The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-12-30
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A mississippi court has sentences
Fnite man who -whitecapped~ neproes
TO the pe%nitentiary for life. and his
s in the crime were
hcea 10 from 20 to so years. The
A Oh the south must hew to the
e Oh justice. let the chips fail on
whenever side of the race line they
may.-Atianta Constitution.
Inc intelligence that Senator Morgan
OF Alabama does not show the physical
Vlgor which he exhibited at the last ses-
sion OF Congress, during which he ex-
hiDited such activity on the Panama
question, will be received with regreat
oy men of ali parties. He is serving
MS fifth consecutive term as senator,
having taken his seat in 1877. He pass
ed his eightieth year on June 21st last,
and his term will expire in 1907. His
colleague. Senator Pettus. is nearly
three years his senior, and is serving
his fourth term.-Courier Journal.
1t looks as if when the republican
party wants a state they try to buy ii.
falling in that they attempt to steal 1t
and being baked there they try to take
IL by force. This is the case in Cobra
CO. 1t would not be surprising at all IL
civil wal were to break out there over
the g~overnorship. Since having so
much fighting over labor troubles these
folk have learned how to use a gun and
to be careless about shooting, SO when
the row starts it will likely be a bloody
N We don't blame them, in act we
think we would get up some fighting
blood ourselves if we were there.-Flor-
ence Times.
The correspondent of a Philadelphia
paper, writing from Dover. Del, says:
1T seems almost a certainty that who
ever is selected United States senator
from Delaware to succeed L. Heisler
Ball will have to purchase the honor
from the Legislature. This may seem
an odd statement, but 1t is nevertheless
true, as the conditions here are prac-
citally such hat legislators do not
grant favors without being recon-
pensed. 1T is the custom of the coun-
try as a sussex county man put it,
and this has become aggravated during
the ten years of Addickism." And on
the top of his is to be considered the
fact that the administration at Wash
ington is giving aid and comfort to the
Addicks gang in NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
News.
The announcement of Secretary Hay
tina the proposal of the United States
looking to a second peace conference
has been received by the powers adj
dressed with general favor, appears a.
a conspicuous and appropriate feature
of this season Of peace n good will.
1t seems to offer hope of the realization
of that prophetic note in DR.. Sears
beautiful hymn, when peace shall
over all the world her final ~splendors
fling, and the whole world give back the
song which now the angels sing" We
are hardly looking for the millennium,
even in the present century, but move
ments like this certainly indicate prog
ress, even if nothing else has been &C
complished, the civilized world is ready
to promptly indorse the advance that
has already been made and approve the
of one of the greatest and most
benefcent movements of the Christian
era.-Boston Transcripts.
The bucket shop will undoubtedly
it's patrons as long as sheep have
wool. Revelation after revelation
for nothing in face of that
ancient adage which time never con-
tradicts, that a fool is born every hour.
Dealing in stocks on a margin is folly
and giving your margin to a concern
of which you know even less than you
of the market is making yourself
and your folly ridiculous after it comes
to light. People who lose in bucket
shop speculation usually keep mum,
.L4,& " Nrvlnr onrha6u nanknc a dbl
lar there the fact is very sure to come
out; it helps business. 1t is the lot
terry ticket and the policy shop spirit
III mother form. Making something
out of nothing is against the law Of
the universe, and those who give Them
selves to the delusion that they can do
it almost invariably pay for their ex-
perience a ruinous price.-Hartford
Courant.
The erection by an American sew
ing machine company Of a skyscraper
at st. Petersburg has had the same
effect as the same cause here. Most
of the people of the Russian capital
nave become story counters. 1t is a
habit which affects not only the rural
visitors in this country, but also the
most sophisticated of city people. The
Parliamentary commission to inquire
into the cause of the deterioration of
the Englishman has learned from DR..
Warner, of London, that high build
ings cause small heads n a low vi
tality," but he offers no explanation.
Perhaps the habit of throwing back
the head to count the floors of tall
buildings congresses the medulla and
the vessels of the neck. thus depriv-
ing the brain of it's nutrition. This
may account for a good deal hat is
Characteristic of Chicagc.-Philadelphia