The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-06
STATE PRESS.

~ 1t4ASpdAs aud, d lllOO NIOTc oil
the Cinnamon out of town, w~ounding
several and killing one; and yet when
a Chinaman chases a missionary be-
cause he does not want TO wear a
queue We go TO war and demand heavy
MISUNDERSTANDING Gazette-News.
They find it as hard in Delaware as
anywhere else TO indict for l%ynching.
The grand jury at Wilmington failed
to ndict any one in connection with
the lynching of George White, the ne
gro murderer of Helen Bishop.-Greens-
bOro Telegram.
The Washington Post says the scare
ity of labor is the most difficult prob
lem to solve that today c%onfronts the
farmers Of the south. The laboring
classes who have left the rural districts
for the towns. have certainly made a
mistake, but it will take time for them
to find it out-Mount Airy News.
Leslie's Weekly, commenting upon ar
upward tendency in pastors salaries,
Chat has hardly yet touched the SOUTH,
says the tendency can go a long way
upward before the ministry as a profess
sion Will be in danger of suffering from
an Overplus of worldly goods and chat
tells. AS a matter of fact, il the aver
age salary paid to ministers through
out the country were increased at Once
by fifty per cent. it would be an act of
common justice and of fair dealing to a
class of men TO whom the country owes
far more for light and leadership than
money itself can repay" And "Leslie's'
is not a religious paper. either.-Pres-
byterian andar
The letter Of Dewey to The News and
Observer, published in today's paper, is
in keeping with the man. We eX-
pected some such spectacular per-
Torrance as this as a fit finale to Such
a glorious embezzlement and steal. 1t
would have been really painful to have
seen Dewey after such a magnificent
escapade go down quietly to prison.
His letter overs himself with glory
and paVes a way for his return. and
when he enters the p~enitcntiary, if
he ever does, he will be. at least N his
own eyes. a martyr. The purpose of his
letter is to find out what the people
think OF him before his return, and see
whether there is a grain of forgiveness
among them.-Wilson Times.
uuSc tCDiCS ld4u SptC4CiI SIltS VA
vagrancy in his charge to the grand
jury yesterday. This paper has had 4
! good deal to say on this matter in the
last few months. Not many days ago
we printed the Georgia law, which has
worked so we'll in that state. That is
a better law thar the one on our state
ute books, in that it gives a better
definition as to what constitutes a vag-
-1,+ O-- Low --Iil0 GOOD 0Il&u-c
too many l~oop-holes for a fellow who is
really a vagrant to break through. 1t
is to be hoped the present grand jury
| will set a worthy example in this mat
ter. Vagrancy is the curse of Ra-
leigh, or it is at least one of them, and
we hope to see the forces of the cotton
fields or the roads Observation-Disclosures
Times.
The exodus of negroes from the state
n other southern states goes on all
the time, but very few of the really
deserving of our colOred people leave.
Those who do leave would accomplish
=, but little here if they remained. But
what we want is for them to scatter
about. Give the whole country a
chance at them. In Boston a society
has been formed to distribute them
about the cOuntry-a sort of negro
clearing house. Twenty-Five negroes in
! every northern town would at once
change the views of the north, on the
question. Distance lends enchantment
to the view n it blinds people to the
truth. But personal confectionery
day life with the north will give the
| north a different view of the negro and
the negro and entire different idea OF
| the north -Win6Snr / .a6nar