The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-18

The difference between a silver repub-
hcan and gold democrat Is that the
former usually vote the party ticket
Durham Herald.
Just at this season Of the year every
body gets poor. property decreases In
value and nobody has any money-tax
listing.-Roxboro Courier.
The wages OF sin is paid in full only
when the Job is completed, but lots OF
men draw something from time to
time on acknowledgements Tele-
gram.
The wisdom of the law. providing for
state adoption Of books TO be used in
the public schools, is amply demon
strated by the contract just made by
the Text Book Commission with the
book publishers. by which the children
will get their books more than one
third cheaper in the future than in the
past--Wadesboro Messenger.
II the son OF a great man becomes
great everybody expresses surprise be-
cause it rarely happens. And. upon the
whole. II is well that IL is so. for IL
would not do for a few families to mo-
nopoiize all the greatness. They might
form a trust OF greatness and put an
end to competition.-Raleigh News and
Observer.
One OF the best signs In connection
with the home life OF our people is the
improvement which is so marked in the
surroundings and furnishings OF the av-
erage home in the country. We have
closely observed this for the past ten
years and this Improvement is crafty
ing. Bare floors are giving place to
carpets and mating: silent walls are
being made to speak eternal messages
from appropriate pictures. and pianos
and organs are on every hand TO cheer
and gladden. and entertain.-Fayette-
vile Baptist.
Many years ago, Hon. Joseph B.
Bachelor. the Learned attorney gea-
eral of the state. gave an opinion that
judicial and other state officers were
not liable for the income tax. Al
torney General Gilmer has followed
the opinion OF DIR. Bachelor. and
therefore the men best able to hear
the burdens of the income taxa are re-
lieved while 1t is collected from others
who are unable to pay it. We agree
with The Wilmington Messenger in
what it said.-Raleigh News and OBJ
server.
We believe the people of North Caro-
lima will give their hearty endorsement
to the work Of the Text Book commits
sion. They have accomplished what
our people have been asking for for
years. Nobody cares what company
sells the books so hey are OF the right
quality and price. We have perfect
confidence in the judgment of the COM
mission to select the proper books for
our schools. and the saving of at least
a third in the price We have been pay
ing is particularly gratifying. 1t is a
shame, however, that the book compa-
MES have for all these years wrung
from the public the extortionate prices
they have charged heretofore, and
only came to terms because they were
compelled to do so.-Thomasville Char
ity and Children, Baptist.
The Southern railway still
maintains its original position with ref
erence to the machinists who quit last
week and it is not apt to recede from
it. 1t is probable that II Will be a
long time before some of the men who
quit will be able to secure as good Jobs
as the ones they gave up. In these
days when so many capable men are
without employment those who are for
innate enough TO have jobs should give
them up only for good cause. There
would seem to be no particular hard
ship in working ten hours a day for
$3.50 and even more, n there are
many good men who work ven onger
hours for mucn less wages.-Salisbury
Truth.
1t is a monstrous doctrine that a
witness who goes on the stand and
tells the truth can be n and pub
lished to the world as a liar and worse
than a murderer and his business de-
stroyed and yet have no remedy In law.
1t puts a premium upon falsehood; IL
gives wrong the advantage over right.
North Carolinians should never let this
theory of privilege" take root and be
established as a precedent. This decis-
ion is worse in morals and more dan
gerous to the state than that which
these Judges rendered in the White
case, for which they were impeached
and narrowly escaped conviction How
Is the truth to be established in our
courts If an honest and truthful witness
is to be ~blackened and besmirched and
his business ruined? Does 1t not say TO
him he had better keep the truth to
himself or leave the state rather than
be- a witness against a man who may
destroy him under color Of privilege"
-Webster's (Reidsville) Weekly.