The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-11-13
HERE AND THERE.

Whether or not blind tigers will
flourish in this town is now only a
matter Of opinion. but those who wait
will see.-Durham Herald.
The enemies of the republican party
may well hope that Senator Hanna
will stick TO his resolution not 10 be
q presidential candidate. at least until
the friends of President Roosevelt have
clinched his chances for the nomina-
tion.-CharIotte Chronicle,
1t seems 10 be pretty we'll settled that
Edward L. Wentz. the missing Phila-
delphia millionaire. IS in the hands of
MS ~abductors in the mountains of
southwest Virginia. And the fact. if
such it be, is decidedly TO the discredit
of the Old NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Rec
ord.
I had sense enough to look after
Ohio, while l left Maryland and New
York to the president. See," says Han
ma. Hanna is doubtless figuring on
how much money it will AXE TO elect
him and whether there will be any
trusts to stand pat" for in 19O4.-WiI-
son Times.
The grand jury of St. Clair county,
ILL.,, has indicted eleven persons charg-
ed with participating in the lynching
OF David Wyatt, a negro school teach
er, last June Wyatt had shot and Sc
rlousIy wounded the county superinten-
dent Of schools because the latter had
refused to renew his certificate as
Observation-Disclosures.
TIL ,nv+ +i~,o Tl;+1.
disposed to discuss Professor Bassett
and the race question we wish he would
instruct the circulation department to
e The Telegram a good sized bundle
of extra copies so that it Will be en-
abled to meet the demands of it's friends
who desire land who are always hearth
ly welcome) to derive some Of the bene-
fits of its exchange list.-Greensboro
Telegram.
An item in The New York Sun, af-
ter telling of the attempt of a despond-
ent ~lI-year-Old girl to end her life by
drinking poison, ends thus: AS sOon
as she is able to leave the City hos
pital she Will be arrested on a charge
of attempting to commit suicide
Sounds range, but il is not an unus-
ual case in New Nork.-CnarIOtte
Chronicle.
Our children should be taught that
all forms of labor are dignified and
honorable and that all forms Of idle
ness are a disgrace. One of the yrob-
lens that our ministers and teachers
hOuld give especial attention to IS the
large number of idle men and youths
that hang about the street corners of
our large cities. Unless we bring
about an influence that shall put these
people to work with the hand or with
the head, they viii get US as a race into
trouble and disgrace uS.-FrOm BOCjEer
W~ashington's address at Negro State
Fair
Mark Hanna's SUCCESS in Ohio has
caused a boom for him for the presiden-
tial nomination against Mr.. Roosevelt.
His friends, especially in Ohio, are do
ing a lot of talking. It is of couge
pleasing to Mr.. Hanna. though he will
not discuss it. Mr.. RlGsevelt. however,
is SO far in the lead that not even Mr..
Hanna can beat him. In Washington
his success has caused u revival of the
ak and politicians of more or less nOte,
who are afraid of the president as a
nominee, are nudging aEch Other. Could
some other candidates get before the
convention and prevent a nomination
for two or three ballots. Hanna's name
would go through like: "a flash, but the
probability OF this is remOte.-Greens-
boro Revord.