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THE SEMI-WEEKLY MESSENGER: TUESDAY, JULY 20, 1897 AN ADMIRABLE REPORT AS TO A SCHOOL HISTORY. It is a steadily growing sentiment in the south among the old soldiers and the men who lived through the great war between the states, that there must be a fair, truthful, pains-taking record of the wara bona fide history, written with all due reference to facts Involved. It Is not to be one-sided. It Ss not to be a mere southern product, setting forth a highly colored, sectional account of what happened. It Is to be a deliberate, systematic, pertinacious attemp to tell the truth the exact, the full truth. It is surely very greatly needed. If it can be done it will be a dlsideratum and a marvel. "We do not know who is equal to such a great, delicate, most interesting task. The south has nothing to be ashamed of In all the great fights from first to last. Turn on the white light of truth upon It all and only "recorded honors shall jgather around" its name. The more the facts are known the brighter shines the glory of the south. The more the "disparity in resources and numbers Is known to the world, the greater the Tame of the boys in gray. Let the history be prepared with all ue care and diligence. If the truth lover can be found who has historic talents of a high order and a style of superior literary excellence all the bet ter for the reader and for posterity At the great gathering of the vet erans in gray at Nashville, Tenn., recently a most interesting and heart stirring event a committee was ap pointed to consider the propriety of having a really truthful history pre pared a school history for the south's -children so they might have the pre cise facts and see "in a just light the noble and splendid deeds of the south's warriors. The committee was compos ed of honorable and brave men, who - find risked every thing in the troub " lous days and upon the ensanguined fields of battle. The committee's re port was excellent and remarkable. It ahowed elevation of character and genuine love of fairness and truth. We quote a little only from an elaborate .statement. They say: . ' ""Tour committee recognizes that no sectional history is wanted in the -jsc'hools of this country, and they de sire to have no history taught in the .schools of the south but what ought 'to be taught in the schools of the na tion everywhere. They would be more than willing to have the facts taught without comment if such a course were possible. But they protest against the presumption of those historians who teach their own views as God's truth on all doubtful questions, and especial ly where such teaching is of a nature calculated to alienate the affections of . the southern people from the nation of which they are loyal citizens. The historian must, indeed, endeavor to write the truth as he sees it. Nothing -is to be gained by a colorless com promise of opinions about matters as to which the facts may be ascertained. TThe teacher must also teach what he "believes to be true. For that very reason it is not expected that southern teachers will instruct the children that their fathers were traitors and rebels, nnri t Tx-niilrl Vio a riireA tn thp nation If WUty vdid." No one can surely object to that. No i rbrave people could ask for less and no brave people can refuse to concede all that is stated. The south is not at "the mourner's bench." It did what duty called for, and It suffered deeply and painfully, but sacrifice was the price it paid for honest conviction and for the rights of freemen. The south Is in the Union, of the Union, loyal, patriotic, having accepted in the ut most good faith the issues of war and the appeal to the sword. Beaten by ;sreat numbers, the southern people . abide the events and salute the Ameri can flag as their insignia of power, of restoration, of liberty. The able and self-respecting committee say this, and it will apeal to every just mind, every elevated soul, whether he wore the blue or stood by the north in sym pathy: . ' , "It is not to be expected that those who fought on the southern side will - admit that they were wrong simply be cause they were beaten, or that the highest and noblest purposes of their lives are worthy of the execration of mankind. The nation cannot afford to -vhave the people of the south lose their self-respect, or the future' citizens of .that large and most promising section of the country brought up without that pride in their ancestors which leads to honorable and patriotic action. Those who endeavor to undermine the faith -of the southern youth in their ances tors, and to perpetuate teaching in tnis country which indicts a noble people, an integral part of the nation, for trea son and rebellion, are the real ene mies of the republic the plotters -.against its glory, and the perpetuation of its liberties. How shortsighted are those who think it contributes to the glory of the union" soldier to make odious the brave men they overcame. Remembering the victories of both, each army is made more glorious by every deed of valor, every act of pure and consecrated heroism exhibited by the other. . The soldier of the union having the prestige of success can af ford to be generous in this matter. They have, of all others, most to lose by invoking upon the southern soldier the condemnation of history." Let the history be written. A fair, equal, truthful history of the war wiU Ie an achievement worthy of the south worthy of. the cause that was lost. To prevent pale and delicate children from lapsing into chonic invalids later In life, they Should take Ayers Sarsa ;parilla together with plenty of whoie some food and out-door exercise. What . they need to build up the system Is fc good red blood. " A coal famine is regarded as certain in the north, and soon. Well, they can ' tand tt With the thermometer high, up od ready to Jump higher. LITERARY GOSSIP, The "Gadshill" Dickens, edited, by Andrew Lang, is an announcement. Several volumes have been published already. Dickens holds his own excel lently amid the great multitude of new writers whose name is legion. Professor George Saintsbury's new work be is editing and partly writing on "Periods o European Literature" is going ahead. He has published a volume by himself on "The Flourishing of Romance and Rise of Allegory." Professor Burgess's much canvassed volume on "The Middle Period" 1817 1858 is a part of another series known as "American History Series." The previous volumes are "The Colonial Era," by Professor G. P. Fisher The French War and the Revolution," by Professor Wlllaim M. Sloane, Ph. D. The Making of the Nation," by Gener al Francis A. Walker. We should have said when referring to Professor Saintsbury that hels probably the best informed, all round, man of letters in Great Britain. He is marvellously well read, and In European Continental authors as in his own. We mentioned that the celebrated Professor Jowett, of Oxford university, did not think very highly of Robert Browning's poetry, but liked the man. He was visited by the poet and after wards regarded him as a personal friend. He was greatly drawn towards the manly, urbane, sweet character he found in the poet. He left this on record: "It is impossible to speak without en thusiasm of his open, generous nature and his great ability and knowledge. I had no idea that there was a perfect ly sensible poet in the world, entirely free from vanity, Jealousy, or any other littleness, and thinking no more of him self than if he were an ordinary man. His great energy Is very remarkable, and his determination to make the most of the remainder of life." Novels come from the press every day, the number produced each year counts by thousands. One who reads the new novels cannot be too careful in selection. We read few new novels, and have not the time to re-read some of the great standard novels the recol lection of which gives us uncommon pleasure. The critics every month write of novels Just out that are much praised and exalted. The New York Tribune that gives particular attention to its literary department praises George Gissing's "The Whirlpool" as a "powerful study of London life." Carlyle's rule to wait two years before reading a new book is more and more a necessity a wise rule. Hopkinson Smith has a new novel called "Caleb Wheat." Quiller-Couch is to finish Stevenson's unfinished nov el, "St. Ives." Hazardous! Richard Mansfield has a novel to be published entitled "Blown Away." He is. the. ac tor we think. Crawford's new novel, "A Rose of Yesterday," Is considered clever and of his. usual good level gauge. He is very prolific but knows how to interest. Nelson Page has a "novelette" out called "The Old Gentle man of the Black Stock." His best work was probably done years ago, "The Martian" is read and praised. We read it with interest. It has a tender charm and the characters are admira bly drawn. We are not sure, however, that it measures up to the other two stories from his delightful pen. His touch is fine, his brightness and livli ness most striking, his sketch of char acter strong and secure. We may write more at length at another day. In June in the literary centres some twenty or twenty-five cities, the novels that led in sales were as follows: "The Choir Invisible" and ''Quo Vadis" away ahead and a tie. Of there kind both must be remarkable, but we have not read them. -The third was "Soldiers of Fortune,' fourth "'Miss Archer Archer," fifth "A Story of Teller's Pack," and "Ziska" and "Lad's Love" tie for the sixth place. Nansen's "Farthest North" outsells all books not novels. "American Lands and Letters" also sell well. A new novel has a rapid run for a month or two and then drops be hind, and with most of them are soon forgotten. Of novels of the year we suppose "Quo Vadis" is beyond doubt the most important. The New York Evangelist says: "We have admired the genius of the author heretofore. We shall now have an affection for him as one who has made plain the loveli- ness of the early Christian faith and character." i Few medicines have hefd their ground so successfully as Ayer's Pec toral. During the past fifty years, it has been the most popular of all cough cures and the demand for it today is greater than ever before. Prompt to act and sure to cure. HOME FOLKS. In August the confederate veterans will hold a reunion at Wrightsville. It is a nice, pleasant place for the meeting, and we hope the scarred southern men of valor will be in strong force and will have a most pleasurable time. God bless the veterans, now all old men or near the line. There is room for still other .high schools in North Carolina. There ought to be twice as many of both sexes at the foremost schools in the next scholastic year than there was in the one but recently ended. We agree with our esteemed con temporary at Charlotte, The Observer, In this: The truth is that there is more than enough room in North Carolina for all its educational institutions, and after all our protestations in favor of the ed ucation of the people we should be ashamed to be found in an attitude of antagonism , to any institution which educates them, whether this attitude were taken openly or secretly' The high schools, academies, (we be lieve some are left) and colleges of both sexes were better patronized during the last scholastic year than in the previous year, as is our recollection. Considering the low prices, the busi ness prostration, that record is very remarkable. It shows that the people are bent on giving their daughters and sons the best possible schooling. Whatever a girl or lad learns is his. Neither poverty nor misfortune can deprive him of what he gathers and stores In the library of the mind. God only can deprive the educated, book lover of what he has. Once obtained you have a rlsh treasury Indeed. The great Thomas Carlyle, one ot, the two or three greatest writers and thinkers of our century, once said this: "The true university of these days is a col lection of books." Educate the boys and girls if you would perpetuate a high civilization and have noble men and women who will uphold the an cient renown of the south, it has such a renown In spite of jibes and denials to the contrary. Our good friend, Colonel Julian S. Carr, who is always trying to help the state or some person in distress, is at Denver, Col., attending a gold mining convention. The Republican, the lead ing paper of its party "in Colorado, has a long and pleasant description of our generous North Corollnian. We. make an extract: "One of the most interesting figures of the convention is Colonel J. S. Carr, president of the great Durham Tobacco Company, president of the First Na tionaal Bank or Durham, North Caro lina; a millionaire through the work of his own hands and brains; an ex-Confederate soldier , who fought through the war to Appomattox in Wade Hampton's celebrated cavalry legion, and though a cavarlyman, was forced to walk to his home in North Carolina, where he arrived without a dollar in his pocket, with home and friends lost and dead, and started with nothing but his hands and his pluck to restore the fortunes he had lost. Mr. Carr has succeeded, as is hown by the fact that he carries in the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, a policy Jior $500,000, the largest single policy- ever written in the history of life insurance in the United States; and is at the i head of a business which has attained enormous proportions and which is still growing." A stimulant is often needed to nour ish and strengthen the roots and to keep the hair a natural color. Hall's Hair Renewer is the best tonic for the hair. SNAPS. Breckinridge was the event in the boltocrat convention in Kentucky. Manyearlyjdeaths rom naaxtdis ease. of athletes are known to occur each year. The powers who stand off and dio nothing in Europe are now aptly char acterized, says the New York Tribune, as "the European chain gang." A rude, Txusterous Havana paper has attacked General Lee, the consul gen eral. It will stir the American fblood. They miay murder him yet. General Gordon will attend the un veiling of the General Logan monu ment. That is right. "Let us have peace," said the illustrious Grant fif teen years ago. The country used to have a. rest after a campaign. Politics dominated for a few months and ifhen quiet and work followed. Rut for three or four years it is politics all the time,. and evils come out of it. Too much of it is a real curse. All the newspapers are very busy now hunting hard for prosperity. They wish to prosper themselves and desire to see their friends and patrons espe cially and all the country prospering. It is all right to hunt and it will be joy to find. The Messenger puts but little hope or confidence in the national agreement business as to bimetallism. If silver is uot restored to its place under, the con stitution until England brings it about it will be deferred into the next cen tury, we doubt not. Some of the northern papers resent the declaration that this "country feels kindly toward Great Britain. They say it is quite otherwise. There are thou sands of southern men who do regard that great nation with growing kind ness, and some with undisguised admir ation. . The 'New York 'Evening Post ha3 a kind word for the striking miners in saying, what all right minded people must agree to, that "the western coal I miners ought to receive more than 60 cents per ton for digging coal out of the -bowels of the earth is universally conceded as a moral proposition." We are in receipt of an invitation to attend the unveiling of a monument erected toy the state of Illinois in honor of Major General John A. Logan, In Chicago on the 22nd Instant. General Logan was a very gallant, efficient sol dier, served the north faithfully, was an honest man In politics and deserves to be respected by the south. When you read of the two negro out rages in Georgia reported in yester day's Messenger, It looks as if the ne groesthe mean part of them were growing bolder and more rapacious in their assaults upon white children and women. It is horrible to read some of the accounts. Sentimentality will nev er intimidate treacherous brutes. STATE PRESS. In every county. In sorth Carolina, last Monday, a school committee was to have been elected for each township, who were to have complete control of the schools for said townships. Upon the character of the men appointed to these positions will depend the success or the failure of the schools, to a large ex tent; not only this, but the fate of the school election in August depends largely upon them. People are not going to vote to tax themselves for schools when they know the money Is gomg to be handled by incompetent committees. We trust that good men have been ap pointed to every township in the state men wbx are earnest advocates of common schools, and that our pubyc schools for the next three years will be better than we have ever had be fore. Aberdeen Telegram. North Carolina lias never in any one administration held so many Important foreign appointments General Ran som, minister to Mexico; Professor Al exander, minister to Greece; Mr. Jer nigan, consul general to Shanghai, succeeding Mr. Jones, of Wake county, who died In the service; General Rob erts, consul to Victoria; Mr. Avery, vice consul at Shanghai; Mr. Eure, vice consul to Victoria: Mr. Little, consul to Tegucigulpa, Honduras; Mr. Jen kins, consul at Patros; Mr. Robert Ransom and Mr. William J. Andrews, secretaries of legation In Mexican mis sion in all ten representatives from this state. 'No one has been appointed to succeed Mr. Little or Mr. Jenkins. They, with Mr. Avery and Mr. Eure, as was General Roberts, are within the classified service. Raleigh News and Observer. Why the 'board, consisting of the clerk of the court, register, and coun ty commissioners, should have placed a colored man on the board of educa tion, is a matter we cannot understand, if their purpose was to best serve the educational interest Of the people. Whose servants they are. If the negro is good enough to sit with the white man as a member of the school committee that controls the white and colored schools, why are not his children good enough to go to the same school with the white children? Where is the difference?- This end will eventually come if this course is persistently pursued. But it cannot, it must not, come. The white people who think anything of themselves will nev er submit to it, the good colored people do not desire it, 'but office loving, mon-ey-seeking-plo-hunting hordes may not Only submit, but encourage it, in order to advance their selfish ends. Had this board appointed only white men, the best of the different parties, it would have immortalized itself and our county would have reaped a rich reward. Educational advantages and benefits would have been received bv all our people, white and colored alike. We say this because we believe that the colored people would have had all the privileges allowed them under democratic rule, not the least of which was .that of controlling their own Sc'Iidols. Rockingham Rocket. Bucklen's Arnica Salve The best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup tions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refund ed. Price 23 centsjper bottle. For sale by R. R. Bellamy. Two Ladies Assaulted by a Negro. Richmond, Va., July 15. Police this morning captured Joseph Fife, color ed, 20 years old, on suspicion of having attempted to outrage two white women yesterday. In the morning a negro went to the house of Mrs. W. V. Marks, of East Franklin street, and finding her alone, tried to assault her. She fought him desperately and the noise of several children in an adjoining yard frightened the man away. Later in the day Miss Nina Russell, of Norfolk, who Is on a visit here, was attacked by a negro, on Chestnut Hill, but her screams frightened him off. This morning both women identified Fife, though he makes a denial. He is in jail and will be brought before a special grand jutry tomorrow'. Beautiful eyes grow dull and dim A the swift year teal away. Beautiful, willowy forms so slim Lose fairness with every day. But she still is queen and hath charms fts spare Who wears youth's coronal beautiful hair. Preserve Your Hair and you preserve your youth. "A woman is as old as she looks," says the world. No woman looks as old as she is If her hair has preserved its normal beauty. You can keep hair from falling out, restoring its normal color, or restore the normal color to gray or faded hair, by the use of Ayer'S Hair Vigor. HOMO COLLEGE SAUEM. VA. Courses for Degrees, with Electives high standard. Also Commercial and Pre paratory Courses. Library 20,000 volumes. Working Laboratory. Good morals and discipline. Six churches no bar-rooms. Healthful mountain climate. Very mod erate expenses: may be reduced below $150 for nine months (fees, board. Ac.) 43th year begins Sept. 15th. Catalogue free. Address . JULIUS DREHER, President. . JuOimeodwtt.. EE if v, . sr.-.- r AVcCc hb!c Prep irjfion for As -slmilating SsrcccScndRcgula liig the Stomachs iirdBo'.ccis cf n Prorates Th'Sesticn.Cbccrful ncss 'nnd&stTCcntetas neither Op:, vMorptiirte nor Mineral. No1. K.vncoTh . a 1 ) jtruM. Zctfl JXppcnautt - frx-rm Stel - A perfect Remedy f or Copaiba tion. Sour Stomsxtt.Diarrhoea, Worms .Convulsions .Fcvcrish ness end Loss of Sleep. Tac Simile Signature of TTEW "YORK. am EXACT COPy OF WRAPPEB. Economy - Economy is wealth. This old addage is often told to the boys on their leav ing: home to go out in the wrld to fight the battles of manly life. Their moth ers teach them this moral lesson. Their fathers tell them how to make the pre cious dollar and my experience Is the surest and quickest road to wealth is to spend less than you make and spend that little where you can get the most goods for the money. Trade with those who can overmatch their competitors and sell goods for less price than other people. Tnls Is a. broad - lesson and reaches every man and woman In this country; and I stand ready to lend a helping hand to this plan as I have practiced and made money and now I am able to help others by selling .them their Dry Goods of every class, in Dress Goods, Lawns, Shallies, Double Fold Dress Goods, Silks and Domestic Goods at a price. Shirt Waist Silks at 20 and 25 cents per yard; better quality at 40 and 50c per yard; changeable patterns, figured, at 35c; 36 inches changeable at 35c per yard; bright and very stylish paterns in changeable at 60 and 65c per yard. One piece Black Satine at 25c per yard; beautiful Black Satine, all silk, at 65 75c and $1.00. Brocaded Satine In all colors at 45c per yard. Pongee Silk In colors worth 50c, now 35c. Black gras grain Silk at 85c and $1.00 per yard. In Dress Goods, 34 inches, and new styles, worth 15c and 20c, to close at 10c. Dress Plaids, 36 inches wide, in bright colors, for children, at 7c. Beautiful Black Cashmere, 30 inches wide, at 20c F. F. Cashmere at 25c. Sicilian, 36 inches wide, at 25c. Brilliantlne, 36 inches wide, at 25, 35 and 40c. Fine Dress Suitings that I bought from Mr. Mclntyre I am selling about one-half he asked for them and that discount is your gain. Beautiful Silkalene, all col ors at 10c. Linen crash at 12c. Boys striped Linen at 15c Fine Black Lawn at 10 and 12c. A very big lot of colored Batiste at 5c. All colors in Duck, Blue Tan, Black and White at 10c; also a big line of Linen finish duck at 10c Ladles Bicycle Suiting in assorted colors at 8, 10 and 12c; in Flannetts worth 10c, fine quality at 6c now less than cost; nice flannette'at 5c. We have a very nice line of fine white Bed Spreads at 50c, 75c and $1.00 and up to $300. Gents collars of all styles from 3 to 15c each; also 1,000 Ladies' Collors and Cuffs, nice, clean laundred, good styles of Collars and Cuffs that I will sell next week for lc each A big lot of soiled Baby Caps that I bought cheap that I will sell for 5 and 10c A beautiful line oI Lawn Caps at 25c Tomashanta Caps made of duck in Line colors at L2c, white 20 and 25c. of wnnniGTon's Our Own OSTEW WEST INDIA nnoid oomjty. it! . 111 4 till i i - r i 0 II I 111. I. WORTH & WORTH SEE THAT THE FAC-SIMILE SIGNATURE OF IS OK" THE . WRAPPER OF EVERT BOTTLE OF 4m Cutsria Is fzi ap in enenusa fettles enly. It It sot roll la balk. Don't allow aajee to m'J you kflytbicg eta on the ploa or promiio tbat it It "Jcit at 3JH and "vili wuwer orery pw. poae." Bee that joa gtt C-A-S-T-O-B-I-A. Tt lis- Is - Wealth. Ladies' banded Sailor Hats, wide brim rough straw, new styles at 2Zc each. Beautiful Sailors at 50, 75c and $1.00; also a nice line of fine new shapes just received, something new and sty lish. If you need ribbons we have all col ors and all prices, also fine narrow Valencienne Lace from 15c a yard to 10c a yard. Remember our Clothing. We sell Suits made of strictly all wool Cashmere at $4.00 a suit. All styles of nice Clothing at $5.00. $6.00 and up to $10.00 and $12.50 a Suit. Percale Shirts at 33c, 40c, 50c, C5c, 75c, 8."c each. Men's Working Shirts, very heavy and thick, at 25c each Satine Shirts I sold at 50c, now 35c. v Look at my Window and you wllLjT at a glance we sell Shoes. We JL. W over 300 pair in our Show Window to represent the styles we carry. Satin Calf Lace or Congress, at $1.00 a pair. Gent's plain or fancy toe, honest, first grade, real Calf, lace or c ngress, Shoos at $1.25, $1.39, and $1.50 a pair. Baby's second Shoes, with tips on the too, at 25c a pair. Fat Baby Shoes, best goods, at 50c a pair. Misses' Shoes, from 12 to 2, at 75c a pair, better at $1.00 and $1.25. Ladies' Shoes A few more very fine Shoes in small sizes and narrow last ABC and D, best shoes made, worth from $2.00 to $3.00 a pair, my price to close this Job, $1.15 a pair; about 100 pair on hand. Woman's pattent tip button Shoes, a Job at 63c, better good?. ' all solid, at 85c ad $1.00. Beautiful I Shoes In common sense "patent tips, ; the old ladles' styles and all the pretty Shoes, as well as the comfortable Shoes I at $1.25, $1.50 and $2.00. We are no snides In the Shoe business. We carry about 4,000 pair of shoes at all times and we are selling a nice Shoe trade. We can save you money on your Shoe bills, both wholesale and retail. We are selling lots of Trunks, Grips and Valises. We have Just received a fine line of leather Grips, all leather, from 85cl Jk $3.00 each. We can please any XfO&aJrs? this line. Trunks from $1.00 to f, tXp each. - All the new things In trunks. Remember our matting from 10c to 25c a yard. Fine Linen Opaque Shades, 36x72 inches for 25c, with fixtures complete. Well, I said the road to wealth was through the lane of economy and I promised to prove to you I could help you to find the key to the line of sav ing. I have given you prices that count and I trust you will call a'nd us when in need of Dry Goods of any kind. Too will find us at 112 Norji Front street, opposite The Orton Hot .el. P. S. Nickel Clocks at 50 c 'each; Chi na Clocks at $15. $1-50 and $2 00. Eight day heavy mahogany Clocks, $2.95, all a Job. 9 AVLDBD, PropT. big racket stojxe Importation. CROP MOLASSES. vm foe cash