Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-02-13
We certainly appreciate the prompt

We certainly appreciate the prompt
ness of great many of our subscribers
in coming forward the first of the year
and paying their subscriptions to the
MESSENGER. 1t is not very pleasant
for us to be continually dunning through
these columns the subscribers who have
not paid up and we do not think that
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when we have kindly given them credit.
The established rule of all newspapers
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strictly adhered to by city newspapers.
In the country, however, competition
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Last Sunday morning the Snow
Hill Presbyterian Church was well filled
with members of the church and congre-
CATION to participate in the celebration of
the 226th anniversary of the organiza-
ton of the church as stated in the MES
sENGER last week. Rev. j. B. North
preached most excellent sermon and
gave some historical facts in connec-
ton with the church. The choir gave
some beautiful music and sang the
hymns composed for the occasion. At
the evening service Mr.. North read
splendid and most complete historical
sketch of the church, giving many facts
which have never been published. Mrs.
North has the old steel tuning fork
that was Used in the church many years
ago before church organs were thought
of. The inclement weather prevented
many people from attending the even.
ing service greatly to their loss. The
Rev. Mr.. North has filled the pulpit of
this church longer than any of his pre-
decessors. He is fine preacher,
devoted pastor, and friend in need to
all of his flock. The statistics of the
church for the past ten years show
very gratifying condition, and Mr..
North is receiving the congratulations
of his many friends.
That war with Japan is sure to come
and that the people of the East are
blind to its dangers, were assertions
made Sunday by Rev. Frank Dewitt
Talmage. the new pastor of the Cham
bers-Wylie Memorial Presbyterian
Church, Philadelphia, in his evening
sermon on Attempted Impossibilities. "
In discussing this subject he said
''The American people of the East seem
to be as blind as bats and as stupid as
flock of sheep. They no more seem
to grasp the Japanese or the Chinese
question than the people of the North
seem to be able intelligently to grasp
the negro question of the South. Now,
as sure as there is sun in the heavens,
there is soon TO he great war with
Japan unless we do one OF two things.
We must either follow out President
Roosevelt s policy and build a great navy,
so big that Japan will be afraid to touch
US, or else we must allow the japanese
and Chinese people the same right to
enter our midst and settle among us
as we grant to the other nations of the
earth. And, my friends, one fact is
certain-our great West-California,
Washington, Oregon and the adjacent
States-will never allow the Pacific
coast to become yellow mans coun-
try any more than the Great South will
allow the negroes to dominate her bal
lot box. And this, gentlemen, means
war. And the sooner the American
people realize it and build up her navy
so that the navy can control every
problem of the East, the better it will
be for our own safety and for the safety
of our children.