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KEtf AN8VILLE, DUPLIN COUNTY, N; C.,-jULY-1, 1908, no; io VOL. HI. J 1 Named for Governor ByStlieGHarldtte Convention on. Sixty-Rrst Balloi 'C ENTHUSIASM UNBOUNDED ' Erd of Long Flsht Came Saturday Afternoon en the Sixth-First Bal lot Cos test the Hardest. VTougat r-id Most Bittxely Wajed Ever Re corded In the Political Annals :of North Carolina Snd ia 'Sisht Af ter the Sixtieth Ballot When .'OoL Ashley Horse Appears 'on Eost mm 'and Withdraws From X; the Race Lore Feast Followi : -"Tinal Ballet Speeches BeinjMadajbj I-GeverncrAybock ISxs Cameiv on Morrison, Mn Kitehin and. Mr. Craig Nomination : Mads JJnani mona Mr. Craig's Feeling "Address a Splendid One. s . ;- "; : Charlotte, SjiaLMr William Walton Kitehin, now representing the fifth district in Congress, was on Saturday evening1 at 7.30 o'clock:, nominated- for Governor on the sixty-first ballot by the' .State Demo cratic convention Jin session i here. Col. Ashley Home who- had the small est primary vote of any of the thrco candidates in the race,' withf'Y'e.wal-' -ier the sixtieth baHot. sad- ih" fight war" closed by . Mr. JLoeke Craig,- of Asheville, and ."Mr. Kitehin, the re sult of the last ballot bain? 473 59 for Kitebin and" 3S1.72 f 3r Craig. After the contest- was over a. love f oast, . in 'whieh -1 he - friends of . the . candidates took part, ' followed. Among others who spoke were :T For mer Governor Ayeock, who support ed Mr. Craig; Mr. Kitehin and Mr. Craig. . - The closing scenes of the great con test, which had" continued -fojrf four days, were mo3t animated. , . More than 8,000 people, men and women, filled the Auditorium. Demonstration after demonstration - was made, so mneh sd that the chairman had -a tnsk to preserve order. The victory won by -Mr. Kitebin is ranked as one of the greatest in the' history of the State... He was oppos-. cd by Senator Simmons, the recog nized, leader of the North Carolina Democracy ; former Governor Ay cork, and other--.; well-known - Tar Heel leaders. He made a -fight en the Tcbacco Company, which concerns he UOS. LOCKUP CRAIG, .of Bnneombe said were opposing him. - He came to the convention . with approximately 374 votes. Craig had 335 and Horne '143. The first ballot came at 12 ! o'clock Wednesday night.- Front that 1 lime until the "hour of the nomination i the contest wa spirited and at times bitter. The delegates were, noisy and enthusiastic all the- while." , Craig was supported by the mountain counties of western North .Carolina. -His mountaineers - were loyal to, the List nd went downafter a game fight. Kitebin had not' only a plurality of instructed votebut be could count more delegates in a final show-down, lie and his friends believed- that -be woul d be nominated on the third or l ourth ballot,-but. a master band was : 2-aiust him, and as a result, the bal ti? was prolonged and royal.:"i '. ."' William Waion Kitehin. . William Waton -Kitehin, - of Rox boro. Person county." was born near P'otland Neck, Halifax county, Oct- asr 9th,- "1866.-'" -He .was "educated r.1- Vine Hill' Academy and 'Wake Forrst College,' where be- graduated in.1884. He edited The Scotland Neck .Democrat LrrlSSo.: Shortly afterward h-took' up the study of law, first un ftT his father; tbe-Iate W.-H. Kitch and Hhen .under, the late JohaTS. Vmmvzi at tberJJniversity; of North Tarrlin?. . -He vwas" -admitted to. 'the bar in 1887, and took. up his residence ' Srnday School Convention.'. licidsville, S5pecia.--xne executive committee of the Rockingham "county fijnday Scboor; Association has ar rard -a very interestingprogramme for the - convention to - be tbeld " in V. rtitwcrtb. ri It- has ."been so for tr.uate as to seeure Several of the offi cers of the State Association to.take p..it in the"rogramme.-'' - m Soy Run Oyer by Train, 'Z - ' . insion-Salcm, rSpeciaL Lewis M Lees .colored,; one ,'6f rtbe" night b ;l b( s at the! ZinzendorfHoteL s rwi over by a -shifting engine n.-n ti c Slater Normal School, at bis ehj of he yard limits, -and seriously if ot fatally. iinjnreA' He . received a rib'.s-cut in one of his le3 and sjT 1..'. intensely from the pain,-He wrsj .'' ? on the traek and thoxjlia s of the engine cut 'his leg. 7 1"' v.up -all night , and laj been ! seme during the day, and it is-.- ' vu; dt i'uaS be: f sU asleep :vf - I 1 I) it in Roxboro in"188cVi He wa ""married to Miss Musette Satterfleld in 1892. Mr.Kitehin-was .chairman" of -- bis county .executive committee in 1890 ; was the nominee of his pary for the State - Senate in 1S92 ; was .:v elected sixth, 9t9isgC - . successively-to theFifty-flfih, Fifty sixth, Sr. Fifty-seventh,, Fifty-eighth, "and ..Tif ty-ninth: Co tigress, and-was re-elected to the Sixtieth "Congress, receiving 16503- Votes to :11,039 f or C - A- Reynolds, Republican nominee.' : - ' : - The Break Begins, :v - '? The' sixty-first ballot told the story. Craig was: pitted.", .against -Kitehin, Iter" the announeement-ef the sixtieth- ballot Col. Ashley Horne.came into- the ball and withdrew from, the rae;He v mounted . the: rostrum"ac eompanied by JMessrs.'C B Watson, T. W. Bickett, D Bellamy R R. King, W A. Erwin, Walter, Joe Tay loe and P.-jBC Means, and: ma3?'ra very- touching speech. z Z 3- -'He thanked " the friends who - bad stood - b? bimT. sor loyally counseled - T -t nil aarmony, and .withdrew, iHe-waa 4.IH1VRCU UJ Vh.- U- ft UCU. Julian. S. Carr and Hon, T. W. Bick- ett, each of whom, spoke feeungiy of the splendid stand - made by - the Horne forces. " - - J- - Governor. Aycock Appears. 'While : the '.vote on "the sixty-first ballot was- being counted r; Governor Ayeock : came - on1 the rostrum. and movecY that the nomination - of Mr, Kitehin be made ' unanimous. -- The delegates . and the- spectators, some thing like 8,000 of them, rose . and shouted as one person. For five min-. ntes the uproar was so great that the speaker could not continue. When partial' quiet-was at length restored, Mr.' Aycock made one of thejt' happiest -and most - brilliant speeches ever beard here, in .whieh he spoke feelingly of bis -love for Mr. fVaie and his deep sorrow at his de feat, but added -that' the Craig pco - pie would' now be the'mot loyal suj f porters ' of . Mr. Kitehin.' - Other- Craig . lea(Vrs ,spoke alonir thesame line. Kominee-Elect Kitehin to the Front. : The crowd Yelled for Kitehin : and Craig. . "Mr. . Kitehin came first and made a most taking speech." He look- ed Well and his voice-rang dear and sweet. Being a striking looking man, one rwbom men -and .women - like to loot upon Mr. Kitehin bad no trouble getting silence, for. one and all wish ed to, hear-him, ; lZ-'-l;-.s -V Mr. Kitehin 's Speech. 2". In introducing Mr.'' Kitebin;" Chair-, man .Parsons, said t .-r f Gcntlemen-of this, the greatest Democratic convention-ever held in - North Carolina, I esteem it a great honor-to present to yoa-your "hero,- the nominee - of- this convention "far Governor, .William W. Kitehin." ; i t Mr. - President, 'Ladies and Gentle men : -To : say . that , I am-: happy ; at this ' time very feebly expresses "mV feeling on this occasion." I am, proud to receive the nomination, of the Democracy-, of North " Carolina ton - its highest "office- in this .magnificent City , of CbarJotteT-J I am proud to have the endorsement . of ihe greatest conven tion that -ever assembled within the borders of tthis; State. While -1- am prouiL. my-;eorintrymen, I realize' the 'great v- responsibility, that thij honor carries with itI;jwish to, say ... that there j is. nof bitterness jn my -beart. I "regard this as .not 'an honor, con ferred npon anindividnal. merely I rather jregard it as - an- expression of A Monroe Woman run overJby Buggy. T. "Monroe, .JBpecialr-While , Mrs," Monroe CrowelFwas -getting intotber carriage on Chnrcb-street ..Saturday eveninglthe borse started and CMrs. Crowell was thrown under the wheels, which; passed over, ber,' breaking- her left: 'leg -near" the .hipC iTherbroken bonewas set. by Drs. Neal and Ash craft who say Mrs.- Crowell 'sr injury is- very serious xn account of C her -Kills His""Half-Sister. - Z Salisburyrr- SpeciaLr-v A -- terrible tragedy which, has snockeo! -tbe wEole comronnity occured at "Chestnut . Hill, a 'suburb of Salisbury about' 7 o'clock Saturday morning in-tbe Jbome of. Mr. arid Mrs. T. E. McGeer -717-: Soufb Jackson" street.,. -While -alone-"in tho bedrccm Claude MeGee, aged "15, shot and instantly skilled his r Jbalf -sister Auroral aged . 23. ;5"hc; boy's story i3tbat be and .bis sister were: scuff ling and - the ; supposedly t janlpaded shotgun. was aeeiden tr v discharged the choice oh the : people of - Korth Carolina.' (CheertJ , "And A3 that I- esteem it- highly- WbenI "reflect that Jny -competitors were one - of them a distinguished a successful a splendid and high tvoe of North Car- olina': citizenship, the - Hon. Ashley norne, and the other, an able, distin guished, eloquent and great Democrat of the west,, Ihe Hon; Locke Craig, I cannot think that-this Jionor vas giv en ma as a mere personal compliment; We: have had our fights within.-the party. with a spirit not ofenmity and hostility, but with " the spirit- of gen. erous rivalry with each other for this great honor- that you had in --.your power to bestow. - ,AH Rivalries Settled. -r:2" '-'fWs are told, ladies and gentlemen,' that between ' Athens . and r; Sparta there -abf ays existed -a serious- and sometime, a Hostile Tiyalry,' but that when a r common enemy pointed the prows of its ships toward Greece all internal x.; jifferenees . -and - rivalries were forgotten and- a- united: Greek armv favd th enomv ' Y rrlausf -'And o this convention has settled ihe -rivalries-Jtetwcen the candidates and I believe that each candidate has u hloh rocmrd . for . TIb attiym if om i now as be bad 12 or-18 months ago. and. the supporters of each candidate have the same spirit of generosity now t war xney Jiaa prior lo.vnis campaign, 1 k, . 11 .i.. Ana in -ne great uiit ina-i. wo me tui make against the common enemy in the! fall,-1 Ct not expect any more hearty and loyal support from the -fK.s-or -? 1 Kit chin of. .yesterday than -Jdo from the friends of Ashley HorneT and iha friends of Locke Craig of yesterday. rMr. Kitchm heartilythanked all his friends who had stood by him; spoke teelinglyof the honor, he . felt to be I the satndard bearer ofltha party and asked jor complete party harmony. , . : Mr... Craig .Appears. Mr. Craig, tired, but hani;ome and smiling, appeared when Mr.. ICitchin sat down, 'At the-sight of" their idol the mountaineers rose-en masse and yelled at the top of-their voices. Ev ery other- man and - woman.;, in the house stood and cried aloud , with the supporters of the orator -of the rwest. - Graceful,- dignified, " and refined looking be stepped forward 'and wav ed bis elegantly shaped bands for at tention."' - ' ' A. - Mr. Craig's Speech,. - "1 thank yon, my friends,: for the HON. ASHLEY; HORNE, of Johnson great reception you haveygiven me. As L stand here I realize "that I look upon the greatest, body of Democrats that has ever assembled Jn- any State in the United States and -1 come be fore" this body to pledge - to. 'you again in' this bour when you have i chosen another to be your standard-bearer, that in the" future; as" for 25 .years in the past, all of my talent, whatever it U Y - Explosion onLaunch.- Wilmington. SpeciaL-While t'-a party - of soldiers"; was-, coining iover Tuesday afternoon" from Fort Caswell Aoouthp0rt,in; the government "gas oline launch Lilian: the air tank: on board- exploded and Corporal Calvin and fiergeanti-Brown,! pfthe '-Nine-ieenth Company, : were. very, seriously injured,: while Private , Collins, ..of the same- company,- .was sslightly . in juredV - -"-The Yarn -Spinners Meet. v 1 Charlotte,' fipecial-r-Thei meeting of thtf - Southern . Hard -Yani Spinners Association' in the .-y small assembly room of the Selywn was more large ly attended iri ' point. in ; influential members than . any; - other previous meeting. r As a result, oJt. the eonf eif-ence- which followed it - was : decided that no mills should accept . orders whih did not show - a profit."-. This will rpsnlt. if carried out. in the ab solute shutting down'of praticailyall l of the mills until &etter raflrJ?ep con ditions arrive. - " - ' : : -: ... j ia,"all of my strength, is "at the com mand of the cause of the Democracy of this State. (Great applause.) I do Xiot belong to the party .for the. honors and emoluments of office. -1 laim al legiance to" that : "great, organiiatioff because? its '-success- is coextensive witb-lhe -welfare of my. State and the good of the people that' Iiove,- and for that reason in victory and in de feat,"I always owe and always" give my. allegianee.; to the party- that has saved and.; that -is i the salvation- of this State. -" s-,-.-. ; ; A' Victor in-This Contest. P 7j 'J Bat my, friends it unnecessary for' me to say .this. r i think" that my record ifor 25:- years in the past is guarantee of my Joyaity in the future to the: cause of our party- il come be fore - you' especially ,- fo : thanks ' the friends who have- stood so loyally by me in. this, the greatest political eonv vention in the State's bistoryrThey have stood by me with the loyal tyiof a -Spartan and with the devotion - and chivalry of a , son to this - land of iixie ,.And .Jtwisb. ta say to you to- -Jiight,": my .friends, that though-. I-am not .the nominee of. this convention -J t feeLa,greatvictor in this eontest for I have the devotion of th -'f riencii I bo have stoody'mejr thfeirheroisni l"f imwuKewe- wiu meir wyaivjr. ! io ms7 a heritage, and to lay cMldn-l h AM toM -Tin A I- ,3 UlA.. ' nvAAIAI.D rh.tl t v...c6v m, u.vi ..wuvw w fice ; "for -tbe honors and emQluments of. office is in its essence, the loyalty pod devotion of friends, and 'I know that l have this, I shall never forget about this is - that they bave - given mfi. so' much and: I. can jcive them so little, ' (Applause.) -X cannot- express to 2 you . in words . my -' gratitude, : J hope 'that here : and hereafter:!- can be : true to the-r cause that you love and demonstrate in my life that yonr affection and. your loyalty - have not been- bestoweiVupon "one -that is: un worthy.' We , all gcr: home : with-' he dcrmination -and with all : zeal to "fight : for 'the principles that we love and- for the land-.of our. inheritance.' 'Mr.fCraig thanked all his -loyal friends,-, declared- that North Carolina is the greatest of all the-States in its citizenship, and said that the success of -1 bo" Democratic party Was supreme and.: ahead' and beyond the ambitions r n v man." His speeeb was warmly imivcd - by the; immense assemblage j -i- took hi.3 seat. amid wild ap plause. , 1i - " -1 , - - xjw Flaal Vote. - -y .:,The final Tote, "which" was not an nounced," stood:' Craig," 38L72f Kiteb in, 473.59: Home, 1.69. - s J- r Before this vote could be. announc ed the .motion to make Mr, Kitehin 's nomination ' unanimous - was put -nd carried -with tumultuous: cheering; , . W." C. Newlahd, of Caldwell county was nominated for lieutenant Governor,-the ballot-standings Newland, 481; WoodV 217; Bowie, 159.. Governor Glenn andSenator Over man -were elected delegates- at large to the -Denver- convention "-byTicea mation; u: A fight was sprung on motion- to elect Senator Simmons, and) pending the settlement ot this matter the convention adjourned until -Monday the time, being slightly past mid night. . , - - - - r" The platform " committee ' was not yet ready : to report and" the nomina tions for other State ' officers had' to go over until Monday.' : , - . : : The Convention City... ; This is - the first State convention Charlotte has bad in half a century. Nbbetter. place could have been selected.- vT" j " , . , The city of Charlotte has a: popu lation of forty-three thousand; it has the finest auditorium in the - South f the best hotel, facilities, the best elec tric car. system,, the best, system " of schools and colleges the finest" parks and amusements', the finest retail and wholesale . stores the largest . publish ing interests, the most numerous and costly churches, the, best banking fa cilities and the largest" and, most nu merous and Varied manufacturing in dustries pf-J any eity in North Cann Una or. for that matter any city of its size' anywhere, v Moreover it has an abundance- of . hydro-eleetrie pow er from, tbv Catawba river, by means of Twhich-night has been turned, into brightest -day, andthe illumination makes the whole city .- a - fairyland. Charlotte' -is ' now: putting down- the new bitufitie -paving on its . principal streets; it-has-a complete water sys tem sufficient for half a million peo ple, and one of "the best trained fire departments anywhere.- Such is Char lotte, -the historic Queen ; CityJ; that has:8et itself .to'tbe- tasfc of enter taining the -convention .- like -it ?was never entertained before.;- 'And the people I Special trains . ever " the Southern," special trains over the Sea boaroV -regular- trainslfreight .trains, automobiles; every. knowni means oi conveyance -has brought,, in throbgs. Tbbusands on thousands - of .;. them were here, "i - T . . - Webb From the Ninth. -1 T ' Charlotte Special. At the con gressional convention n of the' ? Ninth district held'here 'Tuesday nigbt; Ed win 'Yates Webb, -of Cleveland coun ty, v was. -nominated. withoutA opposi-t liou.' This is bis fourth nomination. -',-. - i -1. "i i . - 1 i -- i ! "Hackett Not Opposed." t V SaUsbufy,! Special! Tbe ; Eighth district ' : Democratic' - congressional convention was called . to order -Tues-J day -afternoon promptly at .o'clock by Chairman,, To H. rVanderf ord", of Rowan- county,- and af ter. a short. and haimonious J session disposed ? of all the business brought before it. r. Con gressman Ri N"Hacketf -was .-unanimously; ehosen, as, the nominee -without opposition. " : ' - I . r " ihamMM Sixth Nomination. " - -i - s Raleigh Special.Hon;Charles",R. Thamas,7 of Newborn, was at ,Golds boro nominated by the. Democratic congressional district - convention tfor Congress for the sixth time- He. had no opposition and" the -nomination, was by acclamation. Four delegates -were. elected to - the' national Democratic conveation, as follows : - M.. Koonce, of Jaeksbnvillei G B. Riehardsoni -of :. Newbernf L.A. Bethune, of Clinton and TL L, Gibbi, of Bayboio.-No alternate .wero-,-. chosen. : V-r t f-V-.. , e IlIlilHIrMi Two f e!I Jntd the HahdsoiAtf & 4 'Angry Mob and Pie"" AN HFORTMADE -TO SAYE0NE While Officers" Axe Harrying Negroes ;Off For Safe Keeping Mob Sud i denly Appears and ' Takes . Posses i slon of Prisoners Unsuccessful At-. tempt JIade to Break '.Handcuff and Both axs Lynched, Though one ef-Them Hay Be Innocentv, s..-" raycross, Gal:; SpeciaL-'-Just at sundown Saturday -afternoon two -no goes :were. lynched by a mob-of . at least -one, thousand persons---The lynching, oeeured on the eastern out skirts ot the Cityf The negroes'-wer-e Walter Wilkins and" Albert - Baker, who . were ' .brought t bere f Saturday morning, from - Wayne covintyj.one of them charged with: outraging -the 14-year-old daughter-- -of . Mr. - Wiley Wainwrightr"Tbursday..evening, . . : The . negroes were lodged - in the Tt COuntv iail during the day and I . - - . . . ' . .; , bte in the afternoon were'lakenvoufc by,-Wayne county- ofiieers J for' the purpose of ' carrying" them to 9essup for safe keeping. '"" Suddenly a rush 1 eacQ officer nd his -ffo negroes was made and a dozen" hands-clasped Were jerked aeross . the railroad track and a hundred persons 'pounced upon them, others still holding the guards.. Through .the "wire fenee -at the rail--. road the mob shoved the negroes and then . started in-a run across - College HilL For nearly : half a mile I they continued" to the first oak tree in the old ; Cherokee nursery." Here an at tempt was made to-break" the hand cuffs ,whicb" beldlthe negroes .togeth er, but without avail. None -had a rope, but a heavy trace -chain which was lockect.around one of the. negroes was ..broken apart and - a. loop was soon made " around - his neck Some one ' mounted the treo and .from-tbe first limb eaught the end of the chain tying -it. around the- "timbi . while ot h ers held,- the alleged japist up from the ground. - -The other negro, srill handcuffed to' the body of the . hang ing' man, stood - with - hands ...clasped around ; the--treei -The mob. stepping back -about .10 paces opened, fire upon, the -men,- hundreds of shots being fir ed into, their bodies.' - - " - -. Many tried to prevent theMlling of the. negro -who was clasping; the tree, there being :mncb doubt about bis connection with the outrage. "Nothing could be done with the enraged mob. After: the lynching the mob dispersed. -The .'-outrage occured near "the borne ofWiley Wainwright Thursday evening. ' The girl had: left the house for the cow pen when she was at tacked by the. negro . She was. taken to thewoods nearby; ber screams fail' ing to attract any one at the vuse. Here, it is ' said two other negroes joined the first.- . It was 11 o'clolf at night before Mr. Wainwright. .accompanied by v" neigh bors, found - her.-.,' She .wasiiernbly bruised and mutilated. Tbe uegro Al bert Baker : was . arrested Friday morning and earned before the girl for identification. He. was with sev eral ether negroes at the "li me and sat readily pointed Liin oirC; . " - - - ;t -;-.. .. - -:v -: t l - " - Only Patriotic-Airs. - New York; Special! In a procla mation issued ' by Mayor- George- Bj McClellan relative to"' .the observance of the Fourtfc of JhIj, be directs that: none but -patriotic airs be played by the -bands - inj the - public parks' and on therecreation rpiers on- that? day. The usual orders as to the raising of the American r flag on all city build ings are issued, and "the mayor far thers urges r -citizens' everywhere throughout the city to display nat-; ional- colors -f as the: most appropri-s. ate manner of celebrating: the anni-' versary of the Declaration ; of Inde pendence.'t t" -x t - - Attacked Express Gar. , Springfield I1L, :- Special?s-An"i; ex press car of the ' Illinois i'Traction system, leaving .-. Sti .': Louis ; Friday nightcarrying- a large 'amount :-of money .and other v"? aluables,i-iwaa made the object of atttaekr bythree. highwaymen at Lynch ' Station' out side of -East St.: Louis. - Cr E. Hart- ! man, a Chicago and Alton dispatcher, saw . tne wouia-De roDoers -creeping along, the: grass, and gave signals to the car to go on.i . Several shotsvwere fired bythe highwaymen, one of them striking'the car, "and three vShots-were returned - by the motorman. ' anof?con ductor 'of the: car. '-No one was hurt. 1 Reactionaries Rule Persia.--' i-'i London,' By Cablc-A " speeial dis patch, from Teheran ' to ' The -Times says'The reactionaries are 'masters of - the situation - here. -" Arrests - and looting "-continue and s a " panic-r pre vails. All the- newspaper offices and the anjuman's premises have-been looted, and closed.-:;The rshah 's aunti" wifer of Zahiived-Dowleh committed suicide Wednesday" when" her home was "destroyed."- - " - t-T-, - "":; Fifteen Dead in a Collision. Bombay; J Byi Cables-Fifteen per sons', were killed an4 270injnreoin a' collision between : an express 'land -& freight'tfain. on?-theBombayr:and Ba roda Railway near! Baroda.- Four of the passenger" coaches and foxsx mail cars jof the " express train-.and four .'cars: of the freight train.;; were burned. ' '--,,J Boy Aecidently -Killed" -.- 1 Americas, Ga. Special.- The 12-; ar-old - son"- of Eugene 'Pilcher, ' a prominent ' farmer- 'residing' near Amerieus,.was almost instantly killed Tuesday afternoon by-the. accidental discharge 'of a , shotgun with which he was playing. .: The gnn!xploded in lads If ace; "lacerating7? it: fearfully; Death- resulted in a fewmuautes,and oerore pnysicians:sComqj; reactjvi.fsr scener OTlt :-. Stjribattcfecf ? INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM- Subject: Israel Asks For a King, t " . Sam. 8 -Golden Text, Provj 8:15 Commit Verses 19, 20 Read Deut. 17tl4-20-nunentary. .the , people, thav masner of-rttae king AI..4 . . ...... n-m- ' . .- : iiuti.Hiufr reign over inem,.vs.- xo-i. The people were eager for a Hog, so fftffAr thflt fhov hHlanncUr nil1 hoarf. lessly tell Samuel that he Is too old tc :uenj longer nc ior xne place 01 teaa ershlp (vs. 1-5). If Samuel's feelings were in the way of : their- ambition, thT: tnnt flB f romnlait llnmt .kt la all, -no matter- how faithful ruler But Samuel seems to have been reap ing in part tne result of nls own tolly, Mid sntlB- vera .-.tittarlv --nn-flt . r-va Judges; but be made them Judges over Israel. -i. It is God's business tq appoint judges, and not man's.- The fact that Samuel himself was ar judge Ty divine DTinntntmont: cava r.Mm -ri make. hissons Judges by .his own ap pointment.-, uivine gins ana omces are sot transmlssable from father-to son.. It is a grave mistake to sacrifice ine wor or yoa ror tne interests or our children.. . Fatherly ambition : for hiS:-80nn- RP4ma .to "hava lofl -Samiiol astray, even with 13 awful -example of Ell before his" eyes (cf. ch. 2:12, 1 3 ; 3 : 1 1-1 4 )T Hundreds of -years be- rore.tueut. 17:14, 15) God had an ticipated the . day -when - His people snouid request a king, Tint He was net pleased -with the . rea u est" when -it was made ch: , 12:17). ; That illustratea tne difference between -what God pre dicts and what God, desires. The thing displeased Samuel'$(v S)- It was right 'that it .should 'for it "dis pleased the Lord as well- But there seems as if them war unmcthinc nr personal element not unmixed zeal ior- uoa s- nonor, .m Samuel s dis pleasurer, But he did the wisest thing there was-Jo be done antler the clr cumstances. IHe prayed - unto the Lord" v. fc; cf, PhiL 4:8, 7). Sam Uel does not RP.em tn hnva hail v..ii1 Of reproach for. th inerrntitnA nr tha elders until" after he had ' talked itl over. who; tne LiOrcL i It-was not God's first choice to give them a king, but God has a . way of training 'His chil dren by letting -themr have their own way and bq find out by bitter experi ence now mucn setter his way is (Ps. 81:11, 12; Luke 15:12, 17). God 'was their King;-, tn asking a human visible king, thejrhad rejected the di vine invisible King, v The real root of meir eror was essentially the same a in making the golden calf The desire so common to-day for visible human priest and- teacher, to take the place of -the Invisible Priest and Teacher, Jesus, Is of the same character.- , The nnbelievine human heart by faith, it wants sight,? .Israel's his- wry is aij, ox a piece, a nistory of fail ure and innit9 w ( r i -r Tk.'.omn t true .Tery largely of the history of "the jn utcBauic iuurea, vjoa nearxenea unto their nnnest-f v a - vi.. at-- es?t chastisement oftentimes7' that God can send is lusf to ipt-na inn m. .own way, but when God does let His wmrui cnnaren nave their own way- it . is . . not . without". : solemn protest against their folly s; (Matt 23: 37i 22:4; 21:36, 37h When Israel chose- a King it was in the face of the full revelation of what manner the kings should be. "., So. men. get' their own way to-day m the face of the clear revelation of, what that way .uwi.OT. 4 oiiiuuei was in - many: Te--spects a 'model -preacher," he - kept Silent until ie ent Lord, and then. he delivered it in full 1 -i e sposie only what the Lord give him to speak and he hnv all of that. - It was not a .very pleas- "' "r ery. welcome message, but It was the one God nare-hlm and hp d. livered it alt,. They thought that they . lineup ue :very.,-Victonous and Joyous gionous u mey could only nave king, but they wonld find it quite dif ferent! v l V. 1X1. Sr TI tears and not rejoicing. ? So it turned uuu.- vnai a curse to them, Israel's kings taken as & wholp accurately God ulctures th munnspf iuw coming: Kings, - . mi. -inat.tve also may be like all the nations" vs. 18-22. H The people were not -at all moved by God's pic ture of- the woes the king would bring upon them.' Thev rfnKa tn '- nhov -They had .made up their minds and. ttiu, . w e.-wnv ana tnat settled it. When any man sets up iis will against God's,' then his ruin in Certain: Their hearts were fully set within them to do evil.-and-their whole after history shows the bitter. -consequences they reaped. They desired -a Jting only to be .like the surrounding nations' vs.: .19, 20)-, and they made the wayward ness of Samuel's, sons theTpretext for demanding one; God had, called them to be a separate people Ex 33:16; Lev. 20:24-26;, Deut. T: 6 --This Was a great honor (Ex. 1&:5 6;Deut 26:18,,19), but Israel did not like the place of separation. - They were daa zled by the seen but temporal: glories around them and. preferred them "to things Unseen but eternal cf. 2 Cor." 4:18 1 .Jilt . is ; Just so with' the church to-day. - We are called to be a sep arate people M 2 - Cor. 6:17; Jlom, 1212; a Pet. 2:9, PhU. 3:20), but the church does not like the-place of sepi aration. We want to " be like all the nations Vs Samuel , listened to-air the people-had to say. and then went and poured it Into the. ears of-th Ltrd; It seems to have beejL Samuel's fixed habit, when lie was grieved, to go oJT and have a talk with God about It. - British Pension for Yankee. , London,' By Cabler -A" list of pen sions -granted , by:. : the government in the: pastyear for. services to- science: and literature includes- $1,250 yearly to" JProfessor.-EdwinJRayi Lancaster, directorof I the' naturat history mu seum,' and $25ff yearly toiPaul Foun tainr an American traveler- and writer the" latter "in consideration jof his contributions ' to " literature 4and his strained circumstances.' , 1 , , V, - -V T . ' -The" ancient rGreeka provided bat Judges should -hear .tbe ..argunieuts - of attorneys tin - a dark -rom lest vtlMy be Influenced 1 byr the beauty-and the gestures of the orators..- In America, complains, the Louisville Courier-Jpur-' naJ,: we parade at Weeping -woman and a; bunch -of hiredaJJenista before .a sentimental ' jury: ,And:.we boast of our Jiigfc civUi2atkm . -. The" 'telephone" In France H Uttl I osed'br-the publJe-generally. , 1 ItllllSlIIIB News of Interest Oatbered From All "- Par 'of ..the 10ctry--Paragrapb of :HorJ or . Less1 Importancs -,wlt tbs'World m Doing.-r'r : . - " V-"-'-.-. - ' -. - Capt. Henrys McCrea is seriously ill in New York- - - , " Tbeddore" RboseveltVr. will? goto work for the Steel Trust. 1 , 7 -v' - y ' A bloody fight-took" place ar6und the,. Persian Parliament-House. - Leon ' Debagran covered more than 11 miles- in-his new' aeroplane : " The Pan-Anglican. Congress meet ing in London discussed socialism, rThe establishment 'of "courts-is expected tojmark" a new ei-a in Kerea A 'second -son was' born -to 'King Alfonso and QueenVictoria of Spain-i " -'Secretary,'Taft was heartily greet ed on his -return" to Tale, bis alma matervV; , . r-: 'Jj - .-James S. Shermani the Republican Vice -Presidential nominee, is ill in Cleveland. t I '". ' - The United States bas practically broken off diplomatic, relations , with VenezulaV-;-" --f;"-- Secretary Taf t 'received "an ovation when heattendediJthf ' YaHarvard ball game,; -y is. -"The battleship" fleet wjlirbe ready to sail "tori ifs around-the-eorld cruise on-Jnly ,5tE.;. -, V"""-"" - Six members ,of . the leper - colony in Louisiana are reported toj. have beeneured.; . - - T-'.-j8 tiyaX w7b Leeds," one of the Rock Is land. 'Big Four' -and tin plate king; died in. Paris, .- -'f "Tj-T' Receivers s-were appointed for the West .Side Belt Line of Pittsburgh a Wabash, connectionr y " Edward Farley, ot 'Greggsville, , W. V&.f was murdered " and bis body thrown into & creek; j;---X j,.''"--r The Commercial Travelers Protec tive Association" is- in'; convention .f at Milwaukee, Wisconsin.'- ;Z. The Loee -bill; whieh". Mils race-" track betting in Louisiana was pas ed by the State Senate.-,. t:- J -iJeorge-: Forest committed suieide in Leesburg by cutting, bis throat and swallowing earbolie acidV 'f z r:'t In7 a periodical article on the" Pres ident Secretary TafTsays .he is 'the lonliesLman in the country.-. - ,j -.The 12-year-old son. bf TV". E.."D. Stokesj a "New York hotel man, ms-an expert in wireless telegraphy. ": , Ex-Governor: JX: RtFrancis of Mis- Bouri, is proposed s chairman of the Democratic National Committee. -; ;; 2: -The" Richmond, Howitzers ; returned home .-after- a successful practice march down the Valley ofvVirginiatv-- Taft men hope to' induce iForaker to stump -Ohio -and win back the jne-gro"vete-for.ihe-pepublican,;tick -r Two ' thousand club" women' are , in Boston- to attend the convention, of the Federation of . Women VClnb'B.- - Saunders Hobson, - Richmond bankerwas struck by lightnings while on " bis - plantation in -.Goochland county, -jp - . - .L- - ;President Elliot, of Harvard snub bed President: Roosevelt wben be in terposed in the case of two suspended oarsmen. '.S ' - ; " i? " v t - Fire in Three Rivers, Quje.t destroy ed -300 - buildings, - among" -; them the City Hall, and , caused' $1,000,000 damage. " - With' the aid of 10 of a maltreated, spouse rs.- female friends," "New York -wife-beatey . was spanked witb a rubr beribose. ;V-fcIrr -V?; 1 State "Comptroller Hplynn, of. New York, is getting- after- tbe - corpora tious which failed to pay rtock $. x&nsf fer taxes. - '- i fr " v - - The Salesianum, conducted by; the Oblate v Fathers of : St.Francis de Sales,at . Wilmington Del. bad its commencement. - , : r" , yDr, Miles' Anttl'aJaJEUl 01evo patt rV".,-A A v , 1 ' RIlMIf - u in u J----r-V;'V"''r-f'l l-?'NONE SAFER '!, v-;-'' o-r-.." f.";P-r.- -;" ; jtone J betters v -ii'--r;'' 1 'l NONE MORE LIBERAL. , f ' ,".--V- ..V.:'. V f tv -Zy' ' i. t - y h V " A FRIEND to men: V- ; V 7.2av.-T-Worroto--afi(Ori and On Vr Trutjr;;Jl --'-"' mmm - 3 '."The Store that!s always Busy: . ''; Opposite Postpfflcp, I- -i VilminijtQn, N. C, NcwvSpring Goo'di Arnymi: r " tV - ; - ' Wejnvite jto'o sall,to se ui'wheq yon risit WilmioR-loiy- Orir new' Spring JDre&s . Goods, Silks. aud Millinery, ar ' am y ins daily. : We are .Bhowinff theJArpfisfc af?Rmtmpnt tt Laces and.Efn.broideriea'ever.Bhowa under oner oof in our "city rnces moaerate. i Our Carpei Department 1 -"" '-5he L,'irge8t in tbe State, is stocked with Carpets Mat tinp, Fiber Carpet, ' Art ; Squares; 3ugr;wace Curtains I. And Wiudow Shades.' 4Vwitt us for Samples. ' r; ? - 7 'C TP f JPol0 . t. --'' - ' - - - " " A' fine of $2,000 : was imposed ' upon -eacV of24 manila7 and '.fibrr 'paper . manufacturers who . had" beon. in a : - combiiie in restraint-of ; trade. ; 2- The wedding of Miss - Jean Reid. -and Hoq,: John Hubert Ward in Lon- -don -'was attended by King Edward" and many other bifh personages.- Governor Swanson, of. Virginia ae-. eepted an invitation from-William J. Bryan." to -second, his nomination, for President: at the " Denver; convention." Frederick A. --Hyde and J, II. -Schneider : were -. convkted -,;0 31 ,: . counts on tfie charge "of conspiring '' : to jdsfraud : the.. Government: out of ; Western lands, -tj. ''. t fho coal consUmptioa jerJhead la greater - In ,' Ensland" thaa any other country.-, " , ; .4 s" 1 '-For headach Pr. Mila'. jLntl-r.In Pin. Prof-essioriaf; DR8. TRANS AND 0. 8. BOYUTTB, ; '-" " - Practical V , i - 6peratr ft Mechanical XkBtlsta. : ' Bridga and Orewu Work i Bpeefslty. .a ---"-ii,..,-v.-'- wist j. '"imm u -f ' . " - -"'.f ...' T Offlea at "CUdtoa .over W,S. Part, rick 9 Store. " - - - - ; ; f.-t;WaMaw office, in Stevens k Pierce ollding; over Williams' Drug Store, mu-aU D.ntr . . s i- . ..-i : 1" r .Jfc.r.,--.v.-j" STEVENS, EEASUCY AND WEESf f '-"'"" Attoraejaat'LaV-" '. "V : OSees Warsawy; Kena nsvil J a p Wihnington. - "r . F'-."", 7 GEORGE R.-WARD, : v ATTORirEYtATLAW, ( Gr&ham Kenan. " RobtW. narrin , ,.vkenan;aiid herrinp. ; . - ?ir Attorney at. Law-- ' Boom 317, Southern. Building .. ; ,.J ' ,4 V WjJmvngtonK. C, DR. J. Ll HAWES DENTIST DACO Hil l : ';-- " 'J 3 " . - . Offlca at Hotel Overbraak. ; V DL;v CARLTpN Attorncy-at-Law , Kcnansylllc. - 1 N. C; DO yOUWANT EARLY' CABBAGE ' AND PLENTY OP THEM, TOO! If so- buy yonr plants from ns'.-They . are raised-from..-the : best : seedand .- grow, on the sea islands of South .Cart -. olinai which" on aeeount"ot being sur -. rounded - by salt ; water,' raise planti" that "are earlier s and 'hardier than those grown in the interior. They can be set -out i sooner -without ' danges from'irost -Varieties: ; Early Jersey v.:, Wakefieids Charleston on Large Typa Wakeflelds Hendcrsop's Saccession .. and Flat Datcb.v. All-plants carefully ",t counted and.-paeked.-Teady, for shii. .. mentbest express rates' in. the South, j Price f $L50--per thousand, up to 6000, -6,000 to 10,000 at $13 per. thousand 10,000 hnd upwards at $1.00 per thou saridS' Other Plants - Supplied: CeU v ery,-Lettuce, Onjons tnd Beet,"ready i . in -December. "Special Garden rer tilker!!'$5.00 per sack of 200 pounds, Everything;! o. ;b.. Meggetts,- S, C j. The If., S.1 Agricultural Departmeuf -hasestablished " an- Expterimeni Stju . tion on our. farms to test all kinds of vegetables, especially cabbages , ' Wi- . will be "pleased to give'results of tiea v . experiments. - Writer t6 na. " ' , t " JCH. Blitcb Co.; Meggetts, itt1' V-v " r11 (if''1' J - - BUEHD.TO WOMEN. deposit,w: . WITH US. ' ,- 7'.-.,', mmm BANK'OF WASA17. mm. Ot C OfTltJClilJ - . , T , -'-",-' --,:-i -y-r'ij4-i--:vr?T'.r"' " . 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Eastern Carolina News (Kenansville, N.C.)
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