The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-12-08
STATE PRESS.

There are colored men working in
Monroe at three dollars and nifty
cents a day. They are not pI acticing
medicine or law, or preaching. They
are laying brick. M in the south
today the demand for good brick
layers can't be supplied. Of course
it takes a first class mason 10 make
three dollars and a half a day. But
there are thousands of less skilled
mechanics in demand at good wages.
Monroe Journal.
The representation of today may
De cOntradicted tomorrow in the ever
changing phases of American poll
tics. but it looks today as if the next
nominee of the democratic party
would be either Parker or German,
with the chances immensely favoring
Parke The Brooklyn Eagle was
one of the advocates of Parker for
the presidency before it inaugurated
the Cleveland boom last spring. Now
that Cleveland has finally withdrawn
consideration of his name it recurs
to Parker. It's praise of him is I'M
Stinted in its terms, and The Eagle
is a paper that measures its words.
John Sharpe williams declares for
Parker Williams also forecasts that
the issue of the next campaign will
be the tariff. Each of these state
ments is a nail in Germans presi-
Dental ambftion.-CharIotte News.
That was a very cyever way that
old man Hanna put it; that every
time he goes to h White house he
has to swear in, and that he is tired
of it But the indications of his
popularity as a presidential candi-
date multiply daily and the indica-
lions are that unless he cuts out his
pilgrimage to the house at the other
end of the avenue there is a good
deal more swearing in ahead of him.
Charlotte News.
The other day a Raleigh paper
noted that three divorces were grant
ed at the recent term of Iredell SUI
periOr court and it thereupon pro-
ceeded to preach a sermon on the
divorce evil" The sermon was all
right, but the paper shOuld take it's
text nearer home. At the last term
OF Wake superior court fifty-three
final judgments were rendered and
thirteen of these were divorce cases
"a little more han one-fOurth of
the total. There were fourteen di-
VOrce cases on the docket and one
was nOn-suited. Ana the Raleigh
Times says already about twenty
more divorce cases have been enter
ed on the docket of Wake superior
court.-Statesville Landmark.
The number of murdererS in this
county that have escaped all punish
ment. and when they escape the in
difference of the county commission
erS in seeking to bring them to Jus
t1ce has become a serious matter
that involves the safety of every
home in the county.-Washington
GaZette-Messenger.
Now that Mr.. Cleveland is out Of
the way as a presidential candidate
speculation is rife as to who is the
most available man for the demo-
Gratis to nominate. Parker stock
has advanced several points within
q few days, while German is not far
behind him. O1ney, too, is men
toned, while Hearst comes in quite
often. 1t is probably a good thing
that h matter is agitated at present
With the right man and the right
platform the party has a good
chance and by stirring things up and
keeping them warm the best timber
Will the more easily be selected.
The republicans used to claim, and
with much truth hat they could
win on the mistakes of the demo-
Gratis, but just now it looks like the
tables might be turned 1t is never
good policy to depend on the weak
ness of your adversary, but the re-
publican party was never in sucn
strife as at present and a good open
ing is being made VIII the party of
Jefferson, Tilden and the rest take
proper advantage of 1t?-Greensboro
Record
Most righteous living including
charity begins at home. The mother
of one of the notorious boy despera-
does was an active worker in n
organization of boys clubs, the pur-
pose of which was to keep boys
from saloons, smoking and reading
lurid literature. She never dreamed
her own son was going to the bad,
n says now. But it looks like a
case of maternal neglect. She was
in for keeping her neighbors' sons
out of mischief and was thus kept
too busy to know where her own
soon StOod.-Greensboro Telegram.