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THE WILMINGTON MESSENGER, - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1JJ04 REPUBLICAN CRY OP POPUOS3I. The republicans are trying- to make i appear that there is great dissatis faction among the democrats of this state and that a great many who for merly affiliated with that party are Just -waiting-, for an opportunity, to flock over to the populists. They know no one. will believe the state ment that their own party will draw heavily from democratic ranks, so they do not make tliat cry, but they attempt to resurrect the populist party for the purpose of decoying democrats from their own ranks through the be lief that there is something of a popu lar wave in that direction. That there are some populists in this state no one will deny, but the strength of the party is by no means so great as the republi cans would have the people believe. Nor will the effort to revive that par ty's organization have the effect on the strength of the democratic party that the republicans are trying to make people believe it have. All this cry about the strength of the popu lists in this state comes from the re publicans. You hear little of It from what few populists that are left to that party after the republicans had swal lowed it. This is the supreme effort of the republicans to break the demo cratic hold on the state. They suc ceeded in 1894 in securing the state legislature by coalition with the pop ulists. Thi3 alliance lasted only four years, until the democrats returned to power in 189S. Then the populists went over to the republicans almost bodily. They then drew from the democrats all the disaffected who were willing to seek redress for sup posed abuses by joining their party's political enemy. There is no more of that kind of material life in the party, and the effort to recruit the populist party and their own through it from democratic ranks will prove futile. Chatham turnedfrom a strong demo cratic county to a hotbed of populism. It has come back to its own and its people will not again be fooled by this cry of the "people's party." The con ditions in that county are a fair illus tration of those in all other sections of the state. The Pittsboro Record says of this: - Republicans have been trying to create the impression that there is going to be almost a republican "land slide" in Chatham this campaign. No thing can be more false. We have failed to meet a single. man who voted the democratic ticket last election who says he shall vote with the republicans this year. On the contrary, men come into our office almost daily who say they voted the republican ticket last election, but that they cannot "swal low" Roosevelt or anybody who does. and therefore they shall vote the dem ocratic ticket this year from president down to constable. A REPUBLICAN BLUFF. As a general proposition it is hard to see how there can be any connection A 1 . a . ueiween a locai rauroau strike and a presidential election. It is often curi ous to see what trivial circumstances and unimportant conditions can be made to bear upon important political issues. In the state of New York a threat is made by strikers which may cause the democratic presidential candidate to lose a great many votes, and it is in a matter about which neither he nor any other democratic candidate is concerned. The engi neers and firemen of the Manhattan elevated railroad have demanded higher wages and shorter hours. So far the demand has been refused and a strike is threatened. August Bel mont is at the head of this company. Its managers are told that if the de mands of the engineers and firemen are not granted and a strike is ordered it will mean many votes gained for Mr. Roosevelt, for the men would vote for nobody whom Mr. Belmont advocated If he and his associates in the management of the road forced a1 strike by refusing to grant the de mands. Whether this is only a bluff or not is not known, but if it is we do not suppose thac It will work The offi cials of the road will hardly give way to the demands of their employes, if they think there is no justice In them, just for the chance of securing the votes of the latter for a man for pres ident who is the personal choice of the president of the company. This looks more like a republican campaign dodge to secure the votes of these men. If their demands should be refused and a strike occurs the republicans will try hard to make it appear to the strikers that Judge Parker and the democratic party through August Bel mont were responsible for the condi tions which necessitated the strike. This is mighty low politics, but then the political millennium has not' yet come and until it does we must look for politicians to do dirty work to car ry their points. Smaller things than this, though, have influenced more important events than the election of a president'. It is said that a certain international war was brought about by a cuarrel between two neighbors over the. killing by one of a pig of . the other. While attempting to drive across the' street car track on East Seventh street extension last evening at 8:45 o'clock. Mr. J. Fisher Correll was thrown violently from his buggy antt seriously hurt in a collision with a street car. Charlotte Chronicle. tWe are told that "misery loves com pany." As this is the second serious accident the Charlotte street c"ar com pany has experienced in the last week thet reading of the above item may be of some consolation to the managers of our street car and suburban electrieJ line. . - OCR WHOLESALE HOUSES. The crops in the south this year are abundant and southern merchants are naturallr looking for a arge fall trade. They will be purchasing enormous sup plies within a short time and we ob serve that Phiadelphla and Baltimore are makine a strenuous effort to In duce southern merchants to come to those markets for their supplies. Rich mond should take the hint- Richmond News Leader. If Richmond should take the hint, then why not Wimington also. Our city has more wholesale stores than any city between Richmond and Savannah. Then this condition affects our busi ness men to greater extent than those of' any other city in the counry lying between these two Points. Those at the head of our wholesale houses are live wide-awake business men,' and it can not be doubted that they have already viewed the, situation with an eyj to an Increase of their business through the enlarged capacity for -buying by the farmers and citizens of the inland ttwns In the territory tributary to Wil mington, because of the splendid crops of all kinds. Our Wilmington whole sale merchants are not going to be s caught napping 'by their competitors of Baltimore and Richmond. Already are they preparing, for what can be made the most successful busine3s year among the wholeale dealers of our city for a long time past. This means advancement all along the mercan tile line in Wilmington. Good whole sale -business brings inland merchants to th citF. It increases the amount of money in circulation here. It makes work for the' mechanic and for the laboring man. You may be sure the business men of Wilmington have their eyes open to the situation and are going to take full advanage of the bright prospects.? There is a man in Forsyth county who will be short of "bacon hams" this winter. The iWinsfon Business Guide mejitions the fact that a farmer in that county is the owner of a litter of pigs in which there is one which was born with only one hind leg and another which is minus both these appendages. These pigs are about eight weeks old and are thriving equally with the oth er of the litter. 1 . It does seem that the very best -men in the state are this year offering them selves for the state senate and hous&. The new era in politics has come. Charlotte News. Is not there still something wanting to ive us the political millennium? Won't it be still better when the very best men in the state are sought by the people for the state senate and housts instead of offering themselves to the people? We hope The News editor will accept this amendment to his proposi tion m the spirit in which it is made in all kindness and sincerity and not for the purpose of stirring up his cleri cal ire. The announcement made by the New Bern Journal that oysters are unusu ally fat and of fine flavor this season cannot overcome the additional state ment that they are even scarcer than last year. An editor of a state paper who Is also a minister of the Gospel, in, writing edi torially of Charles I of England says: "He had committed crimes that were also blunders and blunders that were worse than crimes." That is rather a remarkable distinction between crime I and blunder to be made by a preacher, though the idea was not original with him. The battle of Liao Yang will go down in history as one of the great and de cisive battles of the world. On its re sults will depend the life of the Japa nese empire and the continuance of Rusian aggression in the far cast. It is a life and death struggle and on it also may depend the continuance on the Rusian throne of the reigning Xarrt ily. CONDUCT OF THE MHTUTARY. Final Session of the Court of Inquiry, Investigating the Conduct of the Militia at Statesboro. Savannah. Ga., Aug1. 31. The final session of the court of inquiry investi gating the conduct of the sCate mili tia at Statesboro.-when the mob took the negroes Cato and Reed and burn ed them at the stake, was held here this afternoon. Captain Robert M. Hti'ch. who com manded the troops; Lieutenant George A. Mell and Lieutenant James W. Mc- Intyre, Jr.. submitted supplementary statements in rebuCtal of .evidence given at Statesboro yesterday. It is believed that it will b ten days or two weeks before the court is ready to make its report to the gov ernor. He will then decide what other evidence is sufficient to order a court martial for such of the officers and men as he may consider to have been derelict in their duty. Lieutenant Mell said thai he had not told Lieutenant Cone at States boro that it made no difference even if the troops had no amunition. He denied that the deputy 'sheriff came to him when hi was In command of the reserves and told him that he was needed at the court house with his men to aid in the defense of the prls oners. ' Lieutenant jdclntyre said he was sure -Chat he had seen Lieutenant Griner knocked down by the mob. Griner said at Statesboro that he had not been knocked down. Captain Hitch positively identified "Cap" B. T. E. Mallard, the bailiff, who testified at Statesboro yesterday, as the man who had seized and dis armed him and shoved him down -Che steps. Captain Hitch said he could .pot possibly have been mistaken in this. t ' Captain Hitch said that there 'was absolutely nothing said that would leave room for a reasonable man to presume that there was to be no shoot ing done. "The reasonable conclusion was that shooting' would be ordered, and that to kllU ' mz csecj lira Of disease is often the trail marked by a woman gown. " A receat investiga tion showed a horde of microbes, includ ing those of influenza, consumption and a dozen other varieties,' gathered is the trail of a woman's dress. i The microbe is everywhere, but its prey are the weak and feeble ptople whose blood is poor" and (ligation , '"weak." Dr. Picce'i Golden Medical Discov ery cure diseases of the stomach and ether crgans of digestion and nutition and purifies the flood. 1 It strengthen the body by, inccaseu nutrition toresUt or throw of dis ease. "Mease ace rsrf thanks for tht good Dr. Fierce' golden Medical Diforery has done for me, write Mr. M Chew ier, of Clerela , Cuy abora to.. Ohio, f wu troubled for over year with what the doctC pro nounced indigestive. I had nerrous headaefss. an unpleasant taste It .tay mouth in the mining, and my blood wa very poor. I tried dlferent medicines but to noivaiL My parents insisted n my taking Dr. Pierce's Glden Medical Discovery. I did so; am now on the fourth bottle, and feel strnger than I have for ten -ears. I cannot speak too fcghly in its favor." Dr.- Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are easy and pleasait to take. A Jnost effective axa- tive. fhey do no. be get the kbit NEGRO 3IUKDER SOCIETIES. Io not Band Together for Purpose oC Committing Crime. We may as well say that we do not believe at all in the existence of, this bugaboo. We do not believe that dith er now or at any time in the fcasl, such societies are or were existeit or even possible. There are bad ne groes as this town of Washington knows full well. There are crimiialv, outlaws, and all the rest of it. Mire over, it cannot be denied that hen as in Philadelphia. New York, and else where negro colonies arise as one nan against the police officer or any oher agent of the law. and without asting a question fall upon him with homi cidal purpose. This is the lnstincl of the professional pariah and malefactor. iEut negroes do not band together for murder, arson, rape or blackmail Ic Is not In their nature to do so. When we hear this accusation we know it for a pretext, and we have never yet fone wrong in our forecast of the conse quences. ! The average negro is a peaceful,eon- tented, improvident, and well-mealing creature. If the socalled leaders and the clergymen of the race would stoj telling them about their wrongs and, would preach morality instead of the savage hysteria they call religion, the negroes as a mass would become use ful members of society, even in the cities. The fact is that, considering the appeals of the demagogues who want to use them, the mischievous suggestions of doctrinaires who know nothing about them, and the ignorance and superstition of the persons who never think or care for their real wel fare, the wonder is that they are not all irreconcilable barbarians and de generates. If it were true that the ne groes at the south were capable or conspiring to the ends in question. why have not these alleged societies made their appearance in districts where thev are in an overwhelming majority in the rich alluvial lands of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Texas and Arkansas? Why don't these fiends operate in neighborhoods m wnicn they are numerically dominant: The authors of these preposterous roor-backs confute themselves, or a successful or even a formidable con spiracy there must be intelligence, and yet the historians of tne negro muraer societies do not give the negro credit for ordinary common sense. Washing ton Post. Hill and Parker. Much has been said about Judge Par- ker s political oongaiions to jir. nm. j Little has been said about Mr. Hi'.l's , obligations to Judge Parker. It is all. a matter of nineteen years ago. when Judge Parker was thirty-three years old, but the truth is Mr. Hill did not appoint the man who won the battle, in 18S5 a victory that opened tie way to the United States Senate until he was sought by powerful delegations of lawyers. If there is any political debt existing between Judge Parket and Mr. Hill on account of that br-gone time, Mr. Hill and not Judge Barker, is the debtor. It is a sign of a thival rous nature that Judge Parker has never sought to better his plitical prospects by calling attention to the actual facts. He has been denounced as Mr. Hill's creature, for no -other reason than that, nineteen years Ago Mr. Hill named him to fill a brief Unex pired term. To those who know Judge Parker and have had experience sf hi3 strength and independence, nothing can be more ridiculously false than the .idea that Judge Parker is not in very way his own master. Creelma In Review of Reviews. , Saved From His Friends, j Emanuel Friend, lawyer, has a small nephew who was recently vac cinated on his left arm. says the New York Herald. Soreness soon develop ed and the youngster was supplied with a small contrivance made of wire gauze to protect the arm from the buffets incidental to the employment of adolescent youth. But one morn ing It was discovered the lad had transferred his , protector, to the right ar.m . ' "Do you know that your protictor is on the wrong arm?" demanded his mother. f .. "Oh, it's on the right arm, all right," returned the lad. " t ' "Yes, I know it is on your right arm, but you were vaccinated on the left." said his parent. -You have left the sore without any protection." ? "Have I?'' retorted the urchin with a shrewd smile. "Well, I just guess I haven't. You don't know the fellows in my ganr." S. A. L- 'Is' IirSTLIXG. Many ImproTcmcnts By the New Man-sjperocnt. (News and Observer.) Major F. K. Huger, of Portsmouth, the General Superintendent of the Seaboard Air Lane, was In the city last night- He has many friends here, made while he was the superintendent of this division of the Seaboard, and there is always a warm welcome for him. Talking with Major Huger last night about the Seaboard and the new management in possession, he de clared that it would be their policy to put the road in a first class physical and material condition, and that every Improvement consistent with the best railroad service would be made. Speaking- of the work , being done now Major Huger said thatballasting was being done on the First Division from Richmond to Raleigh, and that this would be continued to Hamlet. There is now being put in 10,000 tons of seventy-flve pound steel' rails 0! the road for &9 miles between Col umbia, S. C. and Savannah. Georgia. "The new line is being opened up," he continued, "between Atlanta Ga., and Birmingham, Ala. That from At lanta to Rockmart, forty-four miles, is completed. aXd it is expected that be tween the fifteenth of November and the first-of December the line to Bir mingham will be completely finished, thus giving a complete shoot from Ra leigh through to 'Birmingham." 'As to new equipment Major Huger says that ten nev heavy engines have Just been put on the line, these being ninety ton engines, capable of hauling twelve to fifteen hundred tons each. The service is to be "material iirvrov ed in all respects. A fast service, he says, will be inaug urated on the fifth of January between the north and the south, and tfiis will te superior to that heretofore given to the patrons of the road. The improve ments which are to come will be such as to make the south think more and more of the Seaboard system. A Correction. Red Springs, X. C Aug. 31. Editors of The Wilmington Messen ger, Wilmington. N. C: Gentlemen, My attention has been called to the letter of your Red Springs oorresoondent of-August 30th. in which he says: "Dr. Vardell has purchased the plantation of Mr. William McYillow, two miles east of town and Is con necting it with another farm owned by him, into an immense stock farm, and will engage largely in the business of raising stock for market." This is an entire mistake, and while it will not mislead my friends in the state, it may others who do not know me. The farm (about 150 acres) I own is run exclusively to furnish milk and other products for the Southern Pres- bvt'erian College, of which I have the- honor to b president. There is a good deal of fine stock on the place, but it is the property of the Institution. My business is preaching the gospel, and allied work, such as the conduct of this college, and I devote my whole time to this, and have none for any other employment. Yours very truly, C. G. VARDELL. Add Dyspepsia a Very Common Di- ease. It is indicated by sour stomacfi. heart burn, tongue coated and flabby, stom ach tender and bowels sometimes loose, sometimes constipated. Persons suffer ing from Acid Dyspepsia are usuallv thin and bloodless. Sometimes the suf ferer is fleshly, but the flesh is flabby and unhealthy. A Radical cure of this disease can be effected in a short time by taking one or two Rydale's Stomach Tablets after each meal and whenever the stomach is out of order. They are harmless and can be taken at any time and as often as is necessary to relieve the stomach. Trial size 25c. Family size 50c. R. R. Bellamy. FLOUR ! FLOUR !! MILLER'S PICK, CLARENDON, SOUTH BELL, McN. MICH. ST. S. P. M. - EVER BRIGHT i. We have a full line of all kind of :an goods, send us your orcer, or j write for prices. S. P. McSAIB. PC CM ICH ESTER S tNttl'BM teKYROYAL, PILLS 1 1 yT-v Orttal ad Only Cul. let iiiii,uuiati -a jmuiiinu ia KED m4 614 nwJlia bona, wal vita bin rtbboo. Take stker. RWu Iatger batMtltaUraa a4 Inatt tisv . Bav of ttmr Drsccul. r acad 4. ia atara for Partiealata. TtiaHaanaifill at- -Relief far La4lce,"a law, ay re. tara V-xU 4.CHH TcattawatoUa. 84 tf all DtBUtu. Ch toaeetc Ca eerie! A Word About Butter. We are selling a most de lightful fresh Butter from the mountains of Pennsylvania. It is churned oh Monday, sent by express to us, and is received every Wednesday morning. It comes in 5 lb. Pails and 1 lb. blocks. We can sell it to you perfectly fresh every Wednes" day. As each lot arrives we place it in a refrigerator and keep it hard , and sweet until sold. WILMINGTON GROCERY CO., JH0. L B0ATWRIGHT, Uuigtr. 'Phone U. i 1 1 1 Afcgdabls PrcparalioaTcf As similating ateFoodandRegub tL"lhe5tDC2fis andBowbrT Prbmotes Digcstion.Checrfi!r nessaidltestCon tains nciT Opiiitiijforplurtc nor Miner?!. Kot'Narc OTIC . javr tfourssiuiirtrajJi aJe- Aperfecl Remedy forCortsiipa Tion. Sour StonvKh. Diarrhoea Worms .Convulsions .Feverish-, ness and Loss of Sleep. 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