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BILL ARP'S LETTER. The Barlow Philosopher Talks This Week on History... " HAS GOTTEN OUT A JEW BOOK Mr. Arp Develops .Some Historical Facts Not Heretofore Generally Accepted. , . Dr. Conway is right about Jame3 Madison's mother. She was Nellie Conway and not Fanny Taylor. Fariny was his grandmother. But the good doctor is wrong about Thomas Jeffer son. He did not marry Miss - Martha Skelion, for shjs was a widow and her maiden name was' Martha Wales, &3 1 said. Neither i did Andrew f Jackson marry Miss Rachel Kobards. She vas not a miss, but a divorced wife and her maiden name was Rachel Dcnei son. Jackson had to marry her twice in different states to 'comply, with the law. Of course George - Washington married the widow Custis. 'Everybody knows that. It was the typ3 that mad it Curtis. Dr. Conway izas that Mil lard Filmore never married. lie is mis taken. His first wife was Abigail Pow ers and his second was Caroline Mc intosh. It is singular hew many of th presidents married widows. Madison's wife, Dolly Payne, vas. a widow Todd. Her maiden name was Dorothy Coles. I reckon we will get this matter straightened out after a white.; Mr. Thaxton. of Tennessee, writes me that the full list of mothers and .'wives"' can be found in the "World Almanac .: of 1894. Friend Thaxton is not mai. butane is grieved that I caid Johnson's parents were too poor and. ignorant to be named in the biography. That was rjot my assertion, but. yas a bit of sarcasm on the compiler, who makes special mention of their poverty and lack cf education and records that Andrew and his mother and stepfather moved from Raleigh, N. C, to Green ville, Tenn., in a two-wheeled (cart drawn by a blind pony, but does not give their names. Mr. Thaxton says his wife's father was an own cousin to Andrew Johnson and Andrew's mother's name was Mary McDonougli, but he does not mention the step father. Who did Mary many the second time? The biography in.Apuie ton was written by James Phelan, edi tor of The Memphis Avalanche, and seems to bo very fair and favorable to Johnson and his wife and children. It says' that Johnson's father died when Andrew was only four years old and Mr. Thaxton says his mother nad many more children. It says that Johnson's rather died when Andre was only 4 years old, and Mr. Thaxton says his mother had many more chil dren. Mr. Phelan say3 that Andrew learned his alphabet on the taiio? bench, and . his wife, Eliza McCardie, taught him to read. My friend Thaxton says that he did not know that poverty and ignorance were tied together. As a general rule they are. That second husband must have been both shiftless and ignorant if he couldn't prove any better trans portation for his wife v and stepson than a two-wheel cart and a blin I pony for a long journey. If Mr. Thax ton was to see such a cavalcade . aa that coming down the big road now he would say that poverty and ignor ance were tramping along together But this much we have learned, from Mr. Thaxton that Andrew Johnson's mother's maiden name was Mary Mc Donougli. All honor to him who rose from poverty and obscurity and all honor to5 his devoted wife and to his accomplished daughter, Mrs. Pat terson, who presided so worthily In the white house. And Roosevelt, married twice that's right! He ought to have a good woman at his elbow all of the time. I reckon he must have been a widower when he Wrote those slanders against Jefferson Davis and the people of the South. I am still watting for him to retract and apologize. But now he is a candidate and is scheming for tho eolid northern vote, and the Southern negroes thrown in, he won't retract. If he is to be elected .president, I want Miles to be coupled; with him on the ticket for vice . president , The champion chainer and tho champion defamer ought to be paired. One to work on live men and the other on dead ones. And here is a letter from Mrs. Lucy Harrison Gay ; Whitfield, of Siddons ville, Ala., who informs me that Wil liam Henry Harrison's mother waa Elizabeth Bassett. She is Mrs. Whit field's great-great-'grahdmother and was the wife of Ben Harrison, who signed the Declaration of indepen dence. His mother was "Anne Carter, fin aunt of Robert Lee. I; believe that supplies all the missing : links. ; , I've been enjoying some rich and racy reading the reply; ,of ; Horace Greely to the committee "who. sum moned him to trial for signing the bail. bond' of Jefferson Davis that re leased -him from prison. There were twenty-one" who signed It, but' Greely wa3 the first and the only Republican abolitionist. He volunteered to do it and did it. willingly, going from vNew York to Richmond for that purpose, : and it raised a howl all over New York and New England. The northern extremists demanded that Mr. Davis be tried and hung for treason, or for the assassination of Lincoln, or for something or anything, so he wan hung. Greely belonged ; to the? Union Club of New York; a powerful organ ization, and they were outraged, and enraged at his signing that bond and cited him for trial. His reply is a long one and some parts of it are most de lightful, sarcasm. - "You say you wlir,give me reason able tim for reflection. ; I want mono, nor shall : I attend your meetings It is not my habit to take part in any dis cussion that may arise among iother gentlemen as -to my fitness to enjoy their society. That is their affair, and to them I leave it. No, I shall not at, tsnd your meeting this evening. have an engagement out' of town and. shall keep it. I do not recognize you as cap able of judging liie.' You regard fne as a weak sentimentalist. I arraign ycu as a set ol narrow-minded blockheads, who would like to be Wseful, butf don't know how. Your attempt to bae an ensuring party on hate and fwrath is like V7-Y-Z 0 colony on ;ap;: ice berg That had drifted into a tropical sea. The singing of that bail bond wii! do more for freedom and hunianity than .you all can do though yofi live to the age of Mathusaleh. I ask! noth ing of you but that you proceed' in a frank, manly way. Don't slide off into a cold-resolution of censure, but make your expulsionss. Make, it a square stand-up fight and record your judg ment by yeas and nays. I dare you and I defy you, and I propose to fign t it out on the line I have had I ever since General Lee's surrender. X give you full notice that I shall ure the pardon and reenfranchisement . pf- alP those engaged in the rebellion and those now in exile." j Well, . they did not expel him nor censure him. They were afraidv The pamphlet to which I have heretofore alluded isv now ready. It contains Henry R. Jackson's great speech on the "Wanderer" and Daniel Wellsters speech at Capon Springs, Va., the last and greatest he ever made. There is also a brief biography of General Jackson by Joe M. Brown and p, few remarks by myself. There is enough in this little pamphlet to establish the faith and stimulate the pride of every Southern man. According to Jackson, the South was not respon sible for slavery and according to Webster we were justified m seed ing. And so the! Ncrthern saintsfweri in the wrong for violating thci con stitution and precipitating thatlmost unrighteous war, and ought to frnaiie apology and restitution 'to us. $ They owe to our people millions anfl bil lionr, of dollars. They owe to mi right now $20,000 damages, and if Itoose- ypU. rtnn'r retract and aDoIceilci I ! think I will attach hiV trunks aid ' hia bear gun? when he comes in reach. He did not do the stealing, but hci3 an .accessory after tho fact, and tjiat iti just as bad. Now. I have no intcrc:c in the sale of that pamphlet, jbut I Want every young man and woman to have one. The price i3 only 23 cents, postpaid. Apply to my friend. Ed. Holland, Atlanta, Ga.. care of Franklin Printing Company. But I nave a book in press a" new and handsome book my lasts, and best. It contains my letters i and ruminations from the uncivil war to date 1SG1-1903. Price, postpaid! $ 1.2?. Write to C. P. Byrd, Atlanta. jGa. Bill Arp, In Atlanta Constitution. ' Passed Oyer Veto, j Atlanta, Ga., Special. A , blii wag passed by the Georgia Legislature over Governor Terrell's veto, which extends the term -of the Governor an other State officers eight months beyokd the time which they would otherwis have expired. The bill also providers that the Legislature shall meet 0n the fourth Wednesday in June instead of the fourthWedhesday 0,ctobe, as at present' The Legislature adjourned sine-die the 50-day limitation baying expired. The noxt session wlli com mence in Ju:9. 1903. I SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL Enters Capital. Pcrt-Au-Prince, Haytl, By Cjable. General Alexis Nord, ' who wajf War Minister under the provisional govern ment, entered the'capital of Hayji Sun day, at thehead of his army. He, was accorded a sympathetic reception by the people. General Nord's intentions aro not known. It is generally bfdtevcd that In case he announces himseir a candidate for. the presidency his elec tion to that office is assured, by reason of the numerous force at his command. i No Signs of Weakening 1 Berlin, By Cable. It was' learned Tuesday evening that the ultimatums to Venezuela did not. fix a time limit for an answer, but that the officials of the German and, British legation were instructed to leave Caracas ac the end of 24 hours after their delivery if there was no prospect of a favorable! reply. This, however, was left to their fdlscre tion. The officials could have extended their stay at the Venezuelan capital if they thought it advisable to do ko, and the fact that they left is taken tp mean that t President Castro does not. show signs of giving in. . ! v Colonizing Southwest With the selection of Capt. James W. Steele to be the colonization com missioner ' the - railroads ..identified with the recently organized move ment for the colonization of the South west may be said to have mde a definite rand an auspicious beginning of the vastly important y. work v pro pose. Adequate offices for. the coloni zation agency of the Southwestern lines; as . the headquarters .will tie termed, have bee" secured in pie most eligible part of tie business district of St. Louis, and at the time of Cap tain Steele's appointment it was . an nounced that the headquarters would be opened for business December 1. The s Manufacturers' Record recent ly reviewed at length the plans and purposes of the. Southwestern rail roads in Inaugurating this new enter prise, and pointed! out the great bene fits which must result to the -section involved Oklahoma, Indian Territory. Arkansas, Texas, -as well as parts of Missouri, Kansas, Louisiana and New That the work more fully acquaint ing the. world .with, the great varietyof, resources this section contains may well be intf listed to'the' hands of Cap tain Steele, assurance is given by tho experience and capacities; of, the new commissioner, as well as; by the' great esteem in which, he is held by, all the railroads connected with the mov'e ment. Captain Steele knows the South west as few men do. He has been con nected with railroad publications for a number of years, and it is to4 him no change of scene or divorcement of sympathiea when he takes liold of this larger field of activity,In the earlier days of Kansas Captain Steele was member of a brilliant coterie of young men, among them the late Senator Ingalls, who gave fame to the transi torjr Kansas Magazine, and ever since those days Captain Steele's pen has been employed in attractively pre senting various phases of life In the great West. , " Having been long identified as well. Tith the practical work of interesting and locating, immigrants; it would seem that Captain Steele " is excep tionally qualified to execute the very ambitious plans of the Southwestern railroads, and that backed up by the enthusiasm and' liberality of his prin cipals, a notable success cannot fail; of achievement. . Aid to Education. The board of education cf Atlanta recently suggested legislation permit ting a vote on a proposition to issue $100,000 of bonds for the erection of new school buildings. The yearly ap propriation made by the council for the public schools is not sufficient to conduct thenv and it Is authoritatively stated that they ate overrun and thai tho bond issue was the only means of meeting the emergency. Subsequently an arrangement was made for an ap propriation of $30,000 for the schools in lieu of a bond issue. But the bond Issue is probably one of the best means of meeting the Increasing de mands in the South for, better school facilities. It practically places lira cost of the" schools upon the genera tion which will be principally bene fitted by them, and removes" th6 slightest excuse for receiving charity from outside, however, sugar-coated such a policy may. be. It also gives opportunity fot philanthropy that does not sap independence. Menwho' wish to aid Southern 'education may invest In the bonds: i. Cadets Under Arrest Lexington, Va., Special. Fifty-six cadets, embracing nearly all th third class of the cadet corps of the Virginia Military Institute, are under cljoso ar rest for discharging fireworks at mid nigh t from the roof .of .the afaderaic building. This breach of discipline is allege to be one to the refusal of the board of visitors to the school to grant an application for ten days' Christmas holiday. Several years ago a' whole class was dismissed ; for a similar of fense to the present one and ( drastic action may . be taken this timef 1 Kinston and Carolina. . . The Kinston &i Carolina Railroad, recently chartered to build a line through Lenoir, Duplin and ' Pender counties, North Carolina, to a point on the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad of the Atlantic Coast Line system, Is alr ready in operation for part of the dis tance. President J. W. Lynbh writes from Kinston to the Manufacturers' Record that twenty-one miles of line are built and in use. Starting at Kin ston, where it connects with the At lantic Coast Line and Atlantic & North Carolina, tho road runs south via tha little villages of Deep River, Repose and Pink Hill, the latter now being the southern terminus of the line. The officers are : President. J. W. Lvnch ? treasurer, Wi CSarift; secretary, Dan yuineriy. . ; '"'Tis Folly to be Wise.V I hold it to', be a fact, that if ;all per sons knew what they said of each oth er, there "would not be four friends In the world. Pascal. " ; ' , Textile Matters. Charles Scott of Rosedale, Miss., i3 , negotiating with German capitalists relative to the erection of a'cotton fac tory at Rosedale. v : A The Oxford (N. C.) Cotton Mills will install some addi tibnar machinery . Contract ha3 been awarded for 200 ad ditional spindles to wind both cops and tubes. Company's ' present plant ha3 6120 ring spindles. 'v'::-v:y::r:. B. F Seago of Durst, Ga., will plant mulberry trees and grow' silkworms with a view to cultivating silk for manufacture into marketable products. A $30,000 stock company - is being organized to build a "knitting mill at Carlisle, S .C. Fant Gilliam of Uniou, S.? C, will : be elected president. It is stated that the capital has been sub scribed. . Irving Ackley of Cincinnati, Ohio, ana nis associates win establish, a' woolen mill at Carroll ton, Ky. tThey have; secured' buildings formerly used for woolen manufacturing, andx will install an equipment of machinery- to employ about 150 persons. . The further I details are now being considered. BAPTIST STATE COHVEHTIOK. Lare GaiheTlng: of Influential Chris " tlan i Workeri. Durham, Special. The . State con' vention of the Baptists, of North Caro lina met here on Thursday with a full attendance of delegates and ' many prominent : .visitors. ; i These . were rdyally welcomed and hospitably enterr tained by tho ' city. The reports on denominational : ,' progress from all parts of the State were highly en couraging. , Friday's sessions were of more tbaa ordinary interest. The report' on "general education precipitated a discussion which waj the feature of the morning's session. In 'the course of the discussion Pr,-C. S. Blackwell charged that some Baptist- 'schools were receiving State aid, a thing opposed to Baptist principled It was a Jmittoo that this was true to some' extent, but was the exception, not the rule. v , r Ss Rev. Mr. Pittman cfieed-a resolu tion to instruct the-Baptist Book Store to pay to Edwards & Broughton a debt of ?100 contracted by the Historical Societ y in the i ubli cation of tVe quar terly hibtorical papers now discon tinued. Messrs. iJailey, Pittman, Huf liam and Broughton spoke to this reso lution, which was adopted. ! ' The report of the committee on gen eral education was read by Chairman of the Committee A. W. Setzer, as follows:- ' S', ' 'i;-v. .' V.:.;.-'--.y.;:'-'- ' ! V, "If activity is a r.ign of life, North Carolina is more alive than ..at ' any time in her past history. Until recently our State has been a sleeping giant; it is now waking, and in its waking moments, even, is attracting attention far and near. We can say nothing of the State commercially or industrially that more could not be said of her edu-r cationally. 1 "Public education was never so popular as it "is, commanding, as it does, the best thought and energies of the best Citizens. Your committee recommends .that Ithis convention at test its interest in) public cducatipn by calling upon! the General Assembly, soon to convene, to make, such special appropriation to the public schools ' as may be necdssaTy to insure a lour months term in ach school district. "The Interest in denominational schools has kept pace with the grow Ing. interest in public education. ' In fact the leaders j in denominational school work "j havd all the time been numbered aniong the vanguard of th forces battling for public education If it is true that a denomination's life and usefulness are measured by its intelligence, jthe educational question Is one that should command the pro foundest consideration. 'We frequently hear it' said Ithat jthe Baptist outlook In North Carplinaj was never brighter than it is. The interest of the denomi nation In 'education, has mado the out look what itj is. Take from us Wake Forest College, the University at Ral eigh and the numerous denominational schools, together I with the, private schools managed ! by Baptists, scat tered over the State, and you will take from us our ( future as a denomina tion, jy "We make the following quotation from the report of the committee on century fund at. .the, last session ot.this body: The complete 'organization oi school vork in the State will affect fevery .fibre of our ! denominational lif Baptist schools taiight by -Baptist meli and women ,for Baptist young people, and ultimately, t co-ordinated into practical : system, '" will greatly strengthening our 'cause. N , ' - "Your committeQ believes the time .UU1C HJiCU mete . OUUU1U UC Ck closer organic union existing between our Baptist schools. .We recommend, therefore,; the appointment of 'a- com-' tnittee of seven to report on plans and time of .Introducing a system of cor relation.".: --r-; ' j : ;; Mr. J. W. Bailey introduced the fol lowing supplementary report: ' "The . undersigned committee was instructed on .last Wednesday by a conference of Baptist secondary school men to request the Baptist State Convention) to appoint a stand ing committee on bur- schools, with with the view to taking up the subject of forming our institutions into a svs tem." j:',' - ' r "At. the afternoon session, the boards of missions and!: Sunday school and of education were reappointed. Rev; W: B. Reddish offered a report on" wo man's worki One-fourth of the mis sionary contributions came from the women's societies, C. W. Blanchard read the report on obituaries, men tioning Revs'. T. F. Toon, P. W. .John son. A. A. Marshall, Dennis Simmons, E. K. Proctor; J L. Lankford, C. G, Jones, S. Gilmore, A. R. Pittman. R. W; Brooks, J. Bi Davis, G. F. Main war irig, . Joseph ! Bennett, ', Wm; M; Brooks, Haywood Morris. B. W.N-. Simms introduced resolutions of sym pathy in the death of Rev. W.C Nor man of ; Durham, Rev. W. C. Tyreo paid Mr. Norman's memory a beauti ful tribute. Rev. J . C : Troy and Dr . L 'E. - Skinner also spoke. Christian unity; was emphasized and the con vention rose and sang "Blest Be: the ; A- ' resolution, introduced bv a Johnson, in favor, of a State reforma tory for youthful , criminals,' was passed. A resolution to raise not ex ceeding .$500 a year : for' writing a his tory of the North Carolina Baptists was passed. Dr. J. D. HnfhSr .wn' Ikely bo employed. ; w. Bailey moved the appointment of a committee to bring about a mid-' summer meetingpf thd Baptists of North Carolina. Dr. A. C Barron t D. Hufham and v S t : iri?5??' ,J thfi mntinn w?-. . Miivu THE . -yuH HITCDMATln., . ; for co; Subject: Chrl.tmas tuke 8.jjGo"d K. ,T ame country " v not a mile from Bethui -W, The employment ofSf01- '?SfV' honoml in the eHrin? "8 sep-'' people, Jacob, MwL les,of the S shepherrds JJut noi was looked upon hy thl f a callia to shepherd (I Y His advent waS ot h rulers of the ve.ort? these men werP pri worldly and KPlfkK t..V.'e miW' not aiseem mr tHi M herds were I.umh:e e".t.T!,c nouneement. (2) i J S jieap lo xne weak instexl J 7, 11 l9J!). Read JL Cor 1: 19-31 , J IV called Moses and n.,iA ': ".C1u-. eh David." the Chief Shcnhen, 1 i '0n of Himself the Good Shephe I ;7ho life for thf shoPT, Tn - llr mUw . of David, and t 7ocl lVM ?hepherd, should Won'oSi? V i . ii . Ji lllc If Ifl " 'Pi imaouDcediy had tents or booth, vn7 winch they (hrelt. 'k'.m; nr ,. .... .uiiucia, xne i !- m-v ! AM1 -w. I .... B,lc'"'?7 ,inT.tHe ne!Is afford ground for concluding that thp n.? ,,,, j'lai-c ill Hie T-iliU . I. he average tempemture JeiWt live years was, m December, "iiftv-fou- ! O 'A'i -nr...- have always taken a livelv intcre'in ti" things ot thi world. It was .m anity appeared unto Zacharias announcin. tl . . JT'. ".n. iiu i.u jnii v Willi ;v 'Ml at mission resaramg the birth of C-hrit A an.c:oI appeared to' Jesus in the garden- J to the disciples at the sepulcher nnd and thfi rnntinr w?-. The night; sessioa closed one of th busiest na;lf days o thfeonvez! ascension. Jesus on one occasion said could call twelve legions of anael?. r.nd J have the. blessed assurance aiven tV;'t ' shall; rive His angels charge over thee u keep thee in. all thy vays. Thev shall thee up in their 'hands. lest 'thmV'A thy foot against, a stone." Ia. jt "Came upon them' Stood over t!" "(Ilory of the Lord." That extreme M)b dor in which the -deity is represented appearing to men, and sometimes, ca!W the Shechinah an . appearance frefinen"r ' i a 1.1 . ? j1 ' 1 acicncjea, a.s m tni? case, oy a coniDiiTirof angess. it is jikeiy mat the aiel ap peared in the air at some little (fistaia above them, and that from him the raysoi the glory of the Lord shone roundabout them. Sore afraid." "Terrii'ied-with tin appearance b.t.so glonous a beincr. Then e I ' ii..i. ii. . i i is no prooi nere iJiac tne .snepiieras ucn moralh irnmire ana afraid that divine y tice was about to .be meted out to then. Kven 4ioly men tremble when thev come in contact with t iiesupernaturui. 10. "Cood tidings." 'The literal rcea ing of gospel." I am come to declare tit loving kindness of the Lord.- 'My mey-agt will cause great joy. It is a mesajjeto you (Jews) first, and it also reaches ia 'all the people." To the whole ' hw race. See Gen. 12: 3; Matt. 28: 19; Lab 2: 28-32; 24: 4b', 47; Col. 1: 21-23. . 11. "Is born." lsa. 9: 6; John 1: 11 David's greater Son begins His eanhira reer in llis ancestor's home. Seven kt dred years beiore a prophet had predict the -Messiah's birth at Bethlehem. Hit 5: 2. -'This day." Unbelievers try 4 make an argument against the-wisdom i God because He waited so long beton bringing forth the -Redeemer of mankind. The reply is, 1, Christ .came in aecordaas with a long line oi prophecy. This tock time. Prophets Mnust be raised up, and then hundreds of years must elapse in der. to fullv verifv their -utterances, i Christ came, when the political factors rf ,th Wirld.wer6 nv3st favorable. The world was practically under Roman con trol, and this fact was the means of bring ing: Christ and His followers immediate? before the nations of earth. Notice tat nations represented at the time of the era citiion and at Pentecost.' 3, Christ dj Hftf iromA unfil flio v.-nrxlrl h.Tf? done its K wifKnnk "Him -in A hA made a Compl mnrnl ffiilitri 'Vhf wisdom and CU "of a he world were very 'great.-nd yj morally, it was groping in awful darkn Thus the coming of the Messiah became necessity if the world -was to be saw froni moral collapse. And now, pa J fulness of time " in God's time, at jus .;vU4-;.v.n n( All Nations v nrnra "A Savmnr" () A deliverer. lO A poofnrop 21. "Not, shall be a Saviour, but bora Saviour " , "Christ." V The anointea vnrisi is ine vreeK woiu tur " t the Hebrew word Messiah. In "jw time3 pronhets, priests and kings . anointed with oU when set apart to w sacred work. Christ was anointea i theset holy offices, which we mv su with ;Him by His anointing us ? f Holy-Ghost. Christ is ufocient.v quJiw to sustain . these important oracc&. Lord' God, as well as. man. . ,y ' 12. "A sign." The very thing would have caused them to douDt made the sign unto them. ,1 n , 13. "A multitude." They descend honor the Priuce ot jreaee. , host' - The army of angels which leseniea as surrounuiug i fc: rhr sf H. 4,Glory-in the highest. W the highest glory of tod. , r peace." Peace to man; peace w w -peace of conscience. "Cood 'i-,, has shown His good will by Messiah, j . tif 15. r"It us now go. in ; hcM Til to lose. Let us go now. ' 13 ve J? . guage of obedience desiring-tbe)jf surance and strenath by seeing -selves this thing which is.come v -0 16. ."With haste." , finl '' with holy joy they could not found." It is probable that by cw eating their experiences to eacn faith was greatly strengthened. oonis 17. "Made known abroad. J; to they had seen the Chddey tne giaa newsto every uu . jes'J' - l c6 .1 0H The story. 9Vi,ntri ftie most wonderful story ,,75 j ears ever listened, and it s who hear it to wonder. vPrr'm' Z. 19 -"Pondering them. carefully considering them. 'e$oty Stance was treasured up m n , y . 20.. ."Glorifying "SS simple men: returned to tne nr flocks, giving glory to God lor seen and heard. . - : ' v Love sometimes flies out 0. j dow waiting for poverty at the door.