The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-07

STATE PRESS.
When one remembers that the Nor
mons and Christian Science have no
trouble in enlisting converts in this
country he cannot wonder at the threat
Of the Buddhists to send missionaries
to America People are ready TO be-
1t n stronger their belief.-Durham
Herald.
We are learning from some of the
commencement orators b a heretofore
the voters in North Carolina have gone
to the ballot box like dumb driven
cattle. This will be news to the afore-
said voters who have fondly imagined
the were voting as they pleased.-Ra-
elgh News and Observer.
In making four new judicial districts
and thereby creating eight new offices,
the legislature did very well in making
places for its members. i Of the
eight appointees to judgeships n So
hcltorships are members of the legisla-
ture. Such political jobbery is sicken-
ing.-Monroe Enquirer.
This is the first attempt we have eve
heard OF to bride a jury in North Car
DINA, and IL will probably be the last
for some time. 1t will also probably
be some time before we hear the
southern railway again pleading the
baby act and claiming that it cannot
get justice in North Carolina courts
Rockingham Anglo-Saxon.
The Observer suggests that DR.. Kilgo
and Rev. Mr.. Gattis submit their diff
~ferences" to a Methodist primary, and
that no preacher or member of that
church who has ever received favors
from the trust be allowed to vote. AS
this is partly the South Carolina way
of doing things, DR.. Kilgo should accept
| the suggestion at once.-Hilsboro OBJ
| server.
We saw a load of baIed hay four
layers high passing our office Mon
day, and we thought Of what our
friend JOIN Mel. Brown said recently:
w fight grass all summer and buy it
all winter" We hope farmers will
make more hay this year, In Robson.
| Why not try silos and ensilage. Agri-
cultural Experiment Station would fur
n1sh particulars.-Red Springs Record.
The Charlotte Observer admits that
the law as laid down by the supreme
u ushers in imperialism, and there
are many who believe that it is not
many steps from Imperialism to a mon
archy. A few years g no one would
have believed such a move on the part
Of this government possible, but our
4 SiOSo gu liz DSllcI VI our JUG
ment n we are in 1T with the end not
in Sight.-Durham Herald.
We e a good deal, now and again,
| There may be something in it, and
doubtless is but there are ~somebodies
| that cannot be magnetiZed. And we
are beginning to think hat there are
| some who cannot be interested in the
| education of their children. The Bible
says: Jesus Christ could do no
mighty works there because of their
unbelief." Some people are immunes.
the enthusiasm of another has no en-
on them. by their fruits We shall
know Acknowledgements Courier.
The communication elsewhere in this
paper from the mayor and aldermen
of BakerSville should meet with prompt
response from our people. T~nesuffer-
ing of u fellow citizens of this noun
tain country is serious, and relief is
demanded promptly to avert great suf-
fering. We are sure it is only necessary
to state the case to secure action. The
Post has already received subscriptions
and is anxious to receive more so as
to forward promptly. All sums. small
or large, gratefully received end will
be promptly acknowledged and for.
warded.-Raleigh Post.
All this cant. INDUCED in by repub-
leans who haven't the courage to o
their true political standing, about in
dependence of thought" and free
speech would be amusing if it were
not contemplate. We wonder if these
fellows, who spend all their wind and
time in trying to poison the minds OF
the people against the democratic par.
ty, while claiming themselves to be
democrats, think they are foOIing any
body. If they do they are badly mis-
4 - Hnn fnr fhn nnon1n orn 49, IN fh@-
and their despicable methods. If they
were to come out in a manly way anC
acknowledge themselves republicans
and do what they could to further thu
interest of that party in a candid anC
open manne they YOU at least. have
h respect of the people which they
will never have as long as they con.
tinue the hypocritical course they arr
now purSuing.-Wadesboro Messenger
To keep up with the new idea the
church will have to stop praying and
sending missionaries to China and in
vest it's money instead in factories, rail.
roads n telegraphs. 1t is the quick.
est way to convert the heather accord
ing to DR.. Kilgo's view. The gospe
will 60 quicker through the cotton mil
railroad and telegraph than the pray
er meeting, he says, but he fails to men,
ton the cigarette factory in his list Of
evangelizing agencies. According te
Frank Royal, a Baptist missionary, thu
Dukes are paving the way for these
commercial evangelists most beauti
fully with the many pictures OF nude
women they are sending out with theil
cigarettes to China 1t was only a yeal
or so ago that DR.. Kilgo was tired
Of hearing about natural law ma.
terialism was a foe to spirituality
Commercialism is now the thing. Thu
I roa of the steam engine, so vexinf
to him then. is now more p%otentia
h hymns and praise. Give not
heather tracts and Bibles and mission
arise, u steam and electricity ant
points on organizing trusts. The Holy
Spirit, which descended on the day O
Pentecost with sue marvellous results
and which guided the godlike Paul ir
his wonderful missionary tours. and
which has blessed the world from thai
day to this. is. in the language of z