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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-25
FREEMEN, NOT SERFS.

; There is no little of poo stuff that
gets into some of the North Carolina
newspapers. Following the lead of
Walter Page, thoroughly Yankeeized,
they write of North Carolinians as if
they were not free. but serfs, and that
just now the day of their redemption
draweth nigh. The liberation of these
white serfs is to come through the dis
intergration and destruction Of the
grand old democratic party that for a
century has been the hope of free men
and the one bulwark against c~entrali-
zation and paternalism. which mean
death to a free, constitutional govern
ment. We are gratiied to see that
President j Allen Holt. of the recent
Teachers assembly is not Of this class
Of deriders and dividers. He knows
hat his people have neither been slaves
nor traitors to ancestral faiths, and the
great historic rast. He says:
Much has been written and spoken
recently about emancipating the white
man in North Carolina politically, and
there is something in it, but at the bot
tom, no man ever saw North Carolina
when it's people were afraid to say and
act as they thought. Were they afraid
on tie Goth of May, HIS? Didn't they
take their time before going into
The compact called the union,' and did
anybody dictate when they refused to
go out in 1861? Were they afraid to
impeach Holden? Were they afraid of
Grants bayonets in 1872, and federal
threats in 1876? Were they not acting
as free men in 1894, when in their Inn
patience on account Of real and fancied
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-25
Duty
of -

What suffering frequently results
from a mothers ignorance; or more
frequently from a mothers neglect TO
properly instruct her daughter!
Tradition says woman must sui.
fer" and young women are so taught.
There is a little truth and a great deal
of ex~aggeration in this. II a young
woman suffers severely she needs treat
ment, and her mother should see that
she gets it.
Many mothers hesitate to take their
daughters to a physician for examina-
ton but 10 mother need hesitate to
write freely about her daughter or
herself to Mrs. Pinkham's Laboratory
at Lynn, Mass, and secure from a
woman the most efficient advice with
out charge.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-25
STATE PRESS.

The McLaurin automobile SEEMS TO
have run out of gasoline.-Chalbourn
Messenger.
In the mea time, DIR. Kilgo .oes to
Europe on a junketing trip, expenses
paid by Trinity college with money
that ought to educate some poor chaps.
And poor old Gattis is left on TIE bank
with a snipe bag.-Wilkesboro throni-
Gle.
We are glad to know that ony one
third of the income Of the government
is now expended for pensions ami milli-
Itary and nava affairs. How ong it
will be before this crowd take. 1t all
nobody knows.-Durham Herald
The republican paper are unanimous
in their support Of McLaurin; how rad
licals do flock Observation-Disclosures
IChronicle.
The new tax law places the burden
where it can best be borne ano that's
where 1t belongs. Enemies of he act
have sought to create the impression
that it bears too heavily on the frmers-
If il does 1t is passing strange tat the
farmers are not registering an COM
plants. We have a notion tint his
is the first year that the corporations
have been saddled with a fair shre of
the expenses of government an that
for this reason the load seems .ather
heavy.-Clinton Democrat.
Under the act OF the Legislative all
persons having an income in Excess of
81, 900 per annum must pay an fcome
tax on. the amount in excess Of 1 900.
Just why q bookkeeper, preacher law
yer or anybody else having a sally in
lexcess of ST. 900 should pay taxes IN IL
while an official, whose salary ispaid
by the taxes Of the people should b ex-
Iempt, is a little difficult to compreend.
The plea that such taxation Is deceas-
ling the officials salary within the
meaning Of the constitution is rther
far MISUNDERSTANDING Landmar-
1t is to be hoped that no public ofcial
in this state will decline to paythis
small tar on his salary because ,ch-
nically he may be exempt. 1t issyi-
Ident that what he does not pay ,me
else must pay. Therefore, theprf-
Ivate taxpayer must in h end paythis
tax IL the official declines to pay. ust
now when so much is being said aout
taxes and tax listing 1t would be a o
IexampIe for our public officials tode-
feline to take advantage of this decion
which permits them to shirk respasi-
lbility as burden bearers in the support
of government There should be no
Especial favors. no privileged oss.
There is a question Of right involve in
this matter. It is a moral questionbe-
fore it is a legal one. OF course the
lamount is small, yet the principle fs
Igreat.-North Carolina Baptist.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-25

wrongs they ovetturnedsth III existing or
der OF things? Could the demons OF
hell have prevented the revolution In
1898? Did our people care for the
threat Of United States troops or Uni
ted States courts7"
The most liberty loving people on the
continent are the people Of this state.
It's history fairly teens with examples
showing this. 1t may be hat in the
years ahead-how far we know not
the Goddess of Liberty will find her
final abode in this slandered state.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-25

You may as well expect to ru a
steam engine without water as to ind
an active, energetic man with a tuid
liver and You may know that his Eer
is torpid when he does not relishhis
or feels dull and languid after at
ing. often has headache and sometaes
dizziness. A few doses of Chamer-
|lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets rfIl
his live to It's normal funet ms,
his vitality. improve his dies
|tion and make him feel like a new an.
Price. Is cents Samples free at Err.
|BeIlamy's drug store.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-25
Good Cough Medicine

It speaks well for ChamberIain's
Cough Remedy when druggists use it in
their own families in preference to any
other. "I have sold Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy for the past five years
with complete satisfaction t. myself
and customers" says Druggist J. Cold
smith, Van Etten, n. Y. II have always
used 1t in my own family both for or
binary coughs and colds and for the
cough following Ia grippe, and find 1t
very e~flcacious." For sale by r. r.
Bellamy, druggist.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-25

Mrs. August Pfalzgraf, of South
Byron, Wis, mother of the young lady
whose portrait we here publish, wrote
in January, 1899, saying her daughter
had suffered for two years with irreg-
ular menstruation had headache ali
the time, and pain in her side, feet
swelled, and was generally miserable.
She received an answer promptly with
advice, and under date of March. 1899,
the mother writes again hat Lydia z.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured
her daughter of all pains and irregu-
larity.
Nothing in the world equals Lydia E.
Pinkham's great medicine for regu.
lating woman's peculiar . monthly
uoupleSs - sl.e
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-25

"Our little girl was unconscious from
strangulation during a sudden and ter
rible attack Of croup. I quickly secur-
ed a bottle Of One Minute Cough Cure,
giving her three doses. The Group was
mastered and our little darling speedi-
ly recovered So writes A. L. Spa~ord,
Q lester, Mich. r. R Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-25

Here are some interesting figures
we find in the Raleigh News and OBJ
server: In the matter of tax-paying,
Wake county is to be congratulated.
The rate in Wake is 20 cents; in Meek
lenburg, 81 2-3; Iredell, s1.25; Mcdowell,
$3.50; Rutherford, II 2-3; Buncombe, IS
cents; Northampton has the lowest in
the StaIe-64 cents"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-25

If people only knew what we know
about Kodol Dyspepsia Cure, it would
be used in nearly every household, as
there are few people who do not suffer
from a feeling of fullness after eating,
belching, f1atu1ence, sou stomach or
waterbrash, caused by indigestion or
dyspepsia. A preparation such as Ko-
dol Dyspepsia Cure, which, with nc aid
from the stomach, will digest your
food, certainly can't help but do You
good. F.. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-25

The late republican clerk in the treas
ury department at Raleigh, Major Mar
tin, was a deft hand in appropriating
moneys belonging to h people. He
stole s16.55, and yet it is considered
moderate under the inviting circum-
stances. The Major is now taking
mine ease in mine inn," called more
Familiarity the state penitentiary. He
has plenty of good company.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-25

Call at Bellamy's drug store and get
a free sample Of Chamberlain's Stom-
ach and Liver Tablets. They are an
elegant physic. They also improve the
appetite, strengthen the digestion and
regulate the liver and bowels. They
are easy to take and pleasant in effect.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-25

Skin affections will readily disappear
by using Dewitt's Witch Hazel Salve.
Look out for counterfeits. II o. get
Dewitt's you will get good sui 1t
is the quick and positive cure for piles.
r. R. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-25

Gold Medal highest award to Harper
whiskey at Paris, 1900; Chicago, 1898;
New Orleans, 1855. Good as gold any
where, any time. We'd like your ex-
pert opinion. Sold by all leading deal
ers. Wilmington, n. c.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-25
HOME FOLKS.

We are in receipt of Census Bulletin,
No. 65. issue. 1t gives much interesting
information Of all the states, as to pop
ulation of cities, towns, villages, etc.
North Carolina is in it. 1t has BAT in
corporated places, with a population OF
33S. 277 inhabitants Or 17.9 per cent. Of
total population. Ten years ago it was
III per cent. So more of the people
have gone to town" to dwell. In 1890
there were but 21O such places, with a
population of PIP, 2SS. The population
in 1890, was 1,617, 949. There are 1862
incorporated cities and towns in he
United States with 35,S47,5 SIC inhabi-
tants. Here are the six largest:
Chicago l,bJS, oi0
P"h1la0elpnla
Boston b U,SSZ
BdltlmOre oVo,'oa
There are SO cities having a popula-
ton of 100. 900 or over up to New York's
figures, against % in 1890.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-25

The Messengers Raleigh correspon-
that the report of the board of officers,
Colonies T. H. Balm, Francis A. Ma
con and P. NJ. Pearsall, on the encamp-
ment. is OF interest to Wilmington peo-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-03-28
Lobster as a SLANG Word.

Does anyone besides the United
States fish commissioner know how
and why the word lobster" came TO
be used in slang way? We have
heard 1t do duty at variety theatres
and on the street for some time. but
we have never left quite justified in
taking it up for home use. 1t has
seemed wholly untitled Tor polite
society, though perhaps that is be.
cause we have not known how il
entered the vaudeville stage. But
now that in our great and general
court the word comes up and does
some excellent and effective work
one of its most dignified and worthy
leaders, we may see it adopted by
private families. 1t was a term OF
contempt flung at the relocated
British soldier by daring urchins
when Boston was under martial law in
the last century, and so had a m st
patriotic IL not aristoCratic descent.
Boston Transcript.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-03-28

In Madison few nights ago, Mrs.
M. S. Woodward told of the siege OF
Pelin through which she passed.
The speaker began with an account
of the country of China, mentioning
among other interesting bits of tnfor'
nation the fact that the foreigners
built railroads directly through the
Chinese grave yards. This fact, she
said, vas one of the causes of the out
break of the smoldering boxer
trouble.
Mrs. Woodward and daughter were
the guests Of Minister Conger at the
time of the trouble, and because OF
this close connection she is familiar
with all the details of the siege. To.
ward the latter part Of May came
rumors of the killing of native Chris
tans, but there was no thought of uni
versal trouble. About the first uf
June, when the trouble began to as
sumo more definite proportions, there
came the first thoughts of real dan
ger, and when the marines arrived
about 45O in all, bringing automatic
guns, there was a distinct feeling OF
relief And it was time, for had their
arrival been two days later there
would have been no one left to defend.
Soon the boxers began to set fires to
the various buildings, and in accord
ance with the posted notices about
the city, began to wait for an oppor.
tunity to kill the foreign devils"
The British legation was the larg.
est and best fitted for defense. In all
900 men. women and children of the
various countries We're settled here.
Things rapidly became worse, and LIE
cation street was barricaded for bet
ter resistance. At first carts and any
thing at hand were used for this pur-
pose, but later sand bags of silk, satin
ladies to bar progress up this street
Soon the food supply began to
dwindle, and horses were eaten, and
even dogs were used for food by the
native Christians. All this time
constant war was waged and deaths
Oh DOlH SUES GtSullGU, ne IHlUtSC
did not bury their dead and the
stencil was horrible. To better care
for the wounded of the allied forces u
hospital corps was organized and a
most efficient care of the sick was
maintained. As the soldiers died they
were tcnderly but rudely buried, to.
gcther with "A sealed bottle in which
was given the name and nationality of
The dead.
Then "amc that morning in August,
after eight weeks of the horrible
nightmare, when the quick, sharp fire
Of the machine guns heralded the ap.
proach of suCCor. One by one the re-
lief companies entered The Ameri-
cans, tired and dirty, were greeted
with the utmost joy it is an old
story now, said Mrs. Woodward in
concluding, how our brave boys took
the four gates, leaving six gallant sol
der lads as tribute.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-03-28
China.

The death Of Ii Hung Chang may
occur at any moment.
Two thousand armed rullians Great
ed havoc near Tientsin.
Negotiations ut Pekin ceased on nc
count of the Manchuria affair.
The Chinese are becoming aroused
over the attempt OF Russia to grab
Manchurla.
Germany Is reported to be growing
weary of the expense caused by the
trouble in China
The United States and Russia are
acting together to prevent further
bloodshed In China.
Gen. Chaffee completes arrange
.nents for the movement Of American
troops out of China.
Gen. Chaffoe and the American
troops are ordered to eVacuate China
by tho last Of April,
Prince Ching was told by the Eng
iish envoy that the Manchuria affair
is the obstacle to the settlement of
peace terms.
The dispute between the British and
Russians over railway ut Tlentsin rs
developing n serious crisis and trouble
IL imminent unless Russians retire.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-03-28
Domestic.

Chicago March wheat, 10 Ac.
Smallpox Is spreading in Illinois.
Grover Cleveland IL Ga years old.
Smallpox has broken out at Soaford,
Del
The report of the leasing Of the
Burlington to J. j. Hin Is confirmed.
A convicted prisoner In Duluth shot
n deputy sheriff.
Gov. Wells OF Utab vetoed the Evans
polygamy bill,
Andrew Carnegie offered $4,000 for
library Mt Kewanee. III,
The prohibition convention Mt Den
yer nominated women for city Offices,
An elephant escaped from the 200"
Mt indianapolis and wrecked n barber
shop
In a desperate attempt to rob bank
near Harrisburg, Pa, the cashier was
killed
All Intoxicating liquors are to be
barred from transmission through the
mails.
A mob ut Tiptonville, Tenn. lynch,
ed n negro accused of attacking A
white girl.
Patrick Donohoe, veteran editor and
philant"ophist, is dead at Boston,
aged 90.
The United States supreme court
will adjourn for two weeks to consider
opinions.
The bank at Niles Mich, Of which
G. A, Johnson was cashier, Is short
$4,000.
DR.. Arthur Edwards editor of
Northwestern Christian Advocate, Is
critically Ill.
Fifteen persons were injured In n
wreck on the Rock Island near Grand
Junction, Ia.
The lumber plant OF j, h Ransom 4
Co, Nashville, Tenn, was destroyed
by fire. Loss $4,000
Col William Cary Sanger was
sworn in as assistant secretary of war.
vice George D. Meiklejohn
]. j, Hill secured control OF the
Erie railroad in the election of f. D.
Underwood MS president.
John Henderson, a negro, was burn.
ed at the stake in Corsicana, Texas,
for killing white woman,
The California legislature appro.
priated s250,000 to purchase and pre-,
serve the redwood forests
Richard Croker's third son, Herbert.
broke kneecap by falling on the deck
while crossing TO Liverpool
The office OF the Boston Advertiser
was destroyed by fire. Two printers
and one proofreader persisted.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-03-28

1t to his son, E. H. Bintliff, and J. G.
Monahan.
When the board of supervision was
organized under the law of 1881, Gen
eraI Bintliff was appointed one of it's
members, and devoted his whole time
and attention to his duties. He was
also a trustee of the Wisconsin sol
ders' orphans home and president of
that board from 1877 until its labors
were concluded.
He remained at Darlington until
1896, when he removed to Chicago,
where he lived with his widowed
daughter, Mrs. Helen Stephens. An
other daughter, Mrs. Ida Simpson,
with her husband resided in the same
block; and his only surviving son.
Edward II. Bintliif, is editor of The
Kankakee Gazette and lives at Kan
kakee, ILL., Two grandsons are in
business at st. Louis.
General Bintliff was lame from the
result of fall which dislocated his
hip. Five years ago he became blind,
so as to be unable to read or to recog-
nize his friends except by the voice;
but his mental faculties remained
bright. He was an original republican
of the early fifties, and always acted
with that party.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-03-28

take IN the matter Of the disfranchise-
ment of negroes in the southern states
and reduce the representation where
laws against illiterates have been
made.
The war department will investigate
the report that certain attaches OF
foreign legations have access to con
fdentIal and secret documents of the
government, especially those relating
to war affairs
The California supreme court has
granted a new trial to Mrs. Cordelia
Botkin, who is serving a life sentence
for poisoning Mrs. J. d. Cunning and
Mrs. Deane, of Dover, Del, with candy
sent through the mails.
The Venezuelan Boundary Dispute
will be the subject or ex-President
Clevelands lecture to the students OF
Princeton University, March u and
.28. The lecture is long and 1t will be
finished on the second evening.
At the regular quarterly meeting Of
Princeton university trustees, Presi-
dent Patton said that Henry Stafford
Little of Trenton, N. j., has offered to
give 100000 for the erection of a
dormitory to be Joined to Stafford
Little hall.
A Georgian who committed suicide
at Brunswick left request that he be
buried at sea. A steamer was char
tered and the request was complied
with while a storm ragged that nearly
foupdered the vessel which had 500
persons aboard.
Prof. Il. Finley Johnson, secretary
of the law department of the Uni
versity OF Michigan, announced his
intention of accepting the appoint
ment to supreme judgeship in the
Philippines, rendered him a few weeks
ago by President Mckinley
Congressman Marriott Brosius,
chairman Of the committee on banking
and currency, died at his home in Ian.
caster, Pa, from a stroke of apoplexy
He was stricken at o'clock Friday
afternoon. Mr.. Brosius was in goo
health up to Friday, when he assiste
to carry trunk to the attic and
bumped his head against a rafter
The accident Is believed to have beer
responsible for the stroke. Mr.
Brosius is survived by widow and
two daughters, Mrs. Herbert b. Coho
of New York and Mrs. Clement Biddle
of pittsblTg.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-03-28
LONG AND HONORABLE LIFE
COMES TO CLOSE.
BLIND FOR FIVE YEARS
Edited Papers at Monroe, JanesVII'e
and Darlington, Had a Brilliant
War Record and Served His state
for Many Years on the Old Board
OF Supervision.

General James Bintlitf, who for
many years was resident of Wiscon'
sin, and we'll known in political, news
paper and military circles, died in
Chicago March II at the home OF his
daughter in Windsor park of apoplexy,
aged 76 years.
General Bintliff was born in York
shire, England, Nov. /, 1924, and came
to America in 1S4l. In lS47 he was
married in the state of New York and
in 1851 came west, settling at Monroe,
where he became cashier in bank.
In 1856 he was elected register OF
deeds for Green county and was adj
mitted to the bar in 1859. The next
year he bought an interest in The
Monroe Sentinel, of which he after
ward became the sole proprietor.
Soon after the beginning of the war
of the rebellion he recruited a COM
pany of volunteers, Of which he was
commissioned captain This company
was mustered into the service Sept.
2, 1862, as Co. G of the 22nd regiment,
Wisconsin volunteer infantry. The reg
iment took part in several minor en-
gagements on it's way from Louisville
to Nashville. A detachment Of the
regiment including Co. G, was ordered
to Brentwood, Tenn, where it was at
tackled and captured by large force
of the enemy under General Forrest,
March %, 1868, and sent to Libby
prison. Here BYintliff was confined
until the following May, when he was
exchanged, and rejoined his command
at St Louis
In March, 1864, Captain Bintlif was
commissioned by Governor Lewis
colonel of the 3Sth Wisconsin volun
teers. which was sent to the army of
the Potomac, and took part in the
brilliant series of engagements that
led up to the capture of Petersburg
and the end of the war. In the final
assault on Petersburg, Colonel Bintliff
with his command, which consisted OF
three regiments, was the first to break
through the enemy's lines and capture
and hold an important fort until the
whole of the line was evacuated. Dur.
ing the day of April ,, 1865, he held
the position he had captured, Fort
Malone, against three attacks from
division of the confederte army under
Gen. Gordon, who vainly strove to
dislodge him. That night he was sent
to take command of the third brigade,
against which further attack was ex-
pected.
For his conspicuous gallantry on this
occasion Colonel Bintliff was recon-
mended for promotion, was commits
stoned brigadier general and continued
in command of the Third brigade until
the close of the war. He was mustered
out of the United States service in
June, 1865,
General Bintliff returned to Monroe
and was engaged in mercantile bust |
ness until 1870, when he purchased an
interest in The GAINESVILLE Gazette |
and removed to that city. He remained |
in charge of that paper until 1873, |
when he bought The Republican OF I
Darlington. For five years he edited |
The Republican and then transferred |
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-03-28
England's Heir Safe at Gibraltar.

Gibraltar, March 21.-The steamer
Ophir with the duke and duchess If
Cornwall and York on board reached
harbor here yesterday. The royal
party landed at the dockyards anG
were received by Gen. Sir White. the
governor. The duke and duchess
drove to the chamber of commerce
where they We're presented with an ad-
dress of welcome to which the duke
replied. Decorations throughout the
city are universal and large crowds
have gathered.