The semi-weekly messenger., 1903-05-19
STATE PRESS.

Having had the brother of President
Mckinley's assassin arrested on general
principles, We suppose Theodore will
have to be consistent and hunt up the
relatives of Booth and Guiteau.-Green-
Vile Reflector.
While We do not pose as friend Of
Mr. Cleveland, We have never given
him credit for the defeat of the dem
ocratic party in 1894. AS we remem-
Der it, he had very little to say one
way or the other-Durham Herald
The New Bern Journal says one
wing of the national democracy is de-
manding an unqualified recognition of
Mr. Bryan The only demand of the
kind we have seen or heard of comes
through The COmmOner.-Greenvi Re-
flector.
If they really should put the Hon.
Grover Cleveland at the head of the
democratic ticket next year, a great
many democrats would like to forget
the harsh things that they said about
him during the past eight years.
WintOn Sentinel
The good roads election appears to
have resulted in the carrying of the
day for good roads. But the majority
Is not SO large but that it is made plain
that the day could have been lost a
great deal easier than not. The men
who worked to save the day and the
men who saved it are entitled to the
sincere thanks of every one who wants
TO see Guilford go oforward-Greensbor
. Telegram.
Short-lived was the Hon. Johnnie Nc
Laurin's career as a 'plutercrat'' The
New York trust that he '.jined'' at the
close of his strenuous career as United
States senator has just squeezed him
out and he is coming back to South
Carolina. He expresses the opinion that
he IS better fitted to farming in South
Carolina than to railroading in Wall
street. and so far nobody has been
found to dissent from his conclusion
Asheville Citizen.
The (American) Pacific cable, from
San Francisco to Manila via Honolulu,
will be completed by July 4th and open
for business. What a fortunate thing
it had not been laid before May 1st,
just five years ago. Had it been, Dew
ey would have cut it sure as a gun.
We hope a loop will connect with our
much married citizen and soye-
reign, the sultan of Sulu A cablegram
from him to his brother sovereign in
the White house as to his experience
In the race suicide business would
be charmingly entertaining.-Ra
Post.
Everybody int rested in the admin
g &c 70 civ
General Miles for his report of the con-
dltions existing in the Philippine Is
lands. He recommends in that report
that the army in the Philippines be fed
on beef on the hoof killed fresh, be-
cause he ascertained that the army is
still living on embalmed beef. The
war department pays no attention to
his recommendation for the reason that
the beef trust could make no profit out
Of the government if General Miles
suggestions We're complied with. How
long will the people stand it?-Greens-
boro Patriot.
The Brooklyn Eagle in following up
its Cleveland campaign has now
! brought its guns to bear on the popu-
lar prejudice against a third term
founded on the precedent set by Wash
inSton and observed by all his two
term successors until the unsuccessful
attempt to break it down in favor of
! General Grant. Should The Eagle sue
ceed in convincing Mr.. Cleveland that
the time is ripe for bucking against
the third-term proposition and the
twO-thirds rule in democratic national
conventions it will have broken down
the most formidable obstacle in the
line Of its fire-Golsboro Headlight
The writer of this article. as a small
! boy. helped to pick the first strawber-
ries shipped to northern markets from
, North Carolina, thereby earning mis-
! first spending money. If he had stuck
/ to picking Strawberries and grown up
( in the trucking industry, instead of
j going into Journalism, what big bank
account might now wait upon his check
! ing? The trucking industry has
, brought wealth to not q few, a compe-
tency to many more, given profitable
employment to thousands built pro-
gressye towns with varied industries.
! changed the industrial map of several
! counties, procured better schedules and
/ train service. and added thousands and
! thousands of dollars to the income Of
| ha a. no