The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-11
STATE PRESS.

Some people at least have been think
ing that Greensboro'S excellent hotel
facilities and central location mad some
thing to do with he democratic state
conventions coming here. We cannot
think that Raleigh's odiousness Is en-
titled to all the credit--Greensborc
Record
In speaking OF the pension bill that
was pushed through by Senator Fritch-
ard the Madison Eagle says: 1T Is
now a law and thousands OF old sol
diers will become eligible to this
badge of honor" And this paper Is
published ir North Carolina--Durham
Herald.
There is talk that the republicans
will offer the candidacy for chief JUS
tice to a Winston-S Salem lawyer who
has been classed as a gold democrat"
THE Wilmington base ball team has
dropped out of the state III
took a long time to find out IL had
enough.-winston Sentinel.
Senator Bailey, who tried TO choke
Senator Beveridge the other day, IL
keeping wonderfully quiet for a mar
who had 1t rubbed into him like Solicit
or PenieId rubbed him. Penfield said
things we'll calculated To make a man
fight at the drop OF a hat. What Beve-
ridge said was nothiE@ compared TO
Solicitor Penfield's remarks.-Greens-
boro Record
After carefully sitting the comment.
favorable and otherwise. which has
been made on the speech or Grover
Cleveland at a recent meeting or the
Tilden Club il seems to be the predomi-
mating view that Mr.. Cleveland did
not utter a sentiment that cannot be
endorsed by all democrats. whether
hey happen to be his personal admir-
ers or not.-Salfsbury Truth.
Mayor Eaton did the proper thing
yesterday in denying a party OF Nor
mon elders the privilege OF holding
meetings on the streets. This is a free
country and q man mas a legal right
to believe in any sort OF religion that
appeals to his taste, but the generally
accepted idea OF Mormonism is so re-
p~ulsive to decency that its advocates
should be denied all but strictly legal
rights.-Winston Sentinel.
The long session of the FIfty-sev-
enth congress has run its course. II
was dominated throughout by the trusts
and not a single measure was passed
that they objected to. The trust
and the oxnardites defeated the Cuban
| reciprocity bill, although the promise
| had been made by President Mckinley
| that concessions should be granted In
duties On Cuban sugar and bac
| The beet sugar trust n fine sugar
trust vetoed the proposition, and 1t
! died in the senate.-Goldsboro Argus.
The Durham Herald recently printed
a marriage announcement and now
learns that the information was false
In making the correction the Herald
said: THE information came TO this
office over the phone and was given
by Edward Book. He said at the time
tina he was present at the marriage
and gave the facts contained I'm the
| tice. There was no marriage and this
correction is given in justice TO all con-
cerned." Frequent attempts have been
made to dupe this and probably other
papers. in the same way, and the time
has come when the law ought TO reach
| such imposters. The man who know
| ingly lies in giving for pullcation a
marriage or death notice should be
punished by law. C a statute would
protect the pubic as we'll as b news
papers-Raleigh Times