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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-22

than 72.000.000 people are robbed" un-I
der the present very high tariff tax for
protection and for the benefit of a LII
900, 600 ~millionaires. and some 1000. 600
others who are their beneficiar1es and
implements.
The most satisfactory opinion we
have seen for some time in the Atlanta
Constitution, is the following:
What more evident than that. rely
ing upon republican pledges. the peo-
pie will be hoodwinked and the reign
of protection be indefinitely extended?
What more certain h that TO the
democratic party should be entrusted
that true revision by which the whole
people will he kept in view"
There will be no revision and re-
duction Of the tariff upon right princi-
pies and for the good Of the people I'M
der republican hedging and manipula-
ton. AS well look for an "eager nip
ping FROST as a blessing to the tobacco
farmer when his crop stands an the
field. There may be some dickering,
some p~retence Of reduction under the
reciprocity theory, which does not
mean OF intend fair, wise, beneficent,
salutary reduction generally OF oppres-
sive and unequal schedules. 1t simply
mean more benefits to monopoly by
enlarged foreign trade. The protection
theory is unkind, unjust, false, oppres-
sive, deceptive and robbery" We
never saw a day in forty years that we
woul knowingly vote for a high pro-
tective "robber." The republican party
is practically owned and bossed by the
gigantic money power. Every man
with an idea above an idiot knows that
much. So real, benevolent, needed,
equitable reform of the vile theory and
principle comes not that way. The fell
low who expects is simple and bewild-
cred. The rich will favor it if it will
make them richer. But the y, 600, 900
Of h "unprotected-the plucked, long
suffering bread-winners will receive no
favors. and be pack-horses forever, I'M
less there shall come nobler, more hon.
est views of political economy and the
control Of this country shall pass into
other hands. The man or men who first
concocted the plan of protection were
the %ervants of the devil and estab-
lished a system to grind the faces of
the poor, and to enthrone nabobs and
plutocracy over the human family.
That is true or all history is a lie. The
subsidy scheme of plumber is an off
shoot of the vile, plundering tariff tax.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-22
STATE PRESS

As editor Of the Courier-Journal Hen
ry wstterson is somebody, but as q
presidential possibility with n cant fol-
lowing he will find hat he does not
amount TO much.-Durham Herald.
Colonel J.. II. Estill. editor of The
Savannah News and q PROMINENT can
.didate for the democratic nomination
for governor OF Georgia. hit IL or right
when he said to a reporter OF The New
York Evening Post. Monday. that we
OF the south are led to hope for a great
deal at the hands Of President Rcose-
welt: no favors. only Justice. That IS
all the south has ever asked of the
national administration: all h n IL
needs. all that ft ~wants-only Justice
Charlotte Observer.
In opening the campaign for the re-
publican party in his address at Louis
burg yesterday. Senate Pritchard ran
full up against an insurmountable
stump in criticising h white people OF
the south for their united persistence
In resisting the infamous policies Of his
party from the end Of the var" rath-
er than give their attention TO dnan-
cial and kindred subjects Until now.
or very recently the party in power n
Washington-the senator's party-in-
stead OF Itself laying aside the aninos-
tiles OF the war exerted its strength in
formulating and ~enacting measures in
tended to degrade the south and to de-
prive IL Of opportunities TO be rehahili-
tated.-Raleigh Post.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-22
SOUTHERN APPOINTMENTS

The Philadelphia Press is edited by a
member Of the present cabinet. 1t is
very severely republican. Writing of
southern appointments it is of the opin-
ion that more republican selections will
be particularly beneficial to the south.
south had a great expert
ence with republican presidential
appointments for some thirty-six years.
1t has not been a happy or a fortunate
experience. The past is full of failure,
sorrow and disappointment in hat di-
rection. The character of most of the
men selected was not such as to win
the approval Dr. the confidence of the
true people Of the south. The Press
wants its party made stronger in this
great section. and with the usual boast
fitness and ~overweening confidence of
partisans, it thinks the south viii be
eternally favored and honored IL the
president will only appoint hungry dem
ocrats all about the south to high and
important places. We take that to be
the auence and gist OF it. idea 90 70
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-22
Guenther. sends Some edifying figures.
q part of which Is copied here:

Guenther, sends Some edffying figures.
a part Of which Is copied here.
During the years 1856, 1886 and 1887
Hamburg shipped to Cuba between
$4,000 and 100000 worth each year:
in 1898. s40o. 600: in 1899, 81. LOG 600. and in
1900. goods to the value OF over $2.oe0.eoo-
Statistics OF Hamburg exports to Cuba
cover no less than one hundred and
thirty groups of goods. Exports OF rice
increased from s26i. 900 in 1889 to $IS,-
900 in 1900; articles OF iron from s166.-
900 TO $3.50. 900; malt from I4.o0o To $685.
900: cotton goods from S35.oeo to ssS.Too.
Cuba sent TO Germany 81 $685. GOO worth
of goods in 1885 and s3.142.ooo in 1900"
The idea is gaining ground amcng
more enlightened republicans that the
Hanna scheme CT subsidy ship building
will not begin to do. Hanna has found
out that his iniquity viii not prosper.
1t has been lately published that he and
Senator Frye had been talking il over
and another plan OF stealing viii be in
troduced into the senate. Senator
Lodge OF Massachusetts,, and Frye have
been talking with h president about
a subsidy bill. But what occurred Is
not revealed.
According TO the governor OF Georgia
l~ynchings diminished in that state in
the last eighteen months. But he say
the assaults upon white women con-
tinue all the same. He says:
During the last Twelve months there
I've been in Georgia nine cases OF as
sault of white women by negro men.
In only n case the mob got possession
of the criminal before he could be ap-
pretended by the officers OF the law.
and inflicted cruel and barbarous pun-
| ishment." That is very bad. Stop
%lynchings and you will stop rapes. say
| enthusiasts. But they do not stop. The
! governor is led TO say and truly: "A
mania for the preparation of this crime
| seems to possess the lower class Of ne
| groes, not alone in Georgia, but all over
| the union where any considerable num-
Der of negroes is found, and the same
spirit of madness to summarily avenge
the crime takes possession OF the
| friends of the victim whether il be in
| Georgia or Mississippi"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-22

southern selections 1t is ~patronizing
and merciful enough to enlarge after
this sort, allowing the southern demo-
Gratis to still have the right OF choice.
1t says:
1.-The republican party will be
strengthened and the south benefited by
freer political discussion and the adop-
ton Of a broader and more generous
policy. If, however, the southern peo-
pie prefer to continue as they have been
for twenty-five years past, that will be
their perfect right The future is Of
their own choosing and they can walk
In whichever path they prefer. But
they cannot prevent President Roose-
velt's policy from benefiting the whole
country. 1t will remove a source OF ir-
ritation and foster a sentiment OF unity
and fraternity among all sections"
The capable men of character must
come mainly from the democracy if the
presidents declaration of purpose is en-
forced.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-22
The shin Subsidy Question

Washington. October 1.-THE presi-
dent in his message to congress will
favor the building up OF the merchant
marine in general terms. but n will
offer no plan and endorse no bill. lie
had a long conference with Represen-
tative Minor. of Wisconsin today upon
the subject of the ship subsidy meas
ure which will come before congress.
Mr.. Minor was a member Of the house
committee on merchant marine and
fisheries before which the shipping bill
was considered. He told the president
that he favored two separate measures.
one dealing entirely with cargo carry
ing vessels n the other with swift
passenger steamers.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-22

The divorce business is actively pros
ecuted under the bad law hat afiicts
North Carolina. The evil grows like all
other evils. The number of divorces in
Wake court is large, some eighteen or
more. The Raleigh correspondent Of
the Charlotte Observer writes on 14th:
1.-THE increase in divorce is alarmingly
great, not only here, but all over the
state, and if the attorney general will
collect statistics of divorces and add
them to the criminal statistics he pub
fishes annually it will give valuable in
formation. People do not realize the
extent to which this divorce business
has gone. Infidelity is given as the
cause in about three-fourths Of the
cases.
In one of the divorce suits here a
large number of young men about town
who are said to be nemda as CORE
spondents are on the ragged edge. The
wife was a school girl n was mar
ried while on a picnic, confesses her IN
fidelity. and boasts of it, also boasts or
having led an evil life before she came
here to college,"
That is horrible all through. There
is a prodigious letting down in the south
and North Carolina is not behind. The
north also is a great sufferer.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-22
CLEANING AND

Henry Watterson, the cratic, unrel1'
able editor of The Louisville Courier
Journal, who wires in and wires out
in his political adhesion, but a man OF
brilliancy and force, is anxious to be
governor of Kentucky in 1903, and has
no fear of the republican assassins.
He is a candidate and has been con-
Quoting a still-hunt. He bolted Bryan
and the democracy in 1896. If nominal
ed can he carry the state? His object
is the democratic nomination for the
presidency. We doubt if he could car
ry foul states in the south and perhaps
not three in the north. He would have
hard work to carry North Carolina, we
would suppose. There is far better
presidential timber than Henri Of
fers.
The British are still in great force in
Africa. The secretary of war has Civ
en- a statement that shows Britain's
strength. There are now 2O0, 900 men
and $50 guns at the seat of war. In ad-
dition to these there are no less than
100. 900 men in Great Britain who are
under training to supply reinforce
ments. The British government is fur
nishing supplies daily to 314 600 persons
in South Africa who are directly or in
directly employed in the war. 1t is
feeding 24S, 900 mules and horses and
bringing in horses at the rate of 10000
a month. The Beers are a mere rem
nant. They never reached $4,000, and
now some 10000, more or less, is all
they have to ppose the Great Britain
force. This beats the immense dispar-
ity of the northern and southern ar
mics. At Appomattox Lee surrendered
a little more than 5000 men, and Grant
had there some 10000. But the odds
against the Boer are greater.
It has been often stated in the papers
hat with Cuba freed from Spanish rule
but brought completely under self-ap-
pointed, and arbitrarily and wrongful
ly so, American rule. the trade with the
rich island mas not improved. That is
to say European countries have ad
sanced more than this dominating, inn
perious country. From Frankford.
Germany, the American consul GENERAL.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-22
THREE MEN SHOT
In an "Imprompuu Duel in n West Vir-
gfnIa Town Cafe

Welsh, W. Va, October 17.-As a re-
acted in this little city in years. two
men are fatally wounded and one Sc
riously. The shooting occurred in the
Palace hotel cafe. The fatally injured
are: Robert Hufford, o prominent mer-
chant. shot three times; DR.. c. r. Nc
Daniel. one OF the best Known physi-
lcians in the county, seriously wounded.
land John Waldron, q deputy sheriff and
highly respected.
Shortly before midnight Huford was
taking a lunch in the hotel cafe when
la crowd of strange men entered, ap-
lparently intoxicated. They passed sew
leral remarks which Hufford took as
insults and he hurled a heavy glass at
one Of them and then a fist encounter
occurred. At this juncture. Deputy
!Sherif John Waldron rushed in TO sep
Iarate the participants In battle, as also
Ibid Mr.. Mcdaniel. who was seated at
la nearby table. Hufford Was jerked
rather roughly by the deputy sheriff
and he quickly pulled a gun. which he
turned on the officer. Waldron is quick
with a gun and in an instant he also
brought his revolver into action. DR..
mcdaniel, being a warm friend Of both
lmen, rushed into the fray, pleading a
cessation of hostilities, only to be
lpierced through and through with IS
lcalibre bullets. The firing continued
and Hufford was the text to fall. He
twas shot three times. the last bullet
penetrating his left breast Deputy
walk from the cafe. He was placed
under guard at the hotel while the two
fatally injured men were carried TO a
physicians office.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-22
THEKE WILL BE No REPUBLICAN
TARIFF REDUCTIONS

There is scarcely anything in mediae-
val history more unjust and Ubiquitous
than the priciple of protection. 1t is
plainly, Enthusiastically robbery" and
so the republican Supreme Court of the
United States has described it. 1t de-
clared that taxation for any purpose
whatever other than for revenue was
robbery That is the fitting stigma
put upon it by the highest judicatory
short of the robbery. Wordsworth, the
greatest contemplative poet of Great
Britain, saw this and saterized it in
his now famous lines in his poem called
Rob Roy's Grave" a once notorious
Scotch free booter:
1.-THE good old rule
Suffceth them, the simple plan
That they should take who have the
power,
And they should keep who can"
The reign of protection has been the
reign of robbery" and upon a colossal
scale. Look at the immense fortunes
made by it. and the ~stupendous, grind
ing, grasping. paralyzing trusts. 1t is
wonderful how any man of honor and
fairness and ordinary feelings of hui
mainly can favor or justify such a
wholesale system of oppression and pill
lage. The game Of robbing Peter to
pay Paul should come to an End. But
1t will never end so long as the repub-
lican party has control of the govern
ment and lords it over the robbed M
outraged people. The priciple of pro-
lection is false. specious, deceptive and
Ellelz oppressive At This time not less
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-22
IL Happened In a Drug store.

zone day last winter a lady came TO
drug store and asked for a brand
Of cough medicine that / did not have
in stock" says Mr.. c. r. Grandin, the
popular druggist of Ontario, N. y.
She was disappointed and wanted TO
what cough preparation / could
recommend. / said TO her that ! could
freely recommend Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy and that she could take a bot
tie OF the remedy and after giving - a
fair trial IL she did not find IL worth the
money to bring back the bottle n /
would refund the price paid In the
course Of a day or two the lady came
back in company with a friend in nee
of a cough medicine and advised her
to buy a bottle Of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. 1 consider that a very good
recommendation for the remedy" 1t Is
for sale by r. r. Bellamy, druggist.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-22
DUNN
The New Bridge Over the Cape Fear is
About Completed-The Town Has n
Building Boom-Readable Items From
a Live Place
Correspondence of The Messenger.)

Correspondence of The Messenger.)
Dunn, n. c., October Il.
The people all through Sampson,
Johnston and Harnett counties COM
plain of having the poorest cotton crop
ever harvested. Less cotton TO date has
been sold here than ever since the for
nation of the town.
Within the next two weeks the clos
ing act of the Converse Bridge Co, who
had the contract for the bridge across
the Cape Fear, at Ellington, will take
place. The ounty authorities will re-
ceive it and then Harnett county will
realize the convenience of a long-felt
want. The next move on the board
then will be to get one across the same
river at A~verasboro.
The Cumberland county fair has en-
gagged the Dunn Cornet band to play
three days during fair week. Messrs.
NJ. Blair and G. z. Pope, Of our band,
are playing this week in Wilmington.
Mr.. John NJ. Hodges and wife, of Lin
den, went to Richmond Tuesday.
Saturday the wood store next to Hood
& Grantham's drug store was pulled out
and the Merchants and Farmers bank,
of which Mr.. Z. f. Young is president,
will erect a nice bank building. No time
since the first stump was aug up IN tnlS
town has it had a stronger growth and
more healthy improvements thar for
the past year. Even today we are see
ing the old wood structures moved, and
nice, handsome brick buildings replac-
ing them. Mr.. John E.. Wilson is Just
finishing two nice stores on Broad
street, and a nice, large opera a over
the stores. Nj. E. Lee has begun work
on his store fronting Broad and Wilson
streets.
Mr.. E. T. Spence, of the milling firm
of Spence & Matthews. a the misfor-
tune to have his foot cut off by n OF
the saws a few days He is getting
on we'll now.
Mr.. G.. S. Phillips, who came here
from Red Springs last spring, left yes
terday for Tampa, Fla, where he goes
for the health of his child, who has
been seriously i'll for three months.
Mr.. Dortch. of Goldsboro, with the
agricultural department. was here this
week getting up material for the
Charleston exposition. Harnett county
holds the medals for the best bale OF
cotton at the Centennial in Philadel-
phia made by Mr.. Daniel Stewart OF
Grove township, and Mr.. Jacob c.
Williams, of Angler, holds a medal
awarded him for the best sample OF
corn put on exhibition at the Worlds
Fair in Chicago.
Messes Egerton Hollowell & Co., have
completed their large new sale stables
on Broad street, and Captain J. K.
Grannis, their manager, now occupies
them.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-22
a Night OF Terror.

Awful ANXIETY was felt for the wild
ow of the Drav General Burnham of
Machias, Me-, when the doctors said
she could not i've till morning writes
Mrs. S. II. Lincoln, who attended her
that fearful night. "All thought she
must soon die from Pneumonia, but she
begged for DR.. Kings New Discovery,
saying it had nore h once saved her
life. and had cured her Of Consump-
ton. After three small doses she slept
easily all night. and its further use
completely cured her." This maryels-
Gus medicine is guaranteed to cure all
Throat, Chest and Lung Diseases.
Only Soc and $l00. Trial bottles free
ct R-R- Bellamyss drug store.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-22
Cold Steel or Death.

There is but one small chance to
save your life and thai is through an
operation" was the awful prospect set
before Mrs. 1. 3. Hunt, of Lime Ridge,
Wis, by her doctor after vainly trying
to cure her Of q frightful case of stom-
ach trouble and yellow jaundice. He
count CT the marvellous power
of Electric Bitters to cure Stomach and
Liver troubles, but she heard of 1t,
took seven bottles. was wholly cured,
avoided surgeons knife, now weighs
more and feels better than ever. It's
positively guaranteed to cure Stomach,
Liver and Kidney troubles and never
disappoints- Price soc at r. r. Bel
drug store.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-22

North Carolina will be represented
well in it's apple product, we are glad
to see stated, at the Charleston eXposi-
ton. The Messenger for a decade or
more has written of h great apple
producing of North Carolina
tina it has grown apples equal to the
very best and can produce them in
great quantities. The secretary of the
state board of agriculture is making
arrangements that will send 100 barrels
of best apples on cold storage. They
will come from Yancey county, so says
the Asheville Gazette, and will be ship
ped about 1st December next. We
copy:
I'm fact, Yancey has something like a
monopoly on the apple supply this sea-
son. It is estimated that this county
will place on the market something like
800, 600 bushels, while the crop in other
counties is unusually short. Even in
Haywood the crop was SO poor that the
fruit festival planned for this fall a
beer postponed.
"Mr. Bruner has gone to Waynes-
Vile, where he will purchase barrels to
be used in shipping the apples to Char
lection. Very great care will be eXer-
cised in handling the fruit, so North
Carolina may have a creditable eX-
hibit."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-22

be Sent TO Charleston for the Ex-
position

Philadelphia, October T7.-Both
branches OF the city council u~nanimods-
ly passed a joint resolution today. au-
~thorizing the councils joint committee
on Charleston exposition 10 take the
Liberty bell to the southern city. where
ii will be the chief attraction In the
Philadelphia building. Four Philadel-
phia policemen viii guard IL day and
night while IL is at the exposition.
h mayor of Waco. Texas. has ask
ed the Philadelphia authorities TO al
low the old revolutionary relic ID be
taken TO thai city. but equest was
reluctantly declined. The counciimen
did not care TO risk the danger from
injury to the bell In travelling so great
a distance.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-22
HOME FOLKS.

North Carolina day was observed in
many places by many schools. The
state Literary and Historical Associa-
ton accomplished this result, N a
good one. 1t is also the author OF the
rural school library movement that
promises well for the children.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-22

FOR three days and nights I suffered
agony untold from an attack of choi-
era morbus brought on by eating Gu
cumbers." says n z. Lowther. clerk
of the district court. Centerwille. Iowa.
II thought I should surely die, and
tried a dozen different medicines but All
{ no purpose. I sent for a bottle OF
Chamberlain's Collie. Cholera and Dfar-
rhoea Remedy and three loses relieved
entirel.r This remedy II for sale By
r. r. BeIlamy. druGeist-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-22

st had long suffered from indiges-
ton" writes G.. A. LeDeis. Cedar City.
Mo. Like others I tried many prepa-
rations but never found anything that
did me good until I took Kodol Dys-
pepsia Cure. One bottle cured me. a
friend who had suffered similarly !
put on the use OF Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure. He is gaining fast and will soon
be able to work. Before he used Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure indigestion had made
him a total wreck. r. R. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-22
a Monster Devil Fish

Destroying its victim, is a type Of
Constipation. The power of this muir
derouS maiady is felt on organs and
nerves and muscles and brain. There's
no health ill it's overcome. But DR..
Kings New Life Pills are a safe and
certain cure. Pest in the world for
Stomach, Liver. Kidneys and Bowels.
Only % cents at r. r. Bellamy's drug
store.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-22
A Blunder

Will often cause a horrible Burn,
Scald. Cut or Rruise. Bucklen's Arni-
ca Salve, the lest in the world, win
kill the pain and promptly heal it.
Cures Old Sores. Fever Sores, Ulcers,
Roils, Felons, Corns, all Skin Erup-
tons. Best Pile cure on earth. Only
% cts. a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold
nv r. r. Sellamy.