The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-09

So. - the honors % the Country
Three North Carolina men have sat "
- residential chair. but they had 10
leave xhrI~ native state - DO go - IN
schools Some educators are usTcr -
haupv a wheu saying something -
the d~etrtnent q saciheT ShooA SuTs-
II eu-alv. the harvest "a great and n
taho~.-S Few. Every ore should en-
courage education tn all possible ways
Never put one straw IN the way ~ SHc
school uaar-SaIisbury Times
II = not necessary 20 50 outside 81
North Carolina 70 see closed t"eacc"
factories. closed prize houses closed TO-
h,~~, where once business
was large and brought prosperity inc
trusts did not buy their plants th~F
DESTROYED or lessencd competition IN
buying the leaf. or "froze out the
manufacturers. The work % closing
out and buying out and freczing u
goes on. SIX months ago there We're
three BUYERS FOR three competitors on
the market: now. except Tor snAI OF
ders. there are only two. n Tor much
tobacco only one. Unless there Is =
change. there Will be only one soon.
The trusts exist by violating the law.
The dav IL coming when ~ VIII b"
more to!erable FOR Sodom and Gomov-
rah in the day OF Judgment than Tor
the trusts when the people are fully
aroused-Raleigh News and observer.
Several years < as the story goes.
a prominent lawyer, who was a Judge
OF the supreme court 81 North Carroll
ma, asked another lawyer. the follow
ing question:: "What is law" In re
ply his lawyer friend said: Law -
Luck" How do you max thar
again asked the learned judge. We'll.
Judge. I Will tell you" his friend went
on. u have noticed that when ] pre-
pare my case well. and go before your
court TO argue them, somehow ! invari-
bly, lose, but when ! appear before the
court ~"of-hand.'' with my rabbit foot
in my pocket. i always win This
was such a good joke on the judge, he
couldn't keep il. but related II 10 the
whole court the next morning. Now
the above reminds US that II law was
luck" several years & that il must
be something else today. as II seems
hat the judges, with some few cN-
ceptions) Of North Carolina courts are
deciding cases, not according - what
| seems right and just, but to suit their
| own partisan friends and the political
| party bosses."-Salisbury Times.
State Treasurer Worth's decision
that the several di~spensaries in this
| state can only sell whiskey on the
prescription Of a physician, thus being
| placed on par with drug stores, has
caused much and. strange 10
! say, some kicking. 1t is even stated
that the dispensary people Will take
the natter to the courts in the hope
that Father Worth Will be overruled.
This is a strange state OF affairs, truly.
| The Landmark had innocently believ-
| ed that dispenSarieS We're established
to restrict the sale and consumption OF
liquor. Treasurer Worth's decision
that the d~ispenSarieS can only Sell on
prescription restricts the sale and con
seQuently the consumption much more
than even the d~ispensary advocates in
tended; but inasmuch as that was the
end aimed at We cannot see for tht
life Of US what the dispensary people
are kicking about, even though the
additional restriction was imposed BY
mistake. Can it be that the dispen.
sary people are advocates Of the dis
pensary purely as a revenue producer
-Statesville Landmark.
The democratic party has been ac,
cused of making political capital out o.
race prejudice IN this state. The rep
ublicans lave charged that 1t was no
sincere in saying il wanted the Negro
eliminated as a political factor. The,
have professed to believe that but 70
the cry Of negro domination the demo
cratic party would not stand a ghos
" " ~ 40 y a. ~"a AAN>h
ard, ~despairing Of stemming the tide
tried to reOrganize the republican
party on a white basis several year
ago. Russell declined a nomination a
the hands of his party in 1890. givinl
as his reason that the republican part,
was hopelessly handicapped by the ne
gro issue. He called the negroes sava
ges II said they We're not fit to rule
In 1892 he charged that the negroe
had driven some of the best republi
cans in the state out OF the party an,
that Blaine nor Reed nor any othe
eminent republican could secure tn
nomination for congress in the bJacl
district. In 1894 he said that his part.
could sweep the state without a singl
negro vote n he was opposed {
turning over the eastern counties {
the negroes. What do We see now
The democratic party voluntarily OF
fered to Sueender whatever advan
tage II has in the race issue and ask
ing the republicans and populists I
join it in putting politics Upon a highe
n purer plane by removing the pos
sibility OF negro domination, yet the
are not willing TO have the millston
taken from around their necks. The
are not k 10 join the democrati
party nor vote for a single Democrat
nominee, but simply to vote for a
amendment TO the organic law tina
VIII dispose OF the negro question one
for all n make white supremacy Ger
tain, no matter what divisions ma
come over other problems.-Webster
(Reidsville) Weekly.
The burning at the stake OF San
Hose, a negro murderer and rapist
near Newman, Ga. yesterday, awaken
IN the breasts Of ali law-abiding peo
pie the mos revulsive feelings. Tn
details, as given by the Associate,
Press, are revolving and disgusting
Mub rule is dangerous 20 the Common
wealth, but We fear il can never b
overcome. Born OF the laws delay
n the laws ineficiency, il will re
main Till the cause is removed. A
long as the negro dares TO invade III
sanctity Of the white mans rights an,
extinguish the sunlight OF his hone
just so long vii the most latent spark
Of malignity z ~hellishness In II
Anglo-Saxon's heart be aroused 20 ter
fold fury.-Greensboro Telegram.
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