"HcV' Answer To "W."
Kditor Reporter :
That "W" baa put a hard ques
tion to me, he will know when he
saee how hard it is for me to ans
wer.
What the religion of the av
erage man is, is a broad, deep
question and brings first of all the
consideration of the fact that so
few men take so little interest in
church work. Men are of course
the financial supporters of the
church, but ouly a very few ever
enlist in aggressive spiritual work
and why ? To roe the answer is
this : The average man does not
care about theology and gives lit
tle heed to doctrinal sermons, and
dislikos the pulpit tone of the av
erage discourse. He has his own
ideas about the bible, right and
wrong, and the future life, and
while he thinks his ideas are
thoroughly coamionsense and prac
tical, he kuows his theology is
more or less at variance with the
ministers, yet he does his own
thinking and believes his theology
is simpler and saner than that
that comes from the pulpit, and he
wonders why his preacher spends
so much time trying to prove im
probable things.
As I see it, our preachers talk
too much about how we should die
instead of how we should live.
The kingdom of God is righteous
ness, peace and joy, in the holy
spirit, doing to others as we would
have them do to us, and in his con
ception of what Christ meant by
this the average man is in advance
of the theologies. He understands
Christ better and understood him
better when he was on earth. The
church has been teaching us to ac
cept as inevitable their dismal
conditions in this life trying to
make us content by promising a
better lot hereafter. While the
average man prays "thy kingdom
come on earth" he wants to see
men treat each other as brothers,
recognizing justice as of far more
importance than the getting of
money.
The average man sees and knows
that that the church that is alive
and doiug effective work for God,
is composed of men who live right
and not simply a written logical
scriptural creed to be preached.
Preaching hellfire and damna
tion is a poor way to get the av
erage man to love God. Goodness
is the offspring of intelligence, not
the child of supeistition, and as
long as our preachers try to per
suade us to believe in a mystified
religion, just that long will the
average man, in increasing num
ber, pull away from and stand
aloof from the orthodox church.
The average man believes in a God
of love instead of a God of ven
gance. He emphatically believes
in the teachings of Jesus Christ—
that justice and brotherly love
should govern all our actions—he
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'is sorry that making money is
more fashionable than doing right, .
Ihe sees in the weird incantations
of the modern church an abom
j ination in the sight of God where
I reason is dethroned and mammon
J worshipped, where the preachers
{ success is measured by the amount
I put into the collection box.
The average man believes in a
real religion—one that will bind
men together living the true
spiritual life here and now, a re
ligion of brotherhood, a looking to
Christ for inspiration and guid
ance, a taking of Christ as an ex
ample for us to live up to and not
in a mysterious scheme of sal
vation that is hard to comprehend; i
in other words he believes in a
sane, practical everyday religion, a
doing of right tor right's sake and
because it is right. He believes a
man is saved by what he is and
not by what he thinks or believes.!
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DALTON.
j 1 " Dalton, Jan. 14. —Miss Fannie
j Jones spent a short while with her
I aunt, Mra. M. D. Phillips, last
week on her way to Mt. Airy,
where she is teaching.
Miss Ruby Stevens, of Pilot
Mt., spent last Thursday with Mrs. J
One.
1 "Mr. Voss, singing master of
; Mountain View, is teaching a
singing school at Chestnut Grove
at the present.
Misses Flora Spainhower and
Stacie Love spent Saturday night
l and Sunday with Miss Lula
Shultz.
Mrs. Carrie Culler, of High
1 foint, is at her mother's, Mrs
John Fowler, spending a few
: weeks.
Rev. Mr. Keever, filled his reg
ular appointment nt Trinity Sun
day. A large crowd attended.
, Miss Mary Woody is visiting
| her sister, Mrs. Ed Fowler.
Mr. Marshall Smith entered
, school at Dalton Institute to-day.
1 Hope Professor will have a largo
! school jret.
Mr. Lonnie R. Coe went to
Greensboro today to purchase
some goods.
LOX.
BEWARE OF OINTMENTS FOR
CATARKII THAT CONTAIN
MERCURY,
as mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely de
; rauge the whole system when enter
ing it through the mucous surfaces.
Such articles should never lie uned
except on prescriptions from reputa
: lile physicians, an the damage they
' will do Is ten fold to the good yon
; can possibly derive from them. Hull's
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J.
I Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0., contains
no mercury, and is taken Internally,
i acting directly upo i the blood and
i mucous surfaces i f the system. In
! buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be mire
you get tlin genuine It is take') In
ternallv aid ma le in Toledo, Ohio,
by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials
free,
| Sold by Druggists. Price, 75c i>er
bottle.
Take Hail's Family Tills for con
-1 stipation
{to be left to the people.!
! Rockingham County Folks Will Vote
On the Question Of the Location
Of A New Court House—Great
Interest In the Matter.
Reidsville, Jan. 14.—The county
commissioners today unanimously
decided to allow the Legislature to
submit a proposition of whether
the new court house shall be built
at Reidsville or Went worth to a
vote of the people. Those people
of the county who favored rebuild
ing on the present site at Went
worth got up petitions a week ago
and went before the board, asking
them to order the rebuilding at
! once. The board declined to take
I action until today, when those who
favored Reidsville for the new
oounty seat could be heard. There
has never been a matter in the
i oounty which attracted more in
' teresk Tremendous petitions were
i presented by both sides.
A number of witnesses were in
! troduced to show that the people
had signed petitions asking for a
rebuilding at Wentworth under
| misapprehensions. Eight or ten
speakers represented either side
and a more interesting fight has
| never been witnessed in the coun
ty. It is the concensus of opinion
among the Reidsville adherents
that it will win the county seat
j with hands down.
Items From Germanton Route 1.
Germanton Route 1, Jan. 15.
Pine Log school crossed bats with
Haw Pond on Saturday, January
12th, on Union Hill ground. Never
was a game more hotly contested.
The score stood 9 to 12 in favor of
Pine Log in a eleven inning game.
The features of the game was the
fine pitching by Tuttle and New-
Born. After the fourth inning
straight base ball ruled, each side
seeking to play everything safe,
jlt was a toss up to the last as to
who would win. Haw Pond made
a strong rally in the eighth and
' ninth innings, but were unable
to overcome Pine Log's invin
| oibles.
Both schools were congratulated
! for their fine playing by a large
number of visitors, who seemed to
enjoy the game immensely.
B. C. H.
"How I Saved My First Hun
dred Dollars" is an interesting
chapter in the life of every man
who makes a success in life by his
own efforts. The Bank of Stokea
County is helping the young men,
the girls, the ladies and children,
the farmers and teacherß of Stokes
county to save, by paying them to
do it. Four per cent, compound
interest counts nearly as fast as G
per cent, simple interest. And the
beauty is that you can get your
money back any day or hour you
want it.
Notice 1
In order to make room for spring
I g >ods, I will sell at auction for
! cash January 23, (tix collecting
1 day) $200.00 worth of bhoes, hats,
d;y goods, etc. Sal will Hegin at
110 o'clock.
J. tt ALTKR TUTTLE.
_ . _
You can buy Queen of" the Val
ley fliur at $2.00 per bun
dled ; Ballarda Obelisk patent at
$2 50 ; Daisy middling chop, at
$2 20 at the store of
JOYCE A BOWLES,
Walnut Coye, N. C.
MARION HARLAND.
The celebrated authoress, BO
highly ei teemed by the women of
America, says on page 103 and 445
l tier popular work, "Eve's
Daughters; or, Common Sense for
Vlaid, Wife and Motner:" "For
lie aching back—should it be slow
rrooviring its U.'IIIH) strength
—an Alleock's Piawur is an ex
cellent comforter, c unfi ling iht;
sensation of the »us!a>ned press
ure of a strong «Htm hand with
certain tonic qualities di>v» loped
in the wearing. It should be kept
viver the seat of uneasiness fur
several days—iu olistin >te cases,
f r pei haps a fortnight "
"For pain, in the back wear an
Alleock's Plaster constantly, re
newing as it wears off. This is an
invaluable support wheu the
weight on the small of the back
becomes heavy and the aching in
cessant.
jj Winston, IV C. ||
pftg To Our Friends and the Readers of the Reporter :
We would say, begin the now year bv selling yonr tobacco at tho 'Old Reliable,"
where you are sure to receive good attention and the Best Prices, for good prices are
what y f, u want and Brown's is the place to get them. This market sold in December fc;:/;
1,526,901 pounds of Tobacco for $141,243 87 averaging 25 p'-r hundred. Brown's EGBI
Warehouse sold 31 pjjr cent of this, 471898 pounds f r C>7, i'.l f.O So
we ask yon to begin right and let John Simpson sell yur t ijaccotl:s year and j>n fedbd
sss will never regret it.
tbcA Hoping to 800 you early in January and wishinjf yen a happy and prosperous
ew Year, we are, Your Frieuds,
H Brown, Carter & Simpson, gjg
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[ROSENBACHER'sI
WINSTON, N. C.
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This man bought a supply of tobacco with
out acquainting himself with the distinctive taste A
of SCHNAPPS Tobacco, which has the cheering "
qualities that gratify his desire to chew, and at
less expense than cheap tobacco.
I
SCHNAPPS has been advertised in this Some day they'll get a taste of the real
paper so that every chewer has had an Schnapps— they'll realize what enjoyment
opportunity to get acquainted with the they've missed by not getting SCHNAPPS
facts and know that drugs are not used , .. ... , , ... . .....
to produce the cheering quality found in lon « IP"*** they'll feel h Ok tei*
the famous Piedmont country flue-cured themselves.
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that do not give the same pleasure. sure you get the gennH
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