The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-04
CLEANING AND COMMENT.

The freshman class and the sopho-
more class at Washington and Lee Uni
versity, Va, have had a battle. The
Fresh but their colors on the statute OF
George Washington that adorns the top
Of the University main building. This
was too much for the sophs., so they
tore down the flag and painted the
statue with red paint, and camped all
day on the roof Of the building. The
fresh tried to dislodge them but failed.
The fight came off or the night OF the
9th. 1t is described at length in a
special to the Norfolk Landmark. Many
were much bruised and cut. We give
a part:
1.-The members of the Freshman class
begin at 4 o'clock a. III. At that hour,
about forty strong, under cover of the
inky darkness, the charge was made,
the attacking force was repulsed. Again
they charged, and again they were
driven back. The third time they tried
to reach the enemy, and the third time
they were beaten back. the Sophs bat
tering the daring Freshies over the
heads with clubs, until the blood flowed
freely and bruised heads, disfgured
faces, and the damaged limbs We're
greatly in evidence. The Sophs, firing
of the bloody work, and knowing that
the Freshies could not reach them, pro
posed a compromise whereby the at
lacking party was permitted to add
their colors of blue to the coat of old
George" He now presents a compro
mise appearance, red and blue"
The northern republicans have their
eyes now fastened on the southern vote
i - - Lo1I }ha oo,,r4rxr onI
to continue to elect their national cam
didates and keep up their majorities
in the two houses of the congress. The
southern vote will be diligently sought
and many ways that are dark" and
devious will be resorted to that the end
sought may be consummated. OF
course, the negro vote will be counted,
and delegates to the national onven
ton will be pressed into the service of
this or that wing of the old party of
loaves and fishes. Negro disfranchise-
! ment will be earnestly entertained. In
Georgia the party scouts are watching.
The Atlanta Constitution reports that
Senator Fairbanks. of course, will
seek the votes of the southern dele
| cation upon highly wrought declara-
| tons of lofty principles, but gentlemen
| representing the conmissary depart
| ment will not be idle. They know how
it has been dom in the past, and they
look upon the game as fair. When the
| honest republicans of the north wake
up to the fact that they are to fill out
a majority built up on this basis they
may we'll view the situation with
alarm
The New York Sun has a London cor
respondent. He gives an amusing &C
| count of how the British in the field
making war, mind you-conduct bust
ness. He gives General K~itchener's
last general order. and remember that
the commander is a very serious and
savage fellow. 1t reads:
THE commander-in-chief in South
Africa desires to impress upon officers
in m Of mobile columns that
the object of such commands is mobil-
ity. He has learned that such forces
a carried about with them furni-
ture, kitchen anges, pianos, and har-
moniums, which nullify that object.
He orders that these articles must be
handed over at the nearest stores"
That is positively so funny it looks
as il it might have been taken from
a chapter in Don Quixote" or a leaf
from some 30 Mille;" on the art of
war. OF course the things mentioned
are mere trophies of British valor-
some of the lootings of brave Britons.