The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-20

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DIN on To max IL appear-on paper-
that the ountry today Is In the most
prosperous condition 1t a ever expo
rienced, What do ycu hin Of thatf
IL Is indeed refreshing TO n living In
this day and generation. What a bless
ing IL IL TO be so awfully awful fortu-
nate as to have the privilege OF seeing
prospertty-on paper-every Saturday
night lei The mail arrives. The edI-
tor OF Dun's certainly gets therei
Nothing like iti-Mt- Airy News.
The farmers have received many
costly lessons during the last icw
years. as TO the folly Of depending up
on a single product as n money crop
This season those planters who hin
their faith pom cotton alone are sGatn
mourning over their failure 20 al
vesrify their crops. IL IL never Oh, .
that every produce OF the farm -
tn value down To ms zero po,rt .
no matter how bright the prospc .,y
De Tor handsome returns from 4 y
crop. the farmer who raises a N.aFis.r
will be the most prosperous In the long
run. Raise your home supplies and d.
versify your money crop.-Mt. y
Advertiser.
II win be the duty Of the Legislature
to max the burdens OF the people m
light rs possible. IL can make n great
saving by looping of a great batch ne
Ns~aNSS oAANttitadtis Phk upon u UtO-
pie by the f~usionists. IL In a crtmo
TO force the Ia xpayers 10 feed a lot of
fellows simply for partisan purposes.
All these should be dispensed with in
short order. The legislature should go
at the work before 10 in n business
like manner and do IL with as little cx-
pense as Is compatible with public de-
cency. From the character OF the men
elected this year IL Ia safe to say that
everything viii be done wisely. judi
ciously and in n manner altogether Eat
~isfactory to the good people OF the
state.-LeNington Dispatch.
The newspapers are commenting On
the fact that two years ago Congress-
man kitchin carried this district by a
very small majority. with partial fu-
sion with the populists. while this year
he won in a straight fight by over five
times the majority OF two years ago
While we are always in favor OF n
straight fight" We do not place to
that fact all the credit for MIR. Kitch-
ms big majority this year. There were
nan democratic gains. TO be sure: but
the difference in the size OF the major
tiles is. to a large degree. due 10 the
fact that two years ago Mr.. kitchin's
opponent was able. brilliant and man
ly, while this year he was opposed by
n man who possessed none OF these at
rtibutes.-Greensboro Telegram.
oul pCOpIS u q UNI ol III qutSNAoh
of applying the taxes OF the whites and
their property to the free schools for
whites, and the taxes of the blacks and
their property to the free schools for
blacks. All should be taxed alike for
the protection Of life. reputation and
PROPERTY. Blu when 1t comes to the
matter OF schooling, why, let each race
provide for its own. Then the race
in life will be equal. Our white people
are handicapped by having TO educate
their own children and also the ne
groes. That Is unfair and IL ought TO
end and If the wishes Of the people are
needed it will end.-Windsor Ledger.
Nothing but prosperity can kill
! Bryan and silver. IL they die from
that cause we will have the negro's
consolation who heard his master per-
shed in the battle OF Manassas. Jno.
thought the report was that he died in
a barrel Of molasses and remarked that
it was a sweet death. The republicans
will have no excuse that will avail IL
the country is not prosperous In 1900.
Both branches of congress will be in
their hands after the 4th of March. We
are glad the responsibility is not di-
vided. The country must be made
prosperous or Bryan and free silver
will sweep the deck in 1900.-Reidsville
Weekly.
We observe the idea put forward
that the negro question has been prac-
tically settled in North Carolina, be-
cause even the republicans agree hat
negro Office holding has been elimina-
ted by the late election. Even IL that
were so, the real problem has not been
solved. What the advocates OF a quail
5 flied suffrage chiefly aim at Is the re-
: moval Of the ~corruptible vote. The
negro vote, at il stands now, is the bal
ance OF power in this state. and honest
, men and their interests are, in a great
er or less degree, at the mercy OF cor
rupt politicians who have the meanl
n and the disposition to buy IT, In such
a rural state as North Carolina, bos-
sism, which our democratic handbook
has SO justly denounced, would be al
most unknown II the black mass OF no
gro vote did not present an ever ready
q weapon to the boss for use agains
those of his subjects who might ID
: disposed to rebel.-Fayetteyille Obser
yer.
Their are useless Offices to be abolish
ed. Every department OF our stat
= government has been filled with useless
clerks, laborers and employees-place,
there to pay political debts. This viii
be ended. Salaries must be reduced
not TO a low, ~pickayunish level, bu
some reasonable reduction must b
81 made. Fees also must be reduce
where they are at all high. Every use
n less officer must be discharged. w
n. a easily reduce most OF the force hal
l. by putting in one good democrat, VIII
le can always DO the work Of two fusio
e incompetents. The business men VIII
- were the potent factor in thi
campaign, demand that the state gov
eminent be run like they run thei
i various concerns-with economy an
Al prudence. We do not here undertak
d TO point out where reductions will be
d ! gin. This able legislature will d. tha
x. Il 4 OF tho rnnd u-nrly ha1fp m. rr.. ~