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WITH CHARITY FOR ALL
SHORT LAY SERMON OF PRACTICAL
THOUGHT.
It is a Matter of Little Consequence
What Religious Denomination You
Belong to So Your Heart is RigMt
All Sects and Creeds a Part of the
Great Body of Christianity.
I New York Herald.
And Abraham said unto Lot. Let there
be no strife 1 pray tliee, for we are bieth-
en. uenesis xm, 8.
We have said in a previous article
that whether you belong to this, that
or the other religious denominations is
a matter of no consequence whatever.
Christianity is equally represented by
all ?cts, whose peculiarties had their
origin in differences of temperament.
Sects are a convenience, but sectari
anism is a crime.
It would be a misfortune if a Quaker
were compelled to attend a Roman
Catholic service, for the simple reason
that it does not appeal to him, and
ikewise a misfortune were a Romanist
to be forced into a Quaker meeting
house, because he would be spiritually
repelled.
If the Lord had made us all alike
we could all be Presbyterians or Epis
copalians, but since He saw fit to cast
us in different moulds, giving one man
matter of fact nature and another
man a nature poetic and imaginative,
le certainly does not object if we
worship Him after the fashion which
le has suggested by endowing us with
certain qualities of character.
It is the fact of worship, and not the
manner of it which is important.
The man who would gather us into
one church does what he can to thwart
the plan of God, in whose universe the
aw of differences involves the greatest
larmony.
An orchestra whose members should
all play the same part on the same
kind of instrument would furnish only
a wearisome monotony. ine trom
bone and drum have their places as
well as the violin and harp, and if they
are all played with skill the result
brings tears. What instrument you
play is a secondary matter. Whether
you play it well or ill is the only ques
tion to be considered.
If we take this broad view we shall
have charity for all, and that offensive
bigotry which has worked so much
evil in the world and done more to
injure the cause of true religion than
all the infidelity that was ever formu
lated will be banished.
But suppose we overstep the limits
of Christianity and explore the domain
of other religions, what conclusions
shall we reach? Shall we slill hold to
our charity and give our godspeed
to every system of morality and every
aspiration alter immortality in what
ever shape it presents itself, or shall
we insist that others shall think as we
do and accept our theories of life and
death?
Can we be wide and inclusive
enough to give a gracious good will to
the dusky Hindoo, who was reared in
a different climate and a different en
vironment ; to the Mongolian, who
follows the precepts of Buddhism, and
to the disciple of Mohammed, who
kneels in prayer at the setting of the
sun ? Shall we look with disdain on
such and declare that their religion is
false while ours alone is true, or shall
we believe that God is leading all His
children, some in one way and some
in another?
There is a strong tendency in these
days to go to the Orient for a fresh
supply of ideas. We have fed so long
on the diet of Christianity that we
hunger for a change. A man who
has always lived in the sunshine may
be benehtea Dy sitting lor an nour in
the gloaming, and a trip to the Hima
layas will, perhaps, be a grateful nov
elty. Let us travel as far as we please ; no
harm can come of it. If what we
have is better than anything we can
find we shall not exchange it for what
has less value, but if we can lay hold
of loftier thoughts and stronger in
centives than those we possess it is not
only our right but our duty to do so.
If our Christianity cannot defend it
self against all comers and all odds
that is its misfortune, not our fault.
You may safely depend, however,
on the fact that the best will in the
end prevail, and what is not best will
step to the rear. The law of progress
has not been repealed. If we Have a
lump of gold in hand we are not likely
to exchange it for a lump of silver;
and if we have a system of thought
which produces the noblest kind of
manhood and womanhood we may be
fascinated for a time by other systems,
because novelties are always pleasing,
but in the long run we shall come back
to our own life with fresh appreciation
of its beauties.
We ought to be large enough to say
"Thank God for all the religions of
the earth," by whatever names they
may be known. If Buddhism has ta
ken a crude and imaginative people
and moulded them into a high order
of civilization, then Buddhism is a
providential religion, and the dear
Lord has had something to do with it.
Persia and Arabia and the uttermost
parts of the earth worship in a way
peculiar to themselves, and though it
may not be our way, still, it may be
one link in the progressive" chain of
God's way, for God is just as truly in
India as He is in America.
The honest man who does the best
he knows how is safe in the loving
hands of the Almighty whether he be
Christian or pagan, and the theology
I which does not recognize that fact is
false to itself and disloyal to Him who
is the Father of all alike. Indeed, to
speak plain truth, a pure minded
heathen who is given to practices
which we abhor, but who is conscien
tious in duty, enjoys a larger share of
God's approval than a Christian who
nods assent to the creed on Sunday
and robs his fellows all the rest of the
week. It is no merit ot yours that you
were born among large duties and
hopes, and it is no fault of the Bagdad
merchant that he was not so born.
Your merit lies in the use you make of
your broad sunlight, and his merit
lies in the use he makes of his slender
moonlight. Sunlight and moonlight
are both from God, though, and the
one need not despise the other.
With a kindiy charity for all, with
good will toward every race, dusky or
white; with profound respect for every
system of religion, because it is a factor
in the problem of human progress, we
may nevertheless be grateful for the
wonderful hopes and ambitions which
the Christ represents. His great heart
went out in pity for the prodigal ; He
felt the Father's presence in the bright
est day and the darkest night; He
loved His kind with the love of self
sacrifice; He was the friend of the
friendless and the lover of the despair
ing; in His dire emergencies the heav
ens opened and troops of angels came
down to minister unto Him; He did
not die but simply departed that He
might prepare a place for us in Heav
en which is far more real than the
earth is.
If we believe all that, we need travel
neither East nor West in search of
high aspirations, for they are close at
hand. India, Persia, Arabia, China
must come to us in the fulness of time,
for we have jewels they do not possess.
They have been travelling our way for
a thousand years. By and by we
shall all be one in essential belief, but
the Christian must first give up his
dogmatic denunciation and draw all
men by that love which is the only
test of character and that brotherly
kindness and charity which render it
but a step from the millenium of earth
to the heaven of eternity.
A SONG OF THE DAISY.
Will Carleton, in Every Where for May.J
O, would that I were yonder thrush.
Mid forest branches swinging,
While every dewy leaf would hush,
And listen to my singing !
Or would I were an eagle high.
That cleaves the distance hazy ;
'Tis not for me, alas ! for I
Am nothing but a daisy
Though throned upon a jaunty stem.
And clasping tight a golden gem.
With star of silver crowning them.
And would that I were yonder oak,
With vines about me clinging,
Or with the storm's undreaded stroke,
My arms in triumph flinging ;
Or basking in a cloudless sky.
Mid dreams divinely laiy ;
Oh, that would be a life ! but I
Am nothing but a daisy
The humblest of the flowers, alas !
A spectre white amid the grass,
That trembles when a foot may pass.
And would that I were yonder maid.
Whose fairy feet are bringing
A precious form adown the glade
That with her laugh is ringing !
And look ! for now she wanders nigh
Along the woodland mazy ;
She takes me to herself ! though 1
Am nothing but a daisy
A child of nature, void of art,
1 play at last an envied part :
This beauty clasps me to her heart !
Marvelous Results.
From a letter written by Rev. J. Gunder
man, of Dimondale, Mich., we are permitted
to make this extract : ' I have no hesita
tion in recommending Dr. King's New
Discovery, as the results were almost
marvelous in the case of my wife. While
I was pastor of the Baptist church, at
Hives Janction. she was brought down with
Pneumonia succeeding La Grippe. Ter
rible paroxysms cf coughing would last
hours with little interruption and it seemed
as if she could notsurvive them. A friend
recommended Dr. King's New Discovery ;
it was quick in its work and highly satis
factory in results." Trial bottles free at
Melville Dorsey's drug store. Regular
size 50c. and $1.00.
Wise Words.
lRorae. (Ua.) Tribune. 1
This is a crucial year with the far
mers of Georgia; it is a year that will
be fruitful of much good or much evil
for them. It they do not let them
selves be deceived by a delusion as to
the condition of affairs and the final
results, it will prove a year fraught
with the most gratifying accomplish
ments. The past few years, with the scarci
ty of money and the downward course
of the cotton market, has convinced
them that there can be no mouey in
the production ol that crop to the ex
clusion oi provision crops, an? 'hat the
only remedy lies in full corn-iibs and
fat smokehouses and cotton as a sur
plus product.
Last year the crop of provisions and
farm supplies in this section was some
thing phenomenal in the history of the
section. Provisions of all sorts are
cheaper than ever before while cotton
is lower.
Suppose they had planted the usual
all cotton crop last year; they would
not have had any money to buy pro
visions with and the prices of the lat
ter would have been the result.
Let them repeat the experiment; it
is one that cannot be repeated too of
ten for the good of the country. Be
cause there is an organized movement
to reduce the cotton acreage this year,
let no man be deceived by the belief
j that the price will go up next fall; it
is altogether probable that it will never
go any higher in the history of this
j country. Now is planting time ana
let farmers cut their cloth accord
ingly. P' ROTECTION from th grip,
, pneumonia, diphtheria, fever and
j epidemics is given by Hood's Sarsapa
: rilla. It makes PURE OLOOD.
BEAUTIFUL KIMEETA.
THE INDIAN ARROW-MAKER'S DAUGH
TER.
A Legend of Absorbing interest
Tragic Death of the Idol of the Tribe
Treachery of a Rival Lover His
Spirit Still Wandering up and Down
the Earth the Father's Curse.
f Written for the Gold Leaf.
About three-fourths of a" mile irom
the quaint little village of KhtreU, the
two noted ledges of crystal 'quartz,
which run East and West through this
section, come together and reach, or
cross, Baffalo Creek. Between these
ledges runs a beautiful, limped stream
of diminutive proportions, which flows
from a bold spring some two hundred
yards above. It is a lovely little
valley, shaded by immense oaks, pop
lars, and other large trees, while the
glittering of the sun on the
clear, white crystal gives it
appearance of the artistic
ledges of
more the
works of
man than of nature.
Tradition says that years and years
ago, before the little stream had worn
its way through the converging ledges,
there was a beautiful little lake
h.ere
which was surrounded by an Indian
village where most of the symmetrical
arrow-heads made from this crystal
quartz were manufactured. There
seems to be sufficient grounds for this
assertion, as the large piles of chippings
round about testify. Here the old
Indian arrow-maker fashioned out
those pretty crystal arrow-heads that
are found only in the section around
Kittrell.
It was here the scenes of the sad
story I am about to relate were enacted ,
and I will give them as they were
related to me many years ago by an
aged citizen, who said they had been
handed down from father to son since
the first settlers occupied this country.
Said the old man, in speaking of the
lake that covered the little valley :
" Many, many years ago it was
surrounded by an Indian village, the
inhabitants of which almost worshiped
the lake, upon whose limpid bosom
they would row their birch-bark
canoes while they sang their quaint
Indian ditties when they met to cele
brate the autumn harvest, or the return
from a successful hunt.
" The most prominent among the
villagers was the old arrow-maker,
whose reputation for shaping symmet
rical arrow-beads was unequaled in
the land. It was said that this repu
tation was owing chiefly to the skill of
Kinneeta, his only child and daughter.
The old man and his adopted son,
Wauchula, would fashion out x the
arrow-heads in the rough, but they
were always turned over to the skillful
Indian maiden for the finishing touches;
and it was said that an arrow-head
that had passed through her dexterous
hands would scarcely ever fail to bring
down the game.
Such was the superstition in regard
to them that the braves ot this tribe
would use no other arrow-heads when
they went to battle. Kinneeta was
described as a most lovely creature,
both in form and character, who was
idolized and almost worshiped, not
only by her own people, but by the
surrounding tribes. She was regarded
as supernatural, and being a peace
maker all difficulties that arose among
the Indians were carried to ber for
settlement. Her decisions were never
questioned and always abided by.
" Many were the suitors for her
hand, but she loved only one her
foster brother Wauchula. Together
they had been raised ; together they
had learned to row their birch -bark
canoes ; together they had always
wandered over the hills, chasing the
deer and other game; and together
they had solemnly resolved to live and
aie.
" But the cruel hand of fate had
otherwise decreed. Among the many
suitors for the lovely maiden's hand
was Oskunika, a son of the chief of
one of the tribes which inhabited the
Lynch Creek section. He adored her
and for years had endeavored to gain
her love ; and when he learned that
she had resolved to marry his rival he
determined that Wauchula should
never live to claim her as his bride.
" On the full moon in September,
when the braves and squaws of the
different neighboring tribes were gath
ered 'at the lake to celebrate the
nuptials, and Wauchula and Kinneeta,
gaily bedecked with wild flowers, were
quietly rowing on the lake, while the
gay visitors engaged in the marriage
dance on its banks, Oskunika was
secretly hidden behind one of the
crystal boulders awaiting an oppor
tunity to send a shaft of death through
the heart of the unsuspecting and happy
bride groom.
" At last his opportunity came. As
the happy pair rowed past he let fly an
arrow on its errand of death. But
alas! he had not calculated in his
fiendish endeavor for Wauchula' s
motion in rowing the boat, and the
shaft, passing him, went through the
heart of the beautiful maiden, who
fell, with a scream, dead at the feet of
her lover.
It was some moments before the
gay throng could realize what bad
happened. But when the facts did
become known such wailing and
howling went up as only the Indian is
capable of. Never was such conster
nation known never was such grief
shown. This sudden loss of their idol
was more than they could bear. The
disconsolate bride groom fell speechless
over the prostrate form of his life-long
companion, sister and bride.
" With the fleetness of a deer the
cruel murderer had fled, not knowing
what his ruthless shaft bad done. But
with equal fleetness hundreds of braves
were soon upon his trail, and before
the moon went down, on being ' told
what he had done, he at once became
(a raving maniac and his moanrul
, waitings were heard for miles around.
'. In the Targe mound at the junction
: of Tar River and Synch's Creek the
: remains of the Indian idol were laid
to rest, with all the customary cere
monies of the Indian burial, and the
different tribes returned to their
villages with mournful hearts and
down cast heads.
" The remorseful culprit was duly
tried, condemned to death, and was
carried before the aged and grief
stricken arrow-maker to suggest what
tortures should be inflicted before
death. But waving his hands to the
guards, he said : Do not kill him,
death is no punishment only a relief.
Unbind him and let him go that he
may suffer the pangs of remorse the
balance of his days, and may the
Great Spirit prolong his days forever.'
And tradition says that he never
died, that he still wanders over the
hilk around Kittrell. and that on the
full moon in September, those visiting
the spot of the murder, can yet hear
his moanful waitings as they reverberate
up and down the little valley.
" But the less superstitious think
that these sounds are only caused by
the blowing of the wind in this peculiar
shaped valley."
Such was the old man's story. I
have some of the pretty arrow-heads
said to have beer, polished by
Kinneeta. I prize them very highly.
RELIC HUNTER.
Kittrell, N. C, May 6th, 1895.
TORN TO PIECES BY A MAD DOO.
A Little Child's Awful Fate The
Stubbornness of a Neighbor Re
sponsible. Rutherford ton Democrat, April 26th. 1
Little Janie, the six-year old daugh
ter of Mr. Julius Gettys, of Duncan's
Creek, who was so horribly bitten by a
mad dog recently, died last Friday.
The full details of this tragedy form
a most heart-rending story. It
seems that about a year ago, a dog
belonging to a man by the name of
Chetwood, who lived in the same
neighborhood with Mr. Gettys, was
bitten by a mad dog. His neighbors
begged Chetwood to kill his dog, but
he refused and allowed it to run at
large.
On the first day of this month the
dog went mad. It went to Mr. Get
tys' house where his three children,
little Janie, aged six years, her sister
aged about ten years, and an infant,
were alone. It jumped upon little
Janie, dragged her out of the house,
into the yard and under the house,
undeterred by the child's screams.
The older child caught the baby up,
and ran to a field nearby where a
colored man was plowing and told
him that a dog had her little sister
under the house "eating her up" The
negro instead of going to rescue the
child, unhitched the mule, jumped on
it. took the baby and galloped off
telling the little girl to run or the dog
would get her. He rode to the house
of Mr. Plato Gettys and told him.
Mr. Gettys got his gun and went as
fast as possible to his brother's and
found the dog under the house biting
and tearing the child's face. He shot
and wounded it, whereupon it dropped
the child, ran from under the house
and was shot again and killed.
The little child with blood stream
ing from her mangled face and throat
and the flesh hanging in strings,
crawled from under the house, walked
around to the door and into the house
and sat down upon a little box in the
( roorn
Her nose had been torn off.
All the flesh on the right side of her
face, and the left eye and left ear
were torn off and the flesh on that side
of her face was stripped from the bones
leaving the bones on both sides of her
face exposed, presenting a horrible
spectacle.
She was conscious and told how the
dog had bitten and torn the flesh from
her and had never for a moment
ceased tearing and biting her until her
uncle shot him. As it was thirty min
utes from the time the dog dragged
her from the house until her uncle
rescued her, some idea of the poor
little one's horrible suffering can be
formed.
When her heart-broken father arrived
and caught her to his heart sobbing
over her, she begged him to be quiet,
to keep the dogs off her and to get
his gun and kill them. For nineteen
days the little innocent lay in agony,
in her delirium begging to be saved
from the dog until death came to her
relief.
The poor father, almost crazed, has
obeyed his dead child's command.
Wherever he goes he carries his gun
and shoots every dog he sees. And
he is right.
And how must Mr. Chetwood feel?
I But for his refusal to kill the dog when
begged to do so and when common
sense and common humanity de
manded that be should, this innocent,
harmless ' child would have escaped
hc fearful death.
Twenty Years a Teacher.
CAatPBELUViLLE. Kt. "I have been a
teacher for twenty years, and during that
time have had repeated attacks of head
ache. Now 1 am entirely free from them
after using Simmons Liver Regulator. It
was so mild in its action that it never
interfered with my school duties." E. A.
Cheek.
All druggists guarantee
Dr. Miles' Padt
Pnxs to atoo Headache.
"One cent a doae."
HE PAID THE PENALTY. 1
GEORGE MILLS HANGED IN RALEIGH
FRIDAY.
The Law Avenged for the Brutal and
Heartless Murder of lana Wimberly
Her Own Uncle the Perpetrator of
the Crime He Meets His Fate With
Calm and Resolute Spirit.
f Raleigh Evening Visitor, May 3rd.
Nearly n months ago one of the
foulest murders ever perpetrated in any
community was committed near Apex,
Wake county. To-day George Mills,
the condemned murderer of his own
niece, paid the penalty of his diaboli
cal crime by forfieiting his life on the
gallows.
The details of the murder as related
in both the Wimberly and Mills trials
are fresh in the minds of the public
and the less said about the commit
ment of the crimes the better, for it is
one of the blackest in the history of
of the county.
George Mills was an uncle of lana
Wimberly and lived from time to
with the family. He was staying
there in June of last year. On the
evening of the 19th, he and lana
started for the old Vaughn house a
half mile distant to procure some wild
flowers. George had a mission and
that mission was accomplished. He
went to murder lana. Like a lamb
to the slaughter, she accompanied
him. Mills at first gave her laudanum,
on a false pretext. The laudanum did
not work fast enough, so a dogwood
stick near by did. Mills beat his own
niece over the head, time and again,
until he thought her dead. Life was
still left in the fragile body, and the
girl raised up and clutched the stick,
praying her own uncle not to murder
her, according to his own testimony;
and yet he came down on her head
again and again.
Having done his most brutal and
fiendish work, Mills left her for dead.
He wandered about and got back to
Wimberly's at midnight. He told the
tale, which the public at large believe
the Wimberly family knew too well.
The Wimberly's managed to skirmish
around and get a body guard sufficient
to accompany them at daybreak to
look for her body. lana was not dead,
as expected, and lived a week or two.
Mills was arrested and at first de
nied committing the crime. Later he
told ot the murder and has stuck to
that tale ever since. He reiterated it
yesterday to his brother, saying he had
nothing to conceal.
Mills has stuck to it that he was sub -serving
the ends of Wimberly and that
he was forced to commit the crime
by him.
Mills has been holding up under
the ordeal through which he had to
pass remarkably well. Yesterday he
began to weaken and last night gave
under completely. He slept little or
none, sitting up most ot the while
brooding over the morrow.
Though Mills was greatly overcome
this morning, so much so that he
could hardly speak without weeping,
he was remarkably cool from the time
he donned his new suit of clothes un
til the death trap fell.
Great crowds surrounded the jail all
the morning. The crowd was for the
most part the same as that which
hangs around the court house on court
weeks. Nothing but morbid curiosity
attracted them thither to see a fellow
being put to death. It was a sympa
thetic assemblage, and murmurs of
"there goes the poor fellow" could be
heard as mills walked out of the jail
door with Mr. Robert Page and Dep
uty Brooks on either side. Mill's steps
were firm, and but for the fact of
being nearsighted, he showed no evi
dences of faltering. Indeed, never
did a man show more self possession
and nerve than he did on such an
occasion. Not a tear dropped from
his eyes from the time the party en
tered the jail and first caught sight of
him, until the black cap concealed his
face forever from human gaze.
Mills was not visibly affected by the
religious exercises or the reading of
the death warrant, though he had
quite a' serious aspect on his face.
As soon as the death warrant was
read, Sheriff Page stepped forward to
tell George that the time had come
for him to carry out the order of the
law. Mills stood up at once and was
escorted out by Mr. Robert Page and
Mr. C. M. Walters. He laced the im
n ense crowd at the jail door and
walked firmly to the gallows and
quickly mounted the steps leading to
the trap.
Mills took a seat on the stand, as
did the ministers also. No others but
Sheriff Page and deputies were allowed
there.
Praver was again offered in behalf
of the condemned man. The officia
ting clergymen then bade Mills good
bye, saying at the time a good word
for the unhappy man. Sheriff Page
asked him did he have any statement
to make, Mills replied that he did.
Mills asked must he stand up to
make his statement. Some one told
him "yes" and he arose from his chair.
He spoke clearly and slowly. He ges
tured freely and showed no evidences
of fright whatever. In fact, he was
probably the least frightened person
present. His talk was of a religious
nature and he did not refer to Wim
berly or the crime for which he was
hung. Anions other things be said:
"Well sir. I have got to appear this
dav before the Great God, the Great
Creator. I am glad that He has
brought me to confess and acknowledge
L lll'Z '.
He has for
I have ever
avu aw tuv
committed. I shall
soon appear be
every knee shall
fore 'Him to whom
Mills asked the crowd: "How
stands the case with you?" He asked
this question several times and said he
wanted to impress it on the people.
He asked prayer for those who re
fused to sign his petition for commu
tation. The Sheriff stepped up to bid George
good-bye, but he asked to be allowed
to pray. He prayed earnestly and
calmly, speaking every word w ith eo;
phasts. "Help me to go along through
the last moments of death. Remem
ber the whole human race. May it
be a great year for trusting in Christ."
He prayed for his father and mother,
the prisoners in jail and all of hU'ene
mies. He asked especially that the
sins of his enemies be forgiven. Mills
closed his prayer by saying "Father,
I leave it all in Thy hands. Sanctify
and save me forever. Amen."
At 11:38 Mills stepped on the trap.
Deputies Page and Walters pinioned
his arras and ankles with black cloth,
and Deputy Brooks adjusted the black
cap and the rope. As Mr. Brooks was
placing the rope over his head, Mills
asked the Sheriff to be as quick as pos
sible. These were his last words.
No time was lost after the rope was
adiusted about his neck? and Sheriff
Page at 11:40 pulled back the lever
which sent Mills down six feet below
to destruction.
The physician pronounced Mills
dead at 12:01 p. ra., twenty-one
minutes after the trap fell.
The neck was not broken and he
died from strangulation. The body
hung limp and motionless after the
drop and there was no quivering or
perceptible contraction of the muscles.
The body was cut down at 12:11,
placed in a coffin and taken to Apex
for interment.
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