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w m A. w A. fl. I 'x ’ H I J 1 W' Vol X. No. 58. THE WILMINGTON BIOT A* . Resulted In the Death of Ten Negroes and Wounding Three Whites- Wilmington, N. C.» Not. 11 —-Since the remarkable and sudden evolution in the city administration, from a Republican mayor, board of aldermen, chief of police and other officers, to a complete Democratic administration, with the Hon. A. M. Waddell as mayor, caused by the resignation of the Re publicans, complete order has been restored in the city. Yesterday was a day of horrors and last night one of wild alarm. The new administration swore in 400 special policemen, composed of Wilmington’s best citisens, and they, with the regu lar police force, assisted by over 300 military, preserved order in the city. The citizens turned out with arms and stood guard on their blocks. Hot a city negro was to be seen on the streets. Hundreds of nogroes, moo. women and children, fled to the woods, and at least 500 of them spent the night on the roadside two miles from the city, beyond Smith's Creek bridge. Ample protection, however, was giv en to all colored people who were peaceable and law abiding. All who behaved themselves were escorted to and from their work by armed white meh. Business has been resumed, and it is believed the trouble is at an end. The riot resulted in the death of ten negroes, and the wounding of three whites. Boys’ Heads, North and South. “I don’t know whether it is com plimentary or otherwise, but I do know that it is a fact that the head of the average Washington boy is larger than that of the average boy of many other cities,” remarked a traveling salesman for a large hat and cap man ufacturing firm to a Star reporter. “All men engaged in the hat and cap business know it, and have learned it by their business experience. The beads of the boys in Baltimore average three or four sizes smaller than those of Washington, and it is known to the cap trade that they can always get rid of any extra large sizes of boys’ caps by sending them to Washington. ' I have had a recent experience in ' selling a boys’ cap. In Baltimore the sizes desired by the dealers ran all the 1 way from 6to 6f, leaving me with a ' large lot of the larger sizes to dispose of. I found no difficulty in doing so, for no dealer here wants anything smaller than 6f, and wanted them all the way up to 7 and 7|. The heads of the boys in Richmond are about the same as regards size as those in Balti more, and they compare with the beads of the boys in Atlantk, Charles ton, Savannah and New Orleans. In j none of these cities could the larger sizes ordered in this city be Isold, ex- ! eept in small quanities The Chicago boy has a head as large as the Washington boy, and so does the New ‘ York boy, but the Boston or Pbila- ’ delpbia boy has not. The Washing* ton boy has the largest bead of any South or Southwestern oily, and is J pnly equaled in New York and Chi- . cago. It is for others to say what all this means I can only state the fact that Is developed in the hat and cap . trade. —Washington Star. L_—— < Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That ’ Contain Mercury as mercury will surely destroy the sense • smell and completely derange the Whole < system when entering it through the teu cous surfaces. Buch articles should never I be used except on prescriptions from rep- I utable physicians, as the damage they will ; do is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall’s Catarrh Cure, 1 manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., To ledo, 0., contains-no mercury, and is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood ' and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall’s Catarrh Cure be sure you ( get the genuine. It is taken internally, and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Chen- 1 ey & Co. Testimonials free. Bold by Druggists, price 75c per bottle. Hall’s Family Pills are the best. St George’s-Church- .. .Rev. G. Sherwood .Whitney will offi ciate at the 11 o’clock service on Sun day, unless notice is given to the con- > trary " - i I T. B. Rice, a prominent druggist of Greensboro, Chu, writes as follows: "I have handled Dr. Pitts’ Carminative for eight years, and have never known of a single instance where it failed to give perfect satisfaction. Parties who once use it always make permanent customers. We sell more of this article than all the other Carminatives, soothing syrups and colic I drupe combined.” For teething children it Ms no equal. THE MORMONS- I f ’ i.?, ■ 1 [by w g w.] Thus died Jo Smith, in many n« ' garde a remarkable man. Uneducated, orddulous,unscrupulous, fanatical, it is bard to discover just where the line ' lay that separated bis dishonesty from his credulity, his rascality from bis re ligion, his delusions from bis deceit. Hie ability in organizing, his persist ency in propagating bis peculiar view,, bis endurance even unto blood, stand ing as be did for a religion that was a hodge-podge of truth and error, that was originated in a most palpable fraud, but that under bis master hand led to such marvelous results, most, while evoking condemnation, com* mand respect. Mohammed, who was far greater than he, wrote a book, the Quran, that like the Book of Mormon, was based on the Bible, bad revelations, was at once a devotee and a villain. If suc cess be the criterion of righteousness, then twelve centuries of success prove Mohammed to be what be Claimed to be, the true prophet of Allah ; and 60 years of success prove Jo Smith to be the inspired Saint that be and his fol lowers claim that be was, Bless God, the eternal years are His The concep tion of a religion rises no higher than its heaven; that of the Christian is ho liness, of the Mohammedan and the Mormon, an ulherealized sensuality. Thus then the first President of the Mormon community was its first mar tyr—his blood became the seed of the church—and be, whose life bad not been all that a Saint’s should be, was now transfigured, a halo of glory bung about his memory, and a touch of pa thos tended to make bis name sub lime ; the evil that he did was buried with his bones, and only the good, if there was good, remained. Smith was killed in 1844 His tak ing off for a short while agitated the church. Sidney Rigdon, who was with Smith, a collaborator with him in making the Book, and others, aspired to be his successor, but the “council of the 12 apostles” elected one of their own number, Brigham Young, who at once assumed the duties and re sponsibilities of the sacred office. Somehow Mormonism, apparently so harmonious within itself, provokes all others with whom it is brought into contact to bitter antagonism. This had resulted in the death of “the prophetand it became evident that the Mormons must go—must leave their beautiful city, their marble tem ple ; for in deference to popularbutcry, the Legislature of Illinois repealed the charter of their city; war between the “Gentiles” and the “Saints” was prac tically on, and so in 1845, being driven from their homes, they took up their march, under leadership of the new prophet, revelator, president, Brigham Young, across the plains to Utah, whither advance explorers bad been sent; they arrived at their destination in July, 1847. The following year the “New Jerusalem,” Salt Lake City, was founded. Again “the wilderness began to blossom as the rose.” As by magic, the country was transformed. No pre judice should force us to close our eyes to the facts in this case. Perhaps no body of colonists ever effected so much in so short a time, under such trying circumstances, as was affected by these “Saints” under the leadership of Young. An immigration fund was established, and despite the remoteness of the region, immigrants began to pour in from all parts of Europe, and from every state in the American Un ion. Peace, plenty, prosperity prevail ed —and Salt Lake City became a very Mecca, a sort of half way heaven—- there were sure betokenments of the millennial dawn—the holy Jo was in deed a propbet. In 1850 the Territory of Utah was admitted to the Union, A Narrow Eaoaps. Thankful words written by Mrs. Ada E. Hart, of Groton, S. D. “Was taken with a bad cold which settled on my lungs ;cough set in and finally termi nated in Consumption. Four doctors gave me up saying I conld live but a abort time. 1 gave myself up to my Savior, determined if I could not stay with my friends on Mrth, I would meet my absent ones above- My hus band was advised to get Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds. I gave it a trial, took in all eight bottles. It has eared me, and thank God I am saved and now a well and healthy woman.” Tria! bottles free at J. N. Harris <fc Son’s or Carlisle A Ward’s drug store. Regular size 50c and SIOO. Guaranteed or price refunded. - J’ ... , ■ ■ ■ *■ ' - " 9ROTIN, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER IS. 18#8. __ -X . ' and Brigham Yquog was rriadk its first governor—ibe Mormons full swing. There is «H> evidence that Jo Smith ever belief cd in or praettped polyga my. In the beginning it was paoMbi ted. But somehow most of the troub les that arose, after their leaving Objp, between the “asitrts” and the **<•»- tiles,” was related to marriage. XMN. were apspiciaua which were augmsxrif*. ed by the mysterious doctrines jrf “sealing wives” which it was claimed had reference to spiritual marriage alone. These suspicion's indicate dial there were grounds for them, although Jo Smith had never, so far as the evi dence goes ever practiced or upheld polygamy, Shortly after his death however,l Brigham Young claimed that Smith] bad declared to him that he (Smith)] bad received a revelation while at] Nauvoo, “commanding him to take as I many wives as God should give him.”] This was kept a secret however, untffj in August 1852, this, doctrine was| proclaimed as a “revelation,” and then it became a doctrine of the church* To show his fidelity to ibis doctrine, Brigham bad at Lis death in 1877; seventeen wives and fifty six children. Brigham Young was appointed first governor of-Utab by President Till man. Then began the antagonism between the Mormon hierarchy and the U. 8. government. There wore ao “gentiles" worth speaking of for Mor mons to nettle and disturb, and to be persecuted by, in Utah; but such is its perniciousness that it must nettle, mutt antagonize, must excite to deeds all with whom it comes io contact. The persecuted became the persecu tors. The United States district judges were driven out. Young was suspended, and Col. Steptoe, U. 8. A., was appointed bis successor, (1854), “be found it prudent to withdraw.” Meanwhile collisions were continually occuriog between the officials ol the government and the “saints.” In 1856 “all the United Stales officials were forced to leave.” A new governor was appointed, and a force of 2,500 troops sent to sustain him, but the supply trains were harrassed, and the troops compelled to winter at some distance from Salt Lake City. In 1857 an ar rangement was made whereby “troops were allowed to encamp” about 40 miles from the city, and the "saints” submitted tj the government. Let me say in passing that Dr. A. Con in Doyle in bis novel, “A Study in Scar let,” has depicted most graphically the fearful condition of affaire, the cruel espionage, the relentless “blood vengence,” the unspeakable tyranny over women that was characteristic of Brigham Young’s administration of affairs during these times. The massacre at Mountain Meadow occurred in 1857, when a company of Indians arid Mormons, under the leadership of John D. Lee, a bishop of tbe church, attacked and massacred indiscriminately 150 men, women and children, who formed a train of gentile emigrants. Tbe loyal “saint” Lee was hung by the U. 8. government, 20 years afterwards for bis part in this monumental tragedy, thia epitome of the spirit of Mormonism in tbe days when they-bad their own sweet way. Space prevents an extended survey of tbe events that mark tbe decline and fall of polygamy in Utah, if indeed it has fallen. Law after law was paseed by congress, pressing harder and harder upon this their legalized .relic of barbarism—a plurality of wives which was justified from tbe Bible. Tbe snake is scotched Mormons must be subject to tbe laws of the country—history just here is part of the history of the government in its efforts to bring into perfect subjection to law these people who are restrained from (be practice of an article of religs ion, “a divine revelaliobs,” a crime against God and women, only by tbe strong arm of tbe law—if indeed they be restrained. Those who were brought before the U. 8. courts on tbe charge of polygamy, “perjured themselves in 99'per cext of-tbe eases ” -Whether polygamy is still practiced by tbe Mormons is like tbe question whether liquor is sold in Griffin—NO! The late President, Wiiford Wood ruff, has said that bis “promise to re frain from plural marriages has been faithfully kept.” But all marriages are performed in the temples into which no Gentiles may enter; all cer emonies are secret and oathbound; all records are secret; perjury, perjury, everywhere. (Tbe records of the casee before V. 8 courts prove this). In 1886 ■I« Baking Potvder Made from pure <gair«st alum Alum hftlfiftf fwwdfcs afc tfw {vuMM m/nyffy ftralfh of the praent day* ■'otm twworowOMoat Wrw rOMt. a paper war presented to President Cleveland by tbe Hon. John I. Caine, (representative io Congress from Utah, [which was a “Declaration of Griev lances and protest” against the prose taution of polygamists, in which it was set forth: “That plural marriage Is a Vital part of-our religion." The Utah Commission to the Secretary of the In terior io 1884, declare that: “This ar ticle of their faith is as much an es sential part ol their creed as their belief in baptism, or repentance.” Can it be possible that in these few. years |K|b a change has come over tbe spir it of the dreams of many still living, as that what was vital to religion then has, under compulsion, ceased to be vital T .Mormonism is what it claims to have become, altogether, and only be cause it was forced into it. Can con science be forced by human authority into submission to tbe decrees of court! Tbeconscience of Wilfod Woodruff was of more pliable stuff than was that of bis predecessor who never budged an inch, from bis so called convictions on religious matters. Jo Smith was not all that he should have been, but no court could have made him recant. TKf spirit of heroism forbids recants- , tion. Recantation under compulsion is tbe output of a craven heart. The ' testimony of gentiles is that polygamy ieWFon tbe “blind tiger” principle I evep yet among tbe Mormons. [To be Continued.] THE EXCELLENCE OF STEEP OF MS is due not only to the originality and simplicity of the combination, but also to the care and skill with which it is manufactured by scientific processes known to the Calivornia. Fig Stbup Co. only, and we wish to impress upon all the importance of purchasing the true and original remedy. As the genuine Syrup of Figs is manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, a knowledge of that fact will assist one in avoiding the worthless imitations manufactured by other par ties. The high standing of the Cali fobnia Fig Syrup Co. with the medi cal profession, and the satisfaction which the genuine Syrup of Figs has given to millions of families, makes the name of the Company a guaranty ’ J of the excellence of its remedy. 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