The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-03-10
CLIPPINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
STATE PRESS.

With a vote on the dispensary, the
ment Of a graded school and town Off
| GERS to be elected, we predict a lively
time in Dunn for the next few weeks
and months.-Dunn Guide.
We notice that Alarnanoe was cx-
| empUed from the operation of the anti
| jug .aw last Monday. This was The
| proper thing to do. ID only takes z 2
cent stamp to get it here anyway, so
| why not order frCm n state and keep
the none in The state?-Burhngtc1
| News.
Mr.. Roosevelt is again President Of
| tie United States. 1t is hoped that
| cur strenuous chief executive will cub
his love Of the spectacular sufficient
to give th1 country a peaceable admin
| istration during the next four years
and incidentally to prove that his
| friendship fer the south is as firm at
| eome Of ms adherents seem to thInk--
| WInm:o1 Sentinel.
An exchange says that the Presi-
| dent of the United States has as hard
a job as anybody living" And yet, he
seems to be we'll pleased with the job,
n when ne takes a rest, n he viii,
there will be plenty of others quite
willing to take his place. 1T is not The
hard jobs that command the best pay.
1t is usually the soft snaps."-Green-
| vile Reflector.
We may be a little thick-headed, yet
| We fail to see that this or the last leg
fslature has don anything that will ac-
tually further the cause of temperance.
True, we can have the open saloon, a
~dispensary or prohibition, yet We could
have had either before, and it is 10
more easy to catch violation of the
law and the punishment is no greater
than it was before.-Durham Herald.
The cotton farmers of the south haze
very neerly secured control of the cot
ton situation. This indicated by the
cact tcat Theodore Price,t the "big bear
is send ng telegraris 20 various points
intlie south asking dcIlers their o"cst
GuCtatio,ls on cotton for immediate &C.
livery. View En- sand mills r with out
the staple, and are making urgent de-
nlands upon New <c1k cotton n1er-
chants Tor the se131. Hence h activ-
| ity.-- kjnSton Free Tess.
The Legislature has come and gone.
1T has o little that is Of general
Importance to the state. Its sins Of
omission and commission will be &C.
cepted as about equal, and it will soon
pass into the realm of forgetfulness.
The vagrant law is, in our judgment.
n Of the best measures passed during
the essiOn In fact, as We remember
it now, it was about the only bill ex-
| cept the Eller substitute for the divorce
) bill passed, which may be said to be OF
| general interest to the state.-Raleigh
Times.
The little news which is permitted to
Sift through from Manchuria indicates
that General Kuropatkfn has met a. Sc
we're reverse and his army is o.
threatened with utter ruin. According
to a dispatch which the Russian COM
mander is said to nave sent to the en-
! peror, a Japanese force Of some zoe, 00c
! men has broken TIN ough the lines and
is now en- route to Mukden. This news
which comes via Berlin, is interpreted
by German government officials to
mean that General Kuropatkin has, IN
fact, been fully beaten; that his army
will be dispersed, and the railroad
north of Mukden will be cut. The Gil-
formation here quoted may or may not
be entirely accurate. but there lis every
reason to believe that the Japs nave
the Russians practically at their mer-
cy, and that if the Cars troops have
not already abandoned Muhden and be-
gun the retreat toward Harbfn, ON the
. north, it is only a matter of snort
TIME until they will do so.-Charlotte
observer.
I'm the department of chemistry, the
University of North Carolina easily
leads every university in the south
This lis largely due to the eminence OF
| President Venable, long at the head of
that department., and to his unabated
zeal in hat important instruction,
| growing every ear mre valuable as
| education becomes more and more prac-
teal. The need for a new and mod
ern chemical laboratory ne been
pressing for years and the crowded con-
dillon of the small building a pre-
vented he necessary expansion of the
experimental part of the instruction.
The General Assembly, which adjourn
ed yesterday, made a new record IN
North Carolina by ~appropriating fifty
thousand dollars to build n equip a
chemical laboratory. Ut is the first lp-
preparation ever made from the state
treasury TO erect a building ait Chapel
Hil. ALI other buildings there were
built from escheats, etc, or We're do
mated by liberal friends Of the univer-
sity.-News and Observer.