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1 . r i The Daily News and Observer. GtrSVXY MORNING, MAY 5. ? 1907. S, ESSAY ON NOTHING 3m By KEV..R. WHtTAKEIt AJCl ! 4 4 - . - t i : ' y 4 ; No, I haven't an Ideav Cin't think ' !of an incident nor an anecdote, nor of anything else to ;write .about for next Hunday; and, jwere It -not for the fact J hat some flfty thousand readers, more or less, would be disappointed,- when they open their Sunday, papers, I think I'd snap But, that won't do. I , must not admit that I ; can't write, without .a subject. . - Some people wouldn't believe it 'They. iave - an idea that, all a writer has- td.do is to take the pencil in hand and let it have? its way, and it .wilt go right ahead,: Just as naturally as if pencil, pad and vrjtery were a piece of machinery, .run , by electricity.: Having made; a. sort. of reputation for; writing, I num. keep it up; or, to put the matter: in.anotner M'ayrfn on exhibition jevery Sunday. and the children, all of 'whom jook nut for my picture when the paper is re ceived, must hot bar disappointed; nor must I fait to give the. reader some As nothing presents - Itself--f for a. heme; I believe.;i;ll write about hoth- uff. a very poor theme I. admit, for here is nothing in .nothing! Nothing laciea ta nothing makes nothing, ana lothlng- -taken, ' from nothing i leaver lothlng. , 'v'v - ' ' ' "t ' ' " An.vti1nsr is a nothing that fails to e what it might be, and anybody is a notmng jio .. rails .lOi do i what he might do. - J-. ' " - l tie barren fir tree wm n. nothinc . because, failing to bear fruit, it could co noimng eise. .. veryDoay imust ad mit that a. fruitless fig tree ia not only worthless, but, ' in its frankness t growth, it keeps; somethlner else from -rowing in its. place, . which, might be a -1 i. a Salvqur - said ? 'It the fealt have 1 . -4' its , savor it ; is thenceforth. good i i7 nothing," in , other, words. It Is nothing, and fit only to be trodden un- Ver. foot of men.i,. v' VUBfe1 ; Taking this as a definition" 6f noth ing, it is easy to see that nothings are to be found everywhere, and,.. t. being . nothings, they cannot be made greatsr , nor smaller better, nor worse. Noth ings they are and . nothings ithey are apt to remain. ." 5r- .- v Among mortals there , are a great many nothings who like the; fig tree, are' barren and are cuniberei-s. of. the ground: and, not being livery ta iiu prove, are doomed to be cttt ; down; or like the Salt -which' has tost its sa vor,; must,? sooner or later, ' Jbe trod d en fund erifootr t? 'tli v i :v ,- v:X"' ' " I Some of the.hothinee of this world are. i?ery t deceptive -in appearance. They are - the best dressed (people men and women; and seen t a dis tance, they seem to' be all rahti but on. a closer view, they- are very .dis appointing -they ; are thinking nothing-, consequently doing nothing' to better the world. " LikeiHosea said of .Israel, many a promising looking mor- ' tal, is but an empty vine"- -bearing v, no -fruit not even & bloom. s The Saviour said: "Herein is my Father, . glorified that you be xr - much fruit,' and bearing fruit- meunt, sim ply,. Ccing what one can to, r lake ithe world' better,' which pf;lCouri e means t slorify God. -- . - Vv.: ;---'-'j ,m I Ij. society thereare thous ands .' of Diaings men and - wpmen,, 06, .who g not,- in any wise, contribu :e: to the jasral good, v They? have ta ent, and i .ns and opportunity;', but t! le .world . 'c never been made a. bit better by 3!?.' having lived in. lt.,uTho isands- 3 may I not , say v milli ns live rough the day and 1 sleep through e Bight, wlthput a thought of doig iyhing more than 1 gratify!! ig their vc iesires and. appetites. 1 hey are .1 p hatically 4 empty . vines or "salt at, has no' savortherefore nothing. It 'might surprise one to ki .0 w how any nothings -jthere r, are in : the mrcit, Of course I do not presume kno v any of them ; ; but that there re many we are all bound tb admit, scause of the slow, progr ws , -. Jfte aurch is making. r -I if 'I i understand the mean in g of the firablfe of 'the talents. I am sure the be talent ones are nothings, and. so ; ir fas - making mankind - bet ;er they ad, a well be. out of theiV orldv as to be in it. From the teachlni r of that talent-parable,: it . is very tear that - every mortal Is expected to multiply himself that Is to eay ever v one ia so to use the talent he has rex eived as t make t - another. . . beside . himself, wiser, better and happier. . -- j . Te Lord commended those who' re- celved two and I five i talents, because loey ; multiplied tnem; nut, jtne . on who , received .one. talent, ant hid it, ;' was condemned and: cast. out. . ! To ascertain how "-many nothings there in the church; let one et quire of the pastors, ise- to.-how; - mai iy , new members come - in each year. . It Is iafe .'to( assume , that each .( Christian cn prevail ' with and briny nto the . church one person, in the course of a 1 He t time. - Better than that. 1 . - Is safe Co say. i that . each Christian cj n bring . iri a new man every year. If that were . nn&, wha mlirlit . not . thA t Mnilllnn and. 'hundreds t of .millions, who -pro fess to love Christ, accomplish? " But the trouble Is the v nothings" are n , the? majority consequently tl e work im hard , upon those who are endeav oring to conquer, the world for Christ. I r.ll ' let' the readers think over , the matter and each decide for himself and herself whether he or sho. is salt without savor-! a nothing doing noth- ing or a live wire full -of. life and light and heat, serving the Lidrd;;. - -., i. quarter i cu muiiua ui uui 19 -hat the newspapers say. is the cost of the wedding trousseau of Miss Ha : rion Fish, daughter of Mr.- a kd Mrs. Stuyyesant ,Fish, who Is to : rled to, Mr,; Albert Zabriskle mar i ray in 40f this wonderful v trousseau, one xrown. alone., cost $50,000. tee rea :on for- which is, that it is trimmed with. some rare old laces .worn in the coronation robes - of. Empress! ..Cath erine of. Russia. '- t .. , . ,ys.i-h jPeople -of ordinary'; Intelligence -especially those who have been, reared ' - i "7 ! -'.--,.' -.. - - .-- -; i -1 . ... Ct-. : : I f B."lLjH. Whl taker. r , . -:'-.t.f -,.4 2 i'.itVr to belieVe that a free Amerlca'n clti cen is as, big a man as the Czar of Russia,- and that , a modest sensible intelligent American woman. Is 'the su perior of . even queens and. emprese-, are -not foolish enough to , think that those void, laces, worn by the Empress Catharine--df inded-they be the gen uine old Jaces)r-Vare worth , the price Miss . Fish. or. her? daddy, . . paid for them But,' Among' that class of wo men., who' lay awake . ,J at night and think, or-fall , asleep and dream about the j swelldoni of royalty, and whosu only ambition , in .life I is to ape th fashions, follies and frivolities of the old" world, any bid rag; that one be longed ,to some noted person is more highly; prized than new and better goods.' y But, I suppose Miss Fish will feel; ery much honored when she looks bn those second , hand goods', and -will really imagine that she Is at. Empress. 'Besides it's so sensational! ItIs said that all the women of high life. In Gotham are Just dying to see that trosseau, especially the old laces In other words, the old rags, once worn -(or, are said to have been worn) by an ' Empress. : Women, considering how good the are,' at e ml-hiy curion beings, es pecially about dress. , They , keep both eyes- open and never, fail to eee what each ; other has on ; and they love to make each other ertvious by coming out a little ahead with something new and" startling. r I" m . Since Miss Fish has I succeeded (or thinks she has succeeded.) in' getting some old lace and had it tacked on to that 150.000 grown, the" big four hun dred society women are Just as miser able as they, well can be. and I doubt not all of them are hunting up all the old laces in garret and cellar, and It won't be lone before they'll all be airing royal rags, and making, the bal ance of the feminine world unhappy. 1 m glad I live in t. North Carolina where the women have good sense, and dress according . to ; their means: and.i; when they marry, hitch on to boys to the manner born. Instead of going crazy after some foreign ad venturer, whose only reason for wish ing to marry an American srlrl is to ret her money. Our South land has suffered be cause of some innovations; but. so long as our women keen their senses. and love and revere the traditions of the Old Time South, I'm not at all un easy. I hope Miss Fish will do well, but a $250,000 trousseau does Impress me t with the .Idea that she has not much of a soul. Right about her are thousand of poor girls who are barelv able to keep: soul and body together. upon whom and ror whom S200.000 could have been so well j spent, thereby giving happiness to so many. Fifty tnousana dollars is a big amount to spend for a trousseau Sfor. a Fish, if she is a whale. And. let's see. Two hundred thou sand , dollars would I build fortv Churche worth , five thousand dollars a piece; or build and endow a school for the. benefit of the 1 poor children who are growing up in 'ignorance very near.-Miss Fish. Wonder she did not think of these things, and Instead of nuttlnz a whole quarter of a million of dollars in crowns and old laces, nut something at least to her credit in. Heaven. ' I went to ' Kenly last week and wore my-Kenly suit of clothes. I've been sick all the spring and really thought; ! was looking badly. I am THE SOUTHERN CANDIDATE ! v J ' (the c6mmoner.) - -2 v There Is considerable talk just now of a Southern candidate for the: Presi dency, and, there is no reason . why a (Southern candidate should not be con sidered upon the-same basis as candi dates from the,, Northern States. The time has passed - when the sectional argument ls effective. - In the St. Ijouis convention f.l904 Mr, Bryan, insisted that Senator Cockrell, though a Con federate soldier, would, poll more votes than - the JNorthern ... candidate , whose position upon public questions-was In doubt or whose: position.: if known, was out of harmony .with ihe, opinions of the members of his party. , : . . By all means let the Southern states men: be considered; let- them stand side by j - side- wltn . their ; . Northern brethren,: and let 'the choice .fall upon the.' man who, j no matter , . where he lives,, -best ; represents ; the., aspirations of the party , and . best reflects the de sires of -Democratic .voters..', No candi date" should be,-urge4 merely .because he comes from the Korth or;the South, or from -the East "or frpm the West. Local pride is a very much overesti-mated-asset in a campaign. Compara tively few decide. public questions on that . basis. .New, York) and ..Indiana being. doubtful- States, "for -many years claimed the candidates on the ground that local , popularity ;would turn, the elections, but it has' been found that the movements which elect or defeat candidates are wider, than State boun daries. - -'- .. . - .1 ' ' ' . ' I ' '5 -V., - The 1 New York. Sun is the latest champion of a Southern man and its desire for - a- Southern l candidate is based not upon his fitness to serve the people but, upon his conservatism, and the meaning which the I Sun gives to the word conservatism is well under stood. -a It insists that the South should present a candidate who! is opposed to Hooseveltlsnui :Koosevelt having ac quired popularity, by .the endorsement of several Democratic doctrines such as railroad regulation, trust prosecu tion and an income tax -the t Demo cratic party, should at once reptrdl ate these things which have given : , the President popularity and seek the sup sure I have been very low in spirits and imagined I wax looking as badly as 1 had been feeling. But. when 1 walked out on the streets of Kenly with my. new clothes on. everybody sald"Nj was looking splendid. My coat fitted so nicely and made me look so clerical, one sister said she'd like to. marry again and have me for the parson. Another lady said I looked "real good;" while another said, she never saw me look half so well. I had been grunting all the spring and diefn't think I was growing any better, if indeed. I was holding my own; but strange to say I had not gone half way from the depot to Edger ton's store before I began to feel a sight better, and I iruproved all the time I was there. 1 I was the guest of Miss Emma Matthews who, daughter-likt. did all she could to make me comfortable and pleasant, not forgetting to lay in a supply of cigars for . my use while there. 1 went to see as many of, the good people as I could; made a talk before the Kp worth League Friday night, and preached on Sunday In brother Ormond's church, and took dinner with him on Monday. He Is In high favor with his peo ple,' and I am sure he is fond of them. Monday I came home a little tired, but otherwise much improved. I could truthfully say something complimentary of all the people, and wish I could; but, lack of space puts It out of the question to allude, by name, to all of them. Kenly has as good people as are to be found in any town.s And still they come and. all the time the town '3 growing. I don't like goals and I must ac knowledge, I don't like, when I phone for a quarter of lamb, for the hute".i,i to send me a quarter of goat; though when properly cooked goat eats very much like lamb. When I meet a billy goat one with a long beard. I generally let him take his choice of ways, and I go the other. I don't think goats like me, though 1 can't remember that I ever did on any harm. One reason why I do not like goats is because they are not par ticular enough about their diet. When X Fee one eating old shoes and tin cans, and looking as impudent as that other old fellow with horns and hoofs that -we read about, I can't help dis4 liking him. ' , Ex-Governor John P. St. John said, he once knew an Irishman who owned a goat and who also owned a red flannel shirt. One day Pat came home to get his red flannel but his wife told him that she hung It on the line tb dry. and the goat ate It. "I'll kill ttiat goat." said Pat run ning for his axe. "Don't kill him wjth an axe." pleaded his wife. "Tie him on the railroad track and let the train run over and kill him." Pat soon had. him roped and tied on the track; and pretty soon a long freight train came thundering along, but Just before it readied the goat It came to a dead halt. A few minutes later Pat reached the house leading the goat. , "Ain't that goat dead yet!" asked the wife. "No. be Jasus, here he is. same as iver." "How's that?" asked the wife. "Why." said Pat, "when the goat saw the train coming he coughed up the red shirt and flagged the train." I don't ask any of my readers to believe that story, but any body who knows much about goats, will admit that a long bearded Billy can corns as near flagging a train as any other animal of his size and weight. The reason I happened to think of goats, I passed a farm not long since and counted seventy-five, of various colors, ages, and sizes. The farmer told me they, furnished the cheapest and best meat he could raise, and ac cording to what he said about them I guess it is so. Still I don't like goats: though I sometimes think I'd like to have one or two "old billeys to eat all the old empty tin cans, boxes and bro ken crockery that are throw into my garden by some unknown persons. I am sur that two or three would keep fat on them. A few copies only of Whitaker's Reminiscences on hand. You can get a copy now. Dot arter a little while you may not. Order a copy at once, and make sure of It. Price 11.50, post paid. A. port of the financiers whom the Presi dent has offended. -,, This was the very argument that was made at St. Louis In 1904. We were told that the Presi dent was very unpopular 'with Wall street and that a safe and. sane candi date who had the confidence of the business element would be able to finance - his . campaign in Wall street and win an . easy victory. The party tried it and that bait will not serve again. Let Southern candidates be present ed upon their merits. Let them be brought forward as champions of Democratic Ideas and they will find the North ready to listen. Papers like the Sun . have overworked the con servatism of. the South. Gov. Hoke Smith, of Georgia, won his campaign by attacking railroad influence in. pol itics .and by demanding, regulation. Governor Cromer won his fight in Alabama along the same lines. Gov ernor . Campbell, of Texas,- maau speeches in favor of railroad regula tion which would brand ( hira as an anarchist according to the Sun's defi nition of anarchy. Here are three recent-victories in three -, prominent Southern States which tend to show that : the masses of the ' South are no more willing, to be. ridden by the cor porations than are the masses of the North.'? ?, There, are: many Democrats in the. South-who would poll the full Democratic strength of the North, but papers , like, the Sun dnot mention them, tor such papers nave no more interest "in! a.Southern -man who is really Idemocratlc than, they .have in a Northern man who is Democratic, because. such papers are the organs of predatory wealth. Their praise damns any: man upon .whom ithey lavish. t and rtheir opposition - compliments thosewho.are honored with it, -wThe.; South furnishes . most of the electoral votes of the Democratic par ty, but. it does not furnlshia majority of. the Democratic, voters In r 1836 New York cast 551,000 Democratic votes, - more than Alabama. Arkansas, Florida, Georgia.- Louisiana and , Mis sissippi combined. .Pennsylvania ast. NORTH CAROLINA LARGEST AND LEADING RETAIL FltKi: DKMVKKY tSERVK Wc prepay carriage to any polntjn of $5.00 or more. Tike Entire lMer(gsted in Qm Miittl We Have Begun Our , Great All Previous This series of value giving sales involves special offermgs from practiclly every department in our entire store. .Plann'tdl month of May and to appeal to the wants and pocket boohs of everyone. GKEAT SPKCIAL OFITElt OF STAPLK BLACK SILKS. .4.30 YAKDS AT PIllCES BELOW PRUbKXT (XJST TO PllODtCE. Contracts placed six months ago onable us to make prices for this month of May salervvhich will establish new records for wonderful values Sn the hirtory or silk retallingr- All arc standard qualities, and we would have you compare in the closest way. as t-rinlsh. widths. etc.. with simda grade elsewhere, and then note tlie prices. Nowhere are they eqtialed for the money.' lytry yard guaranteed. 1.0 QltAtTTY One yard wide Black TaTfta. This la exceptional value in Black Taffata for outer dross and waist wr. It Is an extra heavy, bril liant quality VTtth a rustling finish, and we consider it one of the best grades of lilaik Dress. -Taffeta ever sold at any price. We want every one to see it. $1.25 QUALITY Pure Dye Black Dress TalTeta, full yard wide, in a very superior imported Swiss Taffeta, excellent black and bright fl i Ish. splendid value, fully worth Jl.r.O; our May price. $1.25. A big bargain for a nic Silk, . $10 Ql'.UJTY One yard vkl HI nek Ihess Tuffcta.. fully WorMi ?2 yard. A' superior grade for the nnediess wear. Value unexcelled anywhere The bctt made. . lXTH.OUIIXAISY llAIUiAIXS IX DltKKK fiOOOS. 96U yards newest effects bought for this Month of May Sale from a lead ing Dress Goods manufacturer- goodn'mude to sll at 75c.. but adverse weather conditions give them to us, so we ca offer th:irt at only 50c. a , 'yard.. Splendid, new. cheery and chic efferts in high, grade summer wool drc-JU goods for skirts and full suits, i come and cc them. Caiets, Exceptional Low Prices No Lo&g Pre . . . - ' - . - . .... - .'1. ; . . f i Sold at the Most Attractive Prices in - ' " 433.000 Democratic votes."' or more than Kentucky and Virginia 'combined. Ohio cast 477.000 Democratic vote. -or more than North Carolina, South Car- clina and Tennessee combined. Illinois cust 465.000 Democratic votes nearly 100,000 more than Texas. These, figures are given to show that the . selection of a Democratic candidate is a matter of interest to the whole country, and in the selection i is not. fair that one tectlon should be slighted fcr that an other section only should be consid ered. There are Democrats In every Ftate in the Union. In many of" the States they have often fought with out hope, but they are none the less deserving ofj consideration. Demo cratic platforms should be made and Democratic candidates should be. se lected with a view to strengthening the party's position al? over the country, not with a view to pleasing any one section or any one element of th. party. . 1' ''-V Let us enter the next convention with an eye single to the party's good, remembering that .the. party can ad vanco its interests only by advancing the Interests of the country. Let u enter upon the selection of candidates, not with a view of gratifying any man's ambition or of complimenting &ny State or portion ol toe Union, but with a desire to select candidates who voice the sentiments of the rank, and fjle of the party and. who... tf elected, v.ilt strengthen the party's hold upon the country by proving the, party de serving of . public, confidence. ' If. the most available man is a Southern man. let our candidate be from the South. ,lf the most available man Is ft Korth- STORE North Curoilna on hII -nsli purclias Retail S Value Giving Straw Thev are Wortu Coming Xliles to: See. Stylish Shoes, CourttTitiiM ;'". '- frii man, let him be from the-North. It the east presents the most available man. let him be from the East. If. the West can furnish the most available man let him be from the Went. ;The teal Democrat from any section will poll more . votes in any other section than one whose! Democracy is certified to by Wall streox whose Iniquities have ro aroused the 'public that even many Republicans are. trying .to get away from their, influence. -, - 5 1 and Ohio RaHvav JROUTIS TOtTjn. WEST,' ; Tiro fast retsimie trains wttb rtlulm car serrice.. Thruogh PulIroo Kleepew to Loalsrllle.: CludnoatL Chlcagn and Sb UIIU1, ':'"- . Lv. Richmond . Si 15 p. m. jw. Charlottes- ., -, ; , vflto ...... .7:29 p. m. v tJ9. Mrnch burg. 4:30 p. to Ar. Cincinnati. 8:1k a. m, Ar. trouisvilie.il: 20 . a. m. r, Chicago... 6:10 p.m. Kt. St. .Louis. :38 p, m. Direct connections - for 11:00 pjd S:tS a.'m i:00 tm S:00 p, m t:10 a. nt , 7:18 .m , ail point Weat : And Northwest. Quickest and best route. : ' . -' ' v -A --: The line to cbe celebrated moontabr rewiB of Virginia, v :- .- - , e 5 Fori rtescnpUve matter, schedule and Pullman reservations, address. ' w. ok wAnnncN, n. p. a. o. o By. Co.. Richmond. Va, n. W. FUIilxCR, Gen. Paas, Ages ( DORIHN & FKItltAMS GOLD TRADING .STAMPS ; (GOOD - AS GOLD.! .. We give D. & Fs. Gold Trading Sta ! stamp fyr every 10 cents. - - - A .'; 'v.:. M J( A TV7 zS? nT i f -4A L v Ell Month ol - i'EXTIUOKDINARY V.VLUES IN WHITE GOODS. It will repay prospective customers to . come and' see our lines of "White Goods .and Linens, and , lay in a store for. future needs, for It has been .sel dom uch goods have N-en offered at our Month of May prices. 2 YAltI-WlDE 1-TtENClI WHITE ORGANDIES In the new dry finish, the finish our rrandmothers used, the "finish that; Improves by the tub irons beautifully and does nol suffer Irony dampness. We start these Organ dies at only 25c a --yard, and for 25c give you fa. grade never before sold for less than Se7 : PKItSlAN'liAWNS 40 Inches wide,, at the, greatest bargain. prices; better values than Jn any, .'previous year -12 '1-2 end 15c a yard. t , FRENCH LAW'NK- -Dry French, FinishJ Improving by laundering. fl in- have "ever offered. .We advise every one of our customers to buy how, and at once. - Our supply is .very liberal but it Is well for you to take "our advice and buy early. , 5 'yS; :itZ zWtfi C-.-j.' 1:' ;i. -.'v V' V'.-? '' ' Muchsuperior to last year' good41x inches wide 10c and 12 : 1-2 c a yard. . --''? V-:-i'-.i-Vv"'---".' : J EXTIlAOHDINAKY LINEN VALUItS. s os, Hir a yard. Better goods than wa . Yard-Wide Linen Weft Cambric Law sold last year for 35c a- yard. ' ';''- : ' 5 . ' '- , - 4 5-Inch Suiting Llnen. all- linen' warp and Weft, 60c a yard as good :aj we sold for ,75c last-year:- '--' vV;;i; t-? -'V ? ' . ; , ' - 90-inch All --Linen Sheetings in the "newl dry finishi ; 11.00 a yard; the same number as we ;sol4 last year tor, 1.25 ;jn;yar,:; ' y;.';;'. v - At the -lowest prices in the cltyj Better: Laces and Jat lower . prices than ever before. v.f v.-fv" . - . T T t I" yk ' ''-. '. f"n rl"i 1 11 in n 11. 11 11 ir 11 fi irA. ; 11 n ii r Raleigli i ARE STIUCTLY IIIGII-GKADE IN COXSTKUCTION kJ ere C . v tlngutsbed by superb tonp. Quality and attractive , ce Cz ' Tlie are sold at the rlht price on easy Urnas.1. ; Send for catalogue and full Inform a Hon to.,' . '' : '. - IlAIiElG Volume ; 142nd HoTioz'c 77 ' . . -;"Prica6li5b; Pc::;:.! I r: ? . ;i.v,IIofdecai,G Lav: - 7 ' ; " ; 01O.C0" C r.-:'.; j C. We have a limited number cf 1! r'.? A " I " :G0 V s. - r mps with , every cash , purchase. One T;'- ' ' l "'' ' ' " '" . nn my- is.' :'- -'.-' 1 ' j" V.." .O ;';r'::';'-."V-:1 ;rV-;-.1 -'yy:' . V. s " ts - Www 5 . vli-:-;M "v III T7. O. f r -m i -1 V . II - - .'--r j ,.v: -
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