The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-14

Yes. ii ia true. that if the negro vote
is cut down very much In North Caro-
lima the republican party ould have
TO give I'D the offices and 60 out of
business.-AsheyfIEe Citizen.
Such affairs viii continue just a.
long MS ring rule boSsiSm dominates
The only redress In iegalszed primaries
The people muz have a voice In some
matters The man opposed to prima-
ries Is not a democrat. Primaries viii
get rid 81 a lot Of those mossback pol
iticians as have disgraced the STAKE OF
late.-king'S Greenville Weekly.
1t is well that the people should un-
derSrand exactly where the Gazette
stands. IL has been charged time and
again by the Citizen. of Ashevtllc, that
the Gazette has sold out for a c0nstd-
Grafton TO Senator Phltchard and a
coterie OF republican politicians. To
this charge the Gazette has given no
adequate denial.-Statesville Land
mark.
The world cannot but admire tie
bravery u these people who resist the
strongest nation on earth IL recalls
the war OF the revolution and the forn-
tude - our fore-fauhers. The most In
tense interest and sympathy will hc ac-
corded Old man Kruger in hG last great
struggle for the Republic which hc
founded and whose destiny ne has con
trolled 80 long.-Smtthhcad Herald.
When democrats protest against she
fOrcihie seizure of territory as a vio-
lacion OF the doctrines 81 the dcclara-
ton Of independence. they are told that
Jefferson himself violated H. This
statement Is not correct Louisiana
was purchased as an act Of necessity,
and the Law OF self preservation justi-
aes any measure. But we do not need
the Philippines for our self pr~eserva-
tion.-Alleghany Star.
A coloeed individual was tried in
Buncombe criminal cour last week for
stealing cigars. The evidence showed
Ihajs the defendant had stolen Cheroots.
| Judge Stevens held that a cheroot H.
not a cigar and as he bill Of indictment
charged the larceny ~ cigars the de-
PENDANT was discharged. This liz a
pretty fine distinction and brings to
mind the question. "When do a pup
become 4 dog?" and When do "A pig
become a hog?"-Statesvillc Landmark
a few months ago the republican
brethren were going 10 educate all re
groes TO read and write at night schools
then the amendment was going 10 carry
and would be the ruin OF democracy
and the salvation of the republican par
ty The people have been thinking for
the last few months and the republican
bosses are getting terribly scared.
They now show a bold front and are
going to test the constitutionaaiiy OF
the amendment and also the election
law.-Asheboro Courier.
The world stands aghast at the re
port that "A Dominican ava offered
up his child a. "A sacrifice 10 his idol I'm
order to secure his aid in a search for
hide treasure. Yet the two most en-
lightened nations on earth are now
sacrificing thousands of lives for the
same object as this barbarian and are
~actuated by the same motives. And
as the irony of fate would have II,
this savage is a British subject and
England will attempt To punish him
for this crime. OF the three of us, who
can say which is the more guilty
Durham Herald.
The Raleigh Post thinks the South
erner's statement that there Is a profit
in cotton at 8 cents a pound. and that
a farm OF 500 acres, valued for taxation
at $500. should nah a pofit in m
year of $500. Ere long the SoutheTncr
will show that this is not an isolated
instance. go feww farmers keen funa &C
counts OF their farming operations that
actual figures are not often obtalnab'e,
but with the Investigations now on this
journal will be able to present figures
showing that farming pays and that
the farm lands OF the c0uLty not only
are not valued high enough. but also
that they sell in the market very far
below their value.-Tarboro Southern
CT.
Senator Buffers ambition Is un-
bounded. Ills course last year We
such. that he failed to gain the co.,
dence of the white fusionists even, and
now his only chance is to join Pritch-
ard and his company of negroes ana
those whites who can be deceived and
influenced by such as Pritchard. II In
true that it is q forlorn hope; yet IL Is
his only chanc 1t liz this or retire
ment from public life. He can still.
like a gnat get some attention by his
annoying appearance which viii. like
the gnats, soon cease-or, If continued
from time to time. will do but little
harm. Senator Butler and Pritchard
will not much longer misrepreseut
North CaTolina.-Salisbury Index.