The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-06
CLIPPINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
STATE PRESS.

1t is said that when sentence vas
passed upon Bishop in Charlotte he
did not vince. Well, hardly. A f-ii"w
who deserves the death penalty ha; no
cause to vince when he gets off with
q sentence of only five years in the
states prison Observation-Disclosures Gold
Leaf.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch says:
The North Carolina papers seem to
be greatly stirred up over the recent
tragedies in Raleigh and Charlptue.'
And in other parts of the state. our
contemporary might have added. Oul
newspapers are rejecting the sentiment
of the people.-Winston Sentinel.
1t is said hat since the law wa.
passed dividing murder into desl ee:
that crime has increased % per cen
in North Carolina. Under the EXIT ne
law, which requires generalization TO
be esta blished. it is difficult to convict
a person of capital offence no matter
hOw atrocious the crime may b.. Let
us return to first Observation-Disclosures
Gold Leaf
THE right platform and the right
kind of a man on it is what we want.
To secure both W. are willing for the
Eoulh yet IL Willie lOIlSSI W IL Clo VOL
ing while another section bears off the
Offices" is the position of the Mrr.t t.
gomery Advertiser. And our opinion is
that that is about the way it will be
for some time to come. The northern
wing of the party has the longest flap.
durham Sun.
The report, referred to by cur Raleigh
correspondent yesterday, that ~ex-Judge
and Representative Augustus w. Gra-
ham, Of Granville. is an aspirant for
h nominal ton for governor by the
next democratic state convention, is
quite current in Raleigh. It is said
there that he is Judge Clark's cdndi-
date. With Judge Clark in the senate
and Judge Graham in the executive Of
flee at Raleigh, the people" will have
come to their own and every day will
then be Sunday. The railroads will
pay all the taxes and the people" can
knock off work and live off the plutoc-
racy.-Charlotte Observer.
The measure which passed the lag
islature yesterday to provide for The
appointment of an oyster commission
er and an assistant is a very wise pro-
vision. The News has repeatedly urged
that more attention be paid the states
oyster industry: Virginia and Mary
Ian are considerably ahead Of North
Carolina in this matter. The industry
Of breeding and gathering oysters is
one of Eastern Cardinals most lucra-
tive industries and the business of cor
Stunning the luscious bivalves is one Of
the pleasantest industries of the inte-
rior OF the state.-CharlOtte News.
Mr.. Martin S. Willard. OF Whining
ton, seems to have hit 1t off about
right when before the Joint finance
committee of the senat and house he
said that the true object of the leeisla-
ture should be not to relieve the rail-
roads Of just taxation but 70 invent a
system of assessment that will reach
that n all other property. Mr.. Will
lard's utterances IN the problem Of tax
alton are always well considered and
most plausible. He has given the sub
ject careful thought. He is an ex-rep-
resentative and spoke by invitation
Greensboro Telegram.
Those citizens, who on last Saturday
inaugurated a movement for the i'm
provement Of our roads. deserve the
communication and support of every
citizen in this county. There is moth
ing that will so quickly and so SIN ely
enhance the value of real estate, as the
fact tina it is traverSed by good roads.
Coco roads place the farmer nearer the
market n put him in closer touch
with the outside world, enabling him to
market larger crops at less expense.
There is no county in the state,
where good oad may be secured bv
Fender Chronicle.
Senator Pritchard seems to he still
holding his own with the power at
Washington. He has just shown his
! power in two instances, in which he
-1~ro~1 - ~ D-1 F~. -,l;I~ L.
has downed Judge Boyd in the Wilkes
boro court business and Vick in the
Wilson postOff1ce. The president has
decided both matters in his favor end
he is still the most powerful republican
from the south with the Roosevelt adj
| ministration. Pritchard IS undoubted-
! ly. the c~leanest republican that has
been in public life from the south
since the war, and we hope the presI-
dent has a good juicy plum in store
! for him after his term of senator ex-
pires.-Aberdeen Telegram.
What's the matter with North Car
: Dina juricS? Is hanging going out OF
fashion? Is AN eve for an eye and s
tooth for a tooth lapsing into disuse.
What is the law of the lane coming to
when murderers need no longer fear
death as a punishment for their crime.
; The North Carolinian of today may
well ask himself these questions, fol-
it seems that Il man can no l1rgel
commit d hanging crime in this state
We either turn u murdererS loose o.
take care of them for a few years, OIL
in the seyerest instance imprison then
for fifteen or twenty years or for life
1t is too often the case that a murder.
er's money OIL his friends and %infuenc,
ave his neck. OF courS it is RICH
that Jurisprudence should e de
grees in murder as in every thing else
but if We can't convict a man of murde'
in the first degree, We ought TO re3ea
our law which authorizes hanging. |
* our opinion that in several ~instance
of late happening far from Sxact juS1iC,
has been executed in the Imprisonment
OF men whom almost all people be.iev
to be guilty Of nothing less thar muir
der.-Greenville Reflector.
Question Ansvered.