The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-24
STATE PRESS.

A. the unstentfary board considerea
y he-f En- so INTO executive session %
earnInsxer the cost of whkewaen 70
eh~ characeer OF w. III. Sunmeresi.
frrst how che operation was perIorMu
- rarrarx remain O mySue4y. Jue
shere IN no doubR IN n mind 2 M
he was saved by his postkacaa nsenos.-
Durham Herald.
When shs cotton market II on
steady rise or XII q Is . great <emp-
1nsapn 60 make . htete deal IN futuN
But a. q rule the dining TO 90 IA ree.u
= ~ don't Many. many
~ nave gone 90 the wsal by gamelin9
futures VINO would have made AZ
ieast o good living by putting .neIl
money in some un-Questxonaaose oun-
nesA Dealing In futures - not ON
ssdered safe by the most s~uccessfui ou-
tness men and u is. TO say the least on
4. Questionable from q moral stand
posnt-Monroe Enquirer.
The Wilmington Messenger says tnat
in the south 20 = doubtful IL there -
more than 81 per capita. and m NorIn
Carolina IL more than s." Per capttA
a money In Circulation. But Of course
she Director OF the mint could easily
show by his unique process OF guessing
thai the per capita circulation OF Nortn
Carolina lis % less than $2S.sIs-Asne-
vile Citizen
n came out yesterday that Captain
DNy had paid the lawyers VINO repre-
sented him in his litigation TO get con-
troll of the ~penitentihry $3.50 OF n peo-
Piles money. As the supreme court de-
cided in Days favor ON tine express
around that the office was private prop
rty. uhe p~enitentIary authorities ought
10 get The construction OF the u on
the legality OF this item OF expense
Raleigh News and Observer.
The esteemed Wilmington MesSengev
IL Informed that Hon. Matt w. Ransom
when elected to the senate was not q
rich man, neither was Judge Merrimon
nor Governor Vance. 1T may De wen
10 add that the claims or none or unese
to democratic support were based on
money contributions to the democratfc
campaign fund. The same may be
satd of the states ante bellum sena-
tors. The S~outherner still insists that
che election OF Colonel Julian ;. Carr
win break the record.-Tarboro South
ener.
Senator Butler being a lawyer 50
learned and profound as to declare the
proposed amendment DEMONSTRATIONS
before the ink eA his law hcense bad
dried. ought to know that uhe negro
being a citizen of the United States,
enjoying equal rights and privileges
with the white man d the copstftu-
tion, according to h senator's inter
! probation of that instrument, cannot b
taken to Africa or anywhere else, far
O. near against his will.Olinton Dem
scrsN.
The discussion OF who shall be sena-
| tor should be deferred until after the
election Of the legislature which is to
choose him. The democratic party In
North Carolina has had a bitter expe
rience resulting from the thrusting OF
q senatorial fight into a state campaign
We do not believe that the heated con-
troversy between the friends OF Sena-
cor Ransom and Ex-Governor Jarvis In
1894 was the cause of the fusion victory
OF that year, for it was already writer
IN the stars that the democratic party
was to be defeated in that election. but
1t undoubtedly contributed to 1T AND
was harmful in every imaginable way
It is to be hoped that this generation
will not see a repetition OF such con
troversy at a similar period in politics
and we hope to be pardoned for tn
suggestion that the democratic press
its correspondents have h matter
very largely in their hands.-Charlotts
Observer.