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a "i At u o PS H m C5 W .-1 Q W W QQ J O J O P I u TO O o a o s a a H O k w w . ... a -0 rfrifMmY 0 a CD W CO W l W l o 4 O D D P 2. ea E O Bp 3 to a tp 0q (3 O O CD C S CLC o p a 2 ea s II VV. J i ii i , j A'. I I ; - , . fW a a & V? I " " "This Argub o'er the people's rights - No soothing strain of Mai's son , ' t- -i " Dth aneternal vigil keep; Can I alKts hundred eye to sleep". ii, i ' i - ' " . . - - . ..... ... . , - - "Vol. XVI. GOIiDSBORQ. N, C.. THURSDAY. JANUAl 11, 1894 zs- yyh NQ.1B7 . .- . - - . - i -, , - " "; ' ' i . - 1 . 1 : -- - ' ." . . - - - i f 1 1 ' E; O -1 HOM3 AND FRIKKD. Oh! there's a power to make each hou As sweet as heaven designed it: Nor nee l we roam to briugit bom". Though lew there be that find it Wcteck too high for tli-ngs elo-e by, And ltse what nature gv N F r life htb here nchainn dcu-, A- home and fci :n Is around u-. We oil dt'ttrcv 'he prismtj y, And futu;e hopes. nT praise tb-m. While flowers as ewett Llooin ut i;ur ' feet, (IJTf we'J but stoop to ruise thttn. F r things so fiir still greater are When y-n h's bright spell hath lrunl Rnt s on we'ie taushl ih l cuibbw naught Li'-e if niv :n ! frii.::ds ! un I uj Wh n hope- I D' -h u- tti -t r -d i shhken, 'it', ccin- hat will. J Ijoi gli all v r night, if i at h. light Fr u' 'riendship's alter crow red u-.. "loua i;rove xhr. iii s ii turiii f this Our borne an I Iriei ds aiouu 1 U3. A SUNDAY HOMILY 7 hat is Intended for a Rule of Conduct. In Every dY Lifa B- Kind in Tim-3. There is one resolution, at It-asf, which erery oue cau forui. if the will, and carry out in tbur every dav intercourse with pconl-. that, it they "vould do so, wou!d ndottud t the joy aid betterment ot their own lives aud the pl-.-asure and 1 at-pines.- of those wit h whom tht y C'.-ra"1 in con tact. It i3 a sininte resolutit ii Be kind iu time. Not every one is stiad.ly b -set by a grievous and all but irresistible temptation. Sot ev-.ry one lias ti recast his life against the soutbre b-tckground of a lif lour remoice for wrong"dking, n pnited of, but, hu manly speaking, irreparab'e. But every one has c tuse to bewai he kind act omitted; the kind wu-d withheld; thesmall j-liglit ord:sour teBy to the aged or ii.firu-; the p;tt nieanne.-8 which was not q ute a eu;, In the flush of our y u'h and strength, w?for-t thi;tdea:h is ever iraDeudin?. If we rea!iz.d ;ha: to morrow may be lo'. Ute for the h n est acknowledgement and eXrecsioij of regret w hi ch eiases the memory of n u ikiiidues-; we suoulu never let the fill u go down on r paratio unaccomplished. "Jleu s ac- s, looking into ine sunset, are golden," says Father Fa Dir. ' bo would our lives be it we aiways lxjk -d into the countenanc of coming djath." More than half the udn a; d dis comfort of ordiu try lives come from the petty unkiudm sses and slights ruong kindred aud fi ien is. Mo e than half the v ricka i-f wjat were once promising friendships are caus ed, uot by the discovery by oue or other of gr.-at dificiencies iu mind or character in the friend, but by petty tricks or d-ieptions revealed, or small neglects, or those slights hardest of all to pardon, aud nevir. we fear, quite fcrgottst; that are done not to one's self, but to the near aud dear oues whose fedings we would safeguard at any time at the expense of t ur own. Be kind iu tint". Be kind even at the risk of personal inconvenience. 15a kind to the inarm, and old, and u n in teres tirg. Be kind to the people you tiou t hKe. l?orbear the irritat iug word. Send your thought just a second or two ahead of jour speech that want of tact may not ef fect as much mischief as posutive ill will. Let not tven the justly reproved go on a journey or even to their nigtt's rest, unforgiveu and sore hearted. Speak words of sympathy wheu they are called for. Don't withhold them lett people think you demon strati ve, ' There is uo intrinsic virtue in coldness,' outside of the refrigerator,. Looking oat on the sou's starving for a little kindness all about us, one feels somen mes like cryirgout "For Heaven's take be demonstra V'tive of kindness, sympathy, good will." Few have great intellects. Few -are notably beautiful. But was ever man or womau loved just for intel lect or intellectual achievement? Beauty attracts love, it is true; but can it hold i ? Unvarying kind viiesa, sweetness, pat ence, can do that -Anybody can be kind, and so being, can be loved. "What ia the real good?" asked . the poet who mas loved most of all because of his kind heart and its free and generous depression, "Order, said the liw court. Knowledge, said the Bchoo'; Truth, said the wise man-, Pleasure, s ud the,fool; , Love saifl the maiden;. Beauty;, said the page-; Freedom, said the.dreame:; Home, said the sage; Fame, said the soldier; Equity, the seer: Spake my heart lull sadly: T7t answer is not here.' y . : TheH within my bosom . . JEach'tieart holds the secret, Kindness is the wordp - Kindness, kindness in time a rest olution for all, and on-; which, if faithfullv kept all year, will pive us at next New Year's tide an OidYear's meitory which will not make our own Bociety dieta3teful to us, or those around us. 1 he Dead Year The record ct even's of import ance do ing the ear 1893. pub- li-hed this week, is especially vaU nnble. The e'emi-n's eeni to have cut 8iirt d with his Satanic Majesty in order to ngnal'za the year in the an" a s of the worid, and that xt wi I o'd unenviable prominence here c;'-n be no doubt. There was more treat disaster?, moc horrors iy -and nd 6C, ihn have been ttc'td-d in ai.y twlve month lor Mali' h retiMi y a t. JL)-nth was s - b'y, aid lie h s ti his list in r rom tu-nt nainer than tor h lit ' e. A fif-tititf b rdt r tor this :u t-ry o' t!i; ca:'s ba.en l cs niiidij t-t ttie t cef oi :rien it n eri:ati nal n-te wli-i b-ivo be n uuin ontd I ence. Thet-c faces are ;l o e f Je euiiah Ru k, Sec-efarj f A4rinl nre under Pusident H trrson; Mar hall MacMahon, French di. lomat; Di. Norvin Gr-ei, President of the Wertern Un on Tel graph Company: Ham ilton F.t-b, banker; L'dand Staiir ford, Uni'eJ States Senato-; B jpj i mil F. BiU'e', lawyet; 6aniuei Bla chfi-rd, Justic; U-iiud Stas Sup em : court; Jam- 6 G. Blaine, X'Sei retiiry i t the Stt ; Eckstein Norton, capital'Sl; L. Q. 0. L mar, As -ciae Jn-t'ce Supremo cour; Ed-vin B orb, act-r; Gen. Kirby Sinit1 , fo'di- r; Ge;i. G. T. Beaure ht'I, Pri'f. John Tndil, scieutiet Winston tientinih Tiio luteinal r y Tin : c l-.cti oi.-s lor Deeen.ber am untel to $37,624.37. The c lections tjJay ngreated Ctt 64:4 94' The ehipmctr? ot mann factu ei tcbacto loo's up 120,749 .i iw dp. SOME FOOD FOR THOUGHT AMD GOOD CHEER. (Jar mole ot reckuuing time is much n matter of U!?age, and UFage has given ereat importance to New Year's Day as a time for taking. fresh start turning oyer a new leaf. Many j ikis have been made upon th's practice and upon the good resolu tions of New Year's Day framed ouiy to be broken. But, really, this fiesh sta t is one of the necessities of iif?. I: a business man could not pause at regular intervals to lu'ance his accounts and start a clean set ol books, he wculd get into hopeless confusion. Aud the individual needs to take account of himself m a bimii lar way, to turn away from the past an l start out with new purpose, hop ing that if he must drop back again he will uot di Op back so far as be fore. Every ncuiiiig New Yeai carrie this same suggestion of a fresh sn rl to the community . at larg , aud es pecially when the experiences of the old ear have be.-u depressing. We have really much substantial good to carry over as a balance from 1893 notably ia the vindication of the national credit and in the inspirating lessons of the great World's Fair ?hiU the other side of the account it is posibie in a large measure to wipe out. The panic, thegioom, the dark foreboings, the disturbing prophecieo of e vil, the party rancor and abuse that are destructive of all confidence, these are the thing? to turn away from with the opening of the new year. Fearful cold in Austria. Vienna, J-m. 4 The weather in Austria and Hungary is bitterly coid. In tb s c'ty last niht the mercury re-gitered 19 elejreea be low tteiz ng pcint. lhe suff-.-ring among the poor is terrible. The Danube is fre-z-jn over from Vie n na to Belgrade, Serir. At Trieste the cold is in tens fied by a hur ticane that is blowing form the n ji tb. Sos fierce is the wind that vesr-c s aie unabl s to leave or enter the poit. Trtffi: of all kind is fctopped, and tha etrects aie deserted except for an occasional parser by who is nurryin to a p'ace ot shel ter. The tradesmen have st.nt tbe shntters opon their store windows and given the clerks a holiday. The theatres werecljsed last n;ght owiug to the coid, and it is r rob bab'e that they will not nptm until the weather cioderate?. The police letorrsehow that 15 persons Lave bwCn iijnred. . Dispatches state that at inide night the iheimoiueter stood 19 d-uretui above zero iu Loudon. At Paris in the atteruoou it was 12 Mtwve. Tne latest dispatch Irom Vienna pays it is 34 below. English, urencn ana Italian caD'egrams re port snow and intense cold, grow ing in'enser. A blizzard prevails almost eve j whete in England. In London vts terday evening tLe mere -ry Blood at 4 degrees. NOVEMBER. Yet one smile more, departing, distant sun One mellow emile through thesof vapory air, Ere, o'er the frozen earth, the loud winds run, Or snows, are drifted o'er the mea dows bare, nne smile on the brown hills and naked trees. And the ilirk rjeks whoae sumno wriaths are east, And the blue gentian-flower, that, in the breeze, - "" " Nods lonely, of ha li-atoui'-iio the last. . . Ytt a few sunny days,, in which the nee Shitll murmur by .'he hedge that skirts the way, The cricket Vhirp upon the russet lea, . And man delights to linger in thy ray. Yet one rich fmile and we wf!l try to bear The ri r-insr winter Irost and windf and darkened air. BTyant. The Obs'ruction Br gun. The political purpose of tho Haws aiian agitation was made apparent when the Republicans in the House filibustered over a resolution intro duced by the absuid Boutelle uutil th'-y compelled an adjournment without taking up the tariff bill. This is the only possible object of the whole intrigue, beyond the gen eral purpose of prolonging disturb ance and emrairassing tne adminis tration. It is a part of the dehber ate policy of obstruction entered upon y the Republican party lead ers and encouraged not only by their organs but by the influent al bene' ficiaries of the existing tariff. There was no excusa whatever for the fiilibustertng, as it was proposed to set apart two days later in the week for speeches about Hawaii when Boutelle would have had abundant opj ortunity to spread him self. It was obstruction, pure an s mjde. And the experience ought to teach the Democrats of tb House to rally their forces and goon with the serious business before them. Th'-y have an ample majority, and it is they and not the opposition that the country will hold responsible fcr every delay. It is th? plain duty of the House to proceed at once with the consideration of the tariff, and if the majority suffer themselves to be bullied by a taction minority they will deserve the condemnation they are Fure to get. m---. BUSlNESb AT THE SOUTH, Ibe nevrs from the boutn re specting business conditions is en couraeing. In spite ot low p. ice of cotton, trade is reported good and money abuudant. Bradstreet's reports of the unemployed show fewer idle men in the oonthern cities than in any other part of (he country. In twenty cities of Mary- laud, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas, 42.065 men are out of work. No other section complains so little of tramps, and no other cection is ess burdened with the support o tbe unemployed and destitute. During the entire period covered by the panic, the South has kept on wi h pre. arations for increasing it mauufactu'ing interests. It has ecoui-nvz -d aud sharply, too. Ti ade has been duP, so dull that tbe vast Louisville and Nashville system which thrives or languishes with Southern activity, has to tiered ereat shrinkage. But the South was payue its debts, ifainresot banks and mercantile establub ments were fewer in tbe South than in any other section.::! While r; m j was reduced to a low ebb merchant- and planters were still getting square with their creditors The 1 qrrcUtion has been enorm juj, and as a result of it the Sjuth is b.lieved to be in better shape than tor years past. This in spite ot the fact that cot touis about one and onefonrth cen's lower than a. year agOi a cirr enmstanee wholly unexpected in view ot the estimates of a short rop. That the price his remained ?o 1 w, notwithstanding tbe ten dency to create a fictitious scarcity by retaining the crop movement ndicates a general belief at cotton centers that the official estimates are, as nsual, wrong and understate the rz of the crop, 1 oat the South hai continued in a relatively ood condition, even with this un x pec ted turn in the cotton market shows that the Arguments f jr diver. eified industries have. begun to tel on the Southern producers. A tew years ago, such an exper lence as that of. the present year won Id have left tne bontb prostrate Cott'n has not brought the returns cx- rctid of it earlier in this season but it will put enough money into the pock eta ot thousands ot planters to lift them out of debt, ; and it t'oand thousands of others fortuna tely able to enter, upon the pani year tree f r the first time in years from the necessity of rushing their rop to market in otde- to, meet he pressing demands of creditors who had advauced the money to raite the crop. This abili'y to hold, nd (he consequent s-ow movement f tha crop, has doubtless done rnnc't to inp;a).t the market in the absence t f the nsual demand from he spinners, and has prevented tbe nee goin "ill lewer. Under the Id conditions, the lunai rush ot cotton to market as it was ready tor the buyer would have been still urthe r stimulated by th fi'iaticisd stringency ot the present year, and be planters woti d have found their burden i f debt iocre-a-ed mitead ot ightened. (Xitroti is rtili the mainstay ol ho Sonth, but not is eo'e dend eiice. . Hie o utti i raising m re of oihei c e't", witliont. detriment to its cotton yield,, attd is keeping at h me mncb ot the money it former! raid out for breaJstnfFs itid inanii'ac uied articles. L uis tl Jo uraiu dca'crs, whj formerly -hipped many carloads ot vbeat to tbe S utl', bava been shipp pg less and les- tor several yearr past. The Son'h is beginning to raise s great deal f itr own wheat, though there are still many Southern cotnmnni ties that have not yet teen the wis dota of this course. Willi Its- bread- stnifs to bu v. with h s debts paid or nearly paid, and with factories springing up at tbe edge of his cot ton fields, the planter may regard a dec ine in the price ot the staple with more, complacency. This diversification of mdnstrtes comes in good time, The average price of cotton i steadily going down from vear to year. It nint be produced more cheaply. The cotton planter must have as cheap food erpplies as po sib'e, and - be must have the cost of the luipli meuts of his lndns'ry reduced. He can not atijrd to pay one cent pt tribute to the makers of the matin tactnred artic e-s that be needs He must compete with the world in ae'lini-; he thould have the markets of the world irom which to buy Tbe Southern member ot Congress who risks t ho continuance of the protective system by . selfishly demanding protection tor special interests is standing in toe iigbt of the people whom he professes to serve Kill the Income Tax Folly. Five of th Democratic members of the Way 8 and Means committee have voted in conference in favor of an income tax and four, including the chairman, against it. This is a matter that must - be decided in the full committe, where it is c'early every member's duty to vote accord ing to his convictions. The four who are opposed to an income tax have a much better idea both of a sound tax policy and of a judicious party policy than the five who favor it. If tne Kepubucan members also vote against an in Come tax it will be and should be defeated in tne committee. : It is certain to be defeated eventually, in the Senate if not in the House, and it ought to be , killed at the start. - lo talk or .reviving tne tax on private incomes now is madness. The people don't want it and the ost of collecting it would be .sum cieut to condemn it as a revenue measure if there were no other ob iections to it. Congress has ample opportunity to provide sufficient revenue for the needs of the government, economic ally administered, by a readjustment of the present methods of taxation, A iailnre to do this will not be ex cused, it will be only confessed, by tbe resort to an income tax. - Tariff reduction is what the people want Carlisle Endorsed in Regard to the Bond Business. New York, Jan. 4. At a meet ing of the Chamber of Commerce to-day a resolution was unanimously adopted endorsing the suggestion of the Secretary of the Treasury that authority be given him ""by Congress o issue $200,000,000 of short time bonds, in such small amounts as. wil permit all classes to invest their say ings in government securities. The proposed income tax trill be uiscussea at a special meeting oa j: i . - , . - January 18, 1894. ; eye"a1o' EARS have we that we may see and hear: brains, that we may reason and understand; so there's little excuse for mnch of the suf fering that is tolerated, Dr.'Piierce'a Gold en Medical Discovery is fast becoming tbe one recognized .remedy- for all ; diseases resulting from thin, imp 3 re1 and impoTer- i v.i i - Indigestion and dyspepsia, scrofulous affections, liver and kidney diseases, Sores ana swellings, caurrah ana consumption a eblocd atfe-tions. With purified.-eri riched ard - vttalized blood, theyvfieeas darkness before the light! Dry Tierce's Golden Medical Discovery is the ;onl fruarauteal,blflod-phriner and , liver in T,gorator. roict on man Money promptly It hlt M S Robinson Bros, Druggists, will tell you that Johnson's Magnetic . OU always gives satisfaction and is thf best WHEN WE JtFAD OLT LEGENDS When, we read those race old legends. Writtc n "bout th river Rhine, We c n almost hear the trumpets. And can see a sight so fine Of the gallant knight ia waiting Ot the lady met-k and fair With her tittle white hand waving. Wh n some brave deed be must dare When we read there stirring legends (How the Usees one a were harted!) elps to rnb a bit of roughne s ; From this l uy, working w rid. J'ee tbe flags above the castifl Hear the trooper mart hirg oat To the wild Mast of tbe trumpet And the Captain's merry shout Lestei Holli; Arkadelpbis, Ark. TO S3 PULLED OFT" WOODS. IN THE The Athletic Club Still trhaky on the Governor and Brady Shaky on Mitchell Jacksonville,. Fta Jn 4. Iu spite of the fact that tbe Athletic Clnb says the content will occur n Jacksonru e no one believes it. If the men ever come together on Florida soil they are likely to meet out in the- woods, ss did Sullivan and Kilrain, " . It is believed that the talk of the club aoout being confident that tbe men will meet in Jacksonville is only a blind to conceal prepara tions which are being secretly made to bring Mitchell and Corbiett to nether in some place where the strong arm of the Governor can not easily interfere. That place will either be in Duval county where Jacksonville is situated, or in St. Johns, the chief city of whieb is St. Augustine. In con firmation of the statement that the club is preparing to poll off the contest in the wo ds, the Southern Associated Press correspondent has just learned from a reliable source that W, A. Brady, manager for Corbett. filed lonight disp itches to tbe New York Herald and ban Francisco Examiner, etatiptr that the managers of the Daval Athletic CKib bad already taken tbe 'initial steps to charter trains out of Jack sonville. Governor Mitchell, however, is what is known in the 'Mingo ot the "crackers' as Mbullheaded," and as he has already tripped np the club be may succeed in doing so again It is said that Brady in his dis patches to the papers mentioned positively that everything was fixed for the fight and that the men won d con.e together unless tbe Englishman howed tbe white feather. The Calitornian and bis party seem to have doubts about the sincerity of Mitchell. C0SBETT-HITCH2LL FIGHT. T. ssisaiBsw- ' t Goy. Mitchell Determined to Prevent its Taking Place in Florida. Jacksonville, Fl a., January . The Duval Athletie Club ran against another snag to-day in Sheriff Broward, of this city. The club has been claiming all along that despite Gov. Mitchell's opposi tion the fight wbu'd occur in Jack senville, because the officials of the city at.d county wonld not interfere as long as the Courts hid not pass ed on the Florida law in regard to prize fight. Sher ff Tiroward to day in "an inter view with the 8. A. P, correspondent declared that the clnb peoplewere mistaken- if they thought that he would stand quiet ly by and'allow the fight to occur in Daval county. I tell you," said the ftherifi "that the fight will not take place in Duval county if I can stop it, and I think I can got men enough la assist me in preventing it. I do. not believe tbe men want ing the fight will attempt to have it when I tell; tbem my intentions. I am not accounting for friends or enemies in this matter, but officially under.". Sheriff Broward is noted Sheriff Broward u noted for bis firmness and bravery aodHaJuiuty. Berchingtor these faults no one doubts that he meant toH stop the fight. He is a man ot wonder f al ne r ve . and . won ta - uo hesitate to shoot in , the discharge of bis duty. He stood off a mb at the county jail a year or so agoy aid it is well; known " that if the'cJab attempts to bring about the natch publicly in this county -in defiance of Sherff Broward there will , be trouble. ' . - u . The sheriff will ase greater efforts to stop the fight Uian he poMthly Otherwise would, owing to thoflct that Gov. Mitchell is inimical to him and would amp at .any Qpippt trinity to demote: him- from 'oQeev The herif ktrows . tbi and wants to bold his oSce, arid therefore! tt not likely to iKire the. GoverBoi in opportunity Jo kcctse bim; ofoum iblr to da his duty in the matter of Utopping the Jhfc In stpite .olf these things, hQWCTri the mem.ben.the-yeaj, wJien iook npon its of the club are tslkirg as eonfid ently ts t ver of t their, ability 4e bring toe match to a successful issue; Tbey cay that their lawyers teli them to go abead, as the pro posed fight will not violate any r londa law, and they say they are eointr ahead. The mangers say that work is being pushed on tbe arena -and that strong pressure is being brought to bear on tbe Governor to eause him to let up in bis opposi ' It may be true that the c'ub managers have brought pressure to bear be the Governor, but it would seem that nothing has been ac(m p laned- lhe UoverOor is as deter mined . as ever, as the following telegram read to-day to the Florida U n erenee of the M, E. Cliurch South in Palatka, Florida sbowr; "Tallahasse, Fla., Jan. 5, 1894. Rev J. C. Sale and T. W. Toms kies, Committee: Please present to tbe Conference my heartfelt thanks for the resolution passed by tnct body -denouncing the brutal Cotbetb-Mitchell prize fizht. I shall endeavor to do ray duty in tbe pre onset. " Signed N. L. Al itch ell, Governor ot Florida," It is need lets to say- that this telegram was heartily cheered by the ministers. Many people believe that tbe stand taken by the M.. h Conference has given the club the blackest eye np to date, for the ministers gathered at .ralatka rc present. fully one halt ot the pop ulation of Jb iorida. Ibe club peo pie talk a good deal about pushiug work on the arena but the facts seem to be that they are. simply building a high fence around an acre or two of gre-nuei. They sav that they will, not roof the en colsure and seats will be put in later. Tbe truth ie, as has been stated in these dispatches, that there is a very general belief that the club has given up all hope of having a public contest,. and. is now engaged in perfecting arrangements to con summate the match in tbe woods, Manager Bowden, of the: club, denies tbe story about having taken steps f charter trains out of Jacks eonville for twenty four hours be fore and after the contest, but Bowden, ot coarse, would not let the public into tbe club's arrange. ments, and in spite of his denials. it is believed that tha train story is straight. Old and now Tear reflections. Tbe closing days of the year can not be devoted to a better purpose than a retrospective view of the preceding twelve months, made with tbe purpose of obtaining guide, for the future. The year, though an arbitrary divison of tirxe, terves a good purpose in . proa riding a stopping place from which to make observations and a new depatture. Men have become so accustomed to making these divis sions of time that they think o: them as real. Though time rolls on in an uneuding cycle without in terruption, we can scarcely accus torn ourselves to the idea; by the torce of custom 1893 is set apart from 1891, and at tht. close ot 1893 it is well to look back upon one's individual history during the year with tbe purpose of applying the lessons of experience to 1894. 1 requires some courage to take this Introspective view tairly, nothing extenuating, and yet, unless we can bring ourselves to look upon personal faults with an unpre judiced eye, we cannot hope to correct tbem. What havu we done during the year that ufon review we would be glad to have lett on done? And to what defect or fault of character or disposition may we ascribe the wiongdoingl These are questions which it truthfully answered in out own minds may bring a correction. And what, a'so, have we left undone that we ought to have - done? With many good men and women this list, if fairly compiled, will be longer than the other. One must have a vicious dis position if he can he Ted to do a positive wrong: be may;-be only weaV, andx'eltrind algept - and yet I neglect to do a positive good that iaone's eelt is .excellent discipline. It teaches humility, f jr the best of an can not tail to find that our beta ter qualities: are. limited in their expression by our careleseneBs, inr difference (Or eelfiih regard tor onr own lease. If we are .rich, or even well to do it tc quires little Racrifice tb make the minor : gifts to charity which are' sumoient to establish a repntation for generosity. BuLhow do we act wnen tne aemanas oi some .nntbrtanate require a,fea sacrifice oi our cae and comfort when money will not relieve dis treatbut we are required to leave Uie pleasant nresiue ana go oqt in- b tbewmd and rain to succor tbe aLfeteriTn& reAl tet of a man's on. come when he is called auoa to make a sacrifice, not when he is asked folr a few dollars which bo does not vaiae. oa.ai tne end o t events. we- may Had that thoeeh we nave seen jobs sua uirarai, nave given of our means to charity and have fairly earned a reputation fcr uprightness and generosity, we haye shirked the performance of some serious duty because it involved the sacrifice ot a little modicum ot our ease and c. mfort. Contiou ing the self-inquiry, What have we;done daring tbe year to degrade or np litt bumanit! It is assumed that we have violated no laws of God or man, but what example have we set tor others beyond that . ot ne gative lbujencti Have we pursued our own purposes, with no sign ol regard for others, or have we ac lively assisted in the promotion ot some positive goods Inese . and similar questions should come upon us at tbe close of the year, when we are costing up our own private accounts to see how we stand with this world and the next And the answer, if honestly., given, may serve as guides for the future. We are . all naturally selfish, nor is a certain degree of selfishness to be deprecated, for it is the main spring of endeavor,bat in tbe social state egoism should be combined wnbaltruism. If we would be noble and ennobling men and women, we must care tor others, as well as for ourselves.and at the dawn of a new year tur best and highest hopes thonld be that we may conquer the fantla developed in the year that n dead and end tbe new year with the consciousness that we have advanced our own standard ot goodness and done something for tbe promotion ot the goodness oi mankind. Haltimore Sun. HON. 21- W. SANSOM. A Leaf of History From His Life During North Carolina's Darkest Days. From the Elizabeth City Econot mst Jfalcon, whose editor, Col. K B. Creecy, is one of the most accn rate and beet informed editors in the State, as well as one of tbe mo6t conservative and patiiot'c we take tbe following bit of remi niacent history which will no doubt be read with interest by many who are familiar with tbe incidents al luded to: JNorth uaroiina has bad some ordeals of -suffering that makes us love her tor tbe trials she has gone through, bat there has been no period of suffering that has so aroused the indignation of our people as the KirkBargen invasion of onr mate daring the adminis tration of Governor Holden, The counties in which Kirk and Bargen bad their organized mill tary cuUthroats were nnder a reign of terror. The best men in the State had been subjected to torture to extort confessions from them ot tbeir knowledge of the Ku Klux organization. Some were impria oaed, denied drinking water and suitable food, nd subjected to per sonal degradation. Jo. Turner was put in a cell with felons." J udge Kerr was imprisoned, Mr. Roane, one of tbe best citizens in Western North Carolina, was bung up. by the thumbs and otherwise tortured. Many others received similar treat ment. Farther harshnees was threatened. The protection ot the Courts was appealed to. The writ of habeas corpus was invoked. The Courts were defied and overawed. . They were exhausted, as they said, in tbeir power of protection. Iu this desperate conditiou of suffering and .terror, one man, a identified with the honor of the State from earliest manhood, syma pathiz ng in every heart beat of soi row with our people, studied the case of outraged citizens, thought he saw an opening of relief for. our strickened people, and from his exalted petition , in the United States Senate, hurried home, con suited the highest legal authority in the State, Judge William H. Battle, showed him the National statute that he supposed would aifjrd protec ion to our suffering people and tm opinions were ap proved by Judge Battle; and with a leaf of the Government statutes cut oat of Battle's lawbook, hur ried to Elizabeth City. That man was our beloved Senator, Matt. W. Ransom. He was. here to see Hon. Geo. W. Brooks, . a J udgo of the Federal court. Senator- Ransom came in the night, came we think, in the stage, at great inconvenience; at once sought the office , of Judge Brooks, laid his appeal before' him, pleaa for their outraged citizens, and asked Of Judge Brooks a writ o habeas corpus for the relief of the imprisoned citizens of North Caro lina. He was recorded in his ap- Seal by the earnest aid of Mrs. rookt; whose- potent influence on that occasion, we have private rea sans for , knowing that Senator Ransom still appreciates with grat itude. , : Judge Brooks, with characteris tic deliberation, delayed ' a definite reply until the morning. Tbe morning came end . Ransom was early at. his hoase. Brooks issued bis writ of habeas corpus; theprit onora were -releasedthe writ . was hoard at an early day an 1 the prin oners diccharged. The act of Senator Ransom placed the citizens of North Jaro- ina nnder an obligation of gratN tude that no good citizen can ever forget.lt was a wellmnaged affair of which our people are so proud and wnicn they ehou d never forget. These tacts are true and we have placed them on record that tbey .m,ln,1 Kvo "nonor to whom honor is due." SOMETIME WE'LL UNDERSTAND Not now, but in the coming year, It may be in tbe better-'.and, We'll read the meaning 6f our tears, And then, sometime, we'll under stand. CHORUS. Then trust in God thro' all their days; Fear not, for he doth hold tby hand, Tho' dark thy way, still sing and praise Sometime, sometime, well understand We'll a cb the broken threads sgain And finish what we have begun; Heav'n will the mysterious explain. And then, oh then, well understand. Well know why clouds instead of sun Were over many a cherished plan, Why Bong has ceased when scarce begun Tig then sometime we'll understand Why what we long lor most ot all, Eludes so oit our eager hand Wby hopes are crushed "and castles fall, Up there, sometime, we'll understand. God knows tha way, He holds the key He guides us with unerring hand; Sometime with tearless eyes w'ell see, Yes, there, up there, we'll understand LAUGH A LITTLE BIT. Here's a motto, just your fit Laugh a little bit When you think you're trouble hit. Laugh a little bit. Look misfortune in the face, Brave the the beldam's rude grimace; Ten to one 'twill yield its place. If you have the wit and grit Just to laugh a little bit. Keep your face with sunshine lit, Laugh a little bit. All the shadows off will flit, If you have the j;rit and wit Just to laugh a little bit. Cherish this as sacred writ Laugh a little bit. 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Goldsboro Weekly Argus (Goldsboro, N.C.)
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Jan. 11, 1894, edition 1
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