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' . , .... h 1 ; .- .- - x ; , . : , : ' .' . v...- : ; C01 I : SHELBY AURORA. ADrKRTtSEJ f IN THE SHELBY AURORA. VV. I. PULLER T" ti:TAi;LiHlli:i. 187C. . Aurora's Circuatiou - 2000 VOL. XVIII, NO. 38. I' 7 I I- SHELBY, jN. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 18941 WHOLE NO. 930. ' - - - ... -.f- j 4.-. !-.' k ,',r AURORA. r 1 1 -j I 1 The Old Friend - j ArnTrN:tho Lc?t frien J, that nevjr i f.iil.s you, m Simmons Liver Keen, , l.it.,1-, ;(tho IIcl Z) that's v.Cat x- lirar at tho mention of thin x.vl!jii Liver medicine, and r""I'l') tiotM not bo ' persuaded ; th.it n v thin '"elso will An, 1 It i,i tho King of Liver -Morli- '.".S 13 Letter thriri rn'lla in.1 tho j.r.ico of Quinine niifl . : 1 .in: 1 Itrts 1irectly on tljo ii'Wi', K'rrlivys f,r.l Bowk aijd .'. c.h new life to tho whole eyb-"-ni. Tlii.i ia tlio'medicino yju '.v.uit. Hold ly air. Druggist in Li'u!l, or it I'ouder to be taken dry or mado into a tea'. j lis tlin , himiiii In rral on wtanMB ritOFKSSIONAIj CARDS ROBERT U RYBUfiN, . ." . ATTOHNEY AT LAW, I SHKt,BT, M. C. 1 (iivo promt attontion to all business I a trust oil to him. I JirOtfloe in oaimeroial Ilotel build -.injr. i i J. A. ANTHONY. ATTORNEY AT LAW, SHELBY, H. C. ' Ollice noiir TOst Office and first east room upstairs in Miller Block. mar21 H. T. HUDSON, Jr., ATTORNEY AT LAW, . BHKLBT, . C. jjfTrompt and careful attention given to.au business lntrastea to mi care. J. i "WKB JC. Y. M'KIJB, WEBB & , WEBB1 Attorneys and Counsellors at Law, ;r : SflKLIiY, N. C. if . ' (livo prompt attention to all business . - i.. i ..... l. ' i i il.-!- ii ii " n- I Jove ve buildins; frontinfj and outh of the irt'ho.is". ' , V .Jtfet.pif ( on J; W. GIDNEY, ATTOlsW KV AHr (KUlNSKLlXiB AT liAW i . ' ;STIKLRY, V. C. . ' . i iuo i..irr,fni ftH-nntlon' to the collec - tion of debts, partition of lands, advis ing executors and administrators, settle ment of cstatos, examination of titles, drawing Instniments and general legal buxiuess. ' ' 'i I . E ir)ffloe west of the court house.over II 1). Ie A Co's. bank, (the old office of '(liduey Webb.) ISfebtf . J. R. 0SB0RlE, DENTIST, SIIKLBY, N. C. Offi,ck Ovkb J. S. Maktis A Son's .Store. Crown and Bridge work and the saving of first molars our specialties jyWe use pure Nitrous oxide in the painless extraction of teeth. I T ,. lsepttfj i Shelby, Livery Stables 1IVXBT, rXKD AHD IALK. . ( BEST HORSES AMD VEHICLES ALWAYS ON HAND. ' . o -All kind of .conveyances' ready at all times to convey persons to any point in wo.n Vnrth and Honth Carolina, with polite and ftttentive drivers, ftnd all ftt moderate price.. q w y . majiiOtf. Proprietor. G. H. MILLS & SON STAPLE t FUNCf GROCERIES ; Agent for ' j BALLARD OBELISK FLOUR, Rutherfordton. " N.C. ISfebtf ', ' : W. H. MOO R E, TONSOalAl. ARTIST, LaFayette Street, - - Shelby, N.jC, ', Having opened a first-class tonsorial parlor in the Watt Klliott old stand I am prepared to do all work in my line in first-class style. . Tatronage solicited 18jantf, ... FALLSTON INSTITUTE For Both Sexes. . Trepares students for any college In the state.' i Business department; instruc tion in music; instruction in penman ship by a first-class penman. FREE to the whole schcol. Board, including fur nished room, fuel, lights, etc, ftt 00 per month. Those who wish to lessen ex , penocs can secure rooms and board them .solve,. Greatest advantages at least ' cost is" the aim of Fall. ton. Institute. It solicits patronage on merit alone. Fall term opened August 1, 1894. j S. C. THOMPSON, Principal, I . 2aug J Fallston, N. C. NOTICE! I hereby warn any and all' persons ..... . . . 1 M inn u k - i- Hniuni. irnmiiff tor n f m w uuio iiuo vr. T. I'riiMtt. inH lntir1 ami aiana1 ttv ma August 1894. This said note is sub je:tt3 a et-otI or claim for $00.00 due by O. m Pruett, which I then and now hold agvin.t my note. Tnis Aug. V'.t, ikw. aoang4t-i-( W. W. HARDIN, THUK MANHOOD. It is not always Hie coatilhat tells, Xor the collar your frtond may wear; It is Lot always the fcbino of the shte, . Nor the finished touch of hU hair. It is not all in a silken hat, Nor the flttinj; neat of his gloves; It is not morel y his cultured air, Nor the circlo in which he moves. It is not Lis temper, Lis iiile nor amiip, Nor j et his worshipful mion ; It is not even the name be bears In ft world that Is shallow and mean. Ah, no, after all, 'tis the-man himself. - As he Stands With his (iod alnnn 'Tig the heart that beats beneath the coat, i The )ito that points to the throne. The ore that theers with its kindlr glance, 'Tia t i A arm 'rrtnnd m KvvffiAv ...t Xhtt hand t ll at: rni n f M a lirtna Vin.nnr) 'Tis ft love that endures to the last. THE WHITE BLOUSES. A Thrilling Tale of Desert Thirst. HI X. Jf. KABAZI.V. This reading selection is taken from The Two-LeRRedAVol, by N. N. Karazin, translated irom ine Kuisian by lions Lanin. (Rand, McNally & Co) The White Blouses are the Russian soldiers, ho caueu oy me central Asiatics on ac count of their white campaigning uni forms. They are now .on their way to punish the Khan of Khiva, for his sup port of the Krain of Bokhara. Natalia, the heroine, the one woman of the story, is beloved by Mo .a At am Kul, the Two Legged Wolf, a chief who has proved treacherous to Russia- This scenj is in the desert of Adam Kplgaa (Man's Ter- aiuonj. - They went along silently. Dost- ohak strovfc to keep up with them ; ne Anew where they were going iQBi wnere ne wanted to co. lie on ly thought of one thing how tb get back sgain with water in the bottle. "The night is dark," he concluded : "and if it's Allah's will what is to be, will bo." And he etruck up in a a ' . . a low, craokod yoice a long, monotori ons chant .. A dense oloud of dust rested over tbo hollow where .the wells were situated. A large number of people was assembled there lour hundred horse or more. The horsemen were bivouacking around the wells, their animals hobbled close at hand, and the men seated m small circles around the water-holes. They were lowering leather buckets into the aperture with lonp: ' woolen rones. and pulling them up again. The water splashed over the rim and wet ted the thirsty sand. Dostchak shivered . when he saw the waste 5 his horse snorted as if mad, opemnsr wide its thin, blood shot 'nostrils. With the crreatest difficulty the old man restrained the animal, glided . irooa. tit a aaJJt stretched his lego, acd bogan to take tbe rope from bis saddle. "Ob, I've lost .my bucket! be exclaimed. "What a blunder ! "Mullah," he ad dressed one of a dozen natives, "give me yours, to water my horse !" "Take it 1" said the man, putting down his bucket and going away himself. . Qaietly, without hurrying, Dost chak proceeded to attach the rope, scratched himself, spat in his hand, and then quickly lowered the bucket. When he pulled it no again his teeth were chattering, and his eyes burn ing as he looked down into the dark, gaping aperture. "If I hurry too much they may suspect something. It is lucky these are no no organized troops, but only runaways who come come together to rob !' Dostchak got his bucket full at last. He tasted a little himself, then ho watered the horse, which thrust his head into the bucket with such eagerness that he nearly upset jbis mister., The night air was fresh, and the horse, having been amply watered, made good speed, and before long patches of dusky red the reflection of the camp-fires looming above the horizon showed Dostchak his road. The white blouses were once more advancing from their camp at. the wells cf Adam Krilgan and Alti Kuduk, where they suffered such frightful privations and hardships. If they had broken down under those privations they would not have advanced, and must have perished at that fatal spot, but they still had strength and - energy enough to march. The road back to where they came from was well known to them. They would soon find water there such as it was. The road ahead of them was as dark and unknown as the future. There was 'water ahead ; that they all knew the Amu Dana, the objective point of their march. But . where was it far or near ? That nobody knew. Between the wells from which : the expedition started and the Arhu there was a vast extent of deadly sands, and that region must be crossed. Some said it was but a day's march ahead ; some said it was three days. Others, again maintained that it was more than a hundred versts or nearly a week's marching. If it was two days' march, the men would get through, and perhaps the camels and horses : if it was more, nobody would get through. To remain where they were was death ; to go back was dishonor ; to go ahead was to place all upon a single card. The white blouses pre ferred the last; to play the critical, fatal card so they went ahead. The following night was 'passed, without water, in the sand. A death like stillness reigned id the camp ; strange sounds came over the steppe from all directions, sounds which caused the experienced soldiers to keep on the alert. Frequently a num ber of them would press their ears to the ground, and then they could clearly distinguish the tramp of horses the movements of whole masses of horsemen. The hereto fore silent waste, qukt as the grave seemed to be quickening, into life. Faint but audible sounds came through the air also, but nothing could oe seen. . T l . . . . . -no you near mairacaei r - one soldier whispered into the ear of his comrade, t "I hear it. There's many people ran : "A horse snorted over there, on mat side." "I he whole horde 'seems to be promenading." "Uid you notice how the san set last evening?" "Why?" "All our fellows saw it. The cap tain took off his cap and crossed himself, and said, "Boys, the Amu Daria is near. Let's pray, boys, to UOd." " . "What did they see?" "An eaele in the skv. We oolv saw him for a minute ; then he went up, (jod's bird, ever to hurh. and soared, and at last turned away oyer mo saua-nius mere. A ney say where eagles are, water is near" "Thirty versts an eagle will aro no farther from the water ; that ii truer " e, thirty versta it may be nearer. , . Long before dawn the expedition was on the march a earn. Myriads oi stars sua sparaiea in the dark -A? A - - V . m .a heavens, but they only sparkled, and gave no light. Beneath them it was dark, and it was difficult to distin guish the still darker mass of the long line of humpbacked camels led out in close column. A somewhat brighter line the infantry au rounded the vast column of papk animais. The whole force marched in the strictest order, ready for battle. The enemy was Close on hand, and no precaution must be neglected. The movement scarcely reminded one of a desperate march of worn-out troops through a deadly desert.. It had more the air .of a well-ordered, oiten-rehearsed manoeuvre. DavLurht came : the Vaw outlines of hills became more dearly defined. J i- - 1 t -m . uu uie uonzon wiaenea more and more, from the general down to the humblest "loutch" employed in the oamel-lrain. It is now seen to be dotted with black .moving objects. The enemy was aware at last that the deadly desert which was to have been the grave of the "giaours" .had proved but an unreliable ally of the i'faithful." The Russians did not yet know that the desert was already crossed, that they stood upon the threshold of a cultivated, irrigated, rich section of the Ehivan Kahn's dominions ; but the others knew it, and knew also that now they must depend only upon their own strength to stem the impending influx of white blouses. They gathered: from all sides in. dense masses to arrest their powerful enemy. ,v ' AfcaaJ if. lwaiiai cul u Lutr,STrTT i Car diatnt,vtmt prtoUy iUaiy romm three slight elevations. These were the Utoh-Chuohak (three bills)', and beyond them lay the Amu the end of all suffering and anxiety. Without any orders, if under the influence of one common idea, all quickened their steps ; the horses pulled at their bridles ; the camels extended their long necks, snorted with their torn nostrih, and bel lowed. "Water!" was reported from the advance guard. "Water, water 1" resounded throughout ' the length of the column. A shining streak, re flecting in its bosom the purple and golden tint of the morning dawn, stretched away to the left of Utch Chuohak. It was a if an eleotrio spark had run through the whole, force, from the first man to the last. The water that had been sighted was not the Amu, as was subse quently ascertained. To the great river of this unknown country it was still a good day's march. This was the lake of Sardiba-Kul, lyirg in a shining semicirole in a small yalley at the foot of the Utch-Chuchak. A green border of rushes served, as a frame to this glistening, transparent mirror.! How delicious appeared to inflamed eyea the vivid green the sign of life ! It was so long since the Russians had seen any green that they hardly remembered its beauty. With the greatest difficulty the horses were prevented from rushing into the water, where the majority would have beoome foundered after their ' prolonged compulsory ab stinence. ' . . .: . ; A lirely bivouac soon encircled the banks of the Sardiba-Kul. Fires werer burning merily, and every- where sounds oi singing and musio could be heard. The faces of all shone with pride and triumph. At this time the fate of the Khanate of Khiva was decided. The principal and most powerful enemy Nature had been conquered. There now remained- only trifling obstacles to overcome, such as the white blouses were accustomed to look upon with contempt. . The Canse of Lynching. Rev. Ii. A. Abbott, of Virginia, has been investigating the, cause of lvnchmc in our country, and in a letter to the publio gives his oon elusion. lie sayi : "One of the great causes of lynohing in America is drunkenness. Having, as best I could, sought the causes of the crime for which lynching is practiced, I have failed to find an instance in which the criminal was sot under the influence of liquor. And the mob that lynches is nerved and pre- fiared for this frightful work by iquor. If drinking wre stopped, this form of lawlessness j would be practically abolished. In. the sola tion of this problem let the Ameri can people take that fact into . con aideration. l '' Delicate Diseases , of either sex, however induced, promptly, thoroughly and perman ently cured. Send 10 cents in stamps for large illustrated treatise, mailed in nliin sealed nnvelone. World's Dupensaiy Medical Association, 663 main at., xsunaio, jm. x. Corn Cracker Write on Differ- . ! erent Topics. Correspondence Aurora. Our place is holding its own. A real estate agent has laid off forty more acres in lots and the wild-eyed inventors have turned it into another Oklahoma. Monazite pours money into the coffers of our four mer chants, aud -the Cleveland County Manufacturing Co. is doing a good business. Among other things, this place claims to have the best banjo picker in the state, and is organizing a band. So night will soon be made hideous with unearthly tootings. As to health, we have one case of fever. Miss Bridges daughter of Rev. Mon roe Bridges, has been very sick. Her many mends are glad to learn that the chances are favorable for her re covery. 1 As to society events we have little to offer. One young man has passed the time at which men should take unto themselves wives, but' savshe always gets knocked eat in the primary. The city fathers have met council, and issued the mandate that he must either marry or keep up the streets. He insists that he has no clothes, and is leader of the cor net band. This was not deemed a valid 'excuse, and he has bought an ox, a shovel, and a pickaxe. When not grading the road he is canvassing some hi the unappropriated fair, but still not even a oloud as big as a man's hand appears. We learn that Col. Simon Davis A? . . irom itne interior has captured a mother-in-law. Simon whose sur name is Davis has been a chronic and peripatelio candidate for many moons; b rom a walking delegate he rose to the dignity of one who rides jon state occasions in a Jim crow cart. lie tried some time since to rent a valuable farm. Simon passed muster on morals, industry etc., bat was told that none but fam ily men need apply. Simon swore he'd have a wife before snow fell or break lung. In six week by his Waterbury, he had killed three horses,! resolved a cart into original elements, routed eight rivals, and captured a prize. She was the reign ing belle of Cherryville, Gaston ooun ty, N. p., and Simon says . he is the bellows. He is installed on a farm that will raise anything from a dis turbance to a banner crop. We ex tend congratulations to both, for Simon is a worthy and industrious citizen, and his bride is in every way deserving. The latest returns announce that Joeephis Horn has received a shock of matrimonial lightning. Joe was a veteran and had long been singing: Kg: ,niy If you want to be married you've only w T. - v. xi nae captured a bonny bride, and can now Bing ; "I'm her Joe, or word's to that effect.' . We never met either, hut understand both are high- y favored. ltegarding the harvest oz tne An gel reaper, we learn thar . Jesse Blanton of New House died on the night of the 7th ' insL at his home. Deceased was something over thirty years of age, a good citizen, a kind husband: and father, and acceptable member of ML Olivet Baptist church. He is to be buried from that place today aod many from here have gone to attena iunerai. xypnoia lever caused his decease. ' Concerning religious awakening. Dr. Leerette and Rev. J. A. Cyok are conduoiJng a series of meetings at Mooresboro with good results, we heard them on Friday night last. We chartered a hand car and went up in great shape, ut. iveuette preached, and it made us think of Jonah at Ninevah. With singular power he excoriated the high and mighty Who were not magnifying their office as christians, and the ja as well as the polished dude, wnth under just condemnation. As to i political news, our Jener- soman Democrat still stands ready to respond at the call of time. We are wildly anxious to have him meet the third party oracle of New House and to insure him proper ekercise, we wish to match him against the Populist Demothenes of Csssi. Like Jones ol Binghampton we pay the freight, and our champion is wildly anxious to plant his colors in the arena. He wants explained why the populists fail to affiliate with N. C. Democrats when the latter agree with them on what they consider the most vital question, silver circula tion. He wants somebody to rise and explain (why they are willing to "fuse" ojr "co-operate" with Republi cans who ridicule and revile their "sub -treasury" and railroad schemes, as bad as the Democrats, lie is also desirous of knowing how they can merge into a party that has made no concessions whatever, but is making them hold the ridiculous place occu pied by ithe negroes when, promised forty acres and a mule. As one who desires the sincere milk of the work, he wants informa tion as to how a party that perpetu ated the; blighting curse against the south oD the nineteenth century by carpet-bag rule can be trusted to pro tect the t rights of property. Also how a party that by arch-imfamy stole the 'presidency from the Sage of Gramercy Park can be so desir ous of "purity at the ballot box." Furthermore, how a political organ ization that found a full treasury -and recklessly tquandered the same, can be so committed to an increase of currenoy." Why a party whose prin ciples instigated the appallng con sequences of the Homestead not, and caused anarchist bombs to dye the Hay market square with blood, is calculated to "let labor reap the fruits of its. honest toil." - How a par ty that has-striven to. throttle Anglo Saxon supremacy, by an infamous force bill, can lead the deluded popu list from "plutocracy" to the ever green shores where "gold-standards" shall cease from troubling, and Gen. W eaver snail oe at rest. -Also a party that calls southern "Statesmen "traitors." "rebel briga diers," and other pet names, can be expected to honor a southron be cause he blindly follows the lead of that great political wet-nurse, Mary Ann Butler, and at the same time surrender all her former teaching, and all her present so called trusts raiin no excuse but: "Anvthinc lo Ijeat Democracy." -! - Coax CVackeu. , A i Our English Visitors, 1 i Richmond Dispatch: Consider log the fact that the English are res ponsible for the fastening of African slavery upon thU continent, 1 while Vi'ginians "kicked" against it; con sidering that the English made no serious effort to ' abolish slavery whHst they held this oountrv. and laL-e active exertions thav made inllahalf of the abolition of slavery after the revolution helped to bring oa our war. it is not to bo supposed taWtyv should fcenve in the inf aJU- hJr their j adgemunt as to the nJtA-uestion. But if they really wart to know the truth ; if they really wish to ascertain if lynch law is countenanced in the south, and why. l?t them come hither and hear WoT sides. Perhaps with their aid and : advice a compromise may be effedted on the following basis to wit ; That if they will persuade the freedman to give up his besetting sin, the whites will pledge themselves to see that lynch law is abandoned at once and forever. ' Baltimore Sun: The committee should not he permitted to make its investigation in Boston, but should be invited to travel though Virginia, Georgia and Mississippi, so that it may see for itself what are the con ditions of life in the rural communi ties of the .south. It will thus be made impossible for its members to retcm home with the . impression--which brusque treatment might have given them that the south is in fact inhabited by barbarians. PAyanah News: Here in the souVxr we are able to do our own in vestigating and denouncing of lynch ing and we do investigate and de nounce them. Governor Northen is justff indignant at the presumption of tlose Englishmen who have taken it upon themselves to do the invest igating and denouncing because they act rpon the presumption that lynch ingsn this country are confined to the Futh and that the southern peo ple approve them. Albany Herald: Governor Nor then is getting lota of praise from the Georgia press for the patriotic tenor of his letter to The New York World abouJ those British fools. ; t i 3 Wake Forest Topi Topics. iFire pleasant days of college vaca tion have been spent and the school boy has to leave sweetheart "mother and home" to pore over his books for another long ten months. Well, this may seem hard but I reckon it is fair. Although education is what every young man should- seek to ob tain and this year many have made the start in this direction. Wake Forest has already enrolled one hundred and eighty two' stu dents and they continue to come in on every train. ' There are several old students who have not yet arriv ed and many new Ones yet to come The enrollment will, in all probabil ity, be larger this year than it has ever been in the history oi the col lege. i Walter Durham, son of the well known C. C. Durham of Raleigh, ha a taken the place of E. W. Sikes as director of physical culture. N. Y. Gully has been elected Prof, of law and political science and is now a member of the faculty in "full felbiwship and good standing." ' Saturday night the trustees met and elected to the chair of modern languages Joseph Carrell of Lexing ton Va. He is a graduate of Wash ington and Lee, and John Hopkins; with these additions the faculty of Wake Forest college is as strong as that of any institution in the coun try. Her enrollment comes fully up to expectation and nothing remains to bfl done but straightforward hard work to make this one of her most satisfactory sessions. , i i - ' c. ; ; The Cotton Situation. The Jerome Hill Cotton Co.,of St. Lous', Mo., says of the cotton crop: "There has a change come over the crop situation. Those who knew it woald be 10,000,000 bajes are now taking off a million or two for hoofs anahides,' as they say down in Tex as. One of tho simplest and easiest things now to do is to make an enor moufootton crop on paper. This system can only be compared to the watering of stocks in corporations. Drought, too much moisture, worms, rust and shedding have all been re ported of late, and an early frost now would cause great consternation among big crop estimators and free sellers for the early months'' ship ments. There haz been much talk of cotton selling for a nickel a pound at interior points, but there never has been any good reason for antici pating any such calamity to this country. The South owns this crop freer from debt than any crop for a decade past The world will need every bale of it for consumption. Owners and producers should there fore name the values of . same, and not the men who want to buy it." Irving W. Larimore, physical di rector of Y. M. C. A., Dee Moines, Iowa, says he can conscientiously recommend Chamberlain's Pain Balm to athletes, gymnasts, bicy clists, foot ball players and the pro fession in general for bruiser, sprains and dislocations; also for soreness and stiffness of the muscles. When applied before the. parts become swollen it wiU effect a cure in one hal the time usually required. For saji by McBrayer & Wilson. JIOS. BOBBINS' LETTER. RegrotallU Inability to Attend the Veterans' Reunion. J. IL Wix-, Seoy. Dear Sir My telegTom briefly explained that my duties here as commissioner pre vents my being present with you and addressing the Veterans at their re aniosi on the Gth inst. as I should be delighted to do. But I cannot be content without writing a few lines to ! express my regret that I cannot be there to comply with their very flattering request and to shake hands w ith the glorious and true-hearted men with whom I am proud to have stood side by side in the ranks of . gray on many a well fought field. 1 hereby send them my heartfelt greeting and my best wishes for the prosperity and happi ness or every one of them. We old vets are growing fewer every year " aad - many ' are limping down the western hill-slope of life in poverty and decrepitude.' Let ns touoh elbows and stand close to gether as long as we live, like we used to do in the battle line. We have no great ' and rioh -government to pension and care for those who are disabled by wounds and disease. We must help ; one another and di vide ouri last crust with helpless comrades; Every county should be too proud ever to allow any old sol dier who wore the gray to beoome an inmate of the almshouse. Surely our noble-hearted Southern people will not permit those to starve in their old age who were ready to bleed and die for them. My duties here as you know, are to help take care of the name and fame of our Confederate heroes who fought on this great field, by mark ing and reoording their positions and achievments here. Victory for once withheld her smile from them here ; but their magnificent deeds as sol diers on this historic ground com pels the admiration even of their ad versaries and all visitors from the world at large! The truth needs only to, be recorded to shed undying glory on the men 4l every southern state and on noneAnore than those of our own beloved North Carolina. Truly yours, Wc, M. Robbins. Why aro They Drones? The preacher and a fraction of membership do all the work. The problem u, how to get every ' one enlitted. Are the drones wholly responsible for their' indifference? iiave we tried to get them interest ed? Are there not thousands of idlers whe would exert themselvetf if they had the inspiration aad train! ueen set '-werorw " nmoKfirf mure J not thousands who never saw a copy of a church paper in. their lives? Are there not many who never .heard the name of a church journal ? Has it not become a jest that here and there are Methodists well-to-do members who inquire if Doggett, Dunoan and Early are living ; even stewards among us ignorant of the common news of the church ? We work ourselves into ill-health and premature senility iu exhausting revivals while too often the rear ranks scatter into a loose Jot of - deserters or camp-followers.? We plan, toil and wreck our nervoes in eager efforts for recruits, while the main body is wasting by want of enthusi asm and information. Wesley did not crave numbers. ' One phalanx of a "hundred" steady, devout, alert men was valued by him far more than a dissolving multitude of ad herents, weak, wavering and ungirt The alphabet of tactics would sug gest, as a first and )rime element of firmness in church forces, a thorough dissemination of the news, achieve ments and history of our Methodism amone our people. A Methodist' paper in every Methodist family and a Baptist paper in every Baptist family anLttt Presbyterians do lik wi liver Coinage, Amount of silver of ail denomin tions coined from January 1, to Au gust 31, 1804: 1,171,431 dollars. 2,260,163 half dollars. 1,248,313 quarter dollars 75,045 dimes. 304,763 minor coins, Total, $4,968,715. The 1,171, 431 standard silver dollars coined from Jan. 1 to Aug. 31. 1894, were distributed amsng the months as follows : , January, none February, March, April, May, June July, August, none 252 none none 179 423,000 748,000 Total, 1,171,431 The populist orators at hrst pro claimed that there had been no ooin age of standard silver dollars since Nov. 1. 1893. Then, when they found that coirs bearing the mark of "1894" were in existence, they In sisted that only a "few sample coins" had been coined to fool the people. The figures and facta speak for them selves and refute . the calumny. Over a million standard silver dollars coined during the last two months constitute a pretty considerable lot of "samples." . As the exigencies of trade require it the silver will continue to be ooin ed. . It Hit an Editor. Some black hearted scoundrel on the excursion train from Carthage, Sanford and Abberdeen, as it passed here on its return trip Saturday night, thre w a. heavy bit of coal striking us on the breast, almost fell ing us to the ground. Such reckless deviltry should be stopped, and we will pay $5 for proof sufficient . to convict the party that did the deed. se. TOE WORK OP CONOKRSTS. Secretary Smith and Speaker Crisp Add reus Atlanta Democrats. ' Atlanta, Qa, Secretary Hoke Smith and Speaker Crisp and reaped a large and enthusiastic D.irnocraUe maas meeting, Secretary Smith was the chief speaker of the evening. Ilia addre was devoted to an exposition of the nnanmai policy oi the , Administra tion. He spoke as a btmetallut, h aid, thoroughly in favor of the u of both silver and far money, and as such he was satisfied that the course of the- President and of the Con- orrtwu in Mnailinn t ha nnrnhuinfr ie It" niimanrtii. smi, .a. iALehristian conduct.-. He is chanred and necessary. In an argument that Is was notable for its clearness and vig v .1 or Mr. Smith showed 1 his auditoral that there was noihlsg for ths friend of honest money , t criticise in the silver legislation of last year: He made It evident that the depre ciation in the value of silver was due to causes otner uian its treatment in the United States. a. a a V t a at a . a f""" "It ii evident," said Mr. Smith, i the course of his speech, "that silv at a ratio olio to 1, ifnnlimi ooinaga wai attempted in this ooun try. must either flood our mints with enormous quantities of silver, Whichi would, at once, depreciate the valds oi. our money, or it wouiu oe oomexi. . . : i I only in reasonable quantites, and then could not substantially effec the mercantile value of the bulli throughout the world. "In eitner event we would oe forced to the exclusive use of a dot lar worth only a little more tha half the present dollar. It would cause the settlement of all contracts at the rate of 50 cents oa.the dollar. It would require the reorganiziiioo' of all prices to bo adapted to the; new depreciated currency. It would compel a change of all legislation fixing salaries. It would necaisitate the entire readjustment of the private and Uovernment business of tho' U n- ited States to meet conditions caused by a degraded dollar. "The confusion incident to suou changes oould scarcely be described, Commercial disorder, business wreok and ruin must at once be precipitat ed. No panio from which our coun try ever suffered has been compara ble to the one which would be In flicted upon the industrial! interests by such action." I The experience of the Government Mr. Smith showed, clearly had been in aooordanoe'with his theory, so that it was absolutely necessary in order to end the financial panic, to get the dangerous part of the Sherman act off the statute books. to remain true to uemocrauc principles of sound money in augur- A.J TaITama-i save rAtAi) m Jackson, and preserved by Cleve land. Speaker Crisp's Speech was a re view of the work of the Congress from the opening of the extra ses sion up to tne preseu viuio. u tua course of his address he said that while not professing to understand the silver question in all its bearings, he had bwen always in xavor oi iree a a a .t--V'. coinage and favored it still. "i oe lieve," said he, "the fears of our friends who oppose it are largely imaginary 'and the enactment of such a law would afford great relief to the people of the country. This question is not yet settled."! Mr. Crisp closed his speech as follows : 4 The Democratic Party enters upon its contest with Republicanism and every other temporory issue which may present inself, with cour age and confidence. While we have done all we hoped to do, we have done more in the past year to re dress the wrongs of the people ; we have done more for their relief than was ever done by any party ia the same length of time in any oountry under the sun. I These are bold words, yet I . hold myself at all times ready to i defend em. Coming into power at a . time of name, when . business was at a standstill, when labor was unemploy ed, when our Treasury was emp'ty, with courage and fidelity we enter ed upon a struggle with the enemies of the people ; we emerged from that struggle victorious in vnis ; , We have repealed the MoKinley law. ' ,V. We have greatly reduced taxa tion. . . ' We have made living cheaper. v We have made all money taxable. We have taxed surplus incomes " We have restored freedom of elec tions. ' Wo have roduoed publio expendi tures, and we have declared undying hostility to all trusts and monopolies organized for the oppression of the people. ' 1 r On these foundations we "build our house ; on these issues we go before the people. For them we "have fought the good fight," to them we have kept tne faith, and of them we have id fear., s Both speakers received warm wel comes, and were heartily applauded as they made their points. While in Chicago, Mr. Charles L. Kahler, a prominent shoe merchant of Dei Moines, Iowa, had quite a serious .time of it. He took such a severe oould hardly talk or navigate, but the prompt use of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy cured him, of his bold so quickly that others at the ho tel who had bad oolds followed his example and half a dozen person! ordered it from the . nearest drug store. They were profuse in their thanks to Mr. Kahler for telling them how to cure . a bad cold so quickly. For sale by McBrayer Ss Wilson. . , , ' The First Thing In the Morning. My. practioe sinoe I was thirty years of age, hal been to read in the Bible the first thing I do in the morn ing. John Quincy. AC'CUSr.3 UF. V. FELMET. A ItttpiiMt Minister Under euro and Heavy Charges, He 1" Still Preachlnjr " " -.' y r i .irroB You will please al 7 e space in your paper to make . a ru tement of a matter that should ( . i the attention of the people, aod ' oularly the Baptists decomma of Cleveland county and ! wnere. And in justice to New Hope mptist church particularly I make e following statement. r one year ago, one Rev. K. Y. et left this county and weit to fton, S. C leaving behind him the following grave charges of an- ,TU1& iweanng, drtttking, tnteaTtAettMSia,i misstreatment of his wife, getting his brothers aaSoney.- or prvptr xrauaatenuy, . ana navug maeeo2Z, i.yg talk to a woman ' who was hot his wife. , It was not long after he left her 4 until I wrote to the clerk of King's Mountain church informinr him of e of the offences that he was harged with. I 'got no reply to my letter, but Bro. T. bright we- at King's, Mountain shortly afteward d learned .that the church had itten Felmet to return his letter. ut he refuted to do it, and said in his communication that they : hai nothing to do with him. xx ow this same U. t . Felmet came aok here and started a meeting un der a brushy arbor near the Kills hool House . and hot more than b and one half miles from New ope ohuroh on the first Sunday in September; with all these charges i uuiuTwwyiiou, reim.v . urivi v iHrge congregation. And hi meet- jLive i uuir Sa Fekn Cti rcg has caused muoh strife and hard y feelings among the people. , - s After the meeting had procrressed for several day a a number ofbreth- y ' ren came down to New Hope last Saturday with a written request for an arm to bo extended . from New Hope to reoeive members into fall V fellowship with the same. Ihe Intention was for Felmet to baotise ond reoeive them intrt tk fellowship of New Hope Cburca. The request was not granted on ae count of the . above charges against him. But we stated to the brethren that our doors were open for the re ception ot members. i Our pastor, Rev. T. Bright stated that we oould not recognize Mr. Fel met as a christian minister until he would submit to an Investigation of the charges which are prevalent ' against him and after was exhon or ated. . , , . We have taken that view and con- '' aider Felmet out of . order. BrHhi. plf a common member of our charcb was only charged with one of these offences be would surely be required to come forward and give the obnroh satisfaction or he would be exclud ed from the church. Is it not aa injury to the cause of Christ, and in- consistent with Baptist doctrine to alios a man like Felmet charged with the offences that he is, to hold his credentials and preach as he does without an investigation, i don t know these charges all to be true, but there are men and women in this section who can testify to the truthfulness of the charges mention- ' ed above. j . , -? A. E. Barns. By special request the Aurora ' publishes Mr. Bettisl letter, yetdls. claims any personal knowledge of these charges sgainst a Baptist min ister, Rev. C. F. Felmet,now preaeh ing in Cleveland , and Spartanburg. The Aurora does not assert these charges are true or false and has nothing to do with this ecclesiastical fight. - It thinks Rev. C. F. Felmet's oon-: . duct strange and peculiar, and dis loyal to his church Mr. Felmet has . a right to be heard through the Aurora m a respectful reply of the same length yet he should stand his trial and be proven innooent, or quit 4 preaching the gospel ' l?o man un der this ocousation . should preach. -Mr. Bettis, riot the Aurora, is respon sible for these allegation! against, " Rev. Felmet, who has a right to re- cV. ply m the Aurora.. " . Poisoning Poisons, : . ' ' " ' ' "Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging." This is true of it ''at iU best estate. The purest of these , beverages when touched by death in the process of fermentation, becomes - foisonous and dangerous. But the lqaors now iold and drank are still ' more destructive and deadly. A re cent telegram from Washington sayi: '' " ! . . . "To-day's session of the sub-oom-mittee of the House Judiciary Com mittee Investigating the Whiskey Trust was devoted to watohing ex periments by Mr. 'Veazey, in pro ducing liquors by adulteration. By the use of essential oils, essences, and'ooloring matter, he produced In a few minutes, whiskeys, rums, and giqs similar to those that are placed on the market and sold as pure goods. The basis for this product was an odorless and colorless . liquid known to the trade as spirits." It was worth about 11.30, per gallon. By, the use of oompounds worth about 1 cents, he produced a gallon of liauor that would sell As high u $4, The production of adulterated goods r represented one-nail tne liquor dss- iness of the oountry. The genuine pure wine "bitetn like a serpent and stingth ' like an , , adder," but this stuff biteth like a whole den! bt vipers, oOpperheads, rattlesnakes, and cobra. "Look , not upon the wine when it is red." The Christian. t Subscribe for the Aurora, ' I. . ; !. ' s . 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