The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-15
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Inc EDITORS OF the NOTIn CaTOIina
Booklet state they will. publish Month
ly another series of twelve little books
on our state history. If a sufficient SUBJ
scription can be secured. The price is
s1.00 a wear. Box 125. Raleigh, y. c.
The subjects proposed are given: Ku-
Klux. continued: A reprint from Law
son; Indian Massacre and Tuscarora
War: Old Charleston On the Cape Fear:
Our Pirates: The Revolutionary Con-
gress of North Carolina; Wings and
Tories: The Battle of Guilford Court
House: Historic Homes in North Caro-
and the Die town OF Bloomsbury; Mo-
ravian Settlement in North Carolina:
The Story of the Albemarle-
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Our friends of the Henderson Gold
Leaf, Mr.. Thad. r. Manning. son Of the
excellent Halifax farmer we referred
to in a paragraph, corrects US as to the
time. and gives this interesting COM
ment, lndorsing our statement as to
three bales on one acre
This writer helped to cultivate that
cotton-and he is not much more n
forty years. Three bales TO the acre
was an exceptional yield TO be sure but
on several acres Mr.. Manning made two
bales to the acre. But his was a high
ly improved and we'll cultivated farm.
but the land was very fertile and high
ly productive. made permanently rich
by homemade And in this
lies the secret of successful and profit
able farming-fewer acres cultivated
--l t~H11- onI u-n1
worked"
The Sanford ET.,ress is to be enlarged
soon. 1t is forced to this by reason of
increased advertising. 1t announces
that it has doubled its subscription in
two years.. upon which The Messenger
congratulates il.
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Three new free delivery routes have
been established for Eastern North
Carolina-at Kinston. with six carriers.
routes 14O miles; at Lagrang, four GER
riers. routes SO miles: and at Lumber
ton. two carriers. routes 4sh miles
Reports from around the state show
that crime among negroes grows CON
~stantly. It has become almost a daily
business to chronicle some murder or
rape by some scoundrel of h a race.
These are the bloody. bad fellows who
bring such reproach pon their race
and color. From one of the old settled
parts of the state Richsquare comes
the following clipping from the Ra-
leigh News and Observer: Milton Rel
field. a tall. large black negro, shot ana
instantly killed Thoma Stephenson at
Roxobel Wednesday,. Belfield was re-
turning from an emancipation celehrf-
ton at Kelford. and walked into the
store wher Stephenson was clerlSins
and shot him four times. Belield es-
capped"
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The late Mr.. James Ransom, whose
death was announced, tool his own
life by taking choral. He had been in
very poor health for some time. H
was but 38 and leaves a wife and fiV"
children. The Marion News state that
cigarettes and whiskey are said to he
the main causes of his wrecked condi-
ton prior to his last illness"
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The Messenger has more than once
spoken of the inconsistencies of many
democrats. and that in the south prctec-
~tionists in disguise were all about. each
soliciting government aid for their par
ticular interest. The Washington Post
republican and protectionist. says:
1T is an anomalous condition, but it
is a fact that farmers in eastern North
Carolina are asking for the adoption of
protective duties. Congressman Small
has received petitions urging that a tar
iff duty of n dollar a barrel be leviel
on Irish potatoes imported to this
try. The petitions come from Beaufort
and adjacent territory"
People who favor protection
foul principle of robbing the taxpayers
at large TO foster an industry in which
they are not concerned-should Join
de publikins." who practice the Rob
Roy doctrine all the year round.