The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-02-28
CLIPPINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
STATE PRESS.

Yes we have ar oyster commission.
And the oyster interest is not one-third
as great as the fishing interest. Yet
there Is no fish commission. Funny,
don't you think ?-Windsor Ledger.
An arrangement of freight rates that
allows Richmond to get a barrel Of flour
from Minneapolis for fifty cents, while
Greensboro pays ninety looks a little
like discrimination to us.-Greensboro
Telegram.
It is said that Observation-Disclosures are
confident that the Senate will ratify
the Hay+Bond treaty at the present ses-
sion of congress. When Newfoundland
learns to know the United States sem
ate a little better she may inc her con-
fdence has been Observation-Disclosures
Southerner.
Early peas and all kinds OF carly
vegetables will likely bring a good
price this spring. The crop further
south has been badly damaged by the
cold weather and indications are that
all early vegetables will be scarce this
spring. We advise the planting of such
as can be put into the market early
Washington Progress.
One great trouble is that too many
people think that criminals should be
pitied rather than punished.-Durham
Herald. Perhaps this feeling is due to
a consciousness that the criminal is
punished for things no worse than they
themselves are guilty Of but have
never been caught up with.-GreenviIle
Reflector.
Wilson'S reputation is not the best in
he world away from home among
those who value human life. Strangers
say we have a good WI with modern
improvements and a town most desir-
able in which to dwell, except that our
moral courage is SO inert we quickly
forget crime, until another arouses our
people. to a few V~apOratiOns that are
soon dissipated in the air.-Wilson
Times.
We do not think the enactment of q
state anti-jug law at this time would
strengthen the cause of temperance,
though this is a question about which
good men differ. There is danger Of 60
ing ahead of public sentiment, in this
as in all other matters. Few a
ago prohibition was not successful in
Northampton because so many good
men opposed it, but now it is a sue
cess and blind tigers exist in but few
places. We were cursed with them here
at Rich Square for a long time but
those who were once engaged in this
business here have reformed or are
fugitives from justice.-Roanoke Chow
an Times.
If the women in any state really
want to vote, there is, a. we see it,
little to be gained by denying them
the privilege. The thing to hope for
is, that the women themselves would
offer the most positive and most I'M
compromising opposition to any propo-
sition of this sort. We maintain that
there is little difference in the dIstinc-
tive womanly qualities of those who
to vote, but who are prohibited
by statute, and those who vote. The
distinctive virtue of the typical south
ern women is, that she would feel hu-
inflated instead of honored by the per-
of any sue public function.
Raleigh Times.
The democratic state executive COM
nittee has about decided that they
no power to construe the demo-
cratic platform, and the Ward bill has
shown a strength that will enact it into
by the House. We are losing no
sleep over the result. All the wisdom
of the party is not centered in any n
man, and the party leaders will find
this out sooner or later. The corserVa-
tive element in the democratic party
will yet come round to the top, and ex-
will see where they have made
mistakes. while the good old demo-
cratic doctrine of majority rules, and
We recognize that, still that does not
prevent US from having an opinion.
That opinion is, we are doing a lot OF
legislation n law-making in the in
terest of temperance-or prohibition,
if you please-that is not 50 much in
that interest after all. If this be trea-
son. then take it and make the most OF
it.-Durham Sur