The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-31
4 CAROLINA.

fremont NsS1tor- seven hundred tons
OF guano. In excess Of last years sales.
have beer delivered to the local trade
OF Fremont. for this years crop
On every hand we are hearing and
| reading Of more schools. more books,
| more i~braries-all Of which means a
freer, greater. and more enlightened
| people.-Gastonia Gazette.
The class that builds up a town AID
country. and enjoys life and makes
the best citizens. are the enterprtsing
and liberal men who believe In living
and let others live--Durham sum-
Every time Mr.. Bryan opens his
mouth he causes an outbreak OF anti
| Bryan mania from the same anti-dem-
| ocratic sources hat such cries have
always come from--Charlotte News.
DIR. Kilgo's new road tc China may
| not be a slam on ~ucati of the
higher kind, but IL may have the effect
Of keeping others from wanting to have
SO much book NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Record.
The good of all the people is OF more
| Importance than the good OF a few OF
the people. No community can arord
to ~retrogress financially or otherwise
that a few may prosper. The advant-
age OF h politician is OF less import
than the prosperity OF the laborer or
| business man.-Winston Journal.
The fire seems TO nave caught from
| the kitchen, and spread TO the main
building. The family was walked by
the barking of a dog. but too late to
| save anything of value. Even the
| clothing Of the children was lost. The
| loss is near 81, 500. with no insurance.
| Mr.. Erwin is one OF Burke's best citi-
zens and has the sympathy of all our
people.
During the educational conference
here some n described a crank as
one who knows the Lord would do
things according to his notion il the
Lord knew as much about IL as he
does. We are reminded of this def
milton by the following remarks which
DIR. Kilgo is reported to have made in
an address at Greensboro, a few nights
ago.-Winston Sentinel.
Wherever the carpet Dagger put his
foot frauds and speculations abound.
1t was so in the south during recon-
struction times, and it has proven to
be SO in our colonies" In Cuba we
had gigantic frauds in the postal de-
partment, not to mention the "embalm-
ed" beer contracts In Porto Rico
the same cry has gone up and now Ma
Mia steps to the front with riotous
living at the expense of the govern
ment n gigantic steals in the com
missary Observation-Disclosures Sun.
There is quite a contrast between
DR.. KilgO's idea that God will enter
China quicker through factories han
through prayer and the idea advanced
by DR.. Cecil, in his sweet-spirited SER
mon last Sunday morning to the grad
yates of Salem Female college. DIR.
Cecil said: I'VE have more people who
prefer to work rather than pray and
sit at the feet of Jesus. We need more
men and women of pEayer."-Winston
Sentinel.
1t is doubtful if any act of the ne
groes since the right Of franchise was
given them has done more to emphasize
the wisdom and necessity of the cOnsti-
tutional amendment adopted last Au-
gust than their conduct in voting
against or not voting at all-which was
the same thing-in the school tax cleo
lions last week. Nor is this all; it has
lone more to crystalize public senti-
ment in favor of a separation Of the
school taxes h any other one thing
could nave done perhaps. And when
this comeS-aS come III will though
h negroes will ave nj one to blame
but Observation-Disclosures Gold Leaf.
We are amazed at the statement
made by Professor M. c. S.. Noble, of
the University, in delivering the diplo-
mas to the ember of the graduating
class Of the graded school of this city
last Friday night, that out of every
10000 men who do not go to college one
rises or attains reputation, while out of
every forty college men n man
achieves success. This indicates, said
the speaker, la the college man il
$50 times better off than the man who
has not received a college education.
The figures are eloquent, n as Pro-
lessor Noble is careful in his state
ments We may not doubt their substan-
tial accuracy.-Charlotte Observer.
But there is one kind of trouble in
this world which God never sends, and
which never brings a blessing with it.
1t is the very worst kind Of trouble,
it does not tend to our better
ment. 1t is the borrowed trouble which
people get by giving anxious thought
of tomorrow, instead of being content
to bear the burden Of today. That is
the kind Of trouble which God bans
and bears out of his kingdom, and yet
even good men and good women dc
not ban and bar it out of their lives.
Ninety-nine one hundredths Of these
borrow on and anticipated troubles
come. A true Christian on his
death-bed confessed hat the greatest
worries of his life have been through
his anticipation of evils which never
Acknowledgements Courier.
One OF the marve1s Of this country is
the rapidity with which a man who has
occupied a large slice of the public at
tention may enter into utter fnsignifc-
ance. For Instance SO late as three or
four years ago. Marion Butter, United
States enato from North Carolina
had his state by the ears. had more
personal power than any politician in
h state ever had, n caused more
genuine devilrry than any ten ever did.
Every body talked about him demo
Gratis with contempt and hatred, repub-
leans with fear not unmixed with anx-
iety and admire ton. and populists with
a wealth OF hero worship. Today the
public interest m the man is unbound
ed by a simple curiosity to know what
he is doing With himself since he was
dropped from the public gaze.-Monroe
Journal.
Raleigh Post: Captain c. B. DEN
son, who has just returned from the
meeting of the National Conference of
Charities and Correction, which was in
session in Washington. d.. G. last