The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-25

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large portion of taxes they honestly
owe.-Kinston Free Press.
1t will be seen from DR.. Yates expia-
nation that the conference did not give
him that nominal appointment 1t
was the act OF Bishop Morrison, and a
great many M~ethodists, and other peo-
pie, too. cannot understand it, and do
not admire the Bishop for his treatment
of the DR.. The matter viii finally re-
bound upon the heads of those who
sought DR.. Yates displacement.-Dur-
ham u
Without disparaging any man hon
esty. the position of railroad attorney
and member Of the assembly do not go
together. A juror Of kin to the defen-
dant can and often will do justice to
the plaintiff but il is not the rule and
the wisdom OF the law excludes him
and ~withdraws the temptation to his
virtue. Equality of assessment is the
undoubted right of the corporations
Morganton Herald.
Almost every other industry in the
state require 10 a day, n there is no
reason why cotton s mill operatives
should be compelled to work longer
hours than other laborers. The fact is.
We believe a lot of hands will do more
work, and better work, in twelve
months working ten hours a day than
they will working eleven, and certain
ly they will work more c~heerfully. 1t
would be only reasonable to eXpect a
more healthy class of citizens il they
had more time to take outdoor exer-
cise.-Roxboro Courier.
Public announcement is not made of
pardons. They are made by the gov
| ernor as suits him, and information as
to the pardons is denied the public, ex-
cept as it leaks out. Shortly after
Governor Russell was inaugurated he
that all pardonS would be
given out to the public. He kept his
up a short time and then gave orders
that the public should not be advised
when pardons were granted. The fact
of a pardon is now known only to those
on the inside except in occasional cases.
The pardon of an inmate of the peni-
tertiary is a public act performed by a
public officer. The governor ought to
let the public know in the regular chan
nels when the pardon is granted. More
than that: When application is made
to the governor for pardon, he ought
to cause the application to be printed
before taking action. That would pre-
vent a pardon on ex parte testimony,
and would put him in possession of any
reason why the pardon should not be
granted.-Raleigh News and Observer.
Mr.. Gattis has cause to feel proud of
the loyal manner in which his friends
are standing up to him. The news
comes from New Bern that the good
people of that city were especially
kind to him during the late session Of
the North Carolina conference. The
clearinghouse to which he was assign
ed upon his arrival was crowded and
it looked as if he would not be able to
secure a room without doubling up"
when six Of the regular boarders tend
cred him their rooms, saying they
would be willing to sleep On the floor
in order to promote his comfort. Mr..
Gattis was deeply touched by this man.
Hesitation of respect and sympathy, it
is said. He was put on the
superannuated list. Kilgo & Co., could
not afford to make a fight to have him
censured for bringing suit against a
brother minister, as hat would have
established the truthfulneSS of the con-
tention of the Rev. DR.. Swindell n
other members of the North Carolina
conference that he could not get an
impartial trial at the hands of the con-
ference.-Webster's Reidsville) Week
ly.
1t would probably have been poetic
Justice had DR.. Yates been reduced to
ranks for his action in introducing the
resolution referred to-, which was so I'M
fair and at variance with the facts (for
he must have known that there is not
a man in the state who would destroy
ITllIly COllSSe dl0 udIlldSS liz liIllt-
ence of the Methodist church,, but
there is no foundation for the Herald'S
suspicious. We have the best authOrf-
ty for saying that there was a general
desire for a change on DR.. Yates dis
trict n the Bishop thought it advis-
able to give him another district. He
was offered the Wilmington district,
but was not satisfied with the arrange
ment and expressed his dissent so
warmly that he afterwards apologized
for his Incorporate language. He had
built a house in Durham and desired to
continue his residence there, and Bish-
OPP Morrison gave him the appointment
of which complaint is now made at his
own request. We learn that the Dukes
had interested themselves in having this
plan adopted before conference met,
and we have no idea that they will let
the author of the resolution giving them
a certificate of character suffer finan-
cial oSS.-Webster's (Reidsville) Week
ly.
We regret to see in the Raleigh Post
n Durha Recorder unmerited
sneers and filings at the jury who tried
the case. There is an attempt to belit-
tie them because the verdict was
against men of great wealth and high
social position, and they are spoken of
as a jury of farmers Yes, it was a
jury of farmerS-we know every one
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right men never sat in a jury box.
They would compare favorably in char
acter n intelligence with any jury
that ever tried a case in this or any
other county in North Carolina, and
their verdict meets with almost univer-
sal approval except with those connect
ed in some way, directly or Indirectly,
with the defendants. There was an
absolute lack of prejudice on the part
OF the jury as We talked to a number
of them after the trial. Instead of
yielding to any public clamor against
defendants they were put in the Gus
tody Of an officer by the distinguished
Judge Hoke upon the conclusion of the
evidence, and not allowed to separate,
SO they knew nothing of outside senti-
, ment, but must have inferred from the
applause given Governor-elect Aycock
: by the Trinity professors and students
present n some ladies, that the Local
feeling was in favor of DR.. Kilgo. But
they had the manhood not be swayed
by ~eloQuence, in the absence of evil
dence, from ~discharging a solemn duty.
. How could defendants have expected
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