North Carolina Newspapers

Crt "V. i 4 V.-'r CHEROKEE SCOUT, Published Every Tme4ay. AT -t-, ' MURPHY, NORTH CAT MERONEY & TOW:::, Editors and Proprietor. ONE COLLAR A YEAR IN ADVANCE XdTrUtnf rata reasonable a 'ndt known upon application. payaMa quarterly unlets otherwise stipulate, toothing but metal base cut acoepUd, T 'Ask the dealer when meat prices are to be lowered and he just says "buy and buy," puna the Boston Record. 'ir i The more we study the results of high finance, remarks the New York Press, the more it looks to us like plain stealing. :- sf Even Pittsburg turns on the poor old Standard Qil. mourns the Brook lyn Eagle. JA company of $10,000, - 0 capital is being organized in that cyx$o fight Standard Oil west of the Mississippi River. And the proud ..-boast is made that every cent of the capital will be raised in that city of ' frba and smoke. '. -It is sensibly suggested by. Ameri can Medicine that each Statet should have a permanent board of alienists, appointed by its court of last resort, and that each side in a criminal case should be allowed representation by a commission selected from the board, the findings of the board being sub mitted to the 3 ury. .s We admire beautiful old churches covered with a rich drapery of green pry, venerable buildings with a ser mon in the stones and a psalm in the aspiring steeple. But, objects the' Christian Register, some congrega tions may be metaphorically mos.'s grown, overrun by various creepers without having the external signs. ' When government control was first talked about, the managers of railroads were put to it to find words sufficiently strong for its adequate Condemnation. But the chances are, argues the Hartford Courant, that before very long the majority of jthera will stand with a few already planted inf avoir" 6f thaery "evil," which was to accmpllsli tSeir ruin. If ever undertakejj, . -: - - 1 ' 'd fcf "the moCkto$Mi tilings con nectedwith the prStSSt day navy. declares he . New Orlean .The time was when your old salt would have considered himself dis graced to have been mistaken "for - a marine. Now It appears that thema rine uniform is a garb of distinction In the eyes of the average sailor. " ' With all due credit to the ingenu ity and persistence of those amateurs of psychologic science who are trying to ascertain the weight of a soul by avoirdupois, apothecaries', troy or metric system, it seems fitting to remind them that their labors are essentially vain, insists the New York .Tribune, for the reason" that if what they regard as the soul could be .weighed that fact would be proof" positive that It was not a soul. i The habit of pampering books is a characteristic vice of the age, and we are glad to find Sir Lauder Brunton, in the Lancet, writing in a way that shows him to harbor no weakness of that kind. Sir Lauder has discov ered, claims the London News, that dust is often responsible for so-called . cold in the head. Whenever he turned over the books in his library he found that a cold followed. His remedy is Ao sponge the top-of a book with a ' solution of carbolic acid before open ing it. T On Thanksgiving Day there were 12,377 weddings throughout the Unl- ted States. The wedding march from "Lohengrin" ' was played 10,216 times, and the organists performing it made the usual average of sixty- two mistakes apiece, or 633,392 in all. reckons the Baltimore San. The late Richard Wagner turned in his grave 165 times. Allowing for those .who played at more than one wed ding, there were 8654 organists en gaged In the nefarious work. At the . 12,377 weddings there were 34,670 bridesmaids, each of whom regretted that she was not marching as a bride up the aisle herself. In the pews sat 10,643 brides' mothers, each wearing a smile "of triumph, and 34,670 bridesmaids' mothers, each wearing a look of grim determination. More than 40,000 bachelor ushers and best men trembled in alarm. By next .Thanksgiving Day more than half of jtliem will be safely enmeshed In the connubial net. Thus the business of marrying and giving in marriage goes Lost watches continue to furnlsa the leading feature of the advertise ments in the lost and found column. cotes- the Boston Herald. Either their, owners are careless, or else the pick? .pockets are unusually active. BRYAN VISITS HOUSE. - : . C S - His Presence Call Forth Eulogy, from Arkansas Solon Clas"- W Bailey Hits CourteclsjQ-isl -A WasLinrioa special., says: The irz: ar - of V.'iU-'rJl JonrJaja Bryan in t9 lbHyl tta house furnished in-1 er'ratloto Mr.vWaJlac9 cf 'Arkansas for a- vigorous speech tn-achlch, while admitting that Mr. Bryan had made mistakes and had been charged with talking too much, he said that the Ne braska was worthy the honor and suf frage of all the states. In a window recess of the wide hall in front of the senate chamber, Mr. Bryan held an impromptu reception for senators and representatives for about an hour. An animated discussion took place between Senator Bailey and Mr. Bry an. As Mr. Bryan said later, tne dis cussion was about the democratic view of the currency question. Both Mr. Bryan and Senator Bailey said there had been very little difference of opinion. Both stood for the direct gov ernment issue of money Instead of an Issue through the banks. Mr. Bryan would make no statement as to wheth er he approved of the complete plan of Senator Bailey as outlined In the substitute he will offer for the Aldrich bill, but he said that. its' basis was good democratic, doctrine brongnt down from the time of Jefferson. Mr. Bryan's attention being called to the supreme court decision holding that a corporation has the right to discharge a man because he is a mem ber of a labor union, he dictated a statement which, in part, is as fol lows: "The subject is one of vital import ance, and I do not understand by what course of reasoning the majority of the court reached the deoision announced. A corporation is a creature of law. It has no rights except those given it by law, and it must not be confused with the natural men. Man was created to cary out a divine purpose. The corpo ration was created to make money. The corporation enjoys many rights and privileges which are denied to the in dividual, and it cannot claim the pos session of any natural or inalienable rights. The power that creates a cor poration can restrict It, restrain it and control it, and congress has plenary powers in dealing with corporations in so far as they engage in Interstate commerce. "The union is a lawful association, and If a man can be discharged be cause he belongs to a labor union, by the same logic he can be discharged if he belongs to a political party objec tionable to the employer, or a enures against which the employer is preju diced. Followed to its logical conclu sion, the principle laid down by the eourfx a I understand the decision. Wptiv j6nable7 the .corporation fset . , . - ; use; i up as a aiciaior in regarmio tuo habits, 'thoughts and convictions of its employees on "any end every subject." 10 AGREEMENT REACHED. Railroad; Will Take Rate Question In Tennessee to the Courts. V A.eonfeience between, Governor Pat terson -of "TinneBsee and representa- f tlvea " of the several 'railroads operat ing Ua. the iatateand the Tennessee railroad commission was held at Nash ville Tuesday. v The conference was for th purpose of an amicable settlement of the pas senger. rate question, but no agree ment was reached. . The result i3 that the protesting roads will take the matter of rates to the courts for final adjustment. DONT WANT 'SENATORSHIP. Georgia Governor Definitely Announc- ; cs That He Is Out of Race. Governor Smith of Georgia has, given out a statement to the effect that he will not this year be a candidate for the United States seriate; but will go before the people in the coming pri mary as a candidate to succeed him self as governor.- DECISION AVERSE TO FORAKER. Call for State Primaries in Ohio Held to Be Legal. The Ohio supreme court has affirm ed the decisions of common ' pleas court for Franklin county and Allen county in the two cases brought to test the validity of the Bronson pri mary election law. It has been presumed that attorneys supposed to represent Senator Foraker will carry the question now to the fed eral courts. The decision makes the call for state primaries' on February 11 regular. ' -' . . . ALLEN GAINS FOUR VOTES. Senatorial Deadlock in 'Kentucky Leg islature Remains Unbroken. . John R. Allen of Lexington, Ky., gained four more votes in the joint ses sion ' of the Kentucky legislature at Frankfort for United States senator WednesdayrThe ballot resulted: Beck ham 57, Brddley 57, Allen 7, J. J. a Mayor L Thus the deadlock .remains unbroken. CALHOUN'S NAME PERPETUATED. South Carolina County is to Bear His Honored Cognomen. The memory of John C. Calhoun was Tuesday further perpetuated when the South. Carolina state supreme court handed down a decision sustaining the recent election for a new county com posed of parts of Orangeburg and Let ington counties,- to be - known as C houn county,-with St. Matthews a . county seat ; TOCEST PRESERVES Given Boost at Big Meeting in Washington. " CANNON IS WON OVER Speaker Promises Early Consideration of Appalachian Bill Hot Fight to Be Made. for Its That this nation has reached . the point where it must decide whether it is to lose the use of the rivers in- the east arid .sotuh through the non-preservation of forests which safeguard the water sheds, was the declaration of Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, president of the American Forestry Association, which convened in Wash ington Wednesday. The secretary said that the rivers of the west were fairly- well taken care of on account of forests. He expressed the hope that .congress would take action to assure the beginning of the work of the preservation of the forests and the safeguarding of tha watersheds. Speeches were made at the mdrritng session by Gilford Pinchot, chief of the' forest service; J. T. Rothrock, secretary of the Pennsylvania State Forestry Association, and others. .John A. Walker, game and fish commission er of Alabama, said that his state was not only making wise laws to pre-- serve its forests, but is enforcing them. The membership of the association is 6,555, of which 1,735 were. added during the past year. One of the objects of the convention is to further - the movement for the establishment of national forests in the White mountains and the South-" era Appalachian range, a bill appro priating $5,000,000 for the creation of which is pending in congress. The territory to be set apart comprises about 5,000,000 acres in the south and 600,000 ".in the White mountains. To further this project, a hearing will be given before the committee on agriculture, to representatives from the states affected and also represen tatives of all societies interested in the preservation of the forests. At tiie afternoon session Secretary of Agriculture Wilson was- re-elected president, and the following vice pres idents were chosen: : Edward Everett Hale, chaplain of United States senate; - B. E. Burnow, dean of the Canadian School of Fores try; J. W. Pinchot, Washington, D. C; W. J. Bachelder, master of the Na tional Grange; George F. Peabody, New York; George C. Pardee, Califor nia; Rutherford D. Hayes, Ohio; Al bert Shaw, New York; W. W. Flnley, Pennsylvania; jGeorge T. Oliver and( Dr. Vanr IT I -Otto 'LeauSoort waft 1 elected treasurer, Three important resolutions were adopted, one recommending the pass age at -this session of congress 'of the bill providing for the establishment of national forests in the White moun tains and the Appalachians; another providing for a census of the timber lands of the United States, and still another asking "congress to enlarge the Hatch fund law, so that out of the receipts from the national forests an addition would be made to the fund, to be spent strictly on forestry educa tion and experiments. At the concluding session' Wednes day night Gov. Hoke Smith of Georgia announced the arrangements for, the hearing before the ; house committee on the establishment of the . proposed forests. Addresses were made by E. T. Watson, South Carolina; Professor L. C. Glenn. Vanderbilt University ; Harvey N. Shepard, Boston and W. J. McGee, Washington. ' "Uncle Joe" Cannon, speaker of the national house:1 of representatives, on Wednesday announced that . the com bination of the Appalachian forest re serve people from the . sotuh and the White mountain men from New Eng land was so formidable ..that he could no longer - defer the consideration of the Appalachian forest reserve bin. This means that the bill will Jbe per mitted to come to a vote in the .house, That it has not done so. heretofore has been due to Speaker Cannon's attitude exclusively. FIRST ITALIAN CONSULATE Established at Savannah , witlv.Senor Mose Cafeiro at Its Head. ..' Senor. Mose Cafeiro of - Savannah, Ga., Wednesday received credentials appointing him Italian ' consul at that city. This is the first Italian consul ate to be established in Savannah. Se nor Cafeiro is also the consular repre sentative of Cuba. . MAKES PLEA FOR BRYAN.' Nebraska- Congressman ' Delivers Pollt leal Speech. In the House. While the urgent deficiency, appro priation bill ' was - under - consideration in the house Friday, .Mr, -Hitchcock of Nebraska.. cTellvered a political speech in the course" of which he at tacked certain statistics of Gjosyenor of Ohio regarding the political out look. His remarks weredevoted main ly to a plea for William J. Bryan for president. - ' ' - ' ; ELEOTION BILLS; INTRODUCED. Looks Like North Carolina Will Vote on Prhlobltlon Question V- - In ' both the North Carolina senate and hojiae at Raleigh, Thursday, bills wr Introduced for. an election, on e prohibition to he held in 'August, measure, If. carried by a Vote of people, -to become effective Janu .-jry 1, 1980. . ." i i.. SLAVeff 1: Crltlclsrti Aimed tentlon Wi Greatly to the" the subject c-My f ry was introduce? in the senato-1uf ydur'"nisidei atlu '"' yr' "Veta'f I 1 i to the'f criminal which t ..gat-v in the 2- Rebate was pertinent -a'-ofthe bill revising the !3"-oi the- United States, ' -penalties for dealing in slaves. "r The olU 1.17's -lajainsthe slave trade have been,jrc:ah in""the code by the committed, r;polg it with a change by which a-cfF$, "persons" is sub stituted fothM'fds "negroes mulat- toes and color fyersons." Mr. Hale ty being a thing of fejci to it should be declared tHa'tHfe the past ail x'feif ' taken out jC 'l Mr. Heyuriw .charge of the bill, contended ft retention of the vision sayin there are forms1 of iiil those tha' tlpere lairAw 4 Vt abottsbe4Z; tiwar. iie ciiea coolie slave- , -ix.Javery for immoral purposi5"; :1 jllVaid exists in this countrji IV'ij th? prohibition would err'! lOfjUch practices. He said that he1 I !l It charged that slav ery of t 3 old-ihionekicfll ex ists Jae' 't:; ff islands of -the Fhilip- ' ' was glau&ii sen- 6tcr irom . . v 1 la his researches found so"g:l -re-nson for continuing this prohlbitidit jiinst slavery. iie aeciarsHpwever, uai ne naa never supposed slavery existed in the island after American occupation. Iam surpiisiir' a-sserted Mr. Till man, to nea aiy senator on me re publican side' declaim knowledge of what has beeiTnttorlous since we took possession of tie Philippine Islands and known to exst there." Mr. -Tillman sid he wasstill more surprised tha'JI-arty which had gathered so mucFglory from the de struction of slaf ry in this country,1 and which has abjblute control of our foreign affairs, hat done nothing to put an end to slave krade in the Philip pines "Why dont the men," he said,- who are responllble for the Philip pine government enforce the law?" Senator Stone ailed attention to an agreement adery.s General John C. Bates with the so&an of Sulu for con tinuing slavery' and polygamy. "We have Iven gone further," Mr Tillman said, fand have given sala ries to the suka and his dattos." ' Mr. Hale he again said that if these monstrousWndition3 exist in the Philippines andreceive the sanction of this govern or of the senate the fa not been cisgted C , Mr. XlaJe theaisked That the para- ra- I hover in order thtt full information isight be receive! and Senator Hey burn agreed. ROCKEFELLERj FIRES ITALIANS. Oil Magnate to Fit Their Placea With .American 'unemployed. To aid thje. -Ui5 number of -unemployed of Tarrytwrn, N. Y., who iave appealed to him .for help, John D. Rockefeller sent word from . Augusta, Ga.,. to the supe&ntendent of his es tate at Pocantico1 Hills to lay off all of the f orelgneri and give employ ment to needy residents. In addition, Mr. Rockefeller has given- permission to those in wantrfo go to his woods and cut wood-Erann their homes. PASSED BOGUS CERTIFICATES. Counterfeit Clearing House Money Gets Negroes Into Trouble. - Charley Walker, colored, wt4S bound over to the superior court at Rome, Ga., Monday" mtrning" on bond of $2, 000 for passing counterfeit clearing house certificate Will T Collier, ' col ored, will be tied for the same of fense. He is hfl under $1,000 bond. THAW TFT J N EARS END. Evidence All loMd Littleton Begins Argument foe Defense. - With no attemiron the part of the state to combat with scientific testimo ny, the claim of insanity urged In be hj.lf n'lHTniiiy .JT-mfi taking of evidence in theViond hearing of the Madison Square lArden murder, trial at New York, enJJd Tuesday. 7 Wednesday morning Martin W. Lit tleton began, his ilea for the defend ant DEATH FOR A-flTEMPTED RAPE. Mississippi Legislator Makes A New - - . r ' "Penalty for' Crime. - The lower hous of the Mississippi legislature has passed' a bill provid ing th death pej&Ity of life imprls onmeut for; attempted rape, the pun ishment to - te whJn" the discretion 1 rt everyone, 4 f of th jJ. :,ThflaS7 atfempterQTer by rapeiathe same JLwith. murder. rnan xjnlt ueretoiore tne. ma has been "tastt-vjrear - ' - . V FLORIDA-FAf1 Body Was Foun - Head -Bel . EHas Sa$5tld, j Jonesvilie, near J waylaid and -kill body .was tound; the vicinity ." of r was beaten into i instrument Sn; ties are enterta! punishment 1 'OEPSD, With er of ,1 was- ai 9 head xlunt ceruunpar- nourr iLED NOBILITY R Congressman McGavin Handles. Sub ject of International Marriages .. with Gloves- Off and Evokes; v Laughter and Applause. " A Washington special says: Interna tional marriages of American heiresses to titled -foreigners were denounced on' the floor of the-house of represents tives Tuesday by Mr. McGavin of Illinois, who spoke-on the bill of his colleague, Mr. Sabath, to ta all dow ries and titled husbands. Mr. McGavin's remarks were made under the license of general debate. At times they provoked 'laughter and ap plause on both sides of the cham ber. , . The house, he said, was in commit tee of the whole on the state of the union, but he wanted to know what the state of the union was, and what it was coming to "in view of -these In ternational unions between American heiresses ' and alleged nobles from abroad." He wondered what the early pioneers would think and say it from their graves,th.ey couldlook back and sec so many of the women of this country "sacrificing . their souls and honor upon the altar of snobbery and vice." ' ' " ' . - He expressly stated that he had no reference ; to any particular American girl, nor has he prejudice against all titled 'men, but he referred "only to those who have a monocle on their eyes and an idiotic - look upon their faces .those who have not the dispo-' sition to do good nor the ability to do harm." - Mr. McGavin said his curiosity had been aroused to know the right com mittee to which the bill; should have gone, but he had found that it prop erly had gone to the committee on ways and means, because it sought to levy a tax. And then, he said, he was curious to know whether the present tariff schedule included dukes, earls, lords -and counts. .. "Finding that these things were no where mentioned, I, thought it might W proper for the customs officials to classify them, like frogs' legs, as poultry,- for it . is general : opinion among Americans that' they are a spe cies of geese." r Mr. McGavin. said the United States triumphantly had referred to the fact apnpp-""Wiat as betweejtJaLdoJtker naliana lvhTiaiEfliCe'of trady was in Its favor, "but," " he said, -"nowhere in the sum mary can be found a reference to such trade as that in which soiled and frayed nobility is exchanged for a few million American dollars, wrung from the-, lambs of. Wall street, with a wo man thrown in to boot.' "Every day," he declared, "seemed to be a bargain day in New. "Xork city, whether it-be -for a yard of ribbon or a pound of flesh; whether it be upon the retail counter of "Broadway or the auc tion block of Fifth avenue. t In these days, he said, "wealthy American girls traveling abroad, when they see some remnant of royalty, en- thuslasticaly exclaim: 'Oh, mamma, buy me that!' An interpreter Is then secured, a bargain is made, the money is produced and the girl Is gone -to soon return a sadder but a wiser one." In conclusion Mr. McGavin said: " "While I have engaged In some crit icism of , those particular " ones who have made a mockery of the most sa cred relations of lifeof those not satisfied with, any other name but 'Countess Spaghetti' or 'Countess Mac- caroni, I want to say . one word In - tribute to those true American women who have spurned the wiles of earls, lords and counts for the love of hla majesty an American, citizen.' WITHDRAWALS" BREAK BANK. National North America In the Hands ' ; of Bank Examiner. ' - Comptroller of the Currency William B. Rldgely Sunday ordered the Na tional Bank of North America at New York closed ' for liquidation,', arid ap pointed" Charles Hanna, national bank examiner, as receiver. ' " The failure and persistent withdraw aisthe result according to President Havemeyer, of Insistent rumors set afloat respecting the bank's condition. ANDREWS APPOINTED RECEIVER Of Tallulah Falls Railway by Federal , Judge Newman. The Tallulah Falls railway extending through Habersham and ' Rabun coun ties. -Georgia, . Into North Carolina, Franklin, N. C, being the ' present ter minus, was Monday placed iri the hands JudgeWIlliam T. New- United States dlstfrct court at Atlanta on -petition ' of the South-: m railway. A' B. Andrews being nanar-e$-u -the court's official. : X REWARD OFFERED BY MAYOl ForApprehenslon of the Bo ers in Girard, Alabam ' Mayor Foster nf nlrnrd ' Ala I fered a cash reward for the . sion of the parties who explodeddync mue oomos in front of the homes officers of the Law and Order Leagued There have; been no further develop- ments.in tne case. mK". V i mi'; fessioh,' Waters, d nue Congr preached May Find said in the - The story one. It is onlL highest civiliza tion that, worm is coming to its own InJiis savagefetate man is the lazy animal, indeev, it is not natural for any animal to work, save as it is driven to it bythe whip of neces sity. This is the view of work we find embodied in the old Genesis story, where labor is set down as a punishment for Adam's sin, where he is told, as he is driven from the Garden, "Thou shalt eat thy bread by the sweat of thy brow." This is not only a very uninspired part of the Bible; but this sentiment Certifies that it is a very old part. . How labor was despised received its most signal illustration from the life of Christ. You . remember how over the multitudes who heard Him, He cast a spell. AH the people said that no man spake as He spake. The loftiest spirits pressed about Him and asked Him if He were the Messiah. Yet they scarcely could believe for Joy. And what was the basis of their doubt? Their skepticism was all in that question of theirs, "Is not this the carpenter's son?" How could a workman be the real Saviour? They marveled at His wisdom. They con fessed ithat He 8poke with authority. They followed Him as sheep follow a shepherd. But He was a carpen ter, and so the high and mighty set Him down for a fraud. It was be cause their eyes were holden that they mistook the dignity of toil for a aisgrace. i In some parts of the world that is still true. But Increasingly the world is coming to honor the toller, whether he works In a profession or a trade, and is correspondingly com ing to despise the idler, whether he be rich or poor. How much the United States has done with Its democracy to bring this about, and with its great men, almost " all of them coming from the cabin and the plow, we may never know. Certain it is that New England was the -first country since the land of the ancient "Jews in which it was counted respec table to earn one's living. Little do we think, or have taken time to find out, how much our work contributes to our happiness. Work is a great character builder. I suppose most of us work in order to eat. I suppose if we were gener ally asked, we would say that, the first requirement we made of our labor was that it should clothe us, and feed us, and house us. That is the first requirement and the lowest. The second and greatest require ment a man makes of his work. Whether he knows it or not, Is that It snail make a man of him. -Your work must bring you bread, but no less it must bring you culture. Some-' how or other we-are always pitying the boy who Is . born poor, or the young man who fails at colleee. ilt fortjinate than that young man, aVl that is the young fellow who is born in a silken nest and goes through col lege in an . automobile. . There Is nothing wrong about a silken nest, and there is nothing bad about "an automobile, except its trail. But you cannot raise an eagle in eiderdown, and it requires far more of a man to amount to anything in college who goes through It in an automobile Instead of walking. We are so made that we must , have struggle. The reason why rich men s sons rarely amount to anything, is because they never develop their muscles. There Is no teacher 'like work. . It must bring him bread, but no less it must bring him culture. "The Man With the Hoe" -he needs not so much pity. Moses was a herdsman; David was a shepherd;-Jesus was a carpenter; Benjamin Franklin knew no college he was a printer's devil; Robert Burns knew 'no leisure he was a plowman; Abraham Lincoln wore no soft raiment; but these are our stars of -the first magnitude. Even col leges can give culture only through work, 'and there are Eome things col leges cannot teach. Literature and history and the liberal arts are at last the ornaments of life; even read ing and writing and the rule of three are all named the "conveniences of life." But these are fundamentals in dustry, thrift, courage, honesty. truth, faith, hope, love. These are the threads which, woven together, make the eternal life of man. If you have forgotten these, "though you have gained the whole world, you have lost your.rwn soul." and these may be had for the receiving in every worn ana caning open to men. When you stand before a task, look for teacher, . If it offer thee not wisdom, despise its wage. If thy calling yieia tuee not culture for mind and heait, it is but a coffin for thy better nature. Demand of your life . work that it shall make a man out of you Work -is a great influence giver, And here we come ; upon another blunder. It Is not the kind of work you do that gives you influence so much. That is what the world thinks. It is the. way you do it. Quality counts for more than kind. It is true, of course, that there are some vocations that in themselves damn the worker. A1K labor that makes merchandise out of men's vices is of that sort. -; It is true also that certain kinds of work give more consideration than others. . . . The minister, because he is a min ister, occupies a larger place In the community than the day laborer. .That is, he does if he ministers. His -great calling will not serve in itself. Many a laborer in many a village has '.been more the voice of God to that village than the parson has ' been. For, after all, the thing that counts vin influence is not money or posses 6ions. . It is. a quality, a thing, an at mosphere. It is cersonaUf. - -& fRa ssaISai6,f TTSan's work, or the coarseness of it. Is the thing by which he is at last Judged In the community. - ' There is a little town out In Min nesota called RocfiffBter. A few years ago when I was tbEre it only had a few hundred people in it. It was a nice little, commonplace, prairie town. It is not the capital, of the State; iris riot the seat of the nni ersity; the penitentiary is not even re;-nor have they achnrch with ' c workln g miracles. : It is : not home r United States Senator, Ian. And yet it la the Tim host. From every -ion, from across the capital and country -en are Journeying to .vuv. , . nesota,v.; ockereaTwUl oe transacted Z- with fideiitv and dispatch. QfSee' in qew courthouse. AXLEY & AXIieV, - Attorneys-at-Law, REAL .E8TATE. MURPHY. N. a Dr. 8. G; Jfloiglrway, Office Over J. Bi Fafavs Store, Murphy DR. W. S. ftlcCOMBS, Resident Dentist, : DR. W. O. PATTON, MURPHY. N. C. Offers his professional services to the general public. All calls promptlj :efded to. - 'And fhose who" are going are the scholars, the authorities, the masters in surgery. " ' What takes them there? Simply this: An old doctor by the name of Mayo has been practising in that little town for a generation. ; His two sons, now in early maturity, practise with their father. The fact is that they have been doing such-marvelous things with the knife, and such fine Work as surgeons, that the great mas ters from Paris, Berlin and Vienna, as well as thi3 "country, are singing their praise, and go out to that little town to sit at the feet of tneso men, and pay homage to the superiority of their work. It is always 6o. If you are rei- membered at all it is by the things you have, done well whether you have raised a field of corn, sewed a patch on an old garment, made a pumpkin pie, or . written a poem. Work is tne great nappiness bringer. You all know what a game of nine pins is. Yon set up so many pins, and you roll two Dans, ana you make a "strike" or a. "spare," or else become very skillfur in It ana gam a great deal of pleasure by doing it That is tne pnuosopny oi an pia. It is the erection of artificial difficul ties or barrtera and learning to over come them with, ease and skill, mat makes the exhilaration of tennis, and baseball, and bowling ana gou. I am told, ana I ao not Know any thing about it myself, that therein lies the mania for making money. That is a great game. Now, in reality, work is just exactly the same thing. The difficulties to be over- iifl.i.i anna come are not anmciai, vo w Du, but very real.'- But they are there, and work is the game of bridging them over with skill and ease and Joy. In its final analysis, for a healthy! man there is no game in the world so exciting and so exhilarating as his work. I suppose you long suffering folk who sit in the pews and are more or less at times tempt ed to - somnolence, have "never real ized that there was anything exciting about the preaching business. And yet Is want to say to you that I know of no keener Joy than when well' and ready I take a theme and :look it through and analyze it, and Illustrate It, and mark out the points to be made in its illumina tion, and then sit down to write a sermon. Your fingers will not fly fast enough. If it turns out well there is a great exhilaration and state of happiness and joy. Making a sermon is a great game. Now the reason that there is so much, happiness in work is because of this fact All true work is a man expressing himself. We have, gener ally thought that work is drudgery. We want to think about work as ex pressing, a man's message. Stephen son's engine is Stephenson's thought dressed up in steel; Tennyson's poem is Tennyson's thought set down in letters; - Watts ''Hope" : is Watts' heart hunger . put on - canvas; St. Paul's is Sir Christopher Wrens praise to God put into stone, w ny, then. -cfcallnotiXB ttHlBilder make his house declare his thoughts?! Why shall not the blacksmith make his hammer and anvil express hia hope? Why shall not the farmer pub- Hsh his secret? Almost any man can learn the technical part of any work from carpentry, to poetry--out - no man hath mastered a trade till It be comes a language through which he can express himself to all men. O, the drudgery of life lies in the fact that we bend above our work like dumb driven cattle with never a secret of bur heart told in our work. And this shall be the Joy of our life, -that we make our vocation proclaim to all the world the truthr that God hath put Into pur ' hearts ! . CHAPLAIN'S PRAYER APPLAUDED -CayxiJ" 1kiand-Clapplng and Laughter ; . ' ton Foor of House, i The most unusual ; incident of ,ap plaudlng the "prayer of the chaplain occurred : in the" house of represents1 tives Wednesday!' The chaplain bare ly had concluded when haodclapping and laughter were heard from various directions. . The prayer ran: - . - "Good Lord, deliver us, we beseech Thee, from the Jingo, the demagogue, the ibigot and all other undesirable cit izens,, and give us instead the. patriot, the statesman, the .broad-minded, generous-hearted, manly man, that Thy kingdom come and Thy will . be done on earth as it is in heaven, for Christ's sake. Ame"- MURPHY, NO. m M a- (