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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-08
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ism? Well may the Sun ask with solic-
itude:
lis college life. with its hazing. cane
PUSHES, foot ball, ETC.. relapsing to the
crude n coarse type of former times?
The brutalities Of undergraduates might
be attributed to the larger liberty al
lowed them nowadays. in comparison
with the times when they were herded
in dormitories and closely watched
but for the fact that they present them
selves also at West Point and Annapo-
lis. where the students are under mil
itary- control. Possibly there is a con
nection between these crudities and the
new lingo spirit which has been devel-
oping all over the Christian world dur
the last few decades. In the North
American Review for December Fred
eric Harrison traces the general de-
basement of tone" the world over to
the success OF Bismarck's policy Of
force
When men of the type of Roosevelt
become popular favorites, and the ethics
and a Of Rough Riders" are the
standards OF life and aspiration, IL is
time to pause and reflect. The news
now is that there will be mo remov-
ais" at West ~Point-that incompetency
and stupidity will continue. The ex-
pectation now is that the court investi-
eating the Booz case will censure
West Point authorities. That is not
enough, send the incapables away and
put men there of high morale n benev
olence and honor and power. 1t is hoped
and said that there will be a determin-
ed effort to break up fighting. Hazing
and all brutalities should be ended or
West Point should end as a school. AS
it is 1t corrupts and turns out men Of
low instincts and brutal tendency.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-08

government" Victoria always hated
the great Gladstone because of his
democratic tendencies. and yet she was
thrice compelled to send for him to con-
stitute at his will a government-to Sc
lect the men he wanted to constitute
the cabinet. We believe three times
he refused to receive a title in the peer
age and ived and died h greatest
Commoner since William Pitt. the elder
who at last yielded and became Lord
Chatham, forever famous. for he was
indeed a very great man
There ought to be a change in this
country, not for the worst. as Is the
The present conditions are uncertain,
unsatisfactory and dangerous. Refer
ing to the way England is governed,
the Atlanta Constitution. that seems 10
oppose the one longer term. says per-
tinently and correctly:
I'm the mother country there was an
irresponsible cabinet. The sovereign
might spend his lifetime at Monte
Carlo. and a happy radiance at that,
but the cabinet, which really ruled, was
ever at home, attending to business.
The cabinet, by precedent, was respon-
sible to the people of England for each
separate piece of legislation. and could
be thrown out of power ten times a
year If it lost h popular confidence.
Through this system the people could,
at any time, transform their will into
law"
In this connection we may say that
Americans in and out of the congress
should carefully study English history.
Read especially Macaulay's magnificent
unfinished work. a noble torso, and
Green's four volume History of the
English people," The people would dc
well to read an excellent work by Pro-
fessor Woodrow Wilson. of Princeton
University, on Congressional Govern
ment." He is a son Of our distinguish
ed and able citizen, the venerable Rev
DR.. Joseph r. Wilson.
Let the country awake to a necessity
of putting restraints upon presidential,
power. ~(including usurpations) n tc
the wisdom Of preventing reelection t.
the highest office hitherto in the gil
of the people. With Mckinley u~surpine
PO"Si oS hC ooCo, oLo HiS wal SCI
rotary, Root, defying the senate, it il
high time that some steps were taker
to curb the one and kick out the second
The empire is not yet. and Mckinley
and Rood may find it out. But the re
publicans in the present congress ap
pear to be stupid and blind enough t,
give Mckinley the power to increas,
the army Ito down the people) at hi
| own sweet will.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-08
Two GOVERN ENTS.

Mr.. Cleveland recommends a one
term for the presidency. The Corfed-
crate Constitution which was an i'm
provement upon the constitution of the
United States limited the presidency to
one term of six years with no possible
second term. That is just what is
needed in this country now. The Chi
cago Times-Herald. a leading western
paper. says:
w hardly get over n general cleo
ton debauch before the next one is on
us with it's grand new parade of lies,
distortions and humbugs. In the bus.
mess world everyone says that nothing
can be lone until after the election,
and whether there is any sense in the
notion or not, it is accepted as an III
disputable truth, and mas the effect of
producing the conditions which it i'm
AGNES to be inevitable"
If Mckinley or Cleveland or any Of
the eight years officials had been limi-
ted to one term they would have re-
tired with a much better record and a
higher name than they have. Great men
like Washington. Jefferson and Madi-
son could grow in wisdom and success
and fame with a double term, but not
many of the smaller men were able
to do SO. Too frequent presidential cleo
tons are a curse and disturbance to
the Whole country. Men in for four
years will aim at much more purity
and patriotism and high service than
the officials who are always plotting
and promising, arranging. seeking re-
election. With them a SECOND bite is
above all considerations of duty and
conservatism n the sood of the whole.
The difference between the govern
mento of England and the United States
is most marked. In the United States
it was a government by committees
until the reign of the present usurper.
In England is has been for a century
or more a government by the house of
commons, the members Of which are
elected by a part of the English people.
Through Mr.. Gladstone's great abilities
and zeal the franchise was greatly ex-
tended in Great Britain but at this time
perhaps not one-third of the men over
twenty-one years of age are allowed to
vote. More will vote after awhile, be-
cause revolutions do not go back
ward" The house of commons can
turn down any cabinet. Git is called
government over there) at will. A ma
jority will force it's resignation. The
cabinet or government is composed, we
believe of t~wenty-one members. Upon
an adverse vote the government retires
and the leader OF the opposition is emit
for by the social figure-head. called the
Queen, n she asks him "to form a
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-08
Gav1Ord'S Price-IiSt
For This Week!

100 pair mems Working Pants at fsc
a pair.
throughout. for $3.50 each.
800 Ladies Felt Hats that sold at SOC
are now going at &c.
Our s1.00 line Of French Felts are now
selling at SOC.
$50 rolls OF Beautiful New Ribbons.
all colors, worth SOC a yard. now soc O
yard.
20 styles Ladies Yelling for 1ec a
yard this week.
Yard wide Sea Island Shifting at SC
a yard.
1900 yards OF Masonville Bleaching
10 yards to each customer. at 20 a
yard.
20 dozen Ladies Pure Linen Hand
kerchiefs at &c each.
A big drive in Chi,dren's Refers. in
all sizes and colors. at s1.50 each
Our $1,000 line of Ladies' Cloaks are
now $3.50.
Mems Heavy F1eece-Lined Under
Shirts and Pants. worth soc, are now
sec each. Mems Heavy Undershirts
weighing 1 pound. are now Csc each.
Children's Undervests with long
sleeves at lee each
Children's Union Suits at CSC: Misses
35c, and Ladies' for soc each.
Ladies' Non-Shrinkable Wool Under
vests and Pants at soc each.
Men iuii Size Nishl Shiiee vi SSS
each.
Heavy F~Tannelette Night Shirts at
soc each.
Mems heavy Duck Overshirts at Csc
each
Mems and Ladies' Collars at 1oc. all
styles. All grades OF Mems and Chill
dren's Neckwear.
We wan your trade and will make
special prices for January. Spend your
money at headquarters. Remember to
get your a punched with every
cash p1rchaS 60
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-08
HOME FOLKS.

Ex-Governor Brogden lived to an ad-
yanced age, passed mis- Saith year, and
was really more respected as a pri-
vate citizen in his declining days than
when governor or active in politics. He
was, we think, a man of integrity, but
not a superior man. His cultivation
was uperficial and his ambition lordly.
He filled several offices and "had
clean hands all the way we do not
doubt. He had wiser views as he grew
older, and he loved North Carolina and
his country. He was at bottom a DEM
crat although he a off after advance
ment at republican hands. A man who
was in the legislature. was for fifteen
e comptroller of the treasury of
North Carolina. served two terms in
the congress and was governor, de-
serves more than a mere announce
ment of his departure.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-08

Ciark's Best Spool Cotton SC a spool
Colored Dragon Cotton for &c a spool
j. o. Kings Machine Cotton for &c a
spool.
Box Soaps cakes TO a box-for sc a
box.
Floating Fairy Soap for sc a cake.
Fairy Tar Soap for sc a cake.
With six OF above We give
you a fine chrome free.
Turkish Bath Soap for &c a cake.
Two II ounce cakes OF Laundry Soap
for sc.
Two packages of Grandma's Wash
ing Powder for &c.
p sheets of good Writing Paper for
10c.
A 1-pound writing tablet for &c.
Stafford's Best Ink for SC.
Slate Pencils for 1c.
Hooks and Eyes for Ic a paper.
Dress Buttons for 1c a dozen.
Best Embroidery Silk. 8 skeins for
10 cents
Large 1Ox4 blankets for 6sc a pair.
SIPS pair.
Elkin Mills best Wool Blankets $3.50
a pair.
Red and White Flannel as low as
12kc; good quality.
8 ounce Duck for 10c.
1000 yards Sea Island Percale in
short lengths at sc a yard
300 yards Chahgeable Silk In differ
emit colors, at 22ke per yard.
100 pairs the Best s1.W Kid Gloves at
50c a pair.
Large 5-pound Comforts at Sc:
A Good Suit of Boys Clothes, heavy
weight, for 69c.
A large Full Mans Macintosh with
Cape for $1.23.
Mems Overalls and Jumpers, good
quality at 40c.
We handle the best Union Overalls,
equal to any on the market at $1.00
each We sell them at S1.75 a suit.
25 Children Gossamers at 40c Zach.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-08
CHIEF JUSTICE RUSSELL.

For four ear the democrats of
Russeli's trail. By common consent he
made a partisan governor of the first
water. But Dan was right when he
said hat people forget in two years"
Around and about the state democratic
lawyers are making themselves promi-
nent by asking Russell to agree to be-
come chief justice. What does that
mean? Has all that Russell has done
and all that Russell is. been forgotten
and sin the deep bosom of the ocean
buried" It is one Of the u~naccounta-
BILE doings of lawyers, unless it is
based upon the principle that it is bet
ter for even Dan Russell to De the
highest official in the highest judica-
tory than to have a lawyer of the type
and ability Of Charles Cook and others
who would like to don the robes of the
departed chief justice. But democrats
asking Russell to agree to become
chief justice. Very curious that!
The following from a several col
umns editorial in the Raleigh News
ofo oh oSSN 40 AN t~A o0s
of the way rs all candid men who know
him will admit:
Governor Russell has no single ele-
ment of fitness, outside of his knowl-
edge of the law. and ne does not rank
with the states greatest lawyers. He
is a man of impulses. of moods, o.
prejudices instead of convictions. He
is choleric, violent, vicious against any
cause that is not approved by him
and easily Influenced by those wht
bend 1.-THE pregnant hinges Of the knee
that thrift nay follow fawning." Hi
record as governor has shown his un
w~orthiness and his unfitness for off
cia position"
We remember to have heard a. law
yer of ability say within a. couple O
years that. Russell was MOI by an
means a great lawyer. and often show
ed bis deficiency in his conducting @
cases. He is an able mar and full O
brains, but a great lawyer is not grea
without exceeding study and niue
learning.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-08
THE SOUTH TO BE DISCIPLINED.

So the south is to be overhauied in
the congress by republican cranks as
TO representation in the house. 1t Is
well known that the size OF the vote
now in states is no test OF disfranehise-
ment. In many northern states the
voters refuse to vote ~ a very great
degree, and the actual votes cast are
not much over that cast in the south,
actual population considered. Let the
census committee investigate and re-
port as to this particular point. So
long as n fanatic or partisan ass has
a seat in the congress. In either branch,
there will be hostility manifested
against the south. The country will
Nblubber Owe the healing Of wounds and
an united country and all that, but
when parties are UP and the northern
fanatics get to the front the talk is
therein. That old Bombastes Furioso,
OF Connecticut (accidently and unfor-
t~unately born in North Carolina but OF
Yankee p~arentsl, Hawley by mana,
shot off his mouth" in the senate in
1901, over the south at Fort Sumte..
Senator Bacon, of Georgia, rebuked
the sectional hater. by saying that
"the time has come when the statue
Of Limitation ought to bar such discus
sion.'
You will have to kill Hawley and his
tribe of New England south haters to
put an end to such filings and flouts.
They feed upon their own poisonous
vitals and expectorate venom and bile.
The south has had a large experience
and much sufferance. So long as one
of the fellows in the north who wear
the war-paint lives. you may expect IN
newspapers or platform. in review or
the congress unseemly and disgusting
displays of spite and hatred made in
tense by long nursing. When the north
can make money out Of the south the
one is concealed and the other is simply
bottle-fed awaiting opportunity-"a
more convenient season" for open dis
play.
New England has shared largely in
the benefits of southern production and
trade. The benefit began to accrue TO
that part of the country in the time OF
! Washington's administration az can be
easily shown. All through the last
hundred years New England bettened
upon the products Of southern muscle
and brains. 1t is doing so now. Sc
| when an old political blatherskite be-
gins to arouse sectional hate against
| the beloved brethren in u SOUTH
the sensible New ~EnGlanders shoulc
simply mash him fiat and MINDLESS
Not long go-nay quite recently
| Philadelphia has been greatly exercised
over obtaining southern trade. 1t:
newspapers have agitated much thi:
plan of getting the south to favor tina
great city with much more of it's trade
We do not deny for a minute the ad
vantages of that city. with which w
have beer rather familiar for decades
but we are not sure of its love for tn
south, or of the love of any part of tn
north. Philadelphia has probably a
much love for the southern whites a
New York has, but when the negroe
come up as q theme, and the applica
ton of educational tests in this sout
is under fire, we cannot count upon tt
"City of Brotherly Love" any mo-
than upon Boston or New York fl
Justice and help.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-08

If you visit Raleigh carry your por-
table spittoon or do not go when chew
ing tobacco or having a cold. You can
not spit as you perambulate unless you
of town to spit. What re1nements this
new century is bringing. The next
movement will be to pass an ordi-
nance against coughing in Nchurch oil
children crying on the streets. THE
sun do move"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-08

Governor Russell is making hay
while the sun shines. His executive
axe is chopping actively the decision OF
they have served out the time of their
punishment. One of his pardoned fell
lows celebrated his gratitude to His
Excelfency for interfering in his behalf
by getting on a big drunk in his honor
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-08
RELIGIOUS ~GLEANINGS.

Here is a quotation by some n un-
known to us. Paste 1t in your hymn
book or other book you use devotion
ally:
at have seen the face of Jesus,
Tell me not OF aught besides;
I have heard the voice Of Jesus,
All my soul is satisfied"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-08

There is a great cal written as to
the missionaries in China. and their
responsibility for much of the trouble
that occurred. You will find de-
tenders as we'll as accusers. EX-Secre-
tary John w. Foster writes that AL
the recent disorders in China have not
changed his opinion. formed six years
ago. after two visits to China, that 1t
is the most hopeful field for missionary
work in the world" The French min
lister, NJ. Pichon, says that native
Christians have indemnifed them
selves" This is because of The un-
paralleled thieving of the converts,
who have stolen everything they could
get their hands On Some OF the mis-
sionaries were most prominent IN the
carnival of loot. They excused them
selves and the native Christians by
saving they had the right ito reimburse
themselves for their homes. and quoted
Minister Conger as giving them au-
thority, which, of couse. was false
Some of the missionaries are still Sell
ing the loot they obtained personally Oh
through their Christians, u most o1
them nave disposed of their spoils.' Al
of which is very bad, if true. The min
listers in China indOrse n M. Plcno1
said. DIR. W. A. P. Martin was In re
kin during the siege. He has publish
ed a book on what ne saw. and 1t /:
selling fast. The New York Sun, no
ticfng the book,
In the public mind looting seems tt
be the of stealing, and such i
is, and even worse. when accompanied
by violence. But when a city has beer
taken by force of arms and the popu-
lation nave fled away. leaving the
goods in their houses exposed to tht
first conner, it puts on another phase
In the case of Pekin more than hall
the dwellings were abandoned. Goods
of all descriptions were scattered over
the floors of forSaken houses. Many OF
the soldiers disdained anything less
valuable than nuggets of silver. Under
these circumstances it would o be
strange if some native Christians ano
some missionaries did profit by theil
opportunities. Some of h missiona-
ries with the consent of u authorl
ties took possession of abandoned
houses, where they found shelter fol
their unhappy converts. whose dweil-
N had been reduced to ashes"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-08

1t e that the movement in the
Northern Presbyterian church for re-
vision is not a success. The ministers
were the main mover Only 10 out of
232 Presbyteries desire a substitute
creed: but 124 of the 232 desire some
supplementary or explanatory state
ment of certain doctrines. OF all SO de-
sire no action whatever.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-08
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.

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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-08

Scrofuia in the blood show itself
sooner or later in swellings, sores, erup-
lions. But Hoods Sarsaparilla COM
pletely cures IT,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-08

Rev. DR.. Rainsford, a distinguished
Episcopal minister in New York city,
has a poor opinion of Gods Book and
the inerrant New Testament. The
Times reports him as telling his con-
gregation that the teachings of Jesus
Christ in regard ito his second coming
had. been grossly misunderstood by the
apostles, and that their mistakes were
Incorporated throughout. the New Tes-
lament, as by Paul and John and
Jude" This is painfully nauseous.
The Central Presbyterian briefly COM
ments but with precision and point:
This means that DR.. Rainsford
knows better than h apostles what
our Lord taught them: and if mis-
taken about the second coming, OF
course, they may be mistaken about
everything else. There was no guild
ance and inspiration OF the spirit. The
gospels themselves give us no curity
How thankful our readers should be
tina they sit under a ministry that has
not lost its reverence and faith, and
has not gone daft with conceit and
vanity
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-10-01
BIRTHS

LOTZE-Sept. 26, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph A. Lotze, 164 Sherman ST., a
son.
NUSS-Sept. 20, to Mr.. and Mrs.
George Nuss, 3O5 North Maple ST., a
son.
WRIGHT-Sept. 30, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Sanford Wright, 1913 Maiden Lane al
ley, daughter.
BOSTICK-Sept. 80, to Mr.. and
Mrs. John Bostick, East ave-, a daugh-
ter.
BENKERT--Sept, 80, to Mr.. and
Mrs. John Benkert, 1920 S. High ST.,
daughter.
MENEGAY-Sept. 20, to Mr.. and
Mrs. @. X. Menegay, 233 Bluff ST., a
son.
TINSMAN--Sept. 49, to Mr.. and Mrs
Il. A. Tinsman, 3OO1a Allyn ST., a
daughter,
WACH-Sept. "a, to Mr.. and Mrs
Louis Wach, 100 Fountain ST., a daugh
ter.
ADAM-Sept. %, to Mr.. and Mrs. G
Mercer Adam, 2Os N. Prospect ST., a
daughter.
BENNETT-Sept. %, to Mr.. and Mrs
II. w. Bennett, 622 Voris st., son
BUNTING-Sept. 10, to Mr.. and
Mrs. Abner Bunting, of 206 Raymond
ST., a daughter.
WALTERS-Sept. %, to Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. d. Walters, 30 Coburn st.
a daughter.
ENGELHART- Sept 27, to Mr.. ant
Mrs. John G.. Engelhart, 1852 Kings
Court, daughter.
KRAUSE-Sept 26, to Mr.. and Mrs
Herman Krause, son.
KUBA-Sept. 25, to Mr.. and Mrs
Daniel Kuba, May ave-, daughter.
KRAUS-Sept. "a, to Mr.. and Mrs
Peter Kraus, 227 Brown ST., a son.
STRENICK-Sept %, to Mr.. ant
Mrs. VIM. Strenick, zoos washingto,
St, a son.
KAMLOWSKI--Sept. "a, to MI. ant
Mrs. A. Kamlowski, 600 Summit ST., ;
daughter.
OPPLINGER--Sept. a. to Mr.. ant
Mrs. VIM. Oplinger, 51316 w. State st.
a daughter.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-10-01
DEATHS.

MOORE-Gladys, months old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs, A. Moore
Bryan and Exchange sts,, died in
Uniontown, Monday, Funeral SER
vices will be held from the home of
the parents at pm. Wednesday.
HOUSER-Frederlck Houser, aged
SO, for 30 years "A farmer In Spring
field town, died at his home there
Monday of exhaustion Funeral SER
vices will be held from the house at
0:30 and from the Brick church at
1890 am. Wednesday.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-10-01
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Chas. Il. Woolweaver, Akron. ..27
Emma NJ. Sauvain, Akron. ..... 90
Groom's occupation, express agent.
Jacob ii. Myers, Welsey Kansas. 81
Hattie Cody, BarbertOn ..........3 .3S
Grooms occupation, real estate agent.
Robert *. Crawford Evanston. Ill. 80
Luella Il. Parker, Akron. ..27
Grooms occupation, manager.
Arthur III. Boose, Twinsburg. ..... "a
Cora B. Chamberlain, Twinsburg. . 20
Grooms occupation, merchant.
Otto Schweitzer, Akron ......... ,2e
Rua Thornton, Coventry. y...........24
Grooms occupation, teamster.