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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, niB DAILY MHr'XGER by mail. year. $7.00; !? months, $3.50; threv r. mths, SI. 75; one nnnth, SO cents. THE SEMI-WEEKLY MESSENGER Two t pace papers), by ma.iL one year. ELtt; mtx months, 50 cents, in advance. WILMINGTON,' II. C. FRIDAY. MARCH 1. TIIE MESKNGCIi ALWAYS STANDS nm EDUCATION. The wovr editor of the Morgan ton Herald Is Mr. W. E. Abernethy. He Is a. writer of ability and has ideas and views which he sets forth in clear and - -even aamirame English. He holds to the idea that mere secular education (the- Holy Spirit being entirely left out of the consideration) does "make men ieUer." It Is a question that can not ie determined by a mathematical de monstration. The Messenger is staunch ly tlte friend and steady advocate for education. It has been always so. It 13 no mew thins with it. It believes it gives a man a great advantage in the battle of life over the unlettered, Ignor ant. It holds that an educated man is a much more important factor in the state's service than stolid Ignorance. Mr. Abernethy finely, admirably says, and we give his felicitous view most Willingly: "Education called by whatever name, means personal adaptation to environ ments, an understanding and mastery Of the natural forces around us, and some conception of the vast stores of knowledge which have crystalized lno what we call civilization. In other words, secular education alone tends to open tne eye to the hood writing of the great God as seen in. the stars, upon the nieh hills, in the rscky strata, in the smiling flower, in the seething sea. in human history, in the heart of man. The devotee of learning meanly traduces his mistress when he suggests that the development of mind tends to lead It away from Fifth. Itjs the stupid blindness of the , bat which shuts the eye to the flaming sun in the heaven, and cries out. 'where is it.' Academic instruction Is but the rudimental grasp of learning all of which came from that Fountain of Knowledge which men call God." In discussing education no man has a righit to Impugn the motives, intro Jdace insinuations, or belittle the intelli gence of an opponent. Without enter ng at length upon the subject of edu cation it may be said that there 'are come facts well understood and unde niable. Look at Greek and Roman life. Qee what was the condition of morality Ex3 life among them. They were bet jter than the more ignorant heathen orotfad them but not good. They prac ticed things that Gospel condemns, and nil well regulated and sanctified intel ligence stigmatizes. Then again, go !t the penitentiaries in Europe and in Jthe morthern states, and you will find .thousands of people who are "educated" acccording to the ordinary standard. Many are even people of scholastic training and sin against human know ledge every day and. all the time. Go o southern prisons and you will find two-thirds of the negro inmates able to read and write. Whatever else educa tion, without Christ and th Bible, may 2iave done for their minds, it has not lifted them in the scale of being, made them pure, honorable, nonest, useful men and women, a blessing to the hu man race and exemplars m any civiliza tion peat and present. Bill Arp, the wise Georgian, long ago said that "ed ucating" the negro only "spoiled a good field band." Bill is no mere sentiment al theorizer, but a practical observer of passing events and the fruits of our times. The kernel In the Messenger's conten tion is that however desirable is "ed ucation" for the few or the many, it can not take the place of God's own system of educating the soul and moulding character and uplifting the fallen The Divine place Is the red crap s' tion of the fallen by the Denignanx. work of God in the soul by the opera tion of the Holy Ghost and the cleans - tag power of the blood of Jesus Christ "which cleanseth from all sin." The Messenger says give education, to all the children, but do not build for eter nity upon that foundation do not stop with the earthly schools whether high or low. There are . thousands of the very foremost, scholars and men of science in our own land and many more in Europe, who are any thing else than representatives of the highest develop ment of the human oul under the mighty touch, so transforming, purify ing, elevating, sanctifying, of the Fing er of God. - There are probably in North Carolina a thousand teachers who are as ignorant of the, Divine life in the soul "Christ In you. the hope of glory" as the heathen in any land or under any sun. How can a teacher impart what he does not know. An educated man without the light of the Cross and a personal knowledge of the Son of Co ' by iaith. is as blind as a bat to the bigher, greater, grander things that concern an immortal being. Let us have the best schools and the best all round teachers possible. Make educa tion something more than culture, than a developing of aesthetic taste, than "a mastery of the natural forces," than the mere gathering "of the vast stores ol knowledge." Train the children for the .best living here, for a life of use fulness, of sobriety, of virtue and in dustry, and help them to build for eter- nity. "It is not all. of life to live." Nothing earthly, nothing utilitarian, nothing material ever yet or ever can take the place of the Book of books anfl its imperative teachings. Man can tf Id great eohools. and multiply col leges and high academies, and richly endow them, but he cannot impart the principles of 'true religious life that be gins In the blessed work of the Holy Spirit. "The carnal mind Is enmity against God." ' The Messenger always stands for "education" and of the beat TIIE NEW REVENUE BILL. Probably the most difficult duty a cit izen of honor and conscientiousness has to perform with reference to the state is to give in accurately his tax list. Possibly the most perplexing and seri ous duty that befals a" legislator of a state is to make out a tax schedule to draw a judicious, wise, sufficient and equal revenue law. Looking at the new revenue bill in yesterday's Messen ger and it may appear very high and unfair to many. But if we could all have been with the committee and heard all the reasons urged for this or that particular tax, we would be ready to accept what was said and done. Then again, the Increase may em much and excessive, but If we had the revenue law of New "York. Massachu setts, and Pennsylvania in the north, and of Georgia, Louisiana and Missis sippi in the south we might find the law neither extreme nor unbearable. Each man reading the bill will draw his own conclusions and make his own comments and complaints. A great many will be satisfied with the law, and a great many will probably vigor ously denounce it. When it infringes upon a man's interests and threatens to relieve his pockets of more money for taxes than heretofore, he will be apt to kick and to Indulge high flying expleties. But all must remember that civilization is costly and taxes are and have been always a burden, and often a great curse. The new law is new in some particu lars for North Carolina. It reaches out after several new sublects for taxation. It has new features as to incomes, while not disturbing the exemption of the old law $1,000. The inheritance tax Is entirely new for our state, but it has been found good and serviceable in northern states and is certainly con stitutional. It is useless to go into the matter at length to make a summary of the law and In all its bearings. The long special in the Messenger is lucid and succinct enough to "be understood by the people." It will bring in much additional revenue, but never before were there so many urgent calls upon a democratic legislature for help, for money. It is better to have a high tax than to issue bonds. THE LIBER U, LKADK11 PLEADING fo Tin: r.OERs. The liberal leader in the British house of commons, Sir Campbell-Bannerman, made a speeech on 14th inst that stirred up the opposition. He soke vigorously and bravely for no tyranny for Boers. He denounced the punitive operations in South Africa. His speech contained several points of general interest, and was worthy of an Englishman, with a proper sense of right and kindness. We cull a few eentences as it is good read ing for Americans at this time as well as for Englishmen: "Now it appears that this policy of devastation has been altogether aban doned, whether in consequence of de bates in this house or for other reasons I cannot say; but the evil that it did lives after it. "Can anyone estimate how much the duration of the war has been extended by these so-called strong measures? . . When you destroy the home of a brave and resolute enemy because he is your enemy (Ministerial cries of 'No, no') when you subject his family to pri vation and the risk of starvation, when you confiscate his property, what ef fect oan it have but to drive him to des peration, embitter his feelings and then to scare him away from the very idea of a settlement? "If. on the other hand, it is your In tention and desire, and 1 am satisfied it is the desire of the people of this country, to restore him to his old home, to enable him to exercise his old civil privileges, to preserve his peculiar and familiar laws and customs, to give him, for instance, all the independence of a free citizen as it is exercised in our Australian Commonwealth, to recog nize the dignity and sentiment of the community to which he belongs if this is your intention and desire, why, in heaven's name, do you not openly and honestly declare it?" The celebrated British historian Pro fessoTGoldwin Smith, savs the war upon the Boers will forever remain a blot upon the escutcheon of England, and will stand throughout the ages along side of the burning of Joan of Arc as the two most damning events in its Ion? history. It will never be effaced from memory or disappear from the re cords. ITO'T FOLIC. The New York Evening Post, the best edited of northern dallies we believe, tells of the threatened damage -to New England cotton mills. It says that some southern cotton mills are "selling cloth to the print works and bleacheries in Fall River at prices which local mills cannot meet. The southern mills, for example, make a profit on cloth at 3 cents n yard for which the Massachu-! setts mill must have 3 cents." This might remind one of the familiar saying of the mills of the gods grind ing slow but awful fine. The Messenger has twice called at tention to the proposition for the chil dren of the state to build a monument to the late Rev. Calvin H. Wiley, D. D., the first superintendent of the public schools of North Carolina, and who in deed was its founder. The proposal to have a fund of $4,000 to be raised by 8,000 public schools would eem to be easy. He was a very meritorious work er for the children of 'the state. His widow writing of him to Mr. R. W. Askew in last December gives this in teresting fact: - ' , ' - ."It was with pride he would show me; Two hundred brcliels ''of 'po tatoes remove eighty pounds &k of '"PotasHfromthe fg& soil. Unless this quantity s returned to the soil, tie lowing crop will Jfelff materially decrease. 'gggL We teSDjaboot composition. cs and value of IcrSezers wnous crop. I&'SSeU "7 are sent free. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassaa St, NewYori. the faithful horse and buggy which had carried him over every county of the state. The west in the summer and east In the winter. He was devoted to his work and faithful to his trust for fourteen consecutive years. "Sou have my best wishes for the success of the plan." The Richmond Dispatch for more than thirty years, as we can bear wit ness has been kind and sympathetic in dealing with North Carolina. It has been an industrious news-gatherer all along the decades, and has been much read and copied by state papers. This particular writer acted for a while as one of its North Carolina correspon dents, but this was nearly thirty years since. One of the chief writers on its present staff is a native of Wilmington and son of the late able and accom plished biographer of Mr. Justice Ire dell of Washington's supreme court1 Mr. Griffith McRee. The son is Mr. James McRee, a competent and well appointed journalist. Writing of the pending impeachment he writes in the Dispatch: "We know practically nothing of the merits of the case, and iriust say we have full confidence in the wisdom and patriotism of our democratic brethren of the old North State. . . If our friends are right in their contention, as even now. we are more than half sure they are, then more power to their arm say we, but surely an impeachment pro ceeding is a serious matter." . If he will take time to read the legal argument of Mr. Geo. Rountree of this city, and the very impressive and elo quent speech of Mr. Locke Craig, of Asbeville. he will find no little light and accumulative argument. Mr. H. H. Brimley. naturalist and cu rator, of the North Carolina museum a Raleigh, sends his report to Mr L. L. Patterson, com missal oner of agricul ture. It Is a comprehensive and in structive account of its growth from the day of small things until the pres ent when it has grown to be important. It has done credit to the state in ex hibits it has made, and Is worthy of an enlightened and progressive people. It has five large departments, namely, forestry, mines and mining, zoology, photographs and ethnology. Of the last the Curator says: "Indian relics are displayed in great profusion, the present-day work of the Cherokee Indians of the "Eastern Band." who occupy their reservation in the extreme western part of the state, being shown alongside the old work. A very excellent collleotion of stone axes and spear and arrow heads is on view, and much else of absorbing interest Much more is temporarily stored away." The museum has been of real service to North Carolina not only reflecting creit upon its spirit of enterprise and enlightenment, but it has made far bet ter known the character and resources of the state. Another department i3 to be added that of history. We make another quotation from the report: "The whole idea of the museum is to educate, both broadly and specifically. First, to teach what the state possesses and next, so far as possible, how to utilize what we have." This I What Tk-y Say. Thos who take Hood's Sarsaparilla for scrofula, eczema, eruptions, ca-j tarrh. rheumatism or dyspepsia, say !t cures promptly .and permanently, even after all other preparations falK iou may take this medicine with the ut most confidence that it will do you good. What it has done for others you have every reason to believe it will do for you. . Constipation is cured by Hood's Pills. 25 cents. Itruzil Demands xptaiiatlou of Iortntral. Oporto, February 26. It is under ctrvrWl the Brazilian government will de ttatw1 pxDlanations from Portugal for the attempt to abduct the daughter of the Brazilian consel here ana place ner in a convent against the wishes of her a rniHsdon between the police and students last evening resulted in num hrj m-i rv-th sides being injured. The police invaded the institute in pursuit of the students and tne proiessors pro fpsted to the government. A dispatch from Rio Janeiro says a mob there stoned the Portuguese rep resentative on account of the incidents at Oporto. t -ITT A. Sheriff, lhonah Mortally Wounded,' Gets IT! Man. TJr o.iir. VI x. . February 26. Yester- dv- wpnrv J. PJatt. a naval stores op erator on the Suwanee river, was shot at his commissary by a nero whose name is unknown. The murderer es caped to the woods. Sheriff W. u xfarhis of Ta Favette county, organiz ed a posse and followed him. Last night sheriff Mathts came up with his man. A demand to surrender was replied to with ehnt. Sheriff Mathis fell mortal ly wounded. :After being down the sheriff drew a bead on the negro and firvd: fpiilnf? him. The sheriff died four hours later. The negro is alive, but cannot recover. General Kitchener reports valuable captures from the Boers. GOLDS HO UO GOS4D?. Bar. Charles A. Jeakln Aoeepts the Call E. K. Bryan Qaalifle as Jadce. The Dispensary Fight -Deceiver for Waterworks company. (Correspondence of The Messenger.) Golds bo ro. February 26. There was a light fall of snow here this morning. Rer. Chas. A. Jenkins accepts the call to the pastorate of the First Bap tist church and will reach here Fri day of this week. There will be al most a love feast at thi3 church on Sun day next. Golds boro Baptists are very fond of Mr. Jenkins. E- K. Bryan is now a full-fledged judge, having taken the oath of office .at New Bern. N. C. last night, at which point be enters uixm his work as crimi nal court Judge. At a recent meeting of the directors of the Groidsboro Buggy Company, Mr. David Pool, of Cincinnati, Ohio, a well furnished buggy man. was elected su perintendent, 'the steamer Goldsboro reached the city today on its return trip from New Bern. a He people are to be given an oppor tunity at the regular election of city officers to decide whether the incoming oincers shall serve a one-year or a two year term. This is a compromise, but with it the people are satisfied. Ttia people can always be relied on to right existing wrongs and their wishes should never for a moment be ignored. Sidney Deans has purchased of Mr. J. L. Pearson, his patent pipe wrench, a very useful tool, and will at an early uay p. ace it on the market. In the deal Mr. Pearson becomes the proud pos sessor of the celebrated Deans hobbv horse outfit and later on we may havs a merry-go-around. The Farmers' Milling Company some time since purchased the Pittman brick making plant. They will greatly im prove the plant and at early day begin the ""'-facture of brick on a larger scale. Mt. Olive folks will give a swell ger man In Pope's hail there tomorrow night. The anti-dispensary folks don't seem to have it all their own way. nor to have killed the effort, for quietly, pa tiently, its supporters are tt work. The ladies have taken the matter in hand. Possibly both sides would like to vote on the question. Mr. Richard Hinson. who died yes terday at LaGrange. was buried there today. He was in his 84th year. Th greater portion of his life was spent In this city. He was the father of Messrs. Nathan and Richard Hinson, of this city. The original Dan Packard Opera Comnany. with Dan himself in "Prince-Pro-Tem," will be with us on Friday night. March 1st. Mr. W. C. Munroe, attorney for the Atlantic Trust Company, has brought suit for foreclosure of first mortgage bonds against the Goldsboro Water Works Company, in the sum of $80,000. Colonel Isaac F. Dortch has been ap pointed receiver. Rev. W. Carey Newton left this after noon for Greensboro, his new home. Citizens, irrespective of denomination, will only be too glad to hear of his con tinued prosperity and happiness. An Opportunity to Test the Russian Sucrar Duty New York. February 26. Laden most ly with Russian sugar, the ship Dar lington reached port 7:30 o'clock and put the importers face to face with the question of paying Secretary Game's countervailing outy. G. A. Jahn & Co. are interested in a large part of the ship's cargo and will contest the mat ter in the courts, after paying the duty under protest. Wallace, MuUer & Co., however, and the Hills Brothers Com pany and others will escape the duty by selling it outside the United States. Two Bactlefrhipa Contract Mgned Washington, February 26. The navy department today concluded con tracts with the Bath Iron Works and the Newport News Shipbuilding Com pany for the construction of a sheath ed battleship each at a cost of $3,590, 000. This disposes of all the battle ships let at the last bidding, save one which was awarded to Moran Broth ers of Seattle, Washington, for which contract has not yet been executed. Opposes the Invitation to McKInley Chatanooga, Tenn., February 25. Turney camp, confederate veterans, of Winchester, Tenn., has adopted an other resolution in regard to inviting President McKInley to attend the Memphis re-union. The resolution op poses the invitation "because it is con trary to the spirit of the constitution and laws of the association and tends to change the character and defeat the purposes of the organization which is .intended to be a purely and exclusively confederate organization for confeder ate veterans alone." BLOOD We live by our blood, and on it. We thrive or starve, as our blood is rich or poor. There is nothing else to live on or by. When strength is full and spirits high, we are being re freshed, bone muscle and brain, in body and mind, with con tinual flow of rich blood. This is health. When weak, in low spirits, no cheer, no spring, when rest is not rest and sleep is not sleep, we are starved ; our blood is poor; there is little nutri ment in it. Back of the blood, is food, to keep the blood rich. When it fails, take Scott's emulsion of cod-liver oil It vsets the whole body going again man woman and child. We'll send yoa z little to try, if yoa like. . SCOTT & BOWNE, 409 Pearl street, New York. ECZEMA. "SS.r&'S YEYuuKlluu. The box you sent me has almoct cured the most obstinate case f Eczema you erer ww.' James L. Jones, Jellico, Tenn. C3cnUs4dnigc1sUorfroin j. T. 8huptrinft, Holm Proprietor. 8aTannk Oa. Fresh ArriyaL? 1 Carload A No. 1 Patent Flour 1 Carload Hammocks Half Pat eat Flour, wood and all size sacks. 1 Carload White Rose Straight Flour, wood and all size sacks. N. C. Dried Apples at a bar gain. Write for prices on anything in our line. , J. C. STEVENSON CO. We sell to DEALERS only. Onklow County GoMlp. Jacksonville. February 27. Editor Messenger: We had the biggest snow here last Saturday ever known to fall in Onslow county; it measured ten inches. I wonder if we are sliding gradually to ward the north pole. Parties who have been wishing for a snow are now wish ing for something else, especially those who are out of wood, your corresond ent being among the number. Mrs. Josephus Pelletier, relict of Ru fus Pelletier, died here from penuraonia last Saturday. She was about 60 years old and was one of the oldest, as well as most highly esteemed inhabi tants. Wm. Walton, the jailer, is quite sick with pneumonia. He has been in bed for several days. Last week two of the prisoners in Jail for larceny secured a knife or some other instrument and at night cut a hoJe through the ceiling and knocked off two pieces of weather-boarding and made their escape. One of the prison ers, after a few days, came back and surrendered. I suppose he found better fare in jail, fed by the county, than at large, depending on uncertainty. The other one has not yet made his appearance. He was put in for steal ing a hog; as he did not have time to eat up the hog before being arrested, I guess he will wait till his meat gives out before he returns. The Pannele-Eccleston Lumber Com pany's office, in some unknown man ner, caught fire yesterday and was al most destroyed before the flames coull be subdued. Mr. Kerr, superintendent of the mill, lives In the office, but was away at the time. He lost considerable furniture and clothing. Messrs. Rock wood and Shoof, bookkeepers for the company, lost all their clothing except what they had cn. Our town Is buildlne: up some. Two dwellings have Just been completed, two other dwellings and one store are now being built. Several other parties are preparing to build. Prohibition petitions are being circu lated throughout the county. If we go "dry," we will have to hope for cider time to come. 1 regret to see the farmers hauling so much commercial fertilizer. I think they are hauling more than in any pre vious year. They seem to rely more upon commercial fertilizers than upon deposits which nature has provided. Mr. Clyde Canady has just returned from California. He has been quite 6ick, as his looks show. They wiLJ leave the Old North State, but only a few years' absence will cause thein to long for the state of their birth. Some Robeson County Mysteries (Correspondence of The Messenger.) Red Springs, February 27. One of the mysteries that has baffled investigation is the "staked line" in the western port of Robeson county. This line runs nearly north and south with a variation of about 4 degrees from the true meridian and has been lo cated for several miles. It crosses the Atlantic Coast Line near Wakulla. At intervals of about thirty yards there Is a forked Ughtwood stake and about every 100 yards there are four forked stakes, as if indicating the four cardi nal points of the compass. This staked line was discovered by the earliest set tlers In colonial times and Its historr is as much a mystery now as it was 150 years ago. Every stake Is forked and sunk about eighteen inches in the earth. This JIne may have been estab lished hundreds of years ago. In connection with this is another mystery. Between the Big Raft ana Little Raft swamps hundreds of fire places have been discovered along the line of the railway. It is reasonable to say that thousands of these places exist in what is knows as the "Black Fork," between the two- swamps. These fireplaces are all of the same size and sharn and are excavated to the deptl of about a foot and Generally rest upon the clay subsoil. The locality named was evidently populated by many thou sands of people In a zast age. Whether there be any connection between th "staked line" and this locality no one can tell. What Is remarkable fas the uniformity in size f these fireplaces. They arc about 3 feet in length by 2 feet in width. In a secluded snot on eait side of Gallberry swamp In Cumberland cocn ty Is x similar collection of fireplaces. Mounds exist In this region, and I ha.vt examfnedthe rkulls in many of them and they ar a!l Caucasian not an In dian skull anion? them. In one mound found a piece of chalk flint from which arrow points had been flaked off. This flint is found only. I believe, in the cliffs of Dover in England. How came it here? Chrf n Knd' Tor ' onvntlon Salisbury. N. C. February 2. J Editor Messenger: j r-iease announce mat tne Christian Endeavor state convention of North Carolina will be held in Winston-Salem April 25th 28th. Rev. F. E. Clark. D. D. president. of . the United Society of f Christian Endeavor, will b present, ; ana a large attendance of delegates is expected. The prommme will be an nounced noon. MAMIE BaTS. . ChalrnSan Prem Department. Additional Store Room Has) been seenrad! bT tts at North Water Street, in order take car of the heavier lino t Gro ceries. We have found Uat wur Grocery Business demanded ti carrying of more stocK tfc&a Mr - place at 505 Nutt Street woI4 ac commodate, hence the ecurimg erf., additional room. Our stock U larre, varied and complete. We carry tke STAPLE AND FANCY" GROCER IES AND GROCERS SUNDRIES, in quantities sufficiently larg Insure prompt shipments of vers large or small order. Our trTliia salesmen will call on vou regularly. and any favors extended ts will be appreciated by us. Ail orders will have the most sartfsl attention. All Inquiries as to prises, terms, etc, cheerfully respsade fcs. COOPER & COOPER CO WHOLESALE GROCERS. 305 Nut St. and 226 So. V atsr St. WILMINGTON. N. C. 83100.00 ,nWmTEruun 0jgQ QQ in ASSORTED SUGAU 8 417.50 '1"OCOFFBE 0 386.16 In MIXBD OATS C 211.40 ,n,LPOATS G 198.00 ,nWHlTEOAira S 762 00 Ia 0000 WUITB C0KK " S 21o!80",TBLLOWCOB,, - 8 248.19 ,uWn,!ATnBAM 8 110 00 inK1LX"DUIEDQIUT8 8 565 08lnV- MEAL 0 311.03 IaNo lIIAY g Jg in P. H. MOLASSES 0 106 60 inCUEAP mola&b 3 409.62 ",G0ODWCE 8 101.00 1COJ9,OIiWCB 8 110.00 ,a8H0T 8 298.00 """"" We lead in one lino only. W. B. COOPER, 308, 310 and 312 Nutt Street 4HQLES&U GSOUh WILMINGTON. N. O Ladies', Misses' and Children's B 15c UP! E R Call on us before going elsewhere. We can suit you. . SHOES, &C Arriving Every Week and the: Prices are always at ROCE BOTTOM. Mercer & Evans Co DEPARTMENT STORES, 115 and 111 Princess Street Mow t0Y thc Spring Trade We are the eoie ajrenta here tor the Genuine Dixre, Stonewall, Carolina, and Clipper Flows 1 made In Norfolk. Va and you cannot buy them from any one ee here. Doot be deceived by taking others represented to be AS GOOD, for they are NOT. You can buy the geauiXto from us at the same price you pay others for th- Imitation. We have full Use Serins Goods, ra eluding Hoes, Rakes,- Forks, Cotton Planters, &c. - ... Send us your Wars and we will look nr yfrur interest. : - J. W. Murchison & Co Ja l tf SNOW DRIFTS. R U B S