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- . . IT Vol. V. LINCOLNTON, N. C. TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1911. No. 47 4 ky SEEN AND HEARD IN A' HINDU TEMPLE. Clarence Poe' Experiences Contrast Be tween the Bloody and Immoral Heath enism oi the East and the Religion the Missionary Preaches. . It is an extreme illustration, no doubt, but since it Was the first Hindu shrine I visited, we may begin with the - Kalighat in Cal cutta. This temple is dedicated to Kali or "Mother Kali," as the English speaking temple priest who conducted me always said, the bloody goddess of destruction. That terrible society of criminals and assassins, the Thugs (its founder is worshipped as a saint) had Kali as their patron goddess and whetted their knives and planned their murderous crimes before her iniage-all this in a "temple" of "religion." - , . . Id the, old days and not so long ago at that there were hu man sacrifices af Kalighat, and when I asked the priest concern ing them,. his significant answer was that the British Government would" no longer allow them he made no claim that Hinduism itself has" changed! Their Kaliki Purana says that one human sac rifice delights Kali for a thousand years, and in spite of British alertness a bloody human head bedecked with flowers was found in a Kali temple near Calcutta not many years ago, and at Akrha, also near Culcutta, human sacri - fice has been attempted within a decade. - From the Kalighat temple, the priest of Mother Kali took me to the edge Iff the .dirty, murky Hoosrli (sacred as a part of the Ganees system) where in ife con secrated filth Scores of miserable pilgrims were washing away their sins or "acquiring merit" witn the gods; on the way we passed the image of Juggernaut, the mis erable stables in which the pil grims are lodged, and the image of Setola, "the Mother or tbeaman pox," as the priest called her, to which smalicox victims come for cure. Back again to the Temple, the priest assured me that if I would give the other priests a lew annas (an' anna is worth two cents ' ot,our money) they would drive back the shrieking,.- blood stained, garlanded crowds of -half-naked "worshippers" and give me a view of the Kali idol. The money forthcoming and the high priest, in expectation of a tip, coming out to lena his ; assistance there en-, sued such a Kilkenny fight be tween the priests and the dense mob of "worshippers," such knocking, kicking, scrouging, as never any man got for the name amount of : money in any prize fight, until finally I got a glimpse ; of the idol's hideous head. It was Sunday morning. . Could I have been otherwise than impressed when I went that afterpoon to another Indian re ligious service this time ' of Christians and compared it with what I had seen in the morning! Instead of a money hunting priest sitting beside a butcher's block and exacting a prescribed fee from each pushing, jabbering, suppliant of a blood-thirsty goddess, herself only one of many jealous gods and goddesses to be favored and propi tiatedinstead of this there was a converted Indian minister who told his fellows of one God whose characteristic is love, and whose worship is of the Spirit. And in stead of the piteous bleating of slaughtered beasts there was the fine rhythm of hymns whose Eng lish names one could easily recog nize from their tunes in spite of the translation . of the words into - the strange tongue of the Bengali. At home, I may say just here, I am not accused of being flagrantly and .outrageously pious; but no cpen-minded, - observant man, even if he were an infidel, could ' make a trip through" Asia without seeing what a tremendously up- ' lifting Influence is the religion to which the majority of Americans adhere, as compared with the " other faiths, and how tremend ously in . Christian lands it has bettered and enriched the lives even of those ot "Deaf ear and soul uncaring" who ignore it or deride it. From t Editor Clarence Poe's Travel Let ' ters, in-Raleigh, ' (N. C.) Progres , sive Farmer. . -, SUBSCRIBE FOR THE NEWS DO IT TODAY. CONGRESS TO PLAY BALL Democrats andi Republicans of House of Representatives 'Will Cross Bats Yates Webb Pitcher Game Will Be Plaved This Month and Proceeds Will Co For a Charity Will Be Great Game. Washington, Special Washing ton society is interested in the baseball match that is being ar ranged between the Democrats and Bepublieans of ,the House. The game will be plpyed this month, and if it is anything like the one of two years ago it wilL be, worth going miles to see.' Edwin Y. Webb, of North Caro lina, is captain and manager of the Democratic team, while Nicholas Longworth, of Ohio, and James F, Burke, of Pennsylvania, are organ izing the Republican team. The proceeds will be turned over to the Playgrounds Association of Washington, and the children probably will be better off by sev eral thousand dollars' worth of improved playgrounds as a result. The American League Park will be the scene of hostilities, and Vice President Sherman is expected to officiate for the first inning or two as umpire. Mr. .Webb will be pitcher for the Democrats and Mr. Oldfield, of Arkansas, catcher. Mr. Webb was the star twirler of Wake For est of North Carolina in his college days,- while Oldfield as a young man caught for the Kansas City Stars, a professional team. On first base will be. either Hughes, of New Jersey, wo played that position in the last game, or ReiHy," of Connecticut, who is not only a 'good player, but knows a lot of real inside baseball, which he learned as an Eastern League magnate. Representative Murry, of Boston, the baby mem ber of the House and a Harvard graduate, has been drafted for second base. The shortstop will be Mr. Carter, of Oklahoma. He played on several crack teams in his state before coming, to Con gress. Mr. Kinkead, of New Jer sey,' another Harvard ( man, will hold do wc third base. X. :, . Representative Longworth and Burke are not getting along well With the organization of the Re publican team, but say they will be ready when the time comes. What The Standard is. The Standard Oil Company has a Capital stock of $110,000,000, of which 1100,000,000 is common and $10,000,000 is preferred. It is supposed to have a surplus of about $500,000,000. The stock yesterday advanced from 675 to 679. 3-4 a share. It closed on the curb after the de cision was known at 657 bid and 700 asked. The cash assets of the company according to the last annual report were about $388 a share. These assets do not include the value of the company's oil above ground which is figured at $300,000,000, or abont $300 a share; so that in actual liquidation the value of the Standard Oil Stock would be ab out $688 a share. The company has 8,000 miles of trunk pipe line, 75,000 miles of feeders and controls 70 per cent of the refining business of the Country having 22 refineries, each with a daily capacity of from 15,000 to 30,000 barrels. - - i It has erected and maintains oil supplies In nearly 4,000 stations throughout the United .' States, holds 80,000,000 barrels of oil con tinually in11 reserve , and requires 9,000 tank cars and 5,000 tank wagons to handle initial domestic distribution. , More than one-half of the com pany's refined products is consumed abroad, 200 vessels, including 60 ocean tank steamers being engaged in transporting its products, and this foreign business has. brought to this country more than $1,000, 000,000 of foreign gold.- The company employs 70,000 men, has a pay roll of $150,000 a day, and in 40 years of corporate existence has had no labor troubles.- .. . ' : . And all this is required to be dissolved within six months. The magnitude of the job is one to tax the ability Mr. Rockefeller when he was at his best. Exchange. -. Some persons are lorn mean and we pity them; others become mean and we shun them; but the mean est person is he who tries to be mean; The devil himself fears such a man. ' " DIAZ LEAVES MEXICO. Former. President and Dictator Will Take Up Residence ia Spain. Mexico City, May 26. Porfirp Diaz, for thirty years ruler of Mexico stole from the capital with great secrecy at 2- o'clock this morning. - Only a few devoted friends whom he dared to trust followed him to the station. He was bouud for Vera Cruz to take ship for Spain. In the distance could be heard the voices of a few of the more enthusiatic cele brants who were still acclaiming the new president, Francisco Leon de la Barra, and shouting Viva Madeo!' According to advices he board ed the Ypiranga, a Hamburg American boat, tonight. The Ypiranga is due to sail south to Coatzacoalcos tomorrow. She will return to Vera Cruz and sail for Europe Wednesday. Senor de la Barra, who was in augurated as provisional president only today, it is realized, has not yet had leisure to bring about the reforms of "free speech" and "lib erty of the press," which have been among the loudest of in surrectionists' war cries. General Diaz, still feeble from his illness and from being a well man, left his home at 2 o'clock this morning. A more dreary leave taking could be scarcely imagined. Rain had fallen earlier in the night, and by time the ex-president emerged from his house a Novem ber chill was in the air. He was closely muffled, and to aid in the' disguise a borrowed) automobile was used. The route to the San Lazaro station had been mapped out over unfrequented streets. By a prearranged scheme, at the last moment, police were scattered along the line. At certain points friends of the former chief execu tive, including those who are to accompany him across the Atlantic, fell in behind his limousine. General Diaz undoubtedly will make his home in Spain, probably at . Madrid. During the recent centennial King Alfonso conferred upon him a title made him honor ary general of the Spanish army. Senora Diaz was made a lady iu waiting to the Spainish queen. Generai Diaz speaks no language other than Spanish, andoutside of of Mexice he would find the most congenial surroundings in the country of the dons. y . 'A School for the Feeble Minded. The trustees of the proposed School for the feeble minded of North Carolina met in Raleigh a few days ago and heard proposi tions from a number of towns that are bidding for the location of the institution.. On June 22nd an other meeting will be held in Kinstoh when the matter will be decided. Kinston, Washington, N. C., Lenoir, Lillington, Raleigh, Durham and other towns are offer ing the school various inducements. The board has investigated con ditions in this State to the extent that, it is estimated that here are about five hundred persons in alms houses and jails that ought to be in the school for the feeble minded; then there are hundreds of others that should be gathered from homes in all parts of the State. The institution is to be planned so that there can be proper classi fication of inmates." The board has in hands plans for building and after the site is chosen the ac tual building will begin speedily. There is nothing like the. pure fresh air and sunlight to give vigor to body and mind. Many persons make a great mistake in remaining indoors and broiling themselves to death all winter besides the red hot kitchen stove. They are mortally afraid of catching a cold. The parents imagine that it is their-duty to keep the children in the house continuously as soon as frost sears the leaves, and to see that the doors and windows are closed and next to air tight, day and night The parents want healthy and robust children; but they employ entirely the wrong method. Let the children and everybody else, ha .'eall the life giving ozone of the out-door air possible. The country people have this inestimable advantage over city people, and 'they ought to be wise enough tt make the best , us,e of it. The fresh air is just as necessary in winter as it is in gummer. t A BIG COTTON CROP Large Acreage and Good Condition Bases for Belief That Crops Will be Largest on Record by Half of Milion Bales. .Washington, D. C, June 2 Present indications point to this year's cotton crop as the largest the countiy has ever produced, according to the goverment's experts. Based on statistics of condition, given out today by the crop reporting board of the agri culture department and on average for the previous ten years, the crop will be greater by about 2, 500,000 bales than the average and larger by nearly 400,000 bales than the biggest crop the country ever raised, that of " 1894. Pro viding conditions as favorable as those which have prevailed during the past ten years continue during this season there should be har vested this year more than 14,000, 000 bales, the previous maximum, in 1904, having been 13,500,000 bales atjd average for the past ten years of 11,500,000 bales. As shown by today's report of condi tions on May 25, cotton should yield 198 pounds per acre compar ed with average of 1824 pounds during the past ten years. Allow ing for the abandonment of three per cent the ten year average ot acreage planted, which would bring the estimated acreage down from 35,004,000 acres to 34,000, 000 acres, this would give the un precedented crop indicated. Con ditions this year to date have been unusually favorable, it was point ed out, dry weather in May hav ing given the farmer a good oppor tunity for proper cultivation of the crop. The color ot the cotton is also reported ' go,od. Although the growth is not far developed, it is said this is not a bad sign, rain lat er on will bring it on rapidly on account of its present excellent condition. Fassi fern Notes. Owing to the increasing de-nteTJ-ds for high and college . pre paratory work, it has been thought best to give up the primary de partment, which, requires, for a few children, the entire itime and attention of a teacher.. Mrs John Saine will take, at her own home, young children wish ing private tuition and individual attention. Arrangements will be made for music pupils to take lessons at Fassifern. Particulars will be given later, but Mrs. Saine is'too well and favorably known to need any formal commendation. She has been connected with the work at Fassifern for the past year, and her work.is most heartily endorsed and recommended by the school management. . Mist Mary Shipp, who has had charge of the primary department, will devote her time to history and English classes in the preparatory and academic work. She will, as heretofore, give lessons in embroid ery, - basket-weaving and - wood carving. Nineteen boarding pu pils took lessons in these courses last year. Miss -Rebecca Shields, of Scot land Neck, -Nr- C. , has been en. gaged as assistant to Miss Pixley. Miss Shields is a graduate of St. Mary's, Raleigh, in the regular college and musical department. She is a former pupil of Miss Pix ley and comes with the highest commendations from the Rector of St. Mary's. She has had an ex perience of two years as a teacher. Miss Coffey is spending the va cation at her home in Ireland. Chair Cars Between Chester and Lenoir. Commencing June 17th, trains No. 9 and 10 will handle chair cars between Chester and Lenoir daily until further notice. There will be no chair car on No. 9 of the 17th, the first car leaving Chester on No. 10 of the 17th. E. F. Reid, G. P. A. . We know some men and some women, some are well on in years and some " are experienced in life's school, who have a most insane, unreasonable view of man ual labor. They act and speak as if it was a disgrace, a crime and a sin to soil your hands with honest toil. Their brains must be as soft as their hands, if they cannot see the dignity and necessity of swing ing the hammer or holding the 'plow. BASE BALL NOTES. Saxony Defeats Wampum Talk ot a Base Ball League High Shoals Meets its Waterloo at the Hands of the Loray . Team. ' In a well played game of ball the Saxony team defeated Wam pum on last Saturday on the lat ter's diamond, by a score of 11 to 4. Childers and Jenkins constitut ed the battery for Saxony while McDonald and Taylor performed a similar stunt for Wampum. The pitching of Childers . who struck out out eleven men was the feature of the game. It has been suggested that the managers of the ball teams of Sax ony, Wampum, Eureka, High Shoals, Harden, Gastonia, Cherry - vule, Maiden and others get to gether and form a league for the summer. The managers of the different teams might meet in Lin- colnton at some future date and make the necessary arrangements. The sooner the better. Get busy ye fans and start the ball to roll ing. The Loray ball team defeated High Shoals in Gastonia on last Saturday by a score of six to three. Handling Milk and Butter on the Farm The Progressive Farmer proba bly never printed a more helpful article on butter-making on the farm than that of Prof. J. M. Bur gess. Every farm woman who has anything to do with milking or churning should read it and filel it away. Some of Professor Bur gess' text to be always kept in mind are reprinted herewith: "Clean milk can not be obtain ed if the cow's udder and flanks are covered with. manure and dirt and the milker simply cleans the teats before milking. The entire udder should be washed and dried and the flanks moistened if clean milk is to be obtained and good butter made." "The milker should milk with dry hands and not dip the fingers in the milk, as is too often done, to moisten them." 1 "The last milk given is several times as rich as the first, and the milker, for this reason, should milk all the milk out of the udder and not give the calf the stripplings." j "The usual wire-gauze bucket strainer will not do to depend upon to clean the milk. It should be strained through at least three thicknesses of cheese cloth." "The milk should be strained in to vessels that have been thoroughly washed in hot water and then sun ned. Do not use the same dish cloth or wash the milk vessels in the same water in which the dish es from the table have been wash ed," - ,"Do not mix the cream of differ ent ages until se veral hours before churning. If the cream as skim med is place in a common jar or bowl, an uneven souring will take place, and much fat will be lost in the dimming." -- "Much of the poor quality of country or farm butter is due to the cream being soured too fast, because it has been kept too hot" "The best churn for the farmer who makes three to five pounds of butter at a churning is a small five-gallon barrel or swing churn." "It cost very little .to have the name of the maker or the name of the maker's farm printed on the parchment wrapper, and it will add very much, if the butter is good, to the selling quality." Progressive Farmer. CARD OF THANKS. We wish to thanks our neigh bors for their assistance and kind ness in my sad bereavement, the death of my dear husband and to assure them their kindness will never be forgotten. Mrs.J. W. Friday" . The, dreaded disease, tubercu losis, is more frequently found in the crowded parts of cities, where houses are built closely together in which pure air cannot circulate freely, and where sunlight cannot enter. Over crowded, poorly ven tilated homes and work shop tend to spread the disease. We may well be thankful for the abund ance of pure air in our country home. Hold fast providing you have hold of the right thing. OBITUARY1 C B: Jonas W. Friday. On the 31st day of May, Jonas W. Friday departed his life at 3 o'clock at his home on Hoyles Creek. The deceased was 69 years 6 months and 29 days old. He is a son of the late Nicholas and Sarah Friday. He has four broth ers and two sisters. One brother died in Texas, the living brothers" are J,C. Friday, M. Friday, and M. A. Friday. Sisters Mrs. Lawson Dellinger of Iron Station and Mrs. Lizzie Coleman, of near Lincolnton. We look up to our Heavenly Father on 'high who knows the best. There is a va cant place in our home that never can be filled. He was baptized an infant and joined (the Lutheran church in 1878 and lived a devot ed member until his death. He married Miss Catherine Rhyne and to the union were born four children all of whom are dead. He was a grand father of five children. He was a soldier in the war of 1860. He has been a cripple ever since he was 17 years old, he had the fever and took white swelling. He took his bed about a month ago, his death was caused by a can cer. He was laid to rest in the Philadelphia cemetery near Dallas, the funeral services were conduct ed by his pastor, Rev. P.D. Risin ger. We hope all can meet him above. We have sympathy for the bereaved family. His Niece. Coronation Festivities. The festivities connected with the coronation of George V. and Mary his queen, will begin on Tuesday June 20th and continue for ten days. For each of these days there has been prepared some ceremony of overwhelming solemnity, banquets, dinners and garden parties, or scene of magnifi cent pomp. Thursday, June 22nd is the day set aside for the crown ing of the king and queen at West minster abby with even moresplen- dor than attended the coronation of King Edward nine years ago. Representatives from many nations kings, queens, princes, and ambas sadors will be among those who will witness the ceremonies. Ab out 7,000 persons were jammed in to the great hall to see King Ed ward and (jueen Alexander crown ed. It is probable that even more will be admitted to the coronation of George and Mary. Among the destinguished Amer icans who will be present will be Mr. and Mrs. Hayes Hammond, Mr. Hammond being the special ambassador from the United States for the momentous event. Am bassador and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid will also be conspicious figures. It is expected that they will have as their guests not only King George and Queen Mary but the kings and queens of Spain - and - Norway. For many months designers have been planning the costumes to be worn at the coronation festivities. All last winter the trappers of the -Hudson Bay Company were busi ly engaged in finding furs for this occasion. - London manufacturers bought up all the miniver fur that could be found, the supply being . not enough for the robes of all the noblemen and noblewomen who were invited. King George's coro nation robe is of cloth of gold, while his handsome stole is also of gold and ornamented with the em blems of his empire at home and oversea. The queens robe is a most impressive affair of purple velvet and her coronation gown is of red velvet embroidered in gold by the most expert needlewomen in Great Britian. --------;------ It'has been said that our present" difficulty of making ends meet is not so much the high cost of living as the cost of high living. There is some truth in that but it is not complete or satisfactory. For the last ten years the problem of ex istence has become more and more difficult. , There is enough for all to live in comfort, but somehow the distribut on has been unequal and unfair. Somebody has the advantage and the meanness to squeeze us hard, and; we are squeezed until we sweat. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE NEWS. '
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