The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-12-16
STATE PRESS

We would be willing to stake u rep
utation as a prophet that the report OF
the penitentiary Will not be much OF a
relief to the revenue question for the
next Iegislature-Concord Tribune.
Our Methodist brethren cannot un-
derstand why so few young men of +
themselves to the ministry. OF course
We do not know. but it is probable be-
cause they think hey can do better at
something else. This may not be er-
actly orthodox but IL works upon the
same principle as that by which a min
lister never has a call TO a job paying
a smaller salary.-Durham Herald.
Everything seems to be Separating
itself from Nebraska these DAYS save
Mr.. Bryan INT republicanism. Even
the Missouri river arose IN It's might.
took up lis bed n transferred IL three
miles away from Nebraska City. thus
leaving that one time center os pow
ism far to the bad. And il only took
the river ii hours to accomplish this
movement Nebraska is the freak state
of the union.-Raleigh Post.
The AshevilIe Citizen says that Rev.
r. G. Pearson. having found the strain
OF evangelistic work too heavy in his
present state of health. has accepted the
chat Of the English Bible and Evange-
listic Methods in Cumberland Univer-
sity. Lebanon, Tenn. Mr.. Pearson was
An ideal evangelist and if all the evan
gelists would sit at his feet and learn
OF him, they would win the respect If
men of all creeds and of no creed
News and Observer.
The negro ex-Congressman George
White. is leading the fight for the re-
tention of postmaster Wick, coloreI, OF
Wilson. this state. White took Wick TO
So NJ
coming out he told the reporters that
the president said he like Vick's face.
Wick must have a charming personality
10 so captivate both the president and
so many white democrats of Wilson,
North Carolina--Monroe Journal.
The Washington Post understands the
Wilson phase Of the Sam Wick matter.
1t avs that these gentlemen are VII
ling enough TO write vague and non
cOmmital letters about Vick's good
character-which may be excellent in It's
way-but when il comes to a serious
advocation Of his appointment as post
master of Wilson, they will balk, al
most without exception. 1t is n thing
10 sign indefinite statements and petit
tons for the purpOee ~ embarrassing the
enemy."-News and Observer.
For the benefit of our farmer readers,
though correspOndingly discouraging 70
the consuming portion of the public,
we note that the prices for western beef
and pork promise to continue high il
not go higher, with no prospects for d
return to the former lower level for a
year certainly and possibly for several
years. OF course, IL western meats are
high domestic meats are ditto or more
SO. for obvious reasons, one of which
is the prompt but j~ustifiable alertneSs
with which our farmers catch on to an
opportunity when it happens to travel
their way.-Raleigh Post.
Sam Wick, the negro postmaster 1T
Wilson, whose disappointment Senator
Pritchard is trying to defeat, is being
made quite a notable 1t is
now said that the president is in a huff
because the North Carolina democrats
in congress saw proper to ask the post
master general to appoint a white man
to the position. Huffy, is he? Well,
let him huff. The democrats are asking
for-the appointment of a white man,
though Pritchard names a man and the
the democrats do not, simply asking
that 'sonle good white man. be given
the Offfce.-GreensbOro Record.
Senator Pritchard is making himself
quite familiar in Washington, ~ -
writing letters to the president oppoa-
ing the appointment of Wick. as post
hIdolCI- 1T ICbbi
Leans down this way-thoSe who do not
hold office and consider themselves
original Roosevelt men, and stand for
the principles of their party instead Of
eXpediency-are very much incensed at
Pritchard's antics and they make no Sc
Cret of saying so. 1t seems that the
senator has lost their good graces. n
the first chance they get they will whis-
per something in the presidents ear
Durham Sun.
A new phase of the Wick postmaster
ship is presented. senator Pritchard
wrote the president yesterday demand
ing Eick's removal on the ground that
he was and had been fighting the re-
publican party in the state. His offense
seems to be that he voted against and
defeated d. w. Patrick as the nominee
for congress in that district. And the
democrats in congress seem to have re-
covered their senses. Seeing, no doubt,
the pickle they were getting in, or GER
tain members of the party in the east
Senator Simmons, claude Kitchin and
the entire North Carolina democratic
delegation in congress, called on the
postmaster general and asked that s"~"n
'~ood white man be made postmaster at
Wilson. These gentlemen are trying to
keep all the fat from going into the fire
Greensboro Record.