The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-10-28
CLIPPINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
STATE PRESS.

The improvements talked ABOUT Dy
the Rowland Improvement Company
are enough 10 make everybody along
the road glad of the lease.0Greenv1-ie
Reflector.
And now it is said that James H
TiJIman. the slayer of Editor Coma
les. wants to become a preacher. Inc
position Of penitentiary chaplain might
suit him.-Charlotte Chronicle.
The democrats should not have ad-
mitted that the other side has the
largest campaign fund as those who
have votes to sell will now know where
TO go to get the top OF the Market
Durham IN
BEFORE the national prison congress
at Quincy, ILL.,, DR.. II. g. Hatch, Of
that city, 1dvocated the infiction OF
death on ~degenerates. In some paris
of the country it IS impossible TO IN
hict death for mJrder, let alone de-
generacy.-Greensboro Telegram.
After reading Mr.. C1eveland's speech
we are willing to stand by what We
said before it was d~elivered-that 1t
would be the best campaign document
issued this year. The lapse or years,
and the quiet hours spent in watching
his cork have not dimmed the Old
Mans vision nor dulled his percep-
ton. He possesses a massive mind ana
a giant intellect, and the nation Is
proud of hlm.-RaleiSh Post
The industries Of this neighborhood
are being starved by the tariff" Such
was the Characterization Of the eco
nomic condition of Boston and Its vi
cinity made by Mayor Patrick A. CO..
IT, A. --Ysr snfa tho darn ilnd nnn-
ditions covered by the mayors state
ment shows that every industry Of n
importance has been forced to leave
the state.-News and Observer.
Following is a part of a discursive
editorial, under the heading, Is it
Worth the Cost?" in the Ashevllie
Citizen:"Whl the entire state is SYM
pathizing with Judge FritchaId in the
loss of his son, there rises the refiec-
ton that the judges bereavement Is
another instance of the awful cost III
Cured by this country in the acqui-
sition of the Philippines. The best
manhood of America has fallen, not
by the bullets CT a hostile nation, but
under the deadly avages Of a climate
| which was never intended to suit the
constitutions of white men. Is
it not time, therefore, 20 ask if the 1e-
tenton of a tel ritory so far removed,
and possessing a climate so unfavor-
able to American soldiery is worth the
cost?" No; t i net worth the cost"
a ceIital mictake was made when,
after the destruction of the Spanish
fleet in Manila harbor, the American
flag was raised over the Philippine Is
| ands. The second mistake was made
when, under the treaty of Paris, this
| country purchased them for $40, 000, 900
afta, HAVING a1ra96V aPnlIirP6 them
by ~OnQueSt, underestimate purchase
and acquisition for which practically
eve since we nav had to fight Tor
| possession. They have cost a gigantic
| amount, in lives lost and none spent,
| and will never be worth anything TO
the United States, which will never
enjoy trade relations with them they
could not have had without ownership.
This whole Philippine transaction will
go down to history as one of the blum
ders of nations. But it is history made,
which cannot be unmade, and what to
do next is the problem OF the present.
We have entered upon the subjuga-
tion.-Charlatte Observer.
Following is a part of The Raleig:
Posts story of Thursdays incidents at
the State fair: THE people, as they
began stirring about, soon supplied
themselves with comeback balls, con-
fetti and, worst of all, with whips,
each pounding the others as they
Passed through the buildings and UP
the pike. Some even so far forgot
themselves, and, 1T might be almost
said common decency, that they began
throwing corn meal on people as they
| passed. Happily, be it said to The
credit of the people as a whole, these
| Instances were comparatively few,
though several ladies were seen to so
far forget themselves as to be guilt
of such ~ineXcusable rowdyneSs. There
was much complaint during the day
about the reckless use of the whips
by many in striking their neighbors
entirely too hard. Especially did la
dies, clad in thin shirt-waiSts and sucn
like, suffer from that kind of rousu
sport. one lady telephoned The Pos;
last night that her shoulders wer5
striped as a zebra from being strucS
in this way, great welts being raised
She said many ladies felt outraged b.
such treatment and would not venture
into the fair again unless the use 81
these whips was in some way curbed.'
This is a story of scandalous behavior
There are many persons who deeply
resent being made victims of evs1
this confetti nuisance on festal days
The corn meal and whips, the throw
ing and plying of which were found
to be elements OF enjoyment at tn,
State fair, appear to be innovation,
in this part of the cauntry. AS to tn
lady who waited until night to tele
phone The Post that she had bee:
whipped until she was as striped a
a zebra h would have stepped s.
once to a telephone on the fai
grounds and told her husband. fathe
Or brother to come with a cowhide an
|. to come a runnin'-Charlotte Observer
server.