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i v f il.r.I-Ilf KI EVERY THURSDAY, ISj MAUIOX IIUTLER, i; JUer and Proprietor. SUBSCRIBE I Show this Paper to your neigh bor anI advise him to subscribe. Subscription iricc $ 1 U30 ler Year, iu Advance. Alliance Directory. NATIOVAL 1AIIMKIW' ALLIANCE AND INI) CST III A id U N I )' . President L. L. l'lk, North Caro lina. Addce-. 3tt D S.rect, X. V Y:-hh;irtou, D. C. Vit i -1. sllfnt IJ. II. Clover, Oam bri !;, Kana-t. Mary ami Treasurer J. II. Turn er, intortfiii. Addrc.s-. 220 Xorth Capi tol Mivet. N. W., Washington, D. C. Lecture;- J. II. Wdlctla, Kansas. KXKCCTIVE liOAKU. C. W. . Mrcimc, Washington, I). C. A louo Waniall, Huron, South Dekoti. J. '. Till. nun, Palmetto, Tennessee. JL'DICiAHY. H. C. Dimming, Chairman. .-..".'.; M. racken, Ozone, Arkansas. A, E. Cole, FewlerviHc, Michigan. NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE" COUXCIL' T!mj Presidents of all the State organ '.. i lions v.-nh L. L. Polk e-x-otllcio Chair- N0I:TH CAROLINA FA UMEiUf' STATE A LLIANvjK. I'residciit Marion Putler, Clinton, N rili Carolina. Vice-L'rondcut T. I5. Long, Ashe vi! c, X. C. Secretary-Tr-as irer W. b. Barnes, K:i!.:U'h, N. C. L'-cturerJ. S. Jlell,I3ra-jstosvn , X. C. Me - anl C. C. Wright, Glass, X". C. l.aplaiu Itcv. Erskine l'opi, ;!;alk J-vcl, X. C. Door-Keeper V. II. Toiulinsou, Fay-ett'-.villc, X. C. Assistant Door-Kceper II. E. King, Peanut. C Sj-rg.-aut-at-Arins J. Holt, Chalk Level, X. C. M ttJ I'usiness Apunt II. WortK IM. Uh, X. C. Trustee i'sincss A''eney Fund W. A. Graham, Machpelah, N. C. KXIXUTIVK COM MI rTEE OF THE NORTH CAHOLINA FAKMEKS' STATE ALLIANCE. S. IJ. Alexander, Charlotte, X. C, ii iinn m ; J M. Mcwborue. Kinston, X.C.; ... Johnson, Kuthu, X. C. STATE ALLIANCE JUD CTAUY COM MITTEE. Ivias C..rr, A. Leaser, X. M. Culbrelh, M. U. Gregory-, Win. C. Cumuli. STATE ALLIANCE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE. K. J. Powell, Ualeigli, X. C. ; X. C. Kiulish, Trinity College; J. J . Young, Polenta; II. A Forney, Xe vlon , N. C. NOIiTII CAROLINA REP HIM TRESS J. L. Ramsey 1'roti lent ; i-.'arioii Uutlei, Vice-Fresi Jent ; W. S. U inies, Seeretary. PAPERS. The' Caucasian, Clinton; Pro- Rf.live Farmer, llaleih ; Rural ii 'tin', Vil -on ; Farmer' Advocate, TarlKiro; Salisbury Watchman, Sal i.slmry; Ariiance Sentinel, Golds b .ro; Iliekory Mercury, Hickory; '1 no ltaltlei', Whitaker.?; Country Jjite, Trinity College; Mountain 1 lome J) urnal, Ashevillw; Agricul tural Bee Goldsboro; Columbus Xovs, Wbitev'ille, . . C; Tiie Busi ness Ajeut, ltaieih, N. C. Capt. A. S. reace, editor of Alli ance Department, Oxford, X. C. K.r!i of the ab've-natiiud apei s are r tjuested to keep the list standing on tin, iiist pae and a Id oth i-, provided ihev are duiy eh'eted. Any paper fail i i' to advocate t!ie Oea'a platform will be dropped from the list promptly. Oar pe pl c aii now see what papers are pub liiie 1 la their iutei-est. i' i i.U FESSIOXAL COLUMN. V . V.. ALLEN. W. T. DORTCH. A LLEN & DORTCH, JT. ATTORNEY3-AT-LAW, Uoldsboro, N. C. Will practice in Sampson county. lvh-21 tf A M. LEB, M. D. PUY.SUTANVSUHOEON AND DENTIST, O fice in Lee's Drug Store, je 7-lyi E- FAISOX, Attorney and Counsell or at Law. Ofiiee on Main Street, v.'ill practice in courts of Sampson and pdjojning counties. Also in Supreme Court. All business intrusted to his care will receive prompt and careful ja'.eiition. je7-lyr W. KELIK, ! Attorney akd Counsellor at Law. Oiftce on Wall Street. Will practice in Sampson, Bladen, .render, Harnett and Duplin Coun ties. Also in Supreme Court. t'rompt personal attention will be given to all leal business, ie 7-lyr "CI RANK BOYETTE, D.C.S. JL Dentistry Office on Main street, tlB Offers his services to the people, of Clinton and vicinity. Every thins: V in the line of Deiuistry done in tbe best style. Satisfaction guaranteed. 2ly terms are strictly cash. Don't ask me to vary from this rule. Ml Alice Mm . 11 AND 13 COMMERCE ST., NOBFOLK, VA. Owned and controled by Alliance inen for handling farm produce. Cotton and Peanuts SPECIALTIES. Don't sell before writing for par- vVtieulars. J.J.ROGERS, Manager. P. O. BCX 212. sept24 tf y Piles ! Piles 1 ! Itching Piles l!I Symptoms Moisture; intense itch fi S and stinging; most at night; worse by scratching. If allowed to continue tumors form, which often bleed and ulcerate, becoming very sore. Swayne's Ointment stops . the itching and bleeding, heals ulcer . alien, and in most cases removes the tumors. , At druggists, or by mail, for 50 cents. ' , Dr. Swayne A Son, OS 8 tf Philadelphia. Vol. x. EDITOR'S CHAIR. HOW THINGS LOOK FROM OUR STAND POINT. The Ooinion of The Editor and the 2 Opinion of Others which we Can Endorse on the Various Topics of the Day. REPORT OF 3. R. COMMISSION. The first annual report of State Railway Commission makoa a fine showing for its first yeai'a work. In many ways has this institution been of great- benefit to the people and it Is a sal prino hor, we had toleraied being without eM S3 long. Each oii9 of the commissioners have Known thenwives to be men highly capable for their hih position, and have discharged t.V.iIr duties with ability, car nd prudence. The report, shows that there are sixty-seven railways In operation, with a total length of 3,432 miles. Every county, save twelve, is pene trated by one or more roads. The taxable property of railroads in 1851 was $12,341,707. In 1891 (since tha Railroad Commission) it was $18, 423,293, showing an increase of $6, 101,094. This does not include the increpsed taxable property of branch road of the W. A W. R. R., which the courts have held to be subject to taxation. That in the future, as in the past, we believe o-ir Railroad Commission will stand as a just bur against flagrant outrages of railroads on the people. WE SAY YES I A corporation to which the State has granted so many priTilages and which basso long enjoyed absolute immunity from taxation must soon er or later be made to bear its part of the public burdens. The spirit shown towards this company by the last Legislature is show to grOfV un til the tax exemption clause of it charter U repealed or nullified. The Morganton Herald plainly show's that it has a strong interest in our State affairs, and is ii favor of justice to every party in tha Statd The above extract from it, in refer ence to the W. A W. R. R. is the true view to Hke of it, and we aie glad to see unmistakeable signs ot such a sentiment growing in our State. There is an Alliance revival going on in many parts of the State. We got reports of new members joining of many who had dropped out com ing back and reinstating themselves and in other places charters for new lodges are being applied for. The next quarterly reports will show a laige increase in members in the State. Cut the address in last week's issue containing the St. Louis demands and keep it. A number of persons and papers are trying to misrepre sent the demands of the Conference. Keep the official statement and when any one attempts to misrepresent the work of the Conference draw it on him. We issued asupplement last week, giving the full text of the Supreme Court decissi on on the taxation of the branch roads of the Wilmington and Weldori Railroad. This is a very important decision. The argu ment and reasoning is fine. Read it carefully and lay it away for future use. This is the s .vorn testimony of a reporter on an Eastern paper: "Re porters are paid for suppressing the truth and publishing matter which they know is not truo." Who pays them? For what? For whose ben efit are they bribed? Does it effect you? Senator Vance, in n recent inter, view, said Senator Gorman, of Ma ryland, is his choice for. President. Ed. Watterson, of the Courier-Journal, declares for Boies or Palmer. He says Cleveland and Hill are both out of it. If there is an existing reason why the man who produces wealth is made poorer, and the man who makes nothing is yearly growing richer, justice demands a redress of sueh an outrage. "An injury to ono is the concern of all." 44 We want justice, not charity; equal advantages for all, special priv o ilpprpa Tor nnnA " i . . , "More money less misery If our population and business U yearly increasing, and our circulat ing mediunTnot increased m propor tion, what must be the result.- The coffin trust has been reorgan ized and has ordered an advance of 20 per cent, in the price of coffins What next? " N QUESTIONS FOH HATES, CANDI- The Cotton Plant submits a list of questions ior candidates to answ er which It says should be used at the organisation of subordinate club and at the county conventions. It ftays these questions embody the de mand of the Alliance ani kindred oiganization of farmers and labors, and thinks as arranged the answer of each lime Alliaeeman should be "yes" to every onfc. The.foHow ing is its cateclusm: : 1. Are you In favor of abolishing the special privilege enjoyed by Na tional ban kb? 2. Are you In favor, of putting the producers of cotton on an equal footing with the producers of silver and gold, by allowing tneni to idedge cotton aud land as a bat is fjr circulation, within safs limits? 3. Are you in favor of restoring me voiume ot currency to rne sau e ratio that It sustained to the popul ation nd business of tho country where out .publie dddts were con- rscted? ; 4. Are you In favor of prohibit ing the monstrou system of gam bling in agricultural products, that robs the farmer of all his hard earn ed profit, and corrupt the morals of the country? 5. Are you in favor of the free coinage of silver? 6, Are you in fvor of prohibit ing the ownership of land by aliens, and the speculative holding by syn dicates? 7. Are you in favor of a tariff for revenue only, and that levkd upon the luxuries rather than the necessa ries of life? 8. Are you in favor of a graduat ed tax oil incomes? 9. Ai-e you in favor of.. limiting all State and national revenues to the necessary expeuses of the gov ernment, economically and honestly ad ministered? . 10. Are you in favor of honest and just but rigid control of . rail road and telegraph lines? - 11. Are you in favor of election of United States Senators by direct vote of the people? . A MILLtlONAIitE FARMER. The expression, a . "millionaire farmer," sounds like a contradiction in terms, and until- yesterday one might have been- pardoned for doubting the existence ' any one answering te that description. It appear?, however, them wa3 one, and only one, in-Indiana, and the announcement of his death which comes to us by telegraph is the first' and only news we have of him. How aiy farmea in Indiana or elsewhere in this country could sur vive the legislation since the "war and remain a. millionaire is a. prob lem. He was probably the only one in the country, and possibly the last one that the country will s e: The various trusts and tariff monopolies the transportation combination". and allied interests have very effe ctually guarded the country against any such danger as the formation of an odious and arrogant class of mil lionaire far ners." New York World. Why is it that a farmer should not be a naillionairs as well as one else? west point cadet from this district- House of Representatives, Washington. D. C, Match 8, '92. Editor Caucasian: Please in form the young . men of the Third Congressional District that it is my duty to nominate, on pir before the 1st day of July, .aj. person suitably qualified to fi 11 the.; vacancy whlcn will likely be caused by the graduja tion at the United States Military Academy, in June, 1 893, of the ca det now there from the 3rd district. He will be selected by a competi tive examination, of which due no tice will be given. , ' In the mean time, lersons desir ing to be examined, will be furnish ed with all necessary infornnation relative to tne appointment and ad mission of eadets. Yours Very Respectfully, B. F. Gratjy. P. S. Newspapers circulating .'in the District will please give their readeis the substance of this notice. - . f. IT IS NOT TRUE. We hear it often said that'-'the reason the farmers are not prosper ous Is because they are idle and ex travagant. There was never uy greater slander upoci any people. It is not true that the masses are rex gravagant' and'' it is "not true that they are idle and shiftless. No peo-' pie on earth, under the same cli matic conditions, display more en ergy or exescise more, rigid and re lentless economy than the farming population of this grand and . laved old State. Many .of theni to-day and everybody knows it-r-pf fcoth races, white and colored, aje living no; not. living are ekCnk out a miserable existence ou what is hard ly enough to keep soul ancLbody to gether. State Chronice. r FREE SILVER AND NtiW " YORK The Atlanta .Constitution says that is not true that' the Demo crats will lose New Vork if the Ho use passes a free coinage bill, be cause in 18.9Q the Democrates in the Senate, almost unaimously voted for it and New. York in. the seme year gave an increased Dcr ocratic majority. State Chronicle. ' "llowt Cure all Skm Diseases.!' . Simply apply "Swayne's Om ment." No internal medicine re quired. Cures tetter, cezema, itch, ail eruptions on the face, hands, nose, Ac., leave the skin clear, white and healthy. . Its great healiag and cur ative powers are possessed hy no other remedy. Aik yottr druggist for Swayks's Ointment. ' GAUCAS uro Z)eni.oor03r CLINTON, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH jScws from rasliin?ton. NOTES AND ITEMS FROM CON GRESS AND WHAT 1 f IS DOING. ' 4 Some Bills IntroducedPerson al Mention. The tariff debato W4s commence in the House today. Mr. McMillln open the debate and outline the pol icy of the democratic party. . The Senate, in executive session, after an hour's debate, referred Bering sea arbitration treaty to ti. ? committee on foreign relations. - The bench show of the Washing ton Kennel Club is in progress, wil a lot of splendid dogs oa exhibition ..An important cabinet mewtii; was held, at which Lord Salisbury . last communication in regard to Hi Beting sea controversy was under consideration. . 1. The United States Senate- yestes-r day 'took from toe calendar and parsed a number .of' bills! most 'of them uqio ortmt. The considera-! tioa of the pure food bill was com pleted, but a vote was postponed nntil the bill could be printed in' its amended form. In the' House the death of Representative Kendall, of Kentucky, was announced, and adjournment followed. The tariff debate was continued in the House, and there was a good-natured tilt between Mr. Turner, of Georgia, and ex Speaker Reed. Senator Hill will not make any answer to the letter of. Representa tive Ilarier;of Ohio, asking hU views ori the free coinage hill. .- . Secretary Tracy has decided that the he w cruiser Raleigh shall b com pleted sit the Norfolk Navy Yard... . .- ' - i i i r r I . i.'resiueiu-anu iirs. narrison gave a drmrer party in- nonor oi Mr. - and Mrs: Potter Pahner. " - - .,.: " The Ufiited " States "Senate yester- daytpassed a -iiumbervof bills and jpeh t ''considerable- trine ' in"' deba te "oyer ;:'t'he' hill io provide postoffice buildings in towns and cities where the.pqstoffice receipt Tor two years preeeeding have exceeded $3,000 an nually.,. :: in, the liouse.the tree wool bill was unc'er.fiojasideralion, and Speech es were madj by Mf . Turne'r of Geor ffia,)and .Mr. Patterson, of Tennessee, x- ' .. i 3P C ' m lavux oi, utiiu jeionii. Suits were filed, yesterday in the United Spates ,eiruit Court si New Orleans, by, -attorneyvs - - representing the, heirs of six .of the Italians slam by the populace at. the parish prison on the 14th oCMorch la3t against the city of New Orleans, claiming dam ages in. the ?um of $30,000 in eaih case. The petition alleges that the death of , the" men resulted from a conspiracy, and avers that no proper steps were taken to protect the pri soners, - though- the purposes ef the cdnspir tors were, well-known. The heirs or three of the men live in Sic ily; one in Rome. Upon tha reply of .Lord.Sahobury depends the character of the naval prepar mons iu the Bering See seal ing grounds. Speaker Crisp and ex-Speaker Reed will lake part in the tariff debate. So far over" thirty members have in dicated their purpose to make hpeeeh'es on the question. The banners' Allianca : men; in Congress have uader" consideration plans designed to advance the inter ests of the -Alliance and propagate its doctrines!. ' ' .Senator Hill telegraphs to Govern- pr tone. that he will arrive in Jack pn'Miss.Mat 11:50 AVM.,'on tb 15th ot March, and must" .leave that after noon betweari i and-6"'ocl6cki- Mr. .iiUjS.auetjpieu au mvixau-on to deliver (he. address at-the'eommem. orauon pt tne aieeKienourg XJeclara ration of Independence;; at Charlotte,1 N. C., on May,, 21st. , ' : . In the United States' Senate yes terday, k'T. ; Dp! ph made a 'speech ggainsfc freo trade and m favor of protection, as illustrated by the workings of the McKihley "bill. He opposed Canadian j eciprpcity on the ground that it J would be damaging to tanners. The urgent' deficiency bill was passed by the Senate. In the House the 'debate on the tariff bill was continue,', Messrs. Stevens, Montgomery arid Mont gomery and Broykshire, Democrats, and Mr. Ray, Repuban, being the speakers, v .... Secretary Elkinadeeliries to be the Republican .candidate for Governor of West Virginia! .v r Congressman Barnes Conapton de clines to affirm or. deny the rumor that he proposes declining a re-olee tian. tl. - The correspondence between Sec- ,re.tary Blaiqe and the British Mini- tei:,Qn tne iiering oeaniaiter, as well as. the fifteen articles agreed on for submission to arbitrators, has been made public. Representative Springer is now considered practically out of danger. ' Jftepresentative Mills expects to resume his duties in the Capitol ;s soon as the weather becomes settled. He has recovered from his recent illness. " ' The United States Senate yester-J day passed the pure food bill. The Ssnate. in executive session spent several bours in the discussion of the subiect of the seal fisheries. In the House the debate on the tariff billsreported from the Ways and Means Committea was beguu. Mr. McMillian, of Tennessee, attack-: ed the McKinley bill of the last CJn- gress, and Mr. Dingloy, of Maine, defended it. ' - A Tkijegram to the Charlotte News from Washington, states that Senator i I ill has accepted the in vitation to deliver an address in Charlotte, on the 20th of May. Sen ators; Vance, Ran?om and Butler will be i resent. . value is an idea, not a gross property of substances. The greater the facility for expressing the idea In tangible shape the better for the happiness of the people. Industrial World Spokane, Wasn. , And wlilto Supromaoy. MJEFFERSOXIAN DEMOCKA- CY." e hear much these days f th pure Democracy of Jefferson. Where ould Jefferson be. were he living ? See what he says: I fineerely bellve with vou that banks are mors dan Jterons than stand ing armies. Pat down the banks, and if this country cannot he carried through the longest war again t her most powerful enemy without load ing us with perpetual debt, I k low nothing of my country uien." Here is other testimony of some of our greatest statesmen : Andrew Jackson paid in hU fare well address while criticising the natioual bank: "It openly claime-i the power of regulating the currency throughout the United States. la others word, it asserted and undoubtedly rn ssessed) the powr to make money plenty or tcarce at its pleasure. a. P. Morten: "There is gathered around the capital of this nation a gang of pirates who thundered success fully at the doors until they have driven this government into the most prtpovterous acts of bad faith and legalized robbery that ever op pressed a free nation siuce the dawn of history. oaimon tf. unase: "My agency in procuring the passage of the na tional banking act was the greatest financial mistake of my life. It has built up a monopoly that effect every interest in the country. It dhould bo repealed. But before this can be accomplished, the people will arrayed on one side and the banks on the other in a contest such as we have never seen in this country." Abraham Lincoln: "Monarchy is sometimes hinted at as a possible refuge from the powers of the peo ple. It would be scarcely justified were I to omit exercising a warning voic against returning to J jspotiins. it is the effort to place capital above labor in the structure of the government. I bid the labor- in people beware of surrendering power which they no possess, and when surrendered their liberty will be lost." John C. Calhoun: "Place the money power in the hands of a combination ol a few individuals ane they by expanding or contract ing the currency may raise or sink prices at pleasure and by purchasing when at the greatest depression and selling when at the greatest eleva tion, may command the whole prop erty and industry of the whole com munity. The banking system con- titrates and places this power in the hands of those who control it. Never was an engine invented bet ter calculated to place the destinies oJ tho many in hands of the ftw." HAS MONEY INTRINSIC VALUE. - ' The theory of intrinsic value of money has been, abandoned by the best writers and speakers." En cyclopedia Britannica. " Metallic money, while acting as coin, is identical with paper money, in respect to being distitulo of in trinsic value." Noth British Re view. "An article is determined to be money by reason of the perform ance by it of certain functions, with out regard to its form or substance." Appleton's American Enclopedia. "Metallic money whilst actiug as money, is identical with paper mo ney in respect to bing destitute of value. Coin, so long a it circulates for the purpose of buying and sell ing, loses its intrinsic value. As commodities, gold and silver are capital,, but as money they are mere representatives of valua." Charles Morgan of France, in this work on money- The fact that exchanges of real values may be made without the use of money at all, is proof that money is a mere convenience, and that it dose not need to have, as it in fact does not hava, the value it is arbitrarily made to represent. Goldsboro Argus. YOUR BEACON LIGHT. : In all your . actions in politics let principles be your beacon light your guiding star. Do not'bo blown about by every wind.' Be firm, un -yielding and faithful. A sacrifice of a principle or measure is coward ly, and will you feel honored when called a political coward? Farmers Adovcate. - im . Bucklen's Arnica Salye. The best Salve m tne world for Cuts, Uruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe rci Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chil blains, Corns, and all Sk:n Eruptions, kud positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It h jruaranteed to giv per fect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Dr. It. H. IIolliday, Clinton, and J. R. Smith, Druggist Mount Olive, N. C. The State of Illinois offered a bounty Of two cents a head on every English sparrow killed in that State in the months of December, and Jan uary and Febiuary. The small boy and some larger boys waged a yery active warfare. Result, ,uuu paia out, 450,000 sparrows murderei and apparently as many sparrows frisk ing around as ever. A company lately formed in New York is making money by furnish ing sentries, whose province it is to keep unwelcome visitors from the portals of millionaires' dwellings. Some ot the papers continue to refer to the "Alliance split.'! Jfhese papers'had better look for leaks and "splits" in other directions. The Allince split is not their property, even if there had been a split. Ad vaiice Jurnal Ashville, Ala. "A politcian wants the people to do something for him: a statesman to do something for the peoplo." Bob Ingessoll. -.v. r a it 17, 1892. TflE COAL SUPPLY. V. THOMAS IT IN DIXON, JR., DISCUSSES HfS PRFLUOE. Th SveauHi U oa th stu of llrll. Let r Civ In (moll III.' Iw Lh rist Ake4 Xeo ti Tallow U 1m Through Urv. t Fer. New York, March 13. In his rvviw of current events pmding th permon in Association hall this morning Mr. Dixon dlacussesl the questum of the gv enuaental control of the coal mine, lie said: Among the rcent decisions of tho su preme court of the United States t,t far reaching im porta uce is tho one aCirmiu the legality of th grain elevator statute ! of Aewlork. This law regulated tlh price of elevating and storing grain. It wm attacked on the groainl that such a regulation was an unconstitutional in terference with private business. The supreme court holds that any business affected with a public interest is subject i the regulation or control of the Ftute and that elevating grain is a business of this kind. X JTST PECT5IO.W This is a dishonest progress in the his tory of the rolo of government in the world's commerce. The supremo court has risen to tho occasion of a new wn tury's needs and rights in this jnk deci sion. We do not pretend to say that fur a moment we behevo that our fathers dreamed of such a law beiiig possible under the constitution they made. Neith er did they dream of many other things that have come to pass of the necessities of a new life and a new civilization un der that constitution. This uriiuinlo. as affirmed by the highest judicial tribu nal of the world, is the entering wedge of the social revolution toward whii-h we are being driven with resistless power. There can possibly bo no limitation to its application at last to every business that touches the public life linked either as cause or effect to tho co-operative en ergy of the community. FAILURE OF FlUVATE CONTROL. More and more is society forced to pronounce the management of its public business by private power a failure and a monance to the life of tho community. The railroad problem has created the interstate commerce commission, which is a temporary and ineffectual make shift between private ownership and ul timate governmental control. Tho ownership of coal mines likewise presents us today with another serious problem to which this principle must be applied at last for a solution. Through the past generation tho coal mines have been the storm centers of the labor world. Down in the darkness of tho earth the strong have strangled the weak until again and again the worm has turned and stung the oppressor. Strike has followed strike as season has followed season. In all these disastrous disputes and wars between mine owners and miners, the great outlying, onlooking stupid public has at last been robbed to pay the damages, and sometimes at the rate of two hundred cents on the dollar. The price of wages and the price of coal has been fixed by tho sweet will of a handful of men answerable to nobody. THE ENGLISH THREAT. At this time in England the people are threatened with a etrike of nearly all the coal miners in tho country to the enormous number of 450,000. Such a strike would mean the throwing out of employment of millions of men in other trades, and would cause the advance iu the price of coal to be such as to para lyze the great industries of the nation and bring untold suffering upon tha poorer masses. The owners announced a reduction of wages hence the strike. The owners say that the price of coal does not pay for the mining. The miners say that they cannot live on lower wages. Somebody lies. Who? No mat ter who, the public must pay for it. Whatever may be said about the pri vate ownership of land, certain it is that air, water and fire are absolutely essen tial to the life of our civilization. These fundamental sources of life should not be made the subjects of speculation for private gain. The public has the right to live. The public has the right to con trol, therefore, the sources of life. Pri vate control of these sources lias proved a dismal failure. THE QUESTION OF HELL. Peace oa earth, good will toward men.-Luko ii, H. Colonel Ingersoll said in his recent so called Christmas sermon, over which tho latest controversy has arisen, that "Christianity has filled the future with fear and flame." Is this true? I would say just here that it seems to me Colonel Ingersoll has really done tho cause of true religion a service in the public as saults he has made upon a certain con ception of hell which was prevalent fifty years ago. I have no disposition to rob the colonel of this honor. I have read many thing3 that he has said upon the subject, and have felt when I road some of them that in the main his io: i tion was true. I felt like assenting with emphasis. Let us gi v 9 the devil his dues. Let us give Colonel Ingersoll his dues. The prophet Baal am went upon a mie sion to curse God's people; but instruct ed by the ass on which he rode, when he began to deliver his curse it was changed into a blessing. Colonel Ingersoll has done a true ser vice to Christianity in assaulting this mediae v el helL It was created outside of the Bible and dragged into tho Bible. moloch rsr the skies. While we readily acknowledge this is true, when Colonel Ingersoll says that "Christianity has filled the future with f ar and flame," we emphatically dis pute that statement. Christianity Las done no such thing. Jesus Christ came into the world that shivered beneath an imaginary Moloch in the skies. The conception of sacrifice current in the days that immediately preceded, the ad Tent of Christ was the notion of appeas ing the anger of gods Who were hostile toward men. Again and again, ever within the Hebrew race, 'was this h" graded conception of sacrifice prevaler Again and again did the prophets rise and proclaim the truth of the true uod, that not in burnt offerings or blood sac rifices, but in the religion of S contrite heart and a righteous life only could God be pleased. The world shivered at the thought of the anger of God. The supreme meaning of- the incarnation was ;this message' which, the angels brought to the shepherds listening on thebJUs: "Peace! God is not angry. Godis well pleased toward men. His No. 23. -, is vu!. ii! s-y n, fKi m V ! laglutr TkmtAix th orU.f tW , nt U CIxrlt. 1 Ic -:.- to lr eA now U wotll fikl t A trvci::n-. The f.it mriwaa cily thu au-c-i.ik, "Tj L UrJi ; sxioiritod Km to frwi gowtiOiaf t the ioor." ; Je.-ii Christ dU ut iatrat hell. He ; i'uad a trotM frul t f ht., n toxixA ; urU Unin.i n. avA ti iy aajsiiti tioa and avcry s.a 1 !a ttil viiv. The rt lirtuus v! the wu:U Kfurv tho aprmu revelation tt CUru-t wtr j-rit;c:p:air taken up with ths eeoaomio cf l.:i. j The rrligiua cf tircct?tiiij tl rt-Mi.jn of lUnutf coJisle-1 mainly cf & niinute I description of tha doing tf this iw-iLi-r world. J"su did ihjI invent ht-11 or come to preira La 1L lie cam? to save s world that was already ia laL He ajar vo ivtm me wvriu oui t i uarussiiis into light, to give glad tiding to those wh knew only darkness an 1 tiofair. Wlat diil Chri.st Uaih abot;t putiLihuu-tit? Triera are some things he certainly did not teach. Firtt lie "never proclaimed thodfx trine of a hell of uiaUrhd Cre aDd brita stone. Otlir religion are fu!l of the materialism of the under world. Fri-m the lips of Jetms wo have not tingle settenco descriptive of the economies' of this world. Jesus CluL-t knew th.t men could not bo helped la lifo lew by the unfolding cf s-ch a terror for tht lifo l.t 'oiu I know there have Kn-n men whj have preached FUeh a l.e-11 who claim to Ik' the ministers of Christ. I have always lie-n furry for nu ll men. I fhall never forrt in rny chitdhl ho;iring a man liko that Trench on hell. Ho do'ViiVd God ait looking owrinto this furnace and smelling tiie rtiir:g flesh. He descrilxM tho houting t t tie? angels and tho redeemed ns th"y re ;'oieHl in tho f-mt ko end the Kiifferinga of the damned. I raw tint man walk down the aisle and stand lefro a 1 an tiful girl whoso only in, o fVr us he knew, was that tdiedid nut belong to the church and would not join beer.n-e lie liked to dance occasionally. 1 saw liiin stand lcfore that frirl and launch at her head personally all the fierce fire of th material hell which ho had HTilmd in the pulpit. I henrd him thus arraign tho troubling girl, until, boy thnt I wa, I felt that 1 hhould like to drftg him or.t of tho hotife by tho reck, i felt then that he lied. I know nnee that ho lied. Alas! poor fellow! his religion did not help him to live n sneceK. ful life hero. The last time I heard of hini he wars n fugitive from justice, a diygraeod and wrecked man. CANON FAUP.AIU It cannot lw charged that JVsns. Christ is in any way responsible for thoiiiodcm doctrine of this furnace of eternal tiro. Canon Farrar recently said that, ns a man of God. as a ncholar, he claimed the authority of Kehlrmiilp mid of hoin-s'y to say, and to say without tho fear of contradiction and with Ibo love f God and tho love of m:m in his heart, that not a sentence can !. found ia the New Testament, from the opvuing to thochwo, out of which can bo constructed this doc trine of an eternal lu 11 fire. lie oeelare that there are only three sen tone s in the New Testament that apj ear to teach such a doctrine. Ono of them i-i a-bald misstatement; the other two are wi4"d from the context and meaning, and isoo them from without is read tho doclrino. Second Certain it is tliat Xvus ChrLt himself never apicalod to any Hi.ui to follow him, lost ho should be burned up in an eternal fire of hell. E ry motive to which Jesus apjioaled wa.; the vt ry farthest removed from such a motive. Jesus said, "Come unto me and I will give you rest." Jesus ijaid, "Como unto mo and I will give you life." Jenus -aid. spring .;p witinn Jum a well r w i'er unto eternal life." The?e are the mo tives to which Jesus apiealud, and fnm the opening of Ids ministry to it elose the hell motive is not one found. He taught none of the modern perv rsions of Cluistianity which belong to this in fernal doctrine. Jesus Christ cannot be charged widi teaching that 1 tabes arc condemned to this fiery furnace. John Calvin iaay have taught it. Calvin burned Servet as becau 'v.-rvet'is taught the salvation of -bil:l;-( n. Bat Jesus said, "Suifc-r liti: e clrll rt n to caic unto mo and forbid t li ;-i not; fir Oi fine1! is the kingdom cf h ive:." in.STor.ic ;-::::v;:n?io.ss. The concept io.-i of r ; ;ion which em phasizes hell as its ctirdiual ujclriuo is a creation of n. ha vel ignorance and fear. Some of it jet survive?. We lori'r to see tho l::v when this t shadow will 1 -- 3 i ft' l froizi tl.o heart of . xr, est religion that this the race, ihei earth k:iou.s is such a religion. Dr. Momerie that l.o was tunirijcfl to End the amoui.t i f it tliat t till lingered when he entered i miralry in Scot land. Ho s i;- ; tlit he wa? calh-d to whj a woman wj.- .vw unng. ii" asseu tar if fho could remcmlx-r anytlung in her life, her ixdr. Ion.-- to Go l, that gavo her sx?ci:il satisfaction now. hho sai l jen, she had alwcya Jwvl profennd respect for the clergy. Ho asked her if tiierc were anything else. .She Kiil jes, the remembered t!..vt eho had u large oven iu her liitci-eu, and that whenever she looked ut thai ovsn she always thought of hell. Ti:L was tho sum totiJ of her religion. This w:is ail that shoaj piir entlv h,v ui cling to iu the hour of death. Ih-. Il mxrie relates anotljcr incident of like character. A mother said to her little girl, "If you do not oVy me God will punish you." The child replied, "God ii too busy burning up jwople ia hell to pay any attention to me." Her idea of the ocenpa tion of God was that he was in the infernal regions mending tho re; that he had so many to attend to there that the few who still survived eu earth were of small importance. Whatever such a religion may be, it is not f ;hristi;mif r. Jesn-t nc-Ter tautrht it. In no sense can he be charged with iu responsibility. Let us rcmemoer that historic jerverskn of Christhinity are one thing, the Christianity qf the Christ another. What did Christ teach? He taught the law of the harvest. "Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he tdso reap." He taught that' conduct is the key to char acter, and that the principle of love to man. and love to God throu-h love t man is the sursreme nrincIA "f th judgment. ''Inasmuch ns ye depart. Inasmuch as ye did it least of these, ye did it unto me ' FCESACE OF THE ETERS: But some one inquires, Does not tha Gospel of John say, 'He that ftelieveta Cntinued on Second Iago.Ji IF. YOU WOULD LIKE To coiuiatmkat witii about tea thousand of th bt country people la this twtioa of Korth Carolina then do it thruti-b. the columns of The Cai-cama. N otbr pajr in th Thin! Ca- grvsaJonal District has aj Jarj; . cirntlatiori. THE WORLDS NEWS, 1X VULiSTTIICHM AY.CAIU:. ll'U.Y ASSOKTi:i ANh oxiknnkd nit ni-sv m:opl NUte. Tle !o!l ti-r t...iw i .i . A-hevilV tr.v !, aro Mv vvl wih NitrithHU.rUk, Tv-s of Graivniw Inm oi r BOW bfing lus.le in lYnn-iyhanU. Kvang. list nr., w!Ij lhiario ol rvvltalrint Wil.c,-, tho 17th liut. Thumwvillo A j oo,) &tv ytU oey. It orlginate-d I'rom the st h. M.i of inp in th Hock hotel. riaiw havo l hai:d.s nn i ow tatcville. en .repil fr n 110 iiwn, h4c at York i!iri!t ut!) i.i.ii i - Jargo brick hotel, lth all luudvrii Improvuicnts near tho UnlverMtv atClutpti Hill. ' Tho Vtfisrnsrr rays tht mrrt l;n provonifiti sr nowgMngnnltt Wil mington than at any tlmcdu the his tory orthfrity, A. . lUiinan,orMoreheadCI(yt t-lojl wilh tlui wlfo of Jko 1'erry, Tu -i!.iy, Iraving hu lami'y to hilX lor thcuiM ivo.H. Mr. Mi ion Hutlcr sial Cd. Harry Skiniit r nre tohpfnk thlstuooth st UmiIoUo, .Shelby iiincohitoti and MMgruU.;i, b ginning about tho J Till. Ml- . M. Iarke, of .Morgantor., 1:1 14 l'our-di ev u ounces ! but. U t i'lum thi-hmnibg ol ouygulloii Oi cn-f r.j. Tlionivv.wl!irer.itirf!. Jeiey. Tiie Xevberne Journal suvh- Mr. ' OllTO I V( l' fcllOtl..f nni.nl v.ilMiow ol 'o.vv.crsat t: f'alr, and Mr. Walter 1 lojiioti. , the HartHr I !.md Can Club, a do& n varieties. IVv. Th;niH-4 Dixer, Jr., tho wtli I.-owd , w York I'reai-hiT, H to be " of tho cori ol h-ctun-r fit tho eoxt session of Hit North Carol hut Tmclu-r's Asemb!y, nt Morchona City. The Uev. l)r . I; tV. C.trb?r, or tho First Hjiptlst Charch, Halelgh, will jn-aehtho baceahiuroaio nermon at the I'nlverslty before the frrsduAtlng elttSH, undny, Mny 20t!u Ir. ('wrier i- dear i l-inker and ftftrong i-ouvineing preacher. Pet t Malicr, tho prl.t-figter, who was Mcvntly beaten by ntz.lmnioiiH in New Oriean-, rnileavon d tc com mit f uic.de, fsundy, by leaping from the window ot nearwlillo Hearing Char. otto. It took five tneo to pull Mm buck Into the car. The boiler of the ttcaiii Haw mill f Col. L. 1). Htephn-ori, 7 miles of Ualcigh, N. C, exploded lat week. Th boih r was hurled loOlcctacroni the cnt'k. John (StepJienson, sou of tho projuMetor, v;n thrown sixty yutl through trees and killed. Ho was lerribiy maiighil. Fireman Ja enh whh blown amut 2t) fet, but not f .-.tally iijured. Near Milburne, Wake county, GecrgefJooilwin, Huhltc tuaii near ly 70 years old, went tothe hounu of a negro who had taken one of bis In. .. Tlie nrgro deiuandAd' a con sKieiHbie uiu to relea-'o thfl hog. I bis (Nodijii refuwil to give; ' As Go I win t i rued to Isv the- ngro cru.si:ed hi; ltJtl wilh a jdank, euu ing o tlyliivtnt death. Thenegro Hod. A eonipnuy waff organl.'-exl In WIN ndii.tiM last-year tocnltlvato oyt-ter- i.jr niai kel. It now owns 345 ;c: e of oyster planting bottom and has built a tea.nhoat and several -coun for planting Jeratlons. It ha id. eddy planted over 100,000 biislu ls, xnt proposes to distribute :M0 bushels each inottty and expect to put the firfct oysters on the market n- xt fi.1!. National. JIN.-PMiton his secured 54,6C4 fjr the itu'-Hifiii relief fund. : IV. Kaker, tihd In "IrKloIa for the murder of hh wife was ai-ij ultel. Ir. i'Htiot'H from Routlierri towns ste sti!l pourinx in uj.Km Senator Hill. Irar inglen, H. C.t somrcd a dbas tron-4 tiro, des. roving over fl50,Of)O worth ot propct ty. Hob Ingersoll has sued Ilev. A. C. Dixon for libel, chiming $5,000 dam sgi s. I lev. Dixor says ho can provo v. hat l.o said. The famous Hrooklyn tabernacle, of which ltev.T. Iewltt.Talma!je Is p.sior, to be sold to satisfy a me chanic's Jiea. A young woman of Fitlsburg, Pa., of Rood family, has eloped with a negro, who wa a puitar artist and wa employed to give her guitar Ies ou. Joltn L. SulliTan hasissacd a chal lenge to fight any of the "bnffen,M who have been rxpref sing such anx iety to meet him in tho ring, for a pure of 520,000 and . an outside bet of ?1 0,000. Foreign. . Mora e?rthfiuake shock have been felt ?n Jtily. 1 here H a talk of an approaching revolution in Greece. The liberals calry the election for London councilmen. - -There U cers of a collisjon on a BrazILin railroatl in which 50 ier sou lost Cu ir lives. . . . r t i " 1 -Ivl - r
The Caucasian (Clinton, N.C.)
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