The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-08
STATE PRESS.

The Russian government seems TO be
a government Of the Ear ministers
for the cars ministers and by the
cars ministers. Neither the car him
self nor the people appear to have any
voice in the conduct OF anairs.-Ashe
vile Gazette-News.
1t is noticed that a great many little
skip-jack mullets are being caught yet
One travelling on III road often meets
carts loaded with the little things,
about as long as one's finger. far too
small for any use. Some law should be
enacted by the next legislature to pro-
tect these little fish from wholesale de-
struction or in a few years this mullet.
favorite fish of Eastern North Carroll
mas poor folk, will become a luxury
New Bren Journal.
enato simmons has issued his call
for the meeting of the democratic state
central and executive committee. II
will be held Thursday night, March IL.
in the senate chamber at Raleigh. II
seems to be conceded that the commit
tee Will call the convention to meet in
Greensboro but the observing Durham
Herald says that Greensboro wants TO
watch Raleigh n we think ourselves
h a that town is tricky particularly
when it is a state convention that is at
stake.@Greensboro Telegram.
Mr.. Bryan declares that he does not
care about the candidate. but that the
Kansas City platform must be feaffirm-
ed. If that is done no one else will care
about the candidate. either.-Winston
Sentinel.
While telling he New Workers that
he found no evidence of a strong Cleve-
land sentiment in the south, Mr.. Bryan
might have gone farther and stated
that Organism lar lost it's hold ON this
section Observation-Disclosures Sentinel.
In view Of the fact that the stock
holders of the Atlantic and North Car
DINA railroad nave received nothing on
their stock heretofore. if a private COM
pany can take it and make it pay, it
would naturally appear that its manage
ment has not been OF the best.-Durham
Herald.
Down here it would be considered in
bad taste for an editor to use the col
umns of his paper 20 boom his candi-
dacy for any office. and the fact that
Mr.. Hearst is doing this very thing
shows that as a man he is not big
nough for he place to which he as
pires.-Durham Herald.
The Chronicle took the view from the
first that no possible harm can result
form the placing of the Atlantic anG
North Carolina road in the hands of 2
receiver, that such action will only
serve to bring out the true status Of the
railroad. and we believe this will bt
a demonstration of The fact that i
needs to be leased. If the receiver.
ship is not justified bv the facts tina
are to be brought out it will be vacat-
ed; and If it is found best for the state
to continue to operate the road, it will
continue to do so. But we believe tha
the outcome will be what it ought to b.
that this state operated railroad viii
pass under the control of private par
ties, who, whether they make it pa
for themselves or not, will have at leas
have relieved the state OF a burden
Charlotte Chronicle.
AS a member Of the executive com
mittee of the state anti-saloon league
h editor of The News would like tt
diSclaim any connection etwee thu
effort of the league to pass an anti
jug law and this insertion of a state
anti-jug law in a law meant to apply
to four counties of the state. Thu
thing was evidently dom by mistake
Nevertheless. it was not the business OF
the anti-Saloon folks to be looking on
for the interests of. the other side. We
tried to get an anti-jug amendment into
Watts act, and it was thought thai
such an amendment would defeat the
act. We simply claim that the whiskeJ
attorneys ought to I'VE been the ones
to keep their eyes open for any Joker
Of this sort. Hitherto the other folks
the people who are opposed to drunken
ness and crime, have had to keep theil
eyes skinned less the. legislation fol
which they had worked should be made
of none effect by such an innocuous
looking bill as is contained in chapter
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