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WM E JLIM(B.ILM 03 ID MI EM. 1 11 1 1 . - LINCOLN COURIER jTm. ROBERTS. EDITOR AND MANAGER. Entered in the Post Office at LlNCOLN'TON A3 SECOND CLASS MAIL ilATTEh" 1 .year $1.50 ti months 75 3 zu )i t b s' , 50 liatts of Advertising. Oneinch, one time. SI. 00 ; 25c toi each sabsequen insertion. Two inches, oue time, 1.50 ; 50 'jents for each -nb8equent insertion "Three inches, one time, 2.00 (6 cents for each subsequent inser tion. i'our inches; one time, $2.50 1.00 for each subsequent insertion. Special rates for one-half and one-foarth columu ; al3o, for any advertisement continued longer than two months. LINCOLNTON, N C. mat 10, 1890 Announcements of Candidates for office wi be made on the s am e terms as heretofore, uamey, $5,00 lor .each, announcement, strictly cash iu advarjce. OvK Readers must pardou us if we do not wholly agree with them in oar' views on Sam Jones. We must be allowed to express our convictions, and we do so in all Charity towards those who differ with us. We wish to refer our King's Mountain correspondent to what Rev. Dr. Prltchard says about the distinguished evangelist. It sounds as much like an orthodox view as anything we have read. Those who have heard Sam Jones, or read' his sermons, know how he sneered at the Apostle's Creed. With the exception of the phrase referring to Christ's " decent into hell, the truths of this creed are, we believe, accepted by all protestant denominations as well as Romau Catholics: Pray, what good can come out of sneering at these Biblical truths which have been Instilled into the hearts of thousands of children by Christian parents ? You are bound to teach the people to believe in God the Father Almighty maker of Heaven and earth ; you are bound to teach them to believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, lhat be was ciucified aud that he arose from the dead ; you are bound to teach them to believe in the Holv Ghost, in a Christian church, in the resurrection, and in eternal life, whether you call these truths Apostle's creed, Nicene creed, or simply, scriptural beliefs! No be lievers, no matter of what denomi nations doubt, these fundamental truths. What good then, we repeat, e-n come out of sneering at the creeds that have these truths stated in simple, plain language f But, as we have said before, Sam Jones is a remarkable rnan, and a geuiu. We are not prepared, bow ever, to accept bim as a divinely inspired preacher. Xf what we say is to be called "sneering" at Sam Jones, let it be eo called. If he '"sneers'' at fun damental Biblical truths, because they happen to be called creeds, then we claim the right to criticise hi sneering. The Bible says, "preach Christ and him crucified"; the Apostle's Greed teaches us to believe in Christ and that be was crucified. The same is true of the en tii e creed that Mr. Jones chooses to t ram pie under foof. In many respects, however, we are willing to admir that Stn Jones may dc good- His talks i.n dtun keness, profanity and other similar vices are keen and forcible and no doubt often put men to thinking, who never go to hear lectures on any kind of moral subject. God can bring forth good out of evil. But we should not knowiugly do evil though good may result there from. But whatever editor, or ministers, or anyone may say or write either for or against Rev. 8am Jones, Gnd will be the judge as to what is right, and He is able aud will take cre of his truth. Uev. Sam .Tone to Visit Wil mington. The Wilmington Star ot .Saturday says : Mr. J. M. Porshee yesterday received a telegram from Rev. Sam Jones in reply to the invita'ion ex tended to h m to visit Wilmington. Mr. clones has consented to come, and will he here at such date as may be determined upon hereafter. Rev. Saui Joue, it is paid, is a nephew of Mr. Keuben Jones, who resided in Wilmington a few years ago. Dr. lrif chard ou Sm Jones In the last issue of Charity and Children, a paper published at the Baptist Orphanage at Thornasville, Rev. Dr. T. II. Pritcbard, of Wil mington, expresses his opinion of Rev. Sam Jones as follows : I must confess that I have been really pained in reading the ser mons of this very celebrated Meth odist preacher recently delivered in Charlotte, N. C- They abound in wit and humor, it is true ; but the w;t is exceedingly ccaree and the humor ofteu low and vulgar, uube coming a Christian minister in any circle, and in my humble judgment, a gross aud grievous desecration of the pulpit. I grant that Mr. Jones has rare powers as aa orator j that he often' preaches the gospel with wonderful plainness and effect, and I hope that he doe3 good ;but there can be no question with all right thinking people that he is degrad ing his sacred calling and doing a vast amount of harm by nsing lan guage which, iu the nature of things, must demoralize society. I am no prude, aa every one acquainted with me know?, nor have I any preju dice against Mr. Jones as a Metho dist, or an evangelist ; but as a pub lic journalist and a Christian min ister, I feel bound to protest against his manners in the palpit- No mat ter what a man's gifts may be there can bo no excuse or apology for his being a blackguard or a bully iu the pnlpit, and it really seems to be a reflection in this age and country that such a vulgarian is tolerated by decent people. I have heard that the cause of religion had been set back for years in some towns where he bad been, and if his sei" mons iu Charlotte are a fair speci men of his work, I am prepared to believe it. He seems to make im mense use of Sam Jones in his preaching ; but the Bible plays a very iusigniftcant part in his per forjnances. What a contrast between this man and Mr. R. G. Pearson, in style, iu spirit nd in matter. Jtllijah the Tiehbite and John the Baptist were not bolder or braver in denouncing sin than Mr. Pearson, but there was no vulgarity and smutty attempts at wit in his preaching. They say that the rude, rough thingi he says do not seem so bad when you hear bim, but for the life ot me, I cannot see how a man's manner of saying a low and dirty thing can make it anything else than filthy and impure. Depend upon it, every religious excitement is not a revival of re- ligion, and I hereby publicly express my want of confidence in Sam Joues's converts- If there is anv place ou earth from which slang, vulgarity and blackguarding ought to be exclud ed, it is the. pulpit, and to listen to such a harangue as Sm Jones de livered in Charlotte last Sunday seems to be a desecration of the Sabbath. I sincerely hope he won't come to Wilmington in my day. Dr. 1'ritcuard and Sam Joues. The criticism of Rev. Dr. Prltch ard on Rev. Sam Jones, ublisbed in yesterday's News, stirred up quite a commotion in Charlotte and vari ous criticisms on Dr. Pritchard were about as severe as was Dr. Pritch ard's criticism on Sam Joues. Many ot Dr. Pritchard's Charlotte friends openly expressed their regret that Dr. Pritcbard had not withheld his pen uutii after he bad heard Mr Jones. The News received a letter from one of its Concord subscribers this morning which says: "It is a mat ter of great surpr se to me that so many men of j?ood sense express themselves similarly wheu they have never heard Mr. Joues. While The News deserves great credit lor its full reports, I think ii must be conceded that there is a great deal in the way, the spirit, the expres sion, etc., that it H impossible to put ou paper. And for this reavSon, it seems really beyond all reason for a man of intelligence to set up as a critic in such a severe manner, withont going to get all the evi dence in the case by hearing. I am astonished a: Dr. Pritchard. How cau he swallow the good opinion of Mr. McManaway and hundreds of other good men!" Charlotte News. A tariff on bides is a big thing for the farmer. He may get ten cents more possibly for his hides, aud pay a half dollar more for his boots, etc. He will make money by Ibis operation. Wilmington Star. It has about gotten to that point, a man can blaspheme, make fuu of Apostles creed, curse, sell himself to patent medicine firms or anything else, and it is all right so long as he does it in the name of the Lord. Press and Carolinian. 'It' on Hani Jones, etc. Ed. Cor-ETER: If ;ou will kind ly pardon the delay in fulfilling my promise to write again tor your worthy paper, I will renew this ob ligation and faithfully endeavor to carry the same iuto practice. This is Suuday, the Lord's day, and this article will be devoted to moral and religions thoughts re gardless of the fact that 1 may be called an enthusiast or fanatic. Our town and country seem great ly aroused at this time on the sub ject of religion. Let them not only be aroused on the subject but may every man have sufficient grace and backbone to carry his religious con victions into practice. The Rev. Sam P. Jones meetings held in Charlotte, N. C, from April 24th to May 2nd Inclasive were well attended by our citizens. I am told that the R. R. agent here sold 110 tickets to as many people eager to hear the great evangelist. Many, no doubt, went to the tab ernacle through mere!cariosity, bat, I it appears, that everyone came away either dumbfounded, or singing out in no uncertain sound the praises ot the man in his work. I have read," with interest, the press comments on Mr. Jone9' ser mous, and am glad that so few news papers, in our country, have had the boldness and affrontery to pub licly attack and criticize the evan galists sermons and sayings. It was with especial interest, Mr. Editor, 1 read, in your issue of May 2nd, your comprehensive editorial 00 the mao, his ways and works. What yoa say about the evangelist appears to me the honest sentiments of an honest man. Who pray is warranted in condemning the man as some have condemned bim. It is true, the Press is free to approve or disipprove, to denounce or praise the Preacher j but it strikes me as unbecoming, to say the least, for any Christian gentleman to endeav or to snatch one laurel from the brow of the man who is, perhaps, more outspoken, against sin and vices of all kinds, thau any man that has ever lived since our Savs ior, the God-man. I attended a part of the services in Charlotte and know whereof I speak and when I say the man is doing good surely the half is not told. "By their fraits ye shall know them". I would kindly refer the learned critics, edi tors, yea, ministers of the Gospel who condemn or find fault with Rev. Sam Jones to that passage of scripture found in St- Marks Gos pel IX chapter and from the 38 to 40 verse inclusive and reads as fol lows : "And John answered him saying 'Master we saw one casting out devils in thy name and he fol loweth not us; and we forbade him because he followetb not us. But Jesus said forbid him not : for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name that can lightly speak evil of me. For he that is not against us is on our part." Now is Mr. Jones against us? Let those speak out who know him best and have heard him most; and if you don't agree with bim in all points, give him credit, like a man, for tba good he is doing. Christian Chari ty says Let him alone, Common Sense says Let him aloae and Duty comes up and exclaims Let the man alone and burl your anathemas and denunciations against cheating, ly ing, stealing, drunkeness and hosts of other sins sapping the very foun dations of our churches, our gov. ernmenf, and society. The evangelist Fife has beeu con ducting religious services for one week iu our neighboring town Gas tonia. A great many of our citizens have availed themselves of the op portunity to hear this great sin de nouncing aud soul 8tirriug evange list and we judge from the sign9of the times his preaching and work have beeu telling aud effective for good. Mr. Fife i3 a very serious, earnest and consecrated worker His manner and style of preaching is quite different from that of Mr. Jones ; but have we the right to complain of the manner, or means, of the earthly vessel as iong as it brings the pure religious ointment to heal and save the sin sick sou). Now, I hope, that while these evangelists are at work, uo one will have any fears that our country will become too religious. If Chris tianity is a good thing and all ad mit that it is let everybody strive o possess it in its broadest and purest formj and let those who eus joy religion help th'.-se seeking to be saved from their sins by every I possible good word and work. I will desist for the present wit'i a quotation or eo from the Kev. Sam Joaes. He says '-It is hard to. get men to talk as they think and hard to get them to etand by what they say. It a man is right he will get there with both feet, world withoat end.'' And again, "God expects every man on bis side to do all he can for good and the devil expects every one on his side to do all he can for evil.'' "The devil never made whisky or rau a saloon, but he found a man to make it, another to retail it and a fool to buy it and drink it.'t Respectfully, R. King's Mountain, N. C, May lltb, 1890. Sam Jones Strikes a Snag, The Danville Register says : Iu his sermon on Thursday night, Rev. Sam J ones Intimated that there were flagrant violations of law in this city of which the courts had not taken cognizance, and also inti mated that some of the city officials and juries were not doing their duty. Judge A. M. Aiken, of the Hus tings court, after reading the report of the sermon In yesterday's Regis ter, got his friend, Mr. F. M. Ham lin, to wait on Mr. Jones and say that he (Judge Aiken) had done what he could to suppress crime and to punish criminals in this city, and that f Mr. Jone9 knew of any violations of the law of which the conrt should take coDizance, be would be pleased to summon a spe cial jury ou Saturday moruingat9 o'clock, -that Mr. Jones might go before the jury and lodge such in formation as had come into his pos session. Mr. Hamlin waited on Mr. Jones as requested and delivered Judge Aiken's message, and in reply Mr. Jones sent his compliments to the judg with the explanation that he had not heard that Judge Aiken bad been derelict in his duties. On the contrary he had heard that the judge bad discharged his official duty like a man, but his information was that heinous crimes committed in this city had gone unpunished because of the mora! cowardice of juries which were composed of church members. In conclusion, Mr. Jones asked Mr. Hamlin to say to Judge Aiken that he did not care to go before the grand juTy, but hoped the judge would come to the tabernalce on Sunday afternoon, wher he would speak out in meeting and tell all he knew. It is understood that the henious crimes to which Mr. Jones alludes are the crimes against society in houses of ill fame, violation of the Sunday liquor law and selling liquor to minors. Grive Water to Infants. A distinguished children's doctor believes, from his practice, that in fants geuerally, whether brought up at the breast or artificially, are not supplied with sufficient water, the fluid portiou of their food being quickly taken up and leaving the solid too tbick-to be easily digested. In warm, dry weather, healthy ba bies will take water every hour with advantage, aud their frequent fret fulness and rise of temperature are often directly due to their not hav ing it. Afreesui'pl? of water and restricting the frequency of nursing have been found at the nursery to be a most effectual check in cases of ineipiejit fever, a diminished rate of mortality and marked reduction in the number of gastric and intes tinal complaints being attributed to this cause. In teeth-cutting, water soothes tbe gums, aud frequently stop the fretting aud restlessness j uuiversal in children at this period. CUPID CiOXE ASTR4Y. A Widower 101 Years Old Mar ried to t Widow Aged 83 Years PaRKERsburg, W: Va., May 4. A remarkable wedding took place last night near Lm d Fork, iu Boone county. The contracting par ties were James Sevall and Miss Amy Terrene. The groom, who was a widower but had ootlived his children, was 101 years old, and the biide, a widow, also without en curaurance, was eighty-three. The best man was eighty-one years old and the bridesmaid seveuty-eight. The bride and groom are still quite sprightly for their age. 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Teis 7th dayot April, 1890. J A JOHiNSTON, AdmV. May 2, 1S90. 4t. S1.50 A YEAR. THE LINCOLN COURIER AND A MAILF A YEA. Sineo we changed the pric of the Courier to One Dollar there has "been but little vari ance in the Subscription list and we therefore conclude Uiat the people who want a county paper are willing to pay $1.50 for it, at any rate we cannot afford to publish the Courier at $1-00 a year. Henceforth we wil lhold to our orignial price 10 a year. S O. FINLEY, att'y. J. M. ROSJERTS, SOC iESAIE AGENCY. FINLEY AND ROBERTS. LINCOLNTON, N. C. IN ORDER TO OPEN UP A channel through which parties here and people from other parts of the country, especially from tfi Nortb, may be enabled to secure valuable property in Lincolnton and Lincoln county, by being made ac quainted with tbe true valae,healUi fulness, &c, of Lincolnton and th surrouuriiug country, and In order that those hodinng pro perty for sale may have some sys tematic method of disposing of tb same to tbe btnetit of a concerned by having it advertised and th points ot value clearly pointed out to purchasers, and In order to establish for ourselves a business from which we hope t reap some legitimate profits, direct' iy or indirectly, by increasing tb population and the business of our town, We have decided to establish at Lincolnton a real estate agency, to buy, sell, rent and negotiate real estate of ali kinds on commission and otherwise. Aud in order to accomplish lb1 objects herein briefly referred to, wa respectfully ask the cooperation of our citizens. Those iu tbe county hiving tim bered, farming or raintr-tl lands, water powein, &c, developed or undeveloped, for sale, rent or ex cbacge; and Those having rea estate of auj kind tor safe, rent or exchange, In Lincolnton, may find it to their ad vantage to confer with either paxtj of this agency. We offer the following valuable property : 1. One lot on Main street 75 yards wut of the courthouse bquare on which ther Is a large two story brick hous3 with a bam ment, a well built residence containing 2? roouii. 2 A rottage in Queen Ann tyl of architecture, together with Ave acrei f ground surrounding and joining. Ih property is improved by shrubbery, fruit trees, &c-, together with well and neceuary outbuildings, and a neat, comfortable biu iness office. 3. Two building lots on Main itreet, near the dept, containing a fine grovaof oak treen. Valuable property alao for manufacturing establishments. 4. About four acres of land South East of the Court House. Excellent for building purposes. 6- Two town lots in the South East part of town on which are two two story dwel ling houses containing 4 rooms each. 6. About 100 acres of land about 4 mil from Lincolnton situate on tie SherriL'i Ford road and through which rum a gold yein. All the above described property is val uable ani will be sold on easy terms. J,t i situated in and near one of tha most healthful towns in the South and surroun ded with a fertile countiyand has tie very be?t of railroad facilities. For turther particulars address, FINLEF r ROBERTS. Lincolnton, N. C, March 28, 1890.