The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-09-02

leigh Times.
1t had as we'll be understood first as
last that il is death to assault a woman
lin the south, although there may con-
Itinue to be a difference Of opinions as
Ito the means.-Durham Herald.
1t is noticeable that the stated OBJ
ljects of the National Federation of Ne
lgroes is silent as to the cause which
ileads to lynching. The surest way to
lcure a disease is to remove the cause
land this is the most salutary lesson
THE leaders can teach The race.-Win-
Iston Sentinel
The king of Spain is a to be crazy
land among the evidences cited to prove
this fact are that he preferred mis- din
lner to looking at the sacred relics OF
lSt Peters and he wants 10 marry some
Irich South American heiress instead
Iof taking a bride from European aristo-
Icracy. That evidence is not overwhelm-
Iing.-Raleigh Times.
We are told h some people who in
Ivest freely in ices and decorations
land cut a swath at functions have
trouble in maintaining satisfactory rela-
ltions with dealers in POTATOES and cof-
flee. This seems to be a reflection upon
the prosperity theory that is the basis
Iof present political conditions. OF
lcourse details might sustain the allie
DoI We SAiNtAN tx ~ ION
them public.-Winston Journal.
By the end of his year the Ameri-
leans will nave built as nan miles OF
lgood roads in Porto Rico as the Span
Iiards constructed during the four CEN
lturieS of their occupancy. This state
lment is made by William IL. Elliott,
commissioner of the interior in Porto
Rico, who is now in this country, and it
shows what American rule has lone for
THAT island fn a. nr0nnnfa ire infaraCfc
land add to it's prosperity.-Greensboro
Record.
The president is making his scath-
lin CD denunciationS of the trusts on
lhis little junket and in lhe same breath
Fastening to assure the dear trusts
that he will not do anything revolu-
l~tionary. 1t will require some revolu-
tionary legislation and adjustment of
IeXisting tariff evils before the trust
evil is remedied. but The president and
the present administration haven't the
combined backbone to undertake it.
charlotte News.
Representative Jim Moody is to be
decorated, according to the press dis
patches, by the republic of Cuba for his
lheroism in rescuing single-handed the
little nation from the grasp Of the
lSpaniards. Much interest is naturally
aroused over what order Of knighthood
t1AO pNSA 80 ~ N1iC
Jim Moody be the Knight Of the Single
lStar or ar honorable emb of the
IOrder of Empty Golfers and will it be
necessary hereafter to address the Hon.
James as Sir Jim Moody ?-Charlotte
News.
The corporation commission yesterday
ISSUED an order to the tax-iisters Of
Raleigh township to appear before it on
Tuesday, End September, with the tax
Lists for tho n1lrn0Cn Df hovin0 tho n
comes Of certain federal officials domi-
lciled in this city listed for taxation.
There is no doubt that federal as we'll
las state officials are liable 10 the tax
ION all incomes as provided by our laws.
The constitution makes exemptions Of
certain state officers, but only those
who are specifically designated can
lclaim exemption. All other officers
town, county, state or federaI-whose
salaries are above $1,000 each are liable
10 the taX-Raleigh Post.
General Grosvenor, one of the adj
m~inistration leaders, said before the
convention which renominated him that
the republican party was TO be the sole
Judge OF where the tariff should be re-
lvised and that it will be revised when
the proper time comes. That proper
time will never come however. Secre-
ltary Shaw, himself admits that the
party is afraid to tackle the Tariff ques-
Ition, saying that if they would pull out
one Of the unjust schedules which he
admits exists, the benefc1arieS OF that
schedule would pull down the whole
structure on their heads. Not until
these beneficiaries cease to hold the
hand of the republican party will the
tariff be revised by the party and that
will be, never!-Durham Sun.
New Bedford and Fall Rive cotton
It'll a. ar {1oI
there is something else in the mill prob
lem besides child labor. They begin to
lsee that freight and insurance is each
Ian element of it and they are appeal
ling to the transportation people to come
to their relief by granting through rates
to each New England mill. It is pro-
posed, too, to deliver cotton at Fall
River and New Bedford by water trans
lportation, the insurance TO be borne by
THE transportation companies, and it is
iSaid the transportation companies have
VIRTUALLY decided to come to the relief
Iof the New England mills, which are
Indeed hard pressed. even in this period
of prosperity. All such relief is, how
ever chimerical. Railroads and steam
oats are not conducted by men who are
in search of health. They are in search
tof dividends. the fatter he better, and
amy agreement to the contrary will not
prove NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Argus.
The Wilmington Messenger is quite
sensitive, n we'll should it be too,
about Wilmington'S Sixty-five liquor
saloons, her daily crime and lawless-
ness as published in the Messenger al
lmoSt daily INT makes quite q vigorous
lattack upon the editor Of the Duplin
Journal for publishing some facts
gathered from The Messenger and other
daily papers in Wilmington. The editor
Iof the Duplin Journal is not "ailing"
nor has he ANY grievance" against the
good people of Wilmington, but if it is
true that "Wilmingtonians'' are "un-
terrified and unabashed," as stated by
The Messenger, with sixty-fivs liquor
saloons paying only $4,000 license
which a majority Of her aldermen pre-
ferred than $4,000 annual taxes offered
with a heavy bonded debt which re-
|quired SIG, 775 in cash on July 1st last,
and with her high record of crime and
llawlesSneSs as recently seen in her dali
|ly papers, especially The Messenger, we
report if it is that with all these sWil-