The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-26
STATE PRESS.

1t may be predicted that some of the
very fellows who are now wasting
time and breath talking about the
'deplorable condition of the demo-
cratic party Will be the first to say
Il old you So" when the victory is
won and the shouting Decentralization
Sentinel.
Mr.. Roosevelt will please note that
his open door let in a thieving negro
in the Durham p~ostoffice, who was no
better than some of his white officials
IN Washington. But ne was caught
| quicker and will be punished more
speedily. Let no guilty man escape
Durham Sun.
There is a rumor that Payne will re-
sign from the cabinet. We fear that it
is TO good to be true Any man who
could be blind enough or subservient
1 enough to permit the scandals already
| disclosed to go on about him ought to
De glad of a chance to resign. His con-
duct has made him deserving of the
~severest censure.-News n Observer.
1t must be edifying to educated for
eigners to see our people sur-charged
\ with indiscriminate fury over lawless-
ness in Russia, (deplorable but unpre-
ventable and most quickly and severely
punlshed,) while our press is teeming
with lynchingS, riots and outrages
which are not punished. Go to, go to
and take out the beam from thine own
eye.-Durham Sun.
Postmaster General Payne is reported
as very tired owing to recent ex-
pOSureS in his department, n would
really like to resign. With about fifty
of his subordinate indicted, as stated,
for corruption. he no doubt feels con-
Siderably fatigued. There should be no
more designations under fire. Perry
Heath was allowed to resign, and now
may escape all punIshment.-Raleigh
Post
The Charlotte Observer and Ashevllle
| Citizen join The Landmark in COM
mending the board of education of
GuilfOrd county for going outside their
county, and outside the state if
necessary, to get a suitable man for
county superintendent of schools. The
Citizen says less politics and more
business is one of the greatest needs
of u public chOOI management
StateSville Landmark.
We who live in North Carolina really
do not know how happy We should be
that it is our privilege to live in such
a favored land until we consider the
danger that beset the lives of people
in less favored parts of the world. With
floods and cyclones in the west and to
the south of us, forest fires. excessive
draught and severe storms in the north,
We can realize that there is no place
like old North Carolina after all.-Hen-
derson Gold Leaf
Rarely in the history of the country,
in a time of peace, has such a condi-
ton of affairs prevailed as now exists
and has for some weeks existed in
Breathitt county, Ky. officers of the
law and witnesses are terrOriZed, arm
ed ~deSperadoeS walk tho streets, mar
tial law prevails and open murder goes
u~navenged. 1t is a which.
calls for the most radical treatment
The lawleSs element has been sufficient
ly warned and does not deserve to be
further parleyed or temuorized with.
The cartridge is the only antidote for
that disease and the sooner 1t is an
| piled the earlier will be the cure. The
present condition is d disgrace to the
American nation.-Chari0tte Observer.
/, Henry 7. Oxnard. president of the
| Beet Sugar Association, is candidate
for United States senator for Califor-
| mia. and some are remark
ing that it would be better to send a
man to the senate TO represent Cali
| fornia. rather than the small but eX-
ceedingly greedy e combine.
! This suggestion eeIns far on its face.
The United States constitution, which
is supposed to follow the FLAG as far as
California, provides for enaeo to
represent states, not special private
interests. But the roll of the senate
today carries the names of few men,
from the north at least, h do not
represent some great business interest.
rather than a state.-Winston Journal.
a sense of humor never departs from
some people. For instance, there is the
man who spent several weeks in a
Charlotte hospital, undergoing a dan
gerous surgical operation and escaping
Heath by a narrow margin. The other
afternoon a young colored woman h
is employed in the hospital went into
this particular patients ward on some
errand. The girl evidently considered
that she was earning her wages, for.
when she came into the room. she said:
My Lawd, but desc white folks Is
about to work de gizZard Outen me-
The patient, who was minus a portion
of his anatomy, as a result of his stay
in the hospital. warned the girl against
what she might expect by saying:
We'll keep it to yourself; if you let
these doctors find out that you've got
a gizzard, they'll perform an operation
on you. sure."-Charlotte Chronicle.