The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-06-10
STATE PRESS.

1T is said that in one county in this
state the keeper of a dog kenneI gets
a two thousand dollar salary. In the
same county the superintendent OF
public instruction gets a salary or SIX
teen hundred dollars. And the con-
victs in the penitentiary are hired out
for more per day each, than the
average public school teacher gets.
This condition of things supplies its
own comment--Raleigh Post
That was rather a tame ending to
a suit that ragged so fiercely In Fay
e~ttevfile and Lumberton, when the
PEBBLES contempt case went out Of
The whole thing has ended in a dog
fall" but the people of h state
ought to be satisfied 1t isn't fair
though to assess Sheriff Mcleod with
the costs. Judge PEBBLES and his
Lumberton friends ought to square
the account.-Charlotte Chronicle.
The real friend to society is the
man who thinks along right lines,
and then who is not afraid to express
his thoughts for the eyes and ears of
the world. If he is writing, let him
write honestly and p~rudently what he
believes to be true and just. He may
do this in broken sentences and in
faulty rhetoric, yet he will not fail to
send his message home to his readerS
A man may speak with stammering
tongue and knees smoting together,
but the thoughts Of an honest mind
with an unselfish aim, will be as seed
sown in good ground.-Greenville
Reflector.
Judge Purnell finally consented
yesterday to accept bond in the case
of the Atlantic road, but he was not
sure he was doing right in obeying
the orders Of the chief justice Of the
United States. Still, he was consider
ate and CAV the chief justice the
benefit Of the doubt! After this was
done the receivers declined to get out.
n there were kilograms flying
around thick and fast, in one Of
which Governor Aycock got on his
ear and said he would call out the
state guard if the sheriff of Craven
county could not handle the matter.
for he was determined to see that
the order Of the chief justice of the
United States was obeyed. But final
~ peace reigned, the receivers va
Gated, the state ook charge and
what neXt.-GreenSboro Record, June
80.
Ex-Governor Jarvis was in Wash
sington a few days ago, and this is
from a special by Mr.. Thomas J.
Pence, the Washington correspondent
OF The Raleigh Post, to his paper:
Il am an out and out Parker man."
said former Senator Jarvis tonight,
land while I believe thai he can be
elected. I think ex-President Cleve-
and would make a stronger run than
any other democrat. The country
wants a sane and safe man for the
presidency, and the people know hat
Mr.. Cleveland is all of that. But his
nomination is out of the question.
Regarding his nomination as impos-
sible, the wise thing to do is to nom
mate Judge Parker" Governor jar
Wis is distinguished for his splendid
common sense, and in the above he
gives a splendid manifestation Of it.
He is correct in saying hat Mr..
Cleveland would make a stronger run
than any other Democrat, n we
take occasion to repeat expression of
The Observers opinion that he is the
only democrat who could certainly
be elected. But, as Governor Jarvis
says. his nomination is out of the
question, and the party's next best
hold is Judge Parker. Governor Jar
Wis in this interview does himself his
usual credft.-Charlotte Observer.