The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-08
STATE PRESS.

As a strictly democratic paper the
Commoner might find it more profitable
to turn its guns Upon the republicans
once IN a while.-Durham Herald.
The war department is about to ex-
pend $3.50. 600 on the construction of d
gun carriage. This is bu- another evil
dence of the fact that this administra-
ton is running mad with militarism.-
Durham Sun.
1t looks now as if the Morally Stunt
ed might make q descent upon Harnett
county when the Watts bill goes into
effect. Examination of An Act 10 pro-
hibit the Sale and Manufacture Of Ii
quor in Harnett County, it being
chapter 245 Laws Of 1903, shows that
no penalty whatever is prescribed for
the violation of his law, and since it is
special act, governing the liquor traffic
in Harnett, the Watts bill will not ap-
ply to that county. This raises the
question if distiller1es cannot violate the
law in Harnett with impunity and if
that county cannot be made the dump
ing ground for rural stills. 1t is an in
teresting question and it is likely the
courts will be called on to decide it
AsheviIle Citizen.
Referring to the conviction of the
thieving bank official of Atlanta, The
Raleigh Times says: The state Of
Georgia, like the state of North Caro-
lima, has a governor, with a good heart,
as we'll as a big brain. He is capable
Of making just discrimination in the
matter of pardOns, as we'll as in other
things, and so We feel sure this young
man will receive just treatment on the
part Of Governor Terrell and the par
doning board of Georgia." Just treat
ment in this case can be nothing else
h a q full sentence being served by
this young criminal. The people he
robbed may not be "well-bred," as The
Times say Sim is, but they didn't steal
their savings. To suggest that Sims be
p~ardoned. yer after serving all but one
hour of his sentence, is maudlin SEN
timent, and nothing else.-Greenville
Reflector.
DR.. St. Clair Mckelway, of the Brook
lyn Eagle, is out in a lengthy article
urging the nomination of Grover Cleve-
and for the presidency next year. He
declares that Mr.. Cleveland is the only
man who could peat Roosevelt, and
says that this reduces the case to those
wno would like to defeat Roosevelt and
those who would not. In the first place
the Eagle overestimates RoOsevelt's
strength. His administration has
brought about factional differences in
his own party and there is a strong re-
publican element ever now at work to
accomplish his defeat. 1t is fair to as
sumo that this element viii wax strong
er as the time for the real work of the
campaign draws near. In the SECOND
place, nothing short of q revolution Of
sentiment would render Mr.. Cleveland
available for presidential timber.-Char-
lOtte News.
The Tarboro SOutherner gives US this
information: j. T. Fisher, of Battle
borO. has probably the most valuable
SOW in the state, certainly for last year.
He sold the first litter of pigs for $73:
the next he fattened and killed. making
1,O2O pounds, worth $1O2. Before the
year ended there was another litter of
nine. worth $45. The SOW is a full
blooded registered Berkshire. All these
pigs are living and thrifty" Here we
have 1925 as the result of one SOW in
one year. Could Mr.. Fisher figure out
for The Post the number of bales of
cotton required in his section to equal
this sum, II the relative cost of the
Two crops? The Post copied a few
days g the experience of a South
Carolina farmer in this same connection
and Mr.. Fishers success, it occur to
US. is even better than that Of the
South Carolina farmer. We would be
glad to have the figures of the relative
cost, and profit, compared with tobacco
! ALSO grown in Mr.. Fishers section
as well as cottOn.-Raleigh Post.