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H H Mil E ; ' i1 $1.00 a Year. "This Argus o'er the people's rights Doth an eternal vigil keep ; No soothingstrains of Maia's son Shall lull itshundred eyes to sleep." $1.00 a Yean VOIi. XXII. GKXLDSBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST, 15, 1907. NO. 51 -.9 '.1 T Bible and Flag Pre sentation at Pikeville. BIG CROWD HEARS ELOQUENT ADDRESS OF A G0LDSB0R0 LAWYER. Mr. E. W. Hill In Masterful Speech Explains The Principles of Junior Order. On Thursday of this week the Xodge of Junior Order of United .American Mechanics at Pikeville, presented the public school at that .place with a Bible and an American flag. The occasion was made notable hy a barbecue and the attendance of .several members of the order from this city. The presentation speech -was made by Hon. George E. Hood, who has been at the head of the order in this State and who has been a delegate to the National Council. His effort did him great credit and was received with enthusiasm by the large audience present. We regret -that we could not secure a copy of Mr. Hood's -speech for publication. In addition to the speech of pre sentation, Mr. E. W. Hill, of this city, who has recently graduated in the jstudy of law and passed a successful examination before the Supreme Court of this State, . was down on the pro gram for a speech for the entertain ment of the Juniors and their wives, children and sweethearts who were present to witness the ceremonies and participate in and prepare the -dinner. The speech of Mr. Hill is a jgem of oratory. It is replete with ornate phrases and contains many .aioble sentiments that can be perused with pleasure by those of a literary durn of mind, and with profit by those -who may desire to be informed as to the fundamental principles of this great order to which so many of our lest citizens belong. The Argus takes great pleasure in publishing the speech solely oh its merits, which -Is as follows: 3rother Councilor, Ladies and Gen tlemen: The object of our assembly on this happy occasion is one that is specially pleasing to every member of our great order, not only within the State of North Carolina but also throughout the length and breadth of our great Union. And while that object marks an epoch in the history of your local council, it marks a still greater epoch in the growth of sentiment that has been made popular among the people of our commonwealth by the untiring .advocacy and. efforts of our State and national organization through the membership of the local councils dis tributed all over the country. There lore, to raise a. flag over every school house and to place therein the Bible of 'our fathers, is a distinct policy f the Junior O. U. A. M., which is so closely interwoven with the principles upon which that organization is found ed as to be an inseparable part of -them, and that both the principles and policies as advocated are right is evidenced by the universal approval of the people wherever the flag of our country is held in patriotic devotion and the holy Bible is esteemed and reverenced as a rule and guide to our conduct. This being so, we are thankful to day to be present on this occasion; thankful that our name has been en rolled as one of this great patriotic brotherhood and thankful to the great Father that He has given ap proval to bur work by prospering us as He has prospered us in the past. And unto you who are here to-day, who have never passed through the sacred doors guarding the inner mys teries of our order and therefore know no more than you see on occasions like this of the basic truths and prin ciples upon which has been builded the magnificent edifice of our great "brotherhood, I would declare that you, too, should be sincerely thankful that we are a strong and prosperous brotherhood. For while fighting our own battles we are fighting your bat ties also against every open or secret foe who would pollute the soil of our - country or lower the ideals of our people. When I so speak to you the ques tion naturally arises: What are the principles of the Junior O. U. A. M.? That, I say, is a natural query, and in answer we now address our at tention. First, then, my friends, we are a fraternal organization, and as such, - we are no new thing under the sun, The principles of fraternalism have existed in every age and in every clime, and is nearly so old as man's "history. We read instances of It In Ihe pages of both secular and sacred "history, arid wherever we find it It is beautiful, refreshing and ennobling. The love that existed between 'and tnutnall7 hound rtenaerly together David, the son of Jesse, and Jonathan, the son of Saul, has had its counter part in the love of Damon and Pyth ias. Joseph loved and forgave his brethren, notwithstanding they had betrayed and sold him into bondage, and when they came to him for corn ne gave them gold also. History is replete with instances like unto these, softening the callousness of human nature and inspiring men that they may see with .new eyes a world still young and beautiful, and hear with new ears the call' of humanity struggling with its problems and ne cessities, and seeing and hearing, con tribute to its relief. Such is the mis sion and purpose of the Jr. O. U. A. M. We were born because of Ameri ca's necessities and nourished in the cradle of American conditions, and in our youth and strength we are essen tial to the happiness of the American people, in that we have an object and a mission. Our object is liberty and protection for the American people ; our mission the extension of the brotherhood of man. We no longer asl as did Cain: "Am I my brother's keeper?" We know we are and con science sets us to the task of level ing the hills and the mountains of in equalities that separate us, so that, freed from . the bondage of enslaving greed and overnourished selfishness, we may meet on the broad plain of the unity of hearts, unity of purpose and unity of action, for that which is mutually beneficial and contributory to the greatness and glory of our civ ilization. ' My brethren, we thank God for this spirit of brotherhood which is widely abroad in our land to-day, and we say unto Him, "lead kindly light" until we stand in the promised land of realization of the dreams and hopes of poets and priests and philosophers, "When the war drum throbs no longer, And the battle flag is furled, In the parliament of man, The federation of the world," and truth and beauty and righteous ness "shall be as the stars that re deem the night from darkness or as the beams of red light" to beautify the morning in a wiser conception of life, duty and human relationship. The first jewel in the crown of our brotherhood is the jewel of virtue. The splendor of it permeates our coun cil chamber, keeps burning brightly our altar fires and breathes harmony and peace through all our delibera tions. Entering for the first time our council chamber we are taught les sons of virtue, to the end that our lives may be individually moulded and prepared for the higher relationships therein assumed; and go where we will, to where Aurora opens the gates of the morning, across the world even to the gates of sunset, and the essence of those principles there instilled go with us. They companion our steps and our thoughts, ennobling ourlives, and lift us to the mountain tops. They perforce make purer our lives and fit us for a nobler citizenship We can have no great citizenship if virtue is lost to our people. If we would be a great people we must be a virtuous people. If we would be a great nation we must keep pure the altar fires of our homes; keep pure our relationship with one another; meet the issues of life squarely and solve our problems in the light of Christianity and the accumulated wisdom of the ages. To that end virtue puts into our hands the holy Biole as a precept and example to guide our steps into green pastures of the purity of the eternal Father. This virtue does because the Bible contains the profoundest exemplifica tions of herself and doctrines of mor ality ever given to man for his guid ance; the sweetest promises to exalt, ennoble and inspire his actions. De stroy all the literature of the world and keep this old Bible of our fathers' our lives will still be rich and sweet and .full. Destroy the Bible and keep the rest of the literature of the world and we will destroy the most vitaliz- ing influence for virtue, morality and charity; and empty out of our lives the sweetest, most gracious and nour ishing power that we know and which no other book can fill. Let us study the Bible, therefore, and lean) deep of its truths, for it contains the only history we have of the creation; it contains the songs of the sweetest singers who have lived since the morning of that creation; It contains the wisdom of the sagest of philoso phers; it contains the biographies of the godliest of men; it contains the teachings of Christ, the purest ethics in the history of the world; but dear er than all, it contains the plan of salvation, the redemption of man and the assurances of immortality after death. We cherish virtue therefore as a cardinal principle of our brotherhood, believing that it is necessary for a nobler citizenship, and that by follow ing her benign influences our . days will be gladdened with the fullness of our God's rich promises and peace abide with us forevermore. Is that all? No, my brethren, the jewel of liberty shines resplendent in the crown of our brotherhood and is another cardinal principle of our great order. As the North star is to the mariner, guiding his ship aright through the night across the trackless waste of mighty waters, so has the star of liberty beckoned to men and guided them through the ages towards the goal of a larger freedom. It was this star that our pioneer fathers saw and followed from "white Albion s shore" and the shores of all conti nental Europe to build new homes in the waste of the American continent. It was this star that set them nobly to the task of conquering the savage tribes that denizened the forest fast nesses, leveling the ancient woods, building homes, establishing govern ment and tilling the fields which we inaerit to-day In plenty and peace. It was this star that kept alive the fires of courage in the hearts of the men who followed Washington, Putnam, Green and others through the stormy days of the Revolution and won signal victories at Bunker Hill, Guilford Court House and Yorktown. It was this star that inspired the Declara tion of American Independence and the establishment of American institu tions; and the same star to-day is shining its influence into the hearts of the oppressed people of Russia, in spiring them and setting them to the task of striking from their limbs for ever the clanking chains of bondage which have held them in servitude through march of centuries. The same star hung over the fortunes of the Southern cross, and God, in His wis dom, through the arbitrament of war, decreed that human slavery, save for crime, should be driven from a soil dedicated to freedom forever, and Southern arms went down in defeat in obedience to His . larger purpose. My brothers, that same star is in fluencing us to-day. We boast of our freedom and strut in the glory of our pride. But this message I bring to you we are not iree, nor will we ever be, so long as ignorance raises his hideous head and holds enthralled the minds of our people. Mr. Blair, in discussing our free school system, has this to say: 'The first indispensable thing is the power to think, and whatever people has that power, and the most of it, will be most free. Virtue results from it, because virtue is the child must be instructed by intelligence. The common school, then, is the basis of freedom, and the system is an ab solute condition precedent to the spread and perpetuity of republican institutions throughout the-- country and the world. Ignorance is slavery. No matter what are the existing forms of government, ignorance will reduce them to one form of despotism as surely as gravity will bring the stone to the earth and keep it there. Knowledge is liberty, and no matter whai the forms of government, knowl edge generally diffused will carry lib erty, life and power to all men, and establish universal freedom so long, and only so long, as the people are universally made capable of its exer cise by universal intelligence." From this we deduce that the com mon school system is the foundation of our country's full freedom and uni versal knowledge, the keystone in the arch of her perpetuity and glory. To this realization the minds of our peo ple are turning as never before in the history of our State, and demand ing an enlargement of pur free school system, whatever the cost; recogniz ing that in the minds of our children is stored the greatest wealth of our State and nation and the safety and perpetuity oi our republic. So to-day I appeal to the friends of education everywhere to unite and shoulder to shoulder march on to the strains of our battle hymn, "My coun try, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty." As Americans, we have met other enemies of our country on every bat tle field; as Americans we have never suffered defeat; and as Americans we will, by the grace of God, in the full ness of time conquer, too, this enemy of our country, of our governmental institutions, of our society, and of our homes and firesides, and drive him before our victorious banners from our American soil forever. My brethren, our great order, eighteen thousand strong in North Carolina, is in this fight for educa tion to the finish. Hammer in hand and with strong arms, we are striking and shall continue to strike until our people everywhere are liberated from the bondage of ignorance and shall stand up free men and free women, their faces shining with a new glory and their hearts bursting to the meas ure of a new song. Then and not 'til then will our emancipation be com plete and, like Job, we can see the mane of the war horse clothed in thunder; y'or like Wortsworth, the presence of God in the face of the streams and flowers and even the "meanest thing that grows," or like David, be able to exclaim, "The heav ens declare the glory of God; and the firmaments sheweth his handiworks. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge;" then and not 'til then will our State and nation be exalted to the full stature of their influence and power and fitted for the larger destiny of carrying the torch of freedom in one hand and the gospel of Christianity in the other to the uttermost bounds of the earth until that time shall come in the affairs of men, when the light of Bartholdi's "liberty statue" over hanging the bay of New York shall receive back a responsive light from every island and continental country of the world. The last great jewel in the crown of our brotherhood is the jewel of pa triotism. Like virtue and liberty, it is a fundamental principle of our great organization. If we are a virtu ous and free people, and as such would continue to be, then we must be a patriotic people also. The found ers of the Jr. O. U. A. M. recognizing this great fact to be Incontrovertible wrote that into the constitution which makes it distinctly a patriotic organi zation, having as our motto "America fpr America," and as our flag the flag of our country. And it is my opinion to-day that these three great principles combined virtue, liberty and patriotism form a triumvirate of magnificent principles the superior of which is not offered by any like or ganization under the blue dome of heaven. What is patriotism? Patriotism in its final analysis may be defined as that love which one bears for the country of his nativity; that devotion which clusters about that country's flag; that exaltation and pride one feels in his country's past; that hope throbbing perennially for that coun try's future; that determination which he experiences to make that future even more glorious than the past, by contributing his life in war or in peace to the perpetuation of her insti tutions, the mantenance of her laws and the advancement of the common interest and the common good of all the people. And. my friends, we have every incentive to be a patriotic people, for this Is a glorious country indeed which the Almighty has given us, vast in her resources, rich in her mines and fields and unconquerable in the march of her destiny. Self sus taining at home the overplus of her industries go out along every channel of trade to all the countries of the world, bringing back their gold to enrich the coffers of our treasury. Set like a sentinel between the two great oceans, Columbia proudly raises her head queen of the Western Hemi sphere and the superior of every na tion of the world? And to-day where soever that old flag waves, whether over the Isle of Pines or the far off Luzon, it stands for equality, virtue and liberty, and we of the South who have given to the world such sol diery as that which followed the stars and bars, and such generals as Jack son and Lee, stand ever ready to keep and maintain it as such. That great singer of human obser vations, William Shakespeare, has said that "it is the common lot of all to die," and we know that this is true. To-day the mighty battleship steams its way across watery waste, bounding like "Persus' horse," over "liquid mountains," to-morrow it lies rusting upon the white sands of the seashore. To-day the mighty oak flourishes amid forest fastnesses, giv ing shade to the weary traveler, to morrow it lies rotting unobserved where it has fallen. To-day man flourishes like a green bay tree, his mind directing the great forces of commerce and trade, robbing the ele ments of their power and setting them to the task of carrying his messages and the fruits of his industries over the world, to-morrow he lies mould ing among the silent clods of the valley. These things all perish and are forgotten. But the principles which I have enunciated here to-day cannot die. They will live so long as human societies exist, and men love their homes, love liberty, love their country, and fraternalism holds out its arms to aid and assist a distressed and weary brother. PROMINENT MAR RIAGE IN RALEIGH. Mrs. Octavia Winder Ludlow Skinner Weds. A Quiet Home Affair With Only Per sonal Friends present. The Couple Will Go Abroad tor a Year or Two. (By Special Wire to the Argus.) Raleigh, Aug. 10. At the home of Mrs. John C, Winder here at noon to day ber daughter, Mrs. Octavia Win der Ludlow Skinner, was married hy Father Griffin, pastor of the Snored Heart Church, to Pr. Joseph Edward Boyian, of Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. John H. Winder, formerly of Raleigh, but lor a number of years a resident of Cincinnati, was present at the marriage, which was a quiet home affair with only personal friends present. The bride was the widow of the late J. Ludlow Skinner, who was killed by Ernest Haywood in the sensational shooting here near the postofflce a few years ago, and a daughter of Major John C. Winder, who was a widelv known railroad man and prominent citizen. The couple will go abroad for u year or two. STRIKE GROWS. (Special wire to the Abghts.) Chicago, Aug. 10. The telegraph situation this morning is very serious. Chicago is practically cut off from the balanoe of the world, since the Western Union men were joined last night by the Postal operators. Business and commercial Interest are suffering heavily. V A settlement is not yet in sight. NEWS FORECAST OF THE COiWING WEEK. ITS LICENSE RESTORED. Southern Surrenders to the State For Sake of Peace. Special to The Argus. Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 10. J. B. Thompson, assistant to President Fin ley in Alabama, today appears in a public letter printed in the State news papers, stating that tbe action of tbe Southern in making concessions to the State, while not yielding any legal right, was, as in North Carolina and Virginia, to preserve peace and order. The Southern's license in Alabama has been reinstated, and no inconven ience has been felt on either side. TO-DAYSJMARKET. Special to The Argus. New York, Aug. 10. Cotton market was irregular, and the opening went four points lower to four higher. August 11.59; Oct. 11.24; Dec 12.37; March 12.60. Cotton spots closed 12.65. The stock market was characterized by general declines. Chicago, Aug. 10. Wheat went down 1 1-2 cents today soon after the open ing. Later there was a partial recovery. September wheat 88, corn 55, oats 43 1-4. Lard 9.15, ribs 8.70; pork not quoted. Happenings of Interest The Warld Orer Gleaned Variously to Suit a Various-minded Public. (By special wire to The Argits. Washington, D. C, Aug. 10. Secretary Taft is to leave Murray Bay the first of the week for Washing ton, stopping on his way for a confer ence with the President at Oyster Ity. He plans to remain in Washington about a week and . will then depart oa a speech-making tour of the West. The annual convention of the I tiler national Typographical Union, one the strongest of American labor or ganizations, will convene at Hot Springs, Ark., Momiay for a w-k session. The first of the (iniiKii-Atiierh-ao. races at Kiel for the souilt r boats. for which the Werman Kmieror has iUVred. a valuable trophy, will be silvl Mon day. Consideration of the competencyof Mrs. Mary Baker G. Kdd.v, head of the Christian Science Church, will be taken, up Tuesday by the master and co masters Hjmointed by .ludir Chamber lain of the SuieriT Cmtrt at I'oticuril, N. H. Lieiitenant-feiiei nl Arthur MeAr thur and other notables will attend the annual national encampment of the Army of the Philippines, which is to assemble Tuesday in Kansas City. The Republicans of Maryland wilL assemble in State convention Wednes day to name candidates tor the offices, to be tilled at the fall election. The National Ntjrro Business League, of which Booker T. Washington is president, will assemble in unnuai ses sion Wednesday at 'i'opeka, Kas. The International Zionist Congress will meet Wednesday at The Ha.. tie for a session or six days. The object of the movement is tbe creation of a. legally secured home for Jewish peo ple in Palestine. The meeting of King Edward and Emperor Francis Joseph at Ischl next Thursday is regarded as of high politi cal importance. In addition to dis cussing many international questions it is stated that Emperor Francis Joseph will endeavor to bring about a final reconciliation between King Edward, and Emperor William of Oermany. At Camp Perry, Ohio, next Friday and Saturday, a preliminary contest will be held for places on the American team that will participate in the inter national rifle contests tor the Pal ma, trophy at Ottawa, Out., next month. Prince Wilhel ui, son of the Crown Prince Gustav of Sweden, is scheduled to arrive at Jamestown the last of this week. After spending several davs At the Exposition he will proceed to Washington and New York and later will spend a week at Newport, Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and Never Suspect it. Prevalency of Kidney Dienso. 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