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I iv irra The Orphans’ Friend. , FRIDAY, - - - SEPTEMBER 7, 1883. NOTES or TEAVEL, Dust I Dustll Dust III It lo said that congenial company ionship multiplies our joys and divides our sorrows. We found on our trip Raleighward last week, that the pleasant con versation of the former State Chemist went far toward mak' ing a ride in the rear coach of a freight train bearable; and from Raleigh to Sanford, that a genial Presiding Elder, an intelligent commercial travel ler, a vivacious conductor,and a talkative engineer, off duty, can make fifty miles on freight train positively pleas ant. JONESBORO. A mile below Sanford on the C. F. & Y. V. R. R., is the thriving village of Jonesboro. It boasts of a population of four hundred souls, and en joys .a lively and increasing trade. There is a very effective temperance organization, and the sale of ardent spirits with in two miles of the place is prohibited by law. Happy Jonesboro! Two Methodist ministers . live here, Rev. Messrs. Arnold and Kendall, -and two Presbyterian minis ters, Rev. W. S. Lacy and his venerable father, Rev. Drury Lacy, D. D, There is a neat Baptist church, the only - house of worship in the town. Other denominations worship in the commodious chapel of the Jonesboro High School. Lots are secured and money pledged to build Methodist and Presbyterian ch arches. .They will probably be com** pleted during the year. The pride and pet of Jones boro is the High School, under the management of that ex>; cellent instructor, Prof. W- C.: Doub. We did not have the , opportunity of visiting the school, but learned with pleas ure that it is enjoying a fine patronage this term. LOCKVILLE—MONCURE—HAYWOOD Three towns within a space of two miles, on the line of the R. & A. A. L. R. R. in Chatham county, thirty miles from Raleigh, between Haw and Deep rivers, just above their confluence, where the Cape Fear is formed. At Lockvill© is abundant water power to run immense facto ries. This will probably be a great manufacturing centre at some future time. At Hay wood are two churches, Pres byterian and Methodist. The Bap'ist congregation worships in the Academy. It is expec ted that they will I uild a church in the near future. Tiiere is no school of conse quence at either of these places. There is enough pop ulation in the three villages to have a first class graded school There is no point within our knowledge more eligible for a boarding school of high grade. A splendid opportunity for an enterpris ing teacher. APEX, Fourteen miles from Ral eigh, in Wake county, is a pleasant village, so named from the circumstance that it ^ is situated at a very high point on the line of the R. & A. A. L. R. R. A fine school is located here, under the man agement of Mr. Jones, with competent assistants. It has a large patronage and is doing good work. There are two Baptist churches in Apex, j.nd one Methodist church not yet finished, but going forward through the instrumentality of our genial and energetic friend, Rev. B. B. Culbreth. MISCELLANY. The crops in all the sections we visited are very much in jured by drought. All crops will be short. We noticed that increased attention is given to raising fertilizersiat home, and to improved implements and methods in agriculture. We were informed that more nec. essary supplies ere raised on the farm and less brought from abroad. There have been gracious revivals of religion at sev eral points in our route, and there is a very decided forward movement in build ing new churches and improv ing old ones. HOMEWARD. On the train we met Gov. Jarvis ew route tor Boston and the Exposition. He had a prominent part in the open ing exercises last Wednesday. He was accompanied by Mrs. Jarvis, Commissioner Mc- Gehee and Mrs. Gen. T. J. Jackson and her daughter. Miss Julia. The young lady possesses in a marked degree the features of her lamented father, and recalls with dis tinctness the cast of his coun tenance. An old follower of the fortunes of Stuart and Hampton, the sight of the widow and child of the great Confederate chieftain, Stone wall Jackson, awakened in our mind, with great vivid ness, memories of the clash and clangor of arms, of stern conflict and joyous victory, of toil and blood, of sabre stroke and battle smoke, of high hopes, fondly chers ished^andsoon crushed, of “Oxford Junction I” shouts the portly conductor, and our revery is gone. THE CAEE OF OEFHANS. From the Biblical Recorder. Is a church required by the Scriptures to take care of the dependent orphans of deceas ed members? This question has been asked by one of the most dev( ted and efficient pastors in the State, and should be asked and answer ed by every pastor of a Bap tist church. We give it as our opinion that a church is under scriptural obligations to take care of all its poor members, and of all the or phans left destitute by its de ceased members. If there is one duty more clearly stated than another, and oftener and more carelully enforced, it is the duty of the church to care for its poor. It was mention ed as a special glory of the gospel and as one of the strongest evidences of its heavenly authority and mis sion, that the gospel was preached to the poor. “The poor ye have with you al ways,says the Ma ter, and he left them as Ills special representatives in the church. No one can read the closing paragraph ot the 25th chapter of the gospel by Matthew, and not see this. After de scribing the poor and unfoi- tunate of his kingdom, the Master says to those who had helped them, '‘^Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least oj these, my brethren, ye have done it unto we.” And to those who had failed to visit and aid the poor of his people and offered their igno rance of their true character as an excuse, he says, and with,fearful emphasis, “JwaS' much as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not unto we.” In Mathew 10th and 42d, we read, “ And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say u/nto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward." Every true chursh of Christ is organized with special ref erence to the support of its poor. The seven deacons mentioned in 4th chapter of A.^ts were selected-for and or» dained to this special work. The churches of to-day have very little of the spirit of the church described in Acts 4 32d, 33d, and 34th. There are very few modern churches that have anything of this brotherly and Christian liber ality. We do not believe that it is now necessary or even advisable to have all things common Dr lor brethren to sell all their possessions and give to the poor. It was right and proper in the early days of Christianity and greatly aided in the success of the gos pel. While not obligatory now to the full extent of the letter, still the spirit of the church should be the same now as it was in the days of the Apostles. No church: should allow any of its poor, its widows or its orphans to want. The failure of the churches in this respect has done more to hinder the cause of Christ and to bring reproach upon Christianity than all their other omissions and short comings combined. The world needs just such a church and just that kind of religion that carries out this spirit of liberality. Infidels and skepf- tics would disappear fiom the land were all the churches of to-day living out the true spirit of the gospel of Christ. Then, indeed, would the gos pel have free' course and Christ be glorified. Every church is under ob ligations to take care of its poor and its orphans—and ev ery church should he an asy lum, safe and pure, for the protection of the children of its deceased members. The church member who would wrong, oppress or defraud a widow or an orphan should be expelled at once. And the church that allows its poor brethren and sisters to die in a county poorliouse, and its orphan children to become slaves or waifs, is unworthy of recognition as a church of Christ. Correspondence: BOYS AND aiELS IN ONE SCHOOL. A prudent and far seeing moth er married her t\\ o daughters some .> ears ago to a plumber and an ice man, and now, no matter whether there is a mild winter or a severe one, she has a box at the charity ball and spends the next summer at Newport, or goes to Europe with one or the other of her sons- in-law. It was a very honest old Dutch, judge in Schoharie county, who listened for seveial hours to the arguments of counsel, and then said :* “Dis case has been ferry ably argued on both sides, and dare has been some ferry nice boints of law brought up, I shall dake dree days to consider these boints, but I shall ewentually te- oide for de plaintiff,” Dr, Abernethy has replied to my article on coeducation. He neither answered,nor men tioned, my arguments; but di rected his battery against me pergonally. Perhaps I am more vulnerable. If I under stand him, his article may be summed up in two proposi tions: 1.1 am an old fogy. 2 His observations extend over half a century. I freely admit that some of the “new methods,^’ so called, have not been adopted by me. Some years ago, there was rage for singing geography. I refused to adopt it. Now the rage is for reading geog raphy. After a careful exam ination of the new and num erous geographical readers, have decided not to adopt them. I have not adopted the “word method^’ of learn- ing to read, because, after a fair trial, under a com petent teacher, the pro gress of the children was not satisfactory, I have not adop ted “object teaching,’’because children in the country learn objects without that special teaching which is necessary to those raised in cities. A city boy does not know a doz en species of birds, while the country boy has a large per sonal acquaintance with birds, fishes and animals. I have not adopted the methods of Col. Emerson, of the famous Quincy School, because our children make better progress with the present plans. But I do care fully study hooks on teaching and adopt everything that seems to be an improvement. Yet I deem it safe to “Benot thefirst by whom the new is tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.” I have also taught boys alone, girls alone, and boys and girls together. So it seems to me that I cer tainly have a right to express an opinion, provided I do so without injury to any school. This I tried to do. I would not under'*value Dr. Abernethy’s experience, nor his kindness to poor boys and girls, nor the interest he has excited in favor of educa tion. Yet he might possibly have done more good with a school of one sex. Who can telU But old as Dr. Aber. nethy is, there are two lessons which he has yet to learn. One is, not to call another teacher an “old fogy,” when he knows next to nothing about him. For two men may differ in opinion, while both are trying to know and to do what is wisest and best. An other lesson, every teacher should learn: that is, to meet an opponent with argurnents, instead of such expressions as “effrontery,” “false assump tions,” “old fogy prejudices,” “false in fact,” &c. Dr. Ab ernethy should be satisfied with having the popular side of the question, for the boys and girls delight to go to school together. Sometimes they persuade the teachers, sometimes they otai ve him into terms: But the question is, which is best? J. H. Mills, Beautiful Masonic Apron. —There is on exhibition at Jacksonville, La., a beautiful Masonic apron captured by a Georgian artillery officer in the Mexican war from the fa- mous General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna at the time of his memorable retreat, when, not only his private baggage but his wooden leg was left behind in his sudden flight. The apron is of white with a silk back. At the top is a star embroidered in gold, within which is the mystic letter G.; beneath this there is an embroidered scroll resem bling a Maltese cross, on ei ther side of which in large Roman characters are the gol den letters M. B., the signifi cance ofwhich no local crafts man has interpreted. An incident of more than ordinary Masonic importance in Vermont is entitled to re cord. In 1825 Lafayette laid the corner stone of the Uni versity of Vermont building at Burlington. The lapse of time has made necessary a new structure, and through the liberality of John P. How ard of that city a new college edifice replaces the former one. The public ceremonies attendant upon laying the corner stone were performed by the Grand Lodge, of Ver mont, and attracted a large concourse of people. It was the first time in the history of the Masonic fraternity of the Green Mountai..' State that they had been invited to per form this public ceremonial Burlington, therefore, has witnessed an interesting his toric event. M 'W. Ozro Meacham and his associt te Grand Officers performed the ritualistic services to the en tire satisfaction of the State officers, the College trustees, and the Masonic brethren present. Past Grand Master Lucius C. Butler delivered a most fitting and eloquent ora tion. rart of members, and a strong inducement to non-affiliation, is the neglect of Secretaries to present bills for dues prompt ly. When a member receives a notice that if he does not pay his back dues charges will be preferred against him, and it proves to be the first notice he has had of any be ing due, he is naturally in dignant, even though he has neglected to inquire, and should naturally expect that some had accrued. Many a time he is sb disgusted as to permit the lodge to suspend him, when he would have paid his duos with pleasure, if the Secretary had hunted him up and presented them. If a Master finds tliat he has a three-handed Secretary (that is, one with a little behind hand), let. him see to it per-- sonally. It is better to keep an old member ti'.an to gain a new one, and zeal in the for mer ditectiori is to he corns mended wliile it cannot be permitted in the latter.—Jfa- sonic Token. The railroad boom in North Carolina still continues; The Albermarle&RaJeigh is likely enough to break ground at an early day'—the road from • Richmond to Ridgeway shows signs of vitality; the Cape Fear, & Yadkin Valley is moving along, while a road is being pushed oat from High Point to the. factories in Ran- dolpl, with’ the hope oj. ulti mately reaching the sea coast. The more the merrier. The people can stand all the roads that capitalists may build. In deed, in ten years more North Caroliugi will have nearly doubled her present surplus of productions and all the fas cilities of commerce we may have will be taxed to their utmok.capacity.—News& 06s, When such distinguished men as the late President Marlin Van Buren, G-eo. Badger, late Secretary of the Navy; Gov Edward Stanley, of California; Gov. Iredell, of North Carolina; Sena tors Talmage, of New York; Preston, of South Carolina; Hendei son, of Mis sissippi; Hon. Beverly Tucker, of Vir- f lnia; Bishop Green, of Mississippi, reeman, of Texas; Gen. Me Comb, of Georgia; W. H. Appleton, of New York; Rev. Dr. F. L. Hawks, of New York, and a host of other sueh men give strong certifleates of the value of a medicine, it must have intrinsic worth. All this is true of BECKWITH’S AN TI-DYSPEPTIC PILLS, and to-day they are as good as they were when those certificates were written. Ed. R. BnQjcwirH, Sole Proprietor, Petersburg, Ya, Upon the subject of ]V4^8on' ic trials, the Grand Master of Iowa, M. W. Bro. Geo. B. Van Suan, in his annual address presents some ideas worthy of the consideration of the Craft generally. Among other things he says : I would call the ats tention of my brethren to a habit we have fallen into of late years, which, in my hum ble judgment, should be check ed, or it will be pioiific of much evil. There is a ten dency in our Masonic trials to stand upon some little tech nical point or quibble, and there! y seek to make tliem, in our trials, a shield or pro tection for wrong-doing rath er than for the purpose of finding out the truth as to the guilt or innocence of the ac cused, and thus defeat' the ends of justice. One great trouble that arises in our Ma sonic trials is, that an attor ney for the defense feels as though he must protect his client right or wtong. My views are, that attorneys on both sides should fiot seek to cover up the truth, but up- hold what is just and right, whether it is for the accuser or the defense. One Cause Of Non-Afpil- lATiON.—A very fruitful source of irritation on the Committees on Orphan 4sylam Lily Valley Lodge, No. 252—John R. Hill, William H. tliddick, Eras- tu8 Barley. Eureka Lodge, No. 283—G-. A. J. Sechler, S. G. Patterson, Cliarles.W. Alexander. Fulton Lodge, No. 99—A. Parker, vV. W, Taylor, J. Samuel McCub- bins. Mount Energy Lodge, No. 140 Henry Haley, Job i Knight, H. F. Parrett. Hiram Lodge, No. 40—George M. Sraedes, TiiQotlore. Jo.sepli, John Nichols. . ■ 1. J . Evvi'groen' IjOfigc, No. 303—M, aiorrison, H. P. Harman, L. MoN. McDonald. . Fellowjhip Lodge, No. 84.—Jo- sop.i Pa; ker, C. S. Puweil, John T. Cobb. Wayne Lodge, No. 112 ^E. A| Wright, Augustus Edward, E, W Cox. Oumberlaad Lodge, 364—Rev. A R. Pittman, Salem Lodge, N’.). '289 J. W- Hunter. 0. A. Kogle, Ghas. Hauser. Coharie Lodge, No. 379—A. J. Butler, J. 1). 0. Culbreth and'R, W. Howard. Winston Lodge, No. 167—J. Q. A. Bari'am, W. H. Miller, E. B. Whitsell. GRAND LECTURER—Dr. 0. D. Rice, Raleigh, N. 0. . LAND FOR SALE. A CHANCE FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO GROW FINE TOBACCO. Over 600 acres of Beaver Dam Fine Tobacco laud for sale. As good as there is., It lies in one body and will be sold, all together, or cut up into small tracts to suit purchasers. Is sit uated in Brassfields Township, Gran ville county, N. C., two and a half miles south-west, of Wilton. Has a large portion of original growth on it, is well timbered, and has a large body of bottom land. . There are upon the premises a two story dwelling, containing four oom- fortable rooms, four flue curing tobac co barns, with other necessary out buildings. Only part of the purchase money will be wanted in cash, for the rest two or three years will be given. Apply to W.K.WALTERS, or 9.H.CANNADY, 12 fit. •• Wilton, N. C. JONESBORO HIGH SCHO^, Jonesboro, Moore Co., N. C. The next Session of this School will begin July 30th, 1883. . For circulars or information apply to Prof. William 0. Doub, a. M. . • 8-8t • . ’ i: pJuNOIPAi*
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