The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-17

Despite the Efforts Throagh Ualawfal Pro.
cssdisg Of Pcpalsss County Omeia1s 60
Reeard Progres In County and Tewn

Despite the Efforts rhro1eh Ualawfsl Pro.
essdiss Of Pcp.lsss County Omeials 20
Reeard Progres In County and Tewa
Correspondents Of The Messenger.)
Wilson. ~. c.. Dec IL.
Tobacco II still commanding high
prices and the warehouses are still
busy handling II. There Is no doubt
of the fact that this yea will be a
record-sreaker in Wilson for both cot
ton and tobacco.
The popuiists have. It seems. given
up the fight over the school committee
ship in this county and now the public
schools are again open and the children
Of the county VIII not he caused to
suffer because or the envious and I'M
just spleen of the leaders of that party
in this county towards the democratic
citizens.
The populists indeed have several
grave charges to meet in the coming
campaign.
First, their school committee was de-
clared illegally elected by a judge rep
~resentins their party.
Second, the COUNTY commissioners,
two popuiists and n republican, paid
| out of the county funds she attorneys
| fees to prosecute the cas- for the pop
ulist committee. In other words. the
| county paid for lawyers to represent
| private citizens in a law suit.
Thirdly, disregarding the law. the
J commissioners elected as county ply
| stefan DR.. Thomas Person. who was
neither a licensed nor a registered ply
1 sician, which the law requires him to
1a nx-~ n~~n H~.- -nr~ .r
known reason, resigned and again they
violated the law and elect another who,
however, is licensed. but is not a MEN,
Der of the medical board, and he. not
being able to properly attend to his
duties, because Of the great distance
which ne ives from the home and the
Jail, appoints Person to act for him.
The attorney general has given as his
opinion that neither are legally quail
fed TO act, and a. a result. another
law suit is probably on foot. and
again, judging from the past, they
will be beaten and the county will pay
the lawyers.
Fcurthly, the road tax, imposed by
the general assembly for Wilson and
adjoining counties. has been declared
unconstitutional by Judge O.. H. Allen,
as it exceeds the constitutional limit,
and the people of the county did no
vote on it.
However, they do not appear to be
at all downcast by these important re-
verses, and still continue the even ten
or of their way. Indeed it is no faul,
of theirs that the tow continues to
prosper, as they tried by every avail.
able means ITO get possession of thai
and put it in a more deplorahle con.
dition than they " imposed or
themselves. indeed it seems that law
TO them is law if it agrees with tht
ideas Of themselves, and where it doe:
not, SO much the worse for the law; i
must accommodate itself to them o.
else they try to make it so to do.
Amid it all, however, With two goot
lstrong banks and plenty of enterpris,
among the citizens, we expect to con
tinue to prosper and grow.
Tonight Rev. DR.. Pittenger, of Ra
leigh, with the aid of the Rev. MI
Bell, of Massachusetts,, will begin
series Of mission services in ST
Tin1othy's Episcopal Church, and goo,
results are most hopefully looked for
warded to by all.
The citizens are very much please,
that the Methodist conference return
ed the Rev. j. B. Hurley to Wilson, a
he is justly popular, and we may lool
forward to a continuation of his goo,
and earnest wor for another year.
The new year will probably see man,
changes in the business world here, an.
one which all gladly welcome; namely
the return of Mr.. Charles Blount fror
Wilmington, who will go in bushes
with Mr.. r. E. Townsend: may h
prosper.