The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-06
STATE PRESS.

has the finest cotton we have seen. He
has one field Of five acres that he is ex-
pecting six bales from. It is in excel
lent condition n with good seasons
will be in bloom by the last OF this
month. By the way. Y.oll bring US
the first bloom?
los North Carolina postmasters
have had their salaries increased for
the coming yea which is either an
indication that business is improving
or hat Revenue Collector" Pope has
been making some favorable reports
Winston-Salem Sentinel.
Now that Germany proposes TO SEND
us over a statue of Frederick the Great,
who was favorably disposed toward the
American patriots in their struggle for
independence. Great Britain might off,
set il by giving US a statue Of Edmund
Burke, whose sympathies were with us
in the early stages Of the Revolution
Kinston Free Press.
A political speech, and on c~aIcula-
ted to reawaken animosities of the past
Is most assuredly out OF place and out
OF time upon a memorial occasion, but
Just such a speech vas that of Presi-
dent Roosevelt. at Arlington, on Fed
eral Memorial Day. last Thursday
Twin City Sentinel.
This county must have plenty OF
money. When a special term of court
is called il is presumed that it is need
ed, hat justice demands il, but the
proceedings this morning aid not look
like IT. The grand Jury was charged
and after going over the docket not a
case was ready for trial and an adj
journment was taken until this after
noon.-Greensboro Record.
Minorities are fully protected by the
democratic plan of organiza ton in the
primaries n county conventions. There
is 10 honesty in sitting the voice of the
minority. 1t cannot be dona inside the
democratic party. If attempted any
where. h party organization will call
to account those who override the
party law n will guarantee full rep
resentation to any ascertained minori-
tv.-News and Observer.
The death of DIR. B. NJ. Palmer re-
moves the last of the giants of Pres
byterian in the south. He vas the
last of that remarkable group of theo-
logians and pulpiteers of this church
composed of Stuart Robinson, Moses D.
Hoge, Arnold DeWelles Miller, James
H. Thornwell and himself. By natural
endowment and education they lowered
upward, forming a class by themselves,
and there is none to fill their places
Charlotte Observer.
The announcement of the president
that he has determined to appoint Sem
ator McLaurin to the on the
bench of the Court of Claims is at the
same time the death knell of the lilly
white republican organization" which
the senator attempted to foster in
South Carolina Had Senator Hanna,
in his capacity of chairman of the re-
publican national committee, continued
to dictate republican policy in the
south this effort of McLaurin's might
not have died abornin' but the Wig
orous methods of the president proved
disastrous to the puny infant.-Tar-
boro Southerner.
In spite of the fact that n Hoar
does not always vote as he talks, in all
the fight over the present Phil pplne
bill he q been a valuable ally OF the
democratic minority. He is the ablest
man in h senate. perhaps; certainly
the most cultured. and hat his failure
to support the Philippine measure has
stung his party associates is evident in
the unkindly taunt of Senator Spooner
the other day when he asked the ven-
cradle senator from Massachusetts why
lie didn't go over to the democratic
party if he couldn't support his own
party.-Charlotte Observer.
II ptSl SuSdI IuS( Is dDOul " oGdl
the president in his efforts 20 give Cuba
relief. Senator Pritchard is lined up
in yesterdays Washington Post with
two West Virginia and fifteen north
western beet sugar Senators in oppoSi-
ton to the house bill granting % per
cent. reduction on raw Cuban sugar
and repeating the diffefential on refined
sugars. The trust a we'll aft
ford IL spare this differential, and the
rpnrrt=On nrnnnCn6 ON tho n1lanfitU Of
raw Sugar that Cuba could supply at
least for some years would no. impure
our domestic sugar interests while it
would greatly aid the Cubans in reha-
b%ilitating Observation-Disclosures Post.
Another ona of what the president is
pleased to refer to as isolated cases"
has come to light in the Philippines.
The isolated cases are being brought to
the front with surprising rapidity. Ibis
time 1T is the cold blooded murder of
two native officials Of the town of San
ia Magdalena. one the presidente and
the othr a policeman. The manner of
murder bears a strange resemblance to
one of the ly~nchings, which the preSi-
dent denounced in his speech at Arl-
ington. The ~presidentc, who was gull
fly Of no crime. was first tortured,
made to dig his own grave n then
But this lynching was not COM
~ " AA'A~SS "No NN
thorized by an official order OF the
United States officers. Charlotte News.
We have been in a great hurry and
raised our legation at Vienna to an
Embassy before .Austria-Hungary had
so by theirs in Washington.
The latter empire, however, has de-
clared its intention of doing so imme-
diately and that made it possible for
President Roosevelt to take the initi-
ative under our laws. There are now
seven nations with which our diplo-
matte intercourse is conducted by
means of Ambo ssadors. Great Britain,
Russia, France, Germany, Italy, Mex
leo and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Chronicle.
An indication of the far reaching in
terest with respect to the treatment OF
widely destructive diseases is afforded
by the meeting of the American Con-
gress Of tuberculosis in this city in
June. Important advances have beer
made by physicians in the relief of vic
Tins of the white plague" as this
dangerous maiady is often called.
Doctors from other countries and from