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Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-12-13

Washington, Dec. 13.-The marriage
of Miss Helen Hay, daughter of the
secretary of state, and Payne Whitney,
of New York, will occur on February
9th, at the church Of the Covenant in
this city.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-12-13
The Wool Market.

st. Louis, Dec. 13.-Wool is firm;
territory and western medium, IA q
161; fine, II q Is; coarse, II q 14M.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-12-13

Special holiday offer for December:
18fb sugar for $1-with other groceries
amounting to 44-at Disneo & Pops. See
advertisement.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-08
HOME FOLKS

1t is noticeable that the old-time
watch night observance of the Metho-
dists Is extending and other denomina-
tions are using it to some extent. 1t
is generally impressive and solemn.
In Raleigh the Methodists held no
meeting, but the News and Observer
says that services were held in three
churches in the city last might. These
are h Church of the Good Shepherd,
the Church of the Sacred Heart, and the
Baptist Tabernacle. The exercises in
the latter We're quite elaborate as the
following programme indicates:
Achievements Of the closing GEN.
tury.
1. Invention-Prof. w. j. Brogden.
Music.
2. Education-Prof. E. p. Moses.
Music.
3. Religion-Rev. B. w. Spilman.
Recess and refreshments.
Music.
The Tabernacle's Record During 1900.
j. c. Birdsong.!
The Tabernacle's Infiuence-R- N.
Simms.
Music.
What shall the Tabernacle DO in the
the First Year Of the New Century,
Pastor w. D. Hubbard.
Prayer.
Closing exercises.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-08
WHO INVENTED THE TELEGRAPH

If we are not mistaken a few years
ago 1T was urged in Georgia that h
telegraph was really an invention OF a
citizen of Georgia The Atlanta Con-
|stitution of 18th, ult., has a column n
a half article arguing in favor OF a
DIR. Ingersoll, born in New York state
in 1892, and long resident in Georgia.
He experimental and convinced him.
self hat ne had an invention in hand
that would enable people to talk ito each
other by e of lightning. Professor
Morse heard all about it from Ingersol
when he was drinking. The article
says: colder citizens recall that after
the invention was working. and a been
generally credited to Professor Morse,
"a newspaper article appeared in a
northern paper in which Morse admit
tied that the germ of the idea had been
furnished by an old drunken doctor
down in Georgia"
A gifted friend and school mate, the
late Colonel George Workman, who was
a man of reading and a lawyer, told US
forty years ago that there was a
IFrenchman in Paris when the French
Revolution began in 1859. who had dis
lowered the telegraph and was operat-
ling one in his house. He was n OF
the victims in that fearful time of
gu1Hotining. Our friend told us about
lit, and if memory does not fail us. he
said he read the account in Arthur
Young'S now celebrated work on
France written in the year indicated
and published. All readers Of Lecky's
very able History of England in the
Eighteenth Century we'll know what
a high authority Young is as a writer.
Colonel Workman said. as we recall it
now after SO long a time. that it was on
Morse's returning from Paris (about
1910 perhaps) that he first preached to
travellers on the returning steamer
that he had at last h right plan for
a telegraph and would perfect it soon.
Colonel w. thought he had learned of
the Frenchman's invention while in
Paris.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-08
SOUTH CAROLINA AS A MANUFAC-
TURING STATE.

The Messenger has called attention
to the fine progress in cotton milling
made in South Carolina Dt has done
marvellously well; and displayed much
appreciation of opportunities as well
as good judgment. In two years $780,
600 have been projected in cotton mills.
Ten a age there were not more
than some s11. 200. 900 invested in cotton
mills in the entire state. The assistant
"all OF the mills which applied to the
secretary of state for articles of cor
poration have not been put into opera
ton this ear, documents have been
filed showing that the amount Of actual
subscriptions to capital stock of cotton
mills is 81. 795. 900. OF this latter amount
81. 495. 900 is o increase in the capital
stock of mills already organized n in
operation" He says the following
shows how the progress has been
marked as to years:
Invested prior to 1890. $11, IA, 1873; in
vested in 1890. 81, 6'mills. $725, 900; in
vested in 1892. 'ss. "a. Is mills. 1885,
600: invested in Is s5. 90. 81. 'ss. 20
mills, S.. 2so. 900; invested in 1899. Is
mills, IS. 794. 600: invested I'm 1900. IS
mills, 81, 795 600. This leaves on the re-
serve list for this a II companies
which have e issued commissions
and are nov being organized. Theee
will be capitalized at 81. 4s5. 900 and are
sure to be organized"
This is very good indeed for South
Carolina and shows capital investments
wisely made and with exceeding activi-
ty. 1t is a fine incentive to other states.
That state and North Carolina and
Georgia are in the van now. Will they
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-08
INVADING BRITISH POSSESSIONS.

The invasion of Cape Colony by the
5000 Beers under the dashing, brave
De Wet is growing in importance every
day. It has become indeed a more
serious affair than Kitchener or any
Britisher first supposed. The plan was
full of daring and danger. For a small
force to speed away into a distant
country and that too within territory
owned and governed by Britain was in
deed a splendid feat. The Beers scat
ter at will and now cover so much ter
ritory that 1T requires a full army corps
of the British to watch and pursue
them, and now and then to get hurt
by them. 1t was indeed a mastery
stroke of the able De Vets. The Brit
ish government out there has been
forced to call out the farmers to help
them. The response was prompt in the
eastern portion Of the colony. But not
so in the western portion. for it is re-
ported that only about a third turned
out at the call. 1t is said that in con-
sequence of this rushing to aid their
enemies that they are now Subjecting
the British farmers to some of the
severe treatment the British have been
administering to them and the farmers
of the Transvaal. Turn about is said
to be fair play. but it is hard play. At
present the Beers are reported to be
farther south han hey have ever been
before-near the Dutch settlements.
This increases much the peril ito the
British. Recent repor is to the effect
that a considerable number of the
Dutch have Joined the Beers, and If
arms could be procured there would be
thousands more. We would like to see
the Dutch rising and under De Wet
showing a bold front to the pursuers.
Marsal law is proclaimed in Cape Col
ony by the British local government.
This is stirring news for the new year.
The talk in London at present is that
Kitchener, in command. is too slow
and allows the Boer invaders to elude
the British and to push rapidly on.
Kitchener never before had to engage
as brave men as he commanded and
under a soldier OF greater genius for
war than he Is.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-08

One of the new turns talked of now
is to tax farm products in earnest.
There is a tax under the tariff now
under the Mckinley ingley monster
of iniquity-upon wheat. corn. pota-
toes, etc. The saying uns that the
purpose is to pretend to protect the
farmer when he stood in no need of
protection and to plumber him when he
had occasion to buy in foreign markets.
It appears hat there is a purpose
among the protection fellows to befool
the farmers. The Philadelphia Record
says:
Experiments with Russian seed
wheat sown by the farmers in Kansas
have resulted IN a largely increased
yield, as compared with home grown
seed. AS a result the Kansas millers
desire to import a cargo of Russian
wheat for seed purposes to be sold at
cost. But they are deferred from MAX
ing the venture by the Dingley tariff
rate of % cents per bushel."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-08

And now h Wilmington Messenger
comes forward. deposeth and afdrms
that the late Mr.. 7. jefferson did not
approve OF universal suffrage, but
preferred a property qualification for
voters.
Mr.. Jefferson was the greatest cir
cumnavigator of the century IL not of
all ages. II there was ever a question
sacred, profane or p~oliticaI-an sides
OF which he did not sail around and IL
lumine with his approval. we would
like to hear OF it."-Raleigh Post.
We gave the record as given by al
educated virginian author. 1t was not
h vogue at the time referred to in the
north to give the suffrage to all Even
now some OF the states up there" rave
restrictions upon the ballot. We Won
der IL the Post fayors an unrestricted
ballot in North Carolina now and in the
entire south? This is 1901. 1t is
more than 100 years since Mr.. Jefferson
favored the property test. When we
were young in North Carolina only men
who owned sixty acres Of land could
vote for a candidate for the state SEN
Stephen A Douglas. or Illinois, to
come into North Carolina and u a
stop to that antiquated injustice and
discrimination against poverty. Thou
sands of the best educated men in the
state did not have or hold one acre of
land. There is a new edition out of Mr..
Jefferson's chief writings. and if the
Post should study them 1t might have
a more rational and just opinion of the
greatest political genius yet born in
America-the wisest and safest Of all
southern politicians Of all parties. 1t
was this great statesman who mainly
gave to the country the great, conser-
vative, saving principle Of state rights.
He vas fifty years ahead of his fellows.
MOI infallible. not universal, he was
highly endowed with prescience and
wisdom and saving common-sense. We
have observed for a half century that
men reared in the Hamiltonian strong
government, a president-for-life, a SEN
ate for life principle. but rarely have
been favorable to or appreciative Of
Thomas Jefferson. His fame will live
to be the hope of the people when his
defamers are forgotten under the huge
pail of oblivion. -
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-08
A ssROOT', OF POLITICAL EVIL.

There is rebellion in the Mckinley
family camp, and it is not against
him or his advisers. but against the
United States senate. The rebel is
Secretary Root who actually defies the
senate'S resolution and declares he will
not obey. He appeals to the emperor
to come ito his rescue and v the
will Of the senate from reaching him.
The strange thing Is that some sena-
tors-perhaps a majorfty-are saying
that If Mckinley ~intervenes and makes
Roots fight a personal n that in that
event the senate must bow in submits
sion to the will of the master and abide
by his magisteriai decision. Nothing
like this has before occurred. and it is
|pitiful. Mckinley imagines he is or is
practically supreme. The senate on
18th December last passed this resolu-
ton, Senator Bacon. of Georgia, being
the mover:
Resolved. That the secretary Of war
be, and he is hereby. directed to trans
NIT to the senate the report of Abra-
ham L. Lawshe, giving in detail the re-
suit of his investigation. made under
the direction Of the war department,
into the receipts and expenditures Of
the Cuban funds"
The trouble is that there are secrets
the administration withholds most i'm
properly from the congress, and this
kicking performance of Roo is to pre-
vent the contamination Of the will OF
the senate and to keep to the happy
|famiIy's the secrets that belong in fact
to the American sovereigns-the peo-
pie. Here is another and carly stride
towards imperialism. It is defiance
and rebellion and without redress. A
fine example this to the country.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-08

OF course the great theme Of all the
newspapers just now Is the old century
just gone and h new century Just in.
The reviews Of the last century are al
most innumerable and come are inn
mensely long Mr.. II. L.. West, of the
Washington Posts staff. gives an inter
tanning and well conceived Glance into
the New Century" We take a few SEN
fences that Will be found entertaining.
He writes:
THE progress OF the world in the
century which is just closing has been
almost wholly In the direction OF mate
rial development. II would not be sur
prisdng IL, In the century that n to
come, there should be a marked ten
dency toward more thorough ~investi1a-
ton Of mental and psychic phenomena,
and II this should prove to be the case
no man can forecas the marvellous dis
coveries which VIII make the century
memorable. If. On the other hand
material things are sti1l to largely en-.
gross INK attention, we can discard
wild imagination and confidently an.
ticipate b all-fmportant revelation O1
the new century. This viii be the ar
OF obtaining and utilizing energy from
Its original ource We kuOW. an
have known for centuries. eomethfns
about this energy. Il IL crystaIIfxed h
fuei. Upon this the world r. Absolutely
dependent II underlies everything. 4
make Hight and heat It produces
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-08
IN 1900.

The railway record OF last year is not
iattering as for 1850. In the matter
OF construction. There were 4.s21 miles
built against ASS miles for 1888.
Equipment was greatly modified IL ap-
pears. They had plenty to do al good
rates. There was actual consolidation
which helped the roads. The Baltimore
Sun notes that a marked charge exists
I'm the management and says:
The railroad president. formerly q
great potentate. has become h ap-
|pointee Of the banker and Is employed
solely for his capacity to attend TO
practical matters. The same 10 to be
said of directors who used to share
with presidents the plumber Of the stock
and bond holders. They. too. are now
directed by the banker. who. n the
role of trustee of h interests OF u
|dreds of wne Of securities, seeks
than the brilliant pyrotechnics OF the
|quondam Railway King"
According to the Railway Age in the
fifteen Southern states there Were con-
structed LIS miles. Texas leads with
|S1S miles, Pennsylvania follows with "a
miles. Iowa with PSI. Minnesota with
|25i, West Virginia with 225. In Penn
|sylvania the new milage is subsidiary
Ito existing roads, the longest piece OF
new track being but 20 miles long. The
Chesapeake and Ohio built 10S miles.
the Seaboard 104 miles. Louisville and
Nashville go miles. Southern Railway
IS miles, Central of Georgia IS miles
and Baltimore and Ohio 3s miles. The
banner year for railway extension was
1887, when 1888 miles were built.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-08

A German newspaper. the Berlin
Kreuz-Zeitung, goes for England. 1t is
a government paper and it's editorials
are often inspired by or written by Of
f1cials. 1t discusses the Nicaragua
canal controversy n slaps England
for it's course. 1t says OF the curse of
our country that treaties coulo not be
more recklessly brushed aside than
they have been In this case by the
United States senate. This disregard
of the law of nations. which had al
ready been manifested during he peace
negotiations with Spain. Is in h high
est degree r~egretable. 1t is a counter
part Cd Engiand's treatment of the
Boer republics.
President McKinley's administration
has beer in a highly disagreeable posi-
ton. inasmuch as the action Of the
senate is a grave provocafion to Eng
land, and it is impossible to face that
anti-English feeling In the country
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-08
AMERICANS HoNoRKD IN ENGLAND

The Queen OF Great Britain on Jam
uary /, conferred k~nighthood on Hiram
8. Maxim. the inventor OF the famous
gun bearing his name He is
a native OF Maine and is 90 years old.
He is a marked inventor and showed
gifts when a boy. and the boy is faith
er to the man" as the English poet
Wordsworth says. He took out many
patents on electrical machinery In this
country. As late as 1883 he began work
on his inventions OF automatic guns.
He reasoned that the recoil energy Of
q gun could be made to load and fire IT.
Working on this principle he has de-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-08

In the responses published in the
greatest mem ever born in North Car
Dina, we have noticed the strange
omission Of some of the greatest, to
wit, Thomas Hart Benton, Andrew
Johnson, and James K. Polk, the w
las having been presidents of the
United States. Then Caswell, More
head and Chief Justice Ruffin were not
native North Carofinians, as we think.
John H. Mills was a native of Virginia.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-08
MONEY SPENT FOR EDUCATION

The Messenger lately gave twice some
the different sections as to education
as to the actual strength of h enroll
ed pupils. 1t was not favorable to the
egotistic and superlative north. When
you come to money merely the north
can distance the south. 1t has more
and can give much more. The Nation
al Bureau of Education has just pub
lished the cost of education in the
United States. 1t reaches nearly $780,
600, 900 IN a e but not really so much
as the government is throwing away
upon the useless, wicked war in the
Philippines. The sum looks large, but
Is a mere bagatelle in the Eyes Of leg
islators who vote away 500, 600, 900 a
year in governmental expenditures. 1t
appears that Massachusetts,, Nevada,
California and New York. in order
named, still lead the other states in the
amount of money spent per capita for
public education. The sparsely settled
condition CT Nevada makes public
schools in that state expensive. Mas
sachusetts is credited with spending
$5.07 per capita; Nevada. s4.96, and New
York 81. 03. South Carolina is credited
with 1886. However. the growth OF
public education expenditures in the
south have been much greater proper
tionately than in h north. This is
shown by the following comparison in
2O YEA RS.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-08

An hundred years ago there were
produced in the United States 100. 900
bales of cotton. Last ear the produc-
ton was 1886, 900 a small crop by some
10000 600 bales. The increase in the
consuming OF cotton by American mills
is great. Mr.. W. v. King. superinten-
dent of the New York Exchange. writes
to the World Of the total production of
cotton in the different decades. as fol-
lows.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-08

Another object lesson for legislators
about to assemble is that there is a
real deficit now of some 500, 900. Too
much expenditure for income. That
will break an individual and it is not
healthy practice for a state.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-08

The south is pushing forward and in
the next decade may catch up in many
respects with their richer ~neighbors
who have so long fiourished upon n
tributions. OF the s197. 900. 900 expend-
ed We are told that thirty-three mil
lions Of h went for building n per-
manent plant. $12S. 900. 900 for salaries
and the balance for maintenance.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-08

yeaoped slime of the mos deadly weap-
ons of war known in modern times II
10 said that his removal to England
was caused by inability to secure AID
in Washington for his military inven-
tons.
II has not often happened that an
American born was honored In Great
Britain with knighthood. Lord Lynd-
hurst was born In Boston. but OF Eng
lish ancestors. His father was Cop
lev. the painter. a native Of Boston.
The son went to England to be edu-
Gated. we believe. and Afterwards be-
came greatly distinguished In parfia-
ment. At eighty-nine he spoke for
four or five hours with all of the force.
clearness and eloouence Of his prime.
He was raised to the peerage- Being
descended from English f~orefathers he
was none the less an American as his
father was American born as stated.
He was four OF five times Lord Chan
cellor of England and was a great and
eminent man. We do not recall just
now any other American who was ever
raised to the British peeraEe.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-08

The Increase in production Is still
more remarkable if we consider that
in 1900 h average weight per bale was
about 225 pounds. BY 1920 it had. in
creased to 26o pounds. 1910 to $50
pounds. from which period the weight
has steadily increased unit the present
average Of abou sos pounds has been
reached.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-08

the Peace Conference. Is hopeful that
peace II not q dream but will YEAR fruit
in Africa and China The fruit thus far
has been deadly.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-08

ly 10000 bales of cotton. the CRANKY
City, 100; the Palmetto. 100; and the
Olympia when started will use sc, 900
round bales or abou Is. 900 square bales
making a total of g. 800. to which may
be added 1000 for the knitting mills.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-08

Mark Twain Is inveterate as a man
Of fun. He is than a humorist
for he has much brains. knows how TO
be forcefully serious. and carries a
sharply pointed pen. He hits a bed
ragged Christendom" OF first of jan
uary a very heavy blow. He prints in
the New York Herald a salutation-
speech from the nineteenth century to
the twentieth. taken dow in short
hand by Mark Twain:
II bring o the stately matron
C~hristendom, returning bedraggled, be-
smirched, and d~ishonored from pirate
raids In Kiao-Chau. Manchuria, South
Africa, and The Philippines. with her
soul full Of meanness. her pocket full
of Doodle, and her mouth full of pious
hypocrisies. live her SOAP and a towel,
but hide the hooking glass"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-08

Dyspepsia Cure

Di0oStS what YOU eat.
Itartidcially dieests theA d anda aids
Nature In stFengthening and recon
stfucting the exhausted digestive or.
gans. Il isthe latest discovereddigest.
ant and tonic. No other preparation
can approach IL in efficiency. It Ia.
stantly relieves and permanently cures
Eyspepsis, Indigestion, Heartburn,
1l4tulence, Sour Stomach. Nausea,
Sick Headache, 0~Aatralgia. Crampsand
al other results offmpeffectd digestion.
Pk3eo1eR a1d0. AxVOotseecntatD1 ~ times
@allano. Dooka0a60utoyspepGiaD a1ledfree
eropos0o - = c. 0euIu AGO. c6ieooe-
R r BEI4A1EY. WI1mAn0soa. n. c.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-08

keep II? South Carolina has made
marked progress in industries other
than in cotton manufacturing. In all
kinds OF manufacturing we are told
thai up to 1880 1t amounted to ses.27s.-
PSI. In the decade 1s9o-1ss9 this was
increased to $54. csc. SO. nearly twice as
much as for the thirty preceding.
For the first nine months Of this yea
$13. 64s, 500, making a grand total OF s97.-
591, S31 invested in all sorts Of manu-
features In this state up to October OF
this year.
The Columbia State. from which we
take h figures given above. say n
IT is Instructive enough to be here
copied, for 1T is a great object lesson
for Wilmington:
I'm the city Of Columbia alone nearly
S., 900. 900 is invested in cotton manu-
facture. There are three mills here
which nave each a million dollars in
v-ested-nearly as much, perhaps, as
all OF Charlottets 13 mills. The follow
ing shows the magnificent scale on
which the local mills are built: