The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-04-09
STATE PRESS.

Salisbury Sun: Mr.. w. L. James,
city sexton. reports that not q Single
death occurred in Salisbury during the
month Of March
An Asheville gentleman tells the
Washington Post that Pritchard will
succeed himself in h senate. This
man who could extract sunshine from
lcucumbers.-Winston Journal.
Talk Of reducing the south's repre-
I~sentatlon in congress still continues.
but the south Is taking it easy. II the
South had double her representation In
congress b would get nothing il the
republicans were in a majority, and a
few less h she now has would make
mo material Observation-Disclosures Herald
aid.
North Carolina cannot get rich except
by making things to sell to people who
live in other states. Trucking and fish
ing are destined to make Eastern
North Carolina rich. Much Of it is al
Iready a garden, with improved ship
ping facilities. n land devoted to the
cultivation Of cotton. which pays very
little, will be devoted TO growing straw
berries and early vegetables for mar
ket, thus giving larger returns for in
Ivestment and labor.-Raleigh News and
observer.
We cannot criticise these gentlemen
from a partisan standpoint, for the
prosecution was not Of this nature
neither can We question their integ-
rity, for they are all men of high
personal character, but we do say, that
lthey have in u estimation fallen far
short of a great public duty, the re-
lsponsibility for which was not of their
lcreating; III the consequences of
which will be far-reaching in the
frrff IN ond the an1 urhoro0f NJ
can tell.-Goldsboro Argus.
There is nothing more hypocritical
than the pretended desire of certain
radical papers for quiet. They in one
tcolumn cry peace and in every other
column may be found the most sour
rilous attacks on every democratic Off
Icial and many private citizens. The
only wonder is that the democrats in
the senate were not goaded into a YER
dict of guilty in the Ease of the jud-
That they did not Is no fault Of
ringsters in this state and
their organs.-Winston Journal.
If reports be true, and We have no
reason to doubt them. h condition of
the Granville storm sufferers could not
be worse, and they are truly objects of
charity. Whether OF not any organized
effort is being made to assist them we
do not know, nor do we know who will
look to the proper distribution Of such
funds as are donated. but something
should be n and that at once. The
people of Durham are never behind
in work of this kind. and an appeal
from some one in authority would meet
with a hearty response.-Durham Her
aid.
A bill has been introduced in the IL
linois legislature to reform the ballot
law of that state. The bill permits two
election officers of different parties to
go into the bull pen with an intoxicated
voter to show him how to mark his
ticket. to such a pass has the Austral-
liam ballot Gomez! The Illinois states
man who introduced the bill would let
the uneducated voter bungle along as
best he can with the Chinese puzzle of
a ballot, but the patriot who turns up
drunk is provided with he~lpers-one
man on either side to hold him UP while
his ballot is fixed and deposited.-Char-
|lotte Observer.
1t takes all sorts of folks to make a
world. The Hampshire, Mass, Courier
of March 26th. contains this item of
news: 1.-The c~heapness of some of the
DUALITY of q type of Young HolyokerS
shown recently by one individual
who, rather than pay his poll 81 tax,
though able to do so. went down to Jail
for 20 days." 1t may be that there is
a man in North Carolina who would
rather go to Jail for twenty days than
pay his poll tax. but we will not be-
lieve it until it has been This
Massachusetts, young man was liable"
to pay but chose rather to go to Jail.
That is evidence enough that he is one
of the degenerates or that he loved
money more h he esteemed his repu-
tation.-Raleigh News and Observer.
There was buried yesterday after
noon an old colored woman whose life
Is fast disappearing. Aunt Becky"
Hawkins. as she was Familiarity called,
illustrated the highest type of her race.
She was an aristocrat. highminded,
self-respecting, proud Of her raising"
and sought to transmit to her pos
terity the best that was in her-right
and the heritage or a good
name. Humble, obedient, respecting
others as she respected herself, realiZ-
ing that gentle nature and polite man.
ners-virtues too rarely found in h
younger generation of her race-are the
mark of the true lady and gen.
tleman, the death of Aunt Betty"
Hawkins is sincerely mourned by white
and black as that of no other colored
person in the community possibly
Gold Leaf.
Cfafe Senator r f, AycOck. of Colds