Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-23
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SOUTHERN SENTIMENT.

fury disgraces.
SOUTHERN SENTIMENT.
Comment Of the Press on VARIETY
Of Topics.
Young King Ted
Had Very hard head.
Ard r. very hard head had he:
| He called for his Cox,
| Ana he called for his CTum,
And he called for his Booker 7.
Savannah Press.
The proposed entrance Of the seaboard
! AIRLINE railroad into Winston Salem via
the Cumnock mines route, will give our
community railroad facilities equalled by
| no town In North Carolina Winston Sem
tlnel.
The Virginia editors will be welcome for
themselves, again as the guests Of the
| Seaboard, and once more for Old Virginia
! Up, up, up, and three times three,-Jack
sonyllle Times Union.
There is a hot contest on between John
Sharpe Williams and Champ Clarke, for
minority leader OF the House. The winner
| VIII receive our Eympa thy.-Raleigh News
and Observer.
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! Whether Tillman Is punished or not
| for the murder of N. c. Gonzales Till
manism will be rooted out in South Caro-
lima The influence Of the lieutenant-gov-
| ernor and his faction received its death
blow from the bullet he fired into the
body Of the unarmed, epceless Com
Discrimination Messenger.
South Carolina has a splendid oppor-
( a, yAe> IN, f|,o1 7Ir,Sf too
| ton Of Der good name and the law by
melting out to Tillman the full penalty
! FOR 49, crime. II the slayer Of Gonzales
had been negro, he would have been
hanged without the for1nality OF a trial
Louisville Courior-Journa1.
| It Is possible that good will come out
| Of the evil Of the killing of Mr.. Gonzales.
It will be recalled that It required the kill
ing OF Dir. Shannon, Of Camden. by Col,
/ onela Cash, of Cheraw. to arouse public
/ sentiment to the point OF putting stop
to duelling. Mr.. Shannon one OF the
ablest and most popular lawyers in the
| State. was forced into duel with Colonel
Cash. It Is believed that Shannon fred
| Into the air, while Cash sent bullet
through his heart. There resulted at once
! a revolt in the public mind against duel
! ing, and the most stringent auti-dueIing
laws were passed Since that time, there
J has been no meeting on the field OF
honor In the State The people are now
stirred by the Gonzales tragedy, and it
may eventuate that the affair will be fol-
lowed by revolution In public sentiment
that viii force the punishment of those
upon whose head there Is blood outlines,
whether they are white men OF standing"
| or not-savannah News.
! There has been some grumbling at
! former Confederate reunions at the at
| tention shown the fair visitors. who came
all wrong. They are wanted: they are
| needed: for they are the life Of the en-
! tertainment; they add to it all the grace
and beauty possible.-New Orleans Picay-
yune.
Another editor, down in Florida, this
| time. has been fatally injured by cow
ardly assassin It is to be hoped that
the assassination Of newspaper men isn't
going to become a habit In this country.
| First thing we know, the members OF the
craft will have to take steps to protect
! themselves, which, as general PROPOSE
ton, they are quite willing and able to do
! If given half a hance.-Chat tanooga
| Times,
The most important of the projects At
lanta Is now working for. are the new
FEDERAL building. the proposed Presbyte-
rian University, the government reform
school, additions to the Federal prison,
the new union depot, the English build
ing. the establishment of a national park,
possibly new First Baptist church, a
new city hall, or the purchase of the pres
ent government building for that purpose
By the city, and many other important
buildings and institutions, which are being
erected or agitated.-Atlanta News
The appointment of Richmond Pearson,
Of North Carolina, formerly Congressman
from the Asheville District to be minister
to Persia. is one which will be generally
commended through the South The Pres
ident will make no mistake IL he will ele-
Vate the Southern Republicans who have
been characterized by ability and prac-
ticed decent politics.-Knoxville Sentinel.
a Brothers. Tribute.
(Ambrose E. Gonzales in Columbia STATED
The knightly soul ~of the brave man
loyal friend and devoted brother whose
name has graced these columns since the
birth of The State, twelve years ago, has
crossed the river, and the paths his will
ing feet have trod shall know him no
| more. But along their ways. from the
seed he sowed flowers are blooming and
the air he loved to breathe, the air of
his native State,- Is sweet with the incense
Of his noble words and deeds
To die for his State, even by the loath-
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