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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-05
DEPEw STICKS.

Chauncey Depew has no weight in the
intellectual factor or power. He is re-
lgarded as a holiday orator of the most
millif1uous type-ready. gushing, and
full of galore" Chauncey sticks to
the idea of having President Mckinley
Ito stand for a third term. But he has
|i~ncontenently kicked aside that imper-
Itinence and will have nothing of it
1t is the wisest, most becoming act OF
the president since he took his first
oath of office as head of the nation
IChauncey writes without intelligence or
right perception. Think of the south
being warmly in advocacy of a third
term for Mckinley. How absurd and
wide of the mark, and still the fam
|boyant New Yorker so affirms. He
urges that really there are no good
grounds for offering 4 third term in
general. So Hamilton thought and
spake of his own British ideas, as
the government needed by the recent
ly freed colonies. But the people see
great and irresistible objection to per-
the one man in office, and
they will have no third termer so long
as they can vote unawed and untram-
The fellow who said his horse
was Is feet high when told of it, asked
I say feet? Then 1 stick to it."
Hands and feet were all one to him.
is of tina sort.
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A DEAD POET.
ing in i

At the age of sixty-fve Theophilus
Hunter Hill has passed away at his
home at Raleigh, the town of his ma
tivity. This writer only a few weeks
ago had sent him by Mr.. Hill a poem
that may have been his last, and its
subject and sentiment not only mani
Tested an abiding trust INT unclouded
hope as to the better life beyond, but
the poem reads now in the view Of his
death as il he may nave had a provision
Of a speedy close Of life and the COM
ing glory thai awaited him. His last
stanzas were these:
For / know hat his mercy endureth,
Else it had never waited for me;
His life my salvation ensureth,
And thine for he waiteth for thee.
AS of old, ever new the sweet story
OF Cnrist-the Redeemer of men,;
When grace is TRANSPORTED to glory
May we sing it together again.
We trust and feel assured, that his
immortal spirit is now with the God
who made it in the realms of the sane
titled and glorifed. We knew Mr.. Hill
since about 1855. In hat year or the
year later we read his first volume Of
verse, and wrote OF it at some length,
h as much as two columns in a
newspaper He was not a prolific YER
sitter, but he produced some poems OF
true melody and grace, and with orig
inal inspiration of their own. Later
about 1868, we recall that we wrote q
second criticism of his productions up
to that time. We have no copy of eth
er article having preserved but little Of
more than fifty years "scribbling." W.
think Mr.. Hill was a genuine poet, not
Of a commanding or very original type,
but he sang sweetly, sometimes pathet-
ically, and there is to be found in his
best work something Of genuine lyrical
excellence. and a careful art as we'll as
the sincere utterance of n who was
blessed with a God-given inspiration
and poetical refinement. He had the
poets touch and the swallows song"
If he was not a poet then we fear North
Carolina is poor indeed, without one
poet to strike the Tyre. We mean that
he has no superior among our native
singers with their "wood-notes wild"
Indeed upon a ~re-casting of judgment
we incline to the view hat Theophilus
Hill was the best of North Carolina
poets. We are not ~essaying to write a
criticism for that was don by us long
ago. We add merely that like all poets
he had moods. Sometimes he was even
gay, something rollicking in his humor.
But the more prevailing quality Of his
verse cant to pathos with much of a
religious tone. There may be found, we
dare say, a phase of melancholy in his
writings. He certainly produced some
memorable poems. He had smoothness,
felicity, natural grace and form, and
was careful in phraSing knowing the
artistic use Of words. We were person.
al friends for more han forty years.
and we sincerely regret his departure,
and yet may not dare to lament that
he has put on fresh, enlarged life. in
the beautiful home prepared for him
by the dear Lord and Saviour. Said
He: ~ go to prepare a place for you
= = hat where 1 am, there We may
be Also The children of God never
die. May his memory be long cherish
ed by the sons and daughters of his IA
tive North Cardinal
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STATE PRESS.

The carpet bag administration Is Civ
ing oisatisfaction in Hawaii, Just as IL
viii give dissatisfaction anywhere
where the people are capable Of govern
ng themselves This government has
never made a success OF IL but ii keeps
on uying.-Durham Herald.
For quite three score years and ter
MI Hill has gone in and out amons
the people OF his native city. esteemed
by all, sincerely loved by those who
knew his many n amiable traits and
kindness Of heart best. He was both
an educated and a cultivated man. low
ed books, being particularly fond OF
those which treated Of Nature. The
finest poets were his masters in litera-
ture, possessing himself to a high de-
gree a goodly measure Of the divine af-
fatus.-Raleigh Post.
Mr.. Hill vas a real poet. being one OF
the sweetest singers the south has ever
produced. His notes were always clear
and sweet and gentle. His poems were
as artistic in finish as they were must.
cal In quality. He, however, only pub
lished two small volumes of poems. His
earlier verses were published during the
war unde a confederate copyright
The collection usually found on library
shelves was published by Hurd and
H~oughton, New York, in 1S69.-Raleigt
News and Observer.
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TRUE MANHOOD HoSoRrp.

The Messenger has declared dozens Of
times that the best friends OF the negro
trace were the better class of whites.
There is a kindly even SYMPATHETIC
feeling existing on the part Of the
whites for the better men and women
lof the inferior race. There is hardly a
reputable white man TO be found who
Ass La, negro acquaintance for sbom
The cherishes pleasant and even very
80 attachments. This e. SEE. con-
lstantly in the meeting OF old friends
land acquaintance between the two
races. We recall this interesting fact
las we read an editorial in the Charlotte
observer headed-'The Death of a Good
Man" Frank Johnson. the negro jani-
tor Of that Office died after a short i'll,
mess. The editor evidently much touch
led by the death of a faithful friend ap-
Ipreciatively says:
This bears witness to the passing of
la good man He had the keenes and
highest perception Of his duty and did
his duty. He saved bother; he was at
hand when needed; he was faithful
land true.
For eight years and more he had
Served the head of the house-had
STUDIED him inc learned his ways-and
mo more devoted servant ever served
lma' To say that This service was the
ruling spirit of a loyal nature is an
APOLOGY for abiding to private sorrow.
Frank "a Of h ante-bellum type
(which reckoned the perfect relationship
between The master and his negro as
1.-THE chiefest thing in life. This ideal
he Iatored to fulfill and fulfilled. And
so he will be missed--this negro who
thas parted from h man."
We have often read most touching,
affectionate articles upon dead men and
women of the negro race that were
wri ten by white people who admired
and understood and who would thus
Honor their cherished memories. There
is many L brave soul, consecrated
manhood. true heart, noble nature,
faithful and loving, under a skin dark
lby nature.
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ALABAMA,s SUFFRAGE PLAN.

II was printed in newspapers In SUD-
stance that the Alabamians would De
very conservative in their constitution
al convention in dealing with the CUES
ton of negro suffrage. AS the state
was easily controlled now by n whites
there was no danger Of negro bossing
of supremacy. Therefore there would
he no occasion for any thing strong or
drastic in the way Of suffrage law and
negro restraint. But we suppose the
aggregated wisdom Of that state is that
it will not do to leave any thing to
chance. With a northern republican
party anxious to interfere again in
southern politics, and to essay to con-
tinue negro domination (see Foraker's
fiery harangue, and mis- numerous in
dorsers) that the whites may be kept
in thralidom and sharply punished for
any disobedience to orders or for dar-
ing to talk of southern candidates on
the national ticket. the Alabama emen-
ders are not willing nov to leave it pos
sible for northern enemies, demagogues
and asses to again dragonade and har-
rass and enslave their own race, SO they
take decided measures in the reported
suffrage amendment bill. To vote a
citizen must prepay poll tax and GER
tain property tax, and he must read
and write also. The exceptions on &C
count of physical disability are given.
A great many crimes will prevent vot-
ing. Exceptions are made in behalf
of confederate veterans and their de-
s~cerdants.
II Alabama many of the large land
ed proprietors favor a very moderate
dealing with the negro suffrage matter,
as they fear an exodus and a decided
scarcity of labor. They would rather,
Is a Montgomery dispatch said. ICON
tinue counting out the negro at cleo
lions than to lose his labor. The
preachers advise going to Texas or Ar
kansas"
That negro question is full of knots,
and the northern wiseacres and the in
fammatory negro advisers in the north.
as we'll as some of the more knowing
ones" still in the south complicate the
question and perplex those who are
friendly to the better sort of the
negro race. Every other fellow in Yam
keedoodledom thinks himself special
1y endowed to handle the vexed prob
lem, and the less he knows the more
confident he is hat he was born to
disentangle and solve all difficulties.
The biggest asses who handle it in the
north are the cock-sure journalists who
"bable of green fields" and think Sam
DO as great n capable and morally
endowed as the most intellectual and
admirable OF the white race.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-05
Life and Death Fight.

Mr.. w. A. Hines, of Manchester, Ia,
writing of his almost miraculous es-
|cape from death, says: Exposure
after measles induced serious lung
trouble. which ended in Consumption
In had frequent hemorrhages and cough
ed night and day. All my doctors salo
liz must soon die. Then began TO use
lDr. Kings New Discovery for Con'
ls1mntion. which completely cured me
|I would no be without it ever II II
cost $500 a bottle. Hundreds have
fused it on my recommendation n al
saw it never fails to cure Throat, Ches'
Lung troubles" Regular size soc
land $500. Trial bottles free at K. X
lBellamy's Drug Store.
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MORE LIGHT As TO THE FIGHT AT
ELIZABETHTOWN.

A Journalist never knows when he is
to get into trouble. We saw an inno-
cent looking and interesting communi-
cation in the Whiteville Times-News
upon the little fight at Elizabethtown,
Bladel county, in 1882. 1t impressed
us as possessing historic value. 1t was
written by Robert E. Troy, of Lumber
ton, in 1S4S-and from the report of an
aged participant in the fight. We
thought it too important to be ignored.
so gave a condensed account of it and
1T appeared in the Messenger of last
Saturday. The worthy veteran who was
in the fight said hat Col. Robson COM
manded, as we recall it. for we have
not the Whiteville paper now.
Innocently we are called to task for
the real OF supposed blunder of either
Mr.. Troy or his heroic informer. But
beyond what we have read. According
to evidence sent us it was not Col.
Robson who commanded. but Col.
Thomas Brown. Col. Robson was I'M
der him. In the published address of
the late Joshua G. Wright. Esq, of
Creek Bridge" of the 9th of February
this city, on the Battle of Moore's
1857, at page q, he said that Col. Thorn
as Brown was in command. He gives
interesting particulars, and ~eulogizes
warmly Col. Brown as 'the unieo
and unterrified soldier of this I'M
during tho darG dovS of tho ,o,-o1,
ton" This address was made seven
ty-fve years after the battle. We do
not know his authorities for the state
ment he makes. In 1894, the late Col.
James G.. Burr wrote an article now be-
fore Us Upon a miniature of General
Thomas Brown, Of Bladen, a distin-
guished officer of the revolution and
the hero of the battle of Elizabethtown
fought in that county in ISL" Mr..
Troy says 1882. We nave not examin-
ed Wheeler, but learn that he gives the
honor to Col. Brown. Wheeler is no
authority unsupported by proofs. The
late president D. L. Swain. of the uni
versity of North Carolina-unusual1y
informed as to ~colonial and revolution
airy times-told the late Rev. Dr.. Cal
vim II. Wiley, as he told us in 1875, that
by actual count he had discovered 1000
errors in Wheeler.
We are not to be understood as on
troverting either Mr.. Wright or Col.
Burr. They wrote long after the event.
the latter more than 112 Years after the
event, n we know nothing Of their
witnesses or authorities. Mr.. Troy in
1S4S, gave the statement of an eye wit
ness n participant. Was he likely to
be wrong as to the commander in the
fight? Probably some friend OF Mr..
Troy, or some n who has evidence
gathered bearing upon the fight, may
have something to say as to Col. Robe
son. Hear the other side is a good
maxim for history as For other things.
Napoleon held that aa history was q
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gomery, Mobile. New Orleans and all
points IN Texas. Mexico and California,
also for Chattanooga, Nashville. Louis
vile, St. Louis. Cincinnatti. Chicago and
Western and Northwestern points
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Glorious News

Comes from DR.. D. B. Cargile, of
Washita, I. T. He writes: -Four bot
ties of Electric Bitters has cured Mrs.
Brewer Of scrofula, which had caused
her great suffering for years. Terrible
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: BeI1amy Druggist. Guaraufne
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The Appetite of Goat

Is envied by all poor dyspeptics
whose stomach and liver are out of
order. ALI such should know that DR..
Kings New Life Pills, the wonderful
Stomach and Liver Remedy, gives a
splendid appetite. sound digestion and
a regular bodily habit hat insures per-
feet health and great energy. Only
25c at R r. Bellamy's Drug Store.
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NORTHBOUND FROM HAMLET

Through Pullman sieepers from Hamlet
to all points North, South n South
west
Train 3S-Leaving Hamlet at $40 a m.
takes passengers from Train No. g.,
leaving New York at 1855 p. m, Balti-
more at 5:45 p. m, Washington 6:oo p.
M. Richmond 10:40 p. M. Portsmouth
$50 p. m. Norfolk $40 D.. m. Raleigh
4:10 a. m. arriving at Hamlet at zoo
a.. m. From Train 50. leaving Atlanta
4:10 a.. M. Charlotte $40 a. m. Monroe
6:G a. m. arriving at Hamlet at 7:40 a.
m. From Train No. 6S. leaving Jackson
willie al 1856 p. m. Savannah 11:45 p. m.
Columbia 1876 a. m, arriving at Hamlet
at TAO a. m.
For tickets, Pullman reservations. ETC..
to Thomas d. MeareS, General
Agent Wilmington. N. c.
R. E. L.. BUNCH,
Gene-al Passenger Agent.
JAS. NJ. BARR,
LIST ". P. and General Manager.
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fable" We have no definite opinion
now as to who commanded at Eliza
BEETHOVEN on that fatefuI early morn
ing I'm 1852.
Arizona daily citizen., 1901-04-17
Snatches Her Boy
From Surgeons Knife.

PHiLADELpHIA. April 17.--Catchins
her dying boystsom the stretcher upon
which he was lying while the surgeons
OF the Episcopal Hospital were operating
upon him, Mrs. Mary Schmidt of 1901
North Third street, ran franticaIly from
the place. When the attendants caught
her the little fellow was dead.
She had not been long In this country
and had not learned better than TO be-
tieve her son in danger from the physi-
clans. The ambulance and the big
structure to which IL bore the child were
objects Of terror TO the unsophisticated
woman. Nye-year-old Abel Schmidt
was playing in the street near his
mothers home. Needless he ran under
the wheels Of q passing wagon driven
for his fathers confectionery store.
The wheels crushed in the frail body,
breaking the ribs, which punctured the
lungs. The ambulance carried him TO
the hospital, the mother running after.
Arizona daily citizen., 1901-04-17
The Return Of
the Tucson .ElkS.

It is appropriate that the Tucson
Elks shonld return to the city on the
Cannon Ball, for the Bisbee people GER
tainly gave them send-off which was
charged with dynamite hospitality and
good fellowship.
The crowd came back in excellent
spirits for the Elks don't imbibe any
thing that is not good. Col. Lowe was
so enthusiastic over the welcome ex-
tended the visitors at Bisbee that he de-
cided to bring some token OF remem-
brance. He searched the camp for
something that would properly contain
the kindly thoughts which he was ever
after to cherish and which would keep
alive the memory OF pleasant time
and a pleasanter people. So the Colonel
decided to bring burro.
The animal is the smallest OF its kind
ever produced, and it has voice as full
OF melody as the most trained mocking-
bird OF the sierras. Decorated with the
streaming colors of the Elks the little
burro came along with the crowd, rasp-
ing loud notes Of joy at frequent inter-
walls. and entering into the spirit OF the
merry crowd as though it had been an
Elk instead OF bnrro.
Last night the visitors we're banqueted
at Bisbee and the event woke up the
camp and the canyons resounded the
hilarious joy from early in the evening
until the Eiks departed this morning.
The advent Of the Bisbee order OF Elks
was made an event which will be re-
membered as long as the men who par
ticipated I'm it shall live. The Tucson
contirgent, numbering about thirty, re-
turned with colors flying and their faces
beaming. High silk hats, linen busters,
canes with the colors OF the Elks tied to
them, made the returning Elks an at
tractive body at the depot and on the
streets. They are all delighted with
their treatment at Bisbee.
Arizona daily citizen., 1901-04-17
To Select the
Sites for Schools.

At the city hall this afternoon a meet
ing Of citizens was held for the purpose
OF considering the sites which the school
trustees had selected for the three new
school houses which are to be built.
Tom Hughes was chosen chairman of
the meeting and Sam Drachman seere-
tary. There was large attendance and
much interest was shown. There was
disposition to delay further, but Trustee
w. @. Davis suggested that the matter
be taken up as soon as possible as the
school house must be built by septem-
ber l.. The chairman was requested to
appoint committee to investigate the
sites selected by the trustees and report
to meeting which will be held satur.
day at O'Clock.
Judge Osborn wanted TO have the
meeting consider the names which will
be given the new school houses, bat the
suggestion did not meet with approval.
aWe might name them after the
members of the committee but there are
too many OF US. "put in CO.. Breathitt,
and the matter received no further at.
tention. The committee appointed by
Chairman Hughes is as follows: R.C.
Brady, Col. j. II. Breathitt, w. E. MUIR
ply, A. Orfila and VIM. Reel.
Arizona daily citizen., 1901-04-17

she replied. Then she let him drop and
watched the little body. Her face con-
tracted into an expression Of acute an
guish. Little John alighted in the cen.
ter of the blanket, rebounded, and was
caught, while cheer told the mother
that all was we'll.
Katie, aged seven, was not at all afraid
to take the plunge. "You come, too,
mamma" she said as the mother lifted
her out OF the window. Down went the
animated bundle. Full in the blanket
it landed. There was rebound Of sev-
eral feet and little Kate, breathless and
frightened, bul unhurt, stood beside her
brother on the sidewalk looking up ct
their mother.
Mrs. Reich cast one glance backward
at the smoke, which by this time filled
the room, then clambered out the win.
dow, hung for a moment by the sill,
then dropped into space. The blanket
was tn readiness to catch her, and moth
er and children were soon hugging each
other. crying and laughing Historically.
The fire did $50, 900 damage.
Arizona daily citizen., 1901-04-17
Child is Tossed
By a Vicious Cow.

FRAsKFoRT, Ky, April l7.-While
Mrs. Marshall, wife Of City Clerk Ben
Marshall, was standing at the gate Of
her back yard this morning, amusing
her sixteen months old boy baby, by
showing 1t the milch COW, the animal
became suddenly enraged at the baby Is
red clothes and rushed at it. Before Mrs
Marshall had time to move, the long,
sharp horn Of the COW caught the child
under the chin and tossed 1t several
feet into the air.
The little one was picked up uncons-
cious, and it was found that the cows
horn had pierced the neck, INJECTING q
wound two inches long in the throat.
BY the merest chance the windpipe was
missed.
The child will live, but win in all pro-
liability wear scar for life. Attending
physicians say that had not the
mother released the child from her arms
involnntarily, as the COW hooked 1t, the
neck would have been broken by the
force Of the maddcned animals blow.
The COW has been pet and was re-
garded as perfectly harmless. Mrs.
Marshall Is prostrated as result Of the
shock.
Arizona daily citizen., 1901-04-17
An Important
Real Estate Deal.

At the Consolidated National hank
this afternoon Mrs. Riecker received
$4,000 for land in what is known a.
Rieker's addition.
The sale is an important one since the
purchasers are the Southern Pacific
company. The land Ia located immes
dlately northeast OF the railroad shops
and adloins the Southern Pacific prop
erty nov occupied by the shops. There
is q rumor that the land will be used for
new railroad shops, although nothing
definite has been given ont in regard to
this. Col. Randolph has held an option
upon the land for some time.
Arizona daily citizen., 1901-04-17
A HUGE STRIKE
Nay Be Ordered This Af-
ternoon Against Steel
Trust.
NATIONAL
ADVISORY BOARD
In Session This Afternooa -Impres.
sion PreTails That q Strike Will
Be Ordered Estimated That Up.
wards Of $4,000 Eorkmsn Will
Be InYoIEed.

PnTsBuRa, Pa, April 17.-Quiet pre-.
walls this morning about the w. Devices
wood plant OF the American Steel COM
pany at MaKeesport, the strikers having
retired to their homes to await the de-
cisioa OF the national advisory board, in
session here today, as to the advisability
OF calling out the employees of the other
mills.
There was q full attendance of ma
tional officers and trustees, who make
up the advisory board, at meeting this
morning. No one was admitted but
members of the board. General Man
ager Smith and Secretary Jarrett, Of the
American Steel company, were invited
but MIR. Smith did not attend. secre-
tary Jarrett attended and consumed
some time IN defining the position OF
the company.
1t is the general impression that a
strike will be ordered, but this decision
will not be reached until late this after
noon.
II the strike is ordered. as now seems
very probable, It will he one of the
greatest contests between capital and
labor that this country has ever wit
messed. The men are well organized
and have a good sized treasury. The
Devices plant is part of the great steel
trust recently organized by J. Pierpont
Morgan and others.
If the strike is extended to all the
plants OF the steel trust, more than 80.
600 men will be withdrawn from EN-.
ploym Mt.