The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-11-25
STATE PRESS.

Fresh vegetables from the garden. a
c crop Of early orchard fruits. and
roses, magnolias and cotton plants IL.
bloom is certainly an urusal record for
middle November: But 1t is likely 10
turn off cold after the present rain.
and sleet and ice may pelI ''inis" TO
all this winter bloss)m!ng-Charlotte
Observer.
Now put a shoulder to the wheel n
push until every school district has q
comfortable house and every scholar an
efficient teacher. Don leave of until
you can point to these things with as
much pride as To your fat hogs: fast
horses. big potatoes, and a record for
~ having scratched q democratic
ticket.-Greenvilie Reflector.
The presidents present attitude to-
ward the lilly white" in the
south has converted some Of the front
benches at the pie counter into anxious
seats Already some of the faithful
hereabOuts have disce1n=d their finish.
And this is not what they were led by
Marse Jeter to eXpcc III that little
heart-to-heart talk just before the state
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Record.
If the Salem smallpox will be the
Means of driving those hitherto unvac-
cinated citizens to AXE this sane and
reasonable p~recautiOn. the incident will
III the emu nave OOHe JlLdL ro1ilOn Oh our
community more good than harm. An
unvaccinated person Is Il menace to the
health of any community. He is a
nuisance. n public sentiment should
50 regard him.-Winston Sentinel
1t is a matter of tulation to
southern people that their section is
surely, and with commendallc momen-
tum, passing from under the stigma of
illiteracy Sc long imposed by the ma
tional decennial census. An investiga-
ton of the last census I!literacy Stats
tics discloses the gratifying fact that
every southen state has reduced its per-
centage to the bad, IN this important
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Headlight.
The contest for speaker of the house
is already over. n Mr.. Cannon is the
victor. He was born III ,iuilfo~d county,
y. c. May eth, 1886. He has been in the
house twenty eight years. n has come
to leadership by industry and ability.
He has many old fashioned ways that
recall his North Carolina birth. He is
the best man the republicans have and
North Carolinians of all parties will re-
jOice in his promotion.-News and OBJ
server.
The V~icksberg Herald. discussing the
case of Judge Rhea, of Virginia, who
declined a certificate of election TO con-
gress to which he was not entitled. OBJ
serves hat there is nc possible iusti-
fication for election monkey work in
any southern state under existing suf-
frage restrictions. There is zone what
ever and this proposition of our Vicks-
burg contemporary ought to be preach
ed and taught by every honest man
throughout the sOut5 Charlotte OBJ
server.
Wilmington is having a round with
the musical slot machines. 1t is said
that twenty-eight of them are in that
city. The aldermen have taken a pull
at them and levied a tax SO per month
on each machine. If the solicitor of
that district Ices his duty something
will soon happen similar to the occur
renee which too place in Greenville
last ~winter-every operator of a ma-
chine will be indicted ard the machines
will be run out entirely. They are a bad
form of gambing.-Greenville Reflector.
All around the railroads a>e increas-
ing the pay of their employees INC it is
n of the most hopeful signs of the
times. Men with money are more and
more beginning to realize that common
justice demands that they share their
profits with the men who produce
wealth. 1t isn't right for a manufac-
turer to roll in wealth if the men who
cooperate with him in producing
wealth are barely eking out an exist
ence. And now that the cost of living
is steadily growing greater there is all
the more cause for giving employees
more means for meeting the increased
eXpenSeS.-GreenSbOro Telegram