The Danbury Reporter.
VOLUME XXXIII
TIMOTHY WRITES AGAIN.
A Continuation 01 the Discussion,
Of Whether Or Not the Negro Is
A Beast.
Since our last letter we have j
noticed several itenmm the subject
of man and the negro. The most
important of all is tho one written
by the l'erplexed writer. VVe would
under tand from his way of telling
things that he is jierfectly familiar
with science and we will now put
him to the test, and ask him to
summon up science and descrilio
or point out the beast of which
the Bib'e sp.-aks that possessed j
hands. The grounds for our in-1
quiry will be found in Kx 19-13,1
which reads thus in speaking of
Mount Sinai. "There shall not an j
hand touch it, but he shall surely
Sw stoned or shot through whether
*t tie best or man, it shall not
live." Please point out that beast
that possessed hands in your next
letter. Also a communication
from Mr. Helsabeok in which lie
asks us to give our Bible proof on
the subject and his position oil the
standard is a sufficient guarantee
of his ardent love for the negro,
but we would be pleased to have
him play the part ir. this work
that he assigns to Dog-Killer and
we would also be pleased to hear
from Dog-Killer on the subject,
tout we feel sure that he is too
familiar with the plain teachings
-of Scripture to undertake the talk
assigned him.
And we will now go back to
A"hero wo dosed our Inst letter
and we hope that every reader will
bear with us until we can lay down
the narrative of creation and then
we have some very important
questions to ask those that have
Bho.ilde;e 1 the banner in behalf of
their brother in black.
Our argument closed with a
quotation from Geti 2-24 and as
then* was a slight mistake in the
.printing of this verse, we will
quote it again: "And God said let
the earth bring forth the liv
ing creatures after his kind, cattle
and creeping things, and beasts of
the earth, after his kind and it
WII3 SO."
What was so? Why just as in
deference to divine will the waters
of the red sea parted and stood
mountain high on either side
while the children of Israel passed
over dry shod. So in obedience
to divine command did the earth
and the waters combine the ele
ments of plant and animal life
and bring forth plants ami animals
after his kind. Since the system of
life is not ii creation, what new
clement described as a crept ion
made its appearance on the fifth
day in combination with matter
as presented in the physical org
anism of the fish? To answer
this question intelligently, we
must first ascertain what character
pre-eminently distinguishes not
only the highest, but the lowest
order of animal's from the plant.
Mr. D.ma says plants have no
consciousness of self as of other ex
istences. Animals nre conscious of
an outer world and even the lowest
show it by avoiding obstacles.
The physical organism of the
fish was simply a combination of
elements of matter. But con
sciousness which made its first
appearance in the material uni
verse on the fifth day was an ele
ment distinct from matter. It was
not present in light nor in the
heavens nor in the plants nor in
the luminaries. It was a new ele
ment, hence it is properly descri
bed as acreation. But what is eon
aciousnesß? Mr. Webster defines
it as knowledge of sensation or of
what passes in one a own mindi In
support of this, he refers to Locke,
lieid and the encyclopedias (See
Unabridged Dictionary). A mo- 1
ment's reflections should convince
us that mind is an element distinct,
from matter. Since conscious
ness is always associated with
mind and is never found in separa
tion from it We must decide
that it is one of its attributes and
that its presence clearly demons
trates the existence of mind, hence
this new element described as a
creation which made its appear
ance in the material universe on
the fifth day in combination with
: matter as presented in physical
structure of the lowest order of
I animal. The fish was mind in its'
simplest form. From the intro
duction of the fish, God handles'
this combination of matter and
i mind on up through the different
j grades of animals until the erea-i
;tioii of man. The evidence of.
| this is foitnd in the fact that,
i though the highest orders of fowls'
and beasts possess more highly 1
developed physical and mental,
structure than the fish; the differ-'
ence between them is merely one
of degree. They prosent no liewj
element, but like the fish, are sim
ply a combination of matter and'
mind, hence they are not described'
as creations. The belief is dis-!
geminated that mind is peculiar to
man, hence man alone possesses
the faculty of reason and that the
lower animals possess more ins
tinct. The fallaoy of this belief
has long since been demonstrated.
Mr. Darwin says of all the facul
ties of the human mind, it will; I
presume, be admitted that reason
stands at the summit. Only a few
persons now dispute that animals
possess some power of reasoning.
Animals may constantly be seen to
pause, deliberate and resolve. It is
a significant fact that the more
the habits of any animal are stud
ied by a naturalist the more ho
attributes to reason and the less
to unlearned instinct. For further
information of the existence of
mind, and the display of its var
ious attributes in the fish and
fowl and beast see the works of Cur
vier, Darwin, Hartman and others.
When the fish and fowl and beast
were once made after their kind,
God said; "Let us make man in
our own image after our likeness.
So God created man in his own
image, in the image of God created
lie him, male and female created
lie them." Gen. 1-2 B-27. In the
more detailed description of tho
creation of man given in the 2nd
chapter of Gen. verse 7, we are
taught that the Lord God formed
man out of the dust of the ground
and Wreathed into his nostrils the
breath of life and man became a
living Soul. The dust of the
ground out of which the Lord God
formed man was a part of tho origi
nal creation matter. We are thus
plainly taught that tho physical
| structure of man was simply a
| promotion out of matter; and like
| the fish and fowl and beast man
I received his animal life from mat
ter, hence when his physical and
: mental organism were completed
|m in like the lower animals waa
simply a combination of matter
and mind. Geological research
demonstrates that physical
d ath entered tho world almost
simultaneously with plant life
and that it followed closely upon
the introduction of animal life
i»iuce man like the lower animals
derived his animal life from mat
ter. It follows that his physical and
mental organism like theirs must
be subjeot to accident, disease, de
cay and final diss dution, hence the
idea that Adam would have lived
oil indefinitely and perhaps never
STOKES AND CAROLINA.
DANBURY, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 27, I'M),-;
A GREAT S. S. CONVENTION.
To Be Held at Elkin and Jonesville
August 4. 5 and 6. 1905.
Yadkin, Surry and Stokes will
hold joint conventions. Each
school in tlieso three counties is
entitled to two delegates elected
by the school. Township presi
dents and secretaries also minis
ters of the gospel are ex-otfico del
egates. All delegates will be enter
tained free. Kach school should
have one or more delegates iu
this convention. Should any
school fail to elect delegates, let
some one volunteer and come and
the same will be an accredited
delegate on arrival. The follow
ing are some of the speakers who
will be present to make addresses:
N. B. Broughton, "Prof. Goo. H.
Crowell, and Prof. W. M. Cundiff
and many others representing our
home talent. N. B. Broughton is
Chm. Ex, Com, State S, S. Asso
ciation and Supt. of the famous
Baptist Tabernacle S. S. at Ral
eigh. Prof. Crowell is Supt.
graded schools at High Point,
Supt. Washington st. M. E. S. S.
and former Pres. State S. S. As
sociation. Prof. Cundiff was in
attendance at the World's Con
vention at Jerusalem,
Parties coming on the train will
arrive at Elkin Il;48. Delegates
from Mt. Airy and Stokes will
niako connection at Rural Hall
going and coming.
First session will be held Fri
day at J0,'30 and the last Sunday
night following. The Convention
is held under the auspicies of tho
international Association and is
inter-denoniinational (not non-de
nominational.)
All the great denominational
Sunday School men and women
in the world participate in these
conventions, thousands of which
are held every yoar, The livest,
largest and bost Sunday Schools
are those that know most of this
movement. Come praying God's
blessings on this meeting.
For further information address
nny of the undersigned members
of the general Executive com
mittee or R, W. Reece, Elkin, N.
C., Chm. Com. on arragenients:
Rev. J. Walter Long, Vice Presi
dent 23 District, Dobson; Prof. Z,
H. Dixon, Pres. Yadkin Associa
tion, Yadkinville; Mr. S. A.
Gough, Sec. Yadkin Association,
Hamptouville; Prof. J. H. Allen,
Pres. Surry Association, Dobson;
J, Guy Carter, Sec. Surry Associa
tion, Dobson; Rev. J. T. Ratledge,
Pres. Stokes Association, Madison;
Hon. I. M. Gordon, Sec. Stokes
I Association, Piedmont Springs.
GRADUAL REDUCTION.
A Brooklyn Sunday School
teacher once had occasion to
J catechize a new pupil whose ig
norance of his Testament would
have been amusing had it not
been so appalling. One Sunday
| she asked tho little fellow how
many commandments there were.
To her surprise, the lad answor
ed, glibly enough, "Ton, ma'am."
"And now, Sammy," pleasantly
asked the teacher, "what would
tho result be if you should break
'one of them?"
"Then there'd bo nine!" trium
phantly answered the youngster.
—Woman's Home Companion for
August.
have experienced physical death
had he uot violated divine law is
too absurd for serious considera
tion. Man like the lower orders of
animal life and like the plant has
i his germ, his formative period, his
i youth, his maturity, his decline
and his physical dissolution.
TIMOTHY.
"MC" TAKES EXCEPTIONS.
Thinks We Have the Best Road Law
in North Carolina.
Editor Reporter-
To say that I am surprised at
you is putting it mildly. I am al- I
most mad at your remarks regard
our road law. The very idea of
) l characterizing it as a fool law.
I contend we have the best road
law that is today on the statute
books of North Carolina, not cx
copting the Mecklenburg law j
that gives the people of thatcoun- j
ty such fine roads. You are blind j
as a bat as to the trouble with the
roads iu Stokes; the fault is not I
7 j
in the law at all, nor is it with the j
overseers, who are as you say, j
"ignorant of the first principles
of ditching." It is higher up. Go i
to the clerk's office and read tiie j
oath to which every supervisor in
this county has put his name then
ask the clerk to show you a copy of ]
the oath administered to grand j
jurymen and tlieu tell mo how
mauy perjured men tliero are in
this county. Why does an oath
ineau nothing but a permission to
act? Why swear at all?
1 believe I am the strongest ad
vocate of good roads in the coun
ty. I have been trying for twenty
years to get our road law enforced,
have begged and plead with my
brother supervisors that we do
our sworn duty but all to no pur
pose except that lam known as
a "good roads crank" or fanatic. [
I have gone to every Solicitor j
has.served our district for '5 1
years, and they all have answered I
roe in about those words: "Men
don't regard their oath when it
comes to road matters and it is
useless to start the prosecution.
Three-fourths of the men on the j
grand jury and trial jury aro super- J
visors or overseers and we can't j
oonvict" and why ? Simply because
we aro stepping on our own toes
and we don't have that to do. I
have gone before grand juries and !
begged for indictments that would j
load to the enforcement of our
road law and I am willing today
to stand trial and pay a fine of
$25.00 and cost if every other
supervisor in the county will bo
made to dance to the same tiuie !
for the non-enforcement of this !
excellent law. It would add SIOOO '
to the school fund and do more to
improvo our roads than $l0.0»X)j
would collected and gobbled up
as road taxes.
Yes, I know your roads near j
that $30,000 court house anil
jail are miserably bad, I had oc
casion only last week to drive over
about 25 miles of tho roads in
Danbury township and I found
them in about the same condition
your stroets were before you did
did tho patching act, and wonder
ed if there were any overseers or
supervisors at all in that town
ship.
Mo.
HOW'S THIS?
We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of Catarrh
that cannot bo cured by Hall's
Catarrh Cure.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.
We, the kndersigned, have
known F. J. Chonoy for the last
15 years, and beieve him perfectly
honorable in all business transac
tions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his
firm.
Walding, Kinxan & Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toldo, ).
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken
internallv, acting directly upon
tho bloou and mucous surfaces of
the system. Testimonials sent
free, Price 75 cents per bottle.
Sold by all Druggists.
Take Hall's Family Pills for
constipation.
VADE MECUM.
Vade Mecuin, July I>.
Mr. Editor :
Please allow • e a little space in
your columns to .say a few words
of pride to our base ball team at
Vade Mecum. 1 cannot promise
that I will stop on this run either
at first, second or third base. I
may get around tho batter and
may run against the back stopper.
If so, excuse me as I am a new
hand and may make mistakes and
run against some of tho boys but
if I do 1 w:'' say right here it will
jar me some too. I tell you they
are up-to-date base bailers and
what they like, they will get "there
yet. Look out, boys, am coining
home if these players have taken
up the idea of raising or rather
letting the gVass|grow to feed their
horses next winter; living them
selves on the ball and bat. Hard
living, boys. I have been on their
ball ground, a!s > have visited
their tobacco fields, some of them,
I mean, and I actually tuid the
ball ground cleaner than if tobac
co planted and in better shape for
growing than their highly fertili
zed tobacco patches, l'lay up boys,
while the sun shines, your fertili
zer man will bo around. Be in
good practice, maybe you can bat
him off until another year, if not
just call it a foul. Foul year, I
mean.
Business seems to be prosprous
around Vade Mecum. Hotel peo
ple have a good crowd, both
hotels filled, merchants having
l good trade, farmers in good spirit
with a little corn patch, big tobac
co fields, no end to grass, base ball
team putting in on their ground
every day the sun shines and some
of the rainy days. They cannot
afford to loose too much time,
afraid they will get behind. Good
idea in tlieni as playing base ball
is the mastcJ wheel of all other
business. Keep it up, boys, you
will start a banking business some
day with some one of you laid
between the banks to rest.
A LOOKER >X
GERMANTON ROUTE ONE.
Germanton Route 1, July II, —
The farmers are busy laying-by
their crops iu this section.
We are having plenty of rain
now.
Miss Myrtie Hartgrove and
i M iss Ellen White visited Mrs.
Merrie White last Sunday. I hope
| they had a nice time.
Mr. Tom Wall happened to bad
luck last Sunday. His girl was at
preaching anil he thought that
she was going to walk and he sent
his horse back home and his girl
went back, in Mr. Baker's wagon
and Mr. Tommy had to walk home.
Good boy.
Mr. Bill Baker and wife visited
Mrs. Lizzie Rutledge last Sunday
evening.
WILL BILL.
Take Notice.
Chapter 318 of the Public Laws
of North Carolina, ratified Feb.2B,
I'.KJI, anil Chapter 01)5 of the Pub
lic Laws of North Carolina, ratified
March 0, lito3, protect Telephone
lines from injury, and make it a
misdemeanor for any person to
carelessly or negligently cut or fell
any tree or limb or branch there
from in such a manner as to cause
any injury to line or polos, or to
cut, tear down or destroy, or in
any way render unfit for t he trans
mission of messages any part of
tho wire of a telephone line.
People living along telephone
lines might save themselves trou
ble by bearing the above iu mind.
Chamberlain's n°i£h£a°RmX
Never fails. Buy it now. It may have life.
NUMBER i>»
STUART, VA.
Items of Interest From Our Neigh
bor County.
Stuart Enterprise.
Rev, L. L. Ranks leaves in the
morning for Essex county to assist
in a ten days cainp meeting.
The ladies of the Stuart Baptist
Church served cream and cake on
the college lawn Tuesday night.
They made Sltj.Bo proceeds
which is to go toward buying a
new cook stove for the parsonage.
The toot of the threshing ma
chine has been evidence this
week that the golden grain is be
ing saved. Some say the wheat is
not turning out as anticipated and
will fall short from tho amount
expected.
We understand that the famous
Patrick Springs summer resort is
having a big patronage this season,
They have over sixty boarders.
The Stuart Roller Mills has re
sumed operation again after a close
down of a week for installing new
machinery in their mill.
Mr. C. F. Shockley, R. F. 1).
carrier on Route 15, killed a large
rattler in the road on his route
last Saturday.
Mr. Abb Joyce, of Fletn, Va.,
purchased a tract of land contain
ing .">0 acres adjoining his land
from Capt. Munford last Saturday.
A tract of land belonging to the
estate of SarahS. Reynolds, dee'd.,
containing eighty-tivo and three
fourth acres, lying on the waters
of North Mayo River, was sold at
public auction Saturday at the
court house jfor $380.00 Mr. M.
\ . Stedman being the purchaser,
Master Howard Shelor killed a
blue crane on l)r. Martin's pond
I hursday evening. Tho bird meas
ured six and one-half feet from tip
to tip.
LIBERTY.
Liberty, July 17. We are hav
ing plenty of rain now,
Fanners in this section are busy
threshing wheat.
We are glad to note that Mrs.
M. J. Tilley is able to be about
again.
Mrs. Lula Alley spent Wednes
day and Thursday with her mother,
Mrs. Arena Davis.
Mr. Walter Mabe, of Winston,
is visiting his aunt, Mrs. Walter
Tilley, of Gipsouville, Main St.,
No.
Mr. illie does not call on Miss
Maud as often as the Rose Bud and
Pink letters say he does as wo all
know that he called on the blue
eyed girl of the Reid patch last
Sunday.
It seems that somebody is re
joicing since Miss Maud Purguson
left G ipsonville, as she was so
much in the way, but come again,
Miss Maud, the longest polo will
get tho apples. Ha, ha.
Oh! well, lam not surprised at
Mr. Nat Davis staying at home all
the time, as there is not anywhere
to go except on tho crook, and
somebody else takes the day there,
so stay at home, Nat.
G ipsonville is about six or eight
miles square and has only one
store and one boarding house.
Hurrah ! for Gipsonville. It is a
sporting placo.
LAST ROSE OF SUMMER.
F >RCED TO STARVE.
B. F. Leek, of Concord, Ky.,
says: "For 20 years, I suffered
agonies, with a sore on my upper
lip, so painful, sometimes, that I
could not eat. After vainly trying
everything else, I cured it, with
Buoklen's Arnica Salve." It's
great tor burns, cuts and wounds.
At all drug stores; only 25c.