The Orphans’ Friend.
FRIDAY. - - DECEMBER 14, 1883.
A STATEMIilNT.
My connection with the
Orphan’s Friend ceased with
last week’s issue.
For nearly a year I have
had the privile;^e of conmiu
nicativig weekly with its
readers It any good has
been acconjplished, I am grat
ified. If any mistakes have
been made, no one regrets it
more than 1. My association
with the publisher Mr. L.
Thomas, has been of the
moat pleasant character. The
paper will be continued un
der his management, and I
1 espeak for it the favorable
consideration and the patron
age of my friends and of the
public.
During my connection with
the Friend I have enjoyed
moat cordial relations with
iheofll ers of the Orphan Asy
lum, the charity in the inter
est of which it is published.
I have had the opportunity of
watching to some extent the
internal management of the
institution and of witnesai .g
the arduous and self-sacrilic-
ing toil of those who are
managing it. It is a noble
work and is accomplishing
much good with small resour
ces. It is worth} of the sym
pathy aud support of the
public. More than ever Ism
convinced of theimportRiice of
giving it a liberal sustenance.
I am profoundly gratified if I
have in any measure con
tributed to its success. May
it coutinually increase in pros
perity and usefulness.
L. H. Gibbons.
IT is liTRAN&E.
It is strange that notwithstand
ing the splendid climate and op
portunities offered to mechanics
of moderate means that there nre
so few manufacturing establish
ments in North Carolina. There
is not a single soap or candle fac
tory within her borders. Only
one canning works for fruit and
vegetables. Peaches can be
bought at from ten cents to twen
ty-five cents per bushel, and vege
tables as cheap. But still there
are thousands of dollars annually
sent from this State to buy goods
canned in Maryland, New York
and else \ here. There is not a
cheese factory in the State, only
two furniture factories, no glass
works, only one siioe factory, no
starch factory. But few butter
making establishments and dairy
farms. No reason for this,for cat
tle need not be fed only two to
three months during th,e year.
There are openings for men who
have only their tods to work with
if they only have the determina
tion and pluck.
The above is clipped from
the North and South, publish
ed at Buffalo, N. Y. We
estof the children of the poor
white men of the State that
wish, here in the begin-
CHEISTI£AS.
This national holiday W'hich
is now so near at hand, is in
tended to celebrate the birth
of Christ, after whom the day
takes its name-'Christ-mas.
We rejoice to see the fam
ily heartstone once more sur
rounded by all of its members
who have been separated by
the wisdom of Providence,
there to give thanks and
make merry that they are
again permitted to partake of
the blessings of the old homo-
atead, to Join'with the aged
father and mother in i.-i yoking
the biHHsirtgs of Christ eii their
little family circle, to’ unite
their voices', indoyfui .songs,
tonkin thftj“fatted calf,”;i and
participate irr an annual,^feat‘t.
But wiiy it should/'beccle-
bratedjby drunken ness,swear
ing, and all . kinds of de
bauchery, has^always be- ji a
■ mystery fo^us.
We have seen parents,good
men and women, who wculd
gi ve the “egg-nog’ to their
children until they reeled to
their beds, and even imbibe
too freely Jhemselvea. How
sa^! Let us all rise above
such. Let us make our feaat,
but reniomber to be temjsor-
ate. And let us not forget
those who aro less lorfuiiate
ill this worlds goods. Invite
them to thy table, that the}’
may partake oi the good
things spread to C(mi:.:omer-
ate the birtii of the hh ssed
Redeemer.
agree with our cotemporay in
all he says in the above.
With all these natural advan
tages, it is strange indeed that
our people are sitting still,
holding their hands, and beg
ging others to come and im
prove their own land, w’hen
they are amply able to do so
themselves. It is , strange
that so man} of our young
men are seeking homes in
foreign climates, instead of
remaining at home, and help
ing to build up their
country, which offers so many
rare inducements And it is
stranger still that our North
ern friends, seeing the great
opportunities offered by the
South, do not avail themselves
of these opportunities more
frequently.
In some respects our peo
ple remind us of the unfaith
ful servant who buried his
one talent, only that our peo
ple have buried the ten rath
er than the one. Friends, if
you do not improve that
which God has given you,
can you expect anything bet'*
ter than for your 1 est oppor
tunities to be given to others?
It isright that such should the
case, and we therefore extend
a hearty welcome to every
iiew«comer who brings with
him integrity, skill, industry,
and capital. But from tramp;*,
dead-beats, beer-drinkera,
“Latter Day Saints,” and
such like, may we all ask
God to deliver us.
ning of this discussion, to
speak The common schools
of the State are the only
schools these children can at
tend. Destroy the conmion
schools of North Caroiina--
and the proposed measures
would desttoy them—and the
poor children of the State
would be forced to grow up in
abject ignorance. Ifmiscegon-
enatio-' is ever brought about
in North Carolina, ignorance
will be the prime cau -o of it.
Every instance which tn-.s oc
curred originated in the abject
ignorance of the parties to the
marriage. There are i i every
State a few selfish lirh men
who, forgetting that lae rich
and the poor are all in the
same boat and mustsn;vive
orieiish together, comphun
of being taxed to eciucaie the
pour children. And they
would readily embrace the op
portunity of relieving them
selves of all such tax. This is
the danger that now threatens
the educational interests of
North Carolina
“With great respect for our
brethren of the press who diff
er from us in this matter, we
still advise our readers to pay
little attention to any one
who advocates any measure
calculated to destroy the hopes
of the poor children of North
Carolina. Educate your chil
dren. Work aud vote for
schools, and schools in reach
of all the people.’'
GLASS LE&ISLATIOIT.
ThuBihlical Recorder speaks
our sentiments when it says:
“To legislate that the col
ored people shall educate their
children as best tliey can in
their poverty, is to legislate
that they shall not bo educa
ted at all. They are amongst
us, not of their own choice,
but of coustraiut. They have
done uothing to cause us to
feel any enmity against them
or to lead us to wish them ill
Faithfully have they toiled,
and humbly and peacefully
h.nve they accepted the chan
ges of fortune. To them we
owe both respect and sympa-
tli}'. They are here to stay,
and it is the interest ol the
Biate, and of every citizen
who wislies well to liimself
and his feliow-men, to aid
tiiem in improving their con
dition, * * * *
“If w’e can legislate to make
the negio educate the negro,
we can just as easily legislate
to make the poor white men
educate the poor children of
the State. It is in the inters-
• HOME EDUCATION-
The following rules are
worthy of being printed in
a conspicious place in every
household:
1. From your children’s ear
best infancy inculcate the
necessity of instant obedience.
2. Unite firmness with gen
tleness. Let your c.i^ildren al
ways understand that you
mean what you say.
3. Never promise them
anything unless you are quite
sure you can give what you
say.
4. If you tell a child to do
something, show him how to
do it, and see that it is done.
5. Always punish your child
for wilfully disobeying you,
but never punish in anger.
6. Never ler them perceive
that they vex you, or make
you lose your self-command.
7. If they give way to pet
ulance or ill temper, wait till
they are calm, and then gently
reason with them on the im
propriety of their conduct,
8. Remember that a little
present punishmeur, when the
occasion arises, is much moro
effectual than the threatening
ot a greate’ punishment,
should the fault be renewed
*9. Nevergive your children
anything because tiioy cry
for it.
10. On no account allow
them to do at one time wlnit
you would have forbidden,
under the same circumstai ces
at another.
11. Teach them that the only
sure and easy way to appear
good is to be good.
12. Accustom them to make
their little recitals with per
fect truth,
13. Never allow tale-bear-
ing.
14 Teach them self-denial,
not self-indulgence of angry
and resentful spirit.
POINTED REMARKS.
Br'. Parvii] says ‘a Lodge
not a lui.'idred miles away has
in its membership a number
of Masons, some of whom
have held high offices in the
Order, who are going down
the way of death, floating up
on the accursed current oi
poor beer aud bad wbiske}',
bringing a reproach upon
themselves and toe insfitu
tion.’ Worse than that, Bro.
Parvin, they lead young men
to imitate their pernicious ex
amples until, little by little,
they approach the ^ ^;^g6 of
destruction or plunge head
long into the abyss. • Obscene
conversation, profane swear
ing, gambling and di.-sipation
follow in the train of evils if
they do n.'t lead to actual
drunkeuness. Our jails and
penitentiaries are full of the
victims of drink, and yet
Masons tolerate dissipation
and revel in strong drink!
We have seen men in Ma
sonic paocessions, seen them
in the tyled room^ too drunk
to be respectable in manner;
and have seen the presiding
officer himself decidedly ‘off
his balance.’ Yet no discip
line was idministered! If
perchance some one conden-iii-
ed it (as they did) he was at
once ‘sat down on,"’ and was
denounded as puritanical and
uncharitable. We teach Tem
perance as a cardinal virtue.
Does it indeed mean nothing?
It is time to call a halt, and
apply the rules, or annul the
law and let us know exactly
where we stand.—Home Jonr'-
nal.
While we have not seen all
the evils alluded to above, we
have seen enougli to convince
Uf that t; ey really exist in
our own State.
What will Brown’s lion Bitters cure?
It will cure Heart Disease, Paralysis,
Dropsy, Kuiney Disease, Consompfion,
Dyspepsia, Rliumatisra and ail simi
lar diseases. Its wo' dertul cu/ative
power is simple because it puriaes aud
enriches the blood, thus be£;;iinlug ad
the foundation and by building up the
system, drives out all dLsease. T^or the
peculiar troubles to wliich ladies are
subject it is invaluabic. It is the only
preparatioQ of iron that docs not color
the teeth or cause headache.
cigar, for
Try the “Georgia Major”
sale by J. G. Hall.
Revealing Secrets in Publishing
Manuals.
There are periodical out
cries against manuals that
have full instructions for the
‘work of masonry, lest, our
ceremonies be made public
and nothing of the mysteries
or to mystify be left us! Hands
are. held up m lioly horror;
the ‘landmarks^ are about to
be displaced and ruin threat
ens oiT ancient aud honorable
institution (?). A manual that
was but a compilation of oth
er works put into convenient
form was regarded as a ‘clean
give away.’ To publish a
ritual in cypher is by some es
teemed next to blasphemy.
All this brings forcibly to
mind the remarks of Mr. Sec
retary Jenkins, of the English
Parliament, when Sir John
Hotham moved that the pro--
ceediugs of the House of Cotn-
irsoiis be published. ‘Consid*
er,’ said be, ‘the gravity of
this assembly; there is no
great assembly in Christen -
dom that does it; it is against
the gravity of this assembly,
and is a sort of appeal to the
puoplu.’
So Uitse monitor.' are
‘again’ the ‘iandma.ks’ of Ma
sonry. The people may know
too much. They may know
sometbhig about the teachings
. f Masonry aud see ho.w
poorly w'e live up to our pro
fessions. They may learn
that the compasses is a sym
bol to tea(jh us to ‘circum
scribe our desires and keep
our passions withiu due
hounds, that the gavel is to
symbolize the breaking off of
superfluities, 'the better to fit
us as living Slones for that
^“pirituai temple not made with
hands.’ Oh, that there was
more of this kind of spirit to
be found among us. T'hey
may find out that the trowel
is to symbolize the ‘spreading
•of.lhe cement, ot brotheri}'
love and affection,' and be
su'-pris-nd to hear the conver
sation t’mong Masons impug
ning the motives of Brother
A, or the secret whisperings
an 1 innuendoes about Broth
er B
Brethren, donT be afraid of
the manual; let us rather be
afraid that we lack somewli U
of that charity that is kitni -
ll'.at should induce us to qui
etly tell a brother of iiis faults
and endeavor to .lid In a refor
mation; that charily (love)
that warns of approaching
danger to morals or character
as well as to person or jiroper-
ty. Let us learn the true, use
of compasses and square, of
gavel and gauge; of plumb
and trowel, so that we shall
not neglect the weightier mat
ters ol the law or substitu
traditions for them. Th
we will have no I'e. rofthe
manuals, which look plain to
us but are as an unsolved rid
dle to the uninitiated.-- 3/a •
sonic Home Journal.
DEALER IN
THE PLATPORM.
“Julia’^ wants to know “what
a party platform is.” Well, a
platform, Julia, is one pream
ble' and twenty resolutions,
strong in non-essent ials,vague
ill essentials; round the bush
on tariff; rough as thunde/' m'
the Mormons; clamorous for
civil service reform, with a
reserve definition of civil ser
vice reform; down oncorrup*
tion, loud in praise of purity
and to have it if it takes every
cent the party can raise. The
platform, you und^rsfard, Jn
lia, is a legitimate and neces
sary part of the campaign
pomp and circumstance; it
goes along with the banners,
transpaiencies and torches,
and when the campaign is
over—well, it is stored away
in the cellar or gairett along
with the rest of the uniforms
and torclK?s. A campaign
platform is very much like
the campaign torch, indeed; it
gives out a groat deal of smell
and smoke with a very uncer
tain, flickering light.—Bur
lington. Hawkeye.
The largest supply of cigars aud
smoker’s goods inOxtord can be found
at Hall’s.
Mr. Walters. Nelson. Monroe, N.
C.. says; “I i ave used Browji’s Iron
Bitters for indigestion aud sick siom-
ach. It entirely relieved me.”
Dry Doods,
Clothing-,
SHOES,
Hlahs,
GENT’S
Millinery, &o
T. J. & W. D. Horner’s
Classical, Mathematical ..^nd
Commercial ScJiool.
Hbndebsojt, Vancp Co., N. C.
The Spring session begins ou the7th
of Jan. 1SS4. The scbOolD accessible,
its location healthful, the terms reas>-
ooable and the aocommodatloiis excel
lent. The teachers are t/ied and ex-
pe;ieoced. In the management'of the
school no pains are spared to make it
answer the wishes of its patrons. For
circular and particulars address the
Principals. decl4-4t
Oxford, N. C., Nov. 15. '
Having just returned from
a second trip North, and hav*
ing secured great bargains in
a great many goods, I will of
fer them to m}’ customers ac
cordingly. My stock is unu
sually large. Call and see at
once.
A. LANDIS.
Bargains,
(JREAT BARGAINS!
My entire stock of Ladies’, Misses
ami (yfiildren’s
SI^TS
WILL'BE SOLD WITHOUT BB-
G-ABD TO OOST!^
AND
J. C.HALL
is opening one of the largest, and
best selected stoo 'S of
CHRISTMAS AND
HOLIDAY ROODS
ever seen in Oxford.
My stock embraces nearly every
thing you can ask for.
everybody and
I 1 O very cheap.
Fruits and CcDfeotions
in abundance.
^“Donot purchase your Ohrirt-
mas supplies before you
come to see me.
CTiG-.HIall,
OXFORD, N. C.
3^*’Call and secure great bar
gains at and below cost on
Whole Stock.
HATS ! 25c., 50c., 75c. and $1.00
that cost double that price.
Don’t fail to call. CASH ONLY.
Nothing chai-ged at the prices
named. : These goods
must and shall be sold.’;
—ALSO—
My whole stock of
JERSEY JACKETS!
52.25 each, which is prime New
York cost.
A. LANDIS.
ALSO EEDUGED PRICES
On Dolmans,
Cloaks and Jackets.
ALSO
AT REDUCED PRICES;
Blankets, Tweeds and
Cassimeres
AT GREATLY REDUCED
PRICES.
GREAT BARGAINS AID
Attractive Styles in
CHRISTMAS
GOODS,
In China, Class and
Plated Ware.
A. LANDIS