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♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ SECTION ONE $ Pages 1-8. | * LVIII No 19. Leads all' North Carolina Dailies in Mews and afogilation A NEW BUILDING Brick Hauled for Infirm ary at Wake Forest. Sophomore Class Elects Officers. Lit erary Club Studies George Elliott. Revival Services Begins To day. Personals. (for. of the News and Observer.) W ake Forest College, Sept. 30.—-The sophomore class met in the Philoma thesian Hall Thursday and elected olli- ers for the ensuing- year. They .in a* follows: President, Waite C. Hamrick, of Cherokee, S. C.; vice president. Carl Dunn, of Wake county; secretary, George O. Marshall, of l'endcr county: treasurer, O. L. Moore, of t'levelatid county; historian, Bufort F. Williams, of Cleveland county; prophet. A. C. Chaffin, of Davie coun ty. and poet, Herman T. Stevens, of .iohuston county. The Wake Forest Literary Club held its (irst meeting of the session at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Pow ell. recently. George Eliot was the subject of study. Professor Sledd gave a most interesting sketch of her life and works. Mrs. C. E. Brewer then read from “The Mill on the Floss.” a chapter, both pathetic and amusing. A chapter from “Silas .Warner" was read by Mrs. W. R. Pow ell. and one from “Adam Beade,” by Dr. Paschal. Miss Sophie Lanrteu read <>ire of Eliot's poems. “Two Lovers." and Hector Potent read sev eral of her short poems. More than twenty members of the club were present. After music the club ad journed to meet with Prof, and Mrs. Sledd. October 6. when the study of the works of George Eliot will be re sumed. The infirmary is now a certainty, as brick is being hauled for it and it has been definitely decided to build it in the north corner of the campus back of the library building. Mr. Harry Tranthain, who grad uated bn.- a few years ago and af terwards received a Rhodes’ scholar ship. was here this week visiting his grandmother. Mrs. E. S. Simmons, on hi \va\ to «»\f,»rd. where he will re sume pis studies this year. The protracted meeting will begin tomorrow. The pastor. Dr. James W. Lynch, v ill tie assisted by Dr. Duna way. pastor of the First Baptist church of V *rford. Mrs. E. \V. Tim her lake and da ugh t/v. Miss Ada Lee, have returned from : he|h>. where they spent the sum mer. Rev. R. P. Walker, who graduated to re in 1902, was here this week on his way to the Baptist Theological Seminary at Louisville, Kv. Others who will enter the Seminary this year 11 om this State are: Revs. M. L. llar i is. of Tarboro; S. W. Oldham, of 1. 1 i /.a bet 1 1 Oily: James M. Justice, of Henderson county, and W. P. Powell, of Fruitlaud. Rev. Isaac N. Loftin, who graduated here year before last, was here this week on his way to Chicago Univer- Ity. Mr. Earl Fowler was also here this week on a short visit to his alma m iter, and on his way to the Univer sity of Chicago,- where he will pursue a special course of study. 'WINTERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL. A progrev-i vc Institution that is the Pride of t.'ils Section. (Greenville Reflector.) It is always a great pleasure to us to note progress and especially along educational lines. No greater bless ing can come to any people than the establishment of an educational insti tution which Is to be properly con <l u< ted and surrounded by influences which tend to form character while is *s developing brain power. No bet tor illustration of this kind of an in ctitutinn has been had than the sub jei t of this sketch. The Winterville High School, located at Winterville, a splendid growing town, about six miles south of Greenville, is in our opinion, one of the first institutions of its kind in North Carolina. With a board of trustees eomnosed of the best men from a number of counties, with fine moral and religious surroundings, with an elegant Christian gentleman ami scholar of marked ability at its head assisted hv a competent and consecrated corps of teachers, with splendid equipment, both in buildings and furnishings, it is preparing and ■ nding out young men with character ai d education to take their places in life’s work. Already its influence is hei ig felt in all of Eastern North Car olina. and it is with pleasure and pride that we are giving to the pub dr this brief and inadequate account of its organization and progress. I lie growth of Winterville High School since its foundation has been remarkable. The first beginning of Hi-- school was in the fall of 1899. when it opened with twenty-two pupils in a two room house that had been rented for that purpose. This was only temporary arrangement until Hie permanent quarters for the school could he made ready. Prof. G. E. I Jnehei t \ and oi’e other teacher con stituted the faculty at that time A. G. Cox and Dr. B. T. Cox had donat'd a four-acre lot and the citi zens of the community joined in build ing the first house on the property. This was a well arranged two story building containing four recitation looms, four smaller rooms for music and art and a large chapel. This was completed early in 1900 and at the meeting of Neuse Baptist Associa tion in that year the building and grounds were donated to the associa tion to be equipped and become an as soeiationai school. It was evident that early provision mtiM he made for dormitories for the P’M’iD. a fid in the follow ing summer v hat is known as the girls’ dormitory ' as built. This is a handsome struc ture containing nineteen bedrooms. - »>e Only Newspaper in North Carolina That Mas Over 10,000 Subscribers The News and Observer. parlor and dining room. This was Idled when the next session opened and plans had to be laid for another dormitory. This, known as the boys’ dormitory, was built the next year and contained fifteen rooms. by this time the three buildings and quipment represented an outlay of about $13,- 000. During the scholastic year 1900- 1901 the number of pupils enrolled reached 150. of which number 34 were boarders and six counties were it., esetueci. 1901- the enrollment reached 218. the boarders being 51, with nine counties represented. 1902- the enrollment reached 255, the boarders being 92, with eieve i counties represented. 1903- the enrollment reached 201, hoarders 78, with thirteen coun ties represented. 1904- the iv roll men t was 222, boarders 85, with eleven counties rep resented. Two of these years arrangement was made for public school scholars of the district to be admitted, which accounts for the enrollment being larger in those years. The school has so grown in reputa tion and popularity that it was seen in advance that the school would he full, and the gratification of trustees and faculty can bo imagined when tne session of 1905-1906 opened with 150 present, 94 of thorn hoarders and eighteen counties represented. This large number of boarders so taxed the capacity of the dormitories that a dwelling house near the school was purchased for temporary use and work commenced at once on building another sixteen room dormitory. Al ready this is nearly completed and ready for use and every room in it is engaged by pupils waiting to come. The faculty now numbers seven in structors and better work is being done nowhere. Prof. G. E. Lineberry has been principal of the school since its or ganization and his heart and energy are enlisted in the work. The school is indeed fortunate in having such a man at its head, and ills assistants are selected with an eye to their ability and character. The growth of this excellent school has indeed been remarkable and will I continue. It is already the pride of j Pitt county and the Neuse Association. | and we see no reason why it should not become the educational center for all Eastern North Carolina. There is ample room for more buildings and equipment, and with the moral and Christian influences surrounding it we expect to see Winterville High Sehool without a peer in North Carolina. There '-s wisdoin in concentrating money and teachers in one great school rather than dissipating both over a large territory with a number of schools. The very best advantages can he had cheaper in this way. The impress made upon every boy and girl in a strong institution is entirely dif ferent from what it js in a weak one. Everything favors bringing enough boys and girls together to give them th(' very best advantages at the very least cost. This is what is looked for in Winterville High School. Its friends want to see the good work going on there enlarged and strengthened until it shall in every way meet the educa tional noeds of the age. LADY’S WONDER EEL MEMORY. In Ninety Days She Committed to Memory 12,325 Verses of Scripture. (Hight C. Moore in Biblical Recorder) Most likely not another brain in the State, possibly not in the world, has vc: tally acquired so much Scripture in so short a time as has been done recently by a young lady in Buncombe c<» jn ty. About the first of March, 1905, Pas ot J. A. Brendell, hoping to stimulate memory work m the Big Ivey Baptist Sunday school at Barnardsville post ! office, offered two prizes (Bibles) to he awarded on Children's Day. the first cf June, the first to the pupil over twelve, and the other to the one un dfr twelve, who should, during this interval, commit to memory and recite the iargest number of verses of Scrip ture. A committee was appointed to hear She contestants for the prizes and register the number of verses memorized. On the day of the award it was foun.i that among the older competi-z tors the winner was Miss Lesta May Williams, a young lady sixteen years of age. Within these ninety days during .vhich she had an attack of measles, she committee to memory and recited to the committee twelve thou sat d two hundred and twenty-six (12,236) verses of Scripture, covering the entire New Testament (excepting the two genealogies of Jesus in the first chapter of Matthew and the third chapter of Luke), and including lib eral selections from Genesis. Psalms, Ecclesiastes and other parts of the Old Testament. The winner of the second prize was the youngest sister of the winner of the first prize. Little Miss Ella Jay Williams is only eleven years of age, yet In this competition there to her credit 715 verses of Scripture. The ! astor reports that during the entire contest there were more than nineteen thousand (19,000) verses memorized. What a treasure of truth to he hid away in the young minds! Surely this is a colossal memorizing of Scripture. What individual or school lias gone beyond it? Where is there even a parallel to it? Mo of Minn. (Minneapolis Times.) Hans Mo of Eye. member of the hoard of eoualization from the Ninth district, telegraphed his resig nation as a member of the board to Governor Johnson yesterday. Not to Be Influenced. “If you are very good. Otto, the stork will bring you a little sister." “Oh. lie’ll bring a little one wheth er I am good or had. papa. 1 rans lated for Tales from “Flegende Blat ter.” Roderick —Have you heard the news? Cholly Sapp rescued a widow from the breakers the other day. Van Albert—But who is going to | rescue Cholly?—Chicago News. RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, SUNDAY JIORNING, OCTOBER 1, 1905. —B——liwwiiili nin ■ ~ | TWO VIEWSOTTI CLANSMAN.” j! Ruminating on “Tlic Clansma%” (Richmond News-Leader.) Not because it is particularly im portant, but because it is the newest topic and everybody is talking about it, let us consider “The Clansman" for a w hile in a random way, hoping that w« may stagger on an idea or two while \ve go along. All ideas are not on the straight, smooth path of logic or of direct purpose to express some thing. “Rev." is a contraction for “rever end” or "revered.” Mr. Dixon was the “Rev.” Thomas Dixon. He never was the “reverend” or the “revered"; he never reached the end of being reverend. In his case the “Rev.” was an amputation and not an abbrevia tion. It was the mere trade-mark and sign of a profession and never the ex pression of a condition. He leaped from the Baptist pulpit into the show business, hurding literature with a light touch. It was quite a bound, but acrobatic feats are natural and de lightful to him. Now lie is an “ex- EXPOSING THE FALSE FRONT. —Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Rev.” and is making la sensation and some money, two operations in which his soul delights, and we assume that he is happy. He indicates that “The Clansman” as a play was written and staged with serious moral and instructive purpose. The author of “The Dancing Doll.” which was so nastily suggestive that even New York city would not have it, made the same claim. With a little ingenuity and sufficient inducement, we can work a high purpose into any thing. In the interests of decency and morality and public policy, certain parts of the human body are kept cov ered. For the same reasons, certain elements of human character should be likewise kept out of view as much as possible. They ought not to be intruded on the public notice in books or on the stage. “The Dancing Doll" and “The Clansman” parade before us the same thing, the same primal passion, at its two extremes of devel opment —the one gilded, refined and artistically surrounded, the other in the lowest stages of bestiality. Nothing is to be learned and no good is to he gained by either and harm must he done by both. $ * * Did you ever see a lynching? We can say of it, as we cannot say of “The Clansman,” that it is an elevating performance in one sense of the word, at least; but it is not pretty or nice or artistic, although sometimes necessary and improving. It is-a hor rible thing, done usually for horrible reasons and there is no romance or alleviation about it. It is a savage as sertion of the primal law of self-de fense—of defense of life or something dearer—and of vengeance which can be accomplished only by the death of the offender. It is a transaction with which the public is unhappily familiar through the newspapers, but it should not be thrust before the people of staid and well-ordered communities, wearing their good clothes and seeking an evening of pleasant amusement and instruction. <; * * Mr. Dixon is not even correct his torically, and it. as may possibly have been, any old Ku-Klux mem bers were present at any of the pel formations of his play, they were amused at the wide difference between the thing as it real ly was and as it is presented on the stage. The Ku-Klux Klan sprang into life mysteriously and spread silently and in darkness. It was what ;c call ed itself, an Invisible Empire, born suddenly, obediently to a great stress of necessity. It was a huge, hidden, in many respects beautiful, conspiracy of a whole people against a govern ment attempting a grotesquely impos sible, a tragically absurd experiment. It was largely composed of rough, rude men bandied together for rough, stem and necessary work. It included every class and condition of life in the States where it was strong, and those who were not in active member ship were in close sympathy. There were no elaborate white linen robes with red crosses and suggestions of the milliner’s art worn by fancy young men with stage accents and inflections. It was intended for ugly business and it was an ugly outfit. A handkerchief more or less soiled with slits cut for the eyes was the mask, probably in a majority of eases, and there was more cotton bagging than muslin in the uni- forms. Many of the men who rode at night ploughed or hoed all day and there was a good deal of drinking of corn whiskey, chewing of tobacco and country-side swearing, and the Klan on an expedition pas sweaty, hot. reeking and intent. Some of the more elabor ate disguises were made by the women of families and occasionally one was really ingenious,' hut they expressed even in these cases crude fancies and untrained tastes and the purpose was to terrifv superstitious negroes ratine than to he becoming or effective as parts of a public spectacle. '1 he mer chant and his clerk, the landlord and his tenant, might ride in the same Klan and while they might suspect each other, neither would know; and the clerk or the tenant might be late to work in the morning and the employer would discreetly ask no questions, even if he was not personally a mem ber. Livery stable keepers i>> small towns and villages would receive inti mations and their white helpers would he alert and busy saddling and bridling horses for unknown men at late hours of the night, but nobody knew anything. Sometimes the raid was largely a frolic and at others it had deadly purpose, it executed in a rough way u.nd on broad principles of public policy the laws which State and local governments were t<-o \i cious, weak or ignorant to enforce. It made itself terrible and bv so doing maintained order, peace and a measure of safety. When gin houses were burn ed evidence wias not awaited, hut the worst negro leader in the neighbor hood was visited. But the Kian did not drive out the radical governments or restore white supremacy. It had degenerated to rowdyism and in places to a, means of private malice and neighborhood feuds and brawls Before its collapse, in 1869. Even the l nited •States government was powerless against it until it was swerved froin the purposes which gave it dignity and force and traitors were developed within its own ranks. In South Caro lina the radical government was not even brought into order by the Ivu Klux Klara On the contrary, it made the existence of the KBtn the excuse for renewed outrages and imposts on the people and f° ! aiming more ne groes. If Mr. Dixon intended his play to* teach history !l <- should have studied history. 1 11 South Carolina the radical government was finally over thrown in 18 76, seven years after the Klan had vanished, and the work was done by Wade Hamilton’s Red Shirts who operated very much under the same system as the Klan. only substi tuting for grips, signs and pass-words a general understanding so that it was but necessary for a courier speed ing at night along lonely country roads to rein his horse at a white man’s gate, hail and shout the one word, “Wanted!” for every male thing within capable of riding a horse and firing a pistol to go pelting out to sad dle up and make for the rendezvous at top speed. On one occasion more than eight thousand armed men were gathered in Columbia at an emergency call between ten o'clock of a Sunday night and midday of Monday. ■c £ * But why should nil these old horrors of a long-forgotten crime he paraded and distorted in fanciful garb before the people of today? What good can it do? Knowledge of them, as of any other historical episode, can be found in various books, giving actual facts and figures and“hot the fancies of a playright of a novelist. Mr. Dixon j contends that his book and play are ! answers to “Uncle Tom's Cabin".; but "Uncle Tom’s Cabin” did its work fif ty years ago and it is not regarded as 1 useful or instructive in this day. If Mrs. Stowe saw fit to invent facts and to distort actualities hideously to fire the Northern heart for a political pur pose, what is the sense of Southern people encouraging a similar perform ance now for no purpose at all but to make some money for Mr. Dixon and some actors and theatrical specu • lators? it it it , The play itself is melodrama. It is strong in some respects because it deals with a strong and stirring time of which little is known and with aw ful and horrible things. The public ! loves the morbid, the tragic, the mys terious, the thrilling and the unusual. If Mr. Dixon could arrange to have a man actually lynched on the roof of the capitol here, he would fill the square with people at two dollars a head. Crowds will linger for hours, fascinated by the grevvsome remains of a man cut to death by the wheels of a tnain. It is.no tribute to the merit or the usefulness of a play that people rush to see it. In Texas last year ex cursion trains were run, crowded with eager citizens, to see a negro burned Ito death. The chamber of horrors at the Eden Musee is the most popu i lar feature of that entertainment. Mr. j Dixon has struck a new vein of sensa tionalism for this part of the coun try; bait we doubt if "The, * lansnian | will succeed better in the North than ! “Uncle Tom's Cabin" with' its blood -1 hounds and whipping-post would do in the South. r lhe two things attract the same interest in the respective see ! tions- whipping-post bleeding hack and bloodhounds on the trail for one side; lynching, the Ku-Klux, negro su premacy and miscegenation on the other- “Topsv” and some frightened I negroes for the humorous touches, little "Eva” ascending to Heaven and little “Flora” leaping over a bluff to 1 escape a horrible negro pursuer—and there we are: one against the other, each containing some elements of truth and many of falsehood and slander neither a beautiful, a poetic i nor an improving line nor one thing to make the world brighter or better. And the only effect Is to carry the public mind back to old crimes and blunders and tragedies, which never should have been, the lessons of which should be remembered, but the resent ments and hates of which should be forgotten. * * It may be that Mr. Dixon’s play will be a great money-maker, although we doubt it. “Uncle Tom's Cabin” has been a gold mine these many years. "The Clansman” certainly is drawing money now. Yet we cannot congratu late Mr. Dixon on his vault from preaching to playwright. There are Baptist preachers, humble and ob scure, living on very meager salaries, contending with economical deacons, backsliders, chronic critics, women bom to he bosses and women born to be tearful and to confide their troubles to their pastors, and with di vergent choirs and depleted collections, who cou’d not Afford to exchange places with Mr. Dixon. Opinions as to Heaven and the hereafter may vary, but there can be no two opinions as to the existence of conscience and of the realization of the difference in a man’s own soul between doing good and doing evil; and in our opiion Mr. Dixon has done a distinct evil and is likely to do more. The Clansman. (The Richmond Journal.) We cannot perceive the dire dan gers that are supposed to lurk in the Clansman as presented here last night. We went to the Academy with grave misgivings. These were dispelled when the last curtain went down. The newspaper reports we had read were indeed of the most alarming character; but in the play itself we found nothing to provoke domestic broil or fierce racial strife. If the newspapers will moderate the fury of their writers' imaginations, there will be little danger to apprehend from the play. It is a historical drama —tragedy if you will —of tremendous force that de picts with cruel accuracy the condi tions fin the South that resulted from the criminal folly of Reconstruction. It teaches a great chronological and sociological truth; it reminds the most enthusiastic disciples of certain educa tional movements in the South of mis sionary-, hei p-the-heathen character, tltiat the spelling book and the first reader will no more eliminate racial differences than will patent medicines or constitutional amendments make white men of negroes. ' It reminds us that the courage and despair of our fathers alone preserved the integrity of our race, and saved us from the frightful abyss that reconstruction opened at their feet; and it further reminds us «>£ the South that, iu- -pi-e --serving intact this sacred heritage, the purity of our race, which our fathers handed down to us. we can listen to no argument, consider no compromise, and put our trust ill nothing except God and our strong right arm. The presentation of this drama in the North following, as it does, the great influx of negro population that is fast developing a serious race ques tion there, may serve to open the eyes of the people and cause them to re adjust, if not reconsider, their mixed and hazy views on the subject of ra cial equality. Some of these are al ready beginning to doubt whether their abstract theories of forty years ago fit iu very comfortably with their concrete experience with, and obser vations of, the negro as he appears among them today. Experience and observation, coupled with the reflection which this drama must produce, may well bring the South and the North into closer touch and sympathy on the race question. When they realize the absolute truth of the dramatic picture so powerfully drawn, they may understand the ut ter impossibility of racial equality, ex cept in racial degradation. They may finally realize, as we have long done, that from the nature of things there can he no compromise on this sub ject. and that the only salvation of the race lies in the absolute separa tion. The race issue is not closed. It is idle, therefore, to complain that this drama opens it. The Clansman simp ly defines it. As Mr. Dixon justly pointed out when called before the curtains, the Civil War made the race issue; and his purpose is to point out the truth concerning it, that the subject may be seen as it really is. The race issue in this country can never be finally, fully, and definitely settled until all the people of the country understand it. For them to do this they must bo shown the truth. It must be brought home to the ob duriate as it was to Mr. Stoneman in the play. There are few more effec tive mediums for disseminating the truth than a powerful presentation on the stage. We do not believe the issue is so acute that it is dangerous to present a truthful picture of it, and no reason ably intelligent man can read Mr. Dixon’s books, or see his play and doubt that he is terribly truthful and terribly in earnest. For ourselves we have little patience with the squeathish timidity that would shrink from seeing portrayed on the stage conditions that our fathers were | men enough to grapple with in their stern reality and to conquer. Before we saw the play, we were willing for it to he played in the Nortlr but feared it was dangerous or un suitable for the South. Now we would like for It to he i seen by every man and woman in i America. AY HAT THEY THINK OF DIXON’S “CLANSMAN.” Expressions From Prominent Rich monders Who San The Perform ance Last Night. (Richmond Journal.) Attorney General William A. Ander son. himself a Confederate soldier, and one who remembers the dark days of Reconstruction, witnessed the produc tion of the “Clansman” last night. He wrote out the following statement for The Journal this morning: “While in some of its features too sensational, the play is one of no lit tle power. Its motive and it* moral, though their expression is too highly colored, are commendable, for the (Continued on Page Seven.) I SECTION ONE | ♦ Pages 1-8. | ♦ ♦♦♦♦ Price Five Cents. BIG "FREST CLASS New Instructors Needed at the University. Executive Committee of the University Met Yesterday in the Gov ernor's Office. There are now 640 students at the University of North Carolina, or fifty more than were enrolled this time last year. The freshman class num bers nearly 200—the largest freshman class in the history of the University. They are a manly set of young men of solid merit and have gone to col lege to learn and they are studying well. “I have never seen a finer set of young men,” said President Ven able. “They have gone to work in earnest and many of them give prom ts of becoming scholars of the first order.” There was a meeting of the Execu tive Committee of the Board of Trus tees of the University held in the Gov ernor’s office. Governor Glenn pre sided. Those present were: Gover nor Glenn. Richard H. Battle, John W. Graham. Thomas S. Kenan and President Venable. The report of the President showed a pressing need for more instructors to properly teach the increased num ber of students. The faculty has not grown the growth of the students and many classes are over-crowded. The matter is so imperative and so important that the executive commit tee authorized President Venable to add to the teaching force the neces sary additions to prevent over-crowd ing in classes and to give proper in struction to all the students. There is need for more professors, but there is not money to employ them, as the committee feels warranted o«ly in employing tutors and instructors to meet the pressing needs. There is need at the University of more dormitories. Every room in the University and almost every available room in the village is occupied and there is some crowding. There is no gift that would do more good just now than for some generous alumni or friend of the University to erect a building something like the Carr building on the campus. A building of that character would cost about SIS.OOO. It is expected that the money will he in hand next year to secure the" new library building and thus take ad vantage of Mr. Carnegie’s offer. A building committee was appointed, composed of Thomas S. Kenan, Rich ard H. Lewis and Josephus Daniels on the part of the trustees and Presi dent Venable, Prof. Alexander and Prof. Smith of the faculty. Dr. Venable returned to Chapel Hill in the afternoon. He will go to New York next week. They arc looking forward for a great time at Chapel Hill on University Day, October 12th. The address this year will be delivered by Major Rob ert Bingham, of Bingham School, of Asheville. He also says something that is fresh, original, virile and a great treat is in store. Work goes steadily forward on the new Chemical building and it will be ready for occupancy by Christmas. Dr. Herty, the new professor of Chem istry. is very popular and Is maintain ing the high reputation of the faculty. DIVINE LAW OF GIVING. A Tract Prepared l»y Rev. D. A. Long, I). I)., is Warmly Commended. Rev. Dnnicl Albright Long, D. D., pastor of the Christian church, lias prepared a tract on “The Divine Law of Giving—a Responsive Reading.” which has been warmly commended. Among the many letters of commen dation is one from Rev. Dr-. Alfred H. Moment as follows: “Rev. Daniel Albright Long, D. D., has written Responsive Reading on The Divine Law of Giving, that should be in the hands of every Christian, and occasionally read in all our churches and Sabbath schools. Noth ing as thorough upon this subject has come under my observation.” The tract was prepared at the re quest of the Executive Committee of the North Carolina Sunday School As sociation, and was used as a Respon sive Reading by said Association when last in session at the Presbyterian church in this city. Dr. Long gives one-tenth of his sal ary to his congregation to be used as it sees proper. New Western Writer. Certainly Mr. Will Lillibridge. whose Western story, “Ben Blair,” will be one season,. (A. C. McClure & Co., pub lishers. Chicago), will not be accused of picking up his Dakom local color by looking out of the window of the overland train. Here is his autobiog raphy, which can be commended as an example of brevity: “Probably if there were ever one typical of Dakota and that for which it stands, I am that person. I was born within the then territoiv thirty years ago. During various times between that date and this I have traversed it from north to south, from east to west, and obliquely. One thing I know in life and know well, the fascination of the country and of tile life the country induces in the prarie land of the middle west. On it I’ve been rancher and herder, I’ve sen it in all its seasons and all its moods. Frankly to em it is ‘G-ods’s country.’ None other to me in America or else where carries its appeal. I love the country and the life. It is for this reason that of it I write most. I tried practicing in various places, hut event ually the ‘prairie siren’ called me back and I located in Sioux Falls, where i have been six years and where I wiil probably eventually die. Every sum mer I feel the restless desire for change and hie me forth for strangp lands —but always I come back to the old ground.”
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