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CHILDREN'S COEHEB. mm ty WC'VY mm E.tltLY ASXIOL": Till lliuc gin in" Bhe had eagerly climbed that her fiat might be tied on eagerly, because her hat and coat were both new and she welcomed the opportunity ot dis playing them. I it not often go with children of larger growth:' tanU In a rhalr nhrrr 0 aided bv inv picture almost any mother could make the little coat, which was of fawn colored cloth and 11 had a band of Bilk of the same stiaue, finished in front with a rosette. Feather trimming finished the end of the sleeves, and a pointed derby collar set of the neck. The large hat was of felt, with bow and strings of rose-colored ribbon. Estem.k, 1 'a iti v.i.f.. X. C. April 17. 1 SiKJ. I am a little girl 13 years old. My A ihsinr-f man ami lakes Thk Cai casiak and I like to read it very much. I am glad you take 'iw.iirrli interest in the children to give them a corner in your paper. Mamma dearly loves to read it also. .She thinks your Woman' Column very good, l'apa is trying to get a club for vour paper. T will close with manv wishes of success for vour paper, I remain Yours truly Addis Which a rp. An Ope if Yiiou. A young girl, some sixteen yeai t iii i:r 1 it :, irs of aire, had all her life been the vic tim of a blemish in her eve that hin dered perfect vision. At length a surgical operation was agreed upon and successfully made. The girl was kept within the house till her eyes gathered full strength, and wTas permitted grad uallv and smriDcrlv to so out of doors. It so happened that some time elapsed after her recovery be fore she went into the open air after night-fall. One evening she rushed into the parlor with her face aglow with excitement. The joy of a great discovery illumined every feature. "Oh, come!" she exclaimed, "come out quickly to the lawn, and see what beautiful things have appear ed in the sky! Her friends hastily followed her out of doors, wandering what might have occurred. They saw nothing. "What do you mean?" they asked her. "Look!" she said, pointing eagerly heavenward, "don't you see those bright things up their? There they are and there sparkling all over the sky!" "My dear child," said one who loved her, "those are the stars." Yes, the stars, which she had not seen before. Friends could hardly take in the fact that for all the years of her life, the dear child had been moving through God's world with a limited vision, seeing only what lay close around her, utterly oblivious that there were stars, hosts of stars, all over the sky, and all so very beautiful! How strange it all seemed. Yet how many there are who go through life with imperfect vision of the best thing3 that lie along their pathway! The best of love, truth, sympathy and goodness is "unknown to them, just because they will not open their eyes to behold. Let none imagine he perceives or un derstands all of Divinity or of Di vine truth in the world till his eyes have been opened by the truth that points to and makes it plain the highest in knowledge and happiness. The Tribulation of a Fellow M ho Wants an Appointment. (Washington Tost.) - "It is a dreadful thing," said a Georgian yesterday, as he aimed at a euspidor in the hotel corridor and missed it a foot, "to think how little it takes to dash a fellow's hopes to earth when the fruition of his desires depends upon the temper of one man who holds a position like that which President Cleveland fills so completely. Here I am, and I want an nffifA Tf ia tiaI a tiling . " -"o ui more than $3,000 a year, yet the comfort of my family and ability to clear myself of debt depend upon my success. It is very important to me. I have spent money to come here and spend money to stay here. When the executive reaches my pa pers he may not feel well. There may be a clot of undigested mustard upon his stomach, or he may have a slight cold in the hv. Up 1 go! If I had this thing to.ividergo again I would rather plow seyen days in the week and feed the mules myself." Are Ton In Order? Cushioga Manual of parliamentary rules is the only standard authority on the correct government of all de liberative bodies. Presidents, vice Presidents and secretaries in particu lar and Alliancemen in general should have a -copy that they may know when their business is con ducted in a business like manner; also when a member is in or out of order. "Don't undertake to govern 'unless you'know you are right in your rulings. It may , be that the reader of this will be called upon to represent his county in the next Legislature, if so, this manual will be worth many times its cost. One copy by mail post paid for $1.00, one dozen by express for $9.00 pre paid. Mention the number of yonr lodge when ordering and address v J. e. Rue, - Littleton, N. C. It. -- f t! (I t i . y HI Tl ltlTLtB 151 Hr.MKK- Ml Hpmal ljmf"Oiduet.l Vaxce Co.. N'. C The 13th of April will be long remembered by the Alliance-nun of Vance county as om of the most ideaant occasion" of their live-. It wa the day their be loved Ktate President made one of ihe treatet speeches of bis life thoroughly non-partisan from begin ning' to euil. A few day before the writer re ceived a letter from Capt. E. O. Mut er. o. .Secretary, inviting Jriro. tira ham. Pres. of Co. Alliance, and my- ,.If ir. in. ft Wrtt Marion Hntler at hi hoiiwf the night of the l'Jlh.as he had proruin-ed to upend that night with him. Capt. Butler lives at Dab- ney, about three miles from Ilender . i. ik i i n on, on me Ji. a it. u. iv. ar rived there about half pat t o'clock r. hi. ana some time alter eizai we heard the train whistle for Dabney, and our hearts were filled with pleas ure at the expectation of meeting our State President again, who being noon after together with isros. a. 1 Garrett and Gill led by our worthy host came in. After isuppcr which was an decant one. we iepent tbo most cniovable evening we have done for a long time, for which to a great degree we were indebted to our polite hontess and host, no painn were n pa red to administer to our everv want. Hon Marion Hutler is as entertaining a conversationist as he is gifted in spejiking. About one o'clock we reluctantly gave our con sent for him to retire knowing that he had a full day's work before him on the morrow. We arrived in Hen derson tho next morning about 8 o'clock and although it poured down rain most of the morning, the true and tried Alliancemen of Vance came in spite of wind and weather, and pretty soon there was hardly standing room in the office of the large and commodious Alliance Warehouse where tobacco is sold at highest market prices and lowest charges the boys were coining in to shake hands with their President whom they "love for t lie enemies he has made." We had tno largest meeting I've seen of tho county Ak liance we have ever nau MiieeiMnve been a member. If tboj-"wbo tried to Irill rmr nrder iitf)f llUVtJ K(ll it they surely v)uld have thought their cnoris were iu vaui. micr fjuiiif; through the regular order of busi ness, and 1 would say here that every Alliance in tho county was represen ted the doors were thrown onen and the house was filled, some were un able to get seats. I would say in compliment to those who were pres ent that it was the most orderly and attentive audience considering the size of it that I ever saw. Then was a good many of the citizens of Henderson uresent and some of net a most prominent business men, who isteneu attentively to the speech. How any one could listen impartially to that speech and be opposed to the Alliance surpasses my comprehen sion. We need not- fear what our ene mies may say if we are true to our principles. We are bound to win in the end. T. A. Eppes County Lecturer. AHE TELEPHONE MONOPOLY. The National Citizen Industrial Alliance has forwarded to us a blank petition to the President Attorney General and Senators of the National Congress, which we publish as fol lows: PETITION TO RELIEVE THE PEOPLE FROM THE UNJUST AN I) EXTORTION ATE R1TE3 AND CHARGES OF THE CELL TELEPHONE COMPANY MONO POLY. To the Whereas, The Bell Telephone Patent has expired after enriching a few stockholders of a private Corpo ration by over a hundred millions of dollars, extorted from the people by exhorbitaut rates and charges for the use of that instrument, through its monopoly by the Bell Telephone Company of Boston. And as - This monopoly is still continued by illegal and fraudulent Patents re issued by the United States Patent Office, in violation of the Laws of the United States, and in defiance of the written protests of the Attorney General of the United States, who seven year3 ago, entered a suit in the Courts to repeal the Bell, Edison and Berliner Patents, as expired by Law, and void, illegal and fraudulent, which suit cannot be forced to trial by the Attorney-General of the Uni ted States, as this monopoly, by its great wealth and influence, can block the wheels of Law and Jus tice in all our Courts and Halls-of Legislation, and own and control the King in our Patent Office, who in every case rule and decided in favor of Corporations, and against the rights and welfare of the paople. Be it Kesolved, That we peti tion the President of the United States, the Attorney-General, and the Senate and House of Represen tatives to relieve the people from the oppressions and exactions of this great and powerful monopoly, who propose, in defiance of all Laws and justice, the voice of the Press, and the desires and will -of the people, to continue to rule and rob our citi zens who use the Telephone, by a fraudulent use of this illegal re issued Patent, and by dilatory liti gation in our Courts of Justice. Chairman. Secretary. As President of the N. C. F. A. we voice the sentiments of the mem bers of that order in saying that we stand committed as opposing mono polies of all kinds, while we being ruralists are not interested to any great extent in the telephone busi ness and do not conceive that a peti tion bearing our signature as Prsei dent of that order placed than a the request of the order would- have much effect upon Mr. Cleveland the Attorney General and Senators, . we stand ever ready to enlist in and lend our aid in any undertaking having for its object the breaking . down of monopolies, rings and trusts and the granting of equal rights to all and special privileges to none. It is renorted haf. fa in Watauga county recently sold a crfr ly walnut tree for $500. HON. WAKtftX r ACTS COM XK.MG IE7IIEK OOCSfTT As a great many voters of North I Carolina have hrard of. and read in different papers that there would be a case of contest between tb Demo cratic and People's party candidates for the office of Sheriff and Kegister of Deeds of Pender county,, and whereas the eae of contest has been nonsuited, we feel it our datv as a public journalist to give the cold nn varnished facts concerning the elec tion, in a non-partisan spitit, and let our readers judge for themselves whether it wax ritrbt to declare the Democratic ticket elected. The returns from every precinct were all made out in due form and dulv fiirnetl bv the Jtpitera and Judges of election. The returns from Rocky Point had the fallowing statement wntten on a blank unace: "Loon comparing tae ote with the poll book, wo find too J many votes in two boxes, viz. County and' Legislative. This statement was not signed by any one. In Top sail townshio a complaint was made on the returns and signed by John li. Davis, one of the Democratic poll holders, and was as follows: 'The undersigned poll holders of Topsail Township, Pender county respectfully protest against counting the vote in Topsail Township owing to the fact that ballots were secured from persons in my opinion not legallv registered, after they were cnaiiencrea- .Mirneu. 111 i 4 Jxo. B. Davis, Poll Holder. The.-:bove were all Ihe complaints which were made on the original re turns. When the Board oL.fa'wwTassers met and proejAft i can lor reiurns fr(f?ailTereut townships, each k member handed in the returns and announced that his township was all right, with the exception of Rocky Point and Topsail. At the conclu sion of the call, however, Juo. T. Bland County Attorney appeared be fore the board and bulged a com plaint against the returns from Bur law township on ihe grounds thai thero were two illegal votes cast. That then- were two votes-more found in the boxes than there wen voters recorded as having voted, and thai the poll holders did not keep a poll hook. Whereupon Mr. M. M. Moore the member of the board from slid township (a Democrat) protested Mginst any ac tion against aid township, alh-giug that the elec tion had been fairly and honestly held iu said township, and that there was no excuse to justify the board in throwing out said precinct. The Board proceeded to examine R. N. Bloodworth, acting registrar of Bur- gaw township, who stated in regard to the two votes found in the boxes th an there were names recorded as having voted, that the poll holders had examined the poll list, and dis covered, as they thought, that they had found the. two men who had voted and whose names had not been entered on the poll books. But a later examination of the poll list showed that one of the parties had been recorded. Upon this evidence a motion was made to throw out the township, and was carried. The poll holders at Burgaw did not keep a record of the votes on a regu lar poll book, but recorded them on legal cap paper, one sheet of this paper disappeared before the board met, and has not been seen by the public since. The Board - was re quested to put in writing the reasons for which it threw out the township, which were as follows: "Burgaw precinct is rejected on account of illegal voting." The members of the Board from Rocky Point, Mr. D. S. Black com plained about Rocky Point saying that the ballots of the People's party were on colored paper. He was asked in regard to the more votes in the boxes than were voters re corded. If the registration books showed more names than were bal lots in the box; to which he answered yes. lie was then asked if he and the other poll holders did not keep a close watch on the boxes all dav and if he thought it possible for any one to slip ballots 'n the boxes without their knowledge of it. To which he replied that they did keep a close watch and that he didn't think it possible for ballots to be put in with out their knowledge of the same. " th no further investigation of the Rocky Point case a motion was made by J. T. Johnson, son of th Democratic candidate for the Legis lasure, to throw out Rockv Point township which was done. The grounds for which action as regards Kocky Point township, as recorded by the clerk of the Board is as fol lows: - "Returns from Rocky Point Town ship is rejected on account of illegal voting." After having thrown out Rocky Point and Burgaw precincts, which action, left a majority of . the votes counted for the Democratic, candi dates, the Topsail ease was taken up ior consideration. And after some little discussion as to it. & motion was made to accept said townshin. which was done. The vote in Rnr- gaw township stood 127 for A. H. Paddison P. P. candidate and 79 for K. F. Powers Democratic candidate. In Kocky Point, Paddisons vote wa 189, Powers' was 98. As Paddisons majority in the whole county was 95, it was necessary to throw out i vote in these two townships to defeat mm. Kivenbark,; P. P. candidate for Register of . Deeds, was . elected over Stringfield Democratic candi date by 2G majority as shown by the original returns. The above is a full statement of thej. fr t th fanl ia concerned. Con tinning we give an account of the actions of the poll holders of Bar gaw township a regards the two vote.'i more Wing found iu the boxes than were names rcorde!. The vote for Sheriff did fot up two in re bal lot than were names recorded, as having voted. This being the case one of the Democratic poll holders, Mr. A. E. MeXeil refused to sign the returns unless that statement was endorsed njHn them. It Wing thought that would cause trouble with the canrassing board and furn ish a probable pretest for throwing out the township, members of the People's party present insisted that the poll holders, if possible, ascer tain if there had not been persons who voteJ. and whose names had not Wen recorded, as there were several on the registration Woks who had not voted. -Whereupon a careful examinationof the poll list was made to see if the name of J. T. Collins, a prominent citizen of Bur gaw, was recorded, as two of th poll holders were absolutely certain that Mr. Collins had voted. Such examination failed to find Mr. Col- ins' name recorded. Whereupon the poll holders expressed themselves Wing satisfied that his was one of the two ballots in question. They then Wsran an examination of the registiation,book to see if another name comld be found which had not been recorded on the poll list. They had proceeded no further than the initial "B," when they found the name of L. N. Bowdeiw One of the poll holders, a" Democrat, stated that he was positive that Mr. Bowden had voted and as his name was not cheeked on the registration book the poll list was again carefully- ex amined to see if his name was on it His name had not been recorded on said list, and as the poll holders themselves were positive that he had voted, his made the other vote which was alleged to rave been too many, whereupon Mr. McNeil expressed his ii . willingness to sign the returns say ing that he wanted every thing right, and as everything was now satisfactory he would - sign the re tarns, and did so. Now in regard to the two alleged illegal voters,-one of them was a Democrat to whom the registrar had given a certificate so that he could register in another township, on the day of election Ihe acting registrar told this man that he could vote, and he did vote. The other alleged illegal vote was cast by a colored man named Tom Jordan. It appears that there are two lom Jordans, as later in the day in- other Tom Jordan presented him self to vote, but as there was only one Tom Jordan registered, they re fused to let the" last one vote. Tr was claimed before the canvassing board that the one that was regis tered.-. But even that statement w.na was not rtroven hv iritnoo. ses. A pretense was made be fore the boaid that the ballots of the People's party tickets had device upon them. The alleged device consisting of three water lines running perpendicularly through the ballots. The lines, however, weie invisible only when held up to the light. This was such a poor ex cuse that members of the canvassing Doatasaidit would not do: that it was too thin. The board also aban doned the question of the color of the ballots and based their actions on the grounds as s'tated in the a oove quotations. The abstract of votes for county officers were first written with pencil and then covered . - with ink, and hied in the office of the Superior court on November 18, i- - i i . ... fcuojeeiea to inspection by anyone who might wish to see them. They are there now and can be seen any aay. conservative people of all parties denounced the action of the canvassing board as shameful and outrageous. B&rgaw Sun.- KA1LKOAOS PUBLIC HIGHWAYS. Ther e can be no onestion tVinf ro;!- roads are public highways, just as umenas tne oia plank roads weao public highways. The people had Jt pay tell on these public highways. How did they abolish this toll? . Sim ply by the government, local and State, taking them and running them m the interest of the people. Would anybody like to return to the old plank road system? Hardly It is the mission of the Populist party to bring all the railroads under control of the government. It does not only aim to make laws regulating rates, but its ultimate object is to own and operate the railroads, as the post office is now owned and opeiated, and give the railway service to the people at actual cost. If there is any profit in tho rail-road business let us all have a whack at it; if there be loss jn their operations we can all better bear the lost than to throw the Wuden upon the poor Goulds and V anderbilts. If the railroads could be built and run exclusively upon private, property there might be some excuse for letting them remain in the hands of private individuals for private profit, but no road can be built except it be built upon pub lic property. We have, therefore, that which is the property of all used for the benefit and profit of a few This is violation of equal rights. Kansas Free Press." ' . The DefeoU Kurallst One Tear For il.OO. ' The Dakota Ruralist is one of the pioneer Alliance papers of the north west. It is edited by H. L. Loucks, president of the National Farmers' Alliance and Industral Union, with J. E. Lowe, president of South Da kota Alliance, as associate editor which is a sufficient guarantee that it will be a stalwart advocate-ef the Al liance demav v-w - , We.havi T V l arrange- ments wrhat a The ?intrecentlJ soldiralist for V . T EVILS 0F GAMEhlNg; REV. THOMAS DIXON ON THE "GATES OF HELL IN MODERN BABYLON. Appalling t'ats th Irtlac of Tfel rri!rolr VJ Thm Vrinem ot Vt3 ami ilia tXbarrspert Far Teesraoa All of sermons oa the "Shadows of the City; rc the Gates 6t Hell In Modern Baby- ion," was delivered this morning in As sociation hall to the great congregation which packs the building to its utmost capacity. Extraordinary interest has been manifested in the series from the first. When the hall is filleiltho ushers are compelled to close the doors, and hundreds are turned away. The test chosen this morning was from Matthew ixvii, S3, They.partf A his garments rl y 1- " . ' 9 - Gambling laay be defined as the art of . . i v : t securing tno proptny or anoincrwiia out giving him anything in return. It is to gtt something for nothing or the at tempt to get Fomethlng for nothing. ."When this done by gamo or trick in bn artistic way, it is called gambling. When it ii dono by force or in a clumsy, inartistic way, it is called thieving, ffhere ia practically no difference be tween stealing and rambling. The prin ciple involved is precisely the same. It is the violation of the fundamental law lof nature, tho law of compensation and just exchange. Any man who gambles steadily for 12 months will steal. Men may deny it, but those who know the facts in gambling life know that it is fnifl If f lie rrambler does not actuallv f teal, in the vulgar sense of the word, it Ss simply because ho has not yet met the opportunity or the crisis demanding it. Gambling is the total debauchery of tho whole man. It is tho debauchery of his body as well as las 60ul. The body is debauched because the conditions sur rounding gambling imply it of necessity. It means the indulgence of every pas sion that , clamors for the destruction of the body. There is rlo fascination like it. The epell it throws over the wholo personality of man is simply resistless. No serpent ever charmed its victim with greater power. , No fowler ever set his snare with surer results. It is an appeal to the pride and to tho skill of man. It is an appeal to his lovo of superiority, to his desire for power, to the heroism of his nature, to his greed and lust for gainT Above all, it is a delusion of his religious faculties. It is a playing with the world of chance, which becomes finally confused with tho world of spirit. 'Hence the debauchery of the gambler is complete and the wreck of character to tal. When the spiritual nature is burned but. there is nothing on which to build. 'Body and soul of necessitj' collapse. The gambler becomes the victim of a hopeless mental disease. j THK SURVIVAL OF THE BRUTE. J Gambling is nothing short of a mania, and eamblers should be incarcerated in lunatic ostiums with just as eood rea son as that which requires that other lunatics be Isolated from society. This disease of the mind when once fixed is Jwill-o'-the-wisp as the weary traveler follows the fatal mirasre. A man recent ly set out from Juarez. Mexico, to to eatomas m .New Mexico and nearly lost is life from a mirasre delusion. II was ' - - w o " 'driving his wagon when he saw a short oisiance on in ine aeserta beautiful lake ishadowed by trees. Both he and M team were thirsty, so he turned out of nia course to get water vaterr lifter traveling lEOTTOral miles A LVa if - T .vf . .111 . LIKJ n .inril .1 I l I .III aa a.k mat, uui it wat ..aere, ciear, ais- ttmct. before him. He continued in the .direction of the lake and fancied he icould feel on his face the fresh rreei (from the water, but as the distance did not dimmish at last the idea dawned on liim, and he turned back toward the road. But the night overcame him. He lost ms way. On the morrow he could not recognize any indication of his icourse. All hisefforts to find tho road yere unavailing.. At last, after a terri ble strucrele of fourdava. wTestHrurTrttn heat, and with hunger, and with thirst, he succeeded in reaching the road, more ueaa tnan alive, buch is the exnerienc of the man whose being is in the grasp fll ThTO rp ptlTIOCQ damnti 1 4- 4a . at is a madness. Mazarin was so fascinated with cam. :bling that be played as he lay on his .aeathbea until he became too weak, and 'then he got eome one to play for him. iWalpole tells of a certain Lord Male, who, when under 21 veers of Acre. Uost 155,000 iu one nicht. but recovered at by a single great stake, whereupon he swore a erreat oath, addin?. "Nnw tf T Uiad been playincr deep. I miarht have won Jinillions." It is said that two men were ffonnd by tho police in Hamstead road tn isia, one oa a wall and the other hang ting by his neck from a lamnnnst r-&novea oa. iney had tossed all day, terst for money, then for their rlnthAa oni !.. v ... rf " lastly to decide which of the two should pang the other. It was a logical con tusion to the day's work. It i th in. Witable conclusion to the gambler's day n eartn. liamblrng Ls not an evil that fcan a rveiopeU primarily in modern times nn- Her modern conditions. It is as old as puman depravity. It is as old as theft UE 18 as Old as Superstition. Kavan-oo tribes in the most nrimitive jare ana aiwa. s have been, when discov . . rceu, aaaicu to tramblinp-. An,1 fh;a Qeads us to the inevitable inference that KamDiing lsj. eurvival of the""brute in- aentance. lritus tells us that the, fior-. unans, whom he studied rA I w A IVAy tentered so heartily into gambling thai ccu Biaea ineir own persons, tho tone becomin t th r1 property ot the other. Herodotus relates mat a certain king of Egypt gambled with Demeter in the infernal regions. Plutarch says that Hermes gambled w.ui lob moon, ine old Greek mission i airocms. iioinpr toil a i4. t, . . ' AUOfc . vni Parysatis, the mother of rvms one of her sons had h r-:n i slave, played with the lrfno- T,..vi 4 forthat slave, and by her skniwonffin. CJarda Were lrnn-n in m,; ti : . fcA-r-V" ong years fSwi. i Jri " y into Europe, rr." w Uiu mat mstory fails to eive their onein. It U t w!... - 5 - Jl himself invented them. Whflam. oung has thus its history that datesback from the dav , - the brute world- Srrom It has remsiincA Vv- .. . , mvuern ctiw to fJJ" 8taence of gantoingtoa tfypowerneverbeforekrum jf Vj wmj, - .THE RACE TRACK. Nor is this to barnn - : remember the fact that the cTty SS the .center of so many influeicealS weal or woe. That u.i. ;: . ' "ctj. jtamDiing has crown to be in our eiti . srown Practically resistless power. - B tS2 every busmr 3a and tnf,- Every counting house, every bank. nTS - 18 atened ire night m the year by this dread pcW Every home, everv nr?fa JT:' ml power at present exerted hf the race track. Of all the Institution ci gamUicg that curse our modern life, I am thorooghly convinced that this U tie most territOa. It is carried oa flay la and day out, year In and year out. Ana what males it so universal in its power to touch and destroy life is the fact thai there is not a newspaper puUished today ,-. r-rtT nii.v whose columns aru I disgraced by tha reports ct tm infernal ! ;oini of the race managers, their pro- gramme, tlnnr races, their resaius, uxi . . - a,M it i iu)i-K?iUe for an honest young xnaa , 1 l1?-nin?rf f the World daflT . "ft 4 r" w m l n.'t 1j brought into immediate cca tart with tho possibility or en:cru: i i.v. ... Tl.i-re ere race tracks that are called refutable. There are those that are denounced by tho papers. But they are all reiorted, and the results are thrust nr-.'ltT tho nose of men and women whoso mm. . lives are the furthest removed irom suca i a T mama n H.! nitrtf ; ' - " ; c:x influence i . . t J .1 lluiueuctr, iuiucumuwvi vw truth and of right, in the name of the thousands and tens ot tnousanua oi young t thn rare track. Ll 1 UU.l. J J P in the name of broken homes and de bauched lives through the contact or dis reputable characters elbowing each other tt thto public assemblies, I arraign those who are thus debauching tho lives cf the innocent public. In the name of God, I ask our editors who profess Christianity, who prorcss UUUilUilljf ..v. .w J " - - - denounce the lottery and tho policy shop and make a specialty of reporting tho races. Every race track is a field of blood, and no man can deny it and talk seriously of life. When men, referring to tho race track, say that its purP080 1 to improve the breed of horses, they lie, and they know they lie. The breed of horses has not been improved by the race track. The breed of horses is not beinrr improved by the race track. It nwoT Tifia liopn m- it. never rill Rf. The hnrsn which is the nrodnct of the race track is not an improvement on tho normal animal, lie is a monstrosity; he is useless except as a senseless extrava gance. Not only is the race horse use less to tho world; ho is hideous to look unon. Ho is neither beautiful nor uf X - r f ul; he is trained and bred to be all bone and muscle. The laws of beauty are all bred out of him: he is simnlv trans formed into an aggregation of legs and J strained neck. rOOLROOSIS OP THE CITY. - The thousands of young men and worn en who attend the races are ruined in in flnence and character, and I assert, riih. cut tho fear of contradiction, that no man who attends the race track and pro tends to respectability would keep in his employ a young man whom he should meet at tue same tract, tie knows that he could not trust him with his money. He knows that he could not trust him with his business. He knows that the man who attends the race track con stantly will come, and come early, to lie. to cheat, to swindle, to steal. The only reason whv the man of resneetabla nm and pretensions in society, and even in the church, who attends, the race track is not guilty of these things is simply because he does not meet the temptation cr does not hate the opportunity. Gathered all aronnd the raro trnlr and inevitably so, are the poolrooms of the city. These are veritable hell holes, to describe which is a superfluity. No man has ever dared to stand uti before rational men and women and give one word in excuse for their existence. They pander to the lowest and the vilest. The results upon character are always utter ly vicious. . The power of these institu tions to destroy younir men is somethinff appalling, and the preacher of the cos- pel who comes m contact with young men as i ao in this hall has a revelation on this score that is simply heartrending. There are from 4,000 to 5,000 young men wno attend tnese services. I am brought in contact daily with the lives or thousands of young men. I would not give a copper for'the character of any young man who has attended a race track or a poolroom or a gambling den ior six montns. i here is nothing left in him after that experience. There in no character by which you can take hold ot mm. i have seen them go down, again and again, azain and airain. until, sick at heart and almost in despair, I have felt nire giving up tho work of preaching the gospel of love and leading a crusade with J a j- i - . ... Bwuru anu iorcn against those who are destroying .e possibility of manhood and of life. I received a letter from Scotland some time ago asking me to look after a young man m my congregation. I did. I in terested myself in him. I did my best with him. It was no use. He was a liar and a scoundrel, and he had not at tained his twentieth year. He did not know how to tell the truth, because the very toundations of truth and honor and integrity had been destroyed in iram- oung. i iouna a young man some tinie ago in distressing circumstances, about to fall into the hands of the law hAcariBA Ll! - " - - ' . . . cf his extravagance. I lent him nSon- ey, and he promised everything, and he kept no promises. He tonV wu notnei however, to keep the money. I hare dvuqui, wiiu bears ana prayers and, sacri fices to save scores of vonn7 man once under the influences of gamblers auu gamDung, ana i have never succeed ed in savincr ona to mv 1mnni.. t have advanced money again and again out oi jail and from public disgrace, and I have to regret it. I have never advanced mia ii them a dollar that has been returned. ihe reason is thev do not Imnw w tell the truth. Thev do not Imrmr th value of monev. Thev - w . v wcu powers of reckoning from the moral point oi view. A young man with ririllinnt min liberal education came to th time aero. His lifa hA w py prayer from his cradle. He had tha ungniest prospects before him. He had the highest testimoniafa in v?- i i- He had the best avenues open for suc cess. But h Trent A V .o a He went asain: h dropped from the race track into th poolroom and from the poolroom to the hOUSe of StrancrA vnnim ml i :m m debauchery for a year, until wrecked "x Doayandsoul. There is noUifmr m him now to tmfid r, rr j . know the meaning of honesty or truth ""oou. x nave seen this thifig go on until my soul was sick unto death. ME. BICHASn CROECR-. Our legislature nan nntntv - epasm of virtue most remarkable, and they have eiven ns a. l,m tA iJ poolrooms, for which we devoutly inV " " oiu not ceceive ourselvea. however, as to the car, w .51 ? this remarkaWA rnoa t!i-i., ine reason w enmunj t u.. was simnlv thafMV t-l,a nliT boss, has himself decided to go into the race track business. He has recentlr purchased, sa nmrt Aai.-...- - mous Belle Meade farm of race horses Tennessee f or $500,000. ; BesideTthS amount, the dinrinfmfaV t v , . . , e"-"-. AiuninanT lft to -Pent 189,0(5 in the nurcha f "iZlV l ir-v - ; wiwa iasL ra.ii. The . source of thia mmu. tng in the citv. u r,f ,Z. TTT . www wig ox Try Slesaa tobeexpSned! Thepoolroorns were ia full blart wtoi. abort time ago, whlKr v-' rtS foffooms are of coursaTCEa tnemiea of tba ownera of race horse and .X . , . the owners oi race ! rv' , We hope that between these two nval I u vt firht continuea. Bit to ono who has ; the fjirit . ; 5y knowledge of U9 condition of our brutality. , f . citiea today will beliov. for no moment indinYnu.v. x .... nnJmams CAS ever l SUP- i COuinir.;i .-, Mw - rresnod so long as the raco tracks aro legalised ly our la winders. It i un fair, it is unreasonable, and it is legis lation for a disreputable portion of ths community. The whole race timck busi ness U of the samo racw. pure and wmplft. lucre is not arac truA k in America that could live one year without gambling. I charge the race track with tho fact of lowering the tone of the nation's life at iU centers, and of lowering it to a degree of debt and conscienceless ef frontery never before known in our his tory. This fact was aptly illustrated re cently when Alfred Tennyson, the poet" laureate of the English world, was buried ia Westminster abbey. Tennyson was tho matchlwiS songtr who paid, that wonderful tribute to Albert tho good. th father of the present Prince of Wales. Thus he 6ang of Albert : Who rtvtn nocl Lis conscience as LU king; Whose plorr wm rcdrcjlng Loouui wronci Who uke mo ulander no, nor listened to it; Who loved one only, and who clave to Lor. JJot awaying to this faction or to that; JCot making bis high lilac the Uvrlcaa perch Of winsvd ambiUons, nor a vante tround ' For pleasure, bat through all thia tract of rcui WcariaK th wlJte fiower of a blamclea Ufa, Ecfore a ihousnnd icrlDg utUcnccs-w, In that tierce lltfbt which bcaUapon athrona And UlAcfceiiav very blot! So B;uig tlio bard of the consort of her who bits upon tho throne and worthily and with dignity impersonates the power cf the English people. And yet while they were burying the great poet and while tho whole world stood with un covered head, even outside of England, the Prince of Wales, instead of going to tho burial, preferred to spend tho day at tho race track. The contrast between the Prince of Wales and his father is a very clear expression of the contrast bo (n'wn th tnn cf national liffl tndav . . - - J and what it was during the life" of Al bert. And for this lowering of charac ter and of manhood tho race track ha3 played ono of the mightiest roloa. - . tue roucY snor. Second The power of the pcstilcnco we observe in the development of the policy shon of the modern city. Our streets are honeycombed with these in stitutions, in vc hicb boys as well as young men are ruined from day to day. Tho bootblack and tho newsbov beirin their downward career from the time that they can earn three pennies on the streets. The extent to which this Imid- ness is carried on is something appalling to thote who have ever investigated it. A recent defalcation in a lawyer's of fice of a trusted clerk revealed the fact that ho had stolen $123,000 and lost it all li tho policy shot of Is ew l ork city. In thct;e shops workingmen spend their hard earnings and leave their families to starve. Boys, catching the spirit that breathes throuirh them, can lo oeen on any street in the city, where they con gregate, lossiug up tueir pennies and gambling until the last cent of their earnings is lost, and until the last cent of what they can ateal is staked. Whpl the harvest will bo when these vounir gamblers have grown to manhood It takes no prophet to foretell. Third Wo see the tremendon tv-ik-ot of this evil in our city in the daring and defiant gambling holes themselves. There aro always from 60 to 100 gambling holes, with all the apparatus of their species of chance game, running in full blast in tha fity of New York These" are the Din tration of the daring of the gambling spirit. The number of these institutions and the number of their immediate na trons in no sensa measures the actual gambling evil of the city. We hate 5,000 barrooms, for instance, in New York, and in every one of these bar rooms there is a room AerlWtwl tn h gamblers, and there is cot a n&ht in th year that there is not gambling in prog ress m tnese barrooms. - These are the feeders to the 50 or more grand central institutions in which tha rtrnfejteionala ply their trade. Many of these gambling laauiuuons are as weu established and as well known tablishments on Sixth avenue, and some oi tnem aro older. Soma wrA fnK. lished as far back AA 1 ft-"k (lull VtAWA VtAAVI running continuously, with brief' inter- rupuons or a lew weeks, during all the years since their founding tirA nt h same stand in the city. DALY 8 GAilBLISa HELL. " In one of these instirntiona it. la mm that one man lost in a single night tU8 000. A young man from a western city recently arrived in collections for his firm. He went to Da ly's gambling hell and lost all the ready money he had in hia twum tt-. cashed the checks for the money he had MiiTCtcu. anu lost mat. tie left Daly's absolutely penniless, with Ma Wei vn unpaid and not enough money left to pt cut of the city. The profits of Daly house are often as high as $20,000 or $30, 000 in a sinale dav. When th mm . opened at night, they start in with no money in the drawer. Th -v, - - tuot WVUCT that is deposited there ia that passed in fmT v 3 ouys hla checks. The man ace r of anofhei- rm established institutions recently said to reporter, who asked him the heaviest OI money ever won at his table at one rittinar: 4,SiTvm ,. . jit - , ... . iiwiiu4 V tars. This amonnt , v . : ,T: " ." ou" -wv. nW uoeu to piay nere irequently. The doctor nlaved tioo ana a continnona run of lack trat him -iV,wv aaeaa or tne game in an evening's play." "Did ho keen it?" aAed th t. porter. "No. Few neonla vrhn wUUuuD ew Keep meir winnings. A few months after thia ir-;:- t $20,C00 from the doctor in one nbrht's wuaauea losing, and six months later" said th . , mmav&ca, - Picked CD the ntnetmaw i krnnnAhyT'u:n 7 urmD lloci ixjiumittea suicide sum." sister's estate of alarge Such are the hisrhr tnlti 1 KMuuuaE wnere tn an ,Ti-i . game is played. - The fnsat wji the eamblinfi' Jr.atifnK. i. where tncka and liquor and sharners and cutthroats and a diwnW, -i7T are the levers used to fleece their vic tims. There is no trick too mean to be resorted to. The man that average gambling hell, in Kew York .uaujr comes out without a dollar in ms pockets at la ta v . . if he can come out the front door - Teseinendo not hesitate, have not hesitated again and ut Jhen the winnings were so largs that they wers afraid of rssible exposure d trouble. Aeam and ncmir, a v- to Kew York raiMnnuZ JT i 7 appearances reported, and Attain-an a .- tides bring in the bodies of unknown" dead. The rivers with their secrets could tell the story of many a life that closed in play in a gambling lieU. How many men are killed fa our cities and spirited away thrown into the sewers, thrown into the rivers-3od alone knows. The work goes on continmonsJy, and the world is practically none the wiser. A here is no brute more heartieca than the confirmed pamHr. a . a a ' m m ww a.4VUU Va body, table. thera-h 'tr Pat tU i The pmiblia-. atms; l;i r- . ; j I dren in tho f -! aro fall f r. : wonder t!; a rae was i my eid.t t u , ing with V... . guapp -f V. : with ght t:.,.: they had ru- Hit plAVTor.' ' on Niiuty f : were the in j,-'. the Viva1iil.; -ly. Th.yk-. ran-;. .f dit ! racoc!nli or., air of tho1 ct y AU. Nt'.v Not only !, . atuio.splurc i i the shtps, i: tl. of .our v ry are 500 Mvial t ! York, and cm i have their 1-tu. more or less - kt X. I groat clubs ar- gamuung lso;. . disreputable j. of New Y rk .c basis in rdt r ,i tf the yiolice. 1 , rlnls of the eit : thia fact. Vh one cf tluir r. When they ar i. : wine, they are j ' Nor must v.v 1 racnt of tN' 1 . the bih tuin.':. Stock Exchaii. . handled froia gambling hell. long ago decided t' is a gambling i. well dressed, hi-h aro of the Baltic 1 Daly .and Ir. J. ! como down to In.;; with bigger stake.-, money, and they v the gambling hi ll and murder, ro t' bets on grain, iu ! the trick of a niai- ,r fi : ti, ; i M cr-. . r.r rk t ii Kti;; ii ark Must answer at th-- lar; homes and blasted lives. must answer th.it t .mrV,.- tolerates it with it s law. Tho Tanama n ui the very existence cf tk F-f ment is tue resi n r a rcj to which tho F-.-vi.-h g"rcf- aid. Is it .any wuii l-rtislt corruption wero the ro-i: t lottery? What cl..' could! What else ever h i-lraij tho world was f-'iUi-l- i'll please today, ami winwl touches the trick ,f tkrJ pay for it and in the sou individual fool r.iivs. ( in the track of t-very ftaiuiiLi legalized and uul-alia.! tion in tho Siiinlwieh I'J close upon a lutt. rylilL and degradation -f the classes can be directly tne that they spend fto'ooC'.O: national lottery. WANT! ;-a (,'rAU' The hope of uny r.-iti u men. Let U: 1, u There aro n7-w .it;ii.,4. gambling hell tonigl.it r night, and you will tcrx above 40 years of np. Ov men gamble? Why? Ike. do not trrow old. Th y i: are consumed this IjoHoc-J average life is hmaU tix. case to find a man over tt : at the gambling table. " stake and lose nre from i years of age. The ret t gone. . They have gone ' They have gone to the l have gone to the moipe gono to the jail. Thry hi penitentiarj. They late fJ lows and the elec tric chair. hood is tho hoie f tho t. hone of thoworM. U the nation, our cities Btat i amine not only fer choiea cambler. Wanted a ciuariUitiw dynamiter. "We are difs-l lent of how to save society-! namite fiend. I 'i racy we U The ,lave trade w- haveoa are imnished as ofTeus". iA man race, haws aga -national: for all thoworli ca, universaL Tho Fl afave trair-r we v. ill C05 dav ha f-nme a.-h. Jl the i? the gambler roust 1 a' l list. There is no deei-er bcS th Thell tn wliiti thp Kltt MW W V? V a .m yet thousands of pates tij neu spring wndo Mien v"i today. There nro at k1 bling institutions, cobs-- rooms, that are in blast r-j this" city. And other ci3; as high a"proporti-a. Pj a young man-who cntcn tions. A mothe r s teart V many a waywar l boyf father's appeal has putt the road of -honesty. J , love hassled the cniii cur: but. ahw! for the W fthould be written TT . 1 l.i.rft ao wuu cam 3 - i hone." TTo ha rone toC1 homo and homelife, to &y 1 . . . r.lti S neart, ana he wno cw-j of his own in cold and j In the deenefit hell. E said: Dark t the nltflX lio Cold on the hearth tlic l1. Khivering she watcbes hj vA T , t . . . i i . . Intt I or mm who pieascu uv i "Can he deacrt me tJ. ' -Vi Xisht after nlrf.t In loneo" A For Lis return, and yet Le. J Nol Kol It cannot I: W I Keatla mm rfrtlT. deaf Thou'rt cold! Tbou'rt ir& not part ti.J Eoaband, I die! Father, U T O God protect my cLiw 1 , three. :-J TSeyr gone, they're to' I aparx nata flea. rife and rt,lM are tC"D5c'.r' On the cold sarth. outetretc'' TTu K.K. 1.- .n nn itS KB The gambler came at lat. f'f Dread aUence relsned area11" j xonr. t PATIENTS TREATED BY in. m. r. timet, citnj ... MCI t n h 1 I f L W Af i iaLiiaOfl- Wl
The Caucasian (Clinton, N.C.)
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May 4, 1893, edition 1
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