The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-07-24
STATE PRESS.

will keep 100 schools open for one
month. Better close every school ii
the land rather thar sell q rapist a par
dOr.-Greenv!IIe Reflector.
There IS no justice 4: calling a spe-
ciaI term OF court to try n murderer
ana allowing another 10 postpone MS
tria. from court 10 court until every
thing is fixed TO his rotion.-Durham
Herald.
\ Chicago dispatch states nj cit is
said that the accommodating evidences
OF Mr.. CIeveIand's candidacy Will be
touched upon by Colonel Bryan in the
speech ne Will make on Democratic
IreaIs.' According 70 one OF Mr.. Bry-
ans close friends, he will point to the
ex-President as an example of hat
a democratic ideal shOuld not be-" Il
Is hoped, for the sake of modesty, that
the colonel Will refrain from pointing
20 the real thing as ne himself views
ic.-CahlOtte Observer.
Russia entered into satisfactory
arrangements with Uncle San as to
the open doo in Mancnuria, but re-
specially suggests It hasn't time to be
bothered with small things like pc
titions concerning the domestice affairs
of its peOple-viOlent or otherwise. All
Of which We lake il will be s~atisfac-
| tory TO Uncle Sam VINO, up 10 the
| present time at least, nas always un-
derstOod how to manage his own bust
ness without medIins with that Of
other fOlk.-RaIeigh Post.
The rapidity with which some Of the
{ 4 00aTican nPAn1a a "a rnqSTlnU down
hill in the way of downright dishonesty
is startling. Many remember that
years ago the whole country was
shocked by the exposure of the Arnes
scandal. and to find that members OF
! congress and officials in high standing
had received shares in the credit Mo-
be Iier' TO secure certain legislation.
F.! All. we have progressed since then,
and are living in the dawn of the goth
century, to see huge corporations, and
thieves plundering the United States
treasury with a free hand.-Scottish
Chief.
The News and Observer is Waging a
persistent fight for more stringent di-
vOrce laws in North Carolina. OF
course nothing can be done until the
legislature Of 1905 meets but il is none
too soon 10 begin educating the public
on this subject. 1t was remarked by
/ some contemporary gently that it is
as easy TO secure a divorce in North
: Carolina as in Dakota. This is prob
ably an eXaggeratiOn but at the pres
ent rate our divorce mills will within
4 year give Dakota a close race. DR..
: Eenable remarked in In address at the
North Carolina Teachers Association
that there are some things worse
than ignorance The divorce evil is
one of those things.-Salisbury Sun.
The extent to which the people are
losing confidence in our courts and
the exercise Of the ~pardoning power
is shown by the following from a let.
ter received by the editor of The
StatesviIle Landmark from a citizen OF
Iredell county: Never in the history
of North Carolina has iynching beer
so agreeable TO the COMMON class .,
humble class of people as now. YoU
can scarcely hear q man condemn
lynching at this day and time. 1t is
an everyday saying: oh, it's no U.S.
to try him; if they don't clear him i.
court the governor will pardon MIN
so if he gets justice the people viii
have 10 give it to hilur.' And this i:
the naked truth" There is undoubt.
eddy much of truth il this. and un-
, less there is a change one need not be
surprised to hear u lynchingS II
North Carolina, even long after tbs
crime has been committed, as n Ken
lucky the other day. I: is but natura.
that an epidemic of lawiessneSs should
follow the continued ailu OF justice
The most grave and serious charge
made by a responsible editor o the
state judiciary is contained in he fol
lowing editorial in the Roanoke-Cho.
wan Times of this week: People OF
Northampton who wish to report per
sons for running blind tigers should
report to Collector z. C. Duncan, Raj
eigh, n. c.. or Deputy Collector R. J
Lewis, Littleton, N. c. Northampton
is now in Mr.. LAWS division. Reports
should also be made to Hon. W. E
Daniel, state solicitor, Weldon, n. c.
SO many of our superior court judges
will not punish persons for selling IL
qour without license that our people
relief. We believe the time will soon
are turning to the federal courts for
come when our superior judges
will punish pistol toterS and ~viOlatorS
of the liquor laws of the state" This
statement so many of our superior
court judges will not punish persons
fol selling liquor without license
that our people are turning TO the
federal courts for relief" is So as
founding hat We would not repro
duCe it if it had not been mad by
one OF the first editors in the state
We print il here TO say that those
judges. who have suspended Judgment
on the ayment of costs in the cases OF
violation of the liquor laws. may see
the impression which their leniency
has made upon at least one good editor
and some good people in the county OF
Northampton. We never expected &c
live TO see the day wnel even one good
man should say thai "our people are
turning 10 the federal courts for re-
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