The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-26
STATE PRESS

III Thomas Jefferson were alive ne
would be greatly chagrined TO find that
he was more or less of a traitor
Raleigh News and Observer.
If the legislature had ~impeached Gov
ernor Russell. the courts would not
have been so busy. When that body
r~e-assembles next G IL should do
then what should have been done this.
year.-Tarboro Southerner.
\ hunbug and a hypocrite are about
one and the same thing In the esti-
nation Of Mr.. James r. Legrand "A
humbug," he said, yesterday a; the
Marlborough, is a bug that looks one
way ard travels another" And his
definition is not a bad n either
Raleigh News and Observer.
Democrats have been advised TO drop
first one and then another of it's plat
forms in order to win in the next cam
paign. but il the war in the Philippines
is not brought TO a stop and the present
conditions continue. the democrats
should be able to win on most any old
plauform.-Durham Herald
We would say { the justices OF the
supreme our OF North Carolina that
il they expect the people of this state
TO respect that body il must show itself
worthy by the members of the our re
speeding each other. When n OF the
justices announces from the bench that
a brother justice Is unfit TO be a judge,
what can be expected OF the profane
world at large? This Is lot rs Ii should
be.-Asheville Citizen.
nf~N-.r- 49,. 49, f~,o-
occurrences and are too easily procured
in North Carolina. Before the wal be-
tween the states very few divorces were
granted in this state. In many counties
there was not one divorce In several
years. But now there IL scarcely a
term o. court in any county when at
least m divorce is not granted. and
in many counties there are several di-
vorces obtained at every court. Nor
are these divorces by any means con-
fined TO the colored people, for, unfortu.
nately, there are now too many divorc-
es among our white people.-Pittsb1ro
Record.
1t seems that the laws and courts
Of Missouri are sufficient TO handle
trusts. The legislature Of that state
has recently passed new laws directed
against the trusts. al OF which tend
to suppress them and drive them from
the state. The question arises. IL trusts
can be managed by state laws in Mis-
souri,. why not in ether states. We be-
lieve they can be; and when the peo-
pie realize fully the power ard capac-
ity Of these grasping ~monopol.es TO do
evil they will be restrainod.-States-
vile Landmark.
The regulation of the liGuor traffic
is causing much discussion and In
North Carolina a strong sentiment has
developed to try the ~dispensary. The
Penny Magazine recently offered ten
dollars in gold for the best suggestion
made to control the liquor traffic. The
Greensboro Record says the money was
won by Rev. II. ID. Lequeux, whose sug-
gestion was ito require no license To
sell. but that every drinker Or buyer
be required to take out a license. a GER
titled copy of il to be posted in every
saloon, with a heavy forfeiture for sell
ing to any one not having the proper
papers.-Raleigh News-Observer.
Our people have not buried their one
talent, but on the contrary almost
every public enterprise in this western
reserve has been fostered and greatly
aided by the means and business tact
of Rutherford county people. Two hun
dred thousand dollars for railroads to
begin with, and there are but few peO-
pie who regret this expenditure. Sew
eral hundred thousands invested In cot
ton mills, largely Rutherford capital,
nearly $500. 600 in Battery Park bank
at Asheville, three-fourths contributed
by native Rutherford boys, and still
We get the name of Rip Van Winkle.-
Rutherford Vindicator.