The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-16
STATE PRESS.

ana the poor IN the great Clues are III
he direst straits tor fuel, there shou d
still De some senators who persist in
Iickering over the Vest bill to remove
lne tariff on hard coal for 80 days
Winston Sentinel.
Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, is
Tot d thousand miles from here, nor
Ialf that distance from the national
eat of government, nevertheless a
woman convicted Of w~itchcraft by the
ourts OF that county, has just been
eleased from Jail after an imprisol-
nent of three months. and this is A. d.
903 not l6O3.-Winston Sentinel.
Two OF or greatest present needs
re cotton goods to be made this win
.-=r into waists for the boys TO wear
leXt summer and denim for their sum-
ner pants. We trust some Of the kind
nd liberal cotton goods manufacture
rs, and merchants and other friends
n North Carolina will see this state
lent and will help US to supply this
Ieed.-Orphan's Friend.
The selection by Missouri of ex-Gov-
rnOr William Joel Stone as the success
or of Senator Vest will crafty all 10y
II democrats in America. Governor
tone is an able and patriotic and fight
lg democrat OF the hest school. He
LII bt al NOllHS SuNNCFsoI VI NiO
IAN who by his own v%olition lays down
lie toga. because physical weakness
Id the inirmaties of z warn him
lat he must conserve his strength
.ews and Observer.
Americans are the most patriotic
)eople on the face of the earth, bu
yhen We glance over the columns of
ne press and behold the spirit of an
! agOnism against the president, we
.aHnot but picture the horrors of a
.ivil struggle. Again when we behold
ne spirit which seems to prompt the
hief executive of our nation in MAX
ng federal appointments in the south,
ne fair minded people cannot but vent
heir wrath upon an administration
which seeks through s~tubborness, Big
btry, or may be prejudice to impose
pom the rights of a community
Winston Journal.
1t may be all right and we may D.
little bit Old fogyish but if The Cod
EAT had to vote it would not be cas-
Dr either OF the honorable gentlem n
no have opened headquarters in RAJ
Ugh and sent lobbyists to button hOl-
lemberS of the legislature in the inte'-
st of their election to the Unite
tates senate. This may be the prop
= thing TO do but it occurs to Us that
[ should De beneath the dignity Of q
IAN who is fit to occupy a seat in thu
anate chamber Of the United States
tut this is the day of the politician
nd the rather than the
tatesman and the patriot.-Henderson
cd Leaf.
1t is now gravely given out in high
l)olitical circles in Washington and
he North that great SURPRISE is felt
1t the Introduction of administrator
Antitrust bills" in both houses Of
congress. The real surprise VIII come
latter awhile when these same folk
who are now so rudely shocked will
realize that the people have discovered
the demagogy of the whole perfom-
lance and that these so-called anti
TRUST measures, though enacted, are nc
more anti than others which have pre-
reeded them. They are so framed that
ike an overdose of poison, they will
make the patient very sick, but fail OF
their purpose to kill-or even to regu,
I.ate.-Raleigh Post.
The bill introduced in the lower
mouse of the legislature Thursday, fol
lowing the recommendation of Govern
Tor AycOck'S message, to restrict tn
manufacture and sale of liquor to in
corporate towns, has merit in 1t. The
IIistillers will of course object to it en-
l,rgetically, and ii it puts a great many
of them out of business, so muca tn
better for them as we'll as for the ru
lral communities in which they operate
.or the distillation of liquor, as tn
business is carried on III North Caro-
Lima. demoralizes the men engaged in !
rs well as those who consume the pro
iiucI. Another good effect of the en-
tlctment of such a law would he the re
I~iuction of the numbers of revenue of
!. licerS. who are so perniCiOuSly active l
all campaigns, and their return to pro
~Iuctive employments.-Charlotte Oh
server.
Already the attention of the demo
Icrats is turning to the possibilities Q
g04. Realizing that the republican
: l3re afraid to enact any legislation IN
mical TO the trusts and that the pee
: tpIe are daily growing more urgent i
behalf of such legislation, they argu
lthat the people Will turn to the demo
~i&ratic party for relief in 1904. if a suff
[ l~,iently strong man heads the demo
; .ratic ticket. Three names are no
l being generally discussed in this COZ
l nectiOn. Judge Parker. of New Yorl
IEX-Secretary Olney and Senator Coz
imam. Senator Carmack pins his fat
lin Judge Parker who might have bee
lgovernor of New York this time ha
I-lC dNNSpNCu NAS ~ - -
= I0ther hand, there are many who wou
y pass the judge by because he was VI
l. willing to make the race in his OU
> state. Representative Underwood,
- alabama. recently told our cOrrespO,
:, dent that he favored Mr.. Olney. as
u imam who had demonstrated his abili
. and had served his partj we'll. 1
q said that Mr.. Olney had always be-
:, Irregular and he believed that he h
10 the confidence of the people general
- and of the business men of the count
lin particular. With regard to Mr.. &c
- Iman's chances, doubtless nue. Deepen
lon the next session Of the senate. I
r Friends say that he Will promptly {
1t sumo the democratic leadership a
viii command so much respect in tn
n position that he will become the ineT.
1t ible candidate Of the Darty.-Washin
10 ION Correspondent Aberdeen TeIegra
l.
I. QUESTION ANSWERED..
Yes, August Flower still has
- largest sale of any medicine in the C