The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-19
THE NERO
Jones Writes To n Greensboro Paper
what He Sat5-The yescrans-In-
News and Politics. Il

Associated Press as saying II the
white man wont help US We will make
him II is no longer for the white man
TO say. 1t is for the negro TO say and
say he will. II the white man does not
extend 10 Us a helping hand we will
force him 10 do H." writes The Record
here. bitterly denying the truth
of the report and gives this ex-
PLANTATION: Il said: There is a link
that binds all humanity together. Il
quote from manuscript from which |
did not deparO. No member can rise
higher than its lowest: no chain Is
stronger than its weakest link. No
man ives TO himself. Ii Is not a CUES
ton as to what man is going TO do with
the negro but the question is. what may
the negTo do with the white man. We
are in this country in such a large pro-
portion that the problem is serious. We
are here n here TO stay and no coloui-
cation idea in this or any other country
will ever be feasible. Let the white man
of the South realize this and then let
him with willing hand and warm heart
help lift these people who are in such
depths of sin and same. BY helping the
negro he helps himself" Jones was
born and raised in Greensboro, has
roper here and is a member OF the
A. NJ. 4. conference OF North Carolina,
though now located in New orleans.
The committee on decorations Tor the
parade of the veterans next Wednesday
ask that every house on south Elm be
decorated in red, white n blue. n
eral James D.. Glenn has invited Cap
tain r. ). Williams, of Company |,
Thirteenth regiment, and several other
old veterans of the same com my, TO
ha h;- % A;- -, rVr q nr ~ 20
union. General Glenn's fathe. was
captain of this company and was killed
at South Mountain. Maryland. James
Y. Whitfield this morning received from
the American Cigar Company a coma
ton of one thousand Cubanola cigars.
express charges all prepaid, for the use
of the old vets TO be here next week.
Congressman kluttZ was here this
morning on his way to Sparta In Allie
ghany county, where he makes the
opening speech of the campaign il his
district at court recess there Monday
IF o expected congressman Black
burn to meet you in joint debate il was
more than anyone in Blackbura's ori-i-
nal district did," remarked the gentle
man who vas discussing the refusal Of
the republican candidate To meet Mr..
KluttZ in joint debate. No one thcre
has ever heard him in joint debate with
anybody outside of an amateur debat-
ing society in a mountain school house.
Buxton, was a candidate AGAINST him
two years ago tried every way III the
world to get him on the platform with
him, but he nor no other democrat has
ever been able to inveigle the Drum
mer boys to beat anything but Il re-
treat when a measurement of facts or
logic Mas proposed" All of which goes
to show that Mr.. Blackburn has the
good sense to know what he Is not best
1T. and many men are ruined by not
finding out that fact for themselves
until it is a twice told tale with every
body else. KluttZ spoke hopefully
of his prospects. his conversation beng
in Stong contrast to the boastful claims
of election which Congressman Black
burn expressed here ten days ago.
The special agents of the Southern
Tariff Association. who have been here
this week in such numbers, gave out
the positive refusal yesterday of their
companies to accept the terms proposed
by Insurance Commissioner Young for
the amicable settlement of the trouble
between them and the Greensboro Fire
Insurance Companies. This said q
local insurance man today, throws the
responsibility for any further contro-
versy between the contending parties
upon those who have refused the oppor-
tunity for peace presented by Insurance
Commissioner Young's Intervention"
Some Of the special agents were out
spoken in their comments on what they
termed Commissioner Young's "assum-
ed authority" One of them declared
that he had no more business or power
to interfere with the companies that had
license to do business in this state
than a jack rabbith had to make snow
tracks in HI" A Greensboro man re-
piled, whether he did or not, 1 notice
that none of the policies of your COM
panieS, held by parties insured in
Greensboro companies have been Cam
celed yet; you gave them five days no
tice to withdraw from us or you'd deny
them further insurance and cancel
what they already had; 1t has baen
three times five days n no policy haG
been cancelled yet n We think Com
missioner Young did have something to
do with it." While a settlement seems
as far off as it did three weeks ago,
the heavy fighting seems to have sub
sided and there is little sign of aggre--
siveness now.
Mr.. Caesar Cone, at Blowing Rock,
hearing of the preparations for the re-
union voluntarily sent a liberal check
yesterday.
DR.. James r. Petty died yesterday
afternoon at 2:25 o'clock at the Green's
Dor City hospital after a brief illness.
He came to this hospital for treatment
from his home in Winston, but was suf-
fering from a complication of disease
which baf1ed the skill of the physicians.
The deceased was a brother of Mr.. r.
S. Petty, of h firm of NJ. G. Newell &
Co. and also of DR.. j. W. Petty, tn
we'll known veterinarian OF this city
He vas himself a veterinary surgeon.
having graduated only last winter from
the Western Veterinary college a.
Kansas City. He had settled at Win
ston for the practice of his profession.
He was % years of age last May and
was unmarried. He leaves the Two
brothers mentioned and two sisters.
Mrs. j. S. Long, Jr., OF Greensboro and
Mrs. w. A. Ellington, of Wake county.
His brothers had not decided this after
noon whether he would be buried hero
or at his old home at Pittsboro-
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