The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-02-25
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ITO1Cc6OE 0dIl0Ci -. teuADlct VI
Asheville, has written an interesting
paper for the Asheville Citizen upon the
Attendance Problem in The Rural
Schools" He holds that the true solu-
ton lies in the power IF public opinion
which cannot be resisted" He does
not favor. as we understand. compui-
sorry education. nor docs the able gov
ernor. who has a cooler e and more
craftsmanship capacity than any Of the
hot advocates for it. Or perhaps n
hal dozen Of them in combination.
Professor venable is an old man more
than seventy. and Is the only living
son of the late distinguished and elo-
ouent Hon. Abram w. Venable. Of
Granville.
Tarboro has a novel industry-the
shipping of WORKOUT horses TO Rich
mond, Va. where tbev fetch good
prices. The Southerner says of its re-
porter:
He was informed hat Did plugs
which will sell In the market for only
a few dollars sell readily in Richmond
for a much better price. So whenever
a trader has accumulated enough to
make a car load off .hev go to Rich
mond."
The fiourishing town Of Wilson has
now a third paper, and it is ~curlously
named THE Thomas Cat" and is plan
red upon rather original lines. The
number before US Is we'll filled with
editorial matter. 1t saws in it's "Salu-
tatory:"
ITO tell the truth in a decent way
can hurt no n but the guilty, and
just in proportion as it is poignant 10
the guilty. it is a comfort and shield
to the righteous, the innocent, the I'M
wary and ~unsuspecting by pointing out
the pitfalls and the mares that beset
the traveller on life's pathway. truth
is a searchlight that Thomas Cat pro-
poses to turn into darkened places"
A northern paper Published a highly
colored account of a southern farmer"
who makes monev and lives at Wood
stock Manor Halifax county N. c." The
Henderson Gold Leaf, whose editor is
a Halifax boy" denies the whole ac-
count. and says:
II Noio LCaI ~ ~ CApIOoC
such a fairy tale. but it happens to
know that there is no such person as
this Mr. Isaac M. Meekins.' and no
Woodstock Manor with every onven
fence of a city residence, including cleo
trio lights from a private DYNAMO. hot
and cold water bathrooms, a telephone,
and the like in Halifax county. N. c."
The Washington Times published it
and interviewed the said Meekins, Of
whom it is said that he us a guest of
the national. and looks more like a
prosperous professional man than a far
mer from the cotton belt.
II don't want to talk too much in
the first person." said he. but my own
experience demonstrates that the Gull
ture of the soil In Dixie can be made
to pay"
How easy truth a destroy or spoil
fiction If 1t cal come. n contact with 1t.
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The silk worm is now cultivated near
People who are old enough
to recall the early foIttes know what
a passion there was for fostering silk
worms. Many farmers in one section
know. had mis- ''morus multicaulis"
field the leaves of which fed the worms.
It passed out but Just whv we do not
know.
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A statue Is to be placed at Guilford
Battle Ground. 1t represents a North
Carolina Calonial of 11,6." 1t is six feet
nigh and of elegant finish. says Mr.. JOS.
VI. Morehead In the Greensboro Record.
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Owing to the low price OF cotton
yarns as compared with the high price
If cotton it is feared hat the North
Carolina mills will have to cIoss DOWN.
would be calamitous to the en-
but the continuance might be
to wner DR.. j. III. Nc
Aden. of Charlotte, IS Of the opinion
hat cotton must come down and yarns /
must go UP or the mills must stop I