The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-17
STATE PRESS.

Governor AyCock can oleF his To-
wards. apprehend the lynchers and put
the state TO all kinds OF expense. but
he will not find a jury in the state that
will bring in a verdict against the snen
who rid the earth of such monsters as
Hough--Elm City Elevator.
But neither III ~lynchings nor the
hangings seem to deter the rtnfnaI
The certainty OF the punishment e
not seem TO weigh with them against
the fiendish passion Of q moment We
refer to the matter TO suggest he dan
ger OF leaving females unprotected on
the farms.-Rockingham Rocket
Certainly, the arguments that tend
to uphold the hands of the law best
subserye the interests of q law abiding
public and outweigh those that would
tend to place justice in the hands or an
infurated mob. The lynchers in this
instance have evidently made no mis-
take as TO the right man, n so far
as h negro was concerned his fate
was not too hard-Stanly Enterprise
The cotton s~eedmen-that is the cot
ton seed oil men-of louisiana and
Mississippi, met in New Orleans on
September 4th and agreed on the price
to be paid for cotton seed, naming L.
cents as the price, which is muc less
than the farmers received for their
seed lest year. II is a right step the
farmers OF North Carolina are taking
to meet on September 21st and devise
some plan 70 get the full value of the
cotton seed they will have TO SELL
kinston Free Press.
The Manufacturers Record has let
its readers believe that capital is heav-
lily taxed by southern legislatures and
Disseminated against, whereas the
truth is that great enterprises are tax
ed less upon their capital b in any
other section Of the union, n there
is no ground for p~ropagating h idea
that southern laws or southern courts
are unjust to capital. We wish the
Record would quit conveying this
wrong impression, for it is thereby re-
tardinE southern development almost
as much as it advances southern prog
ress. by its continued criticism OF
southern legislation, based upon iso-
lated and nonrepresentative u~tterances.
Raleigh News and Observer.
That is the right sort Of Methodist
mayor of Sheffield who, in welcoming
Americans to the Commercial council
in London. severely criticised the war
in South Africa, exclaiming that hell
is let loose in South Africa" He beg
ged h delegates to preach so that such
wars will be impossible. When he sat
down Bishop Hurst conveyed Presi-
dent McKinley's heary good wishes"
AS McKinley-has made hell in the
Philippines, the Methodist preachers
ought to ask him to stop it before SEN
ding messages.-Raleigh News and OBJ
server.
Benjamin Williams. who was Cover
nor of North Carolina for two terms,
is buried in this county. He has no
living relatives n his grave is neg
lected. He a not only governor for
a numbe of years but he was a men,
Der of the Halifax convention-the first
provincial congress in America to de-
clare for independence. He represent
ed his district in congress and he was
one of the founders OF the University.
Mr.. w. A. Adams has prepared a val
liable and interesting sketch of his life,
which was published by his paper
about two years The people of
the county ought to a some atten-
ton to the grave of Governor Williams
else they will soon lose sight of it.
Sanford Express.
Czolgosz's mother says he was al
ways a coward and therefore could not
have committed the crime. Only a
drawer coward would have fired the
shets While shakhff~ hands wts-the
presfdep ,,ERaIeigh News and Observer
The Reverend J.AF. Austin, the
northern labor agitat0f, who agitated
successfully enough to make lots and
lOIS OIL trOupIe ana e4peHSe 10 cottoil
mill men at Burlington, Durham and
Salisbury, ran against a snag in the
person of Judge Coble in Rowan su-
perior court the other day. and re-
ceived a sentence of Is months in the
p~enitentiary for till tapping. The
reverend has given notice of appeal
to the supreme court. but is anguish
ing in Jail pending the appeal-not be-
ing able to furnish the $500 bond re-
quired to him.-Charlotte News.