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-.Ss.* feSr; ■>* * K Tbe Twice-A’Week Qlspitcl) A STKANGE LETTEK. Atieniion» Ui^mocraib: Dear economical DemocratU fiiena,' ■" ■■ \vt pray thee ,U^^ten to the •oilowiiigrjPhillips Asks That il tor CoUiers. Weekly on ih^ Demo-; i*ublif:hr.;-Said to Hare B-ei2 ciatk- pUitfonri, 1V>12. Rsiv-l ;inu I >\.rillen by Chrisit. Pttblishei Eveiy Tuesday and Frli4*y The Statv Tispairh Publisnin; Burlington, N. C. , jtloe truia presents A many tames dunn-the pas; ■'.aSoe, First^ Fioor, Kaahut Building, j vulnerable noiiil of the Homo- J:)i^n^uch has bee:; r^^quest . * -" pn»'ty ill the Congressional eiee-."^^ i,i.'blir.h a atranyre letter, .said to tobscriptio^^^^ ^^“'■’Itionr. this 'lal! lies in the ; !-«vc !>een writtei. by Christ an« « ^quctutioji ivoiiv theiv jihuiom vC Gabml aiul tJeposited *"\V& denounce the protlaiity wa^te ‘ oij the Mouiu.of Cj jC!-. Aii communications in regarc vithtr neU'S it€ms cr business mat- I iers should be addressel to The State . • , .»vi v i The I)isD->ich ha-;* reiu-v-.i to ui not t6[^* money wru'.ig- :rom iho pcopJc;t-/.spjui «aj» leiU. .* Dispatch Publishing .Co., ami Any individual connected with the pa* 1 ,3W. i i.'V cppres^iv>2 luxiuiof. tfirouji’i'i u\e-^'' t.'ii.s heliv-n'i^ that AU news notes and communioa-■ appropnatic/^'s ot ■.ecvr.t i^c-;h»^-P .lK- tii>ns of inipo;-tan..*e must be signed 0oi'.J;ve5^e5. \viuch iv.'.ve ko^.tir^rM t^f othevs tr .n.i the.'.vnter. > - -^ [i. v •■ 5.\*-i* ••..■.{ iupvfv^^Jiw i Vut cwii-f? to the fac’ ih:vi W'e not re.spon?>oIe for ouinions i-^i- - 'u ti.c pu..nv.. ^ ^ the correspondents. . . ‘ Ipo-.vt': ct' ihe people's to:I. We de-^ Subscribers will talie jioUcu that no a. veturri to the riiiiipucity -iiia j •-hoAii di^t.ess at ^.ceipc for subscription for Tile State | ^>..o.,(.:>nv \vhi.*h herit'^ uc-r.-'vr »t‘V jgoing, to p-*lii?h ^^patch will be .honored I rh i»-r :»r, Phillips sends it iW a-.iless It: \i ivunvoered >vrwh stsin^ped i Ao^e. . s ^ . . . i' .4*:'-ures. ••[*1 fju-c of this phu.t th-j ■)iV‘.enr £nlereii as seoond^class ..matter ( . . , ,1 .,ilay 10, 11»08, at tJ\e post oftice at jha^s^ boo i t.K j duriington. North Caro.Uua, und*?r tfte xv;'i.t.t:r;;U in ilv.' li* “.ct r.t C^v.-i‘jit'CFs of r^larch 3. 1ST9. j I ' ' ro THE tan: i*AVKKS C»r ALA- MANCE COl.NTY. it would t’-.'oin riie w;iy your bosses (suppy^ed to be your pubik- Sv-rvar'.t>) act that they do.not kiiow ;*« nti.-.y.ouv lo iiis'iu uJo!'-*.; v.-hether the bi^ biisir.eiis nnn» com posed cl* Alai^iiince Oou:-.ty lux pnycr^i i-: niuliinp* or losi.-ig money be-j par^- of . individual nieTnbe?.'=. i\«i' .riieyf t>vecn the oU! Tc-e system ajid tiu' new !: ve takinu, the mo ;ey with a jrlvate fhc i'edoi’iU U'jveinnient. If we Vsoio i\\ charge ol' il‘? ;\nXi-pci\V-Vi-At*c xaaipai5;:n ihi> Tali we wouUi ^of tiu^ si.at,VJcaii^ ;i).u iho i«'.estiyatorn hii^y upor t!K- nen’.ocv-i’.:^* '•pork” V*. nti.-'.e.oiiv canipaij;^'. lo ilis'iu i‘/v,u.^:‘.'t luevfly vc:-.i-(toii Wc>.'-li.*''i.Lue=;‘‘. j come? r*.c;i,i' I'ci iaiceny ci^ the | THE LAST TIME. W'c serve notice on our readers h.7u^ and- iiow that the letter will not be published again in this time U n '. ■’>>• Lvii'. Phillips alone, but fb: .ar readers w^'o are interested in tht* lyt- lei arid all wiio may become intoroNt- Kt i;' il. Ken:eniber this “pubiicatio'i" ■;. i\v. \0\:. i.-uy tiioiv w.ay nionev £:-.Ir-ry sy*:em. eithoi* they uo iioi ! n.c-t:ve—to know, do not care, or that thev irl-jConere^> with rubli * 1 ' ' I .tend 10 do ^onieirii;v wronp: with the ! ’ j amount sr.ved, if .‘u-ythiiii^^ is .-iaved. [ > cwspr.pvr ^ien Nted .More (»aspcl. i:. ph'.'in En?,‘Ii$h tht-y do :v.>: waiU Kar.sa.- .';ry, Mo., J;:Iy 'J.—Ko’uca yru to know how y‘.u?' aH'airs r.re tion or’r.ew?i ai»tr an^:! niai^’a^iiiv* writ !^•.ana^rod. Vvhtrhfrr vwu ar^ tax»nu*er? lire ;cs.i'ic‘* mo'r.c-y by luiviny: your coir’rij' orv’cei'^ nJjiveu ypoa saiavy or ^.hether your arc .'.ivin^; nioney, rnd i;' .;". inj;- h---w nuich you are -iving ai:d if you urc iofi.-iix how niuell you i'C iO.^i'iig. They :ij(; yoii}' or.iii''cisi n-': ;'.::.c:er5 and yet hey will ^ .ii tell \ you how yo.;r business i5 conducted, n.r.d whether it. i? payinjr you -"^r r.o‘. This atjUno^s. ihi? inaction, thi^ >e- cre-.'y is thc-i*e iomcihi:\^ behind it O's in t :e • t‘ai'riinp':* oi je?ii5 ts one the rirs: iask. ueiore the Chuivh »-oop!o of thi^ couairy. S. Kher I’l'ice. p..esiJenr Ci’ tho Otio*.ca. Kai:.-a-, L’rd- 't.rsiry, deciai'ed today at :he c»n- rv;Ki0[i or rho I’apfi'Jt Vounc I iO;?k*V i‘ai.!i of America, and the rarti.-’t Aouhjc F'copreV L'nioir m£ :he i^oucn. ta.'k i.~ to .'3ek otii liu'.'X’ n;t'ci woTner.," .-'■aid 3Ir. Pice. *'.Vnd trair Then: r!ie proper way, Ke- i.'iriv-n W’H be a djtermiainc e’enicnt MKANSNC OV Pl’HiJSii. lUi'ci'rir.u: Ui ilie letter you wl:! note lluit you are commanded to-‘'pul'li.-h’’ tiK‘ leUer. When that letter wa^ aid to h;,ve 'n-ejKwrittea, ycai'f^ afier tr.o Cruciaxu^, there were no nevvs=- paj.H\> and ‘■publication” as avo un- doT.-^tar.vl it, \va. in^possibie. Now the word “publish” )ia> nun'e {thtta t.i.e ni.Mnir.g'. Printinfr the It'tler I'l.'r i’ ;’v'Ws;.’:tper only one way of {pui-li.'lii”.^' i;. Pul']iib m.*an> to “niakf })ul'ii'L-; to make known t«> n::;n - i'-r I'seople in jreneral; lo make k:-.ovc.i po.-tii-j;' or i-eadi!\*c.“ Wes'Sici'V IVjctionary/ crvj! ’■pubii.-'n'' this tc-ttci' by V. >i'^ ‘>i’ niivaih. You can write It a:;d “j by posting: in a pu!>!io place. Vt>u can “publish” hy readioiT that yau are erititied to kr.ow. i.- Thert'ijr.' thciL iivc? a:;d ihey wii! be a tre- son'c- lea^oi^ why you shouid fi«>:. kfi.jw hyw your affairs are nuuuifred? Are yon ;.r~ luxpuvvr.- .*d wuii the "Vi'ay >our ulTuiry are i. ontiuctf*d ? 1\? you j.-elicve thi.-j .-feci'ecy eor!cett:in^ the srJary and fee ^y^-tem is for y«iu»' tcisC i;!frerei:-ts as tax ptiycrifl’ Are yen v.ilJing^ to tru.-t people wh ‘ ire not wrJjinjr to trust you wiih the ui'aav- kdg'O of your own i;rFairs? Yonv coun ty 'inlv’er^; have been upofi ihe sai- niy y^-.'terii now for uwo ye;'.r.*i or roorc? Have you ecer had a report a:> to how the ^^y^^em wi/rixing'? Are you losinff Money by ;hi>: riew -ystenf cr aic you njakniir each y^’ur? If you are losrrif? now nujch are yew N):’-- icg" ? Would you a> uik payers like tj know, if yeu would tbe'*e is a way. i'ome r;t!C is rc.-pou^ibJc. * >o you krov\' who that .some oue if 5 0U iO not know there i"' a way to know thi8 also. You have a c.unity iilto?‘ney. Jt if-: hi-: iufifiess' :t: y.t-e that yoti ;i>e irifurnied m reirar*! to how your county office; s conduct their tui^ine.s?. Ask him v.-h'^-se d'ity j?: it: to tell you how your linancial idliairs are conducted; Who.-?e dutj' it is to .*eil you how you are makinfr or los* ir.jr money a.-J between salaries and fees. Other counties make these re- porti?. ^our .'lister counly if uvilfovd i-;akr>s Chen) every year. Vous' .ountr never makes them. .A.5k j'our.self \'hy. Then ask j'our.self the remedy. And whoii you learn the remedy apply ?t. }?:c;idoa.'' infiuence r“cr i:t:;iry/‘ Ti>c Rev. H. I.. Winl.-uru, '»f r-nui — ^7iie. K}’.. ‘*1 r-i-f:iU!a.’i*y xN'a>‘ fMUcrin.tr h:t.j bu.-inc'^.s ?nore th-v-) ’vcr f efoie. “Men everyv.-her.* siow are allfd on LO iujwer ihe ((uestio?; *Ja u iitrhl ?' ii-.‘tcad of ‘Ii. i-« prodtable“ be sait-, “Even i?5 '^ovvvniuerdii) a/fiiji-'j ino ‘(Jo’nar dijf.'omacy” is aboui to !'t di.s- cr.;iifed a?:i viur t^hristian Piesid^nt, fv-r the *h:'t lim« in the hi'^tory of natio':al hfe, has rai.^ed the /juei-tioi) 'b- i( ritrhl?* fi:*.ead of 'I.'; it p-rojh- at»U*'."—a;:d tliis in ihc Pananja Ca- uai embr«felij.'' T]it:re is groin^r to wc a cuii’pari-M this fall. Some one wi}‘ be seeking \'ore*. The>' will be shakinfr h.in-dSj j-rutinir yon on your back, tel!inj you what a *?0Dd fo’iow you are. This s;^me reJ)ow is now holding* oiliee bo- *-an:?e of voie.'j received at your hands. Tbi^; same fellow wants to hold office :!?rain from votes rereired at your hi;/:ds, and yet he will not iell you how your t>usine.s.s is being: conducted. This same fellow is running? your bu.'?- ii>es=» handlinjr your money, receiving i;ood salary for doinjr thi'=:, and j'et he does not want you to know how ycu5- luisines.^ is beinor J’un. Do you want thi.^ fellow to continue to run youi' bn.siness, or would you prefer some one who will tel] you how he is conducting your affairs? l-'rcf .\j.y you.':u' man -n- W(jma« who is :t bon;: fide patron of thi;- paper ?nay M.cure free ?fistrurrian in «>« K'lociition. The Ithaca Conservatoi'y of Mu^ic, uiJh the desire to stimtdate the stuUy of ^]ie^e arts, offers two scholarships t* r.pplicaiits from the 5*rnte of .Vorth I’..... K.».. W-1AA .1, ' .•wiiUo, Av^* tr«*. 11. t«f7v4 ^OO'.J fo!- :iie term of .^e’/enteen weeks }>e- ^Iniubijr ‘.vith the opening- of the scho/jl year. September IT, in ^iny of the followir.g' departmer/ts: Voice, \’io- lit^* Piano and EJccutiyn. These J?cholarship.s are awai'ded up- on competition which is open to an^’- one defiinr.fr v musiral or literary ed\i- cation^ Afiyone wishing to enter i}je cnm- retirion or desirinfr infornJalion 4:hould u'rite to Mr. George C- WiJ- b’am.^, Oene/'ai Managrer of tJie Ithaca Ccn:-ervatory of Music, Ithaca, K. T., I.cfore September 1, 3914. He An iinmediate (Tjsis, as ’twere.— Gjeensboro News. The survivors will long" remember June^ J914.—Greensborr> News. ;nowjs enouir’n. the manner, who | knows Where lurk the .^helves, ai:d where the whirlpools boil, ■VVhat si^ns porter.d the sto/jn: to subtJei* minds He leaves to scan, from wh^n myster ious cau.^e Charybis j-a^es in the loniaji wave; Whense those impetuous eurern^s in the main Which neither oar nor sail can ->3tem; and why Tbe roug-hening- deep expoci'.” the storm as .sure A.s red Orion mounts the .shrouded heaveJi. Those suffrage Iadie.s shorjld bear in mind th^t circuirfPiances alter cases.—Greensboro News. jil i:- v-Ivtirch. ^?{^ if you fee] caiiod ]\jp‘>n i-.> '‘publish" this letter, don't iipv);i :\ frieudly new.-ipapcr, i L.-^v’ mT tlie other method? »; pab- Vi-hin«r it. Here -Mr. I*hi!iipy* letter: .KvwspajK*! - throa;»hout the Cniled JSla’Oj= are printiii;? whal is elfei’^vd 10 be a letter written by Chvi.l. m ini> letter wa;^ an injunction that it sboiili.' he published to the worid by v^hoever f.«und it, to^vther the .-^taienicnt tliat ndsr-'atune an 1 had luck Nvould foUo%v the person bavinjr pus'ic.>!on of it in the event that it was not jrivcn publicity. There wa^ likewise a promiise Jhat whoever may have a copy of this in hi.s or he'-’ pos- r.vftsion will pr^^spcr ; nd be .followed |iy j;OiKi fortune. According lo the histi.ry of the [ettcr it. wai written by Chr:st just afir hi'; irtitiHxion, Meined by the AnjicI .Juf>ric!, ninety- r.iu*j yeiv.-;? after the Savior^s birth r.!il presuimd.iy tfepositea hy him un der a stone at the foot of the cross. On this ston appeared ihe following:, •‘hiesseii i.^ he who shall Iui'm me over.” Xo '.‘ne kview what the .riscviptiort mea>.t or seeraed to have suificiont cu riosity to investigate uutiil the sStone was turned over by a little child anti the letter Vvhich follows wus discov- eted* **Who.soe\er woiic?- on the Sabl>ath day r=haU l*e cursed, s command you u. £>o to church aol keep hoid the Lord s day without asiy manrf^r of work. You shall noi idle and n'.is- sper.d your time ir bedecking your- rt'h’ in superfluities of costly apparei land vain dressing: for I have ordered 11 a day of rest. I wil! have that day kept holy that your sins may be fovi^i%en you. i ‘‘\'o\i will >;ot break any commanil- ments, but observe a^id keep them, they heit5|r written by m.y hf’nd, and >pokcn from vny mouth, Y’ovi shal^ not oniy g:o to church yourself, but also your man servant and maid ser- vu; t. Observe my words and learn my tjommandments. “\ou shall finish your work every Saturday at six o’clock in the after noon at which hour ihe Dreparation for the Sabbath besrins. .1 advise you to fast five days in the year begiV|- ning on Good Friday and coi\t\nuing the five days following in rennem- brance at the five bloody wounds I re ceived for you and mandkind. You shall iove one another and cause them that are not baptized to come to church and receive the Hcly Sacra ment, t^t is to say baptism and then the supper of the Lore:, and be maae 11 member triereof, and in so doing I i v.'iU give you long HtSe and many biess- i Ycur land shall bs I'cplenishcd . ^ 1 » ' ' I and bi'iug* ;orch in abundance and I i wiii comfci t you iu th,6 greatest temp- ? .and suiely .he th-at doeth to the ' -» contrary .''hall be cvrsed. 1 wiil a-Ksn. sev;r’ hiirdr^ess at the heart on them' | ar.d espec.'iaily cn hard'^ned ah-: •.-•oi.ireut unbeiieve :\. £Ie nath ?- 5\vn io ;he poor, Judl imd it profit- i\Uh : Kcmciv.ber to keep the Sabbath u.\y. fijr the seventh day I hav3 taken us Tv resting day unto myself. And. he that hath a copy of this letter written hj my own hand and spoken by my own mouth and keepeth ir Without pubUsbi*ig it to othr-**- ..liai! not prosper, but ho th:it .pubh'.shes it to others sh‘ill be i.iessed by nse and if the*:* ^ia ':e many as stars hy {.iixbt. and if thcj* truly believe they ^,hivU ijs pardoned and they, that be- ;>vv! hot this wi’i'Jnp: anil my c.oin- r.iandnrents will luive iny phifjues up- cn you and you will he consumed v.'Uh >oKr c!u)d;*cn, j>*oods and cattle and odier v.crldly eiijr^ymonts that 1 kav;> srivv*n yt»u. ^*[>0 but oiico i.iirik 'f what I have urfer-^d for you, )f you do, it will be : well for you in this world and in the world to cainCi “Whosoever shall have a copy of this letter and keep it in their house^ r.olhinj;- shall hurt them, neither pes~ tiler.ce. thunder nor li^hlninjr, and if I'.ny woman l-e in birth and put her trust in me, she shall be delivered of he:* child. You shall hear )io more rews of me except ihroufrh the Holy Scriptures until the day of judiicment. .-Ml jroodness and prosperity s)jall be V'. the house where a copy of this Id ler .'hall be found. Finis'hed.*’ \V3czz: Fiecs*^ ca^c: Shiart FiOcks For Ail Occ lL.-.:5y to iVla:j;c /-vt ricn aciciin. :inat!ngly irctl L escri bed ll;e N; V,’ \'J -A P^: 11 Tiia-j Ask About The New St}4 .. McCall Patterns and FasKion Fcblieations Now On Sale The sJvliiih rnodel i;iU.'r.V;re,} ran L • devc.'opfd in a wide ■'s.n.'^'s 'f' i:;;'.tt:..ds :-.ad ti'iiarninjs'. There nev T was ii lime v.-hcn die iRaI..ng of sv now, \. heii vliciimmij'f'res.-»C3 was so ;!kc simpi'* di-aping make expert failoi. ug xinnect‘ssar;-. In Our Pattern Department Today Durins: this period suffered repeated kep*. it in her possession for many njisfortune.s, moved to difierent coui> ;yeai3 without an effort lo have it pub- tries until finally one of them came to jlished. She ^vas foUowod by misfor- Amarica,. hringinj?: the letter them. 'Hiey settled in Virginia then with I tunt which she atti’ibuted to her neg lect in trying lo hf;V3 the letter put.» Kioved further south, still followed by misfortune when finally the last n-eniber. a daughter, approached her death bed and called a neighbor, Mrs. Thompson, givinjr her the letter and The ,tory poei-- that the littlo child I” who four.d it pass-ed to to ono who be-i year?. The Thompso-i ivo- fame a convert to the Christi:u! faith. I >™' i't'San to attenipt to have it piih- He tailed to have the letter publishedj ■ lislied and it firfit appeared in the He kept it however: as u ssacred me-'Tribune, on October (»f Christ r.nd it parsed down 18!U. It then appeared in the Daltcn, Ut diiTerent j^encrations of his fam- Gji., Citizen, and Mns. Wartman now iiy lor more than one thou.snnd year?., livini.': in Mason, Ind., clipped it and lished. Mis. Ruby Crutchfield, of Tre?a- vant, Tenn., is also said to have had a copy and failed t") make an effort to huvo it published for three yea.'s, and was foibr»vcd by a varied lot of mis- forh nes which she attributed to the fad cf her neglect in this respect. W. A. Phillips. Published i» The Lexington Di.^- patch. July 3, 19) L Pluvius. J.—rsreensboro New*;. FARMS FOR SALE! ioo acre farm, t wo ti^iies, Wtst of Mebane, N. C., fronting: on Public road fqr ^ milt.', good 4i-ronin two story residence, good feed and stock barn, well watered with ever fiowin^j streams and at^joining Back Creek, about 65 acres in open cultivation, 50 acres open land is ehocoiato loan*, balance red and grav soil, and a good Graded School adjoins ihis farm. Tiiin is a good farm for grain, grasses, cotton or tobacco asid abundance of wood and scod market for same at $2,25 per cord at Mebane, N. C. VVe will sell thft farm for 5o,.5‘j0.ti0. 122 acre farm. 2J miles South of Mebane, N. €., locat-?d on new Graded road from Mebane, to Swepsonviile, being macadamized frjra Mebane out to within J mile of this farm also within J mile of Hawfielda Church and (Iraded School, new 5-room frame cot tage painted white, also large new feed and stock barn with six stalia and drive way through same. Ali of this farm lays well and can be cciltivated with machinerv, about 40 acres in open cultivation, balance in woodland, pine and oak, 30 or 40 acres under wire fence, wtl3 watered with several ever flowing streanss, also good w»ll of water at re- sider.ee, about half of this farm is red soi! balance gray and a good farm for grain, gras ses, cotton ti uck or tobacco. We will sell this farm for §3,000.00. 1;?5 acre farm j miles South of Mebane, N. C., located on Public road, about 50 acres in open cultivation, balance in woodland, pine and oak, I of this farm is red soil, balance gray, good 6-room, two story residence, newly painted, very good barn, fairly good orchard of apples and peaches, weli watered with two ever flowing streams, also good well of water on back porch of residence J Graded School within 3 mile of this farm. Tliis !.« a good farm for grain, grasses, cotton or tobacco. W'e will sell this farm for $S,5C0.00. CENTRAL LAON&TRUST CO W. W. BROWN. Manager BURLINGTON, N. C. POOR F
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