The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-05-18
STATE PRESS.


An old and successful tobacco grow
'W gives 1t as his opinion that
reason the farmers do not ave as
success growing good tobacco as
they once did Is because they have
the old way of making hills
The tobacco hill preserved he mois-
ture at the roots Of h plant better
than the present system Of ridges, ne
says.-Webster's Weekly.
Virginia is now passing through
with the same experience tina North
Carolina will have " months from
now. The amendment campaign, In
which the black vote vii be eliminated
from politics, is now on and the cleo
ton will come of on the 2fch- The
white people OF Virginia have decided
like North Carolina, 10 throw on his
burden and the sooner IL Is all over
with the better.-Durham Herald.
II there ever can be a time when
can be led away from n
organization and from concert of &C
ton, surely this Is not that time. Prob
ably the most important campaigns.
state and national. ever waged are now
upon us. Neither minor nor, imprac-
|ticable issues howeve important, can
be countenanced, by any pure patriot
The ssues are too great to brook any
|hesitancy or NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
The Hon. Settle, of Asheville, says
the convention succeeded in lassoing
enough men to fill the offices. Cruel
Tom, he would have US believe they
were running away from the nomina-
ton. But il did look so in the race
of Pritchard and Linney. 1t is gener-
ally conceded by all parties that either
of them would have been equal TO a
bugle blast of a thousand men. Even
the shrewd Bynum had an excuse for
being Decentralization Express.
When we read the dispatches an
Inouncing the republican state owen
Ition was opened by the Rev. DR.. Long
repeating the Lords prayer, and the
convention repeated il after him, we
pictured the Beaufort county delegates
with bowed heads invoking the divine
blessing Upon the republican party.
We thought it a good sign. and that
lit might be the beginning of a refor-
mation in the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Gazette.
We could have some respect for the
republicans if they opposed the dis
reimbursement Of the negro out OF
to him for his vote ever
since the civil war, but they do not.
lAH they want is the negro's vote and
then they are done with him. They
do not oppose the amendment because
lit DISTINGUISHES the negro. Not n OF
speakers, so far as we have heard
or read, has had the nerve to do this.
they make the false plea that white
men will be disfranchised. Not one
of them has had the nerve ito say that
the negro is as good as a white man
and should be allowed to vote. They
dare not do it-Oxford Ledger.
Mainly on account of the stinginess
lof the North Carolina legislature Pres
lident Alderman will leave the Univer-
lsity of North Carolina and viii be pres
lident of Tulane university at a salary
talmoSt three times as large as he has
been getting at Chapel Hill. President
alderman has been worth more TO the
University of North Carolina than the
Sc, 200 a year salary he will get at Tu-
lane. But the Legislature, skilled in
the science and art of parSimOny,
could or would not see that his ser
vices were valuable. And there is a
stronger suspicion that the eminent
miseducator Kilgo had a hand in that
legislative meanneSS.-ASheville Citi-
zen.
Colonel W1addeM in his speech AT
Montgomery made the most sensible
suggestion so far reported to have
been made. He said the way and only
finally proper way, to settle the race
problem was to repeal the 18th amend
ment. And he is everlastingly right.
Until that is done, however, and I'M
less the character of this government
lis radically changed that will be done,
we of the south must avail ourselves
of the best meanS within our power
to eliminate from existing conditions
as many evils as possible that viii in
voIve no restriction upon the white
people. The amendment proposed to
our state constitution will do this at
the same time securing to the intelli-
gent negro every advantage to which
he car be entitled.-Raleigh Post.
Senator Butler would give a good
IDEAL if he had not committed himself
to opposition of the amendment. He
thought he could whip the white pop
IuliStS of the state into line against the
amendment, but finds himself wofulIy
|mistaken; for not only have most Of
the populiStS declared for the amend
ment, III thousands of republicans
have followed suit. How Disguised a
|demagogue, ben on trimming his sail
to every passing breeze, must feel
when he realizes the sad fat that he
a Steered his boa right IN the teeth
of the gale. The great pop ~ex-leader
will find no niger to trade populist
votes for next November. For his
sake, we hope that big blues will be
premium III sampson SOullE next SEA-
Ison.-Rocky Mount Argonaut.
Our news columns contain some spicy
reading for Governor Russell this
morning By consulting them he will
find the following interesting facts
himself. That he is mad as
a march hare. That he cannot stand
prosperity. THAI he is afraid OF his
own shadow. That he is In terror of
the Democratic organization Of the
state. That he Is a good private IN the
ranks but as oon as he is promoted
he kicks out Of harness and plays the
devil in general. The above posies
are culed from Congressman Ldnney's
in Pearson's behalf. We have
no doubt that the bosom of the Duke
.swelled with pleasure al the recital.
1t Is now in order for His Excellency
to launch forth a Philippe against
the Hon. Mr.. Linney. incidentally
touching up the whole republican side
of congress--Raleigh News and OBJ
erver
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