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U 49: - CHAKLOTi.k DAILY ObtoiLKit, xbisHLAJtt 26, 1909. Scribblings. BY S. People call the old man harsh and crusty. And certainly he has a very unprepossessing exterior and does not .go out of his way to be pleasant to his 'fallows. His neighbors say that they cannot get alone with him. that there Is no gentleness, no kindness In' his make-up. For years hv. nas walked the streets of the little town in which he lives without a friend and almost without an acquaintance. Nobody could tell me much atjuut him and none of that was good, but the other day I had occasion to go out to the old man's home and I decided that perhaps he had lie en misjudged. Tbera were certainly muj or to soft spots about him. 11.- has been a ' widower living alone for many years. Perhaps If you or J had buried our r heart and lived ith no companions ' but our thoughts we, too, might be harsh and bitter. As 1 entered hia gate the first thing that arrested my attention was a great bed of violets, well kept and in riotous bloom. Some body had gieu them careful attention and the man who loves little tremu lous violets cannot be altogether hard and cold. There were no other (lowers In his yard, hut the violets were very where; here and there the beda had been set, and there spoke some thing of the mun's heart out of each of them. As 1 entered the gate the man himself came down the steps and started toward the poultry yard with a pan of food In his hand Play lng,around a brooder there were thirty or forty beautiful chicks, fai and fluffy and full of life. At his ap proach they all gathered about him, and ran in and out between his feet a If they saw and knew a friend. As he stooped with a handful of the food, they w?re all upon him. chirp ing like mad and seeming to be try ing to express something of love and confidence. I came up and he only noticed me long enough to nod and went on with his work, which seemed really more than half play. HIA faco was certainly not harsh now and hi literally crooned over those chicks more tenderly than a woman would. He seemed to have a heart and it was going out to those tiny living things. Their feeding gave him real pleasure, occasionally he would pick one up and hold it against his hard, wrinkled old lace and the chick would chirp contentedly, as if it knew what it all meant. And right then and there 1 saw something of th heart hunger that had been the old man's for years and years; how, per haps, long since he had felt the need of human sympathy and had It not because, perchance, he had not been cast In ths earns mould as other men, and how, having It not, he had turn ed to his violets said his chickens, until now he cared nothing for his kind and turned only his rough side to the world. And I decided that a man who cared for tender, helpless things, like violets and little chicks, had a heart somewhere Some day I would UK to be his friend and have him. show It to me. If you were a school superintendent and had ln your Hock a hoy who prac tically every day for two years had been sent to you for misconduct, and had lied to you time out of number until you had decided that he was absolutely Incorrigible, and that boy gome day should walk Into your officrt entirely of his own Initiative, tell you that he had lied about you. and ask you please to whip him. what would you do? That problem was shoved at a gentleman 1 know the other day, and he has not stopped thinking about it yet. He would have expected the sun to fall about as soon as ho would- have expected a voluntary con fession from ttils boy, who never con fessed before except under thi severest compulsion. He thought all the good instincts were long slnco buried In this youngster and yet tha boy walked ln and told my friend about something that he would never have known otherwise. Which seems to me to show tnat very few boys are altogether had, and that even the worst of them are liable to come around sooner or later. And It seems that the more we study our bad boys, and the more we try to put ourselves In a really understand ing and sympathetic attitude, tha fewer lncorrlglbles there will be. There ls something lacking ln the boy who doesn t respond to the right sort of sympathy: the worst of them like to be treated as a fellow human. But he doesn't want any slopping over; he won't be coddled; you mustn't patronize him. And he will respect you all the more if you are ln au thority over him if he understands that when he needs punishment he will get It. All he wants Is to know that it ls really not your special busi ngs In life l" .iei.. ute him. a,nd that you would do him a good turn If you could. if he pops that you were once a boy vourself. and that you are still a. boy in spirit, he will be your friend And if a boy is your friend he will never give you trouble. One has a feeling as of personal be reavement qn learning that Trixie, the " educated horse. Is dead. Who knows not Trlxle? She delighted thousands at the Jamestown Exposi tion and not a few very close ob servers watched for the trick by means of which her trainer nade her (Jo all those things that looked mar velously like the results of mental operations. Every one of them watch ed In vain. There was no trick, cer tainly none that could be discovered; and the stunts of Trixie remain un explained on any other hypothesis than that of somt sort of Intelligence. And now she Is dead killed In a rail road wreck the other day. It ls hard not to have a sense of bereavement. The most pathetic part of the incident was that her trainer, faithful to the last, went with. her. He was found dead, with his arms around the horse's neck. Perhaps he could have saved himself if he had left Trixie to her fate, but he stayed by the horse ln the burning: car and they died to gether. Who will say that she was lnsenslhle to the presence of hsr master and friend, and there was not j- some sort of communication between heart of man smd heart of dumb beast "for whom h gave hl life? One would think there was; It Ja .more pleasant that way. Your correspondent overheard the other day an anecdote about "Windy - Billy" Henderson, of reconstruction fame. It has been published before, hut It will bear repeating. Hender son was very fond of public speaking and never let slip an opportunity to oar. His juggling with historical Incidents was something fearful, but he always filled his speeches with references to the paet, and the further Into the past he went tha more he ' became mixed at te the tacts. Hera Is the f peroration one sf bit glow- i Ing Fourth of July orations: "In 142. when Abraham Lincoln landed at Kyuaeuta Rock, be saw a of an Idler B. V. Southern white man persecuting a mgro slave. Leaping from his car riage and brandishing his tommy hawk, he shouted. Sic semper tyran nise which. being Interpreted. Is, 'Take your foot off the d n .nigger's neck. The arentleman who srave me this Interesting account related the Incl-; dent at a committee meeting of tha American Historical Association. It hroueht down the house. t-v . . - , , ,.i.vi churches has been in the habit of."'! !t department of compara lettlng his choir select th.lr own live anatomy. The remainder of her hymns, handing the numbers to him ( Btte ls tJ & to th" omen . Col as he goes to the pulpit. He has ; e" abandoned that plan. This U . What , f cured him. Once upon P. Wood have started on a tour preached a very lurid sermon on hell. , uroun 5 u QbJect He pictured the future abode I jloslu , , !,e condition of womentn the certain portion of humanity In words , diterLtlt ,Junrlea. They expect to that burned. After a particularly b(. auav more than ,wo yeuTS Xn,y glowing conclusion he announced th ; win yin Japall rlrsU last number on the list of hymns , which the choir director had handed j Tne hunareJ lloliar pr(re offered toy him. , imagine his feelings when the ylCf L 3 Bishop for the best sufT entire audience began singing ! rage song hcis been awarded to Louis "Oh, think of the home over the.." J- Block, principal of the John Mar- I shall High School of Chicago. More A young layman In the eastern part , tnan a thousand manuscripts were re of the State had a somewhat similar , cetved by Mrs. Bishop. mishap. He was to make a talk one . Sunday recently In a church which Mrs. Catherine W. McCulloch. of was temporarily without a pastor. All I Evanston. 111., said to be the only wo the people were unknown to him Be- j man justice of the peace in this coun lng unused to conducting church try. astonished the Society of Anthro servlcea, he. too. asked the leader of j polngy at a recent meeting by de the choir to give him a list of the nouncins Ad.im as a loafer. She de hvmna fo he sunt; His sub'ect was clared that Eve was the mother of 'the "More Abundant Life He paid ! wi. r.a-faioA i 'hrriniiv and plead for a religion of Joy and gladness, a life which should really be more abundant and fuller of light. I He said that smiles and laughter, cheerfulness and joy unspeakable ; should be the portion of the Chris- ; ti.n When he mor-lurled and an- i nounced the closing hymn, the choir struck up Hark from the tombs a doleful sound." I The bard of the Perquimans cam ' in to see me the other day. I found him In a mournful frame of mind. Ho has hung his harp on the willow tree and willing nn U to ,h. tuneful lyre His genius Is Insulted, his muse Is wroth. He says that the noble pro- fesslon of poetising has sunk to too ; low a plane for his Pegasus And ThJ Charlotte Observer, The W ashlngton , Herald and a few other degenerates ( cldn( thB( ff) have nappen(i are responsible for It all. They have vUMn tn(, laet rew yMr!l. An Irish forced him, a son of all the muses, to j K,rl of Kon( reputation married a engage In aa unseemly scramble for j chinaman. When their first baby wss supremacy ln the world of letters. thl(, navs r,ia the father ga.vt It to and It Irks his spirit. He would be a brother to be taken to China to be calm, dignified, haughtily aloof from j brought up The wife appealed to this sordid contest, which would com- ! the courts. The Judge promptly de psre the Incomparable and drag 1 elded that the husband was within his genius down to the level of medioc- 'rights and was the legal owner of the rity. He appreciates the fact that 1 The Observer thinks his Immortal lyric, "A Narrow Escape," far and away above the offering of any en vious near-poet, but he does not ap preciate Its even presuming that there is any doubt of this. His feelings are inexpressibly wounded to think tJiat his stupendous poem has been prHrted In the same column with a mere col- lection of lines that have not a whole , "'" " ''" ""' foot among them, even If It was done , 1 "s thor, ?. to show his unquestioned superiority. I ha"d "f ' ?ff nfe.A, month He threatens to cast no more pearls fore the end -fthepreent month, before swine. As he was talking I j T women h,v been nomlnat- could see projecting from his hip! d for ,aes on ,he 8rnoo, boar(1 pocket a roll of paper which I was k Phliftneipha. Am0ng them is Miss sure contslned some gem of purest I Ern1. Hallowell ,utr of M1 innt ray serene, and I finally Induced him , HallowU, the first woman ever ap to allow me to read It one time, but j po)nted to the Philadelphia board of all powers of persuasion could not i enucaUoti. Miss Emily Hallowell was gain his permission to have this really f,,r n numher Cf years the hesd of a great production published. It would ' ,,,hate school for girls, the only make all those unsanctlfled patrons of j SLhool in Philadelphia for a long time near-poetry green with envy, but tho , where girls could be prepared for col bard of the Perquimans enters no lege. Among the candidates from the contest forevermore. His muse is dig- j other wards are Dr. Clara Marshall, n I fled, to say nothing of modest. ' dean of the Woman's College; Df. He was born in North Carolina, on j Sarah Lockrey, president of the Wo the Perquimans, and there he wooed ; man s Medical Club of Philadelphia; and won his muse. He will have , nothing more to do with the Philis tines. Vale Professor Suggests Way to End Jingo Talk. New York dispatch. Prof. George T. Ladd, of Yale, ad vanced an original Idea for the pres ervation of peace between Japan and the United States In a speech before the alumni of the Western Reserve University, at their annual dinner "The craze for larger navies Is un economical. Illogical, unmoral and un christian," he said. "I could settle all war talk in a short while, and I will tell you how I would do it. "I would take a battleship, place It In command of Captain Hobson. put on board a lot of Congressmen and editors, and send the ship to the mid dle of the Pacific. Then I would in vite Japan to equip a ship In a similar manner, and would let the two fight It out. There would be on hand a merchant ship to convey the survivors to some desert Island In the South Seas and there I would let them live together. That would forever settle war talk." Rooster Helped to Win Match. Boston Herald. Talk about luck in golf." remarked Aleck Ross, the former national champion, at the Brue Burn Country Club a few days ago, "reminds me of a match I once lost by what I consid- ered the greatest piece of hard luck T..fDii - that ever befell a golfer. "It was when 1 nrst Joined th professional ranks and was playing one of my first big matches. My 3p- penent and I were all even going 10 norg an even Q02en. the last hole and after making a poor . drive I made a good approach, and : mm, William L. Howard was ra my ball landed about a foot from the cenfly appointed) second probation cup on the last hole. My opponent's officer for women at Rochester, N. Y. drive was a good ona, and on his She is the president of the City Fed second shot the ball was on the rim eratlon of Women's Clubs. she re of the cup. Just then a rooster was celves no salary for her services. crossing the course end he eelloeraie- ly stepped on my opponent's ball and knocked it Into the hole, thereby win ning the match for my opponent." y Strawberry Crop Sate. Kenansville News. Th trucker sav that tha straw- , 1. i- oi.n '"'" " T'nVZ .v.. Ki,.d .nn.iH.Mhtv during the warm part of the winter, SS the, wSI IreauV and it was damaged, they show no signs now of d fc and tnank.w being at'.all injured. Tha acreage H( about the same as last year, but the Mri RoM c Johnson, of Oorham. growers are expecting a better yield ; Me Ju8t be,n appointed visitor of berries and better prices. The j of the MaIne gtate schools. She sc truckers are not depending entirely e,eag trs. Clarke Barker, daughter upon berries tor tnetr money crop mis season. They are geln to plant sev eral kinds of vegetables, and they are 1 working now wun renew u energy ior a successful year. Malaria Causes Loss of Appetite. The Old Standard GROVE'S TASTE LESS CHILL. TONIC1, drlvee out ma laria and builds up the system. For grown people and children 0c - WHAT WOMEN ARE DOIXG. Mrs. . A- Lafterty, the only woman member of the Colorado Legislature. Is chairman of ths educational com mltteeXand a member of the commit tees on criminal Jurisprudence. Stats ' constitutions, enrollment. Denver city 1 Will the true character of "The affairs and county lines. She was Father of his Country" ever be known 7 assigned to desk 23 and accepted it. It la doubtful, notwithstanding th.; saying that she had no supersti- ' biographer's "True Washing'"'!." U r tions. i ini'Ch of him can never be knn!i and I much Is ber.er not In prim. This 1 The national woman suffrage con- . not Intended as a reflection, but sini vention for 1D09 will be held at ths I ply that nu man in p.ibli !r.- ualKt-.l , Alabka-Yukon-Pac-lrk- Exposition In the first week In Juh. one day of . this week w ill be observed as woman day, It is said. 1 . Mrs. Helen Woods Miller leu jzu.ouu to Brown university, 10 u all the arts and sciences and by data whlrh c a r r 1 d her back to the rjalaeo- llthlc a-e she sought to prove that woman was the originator of most of the good things in the world At the end meeting she asked for a vo" suffrage, and the f'"'- " declared Itself ln favr f,f giving votes to women. The Mist medal for artistic photo graphs of children at the Kansas State photographers convention was award- ed to Mrs. Hlen L. Francis. About hlf the competitors for the prize were men. '""r ' " a Th """Ji"'? amendm-n: to the constitution giving full suffrage to women. To those men who said that the women of Callfnrnla dl1 nof ne(j to vote t0 ,et vprvtn tne want.u the suffragists ri hv to an in- baby The suffragists of England are offer ing a prize of one grulnea for the bt epigram In verse on the question of woman suffrage and the force argu ment. The force argument. It seems. Is denying the sex the right to vote be cause of women's Inferior physical force. The epigrams are to consist Mrs. Kdwln C. Grtre. member of the council of the National Educational Association; Miss Mary V. Kemp, head worker In the Church Settlement House, and Mrs. Catherine Tullldge, founder of the Woman's Educational Improvement Association, which ls now trying to secure the appointment of a matron In each public school. Miss Kate Gordon, of New Orleans, as president of the Juvenile Court Circle, Is leading a movement to es tablish a State Industrial school pro viding manual training for boys and girls. She proposes a tax of 7S cents on every $1.00(1 to pay the expenses. The women taxpayers of Louisiana, who have a right to vete on all ques tions relating to taxation, have pretty generally let It be known that they ere willing to pay their share to establish the school. Miss Snphrlnla Breckenrlde, as sistant dean of women ln the Univer sity of Chicago. Is a director In the League for the Protection of the Im- migrant. She Is also one of the lead ers of the movement to get a bill through the Legislature of Illinois which will regulate the employment agencies. Mrs. Emma S. De Voe, of Washing ton State, was told the other day by a would-be wit thst he was about toil Introduce Into the Legislature a bill' giving a vote to every woman wno naa one child and an additional vote with every additional child. Mrs. Da Voe promptly announced that she would . V . Wilt ). 1 . "TZ L hnH.V 'X. ;" qualification for holding office. All msmbers of the lower house were to be required to have at least two children, members of the Senate three. Kl,nremR Court ludaes six and Oover- Miss Alnslie. of Marash-Tlnkea, gives a graphic description of the re joicing In Turkey over ths opening of Parliament. Cannon were fired and processions made up of Jews, Arme nians and Moslems of atl class marched through the streets rejoicing. Many people did not understand what It alL meant one woman came to Ml.. Ainslle and said she was look Jos; .for Liberty. . Fn sain he na done her a great kindness In saving ... taj Ljratherer who h A of ex-Governor Frederick Roble. who held the office for more than tn years. Rockingham. Feb. 17. Th case of W. R. Bonsai and O. I Cloud, trad ing as W. R. Boneol Co.. ts. the Atlantic Coast IJnt, was hrd her Frldsy before TJ. L. ? pence, who wss appointed rewe in the case py iiiOje Long. GEOBGE WASHINGTON I A STRENVOCS CHARACTER HAD HIS WEAKNESSES NOT A. PRACTICAL MORALIST. 8o straight and circumspnt but tnat faults could be found ami iriucisms made. However G. orKe Washington was the man ol :he hour, the man for the occasion and almost peerless in his day and time, his fault and errors being dwarfed by the greatness of his deeds and the :.aln of :; ..- t.i n.-. A reprinted book of biography, orig inally published in Knuland, early in the last centurv. alludes to him as "the toundei of Acer;, an' independ ence" and further sh;1 The President completed in 1 T 9 6 ihe business of his office by signing a ommer Ml irealy with Great Britain, and then volun tarily resigned his power ,t a moment when all hands and a'.l hearts were united again to confer upon ln:n tho sovereignty of the n.unir; . " His tory furnishes no parallel 'o the 1 har actei of Washinmoii. lie stands on an unapproarhaMe eminence, distin guished almost beyond humanity for Felf-cumniand mfe;rlt. soundness of Judgment, rectitude nf purpose, and deep, ever-active piety. This was the . estimate 01 a tonverted enemy. Washington lived long before thej day of the development ol the science ( of phrenology for poli'loal purposes, as attempted last, year by a phrenolo- 1 gist for William Jennings Bryan, to prove his eternal fitness to be Pretd- ' dent, but which the people could not so see. But a later portrait phrenolo gical estimate said His phrenology, indicated strong . onini.m sense, de ar, practical ressnnini;. power, intecmy, reverence, firmness, anil esteem. Ho was a model of order an 1 pru dence, self-poise and digmu. Of his handwriting, of vvhuh it w;is said that that of John Hancock. of Massachusetts, was a more striking example, the estimate Is that "It indi cates a mind more manly, t.road ind strong than delicate or penetrating; a spirit firm, resolute, and determined, taking hold, without hesitation and without calculation, and forming many resolutions whli h are frequently more rash than lse, an independent, dar ing, courageous, bo benevolent, phil anthropic, and generous disposition ; free without ostentation In prosper ity, and patient, spirited, and inflexi ble In adversity A person thus char acterised ls capable of undertaking very difficult, severe, and danuerous enterprises, seldom lacking the neces sary power and will to execute them, If there be sufficient talent or genius fo- their conception." Many of these qualifies and truits not only showed ihemselves while lie was the leaJer of the army and head of the nation but after he had retired to private life. One striking example was that of making John Marshall be come a candidate for Congress tn 17 98. Washington was then Just ap pointed commander dn-' h ief ol the army, by President Adams, in expecta tion of war with France, which was then practically going on. The Repub licans were very active and opposing some of the policies of Washington Congress was all Important for th carrying out of his policies. n was most snxlous to hae its majority favorable to him Theret o - fi hpj.:'i to look over the ftld and to act, using his Influence to pet the ablest Federal ists to become candidates. Among them was John Marshall. John Marshall visited Mount Vernon In response to an Invitation The question of Marshall running for Con gress was the matter under discussion. Washington Insisted, and Marshall rc fused. It was late ai nlrht and they were alone. Mar shall Insisted that he was a young man with a family dependent upon him and that his profession, law. was their only means of support and therefore It whs Impossible for him to make such sacrifices. This somewhat enraged Washington, who ;!artng at hirn. brought his mammoth list ioun upon tHe table with such force that Marshall nenrlv tumped from hu chair, ani but that the table was of the best material. It would ha-, e l broken, exclaimed. "I-- n it. hio- I dene all my life but make sacrlftc-g for my country""' "f course Marshall agreed to become a candidate and they retired. But Mirs'vtl! Im V" ,. i I determined to get bark to Richmond ee early as he .u'd. Po ah -it 3 o'clock In the morning he was up and at the stables to got his h'-rsis. when, lo, there wss also Washington who inquired what he was doing out there at So unearthly an hour. Marshall explained that he wsn'cd to get 'm.-k to Richmond as early ss he c.niH nnd was preparing to do so. Washlng'on commanded him to return t.- bed and sta there ti!r he was called for -f . Ii fast, which Marshall did Marshall was a candidate for 1 -ongtes.- and was elected. But perhaps mos rcmnrkii'.'l was the winning over of Patrick Henry, who had alwsys been n strong Republican opposed to W-i.-l.ingt -,n and of whom WasWnKton had not hesitated to speak of In no uncertain language. However, he -s won over, became a strong Federalist and a ' dtdate for the Virginia Legislature 1 if course he too was elected but died before it met. Many Of his characterises v. ere shown on his Southern to .r a - Ms diary shows. He mentions doo-.c ' at a trifling place, called Orern ill-" 1 so thai at the house, fourteen nnh-s farther on. his horses were n t pro vided with stabling and that was a very "Indifferent house." s "indiff.'r ent" was it that he b. f,.r .'-ak-fast next morning and stopped at a private house for breakfast when- he was "kindly and well entertslncd " Of another "side" of Washington little Is written or known, but that he possessed doubtful virtues Is not le nled. And this gives a strane sjnl flcance to the statement that he was childless that his country might .all him father: for It said that n' .re Mian one Alius nulllus had that rlaht. That Lha was much of a "Lotharl ." a .-.ot be aouatea. There la a trniltt'm or an Impropriety at Halifax. N. C . .n his Southern tour; also that a '.Mr in. pro priety on that same tour, at Sal s'nry. or In that Section of North i irclina. gv It one of the ables' pu:p:t ora tors aad reasoners of some years later. '. But George Washington was the man of tha times, and but for him, his wealth and ability, this country , A RELIGIOUS AfTHOHS STATB- MENT ,Re. Joseph II. Fepermnn S.i'ubury. N. C, who ls the smhor nf several beoks, writes: "For several ver.ru I ri afflicted with kldny troubl" and last winter I was Suddenly stricken with a sever pain la my kidneys snd was con fined to bed eight dsys unable t. get up without assistance. My urine cmfsined a thlcjt white sediment s-d C MP-ed ssm frequently day and nUbt. I com menced taking Foley's Kidrx. Remedy snfl th psln gradually sbsted nd Anal ly eeaned and my urtne became normal. I cheerfully recommend Foley's Kidney Remedy." R. H Jordan & Co. and 1 Snafi rtaxmacy. might long have been a colony of another. It ls to be doubted If Mme ad Is to great regard In which George Wash ington was held. Books of the tew years succeeding his death. nml.o statements far different from writers of to-day. By the first, he Is r garded d- having resigned the preide;;i-y and r tired to private life. While he re fused to be a candidate for a third tcrinm, 11 :s doubtful u he until na . e suci ceded In being elected Jeffors n having Instilled so much Jacobinism Into the country. ln Grlmsha w's History of the I'nlt fd States tlS-15) Is the following ac count of his death; "The equanimity which attended him through life. did not forsake him on hi. deathbed. He submitted to the inevitable stroke, with resignation becoming the firmness of a man. the calmness of a philosopher, the resigna tion and confidence of a Christian. When convinced that his dissolution was fast approaching, ho requester! I.fivi to lle without further Interrup tion; then undressed himself, went tranquilly to bed. and having placed himself In a suitable attitude, soon afterwards closed his eyes with his owr hands, and yielded up his spirit without a struggle " Surely he was regarded by many ss almost a deml-god. HENRY T. KING. HERE AND THERE BY TROJAN. Kev. A D. Betts, of the North Carolina Conference, now making headquarters at Greensboro with his son. Dr. Betts. is a sunbeam every day in the year and his presence al ways a Messing VThen 23 years of ae he Joined his Conference and from that time to the present he has been scattering good cheer to the many with whom he has come in contart. At the recent session of his Conference held in Durham he look the superannuated relation after a 3 years of unbroken service. He wrote me a card not long since on which he said: "I did not see you at Conference but hope to meet you soon ln the General Assembly of the Ktrat Rom" I wrote him that his card was appreciated and hoped there t would be no disappointment In the! meeting Indicated, but. 1 very much I hoped to meet him here a time or I iwo more before that grest day Ij saw a bright face in my doorway one I morning this week. If was Brother! Uetts. He was on his way to LlttLe- I ton to spend a month with a daughter and friends and ln his stop-over for the day had called to see me Tho visit was letting the Messed sun shine ln. If any man is happy on the way It Is he. The talk was de lightful and then directly he mention ed prayer He quoted a few passages of Scripture, sang a verse of Nearer My Grrd to Thee," and then knelt with us in prayer. He didn't stay long, it would have been entirely all right Newbro's Iftepicidte RARELY FAILS TO PRODUCE THE MOST GRATIFYING RESULTS. MISS DELLfl KNIGHT The prominent American actress, whose photograph is shown above, writes as follows: "I have found nothing to equal Newbro's Herpieide. It keeps the hair from falling and frees the scalp of dandmff. An occasional application leaves the hair delightfully fluffy." ' (Signed) Delia Knight, READ THIS LETTKK. "Enclosed please find coupons for soap and comb with order for 8 cents, for which please send the above articles. "I have used Newbro's Herpieide for two year and think an article so meritorious should be well advertised" and widely used, for It Is a boon to all womankind. I sm giving you my experience and If yu think it likely to be of Interest, .you are welcome to use it as you think best, for I hav derived such great benefit from Herpieide that I would like others to know of It. "When I began Its use two years ago my hair was only two Inches long and very thin, the re sult of four years' residence in India, tha in tense heat of the climate having rulnsd my hair. I tried everything ln Europe and ln end 10 cents In stamps to Th One) Dollar bottles guarsiucr-u. stltiite. R. H. for him to have spent the day but v hen he had departed there remained in this room a sense of benediction uuc to t.ie coming of the good man. I old him of a previous visit to me in lvH4 at Fayett -vine, repeating a part 1 ( h; talk ami that appeared to do li 1 111 good th remembrance on my part of his previous visit and the kind words he had spoken. S' .met in c ofin 1 111 opp' The ar ( "r , .o a .iilvatlon Army I in. He was selling and 1 ave h.m invita tion )' aw bile The conversation as interesting to me, and before leav-.i-.K tie siif.-ifl a word of prayer, iiow enlirei conse. rated t.'iese army lj Is .ii.ii .assies a- :ti their work, i to--, are not at all embarrassed In t.ikinj; about their mission and It Is urioio, how any one van show Indlt leren.e to a member of this wonderful army w hoMC soldiers now to the music of drum and .the- Instrument? nclr cle th'- giotie. And the fouader of this ,'re.it a: my, William Booth, still live to see the glory of the Lord in the rescue work both body snd soul of the thousands ami Inousands for whom, somehow, the regular Church appeared 10 haw no attrac tion William Boot),, his wife, and God started the army. When this man. a young Methodit preacher, and his wife, had the vision of the London slums, then came the call that started the band. They kissed and knelt In prayer and right then was organized the Salvation Army Ho the young army man who had come to see me s. cine 1 j leased lhat ' 'aiUod -lt:i him uhout his work There was nothing '!ower ip the petition It was simply addressed to the Giver of all good lfts. with specific requests, that He would bless the head of the house, his wife and children. Then the army lad whs gone but he is not for gotten in the home where he offered the fervent prayer. In October. 1M, I was admitted at Ashevtlle Into the Holston Conference on trial At thst time It embraced almost the entire portion of western North Carolina with east Tennessee and southwest Virginia. The next session nf the Conference w-as at Mor rlstown, Tenn.. Bishop Wilson pre siding. There were many vigorous men In that Conference, both in mind and body It was at this session I flrat heard a sermon by Rev Dr W. W. Bays, now of rharlotte. I had never heard a sermon like It befor, neither have I heard one like It sinew. If that -was Pr. Bays' style, regularly, then It was not unlikely that he made a stir The church was packed from the pulpit rail to the door. With in the church prechr sat as ear dines in a box. The hour for service arrlverl and the preacher came down the aisle. His walk and manner were peculiarly striking to me He car ried a book under his arm In appear ance similar to a day book or Journal. That ls where he had his facta 1 have since heard preachers from Hol ston talk about that book. He ar arnged it on the pulpit and the pre- THE INTELLIGENT USE OF NOTE Herpieide will not darken gray hate, and we do not want any on to spend money for Herpieide In th belief that it will. Harpl. cide will stop falling hair, but If the hair that falls la gray, tha new growth wUl also b gray, la this particular tha above rase Is remarkable. HERPICIDE COMPAXP. Dept. Detroit, ,l Drug stores, w nen yon cau 10c Applications at, prominent Barber JORDAN & CO., Special Agents. SsisSsCB 3 timlnsry service began. Whan preach Ing time came he stoad aad reai: ... "When Jesus came Into the coasts of yaesarea Phlllppl, he asked his disciples, saying. Whom do men say that 1 the Son of Mas am?" "And they said. Some say that thou art John the Baptist; some Ellas; and others. Jeremlas; or on of tha prophets." "He salth unto them. But whom say ye that I am?" "And Simon Peter answered and said. Thou art the Christ, th 8on of the living God." "And Jesus answered and said anto him. Blessed art thou, Simon Bar Jona: for flesh and blood hath not re vealed It unto thee, but my Father which ls ln Heaven." "And 1 say also unto thee. That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." Matt. l:ll-l. I don t remember exactly the word of his subject but know the line of discussion was the Church and it stability. He preached for more than an hour taking up the history of the Church ln all of Its vicissitudes, successes and final triumph. In th discourse he used the figure of a ship amidst the tempest, storm tossed, but at last, though weather-beatn, com ing into port It was magnificent. Or Bays was nearly 10 years younger that ntrht than he Is to-day. though he still preaches with power. But h poured into me on that occasion, when I was but young In the serrlc, thoughts that have lingered with m vdvldlv. ll? was among hi 111 anJ some of them wera master minds. He had the crowd. When he finished the sermon. Dr. David Sullins, even then a patriarch, his hair and beard snow white and his face radietit witrt smiles, stood up. towering above tha audience, and raised ths hymn of our tethers: "The Old Sh'p of Zlon." H was a great singer and the lute-Ilk voice of his cultured daughter. Mrs. George Stewart, blended with his la perfect harmony and everybody Join ed the chorus, and then such singing, the Lor bless us. There was no place for pipe organ, violins, or eor- UVI, ' 1 1 max y nil, . i tac . w were big folks too ln thst ho us and It was s shouting time. The preach, ers didn't try to hold themselves down snd be dignified and nobody els did People In Morrlstown who didn't go to service that night heard the sink ing and the memory of the entire oc casion lives with me until this day. It was good to be there. If Dr. Bays goes to another session of Holston he should preach that sermon for them one more time. SIMPLE REMEDY FOB LA GRIPPE. Ls grippe eoaghs sre dangerous as they frequently develop into pneumonia. Foley's Honev and Tar rot only Stop th cough but heals and strengthen th lunf so that no seiions results need b feared. The genuine Foley's Honey and Tar contains no harmful drugs and I it a yellow packsg. Refuse snbetitute. ft. H. Jordan A Co. and Oreene' Phsm soy. 1 America without benefit . until I tried Herpi eide. I am delighted with its effect and my friends never tire of admiring my hair; it is long, soft, and as silky as a baby's hair, not a sray hair to be sen. and my hair was qutte gray before I used 'your ltrcotn parable remedy. -I do not thfnk th prat of Herpicd- e -b ung too loudly or too long. Several of my friends are using Herpieide on the strength of ; mjr recommendation. . f. . Richmond. Va. (Signed) MRS- SL A. LEE- Mtrtw for sample, and Tpo!. nirpnw, u nm m ?t Sbofss. V V -i:s
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Feb. 28, 1909, edition 1
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