The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-18
STATE PRESS.

The Atlantic and North Safo'Iio
Railroad being in the hands OF re-
ceiver does not hurt he price OF the
stock Int has given II a healthy slim
illus. What stock has been on tue
market brought high prlces.0Green-
Vile Reflector.
The liquor lawyers who e up to
Raleigh last winter to defend the
whiskey business. failed to earn their
fees. In looking for big things, they
did not discover that innocent looking
| little anti-jug law for four counties
| that turns out to be big enough TO
cover the whole state like a horse
blanket.-Charity and Children.
! The Watts law in combination with
the anti-jug law has given the state
a s~tricter prohibition law than the
London Bill would have given. IL
| is all the result of a blunder, Out, II
| seems a lucky one for the cause ct
| prohibition. A blunder-but where's
| the man SO bold as to lead a hght
| TO repeal the law without providing an
| equally effective observation-disclosures
ton Argus.
Nobodv is surprised that the whiskey
organ at Charlotte n its republican
| correspondent hin DIR. Mckefway
should be- chased out of the state
but To quote a North Caro'lna con-
] gresham as making such an anarchis-
I tic statement is another matter. When
demand was made to produce tne
name Of the congressman who said IL,
the correspondent couldn't do so. Un-
der these circumstances. an apology TO
DR.. McKelway and all the congress
men was the only thing in order
News and Observer.
The article copied from yesterdays
Wilmington Messenger shows the un-
satisfactory, not to say dangerous po-
sition the governor of the state mas
been placed by the vapid o~utpourings
Of The News and Observer. The I'M
qualified statement OF Governor Ay-
cocks position by The News
observer. quoted by The MessenSeE.
either docs that gentleman a verT
gross Injustice or places him IN an
unfortunate as well as TO-
sition. We shall believe until We ave
further evidence that his excllency Is
grossly Observation-Disclosures Poss
March 18th.
There is not another town in the
state the size of Mooresville that has
no police protection. That office was
put out of commission last Christmas.
and he evil doors have been having
the town all to themselves. SeVeraf
Sundays ago there was considerable
drunkenness and bad behavior on the
streets .ha might have been prevent
ed by the presence OF a GOOD pon~e-
man. The comparative good order Will
have an end some of these lays acd
there will be serious trouble be1ore
the town can hustle men to the res
cue. The townpeople are entitled TO
police protection, and should also be
protected at night by street lights
Mooresville Enterprise.
Judge B. F. Long was rather Sc
we're in sentencing two pillars OF the
law in Madison county criminal court
last week. One justice of the peafe
was fined $500 for thanking up" and
the other $500 for practicing law.
There seems to be a tendency on the
part of some u. P's.' who nave hald
| office long enough to know a little law
and to be able to partially interpret
the code to dispense with a lawyer
for the client. In such cases the cour
fees are always made safe. and US
ually the clio who is brought before
the court had rather submit to the
payment of costs than being put to
the trouble Of setting up a defence-
The practicing u. P" needs to be
closely looked after, and i'm both SEN
fences referred to above Judge Long
has set an example that other judges
| will d. we'll to follow.-Stanley En-
terprise.
The state has cause to be proud OF
the abilities Of Senator Simmons. he
, is studiouS and possesses In general
capabilities of a high order. When he
speaks he shows he has grasped the
matter in hand and always gets j
hearing and makes a lasting impress
sion Senators are set. to thinking arc
, are moved by his speeches "a Is. a
a rule. a result OF compromise in leg
~islative bodies and the compromises are
brought to a elimination into law by
the men in the body who Dossess tns
most brains coupled with gifts ol
speech and personal influence, TIE
! speeches of our senator on the Panama
l treaty matter showed a forcefulness
{ that placed him in the front rank "A
? man of his untiring energy and supert
I physique may be expected to grow a.
r the years go by. and this fact makes
: the future safe from a day in which We
!, shall ever be other than proud of u
J representative in the United Stats SEN
ate-JThe Robesonian.
The best the editor Of the Charlotte
News can do in reply to the editoTia
of Monday in this paper Is this: Mr.
Banks is still issuing his Billingsgatt
against the editor of The News, and
claims that he is only guilty OF tbs
.parellelism of Observer methods and
of belonging to the school of high ton
ed journalism Of which The Observer
is the leading exponent in North Car
DINA. which explains the Billings.
: gate sufficiently. SO far as the expe'
, rience OF the editor of The News u
concerned" This is an old trick Of DR.
, McKeiway's. He attacks the charac-
ter OF gentlemen in the most unjusti-
fable way. and when they defea1
themselves and show him w in hi:
, true light he limps OF w~himperins
I cElingsgate." He viii smile In q
I mans face and stab him under ths
> fifth rib: he will impute false motive:
I to others In a most reckless manner
: and then in return when he Eet9 q
richly deserved dressing down IN
whines: .'BilIingsgate." 1t strikes u
that this Is the plant OF a coward
Ashesille Gazette-News.