The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-18

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General Payne,
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his will a provision
his boyhood, back in
That is a good idea to
led. though We mean no per-
gpiication to the boys of worsn-
a., and cambridge, Ga, not To
Belmont. near Charlotte. n. c.
Lbyterian Standard.
: The election of Douglass to the gov
~ernorship in Massachusetts is a great
triumph for newspaper advertising.
The democratic candidate invested
heavily in printers ink in both his par.
ty papers and those of the opposition.
Roosevelt's managers also put faith
in the same i of procedure, for they
used the great magazines lavishly for
advertising purposes.-Kinston Free
Press.
This much is to be confessed: An
overwhelming party defeat, like that of
last Tuesday, is calculated to jar loose
from the minority party it's iukewarm,
Indifferent members. More or less dis.
affection was manifest in North Caro-
lima last week, anyhow, and upon the
administration of Governor-elect Glenn
and the acts of the in coming legisla-
tUre will depend whether or not the un-
certain element continues in line. This
is a friendly word, offered by way OF
Observation-Disclosures Observer.
The Washington Post ought to throw
it's linotype machines out of commits
sion for a few days and give It's car.
tOonist the run of the paper. We do MOI
know the name of The man who draws
the pictures for The Post, but he IS thu
best ever. Take, fer instance, the
wreck of the democratic wagon and
the sinking of the democratic Snip and
that smile of William Bryan's-who-
V e saw anything finer? No lapel was
needed to either cartoon.-Charlotte
Chronicle.
In the campaign ended last week and
the result of the election held last
Tuesday there is much food for refeo-
ton. And it is time now for sober
thought rather than a great deal or
talk. The hour for the supreme test
of true democracy has arrived. Many
are the causes assigned for democratic
defeat and many of them are as apt to
be wrong as they are to be right. One
thing is certain, and that is the Ameri-
can people will not endorse anything
that does not give absolute promise of
being positive, emphatic and stable.
This democracy is when properly man.
ned and handled.-Raleigh Post.
The recollection and letters of Rob
ert E. Lee by his son and namesake,
r. E. Lee, Jr., has created quite wild
spread attention in literary circles
this fall. The most charming kind of
biography is one which tells not SO
much of a mans public as of his prl
vate life, and what he thought and
did from day to day. This Captain
Lee has done in regard to his distin-
guished father. The book gives us
numbers of little side lights, which only
a o could know and shows what a
royal, yet entirely u~npretentious gem
tleman General Lee was.-Charlotte
News.
The news from various portions of
the south is to the effect that though
the fields are white with cotton, the
farmers are in need of help to pick
it Good prices are offered to pick
ers but the demand exceeds the sup.
ply. Meantime in every southern
village and city are healthy and
strong idle men and women who are
complaining that they can find no en-
ployment. Perhaps this means no EN-.
ployment that they are willing to do.
Many people want Easy jobs, in other
words to earn their money with as lit
tie work as possible. But all those
who are willing to take hold at any.
thing that comes handy. many find
jobs of various kinds on farms that
unskilled help may do. OF course the
lazy and worthless, the professional y
idle, the tramp element won't work st
all. But there is 10 excuse in this
country for any man remaining idle
long if he is of the right makeup anu
Observation-Disclosures Sun.
Whatever may be thought of Mr.. E..
Spencer Blackburn, it is evident that
he has accomplished what no we'll in
formed man thought he could do. His
candidacy in the Eighth district was
fought by the b~rainiest men Of his
w party and of course the demo-
Gratis opposed him with all their pow
er. Still it is likely they banked top
much on the opposition Of hts own