VOLUME XXXIIr.
IS THE /NEGRO A BEAST?
Dog=Killer Ignores Timothy and Re=
plies to Carroll
(Continued from last week.)
Mr. Carroll says that there was
no connecting link or tie of kin
ship between the Crealer and His
creatures until the creation of
man. But we believe this to be
broad of the truth. As we under
stand it, all life is the same, but it
manifests or functions on different
plane* or in different states of ex
istence, Jeans said: 'I lay down
my life that I might lake It again."
Here the pronoun '"it" refers to
the life or thing Jesus said he
would lay down and he speaks of
taking it (the life) again. He
could not take it again unless he
tiad possessed it before. 80 he
took the same life after death that
he had before, but he took it in a
different state of existence. We
do not believe, as Mr. Carroll
claims, that there was no link or
tie of kinship between the Creator
ntid His creatures before the crea
tion of man. The little violet
which springs at our feet and the
rose which lifts its petals to the
morning sun, are no less the crea
tures or children of the Creator
than are we. But they nre chil
dren of a different order. Never
theless, there is a tie of relation,
ship betweon them and their
Creator. Since it is by his life
that they grow and are kept alive.
How grows the tree but by the in
telligent life of its Creator? How
does it discriminate between the
different food elemunts of its sap
uiid send out one combination to
build up its leaves and another to
build up its trunk and branches
and still others to form its fruit
and flowers only by the intelligent
life force of God which resides
within it? Biv perhaps you say
that all this was designed by God.
Very well. So could a tnon design
a house and have all his specifica
tions drawn and the material all
on the ground ready to be built
into the house. But unless he
had some intelligent active power
or builder to adjust or til the ma
terial together the house could
never be built. And just so with
the tree, ils Creator designed it toj
grow iua certain way ami all tho
elements or material necessary to
its growth may be in the soil and
air, but unless God gives of his
active intelligent life to take hold
of this material or these elements
and adjust them in such a way
as to form the tree it can never
be formed. So God is not divor
ced from the i.iwer ordors of his
creatuivs, as Mr. Carroll would
have us believe. Rut there is a con
necting link between the Creator
and ail His creatures. Since it is
His life that vta'iz-s and sustains
nil. Ido not offer this a* any
argument that the negro has a
sou I, hut simply to sin \v that .Mr.
Canoll is wroi g when he si>sthat 1
there was n> lie of ki;:bhip be
-1 j
tween the C.c:ito and Ills erea- '
turns before t)i.t creation of man. 1
The reader will notice that so
far, wo have not attempted to'
bring any Bible j.ro*>f that the
negro has a soul And we shall
Hot offer any until svo notice a ;
few of Mr.Can t
Ho claims that the creation of the
nogro (which he says is a beast)
antedates the creation of Adam
and Evo; and that when Cain was
born and grew to be a man he en
tered into sexual relations with a
negress as his paramour, and that
jt was because of this unholy rela- j
tion with this negress, that God
had less respect for him and his
offering than ho had for Abel und
his offering, After giving the
bible account of the offerings
made by these brothers, Mr.
Carroll continues by saying: "It
will be observed that these broth
ers were not rivals in business,
they were engaged in different
pursuits; and had each of them
walked uprightly before God,
there could have betm no reason
why tlieir offerings would not have
been alike acceptable to God.
But such was not the case. Abel
was a good man; he had faith in
God, and respected and obeyed
his laws. Hence the Lord had
respect unto Abel au a man, and
consequently to his offering. But
Cain was a bad man; the little
faith he had in God, was not ex
pressed in obedience to his laws;
he had no respect for the laws of
God, Hence, God had no respect
for his offering,"
Now in the above words, Mr.
Carroll tries to make it appear
that God's disrespect to Cain and
his offering did not lie in the na
ture of his offering or in the fact
that he had presented ft Jess per
fect offering than his brother.
Abel, but that it lay in the fact
that Cain had committed some
other sin than that of offering to
the Lord an imperfect or undesir
able sacrifice. And elsewhere he
says that that sin lay in the fact
that Cain bad entered into unholy
relations with a beast or ape—
the negro. But in Hob. 11:4
Paul turns on light which shows
that Carroll's claim is mere
speculation or supposition. Here
is what Paul says:
"By faith Abel offered into God
a more excellent sacrifice than
Cain,"
Let it be remembered that it is
»aid elsewhere of Abel that he
brought of the firstlings of his
flock and of the fat thereof, as an
offering unto the Lord. And ac
cording to Webster and Dr. Young
this just simply means the first,
the best or choice part of the flock.
But it is not stated of Cain, that
he brought of the best of the fruit
of the ground as an offering to
God. So, you can see, reader,
why it was that God respected
him less than he did Abel. If
two men wore each to bring you
an offering, and the one were tp
esteem you so highly as to be care?
fill to bring you the best gift or
offering he could get or had while
the other cared so little about you
as to be careless or indifferent as
to the nature of the gift he pres
ents you would you not respect
the former a great deal more than
the latter? Surely you would. And
just so it was in the case of Cain
and Abel. It was because Abel
pieseuted a more excellent sac
rifice unto the Lord that God re
spected him more than lie did
Cain, and not because Cain had
committed fornication with an
ape, as claimed by the theory
Timotlty is copying and bringing
bei-re the people.
Again, Mr. Carroll tries to make
it appear that Cain slew Abel not
because God had more respect to
Abel and his offering than he did
to his own, but because Cain was
jealous of Abel on account of their
sister. On pages 145-14> of his
book, Mr. Carroll says this:
STOKES AND CAItOLTNA.
DAN BURY, N. C., THURSDAY; SEPTEMBER 21, 100".
"In the ordinary course of
events the first fomale born to the
Adamic family, upon reaching
maturity would have been given in
marriage to Cain. But Cain's
shameless crime in cultivating
sexual relations with a beast had
rendered him unfit for the com
panionship of a pure womam.
Besides God's decree bound Cain
in the relation of husband all his
life lung to this boast, and forever
ilclmrred him from holding sexual
relations with women. Hence the
beautiful Adainic woman, who, in
all her virgin loveliness that would
havo been the wife of Cain, would
now become the wife of his broth
er Abel. In his jealous rage upon
realizing this, we might find an
explanation of why Cain rose up
against Abel, his brother, and slew
hiro,"
Now, reader, be sure to keep
the above statements clearly in
mind while we notice what Mr.
Carroll says further on. On page
152 he says this:
"There were no daughters born
to Adatn until after the birth of
tfeth."
Now keep the above well in
mind while we turn on the light
of the divine record and see what
a muddle Timothy's man has got
ten himself into. Here is what the
Bible says about it:
"And Adam knew his wife again
and she bare a son, and called his
name Seth: For God, said she
appointed me another seed instead
of Abel, whom Cain slew,"
This scripture teaches very
plainly that Seth was not born
until after Cain had slain Abel.
And, as already seen, Mr. Carroll
says that there were no daughters
born to Adam uutil after the birth
of Seth. Yet, he tries to make it
appear that Cain slew Abel be
oause he was jealous of him over
their sister. Can the reader, Tim
othy or anybody else tell us how
it was that Cain was jealous of bis
brother, Abel, and slew him on ac
count of their sister when as yet
there was no sister to be jealous
over? But these are only just a
few of the contradictions and in
oonsistenoies of Mr. Carroll's book
which we hope to consider more
fully as we get the time.
DOG-KILLER.
IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS.
"Ireland is not so dangerous a
country to travel in as it used to
bo," said Victor Herbert. "The
Irish are not such fire eaters now
1 as they once were.
"Samuel Lover, the Irish novel
ist, was my grandfather, and in
middle life he had an experience
in Ireland that illustrated well
' the perils of travel at that time.
"My grandfather was on the
way to Cork. He was traveling
by coach, and on a certain day ho
stopped for luncheon at a roadside
inn. A sorvant led him to an up
stairs room took his order, and re
tired. My grandfather drew up
his chair to the table, and soon
the servant reappearing, set before
him a plate that contained half a
grillod chicken. My grandfather
was about to fall upon the chicken
when —or-r-raek—his plate split
clean across, and the fowl shot up
nearly to the ceiling. At the same
time a waiter, pale and tremulous,
ran into the room, crying, 'He's
■afe. He's safe.'
" 'Who's safe?' said my grand
father, testily.
" Mr. O'Musgrave," said the
waiter. 'The captain fired in the
air.'
"It was, you see, the bullet of a
duelist—and of an indoor duelist,
at that —which had come up
through the ceiling and interrupt
ed my grandfather's meal."—Wom
an's Home Companion for Septem
l)er.
! SANDY RIDGE ROUTE ONE.
i
; Interesting Letter From Nr. J. Wesley
Morefield—Let Everyone Worship
> God According to the Dictates of
His Own Conscience.
Sandy Kidge Route 1, Sept. 12.
—Allow me space in your valuable
paper to speak a word to the good
people of Stokes in regard to
Sunday School and other things
that 1 have seen in your paper. I
have been a subscriber of your
paper for some time and enjoy
reading it, but I don't like to see
so many crosses and confusions
among your writers and the good
people of Stokes.
First, Sunday School, I say, let
everybody attend Sunday School
that has a mind to. Let them wor
ship God aooording to the dictates
of their own conscience, and stop
these hard sayings with each
other, and live in peace, as it is
our duty to live in peace with our
fellowman.
God forbid that 1 think less of
any person for not believing as I
do. How can a man believe that
he don't believe, or believe any
thing else but what he does be
lieve. Such is impossible. Well,
then, why should we say so many
hard things about our fellowman
1 for not believing as we do ? How
can a man hate that he loves, or
1 how can he love that he hates ?
1 Now, inasmuch as he lives and
' believes for himself and not for
' others, let ue all try to live in
pea-» and love with each other as
muoti ad is in us to do, and when
we do that, we will feel better.
And those that don't wish to at
tend Sunday School let them
alone; and those that will attend,
let them go, and stop these hard
sayings, for the good of yourself
and country. I notice that one
writer says those that are opposed
to Sunday Sohool is usually found
on Sunday in the fence corners
drunk. Now, I know such is not
the case, for I am about 50 years
old and I don't remember of any
one teaching a Sunday School
anywhere in this neighborhood
and I seldom ever see anyone
drunk and never saw anyone drunk
I in the fence corners on Sunday
and seldon ever hear an oath by
anyone, and I am satisfied you
will not find any more pious or bet
ter people auy where than yon will
J find in this section of the county,
i ! I say there is no such principle
II among our people that is intimat
■ ed by one writer. The good peo
ple of this section are not respon
. sible for so many distilleries,
i Those distillers don't bother me
i half like it seems to bother others
I on the south side of the county—
I mean some of the writers.
i Now, let every man worship ac
; cording to the dictates of his own
s 'conscience and stop talking about
i things that is of no profit to either
. of us. Tt is wrong to call people
. drunkards because they don't at
i tend Sunday Schools and believe
as others do. I feel it my duty to
i treat all men kind. Doesn't make
any difference with mo whether
they believe as I do or not. My
friends know this of me We all
. are sinners by nature and if any
I I good arises from our works it is
' of God.
' Now, I hope no one will not get
offended at this little piece for I
did not write it for any confusion
but for the best wishes for the
1 Reporter. May God add a bless
ing to us all, is the wishes of the
, writer.
, J. WESLEY MOREFIELD.
I
Chamberlain's HOSTELS?.
Never fail*. Buy it now. It may nve life.
. PiLOT MOUNTAIN PROGRESSING.
I Twenty-Eight Rooms of the Brick
) Building Leased For a Hospital -
f Other Industries Humming.
Pilot Mountain, Sept. 12.—Drs.
•Smith, Flippiti, Waltz and Pitt
man, all of this place, have now
leased twenty-eight rooms of the
new bank building for tho pur
pose of erecting a new and up-to- j
date hospital. Will be of great j
interest to those who have to be j
treated in hospitals as going to
Baltimore and other Northern
Cities is very expensive. Wish
the gentlemen much success
as they are well experienced.
Mr. Kent Nicholson is now run
ing the furniture factory at its
utmost capacity employing about i
(»0 hands and working both day
and night. Mr. Nicholson is a
fine furniture men. Wish him
much success.
It is rumored that, the fertilizer j
factory will be erected on depot i
street. .Near the depot we think a ;
fertilizer factory would pay better j
than a gold mine.
Tobacco factory is yet running i
in full blast and doing a nice r
business. Employing 50 hands.'
Mr. Marion is a tine tobacconist
and wish him well in tho business.
Dr. I). W. Worth, who had his
leg amputated some" months ugo,
is now able to be out again, we
are glad to note, as the old doctor
is a jolly old man.
We now have tobacco factories,
furniture factories, canning fac
tories, buggy factories, roller mills (
and shops of all kinds running in
full blast, to time and merchants
in abundance,
i Prof. Pillson opened his school j
hero Sept. -Ith with 108 students
and 25 more are expected today.
Hauling nnd shipping apples
seems to be the go now, as the
fruit dealors ship from 500 to 800
bushels daily to South Carolina,
Georgia and other places.
See P. W. Gunter when in need
of nny kind barber work, lmir
I shingling especially.
BLUE RIDGE KID.
Madison Route Three Thinks Dan
bury the Place For the Fair.
Madison Route Sept. 11.—
Mr. and Mrs. U. H. Mitchell visi
ted Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Yates, of
Madison Route 4, Sunday.
Rev. J. T. Ratledge will till his
regular appointment at Mt. ller
mon next Sunday. Hope there
will be a lorge crowd out to hear
him.
Tobacco cutting and curing and
fodder pulling is all the go with
the farmers in this section. Some
of them are making some pretty
good cures of tobacco.
Miss Lizzie Young, who has
been right sick for some time, is
better, we are glad to say.
Rev. C. W. Glidewell tilled his
regular appointment at Beaver
Island Saturday nnd Sunday.
A largo crowd went to the Vau
atnbury show at Madison Sept.
Ith. Several fights occurred dur
ing the day.
The Madison high school open
ed at Madison Sept. sth. Prof. J.
M. VVeatherly being principal.
I will say that Danbury is the
place for the fair. It is near the
center of the county and it will
give the people who live on the
edgn of tho county tli9 same
chance.
Tho C. B. Owons Co. Ilobby
horses was at. Madison last week.
Hurrah! for Sunday School
Teacher, I think Mr. Southern
will have to give up tho Ghost.
R. H. M„ Ju.
NUMBER 33
. FROM THE BRINK OF THE GRAVE.
Letter Written By J. W. Hammonds to
D. P. Reid the Day He Was Ex
ecuted.
Winsion, Jail, Sept. 2.
Mr. D. P. Reid:
Dear Sir.
I take the pleasure this morn
ing ns I am feeling so happy and
my last words I will ever speak or
1 write on earth will bo this morn
ing. 1 Mease take good care of my
boy and treat liitu as you would
your own which I believe you
will.
Now just a few words to Charlie.
Take warning and obey Mr.
Reid and live a Christian life. I
hope these words will be long
remembered on earth which the
Lord thy God giveth thee.
Charlie, please read the Bible
and study God's commandments
I for He is the only one can ease
| our pains, lie a good boy and
keep in good company for my sake.
I hope God will press on your
; mind what I have told you. God be
i with you until we meet again. For
! the word of God says: "Narrow
I is the path way and few will enter
1 therein." 1 know I will rest in
the arms of Jesus in that happy
hotne above.
Mr. Reid and family, I give you
1 my best love and wishes now and
forever more. God be with you
: until we meet again. I never ex
! peot to see you all any moro on
earth, but I truly hope we will
niuet again in that happy home
j lib .>ve, which God promises to all
j His children, lam prepared to
| meet him.
I will close by saying give my
love to all my friends.
Your true friend,
J. W. HAMMONDS.
DALTON.
Dallon, Sept 4.-It has been some
time since old Dalton has had
news in the dear old Reporter, so
here she comes again.
Mr. Reid Tattle, of Lynchburg,
Va., who has been a visitor of
friends here and also his home
since last Thursday, returned yes
terday. We began thinking Miss
Leaola would return with him,
but she is still in Dalton. Come
again, Mr. Tuttle, your visits are
more than enjoyed by all.
Miss Nannie Spainhower, of
King, was a visitor of Miss Lula
Shultz Saturday and Sunday.
Guess much pleasure was seen
with them.
Three cheers for. the "Mixed'
presents. Be careful, boys, don't
do that way.
Mr. Ross llamm and Miss
Maud Coe were out driving yes
terday. We wish them much joy.
Miss Lula Shultz has been
looking quite blue for the past
few weeks. Surely her bean has
not gone back on her. How
about it, Miss Lula?
Pi of. W, A. Flynt's school opens
this A. M. We wish him a large
school and much success.
Miss Melissa Phillips, daughter
of Dr. M. D. Phillips, leaves this
week for the Baptist University,
Raleigh, N. C. Hope her much
joy and succoss in her work.
Mr. L. R. Coe and W.R. Keiger
spent Saturday and Sunday also
their holiday today in Copland,
N. C. Quite a long ways to go
courting boys.
Mr. Reuben Tuttle spent Sat
urday and Sunday at Mrs. Coe's.
Come agaiu, Reuben, we enjoy
your presents.
THIS IS ME.
riiamkdclnJn'ii Colic, Cholera ami
Chamberlain S Diarrhoea kcraedy.
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