EDITORIAL BONBONS. " V METHODISTS AND STATE AID.
Let the world Jbeware of tread-; Dr. Kingsbury, the able editor
ing on the tail of Uncle Sara's of the ? ilmington Meapevger,
coatl--Cleveland Leader. J':,4!.jand also a leading Methodist,
Tt" l nhtfhlT if TUm- V, has the following to Bay in his
usiDg the ' most powerful X-ray j
known, could locate the shriveled
soul of a petty politician known
as Vest. St. Louis Star.
2, It . is a good thing that earth
quake didn't hit Spain. It would
naturally, have been considered
conclusive evidence that Maceo
isn't dead, if it had. Chicago
Post. : .
, 0, for brakes of common sense
on the wheels now whirling in the
overheaded heads of certain Sena'
tors ana .Representatives in .ne
Conrress assembled. Boston
Globe.
it is claimed by pome people
that all these airship stories which
have been sent out from California
were really intended as an adver
tisement for the wines of ' that
State. Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
The illiterate foreigner in for
eign lands will have to touch up
his intellectual faculties or remain
abroad. The Lodge bill .may
fairly be termed an incentive to
universal V education Boston
Herald. . "
There are more American ves
sels on the Great Lakes than! on
oceans, and their, combined ton
nage is greater. Something must
be done to revive American mari
time commerce. -Buffalo Express.
Onr friend Henry Watterson is
a'ready engaged in a 'desperate
hand-to-hand conflict with the
Cleveland boom of 1800 Henry,
we regret to say, has a brd case of
slaughter house on the brain.
Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune.
There is no iniormation at hand
on the subject, but it is safe' to in
fer that all the speculative Sena
tors were on the right side of the
stock market Friday, and that
their servants got their telegrams
off promptly. New York Journal.
Brazil has consented to pay
one million dollars damages for
injury to Italians in that coun
try. That is a pretty good bill,
but it may prove the cheapest
way in the end. Baltimore
American.
This is a emphemistic age. A
thief nowadays is called a
'kleptomaniac," a murderer is
called a psychic epileptic," and
an alderman is called "one of
our best citizens." Chicago
Times-Herald.
A Washington correspondent
declares there are only three
genuine millionaires in tho
Senate Cameron,McMillan and
Wetmore. If this is so, several
State Legislatures have been
imposed on. Chicago Tribune.
A New York court refuses to
recognize the validity of North
Dakota divorces. This may give
North Dakota another boom, as
it will compel people who want
to remarry to remain in the
Fiickertail State. Minneapolis
Tribune
With Senator Quay declaring
war on trusts and Senator Cam
eron making trouble with Spain,
the Pennsylvania State Senate
and House of Representatives
should pass a joint resolution of
self-con gra tulation, Washing
ton Times. .
Senator Allen's anxiety to
have the expenses cf the Prefti
del tial campaign investigated
may bo due to a vogue popu
i'stic conception of hh that the
Senate could divide the surplus
funds pro rata. New York Ad
vertiser.
It would take only about one
foot oi "Yankee Doodle' and
couple of rebel yells to clear the
Kubi mountains of every Spanish
soldier. They would follow We)
let to Havana as fast as their legs
would take them. Chicago Inter-
Ocean. J
uuuer in reerara 10 me action ci
the Methodist conference on the
higher education question: ,
"The North Carolina Confer
ence adopted resolutions, - he
result of which . is two fold, to
place the Methodist church in
antagonism to the University of
North Carolina bow more than
one hundred - years old, and
secondly to cripple its operations
if the spirit and intent of the
resolutions are successfully car
ried out. It is unfortunate, for
the state that the hostility has
been so strongly and widely de
veloped. J The University is
really the chiefest ornament and
glory of North arolina. It is a
great thing for the people who
ove education and would serve
North arolina forging biavely
to tho fiont. for higher and still
higher education that they have
so well equipped and progres
sive a school as that one located
at hapel Hill and to which 1,
800,000 people vote a " beggarly,
a miserly 120,000, It ought to
be $50,000,80 that the University
might be pressed to the front
without delay as the equal in all
respects of Princeton and the
University of Virginia or of any
other foremost institution of
earning in the South. It is
perhaps unwise to give so little.
Virginia sets a more liberal, a
nobler example. " . r
'The speech of Mr. L. L.
Smith, of Hertford, was most
timely, patriotic and broad, and
we think wise and judicious.
He is right in insisting that the
cburchof Christ shall not be
come a political affair engaging
in a scramble with wordliness
or worldly ends. He said wisely
and well as an able, conserva
tive, prominent and loyal lay
man: '
The University ought to be
the pride of the State. The
church ought not to enter the
domain of politics. There is no
telling where it will end. John
Wesley didn't stop and whine
because tithes went to otner
churches and colleges. The
great educational work of Randolph-Macon
college, in Vir.
gjnir, has not been impeded be
cause the University of Vir
ginia gives free tuition to every
son of the state. We will make
a mistake if we enter upon this
ine.
THERE IS NO LUCK.
In replying to the query
'Does not luck sometimes play
a
goodly part in a man's sue
cess? iHdward v, bok, in tne
Sanuary Ladies Home , Journal,
writes:
Never. Henry Ward Beecher
answered this question once for
all " nan ton said: "No man pros
pers in tilt world oy iuck, un
less it be the luck of getting up
early, working hard, and maint
taining honor and integrity.'
What so or ten seems, to many
young men, on the surrace, as
being luck in a man's career, is
nothing more than hard work
done at some special time. The
idea that luck is a factor in
man's success has ruined thou
sands: it has never helped a sin
gle person. A fortunate chance
comes to a young man some
times just a the right moment
And that some people call luck
But that chance was given him
because he had at some time
demonstrated the fact that he
was the right man for the
chance. That is the only luck
there is. Work hard, demon
stt ate your ability, and show to
others that if an opportunity
comes witin your grasp you an
able to use it."
Poison Oak.
'I was poisoned with poison
oak several yean ago and it woul
break cut occasionally and cause
me much distress. I took medi
cine from the doctors but they
did not euro me, and last fall
began taking Hood's Sarsaparilla
This medicine has given me an
appetite and done me more good
than any other." Joseph W
Jamil, Leaksyille, N. C.
Hood's Pill cure all liver ilk
" EXPOSE THE BLOT.
Senator Allen's resolution for
the investigation of the use of
money in the late presidential
campaign has caused more com
mvnuu wau - avucmp vu ; mo
surface. . There - are a . great
many people who would dislike
very much to see such an in
vestigation made, tor one or
another reason, but it is need
less' to say that they are not
among the; supporters of the
recent presidential aspirations
of Mr. Bryan. Mr. Allen says he
intends to push his resolution
and nearly all of the silver dem
ocratic senators and all of the
populists have indicated their
intention to support it. Senator
Allen says of the resolution: "I
framed the resolution so as to
include all parties, and I io not
refuse to pass it. The matter is
attracting attention all over the
country, and certainly if there
is a blot on the election it
should be exposed and wiped
out, or at least, a wholesome
warning given that the offense
is not to be repeated."
THE PRESS AND WAR. ,
The war in Cuba and the pro
bability that the United States
will recognize that ' republic as
belligerents, and the second pro
bability that the matter, may get
Spain and Uncle Sam into serious
complications, is all the talk just
now. The following is the senti
ment of the different papers, to
which they are entitled :.
If there must be war, it is "pow
erful comfortin'" to know that it
will be with somebody we can
whip. Baltimore News.
Tho attitude of our government
in the matter has been of -a char
acter to put Christianity, human
ity and civilization to shame.
Atlanta Constitution. V
War is not the aim of the Amer
ican people. But if war comes, as
le result of an act which they
consider just and. fully justified,
then they will meet it. Wash
ington Star.
Mr. Olney makes it clear to
Congress that this government is
limited monarchy, and that the
house of Cleveland will attend to
all international questions.
Washington Times. ,
Mr. Cleveland will do whatever
Spain requires of him in relation
to Cuba. He is as much under
the direction of the Spanish crown
as the butcher Wcyler himself.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
From the way things have been
going for some time past, it begins
to look as though Uncle Sam is
determined to lick somebody, and
doesn't care very much who it is.
Cincinnati Commerci&l-Tn
buue. .. :
If the adoption of the resolution
would be tantamount to an indi
rcct declaration of war, or even a
direct declaration, then let it be
war. If Spain does not wish
our Iriendly offices, she can have
our unfriendly offices. Chicago
Tribune.
- Crime oa the Increaae.
Crime is increasing. Look at
twelve murderers in one. fine
county either just tried or await-
ing trial, look at the great
county of Mecklenburg. Then-
are nearly 400 cases to be tried
before Judge O. P. Meares of
the Criminal court. It is the
largest ctiminal docket the old
county has ever had. There are
more than 100 prisoners in the
jail and no place for others
And yet Judge Russell is re
ported as aiming to retire J udge
Meares who has done a great
work for the State, and to do
away with his court. He ough
to think long and look at his
bearings closely before he re
commends disastrous changes,
Wilmington Messenger.
The impurities of the blood
which cause scrofulous erup
U&s are thoroughly eradicated
by Hood's sarsaparilla. Try it.
vn.
' been a
ae that
has wit
le, the
on the
Sudan, and the Arroe
sacres. It has witn
the Venezuelan Imb
strained relations bei
gland and German;
Turkish Empire totte:
fall. And doubtles:
will" never arrive w!
will not be wars and i
wars. - Declaimers,
rhetorical phrases, j
uounce war, and j
ah mas
led also
jlio,5 the
aen En-
and : a
g to its
the day
,n there
:mors of
th their
T de
de-
nounce wars of ambit .
of rapine and wars ofAicJ-jquest;
yet waju in defense 't,t county
and home appeals to (he manly
nstinct of every people, i and
brings forth the great virtue of
heroism and selfsacrince. "We
talk of peace and learning," said
obn Buskin, in his address to
the cadets of the Royal Acade
my, Woolwich, "and' of peace
and plenty, and of peace and
civilization; but I found that
those were not the words which
he muse of history coupled to
gether; tl at on her lips the
words were: Peace and sensual
ity, peace and selfishness, peace
and corruption, : peace and
death. I found, in brief, that
all nations learned their truth
of word and strength of thought
in war; that they were nourish
ed in war, and wasted by peace;
taught by war. and deceived by
peace; trained by war, and be-
trayed by peace in, a word,
that tfyey were born fa war, and
expired in peace.".
MUST POST BULLXTIX9.
A law student at Vake For
est ha made complaint against
the railroad authorities at that
place for failing to post bulle
tins promptly in Tegard to
whether the trains ore- on - time
or not. He also made complaint
against the agent there for re
using to allow a lady who was
dressed shabbily" to enter the
reception room. In regard to
the former the Railroad Com
mission passed the -following
ule: - '
"It shall be the duty of each
railroad company to bulletin at
every telegraph station along
its line, and other stations, if
possible, ten minutes in advance
of the schedule time of arrival
of its trains, whether such train
is on time, and if behind its
schedule time to state as near
as can be approximated, the
time' of its arrival. The bulle
tin board shall be placed in a
conspicuous place at the ticket
office, and all notices thereon,
vt arrival or departure of trains
shall be erased immediately
after the departure of trains,"
In regard to the latter com
plaint the matter was referred to
the superintendent of the divis
ion and he was notified to look
Into the matter.
If the agent did refuse to al
low a woman to enter the re
ception room just because she
was not able to dress as fine as
some of her more fortunate sis
ters. he should be "fired" at
once. lie aoes not Deserve me
name of man.
public oriNio.v.
Roanoke Times. (Dem.): The
open and outspoken sympathy
of the press and people of the
United States with the Cuban
revolutionists is not the result
of ardoit manipulation, but
nimply the predominance of the
idea that the Anglo-Saxon race
will eventually dominate thU
continent. Call it selfishness
aggressiveness, or whatever you
will, it is In the air. It is the
march of "manifest destiny,'
v htch means that In time the
Latin races of North America
must give way to the sturdy
Anglo-Saxon from the pole to
Panama. ,
Alexandria Gazette, (Dem.)
Mr. Cleveland, though the head
and front of the civil service re
A MEMORABLE 1
The past year hi
memorable one "and'
will live in history. j
nessed .the Cuban str
English, advance ; I
form law, is, apparently at
least, doing all he can to ridi
cule that absurd humbug. He
has already included the char
women employed - in the gov
ernment departments at Wash
ington in the scope of its opera"
tion, and ndw commences the
"new year by subjecting; all the
employees of government peni
tentiaries to competitive exami
nations, as though the ability to
answer quiz questions, were a
necessary qualification - f o r
guarding convicts. ' .
Hebrew and Gentile Wed. - -
Mr. G. - M; Wright, of Rock
Hill, N. C, and Miss Susie Fine,
the accomplished daughter of
our townsman Mr. Moses Fine,
drove down to Marion county,
S. 0., last Thursday and were
united in the holy bonds of wed
lock by our genial friends Cap
tain Andrew, Harllee, trial' jus
tice, notary public, or words to
that effect. Moses is a Hebrew
and Mr. "Wright is a Gentile; so
that our neighbor could not re"
conciie this proceeding with his
religious belief, therefore a par.
oxysm of parental reliquis fol-
owed Moses induced ' his
daughter to return to" his home
to see her mother whom he de
scribed as very sick. His son"
in-law informed us that he took
his daughter into a Iroora and
tripped her of her wedding
clothes, and with a loaded pis
tol pointed at Susie compelled
her to surrender not only her
clothes ' but eyeglasses with
which she was enabled to see
he charm of her lover. On Sat
urday Mr. Wright - recovered
the clothes through a writ of
claim and delivery " but the
glasses Moses had destroyed in
a fit of passion. Susie has lived
in Maxson long enough to be a
believer in the Lord Jesus Christ,
and we cannot blame her for
marrying a hard working me
chanic who is ; a gentleman
and we trust that she may be
able to help him to see a per
sonal Savior. On the other
hand we cannot blame Moses,
holding the faith that he does,
or deep feeling. We only
blame him for passion when it
was too late to prevent the mar
riage; and for breaking the
glasses so baaly needed. We
trust that the gentle dove of
peace will soon . hover over
father and daughter, who say
whtt you will U Wright. We
wish all parties concerned a
happy future. Lumberton Ro
besonian.
Kept Ilia Barial Salt 20 Year.
Last Friday night at the home
of his son in-law Mr. Newton,
at the Avon mill, Mr. Stephen
Baker departed this life at the
age of 81 years. Mrs. Newton
was his only daughter. The
funeral was preached at the
house Saturday by Rev. 0. H.
Durham, and the interment
took place at Shiloh. Shortly
before ber death, some 20 years
ago, Mrs. Baker made her hus
band a suit of clothes of materi ¬
al which she had spun and
woven with her own hands. All
the time since he kept this suit
with almost sacred care.that he
might be buried in it. It was
of a gray or mixed color and of
a style prevailing In the good
old days before the war. His
long-cherished wish to be laid
to rest in this suit made by his
beloved and long-departed com
imion was gratified. Gastonia
Gazette.
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have a vaiuame prescription in
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fully recommend it for Consti
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backache which never left her
and felt tired and weary, but
six bottles of Electric Bitters
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ATTRACTING MUCH ATTENTION,
;: Senator Pettigrew's charge,
made on the floor of the Senate
an hour or so .before adjourn
ment for the Christmas recess
that the -ment who control the
Union Pacific railroad f have
hatched up a scheme to make
that road practically worthies?,
if the government forecloses its
mortgage and takes possession,
is attracting much attention and
seems to be worrying the rail
road lobbyists, who thought
they hacT plain sailing, ahead
when the House set aside four
days, beginning Jan. 7, for con
sideration of the Pacific railroad
funding hill.'5 This scheme, ac
cording to Mr. Fettjgrew, is to
get ; possession pf the branch
roads which are feeders of the
Union Pacific, and upon which
the goyernment has no lien, 'so
that if the government takes
possession of the Union Pacific
road a considerable portion of its
traffic can be diverted. It is to be
worked through' the floating
debt of $8,000,000, which Mr.
Pettigrew. thinks was created
for the purpose. This floating
debt is secured by bonds and
stocks of thetaanch lines, and
Mr. Pettigrew - thinks the best
way for the goyernment to pro
tect its own and the interests of
those who live along the line of
the Union Pacific is to pay .that
debt and get those stocks and
bonds. His resolution provid
ing therefor was referred to the
committee on Pacific railroals.
, A Bale or Cotton 20 years Old. .
Mr. W. C. Mills, of this coun
ty, brought a bale of cotton to
town recently which had been
ying nnder hi father's gin
bouse ever since the. fall of
1872. -""John Mills grew the cot
ton on his plantation in Chat
tooga county during that year,
and in the fall, after it . was
picked and ginned the., price
went down, and ', the old man
decided to hold it, feeling con
fident that it would go to 20
cents a pound. Instead of that,
the price continued to decline
and during all these years it has
lain there awaiting the. rise in
vatue that never came. Last
winter the old xnair died, and
his son took charge of his
estate, and among the assets
was the bid bale of cotton, much
weather-beaten, with the bag
ging very badly frayed and ties
rusted, but the lint as white as
on the day that it was ginned.
The son tried to sell it, and it
was purchased by Bass Bros.
& Co., for 5.80 cents a pound, a
fraction more than one-fourth
the price for which the old man
had held it so long. Roiue Ga.,
Dispatch. v
Too Innocent Men Lynched.
Kansas City, Mo. , Jan. 1.
Prosecuting Attorney Aul, of
Lafayette County, Mo., has ex
pressed the opinion that Jesse
Winner and James Nelson, who
were lynched at Lexington,
nearly a month ago by a mob
of farmers 'from Clay county,
were innocent of the murder of
Winner's wife and two chil
dren. He stated he had secured
evidence sufficient to cause the
indictment of fifty of the lynch
ers. and he also s'ated that in
his opinion the actual murder
ers of Mrs. Winner and her chil
were members of the mob of
lynchers. He belijves that the
murderers worked up the senti
ment against Winner, Nelson,
and Lon Ackoy, the culprit still
in jail at Lexington, to shield
themselves. He promises sen
sational developments.
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