The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-10-26
STATE PRESS.

| The wnlTe man VINO yofeu the uefuo-
| cratic ticket and now proposes to vote
| for Mckinley must admit that the ne
| gro for thirty years has known more
about politics than he did.-Tarboro
Southerner.
| II Mr.. Bryan Is elected Ii will do
more than anything else to lead NJ
back TO the wholesome life OF the early
| republic. He has correct ideas Of NOR
| ais and government. and life. the ideals
the fathers had when they founded the
| republic We are straying far. and need
some one TO lead Us back into the right
paths--Raleigh Times
Democrats in North Carolina should
remember that il is only three weeks
until the election and do everything
to swell the majority for the demo
cratic candidates Don't lose an op-
portunity TO help the cause along. Mr.
Bryan viii carry the state, lets make
his majority a good n c Speak q word
for the party whenever you can and
See hat every voter is registered
oncor Tribune.
| Since ft was said hat Simmons in
duced Jarva1s To enter the senatorial
race in his intersSS. We suppose C. Is
now In order TO say that he induced
him TO get out for the same reason. Tfse
fact Is Governor Jaryass HIS
| candidacy because he wanted to be
senator. Seeing there L. no prospect
of his being elected he withdraws from
the contest a all there Is in tt
nderso Gold Leaf
However. the primary may result
more satisfactorily than is now antici-
pated by some who do not lake q very
rosy view OF il. The people west Of
the mountains are the least pleased
with il. The Newton Enterprise says
that the people west OF the ridge say
hat IL there is no choice at the first
senatorial primary TO be held at next
month. theywill have nothing to do
| with a second. 1T is the worst piece
Of d~emagogy." says our contemporary.
referring TO this primary, ever intro
duced in the state."-Ciinton Democrat
n yet while this is true. while the
senatorial primary will bring out a
larger vote for Bryan and Stevenson.
yet it will cause democrats TO fight one
another too bitterly. and in the end
may possibly do the party more harm
than good. Let the conservative eie-
ment Of the party try 10 restrain the
more hot-headed. Let all true demo-
Gratis bear in mind that the harmony
of the party is more to be desired than
the success OF n individuaL.-Pitts-
boro Record.
The Telegram is pleased to print to
day a brief description OF the work of
the Agricultural and Mechanical col
lege for the colored race. located in
this city, with views OF buildings. work
shops. etc, This is an institution OF
which the average North Caroiinian
probably knows very little. but its in
fiuence is nevertheless benelcenS and
~far-reaching. The college Is organized
along proper lines and the work being
done IS such as is most needed by the
colored race. Not so much attention
is paid to literary attachments as To
1 ,pan-yroI +raf,Ir~ arl RsaFr<w 4h. rhApffu
to become bread winner and home
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Telegram
The general assembly will Increase
the school fur greatly, and there will
be no excuse for a single person in
North Carolina not being able to
write and read in a year or two. Some
of the opponents to the adoption or
the amendment said that while poor
uneducated white boys would be dis
frapchised in 1908, the negro would
o o learn to read and be able to vote"
We are willing to risk that. and We
believe that the white boy will give n
good account of himself. This amend
ment will stimulate education. while
the small boy is being educated. his
sister will receive like treatment
Salibury Truth.
There appears much apathy in this
presidential and congressional contest
and the necessity for earnest activity
may dawn up on the democratic hosts
to late as there turks in our state a
cunning and insiduous enemy TO ma
tional democratic success. 1t is q
source of much regret that our jealous
friends of the senatorial candidates
are making this contest the para
mount issue. Let us train our guns
upon the common enemy instead of our
democratic leaders. Let there be IL
generous rivalry but no wrangling and
4 nnnfanrfnT in tha Ia
party in this state.-Shelby Aurora
1t ought not to surprise anybody
that nearly all the commercial travel
lers, except those employed by the
trusts, will vote for Bryan this year
The surprise is that a single one votes
for Mckinley. Even those who travel
for the trusts will find that they are
voting to cut off their own heads or re-
duce their salaries IL the trusts sue
coed in re-electing the "syndicated
president" Most of the trust mag
mates are not honest enough to admit
that the perpetuity of the trusts
means the end of employment for
most commercial travellers. but Mr.
Marburg, the trust tobacco man. fs
candid enough to admit what will be
the natural result of trust CONTROL
Raleigh News and Observer.
1t is no harm to make money. III Il
man rises early and works until the
late hour of the night making money
honestly of course, he is serving his
God and his fellow man better than
does the fellow who in Incidence sits
and whines about the greed of man In
making money. Poverty. young man,
is no virtue. Some mighty good men
have been poor, but their poverty did
not make them good. Lazarus did not
go to Abraham's bosom because h was
rich. The fellow who does the most
winning about the awful evil of
money and of none getting Is the fell
low who could not make the first pay
ment on that property III the court
house was sold for a dollar. to be paid
in four Observation-Disclosures Enquirer
1t u be plain 2 now why Judge
Boyd delivered his charge at Green's
boro, why Holton went a second time
to the grand jury TO e a true bill.
and why Judge Boyd's cslarYe Ii being
distributed throughout the state. The
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