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; it a ' - 4 . A-" f1 t Is P:Tct:3 ta lis UrL-iUir-jof.:..-. Fell: Ccnnty. C VP i; V LI OFFICIAL JOURNAL CP PCLK COUNTY. INDEPENDENCE IN ALL TIIINQS. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $ I. oo PER YEAR, IN ADVANCES. VOL. IX. COLUMBUS; N, 0., TUlfesDAY, JANU RY, 7, 1904. NO, 88. & rr V - t : 1 4 R EV. LO VE S C 1 1 R I AS TALK At Baptist Church Last Sunday Morning Vcrc Introductory nsRisrks ta His Sermon. . "Thou shall call His name JpstfS for lie shall ea ve uis people from -Matt. Ml. - - - . their eins."- For :. more than nineteen hundred years the life of Jesus Christ has been the most interesting and helpful subject i upon which the mind of man has dwelt, and it will continue to be so for all men ! of every age. It is no mark of.lmbecil- ity or mental weakness to a well upon The wor d's greatest Intel ects have paid their homage to the Christ. Tho' in many instances they have withheld their hearts from Him. Jean Paul Rich ter describes Christ as "the holiest ariTDng the mighty and- the . mightiest among the holy, who lifted, with His" pierced hands, . empires off their hinges: turned . the streams of centuries out of their channels and still , governs the &g&L'.X :'-:v;;-'',5:-r ' ' Men , - like Galileo," Keplerj. Bacon, Newton, v Milton and the. wonderful Shakespeare, with millions of others ' of less fame, have placed Jesus above all other men and set His name above all other names. The world's most famous infidels, agnostics and sceptics have been forced by reasoning, if not by conscience, to acknowledge Christ's superiority "to ordinary mortals. L ' ' W'. "Christ is the symbol of divine wis dom," says Spinoze. : 1 i. "Jestis Christ,'! said Thomas Carlisle "is our dlvinest symbol, higher has the human fought not yet reached.1' , No.one would accuse Napoleon of be ing a pietist or a weak mindesi religion ist. Hia was a gigantic intellect, how ever worthless and depraved he was - morally", - : !-..-." :': One day at Saint Helena he was con versing with a group of noblemen. He was ambitious and his pride and self conceit was not sheltered under a cloak of self depreciation." . - -; C - s ; ; He: boldly compared himself with - many of the great men of history and unhesi tatingly - declared that-he was equal to, if not superior, to any of them But - suddenly, turning to one of the party, he said, "Can you: tell me - who ' Jesus Christ was?" ' : The man was shocked and stunned by tne question. Alter a moment ne re spited that he had never given the sub ject much thought. "Well then." said Napoleon, "I will tell you.'' , ''r- :- ' . He then compared Christ with him self and with the-ya'rious heroes.; of an tiqaity and showed how, Jesus far sur- passed tnem aiu "I think I understand somewhat of human nature;" said he, 'and ",: I tell you that all these were men, and I'm a man, but not one of us is like Christ. He was more than a man..- Alexander, Caesar and Charlemange founded their great empires by force; Jesus alone founded His empire upon love, and to this very day millions would die for . Him." : V o - ; ' Such is the testimony of a man who i acknowledged Christ as , hia superior, even tho he did not accept Him as his sovereign. r ' "pr:'i The character of Jesus Christ still re tains the superior.' charm by which it attracted the greatest minds and called , forth the deepest affections in the early years of Christianity, and 1 1 is Jife most 'still claim above all others our reverend - nd thoughtful study.. Thou shalt call His name Jesus for he shall save : His . people : from ' their : sins.' : r" ; y-2 . Jesus ano Joshua are synonymous and mean Saviour. : ; X For ages the Jews had been looking for the promised ;- Saviour, but- alas I ntkan XXa nam tViAV iifui4ai1 TTim W 4ib44 JUL J WfUuV V4J V J 1 I JVVLtU UiUli 'He came unto His own and His own received Rim" not.'! - The annual return of the Christmas festivities is but an annual reminder of . the Father's greatest gift to the world. The incidents relative to Christ's birth and early life Are too well known ' to necessitate recounting yet there are a xew traditional anu leeenuary mingt recorded which, tho' not in the inspir- ; ed record, are interesting to : say the leasts ''k ::y:f: . ". For example we are told" that Mary, the motherof Jesus, was given to her . father And mother in answer to prayer When three years' of age her . parents I eft her in the temple to be educated. told her to go home to her parents and have them seek a husband for her. She declined to go, declaring that she had been given to- the' Lord. Whereupon) the high priest sent; for the marriage- able men within the. district 4j come and present themselves in the temple at Jerusalem, and the man out of whose staff a dove should fly, should receive tr Joseph. a: widower, was in the crow He - had several grown sons and daughter and had been a widower for many years, but he had,, lived a godly life.- When he presented his staff to the high priest, a dove i&ew from it and circling around the - temple alighted upon the head of Joseph, which was re garded by the high priest as emblema tic of Joseph's purity, Jwhereupon he gave him Mary to ba his wife, - The legendary writers add but little to the account of Chr j birth". But with reference to the u. ;ht into Egypt they gaVe;f one 'or two interesting Inci dents. . J'"y2;Sr. They tell us that after weeks of the desert Josenh and MarVt with the the desert Joseph and Mary, with the the infant Christ, approached , Heliopo- lls, a town in v Egypt, where many Jews lived. . As they neared the gates of the city, a large date tree, worshipped by the Arabs, bowed its branches to the ground in honor of the Infant Christ, and when the little group - passed through the gate into city, the great idol -worshipped by the citizens as well as the small in the town, fell pros trate to the ground. r . & well are silent upon the subject of the stay In Egypt." But afWr two or three years, when the news reached Joseph that Herod the great, was dead, he and Mary with ' the boy Christ started on their return to Belhlehem. Here the legendary writers supply an incident which the ' inspired writers failed to give. and .'.-which more tnan likely did not ocenr. These , legendary writers tell us that on the road back two rob bers w'ho watched while their partners slept, halted the holy family. The name of one of the robbers was Titus .and the name of the other was Dumascus . Titus besought his companion .to let the little party go by unknown to their sleeping confederates, . but Dumascus protested, whereupon Titus promised him forty goats and cave mm his, belt to hold till he pald-the debt. , Dumascus accepted the bribe and the party was allowed, to; pass ont but as they started, Mary said to Titus: - VThe Lord God will receive thee to His right hand -and grant thee pardon of thy sins," and Jesus said to His mother, "When thirty years have expired , the Jews will crucify me at Jerusalem and these two thieves shall be crucified with me. Titus upon my right hand and Du mascus upon myleft;and from that place Titus shall accompany me to Pard'se." These are only fabulous stories, which were doubtless born in the imagination of the! Apocryphal ; writers. - : The only other, incident recorded of Christ 'si infancy was that of His visit to the temple at the age of twelve. Here age again the . legendary - writers attempted to supply some lack, as they regarded: it," in; the sacred biogra phy of the 'hrist child. ; Hence they undertake to tell us the subjects discussed by Christ before the elders in the temple. They say that he discussed the for mation and nature of the human body, told the number of bones arteries and veins and gave - the , reasons for the various changes in feeling "and when asking about the stars and the heaven ly bodies, he spoke with wonderful knowledge end assurance. - He . told not only of their numbers but of their names, their size and location. Christ no doubt knew all about the human body for he had made it. , "With out Him was not any thing made that was made. -. "And for . the same reason" he .knew all about the heavenly bodies. , . r V Infact he had infinite knowledge of every subject. ; - ' . ;; But his mission to earth was not to teach men these things. He came to seek and. to save the lost. He came that "whosoever would believe in him should not perish but have everlasting life,."-, Tr -r He came to save men from sin. "Thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he Shall save his people from 'their sins Judge Boyd, - who was holding Federal Court in Charlotte, said) to an Observer reporter tho Mother - ' : i. . . - "'.. .-i , ; ',; day: - . 'I .j ; - "I'll nanie a national Republi can-ticket that will carry witn a i whoop. HereJ it is : ' For Presi dent, -Theodorp Roosevelt ;; for ! Vico President, ex 'Judge W. a: O'B. Robinson.. All the fellows . who would like u to eat witn ne- and" all those who wouldn't. like to I eat with -colored brethre n would be enthusiastic for Judge rRobin- son. Thai's the right tickt.t; .Roose J velt and Robinson,' After the sale of their lands the Philippine friars are going to leave their staffs to the high Eur--ied C71& .CViJ -i. V3J4.iULi. - Mad Stampede lows Cry of; Fire Fol- in ' 1 Chicago Theatre r:osT nonniDLE'in iiistchv The Number : of - Dead EStlr mated at 738-Many Child ren. Trampled Death Stores and Other Buildings Turned Into Hospitals and Morgues Strong Men Weep. Chicago, Dec. .30. Amid scenes of the most awful horror, a great number of people, variously estimated at from 200 to 600, very many of women and children, were burned or suffocated or trampled to death "this afternoon in a fire; which destroyed the newuJroquois theatre. . Firemen ; who . were in the "UIUOU ,oulluj"8 U1 " uumwci U1 dead at from 500 to 600. More than a hundred bodies, black- enedand mangled; weretaken from the blazing ruins within aff" hour from the time when the fire was , urder oontrbL Inside the theatre iho dead bodies were corded and piled ' up through the seats and aisles like logs of wood. ' . - Hundreds were' injured, many of them fatally, in the frightful, panic stricken rush for safety when hysterical screams and shouts of .'Fire!" rang through the; theatre as the flimsy dra peries flared and blazed up during, the second act" of the af tei floon perform ance of "Mr. Bluebeard." According tofireraen the bodies were piled five feet deep in the pit where the - .-.j . - ed, maddened rush oi men, women ana children for the doors was on, all fight ing like demons under the' swirl of the flame; for "safety The fire broke out iu the scenery of the wings of the theatre during" the second act of the - afternoon perform ance of "Mr., Bluebeard." Irf a mo ment the great audience was in a wild panic. - - - From the ground floor to the dome of the closely packed theater came wild screams and cries of "Fire!n and in that moment began the death "dealing and panic stricken rush for safety. . In the. mad rash to get to. the doors men, women and children were struck down; trampled on or fatally crushed. Half faint, bleeding from wounds and carried along In the crowd, scores met Injures which may " prove fatal. All buildings" and stores in the .neighbor- ; hood of Randolph and Dearborn streets have been turned into temporary hos- pltals and are filled with the injured The fire broke on the stake and : cho rus , gins, actors ana . actresses were driven to the wind swept streets attired in their light stage;' clothes and wound ed and .cut in the crush.: A. number were carried 'out unconcious, and it is believed that several.. chorus girls were cut off from escape while they were far up the flies in the seventh tier.of dress ing rooms. : . : - r . . CAUGHT FROM CALCIUM LIGHT. The flames from a calcium light caught the flimsy curtain on the stage. In a flash all the stage dapenes were in flames, and the fire -had eaten its way to the auditorium." Women-and children' leaped from the balconies to floor only to be swept under foot by the crowd that tried tm fight'its mad way to the street. Fire -Marshal Champion, when .he came out of the building reported that at least fif ty;dead were lying in the aisles piled up in heaps. . - He placed number; of i dead at from- 200 to 500. The dead were conveyed to a restaurant in the neighborhood which turned into a morgue. . - CHORUS GIRLS AID PHYSICIANS In the work of rescue:jchorus girls clad in tights and light costumes in which they had been driven from the blazing stage," thein! heads cut and faces covered with blood, aided the physicians and policemen. " v. - Men, their clothing torn off in the crush,' aided in caring forlthe wounded and placing them on boards that had baen laid on cots in stores rnd other business establishmencf. - :i - ; t LEADING MAN TALKSr Eddie Foy who .pliyed" the leading role in the-extravaganza of VMr. . Blue beard." escaped with ins head - cut and - 1 hislight clothing torn to shreds.- He told how the : fire started, spreading panic and death as it swept the play' house from pit to dome. "We were all on the stage in the moonlight scene of thei.second,- act, he said, "suddenly at the right of the Ov er ----- 6 Fire Jill stae the curtain caught Jrom a spur of , -flame from a r calcium light. In a mpment the stage was one mass of fire. The capacity of the theatre was 1,500 people.. "About 200 people -were- Btand- ing the aisles Iwhen '; the performance I began and when the cry of "Fire" was sounded. 1700; people as one ; man bti,n the desperate- struggle to gain ':j '. DEAD ESTIMATED AT 738. jC't At thLs writing the work of identifi cation; has -, just . begun.. There are pitiable scenes at - the improvised and the regular morgues. : The city is in a ferment. Thousands : besiege the Chicay police for information. The latest re- would be held, atwhich time the State port,' compiled from good sources says offlcerswould be nominated and del the dead number 738. - Many names egates chosen to the national conven of the raUsing are published in ; news- tion - Leading Republicans have plan paper extras but not one ; can be veri- ned an early convention,tperhaps fied. - The theatre is total loss but the about the lstf of May, and when sur members of the company are all ;re- prise was expressed at this Mr Rollins ported safe. - - ; -' - " - ' asserted that the Republicans would. WAS A.FIREPROOF BUILDING. .Chicago, Dec. 30.--The Iroquois the- atre was the newest; house of amuse- ment in Chicago, and one of the finest homes of the drama in the country. It was opened .Monday night, Noyember 23d," last, with the ; spectacle "Blue- beard.! It had a frontage of 90 feet on tiandolph street, 125 feet on Dearborn street and seating capacity of 1744. The building was put up in less than I seven months,' record breaking lime, by ven monlhs. rennrd! hreftViner'HmA' Vicl the Geo. A. Fuller Construction compa nay. J It was planned and erected" ulider the . supervison ; of Benjamin H. Mar shall, who also designed the Nixon the atre in Pittsburg, and the lllinos thea ter of Chicago. ' .;", - . , " . The site cost $500,000, a like sum was spent upon the building and decora tions. - Notwithstanding the rapidity, of its construction, the statement was fre quently made publ ic by all concerned ifbentf rprlse that the building; was absolutely fireproof. : ;- r: L - The Iroquois theater . was owned Will J. Davis and Harry J. Powers, of Chicago, Nixon & Semmerman, of Phil adephla, and Klaw & Erlanger, of New York; b't- :- JUDGE FRANCIS D, WINSTON Will Be A Candidate Before the Iiext State Democratic r Convention for Lieuten- ''''ant: Governor.- .i; Judge Francis D. Winston . will be a I candidate before the next Democratic State Convention for the nomination or Lieutenant Governor. We are an- tnonzea to mase mis announcemeut. . t . " j '-'- ' .-IT' . i It is needless for us now to elaborate his qualification ; for this "high office. His great ability as a presiding, is too well known. He has" filled officer , many places of trust. For fifteen years, he he has given freely of his brains,; time and means to the party. His record as a party, worker and party leader entitles him to the : nomination. We will not lengthen thla article with quotations from the press or with copies of resolu tions passed by the lawyers when he held court.. The press and bar and people were loud in his praise. - or NO judge ' stood higher; no judge combined more happily pleasant man ners and : generous hearted sympathy with' Judicial, firmness and" dignity. man surpassed him in - his capacity to dispatch business. V , -. Has he failed in any duty? , No. Has he met public expectation and demand? Most abtrndantly.. What is his char acter? Strong and upright. Is he a good i speaker and debater? Fjew in the'state surpass hi m.: Is; he' popular and agreeable? ; No one more so. Has had beentxB rendered sufficient service to the party? . Ask the , Democratic state, District ' and County Committees of 1890-and of every campaign snice of e very campai gn and Democratic Revolutionists of 1898 and 1900. : ; - . ' T Why then thould he not be nominated? : In behalf of the Democracy of Bertie county who have ever . accorded r due recognition . of faithful party . service official integrity and efficiency, we ask this nomination- at ther hands .of pur great party Later we will publish a sketch of our distinguished feilow citis zen. we now announce uih cauuiuacjr, fnr this hierh office. FromXhe Windsor . . . . ... -. Ledger. . God forbid" exclaimed Sena tor Pettus in, speaking of - the Panama affair,- that this .giant t i renublic ot ours Bliouia ever t - . - . a i t .1 .: ,'L.'ln iV come too great to maintain his own honor." - AH. EARLY CAUPAIGH SURE unairman JbCoiuns to Call the " mmm. - mm .'-'. '.-"'.'-1 '" ' Executive Committee To- . gether at ; Once. 1 . VVashlngton, Jan il. 2. Republican State Chairman : Rollins tonight" au thorized the statement' that a, meeting e Republican State executive com-1 mittee wOuld be had during the 1 atter part of tha present month. The . meet ing will be held in Qreensboro and the I exact date will be agreed upon as soon ! as Mr. Rollinhas an opporiunity to consult the convenience of the . various ! members of ; the committee. At -the proposed meeting a date will be agreed upon for holding a State convention, and Mr; Rollins said it was his individ- ual opinion Uhati only "one; convention I during the annroaching campaign, put I morevigor into their efforts than afc any time during recent years. The Re- publican chairman did not elaborate his meaning, but averred that his party J would make a great campaign, ; with the taxation methods adopted by the late Legislature as the paramont issue. Mr. Rollins said he" had on' yesterday assured the President that the national committee could count implicitly -on turn TlTiih'ilnnn'mftm'Kr Tvntnrr alantA I two Republican members being elected f rtm the State at the next election, from the eighth I and tenth districts. Mr. Rollins says the Republicans of the State do not feel in the least down dast, as they are quietly, -but contin ually finding recruits. - He says that Mr. isarringer, pi .uaoarrus; who ; was one oi the "immortal . seven" wno served In the Senate during the Legis- tature of 1897, has espoused the Repub- llcan cause. OUR PniSOlHjAKES $82,?70 D i re cto r s R e po rt a Net Bal ;: ance of $1 06, 808. -; r Raleigh, Jan 1. The directors- of the penitentiary tonight completed their report to Governor A ycock. for the year endjng yesterday,--showing a net bal ance of $106,808 in cash, solvent credits and farm produce, with no doubtful items, and - with; enough corn" omitted for use this year. There was a balance at the last report of $21,538, so thai the net earnings were $82,270. . There are ho debts of any kind. A brick plant ; has - been established, costing $3,458. and has proved a eood invest? Wonft Tho Rf oto farm la in m.mfi. cent condition, The c geoeral health ft f ua 0ftnit.Q l - ".hn hrAtv xrA w:t1 ftnw 99 ns Th ttal number of convicts is 706, : against . 816 a : year ago." The prison : population continues to decrrase because most counties, now use public road building practically all persons convicted .- in their borders. Secretary Moody has issued or ders to our Naval officers not to shot at the Columbians until they shoot first.. . . ' " : ; If there were a strenuous Roose velt at the head of affairs in: Co lumbia we would have a mid wii ter war in the tropics. :.. v - Senator - Hoar's severe -: citicism the; President's Panama policy has caused' consternation on the Isthmus and in the White House. The democratic members of the Senate have decided to - be bound by the, caucus rule, and the re- pelicans will now have to deal with a united minority, under Senator Gorman's leadership. r - : The defeated revolutionists m i Sante Domingo are trying to Jn-1 duce our government to help them back in power,"f or .which they, are willing to- grant: us sovereignity I over the anarchio republic. - n - n , VrflMnrt Gar- i . - . . . - .- . I w.if. i K Sirr K a T Pino ia Uiauy VViltCS VlltU uuuvu imiva ia a good market for condensed eggs. These eggs . areprepared. by re-1 mAirinr fhpir -BTirnlns water andi Miw v i3 w--' . .. f , - -" ' . adding water. ; They are sent to ooum Ainua m uei uiciivauv uiud- I ed boxes and can hardly be distm- guished from fresh eggs. OfERfJAII'S P08ITI0II He Wants Treaty Without Com- promising the Country's - , - Honor. . v The Wilmington .Chamber of Com merce recently sent a telegram o Sen- ator Overman requesting him to vote for the 1 proposed Panama ; treaty and received r- the following - reply, which expresses our 6entiment&.exactly. v And--we believe he voices the , opinion of ninetenths of jtbe people of North Carolina. . Here is what he wjpote: "L beg to acknowledge receipt of . your telegram urging me, on behalf of tiie Washington chamber of commerce, to support the Panama treaty and to thank you for the same. "I am always glad and anxious to know the wishes of my people in re-. i gard to any and all great public ques tions pending before the Congress, and it Is my desire to reflect their senti- ZiJ'- " T u 1 'i . T "n- wJajW untroe tomy peopleandtotha pooplo of the South, as well as untrue to myself, did I not heartily favor the building of the canal and do all in my . power to secure it, believing as 1 do with them that it is for the best com mercial interest of the whole nation llhat the canal should be built. I shall . J li . . . most cheerfully vote for the Panama treaty, provided I can do so and at the same time not . sacrifice the national honor and not violate my own sense of morals and of what is right and wrong." With me " the question rises '. above politics and dollars and cents. . i Why the Republicans will not con- set to the passage of the Hoar resolu- tion is very suspicious. It- onlys asks : for the- facts, and . I ' think yourwill agree with me that I ought not to de termine definitely what my action will - : be until I know; the facts. 4 I do not wish to be a party to the building of a canal in wrong, dishonor and blood... Did those in authority . in this country . encourage and connive at the 1 re vol a- tion in Panarngjirith a sinister design? : Is this country a party to the revolu-" tion, propose to get by force that which - it could not get by treaty and engage in war with a helpless; little republic? ; Is this nation to exhibit itself to the. world as guilty of sharp . practice? r f1 ut lu quwtwus x iuMk answer and to do so must have all the I facts, which as yet we have not been able to obtain, and for these reasons I- have not made up myNm:nd definitely to support the treaty. . : "If the Panama treaty should fail of . ratification the law is al ready L written upon the statute books and" the money appropriated to build the Nlcaraguan Canal; . Except for delay, in my judg ment, there is no trouble about get-r ting a canal in any event, and hereto fore a large majority of the people of the South, as shown . by the votes of their Senators and Representatives in Congress, has beenTor. that route. ; v So for as our immediate section is con cerned it is believed to be the best route. So it is not a question of canal, but; is the country's conscience to be ' debauched and shall we have the Pana ma Canal at a sacrifice of honor and war or shall we have the Nicaraguan . v Canal with - peace and honor? 1 If all that is; alleged be, true, to ratify , the -treaty would be compromising with an.' outrage and we ' would be temporizing , -with unfair dealings To me it Js a . very serious question; ,VI want all - the, light I can : get : upon the subject. I want to know the truth. . And rafter getting the facts I trust.thatl may be able to carry out your . wishes, and what seems to be the wishes generally of my people. . I shall, get the facts, : give the matter due' consideration and do : what Is bet for all the people.. I do not , w ish to be considered in my manner, an obstructtonist,neitherdo I wish to - : set myself . up as .'holier than thou,' but t I am sure that you and the people , of . the tate will appreciate my position. Thanking you .again for telling me what are' the wishes of the good people A Wilminet0-g; and sincerely "hoping 1: may see my way clear to Vote for the j treaty, I am .'Yours truly, , -'LE& ST OVERMAN! Secretarv Root has criven a. list - 4 r w ot Axenerai :wooa s quanncauoui..; SEN I . Via ma mv.rranarn I nhiof - amnntt -i i y-. w ,uwjw-8w , yv , Miyw0 tBem seems to be that he is in the ' prime of life-. N. YJ; c . M When the men came and presented iswuus. - . ,