The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-28
TUESDAY, OCTBEER %, 1902.
THE MEssENGER,s NEW FEATURES

The Daily Messenger two weeks age
was changed from a four to al eight
page paper and will be continued in tnis
form. While this has entailed addition
al expense on the proprietors and
work on the employees the former fel,
that it was their duty to give to the
patrons of the paper this additional
amount Of reading matter because Of
the increased patronage of the paper
both by the reading public and the ad-
vertising class Of our citizens. The pro-
prietors of this paper recognized the
fact that the people of Wilmington and
Eastern Carolina were entitled to a
more up-to-date newspaper and, feeling
justified by the steady increase of pat
ronage in giving them such a one, hav
made this change in The Messenger and
they feel confident tina their exertions
ave been appreciated. They are not in
the habit of blowing their own horn, bu1
feel that they will be excused for saying
here that they have received congratu-
lations from the citizens of Wilmington
and from the people beyond her borders
upon the appearance, get-up, and the
great amount of Geographic and other
latest news. The great number of these
congratulations and expressions of ap-
probation have been very gratifying to
them.
The proprietors intend to make a
special feature of the Sunday Messen-
ger. Besides being a newspaper"
containing accounts of events of impor.
lance n interest occurring throughout
the world it will have a distinctive
family feature. They will have no
yellow journalism in their Sundays
issue. 1t will be clean, chaste and fit
to go into any household.
This twelve page Sunday edition will
contain, among its other features, three
interesting ones.
One is the "Dooley Letters by F. P.
Dunno, which have become so popular
of late with the reading public. It is
strictly true that no other writer for
the press was ever so popular. "Mr.
Dooley's" witty sayings are as current
in Europe as in America. The opinions of
no public character, statesman or politi-
clan are so eagerly awaited as those
of Mr.. Dooley," and the opinions ot
every public character, statesman and
politician are discounted by his droll
comment. The Sage of Ar-rchey Road
addresses a larger audience han any
other living writer, and his humor
grows ever more mellow, his philosophy
more kindly and touched with a ripef
wisdom.
The second of these special features
is AIDES Fables" which are hardly
less popular than the "Dooley Letters
They are a characteristic American
production, full of wit and ~shrewdness
and rejecting the most varied expe-
riences of life. He has made the second
biggest hit with this generation of
American readers.
The third special feature will be a
To show what may be expected in this
line the following list containing the
names OF some of the contributors is
given: Alfred Henry Lewis, Frederic
Remington. Julian Hawthorne, James
Jeffrey Roche, Charles Battell LOOMS.
James L. Ford, Frank t. Bullen, author
OF 1.-The Cruise of the Cachelot," John
Kendrick Bangs, Clarence l.. Cullen,
author of the "Ex-Tank Stories" Wells
Hawks. Hayden Carruth, T. Jenkis
Hains author of THE Windjammers,"
Anthony Gould, David A. Curtis 1.-THE N.
z. Suns poker expertI John Fox,
Jr., Henry NJ. Blossom, author of
Checkers Anthony Hope, II. Or.
Wells, Paul Lawrence Dunbar, ETC.,