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CRUDE THOUGHTS ER01
CAKD ri. A VINO.
[The following article is publish jd
by request and is taken from the
Midland Methodise]
{Jorne tiine-siqye 'we w^re Seated
kt the breakfast table m ft Certain
hotel with two commercial travelers
who were engaged in discussing a
game of cards in which they had
bf$n engaged the night before?the
first itahie, otie of them said, lie
had played In nbhfit fifteen years.
Before his marriage lie had played
cards a good ileal, so he said: but
having married a .Methodist preacher's
daughter, he deemed it improper
to keep up the practice, and therefore
had entirely quit the game. The
conversation turned on the practice
of women plaving: and while one of
them still kept up the practice, both
admitted it to he a very toolish practice
for w omen. Both admitted that
many women of high social standing
played for stakes, not only for the
ordinary prize offered (whictrp-after
all, is a stake), but put money on the
game and literallv gambled.
Whether this latter statement is
tr.ie we are not prepared io say; but
if the social columns of our city dailies
are to be trusted, many women,
and some of them Method isls, play
' tor prizes?some ot thetu quite costly,
too. Whether this, in the eyes
of the law, is gambling is a question
- of some dispute, hut in the eyes of
morals it cannot be surcesstully disputed.
If one w,ill take the trouble
to investigate a litile, or, if that is
not desirable to read the police records,
he will find that in some low
dive in the cilv some row negroes
or low whites are caught playing a
game of cards for a stake of two or
three dollars, more or less, and "run
in" by the police, charged with gambling.
The same night, in a fashionable
home out in tLe best residence
portion-of the city, is a card party
given by Mrs. Goldhng, wh re the
stake is a fifty-dollar cut-glass vase;
and the neit morning the papers announced.
it as the most brilliant social
event of the season and tell us
* with a flourish that the prize was
rwon by Miss Silversmith. Xow, if
^ it is gambling to plav cards for two
?^,or thr?e.4oliars, \vhv is it not gambling
to play cards for a cut-glass
vase worth fifty dollars? Will some
one be good enough to tell us?
There is some difference in the
two games that any one can see. In
the first place, the people who ptayed,in
the first game were vulgar and
coarse. The house was a mere shack
down in the tonal) district of the
city. The table on which they played
was perhaps just an old box or
trie head of a barrel. The light was
a smoky old lamp. In short, the
?k.l. .u: - -
??uuio Liiiii^ wa? common and cneap;
brfi it was the best tbev could do.
Are they gamblers because they are
j. poor? And if the game is innocent,
i have they not a right to such inno
.jt " f
cent amusement as >hey can afford?
^ In the second game the |honse is ?
rS brownstone front. The people are
cultured and refined. The table is
an old mahogany, the light is a |
blazing chandelier. The floor is covin
ered witn the finest Brussels, the
wine sparkles in the glasses, and ser
- ' < vants answer every call. In Short,
everything is pleasing because they
can afford it. Are they immune bev
.cause they are rich? Does kissing
,? go by favors? The game is exactly
a-the tame, and is played with the
.-tame kind of cards. Yet one set
pays is fine in the police court, and!
.j .thn other it written up in the paper
-'jae ? most brilliant social set. Moralinlly,
vre cannot see any difference in
Jytha IWo affaire. If one is wrong, the I
" y other is. If one is innooent so is the
. other. If one set are gamblers, * >
JS are the other*. We cannot split
hairs in morals quite as fine as that.
To the Methodists who chance to
-? ,?{?i this 1st it he .tid with?all poeemphasis.
The best people do
not play carda Those who bare
had experience with card-playing
. t .
rcle" column.
3ri68?AGolUmn Dedithers
as Thsg Join
at Eusning Tide
M THE EDITORIAL PEN
Methodists know that aa church
members they are .of little 'account,
Vou can find no family altars ir a
. card playing home. Such members
??re nyt ty be found at the prayer
' meeting, Hot- are they of any serein*
, in a revival. Besides, a woman who
: plays cards has not the highest sense
of rehueuient. We are writing after
'Ula6j: years of observation, and
know whereof we write.
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North Carolina
A school tor girls^aiKi young
women owned by the North Carolina
Conference. It , otters
healthful- conditions. A hapov
-home. Christian influences. A
liberal culture, a thorough education
at moderate est. Special
ears given to younger girls. '
Preparatory Department!
Collegiate Department,
With Thirteen Schools
Normal Department
For fall Information, address
Pres. M. D. ALI EN,
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x uv lunuwing ptei against the
practice of card playing is troni^Hhe
! heart of a pastoi who feels the Plight
ot it amongst his own people, and
j the plea could be duplicated in.many
places. If church members respect
their pastor's advice and counsel,
they should listen to such a plea.
I "I have seen from twenty to forty
of the 'elect ladies' going to the card
parties two or three times a week, and
for hours their time is taken in 'plavingthegame.'
Often dissatisfaction and
hard feelings folio,?r the award of the
prize, and the spirit of rivalry leads
ti. extravagant 'affairs* which some
who are 'in debt* to the 'club' can ill
afford.
"It is too great a waste. These
good women owe it to their families
ard to the church and to the communities
to give their energy to better
things. The call is to a service
of altruism which is Christ-like in
spirit, and which, to my way of
thinking, is more noble than the
constant gaine of seltish pleasure
growing out of card memories. If
\ the women of this city would give
the time and energy that are spent
in playing cards to the church in
I consecrated service, the entire eomj
muoitv would feel the effect of it at
| once. It would be appreciated, too..
1 ' "I know of a family who were
I given to cards in their home. In the
j family there were two daughters and
tlnjee sons. I have had serious convenation
with the mother about it.
j Her argument was like this: 'We
will keep the boys at home, anl by
I this method we will make home bap!
py and pleasant.'
I "The eldest son gambled his monfey
away in a saloon, and then, iu a
[fit of desperation, put up a ?1,000
) diamond ring which was given lo
' his mother when she became engaged
Jo^ his father. All kinds of
offers have been made to buy it back,
but to no avi.il R.o w. ? * '
... me wire oi a
saloon keeper wears this ring today.
The other boys indulge in poker;
ami while not downright gamblers,
the odds are against them. For sixteen
years I have observed very
carefully card play irg, and it is a
very dangerous example. My appeal
is tor the intelligent people of
this city to quit it For your him
band's sake quit it; for your children's
sake quit it; for your church's
sake quit it; ter vonr own soul's Welfare
quit it; for the sake of the
young people quit it.
Mr.; D. Hill, from Baltimore,
will be at l.ouisbnrg Hotel, Friday,
Sept. 30tb, until. Saturday 11 j
o'clock a. m. Oct 1st. Any one |
I wanting a tailor made suit at moderate
price will call on J. W. King |
or D. S. Hill at Hotel.
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CHOICE FRENCH
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HOLLAND BULBS
Hyacinths, Narcissus, Daffedills,
Tulips, Ft?sits. Faster and
Calla Lillies.
PLANT EARLY FOB REST RESULTS
ALL. SEASONABLE CXIFLOWERS
FtJRNISflED AT SHORT
NOTICE
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Palms, F?rns snd . all Hot House
Plants for Decoration. Rose
Bushes, Hedge Plants and Shade
Trees in preat verities. Phone,
Telegraph and Mail orders promptty
exeeutea oj
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NOTICE!
The school committee of Cedar Rock
| township will meet at Cedar Rock
Academy on Saturday, October 1st,
. 1910, at 4 o'clock, p. m., to elect teach\
era for the Several schools of the town!
ship. Teachers will please send in^
| their applications and certificates prior
1 to that date.
Jos. T. Inscork, Secy.
Castklia, X C
NOTtCK.
HaCing qualified as administrator,.
C. T. A. of the estate of Joseph W.
J Fuller, deceased, late of Fiunklin
County, I he.eby"' notify all persons
holding claims against said estate tq
present them to the undersigned on or
before the 23rd day of September, 1911
or this notice will be plead Tn bar C*f
their recovery. All persons owing his
estate will come forward and make
immediate settlqVlpnt. This 23rd day
o( September. 1610:
J. Hi Fi ller, admr.
W. H. Yarborough, Jr.. attv.
COMMISSIONED SALE
By virue of an order of sale of the
Superior Court of Franklin county
made in the special proceedings, entitled
Mrs. Kate White, C. T, Chaavee
et al vs Julius Tant. blrs. Rebecca
Ferry et al, the undersigned commis?
sioners will, on Tuesday the 19th day
of October, 1910, it~betng the 2nd day
of the October term of Franklin Su|
pcrior court, at the noon recess of
{ court, at the court house door in Louisburg,
offer for sale to the highest
| bidder, at public auctio . that tract of
f land known as the Tom Rogers tract in
I Dunns township, Franklin county, ad'
joining the lands of J,.M. White and
others, and bounded as follows: On
the north by the lands of J. M. White,
on the east by the lands of the estate
of Amy BeM. on the south bv Crooked
Creek and on the west by the ]jmd of
the estate of A. J. White, containing
64 actes more or leas., Terms of sale
cash. ' '
This 16th day of September, 1910.
Wm.H. Rutlin,
W.M.Person,
Commissioners.
i rswiR;c
Sale of Valuable Heal Estate for
Partition
Bv virtue of authority conferred on
me by decree cf the SuDerior court of
Franklin county in the special proceeding
entitled W'm. H. Edwards and others
vs Otis Burrows and others, I shall
sell by public auction to the highest
bidder( at the court house door in
j Loutsburg on Saturday, October 1st,
I 1910 at It>:30 o'clock a. afour tracts, |
! lots or parcel of land of the estate of.
' the late H. Wiley Edwards described
as follows:
1 A tract of 72 acres more or less on
S the Louisburg and Warremou road adjoining
the lands of O. Z. Edwards, W.
! A. Reavis. the Mrs. A. l\ Edwards
dower tract and Tolly Wilson. This
place is well improved.
2 A tract of 55 acre9 known as the
1 Hagwoo.t or Andrews tract situated
near the residence of David Weldon,
j Esq.,.on or near tiie Henderson road, |
I adjoining the lands of David Weldon, l
J. F. Wilson.
( 3 A tract of 15 acres known as the
j Foster land, ecntaining a beautiful
j grove of trees and building site, on said 11
I Louisburg and ^'arrenton road, adjoin-11
ing the lands of Chas. Macon, W. H. .
Edwards. Mrs. Foster, Mr.Pace and oth I
i ers. I'
4 A lot on the Chavis road in the I
i northern suburbs of Franklinton, lying
between the new auto road and the S.
; A. L. Railway and fronting ou both
; and containing three fourths of an aere
! conveyed to the deceased by Robert
Wright. Terms of sale 1-3 cash and
balance in 12 months, with interest at
I 6 per cent. Title to be retained until
the price is paid. Bids of course subject
to acceptance and confirmation by
tne jcourt. This 22nd M August. 1910. j
T. T. HICKS, Com.
Henderson. N. C. |
NOTICE. |
LNorth Carolina. Franklin County,
In the Superior C6UF1, Bofuie Clark? I
Mrs. Kate White. C. T. Cheaves, et al. |
ys Julius Tant, Mrs. Rebecca Perry j
and John Tomlin and his children born |
of his deceased wile, Tant Tomlinsoh,
i whose names are unknown, and others. |
. heirs at law of Tom Tant, John TantJ
j Davis Tant and others.
The defendants John Tomlin'and his!
' children bom of his deceased wife Patsy i
Melon, Tant Tomlin, whose christian i
i names are unknown, will take notice j
*-tnat a special proceedings entitled as,
above, has been commenced in the [
Superior Court of Franklin county, for 1
t the'sale _for division of the t*4 acre ,
nf lfinrTin B?id nf T*ranfrltYl 1
known as the Tom Rogers tract, con-1
veyed to John Tant, Davis Tant, Mas- j
sie" I Tiver. Torn Tant, Susan Powell,
Martha Tant. Cordy Tant and Mary |
Tant, in which said defendants havei
an interest as heirs at-law of Tom
Tant, deceased, and tho__said defend-1
| ants will further take notice that they !
are required t" app -ar before the Clerk I
I of the Superior court "f Franklin coun- !
ty. at his office i;. Louisburg, N. C., on I
tne 9th day of September, 1910 and an-1
swer or demur to the petition of the 1
plaintiffs in said proceedings, or (fie
plaintiffs will apo'y to the court for j
the relief demanded in said petition |
This 23rd day of July, 1910.
J. J. flAHROW, C. S. C.
LOUISBURG COLEGE ]
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X C'oniH on boys f.ud ride with me and yon will rid
times are here. Watermellons, hard eider nnd
X latest, get realv f??r the big meeting and it will
9 Syndav next month. Now boys have a good tin
do it nnleaa yon have a bran newyeasy runnme ri
and am the only man in Franklin county Im.dlii
A a whip and robe with each buggy free
J I Sell Them for Cash, oi
.T Loan Them Out. Com
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f Now girls call the old mans attention to this adv<
X and read it to him and beg him to buy a surry, t
^ parties, shon-rounds and some people call them
4 town and tell me how Mr. So and So's crop look
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srtisement, take th? paper down to the barn A
>eeause you girls can use it to go to storm
functums this fall. Come to see me when in A
s. He is the man who owes me for the J
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