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VOL. XXIX
MOUNT AIRY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 10 OD
NO. 27
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A Tainted Dollar.
(A sermon preached by Bob
Burdette in the Temple Baptist
church, Los Angeles, Cal. Text:
"The gold of that land is good."
Gen. 2: 12.)
What is tainted money any
how? Here is a dollar bill that
has found its way to church this
morning, and presents itself at
the altar of worship with the
.offering. Look at it! Dirty,
grimy, smelly, old and wrinkled
and many stains. Where have
you been all last week, old dollar
bill? "Well, I've been going a
bout doing good, for the most
part. I've bought food for the
hungry and helped pay rent for
the poor. I came to town Mon
day with a poultry rancher and
got a smell of live poultry on me.
He bought some commercial fer
tilizer with me, and I took on a
new taint of phosphates and ac
ids. The man paid his butcher
with me and I got a suggestion
of ham rind added to me.
The butcher bought kerosene
with me and I enriched my
breath with a new complication.
The oil man bought some tobacco
with me. The tobacconist paid
hi3 takes with me, and I got paid
out to a street sweeper. He got
a drink with me, and that night
while you people were at prayer
meeting, I sat at a poker game,
changed hands a dozen times,
and the bartender got me in the
morning. He paid his fare with
me. The conductor turned me
in to the company and I was paid
out to a machinist,' who was a
"wl Catholic lwb'v,'Tliii' h
v, on -rriday The iiih
man paid me to a cobbler for
mending his seaboots. and the
cobbler paid me to a plumber,
who repaired a sewer connection
for him. The plumber bought a
beautiful little book with me for
a birthday present for his little
daughter and the bookseller
brought me here.
Ain't 1 welcome? "Well, old
dollar bill, part of vour re.'ord is
rather shady isn't it?" "Well,
yes, 1 have mingled with publi
cans and sinners, I've walked in
the dirt and tried to keep clean.
Don't you wantUie?"
"Poor old dollar bill, I've seen
men just like you. Men who
stained their names, and bhamed
their lives and smeared their
characters with the dirt of evil
ways men a hundred times dir
tier than yourself. And I've
known them to find their way to
the church just as you have done
-brought here by some one else.
I've seen them down at the altar
af grace and mercy on their
knees; their eyes blinded with
tears, their hearts broken with
penitence. And we received
them gladly. Only the angels in
heaven, holy and sinless, were
gladder than I-only Christ, the
Savior, and the loving all-Father
were gladder than the angels.
It is the mission of the church,
.not to turn away the defiled, but
to gird herself, kneej down and
wash the iravui worn and dust
stained feet of the wayfarer.
Poer old dollar bill. You have
been in the devil's service once
ortwi'e, or thrice, last week.
But it is Sunday morning. You
have found your way to the
church; you have made your way
to the altar vou offer yourself
to the service of righteousness,
standing right between the offer
ing of one of the best and hon
estest deacons on earth, and that
of fe, sweet mother in Isra
lis a living saint. What
wour pleasure brethren?
f rimy old dollar bill, with
rt and smells "tainted
V Or is it good aa the
Havilah?" Shall one
shers bring A pair of
! drop it out of the win-
hail we receive it into
Hg in "good standing
I ellowship?"
M I,
Soorea Dia In Colliaien.
Glenwood Springs, Col., Jan.
16. Twenty persons were killed
and thirty injured, many of them
seriously in a head-on collision
between westbound passenger
train No. 5 and an eastbound
freight train on the Denver &
Rio Grande Railroad between
Dotsero and Sprune creek. 22
miles from Glenwood Springs at
9:3(5 o'clock last night.
While nothing official had been
given out to the cause of the
wreck it is said to have been due
to a misunderstanding of orders
on the part of Engineer Gustaf
Oleson. of the passenger train.
Oleson, however, claims his in
structions were read perfectly,
but that he misread his watch,
thus encroaching on the time of
the freight train which was be
ing drawn by two locomotives,
the first of which was in charge
of his brother, Sig Oleson.
When news of the catastrophe
reached Glenwood Springs every
available physician and nurse in
the city was pressed into service
and a relief train was soon on
the scene. The work of rescue
was immediately begun.
As the bodies were taken from
the ruins they were laid side by
side on a bier of snow amid the
agonizing shrieks of husband,
wife and parent, as they search
ed among the dead for their lov
e d oi.es, many o f whom
were mangled beyond all recog
nition. A pathetic feature of the acci
dent was the killing of a father
elder being 4 years old, the
younger 2. The elder boy told
a nurse at the sanitarium that
his father called him Bennie and
this is all he will say. From a
fellow passenger it was learned
that the family was en route to
Grand Junction to visit relatives
It is supposed that Mr. and
jura. Kettle, wnose names ap
pear among the dead were the
parents of these two little ones
who are badly injured,
Another sad case was the de
scruction of an entire family with
the exception of an infant of
three months. This helpless
child was taken care of by a fami
ly at Shoeshone, who intend to
adopt the sole survivor of a once
happy family.
Another heart-breaking scene
wai enacted in the wreck zone
when kind hands lifted a 4-year
old girl from the death clasp of
her mother's arms. Nearby lay
the body of her father, decapi
tated, and on every side were
lifeless bodies, victims of the
disaster.
A train load of thirty wounded
and bleeding men and women
nrrived in dlenwood Springs nr.
1 o clock tins morning, lhe
wounded were taken to the coun
ty hospital and to the sanitarium
and when the cots arid wards
there had been filled, room was
made in hotel for the maimed.
A woman died from her injur
ies in the relief train while on
her way to Glenwood Springs. It
is expected that at least a dozen
others who were brought here
will die.
Train No. 1 was made up of
an engine and tender, a baggage
car, a smoking car followed by a
chair car, a tourist sleeper and a
dining car.
The locomotivfs are up on end
and joined together as one piece
of mechanism. Their wheels
were rolled down into the Grand
river and pieces of machinery
are scattered all over the scene
of the wreck. The smoking car
was oidy partly! derailed, while
the chair car immediately fol
lowing was completely telescop
ed by the tourist sleeper.
None of the standard sleepers
left the track and no one was
killed or injured in these cars,
most of the dead and injured be
ing removed from the ruins of
the chair car which was split
completely in twain.
Overman Re-Nominated.
Joint Cauoua Held Laat Night.
Raleigh, Jan. 13. "This vote
of confidence and approval of
my record in the Senate of the
United States, coming through
you from the people of this
State overwhelms me with deep
est and mo3t profound grati
tude," declared United States
Senator Lee S. Overman to-night
in addressing the joint Democra
tic caucus of the General Assem
bly immediate'y after he had
been nominated by a unanimous
rising vote to succeed hinujlf in
the Senate.
Representative R. H. Dough
to.i was chairman of the joint
caucus and Representative Scott,
of Alamance, secretary. There
were thirty-five Senators and
seventy-four Representatives
participating in the caucus.
Senator A. S. Dockery made a
brilliant speech in placing in
nomination Senator Overman.
"The day for the dissolution of
Democracy i3 generations re
moved and the party is neither
dead nor asleep," he declared.
"Eternal in the day of Vance it
is invincible in the day of Kit
chin," he said as a wave of ap
plause swept over the hall. Ha
declared that, the caucus
proceeding to - night was
striking contrast to the sorry
scene six years ago, in,, that to
night, with profoundest peace
and absolute unanimity, the cau
cus was renominating a great
and distinguished Senator. Jle
alwavs, except when traitor
hands dealt the cards, sent none
but the very best men to the
national Senate and that the
mere fact that in this aspiring
and aggressive age his name a
lone was mentioned for this great
office spoke in thunder tones of
his place in the pride and esteem
of the people. In an eloquent
peroration he declared Senator
Overman the peer of any United
States Sen itor, his Dnu.Yaey
as orthodox as the religion of
the Apostles.
His career was reviewed from
his initial secretaryships with
Vance and Jarvis in his young
manhood through his distinguish
ed service in the Senate, the past
six years with its exceptionally
creditable committee assignment
on committee.! of pension claims,
public buildings, forestry an 1
privileges and elections, lie
convulsed the members of the
caucus with laughter by de
claring that a a member of the
latter committee h-i took a con
spicuous part in the famojs Sen
ator Smoot investigation, prov
ing beyond doubt that one wife
vvasenjugii for any nun and
more than he can manage and
that on the Brownsville com
mittee he proved that the neg
roes "not only did it but overdid
it." The physical and mental
splendoB of the junior Senator
came in for highest encomium
as he closed with the formal de
claration of the nomination. For
eastern Carolina Representative
E. W. Greuti, of Craven, second
ed and for Western Carolina
Senator Long, of Iredell. Both
were fitting tributes. Mr. Green
declared that he had baen sent
here on an issue involving the
return of Senator Overman be
fore it was settled that he was
to have no opposition. Senator
Long laid proud claim to the dis
tinguished Senator as an, Iredell
ichool teacher in his younger
days and vied with Senator
Dockery m high tribute.
When the unanimous vote had
been taken Senator Travis and
Representatives Julian and Hay
es of Chatham, were sent to es
cort Senator Overman into the
hall. Members of the caucus
stood and applauded vigorously
as the Senator passed down to
the Speaker's desk. He was
deeply moved and spoke with
emotion as he expressed his
gratitude. He said that six
years ago when he was first
elected he was so overwhelmed
with gratitude that he failed to
feel fully the great r?sponsibili
ty as he did now with that six
years' experience back of him.
There was no greater or more
glorious honor for any man and
he hoped to repay the people in
some sense, at least, by better
and more effective service.
Mighty problems are coming up
involving interests in all part3
of the world and the only way
to settle them is on the princi
ples of Democracy. The con
sitution is being forgotten, he
declared, and the tendency of
the times is to concentration of
government. Democracy he de
clared to be in better condition
for warfare than ever before and
while leaders of Democracy have
gone down four times the party
is not fighting for office, but for
principle and for humanity and
must eventually rise and drive
from control the Republican par
ty, drunken with power that is
leading on the complete centrali
zation. The Democratic party
as guardian of the principles of
Jefferson and Jackson is deter
mined that the people shall rule,
and the Southern people are of
that stripe that they will not de
sert that rirty wWh; has sav
declared that the Republicans
see power slipping from them
through losses and change of
sentiment in the North and
Northwest and are seeking to
get a counteracting hold in the
South. This, he declared, they
willnotdo. "Butthis," he said,
"is no time for a speech. I thank
you again, and God speed all to
the glory of this grand State."
Tne caucus adjourned as the
legislators crowded around to
congratulate the Senator.
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Setoction ol Regulative Metiicino.
With advanced nre comes inac
tive bowel movement and slug
gish liver. Nature is unable to'
perform her proper functions
and requires assistance. Other
wise, Uiere is constant suffering
from constipation mid its attend
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irritating.
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Admiral Rojeatvenaky Daad.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 14. The
death is announced of Vice Ad
miral Rojestvensky, who was in
command of the Russian fleet in
May. 1905, when it was practi
cally annihilated by the Japan
ese in the battle of the Sea of
Japan.
The death of Vice Admiral Ro
jestvensky which occurred in St.
Petersburg to-day, was due to
neuralgia of the heart.
Sinovi Petrovitch Rojestvensky
who was about GO years of age,
had been in the Russian naval
service the greater part of his
life.
In 1901 during the Japanese
war, Rojestvensky was given
personal command of the Russian
Baltic flee sailed from Libau
October 16th. When the fleet
was off the Dogger banks in the
North Sea it came upon the
North sea British fishing fleet.
The lights of the trawlers caused
alarm on some of the Russian
vessels and thev fired upon the
fishermen. The steam trawder
Crane was sunk and two others
of the fishing fleet were injured,
while two men of the trawlers
were killed and a number were
seriously wounded. An inter
national commission at Paris
techi.ically excused Rojestvensky
though condemning the firing u
pon the trawlers and the Russian
government was assessed $320,
000 as damages.
In the Strait3 of Tsu-Shima,
oh May 27th, the Russia- 1
disabled eight battleships." nine
cruisers, three coast defense
ships, nine destroyers, one aux
iliary cruiser, six special service
steamers, and two hospital ships
The Russians lost 4,000 men kill
ed and 7,300 taken prisoners.
The Japanese lost three torpedo
boats and 116 men killed and 53S
wounded.
The battleship Kanjaz Souvar
off, Rojestvensky's flagship,
was blown up and the admiral
sustained several severe wounds,
fie then was conveyed to the
destroyer Biedovy, which sur
rendered to a Japanese battle
ship. Rojestvensky and the officers
of the Biedovy were charged
with surrendering to an enemy
and cowardice and demoraliza
tion. Rojestvensky pleaded
guilty to save the officers but he
was declared to be not guilty.
The officers were condemned to
death but their sentence after
ward was commuted.
Kern ta Defeated.
Indianapolis, Jan. 14. John
W. Kern, who was democratic
candidate for vice-president of
United States was defeated early
today in his candidacy for the
United States senatorship from
Indiana. Former Congressman
R. F. Shivelv, the South Bend
awyer, won tne nomination in
the democratic caucus of the
legislature at 2 o'clock this morn
ing.
The balloting required five
hours, Shively being named on
the 20th ballot. His nearest ri
val, Mr. Kern, received 35 votes
on the final ballot.
Shively will be the first demo
cratic Senator from Indiana in
12 years.
PIGS.
Fine Polan China and Mammoth Pigrs readjr
to ship. Order before they are picked over.
JOHN A. YOUNG,
Greensboro, N. C.
Ei-Coyerner Glenn.
Charlotte Observer.
The good wishes of the people
will attend ex-Governor Robert
B. Glenn upon hia return to pri
vate life. He has made a good
and patriotic Governor and the
State has prospered greatly in
these four years of his adminis
tration of its public affairs. There
are perhaps few men. however
wise, who, reviewing thi3 period
in their lives, do not find things
to regret. Governor Glenn, if he
had his administration to go over
would no doubt leave undone
things he ha3 done or do them
differently, and leave unsaid
things he has said; but in his hear
ty, enthusiastic way he has done
and said in the good conscience
of an honorable man, a hat he be
lieved best for North Carolina,
and history will do him justice.
Sympathetic and great-hearted
as he is, it is amazing that he has
exercised the pardoning power
with the discretion he ha3. The
fine prompting of his heart would
have dictated to him to set all
convicts free, but he never forgot
what was due the cause of justice
and few Governors have fewer
errors charged againt them on
this score. To the worthy suffer
ing he was ever a stead fast friend.
Religion and morality greatly ad
vanced under his governorship;
education and every other good
cause is much, further forward
than fitfr years ago: the material
progreFr'biehe has witnessed
imistjF "" -nrt-rati-
a tioveniui,.,i.-,.J!.
not drop into desuetude. As a
Church worker he will succeed
brilliantly; on the platform he
will shine, for he is one of the
most attractive and popular of
speakers; at the bar he ranked a
mong the great lawyers and will
demonstrate again, if he return
to it, his power in that form.
Succes3 and added honors await
him in any field and he will win
none on account of the winning
of which the people of North
Carolina will not be glad.
ALL WRONG.
Th Miatake la Mada By Many
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