The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-01-17
STATE PRESS.

A New Orleans dispatch says Presi-
oent Jordan, of the southern Cotton
Growers Protective Association, is U.s.
ing all to put a stop to "the
practice" Of burning cotton. Mr.. Jor-
dams fears are groundless; all the cot
ton that viii be burned by wouldbe
p~rice-raisers could doubtless be grown
on a half-dozen acres, despite the smoke
that the alleged determination has rails
ed.-Charlotte Observer.
The Audubon bill ought to be amend
ed so as to allow non-residents who ac-
tually own and in the state the right
TO hunt on their own property without
the payment of a license fee. It is a
hardship to exclude a man who owns
land and pays tax on it from shooting
on that land, OIL force him to pay ten
dollars when in many cases he could
nave only one or two days hunting in
the year. We respectfully bring this
matter to the attention of those inter
ested in proposed amendments to the
bird and game laws.-Raleigh Post.
The news comes from New York that
leading bankers in that city have been
buying much cotton during the past
fifteen days. They have no use for cot
ton because they have no mills. The
only thing that could induce them TO
buy cotton would be a belief that it is
too low and will go up in price later on.
This is a straw that should be consid-
cred by all who have cotton Oh hand.
Ii bankers see profit in buying at pres
ent prices, why should not farmers hold
and get the increase if 1t comes?-New
and Observer.
The Evening Times, of Raleigh, is
urging the Legislature to amend our
vagrancy law so as to make it more
effective. This should be done by all
means. There is no matter hat body
could act upon with results of greater
benefit to the Observation-Disclosures
Messenger. We trust our legislators
may heed the wise words of The Mes
senger, and other strong papers which
feel as it does ON this vital matter. The
work Of these idle people would not only
add to the treasury of the state, but it
would tend to lessen the necessity for
a ~reformatory. Good, honest, constant
work is the rock bottom of the best
c:vilizing n refining influences. The
people in our state will de disappointed
il we do not improve our present law
Raleigh Times.
North Carolina had an immigration
commissioner once and as we UNDER
stand it the office was abolished because
there was nothing for it's occupant to
40. If it is re-established, as now seems
likely, we hope the man who holds
down the job will get busy and not let
it appear that the office was created to
give somebody publis employment. 1t
seems to be the order of the day to fos-
ter immigration. Many of the southern
states are on the hun for settlers. 1t
looks as if a state that didn't get in
the procession would seem G~ld-fashion-
ed and non-progressive. At the same
time this feverish desire of a common
wealth to get populous may have some
undesirable and unexpected results
Greensboro Telegram.
AS we understand it, it Was not on
Mr.. Glenn's account in the first place
that an effort vas made to increase the
salary of the governor Of the state.
However deserving our governor elect
may be, his personality was not the
thing considered in this matter. It
was the go~vernorship itself. It is
due to the dignity of the state of
North Carolina and it's people, that the
governor of the state receive a salary
in keeping with the dignity, the re-
sponsibility and especially thu expen-
siveness Of the position. Governor Ay-
cock. whom no one can ACCUSE Of be-
ing a spendthrift, after fou years in
this office, gives it as his opinion hat
the salary OF the governor is, made
quatc, and In his final message recon-
mends that it be lncreased.-Charlotte
News.
Better for the southern planters to
surplus negroes.-Boston Daily Adver-
tiser. In view of recent and numerous
lively incidents north Of Mason's and
Dixon's line, in which the police have
had difficulty in forcing their way
| through a crowd and landing their
prisoners in Jail, isn't it just as well
for the north to drop these continual
filings at the south and lynchings thai
unhappily occur?-New York Herald
| Not for Boston. Touch not the time
honored institutions of that revered
hub. We lave only one real Boston
| II it were not for Boston and South
| Carolina this would be a dull old world
| If Boston We're to drop these continual
| filings at the south" a large majority OF
it's occupation would be gone.-Ashevillt
| Gazette-News.