The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-02-05
HERE AND THERE.

Mr.. O91fey Still thinks that Mr.. Ceve-
land should be nominated Nj. Cleve-
sands friends TANK ina Mr. Oney d
trying to come in a. 4 resduary kga1ee
OF the Cleveland movement ami that he
Is not mnch more in sympathy VITA his
former chief taan h was in TIA cam
paSgu OF 1S9S@Clariotte News.
Tarboro has SUFFERED a serious ,oss
by h death Of two Of il bes. and mos;
respected citzenEs within q fsw dlys OF
each other. Captain Ore. Williams and
Dr. j. w JoTfes. Botl had reached a
ripe 9 and throughout their lives en-
joyad n esteem OF 1heir cel1ow GE-
zen They VIII be missed from the So
cial, business. and professional life of
4 good ord town. of whica they were
ever exemplary and respected members.
Raleigh Post
Yes" said n engineer Of a ia
nous fast train in talking Over a re-
cent big railroad wreck the other day,
"there have been a good many bad
wrecks dately. but there's nothing sur
prdslng about them When a S-TJa9huo
happens peeps geL ali sor-s of RIA
sons for st, but they rare,y hear tn
right one. The real cause lies with the
public, that wants 10 travel at a rate OF
speed that can't be kept up wluI safe
~. i have been in the business a good
many years, and l am firmly con vnc-
ed that forty miles an hour is about as
fast as a train ought to go. When you
have to run at fifty, sixty or even sew
ty miles an hou n eng neer is simply
taking chances The other night / was
running into a small city up the state.
II seemed to me that more than a taDu-
sam green, red and white lights were
dancing before my eyes and l cJuldn I
tell one from the other. How muCf
worse it is coming into New Yor you
can imagine. We will never have any
thing like safety in railroad trav5l as
long as the public demands such high
speed"-New York sun.
The judicial reception held at the
White House last week was ATTENDED
by both white and colored guests. The
Washington correspondent OF the Char
lOtte Observer avs The preSenc OF
colOred persons at social functions at
the White House is expected as a MAJ
tire of course and no longer attracts
comment as an unusual occurrence.
1t does seem to happen mighty often
Lincoln journal Nov. 29th.
It is said that congressman canno
live in Washington on his salary but it
is noticed that none Of them refused
TO stand for reelection on his account
-G~Teenville Reflector.
A Dallas woman has just died at the
age of siXty-eiglnt, WHO was tine mpTthl
of seventeen children, the grandmOthe.
OF siXty-eight and the great gIandmJth.
er of 165. Here is a chance for PIesi-
lent Roosevelt to show his apprGc-a-
ton of a strict adherence to ms Le,
sheory.-AshevtLle Citizen.
Let the party once make up its mind
that Mr.. Cleveland Is the only man
who can win and IL takes 10 pID-he.
tn toll urhqft will h.ernnPn ID n TTbF1 m He.
aid
The Washington city correspondent
of The Richmond Tim4s Dispatch fur
nishe the following statement .d-liL has
decided interest: 1t il learLld au-
thOritatively tonight tnat President
Roosevelt recently told a friend who S
very close to him that .t he is nominal
ed tor the presidency he VIII make nj;
campaign IN three issues, Iney VIII
be tine following: % His course in the
ana canal matter. CD His cCUrS:
in competing the owners of anctruciS
coal mines and the miners out On STRIKE
to submit their differences to arbitra-
ton in the winter Of 1893. (3DHLs course
in tine case of Miller. whose ddmissa
fro mthe government printing office
when demanded by the organized labor
of 1.-THE country on tha ground that ne
was not a union MAJ, the president
would not allow.
II have never borrowed Il dcIlar Dir
my life" said the ma who lad lived
fifty years without having IL Wrinkle
1upon his brow. Wei. ul,lt may b.
coqnnDendabI e,'' replied the thoeI6Elt.u
looking Y~l:iZen, bat i isn't key &c
make you "a. historical character CHI
cagO Record-EeTald.
1.-The new cook comes With fire recon-.
me1DdAtLons," sad Mir. higgins. 'Yes.'
answered his wife, "tney SUM- as ~
the people size Vas With thought a dea.
of her, or else that they were viking 20
Go or say almost anything in n hope
OF getting rid Of he..'-Washington
Star.
Mandy, dye recYect how Henry
Virgins used ITO play marbles al the
time when he vas a httle ECKER
Goodness, yes" Well. The haunt got
over his hankerin' after EN- Wit; this
piece in the paper bout m~illtonare5
houses saws he has one OF the finest
election of Italian marbles in, the huE
world"-Brookiyn Life.