The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-02-28
HOME FOLKS.

/ haIelgn mas a IuSCdTOId CluD.' 1t
is composed of young married women
who instead Of card parties have a
meeting once a fortnight to discuss
some phases OF North Carolina history.
1t is found to be interesting and i'm
proving. 1t is some what akin to Will
mington's "Sorosis in at least one of
its departments. Among questions
propounded for discussion are,
l. What started the people toward
rebellion?
?. When did the agitation become
apparent in North Carolina?
There were eight or ten others.
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Already there is quite a rush for the
place OF the late lamented General
Toon. a half dozen or more candi-
dates are already in the field and 1.-The
cry is still they come" Among those
announced or nominated by home
newspapers are Professor Mobiles, Mr..
Frank S. Wilkinson, Professor ]. Allen
Holt. OF Oak Ridge Institute; Ex-Su-
p~erintendent Mebane. now president of
Catawba College: Rev. W. S. Long, D.
D.; Professor W. H. Ragsdale, of
Greenville, and Prof. r. Bruce White.
of Franklin county. This is but the
beginning. There will be twenty
'Richmonds in the field unless Gev-
ernor Aycock appoints quickly. We
have no doubt that he will look to the
best interests of the children. the
schools and the state, n not be
guided by mere personal Partially
in his selection.
Since the above was prepared for pub
LEGATION the governor has appointed
Professor ]. Y. Joyner to the position.
day.
The Scotland Neck Commonwealth
prints and highly praises the recent
address of Mr.. w. A. Dunn, Jr.. Of it's |
town, at Wake Forest college.
Last Saturday this most calamitous |
announcement appeared in an eastern
state exchange:
Corn, hay and guano is being ship |
ped here in car load lots"
In farming that trinity of things
purchased augurs as great a failure
for farming as the introduction Of
smallpox, yellow fever and cholera
would for the physical health of that
section. Think of a people living in the
dark ages in the twentieth century.
instead of making
them. and living upon northern corn
cribs and hay fields. And to call that
1t is worse than play or po-
litical office-seeking.
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There seems to be doubt as to the
most illiterate southern state. One
says it is South Carolina.
school teachers say it is North
We have not at hand the
reports of the last census
that of 1900-but in 1890, North Caro-
ina stood z in the southern class.
There was a clean reduction of illit-
in North Carolina between 1880
1890 Of s er cent. In 1880, it was
;1.5 per cent the whole schoo popu-
alton and 80 it was % per cent.
But there i awful number of illit-
voter others beyond school
DR.. c. A. - mex, the Biltmore for
near Asheville, of Mr.. George
Vanderbilt, invites all lumbermen in
crested in foresty to join with a
of instruction to travel in Eu-
ope. leaving April 1st, and return June
9th. The party will visit Rhine VAL
ey, Odenwald, Vogelsberg, S~pessart
Black Forest, Bavarian
Alps Tyrol and Roumania. DR..
purpose on this tour is to
how to the participants just how
much or how little of German forestry
5 applicable to American conditions.
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Senate IONS, who is new presi-
.ent of tt nocratic state commit
ee. calls j meet at Raleigh on the
5th Of NJ; next.
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Represen, Te Pou in a recent in
gave it as his opinion that the
.erocracy will carry the country in
he next election if not guilty of very
reat. most objectionable folly. 1t
you'd look h a way, but hen people
nth memo les remember how many
nd great the failures of the democ-
acyhave been in the past quarter of
century. He IS reported in a special
o the Raleigh News and Observer as {
There are two issues which are be- :
oming more prominent every day:
Il. The disposition to be made of the
Philippine Islands. s