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" TRUTH w.Hfi) W. STUART. ( f - T CARTHAGE, MOORE (M ,1 JXJ f . ittoorc 3n5ex. PUBLISHED EVERT THURSDAY, IT KTVABT Se BLACK, AT OR HUGE, MOORE CO., N. C. Rut en of Subacription. ,One copy, on yearr. One copy, six months One copy, three month .$150 . 1 00 . 60 Rate mf Advertising. Oneiqaare, one insertion $1-00 One square, two insertions -1.80 Onotquare, one month ' 2.50 For larger advertisements liberal contracts will be mide. DIRECTORY. Cameron Mail arrives daily (Sundays excepted) at 10 A. M., and leaves at 2 P. M. High Paint Mail (bi-weekly) arrives on Tuesdays at 10 A M., and on Fridays at 8 P. M. Laavs on Tuesdays at 12 M , and on Saturdays at 7 A M Norwood Mail arrives on rridsyiatT P. M., and leaves on Saturdays at 6 A. M. Columbia Factory Mail arrives on Fri days at 6 P. M.. and leaves on Sat urdays at 7 A. M. , Troy Mail arrives on Wednesdays at 5 P. M., and leaves on Thursday at 6 A. M. Ore Hill Mail leaves on Fridays at S A. M , and arrives on Saturdays at 5. P.M. torNTT OFFICERS. J. J. Wicker, heriff A. H. McNeile, O. 8. O. Jno. O Jackson, Register of Dee Is. W. O. Willoox, Coroner. D. A. McDonald, surveyor. Superior court beld 21 Monday io February and August. coM.tiitfaroxERS. Jno. D. Milver, chairman. M. J. BU.ce. M. O. MeKenzie. W. R. Meese. E. T. Williams. The board of commissioners meets on the first Monday in each month. HEW STORE AND HEW GOODS. M - - r i - CHITRCHBS Baptist. Rev. A. D. Cohen, pastor; services 2 1 Sabbath in each month. Sunday-school every Sabbath at 9 M. E. Church. Rev. A. P. Tyre, pastor; services 4th Sabbath in eaoh month, at 11 A. M., and 7 P. M. Sunday-school every Sabbath at 9 A. BL' Pbesb&ebiak. Rev. M. McQueen, pastor services 1st and 31 Sab baths a$ ,11 A. M. 8unday-BChool every Srabath at 9 80 A. M. J. W. Hinsdale, J. At., Worth Raleigh, N. G. Carthage, N. C. HINSDALE k WORTHY, Attorney at La"w Cakthasb, N. C, Have formed a copartnership for the practice of law in the county of Moore. JAMES A. WORTHY, Attorney .t XjmTW, CARTHAGE, N. O. Practices in Moore, Harnett', Mont gomery and Randolph counties. .Spe cial attention given to the collection of claims. nol-tf i. D. M ITER. . 0. BLACK. MclVER & BLACK, ATTORNEYS AMD COUNSELORS AT LAW, Practice in Moore and adjoining counties. Special attention given to the collection of claims. if : J. M. BROWN, Attorney at Law, TROY, N. O. Practices in the Courts of Montgomery and adjoining counties. 6 i ooREiL Index. : ff Jjr Growler Grim's Dream. Why should I be so thankful, VJ?' Grim Growler, reading, roughly spake. Ive had my own bard row to hoe My way all through the world to make; Pre earned the oomforta that I own, I've rubbed my lot to make it bright; I've toiled, aa any man may do, And hold my plaie to-day of right Thanksgiving eve! yet thankless thoughts Game trooping through old Growler's brain As he sat sipping crusty port And counting np bis worldly gain. Upon the printed page, laid down, Some words, it seemed, had caught bistro Of thanks that were the morrow's due For blessings sent us from on high. J But when the twilight dusky grew, And leaping firelight flickered faint, Beside his hearthstone something stood ; Presenoe, white robed like a saint; Which, pointing to the ruddy gray Of failing fire, by correct stirred, Spake low and soft, and strangely sweet: 'Oh mortal, thou hast greatly erred. 'Who keeps that wondrous metronome Of beating heart without thy care? Who keeps the body safe in sleep And wakes it to the morning fair? You carved your lotf you asked for work? For capital your hands were all? Who kept that right arm strong and sound? Who bade the rioh man heed your call? 'Beholdl' The rosy ashes stirred A country boy stood sad and shy Before the mighty merchant priBoe. With restless hands and drooping eye. The while, until he turned, approved, A white-winged angel waited there, Though neither boy nor master knew The fair shape of a mother's prayer. Again the drifting ashes shone: 'There go your ships safe to the land; See you, above the tallest mast, The guidance of a shining hand? You make your boaet no missing ship Was ever marked from off your list: Who gave the wild wind to your hand From out that mighty hollow fistf 'Look thou! Upon a couth of pain A baby weak and helpless lies; Can you give back the rosy life That seems just nearing paradise? Beholdl Two angles bear the child Just near enough for God to kiss, Then give it baek to mother-arms To keep a while. Could you do thk? 'When sore temptation trod the verge, Andvnn eamn varv nnr tn fll ITT FEAR." -X- C, FEBRUARY 12, tuoee trying years, was that mj faith in Obed was deep as the sea and Arm as the everlasting hil,. I no more believ ed it possible for him to what ht thought to be wrong than was for him to fly. Ha us not a brilliant lellow, yon know, but jfor solid qualities a honesty, integrity, pureness of hearty earnestness, charitableness of judgment, accuracy of knowledge and a high and keen sense of justice, I have never known his equal. I never thought of his yielding to temptation, or abandon ing any good cause because it was weak. In my estimation he was as a bulwark of strength. I suppose that I endowed him, It a way, with my own decision and firmness, which have always made it as easy for me to say nO as yes in re gard to anything about which my con victions were clear. greatest trial we had to contend with was onr inability to be liberal and thoroughly hospitable. This suburban o wn where we now live is much weal thier now than then, but even then it was aristocratic enough to tell what its future would be. Eveiy denomination must have its own church, and there were always fairs and festivals and sub -8criptions for this and that; and Obed was a church member, and very much looked up to because of his abilities, fine soeial position and high character, and you can imagine how, with our mis erable income, it was utterly impossible for us to buy tickets for everything, sub scribe toward the preacher's salary, or contribute generously toward the church expenses in any way. The very best that we could do was to cast in our 'widow's mite,' and whenever help was needed that entailed no expense, to ren der thai But when it came to money, mind you, we could go no further. We held it to be a crime to let our honest debts go unpaid for the sake of feeding the contribution box. We knew men who did that way, but they were always in financial trouble, and I don't think they enjoyed their religion much, es pecially when they were sold out by the shrif their fa nilies reduced to penury. 1880. That ignoble thouglt quite passed away, and half an hour later I heard O bed's step on the walk, a little less eager than usual, it seemed to me, and the moment he reached the porch I knew something was wrong, for I can always tell from Obed's face the state of his feelings. 'Well, back agair, are you, Obed?' I 8&Uhby way of greeting, as he threw his hat fawn with a boyish fling. 'Yhcjand what do you think I've done, Nell?' he asked vehemently. I ooifldn't say, Obed,' I replied qui etly. I 8ab scribed a hundred dollars to that peaky church! I'm ashamed of myself 1 1 I despise myself I I never felt so mean in all my lifel a hundred dollars I and you here slaving your fingers' ends off ! I deserve to be shot for my ignominy 1' A hundred dollars!' I eehoed faint ly, feeling the blood rushing to my heart. It may seem silly to you that for that paltry sum of money we should have been made so miserable; but to us, at that time, it was like a million. 'Obed!' I cried, 'after tome moments of silence, 'not for ten thousand one hundred dollars would I have lost my faith in your strength to do right.' 'Oh, Nell, 'tis just that which cuts me to the quick,' he quickly retorted. 'Nobody could have made me believe that I would do such a thing. I am as surprised and pained as you can possi bly be, for I had no idea that I had such a streak of weakness within met St. Paul must have foreseen me, for sure, when he warned rnn to take heed lest they fall, while thinking that they stand.' j - -1 Poor Obed! I had never TI,,. d - mortified and humiliated, &Uu . il Vl- count of that 'pesky church.' Then I asked him to tell me how it happened, and he described the method employed by the bishop and his officials to raise the six thousand dollars. The officials each went among the congrega tion, soliciting subscriptions from occu pants of each pew; then, as the amount subscribed failed to reach the desired ,1Ht FLEERS COLLECTION J. C. BLACK. NO. 19. Two years ago Obed, almost entirely at hi6 own expense, for he had come in to possession of his patrimony then, re fitted the old church, which, after all, has come to be fashionable ai well aa useful When the suggestion was made to have the old church repaired Obed made a little speech, in which he said that rather than have a single man or woman subscribe a farthing beyond what he or she was abundantly able to give, he muoh preferred to bear the entire expense himself; and that all subscrip tions to the fund must be voluntary. Ee afterward said to me that rather than have any person subjected to the paia and humiliation that we had under gone becauEe of that 'dreadful subscrip tion,' he would worship in a barn to the end of his days. I often think if people who solicit subscriptions with a persist ence that amounts to insolence, would but consider the possible harm they commit, that they would ply their busi ness with more consideration, remem bering that overcoming a good man's sense of right and duty, is leading him into the temptation from which he daily prays to be delivered. Mabi Waweb Fisebb In th Early California Days. Tae Virginia City, Nev., Chronicle te'ls this story: 'Why didn't I save my gold dust when I had it, young feller V sneered an old pioneer last night, who bad been bragging to the loungers in Knox's courtroom of the piles of gold he had got iid of in early days. 'Well, p'r'aps its nat'ral to ask that, seein' you don't even know what dust looks li lvt tham days a man had to be banker, an' the only wfe feller's pocket. It would: your dust nowhere if yoi to turn up missin' when it. A thousand dollars just about five pounds, get four or five thousand it ain't no easy load to pacl blowed if the dead weig man's belt hasn't driven kn ... i nis- I 1 MV iggin's dowr Frisco 3 r , '"VfeSk C- ? . families suffering loss sum, a new, appeal wmiJj Yet bonnflwd baij,-," man,
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