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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-15

in population in the country, gives the
cause as IL sees IL. It says:
This decrease. which shows that the
natural increase in b population has
left he country and gone TO h towns
or cities, Is due to various causes The
principal cause Is that the life OF the
farmer a comparatively little attrac-
ton, as a rule. to educated young men
as they grow up. The calling Of h
farmer, it is true. is the most ~independ-
ent of all occupations. and affords
much leisure. But the work is to most
people un%attractive. and in portions OF
the state is is difficult to hire labor
either o the Gus or field"
Let the remaining population of the
country betake themselves to the
towns. and Maryland will become a
desert and the w will either import
their food or get it out of rivers and
the Chesapeake Bay. and that will
progress with a vengeance. II is to be
hoped that 10 other southern state
will follow Maryland's bad example.
When farms decay a state o with
it, however many dollars in gold it
may have in the towns. The mo re-
fined, cultured. hospitable. happy, On
tented, Independent people we have
ever known have beer the well-to-do
farmers in North Carolina. 1t would
do a broad mans heart good and fill
him with pride and rejoicing if he
Gould have travelled in 1860. from Ber-
tie and Halifax counties through North
ampton, Warren. Granville. Person,
Caswell, and Rockingham. The beau
tiful farms and the pleasant, capacious
mansions. the homes OF cordial and re-
fined hospitality, would have gladden.
ed his eye. There was no better opu
lation and happier under the sun.
Once the Late Rev. DIR. Drewry Lacy, a
Virginian by birth. said ito us, hat tn
best neighborhood he had ever known
was the n in the Bethel church sec
ton extending for ten miles in length.
in the upper portion of Halifax.
Wealth, education and generosity
abounded, and in all that length there
vas but one man who was not a men,
Der of a church and many of them god
ly and consecrated Christians. The late
Hon George Davis, said to us in 1876,
that "the highest civilization he had
ever known was the Nutbush section in
Granville county, which he visited and
spent several weeks among the people
in the thirties. we think it was. There
is nothing like intelligent, happy farm
1ifa
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-15

Chandler, doe not permit persons to
vote who have been excused from pay
ing taxes. Vermont excludes from the
voting lists all persons who have not
obtained the appreciation OF the board
of civil authority of the town in which
they reside which obviously permits
the local registration boards a wide
latitude in denying the right of suf-
frage to 'unapproved' men Last on
the list, Wyming also refuses the bal
lot to persons unable to read her state
constitution"
Now with that blistering record OF
eight northern republican states star
ing the south haters in the face-a rec
ord that would stir their consciences If
not dead, and make them red with
bushes IL they were not stony-hearted,
they go to work to prosecute. plague
ard abuse the south for saying a man
must read to vote.
We recur to this significant subject
again to bring out the facts just given.
They are educating. They show the
north in the true light. 1t is fortunate
for both great sections that the great
outrage attempted failed in the repub-
lican house. 1t would have been an
eternal stigma upon that body to pun
ish the white men of the south for at
tempting to elevate the suffrage and
protect the true interests of the states
recognized and long existing northern
methods. The Sur mentions one inter-
esting report hat we may accept as
true. 1t says that it has been esti-
mated. though we cannot vouch for the
accuracy of the estimate, that dear old
Massachusetts,. with her never-ending
can't about the disfranchised negroes
of the SOUTH would have her number
Of congressman reduced by one-half if
the same rule which she wants to apply
to Mississippi and North Carolina were
applied to herself"
North Carolina will help to educate
the negroes that they may be gradually
of intelligence and benefit than have
marked their exercise of that high
privilege. We give another selection
from the Sun because of the position
mentioned of the more intelligent men
of the negro race. It says:
con the whole, the republican party
will be wise not to resurrect the sec
tional issue by seeking to punish the
south for it's determination to elimi-
nate the negro as a controlling factor
in it's political and social life. It has
nothing ito gain and much to lose by
revivfng in this new century the bat
theories of a bygone period. The intel
ligent representatives of the negro
race do not demur to the educational
tests by which hat large part of it
which is unfi to use the ballot intel1i-
gently is kept off the voting lists.
Booker Washington, for example, has
declared himself in favor of such edu-
c~ational qualifications of the suffrage"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-15
A STRIKING SUBSIDY OBJECT
LESSON.

One of the ~stupendous iniquities of
h vile subsidy bill. a vote for which
ought to disgrace a member, is the
provision that gives to the fast steam
ers all the advantage over the slower
steamers, the regular freight steam
ers. 1t il almost too mean for belief.
A fast steamer carrying but little
freight gets not less than three times
more than a regular freight steamer
that carries heavy freights. The chair
man Of the industrial commission is
Mr.. F. w. Phillips. He is opposed to
subsidies and tt ~rascality. He stands
by the old well known and Just Ameri-
can maxim so much to the front a half
century or more ago. Equal rights to
all, special privileges to none" He
says Of the villainous bill h 1.-THE
men behind this bin. a number Of whom
are named in speeches and
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-15
GREAT RICHES AND POWER

AL intelligent business man of Will
mington recently said in our hearing
that three men had formed a combina-
ton that will give them vast control
on the sea as on the and. Their ships
will be on either side OF this country
and two great continental railroads
ending at San Francisco. owned by
them, and from h a point their
ships would sail for China n
other outlying kingdoms. He said
that no such sweep Of power
had ever before been organized. He
mentioned three men who could practi-
cally control his country n could
p~recipitate a panic at will. One was
Rockefeller and a second was Pierpont
Morgan. We do not recall the third.
He said that Russell Sage lately said
that If Rockefeller were to enter his
office and order him to sell out a GER
tain railroad ait half it's value or so per
cent, he would have to obey. We recall
this because of the vas power that
Morgan is o in possession Of. He
really controls a larger army than the
would be emperor, Mckinley. 1t is
just now stated that by his late action
in uniting the joint control of the
Erie system three of the great railroad
interests of b country. and securing
for those interests. and for himself. the
control Of the anthracite output Of the
United States, J. Pierpont Morgan has
made himself the greatest individual
factor in r~ailroading and t~ransporta-
ton in the entire world. He and Car
negie and some of the other men OF
immense wealth are the owners to a
great extent Of this country and its
destinies. Depew said in 1896 that he
could name ten mel in New York city
and twenty miles around who could
p~recipftate the greatest panic the worit
ever saw, and could do it in one hour
so every industry would stop. Morgan
is not popular and ought not to be. II
the meantime while ! few men of vas
riches ave become tie bosses the PEG
pie sit In silence st4pifed and inert
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-15

London, January f0.-A serious dis
agreement has arisen between the Fill
pine representatives IN Europe. Agon-
clio. whom Aguinaldo ordered to Hong
Kong, to direct the operations of the
juta there. has revolted and refuses
to go to Hong Kong or give up his post
in Paris to DR.. ApacibIo. The latter.
Aguinaldo ordered to go to Canada
from Hong Kong to watch the United
States elections. He was then ordered
to replace Agoncflio. The d%fsputants
have both eabled Aguinaldo and are
waiting for his reply.
Dr. Apaefbio favors acquiring the in
dependence OF h Philippines through
an arrangement with the United States.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-15
Millions Given Away.

1t is certainly gratifying to the pub
lie to know Of one concern in the land
who are not afraid to be generous 10
the needy and suffering. The proprie-
tors Of DR.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds, have
given away over ten millions trial bot
ties of this great medicine; and have
the satisfaction Of knowing Il has alb
solutely cured thousands of hopeless
cases. Asthma, Bronchitis. Hoarse-
ness n all diseases of the Throat.
Chest and Lungs are surely cured by
1T. Call on r. R. Bellamy, Druggist.
and get a free trial bottle. Regular
size soc and 81. Every bottle guaran-
teed, or price refunded.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-15

The legislature met yesterday. 1t is
overwhelmingly democratic. 1t has a
good array Of ability and some expert
enced legislators. 1t ought to make a
fine record for itself. for the democra-
cy and for North Carolina? Will it do
it? God speed it all that is good and
proper and wise.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-15

Concord. ". H., January I0-Judee
Henry E. Rurnham. of Manchester.
won the nomination for United States
senate over Senator William E. Chan
der n other candidates. Rurnham
won on the first ballot. Chandler re-
ceiyed II votes. Burnham les. Congress
man subway q. Henry NJ. Baker %,
Henry b. Quinby 2. H. W. Blair I.
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Charlotte, 4. C, January 10-A az
cial to The Observer, from Lowell. Gas
ton county, tells OF the collapse of thu
Gather cotton mills. a four stofy struc-
ture located On the south fork of the
Catawba river. No lives were lost. as
the plant W "a an old one and practi-
caIy abandoned This was one Of tn.
Oldest cotton mills tn North CaroIina
having been erected in 1851.
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The only thing of all these products
that the st. Paul had were two
straw bales. Mr.. Phillips completes
the picture of the deliberate rascality
of the bill by stating that under the
bill the st. Paul with its two bales Of
straw would receive So. 900 at the md
Of the trip, while the Manhattan with
the numerous products given above
as her freight, would get but IS, 900. He
is cautious and fair to state that be
sides its passenger traffic the St. Paul
may have carried a considerable cargo
Of high-class freight. but the above
statement indicates the Discriminate
against the freight can which
must carry h bulk OF our exports.
Sixteen trips per year viii yield the 81.
Paul an annual subsidy of s304. 900. and
the Manhattan but sr26. 900. Yet the
latter steamer is of the class really
most important to the expectation OF
ourleading commodities"
Nothing in legislation has been az
tempted in a long time in our country
that will compare with this in unfair
ness and downright rascaIity. 1t IS 4
disgrace to all concerned In the artful
attempt to rob the people
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-15

The Greensboro Patriot is an old pa
per and deserves we'll. 1t is seventy nine
years old We do not kno the time
every week at Greensboro. 1t has done
a vast deal Of good for North Carolina
and was never so good as it has been
for the last few a 1t says and it
is pleasant to have the assurance of
growing success:
we think we may say, without vio-
lation any claims to modesty, that the
Patriot was eve so prosperous as the
beginning OF the eightieth year Of it's
existence finds it 1t is larger. and we
think better. than ever. and never be-
fore did it lave 50 many readers"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-15

Washington, January 10-The post
master general today signed an ord-r
removing G. c. Wilson. postmaster :
MhledgeyiHe. Ga, and recognized p.
L. Bethune as temporary poscmaste-.
An inspector has been at MiIledgevilis
investigating the condition of she post
ofnice and recently displaced Wilson.
giving the charge OF the office To Be
thune. who was designated BY the
bondsmen. II is said at the depart
rnenf that Wilson Is under arrest. bur
the nature of the charges against hin.
is not stated.
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HOME

Governor Russell should be happy
even if he failed to turn up a card for
the place Of Chief Justice. He is praised
by Reynolds lavishly. and that too by
a man Russell was afraid to trust with
the g~overnorship for a few days. But
when the Lieutenant governor ventures
to prophesy that Russells administra-
ton, will go into history as n of the
best North Carolina has yer had"
My! My" Then Napoleon's saying
that all history Is a fable. a lie. will be
applicable and receive fresh emphasis
in the twentieth century. But if the
dictum of Reynolds is true all that need
to be said is that poor North Carolina
has been dreadfully governed and has
had a most distressing. fatiguing time
of it. Reynolds is a false prophet and
sees through a glass oarkly."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-15

Mr.. H. L.sBlair has sold the Lenoir
Topic to Mr.. Mark Sauires. The re-
firing editor will engage in other bust
ness. The new editor promises well.
Success to both.
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in the House. He ought to go out n
hang himself in a fit Of big disgust
over his own madness. The Asheville
Gazette, a republican, gives this:
Judge Linney told the story Of a GER
tain dog that under certain treatment
ito increase his speed ran three hun
dred miles ahead of the fox. and said
that dog reminded him OF the North
Carolina election law. Under certain
conditions it has been made to run three
hundred miles south of justice and two
hundred INK fifty miles nearer hell
h any other institution had ever ap-
preached"
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The Messenger is panied to earn of
h death of so faithful. true, gallant
and useful a citizen and soldier as Cen
eral William CASTOR Lewis, of Colds
boro. We believe he was entitled to
all that the Goldsboro correspondent
wrote of him i'm yesterdays Messen-
ge. This witer has known him since
he was ten years Did. He went to
school with him at Loveioy's military
school at Raleigh in 1916 and '46. He
has known him Intimately ever since.
and he held him in exalted esteem as
a most manly, upright. amiable, socia-
BILE, brave, sincere man. faithful every
where, in peace and in war. and worthy
of the admiration and esteem of all
men. Farewell. but we trust not for
ever! North Carolina would indeed be
rich if all her men Were CASTOR Lew
iSes.
How sleep the raw who sink to rest
By all their country's wishes blest!''
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-27
Get More Buildings.

WAsHISaToa, December 20.-At
the last meeting OF the House,
which was yesterday, Mr.. Wilcox
offered two public buildings bills.
One of these is for public building
at Hilo, to cost not exceeding $780,
COO The other is for a public
building at Honolulu, to cost not
exceeding $l,O0o.O00 The bills fol-
low the usual forms for public
buildings, containing provisions for
commissions to purchase sites snd
provisions for fire. e-proof vaults and
the like. Mr.. Wilcox will urge both
bills strongly. especially the bill for
building at Hilo, where, be says,
the needs are very great. II looks
now as though soma public building
legislation would be allowed ia the
house this winter by Speaker
Henderson, who has absolute au-
thority about such matters. II that
proves true, it would not be sur
prising if the Territory was allowed
at least one building. In view of
Secretary Cooper's strong recon-
mendation fora a building at Homo
lulu, the influence for large sppro-
priation there will be strong. s,,.
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CORRESPONDENTS.
ED. THE INDEPENDENT:

ED tbs INDEPENDENT:
Dear Sir;-Kndly allow me space
in youc columns TO say that this
morning, and not for the first time,
there might have been serious il
not fatal accident few steps be-
yond my gate.
There is a deep and wide overflow
both from hill and sea; aud, much
enlarged today on account of the
late heavy rains of two nights. 1t
seems we must have bridge here
as we'll as one. also, farther on.
The native with his sure-footed
old, native horse will save his neck,
if there is one chance in hundred;
Tor, he is akamai and to the manuer
born; but what do Japanese knew
OF skill in dsiv ng or ridings
1t is but the mercy of Providence
that they are not oftener killed, or
help some one else TO that undesir-
ed endl They are fool-hardy be-
cause of their ignorance in the mat.
ter.
Very likely some one will argue
There are many roads needing a
bridge but there is not the money"
1t may be SO, but that has nothing
to do with me or my bridge. what
the eye doesn't see the heart won't
rue" l attend to what comes into
my porridge cup, to the end! We
want strong, rough, common kind
of bridge, aud no Expense for GIN.
cracks; and, ore is needed farther
on toward Koko Head, and small
one at Waialae. Then, can we defy
overAows from the hills, and an in
yasion from the sea. Last term
some OF my pupils used to swim
that lake beyond, to get to school,
until found it out and told those
midgets not to come when it was
that deepl
What are all the schools in the
country, the Territory itself. in
comparison with the life of the
poorest native fisherman's child.
want 40 such horroron my head
when lie down at night.
How soon can we have those few
bridges, pleasea Let us dispense
with something not 30 vital.
The writer can supervise and
"srchitect" this one right through,
and not charge brumm agen.
| ANNE M. PREsooTT.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-27
FRIDAY, DEC. 27, 1901.
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

Our planters and their attorney
who visited Washington short
time since to convince the President
OF these United States that the
prosperity Of this Territory depend
ed upon the open door to all mmi-
grants, whether from the East, West,
Norsa or Sout5, seem to have expe.
rienced seyers shock. When ask
ed what the result OF their visit was
they are SLOW TO answer; but, ii
pressed, they FAY: THE President
is sec md Cieve and" This being,
10 their opinion, the sum OF all vii
lanies and sufficient excuse for a
dismal failure.
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES:

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Now he is tossing out half holidays
to the employees OF the Territory,
without warrant of law, or any
other old thing. We heartily con-
gratu'ate the employees; but we are
wondering whether it may not be
wise to give the Governor jolt, to
awaken him to the fact that he is
not now, as aforetime, the Car o
Hawaii
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-27

The Board OF Health met yester.
day. j. r, Cantario, Porto Rican
who has been committed TO the
Insane Asylum was the subject Of
some debate, as TO whom should
defrsy the expenses. Action was
deferred.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-27

KentucEy's famous jesse Moore,
Whiskey, unequalled for it's purity
and excellence. On sale at any OF
the saloons and at Lovejoy & Co.
distributing agents for the Hawaiian
Islands
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We want your help in distributing
the above useful articles, SO we will
be able to dispose them at the lowest
market prices.
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In his plea before the Board OF
Health, 10 the matter OF the insane
Porto Rican, as 10 the responsibility
OF the Planters Association for the
care OF tha immigrant, Mr.. W. o.
Smith scanned to bs laboiiDg against
his convictions. The planters have
so much to be responsible for, in
the matter of their importations OF
labor, cholera, plague, criminals and
other undesirable things, it Is per-
haps permissible to pass the hat in
this community for collection to
defray thu expense Incurred at the
Insane Asylum; with the under
standing, however, that the passing
of thu hat shall not establish pre-
cedent.
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The great and good Governor
Dole is sgaln to the fare as phil
anthropist We all remember his
eAcesding generosity in subscribing
in his own name to the "Maine
Fund" The sum OF five hundred dol
lars, every last cent of which came
out at The pockets OF the taxpayers
of the so called Republic Of Hawaii
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TIMELY TOPICS.
A Large Stock for
Observation-Disclosures

Pansy Stoves and Ranges,
Alaska Chest and Refrigerators,
Enterprise Meat Chopper,
Lawn Mowers and Sprinklers,
Rubber Hose and Hose Reel,
Steel, Rubber and Cocoa Mats,
Wheeloarrows. Hoes, Rakes and
Hooks, ..fa.,
Shovels and Spades.
Ocs and Handles. -
Scythes and Garden Shears,
Latnps and Lanterns,
Rat and Mouse-Traps
Step Ladders,
Coffee Mills and Agate Ware,
Poultry and Mosquito Nettings,
Victoria and Pan American Hand
Sewing Machines.
Table Cast 10 and Scales. Timed and
Porcelain Ssucepans,
y. 1. Knlves, Spoons and Forks,
Glooss, Chimnays and Wioks,
Kerosene OIL, Gasoline,
Sao spo Charcoal Irons,
Char ( a. in Bags,
Tin an Agate Wares, 2 ~
Hawa,ian and Dairy Salt in Bags,
\ Gem Ice Shavers and Gem Ice Cream
Freezers.
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F 5. TEsEA, rroErietcr and Pub
Iisher.
EDMuND NoRRIE. Editor.
Residing in Honolulu.