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VOL V
LINCOLNTON, N. C, FRIDAY, OCT. 30, 1891.
NO. 26
Professional Cards.
J. 'of tiwp,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Offer a his profession a I service to ,be
citizens of Linoolnton and surroun
ding country. Office at his resN
deuce adjoining Lincoln ton Hotel.
AH calls promptly attended to.
Aug. 7, 1891 ly
J.W. SAIN, M.IK
Has located at Liucolnton and of
fers his services us physician to the
citizens ot Lincolutou aud aurroaud
ing country.
Will be luand at night at the re as
idence of B. C. Wood
March 27, 1891 ly
BAKTLETT SHIPF,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
LINCOLNTON, N. C.
Jan. 9, 1891. ly.
Finley & Wetmore,
ATTYS. AT LAW.
" LINCOLNTON, N. C.
Will practice in Lincoln and
surrouuding counties.
All business put into our
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ded to.
April 18, 1890. ly.
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"OFFICE IN COBB BUILDING, MAIN ST.,
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July 11, 1890. ly
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inn i-llLLIHKlJ t-lVI.
by H. m. noKE.
The farm adjoining ours on the
east a large tract of over three
hundred acres and wondeif ally ta
voaed in eitaation and soil. Through
many generations of the Hilliard
family, it has beou widely noted as
the beit farm in our own and anr.
roanding countiea, but for some
years before the time of which 1
write, it had rapidly gone to rain
through Nathan Hilliard's advance
ing age and failing health.
He was a broken old man, left
entirely alone by the death ot his
good wife and of his only sou, on
whom be had fondly relied to keep
the place worthy of its name. After
this affiictiou he lot heart. Moth
er and I, who had b?en as intimate
with the family as if we had been
members of it, often watched bis
discouraged efforts to keep the place
going, and father frequently sent
over oar men to help; bat a farm
needi a strong gaiding heart as
much as the sauuhine and rain.
- How well I remember the day he
oame over, with hiB face at last
showing the purpose to tell us his
trouble I It was early fall, when
through the clear, cold days, the
men were everywhere busy sowing;
but he had spent the most of the
week before upon his front porch in
Jeep study, and we knew at least
C did, being the most interested in
jim that be was considering a
plan.
Father was sitting upon our side
joarch cleaning bis shot-gun, for
aarly that morning he had seen
wild pigeons flying over the woods
wiudow doing our
week's mending ;. so I easily heard
he conversation that followed
Nathan asking me to stay where I
was.
I pitied him more than ever ; he
was so trembly and uncertain. I
had watched him standing inside
hia froutvyard tence debating
whether he should come over, and
had seen him stop twice in the path
across the narrow field between the
two booses.
"Good morning, Hilliard," said
father, cheerily, "come up and sit
down. You're looking right well
this morning."
I'm not feeling it." Nathan re
plied, sitting down, "I did feel bet
ter all summer, but I'm so afraid of
the fall and winter.''
"Oh I you mustn't borrow trouble
You have many good years before
you. Come along with me to-morrow
morning to the bottoms. I saw
pigeons over there, and I'll warrant
you'll bring down as many as you
ever did."
"No thank you, Eastwood," Hil
liard replied, shaking his head sad
ly. "My hunting has all been done.
I'm an old man, and I know my
best days are over. It is hard for
me to make np my mind to that
I've tried hard to make myself be
lieve that the farm's going all right,
bat it isn't, and I've got to give up
at last. No one can know how I
feel about it. Everybod v knows
what our farm has alwavs been. My
father got it from his father and
handed it down to me j and now in
my time it's gone to wrack. Each
of them bad some one to leave it to
and died proud of it and satisfied
about its future. But I haven't,
Eastwood. They're all gone, and I
most soon go after them, with no
hope for the old place. It's mighty
hard on me, Daniel, wheu we Hil
liards have been so proud of it too
much so, bay be.''
"Why, there are plenty of young
farmers about, Nathau, who would
be only too glad to become your
tenant,'' said father, "I'll willingly
bslp you pick the best one tor the
p ai pose
9J .
Hilliard shook bis head.
"That wouldn't satify n, Daniel;
h- wouldn't b a Hiliiani.'"
"rh-re are ce 'ai't'y uitn of your
f.m'ly liwufr, r-n'c there V
"Only one, that I know of, and
thit'a what I came over to ta'k
atout. He Uvea out in Illinois
Isiao Hilliard, my nephew. His
atU er Tom, aa yoa reawnber, died
aome years ago. He has been an
I ry wltb mo eiuoe father died.
always cooteudwl that the
farm
here was too largo, aud he tried
batd to talk father into dividing it
between us, half and half, on his
dea tin bed, bat he failed, and be
went away angry and dissatisfied
wltn the smaller farm in Illinois. I
would have been willing enough to
divide, bat father's last request was
for me to keep the old place togeth
er, as it always had beeu, and np to
the mark. I did all. I could to make
Tom friendly, but he wouldn't lis
ten. Now I'm afraid maybe I did
wrong by him ; spiting the liviog
that way for the wishes of the dead,
and I've made np my mind to ask
Isaac to came in and be my tenant.
What do you think of it !''
"Well, Nathan father replied,
thoughtfully, "if you are satisfied
that Isaac is a good enough farmer
to take charge of it, I would send
for him." l
"I'm pretty well satisfied; and
then, Eastwood, maybe it would
ease my mind some, on account of
I'om. I don't want to die thinking
I did t do right by him and his
'oiks. I'll write to Isaac, and may.
be I'll again see the old farm like it
nee was. I want to keep it in my
fame while l live, and, if Isaac
br ns it back, I can be almost as
satisfied in turning it over to him
when I die as to ray own son, if be
had lived.''
A mouth later we.saw Isaac and
hia family arrive. Father, mother
uud I watched them from our win,
dow. Isaac looked a strong, ener
getic capable man, but neither
mo: her nor I felt satisfied somehow
itb the wife. Mother teared she
was a self willed woman, and I fan'
ftoor oia 'aXbahVsfihroght to be. i
But the farm brightened at once,
aud the old man with it. For a
short while after, he came over al
most every day. He joked in his
old way with me about Lucinda,
Isaac's wife, making better patch
work qailts thau I coald, and rallied
father about their bogs being so
much bigger than his. But none of
the new people came over, except
once the motner sent a young
daughter to tell us that if we ever
wanted to see the chickens again
that were over there scratching, we
had better come over for them.
After this, we wereu't surprised
at the change that came over Nath
an. He stopped coming so often ;
joking no more ; sat much alone on
their back porch, and many times I
saw him far away across the farm,
sitting for oars on a fence-top, look
ing at the ground.
One early November day, when
he had not been to see us tor sevi
eral weeks, he hobbled over. He
had faded sadly, aud seemed gen
erally miserable. I gave him i
comfortable chair by our dining
room fire, and, as we were alone, I
determined to find out the trouble.
"Nathan," I began, "your nephew
is makiug the farm look like old
times."
"Isn't it V he answered, with a
little show of pleasure. "Isaac is
certainly a splendid farmer."
"But are they as good to yoa as
they are to the farm f I asked,
blontly.
His lips trembled at once, and his
hands, too, as he caught the crook
of his cane more tightly and looked
appealiogly at me.
"I am afraid they're not," I added.
"You're not a bit like you were."
"It's the cold weather," he said,
looking at the floor, "The cold
weather, that's all. I'll be all right
in the spring."
"But are you sure, Nathan, that
th3y do all for yoa they shoald T Do
they treat you as they should odb
wlo ha? given them such a good
home?"
Ye ; ob, yps ; they're good to
m;. People have different ideas of j
rtcty. Ann'e. Away cut in l iino's
I 'li. t a ..,', think exacilv as we
on.
j
! ui. y e. I waWi qu'to ut ed n tV
j v?rtq at
firr. t 1 at now. If j
ti.t-t. iiti,m. vuoDg it's all mo.
I'm worrvin mvself. I can't tbi k!
but what I didn't do altogether right
by Tom, and I've been thinking that
maybe I owa it to Isaac to put the
farm in his namfl now
He paused a moment, looking at
Hejme keenly; then added:
"I thought I would do It soon, as
a surprise for them. Maybe I'll
feel easier then."
I saw it all, then, and said impul
lively :
"You mean, Nathan, that yoa hope
they'll treat you better after yoa
give them the farm. Isn't that it ?"
"Yoa mustn't say it that way," he
said, simply, rising to go. No,
I
can't say that that's it. 1 don't
think I could pat the place in bet
ter hands. No, Annie ; you're too
aard on them, and you mustn't be."
I watched him feebly pushing his
way across the brown field against
he November wind, that seemed to
jaffet him in the same spirit that it
iwigted the dead leaves from the
roughs and flung them to the
i round.
That was the last we saw of bim
mtil one day inDecember. It had
mowed all night, and father went
ut to help shovel a path. He came
ii soon to tell me he had stopped
. aaac Hilliard to ask him about old
!?atban. He looked confused, fath
i r said, and at a loss for an answer,
itut had been relieved by his wife
calling sharply to him to come in.
This was enough to set me fancy
ing the poor old man sick and poor
ly attended or neglected by tbosfl
people. I hurriedly prepared a bowl
of broth and started over. It was
mowing again, and In The narrow
path I almost ran against a man
vbo was in a great hurry.
"Oh, Miss Anuie," he said, "I was
just coming to see yoa or year fath
er I"
It was old Ben Link, who had
spent nearly all his life in the ser
vice of the Hilliards and had left
age.
"What is it, Ben ?" I asked. i
Miss Annie," he answered, with
ixcited iudignation, "they," motion
ing toward the Hilliard house'have
eeut poor old Nathan to the poor.
house."
I did not wait for the particulars,
but, with Ben following, ran home
We found father in our workshop
patting a new seat in the basket
sleigh. "Father, you must hitch up at
once." I said. "Those people over
there have sent Nathan to the poor
house ; and as long as our house
stands he must never want for a
home."
Mother and I had a fire roaring in
our great spare room and the hed
all readv. with hot sticks of wood
between the sheets at the foot, by
the time father and Ben brought the
old man in.
. He bad bad a cruel shuck, and for
weeks it seemed a fatal one; but our
care was rewarded. It was a glori
ous dav late in January when we
helped him down stairs to the table
We all believed then that we conld
cheer bim back to his former self,
but soon saw that our hopes were
vain. I could not conceal my dis
appointment, and often spoke harsh
ly against his folks ; bat he always
gently checked me:
"Don't judge them too hard, An.
nie. You know I was feeble and of
no use, and they had too much work
to do to care for a sick old man. It
was all my fault that there was so
much to do. I had let the farm ruu
down awfully. I had given them
the farm, but still I kept thinking I
hadn't done enough yet to make np
foi ending Tom off in anger, and I
sa v that they would be better if I
we a out of the way. So I was will'.
in$' to go: Dou't blame them too
ha -d, Annie.'
vVith particular earnestness did
he excuse them one bright spring
da; as he sat in his favorite place
an iasychair by a window, where
be ?onld look across at his old home
Th ; place looked better than it had
for several yean, The fences were
str ightened and newly whitewash-
ed, paiuters were there brighlening Jargi toent, history and the word of
rha H.-tiiaa ur.il .nrim; Wu Mrlilliurtn irt ' nnnwin(!f f ' H roiil ietieS
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:lpr ura n-jr t'Uis u i.iorm tc:.ii (! i icma'srencies in ju? ncpe vm
tun i enwi:2 of ilm IIiIimI u-
j Mnst , Aririt:." he id, a 1
' l ' 4 - Wi,n
ed lo see me, 'what a chiie L; .
has made. He11 soon have the old
place &s fino as in its beat daye,and,
when I get well, I wonder if he
ronld let me take just one more
walk over it. Some time, if you see
c in, auk him, won't you t"
I was surprised to find that it
s as Isaac who wanted to see me.
Elis manner was bumble, with shame
plainly showing In his faoe. This
kept me from telling him what I bad
always thought I would.
"I've come over to see Uncle Na
t ian," he said, with his eyes on the
raoor. Then, raising them manfully,
be looked straight at me, and con
tinued: 'Miss Eastwood, we have
ciade a sad mistake. We're asham-.
ed, and sorry for it. We dou't try
to excuse ourselves, bat we want
bim back with os again. Will you
kt me go in and ask hiai to comet"
I coaldn't say all the harsh things
it my mind, or tell him that I .sns
pcted there was something more
I -i wished to get out of the old man.
riifrre was too much sincerity in his
tone for that, and I could only feel
t ow happy it would make Nathan
t:i go back again. I qntetly opened
t:.j door, and we walked in.
I laid my band on Nathan's shonl
dor, and Isaa-5 started to speak, but
my hand fell to my side, and he
s:opped speaking. We had seen
tiat the invitation was too late, and
lT.it the old man had passed away
vith his last locks resting on the
beloved Hilliard Farm.
A Challenge toJRev. Sain
Jon en.
About two weeks ago Rev. Pes
cbau preached a sermon in Wil
miogton in his o.vn church and to
his own people on the "Free Evan-
gelist". Rev. Sam Jones under
took to reply to this sermon by
tynJlin rot dt 'io n uiuilica " Ate xji'
Preschau has sent Jones the follows
ing challenge which we copy from
the Wilmingtou Messenger :
Rev. Sam Jones, wherever he may
be, he is hereby giveu sixty days to
accept the challenge herewith sub
mitted.
Wilmington, N. C, Oct. 17, 1891.
Rev. Sam Jones, City :
Reverend and dear sir ; Per
mit me, please, to precent for your
consideration and public challenge .
STATEMENTS.
I have beeu informed that you
made an attempt, in your chosen
way, to auawer a sermon of mine,
which by request ot the publishers,
just like your, appeared in the
Messenger of Oct. 13, 1891, in your
meeting last night, and that you
coosiaer that settled. Very well,
we will let that go.
I am not satisfied, however, to let
you answer me before you teador
hear what I have said cr will say
about "The Defects and Evil Ef
fects ot a So-called Evangelistic
Movemeut.'' I am not "on the
flight" but am here and as yoa
seem anxious to answer on "The
Defects, etc," I will give you an op
portanity ; and now with thi-, here
by publicly challenge ou to a pab-
lic debate on the above subject as
defined in the lines following.
That the sermon I deliver to-mor
row, like the one of last Sunday is
for my people, and I do not want
yea to answer that, but instead give
yea the choice and privilege of de
bating the subject with me when I
ca i have more time' to discuss it
more fully than in a sermon.
In addressing jou and dealing
witli you I wish it understood that
I dud with you on the broad basis
of aa evangelical Lutheran minister,
as ooposed to the "methods, meet-
inff-. manners and meanp," of one
wLo is being called an evangelist.
I jm not representing my chorch
as its partor, but am on my own
resp: n8ibiliry, dealing ouly as an
eva:j.;elical minister, with a fellow
min ster whom I consider misguided
and tai8guiding, and whom I ad.
jdn not to quarrel witb, but by
i -
' . i
inn v -r that he OTrv d ii -' rle an'
Isnil i" !i- life aud H-rt im
! r't; o G-f I'm 'i.
ti
1 challenge ou as now explained
as an ordained minister of the Gos
pel, to an honorable, dignified curia
tian debate, sach a is becoming
ministers of the Gospel, to bung
oat the truth and Tight, on which
ever side it may be, but the debate
must be honorable aud digoifieJ.
As to time, I would be willing to
debate from one to three days nod
fill be ready to nvet you at the
jlose of your meeting next Tuesday
r Wednesday if we agree on place.
As to place I woald be ready to
ueet you at the opera hou?e or
First Baptist church in this city, if
those having charge will kindlv ten.
!er or graut us the use thereof. If
i;ot in this city I will m t o i ia
Charlotte, Columbia or Charleston
ia the near future.
As to language, I will five you
our choice, German or English,
cither language will be acceptable
t) me, though I wonld prefer it m
German for the cake of the many
fine references.
As to standard works that shall
be authority, I will name a few and
g-ant you the same right, of course.
Is Church history, Kutlz, and
Mosbeim ; in concordances, Uubner
ajd Young's; In snored history Jo
sopuus, Kutz and Schafer; in de
tune, Shmid's Dogmatics and Ger
b;rding's Way of Salvatiou ; in mi
stering your sayings, your boot b,
the newspapers of Norfolk, V..
Charlotte N. C. Chattanco.M, Teun ,
Wilmington N. O. and uther p'.ate.4,
aid finally in the scriptures, either
the old version or new version of
tLe Bible wnh permission to quota
and correct from Luther's transla
tion of the, German Bible, the best
ttanstation in the world, Latin,
Vulgate and Hebrew, old, and
Greek, new testameut.
As to referees, let each select
IN THE DISCUSSION.
I invite you to dispute the followo
ing points, some of a geueral ua-
ture, others specific in their char
acter.
I accept, believe, claim and will
maintain, to the honor of God, tho
best interests to His church and tha
welfare ot His people and the nood
of sinner, who should be paved in
God's own way.
1. That modern, so-called evani
gel i sua is an abnormal form of what
was once true, pure aud good, and
cau be proven by contrast with the
history of the church aud the word
ot God.
2. That In its abnormal condition
and iufloeuce it is developing into a
form ot substitute for the church,
and iutitead of being a fore-runner,
l.-elper or servant, is growing into a
leatful master lr both p;t3tort,
churches aud communities, and
threatbens the very lite of the
church.
3. More harm is being done than
good by such men as self-appointed
evangelists, who were reformed
diunkards, reformed debauchees,
etc., aud i-o not worthy BUC;essors
of the holy evangelists of this apos
tolic ae, as Timothy, Phillip, etc.,
for the sacred records no where
show, our Lord selected reformed
drunkards as his diciples and apos
tles to lay the foundation of his
church, and so the early church
cho-e men as evangelists who were
nor reputed as such bat bore good
names!
f. The manner, in lack of rever
ence, the means as touching laugn
ab!e stoiies instead of Go I's word,
tuu.h human influence and over
persuasion instead ot the Holy
Gh )sr, in, with and through God's
woul, method of song, rising,
kneeling, handshaking, etc., are
cennrable, the sale of books, etc.,
dur ;tg serv:ces inexcusable aud the
meetings, offered or held, instead ot
chu ch services on God's day, are
unu liable, according to the princi
ples of common sense and the sacred
scriptures.
6. That the spasmodic effort?,
lirn'ed engagements for a week or
te i days, as it God's Holy spiric
wf-s dependent on human coutracta
ud rame and went just a t e
v tu elifs k-d, n n t'i .:-iiie
i ,,e i . t, ) me addest,
: ..ii bio and iujurioua fea
iw tx aud defects of system.
7. That in failing to baptise or
( Concluded on fourth )