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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-22
4 GREAT

The disgrace for West Point deepens.
The more the waters are stirred the
blacker they seem. The cruel, dew
ilish practices in that military school
are fully exposed and each revelation
III adds Ito the deep damna ton OF
that government institution. Most
shameful facts are daily received. The
cadet witness without gloves and bring
out most humiliating, disgusting con-
LESSONS of cruelties of the most I'M
manly and unsoldierly conduct. A
dispatch says:
General Dick, of Ohio, questioned
them in his quiet. manner and
then let loose his torrents of scathing
sarcasm, making every witness vince.
All three witnesses left in worse state
o fmind n body than If they had just
been compelled to go through the en-
tire curriculum of hazing."
Cadet Dockery-is he kin to our .Kur-
mel" Duckry of much political office
seeking notoriety-admitted much and
then he was asked by Representative
briggs:
Sduel bOChSTy, OF MISSISSIPPI, aQ-
mitted he had exercised young Mac
Arthur. He had not been braced hard
enough, he explained.
"You are satisfied you hazed Mr..
Macarthur and that he was sick, III
fact had commissions after it" said Mr..
briggs.
'"Yes, sir
Did you think it was cruel?'
YES. sir
Well. Young man, for your Informal
ton l will tell you that l think it was
atrocious, base. detestable, disgraceful,
dishonorable, disreputable. h~einous. ig-
nominious, il-famed, nefarious, odious,
outrageous, ScandalouS, shameful.
shameless. v~illanous and wicked ex-
claimed Mr.. briggs.
Witness admitted it was cruel and
ulsoldieriy TO exercise a man into on
WILSON'S.
General Dick made the witness ad-
NIT hat he was worried and went TO
MacArthur's tent. 1t Ia dark and lie
could see Macarthur lying still on his
bed. and that fearing detection Mac
Arthur was allowed to lie there without
medical aid"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-22
AYCOCK IN VIRGINIA.

The Norfolk Landmark, an anti
Bryan paper, likes Aycock n "hur-
rams for him." 1t praises his inaugur-
al and it correctly says that what the
governor said in his first official speech
to the people is nothing mOre than he
and the other democratic campaign
orators in North Carolina pledged their
party to do when he great fight was
being made for the suffrage qualifica-
ton. 1t finds lin North Carolina pro-
gress a mighty lesson for Virginia,
foretells the perfected work that will
soon be done over there by the consti-
tutional convention. 1t says that 1t
''wnI be able to give the state a busl-
nessiike, economical administrative
system, a suffrage qualification which
will make the ballot stand for intel
Hgence, and the groundwork of an hon.
est election law. We can put all these
great reforms into our fundamental law
at one and the same moment May
success attend the efforts of the ola
Dominion" The ndm sees III
Governor Aycock high principles AMI
mating him and of the movement o
pressing, it is pleased to "a 1t is for
Fan honest ballot. for an intelligent
ballot: it is a movement which will
make the real people of southern COM
monwealths supreme and cause then.
to be feared and respected by their
public servants and it is a movement
against which no opposition, howeVer
strong or subtle, "a prevail so be
it, There should be no step backwards
in any of the southern sisterhood. Ju-
dioious action and sound progress, we'll
based. are the watch words, coupled
with conservatism and public economy
to insure good government
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LEGISLATIVE.

The cigarette trust is to be vigorous
ly fought in the Legislature. The trust
fellows will be there through their law
yers, no doubt. and they will resist all
attempts to cripple their big money
making schemes. Already it has been
announced that the cigarette sales
have been cut off twenty or twenty-five
per cent. Cor was it more?) and a cigar
trust has been formed by the New York
Duke of Tarheel to make up losses on
the baneful cigarette. The pill intro
duced by Senator Brown to forbid it's
sale in North Carolina has been report
ed favorably in the senate and will
come up next Wednesday for consid-
Grafton. May it succeed. If the wings
of the cigarette fiend can be cut off,
provided it's neck cannot be broken, it
will be good for this old sovereign COM
monwealth. General La Toilette, of
Wisconsin, is after the trusts and asks
for a law against them.
The bill looking to giving each county
the right to have a p~enitentiary farm,
to be worked by convicts, is important.
If it is a practical measure it may be
found q profitable one. 1t ook to
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is no more honest than any other ras-

Is no more honest than n other ras-
cal.
The World says Of b Kansas hor-
ror: The horrible burning alive OF a
negro at Leavenworth, Kan, yesterday
shades OF John Brown. in Kansas
viii perhaps teach even the partisan
bigots that savagery is not a question
OF state lines"
Republican degradation Is complete.
1t cannot go lower after the election
and ovation of the corrupt Quay.
Hanna will try his duck again in the
senate next week with his subsidy steal
bill. Look out for the worst.
The army bill passed the senate and
four democrats supported it. Nice fell
lows
The New York Evening Post proves
that in three a under Tammany
the cost of municipal government in
that city has increased at least 80 per
cent.
The Nicely decision in the United
States supreme court is believed 10 fore
shadow action in the Porto Rico case.
A great big navy to cost the people
$4,000, 600 a year is now the object Of
the congressional spend-thrifts.
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more than 25, 900 above that OF any
other state. The two reserves" indi-
GATED. were for home defence. The best
estimate. that Of General Cooper's, at
coo, 900, is certainly approximately r
rect There is no possibility that the
Confederate government eve had more
than zoe. 900.
The I,560,0 900 talk Is all a lie, and the
estimate of Mr.. Livermore is probably
double or nearly so. The effort to ex-
aggerate the strength of the south
will fail. As sure as the sun shines
there would have been a great, puis-
SAINT confederacy now II 1t could have
Ind Mr.. Livermore's numbers. General
Lee would have captured Grant the
first day and ave swept h Yankee
armies from h heights at Gettysburg.
Hvezmore ought to e w. General
Lee defeated Grant in his attempt upon
Richmond In one battle. so we'll de-
scribed by Swinton. a northern histo-
ran present, in which the federals lost
IN enc hour II. ZOO men. and h great
army of 10. 900 refused TO advance
again when ordered by Grant(see Swim
toni and this was done by not more
than 3d. 900 ~Confederates. They lay be-
hind extemporized earthworks and
were so far apart in many instances
that the men could not touch each
other with ou~tstretched arms. The
writer of III book has this admission:
with all these things taken into &C
count. the long and resolute contest en-
tertained by the south. and their many
successes against superior numbers,
must always command admiration.
The fact that their attitude was main
" defensive is not enough alone to &C
count for all they achieved and care
full study of the campaigns and |
ties with statistics Of their losses
to the belief not only that the
southern leaders were at least UP to
1864, holder in taking risks than their
but also that they pushed
their forces under fire very nearly TO
the limit Of endurance"
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abolish the state farms. Mr.. winston.

abolish the state farms. Mr.. Winston.
Of BERTHE, is the author of the bill.
A state that was forced into bank
ruptcy by reason of bond issuing should
be very cautious as to engaging in h
sort Of business again The people are
conservative and not overstoeked with
money as legislators may be, and they
are not looking for wild displays of
money spending at their expense. Peo-
pie who have an extra supply and de-
sire to be benevolent and set good ex-
amples in easy spending may give
freely and voluntarily, but think long
before bonds are issued for any pur-
pose, unless it be to pay debts already
incurred. Leastwise there are many
people at home who are SO thinking.
President Venable, of the University
of North Carolina, "a the institution
owes $4,000 and $1,000 additional are
needed TO complete the waterworks.
Other needed expenditures will require
$1,000. That is 1000 are wanted
Then it must be amply reinforced.
Virginia allows $40, 900 for it's UNIVERSE
ty. DIR. Verable tells the Raleigh Post:
THE greatest need is an enlargement
of the teaching force. The income has
not been large enough to make mate
rial changes in the teaching force since
the time when the students were only
some three hundred in number. They
now lumber more than five hundred.
1t is absolutely necessary that addi-
tional assistant professors and inStruc-
tors be supplied for the departments of
mathematics, English, Latin, modern
languages, biology, etc. The work done
for teachers in the department of peda-
gogy and in the summer school must
be enlarged and strengthened. There
must be some provision for insurance,
for the running expenses Of the wa
terworkS, for care of the buildings, etc"
So the legislators must be ready for
wise and broad action so far as econo-
my and safety will permit. DR.. Ven
able presents the university as a good
investment for the people. He says,
and we CAV the same from his first
address when taking charge:
1T does not ask the state for build
ingS, but trusts to it's alumni and
friends for these, buildings and equip
ment worth $3.50, 900 have thus been
given to the state through the Univer-
sity-over $40, 900 of it in the last three
years. Besides $3.50, 900 of endowment
have been given in the last twenty-five
years."
Bear all these things in mind and
let do we'll await on consideration.
a young senator wants $500, 900 for
the common schools. The state will
need a great deal of money or credit
if all the wants are met and 2" tie
suggestions for expenditures are acted
upon favorably.
The Raleigh News n Observer in
| it's notes on Legislative doings, says:
The stock law grows steadily in
North Carolina, but the house commit
tee on propositions and grievances yes
terday sat down heavy on the bill to
apply it to the whole state putting the
burden of fencing on those counties
| that did not wish the law"
Jeff Davis, the illustrious, said send
ing boys to the war was like grinding
seed corn Putting small children in
factories is like dwarfng humanity.
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News From ROboaon.
Correspondence of the Messenge

WI CSPOilOCIIS VI Tie 11SSScL5CI.t
Lumberton, n. c., January 10.
w. .. Thompson, one Of Lumberton's
cleverest young merchants, made an
assignment this week, liabilities are
about 81, 500, assets, about the same.
o. I. Williams, is named as assignee.
j. b. Sellars & Co., of Maxton, made
an assignment for the benefit of their
creditors last week-liabilities about
$11, 900, assets about same. n H.
Cook is assignee.
A. F. & w. F. Bullock's actual loss
by fire will possibly amoun to 81, 900 to
So, 900.
The Robesonian has put in a water
power machine and it's presses are now
run by it.
The Robson institute has opened
and the spring session seems to be live
ly. The school seems to steadily i'm
prove under it's new management.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Jennings, have
returned from their briday tour and
are now stopping at the National hotel.
Professor John Duckett, chief clerk
to Superintendent of Public instruction
Toon, has removed his family to Raj
eigh.
The cotton factory building is pro-
crossing smoothly. The walls are up
about six feet. About fifteen tenement
houses are completed.
President Mellier, of PHILADELPHIA. is
here in the interest of his railroad, the
Carolina Northern, which will soon be
completed to GAINESVILLE, this county.
An election will be held here the 18th
instant, for the purpose Of testing the
wishes of our town for the issuing of
bonds for electric lights.
The city fathers are building a nice
brick guard house near and fronting
the liver.
Judge Mcneil says that he will this
week finish up the last of the appeals
taken from him to the supreme court.
Miss Ellna Brook, the competent mil
liner of S. B. Lewis, returned to Balti-
more yesterday.
The county commissioners were in
special session Wednesday.
w. I.Linkhaw returned from Atlanta
yesterday, where he spent several days
purchasing mules.
Superintendent T. c.. McNeilly left
yesterday for Portsmouth, Va, where
he goes in the interest of the Carolina
Northern railroad.
On account of the inclement weather
Friday night Professor Massey's show
at the opera house was deferred until
Wednesday night, the 23rd.
State Bacteriologist Pate a that
Lumberton'S arteSian water is nearly
as absolutely pure as water can be.
The next term of Robson superior
court convenes February IL. The dock
ct is a large one.
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NORTHERN BOOK ENAGGERAT-
ING CONFEDERATE NUMBERS.

There is a northern book just out
that undertakes to give n statistics of
the great war between the south and
the north-the second war Of ~independ-
ence. 1t is by Thomas r. Livermore
and is published by Houghton, Miffin
& Co. Boston. Its title is Numbers
and Losses in the Civil War" 1t is a
grossly misleading ook We hope the
Confederate Veterans Will deal with
the book. 1t is notorious that the
north took four years with nearly or
quite 5000, 900 of men (navy included)
to defeat the south. The north had 90
500, 0Oe of population, and the south H.
900. 900 of which 1900. 900 were negroes,
leaving 7,0OO,O 900 whites. What does
this ~pretentious book. if not veracious,
say? 1t says the north had 2,SSS.SO4
men and the south had 1.222.99o enlist
g One Colonel Cassellman says it
had i.5O0. 600. There is not a man who
lived in 1876 in the south who does
not know that such statements are mis-
leading, false and foul. Adiutant Gen.
eraI Cooper who knew if any man knew
always put the C~onfederates atS600,0 900
total. and held that there was eve a
day in the war when h ~Confederates
could have put into he field, all told.
more than 2OO, 900. The game of north
ern writers is by instrumentation and
exaggeration of the facts to break the
force of the inability to defeat the
south save with it's vast armies and
after four years of war. The northern
writers invariably misrepresent the
strength of the southern armies in the
battles. They usually magnify them
to the extent of from thirty to fifty per
cent. and even on occasion to sixty per
cent. General Lee did not have at
Sharpsburg one half the troops Yankee
writers credit him with. And 50 IN
other battles.
North Carolina published a very I'M
perfect roster of her troops that was
made in the war and needs to be Sc
veaefy overhauled. Including all troops,
including Senior Reserves'-men W
the fighting age-and Junior Reserves
boys under eighteen-North Carolina
had about 125. 900 or 10000. This is by
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St. Petersburg. January 1S.-By Off
cial order from the minister of war
the kits of the detachments of the
Thirteenth Rifles, which have just re-
turned from China. have been examin-
ed. In 102 knap-sacks examined were
found four Chinese toys, five lacquer
ed boxes, two knives. one fan and two
pieces of silk. It is considered that
this result refutes the accusations of
plundering brought by foreign newspa-
pers against the Russian troops. mas
much as the Thirteenth Rifles partici-
pated in the occupation of Mukden
where the temptation to pipage was by
no near small.
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RAIFORD NOTES
A Pretty New Town-Upper
bertrand Aberdeen and
Railroad A Fine Farming

Rocky Mount, January Il.
Editor Messenger:
In my rounds as The Messenger rep
resentative, I had the pleasure of Wis
iting the pretty n growing town OF
afor recently for the first time. 1t
is nicely situated in the upper or west
ern portion of Cumberland county. near
the Robson county hne-is about
twenty miles from Fayetteville, nine
teen from Aberdeen and thirteen from
Red Springs.
The town Is comparatively new and
is surrounded by a fine farming and
finely timbered section of ountry and
is made up Of quite a number Of up
to-daLe stores, residences, schools. etc.
1t is also tulte on h Aberdeen and
railroad. This railroad is
known as Blues road and extends from
Aberdeen TO within a few miles OF the
Atlantic Coast Line in Robson coun-
ty. is o iorty miles long and is said
70 be one Of the best paying little rail-
roads in the state. Aberdeen. Levette,
Montrose, TimberLand. Raiford. Dun
darrach. Townsend and EnGon are the
stations and it Is owned by Messrs
John, NeiH & Blue: Mr.. c. N. Blue is
superintendent. 1t is standard guage
and n track is a fairly good one. AT
Tfmberland station is the large lumber
plant Of Mr.. w. III. Britton, formerly
of the firm of Br7tton & Johnson, SIR.
ms now being president of the
Bank of Rec Springs. Mr.. Breton is also
president of the large Acme Lumbe
Company operating near Raiford. He
Is said 10 be one of the most SUGGEST
full lumber manufacturers in the state.
On the Aberdeen and Rockfish rail-
road l had, from one point, an exceed
ingly fine view of the surrounding
country. and also had pointed out TO
me the DID homestead of LockIan Be
thune. formerly one Of North Caro-
lina's most useful and prominent citi-
zens, whe died many years ago. He
represented his district in for
many years. and this mention OF his
name will bring 70 many Of the older
Messenger d minds the public
life Of this once public spirited and pa
triotic North Carofinlan. also had
pointed out to me the little home in
which the MeSsrs. John. NeilI & III
rived when they went as poor young
men into the piney wood Of upper
Cumberland to try. their fortunes as
naval store manufacturers MANY years
ago. No doubt they then dreamed nor
Of the success which awaited their
lonely labors IN the pine forests amidst
the sand hills OF old Cumberland. From
year TO year success crowned their ef-
forts. and from the small beginning of
naval stores gatherers they have grown
to be wealthy. and the owners of more
than forty miles of razfroadd.
j. A. CREWS
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old quarters and has taken up with the
next in likeness
Housekeeprs need to be on the alert
and see that windows and doors are
securely fastened in the early evenings.
Burglars are on the rounds. Last
night before the family had retired. III
fact, soon after the supper hour. some
one endeavored to enter the home OF
Mr.. Fred p. Parker on James street.
Mrs. Parker and her sister were alone
in the house, and hearing q noise n
an adjoining room, found, on investi-
eating, that some one was hoisting n
window. They crept to another part
of the building and called to a neigh
Dor, who promptly responded. but the
noise of the alarm frightened the in
truderS away
The family of Rev. NJ. Bradshaw has
reached the city and is domiciled at
the parsonage. Tomorrow morning and
evening Mr.. BRADSHAW will occupy his
pulpit. st. Paurs church.
Pastor Newton. OF the First Baptist
church. Will occupy his pulpit. Sub
jects. morning hour: "A Cure for Trou-
bled Hearts," evening hour: Three
Things for You to. Do and Three Things
God Promises TO Do" There will be
services also at the tabernacle and the
Presbyterian, Episcopal and St. Johns
NJ. f. church.
Rachel Newton is quite sick with
catarrhal fever.
The handsome offices of MesSrs. Arm
old Borden and Il. B. Borden, Jr.. In
West Walnut street are completed and
occupied and in architectural design
and finish are a credit to the city. The
law building of Colonel Il. c. Davis
in East Walnut street. also a very
handsome building. is nearing compile
ton. Throug hout the city there IS
marked improvement in the style AMI
finish of the many new residences built
and being erected.
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Goldsboro, January 10


1t is already limited the anti-cigareltv
bill of Senator Brwn, so promptly lie
ported favordDly by the committee, Is
doomed Money is a power, but mind
and life is greater than money and let
US hope that money viii not prevent
the passing OF this bill. Wrecked MAJ
hood appeals for the passing of this
bill. Sturdy young manhood just gett-
ing into the meshes IF habit pleads for
help and TT is hoped that man and not
the dollar Shall prevail.
Seven Springs water is to be carbo-
mated at GotGsboro and from this point
put on the market. A carbonating outfit
has already srrived.
Children attending city graded
schools COMPLAIN that certain of the
recitation rooms are not sufficiently
heated these biting cold days those
who must, be. sit some distance
from the stove suffer.
Justice Hugh Humphrey made a pro-
fessional visit recently to Faison. Dur
ing his absence some one forcibly en-
tered his court, frightened its walls.
rearranged his desks, books and pa
pers and on the wall facing his stand.
placed a beautiful drapery of red with
folds and tassels01ike those that deco
rate a supreme court CHARACTERISTICS
which, IL is a known fact the Judge
holds forth in other quarters. I don't
think the judge has deserted his place
Of assembly. but an intimate frien!
suggests that he fails Il recognize his
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You have read of the cures by Hoods
Sarsaparilla, and you should have per-
feet confidence in its merits. 1t will do
YOU good.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1901-02-15

Plusieurs acteurs ct t6moins de
CO drame sanglant ont perdu leur
reputation ct une couple de fem
mes patent cher l'imprudence ayec
laquelle Giles ont risqu6 leur ca
ract6re avec ces jeunes roues.
Dams son t6moignage de mercre-
di Hamilton a ME quill tut le
meurtrier. Mails il ajouta gull
6tait trop ivre pour SO rappeler des
6venements ct que quelqu'un l'as-
somma au commencement de la ba-
garre.
Cette cause c6l6bre passionne
l'opinlon publique.
L'audience est bond6e de monde
ct les corridors du palals en- regor-.
gent qui attendent leur tour pour
entrer. CONNIE d'habitude le con-
tingent f6minin brille par SO pre-
sence.
LIE process durera toute la semai-
ne ct Tissue est tres douteuse.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1901-02-15

LIE process d'Hamilton, accuse
d'avoir assassin6 Leonard Day d
l'Hotel West, s'instruit en- ce mo-
ment au palais de justice.
La poursuite a fni sa preuve ct
la defense q commence la sienne.
LIE point saillant de Ia poursui-
to est u'Hamilton aurait admis ]e
meurtre, mails d son corps d6fen-
dant.
Quelque soft l'issue du process il
men demeure pas moins vrai quill
y await du grabuge parmi cette jeu-
nesse dor6e q 2 heures du matin
dams la sale de billiards du West.
La m6moire DIES t6moins est d6fec.
tueuse, ce qui nest pas surprenant
81 l'on met en- ligne de compile les
nombreuses libations d Bacchus
qu'on Sc versait dams le gosier .
cette heure avanc6e de la mutt.