The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-13
STATE PRESS.

We express sincere regrets at the r.
tirement OF Mr. Boone. who has for
more than q dozen years eonductei
with ability the Waynesville Courier.
He feels that the Master has a use for
him in another portion OF the vineyard.
and he lays aside the editorial pen for
the pulpit. Our best wishes go with
him.-Raleigh Post
They are seriously talking OF building
an electric "a from Greensboro To
Winston-Salem- One Is to be built 10
connect the mill towns in Alarnancc
county. Within ten years an electric
road Will be In operation between Ra-
This is the Of electricity.-News
and Observer.
It has been pointed out that IL we in
vest $1,000 600 in the Danish West In
dies il may be blown into the cir any
day. We cannot see that this Is any
worse han investing $50, 200. 600 IN a
ready-made insurrectiun.-The repub-
lican papers are having cad loads OF
trouble trying TO handle Senator Hoar's
speech. 1t is as full Of stickers as .
fretful porcupine.-Roanoke News.
1t is our opinion that the democratic
party will have less trouble in getting
together than in keeping together As
time rolls on new important questions
will continue to arise and Oh these
thinking men Will differ. regardless CT
party utilization. The man who is n
democrat or a republican today doas
not know VIA he will be tea years
hence, provided. of course, thar ne is
honest with himself.-Durham HeTalG-
The best heard OF the water-cure so
far is contained in the evidence produc-
ed in the case of Major Glenn, recently
tried by court-martial for infiicting that
alleged torture on Filipinos. In the ma
jor'S defense il is stated that he took
the cure personally before administer
ing it to his prisoners. Major Glenn. 1t
the evidence is TO be believed, either
possesses an unusually tender heart o;
an exceedingly elongated tummy--
Charlotte Observer.
There is such a thing as not being
able to please some people and that
seems to be the case in England.
where. we are told, there Is an under
current of discomfort over the settle
ment of the Boer-British war. The dis
contented element contends that while
the British obtained peace, the Beers
obtained all the horror. Peace, they
say might have been obtained a year
earlier and on better terms. Perhaps il
might, but England needed a lesson
and she has found experience a dear
News.
Trade between the United States and
all South American countries IS serious
~ handicapped for want of Satisfac -.tcy
TRANSFORMATION facilities and - eS"es.
sive shipping rates. The trarspJIta
ton companies operating betweeL tie
states and South American ports. as
we'll as between Europe \ South
America. are none of them controlled
by American capital. and. as 4 result.
it costs about o~ne-third more to ship 4
ton of freight from the states than It
does from European ports.-Tarboro
Southerner
Sampson county clings to populism
like a sore-eyed kitten hugging a hot
brick on a cold winters day. And, by
the way. Sampson is one of the few
counties in this state whose script is
huckstered around from one county
store to another: no one wants the stuff
save at a big discount.-SenatOr
Pritchard must feel proud of his forty
eight Bung-Smellers who allowed thir-
teen negroes and one white man to out
general them in the Wayne county re-
publican convention. But then, brains
always did count more than mere num-
bers.-Wayne County Advertiser.
The Eighth judicial district that met
at Rockingham last week and nom.-
mated Walter H. Neal for judge and L.
D. Robinson for solicitor, will be the
banner democratic district in the STATE
at the election in next November. Thee
are hardly enough republicans left in
four of the counties to form an ordinary
size military and the other
two will give good democratic major.
ties this year. This district will give
the biggest majority according to the
number of counties and voters OF ar"
district in North Carolina. n is a
prediction that you can afford to 81
| on.-Aberdeen Telegram.
The injection into the body of the
hilippine bill of the right of free speech
and of a free press, the right of petition
| for redress of grievance, a guarantee
| against unlawful searches or seizures
| and sundry other chunks Of constitu-
| tional privilege whilst denying to the
| Filipinos the right of trial by jury. the
right to bear arms, the right to free
| commercial intercourse and other essen.
| tfal rights accorded to the inhabitants
of other territories of the United States
| shows the invincible determination OF
the republican party TO establish a CO
lonial system foreign to our own form
of government and subyersive of its
representative system. Philadelphia
! Record.
Wadesboro Observation-Disclosures
1t is the desire of the ladies. who havs
In charge the matter Of the erection Of
a monument in Wadesboro to the mem
DRY of the confederate soldiers OF An.
son county. to have the m":it1rcn'
placed in the center Of tie pubic
square. The town commissioners nave
appointed a committee TO confer witt
the ladies, and a meeting to be held
Saturday it will be decided whether o:
not permission will be given them u
use the square. The fund
now amounts to about 500 and it is de-
sired to work on It "a socf
as a suitable site for 1t is secure1--
Where early stands were sec II = cot
ton was never finer in this sect,o1 81
this time Of year. However. IN Ecar.S
places. seed were late sproutlng aur
where his is the cas- the plant IL no
looking so we'll. Corn. OF which there
is a great deal more planted than usuaI
is looking well. but there is great com
plant of ravages by u worms Wheat
and oats are almost a complete failure