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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-03
Gossip.
Correspondence Of The Messenger.
G~oldshoro- N c.. August 90.

Correspondence Of The Messenger
Goldsboro, N. c., August %.
Rev. F. D. Swindell has returned to
the city. He has been assisting Rev.
Mr.. Carraway in a revival at Failing
Creek, Grantham's township.
Professor w. c. Lane, of High Point,
principal of the graded school there, is
spending a few days visiting his people
here. Mr.. Lane says a $1,000 auditorium
is being added to the school building
in High Point.
1t will be a source of sincere sorrow
among the firemen as we'll as our peo-
pie generally to know that on account
of an accident to Jerry, the faithful
fire horse, he was killed yesterday af-
ternoon to relieve his sufferings, there
being no possibility Of his recovery.
About a week ago he stepped upon
some piping severing several arteries in
his left hind leg. 1t steadily grew
worse, and yesterday the board of
aldermen decided to have him killed.
Every effort was made to cure it.
Goldsboro Fire Company No. / seems
to have lost a friend indeed. This
horse has enabled them to win
several prizes at the firemen's tourna-
ment this year
Thursday and Friday afternoons OF
this week the Tarboro base ball team
will play the Goldsboro team on the
diamond here. Much interest centers
around the games, as Tarboro was a
member of the league before it disco
luton.
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oBsEoUIEs OF MR. E. s. LArD1ER
The Services Were Held Yesterday At
ernoon at st. James Episcopal
Church-Interment Made at Oakdala
Cemetery.

The services for the burial of the
dead were said yesterday afternoon at
$50 O'Clock at St.James church, over the
remains of the lamented Mr.. Edward
Savage Latimer. The ~obsequies of a
citizen SO prominent and universally
esteemed as was Mr.. Latimer was suf-
ficient to fill the sacred edifce with the
friends whose hearts were touched
with sorrow over his departure. The
solemn service were conducted by
Bishop Watson, assisted by the Rev.
DR.. Upper, and the hymns were touch
ingly sung by a special choir consisting
Of Miss Annie Hart, Miss Matte Lee
Horne, Mr.. C. H. Cooper and Mr.. A S.
Holden.
The interment was made at Oakdale
cemetery. the services being conclud-
ed at the grave. The final hymns were
sung by the special choir.
The floral tributes were profuse and
beautiful, consisting of handsome de-
signs, palms, ferns and cut flowers.
Among the de:igns was a handsome
pillow which was lettered "Eyota Tribe
No. 5, Improved Order of Red Men,
The deceased was a prominent member
of thai lodge.
The p~allbearers were as follows:
Honorary-Hon. John D. Bellamy,
Captain Jcnn L. Boatwright and Mr.. Z.
T. Draper.
Active-Messrs. F. H. Stedman, ]. W.
Carmichael, Ton MacRae. c.. 3. South
erland, w. A. Williams, D. H. Lippitt,
H. NJ. Chase, ard II. II. McIlhenny.
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devise policies. prosecute wars. and
practice barbarisms of which Afva
himself-the archmonster OF the six
tenth century-would have been
proud.
When n thinks of the thousands OF
English gentlemen, products of the
finest and the noblest chivalry the
world q eve seen-when one thinks
OF them, OF their high natures. their
noble aspirations. their clean n hon.
orable lives-when one thinks OF them.
We say and then regards their betray-
al by the government in which they
trust. not wisely but too well: the false
and most abhorrent attitude they have
been made to ecu before the world.
the sacrifice or their brothers and their
sons in the basest and most sordid
cause that ever blotted history: one
asks himself whether proud England
is lettering TO her fall And well may
he do so. when he sees England-the
appointed champion of civilization
reverting TO the methods OF the most
~barbarouS epoch of so-called modern
Observation-Disclosures Post
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Chamberlain and AlYa

1t is a curious and most significant
coincidence that Chamberlain and his
crowd are now using virtually the
same arguments in support Of their
methods that the Duke of Alva employ
I'd in justifying his some three or four
centuries ago. 1t seems there were
pro-Boers in Madrid during the reign
of Philip II, and Spanish Uitlanders
in Holland also. The latter were con-
WINGED that nothing less than fire n
sword, butchery and rapine and dew
astation would answer with the stub
born Dutchmen who fought with
Orange, Egmont, n Horn. The FORM
er held that mercy and humanity would
make pacification possible. The con-
troversy ragged. The party of concilia-
ton gained strength. Even the king,
that somber and ferocious fanatic, be-
gan to hear the murmurS OF disgust ard
shame. The following extract from
Motley's Dutch Republic" shows how
the 10 Chamberlain of that day view
ed the situation:
He (Alva) took occasion also to read
a lecture to the party of Cancellation in
Madrid, whose counsels, as he believed,
his sovereign was beginning to heed.
Nothing, he maintained, could be more
SenseleSS than the idea of pardon and
clemency. This had been sufficiently
proved by recent events. It was easy
for people at a distance to talk about
gentleness, but those upon the spot
knew better. Gentleness had produced
nothing so far; violence alone could
succeed in future. Let your majesty.
he said, be disabused of the impress
sion hat with kindness anything can
be done with these people. Already
have matters reached such a point that
many of those born in the country who
| have hitherto advocated clemency are
now undeceived and acknowledge
their mistake. They are of opinion
that not a living soul should be left at
| Alkmaar. but that every individual
should be put to the sword.
Your majesty may be certain he con-
tinued, that no man on earth desires
the path Of clemency more than / do,
Notwithstanding my particular hatred
for heretics and traitors"
Either 10 Chamberlain or Lord Mil
ner might have spoken thus. Indeed,
considering the spread Of intelligence,
humanity, and civilization during the
past three or four hundred years, both
Chamberlain and Miner now display
a more abominable savagery than Alva
lii in his dark day. Then violence
was the common rule Of action; Europe
was a battlefield; ~mercenaries flocked
from one standard to another for the
loot and plumber there was in it, and
esteemed the leaders by the standard
Of their cruelty and ruthless avarice.
Alva was but the type and creature of
his time. Today, under the noon of
civilization, at the close of the Victo-
rian age, with reason, charity, altruism
as our accepted monitors, this Brum-
magem upstart, Chamberlain, and his
German coadjutor, Miner, hatch plots,
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Campaign in PENNSYLVANIA

The Philadelphia Press says:
The democrats of Pennsylvania have
nominated a strong ticket on an i'm
pregnable platform.
To which the Record adds the COM
p%arison:
The republicans On the contrary, have
nominated ar undesirable ticket on a
repulsive platform
With the issue thus stated, The Re
cord says:
The democrats have distinctly repu-
dated ~partisanship and solicited the
help of men OF all parties in an effort
to procure honest administration by
electing fit men.
The republicans have distinctly in
dorsed the most indefensible acts of
corrupt administration n are seeking
to reward with oficitl station men who
have been conspicuous in the betrayal
OF the public interest.
Notwithstanding this fact, The Press
is as h~esitating about its plain duty"
as was President Mckinley. The Re
cord throws in this suggestion:
Unde such circumstances no intelli-
gent man can make any mistake when
he comes to vote. and no man who does
not prefer his party before his duty can
vote the gang ticket.
The Press fingers along a little in
the rear of the gang. 1t is afraid Of
losing it's Observation-Disclosures Con-
%stitutiOn.
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peo,, tho The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature at &NHzZm


Mr.. Herbert J. Martin, a private
dealer in bonds in New York, Is regis
tered at the Shoreham for several
days, having come here on a social
visit. He is interested in Georgia min
ing industrials principally, and believes
iron is a better investment than cotton
in the south.
"The future of southern iron is assur-
cd he said. While Pennsylvania is
the great field, because both coal and
higher grades of ore are procured there
the Georgia-Alabama field is forging
ahead. One man has been doing Won
ders in the former state, buying up old
mines and consolidating them into a
vast interest. They have the coal
there. All that is wanted now is iron
which will make the best steel. Iron
works are more important than cottoZ
mills for the development IF h south.
The fabric mills employ women and
children. Steel works employ men
only, which means families. Both to-
gether employ both men and women.
Iron gives the railroads greater ton
mage than cotton. which is also impor-
tant. It is interesting, too, to watch
the in which the trunk lines
are purchasing short side roads in
Georgia and Alabama. These a
are doing everything to encourage both
cotton and steel industries, at the same
time opening a great commercial field
for Dixie."-Washington Post.
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Wilmington Merchants Can Now Tele-
graph Their Orders Direct to the
Floors OF the New York Cotton and
Stock Exchanges.

The Western Union Tel=Sro2h COM
Ipany On yesterday completed connec-
lions by which that company now op-
lerates from its main and Produce Elk
Ichange offices in Wilmington a duplex
wire direct to the floors of the New
York cotton and stock exchanges. and
Ito the central cable Office, Is Broad
l~street, New York.
These facilities are in addition to the
Idirect connection the Western Union
has had for some time with No. 12o
Front street. New York, which gives
immediate Geographic service with the
Isugar, coffee and naval stores district,
land 319 Greenwich street, which is the
i~centre of the produce commission dis
ltrict.
The direct Geographic service which
all these connections affords, gives
Wilmington commercial facilities equal
to those of the largest cities in the
lsouth.
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DANGER FROM MONROE DOCTRINE


In an extended interview upon his ar
rival in New York from a trip to Eu-
rope Senator Depew was quoted as
saying:
Il found a genera! sentiment that we
should have our way about a canal
across the isthmus, to build, W and
control. They were quite ready to ac-
cede ~counteously and cordially to our
wishes. only they thought hat trea-
ties should be a~brogated as they are
made, by diplomatic formalities and
agreements common among friendly
powers.
Europe has just grasped the full
meaning OF the Monroe doctrine and
unanimously resents it. The Old World
wants larger trade with South Ameri-
ca, coaling stations for fleets on this
side OF the ocean, both in the Atlantic
and Pacific, and a free hand in the
protection of citizens and m in
the several states of the isthmus and
South America. On this they are al
agreed n ready to act, and cannot
understand hat the Monroe doctrine
is as much a part of the settled policy
Of the United States as its constitute
ton.
The railroads in South America
have been built with foreign money
and mines are developed and worked
docks n warehouses constructed
bank organized and run and every en-
terprise capitalized and made possible
by the lavish investment of English
German. French and Italian capital
The amount runs into tremendous fig
ures- and these governments are alerr
for their citizens and their rights. L
we ever hav serious trouble it is more
likely to come from our xed purpose
on this question than from eastern
complications or commercial rival
| rieS."
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Bears the q Iha Kind You HaEs sisaTs Bosss
s's. at EMNI&
Let Them Go

In the ourse OF an interview with
him in Atlanta two DAYS & Bishop
Turner, OF the African Methodist
church. is reported as expressing
his views as 10 the best name OF pre-
venting the assaults of negro men on
white women and girls as follows. in
part:
II am as much convinced as eyer
that African emigrant wouiu Ue best
for the negro and best for the white.
There is an irresistible conflict between
h whites and blacks that nothing but
separation can reconcile and put an
end to. Our children are generated
and nursed under malignant and mis-
anthropic Excitement that VIII wreck
this country and make our civiliza-
ton a hiss and byword. And If 1t is q
fact that the negro Will not let white
women alone, then white men owe it
to their manhood and honor to get :
of him, and if they will open up a
highway to Africa millions % the
black race will go. Rather than 81
so much blood and possibly some in
to brand these fools n scoundrels
and crop their ears and Danish them to
Africa"
1t is Idle of course to suggest Danish
ment as the penalty OF the crime, even
with the added pains of branding and
mutilation. No penalty short of death
will be considered.
We agree with Bishop Turner for the
most part in the rest Of his statement.
We are as convinced as he is that the
emigration of the negroes from this
country, under proper conditions, would
be best for them and best for the
whites" in the end; far best. We agree
with him that there is q conflict" be-
tween them that nothing but their sep
aration can ever end That the existing
conditions will wreck the country" is
doubtful; hat they are impending and
lowering our civilization n ever
making it a hiss and byword on oc-
c~asions, is beyond question, that they
will always continue in kind and work
to the injury of both races, in some
important ways and degrees. is as GER
tain. There is no sure and adequate
remedy but the separation of the two
races, and their existence and devei-
opment each in it's own country, as
nature intended. They should neve
have beer brought together IN the same
territory.
And if it is a fact that the negro viii
not let white women alone, then white
men owe it to their manhood and homo
to get rid of them There is no an
SWerlng that stern challenge! NO ar
gument of indifference or ~eXpediency
can be opposed to it for an Instant!
And if the white man will only oper
the way for their departure. million:
of the black race will go" back to their
own land-willingly and gladly It i:
a fair promise; and it comes from {
leader of their race. He ought to know
whereof he speaks. 1t would be wise
and we'll to put his assertion to tn
test. There is an irresistible cOnf1ic
between whites and blacks that nothin!
| but separation can reconcile n end.
Let them be separated. in the name o
our manhood and honor of our wo
manhood and our civilizations; and tn
sooner the better. We have DELAYED IA
too long already.-Charleston News an
Courier.
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The Rear Admiral Gets Ii from Hackett
It is questionable whether Rear-Ad-
miral Evans deserved to be censured
by the nav department for character
izing Hon. William f Chandler, n
former secretary of the navy. as an
insect" Assuming. however, that he
merited the reprimand which he re-
ceived. the right of the navy depart
ment 10 administer q rebuke to him Is
now sharply challenged. Fighting
Bob" as the admiral is known to his
friends. was not tried by q court-mar4
tial and adjudged guilty of the crime
which Mr.. Chandler imputed to him
On the contrary, the navy department.
appears 10 have acted solely upon its
W responsibility. Mr.. Chandler al
lodged that Admiral Evans had been
guilty of indecorouS conduct in crIti-
cising a former superior in offensive
terms. The navy department accepted
h charge as proved. and Assistant
Secretary Hackett at once called
Fighting Bob" to account and form
ally r~eprimanded him for doing vio-
lence TO the feelings OF Mr.. Chandler.
The New York Times now asserts
that Mr.. Hackett's action was wholly
Illegal, as he nae no authority of law
TO administer a public reprlmand ex-
cept in carrying out the sentence Of a
court-martial. The Naval Articles of
war, says The Times. after reciting a
long list of crimes and derelictions.
provide hat "all offenses committed
by persons belonging to the navy.
which are not specified in the forego-
ing articles. shall be punished as a
court-martial may direct" In AFRO
eating to himself power which the law
does not confer upon him, Mr.. Hackett,
In the opinion of The Times. has vio-
lated q principle based on Magma
Charta and embodied in our constitu-
ton"
1t is feared The Times challenge to
Mr.. Hackett comes too late to be OF any
good to Fighting lob" That dough-
~ warrior is now somewhere in seclu-
sion fretting his warlike soul over the
reprimand. 1t will scarcely comfort
him to know that Mr.. Hackett exceed
ed his authority. The words have been
spoken and the sting is there. And
yet. as The Times suggests, IL would
have been a glorious spectacle If
Fighting Bob had risen in his might
and stoutly refused to accept the as
sistant secretary's rebuke. on the
ground that the latter had no business
to administer reprimands on his own
account. Mr.. Dooley has described
f1ghting Bob in action at Santiago,
his ship enveloped in clouds of sulphur
Gus smoke. caused by the hero's excess
OF emotion. II Fighting Bob" could
get Mr.. Hackett within range of his
vocal batteries, lombard him with q
rev l2-fnch "cuss words and treat
MIN to a volley Of explosives from his
rapid-1re machine guns Magma Charta
and he Constitution might receive q
handsome vindication. But Fighting
Boos' days OF warfare are apparently
over Perhaps he might be induced to
Try conclusions with an enemy's feet
put he has no heart for an encounter
with the navy department. The odds
are enough to terrify ever so pugna-
cious a sailor as Rear-AdmiraI Fvans
Baltimore Sun.
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MURDERER SURRENDERED
James Henderson, Il Negro Who Killed
Another in Duplin County. Surrend-
cred Himself After gliding in the
Woods Two eek

The superior court of Duplin county
convened last Monday with Judge
oliver H. Allen presiding and Solicitor
Rodolph Duffy prosecuting. r. G.
Grady. Esq, and ]. o. Carr, Esq, Of
the Wilmington bar, have been in at
tendance. Mr.. Grady returned to the
city yesterday evening.
The entire time of the court has been
taken up with the trial of criminal
derson, colored, was put on trial for the
murder of another negro named Charlie
Thomas. and as it will take up the bal
ance of the week everything else on
the docket was continued.
On Saturday, August 10th, Henderson
killed Thomas, who is the formers
wife's brother. The former is about
% years of age and the murdered man
was nineteen or twenty years old. The
deed was done at Beaulahville, about
nine miles from Warsaw, and as soon
as the killing was done Henderson es-
capped and hid in the woods until last
Monday when he put in his appear
ance at Kenansville n surrendered
himself to Sheriff Middleton. He was
confident that he would be acquitted,
but the evidence yesterday was such
as to make it probable that Henderson
surrendered himself to be put on the
gallows. There will be about 40 wit
nesseS in the case.
Solicitor Duffy and Henry E. FaiSon,
Esq, are prosecuting, and the prisoner
is being defended by Judge w. r. AL
len, H. l.. Stevens, Esq, and L. D.
Beasley. Esq. Henderson's wife is
prosecuting her husband for murder.
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n..,,. II. Tho Kind You Hare klxaTs BaeQ4
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Sampson our fluctuations. He has ex-
hibited real wisdom and a vivid sense
OF the fitness of things on this occa-
sion, at least, IN securing an attorney
to represent him before the court OF in
quiry which will next month
for the purpose OF investigating Ad-
miral SchIey. 1t is not usual, we adj
init. for the prosecutor TO prepare to de-
fend himself against the accused; but
neither is Admiral Sampson usual, nor
does this particular controversy present
any features Cor which we have been
prepared by precedent To the honor
of the navy be IL said. the Sampson ep.
ISOLDE has no parallel IN our nafionai
history.
Sampson has acted wisely. As n
Post has already shown, q vindicauon
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Of Schley win constitute an Indictment
Of Sampson Sampson Is the man who
first accused Schley. He in the man
who, long after the incident had been
closed by time. officially declared that
Schley was open to the charge of rep
rehensible conduct He is the man who
furnished the inspiration for ali the
subsequent ud-fiinging. He has pub.
licly admitted that he read the proofs
of Maclsy's third volume and approved
its manner and its matter. II the in
quiry soon to be inaugurated shall dis
cover Schley's innocence. who. save
Sampson. will be held responsible for
the Infamous persecution waged
against him. and how can justice be
appeased with less than Simpsons
punishment? We have held his posi-
ton from the very outset o. the con-
~troversy- Within the past ~ or three
weeks we have pointed out SIMPSONS
arraignment rs the inevitable result OF
Schley's acquittal. We hav even in
sisted that Sampson Is on trial rather
than SChiey. since the failure Of his
charges viii operate his condemnation
without further proceedings OF any
kind.
We congratulate Sampson. therefore.
for this once He has at last realized
the nature Of his own predicament We
congratulate him further upon the fact
that he viii have In his effort nj self
defense the Same alert and fervent aid
he had in pushing Schlev To this ex-
tremity. The announcement that his
counsel was in consultation with Crow
ninshield and Chadwick at Newport
yesterday. vhile he rested in some re-
mote fastness Of New Hampshire. tells
the whole S.ofy without need Tor n
word OF comment at our hands. II
tells Us. in a sentence. that those =
exploit Sampson in IS9S. and have ever
since exploited MIN, to injure Schiey.
are now awake 10 the imminence oT
their hero's peril. II not TO the possibil-
ity OF their own.
Sampson-we let IL go at that
Sampson has not moved too soon--
Washington Post.
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washington, August 29.-AccordInr
10 a bulletin issued by census bureau
TO-DAY, North Carolin's total population
and 955.133 females. the p-ercentape Re.
ing 4s.6 males to 50.4 females. In that
state there were only 1892 foreign born
people, or a percentage OF onIy Is ner
cent There were, however. go o07 col
ored people. OF whom ga. 4se were re-
groes. or the remaining coIoref peo-
PIE a,eS' were Indians and 81 Chinese.
Inc percentage Of the colored popuIa-
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MANTON
She Received Her First Bale of New
Crop Cotton on Wednesday-The Mer-
chants Organize an Association to
Buy and Sell Cotton.
Correspondence of the Messenger.)

Correspondence of the Messenger.)
M2xton. N. c., August %.
The first bale of new cotton was sold
Wednesday, the 2Sth inst, by Mr.. A. L.
Tally. 1t was bought by McNair &
Wootten and brought Sh cents per
pound.
The Merchants Cotton Association
! has been organized here for the pur-
<-pose of buying and selling cotton. A
strong effort will be made to sell most
of their cotton to the factories. Mr..
~. A. Mclean is general manager
Now that the cotton crop is opening
the general opinion is that on light
sandy and there will be less than hall
a crop made. On stiff, well drained
land, well worked. an average crop will
be made.