The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-10

1t is reported that Governor Rus
sell is a total ~abstainer. but his use %
picturesque profanity more than
makes up for his shortcomings In the
drinking Iine.-Durtham Herald
The democrats have discovered THAI
the Hon Thomas Settle Is a very
clever fellow. or perhaps they thought
so all the time. but were a little bash
ful in saying so.-Durham Herald.
The AshevilIe Gazette cafnoe even
offer the amendment rs an excuse for
its sale, because The Gazette advo-
Gated the adoption OF the
by the Observation-Disclosures Anglo
Saxon
The Ashevllle. Gazette seems 10 be
getting y on all sides. r. should rise
to a question Of personal privileges
armed With ample affidavftS ri
much Is u the good name OF North
Carolina OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Her
aid.
picture fhen IL says OF General
Branch that he was a highly hon---
able, courtly. Courteous. chivalrOus
gentleman. The writer was in his bril-
gade and knew him well. The canes
soldier could approach hin at any slime
and ge. a kindly hearing.-Carxson
Express.
The eastern friends OF the amend
ment mus not imagine that there IL
10 the amendment Butler and Prftch-
ard have had the emissaries at work
here as elsewhere disseminating as
many lies as the credulfty of their
hearers would be~ar.-Tarboro South
erner.
Senator Butler said a few weeks ago
to a gentleman that he would suppo-s
the amendment. He said this, so this
gentleman stated, without hesitation
or qualification in answer TO a direct
question. The question naturally arises
after reading the last few ISSUES OF his
paper, what senator Pritchard has
promised Senator Butler to induce the
latter TO oppose the amendment.-Fal-
eigh Post.
If the Mormon priests who come -
North Carolina car pull people away
from other churches. does il not seem
that the other churches are in s me
way negligent of their duties? Or are
they o neglecting their opportunities =
Can 1t be that while the evangelical
chuches are so busy sending missi IN
aries to foreign countries, n while
some ministers are hollering so loud for
benevolent assimilation OF the Fill
pinos, the Mormons are getting in nm
er the tent and making converts 10
NiItlI ONC lIltS. tlIC a
1t is now stated that there was SUI
fcient evidence to impeach Governor
Russell and that he knew it. and thai,
the las legislature made a great mis-
take in not doing so. If there was suf-
fcient evidence to impeach him in the
hands of that body or could have been
secured and they failed to take advant
age of 1T for lack OF backbone, then
every one of them should be laid on
tho ChaIf ohalad will fha 1urfla yUnrI
coward" there to rest the balance OF
their natural lives. We cannot think
it true.-Washington Progress.
1t has been the delight of republican
papers in this stake to print articles
in opposition ITO the suffrage amend
ment, with the credit, "Asheville Ga
zette. Democratic" and to refer t.
these articles as the production of ar
honest democratic newspaper that re-
fused ITO enter into the schemes Of its
party, etc. Of course, most of the
democratic press had an idea that The
Gazette had seen Hanna or some OH
er republican Doodle dispenser, for the
reason that its change was like an
attack of cholera morbus-ft came on
so NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Sentinel.
The Charlotte News says: Judging
from the reports Of the Pinehurst sue.
cess, South Carolina may soon be dot
ted with tea farms. Then North Car
DINA will have to cultivate the p0fLe.
lain plant and raise tea cups" II our
friend of The News will visit jackson
county he will find the porcelain
plant" in the full vigor of luxurianr
growth, and no doubt many thousands
of he tea cups used in this state, as
well as throughout the United States
are the product of this North Carolina
plant" Mrs. Governor Jarvis has a
fI1Il oct of China randn nvnracCrx for
and presented to her by a friend out
of this North Carolina porcelain, which
will compare with the finest French
wOrk.-Raleigh Post.
The Asheville Gazette Of yesterday
devCtes two columns of it's editorial
space to the letter of Chairman Sim
mons published in Sundays papers
and to the citations which he mae
from The Asheville Citizen with refer.
ence to The Gazette's suddenly fierce
a~ntagonism to the proposed consti.u-
tiOnal amendment. The Gazette aotacks
Mr.. Simmons and The Citizen, bringinf
counter-charges against them. but has
very little ito say in regard to tlp
charges they make against it, beyond
the statement that ii has already call.
ed The Cttizen a liar on account of tn
impUtaLioEs that this paper hal 10
nDon 1t. It's rejoinGer will not strikf
candid minds as a sufficient REPUTATION
Of the accusation that it's expressions
with regard to the amendment have
been bought with money.-CharloL.:
Observer.
Public sentiment is growing in opp0.
sition ITO the acceptance by tn
churches Of tainted money. 1t il de,
manded OF him who rebukes sin tina
his hands shall be clean. How can Z
church fight an evil and accept its pa,
tronage? ood people all over on
country are asking this question 4
correspondent of the widely-reaG
Christian Herald, edited by Rev. DR.
Talmage, some time ago asked TIL
question whether "a Christian churcl
is justified in accepting a gift OF none,
from a saloon-keeper. to be used II
connection with its missionary an,
spiritual work" The Herald submbttey
The question to the judgment of III
readers n invited a free and genera
expression Of opinion. The interest fel
in the matter is shown by the larg
number Of replies The Herald has pub