The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-10-11
CLIPPINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
STATE PRESS.

1t may not be improper to ask what
| that conspiracy cas- was begun
| for anyhow. and why SO much noise
was made about it-Raleigh Post.
1t is the opinion of those In close
| touch with the situation that the
| tenth district Is all right, that Gudger
! IS certain of a safe majority; n that
| the real contest in this state Is be-
| tween New and Blackburn In the
| eighth. There both sides realize that
| it will take hard work to bring either
side a vfctory.-Raleigh Post
| A.. A.. Young, who is managing o
gresham Overstreet's campaign in
| Indiana makes the charge that rec
| L. Knox. colored. who has announced
| himself an independent candidate for
congress-, has been brought into the
race by Thomas Taggart. chairman
of the democratic national committee
This sounds like an Offset To h
charge that h republicans are
financing the populist campaign
Charlotte Observer.
Ex-senator David B. Hill. the sage
of "Wolfs Rest is a campaign fighter
of the heroic kind. He strikes out
from the shoulder. knocks down with
the butt end. and calls a spade a
spade. He handles President Roose-
Welt without kid gloves. He calls
Roosevelt 1.-The Tartarin Of Oyster
Bay" and uses other blood-curdling
words that make the war spirit with
in US stand on ends like quilts on a
porcupine's back.-Daily Economist.
The Salisbury Sun says: eff the
Rowland Improvement company car
ries to completion the improvements
--- <L4 -oo-1o oIn-r tho 1in>
of the A. & N. c. have even more
reason to congratulate the administra-
ton upon the lease Of the road"
There is every reaEo to believe all
improvements now planned will be
executed. and that nan more not
now on the boards will be planned
and fulfilled.-Raleigh Post.
Looks like Judge PEBBLES has gone
and put his foot in it again. The
clerk of the superior court of Warren
county resigned and the judge of the
district has the appointment of his
successor. The democratic executive
erously signed petition asked for the
appointment of the deputy clerk. Mr..
J.. R. Rodwell. but Judge PEBBLES
turned him down and appointed MI.
Oliver Rowland. In this action he
was within his rights. but in making
the appointment he gave as his reason
that Mr.. Rowland was a defaulter.
when such appears not to be the case
at all and now Mr.. Rowland is after
him with a sharp stfck.-Greensboro
Record
In the circle of prominent demo-
Gratis who are directing the affairs OF
the national democracy there Is one
who must appeal particularly to he
o5,,;raf;a- re oil nann1a Uhn da1iorhf
to see pure, capable, noble men die
tating the policies Of the democratic
party. That one is George Foser Pea
body. His idea of having the demo-
cratic campaign fund depend to some
extent on the contributions of those
who cannot give in large amounts
| shows that in his opinion the demo-
cratic party should make it known
that 1t is the party Of the plain. every
day citizen. In his view the demo-
| cratic party would forfeit it's claims
TO the support Of the masses If 1t
could draw freely from the treasures
of the great corporations for funds to
carry on it's campaign. American
politics needs more Peabodies in its
business.-Greensboro Telegram.
The lately issued census bulletin on
| the subject of the negro shows that
| Washington, d. c.. has more negroes
| than any other city In the united
l States, having more han $4,000 me-
\ groee, out Of a total population OF
27S.234. Baltimore has over SOC. 200
population with 10000 negroes. Is
safucme county, Miss, a fifteen ne
| grOes to each white man and this Is
the largest percentage of negroes 20
whites in any part of h United
States. One Of the curious facts in
connection with the distribution of
negro population is that where the
proportion of them is the greatest, they
seem to give the least trouble and
defer to the control of the civilization
of the white man most readily.
Throughout the Mississippi valley the
negroes are generally respectful and
generally follow the lead of the white
people in the matter of their personal
conduct. In northern cities there
seems to be among the negroes a
growing disposition to be restless OF
the control Of civilization which
Is deemed essential to the good ride
of a community of white people. In
the Mississippi bottom the feeling be-
tween the negro and white people Is
generally very good indeed. In the
northern cities the feeling between
the negroes and white people is ap-
parently growing more and more pref
udicaI.-Charlotte Chronicle.