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A Sermon Trenched at Kocky River Church
on November 24, 1895, by the Fastor,
Key. K. V.' Lancaster.
Published by request ot members of. the
Session. - - '
Tert:I Cor. VI:12. ' '
When the Apostle wrote " the words,
,'All things are lawful unto me, but - I
will not be brought under the power of
any,' he made a declaration which by
the Christian should be held supremely
precious. , Th,e united wisdom of the
delegates met jn Indepsndence hall in
1776 produced no sentence comparable
to this. They declared for political free
dom, but here we have the Christian's
declaration of moral independence-f
soul freedom. It declares nis Goa-given
right to the use of all things his privi
lege1 to abuse hone. ' '.
'-. The declaration is perfectly general
'all things are lawful unto! me." There
is no good thing oi ucp 8 creauon,
from, the yeast plant to the oak, from
the oyster to the elephant, or from the
firefly 8 lamp to the hghtnmg 8 blaze,
that I, God's ichild, may not use, -if
only I use them as their lord, . accord
ing to God's appointment. " '
"But I will not be brought under the
power of any." I will not stoop from
my place of lordship and authority so
as to yield my independence to that
which should be my servant.
On this day which is set apart by the
Sunday -School Union to the interest of
temperance, I ish to speak of the sin
of drunkenness; but let us first empha
size this general principle of. Christian
conduct. Simply stated, it is this; The
Christian man must not by self-indulgence
or habit put himself in' a position
where any created thing holds the mas
tery over him. . We can conoeive a case
in which it would be- a sin for a Chris
tian man to eat wheat bread. , Suppose
the man to be poor. , Suppose the price
of wheat to be high. And yet this poor
man has such a fondness for fine flour
that he will neglect every claim that is
upon himrin order that he may indulge
his appetite. This is an extreme case,
'but we are after the principle, and I
wish to make it plain. Save God alone
I have no master, is the true position
for a man. I will not be brought un
der tHe power of anything that is be
neath me, and above me God . alone is
king. What, then, are we to say of the
man that can't do without his pipe, his
cigarette or his chew?1 What,., of the
woman that can't do without her snuff,
her coffee or her tea? I simply say
that it is impossible for them to use this
high:born declaration, "I 'wiU not be
brought under the power of any."
These things are done in the day. The
night covers many sadder things. And
I should consider it an unfaithful testi
mony to speaks against whiskey, the
bratvler, and leave unnoticed that quiet,
sneaking, ; .deadening evil, morphine.
'Shall the man be counted pure who
cares not so much for God as he does
for a little hypo-dermic syringe ? There
are members of the church who talk
very piously, perhaps, about the sin of
drunkenness while they themselves are
bound in a slavery as hopeless as any
ppor drunkard ever was. They do not
drink whiskey, but, taught by some
doctor's criminal . kindnene, - they take
morphine as a substitute. They need
not roll their eyes and publicly thank
God that they are not like some-poor
brother who is a drunkard, for mor
phine can damn as deeply as can whis
key. But they doinot take morphine.
Then they take chloral as a substitute.
They do not take chloral, but they take
cocaine as a substitute. And sq, whether
by this drug or that, tliey become bound,
willingly bowing their necks to a foreign
yoke. And instead of God being their
ODly king, he ceases to be king at all.
Some drug that wouldmake a well man
sick usurps his place.
But drunkenness is mentioned in the
verses preceding the text. ' And it is
that of which I wish chiefly to 6peak in
order to illustrate the nature an.d effects
of the bondage in which 'strong drink
holds" a m&D4 Many of those who
drink whiskey to Excess do not realize
that they are truly slaves to it. For it
is not uncommon to hear a man say:
'Oh, I could stop drinking if I wanted
to." The man who says that is mista
ken, but supposing him to be right,
doe8 it not prove him to be a meaner
man than the" one who cannot" stop
even if he would, "I could stop if I
wanted to," but he does .not stop, I
simply choose and desire to go on, re
gardless of mother or wife or child, re
gardless of anything on earth regard
less of God I go on. It matters not to
me whom I drag down or where I land
that a man with reason gone and only
the animal with the swinish capacity to
swill left ! Noah, drunk " and lying
nakttl in his tent, Lot drunk and com
mitting a nameless crime upon his own
daughters, are. but illustrations of the
foul depth to which strong drink: caff
bring the noblest. I have often thought
of a scene that. I once witnessed in
China. A poor fellow was. drunk, ut
terly unable to walk, and as I passed he
was floundering in the mud as some
wounded beast night do in his bloed. I
heard him ask one question: Do-you
understand? and I thought I under
stood better than he did, for I had read
here in this chapter: "Nor drunkards
inherit the kingdom of God." This
bondage is not only degrading, it is de
structive. It is destructive-of homes,
of purity; of human life and hope, and
souls of men. More masterful than
war, more deadly than pestilence, the
bondage to strong drink has had a long,
long history without one bright excep
tion to its tale of woe. - It has never
improved one of its slaves, and it has
never set one free. War is sometimes
ennobled, by the cause for which it is
fought. Even pestilence '. has been at
times God's messenger for" good to men,
but strong drink as a master has brought
nothing to men but blasting and mil
dew and death. Isaiah seems to teach us
(ch v:ll-14) that hell had to be enlarged
and its mouth opened without measure
in order to receive the great host that
strong drink Was pouring into it Now,
if I could bind the devil to my will for
a day I would force him to lead out of
his great prison house every murderer
who had slain his victim because of
liquor; every victim whose ghastly
wound came by liquor; every thief who
had stolen for liquor; every woman
whose chastity had been -taken away by
liquor; every besotted one who had
simply died by liquor; in short, every
one who in the ages has gone to hell
because of liquor. All these I would
make him lead in one long, fearful pa
rade before the eyes of every lover of
strong drink. And the dark procession
should have in letters of blood upon
every banner: Would you became as
one of as ? , As one pf us ! Then, if
God would, but lend me for a day the
women and babes from -heaven to ap
pear before the -eyes of men just as they
looked when-ne called them away irom
the homes of drunken fathers just let
them- appear ragged, and lean, and
cold, and sick and bruised roh, God!
surely we would have a picture that
would make liquor's most faithful
slaves declare its rule aurse.
Another cruel thing about the bond
age to strong drink is that it involves
others. The drunkard himself does not
seem to. appreciate the deep darkness
which he casts Over the Ufa of those
who love him . - The water of certain
streams will turn a dead body into stone.
Whiskey seen s to have a similar effect
upon a living heart The drunkard's
sensibilities are deadened, and his heart
becomes a heart of . stone. .Else how
can he look upon the wan and tear-
KOKTH CAROLINA.
Report I
The . Labor Commissioner's
. - What the State is Doing.
Raleigh, N. C, Jan 12.-The report
for 1895 of the State labor commissioner,
B. R. Lacy, is a big book arid is full of j
meat It is well prepared and gives the ;
best general view afforded of what this j
State is doing. , As to .cotton manufac
turing, it is erven the first place. Dur-
oysters -,went out of the State. , The
greatest fisheries in the world are on Al
bemarle and its tributaries. That of
Dp. W. R. Capchart, for-instance, is a
mile and . a palf . in length, is operated
by steam power, and at one haul last
spring landed 484,000 - herring and
2J500 .shad. , Dr. Capehart himself
gives these figures. The Sturgeon fish
ing there is also important and employs
iw Doats ana .-sou men. xne pav
ing 1895 no less than 21 hew mills were jments to all; these are $5,00a a week;
1 ..'11- - At. A A 1 JL t 2 1 . . ' 1 - - ' ' .
built, making the total number in oper
abon 176. Besides this 11 others were
under construction . when the year
ended. . This is great progress. Dur
ing the year the" mills used -125,000,-000
pounds of cotton, and the careful
For the roe of each female they get
$,- and the weight is about ,40 pounds.
The flesh is iced and shipped to the
North. The roes are-packed in-120
pound kegs,'and for- each of these the
dealer . gots $40. They are shipped to J
estimate is made that 30,000,000 more I Russia and Germany to be -made into
pounus wiu De required uj opera uj uim i caviare. -
in 1896. There were in the last day of
the year over 1,000,000 spindles . and
over 25,000 looms, the capital employed
being $15,000,000," and the employes
humbering.,4,888 men, ! 6,175 women
and 4,689 children, 1,558 of the latter
being under fourteen. The cotton con
sumed, 309,000 bales, was within 41,-
000 of the State s estimated product of
350,000 bales. It is asserted both by
the labor bureau and "the agricultural
department that this year the mills will
consume the whole crop of - the State.
Already brick are being burned for new
mills to be constructed, and the increase
in these will Bhow no falling off. 'There
are mills in 26 of the 96 counties, and
they are all the way from Elizabeth
City, nearly on the coast, to Asheville,
beyond the Blue Ridge. In Alamance
county, which leads with 22 mills, there
are over 5,000 operatives.
Commissioner Lacy recommends with
marked earnestness the enactment of a
law designating eleven hours as a day's
work in all factories and limiting the
employes to that number of hours; also,
that-no .children under twelve be per
mitted to work in .any factory, and that
those between twelve and fourteen be
required to Bhow a certificate that they
have attended school at least twelve
weeks in each year before they are 'per
mitted to work. Mr. Lacy also asks lor
authority to enforce both these laws.
During the sessions of the last two Leg
islatures there were many bill regulating
factory labor. Arc, but all were tabled.
Many factory men and their representa
tives were present and urged the defeat
of all such measures. Mr. Lacy says
the persons who have refused to answer
his interrogatories that if they get the
Massachusetts Or the New York law,
compelling them to answer questions,
they will have only themselves to thank
for it. An 'agent obtained the informa
tion.
. The product of the cotton-mills was
79,473,000 pounds yarns, 87,742,000
yards domestics, 51,737,000 yards plaids.'
The woolen mills made 18,442,000 yards.
it is worth nothing that Forsythe alone
made 18,000,000 yards. Cleburne
made the remainder. - i
Regarding the condition of the oper
atives, . Mr.. Lacy . Bays there is room
for improvement... more comfortable
As to railways there, were 3,616 miles
in, operation, an increase ofonly thirty-
four miles over J.894 c There are 9,439
employes. , - In no cases have there been
reductions of pay and in a few instances
a slight increase is noted. Two sys
tems, which in 1893 made 10 per cent'
reduction have not " restored the old
scale, but it is thought will do so.
A'i- '! - M1; ' Xove Affairs in "Law. .
in Vermont a young man sued a
young woman to. recover his engage
ment nri?., Rh hjnrintr. rcfnaoA in . fnl.
fil iffl imrficatinn. ThA RiinrAm rr,nrt on the 12th. than any otheij day
decided that thA onmMirbo o the disturbance, but business 'went
THE BLJZZARO OX 1888.
One of -the : severest blizzards
known on the Middle Atlantic coast
prevailed March : 11, .12, 13 and: 14,
1888. The immediate forerunner of
this storm was a cold wave which! on
the 10th7; extended from Louisiana
northward to Lake Superior, and on
the 11th moved northea-stward and then
disappeared. "During the llth a secon
dary . disturbance moved eastward to
ward Cape Hatteras, N. C, and thence
northeastward along the Middle Atlantic
coast. As the; centre approached . the
coast it developed great energy, causing
destructive galea, which" were attended
by heavy rains southward of Vimnia;
and rain, turning to snow, from Virginia
northward over the Middle Atlantic
States and New England. JSeavy snows
and high winds : attending-this distur
bance caused interruption to telegriphic
commumcations tnroughout the Maddle
Atlantic and INew England States fyom
the llth to the 15th instant. Railway
communicatiott was generally intefrupt-
New York, New England and Eastern
Pennsylvania. ' f-.-. - i.B
i5altimore by reason of its sheltered
situation, suffered less from business
interruption than any of the cities north
oi it. The storm was worse in Balti
conaiuonai. it, the young woman re
fused to comply with: the conditions
she must return the ring. The penalty
of defying the court is not stated, -'but
every Woman should understand' that
in keeping the ring of a broken en
gagement, even as a scalp on her chat
elaine,; she may by nabbed by the offi
cers of the law. ' y ,
'jJt Massachusetts case shows the atti
tude of the law with reference to the
imponderable transfers of love and af
fection. In this case a man offered to
transfer his property to a woman if she
would jengage herself to him. This she
did, but before the deeds were put in
Shape he died, and the woman brought
suit to recover the promised property.
The lawyers for the heirs contended
tnat tne woman had given nothing in
return. The court, however, decided
tnat the promise of the woman was a
consideration, and she won the suit.
The; question of consideration- comes
up in Another suit In this case a
married man offered to give his wife $1
for every kiss fhe gave him. The ful
fillment of the bargain she scrupulous
ly claimed. Years afterward the man
failed ; in business, whereupon the wife
brought him the proceeds of her kisses,
dollar for dollar. She had saved them.
His creditors claimed the money. Suit
was k rough t, they contended that the
transfer was illegal, the woman having
givenj nothing in return, the right to
kiss the wife being with the rights of a
married man. The precedent of this
view is found La the 142 Pensylvania,
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U.S. Gov't Report
PRICES AND WAGES.
Married Eighty Years.
on in the city , without material Inter
ruption. .Telegraphic communication.
andjailway travel northward were sus
pended.: The maximum velocity of the
wind was thirty-three miles art hour on
the 12th, causing the lowest tide for
many years, the bottom of the harbor
peing exposed in many places. xne
tide in Baltimore harbor did not resume
its normal height until the 16th. The
storm was very severe on the Chesapeke
Day. : - .. .
At Philadelphia the fierce north "wind,
blinding snow and falling temperature
caused a suspension of street railway
traffic until the 13th. The wind reached
sixty miles an hour... Out f fortjf ves
sels at the Breakwater on the llth; only
thirteen escaped damage or destruction,
and thirty or more lives were lost , ;
New York city was bhzzard-bound for
several days and buried in snowdrifts
often more than twenty feet deep, 'so
that for two or three days, including
the 12th, 13th and 14th, the ordinary
routine , of business' was impossible.
The people had to dig out of their
houses and into their places' of business.
Railway and telegraph communication
were completely cut off. News was.
transmitted from Boston to New York
by Atlantic cable irom England.;
Throughout New York State, Uon-
neticut, Rhode Island and Massachu
setts the blizzard was very severe and
attended by almost complete prostration
OIbUBlheS3. .... V-!.:;
-In New York City Roscoe Cdnkling
was overwhelmed in the snewdrifts and
died on the 17th of April following
Gold U not Appreciating and Wages Are
. ' Rising. . , '
Th& roilowing statistics and diagram
of prices, wages, eta, onght to stop the
howling of "those who -iare -shoutmg
against gold because it is appr;iating
at some tapid rate and thus- potting
money into the pockets of thegoM
bugs. The truth is that it. is practically
stationary in value as comparea with
all labor; products and that it has depre
dated only when used - as & measure of
value of "that most important of all com
modi ties labor. How this works to the
advantage of labor is shown by the rap
idly increasing purchasing power of
wages. The greatly increased output of
gold in 1894 and 1895 wiU probably en
tirely stop the slight tendency to appre
ciation and perhaps check the downward
conrsff of prioes of labor products. This
would be of doubtful benefit, as it is
perhaps best for mankind that prices' of
most manufactured articles should de-
I cline somewhat owing to constantly im
proved methods of manufaotnre. It ia
only fair that consumers jshould deceive
a share of the benefits of cheapened pro
duction. -''.- ; .::;
RELATTVK PRICES AKD WAGES IN THE UKITED
STATES. .-: ' . --
Compiled from "Has Oold Appreciated?" by
C d Jackson.
-Wagos-l
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
W H. ULI Y' H. D,
8, It. MOXTQOlCKa r , 1C
offer their professional services to the
citizens of Concord and vicinity. All
calls promptly attended day or night.
OfSoe and residence on Easivi Tjmv4
street, opposite Presbyterian church.
Df.. C. Hccstoa, Sepi Mi
CONCORD, N. C.
Is prepared to do all kinds of Denta
work in the most approved manner.
Office over Johnson's Drusr Store.
1840.
1811.
1842...
1843
1844........
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1848.-.W....
1840,
1850.
1851.
1858..
1853..
1854, .,
1859,
a2
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97.V
98.1 S0.1
84.3
85.0
88.3
95.2
95.2
, 83.8-
83.5
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1857..
1858..
1859..
I860
1861......
1863..
1863..
1884........
1865..
1866..
1867
98.6
.. 97.8-
..105.0
..105.0
109.2
113.8
114.0
.113.8
.102.9
.100.0
. 94.1
..101.6
.. 91.1
110.7 .
.107.4
.134.0
.123.2
he think of the prajers and deep groan
ing of his gray headed father ? How
can he look upon the wan and haggard
and -old-looking woman who a short
time ago,- young and beautiful, left
good home to be his wife ? How can he
bear the sight of the dirty, ragged chil
dren that are growing up with no prospects-in
the world because they have to
call him father ? Whiskey lias a hard
ening effect; but the hidjfference c the
drunkard to. (he extent in which he in
volves others 'in his shame does not
make the fact less appalling. The very
fact that he cannot feel these things is
a part of the curse - that is upon . him.
He does not feel, yet strong drink has
been, perhaps, the greatest heart
breaker that the world has ever known
I suppose that for thousands . of years
past there has not been a moment of
time as marked by the tick of a watch
that there could not be heard somewhere
on this earth a cry, a ' groan, a prayer,
wrung from a human heart because it
loved or was dependent on. a drunkard
Suppose' these sounds of grief are treas
ured up'..: We are indeed told that just
as the wave in water moves on and on
until it- reaches the ' shore, 8q sound
waves move on and live on. Oh, what
a thought is that! Suppose that by
some dmne power these scattered, en
feebled names could be" turned back and
reconcentrated upon the earth, what
would be the contribution that strong
drink has made? Oaths and cursings
beyond number: woman's , sighs and
strong men's groaning; prayers that
from the almost breaking heart have
St Paul Pioneer Press.
waleseMi
eior. lor. wmie many muis reuueeu
many
wages in 1894', when the mills ran on
partial time, only a few raised them in
1895 to the former standard, though all
mills were then running full time and
many on overtime. In a majority . of
the mills wages are low, very low,
people North and West would consider
them : only a few mills pay good wages,
and at these the moral, educational and
financial' condition .of the, operatives is
far better than elsewhere. There are
many letters regarding factories. An
owner says he knows of no other en
terprises in the State which give em
ployes more regular work and better
wages. It must always be taken into
account that living is cheap in this
State, gome of the persons who write
letters declare for eleven hours labor
and some favor compulsory educatio n
lnose who thus urge are mill men, not
employes. AH the latter favor the day
of not over eleven hours. Some mills
work twelve and a half hours, and
twelve .hours is the average in the State.
l'he. reports show that 75 per cent of
all employes can read and write; that
the average daily wages are $1 foi skilled
men, 75 cents for women; of unskilled
men 75, women 50, children 45. A
majority of the reports say there is
mental and moral improvment of oper
atives; that there are free schools; that
wages are paid in cash, usually semi
monthly.' : ' ' v -
As to agriculture, laborers get wages
averaging $8.75 a month for men,
couple in the -United States. Their
name is Darwin and they were born - in
Montreal and are French. Louis Dar
win as born on Sept. 24, 1788, and is
therefore 107 years old-past. His wife
was born march 17. 1794, and was -101
her last birthday. -
This aged couple was married in 1815
and have passed their eightieth anni
versary. They have reared a family of
seven sons and five Haughters, only five
of them being alive , now. The oldest
daughter has a large family, she being
married when sUe was 11 years of age.
They have the fourth generation from
the j parent tree. The old gentleman
was ! one of the liveliest among the
"boys" on the river here 49 years ago
and could dance all around the Voung
fellows at that time. He was noted for
his politeness, which at times was some
whaLridiculotis, as was the case .when
his wife was very sick. r The attending
physician going to see her, met the
husband coin e to the city. "Good
morning. Mr. Darwin,'' said . he
"How is your wife this morning?"
Politely raisine his hat he said, "She is
verv much worse, thank you, doctor.
. The Old couple have been rugged and
hearty and have lived in a cottage by
bv themselves for several years, and all
this summer have been able to be about
Afiseopalian.
1868........V125.8
1869....... ..112.8
1870.... .....119.0
1871.........122.9
1878.. ...... .121.4
accordance with the cannons, i A tier
gyman came to preach in a southern
parish, and while walking across the
fields met a farm laborer, who.; in the
course of conversation, said he was a
'Piscopal. ' H
The clerarvman was 2 lad to inear it
and asked if he belonged to the; parish,
to which the laborer replied that he
"AiAn't l-nanr
"Then what diocese do jom belong
to?' was the next Question.; iA
"Ther aint nawthin' like that 'round
here," replied the other. ,
"Who confirmed your then7' ,
"Nobody,'? answered the laborer.
"Then you are an Episcopalian?1
asked the clersvman. I
"Well," was the reply, you I see it s
this way : Last winter I was a-visitin a
friend, and while I was there I jwent to
church,- and it was called 'Piscopal, and
I heard them say that they lefj undone
the things what they'd oughter done,
and they'd done some things what they
oughten done.' and. 1 says to f myseu,
says J, 'That's-my fix exactly,' and
ever since I considered myself a: .'Pisco-
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W. J. MONTQOMEBI. , jr. I,UB OBOWEI1I1
Attorneys asl Connsellors at Lai-
. CONCOED,N. C
As partners, 'will practice law in Cabar.
rus, Stanly and adjoining counties,
the Superior arid Supreme Courts of tie
State and in the Federal Courts. Office '
on Depot Street. 1
. Parties; desiring to lend money can .
leave it with us or place it in Concord
National Bank for us, and we will lend
it on good real estate, security free of
charge to the depositor. ,
We makr thorough exarjeination of
title to. lands offered j as security for '
loans. - -.- r
Mortgages foreclosed without expense
to owners of same. - :
MORRISON H. CALDWELL,
' Attorney at . Ll? w,,
CONCORD. N.C.
Office in Morris bufldin
court house. ;
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,Dr; J. I CASTLAHl). De
CONCORDi N. C.
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; Makes a specialty of filling your tetn
without paiiu. Gas, ether or chloroform
UlUUauviil1 JUippuius- in. "uur
perience.
rier's store
n r nAi nwcii m n
Offers his professional services to the
people of Concord and vicinity. Office
in rear of bank. Night calls should be
left at Mrs. Dr. Henderson s.
Office Hours, 7. to 8 a. m., 1 to 2, and
7 to 8 p. m. Telephone call, No, 67.-
Sept. 20.'94. ly. -
Note. The United States price table is marie
from the average prices , in the United btat3
of SO articles for each year between itau ana.
. in mti rT vi Arnftiflfl tor eacn Tear ireiwren
1860 and 1893. In this table the price of each
atrti. a irlimn m mnch relative imrxrtance
In computing the averaeeT as that article hag
in the consumption of the average citizen tot
the United tstatee. , . - , t :
m ine uniteo dl
?ea
C. H. BARNIIARDT M
Physician sad Surgeon,
a.
MT. TliBASAKT, N. C.
The figures for -wages
Calls received and promptly attended
at all hours. Office at my home, late
residence of Dr. J. !W Moose.
- Dec. 2G 6m. - . .
The results oiven in the last two columns.
"Purchasing Power of Wages" and "Costiof
Gold Measured by Labor, are also derived
from the figures of the Aldrich report. j i
no m uni
uni iiii riULyg.
ECLECTIC PHYSICIAN,
in
The
Wouldn't Bound Very Well.
bov had smashed his father's
Dalian."
: M . I ' . . . . . .1.
ji ishavipg mug, and done sunary oiner
Old people who reoe medicine to h; . '
rponlat the bowels and kidnievs Willi ..a, vjtAiAt bV,o o-TpUimeA . hnr-
itthfarm,Jtut they are both very sick at find true rewedy in Electri4 Bitters, -ified "what will yoirSr papft say when
i-1 present, and , there seems little hopeTof l.xbis medicine does not stimulate and ,nfi mGa home and sies what you have
iiieix reuuveiy. .iici. viow. ;y. . contains no wuuus.ej aw vmoi iuua.-i j.n(1oii
. . . , 11 I J: l aoxr I .... ; 3 -IA. i- I uuuei
oi marnea me iuey are uiiwwm i cant, out acts as a toxuo ana- tuuo. i vpil
$4.65 .for wornen4 ?.0 for children,
:aud those who work by the day get
i that so far as they are concerned they
think that marrage is not a failure.
Eii58 IP EOYS'ILOTHING,
j Overcoats and pits.
ai right prices. Cometc see me.
II:' " g, LORE.
jr?3 . a xmi
I could stop if I wanted to, but I delib- gone up into Uod'?. own ear. toe heavy ahnu .nte ftnrf 4An- Jh
. . . i n iL.U 1L I A I I ' "'r j
erateiv CaK)ose to cmnK aaa eroto neu.ituuuy iiofcw vwtr e.ixuat, iue ra
fTl & . 1 It . !-wlit- .3 I Inn ViIaaHi MAO A atttlAlTAtl m f tVl A I I
ine iaci is, in? man is a Biave ana aoes lv uus. 7 . ' i they have great advantage over town
not realize it. Imagine a man that can- cries 0 the affrighted child, the gurgle Thev et housefree: witb fire
wood, ground for garden and truck and
lire subject to
pecifilar Ills. The
right remedy for
fcabiOS' (ls-especlally
worms and Stpmach
dlsorderf-rla
Frey's Vf rmif uge
)' has cured children for0 years. Send
far illus. book about the 4113 ana the
rem Qd y, Ous twttlt mfle4 J5 omW.
;1&
r.
a
o 'linn
mm
Tlis Lei 03:rf3t2i7 of niBr!ca--wb j
; CAfti.FAs.LrcK, Uinscior..! ZiilgmjS!
r Fouadcdia 1SC0 by ' 'rri-CUVt- ' 1
i-UEW - c ofi-;ndOTPr,,;pecto.
. jKl-,!ii' iving full informatioa..
j. f kamk W. Hai-E. General Mamgttj
hot walk for whiskey using the "vords
j I will not be brought under the power
of any t In a certain sense it - is , true
that h could stop if . he wanted to; but
the very thought of his bondage con
sists in the fact that he cannot want to.
The will is led by the strongest motive.
! drink has been indulged until it has
I grown a giant within him, has always
one strongest motive; and so when the
J temptation comes and that great.'thirsty
unsatisfaed thing within, him cries out
against restraint, ne will arint even
Yonr 3jrtM, vth six eenU
Id stamps, mailed to our Head ;
auarters, 41 SUt St., Btitoi,
ail., wilj bring you a full Uae
of samples, ana rales for self-!
measarcnicnt, of oar justly f
nous 83 ant ; Suits, 13.25;i
Overcoat $10.25, and up. Cut
to order, ; Agents wanted syyy
wnerc i5 - .:- . t.i.
of flowinjg blood and the gasps that
come with 'death. Has God indeed
gathered all these and does he keep
them aU7 And is strong ; drink Btul
making most of the demon music with
which this earth, aDQunds. e v And can a
man Aear even a part ox it and still say
that the bondage to strong drink is not
a curse?
In conclusion, on those that are free
I would urge the importance of main
taining their freedom, even at the price !
of eternal vigilance. Let the text be
our life'a motto. 'I will not be brought
with a ragged, cold,: huncny, helpless under the, ppwe? of any.
wife tagging at his arm., ' " t And to those who are i
In what I shall I 'say about theef,ects
of this bondage to strong drink let me
not be charged with want of sympathy
for the drunkard or with harshness. I
have had dear
slaves to this
not because I do not care that I speak;
It ;s because I care. Let me Temark
then that this bondage to strong drink
is dej rading. There seems to be a
dreadfil and invariable law connected
with t ie use of liquor by which it pulls
down and never builds up. I should
as soo i expect the law of gravitation 'to'
vary , is lor this to change. At utys its
already bound
let me say that, hard and accursed and
hopeless as your case is. I have heard of
a strong man that can bind the giant
that haa hound you. " I have heard of
friends who were held! one whose very business it is to pro-
A .3 1 - k A it. : I -i a a at - i: .1
uivu lutvi. uiu. lit is i claim uueity tu tut; uiuuva auu uic
opening of the prison to them that are
bound. His name is Jesus. - He sets
His people free. In Him is your only
hope of .deliverance. Fail, t call on
Him - and your bonds will hind, you
stiU,
the day?, go by ? Do you not know
tht the end is everlasting chains and
darkness ? Hear this if it is the ilast
hand; upon the hiehest, and they come thins you hear: "The Spirit of the Lord
down to the dqst, - It puts its foot upon I God is upon me, because he hath sent
places to . raise pigs and poultry. The
majority of tenant farmers are furnished
free with a horse and plow to work
their gardens, etc , and if this is done
in the landlord's time he does not dock
them. The wages of farm laborers are
exactly governed by the prices of farm
products. In 1893 the monthly Wages
of men were $9.50. . vr' :';s. .-J-- -r:i. ;
Farmers say it costs them $22150 to
raise a 40G-pbund bale of cotton,,or 5i
cents a pound. The tendency toward
smaller farms is steady. During . the
year there was a marked improvement
of lands by drainage. A- majority say
railways nave increased land values, but
that the general value of lands declined
during the year. The cost of producing
a bushel of wheat runs all the way from
20 cents in Ashe to $1 in Bertie; the av
erage is 60 cents; of corn, 40; of oats,
30. Labor is plentiful, and in no State
are the relations between employers and
employed more friendly. The great
homogeneousness of the population is
nwirnfl cause of this. Tn this North
Do you not feel ern stronger as Carolina stands nrst in ail the Union;
There are in the State 235 newspa-
i ' Two IJvcs Stavea.
Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of Junction
City, 111., was told by her doctors she
haA nonrnimntaon and that there was no
hobe for her. but two bottles of Dr.
King's New Discovery completely cured
he and she Bavs it saved her life.; Mr.
Thomas Eeeers. 139 Florida
San Francisco, suffered from a dreadful
cold, approaching Consumption, tried
without result - everything else then
bought one bottle of Dr. King's New
Discoverr and in two weeks was cured
He ia? naturally thankful. It is such
results, of which these are samples, that
Drove the wonderful efficacy . of this
medicine in Coushs and Oolda,
trial bottles at P. B. Fetzer's Din:
Store. Eegular size 50a and $1.00.
It acts mildly on the stomach and. bow-
elst aiding Nature in the rrfotmance of
thft fnnfttiona. ' Electric Bitteta ia an
excellent appetizer, and aids digestion.
Old people find it just exactly wht they
need.
mamma, I don't think
would like to repeat it before you.
ited.
Accounted For.
T know whv eirls like dolls," opser-
Pn.fl flftv cants per bottle at P. voA TTaroldl to his aunt. "It's because
flOXCORD, K. C, , - '
' t ;
Offers tis piofesssonal services to the
citizens of Conoord, and vicinity in the
treatment of acute and chronic diseases.
Office ever Yorke's jewelry stor e on Main
street, where he can be found at all
hours day or . night, ! when not profes
sionally engaged. j Feb. Sir. 3m.
Waiclies,
Olocks,
B. Fetzer'a Drug Store.
dolls don't say a word, and lets the girls
doallthetalkinV
Me Saw -
OUSPUNSOUY n AND AGES. Circular free-
U FlavcU's. 1005 Bnrinir Garden 8t.Pulla,P8i
the? k west and the mire covers them.
1 8upKse that when a drunkard hap
pens ;o be sober the sight of a beastly
drunicen man is disgusting and revolt
ing even to him. How can any one
who aas seen such a sight consent to
become so him'self ? ' A man wallowing i
on the ground like a hog ! A man wal-
lov,'i; lg even in that which he spews out of
ms't wn mouth l I never saw a hog do
me to preach the deliverance to the cap
tives, to set at , liberty them , that are
bruisedi" These are the words of Jesus.
' NaTS.-The sermon was not written
until after it was preached, and there
being no call for an exact reproduction,
it was not thought improper to make
such changes as at the time of writing
seemed advisable. -
pers, an increase of 16 over 1864. Of
these 20 are dailies, 170 weeklies, an
monthlies. There are 112 Democratic
12 Bepublican, 7 . Populists, 9 Farmers
Alliance, 10 indipendent, omdependens
Denaocratio, 28 , non-political, 31 reh"g-
ious, 1 fratennty. - . ,
The fishing industry is carried on in
26 counties, and over .10,000 persons
are engaged in it. . Of these 2,500 are
in the oyster trade. Last year 200
Washington. . - :
I There died last week in Baker county,
Georgia, a v negro- who-was known as
Jim Hall. He claimed to be more than
125 years old. at the time of his death.
Old Jimof ten said that he had driven
his master ti the polls to vote for Gen
eral Washington on the occasion of his
first election as president, when, a boy
rif tenvnr twelve: years. Whether he
was romancing or not, he was a re
markable old negro and had a reputauon
for honesty which few of his race po8f
sessed, and even in his extreme old age
he did not become a pensioner on his
county. , -' -
Marlon Butler Talks on safer.
Washington. January 14. The, inci
street, dent m congress ; worthy Jof bote thus
far to-day is the oemonstrauon agam
on the part of Marion Butler.fof Nprth
CJarolina, of his extreme infatuation
for the sound of his own voiee, with a
owihr nf intellect and ' a torrent . of
KvtMvMij vy
V His inflections are becoming a daily
fan turn nf flpnaaiional life. ; Peffer sits
"ree amazed and dismayed at thisriew rasbag
which he never equaiea even jn me pal
miest days, while Stewart, wita his great
irmv for the white metal, is f orfeed td flee
tSSJliFi GOOD FOREVERYBODY
lREGULATOR
" 'Hood's Is Woneerful. :
No less than wonderful are the cures
accomplished by Hood's Sarsaparilla,
. - . . . i . ,
even after Other preparations ana pnysi-
cians' prescriptions have failed. The
reason, however, is simple. When the
hlood is enriched and purified, disease
.1. l. . t I i . . J tWsxnlfTi. Afnina anrl
scnooners, eacn naving over ana aver-: aisappears mu guw uwim "tmuo,
age 2,200 bushels of oysters passed I Hood's Sarsapanlla is tne one true Di&oaj
OcracQkei and five-sixths of all these purifier. , .
rooms. - f -
x Mr. Sutler's effusion acts as a sopor
fic to an aUgust body whichj was t ac
cording to an acute publicf opinion,
bora tired." Some - amusement was
caused when Butler was about ready to
proceed." like a true apostle : of. the
wniisfa ha has a. duid of ti)bacco ; in
his elastic jaws aiway xiw . -rdtm
and hade him. withvlh haughty
r-QT A x v-i t
mein of a -new eenaior, w uciog i
the 'Senate cuspidors whichi strangely
enoueh was made of the mtai uuuer
VOA ahemt to defend. . J
Th -nao-e with a teen sense oi ine
fitness of things ' placed the cuspidor in
thfl new Senator's -hand to his dismay
and to the enjoyment of every witness
of the incident.
"T am cured since taking Hood's
Sarsaparilla,' is what manyl thousands
are saying. It gives lenewed vitality
and vigor. - - f
and everyone needs it at all times of -the
year. Malaria is always aDout, ana mne
only preventive and relief is to keep the
Liver active. YoumUstheiptnei-iYeraii,
and the best helper ii the Old Friend, SIM
MONS LIVER REGULATOR, the REIJ L.
Mr. C. Himrod, of Lancaster, Ohio,
LIVER REGULATOR
arial Fever of three
me. and less than
usiness. l snail use
d recommend it"
Be surelhat vou eet It. Always look for
the RED Z on tht package. And don't
forget the word REGULATOR, ft' is SIM
MONS LIVER REGULATOR, and there Is
only one, and every one who takes it Is
sure to be benefited. THE BENEFIT IS
ALL IN THE REMEDY. , Take tt also foi
Biliousness and Sick Headache ;. both are
caused by a sluggish Liver.' .1 f
$ J. H. Zeilin fio-i Plildelpbi .
says: "Simmons
broke a case of Ma
vears' standing for
....
one bottle did the
it when In need,
Spectacles,
' Knives (
and
Forks
Tea and
Table Spoons,
Plated
Silverware,
Plated -Nov
Sterling;
Novelties,)
; at
A. J. & J. F.
Yorke's,.
Several trustworthy grentlemen or ladies
to travel in Xortb Carolina for established,
reliable bonse. Salary $780 and expenses.
Steady position. Enclose reference and self ,
addressed stamped envelope. The Domin
ion, CompanyT;fulrd iioor, Omaha BlUg.,
Chicago, IH,j ;
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