The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-02

4 5Ii~AOAS HOlELs vi StGtid&ME 0I ~
farmers and paying them for thods-
ands Of crates which they were unable
to transport to northern, eastern and
western markets by reason OF the
scarcity of ice cars which they had
contracted for and had a right to ex-
| pect. Surely the loss sustained lay
this instance alone. is a strong argu-
ment IN favor Of destroying these
cursed trusts and mCnopolies, bef2re
they destroy the nation itself.
Another pressing need under which
North Carolina is laboring IS more and
better education for its people. be
cause Of the gross ignorance which
prevails throughout the north aud
elsewhere about the wonderful re-
sources OF North Carolina. the atFin-
tages IT offers TO commercial enter
prises generally. 20 say nothing CT he
k~indheaTted, generous. hospitable peo-
pie 10 be found everywhere. alike In
city, town and neighborhood. to some
extent the state may be considered q
terra incognito. The speaker frankly
admitted 4 was 50 in his own case.
hence the surprises he had as he tray
eled from place to place. New beat
ties. new riches. warm welcomes every
where, even in districts where, in n
whole days journey through the MI
but interminable pine forests, scarce
" more than half a dozen human Aas
itations were TO be found. From th.s
latter statement il could be inferred
that the state Is but sparsely popular-
ed and partially cultivated. That vas
the explanation why the aggregate nv
enue Of the state Is small when COM
pared with some others in the Mo
That, toe explains why the school iund
IS wholly inadequate for providing
such facilities as the enterprising and
ambitious young people are eager Ter
AMI demanding. The Zeit Geist CT
Time Spirit is rapidly finding Its way
among the people. They are detect
ing their deficiencies, approaching their
needs and are beng actuated by most
~praiseworthy ambition; but because of
their very United means they are de-
prived OF those advantages which OH
ers enjoy elsewhere. Ex-Governor Ay-
cock du-ia- his administration stood
boldly OFT for more and better edtica-
ton. On every possible occasion he
used his splendid oratorical powers to
| good purpose in creating a healthy
| public sentiment in favor of more
| schools and longer terms, and in doing
so he gave the movement an impetus
which il will not lose until the state
stands second to none on this all m
portan subject.
Mr.. Key urged, in u~nmistakeaole
language that II was the duty of the
wealthy AMI philanthropic people who
are indebted to such states as North
Carolina for its products. which add to
the comforts and pleasures they enlov,-
TO contribute of their abundance to aid
those of their fellow countrymen n
are striving for forty years TO free
| themselves from the burdens of sor-
| row. distress and ruin which olloSed
in the trail of that fratricidal war
which is nowhere more deplored than
in North Carolina. 1t was as the fep-
resentative of those who had listened
to and heard the cry as from Macedo-
| MIA of old Come and help u.s." reach
ing up TO the north that the speaker
has visited the southland, from whtc1
he had recently returned north on va
cation, to plead the cause OF education
and focus the need for help whereby
the people could he assisted out OF the
| ruts OF the past. He had gone there
as the preacher of a more liberal, I
| broader, and, as ne honestly believed
a more soul-savins Christian faith, ana
he rejoiced TO find men and women
everywhere trims of the old tinic
| creeds and dogmas which for genera
lions have been weighed in the balance
and found wanting in those essential
| qualities which reach down into The
| great throbbing heart; the struggling,
| monotonous lives of the people who
| are hungering and thirsting for right
| eousness, seeking after the faith which
makes faithful.
The same spirit which animated he
Sweet Psalmist OF Israel and prompted
| him to sing las the hart panteth after
the water brooks. so panteth my sour.
after Thee, o God. My soul thirstetn
for God, for the living God" he found
prevailing everywhere. and ii had BEEN
a Joy to him 10 proclaim in churches
school houses, brush shelters, cottages,
by the wayside, and in the depths of
| North Cardinals wonderful forests. he
| simple truths of the Gospel as Christ
himself taught it, free from the soph-
istries of schoolmen and dogmatists.
| OF creedmakers and priests; the beau
| tiful lesson OF truth. duty and love rs
they fell from the lips Of the Master
| Himself as He wandered through The
| Olice Gardens, rested by the placid va
tiers of the sea of Galilee. or visited the
| homes Of the sad and afflicted ones OF
| ancient Palestine. And though he had
! been assigned to similar work in the
north for the summer. he looked for
| ward with pleasure TO the time wnsn
it would be his privilege TO return to
North Carolina. there TO resume the
task OF assisting the interesting people
| of that section, whom to know was To-
love, IN their efforts after a higher Il
more beautiful life; a life full OF he
! roic service and manly endeavor.