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Thursday, March 7. 131 2. J ran caucasiai?. REALANCIENT HISTORY When The King of France Began To Persecute The j Protestants j flE ROASTED CffRISTANS 'rirw in th Name of Justice, He liion, and Ilitlct Some of the Trials Whir !i the Karly Christians Had to lnlerRr French Catholic j Had a Sure Method to (iet the Money When a Collection Was ! Taken Even North Carolina lias SufT rel on Account of Intolerance Massacre In Which no Protestant j Was Spared. j Hilkinsvillc, N C, March 4, 1912. j Correspondence of The Caucasian- lnterprlse 1 In 154 8 the King ov France began i to lay hit on the Protestants in that eountry. lie thought the clergy too mild in their manner ov treating them. For the benefit (?) ov the I'rotestants he erected a chamber romposed ov the members ov the Parliament ov Paris. When the Queen wuz coronated he caused a number ov "heretics," az they were railed, to be burned, and he wuz present in person to see that the fire wuz good and hot. Oh! the crimes that hev been committed in the name ov justice an' ov religion an' ov politics. And our own country iz not free from hit even now, if George Washington wuz the father of hit 1 mean ov our country. From 1550 to 15G2 there were several bloody wars between the Catholics an Prot estants in France. The Queen ov Navarre, sister to the French King, protected the disciples ov Calvin while they were prosecuted by the clergy an' the Parliament. But the prosecutions an' the executions only seemed to strengthen the Christian adherents. When Francis II. ascend ed to the throne the forces ov Calvin could number many members an' not a few ov the men were men ov promi nence. Admiral Coligny an' hiz brother Andelot an' Cardinal Chan tillon were each firm friends ov Prot estantism in that day which tried men in France. The Prince of Con de leaned that way, too. But the kingly court, however, seemed deter mined to crush out Calvinism by open and violent measures. Images ov the Virgin an' ov the saints were placed at certain places in the streets ov towns an' cities an' lighted topers were burned before them' at night. Any person who chanced to pass in day-time or at night were compelled to drop a contribution in boxes erect ed for the purpose an' to bow with reverence an' kneel before the im ages. If anyone refused they are said to hev bin knocked down, beat en an' otherwise mistreated. But countries other than France hev suffered from religious ignor ance an bigotry, an' other religious organizati6ns hev bin guilty ov per mitting an' even encouraging hit. Two or three ov the strongest church organizations in the State ov North Carolina, the best State in the Union, an', in some respects, the greatest, hev been guilty ov religious an' political intolerance. Not awl ov the ministers nor the members were, but hit hez bin the long suit ov many politicians, an' there is still more ov hit than a person without political experience would imagine, though hit iz fairly well cloaked an' iz managed more adroitly than hit wuz several hundreds ov years ago. Ov course no political party iz entire ly free from hit, an that iz not to be hoped for. But one ov the great political parties in this country hez had no capital stock except bigotry an' intoleranrp fnr thp nnst fnrtv : years. An' the fact that at least nine out ov ten probably a larger per cent ov the office-holders in cer tain sections belong to the two or- i ionizations iz proof that no matter I how useful the denominations may j be, they are being used az a cat's- j paw to pull the political chestnuts j out ov the fire. But awl this will grow better instead ov worse I think. Vote az you pray an' you will do much to help stamp out awl earthyl wrongs. For instance, if you hope to get fifteen or twenty cents per pound for your cotton this fall, if you are praying for such a great blessing so you can pay your indebt edness, school your children an' buy comforts for your family, don't vote for five or six cent cotton, twenty five cent corn, nor four cent pork. In so doing you will awlso be on the best road leading to religious an po litical tolerance, something the peo ple ov France did without for such a long time before an durin' the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries niuch to their own hurt, for the French people, like our own people, hev awlways been noted for intelli gence an industry, an the country iz favored with a magnificent climate an' the soil iz highly productive; the People only needed to be let alone n a political an' rnHra taey are now entering upon theJ "ticsuoia ov that desirable mode ov existence, I believe. If the kind read- VJn1 Pardon my sI,Sht digression, 711 return to the main subject. u august, 1572, the Catholics be- gan a massacre which lasted for five dzya. Religious zeal, or. rather, hatred, had ben worked up to the hlghett pitch an' no Protestant was pared. Even soldiers, who should hev Ucn upholders or lav, were uted In, the determined effort to stamp out Protestantism. Neigh bors, an, in many cases, close rela tions, fell az victims or the knife, sword or other weapon In the handi ov fanatical Catholic. Admiral Colliruy, Count de Kochefoacalt, the Count de Montgomery, and nearly a hundred others, awl prominent citi zens, who occupied suburban resi dences acros sthe rlrer Seine from Paris, tried to escape on horseback, but were pursued by the Duke of Guise an some soldiers an were nearly awl cut in pieces. The young Klng'ov Navarre an the Prince or Conde were spared for the time an were brought before the King an commanded to abjure their religion. The Kins ov Navarre consented; but the Prince hesitated. The King then exclaimed: "Death, mass or baatile." Thus intimidated the Prince an he "took water." The? King iz said to hev encouraged the lawlessness In every way. The cruelties just mentioned awi occurred In an' near Paris. In other cities, Lyons. Orleans, Itonen, an' Bourges, practically the same course wuz pursued. The Viscount Orthes, who commanded in Bayonne, In re ply to the King, sent word that Bayonne contained brave citizens an' soldiers "but no executioners," meanln' that the orders ov the King had not been carried out In regard to the Protestants, which wuz a brave reply under the circumstances, for the King, no doubt, meant busi ness. The course ov the Bishop ov Liseux wuz awlso highly commend able durin' the same effort to ex terminate awl ov the Protestants. In reply to the King's orders, though he wuz himself one ov the big men in the Catholic denomination, wui. az follows: "You must not execute them (the Christians). Those you have commanded to destroy are of my flock; they have gone astray; but I shall use my endeavors to bring them back to the right fold. The gospel does not say, that the shep herd should spill the blood of his flock; on the contrary, I read in it that I ought, if necessary, to spill my blood for them." If I am any judge of such matters the Bishop of Lisseux wuz rite an' he wuz a real Christian Catholic. If awl the lead ers ov the Catholic denomination in France had been made ov the same stuff they would not hev killed 25, 000 Protestants in France in a few days' time, 10,000 ov them bein' resi dents ov Paris. After it wuz all over, King Charles tried to justify hiz cruelty an' crime by sayin' that the Protes tants had formed a conspiracy to seize hiz person an' do terrible things to him. If the King ov a great coun try with a powerful army an navy couldn't defend himself against a handful ov Christian Protestants he ought to have quit tryin' to act az King. But az proof that the thing wuz planned an' fully premeditated, in Spain an' Italy, neighborin coun tries, both strongly Catholic, public meetings were held at once an' sol emn thanks were returned to God for "the triumph ov the church mili tant." The result wuz a bitter an' bloody civil war between the Catholic an' Protestants ov France which lasted for many months. Both sides final ly gave up, but not until the Protes tants had gained part ov what they were fighting for, liberty of consci ence. France continued to go back ward in the meantime an' the King, hoping to get things in better shape, concluded a treaty with the Protes tants an' temporary peace wuz re stored. But the King did not intend to carry out the terms ov the treaty, an did not. Another religious war soon followed. Az ever, ZEKE BILKINS. (To be continued.) DKFECTS OF SYSTEM. (Continued From Page 1.) teachers' institute debars such a teacher of teaching in any public school in the State." Is that section carried out? About one-half of the teachers attend the institute, defray ing their own expenses with hard earned money from a rough winter's toil, the other half remain at home, save their money and enjoy a peace ful vacation, and when the time comes for employment every teacher is fed out of the same spoon, neither granting nor seeking preference. Is there any fairness in that? No. But that is the Democratic way of doing business. A certain County Superintendent recently consulted the State Super intendent in regard to this section of jthe law; and also this method of em ploying teachers, and the answer came back spontaneously, "Adapt yourself to the case which meant employ whoever he wished. Now if the State Superintendent is given that much power, and his ability be only half equal to his power, North Carolina has a modern law-giver to which the ancient Moses is not to be compared; and with the evil effects of such a law-giver already preval ent and the many more imminent, tyranny and oppression is inevitable, and we 'may readily anticipate all the cruelties of a King George the third. If the public school system is cor corrupted at the very fountain head, FIE TO YCIHW SISTH1 wa to eoaUaost, It will cort Trcorsiostu wiii no Latrt wtth your wxrk or oorapaifcao. t,- kTII rr3 'rri ff2l,? 10 t n w wu wv Hf. on BDn Ltf Ul fWMWmlwm " vnn Mn 44:la fiw - - ... - m . atop) homm trmtmrat which twdilj ad Psiaf ol IrrtcalAr il "Wbemtr too Ut. I eu refer ytm to ImMm w Vs Jr fta TimImI rii r 1 kjwl vrvKnc tut . - -. tiwboofc Writto-dr. ms yon mar not tM MRS. 13. GUmU ERS, Cox H - its various branches under the same supervision could not do otherwise than bear corruption to every part of the State. The Democratic party in North Carolina had become so un Democratic in principle that it should no longer be known as such but since It wishes to rob the people of every right of local self-government and appoint every official in the land, in order to have a name more applicable to the principles it up holds. It should henceforth be known as the "Appointer Party," for our State under the present Demo cratic administration is but little better than a limited monarchy. Another great impediment in the way of educational progress Is too many worthless books in reach of al most every child throughout the ate. Indeed it is astonishing to see the vast amount of the public school fund expended annually In purchasing the worthless books that fill our rural libraries. Of course there are some good books in these libraries. But nine-tenths of them are worse than useless; the reading of them produces a positive injury to the mind; they not only distract your attention, but blunt your facul ties. Children should not be per mitted to read these useless books. It must be remembered by all what the Democrats have done heretofore, then we cannot be surprised at what they are now doing, more than sev enteen years ago when the school system was in the hands of the Dem ocrats, they began to squander the money, and the whole public school system came near being wrecked, but fortunately for the poor children, the school system fell into the hands of the Republicans, and without an additional dollar of taxation, but with exactly the same amount of money the public schools of the State were increased two and one-half weeks; and now that our public school system is in the hands of the same old squandering machine, and is speeding swiftly down the road of deterioration and decay, we must have immediate relief or the whole public school system is going to be wrecked. The nit is up to the next Legislature to hear this call for ser vice, and to nobly respond. There is enough money collected annually for public school purposes to furnish free text-books, and give a four months school to every child of school age in the State without any increased taxation. But so im portant is the future hapiness and prosperity of the rising generation, and so great is the danger to the liberties of every poor white boy, the Republican party is in favor of furnishing free text-books no matter how much extra taxation t shall re quire. For there is an amendment placed in our State Constitution by the Democrats to deprive the poor boy who has not the time or oppor tunity for an education, of the sa cred rights and liberties won by the blood of his forefathers on the bat tlefields of the Revolutionary War. For it says to every white boy in North Carolina, if you do not get suf ficient education out of the public schools by the time you are twenty one years of age to read and write any section of the Constitution you cannot vote, that means the poor boy who could not help himself is to be made stand back disfranchisement, and disgraced as a citizen forever It is not to be wondered that North Carolina is so far behind in educa tion, and it must not be hoped to be bettered until the people regain the right to select the men to control their school funds and direct the public school system. For the squandering of the public school fund, the constant changing of text-books, the deficiencies of the school law, the appointment of, schoolqfficials, and the failure of the State Text-Book Commission and the State Board of Education to per form their duties are evils which are doing our State much harm. They are evils which are retarding Its growth, destroying its harmony, im pairing its character, rendering its institutions unstable, perverting the public mind and destroying the pub lic morals. Now with every elevat ing element of our people In such a disastrous plight, at a, time when conditions should naturaly demand every true spark of patriotism, let every loyal son hear this call for ser vice, and may we not prove unequal to the occasion, but may the memo ries of our glorious forefather's 1 Fit ta Tu ed Crcfy Clstr tba rttta from Woman's At: mart ta. rail i&orectiactttoftfey srrr rj SC ttrr. y wsr tsW. fwtr Itu wliU;ptf 4k.rtnr. Xtaaaal wamava art. Wiaat w tobv to "" .er Wsr Usaa 4e. 1 arUwB&ia aarta. f a aa. sa rfcrto w tan, ar m w r if swtowtm noftM tocsr a. I wat to td yo Tfti Im far feMaw aSfeatfratto vrx'tw to ywa Lht jre eaer ywreif a Lcm. aa.lly. qtttrklT as afy r. n.m tar out mm . . c&t or U - ttre!a niT Jist m4 m m mm Ml Mm. wil t& hem c -toail ccjssj Loefrb. Urtm fiv-k&WuKl of rtr own Lw&lftv mWm .t am l wwa.'. di, Mkd ruU oa - t k - . j . . . .... .... . offer aaaJL m uj V - ooum uena. ind.. u.s.a. achievements lniplre us with true loyalty, fill us with a zeal for prepa ration, and give ui the courage to redeem our beloved State from the tyrannical foes by which Its prosper ity is waylaid and beset. Duel Between rominent Merclumt or Conctml. A special from Concord to yester day's Charlotte Observer says: "A senatlonal shooting took place In Efird's Department Store here this afternoon about 6 o'clock when Mr. Marion Hamilton, a well-known clerk in the store, shot Mr. M. F. Ritchie, a prominent young hardware man, and dangerously, if not fatally wounded him. On account of the prominence of the parties and shock ing suddenness of the act, it aroused great excitement, which soon devel oped into a gloom that cast Itself over the entire community." The Men Who Succeed as heads of large enterprises are men of great energy. 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Broiler Parlor Car service between Raleigh and Norfolk. 6:15 a. m. Daily, except Sunday for New Bern via Chocowinity. Par lor Car service. 2:40 p. m. Daily, except Sunday for Washington. ' Trains Arrive Raleigh 7:20 a. m. Dally.; 11:20 a. m daily except Sunday and 8:15 p. m dally. Trains Leave Goldsboro 10:15 p. m. Daily "Night Ex 1 press" Pullman Sleeping Car for Norfolk via New Bera. 7:15 a. m. Dailj for Beanfor and Norfolk. Parlor Car betwe Washington and Norfolk. 3:20 p. m. Daily for New Bera Oriental and Beaufort, Parlor C Service. For further information and reset ration of Pullmaa Sleeping Ca space, apply to D. V. CONN, General Agent, Raleigh, N. C. W. R. HUDSON. W. W. CROXTON General Supt-, Gen. Pass. Aft., Norfolk, Vlrgiala. SALE OP LAND FOR PARTITION- In the Superior Court Before Millard Mlal. Clerk. North Carolina Wake County. John S. Johns. Solomon Freeman and Rena Freeman, his wife; Dennis Williams and Georgia William a. his wife. Ezetster Stewart, a. Sidney Finch. Maud. Georgia, and Errin Finch, the three last are . minors. Order of Sale. By Tirtoe of a special proceeding In Wake Superior Court and entitled as abore. and a judgment thereof. I will offer for sale on the premises, near the town of Garner, N. C, on Saturday, the 16th day of Maxell, 1912, an 2 o'clock M., the following described land: aa mag el&ers. 4 &wt&&l4 u a Utt ti cor&tt ? S. O. !!!!& Use w!ly-t'gM fill dwer, ttty-fr &4 l&rwl?U (X t-SJ pQm Id a im rsraw of a G Son a; esU Jttta CH) tftfTt. wttt ltN as! t!nlf (IS i.j) so!r to tut; tfcw w!r&U-!c&l (St) 4twst, tt twatrfoisr aaJ larwsmt (XI -&) ?1 tu a stat & Q, HoUsures Uc; U,ac feorta ta (17) Tt-e. tut !!? &aJ one-half (12 1-2 wWi ta i Wrt. etas; ccataiaisg two crw taor I Thm 11U fa in .... I taong it t!r-At U of Allaa Stewart, as 4 to real tta! as sets. Th Und will toU la two par cwls of a acre each to la alat bidder for cash. Tfc Utln is perfect. J. a U HARRIS. Coas&Uslcawr. 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