The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-16
STATE PRESS.

a nv the statement. made DS nlaN
ian Wool and Cotton Report K1s \
Of the 299 textile mills quit zA/
tinted states in 1899. 1s6 were ~
:, .na soa,rh-wlnston Sentfne--&
like Niobe. al tears applies 70
every home in Raleigh today, TOT -
u-b.,je civ mourns the tragic dealn u
three of IT'S brightest n most pfo
Using youths who were roMhe
terday afternoon-Raleigh News aAo
Observer.
Few people viii believe that there are
young men in Greensboro - adu,ces
10 the use Of cigarettes THAI pney nave
20 get up from their bed al nlgnt anu
< yet it is an ahso{u
The habit has become 50 STRONG mat
their systems ray he Htte lh.nss
and when they awake at night hey
are unable TO again go TO sleep unul
1ney get I'D and smoke for All 1ne
world like an old topper. who get 50 ner-
vous at night he must get up and mt
| the botre."-GreenSboro Record
North Carolina paid last year pen
sions to old confederate soldiers siIs,.
600. During the same period we pao
out in pensions for Federal soadlsrS over
! three millions Of dollars, Our part %
the cost OF h Philippine war and the
| government policy Of imperialism -
| some s.. T50. 900. and this is but a begin
ming. What we pay 10 the general
government for these departments IN
a single year woul pay all the eSpen-l
ses Of our state government Tor a de-
cade. We seldom stop To think Nhat
laid sul LoJ ked SM a9Id suoullouS u1
| lace Of being governed by Boss Hanna
and his crowd-Charlotte News. 7
The outbreak of typhoid fever at the
State Normal was a calamity Tor the
state. The interruption of the studies
of several hundred young women. the
illness. more or Jess severe, o. ABOUT .
hundred. sixty from malarla and Torty
| from typhoid fever, and the sad deaIn
of several of the studenIs-the saddeSt
of all deaths. that OF a girl in the bloom
| of you5h-have cast a g~soonf<of sorrow
over the whole commonwealth That
| such a calamity shuld be used a. capi-
tai for the promotion OF any cause IS
| well nigh beyond belief. We are un-
able 10 understand that spirit and there
| are no words in our that
could fuy characterize it-Charlouue
Presbyterian Standard
This claim of MI. bingham H. Rob
erts, OF Utah, that he - not guilty OF
| having contracted three polygamous
marriages brings to mind the case Of
a certain North Carolina republican.
| the events referred to occurring some
yeas ago. The said republican was
before his feEow-citizens ~ a candi-
date for a high office. and among the
charges brought against him by his
| enemies was one that he had taken I'M
TO himself one more wife than the law
| allowed and "eloped to California" His
| friends replied to his in language in
effect about as follows: The story Is
a DID lie; he only went TO Tennessee"
| The republican voters probably believ-
&c the latter statement. for the candi-
date in question was elected and served
his term.-Charlotte Observer.
The difference between the Record
er and DR.. Lewis in this matter IS that
the latter went to The College at the
request of the State board OF health
with the instruction to find the truth
and conceal nothing. and labored faith
fully for several days TO get at bot
tom facts, while the editor OF the Re-
corder a not visited the scene OF
trouble, and like other laymen would
probably not be able to give expert tes-.
timony if he took the pains TO investf-l
gate for himself. The Recorder adj
mitS that DR.. Lewis is an expert on.
sanitation n a gentleman Of thd
highest DR.. Lewis considI
ers all the possible causes OF the ~
phoid outbreak and reaches the on
clusion that the dreadful scourge re-
suited from the use of contaminated
well water, caused by a defective sspTsr !
from which the germs of the dis asa
had been slowly making their way To
the Well through the SOIL Tor pern4ps
several years.-WebSter's IRe9dsviIIe)
Weekly.
Although an intelligent jury of Rob
eson county's citizens found the man
Ross, about whom there is now 50
much trouble, guilty and his punish
ment was fixed at death, the govern
or's office has been crowded with petit
tons asking for executive clemency.
These petitions are signed by many of
he most prominent citizens of dhe
communitysi in which the crime is sup
posed to have occurred and by six Of
the jurors who tried the case. With
all of these facts and petitions before
him., the position of the governor liz
not an enviable one. In this there is
something wrong somewhere If these
prominent citizens were convinced of
the mans innocence, they should have
not waited [ this late day to make
1t known, n il the Jurors were not
firmly convinced Of his CUNT they
should never nav agreed to the YER
dict OF guilty merely to satisfy pubic
sentiment. In a crime like the one Of
which this man is charged there il no
halfway ground. He Is either guilty
and deserves the punishment prescrfb-
ed by law. or he is innocent and should
be given his freedom--Durham Herald.