The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-09
STATE PRESS.

There has been a cut in the price Of
beef on the hOOf of over so per cent.
with no corresponding reduction of the
retail price and yet some people ave
the temerity to tell us that there is no
beef trust.-Durham Sun.
We do not see. where the federal GOV
eminent has a right to locate a whis-
key distillery III d township where the
people generally are opposed to such
an institution. There Is simply no right
in it.-SouthDort Standard.
And now they tell US that the Crown
Princess of SaXony and her lover are
coming to America. Let 'em come. The
country that has stool Putty Strong and
May YOhe and such car probably stand
Princess Louise and NJ. Giron.-Ashe-
VILE Citizen.
The comments of the foreign press on
the Venezuelan muddle would indicate
that We are coming out Of it with a g O.
rious record for adroit diplomacy
and wonderful craftsmanship, with
great gain of prestige and enhanced
standing in the eyes of the nations of
the old world.-Wilson Times.
The o%ntinental Tobacco Company
the plug tobacco branch of the Ameri-
can Tobacco Company we believe, de-
.clared it's first dividend on the 1st.
This company has only been in exist
.ence eighteen months. but a cool, clean
dividend from profits of 20 per cent. on
d capital of $780, 00. 900 was distributed
What a jaw working people we must
be. to be sure.-Raleigh Post.
If Mr.. Whitaker should be appointed
assistant United States district attoHer
'ney, it would certainly vindicate the
claims made by many that tn move
.ment which Mir. Whitaker led was but
l., r70tTa,, p-a v Of Mo WI y into tho hands
|of the republican party. The republic
cans owe Mr.. Whitaker & service and
will be after paying ham if they
believe in disCharging obligations
Greensboro Telegram.
4 scientist has discovered that there
is q certain belt around the world IN
which can be found the highest type of
refinement. He claims that this belt
is the scene of i~nnulnerabie suicides.
land cases Of insanity. 1t is impossible
for persons looking on to locate this
belt without first knowing his theory
in detail. Press report would make
one believe this belt his broadened from
pole to pole.-Winston journal.
China and the powers are about to get
into trouble over the question as TO
whether the second indemnity Install
ment on account Of the Boxer rebellion
is TO be paid ON q silver basis. which
China insists upon, or upon a Sold pa
sis. which the powers demand-savlng
the United States. which stands with
China. Silver has deDreciated since the
treaty was made with China ending
the insurrectiOn. 1t seems, strange
that, careful and long-drawn-out as
were the negotiations at that time, the
basis of payment of indemnity should
not have been strictly detined.-Char-
Hottie Observer.
Along with the other important
imeasues which it will be called upon TO
discuss, The News suggests TO the leg
i:slature which Is to meet this month.
Legislation looking to the regulation. or
better still. the prohibition of the sale
bf the toy pistol. The possibilities of tn s
Ideally toy have been brought horne
lforC:bly 10 Charlotte people in the sad
death here yesterday OF a youth VINO
was wounded Christmas day by the eX-
pICsion of one OF these apparently IN
locent articles. This particular case
lis one of about a dozen. Identical in de-
Itail. that have occurred IL thls state
Inc present holiday SCason.-Charlott"
iNews
Governor Aycock made = pretty good
stride toward the wholesale parton =
~lronvicts as suggested by johnnie Bed
Dug" when he turned loose n bunch ~
en- Wednesday. 1t is n~ottceahle In
l'NE44lECllOl Will III vi
hat il was granted on condition that
he prisoner must leave the town in
which he was tried II sent to prison
There you have Il maj pardonei whom
he people of his own community tnlnk
90 mad to be permitted to remain
lmong them, yet Is thought gooo
nuogh 10 be turned loose on some oth-
ler community. The next legislature
would do wisely in taking the sole par
loning power out of the hands or the
governor and creating n board of par
Ions.-Greenville Reflector.
Those who are citicising Mr.. Rock
| efeller for giving millions TO a college
md then putting up the price OF OIL
;hould remember that ne could Just as
,asily have put up the price without
making the gift.-Durham Herald. ina
: true. but what we object to is the
1ious Mr.. Rockefeller giving big sums
q churches and colleges, for when n
Eets much credit from his benehclarles
md then increasing the price or OH anC
Collecting the amount out OF the people
( is not the fact that he gives away
money! that Is complained OF but IN
act that he gives money which ne col.
ects out of other people by holdlns
them up very much after the mannel
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