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it The Weekly Star. .,-CX published at . - - - f ... ! ' Tj j '73'- .-.. A . 'M Ti ll "xl TTTry nT , - 1 rrtra - 'a -rr-w; -:: V r ' - T-, " i-liiiliiSlli V0L-:SVI11--- k": MINGTON, N. C, FBroAY; NOVEMBER 26. 1886. i ' .. 1 :,-,;iJ.;r:,.r-J""-"-'-. Kn'l1 IS8SS8SS gS3S8B8S8S838S SSS888SSSSSS8SS88 . -ijjuoK I S88SS88S8SSS888S8 K3 o Jj X ijj jC tj JO g gj jj g g g g z ; - 283888288888888 h w w o t- ae a o i w io o so a 3 O W I- an ( ' , T?'ee J the Post Office atcwnmlngtoa. , o, ' as Second Class Matter J ; , . STBSCBirTIOJ!r JPBICE. fhe subscri6tion price of the Weedy gr.i7 u as follows : Sinde Copy 1 year, postage paid, f fi months. V ' , 1.50 1.00 .50 6 months, 3 months A DANGEROUS DE3XA.ND, i The negroes of North Carolina are de susiidin.se a State University for people of color. It strikes us that this is rather bold id unreasonable, and they would appear to belter advantage by improving the ad vantages tney nave msieaa or reacning out f.r a CoKe2e.cf their Qwn. In default of this thev threaten to "knock at the doors" of Chapd Kil!. The real meaning of this we fancy is that same artful politicians are at tke to'.t m of the business, and that the negroes, &s usual, have been taken 88 the cifs? paw to use in this business. Norfolk Jigiemaric. I , This is the lirst notice we have s?fD of a threatening, disturbing; ele ment. Boon after the war the Radi- eals t'-t- hold of the University, il..n' Anon If Q trCTA tf f 1) k narrvnao 'vr- - - rva";wwk pat ya a oi 01 sap-neaas ana noooaies pai 11 ssjro oftS5cr!",'and succeeded in clos- 10 US UOUiS. It was a moat mex- - . i cu3ble and fhameful act of vandal ism and unadulterated deviltry, j It sis meanness in essence and the men eaecL iu it have never been for- given by the educated men of the State. The University will i not; be agaia- opened to the negroes for the 6arac result weald inevitably follow. Whenever the negroes reach that standard of preparatory scholarship ' . .1 ! C - O . A - 1 1 to atny me erection 01 a v lege for their special benefit then: it may be done. But. we would sooner expect to see the last negro common school closed than to . see a State University for negroes built and equipped and endowed by the white tax-payers of the State. There is ' a growing sentiment of hostility now to sustaining negro schools by white sacrifice and toil, ard it will onlyi re quire the agitation alluded to in -the above paragraph from the Landmark to give powerful impetus to the ' hostile sentiment and doom the negro free schools for all time. - The whits people of North Caro- . , . . ... 1 ima nave maas sacrinceB lor the ne groes that are fcublimo when their own conditio:! 1 ot stru2 1a considered. Petled. strioDed. rob I a a i be:t ns.tlTt-v' were Ijy the Yankee .rraitf7, unfriendly- legislation that. followed ;the; close of the war. and the devouring tjarpet-baggers, the whites went to work to try to get bread, and to build up their wasted fortune?. Their sole basts of credit, the negroes, had been swept away and yet they struggled on, jtoil isg, moiling, sweating, struggling, until at last the desert began to (blos som agaiu. In all these years of labor and suspense : and oppression the white men bore with surpassing for titude and equanimity all reveries of fortune, and begin to re-establish the common schools and the colleges and - the University. . All through the years they have deliotraiely. taxed themselves that . their recent slavps snau receive a primary education. I he school fund in North Carolina has at laslTeached $700,000, with an upward tendency, and this fund is equally divided between whites and blacks. JNow if m the face of this grand effort to educate the negroes they finouLd lend themselves to the vur dictive work of trying to force them selves into the University, knowing it would destroy it. thev mav as well wake up their minds to get aM edu cation through their own race, for the whites will soon abolish thecom- mon school system and let each race educate its ownchildren rathe r than permit the University to be again closed bv the machinations 6f bad- mar, j v . ... 1 .1. ' vuu lUgiabtfcUUO V. HiV gross. White tax-payers have done grandly, but they are quite capable w maintaining their rights and re finking insolence and ingratitude. I. Ihe incomparable Ettrickj Shep herd was fond of ; good jokesl good poetry, good company and oysters. He said in the delightful "NocW "A month without- an R has nae rxcnt being in the year." , tilonous it North makes 'Tickler call. the lusi cious bivalves "in truth precious powldowdies" which is Scotch - for oysters. Owinff.io the very uncom 1 monly dry Beason the New River v,avj1AnmAiaa J- i,- powldowdies are more inferior than "we remember to have seen them. At their best they - are of unsurpassed flavor and deliciousness. 1 be Lord Chief Justice of Eng land 13 now on trial for libel. I How will it sound if be is convicted. : EX-PKESIDENT ABTHTJB. . . The death of an ex-President of the United States' should call forth special editorial . reference from pa pers of all parties. Going into the highest office in our country voder such tragic circumstances, and at a time of great anxiety and apprehen sion, he so bore himself with manly dignity and patriotic fairness and so conducted the affairs of the country at large that he steadily grew in pop ular favor and put the public , bust- i ness in a better condition than Jftien he assumed office; JJay, more "than this, he found thlcountiy disquieted, .thtwa-sections Jn. ,bitte?,ntag reai,the est-inen-in the Sowth filled with'gravesf 'appreuenMons, and.he left it with peace and confidence and good .wljt.prevailing from border to border, and assurance and hope re- j stored to all sections. He was fair i towards the South, allowed its people towork out their deBtiny'undislurbed by threats and pnmolested by vin dictive, coercive measures. Under his judicious, i American system treating all - sections alike and with the same regard he commanded the confidence of his countrymen, and retired from office with the respect of both parties. No man ever began office under more depressing circumstances ex cept Andrew Johnson. Mr..s Arthur was elected Vice President on the ticket with Gen. Garfield, and it was sincerely beheved by a large minori ty of the electors of the country that the ticket was composed of corrupt men. Mr. Arthur was regarded with genuine suspicion j by the Democrats, and was thought to be a vicious ward -politician of the New York type. 'His own President had driven him from office because of improprieties, if not corruption. But he left behind htm whatever of dieagreeableness there was in his political record,' and as suming the high iunstions ot the Presidency of fifty millions of people he knew no section and extended to the South as he : did to the North even-handed justice. This made him friends among his opponents. " It is not meant to assert that his Administration was free from faults or was not partisan. ; It was a Re publican Administration,and was the best the country bad bad since Buch anan's, which terminated 4th March, 1S61. Presidentj Arthur exhibited more ability, more statesmansnip, more character than was expected by either party, and it is . only fair, and just to bis memory that these things should be said in a Democratic news paper that opposed steadfastly what ever was distinctively Republican iod partisan. j I - - All.of tbe Presidents are dead ex- ceDt Cleveland. 1 Ut course no one would think of Hayes in connection with that office.' He got into the White House by crawling over the back fence and j sliding down tbe chimney that made him very black and dirty. i i Convention Personals. Among the young ministers present is Thomas Dixon. Jr., now of Goldsboro,who recently quit the law for the pulpit, and Mr. W. H. Osborne, of the Shelby Aurora, who has also- determined to enter tbe min istry. - '."'''" Rev. J. A. Leslie, the young pastor at Tarboro, is reporting for the Baltimore Baptist, and Rev. C. 8. Farriss, associate editor, for the Biblical Beeorder. Both are talented and good looking. Col. L L. Polk, editor of the beautifully printed and ably edited Progressive Farmer is among the prominent laymen of the Convention. i '' - Col. J, VL Heck and his son-in-law, W. HJ Pace. Efia.. of RaleiBh. are in tne leaa of all the important matters of the Conven tion, and are liberal in theirwealth to its oblccts Mr V. a Harrell. editor of the If. U. TeafTier and of the firm of A. Williams & Ca booksellers. Raleiah. jooks as iresn nrl rpnrtv fnr work as ever. Cant. N. L. Shaw, jormeny eaitor 01 m ISdentbn Enauirer. but , now one of the progressive business men of Warrenton, is ""irr 5 . . . ",1 . The uonvention is wen reirccuicit uj educators: Professors Gore ana. tlume from tbe University of Hortu uaronnajxjr. Taylor, Professors r foieat. aianiy. . n . nrpni Mnravlan Falls Acaaemy: ur, Tt Ttnnne Jndson Uolieee: r. uoogoou, Oxford Female Seminary ;' J. B. Brewer, Chowan Female Institute Murfreesboro, Hpv t? T Mallorv. Shelby Female Col . No man is more popular with everybody than the large man with a great heart, Mr. J. B. Mills, manager 01 me nayuai. ui- phanage at Thomasville, I - Rev. A. Q. and J. M. McMannaway. brothers, the one at Charlotte and the other at Wilson, are among the ablest and finest looking men of the body. Rev. Baylus Cade, of Louisburg, loofes nri talk's likfi & man dead in earnest, as he really is. !' Prof, Hobgood, G. W. Blount, Esq., and Maj. W. A, Graham are generally consid .nH loadinir in rtArliamentarv nractice. Rey. Amos Weaver, Rev. Haynes Len non and J. L. Wescott are the three oldest men in the Convention. Criminal Conrt. The jury in the case of John Jones and Monroe Hawkins, colored, charged with burglary, after being out Friday aight re turned " into court yesterday at 11 a. m., finding John Jones guilty as charged in the j bill of indictment and Monroe Hawkins not euilty; Jones' counsel made a motion for a new trial, which will be argued Wed nesday. Both the prisoners were remana- ed to jail, Jones to awair sentence and Hawkins for trial on a warrant charging him with receiving stolen goods, John Knox, charged with larceny, was found guilty and sentenced to two years In the penitentiary, I " " " - - - - . - - - - - - -- - ---- - j J r JOV, XZLfiV. I Second Day's ProeeedlDca-more Dele , '.satesin Attenaance TieiiKion Ex ,' ': ' a-.v--- , - .-.w' i..-v... ; ercuea Committees o Annonneed State RXtialooa, &c," 7- ' - ".v J' OCOBOTHG SESSION. - J . -; . The .Convention commenced its second day's work promptly at 9.80 a. m.- The sunrise prayer and praise meeting had been well attended, and was led by Rev R Van Deventercf Edenton. ,7 c; - ' t ,Th delegates looked more refreshed than vestocday, when so many of them were fa tigued from the night ride on the Carolina Central railroad.. Additional members re ported and , several visitors among r the latter Rev Dr Carroll, of Asheville; ReVT P Bell, Assistant Corresponding Secretary of Foreign Missions of the 8oulhern Bap tist Convention ; Rev F M Batterwhile and G F Williams, of the South Carolina Bap- tut Stale Convention, the last named repre enting the Baptist Courier, r Q "W Manly, of Wi Wake Forest Col lege,, read the viiith chapter of Romans and offered prayer, and Dr Bailey, President, called the Convention to order. ' - ' After tbe reading of the iournal of yes- day Mr G R French, of Wilmington, made some touching, remarks and prayed for God's blessings upon' the members of the Convention and the work before them. Rev. J B Boone,' correspondent from the Western Convention, presented resolu tions from that body respecting. Ashe and Alleghany territory, and they were referred to a special committee consisting of Revs G W Greene. W R Gwaltney. T H Pritca- ard, N B Cobb, John Mitchell and J D Hufham. - -' '- The President announced the following aa tbe Committee on Baptist Orphanage: Revs C Durham. 'V W B Wingate. W B Morton, B Cade. J F Moore, E W Wobten, TJH Honeycutt, and Messrs. W L Poteat E A Covington. ; :.J:t ji" -.-; . - Od General Education Dr C.E Tailor, Profs J W Gore, G W Manly, Thos Hume. Jr. W L Poteat, G ', W Greene F P Hobgood, J B Brewer and R D Mallory On the Care of Aged Ministers Revs T G Wood. J A Leslie, 8 H Thompson, C E Gower, and Messrs J M Weaver, J H Mills, On Distribution of the Bible and Re- ligioua Literature Revs. J S Purefoy, J.S Hardaway. G P Hamrick, M L Greene, J L White, Haynes Lennon, John Mitchell Oa Erection of Houses of Worship- Revs J W Perry, A W Price, W R Gwalt ney, J H Lamberth, J R Jones, W A Pool. The hour for the special order the re port on- State 'Missions arrived. Rev A G McMannaway, of Charlotte, offered a re solution pledging the Convention to raise $ 9,000 for State missions for the next year. Several members suggested that it be made $10,000. - -- t - . ' The Convention was addressed by Rev W R Gwaltney, in behalf of the new church building in that city, and the cause in Gail ford county. ' ' 7 ' .";, .,' Bev 8 J Do well, of Hamilton, in behalf of the GosDel destitution in the Eastern portion of the State. ' . Rev N B Cobb, of Hickory, for the Pied mont section, where he insisted Baptist prin ciples were lesi known than in any section of North Carolina, and where the teachings of the Bible are less believed and practiced. Rev A G McMannaway cautioned the Convention against nndertaking too much. If they were ready for a pledge of $10,000 he was: "but let us look at it." he said. 'as business men," Rev. C. Durham, of Durham, epoke to the report generally. "Our strength, he said, "was in God ; if we shall depend upon Him, we can go forward." Rev G PBostick, of Concord, spoke of the church recently organized in that town, and of their desire and purpose to build a honse. T " j "V.:;-. -- ir;". Rev W A Pool, of Lenoir, spoke of the work in that section, and called attention to the need of help in the effort to build a church house in the town of Lenoir. , In the course of his remarks he said that it was the religion of Jesus Christ that would settle the difficulties arising between capital and labor. . f : - Rev W H Battle, of Wadesboro. said it would be going backward to undertake no more than was done last year. He thought the Convention ought to. recognize God's blessing in' the past year, by making an offering of greater endeavor for the year to come, and was therefore in favor of the resolution to raise $10,000. . - Rev Dr Hufham offered to amend ihe proposition by making the sum $12,500, and in thrilling j eloquence spoke for the same. my uays, saia ne, c u mo past; but you Vann, McMannaway, Hunt er. Norris, Durham, Jones and the other host of young men have the future before you, and why should you falter at difficul ties the work is God's " With pathos and power Mr Hufham drew all hearts to the new proposition. Prof J W Gore, of the University. Chape Hill, said the members needed teacning on the sullect of giving, as a privilege and joy in the Christian life. Col L L Polk, of Winston, said he be lieved in taking a step farther and never going backward. Prof Thomas Hume, Jr, of the Universi ty, Chspel Hill.l looked upon this occasion as an important opportunity, and desired to be recorded as being in hearty sympathy with all that looks to the up-building of the cause of Christ in North Carolina; although so recently coming to the State.,' Rev R T Vann, of Wake Forest, wanted the Convention to think of this: If the in crease for State missions will diminish contributions to other objects t ' Rev J fV Wildman, of Laurinburg, said enthusiasm was all right at the proper time, hut not the way to raise money. He spoke of the experience in Virginia on the great memorial occasion .- Mai W A Graham, of Lincoln county thought members had better take the prop osition to the churches, rather than to speak for them here. He, too, had expe rienced difficulties in meeting the pledges of enthusiastic occasions. W H Pace, i Esa. of Raleigh, who has been ' the Chairman of the' Board of Mis. sions, said what had been accomplished during the past year had - not been; done without a struggle, and two laymen, feel ing the importance of coming here without debt on the State Mission Board, had raised and paid into the treasury one sixth of the whole amount reported. He urged conser vatism; was not opposed to the proposition, put wanted every member to feel the weight I of the pledge, if made. ... ' " " " :l f Bev A D Cohen', of Sraithviile, thought members ought to undertake $12,500; and, I as it was in thti battles of ; the late war, if I North Carolinians were called to the charge ,j they would succeed. : ' Prof F P Hobgood,' President of Oxford I Female Seminary! feared the undertaking. Last year many had been under the spur of the . Corresponding -r Secretary; ;s and; a he doubted if bis association would be able to do next year as much as last for 8tate mis sions. - .., r? . -'-'-si , -.j Dr Hufham again urged his proposition to raise $13,600 for! the next year'; : Revu Baylus -Cade, of .Louisburg, said what they needed to do was to go. heme and perfect tho units. He - favored the propo sition; if JLhcy:-did f not- undertake great things they wohld not accomplish them. After some consultation.: Dr . Haf ham's proposition was - withdrawn and that for $10,000 adopted by a hearty rising vote.; Several announcements - were made and then the body adjourned with benedic'tyOB by Rev J W Perry, of Btatcsville,; Addltloaal Iilet of Delegate. ' " " ATIi ANTIC ASSOCIATION. .- Goldsboro W GBritt, J E Peterson. " BBAULAH ASSOCIATION. ' " Reidsville C A Rominger. " CAPB FEAB ASSOCIATION. ! Whiteville J F Hanell. Smith vil!eJ L VVeecott. - - CENTBAL" ASSOCIATION. ' New Hope M W Buffaloe, Raleigh. - : 1 First Baptist Church, Raleigb Eugene G tiarreu. . r. CALDWELL COUNTY ASSOCIATION. - Lower Creek R L Steele, Lenoir. EASTERN ASSOCIATION. ML Olive R C Sandhng. Willard. Weirs Cbapel L K Uigbsmitb, Uarrell's btore. -' -- ' FLAT RIVER ASSOCIATION. Oxford JS Meadows. KINO'S MOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION. . Shelbj-Will H Qsborne. LIBERTY ASSOCIATION.- Friendship R A Womack, Winston. Rich Fork J H iliO?, Thomasville. FEE DEB ASSOCIATION. Rockingham HCDockery. ROBES3N ASSOCIATION. Alma P A Fore. ; - Bear Swamp J N Page, Page's Mill. Cross Roads Haynes" Lennon, Orton, BANDY CBKEK ASSOCIATION. Cool Springs T M Temple, Sanford. SOUTH EI VEB ASSOCIATION. v Ebenezer Kedar Vann. TAB K1VER ASSOCIATION. . Tarboro J A Leslie. WEST CHOWAN ASSOCIATION , Murfreesboro J B Brewer. T A Brett, D A Day. - s Bethlehem D A Woodson, Murfreesboro. YADKIN ASSOCIATION. Enoa David Jenkins, Lewisville., . . EVENING SESSION. The Convention assembled at 7.30 p. m. The congregation sang "All. Hail the Power of Jesus' Name " Tbe special order for the .evening was Foreign MUsions. Rev Dr Whitfield, of New .Bern, one of the Vice Presidents of the Foreign Mis sion Bo&rd, read the third chapter of Ephe sians. . Rev N B' Cobb, of Hickory offered prayer. Mrs Jenkins sang as a solo "Above the Stars there is Rest." Prof Geo W Maaly. of Wake Forest Col lege. bci!g the firf-t speaker. 6aid what he should 6-iv would 'only be introductory. He beht ved in tDlbusiasm and hoped this subject would bS enthusiastically received. He referred to fte work and great, success among the Telugus, and of Adoniram Judson's long waiting and final triumph. The children of Israel were kept back from the Promised Land, but God gave it to them at last. He appealed to the members of the 'Convention to lay before tbeir churches the work of Foreign Missions, that they might be brought in sympathy with its needs. Rev Mr Bell, Assistant Corresponding Secretary of the Foreign Missions Board of tbe Southern Baptist Convention, was the next speaker introduced. He reviewed the field whtre the missionaries are located. China, Italy, tbe Island of Sardinia, Brazil and Mexico. God. had peculiarly favored the old North State in the person of Mat thew T.lTates, tbe foremost of all the for eign niibssiorittiius, and lately tending to his aid Herring aad Bryan. Every mission ary sent makes it necessary to send more men, more church houses, more chapels, more schools; and all this calls for more money. ( In former times, he said, we prayed for God to open the doors to the heathen world. We don't pray that now; there is no need for it for the doors are open, and there is not a land or country to day where the herald of the cross may not go. We used to pray for God to raise up and send forth men to praach the Gospel to the perishing heathen This has been done, and almost every day men and women "are offering themselves for work in loreign fields. The neea. upon ns now is money. God alone could open the doors - and send tbe men. We are to furnish the money. We need not pray Woo to turn some of our mountains into gold, and say go and mine it. He will not do it; but He has put the gold ia the pockets of the members 01 the churches ana cans on us to give it out. - " - He aDPealed - for larger contributions and closed his able address. ' ' , , The congregation stood and sangJ'There is a Fountain filled with Blood." . Rev Dr Whitfield called attention to the fact often lost sight of. that we are under obligation to send the Gospel to all nations; that the nations 01 me eartu wuuout me Word of Life are going down to everlast ing night. They are lost now. There are six hundred times as many people in these heathen lands as in North Cirolina. If other nations had the 'Gospel as our Amer ica has, what a glory it would be to Christ.; Let us think of these things as ap-, pealing to us. A million of white Baptists, we are with only twenty eight missionaries in the foreign field. There are others there, thank God for it, but we are not doing our part in it. , Herring and Bryan were sent none to soon. Yates and Honnex have been compelled to stop for rest. Let us send others and support them." . The congregation sang "The Morning Light is Breaking," and were dismissed. Tblrd Day's Proceeding Eduea- tlonal Matters "Wate Forest col " lege Sunday School Work-Additional Delegates Reported. - , . T - MOBNTNO SESSION. - ' : The Convention was called to order by the President at 9.80 am. , . After devotional exercises aad reading the minutes of yesterday Prof C E Taylor, President of Wake Fore9t College,' offered a series of resolutions looking to a more thorough organization of the work of edu-r cation among1 Baptists id tbe State.' The resolutions were adopted, After -discussion 17 Viof Taylor; J H Mills and Dr Hnf bam. - -The Sunday School work being the special order for 10 30 o'clock; the report was read by N B Broughton, of Raleigh -a - " The report shows an Increase in Sunday School work; More of the country chnrches are keeping pp their schools during the en- -tire year than formerly.-- .' . pi i " " Eleven years agor when the Convention met in this city,-there was a large debt upon the . Board : and only about .8,000 pupils ; ' now we have no debt and more than 63,000 pupils. Mr. . Broughton urged - that the Sunday school was not tbe nurwry, but the work-shop, of thejChurcb . Let us magnify the importance of the Sunday school work. It is the right arm power of the Church -ii .Col. Heck agreed ; heartily ' with i Mr Broughtonv The Second Church ia Ra leigh grew out of a mission Sunday school. The Third Church 5n Raleigh also w a child of-, the Sunday school; work. If a church wilt employ as pastor a man who does not believe in Sunday schools,' that church needs a missionary sent to them. '"At the close of his speech Col. Heck offered a resolution recommending renewed efforts to establish Sunday schools in all destitute sections, and recommending that every member in each Sunday school con tribute one cent per month on each first Sabbath to the extension of the work, and turning this Over to the Sunday School Board for expenditure, as they may find ne cessary. " . ' 1 Mr. Eugene Harrell, of Raleigh, said that he never found a community where it was impossible to sustain a good Sunday school and wherever they: were organized it brought the people nearer together and in more harmony with each other. Ha gave several notable illustrations. With these facts the reason was apparent for the exist ence or a Sunday schooljin every commu nity. , ; .m- jjVv ; V'-V" Rev Dr W A Nelson claimed to be a practical man and made' suggestions ac cordingly.; He thought the work needed a general superintendent a man that would give his whole time and mind to -this sub ject; going into eveiy section, lifting up and organizing, holdiog institutes, &c. ' Rev J K Howell, of Selma, said that- a great work is being dona la the State in a missionary point of view. In many sec' ions of ' the - Slate flourishing churches have grown out of this Sunday school work Through this Sunday school missionary work, Bibles, tracts, and religious papers have been circulated in' many of the prisons and asylums of the State. - ". - ; : Mr Jacob S Allen, of . Wiimington, wanted to present . the business side of the subject. He had carried a letter of intro duction from the' Second Baptist Sunday School in Raleigh to South Carolina and found it as good a letter of credit as he needed.' Give me, he said, your children from three to ten years and you may have them after that Thess first impressions are the lasting ones. The words, the soogs, the scriptural truths that these children hear will last forever. Where is the father or mother who don't want their boy or girl .tfrowTup io be'gooi and useful? ,Noth injgso aids this desire as the work of the Sunday School . j . Dr Manly, of Wake Forest College, called' attention to the need of the right kind of work. It is one thing to know the truth and another to present it. ' We need officers tni teachers who are intelligent and prompt. Rev C Durham was heartily in favor of the employment of a man to give his entire time to tbe Sunday School- work. The report of the Sunday School Board and the resolution offered by Col Heck were adopted. 1 r Rev Jas S Purefoy reported for the Com mittee on tbe Distribution of the Bible and Religious Literature,- recommending a sys tem of colportage work by associations. On motion the report was laid upon the table. : '- '-- - The Committee to nominate the Board of. Education reported and the report was adopted. - j . . Tbe committee to whom was referred the resolutions from the Western Baptist Con vention ki regard to the organization of the Ashe and Alleghany Association, reported and the reportjwas adopted. The report said they had found no ground for complaint against any officer of this Convention, but could appreciate differ ences of opinion; they deprecated any mis understandings and , saw no cause for a feeling of rivalry, and it was.the desire of this body only to aid iu extending the Mas ter's cause wherever needed. V 1 . Rev Dr Pritchard, representing the Bible Department of the American Baptist Pub lication Society, read a communication giving an account of the Bible work.. A motion was made to print the com munication in the minutes. , Dr Hufham and Mr J H Mills opposed the motion, because they were not willing to endorse some o the statements in the paper. .- . ! Rey Ames Weaver, of Clayton, epoke of the early work of the Convention and the effect of the Bible work upon all our great work He referred to Rev Thomas Mere dith and the great work accomplished through his' labors. . , . . ' : Dr Pritchard spoke in support of the statements .made in the paper, read by him. Quite a lively and general discussion was engaged in and finally the paper was with' drawn.' ' . ' t On .notion of Maj Graham the report made by Rev J 8 Purefoy on Bible distri butloa. &c., was taken from the table and referred to the Sunday School Board." ; I Rev Dr A E Dickinson, editor of the Religious Herald, Richmond, Va., being present,' was welcomed . by the President and invited to a seat in the body. The following additional delegates re ported r; ;. ; : -- :. ; r v ; , " ;v Isaiah Carroll. South Washington, Mt Holly church; J W Powell, Clinton, East ern Association. -' .; - - ; Rev Thomas Carrick, Greenville,-; Tar River Association. . . : . : - Rev R D Mallory, Shelby. King's Moun tain Association.' - . - "' . '': ' . .- ; TB Parker, Goldsboro, Atlantic . Asso ciation. ' : - 'vfvi.'", P W Johnson, - Wake Forest, , Central Association. . :-: - :-. '" -, " -" .-' . ''.;-. W C Petty,': Manly, Sandy Creek Asso ciation. "- -.. ; .- I -,': - ' Mr J H Mills, from! the Committee on Aged and Infirm Ministers, reported,- re commending -the: appointment 01 a com' mittee of five - to prepare and submit some plan for the care ot aged and mnrm Bap tist preachers. Rev A M Conway, of. Wilmington, rep resenting the coloredPttaptiat State Conven tion, was welcomed.- He made a short1 address to the bod V and asked for co-orm-i ration and help in tijeirwork ,. . Prof 1 hoi Hume. Jr. offered a resolution looking to the appointment of a committee; to correspond wnh the churches as to the' best methods and pinna fur raiting contri- ouuons ror -ine rtiiierebt oiijecta ' of the Convention. , r a . . 'f The resolution was referred to the Board of Missions. -- Dr Pritchard .offered resolution iu : re gard to tbe publication of a memorial vol-' ume of the life of Rev Thooiaa Meredith, ; which was pending when tbe time arrived : for adjournment. - -s itev a uaue pronounced the benodicuon. - " NIOTIT session. . , - - ; At 7.S0 d' va.. after the con:tegi:ioa had joimd in singing "Am I a soldier- of the : Cross," President Biik-y called ihe.Conven-: lion to order. 1 Rev J 'ij Carroll, of: : Ashevilie. read a portion of the 6th chapter of First Timothy. nev J is lioone, ci Uenaersouvnie oliered prayer. - Mra. Jebkins sang " I not the life more than meat " -. r " - The special hrder for th9 evening being a discussion iu tbe interest of Wake Forest College, President C E Taylor took charge of the meeting. He stated that Hon C M. Cooke, of Louisburg, Pr jsident of the Board Of Trustees, was prevented by recent setious -iilness. from being present and' Offering the usual report to the Convention. in nrs. aosence ne would submit a brief 8tatemenL There ae at the college at ihis time about 200 students; three proftswrs had beeo added to the faculty; the endow ment fund amounted to $115,000, and re cently tbe Hoe. J J Davis had told him he knew no fund mora: securely invested. Wake Forest College ia the oronsrlv of the Baptists of North Carolina. He did not be lieve 0 class education, but of ail.'. They re joiced that while tbe sons of the ri6h were at tbe rollego, there were a .so mere those from between the f plowhacdlea. c EJucntion. worked down and lifted u'p--nbi beginning at tbe top and working down. Htj referred to the work that some had done id pushing rorward loose 10 whom' there was tbe pro mise of usefulness-' A few moments ago we heard sweet notes from the organ, and doubtlefs thought only of the dexterous ringers that touched the keys;, forgetting the humbler one back of tbe instrument pump ing into it, stroke by stroke, the air that brought out the sweet harmony ; Look out the bright-eyed, hopeful boys! in your neighborhood and push them forward. He hoped, the day Would never, cdme when Wake Foreel College would not be upon the hearts and contributions of tbe denom ination. A new laboratory was needed at once, and by God's help they intended to have one, and be hoped that before this meeting closed steps would ie tiksa to so cure this building He closed b Introduc ing Fror. J W. Gore, of Chapal Hill. ' "I presume,"" the Professor said, "that every member of this Convention has con tributed in some wsy to Wake Forest Col lege, and therefore I address a portion of the stockholder?. ; God bas given us the book of nature to eludy that we .may learn of Him. In the heavens, in the recks, in the microscopic animals, in physical life, in electricity, in light, in -sound, in chemis try, now one of the most practical sciences we learn of God and " His glory Wake Forest College is ready to teach chemistry , except for lack of a laboratory. - ' - "Nearer my God to Thee" was siing. Rev Thos Dixon. Jr, of Goldsboro, was introduced. The towns are the centre of influence, and from these the country and th- people are reaehecL The Catholics understand this and hence we sep tbe spires of their cathedrals in all the pities. He attended a great meeting in New York ad dressed by Bob Ingersoll; he saw in the choice scats the elite Bill Arp's" 'elart," and Sam Jones' "bon toon." These claimed to be descendants of monkeys, and be was willing to let .them believe it. Another class was there, the masses. . . For these he felt concerned. How ? By passing laws saying he shall not tUni this or that ? No I But with teacher prepared -to'cmeet tbe men calling themselves scientists; men who have studied the question, and with keen, cutting sarcasm can go to the bottom and drive these false teachers from; our midst. To teach these men we must equip Wake Forest College, by the ., erection of one building now and then, soon, another. -- Mr Dixon's address was received with rapt attention and great delight. : President Taylor said they needed $5, 000, and at onco uvdertook to -raise it. Something over half the amount was ptedg ed. and the Convention adjourned. Toartb Dai's Proceedings Rraola : - ! - tlons Adopted Report of the Board . - i or Edaeatton Dtcenssed Periodicals . ! . Stodents Aid Society rbareb. Ex tension Fin snees- -Baptist' Orpnan- ace-AdJovrnment. - -- f . MOBNTNO SESSION. I Notwithstanding the late hour at which some of the brethren retired Friday night because of committee meetings after the ses sion of the Convention that night, the sun rise prayer meeting was well attended, and conducted by Rev Amos Weaver. Quite a large number left on the morning and evening trains, and a number took ad vantage of the splendid day and the offer of 75 cents for the round trip and took a ride over tbe shelt road to the Sound; But at 9.80 o'clock, as President Bailey called the body to order, it was hard to tell who had left. ' . : I :- Bemg the last day business began in a hurry, and therefore the gavel! was often heard preserving older. J Rev E S Alderman, of Chapel Hill, opened the services with reading the Scrip ture and offering prayer. ; .1 The first matter under consideration was tbe publication of a memoir of the life of Thomas Meredith. Dr Pritchard withdrew his proposition, and Rev C Durham offered- a resolution commending tne ! suggestion and naming Dr Pritchard as the author of the work "; ;;jl '-;;: . - . J - The resolution was unanimously adopted. By invitation Col I A Sugg, of Green ville, addressed the Convention in behalf of the church at that place, j He said he was not a Baptist but was just as near one as possible not to be one, for he had as his wife the best Baptist woman in North Car-. olina. It was in Greenville that this Con vention had its birth, 58 years ago. The little Board there, feeling that this body now approaching full growth, deserved a fitting memorial, undertook the building of a splendid house 'of worship, 'and he, be lieving that this great denominationwould stand by the effort, had loaned the church about $5,000, and had carried the debt for three years, and now asked this body to re lieve him because, specially, he had met reverses in business during the past year, j . A resolution was offered f and adopted authorizing the appointment of a special committee to take charge of the matter, and if necessary to borrow the money to payoff the debt ' - - f ' The special order being the report $t the Board of Education, it was taken up and discussed. . ' ' " The report states that during the past year forty-two young ministers had been aided. : Nine others, are paying their own expenses. ' Some twenty others recommen ded were declined for the want of means. The receipts of the past year were $100 less than the year previous. ' The Board was in debt to the amount of $300. ; ; , , : The Convention was addressed by Prof Thos Hume, Jr, Rev R T Vann, Rev H W Battle, and Rev J Ml McMan-? naway, and the report was adopted, :..-. The CommiVee on Periodicals submitted their' report, recommending the Biblical Beeorder,': Foreign Mission Journal, ' Kind Words, ad the publications 1 f 'the Arceri- i can ; Baptist Eublicatioa 8ociety at Phila-, delphia, , , j v. T , . . , r , ' , After aiew remarks by Dr. Bailey- and Bev C A Woodson in behalf of the. tf eorder, and Mr Tatum for the Wake' Forest Student, the report was adopted - . 4 The Students'-Aid Society , was given a hearing before , tbe Convention. Prof W L Poteat 'explained its object-and aim. Mr J W Denmark, bo b jid. wts the author and founder of the Society. . - ' Ten dollars was the life, membership fee 1 and $1.00 the annual membership fee. It was the purpose of " the 'organization to create. , by membership - and donations, a fund to loan .at interest to .worthy youBg men desiring education' at Wake Forest College, the Society taking the note with security of those aided said notes payable annually in four installments; the first dne one year after graduation. , x J : Ret A G McMannaway offered a resolu tion endorsing and commending the asso ciation, which was adopted. v '. Committee on Place and Preachers for next session of . Convention recommended Greensboro as the place and Rev( H W Battle, of Wadesboro. to preach the intro ductory sermon ; alternate, Rev J L White, pf Raleigh . , The report was adopted. The Committee on Obituaries reported with brief sketch, to the tespeet of Revs N A Purefoy, Daniel Wester, R A Patter son and Jordan H Cobb who had died du ring the past year.:. The report was adopted and the Conven tion sang f'Servants of God, well done," c. Rev J WPerry offered report on Church Extension suggesting a committee to con sider' all applications for- help,5 ' location,' cost, &c , of all church buildings where aid is required. - the committee to be located at Wilmington and consist of the folio sing : W A French, J W Collins. J C 8tevenson, W J Gore and J S Mitchell, The report was adopted. ; On' motion the Convention adjourned, with benediction by Rev J A Leslie. . - NIOHT SESSION. .. -. At 7.30 p m the President called the Con vention to order and Rev J S Hardaway.of Oxford, led in prayer. '' The Finance Committee, through J H Tucker, E-:q, submitted their report. : '"' . On motion of Rev A G McMannaway the motion adopting report of committee; fixing Greensboro as the place for the next meeting of the Convention, was recoo sidered. ... . : ' After a short consideration Durham was substituted for Greensboro. - The report of the committee cn the work of the Baptist Orphanage, was submitted by Rev C Durham. " : - '. . . . , ' - r. iy. Thereport states that houses for twenty four bojs and for twenty-four girls bave been finished and1 are filled; other buildings are- approaching-completion. A neat and plain chapel is neatly finuhel. - Contribu tions of cash, food and clothing are solici ted, and. membership in the association is desired IroBt aU, - Which can -be secured upon tbe payment of $1.00. : - ; -"' On a motion to adopt the repoit, the Convention was addressed by Prof Thomas Hume, Jr, and Mr J H Mills. - Mr Mills .being the manager of the Or phanage, called attention to true charity as taught by Jesus Christ, and. pretended charity as taught by the world and too of ten practiced by professing Christians. He told of the establishment of the Orphanage, its progress, present needs and prospects. During the course of Mr Mills' remarks he gave out these rules for guidance in church building: A brick . house covered .with slate will cost as many dollars as tbe house covers square feet; if wood, with shingle roof, will cost half as much as it covers square feet. And then the house will seat one for every foursquare feet of the ground covered. . . J Rev A G McMannaway was the next speaker, and by earnest, eloquent words he illustrated the truth . "The poor ye have al ways with you," as uttered by Chiist. The sea sends out pure water as vapor, Ultra comes back to it this water filled with food for its own life, so we in giving, are prom ised the greater blessing than by receiving. Rev Mr-Durham added a few remarks and asked for contributions and a public collection was taken. ' On the motion of Mai W A Graham, a vote of thanks was tendered the citizens of Wilmington for their kind attention and hospitality, and to the railroads for reduced fare. ..- - r Oa the motion of Capt N L Shaw. thanks were tendered to the Wilmington Stab for its reports and one hundred copies 01 tne paper aismouiea each day to the memoers 01 ne convention. Also, to the Wilmington Review for reports. . On motion, the Convention adjourned. - Increased Cotton Receipts. - . Cotton receipts . yesterday were 1,867 bales; the same date last year 450 bales. Receipts for the week ended yesterday were 8,842 bales, as against 5,227 Ihe -cor responding week last year an increase of 3,620 bales. . Receipts for the crop year up to and in cluding yesterday; were 76,252 bales, as against 58,032 the same time last year an increase of 18,220 bales. BITTER BBE1D. Complaint is frequently made by those who use baking powders that they leave ia bread, biscuit, or cake raised by them a disagreeable, bitter taste. This taste fol lows the use of all impure baking powders. and is caused either by their : containing alum (introduced to make a cheap article), by the impure and adulterated character of otner ingredients used, or from the ignor ance of their manufacturers of tbe proper methods of combining them. These baking powders leave in the bread a residuum formed of lime, earth, or .other deleterious matters, not always, though freauently. tastable in the food, and by all physicians classed as injurious to health. The Koyal Baking Powder is free from this serious de fect. In its use no residuum is left, and the loaf raised by it is always sweet. light, and wholesome, and noticeably tree from the peculiar taste complained of. The reason of this is because it is composed of nothing but absolutely, pure materials, scientifically combined in exactly the proper proportions of acid and alkali to act upon and destroy each other, while producing the largest amount of rising power. We are justified In this assertion from the unqualified state ments made by the Government chemists, who after thorough and exhaustive tests re commended the "Royal" for Governmental US3 because el its superiority over all others in purity, strength, and wholesomeness. There is no danger of bitter bread or bis cuit where it alone is used. : - - - Pittsboro- lieeora: - Many a bushel of wheat has been, sowed in Chat ham within the naat week and much of it. we regret to state,- was bought from abroad by our farmers. . Annual meeting of Sioehboiders and - Board of Directors Election oj Of- -'" Declared Tne .: .Clinton and Warsaw Hraneta to be - --xBatis. -. -r y - "The ' stockholders of the Wilmington & .- :v Weldou Railroad Company met yesterday ' in this city in adjourned cession, from the annual-meeting, announced Inst Wednes day 7.o -,7' - . "... Mr. George Davis,' Chub-man, called the meeting to order,' ' On motion of R. v R. Bridgers, Esq , Mesr8.'," B. F. Newcomer,' Donald McRao and J.- W. Thompson, were appointed a., committee to verify proxies - . - The committee reported 20,703 shares of the capital stock of the company out of a ' total of 25,000 represented in person and by proxy, and of which 11,580 shares were . represented in person. . f The meeting, was declared organized. ' whereupon the reports of , the President, Ckceral Manager and - Superintendent were read and adopted. ( Resolutions were adopted (.pprovicg the action of the officers and directors in build ing the different branches that have been constructed during the past year and dircc- ting to proceed with all reasonable dispatch -in constructing the Clinton & Warsaw branch. : A resolution was passed canferring upon the incoming Board of Directors authority to issue stockholders' income bonds, to such amount as the Board may deem advisable, -to represent the improvements and increas ed talue of the properties. ; - . A resolution was also adopted, creating the offices of First and Second Vice Prcsl- -dent, 'and authorizing the directors to fill these positions by elections by the Board. 1 Col. R. R. Bridgers was nominated and unanimously elected President and the fol lowing gentlemen were elected Directors: Messrs. W. T. Walters,' B. F. Newcomer, H. Walters, J. .P McCay, Baltimore; H. B. Plant, New York; A. J.DeRosset and Donald MacRae, Wilmington; E. P.Bor den, Goldsboro; George Howard, Tarboro; W. H. Willard. Raleigh. ' It was resolved that the next annual meet ing be held in ' Wilmington on the first Wednesday after the third Monday in No vember. 1887. ; . . : The thanks of the meeting were returned to the chairman, Mr. George Davis, and the meeting adjourued. - directors' meetikg. At the meeting of the Board of Directors : of the Company, the following officers were elected: - , First Vice President B. F. Newcomer. Second Vice President H, Walters, General Manager H. Walters! r '- Secretary and Treasurer J. W. Thomp son. -:--,- ' j.; Geneaal Superintendent J. F. Divine. - Superintendent of Transportation J. R. Kenly. General Auditor W. H. Riacb. 1 A eeml-annhal dividend of 4 per cent, on the capital stock of the Company was then declared payable on the 15th of January next, and the Board adjourned. PIre on the River A flat-boat loaded with cotton and naval . stores, in tow of the steamer D, Murchison, . just arrived from Fayetteyille, caught fire and burned to the water's edee about a mile above tne city, yesterday at 11 a. m. The freight on the flat consisted of 124 bales of cotton, 4 barrels of spirits of tor- pentihe and 178 casks of rosin. The four casks of ' turpentine, "25 bales of cotton. and a few barrels of rosin were thrown overboard and saved. Tbe rest of the car go was burned with the boat. The loss on freight was imiy covereq; mcssrs. Wil liams & Murchison, the consignees, having insurance to the amount of $6,000, in the Hartford of Connecticut, Phenix of Brook lyn, and the Home of North Carolina, with Messrs. Atkinson & Manning. Tbe fiat boat was not insured. The officers of the Murchison claim that the fire was caused by sparks from the smoke-stack of the steamer Cape Fear; the officers of the latter boat, however, say that they smelt something burning before they . reached the fiat, and as they passed called to the hands on beard that something was on fire, and almost immediately after wards saw one of tbe bales of cotton in flames. . The burning flat was made fast to the shorei but before it was entirely consumed the lifjes parted and the boat drifted down stream, lodging on the opposite side of the river just above Point Peter. It was towed up tne river again by tne tug none, and subsequently the "Atlantic" fire engine was sent up on a lighter to extinguish the flames. The "Atlantic" was brought back to the city about 6p.m. ' THE X."oSr CA USE A Letter Written bv tbe President of the Confederacy to : Gov. Vance In 1803 Believed to be tbe Document Referred to by Gen. Sberman. . . By Telegraph to the Horning Star. Baltimore, Nov. 19. The Sun will publish to-morrow a letter written by Jef- , tenon uavis, president 01 the uontederacy, to Gov. Vance, ot North Carolina, in Jan uary, 1863, which is believed to be the let- ter referred to by lien, suerman in the re cent controversy, and upon which Sher man based his charge that Davis threatened to use .bee's army- to coerce tbe Southern States. The letter was published in the Raleigh (N. C.) Standard in January, 1863, but has been cut from tbe files of that paper and was given to tbe Sun by an ex-uonrederate omcer who round it among the effects of a gentleman recently deceased, who was preparing a history of1 North Carolina. The document, which is quite lengthy, rehearses the futile efforts made by Mr. Davis to obtain a conference with Northern leaders looking to a peace ful settlement 01 dinerences, and con cludes as follows: "I fear much from the tenor of the news I received from North Carolina that an attempt will be made by some bad men to inaugurate movements which must be considered as equivalent to 'aid and comfort to the enemy and which all patriots should combine to put down at any cost. You may count on my aid in every effort to spare,your State the scourge 01 civil warfare, wnicn win devastate her homes if the designs of these traitors be suffered to . make head. I know you will place yourseii in your legiti mate position in tne lead ot those who will not suffer the name of tbe Old North 8tate to be blackened by such stain . - Will you pardon me for suggesting that my only source of disquietude on the subject has arisen from the fear that you will de lay so long action which now appears in evitably, and that by your over earnest de sire to reclaim by conciliative men whom you believe to be sound at heart, but whose loyalty ia more than suspected elsewhere, you win permit tnem to gather sucn strength as to require more violent mea sures than are now needed. With yonr in fluence and - position the promoter of un founded discords now prevalent in your State would be put down without the use of physical force: if you would abandon the policy of conciliation and 3et them at defiance. In this course, frankly and firm ly pursued, you would rallv around you all that is best and -noblest, in your 8tate, and yonr triumph ; would be bloodless. If the contrary policy be adopted, I much fear you will be driven to the use of force to repress treason. In either event, however, be assured that you will have my cordial concurrence f nd as sistance in maintaining with you th&jior and dignity and faith of your State, ao - your efforts to crnsh treason, whether inct pient, as I believe it now is, or more ma tured, as "I believe, if not firmly met, it will in the near future inevitably be come. . "I have the honor to bs, very respect fully, ; , . Jefferson Davis."
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