The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-15
STATE PRESS.

GeOrSe Gould says the present pros
perlty Will continue twelve months
longer. Just long enough, no doubt to
convince a certain class of republicans
that their party made the prosperity
Allegheny Star.
General Baden-POWell recommends
saltwater bathing for the American
cavalry as a means of improving the
physique of the rank n file. The
recommendation is doubtless good but
the highest compliment the general
could have paid the American military
establishment was his coming to this
county to study it.-Durham Sun.
Mrs. w. T. Crawford and her two
little boys walked from her mothers,
Mrs. COman's q distance of five miles
last Sunday morning in time for Sum
daY-schOol. We commend this exam
pie to other ladies. Walking much and
walking far is a good English CUSTOM;
and to this custom among h ladies
of England, is attributed their strong
physique, their robust health, and
rubby cheeks.-Waynesville Courier.
Cardinal Gibbons, in a recent news
paper article, declares that the growing
disregard of the Christian religion and
its duties is the most fruitful cause of
divorce. and that the reckless facility
with which divorce is procured is an
NsIA SOolSCIy 1893 uSpIOI dDle lItdll A1OT-
mOnism; indeed it is in some respects
more dangerous than the latter. for di-
vOrce has the sanction Of the law.
which MormOnism has nOt."-News and
Observer.
The acts of every general assembly
ought to be published much sooner than
they are published. The people have a
right TO know at the earliest possible
moment what are the new laws passed
by the Legislature. Every citizen is
presumed to know the law and ignor-
ance of the law excuses no man. Of
course then the laws should be m
~ published after their passage. and
everybody be allowed ar opportunity of
knowing hat they are.-Chatham
Record.
The south wishes no man anywhere
to cOndOne its mistakes. 1t has made
mistakes, IS has the north. 1t wishes
every just man to consider its work of
the past thirty years in the light of the
obstacles and difficulties. and to look
with an unprejudiced eye upon the
work it has done, the work it is doing,
and the work for the future it has
planned. 1t welcomes cooperation of all
men everywhere in carrying out
the broad educational plans it has
adopted and Observer.
Secretary Root and the administra-
TONS army pets are making some
ridiculous efforts to squirm out of the
charges embraced IN Gen.
Miles special report on the Philippines.
The latest effort to whitewash the
army officers is contained in the an
nouncement that a letter has been
found on a Filipino which stated that
it had been revealed to him that Gen.
Miles visit was for the purpose of
collecting evidence to aid the cause of
the anti-imperialists. The scheme is,
of curse, to intensity, among the sup
pOrters of the administration, a dislike
for Miles. but it is too transparent to
have the effect intended.
Now that fly time has returned it be-
hOoves people to cast about to rid
themselves, in a degree, of the pest. A
we'll known physician has advised the
use of salt for the purpose of extermi-
mating the eggs in those places where
the fly is usually Matched out. Every
stable in town whether livery or what
not. should be sailed we'll once q week.
This practice would prove beneficial in
the end from an economic point of view,
because it would greatly increase the
value Of the n FlyS are the great
disease carriers. as we'll as professional
tOrmenters. and no effort should be
omitted to reduce their number to the
minimum. Use a plentiful supply of
salt in every stable and trash heap in
town at least once a week.-KinSton
Free Press.
The Louisville Post, discussing the
latest Kentucky tragedy and the sit
LatiOn since pom its scene, says: The
situation in Breathitt will not yield to
ordinary methods. The disease is deep
seated. Anarchy reigns, and no mans
life is safe who dareS IN Breathitt
county to contribute anything to the
detection of crime or to the punishment
of guilt This is a horrible state of
affairs to exist in u civilized county
and in view of it the Governor of Ken
lucky would be fully warranted in call
inS out the state troops and visiting
Breathitt county with fire and sword.
This condition of things is "intOlerable
and not to be borne" and there must
be some overwhelming reason why the
governor permits u whole county to
set the law at defiance and to remain
for eve a day in a state of insurrec-
tion.-CharlOtte Observer