The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-30
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next legislature would do well to set
its coulter deeper than any previous
assembly has ever done. Wnen the
people put their money into the con-
.struction Of a railroad with the view
OF building an independent line. IL
should be expressly stipulated IA tne
charter that the road is TO remain IN
dependent and should cease 10 De so
then the bonds voted for its construc-
ton shall be null and void. rms as the
medicine needed.-Websters thSeids-
villel Herald.
Governor Northen old a mighty
truth when he said, IN effect. so long
as the causes for such horrible out
breaks as have recently taken place
occur. so long will the outbreaks follow.
Good men OF both races much reach
these vicious elements-must reach
down. down. 20 get them. but they
must be reached. When a noxious dis
ease appears wise men do not leave II
TO develop and spread and simply con-
tent themselves with scattering anti
dotes on the unaffected. but will bend
every effort TO destroy the disease
which has fixed itself upon the unfor-
tunate one. The horrible crime for
which lynching in its varied forms is,
and will continue TO be. applied. is the
abnormal development OF the brute in
the human being.-Raleigh Post.
"A IItlc CuTSOTN SCRUTINY OF lUAs
scheme OF free and enlightened"
government, which looked 50 we'll on
the fence-board Autographs. reveals
that the Philippines have about the
same share in ii as the Choctaws. The
heads of the departments and judges
TO be either Americans OF Philippines,
or both. and also a general advisory
council to be chosen by the people
by a form of suffrage yet to b. de-
termined." In other words, the share
of the Philippines is TO be limited TO
the selection Of general advisors"
II is improbable that even the Philip
pinos have not some proverb that AXE
the measure of the value of advice.
The whole American people corsti-
tute themselves edvisors in general
to their Officials ard are then com-
PEELED TO kick he officials out at the
end of every two or four years in or
der to get q tClcrably good govern
ment. AS this privilege will be de-
MED the Philippine it is easy to see
how far his advice will carry.-Raleigh
News and Observer.
The Washington Post objects TO that
portion of the bad beef inquiry report
which recommended that no further
investigation be had. The Post wants
the performance made perpetual. 1t
likes bad smelling things and wan
the oder straight from a fresh agita-
ton. The Post thinks this whole in
v~estigation has been a wicked n vi
cious scandal. Summon Alger and
Eagan-they know.-Asheville Citizen.
And it's not made by a trust" This
sentence serves a. a finish to an ad-
vertisemCnt of a certain manufactur-
ed article. 1t impressed US quite force
fully when we read it and the thought
arose spontaneously that we would
hear and read much Of a similar nature
during the great war with the trusts
which is now pending and which will
break with great vigOr during the next
national campaign. When the battle
wakes warm we expect to see the peo-
pie essay the role of walking, talking
advertisements OF antitrust products,
and great popularity cluster about the
declaration, And it is not made by a
trust."-WinSton Sentinel.
We copied in Sundays Observ-
er The Durham Herald's statement
that the free night school established
for his operatives by Mr.. w. A. Erwin,
of the Erwin Cotton Mills, of Durham,
is slowly proving a failure, the at
tendance becoming discouragingly
small. 1t is with much regret hat we
note this fact. This school was a COM
mendable piece of philanthrophy. In
the press and in the forum, we give
much advice to the mill people to take
seriously to heart the welfare of the
operatives as to body, mind and soul.
We give much advice to the operatives
to learn to respect and regard as their
real friends the prOprietors of the mills.
Here we have an instance where the
mill owner undertook to better the
mental condition of his employees, and,
from first accounts, it appeared that
his efforts were to meet with success.
Now comes the repn-. hat the school
threatens to fail fyr Jack of pupils
Charlotte Observer.
When the car and president pat each
other on the back it appears that des-
potism and republics are getting pref
ty close Observation-Disclosures News.
If war is hell, what can be sad OF a
civilized and Christian people who
wage a war against an inferior race for
conquest. And if unnecessary war is
murder, the taking by force of that
which belongs to some one else must
be theft.-Durham Herald.
A dispatch from Washington an
nounces that Senator Pritchard and
Congressman Linney, white, and Con-
gresham White, colored, constitute the
pie triumvirate in North Carolina, and
will distribute the pension places
Asheville Citizen.
A crowd of two thousand people
wanted to lynch a negro in Washington
for numbering a policeman, and it was
with difficulty that officers succeeded
in saving his neck. And suppose this
had occurred within the shadow of the
national capital? The south could 10
have been blamed for it, and some peo-
pie would consequently have been in
a dilemma.-Durham Herald.
1t IS right and proper to put money
into manufacturing enterprises and 9TH
er channels through which TO build up
the community and promote our wei
fare, but We cannot afford 10 do this TO
the neglect of making intelligent, good
citizens of our boys and girls. And
what is needed for this purpose worse
than a graded school in Henderson ?
Had you thought Of the matter in that
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