The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-12-01
CLIPPINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
STATE PRESS.

Everybody. being an American cit
iZen of unQuestioned freedom, is his
own judge Of the matter. He has
the right to vote as he pleases with
out being called into question there
for, and needs no judge of the mat
ter other than his own Conscience
Greenville Reflector.
We have heard of event officers
getting off their horses n drinking
out Of branches to ascertain if there
is a still upstream, but we
thought of a game warden smelling
quail through crates of eggs. as was
done by Game Warden Weatherly at
Greensboro the other night. We Won
der if there would be any nance to
borrow that pair of n~Ostrils for Teddy
or Bassett?-WinstOn Sentinel.
Mr.. Bryan declares emphatically
that Grover Cleveland stands not the
ghost of q chance for the presidential
nomination and that whoever is Sc
lected to head the ticket must be a
man loyal to the principles of the
democracy in 1896 and 1900. as set
forth in the Kansas City platform. A
few months ago ex-senator Marion
Butler was talking about what the
populists are going to do in the next
election. The question is which is
the worse Of the two prophets-Bryan
or Butler? You can pay your money
and take your choice.-CharlOtte OBJ
server.
a New York dispatch says, heavy
calls for charity are expected this
winter" With two hundred to tv
hundred and fifty thousand w0rkmen
forced into idleness for six months
by the wickedness of walking dele
gates, such calls may be expected to
be heavy-and heartrending. Labor
unions or laboring men who place
their interests under the control. or
subject to the caprice or corruption
: of one or a few walking delegates, in
vite suffering. not only for themselves
but the communities in which they
live. as events of the past six months
abundantly prove.-Raleigh Post
Every fair-minded man desires to
give to his children ana the children
Of his neighbor better advantages
than he himself enjoyed. Wherever
good roads make it possible. it is
entirely feasible NOW to substitute
for the little school house of one
room and one teacher q consolidated
school house with half a dozen teach
ers. The school house Of one rOOm
and one teacher was good, and we
are here in bodily presentce to testify
" OlIo So'N' Jul IN
school house of half a dozen rooms
and half a dozen teachers is vastly
superior. and we want to secure that
for our children and the children OF
, our Observation-Disclosures Gazette
Perhaps the richest of all the
trusts is the Standard Oil Company,
Certainly no concern in the country
demands and gets more consideration
and protection from our national law
, making body for itself and the inter
ests with which it is connected than
the Standard oil trust. 1t has more
powerful friends and representatives
in congress than any other of the
great combines. 1t is one of those
dear little things, around when cir
Gle the fondest hopes and aspirations
of the republican party, and to which
the average republican congressman
or senator points with Il rich and
bullying pride. Why should lis sacred
interests be protected and promoted?
, Regardless of the water in it's 500,
900. 900 of capital stock. said stock Is
worth nearly 500, 600, 900 in the open
, market. and has already produced
As per cent in dividends this year,
thanks to a generous public, which
never objects to another slight ad-
, vance in the price of ola product
controlled by this rrust.-AsheVilla
, Citizen