The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-02-14
STATE PRESS.

sented a bill of SIS to the county COM
missioners for taking from a pond an
inmate Of the county home should
communicate with the custodian OF
the Carnegie hero fund since the local
authorities have failed to cough UP.
Charlotte Observer.
There is no reason why that Yer
mont woman should not hang, other
thar that she is a woman, but that
should be sutficient"-Morning Her
aid. That's the stuff. A King on the
throne could give no better reason
why a woman should be spared the
gallows.-Raleigh Times.
Tt was predicted that the High
Point banquet-as a banquet-would
be a tame subdued affair owing to
the fact hat the sparkling glass that
cheers was not to occupy a place on
the emu but those who so predicted
reckoned not with the host nor with
the character of the guests. There
was no wine, neither was there any
dizziness or t~ediousness. 1t was a
live. brilliant occasion, enthused and
warmed by business spirits rather
than the a that comes in demi-
johns and bottles.-Raleigh Post.
People who read the daily reports
in The Chronicle from Raleigh need
not be told that North Carolina is
coming along" Scarcely a day passes
without news OF some new manufac-
turing, banking or railroad concern
being chartered. The two million
dollar railroad corporation reported
TO-DAY iS npa ne tho 1or1oct of oil Te
(as our idea about it is), it is to open
up Southport by railroad connection
with the outside world. it may be
classed as one of the most important
of the development movements start
ed in the state in years past.-Char-
lotte Chronicle.
Elsewhere on this page is published
another letter from Rev. A. J. Nc
kelway, the aims of which are either
yelled or misdirected. We will not
accuse the writer of purposely mis-
reading the editorials Of The Post.
But he has misread them; and he is
a man Of more than the average I'M
derstanding. This paper has never
called DIR. McKe1way a labor agitator.
He stated himself that if this legisla-
ture refused to pass his bill he would
1naugurate an agitation the next two
years that would let the next legisla-
ture knoW that the children have
friends in the state, or words to that
effect. A Raleigh abo leader, hay
ing various and sundry titles as such,
IS the man who claimed Dr.. Nickel
way as a leader in the agitation that
is proposed by the labor organiza-
tions.-Raleigh Post.
If there be one demand the people
Of North Carolina have made upon the
present legislature more than any
other, 1T is to revise the divorce laws.
Every religious organization in the
state has formally asked for it: the
press of the state has been continu-
ally crying out for it; and in other
ways h wishes of the people have be-
come known Enthusiastically. Yet for
some reason or other, the legislature
has done nothing and they do not
seem much inclined to do ANYTHING.
On the other hand, in certain quarters.
is seems that there is a desire to make
easier instead of harder. The
senate judiciary committee has ac-
fually recommended two additional
causes for divorce to be embodied in
the law. 1t is scarcely to be believed
that this can pass, but it is more in
conceivable how the judiciary COM
mittee in the face of the demands
coming from almos every quarter
could have made the Recommendation
News.