The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-11-11

A number OF the negroes who voted
in his county voted the democratic
ticket, entirely and in part And this is
what Senator Pritchard gets for kick
ing them out OF his Greensboro conven-
ton. Farewell Jeter. you are don for.
Durham Sun.
1t has been discovered that the rock
with which Cripple Creek Cal. is paved
is a gold bearing quartz which Will
yield $50 per ton Thus literally the
streets are paved with gold. This Will
Of course be ascribed to republican
prosperity."-Durham Sun.
The New York city democracy always
was friendly to southern men who max
h metropolis their home. Among the
new democratic congressman elected
there is Hon. Francis E Shober. a ma
tive Of Salisbury. son Of the late Colo-
mel F. z. Shober. and brother OF Mrs.
A. H. Boyden. North Carolina folks
will rejoice at Mr.. Shober's good for
tune.-News and Observer.
That was certainly a rocky contest up
in the Thirty-fourth senatorial district,
composed OF the counties OF Alexander.
Burke. Caldwell and Mcdowell, be-
tween Judge Avery and E. J. Justice.
Esq. democrats, n Major Comfy, in
dependent democrat, n Mr.. Moose,
republican. The vote was as follows:
Avery, 3,sl6: Justice. $3.50; Comfy, oslo:
Moose. 1889; electing Mr.. Justice by 81
over Major Comfy and leaving the lat
ter and Judge Avery tied. The election
board Of the district. which is author
lied We believe TO decide the matter.
will no III separate Major Comfy
from the situation and give the certif-
cate to the veteran from Burke.-Ra-
eigh Post.
The good Lord has certainly blessed
our people in this section, not only with
good crops, but with the most favora-
bic seasons to gather that has ever been
known. 1t is safe to say that a larger
pea crop las been harvested tina ever
before and with the price opening at
eighty cents a bushel this means many
dollars to the farmers, and Mr.. B. F.
Keith, of Canetuck, had forty acres in
peas; he has been offering one half FOR
picking. Numbers Of the colored people
from his section have taken advantage
of his offer and ave laid up a winter
supply. Another great blessing that
has been bestowed upon our people is
the immense crop of acornS and pin
mast; so great is the quantity tina it
is next to impossible for our farmers to
get their hogs up to be fed. Mr.. David
Gibson, who has quite a large number
OF hogs told the writer that his hogs
left the potatoes fields and fed on the
mast and they were so fat, at this early
stage, that it would require little, if anv
corn to make his pork, and what holds
good with him holds with every one in
this section. With no hog cholera and
the natural feed, our people will be able
70 nave very cheap meat.-Pender
Chronicle.
There is an unfortunate situation in
Memphis, Tenn, General Luke +.
Wright, Of that city, a member of tn
Hn1l1nnIna commission &c onrpino h0~o-
soon and a banquet in his honor has
been arranged. To this banquet Pres
1dent Roosevelt has been invited and on
account of this The Scimitar newspaper
cries aloud. 1t says that social equal
ity with Mr.. Roosevelt means recogni-
ton of his widely announced doctrine
OF social equality" and that there is no
difference in sitting down at the table
with a negro and with a white man no
has sat at the table with one. There is
a good deal more of his sort Of asinin-
ity, ending with the following: when
Mr.. Roosevelt comes to Memphis he
should be properly received by the may
or and members of the city council.
The police should escort him through
the streets and our superb fire depart
ment might give a special display in
his honor. 1t would not be out of place
to erect an arch for him to drive under
on his way from the railway station,
III IL HS OIIleS dIleT OdTh, a TGSDScS-U
amount of red fire, some music, a job
lot of flags and things might be arrang-
ed to greet and gladden. his eyes. But
a banquet. Excuse u please" All this
is an affront to the president anu in
execrable taste besides. The folly of
President Roosevelt in inviting Booker
Washington to lunch with him is only
surpassed by the folly of the proposition
that on account of this he is not
fit for white people to associ-
ate with and that such association
is an endorsement of the White house
luncheon incident. The blood of the
people of Charleston is probably as blue
as that of the people Of Memphis an1
the Charlestonians did not fail to ban
Quet Mr.. Roosevelt last April and to
associate with him OIL a basis of per-
feet equality. The Memphis paper has
succeeded in making a spectacle Of it
self and in discrediting it's city.-ClIar-
, lotte Observer.
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