The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-04-12
CLIPPINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
STATE PRESS.

We hope the time has come when il
will be acknowledged that the south OF
this great country has among her sons
those worthy any honor the nation has
to bestow.-Durham SUM-
There are now nearly 5000 rural mail
delivery routes in North Carolina. They
grow in popular favor and It is only a
question of time when every communi-
ty will have the benefit of the rural free
delivery. The postal department never
took better step than in inaugurating
this system.-Greenville Reflector
The pension sharks are delighted with
the president for the new pension law
which he enacted by virtue OF a de-
partment order. And why should they
not be? Congress for years feared TO
grant the pension legislation effected
by his order, but the president did not
hesitate an instant. A great lawmaker
is our strenuous president, but is he
not also a great law breaker by virtue
of this very fact?-Winston Journal.
What hinders an American citizen
from criticizing the Watts law or any
part of it, or any other piece of legis-
lation for that matter? The fact is
while a good law in the main, it has
some glaring defects which in the in
terest of temperance and justice ought
to be changed. The wisdom of the
world is to die with no man, and as
long as all men are human and unin-
spired their work may need amending
Raleigh Times.
For the benefit of those who know
more about smallpox than the doctors
and all others we will say that if they
do anything-hold an indignation meet
ing, jump the town or kill a Doctor
We will print the facts in the case
G W n
cessary; but this paper will give no
room for them to air their views or
tell what they do or do not know about
it.-Durham Herald.
1t is to be hoped that the prompt re-
leasing on bond of those James City
rioters, will not encourage them to fur
ther resist the law and order. When
such people find that they can get out
Of trouble easily they don't stay out
long. 1t was serious and gross viola
ton Of the law and the violators should
receive but little consideration until the
circuit court decides on what punish
ment should be meted out to them
New Bern Journal.
A smile played over the face of the
nation when young Hearst first step
ped into the arena as a candidate for
preident- Then the smile passed
away and a more serious expression
took it's place. the young man with
his barrel and his long string of papers
is no longer looked upon as joke. But
he will have to wait awhile. This ma
'tion is too big and to great for any
one but a big and great man for presi-
dent.-Winston Sentinel
The course of national events in this
country since the death of President
Mckinley has been aptly termed cha
otic. Under the spectacular and me-
teoric administration of Mr.. Roosevelt,
the nation has been impelled in di-
rection sadly the reverse of what its
founders outlined for it, This much
is admitted by all thinking men, whose
vision is not blinded by party preju-
dice. The powers of the chief exec
utive have been extended to so un-
precedented a point that the president
has openly been accused of usurpation
in the senate. Impelled by wild
desire to have his own way in all
things, whether great or small, he has
aroused amaZement. not only on this
side of the Atlantic, but in all the
great capitals of Europe. So marked
have been Mr. Roosevelt's departures
from the modest decorum of his pre-
decessors in the White house, that
grave fears for the future of the re-
public have been aroused in several
MISUNDERSTANDING Citizen.