The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-12-30
Friday Dee. 80. 1904.
OUR WILMINGTON CLIMATE.

The papers aeRot filled with Christ
mas accidents the extent hat is
usual due, II l6aGt, partly to the
weather. which eemsto have been bad
everywhere, and to he further fact
that the use Of darkerous explosives
has been limited.lGeensooro Record.
We, of wilmington, cannot say
.,Amen." to the ftl sentiment of the
above. We can aEee with The Record
in the stateme4f that Christmas this
year was unusel'y quiet and that
there was an kreeable absence of the
usual PAINFUL ccidents and casualties
of that day..
But, as faras u city is concerned,
we cannot init that such state Of af-
fairs hereNs due to the bad weather,
for on sunny and Monday Wilmington
enjoyed II sub-:ropical weather, which
is thej9and glory in mid-winter or
this fcbn of the state.
PeJpf from otter sections of the
countf even citizens Of Dur own state
resdE in sections further west have
no deception of what is the winter
Meakr in this locality, compared with
/ theeather a little further to the north
west Of us. Christmas day and the
following, observed as the holiday,
re mild and pleasant, with just
Tough sharpness in the air to make
traps comfortable to some while out
BIZ doors. while there were many others
who did not feel the need of extra cloth
while on the streets.
We in this locality had no such
weather as forced the people to forego
the usual Christmas festivities and
out of doors. What re-
there was in this line came from
a proper sense of the manner in which
the day should be celebrated and not
because of the rigorous cold which
seems to have curbed. the ~exuberant
of the people of other sections
of the state and nation.
WShaye a glorious climate down
here. 1t is neither too could in winter
nor too hot in summer. Nature has
struck a happy medium here. In win
ter, when the up-country people are
in the embrace Of the Ice
King, we of the lower Cape Fear sec-
ton are enjoying the palmy breezes
are waited to us across the tepid
Gulf stream from the Caribbean Sea
the Gulf of Mexico. and in the
Dog Days, when the people of the in
sections are sweltering in the heat
we are enjoying the cool breezes from
Old Ocean. ALL a glorious climate Is
this. We know our up-country friends
think we are romancing-playing upon
their imagination and endeavoring to
deceive them, but all they have to do u
test our truthfulness in this matter IS u
come down and stay a while with US,
either in winter or summer. They viii
find by personal experience that every
word We say is true. Without fear OF
contradiction we will make the state
ment that we have right here in Will
mington the finest climate, taking II
the year round. that is to be found on
the Atlantic coast between Cape Sable
and the Florida quays. We have the
happy medium the year round between
that of the former in winter and that
of the latter in summer. Here it is
never too cold in winter nor too hot II
summer. The cold is V ~unbearable
and h heat never oppressive. There
is no such climate. taking it the year
round. on the American continent
There is enough change to make a
marked difference between winter and
summer. We escape the almost uniform
high N ~enervating temperature OF
sections to the south OF us and W,
have none of the extreme cold of the
localities to the north.
With all her wickedneSs, Mrs. Chad
wick appears to have some regard FOL