The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-13
STATE PRESS.

II took the populists who strayedI
| away from the democratic party in
| 1892 about five years to get snugiy In
| the guided folds OF the party Of trusts.
combines and ~rottenness. but IL seems
| that some OF the democrats in our sis
ter town have made the trip in six
months-Maxton Scottish Chief.
America is capturing the trade OF the
world with well paid workmen. The
better the condition OF the laoortngI
man, the more prosperous the country
| The places where low wages are paid
are seldom prosperous for q great
| length OF time. A few capitalists may
make money for a while but the great
| mass OF the people have nothing tol
spend, and the money the capitalists
| make does little good to the merchant
or anybody else in the community
| Raleigh Times.
The latest lie that is being circulated
III the county to the detriment OF rurall
| free delivery is. that IL costs each own-l
er OF a box along the route 500 per
| year, and this amount Is collected Ekel
taxes by the government. We under-I
| a that this lie is being Industrious
| ly circulated by q postmaster Who
| knows better, and because in the event
| the route is established his office and
perhaps salary. which does not exceed
| $50 a year, will be observation-disclosures
ington Messenger.
Nobody believes more in education.
is more urgent on the state and local
| communities TO provide schools or moreI
| urgent on parents TO send their chill
| dren to school at whatever sacrifice it'll
may be to them than the E~nterprisel
But il is unalterably opposed to theI
| states usurping the rights of the par-l
| ent in the rearing and management of
his children. The old democratic doc-l
II rim in favor of tho Ora0flCf 1iharfV vi
| TO the individual and the least authori-l
| ty to the state, consistent with the prof.
| lection of the people in the enjoyment
of life, liberty and property, is still thel
| best for North Carolina.-Newton En-I
| terpriSe.
| When the hellish crime is now conf
mitted two forces are after the crimi-l
! nal-the legal and the illegal forces orI
| lynch law. He has little of any chanceI
| of escape. With only the former forcel
| he might escape and his unworthy lifeI
might be prolonged. With the latterI
force after him his chances are very
| slim and the disaster of his life Is onlyl
a question of a few hours, sometimes
| only a few minutes. This is how manyl
| people look at it and reason about it'll
But the law is that to which We mustl
look for the redress of all grivance.l
| Respect for it must be maintained i'll
our country is to stand. Anarchy CAM
l not and must not De
| grade Courier.
| All agricultural journals and the best
I farmers in the United States ASSERT
most positively that the blades of fod-
| der should not be plucked from growingl
| corn. They say that the stalks of cornI
should be cut down with the ears and
fodder on them, and then shredded" i
| They say that the fodder and stalksl
thus saved are worth forty per cent?
1 IF tho value nf tho nnrn ifCalf An1l
| yet nearly all the farmers in North
| Carolina still persist in the old waste-l
full way of pulling fodder from theI
\ stalks before the corn has matured.|l
Pittsboro Record.
Governor Aycock yesterday pardon-I
ed Raymond Hunt, of Cabarrus, who
1 was sentenced to three years in thel
penitentiary for m~anslaughter. Hunt
had served three months of his sem
tence and he was a happy man whenl
he left here yesterday for his home.
The application for pardon was signed
by the jury. the solicitor, the prosecut-
ing attorney and some seven hundred
citizens. The pardoned convict was
convicted fer killing his cousin. 1t is
stated that he was reluctantly drawn
into the fight after receiving several
severe blowS.-Raleigh News and OBJ
server.
We take pleasure in printing today
the first inStallment of the history of
the Fifth North Carolina cavalry, by
Colonel Paul B. Means, a courier in
that famous command. The details are
interesting from the start, and give
promise CT a most valuable contribu-
ton to the history of the North Caro-
lima troops IN the civil war. The writ
er gives Judge Clark desc. Il prs
or his work in PROMOTING this plan OF
writing our history. while the men
who helped 20 make it still live" and
expresses a -)mmendable desire hat
this tribute be allowed to stand in the
published volumes.-Charlotte Obser-
yer.
In his speech at Buffalo yesterday
Mr.. Mckinley. in unmistakable terms.
proclaimed himself an optimist. His
happy, school-boy-like speech regard
ing the prosperity of the United States
would be to foreigners more plausible
if it were less rosy, for this country is
hardly in the condition in all the
branches Of human endeavor which
would warrant the head of the nation
in giving to the world so lowin a
picture of it. Mr.. Mckinley has been
repeating the republican w~atchword SO
long that he has doubtless come to the
conclusion that there is nothing furth-l
er to be desired in the way of material
things by the people Of the United
States The overshadowing c~ontradic-I
ton of the whole speech. however, is
his plea for Observation-Disclosures OBJ
server.
Our state has two unoccupied spaces
reserved for her in the hall Of statuaryl
at Washington. BY a verdict unani-
nous as France voted Mirabean the|
great Vance is to fill one Of these; but
the other is no more for Macon than,
for several otrers OF wen the men Of
his own time. 1t belongs. we think,
by precedence to Governor Graham, whol
was a type Of cur best culture. a mog-I
nificent specimen of physical man.
hood, a lofty serene soul, capable of
the fairest and noblest sDeach, n far
seeing watclman, skillful in statecraftI
and a lover OF this union Of states as
evoted as Washington himself, with
whom he may without violence to the
proprieties be compared at least in
character arc presence. He was the
states Gladstone before whom even
Vance bowed his noble head.-Morgan-I