The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-22
CLEANING AND COMMENT.

VIZ llO SUITE n5 uESSy DQl W uON KNOW
how trustworthy they are. that are
| given to show the blessed. benign re-
suits Of compulsory education. The at
tendance in state. with such a law OF
compulsoion. and sta.es not exercising
that extreme measure, so repugnant to
democratic ideas and ,he sacredness Of
homes, are given. 1t must De admitted
that the comparison 4. striking and re-
markable. IL it is really based upon as
c~ertained facts and statistics.
Some OF the states having compul-
sorry attendance laws are Maine, IS;
New Hampshire, l5: Vermont, 3.5:
Massachusetts,, o.S: Rhode Island. 25.
Connecticut. /: New York. Is; New
Of Columbia, II; Ohio, 3.5: Indiana, So:
Illinois. 81; Michigan, rs: Wisconsin.
81; Minnesota, Ia; Iowa. IA; North
Dakota, Is; South Dakota, IL: Ne
braska, Is; Kansas, -; Montana. Is;
Wyoming. 7.3; Colorado. 3.s: Utah. IS:
Nevada. o.s: Idaho. So: Washington,
Is: Oregon. Is; California, II.
Some Of the states not having a
compulsory education law are North
Carolina. 90: South Carolina. ISL; Ala
| bama, 1874; Virginia, -; Georgia. 1915;
Louisiana. 20.3; Arkansas. 1875; Tennes
see, IS: Texas. S.3: Mississippi. II 9;
Maryland, SO; Florida, 11.3."
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The north is being better informed as
TO the negroes. While most Of the ne
| groes who have gone from the south are
| of a more desirable class than those
who remain, can generally read and
have had better training under the SUI
~a~,,;eio- re Tho u-hitaa ~ ic vat fr,rd
that some OF the more %trifling, vicious,
lawless, dangerous class have found
their way into the north. The result
is tina crimes Of astonishing kind are
occurring. Lately a negro butler in
Philadelphia killed n woman. his en-
ployer. and her two young daughters.
Now there comes on tue 14th inst, from
Des Moines, Iowa, the gruesome intellig-
ence hat while a young girl OF seven
teen was returning from a Methodist
church. in the evening, she was crimi-
nally assaulted and then murdered. Her
brother, who accompanied her. was
found alive with a crushed head. He
gave a description Of the murderer be-
fore dying. A negro mas been arrested.
IIcdl
three girls and two boys in the Peter
son family. Two of the girls declare
that a week ago they were chased at
the same spot by a a Two hundred
negroes are employed in \ coal mine
nearby.
If the prophecies Of democratic sue
cess in the elections Of this year should
become history it may be a very great
blessing for the country. With a demo-
cratic house. it will be sure to put a
check on republican wild-catism in the
senate. Close political observers are
confidently foretelling a winning game
for the democracy. OF course the out
look is seemingly favorable. and with
a hearty, determined battle for reform
much may be accomplished and a vic
tory won. The blunders. the crimes.
the extravaganza. the waste, the
cruelties, the robberies Of the people
will all come under a stern review.
Wrongs will be righted, outrages will
be stopped, crimes will be punished
and confidence established. h Hous-
ton (Texas) Daily Post, writing OF the
v says The people will pro-
nounce that the Philippines must be
let go; that the bloody, cruel wal there
waged must stop. or, to take up the re-
publicans' nautical metaphor. that the
ship must be scattered because it is a
pirate ship. We Americans are good
men, and true, honest men. not sharks
Of the sea, nor pillagers OF petty peo-
pies. The policy OF the p1caroon does
not appeal to Us. Washington 10 our
NATIONAL hero. not Captain Kidd. We
will not filibuster among the Filipinos.
We are a Christian people and not
brothers OF BaIabbas."
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Gen. Schofeld talked out for Gen.
Miles, and now he is under censure by
the administration and it's supporters.
He was comnander-in-chief before
Miles was. He favors a change in the
army organization. We were rather
gratified to read the following from
him concerning the C~onfederates whom
he fought in the great war for second
independence: 1.-The C~onfederates,
during the civil war, were a great deal
wiser than we were in that respect. |
They were better soldiers n better
educated and knew more about it.
They carried off the better proportion
of the best blood that we had. to tell
the truth, n they organized their |
army scientifically" !
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