The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-28

"A land without monuments - . lano
without memories" North Carolina -
/ at last awakening from her sleep ana
nrhis wear will see monuments erecte0
NASithin her borders to three OF ner =
| mented sons. the great LeO-
ulon Baird Vance; the hero q So
Juan. william e. Shlpp, and the ur9c
| fallen nero Of the Spanish var Worm
Bagiey-winston Journal
As for working for any candidate fcc
the hope OF reward from said candfo.kes
the newspaper man who Is soft headed
enough TO work for the politician fox
| personal reward does wei TO keep oue
OF the n asylum. No. we nave no
quarrel with our law makers because
they have not recognised the press
! The newspaper man who cannot tote
/ his own little skillet and make ala
way independent OF office. Office hold n
and office seekers deserves to 60 d. IN
! and go quick.-Monroe Enquirer.
While the people rallied so nobiy CO
the aus OF white supremacy at We
last election, and redeemed the STAIN
/ we live in and love. we shouid not lose
sight OF the fact that there Is yet an
! other battle to be fought. and thar n
for the suffrage amendment. This viii
/ be the hardest and most important po-
liticai fight that has eve been made
in our state. and while white suprem-
acy will win again IL would be danger
ousiy unwise To be and
thereby lose the results Of a hard
fought campaign.-Greensboro Tsie-
gram.
Winston Journal: Holland MCGEE. of
Lewis Fork township, Wilkes county.
is IS years old and has 10 children. IS
grandchildren. 80 great-grandchildrs n
and seven Observation-Disclosures
Mrs. Martha Winston. relict or tie
late Patrick II. Winston. passed aw "
Sunday morning about $50 o'clock. at
Windsor. BERTHE county. Deceased " 10
"A years Of age last Friday. Acute IL
digestion is thought TO LAY been Nc
cause OF death. She was the mot er
OF Judge Winston. of Durham. and II
President Winston, OF the university OF
Texas.
We have some interesting relics on
our desk in the shape OF North Carolina
currency. One OF the oldest things to
a printers eye is the style OF printing.
The wording IN these bills is also very
quaint Four are OF the denomination
of five dollars. Three of them were Is
sued by act of general assembly at
HiAsboro, the Sth OF August, IT'S. and
the other by act OF the assembly at
Smithield. May 10, 1873, and entitie the
bearer to receive five Spanish mllled
dollars in gold or silver. Each has n
of the following notices: Behold! q
new World" "A lesson to arbitrary
Kings and Wicked Minister'S" BE
Freedom and Independence steadily pu-
rified," and declare Death TO ounter
felt" There are three bills of the de-
nomination OF % dollars, one dollar, and
10 cents. The Decent piece bears date
of September ], 1862. Four or the old
est bills were printed by James Davis.
who erected at Newborn, in 1749, the
first printing press in North Carolina
He also began the publication on this
press of the first newspaper in MOI tn
Carolina, in 1765, entitled the North
Carolina Magazine or Universal INTEL
ligencer.-Stanly Enterprise.
With both Park and Butler trying 70
get a ring in the nose Of the Populists.
the best thing the decent members of
that party can do is to Jump the fence
and find peace and prosperity In the
democratic fold. 1t awaits them
there, and nowhere else. particularly
in the south.-Charlotte Observer.
The war and the high price OF wheak
has brought prosperity to many lines
Of industry not effected by trusts, and
this is healthy prosperity that will
abide as in all periods of our history
except such panics as befell us in 1873
and 1894-1897. The very men who to-
day are silent when they see the small
manufacturers being swallowed up VIII
soon rise up when they with their
neighbors are rushed by the j~uggernart
of monopoly, which is fostered and pro-
tected by this trust-ridden and money
1 dominated Observation-Disclosures
News and Observer.
, More money will be raised under the
. |. revenue bill passed blythe late legisla-
q ture han under any previous revenuo
bill In many years, and yet the rate Of
taxation on polls and property has not
been increased one cent. Indeed the
, rate OF taxation on property Is three
cents less than attempted to be levied
t by the last fusion legislature. The In
or ased ven will be collected from
; railroads and other corporations. which
: will hereafter pay much more tar thar
ever before.-Pittsboro Record.
The editors do the work In cam
paigns; lay themselves liable to heavy
damages by exposing the record Of ras.
: Gals; and yet when united and solid
l they cannot get a decent and just Law
through the legislature. But they viii
again and again take up and carry
e "the white mans burden" even II un-
der an ~antiquated and worn out Law
they have to go to jail for doing IT.
/. Raleigh News and Observer.
Did you ever think of what a din
/. cult matter it is to make one sing
4 law which is to apply to the whole Of Z
state like North Carolina, with Its LON
stretch Of territory from the noun
tains to the sea? We were never Z
impressed with this dificulty as reecnt
~ at the capitol The framing of on
= single law, however, simple It may h
. which Is to apply 70 our whole statG
e Is a matter which requires the mo
painstaking consideration In order tlnn
injustice may not be done to any Of ~
+ various interests invoived-Whitevf1l
News.
e The main purpose Of the amendmeu(