The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-03
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Dunn Banner: Spring wheat in this
section is looking well. The harvest
will soon be here. The acreage in to-
bacco in this section has been greatly
increased this year. The farmers are
now busy putting out their plants.
After we kill out all the Filipinos
above ten years Of age it is supposed
we will bring those left up in the way
they should go-If the senatorial can
| didates do not put UP a more active
fight We will fail to get any fun out Of
it.-Durham Herald.
1t is just possible that the
a been premature in their
ments concerning the Winston-Salem
building bill. The Journal cam believe
hat Mr.. Blackburn can afford to as
sumo the responsibility of defeating a
measure in which So many OF his
friends have righteous inteTeSt.-Win-
ston-Salemn Journal.
Scientists say that volcanic dust
from the recent eruptions may be per-
ceived in this latitude The housewife
need not expect to find it on the furni-
ture. however. as the only way in
which it is SUPPOSED to be visible is in
a thickening of the atmosphere that
may cause the sunset to look redder
than usual.-ASheville Gazette.
Duplin Journal: Among the prizes
awarded to North Carolina industries
at the Charleston exposition vas one
to the H. E. Newbury Co., of Mag
nolia. for the best bulb display. Old
Duplin is coming to the front and will
hold up to the world many examples
of industry worthy of medals ere many
years have passed
W~adesboro Observation-Disclosures:
An Englishman, who was employed in
the railroad shops at BiScoe, Mont
gomery county, was killed, in a drunk
en- row at Cahdor, Montgomery coun-
~. Sunday night. He was shot twice
in the head by a man named Morgan
and instantly killed. Morgan has been
arrested and is IN Jail at Troy.
Some rather sensational are
given of the assault of Mr.. L.. NJ. Hoss,
son of Bishop Hoss, upon Rev. James
Cannon, Jr. OF course, a fisticuf is not
the proper way to settle matters, but
when Rev. DR.. Cannon drew Mrs. Hoss
name into a controversy without justi-
fcation we are not prepared to blame
the young man for ~resenting this use OF
his mothers name and teaching Mr..
Cannon q lesson.-RaleIgh Times.
At the recent republican convention in
Goldsboro the negroes declared that
they were not going to be hauled about
| Ivy any pQHS- SllclIcT. 1ndI -, III
some respects, a better name for the
horde Of revenue officers who combine
running political conventions with
bung-smelling, than ~"doodlers.' It is a
name that will stick because it is a
name that accurately describes their oc-
cupattiop.-News and Observer.
Higgling now going on in the United
States senate shows that Cuba will
probably not secure tariff concessions
from this country during the present
session Of congress, says the st. Lotus
Republic. Unless all signs fail, the sen.
ate will throttle the bill with amend
ments which can never pass the house
and thus prevent legislation on The sub.
ject- Cuban tariff disputes among the
republicans in Washington are sufici.
ent evidence of the internal strife now
agttatfng the party. There Ia no tariff
measure OF any sort on which they car
agree. though both President Mckinley
and President Roosevelt recommended
that the laws be ehanged-Charlotts
! News.