every cipher
in g as could possibly be re-
quired. It wonld be a safe wager
that Taotai Sheng has been in
formed of every communication
passing between any of the le-
cations at Pekin and their re-
spective governments.
Whether the cipher dispatch
said to come from Mr.. Conger
i. was fabricated in this way OF was
: an actual dispatch Of the former
date, is of very little Importance.
!; It might have been either. Sheng
:: knew what was in it, as he knew
y what Washington had t~elegraphed
to Pekin.
According to Chinese standards
it would be his business to know
g and has plenty of people about
him shrewd enough to find out
: It is as foolish to express sur.
prise at this as at any other man.
1T Hesitation Of Chinese cunning
IS Probably any other government
a controlling the telegraph, woulc
do the same thing fit we're t.
its interest, and the Chimes
= make no pretense to Western
standards of honor. Duplicity il
q the very foundation of their dip
lomacy, and with a practice o:
many centuries in the fine art o
d lying, they r more than a mattel
for the most extricate cipher cod
- that Western ingenuity can in
" vent.
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SIATE DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

Governor-CHAS. B. AYCOCK, of Wayne.
Lit. Governor-W. D. TURNER, of Iredel.
Secretary of State-J. BRYAN GRIMES, Pitt.
Auditor-B. +. DIXON, Cleveland.
Treasurer-B. R. LACY. Wake.
Supt. Public Instruction-Wm. P. TOON, of
obeson.
Atty. General-ROBT. D. GILMER Haywood
CORPORATION COMMUNICATIVE L
ROGERS. Macon; FRANKLIN McNEILL. New
Hanover
Com. of Agriculture-s L. PATTERSON, of
Caldwell.
Commissioner of Labor and Printing-H. B.
VARNER Davidson.
For Judge of the Tenth District-W. B.
COUNCIL, of Watauga.
For Congress, Second District--CLAUDE
KITCHEN, of Halifax.
Electors at Large-DAN HUGH MCLEAN.
of Harnett, LEE S.OVERMAN, of Rowan.
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P anied by
mucous patches in
the m mouth, erup-
tons on the skin,
sore throat, copper
colored sp1otches,
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PROGRESS OF JAPAN.

The talk of the powers turning
over the job of pacifying Chino to
Japan calls attention to the Won
derful progress which the latter
country has made during the past
few years. Its development has
been truly remarkable, Only a
short time ago Japan was as
slothful as China, but 1t has sud
denly shaken off it's lethargy and
is now the most enterprising aud
civilized nation in the East.
Since the Chinese Japanese war,
five years ago, Japan's railroad
tonnage has grown from 4,oO0,s
900 tons yearly to 1900, 900
tons. Clearing house checks have
increased from 200, 900 to 9OO,~
900, 900 yen. The loans and dis
counts in the Bank of Japan have
risen from SO, 100000 to $780,
900, 900 yen. The number of lets
tiers annually has been augmented
from 800, 00O, 900 before the war
to Go, 900, 900 and the number OF
kilograms from IA, 900, 900 to
81, 900, 900.
The Japanese army on a peace
footing is a little over 100, 900
men, but 600, 900 men could be
placed in the field on short no.
tice If the occasion required
them. The Japanese navy has
six warships of the first class, {
large number of cruisers anl
torpedo beats, carrying alto
gether 178 heavy guns and l.
312 secondary and machine guns
Japan has adopted the gols
standard and its finances r ii
excellent shape, while its indus
trial development has been
marvel. It contains many cotton
factories as well equipped as an,
in America, and in all things j
is now modern. And it's peopl
are patriotic and progressive ur
der the new order Of things.
In settling the vexed Chimes
question Japan will play an i'm
portant part. It commands tn
respect of all the powers, and
stands for open ports in Chin
and against the gobbling up {
the empire by European motions
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when The
Hair Falls
Condition Could j,
Have Been No Verse.

did me no good; I was gel
time my hair came out, ulce
throat and mouth, my body
with copper eolored splotc
sores. I suffered severely frt
in my shoulders and arms.
have been no worse !; only thu
can understand my suffer-:
lost all hope of ever being
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COUNTY TICKET.

Sheriff.. F. Scott.
Register-Geo. G. Kornegay.
Treasurer-B. A. Parks.
Coroner-Dr. Thos. Hill.
Surveyor-Geo. W. Thornton.
Commissioners-C T. Herring, j.
P. Smith and Elijah Edwards.
Senate-B E. Aycock.
House-Geo. E. Hood and W. r.
Allen.
Tax Collectors-Brogden, T. 0.
Mozingo; Fork. B. Fl. Sasser; Colds
boro, W. A. Denmark; drantham,
David Jernigan; Great Swamp, Gray
Aycock; Indian Springs, j. N. Richie;
Nahunta, j. r Minchew; New Hope,
W. D. Adams; Pikeville, e. L. Peel;
Saulston. JAS. T. Smith; Stony
Greek, Richard D Pate.
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The MAJORITY 10000.

NnAIiObtS ofV
TIE constitutional amendment restricting the fran
chise will be adopted by the people of North Carolina at
the election to be held Thursday by a majority of about
40, coo, aud at the same time Chas. B. Aycoek and the
other candidates on the Democratic State ticket will be
elected by approximately the same majority.
This conclusion is based upon estimates of the vote
to be cast in each one of the 81 counties of the State by
correspondents who, in submitting these estimates, gave
what they considered fair and impartial forecasts.
In summing up these 81 county returns it is found
that in 10 counties the Republicans will likely receive
majorities aggregating 1900 votes, while of the remains
ing Is counties, it is estimated that Is will give the
amendment and the Democratic State ticket majorities
ranging from 100 to 2, 800, with three as doubtful, the
total being 40, 200, and substracting from this the Re-
publican majority Of 6, 900, an estimated Democratic ma
jority of about 40, 900 is the result-to be more accurate
40, 600.
Among other things brought to notice by a study of
the specials from all over the State is the indication that
the appeal of the Republican and Popuist canpeigners to
the white voters of the middle and western sections of the
State to go against the amendment for fear it would dis
franchise those of them who cannot read, has utterly
failed. The only evidence of the success of the work on
the illterate white voter is given in a few counties where
the expectation is that the amendment will run slightly
behind the Democratic State ticket-from SO to 100 votes.
This loss, however, is probably Offset In Republican
counties in which the amendment will lead the vote.
Note-For the purpose of a safe calculation, from a
Democratic standpoint, some counties where the vote will
be very close on the State ticket, with the likelihood of a
small ma ority against the amendment, are put down in
the Republican column. This will explain what might be
considered too liberal estimates of the opposition vote.
The major:ties in the various counties are estimated as
follows:
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VIRGINIA

For YOUNG LRDIES, Roanoke, Va.
Opens Sept. 18th, 1900. One of the
leading Schools for Young Ladies in
the South. Magnificent buildings, all
modern improvements. Campus ten
acres. Grand mountain scenery in
Valley of Va, famed for health, Euro
pean and American teachers. Full
course. Superior advantages in Art,
Music and Elocution. Students from
thirty States. For catalogues address
MATTE P. HARRISS. Pres't,
jne20 8wks Roanoke. Va.
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The one Day Cold Cure.

Cold in head and sore throat cured by Ker
motifs Chocolates Laxative Qui1ine. AS easy ia
lake as candy. children cry for them"
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I'm Borden Building. over Southland
Brink1ey & Co.'s Store.
Z WORK GUARANTEED FIRST-CLAS
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BISHOP TURNER FOR BRYAN

Bishop III. e. Turner has notified
Governor Gambler that he will stump
the State for the Democratic ticket,
both State and National, says the
Atlanta Journal.
He has also notified the Natio nal
Democratic Committee of his inten-
tions, and his services have been ac-
copied. It is expected that he will
return to Georgia in the next few
days and begin work. He is one of
the most prominent negroes in the
South, and yields a big influence
with the negroes of Georgia and
other States where he is known.
It is not his intention to speak
only in Georgia. He will make sew
eral addresses to the negroes in
States controlled by Republicans. 1t
may be that he will prove of consid
cradle value to the Democrats in the
coming campaign, as it is adm tilted
by party leaders that every vote in
the doubtful States will count. In
some portions of the country North
of Mason and Dixon's line there are
many negroes, and with such speak
ers Is Bishop Turner and others, ii
is believed that many of them will
vote the Democratic ticket.
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his case IN the hands OF a lawyer.
His next appearance was as a.
prisoner the following morning
charged with attempted burg
larry. He did not deny the crime
aud said he did it to try and get
money to pay a divorce lawyer.
There are several morals in the
whole story, one of which is that
a married man may secretly en-
ter a house late at night with q
worse intent than mere anxiety
not to wake his wife.
We're 1t not that the restraining
and hallowirg influences of the
Rev. Mr.. Sheldon still, hang
around the Topeka Capital and
render it impossible absolutely
to dlsbzlieve anything that appears
in the columns or that paper, we
should, remarks the New York
Times, be inclined to feel some
thing more than distrust concern
ing a spider story which we have
lust found in them. As it is we
can only wonder, much but re-
specially, and rehearse the tale.
About a month ago Mr.. j. B
Andrews, of Grenada. Mo-, no
tieed that a spider of peculiar ap-
.-Ipearance was spinning a web in
his-Mr. Andrews'-house. At
first it was just an ordinary web,
but 10 a ew days the spider made
a banner, some two inches VIDE
and two feet in Ieug b, and
stretched It across the web in the
fashion of a banner hung across
the street. In the daytime the
ispid r wove letters upon this
banner, each about one and a hall
inches in length. They we're not
Of a single web, but we're woven
in densely, $50 that a child could
easily discern what letters they
were" For a few days the spider
would make different letters, but
they would spell no word.
Then it would weave other
letters and in the evening de-
stroy them, only to begin again
the next day. o. Friday of last
week the. spider finally succeed.
ed in spelling a word, and the
word was mckinley" SAND
now," concludes the Capita,
"Mr. Andrews is asking himself
what does it mean?' Well be
may. As stated above, we have
not a single doubt to cast at Of
this story, but we do venture to
suggest that Mr.. Sheldon, who,
the last we heard Of him, was il
London, would do well to hurry
back to Topeka. Il his home
! Fl ldisn't ripe for the harvest we
never saw one that was.
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The ViCi Dressing

Is especially adapted for use on ladies'
shoes. It restores life to the shoe, makes a
smooth even surface, and softens the leather.
1t makes the black more intense, and the
shine as bright andlustrous as when new, 10
and 25e.
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the adding Of a CT
The leading
Specialist.

the aO0lng OF a cOlumn OF uRureS-
For over 20 years, DR.. j. NEWTON.
The leading has been the leading
Specialist. spec,ahstof this ountry: Hisprac-
thatOf all other spec1a!istsco combined. His cures of an
sorts of diseased conditions have been the marvel of
fame has spread into every town and every hamlet
Those afflicted with all manner ofdiseases have sought
his serylces in order that they might be made whole
by the administering of his wonderful system of treat
ment. Wrecks of humanity have come. to him for
consultation and medicines, who a few months later
have returned TO him IN most vigorous health to give
"A /. ~. him their thanks.
H1 DR.. Hathaway treats all diseases,
aastsssrs. those peculiar to men and those
peculiar to women, as well as
Cafarrhs rheumatism, Kidney Complaints, Eczema,
and al forms Of Hngeriugand chronic disorders.
eF.-.-n Dr.. HathaWay's success in the
G4r:Gfure. Structure without the aid Of knife
or cautery is phenomenal. The
nasient IS treated by this method at his own home
WitiOutpain or loss of time from business. This is
positively tie only treatment which cures with out an
operation. Or. Hathaway calls tho particular atten-
raGes Z7,2s,A,S9 and 3fof his new book which will be
EyaYZ Gsaea sen5free on application.
Every case taken. by DIR. Hathaway
Specially is specially treated according to It's
supervision, andalI remedies used by
aim are prepared from the purest and hest drugs in
his GTn Laboratories under his personal oversight,
and ali nom S}9ecf1l prescriptions of his own.
ESS TallQn or advice, either at his Office or by
EAgS- mai, and when a case is taken the one low
- zee covers all cost Of medicines and profess
=. aES#-oEs HATHAWAY, M. ..
DIR. Hathaway s. Co.,
s2H Sssctll Broad Street, Atlanta, Ga.
MEAfIoN THIS PAPER WHEN WRITING.
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you easily tired7 Have Won
lost ambition? Is there any
unnatural drain upon the
syStem2 Is every organ per
forming its proper func
tIone In Other Words :
Are You a Perfectly
Strong, Active, Vigor-
GUS, Healthy, Happy
Man or Woman
If not, you should not de.
lay one day before you con.
suit a specialist, one &c
whom the human body is an
open book and who under,
stands every phase of weak
ness and disease and t(
whom the proper treatmen
for a cure is as simple a: