THE WlLMlNiCJl'bN MESSENGER, SUNDAY, NOYEMBM'ii,;1895.
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POWERFUL PBAOEMAKEES.
Two Battleships Designed for Our
Nary To Bo tbe Moat Powerful
Vessels Afloat One to be
Named tbe Kearsarge, tbe
Other, Probably, tbe
Alabama.
' Copyright UoitedPrf as, -895.
- Washington. D. C, Hov. 22, 1895
Within a year after the famous frigate
Kearsarge was wrecked on Roncador
reef Congress determined to perpetuate
the name by giving it to the most power
ful defender of American rights that
could be designed by pur naval construc
tors, and by its act of March 2, 1895
authorized two great armored battle"
ships, to ultimately cost, complete, about
$5,000,000 each, and to be invulnerable
against the heaviest sea-goiDg fighters of
any foreign navy. The specific provis
ion that bne of these vessels should be
christened Kcareage made an exception
to the law stipulating that ships of this
class should be named for States of the
Union, and Congress alone bad power to
moii'y this requirement. As no sug
gestion Was made in the case of the sister
ship, tbe suggestion has been made that
sbfe be called after Secretary Her
bert's native State, the other sections of
the country having been remembered in
the Oregon, Indiana, Massachusetts and
Iowa. . This qu stion will not be pressed
until the launching time comes about
two years hence and in the meantime,
in accordance with the usual custom of
the Navy Department, the vessels will be
officially known as battleships No. 5 and
No. 6. Legislative authority also de
clared that one of the vessels should be
built on the Pacific coast, unless reason
able bids could not be secured from
that locality, and tbe limit of cost, ex
clusive of armament, was fixed at $4,
000,000. .
These being the first great warships
des'gned under the present Administra
tiun. it was resolved that no f ffort should
be spared to make them, without ques
tion, the highest types of their class; and
for the past six months lively contro
versies have raged in the Navy Depart
ment over their smallest details, every
Eort'on of the deaig is haying bpen ex
austively .discussed by experts, and
every advantage of exp rfcnce gained
from other battleships constructed both
at home and abroad having been fully
utilized.
One essential requisite laid down by
Secretary Herbert as that these vessels
should draw lees water when fully laden
than any other first-class battleship,
either in this country or abroad. The
largest foreign battleships, when ready
for st a duty, draw in the neighborhood
of twenty-eight feet of water. Our ex
isting battleships, while drawing twenty
four feet at normal displacement, owing
to settling by the ttern due to increased
weight, really draw about twenty-seven
feet, battleships 6 and 6 bave been de
signed to draw about twenty-five feet,
with 1.200 tons of coal and aty stores and
ammunifon on board. This will enable
them to reach all of the principal navy
yards and ports of the country even
when fully laden, and will make their
docking less difficult than that of the
other American battleships.
The question of the calibre and dispo-
- sition of the large guns gave rise to more
diecusrton than any other question in
rannpc inn with these vessels. Chief
A Constructor Hichborn, who is responsible
f f for all designs, under the new rulinsr of
f . the Navy Department, held views diff er-
ing radically from those of the chief of
the bureau of ordoance, who designs and
build the guns. The chief constructor
advocated that the largest guns Bhould
be twelve inches calibre four being car
ried in two turrets and that 8-inch guns
. should be carried in four turrets, making
six turrets in all. The chief of ordnance
Drrtosed the novel scheme of
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double-decked turrets on each ship, in
the lower part of which were to be
mounted two 13 inch guns, and in the
upper part two 8 inch guns, making the
heavier battery consist of four 13 inch
and four 8 inch in two turrets. . The de
partment, upon the majority vote of the
council of bureau chiefs, finally adopted
this plan, and the 13 inch and 8-inch
guns will accordingly be mounted in
double turrets, one rigidly superposed
upon the other.
These gun positions will be elliptical in
section, with major axes in the line of
. fire, and will have complete armor pro
tection from a distance of four feet
below the water line to the top of th 8
inch turrets. This armor, as well as all
armor used on these v ssels, will be solid
nickel-steel, Harvejiz-d. The lower
part of the protection, the so-called
barbettes, will have armor fifteen inches
thick, except immediately i in front,
where it will be increased to seventeen
inches. The armor protecting the 8 inch
guns will be nine inches, and that also
will be two inches heavier where the
guns protrude. : '
' In addition to these heavy guns, a bat
tery of f urteen 5-inch rapid fire guns
will be mounted on the main deck be
tween the turrets and will be protected
' by continuous armor six inches thick, a
splinter bulkhead two inches thick sep
arating each gun station. A numerous
battery of smaller six-pounder and one-
puunder guns will b- placed wherever
they can fiie io advantage. '
The protection of the bull against in
iury to the vital regions along the water-
line will be effected by means of ' a side
armor belt of sixteen and a half inches
maximum hicknes". with a mean depth
of seven and a half feet.
Protection will be afforde I above the
main side armor by a steel belt five
Inches thick, extending up to the level
of the mai deck and tunning in a for1
and aft direction from the centre of the
forward to the centre of the after bar
bette. On top of the main aid armor
belt will rest a flat steel deck two and
tfree-quarters inches thick, and forward
and abaft the machinery and boiler
spaces this deck will be inclined at the
sides, and the thickness on the slopes in
creased to three and five inches. To
further protect the vessel against raking
fire atbwartship, bulkheads of armor ten
And twelve inches thick will be placed
at the points where the deck joins the
inclined slopes In add i ion to the ar
mor, belts, cofferdams filled with com
pressed, fireproof American corn-pith
cellulose, recently tested with puch satis
factory results, will be distributed the
entire length of the vessel in the region
of the water line between the coal bunk
ers and the ship's outer skin. The oon
jng tower armor is to be ten inches thick,
witii a tube seven inches thick leading
down to the armor deck for the protec
tion of voice pipes, telegraph, Bteering
rods, etc.
Throughout the vessel the use of wood
is reduced to a minimum, the stateroom
bulkheads being made of steel, covered
with cork sheathing Every attention is
given to lighting-, heating, draining and
ventilating the vessel in the most ap
proved and modern manner, three dis
tinct electric lighting plants being in
stalled, each furnishing 100 amperes of
current at eighty volts. All wood ma
terial of every description is to be treated
by electric fireproofing process. As
these ships are intended for duty as flag
ehipp, accommodations are made for a
compliment of 520 persons, officers,
seamen and marines.' They may carry
provisions and small stores for a three
months' stay at sea, summer and winter
clothing in sufficient quantity for a
year's service, and, besides the distilling
apparatus capacity, the tanks hold a sup
ply of fresh water to last fifteen drys.
The Kearsarge and her sister ship will
be" driven by two sets of triple-expan
sion engines, in separate compartments,
actuating twin screws, each screw being
pTopeiua oy a irect-acting engines hav
ing cylinders of 33J inches, 51 inches
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ana 40 idcdoi ui&meier, wun a common
stroke of 48 inches, indicating, together
with the engines for air and circulating
Dumps, a collective horse-power of 10 .
000. when making about 120 revolutions
a minute. Five boilers, two double ended
end two single, in zour watertight joom-
partments, will generate the necessary
steam at a pressure of 180 pounds to the
square inch. There will be -no speed
premiums,1 a penalty of $10,000 - a knot
being imposed for failure to reach the
contract speed of sixteen knots f r four
consecutive hours. If the speed falls
below fifteen knotswhich is highly im
probable, the vessel may, in the Presi
dent's discretion, be rejected altogether.
The main features of the Kearsarge's
design involve the following dimensions:
Length of load water line. 3 8 feet.
tieam, extreme, 72 feet 2.5 inches.
Freeboard, forward, 14 feet 3 inches.
Freeboard, aft. 12 feet 3 inches.
Mean draft, with 410 tons of coal, 23
feet 6 inches.
Corresponding dispacement, 11,500
tons. ..
Speed, per hour, 16 knots
-Indicated horse-power, 10,000.
Total coal supply, loose stowage, 1,210
tons.'
Torpedo tubes, two each broadside, 1
in stem.
To serve the batteries, 481 tons of am
munition will be habituallv carried on
earh ship, distributed as follows:
Thirteen-inch breech-loading rifles, 200
rounds.
Eight-inch breech loading rifles, 600
rounds.
Five inch rapid-fire rifles, 3.500 rounds.
Six pounder, rapid-fire rifles, 10,000
pounds.
One pounder rapid fire rifles, 24,000
rounds.
Each magazine is intended to contain
208,000 rounds of 45 calibre cartridges,
to be fed into the insatiable maws of the
four Gatlings, each capable of discharg
ing 1.500 shots a minute; 109,000 rounds
of .236 calibre nickeled pellets for the
repeating rifl-s with which Jack Tar and
the marines willshor-ly be equipped, and
38,000 rounds of 38 calibre ball cart
ridges for the self-cocking, long naval
revolvers to be useful in boarding an
eemy. Eight Whitehead torpedoes
will ordinarily be stored ready for
launching, and for landing purposes a
mounted regulation field gun has not
been omitted. It is conservatively esti
that the Kearsarge, in commission, will
bave ammunition aboard to kill or dis
able over a million persons, and that she
will be able to fire it all . away within
five hours tbe calculated duration limit
of a fierce fight afloat.
Every comparison of these ships with
any foreign battleship, built or building,
is clearly favorable to the American de
sign. The United States ships will carry
heavier guns and more of them, and
heavier armor, more widely distributed
and protecting more thoroughly the
vitals of the gun crew. While their
normal speed of sixteen knots will be
less on paper than that of some foreign
battleships, it is notable that it will be
obtained with a very moderate forced
draft for a period of four . hours and
without unduly pushing the engines, so
that at any time this velocity can be
duplicated by our vessels, foreign bat
tleships notoriously never again ap.
proaching their single-measured mile
trial Bpneds.
The Kearsarge. when using as bases of
action ports having not more than 23
feet of water at their entrances will be
limited to 410 tons of coal, which will
permit her to cruise 1,350 nautical miles
at a 13 knot rate, or 2,000 miles at 10
knots per hour. When operating from
a deep water harbor, however, her
bunker room is bo ample that 1,210 tons
can be rapidly stored in her, it being
possible to dump that amount with the
greatest ease into the bunkers without
trimming or handling, and with this
amount, for all ordinary contingencies,
or for service in time of war along our
coast, at a cruising velocity of 13 knots,
she can steam nearly 4,000 miles or
at the more leisurely 10 know rate she
can go over 6,000 miles. In case it be
came necessary to send her greater dis
tances she has provision to carry tern
norarily about 500 tons . outside the
bunkers, which would give her -the in
comparable limit of 9,000 miles. -
Perhaps the most- novel feature of
these vessels, and the one which is dis
tinctly in advance of any battleships in
the world, is the unprecedented formid
able secondary battery of fourteen 5-inch
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rapid lire rmes incasea oenina me pro
tection of five inches of the best' armor.
Tbe 5 inch gnn is the largest calibre that
can be bred with extreme rapidity, and
the protection eiven these trans is such
th Jfc it could be penetrated by but few
of the weapons with which any possible
opponen is armed. Experience in the
recent war between China and Japan
clearly indicated the effective power of
rapid fire guns . and demonstrated that
to enable such guns to do their best
work, they should have more protection
than has, heretofore been given them.
The terrific destructive e fleets of this
secondary hattery can hardly be over
estimated. At all ranges the big 13
inch "Peacpmakers" in the turrets, with
their half ton projectiles, striking fairly.
can smanh to pieces anything afloat, and
the 8-inch rifl-s, ' throwing explosive
shells over a range of ten miles, are cal
culated to disconcert an enemy; but the
5-inch battery is relied -upon to thor
oughly demoralize or finally annihilate
him. Upon such a steady platform as
the Kearsarge will supply, and on ac
count of the rapidity with which tbe Sc
inch rifle may be accurately manipu
lated, naval experts are confident of her
abili'y to drive consecutive shells into
identical spots of a slowly m vintr tar-
got, one shot opening the path for its
follower, five rounds having been fired
from one of these guns in twenty-four
seconds 1 A literal hail of fifty-pound
explosive projectiles from these fourteen
guns would riddle the vulnerable parts
of 1 any war vessel and speedily force it
out r action. .
Such are the vessels for which bids
will be opened next Saturday, November
30th. and which, according to the con
tracts, must be delivered to the Govern
ment by the end of 1898.
R L. F.
GREAT
THREE LARGE CLOTHING FIRMS BURNT OUT OCCUPYING THE
entire three large buildings from cellar to root The stock saved from
the three firms burnt out are in the hands of the adjusters of the Insurance
Companies. The entire three' stocks will be consolidated into one great
Fire Sale, and will be closed out at retail in fifteen days to make a final set
tlement By order of the Insurance Companies. The large buildings
no and ii2 Market Street,
Have been hired by the Insurance
olidated Fire Sale of three large wholesale firms that were burnt out. Every-
thing at, retaiL
The Stock Saved from
-WORTH OF-
Men's, Boys' and Children's Fine Clothing
and other Goods in the latest style,
winter, and must be closed out at retail in FIFTEEN DATS, by order of
he Insurance Companies in the large building. 110 and, 112 Market St.
iio 'aed
During this : great Fire Sale the Storewill remain open' till 9
FREE SILVER NUTS TO CRACK
"R. M-C." Pats Some More Questions.
The Democratic Party What It
Has Done and Its True Prlnol--.
. : . pies Are.
AuoKDSvnxE, N. ., Nor. 22.
Editors Messenger :
Mr. Keith, in last Sunday's - Messen
ger, takes up. about as much space in.
trying to answer the fancy heading you
gave my letter of November 10th for
which I am-ln no way responsible as ;
he does in trying to answer the letter i
itself. He has made the wonderful or
fearful discovery that I am a Federal
office holder. I wonder who did go and
tell him that ? I had just as well 'fess
up that I am. I have a fat place. I
am a fourth class postmaster and have
been for about twenty-five yeara a long
time before the .free silver craze was
born. I said it was a fat place, It pays
anywhere from $6 to $12 a month. I
hope Mr. Keith will not forget' this, as
am getting old and may die before a
great while, and as it is such a desirable
place he might stand a chance of getting
it when I am dead, should" he conclude
to leave that nest of Wilmington gold
bugs and get out of the county where
he could get plenty of fresh air and at
the same time hold a big Federal office
ike I am doing and have been doing for
a. long time.
In my letter in the Messenger of the
10th I laid down eleven propositions.
Mr. Keith has not answered a single
one of them. He can't answer a single
one of them if he lives 1.000 years.
This craze, asking or expecting free sil
ver coinage at a legal ratio double the
world's market ratio is quite young.
It had its birth the same dismal, dark.
awful night that the Populist party was
horn. In fact, they are twins, hitched
together in the middle. 'Their daddy
is a long beaded, sharp, shrewd Radi
cal. Their mission since their birth has
been to dupe, delude, deceive and di-
yide the white people of the South.
How well they have succeeded in this
State, the "mongrel crew that met at
Raleigh last January is a standing mon
nment of shame and disgrace for all
time to come.
Mr. Editor, that was a grand edi
torial in the Messenger of the 15th. I
was delighted with it. You say many
grand things for the noble old Demo
cratic party. - Ton might have said
many more grand things to the credit
of the grand old party. You might
have said it always stood squarely for
sound money not a single declaration
ever made in its National conventions
that could be construed into meaning
anything else, and yoa might have said
it is truly and emphatically a white
man's party, and tbe only white man's
party in North Carolina. The old
party has a grand record a record of
which any party might feel justly
proud.
1 will only speak now of its record
since 1870. In the years 1869 and 1870
carpetr baggers, scallawags and vandals
of every kind and description, aided by
the negro vote, held sway and plun
dered and robbed the good old State
from the mountains to the sea. Their
policy seemed to be to keep the negro
down in his ignorance and degrade the
white man and his child to a level with
the negro, instead of trying to educate
and elevate the negro. I say their
actions proved this to be their policy,
for there was not a public school for
either whites or blacks during , carpet
bag rule in North Carolina.
When the rue white men of North
Carolina rose in their might and drove
these vandals from power, and many of
them from the State, did they retaliate
on the negro, whose votes had helped
these scoundrels to place and power by
depriving him of the right to vote? No,
they did no such thing; instead, they
taxed themselves to educate the negroes'
children, and from that day to this the
negro child gets an equal share of the
public school money with the white
child generous, noble record. And
daring all these years the negro has
voted almost solidly against the men
that have proved themselves to be their
best friends, and for a set of
scoundrels who never fail to
threaten . the poor negro with
slavery should the Democrats get in
power again. During the more than
twenty years of Democratic rule in
North Carolina, not one effort has ever
been made by a single Legislature to
deprive the negro of the right to vote or
of any other right he enioya. Thanks
to Democratic money, nearly . every
young negro in North Carolina has been
taught to read and write. No true
Democrat will ever attempt to take any
right from the negro or to deprive him
of an equal share of public school money
with which to educate his children. If
they had been disposed to do anything
of the kind they have had' ample oppor
tunity for the last twenty years.
, Under true Democratic rule in our
sister State, South Carolina, under the
leadership of the noble, generous,hrave
Hampton there was no talk of making
a law that would deprive the negro of
the right to vote. Bat when the peo
ple were duped by glittering promises
to deser the noble Hampton and all
true principles of Democracy and put
in power that boss Populist, Ben Til
man when Mr. Tilman reaches the
place that he has coveted so long, what
Companies expresslyfor this great con-
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the Fire Consists of over
made up expressly for the comins
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does he say ? "He says because the
negro voted for thieves and scoundrels
to pilage and plunder the State, - that
by the eternal God they shall not vote
any more and he puts a clause in the
Constitution that closes the ballot box
to the negro and the poor white - man
as welL .- -- y
What Tillman has done in South Car
olina the leaders of the Populists in this
State -would do if they thought they
could .thereby prolong . their lease of
power. : ; .- -i, --7jy ".
But in a very few years the free silver
craze and Popism will be dead and put
in a hole and the people they have duped
and deceived, will push the hole in after
them and then come back to the noble
old Democratic party. " J
iow m we last congress rsnce, uor-
man, Morgan ana three other Senators
succeeded in 'defeating .to some extent
the tariff reform demanded by Mr.
Cleveland and other true and fried re
form Democrats; three of these obstruc
tionlsts ' met their political - death
the V first Tuesday of this month;
the others will meet ' thiers in due time
nd the old party, in a few years," will
come oat of the turmoil and strife puri
fied, better and Btronger than ever; and
in the future, as in the past, the two
strongest planks in. their platforms will
be low J tariff and : . absolutely sound
money. The grand old - Democratic
party is aa old as the . Government, and
will live as long as - the . Government
lives. - True, some few would be leaders
are, and have been, pandering to pop
ulisticf delusions aha trying to palm it
off on the masses as democracy, with
the - hope of securing" votes to . ride
into oflice as Democrats. These snouid
be branded as traitors to true Demo
cratic principles, and none but true
Democrats should be nominated for any
office and certainly no one Bhould be
sent to Congress who would vote for the
miserable ' heresy that would tax the
people of the United States for the pur
pose of paying ; the silver mine owner
a bounty of from 60 to 70 cents an
ounce on all the- silver bullion he can
produce.' -,".r
In my last letter I laid down a few
propositions ; that have not been an
swered. Now I beg to ask a few ques
tions that I would be glad some silverite
would answer. . - . . . . .
1. If the free coinage of silver, bime
tallism or double standard, or whatever
you wish to call it, is as great a blessing
to all tbe people as some would have
us believe, why is it that after a trial
of hundreds of years it has been pro
nounced a failure and abandoned and
the single or gold standard adopted by
.England, France, (Jermany, Belgium,
Italy, Switzerland, Greece, Spain,
Portugal, Roumania, Servia, Austria,
Hungary, Netherlands, Scandinavia,
Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Russia,
and Finland, Turkey, Bulgaria, Aus
tralia, Egypt, Cuba and Hayti?
2. If the free coinage of silver in Mex
ico is so profitable as some would - bave
u-i believe, why did Mexico export 54.
000,000 ounces of silver bullion in 1894
instead of coining it into $68,750,000
Mexican dollars ? -
3 Is ; it reasonable or good common
sense to believe that the . few silyerites
in the United States have more wisdom
and, greater financial knowledge than
all the rest of mankind combined ?
Yours, truly, R. M. C.
XT. N. O. FOOT BALL TEAMS.
The First Team Preparing for tbe
Championship Game 1 be Second. 1
, Eleven to dive Wilmington
a Hard Tussle Both in Good.
Condition.
University of North Carolina,
November 23, 1895. J
Editors Messenger: '
From November 15th until Christmas
holidays, college life is really at its
height. The students study harder, get
along better and everything progresses
much more evenly than at other seasons.
Worn out by the sultry days of - Septem
ber and October the cooling breezes of
November so refresh . and revive the
students that they apply themselves
more diligently and, rejoicing over the
success which naturally follows such ap
plication, anticipate with pleasure the
coming holidays.
On Tuesday evening the. Historical
society held its first meeting in the his
tory room. The meeting was called to
order by President Battle,.who stated the
object and purposes of the society. Sev
eral instructive papers on the history of'
North Carolina were read and the meet
ing passed very pleasantly. 3
A track athletic team has recently
been organized, and, judging from the
pluck and determination of its members,
it will certainly be successful. The track
has been laid off and an excellent cinder
path will be made. This is a new source
of out-door amusement and from it great
benefit can be derived.
A "mammouth mass meeting" was
held in the chapel last night for the pur
pose of showing the team how much
college spirit there was in this institu
tion and also to let them know how bad
we want them to "lick" Virginia.
Amid yells, cheers and so gs the boys
escorted the foot ball players and faculty
up to th platform. Speeches were made
by Dr Battle,. Dr. Venable, Professor
Alderman, Professor Williams and Pro
fessor Gore. - -
' Dr. 'Battle's Bpeech was especially
good. Mx. Trenchard and Mr. Gregory
no and 112 MARKET STREET,
WILrMINQTON, N. C.,
S85,00b WorUi of Menfs9 Boys9, Chil
dren's Clothing and; Other Goods,
h w fir v
' I ' -vj mumw s-r
Companies. The adjuster of the Insurance Companies after examining the
stock of Clothing, decided it was not so badly damaged as claimed by the
assured clothing firms, and failing to agree as to the actual loss, we were
forced to take the stock and turn it into money, and the goods inust be sold
at once in order to make i final settlement All Goods are appraised at 50c
on the dollar of cost.
This great Fire Sale will enable the people of the city and vicinity to
secure FINE WINTER CLOTHING at just one-half the cost of manufac
ture, as the time of this great sale is limited to FIFTEEN DAYS, everything
will go rapidly. This is the first time a bona fide " Fire Insurance Sale Of
such extraordinary magnitude has ever taken place in this city, and will
never occur again. To show what gigantic bargains will be offered, a few
prices are mentioned, and there are 10,000 different bargains we cannot
mention here. Save this, brings It with you,1 and ask for the following
articles. "
made a talk. . Great applause attended
the speakers throughout and intense en
thusiasm was manifest.
" Excitement over the - Thanksgiving
day games increases and owing ' to the
brilliant work of both teams we feel con
fident of ' victory. The , practice has
shown great improvement i,.. the team
work of both elevens. The coachers are
paying tbe most careful attention to the
teams and putting forth every effort to'
defeat Virginia and win the champion
snip of the South. Secret practice has
begun and will continue until the team
leaves for Richmond. The coachers
have several new tricks which' will be
tried in the Virginia game and which
will no doubt prove quite a puzze to the
boys from Charlottsville.
- For the 'varsity, Butler and Bair play
the best game; their offensive play being
especially good. Collier is in good form,
gets in the interference and plays with
that energy and vivacity so essential to
an athlete. Hurley and Merritt are
working hard and playing fine ball.
Gregory plays a pretty end, his strong
defensive play being the best on the
team, . His tackling is superb and it will
be no easy matter for a team to circle
his end. Stephens and Moore are bril
liant as half-backs, their interference
and long runs being especially noticable.
Owing to Whitaker's sickness during the
past week, Stanley has been playing
quarter-back. He passes the ball well
and .gets into the interference every
time. His tackling is not quite up to
the standard Of the two players Whit
aker seems to be the better. The week's
practising has been very encouraging to
the students and especially to the coach
ers, whose knowledge of the game and
great interest in the sucoess of the team
has done so much towards molding the
raw material into a 'strong, r snappy,
eleven, a team destined to sweep over
Virginia and carry off the championship
of the South. ' .
i The University Reserves are getting in
trim for the great game9 in Wilmington
Thanksgiving day. The team averages
17 pounds in the line, and behind 155.
Training ' has ' been going on for two
months, and the team has had the ben--
efit of Trenchard and Baskerville as
trainers. - The followkn is a list of the
men who will be lined tip against Wil
mington November 28th : Center, Joy
ner; right guard, Bagwell; left guard,
Carson; right tackle, Lake; left tackle,
Allen; right end, Beet; left end, McRae;
quarter-back (capt ), Rogers right half
back, Grimes; left half-back, 'Haywood;
full-back, Williams. Bailey, .Jones and
lowd are also applying. Of . these
Bailey and Jones are the strongest
Bailey's punting and tackling is brilliant
At present he is.puffering from a strained
muscle. Jones p ays a quick, hard game
and has a good showing for right guard.
Our three center men, Joyner, Bagwell
and Carson are invincible, and stand
together like a stone wall Lake and
Allen play a very good game at tackle
'i and are quite up to the standard. Our
end men, fticltae and Best play a sure,
steady game and tackle well. At quar
ter back Capt Rogers, better known ss
"Capt-Fwank," reigns supreme. His
sure tackling, quickness in passing the
balls, together with a great amount of
oluck and grit makes him a model quar
ter back. Haywood at half plays a
steady game and gains nearly every time
he gets the ball. The other half back,
Grimes, is a recent applic tnt and it was
hardly expected that he could make the
team, but by his brilliant dashes for
twenty and thirty yards at a time and
his sure tackling his place is secure.
The team work is especially fine, all
the players getting into every play. On
the whole we have a fine second eleven,
and although we realize that Wilming
ton has a very strong team, probably
the second best in the State, still we in
tend to make the contest very close and
entertain hopes of winning.
Wm J. Bellamy:.
Klnston Notes. "
Ktnston, N. C, Nov. 23.
Correspondence 01 tbe Messenger. '
The recent meetings at the M. E.
church closed here last week with nine
additions, making a total of thirty-three
additions for this charge this year.
Court . is still in session . here and will
not get through the State' and barely
touch the civil .docket . The investiga
tions of the recent burnings here have
occupied nearly all this week. Red
Joyner was tried for burning and ought
to : have been convicted, according to
public opinion, but the jury failed to
agree, standing eight to four, as I hear,
for conviction. This trial has resulted in
Solicitor Richardson bringing the names
or ' four others . before the grand lury,
which found true bills against them all.
I suppose we will have a special term of
court to clear the docket
One party has been sent to the peniten
tiary for perjury and there are other
candidates for it on the same charge, for
some b wore to physical impossibilities.
"Gus" Graham was the very judge for
this court and his name is a terror to
evil doers in this section. One fellow
said he was going to leave here and did
leave for he said "this judge thinks tbat
damned jail a parlor." Long may
Judge Graham live officially as well
as physically. .
. AjMilllon Friends.
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and not less than one million people have
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powers in all diseases of Throat Chest
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Bellamy's' Drug store.
Large size 50c an' $1.00.
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After this Date a Discount of 20 per cent, will
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COLD
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Expert Men to
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Richmond Stove Works New Lees.
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An'Eleganfr Suit of Men's Clothes $3.49, very handsome, made in the
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Suit is made of fine cloth elegantly
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Men's Fine Quality Suits $5 99, worth 15.00.
Men's Extra Fine Suits, tailor made, $7.99, elegantly trimmed ne
fall style and worth $18.
ExtraTineTQuality Ck)rkscrews. Clays, Fine Black Cloth Suits, Prince
Alberts,; Cutaways, Sacks and thousands of , other kinds of Suits, Silk and
8atin lined of the finest quality, all must be v
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An elegant pair of Men's Pants 79c. These 97c pants are worth $3.
. Extra Fine Quality Men's Pants"$1.98, fully worth' $5.
. Boy's Suits $1.49, extra good quality, worth $4
Men's Hats worth $3, go at 98a-t
- Men's Working Shirts 15c, worth 40c. Suspenders 5c per pair. -
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SWncS Wool serge Plaid, worth 40c, 19c
1Mb- h Plaids, wortu 6o, now 16c,
Uo qna tty, sn Inches, ino, .
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40-inch Wc French and nt -rm Serge 890.
M-inch Brodcloih, worth $W only 68c
86-inch Wool Serge, wort a 84c, 86c
Danish Cloth, all colors, loo.
SILKS. SILKS.
Changeable 4flo Silks 85c. ' '
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Phone 118 (text Fourth Street Brldg
Car Fare Paid -an Purchases over tioc
TJLANTIC COAST LIRE.
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DtTiimn FlOX WaIDI6T0--K0TE7
DAILY Ho. a Passenger Doe Magnoi'
tdO A. M a m, Warsaw ii;Ui a at, fctoiastx
am, Wilson list p m, Boot
1.17 p m, Tarboru fr 8 p m, Yt
9 m, Petersburg Ml a nvKioki
, . P m, Horfoik fcus p m, Waaatni
p m, Baltimore n 53 am. Pax.
MiiB, Hew Yon 6.63 a m, i
DAILY o. 40 Paasenser Dne Itamr
TKW?lt'pm, WuHWMipm, Solos be
m. Wilson 1033 p m,rTarboro fc
Kooky Mount 11:08 am, Weldont
m tNorfolk Km s m, Feterabt
id, Klohmond 1:40 a m, Wasn
T:00 s m, Baltimore 8: S3 a m, Pali
phis io in, Mew York las pm,
ion&Mpm. . ,
BODTHBOTOTX -
DAILY No. M
Passenger Due
Lake Waeca
8:80 PM maw 4:48 p
Dm.cn
hadbournaciOpm, Ma-
rion 8:89 p m, Florence T:io p m, Sumter
8:8 p m, Colombia "10:10 p m, ien
"mark issam. Auattta fcoo a m, Ma
con 11:00 a m, Atlanta is: 16 p m, Char
' leston 10:13 p m, 8aTannah 1:19 am,
JaoksonTllle T:00 a m, 8t Acgoattne
1 . 10:15 a m, Tampa 6:00 p m. , .
ARRIVALS AT WILMIUQTOM FKOM TBS
NOKTH.
DAILY No. 49 Passenger Leave Boston If
6:48 FM pm. New York t:oo p m, Phllsdelpai.
11.06 a m, Baltimore d6 a m. Washing
" - - ton 4:80 a m, Richmond 9HM a m, Peters
burg iohw a m.s'orioik 8:40 a m, weidon
113 a m, Tarboro 18: ao p m. Bock
Mount 1:06 p m, Wilson 1j 0 p m, eolds
boro 8:10 p m, Warsaw 4:0? p mJLagnoUa
4:16 pm-
DAILY Mo, 41 Passenger Leave Boston ll-r
10:00 A M p m. New t ork 9:80 a m, Phiiadelpi.
18: 9 a m, Baltimore tstbm, Was tun
ton 8:80 p m, Richmond 7:80 p m, Pt
( ersbnrg 8:11 p m, t Norfolk 9:10 pc
Weidon 9:44 p m, tTarbc.ro 6:63 p n.
Rock Mount 6:46 a m, leave wllaoL
6 so a m. oidooro 7:o a m, Warsaw
8:01 a m. Man n ilia 8:11 s m.
PROM TH "SOUTH.
DAILY No. 64 Passenger Leave Tampa 8.-10
11:60 A M a m, Banford IrtX) p m, Jacksonville
8:80 p m- Savannah 11:10 night, Charles- v
ton 4:11 s m, Columbia 6.-10 a m, Atlanta
7:18 a m, Maoon 9ioo a m, Augusta 8:S6
p m. Denmark 4:11 p m, Sumter 4.41 a
m, Florence 8.-M a re, Marlon tUX s m,
Chadbourn 10:10 a no, 4ke Waocamaw '
10:89 m.
Trains on the SootlandNeck Branoh Road irsve
Weidon 8;6 p. m-, Halifax 4:19 p. m., arrive Soot- ,
land Necc at 6:0 p. m., erecnvllle 6:4T p. m K -ton
T-4S p. m. Returning leaves Klnston f 90 a
m.. ereenvllle BM s m., arriving Halifax at u 00
a. m., Weidon 11:90 a, m. dally except Sandav
Trains on WaahlngtOB Branoh leave Washing
ton TOO a. m., arrive Parmele 8:40 a. m.( Tar.
bora 10:00 a-m.; returning leave Tarboro 4 so p sx .
Parmele cio p. m., arrive WaahingtoD 1 49 p m,
Daily except Sunday. Connect at raraeie with
train r SooUand Neck Branoh,
Train leaves Tarboro, M. v., dally, sxoept Sun
day, at 4:80 p. m Sunday 8:00 p. m.; arrives Ply
month :oo p. m., 6:85 p. m. Returning leaves
Plymouth dally, except Sunday, 6:00 a. m., Bun
day 9:30 a. bl, arrives Tarboro 10-.U s m. and
11:66 a. m
Train on Midland N. a Branoh leaves eoldi -baro
daily, except Sunday, 4:04 a. m., am vine
Smlthneld T:80 a m. Returning leaves Smlthflell . "
8:00 a. vla arrives at Soldaboro 9:80 a m.
Train on Nashville Branoh leaves Rooky Monit
at4:op. m., arrives Nashville 6:06 p. m., Sprtrg
Hope 6oo p. no. Returning leaves spring HOf e
8:00a.m.,NaahvUle 8:86 a. m., arrives at Rocy .
Mount 9:06 a. no., daily sxoept Sunday.
Train on Cunton jsranoa teavea waraawror
Clinton ' dally, sxoept Sunday. 7:00 a.-m. and
and s.o i p m. Heturning leaves Clinton 11:10
a. Wv ana b:w pm. .
Trams on Souta and North Carolina Railroad
leave Blllott l so cm and i:is p m, Luc know
1:00 p m and 8:1 p m. Returning leave Luck
now 6:?0 a m and 8 pm, arrive Xiliott 8X0 am
and 8 80 p m, aauy except sunaay.
Florence Railroad leave fee use 8:40 a m. ar
rive La tea t.oi a m, Dillon 9:18 a m, Rowland 9 81
a m, returning leave Rowland 6 08 p m, arrives
Dillon 6:11 p m, Lstts 6:84 p m, Pee Dee 6:67 p
m. dally. Latta Branoh trains leave Latta 6 40 p
m, arrive Clio 8 0S -p m, returning leave Clio
4:10 a m, arrive Latta 740 a m. Dally sxoept
Sunday.
Wilmington and Co away Railroad leave Hub
8:16 a m,Chad bourn 10:10 a OMurrlve Conway lS:So
p m, leave Conway 8:30p m, Chadbourn -M p m,
arrive Hub 6:90 p m, Dally except Sunday.
Cheraw and Darnngton uauroao jeave Jrior
enoe 8:15 a m, &4S a m, 8:60 a m. 7:35 p m. arrive
Darllnston 8 66 a m, 9 80 a m, 9 m a m, 8 oo p m,
HartsTllle 10 00 a m and 8 60 p m, Bennetts vllie
864 p m, "Gibson 91 p m, Cheraw. sc, uxs
a m, Wadesboro 1 10 p m returning leave
Wadesboro 1 to p m, Cheraw 8 46 p m ttlbson
5 47am, Bennettsville 616 am. Hartsvuie 6 so
a m, t6 45 a m, Darnngton7 o a m. t7 80 a m, 4 so
p no, 6 06 p m. arrive Plorenoe i u a jn, tl 66 a
m, 600 p m. 646 pm-
Central of South Carolina Railroad leave Sum
ter 60 p m. Manning 6 81 p m, arrive Lanes V 00
pm, lesve ianes ana am, sianning x a ar
rive Sumter 9 44 a m. Dally.
Georgetown and Western Railroad leave Lanes
9 80 a mL 7 10 p m, arrive Georgetown lioom,,
8 90 p m, leave Georgetown too am. 9 00 pm
arrives ianes sss a in, a p in. vmu-j
Sunday.
Wilson and Payettevffle Branch leave Wilson
1 06 p m, 11 8'p m, arrive Selma 1 58 p m, smith
field 8 08 pm. Dunn 8 44pm, PayettevUle 46op
m, 1 07 a m, Rowland 6 oi p m; returning leavs
Rowlanr 9 81am, Fayetteviile 10 66 a m 9 40
pm, Dunn 11 44 a n, bmlthneld 11 95 p m, Selma
llsi pm arrive Wilson 190pm, 11 86 pm.
Manchester and Augusta Railroad train leaves
Darlington t7 is a m, arrives Somter t8 is am.
Leave tinmter tio no a m, arrives rregnalls ti 40
p m Leaves bumter 4 88 am. arrives DenmarK
6 10 a m heturning leaves Denmark 4 17 p m,
arrive snmter 6 os p m Leaves Pregnalls T8 60
a m, arrives nnmter ti os p m, leaves sumter
t6 16 am, arrives Darlington t7 65pm. - ;.
tDaily except Sunday. eunday only.
; BL. ML JCMARSON,
- - . Ass't Gen'l Passenger Agent;
J; R. K1TNLY, Gen'l Manager,
T. M. XMSRSON, Traffic Manager.
gSABORD AIR UNB.
CAROLINA CENTRAL RAHROAD.
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Lssts Wsdesboro T si so lit
ArrlTe Konroe......... 8 w in
Lesve Monroe. - t Be
ArrlTS Cksrlotte 10 li I u i 4t , -
Leave Caailotte... 10
Lesve LinooliitoB. . ust .
Leave Siel by 10
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Qiartotte.
Close connections st Athens bt
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soon and doss oonnecaons at At
Ltlanta 1
tf and 41 for Mobue, New Orleans. saaaTkie a -
all Boataern; western sna nonnwestern poiim.
Close connecuon ny ss ana ax ioi . ouuu.
Nos and 401 "AtlanU Special," Vast Vestl
bole daily for all points Norm, sontn and West
Jnnettonpomtsat Maxton wits u. T. and T. V. at
wadesboro wits Caeraw and SaUabnry.at Sam
let wltt &. and A., C 8. and N. and Falmervi
Kaflway, at Monroe wlta G. O. and M.(
at Caarlotte -tta K. and D. srtem, at Uiooln
ton wits C and L Narrow oags at aasibf
aadKntserfordtoB wltt 8 CM
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