The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-04

II - to be hoped that none OF our
esteemed but energetic otenaporaries
VIII attempt to palm or their old
cuts OF "Hobson sinking the Msr-
rimac' at Santiago as representing the
Japs attempt to sink Did huIks at PORT
Arthur-Raleigh Post
Lorenzo Crosby. an elder In the Nor
mon church. committed suicide On the
10th by shooting himself in a sleeping
car IN IIunois- In his pockets were
toundl two letters. one from Molly. the
other from Sadie. Our republican
friends ought to examine Shoots pock-
e0 without delay.-Durham Sun.
Mr.. e G. Glenn has quite a oolec-
ton OF old and rare COINS. 10Th foreign
ana domestic. One especially we do moi
remember ever 10 have seen another
IKE 1t Is a silver half dollar of 1909
the figure Of Liberty facing TO the left
as on the dollar. All other so cent
pieces face 10 the right. Examine your
coins and see for yourseIf.-Hendersou
Cold Leaf.
Inc petrined man is in town. But
the petrified man is nothing new. We
nave seen him before. He is the fellow
VINO lets his subscription get several
years oehlnd and then puts the paper
pack In the office and has the post
master mark refused on il when ask
cd 10 pay. No. the petrifed man is no
stranger to the newspaper man.-Hen-
derson Gold Leaf.
After an exhaustive inspection of
electric railways throughout Europe
and the United States a committee APP
pointed by the Swedish government
recommended that the state railway
abandon steam for electricity as q mo
tive power.-Exchange.
A gentleman who attended a meeting
or the Southern Society in New York
a snort while ago reports some very in
teresting figures given by one Of the
speakers about the number Of slave
holders. The statement was made
that the number OF shareholders in the
south was only $50, 900, out Of a total
white population Of 5000, 600. 1t further
stated that 100. 900 shareholders owned
only one slave each and another 100 900
owned z to 8. Therefore the large slave
n did not number more than 16a =
o00 all told.0harlotte Chronicle.
Those folks enthused over Senator
Hanna as a presidential possibility will
save time and patience by steering
clear OF the pie counter. Even Mr..
Roosevelt has a MISUNDERSTANDING
Sun.
The appointment Of a receiver for
the Atantic and North Carolina rail
road may be a high handed piece o.
business, but we are not going to say
SO until we find out more about it. We
have not forgotten that bond case
Durham Heral&.
Congressman Gardner. Of Massachu-
sets, predicts a war between Germany
and Great Britain which will sweep
each others from the seas,
and inevitably involve this country"
Does he get that great idea from .his
father-in-law. Senator Lodge?-Durham
Sun
No one would have dreamed Charlotte
was so ignorant If the esteemed OBJ
server had not Let it out. George
Bason was in that burg yesterday
wearing a pair OF creepers given to
him by Judge Boyd, to keep from
slipping on the ice. and the Observer
thought they were potatopeelers. Did
you ever?-Greensboro Record.
ITO die for His Majesty the Emper-
or SO will reply the young men OF
Japan when asked as to their highest
ambition. The wish for martyrdom is
sincere. In dying for his emperor the
japanese discerns the greatest privf-
lege that may be in store for him
Whatever the basis Of his faith and
yearning, the Jap is a brave fighter
with no impulse tGs shrink from the
perils Of battle, and the clash Of arms
is not to him a sound Of terror. Dis
plays OF desperate valor have thus ear
ly been frequent on the japanese side
At the bridge of Sungari. which they
had sought to destroy, the Japanes;
catured were hanged. They were edu-
Gated officers in coolie guise, member:
Of the general staff. who had almos,
courted the fate that overlook them
New York World.