The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-04
STATE PRESS.

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| stration against Turkey by the Ameri-
| can navy will precipitate into actually
| the war that has been Sim,nering in
| the Balkans. Things may have 10 be
| cleared - there by a war. The un-
| speakable Turk must gO.-Charlotte
News.
The Atlanta Journal is keeping tab
| on the number Of days that AllagOod.
! the warden that peat the woman pris-
oner, is refined in office. 1t was pro-
| missed tina he would be fired, and it is
not to Georgia's credit that he has not
been made TO step down II out long
| before thiss-Winston Sentinel.
Teddy and the Hamlet hotel are a
trifie careless about their guests at din
ner. but in all seriousness Booker l.
| Washington is the greatest sinner OF
| all: for everytime he dimes at a white
mans table a hundre o are made
to bite the dust or account of the big
| head caused by these acts of social re-
cOgnition.-Aberdeen Telegram.
The State Republican thinks the way
to stop lynchingS is to send Tillman
and all men who agree with hin On the
lynching question to the p~cnltentiary
for life as accessories to the crime.
Wouldn't it be better for the State
Republican to advise its vicious color
ed political associates to quit commit
ting the crime?-NeWS and Observer.
Mr.. J. Y. Joyner the state superin-
| tendent of education. ascertains that
there are eighty two graded schools
| superintendents in North Carolina.
How III graded school system is grow
ing, And how education in North Car
DINA is booming in every way. An ed
ucationaI governor and an educational
superintendent of public instruction!
That's the combination with hundreds
of able NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Re
cord.
DR.. r. H. Lewis of the state board
of health says that with the advent OF
| colder weather we may expect the
| worst epidemic yet of smallpox IN
North Carolina. Would it not be we'll
| for all the schools to reject any child
who cannot show a certificate of sue
| cessful vaccination within two years?
If that is not lone some of the schools
| are going to be broker up.
Charlotte News.
We are glad to note that Raleigh
! can raise other things besides crops
| of murderers and politicians. The fol-
lowing from the News and Observer
| gives rise to the question:: why
| can't we make banana growing a prof
table industry in North Carolina?'
The banana tree in front Of the gov
| ernOr's office is beginning to blossom
| This will be followed by a bunch OF
bananas."-Greenville Reflector.
! The situation in Turkey so far as
| the United States is concerned is re-
| lieved by the fact that the attempt tC
| asSassinate our vice consul at Beirut
failed, and that Mr.. Mageissen still
lives. 1t proves, however, the exceed
ingly grave state of affairs existing in
| T11rEnH- u-han II iS inonOSSihIp for two OF
three days to get the facts in the case
1t is we'll enough that the United
States warShips ordered - Turkish
waters are to be continued on theiI
way.-Charlotte Observer.
Inadvertently The Record wrote San
ford instead of Hamlet the other day
when mentioning the Booker Washing
ton breakfast incident. The proprle-
J tors of the hotel at Sanford are not
feeding negroes and very naturally OBJ
iect to being claSSed that way. Ham
let is the place where Booker and his
crowd fed and the owners of the no.
tel are no doubt wishing hey hat
! never heard of Washington with a B.
Greensboro Record.
Among the number Who are availa'
, BILE. there are three men in the dem
Ocratic party of pre-eminent qualifica
tons for the presidency. These are
Mr. Cleveland, Mr.. Whitney and MI
German, and Governor AycOrk ha:
named one of these-Mr. Gorman-a:
his choice for the nomination mex
year. His constituents will not fall GU
with him for this choice. If n one
of the three gentlemen named above
is nominated there will be no ground
for quarrel among men who are dem
ocrats indeed.-CharlOtte Observer.
1t would not be a surprise to US tc
see the trust finally go to pieces o
their own weight. Take the steel cor
poration and Notwithstanding Chem
ical Company. for instance. Theil
stocks have gone down to almost moth.
ing. And there are others. In the
meantime the people should be on the
alert to do all they can to dissipate
them. For the democratic party in the
next campaign it would be a gOOC
slogan cry: Down with trusts
Rocky Mount Motor.
The proprietors of the Hamlet eat
ing house who turned the negroes II
and the whites out now no doubt re
aliZe the seriousness of the offense. /
has been suggested that the proprie.
tors be heard from before the public
forms an opinion so Severe. SO far we
have not seen a word of explanation
from these people. and have an ides
. lAli liz IlolL1 ~ olIOI. L II
southern people have not reached The
point where they will stand for suci
things. and never will.-Concord Tri,
bune.
1t will be a long time before tn
Hamlet hotel hears the last of its feed
ing Booker Washington and his TWEEN
ey-five companions the other mornin:
for breakfast. 1t seems that the ne
groes We're given the regular dinin:
] room and hat the white guests Wer,
given a waiting room to take break
fast in. The hotel was SO pleased a
having the famous negro as a CUES
that it gave him his breakfast. blu
charged the theirs in the crowd tn
regular fare. The white guests thin,
they were Disseminated against.-Gas
tonia News.
We have heard of a Durham business
man who said if this town went TO
prohibition he would close UP sho'
and move elsewhere. that the bushes
Of the place would be ruined. W
have no idea how the matter is to b
settled. but his much is certain neithe
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