The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-25
Bureau.
Raleigh, n. c., October Il.

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Judge Thomas c.. Fuller, associate
Justice of the United States court OF
private land claims. to which he was
appointed by President Harrison in
1890, died here early yesterday morning,
aged 20 years. He was a membe OF the
confederate congress and was elected
to the United States house of represen-
tatives Immediately after the civil war,
but was not seated. He was AIKEN
sick over a year g when returning
from a sitting of the court at Santa Fe.
The funeral of Judge Fuller was held
here from the First Presbyterian
church this afternoon, Rev. DR.. Eugene
Daniel officiating. The burial was in
lakewood cemetery. 1t was expected
Yesterday that the burial would be at
Durham, but the members of the fam
lily decided otherwise.
The corporation commission is in ses-
sion this week. but only minor cases
are on the docket.
The sheriff of Richmond county ar
rived here today, took Wa Ingram
from Jail ard placed him in the peni-
tertiary. to serve fifteen years for mur
der in the second degree. Ingram, a
young white man, was tried for MUIR
dering his rival, but escaped with a
light sentence. Even from the latter
he appealed. but the public waTted him
hanged n so his attorneys withdrew
the appeal for a new trial. The sheriff
said they feared Ingram would be
hanged.
The superior court here began a civil
term today, quite notable because or
eighteen divorce suits. The parties to
these are of the lower class of whites
and negroes, and infidelity and aban-
donment are the grounds given.
The city is rapidly filling with WISH
tors and it is quite easy to see that the
attendance at the state fair will be
very great. Two of three thousand
people were at the fair grounds yester-
day, mainly looking at the many race
horses and at the scores of fakirs who
Were building the midway" The lat
ter is nearly half a mile long.
his week will be marked by a num-
Der of interesting meetings here-the
State Literary and Historical Society,
the Confederate Veterans State Asso-
citation. the educators with an address
by Charles D. McIver) and the farmers
with addresses by Willis L. Moore, the
head of the United States weather bu-
reau, and DR.. George T. Winston.)
To New Hanover the following PEN
sions are allowed by the state board:
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class, 5; fourth elias, %; widows, %.
Governor Aycock said to your CORE
spondent regarding the dining of Book
er T. Washington by the president.
cit is a matter of regret to the people
of the south that the social question
has been raised by President Roosevelt.
There is a genuine respect for the work
Booker Washington has done and his
accepting the invitation of the president
shows that he has not properly appre-
ciated the feeling in the south. The
southern people are willing and anxious
for the advancement of the negro, but
they are not willing to overturn their
social structure. President Roosevelt
and Booker Washington have both
made mistake. This reception by the
president has raised anew the color
line in the south and this is to be de-
plored. We cannot get beyond this ques-
ton and solve the problem of individ-
ual development. The true friend OF
the negro in the south regrets the &C
ton of the president. The development
of the negro is along industrial lines
and this is dependent upon the attitude
of the southern people, and any at
tempt on the part of the federal author
tiles to force social equality can but
result in injury to the negro as a class.
Washington ought to have known this
fact even If the president did not. The
act of the president is injurious to the
south and to the negroes. His course
renders it impossible for the southern
white republican to support him n
he controls republican politics in the
south. I am endeavoring to secure the
support of the people for the education
Of all children, without regard to color.
President Roosevelt has hampered n
retarded the efforts which are being
made to educate the negro He has
furnished the opponents of negro edu-
cation with the argument Of social
equality, which is har to meet. The
president is measuring life by war,
which is always abnormal, as life can
only be considered properly in its whole
aspect and the general condition Of the
United States is that of peace. The
charge Of the Tenth cavalry cannot
furnish a basis for action IN the part
OF the president. Blood is thicker than
water and the president will live to
learn h lesson"