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The State Chronicle i m sraie EoroniGle i jdSKl'IH S DANIELS, Editor. JOSEPH US DANIELS, Exjitoe. m It i the Eeadiag Democratic News paper Published at the Capital of the Slate. Subscribe: $2.00 per Year. THE EDITOR'S DESK. COMMENTS ON TOPICS THAT ARE IN 1 EREST1NG THE PEOPLE. The Chronicle Ex presses Its Opinion on Passing Public Events and Questions of Interest Now Before theTeople. It is said that Spain ton is considering the holding of an Exposition in 1SU in h.'Uor of their discovery of America. Children are being born anil are grow ing up in ignorance. If we do not master ignorance it will master us. This is too plain to need argument.-Webster's Weekly. . President Harrison was burned in effi gy by the Republicans of Jeffersonville, lnd., on the night of Nov. 13th. He will be buried in person by the people of the United States in 1S92. New York Star. Hon. John G. Carlisle has been talking about the result of the recent election; he thinks the '"leaven of tariff reform"is work ing, and that the late election means noth ing else than Cleveland in 189i; it is he whom the people want, and it is he wnom theywill have. The Raleigh Chronicle is an admirable historian. This week it contains the pro ceedings of the Fayetteviile Convention that ratified the Federal Constitution one hundred years ago. It is printed in as near the style possible as the printing of that time, and is particularly good and appropriate reading at this time. Sanford Express. Ex-President Cleveland, in a brief in terview on the elections, says: "It is evi dent the leaven of tariff reform has at last leavened the whole lump West, which suf fered most from the burden of tariff taxa tion. The people have been awakened. They have considered and passed judg ment." The State Chronicle has been edited by brother Josefhus Daniels for four years, and he has done his work ably, in dependently and aggressively. Success, well earned, has attended his efforts, and his paper is the equal of any weekly parer in the State. We wish Brother Daniels and his paper continued success. Ala mance Gleaner. Su eriff Tunnell, of Hyde county, has re-igned. He says the people are not able to pay their tar.os and as he is unwilling to "push" thein he resigned. Tarboro Banner. This is distressing news to receive from the good old county of Hyde. In most sections of the East the people have made poor crops for several years in succession, and this year it is so short as to bring pri vation and suffering with it. Cheap fares promote travel. It has not been long since the Richmond & Danville system reduced its pa.-senger tariff from -4c. to:3ic. per mile. Its passenger busi ness has largely increased since then. It should now reduce the rate from 3ic. to 3. It would carry more passengers at the lower rate and thus more than make up what it would concede on its rate per mile. It would be a good thing for the country for it to reduce its freight rates also, and it can afford to do so for it is making money, we think. Statesville Landmark. There are twenty-eight ex-Confederate veterans reported in the poor houses in North Carolina. Thero are many more who are not so well fed and housed as those who are in the poor-houses. How much longer will we make fine speeches about "the heroic men who bravely inarch ed to duty at their country's call" and al low them to suffer for the bare necessities of life? People who are able must in the par lance of the street "put up or shut up." Fine words of praise do not keep an old soldier warm, and commendation does not make him "warmed and filled." In appearance Mahone is not unlike a horse-fly. Virginia is not unlike a thoroughbred race-hore. This fly has "lit" on her back repeatedly and teasingly, and each time she has made a righteous kick. Chairman Barbour, Democrat, has sev eral times cracked off the creature. With a whirl of the Democratic whip that swung around the State he has crack e 1 him off again. So that now, there are no flies on Vir ginia. Charlotte Democrat. North Carolinians living in Chicago have issued an address to the Senators, Representatives and people of the Old North State in behalf of that city as the site of the World's Fair. They give eight reasons why Chicago should be selected as the site and add, "During the progress of the world's Fair, the North Carolina auxiliary headquarters will be open and a warm welcome extended to any Tar Heels visiting Chicago." The address is signed by Geo. F. Fisher (formerly of New Berne) Chairman, and J. B. John'son (formerly of Greenville) Secretary. - The Morgan ton Star says the Board of Aldermen of the town of Marion have im posed a tax of $3 on visiting lawyers. That is protective tariff legislation with a ven geance. The idea is, doubtless, to build up a home market for local lawyers and pro tect them from competition with the pau per lawyers of adjacent communities. Statesville Landmark. Mayor Newland, of Marion, has writ ten a card to the Statesville Landmark showing that the statement that Marion imposes a tax of three dollars on visiting lawyers was incorrect. The tax is impos oJ only on rtsident lawyers, and "pau per" and "bond holding" lawyers from adjacent counties are welcomed without money and without price. VOL. XIX. The Chronicle is generally level-beaded in the positions it takes on the grer.t ques tions of the day that demand clear insight, elucidation and bold and fearless cham pionship for Truth, Right, Law and Or der, the South and the White Man. Long may its editor wear so worthily the mau tle that fell from the shoulders of the gifted and dauntless Shotwf.ll. From a Prominent Educator. I nAVE read your review of "An Appeal to Pharaoh." The writer is a cold blood ed man who has no proper conception of the situation I am sure we are not called upon to settle, the negro problem, but to do our duty to the negroes and to trust to God for the results. If we are true to our highest obligations to do jus tice to and be generous to "our brother in black," and to keep ourselves pure and unspotted from blame I am sure that all will be well. Nothing can ever be settled rightly from the standpoint of'party poli ties. We must rise above that sphere of action. My experience on the tench is that the negro has a keen appreciation of justice, knows by intuition when he is treated with justice, and that nothing does more to make him satisfied than transpa rent justice. Getting rid of a problem (as proposed in "An Appeal to Pharaoh") is not solving it. Extract from letter from a Superior Court Judge. "WOMEN" AND "LADIES." Fayetteviile Observer. Prof. Alderman struck a sympathetic chord with us when, in his lecture the other day, he avowed his preference for the word, "women," over "ladies," in the ma jority of cases the latter term being wo f ully misapplied. A friend of ours (a sen sible fellow, too, in most matters) once de livered a lecture at the University of Vir ginia, which he dignified with the title: "The Character of the Ladies of America." The subject-matter' was so much better than the name that we hadn't the heart to see it so heavily handicapped, and per suaded him to substitute "women" for "ladies." Man and woman are the no blest objects of God's creation, and their simple names have a dignity and majesty which appeal against trifling. Of course we do not mean to expunge the word, "ladies," entirely from the dic tionary, for in most cases of social usage it only is proper; but, iu speaking or writ ing of the sex as a class, the substitution of "ladies" for "women" is a piece of namby-pamby soaplockism that is inexcus able. All this is over and above the atrocious solecism in etiquette of addressing "Mr. Blank and Lady," instead of "Mr. and Mrs Blank," in notes, cards, invitations, etc. But, above all, the man who meets you in the street, and aks: "How is your good lady?" referring to your wife, is ready for killing right then and there. WANAMAKER DIDN'T KNOW HIS -MAN. Two weeks ago an independent Repub lican was appointed Postmaster at Colum bia, S. C. Postmaster General Wana maker had promised Senator Hampton not to remove Mr. Gibbes, the Democrat ic P. M. until his time expired. Senator Hampton was in Mississippi hunting when he noticed the appointment. He immedi ately addressed the following open letter to the Postmaster General: Glenn Allen, Miss., Nov. 8, '89. To Hon. John Wanamaker: Sir: - The inclosed extract from a South Carolina paper has caused me great sur prise. Perhaps you may remember, if your memory is not treacherous, your as surance to me a few days ago that Mr. Gibbes should not be removed until the expiration of his term in February next. Not only did you do this, but you 'volun tarily assured me that inasmuch as Col ombia was my postoflB.ce you would, when a successor to Mr. Gibbes was to be appointed, consult me. It is a matter of small importance to me who takes the place of Mr. Gibbes, but as I informed him in passing through Columbia of the promise you had made, you may, perhaps, understand how your action has placed me in a false position. But it is fortunate for me that Mr. Gibbes will know that I at least told him the truth, though I was grievously deceived in be lieving what was said to me. I shall know better in future what reliance to place on statements emanating from the same source. The newspapers state that besides man aging the great Department over which you preside you are running a Sunday school in Philadelphia, and it occurs to me that you might with profit to yourself select as the most appropriate subject of a lecture to your pupils the instructive story of Ananias and Sapphira. This would give you a fine field for your elo quence in explaining to your young char ges the importance of confining them selves to the truth except when some fancied advantage might be obtained over a political opponent. I am, your obedi ent servant, . Wade Hampton. ONE HOPE. Special Cor. to State Chronicle. One hope hail I, but one, Ann yet a le'iue nope. For tnousand others branched And blossomed from its heart; All yesterday the world Was bl jssomed in their bloom, And the birds sang. My one hope died last night. As far as eye can pierce Tins morn the hoar frost wraps In winding sheet of death The whole world's ruined grace, All scentless, withered black; And no bird sings! Frances J. Stith. November 16, 1889. Bondholders will find Salvation Oil a sure cure for gout or rheumatism. It is sold by all druggists for 25 cents a bottle. SOUTH RN FAMILY NKWSLAi'2X FOK TO W11 aJiD COUiTKY, DBVOTJBD TO TKK WStrAK 15?" SOHTH Ca.IS.Oi.IHA , AND TJUS SOUTH. LITERARY NOTES. AN HOUR WITH NEW BOOKS AND BOOK-MAKERS. Current Criticism of Books, Magazines, Authors, and Publishers What the World Reads. A contribution to the literature of the controversy about Romanism, just when the recent Catholic Congress at Baltimore has revived the subject, will be made by Bishop McQuaid, of Rochester, N. Y., in the December Forum. He undertakes to show that the common-school system is paternalistic and socialistic in its tenden cies, and that a gross wrong is done to Catholic parents by taxing them to main tain the public schools. A "Shakespeare Revival" is a new thing off the stage. "Merry Wives of Windsor" will be the first of Shakespeare's comedies illustrated by Edwin A.. Abbey, and commented upon by Andrew Lang, for Harper's Magazine. This double in terpretation of the ylay will be enacted in the December Number. One of the eleven illustrations will form the frontispiece, and represents the moment in Scene 3, Act I., when Falstaff transfers Bardolph to the servic i of of the host of the Garter Inn, saying: "Bardolph. follow him: a tapster is a good trade." Mr. Abbey has, it is said, accomplished something which no player, even the greatest, has attempt ed: the adequate interpretation of all the leading roles in a Shakespearian drama. We are glad to see that the Professors in the University are so active in literary work. A recent example of this is found in a book which bears the name of Walter D. Toy, the Professor of Modern Langua ges. It is an admirably annotated edition of "Die Journalisten." The Journalists was tho most popular play of that favorire German dramatist and author, Gustav Freytag. The play is well suited for use in college classes, and we have no doubt that it will be very generally adopud. Prof. Toy's notes are clear, concise and accurate. They are in the maiu explana tory of certain grammatical points, sug gesting however translations of the most difficult passages, and furnishing all the aid which the average student requires. Their object and tendency is to produce that most necessary characteristic of a German schclar, an accurate knowledge of grammar. The book is well priuted by the well known Boston firm D. C. Heath & Co. "The Light of Her Countenance" is the latest edition of Appleton's Town and Country Library. (Price 50 cents, pub lished by D. Appletoa & Co., New York.) It is from the pen of H. II. Boyesen, Pro fessor of German in Columbia College He is a Norwegian by birth an J has con tributed a number of papers and novelettes to the periodical literature of the day. "The Light of Her Countenance" is a fie.sn, readable story. The characters are, on the whole, good. The Western girl who goes to Rome to in troduce "The Emancipation Waist" is per haps over drawn, but the heroine who is a Southern woman who has lived in Rome since a child and has "a face, a wonderf ul woman's face full of sweetness and light and stately innocence" has won all hearts. She is a typical Southern woman gracious and pleasing. Mr. Boyesen is one of the few men not to the "manner born," who have caught a true conception of the South ern woman, and pictured her in her true beauty, grace and queeniiness. TWO LEARNED ADDRESS S. The criticism has been made that North Carolina has produced in late years no books or pamphlets that have circulated beyond the limits of the State, and that North Carolina scholars seem to be lack ing in creative genius. There has seemed to be foundation for this criticism. Our scholars and thinkers have not realized the importance of writir g books, or of collecting and publishing historical infor mation. As a result we have suffered at the hands of nearly all historians, and made to appear too often in an unenviable light. Only last week w e took occasion to refer to the unjust criticisms that have been made about North Carolina upon its failure to ratify the Constitution when first proposed. The delay was greatly to our credit and honor, but we did not so prove to the world as early as we ought to have done. So in regard to the achievements of North Carolina in the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. Citizens of other States wrote the first histories and we have been denied justice. But, happily for us, we believe that there is a growing spirit of research and of production of books and pamphlets in the State and a determina tion to remove the stigma that North Car olina has no authors who deserve National reputation. In the past year Hon. Kemp P. Battle, LL. D., President of the University of North Carolina, has delivered two address es, and caused them to be printed, which have won for him high praise'not only in JJorth Carolina but in a dozen States of the Union, At the request of the Supreme Court of North Carolina he delivered an address in Raleigh during the sittiug of the Legislature on the "History of the Su preme Court." At the time we comment ed iu the Chronicle on its value as a con tribution to our history. It has recently been printed in pamphlet form and it has also been printed in a late volume of the N. C. Supreme Court Reports. This evi dence of the high estimate the Supreme Court placed upon the address is a com pliment so unusual as to be most gratify ing to the distinguished author. It thus becomes a part of the official records of the Supreme Court. The address is in Dr. Battle's best vein. He writes from a thorough knowledge of the subject, an in RALEIGH, N. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, timate acquaintance with many of the men who have adorned the Supreme Court bench in our State,and a love for the work all of which are essential to making a good address or book. In its preparation he gave much time to the examination of old records and as a result of his research has given to us a succinct and regular history of our highest tribunal from the earliest date to the year 1880. There is no record of any court in North Carolina previous to 16G9 though it may be presumed that un der Duummond there were courts in the provincial period. The Lords Proprietors had eight grand courts, one of super-eminent greatness which was composed of the Proprietors tnemselves, the oldest presid ing, and acting as Chief Justice. All of the Judges were not lawyers, and it was not until 1724 that a Judge was required "to be learned in the law." Under the Constitution, Lord Ashley was the first Chief Justice of North Carolina. There was also a Court of Chancery of almost despotic power composed of the Governor and his Council. Tracing the history of the time?, Dr. Battle next finds Christopher Gale Chief Justice. Succeeding him came Tobias Knight, followed by Frederick Jones, and then Gale again, who held after the transfer of the Lord's Proprietors in 1728 of their jurisdictional rights to the crown, albeit there were ofteu strong dis putes between him and Burrington, the first royal Governor. Gale was succeded by Wm. Smith, he by John Palin, he by Wm. Little and he by Daniel Hanmer, who was followed by Smith again. Dr. Battle shows that the Chief Justi ces of that time were not as good men as they ought to be. He holds Gale in much esteem, but is constrained to tell that Jones retained money paid to him in lieu of bail; that Little was guilty of oppression and extortion; that H anmer was imprison ed for perjury, and that the Governor de nounced Smith in writing as "the jest and scorn of the men n n o perverted him; a silly, rash boy, a busy fool and an egre gious sot; an ungratetul, perfidious scoun drel, as much wanting in truth as under standing." It is to be said, however, in justice to Smith, that BrRitiNGTOX was a brute and his testimony is to be received with many grains of allowance. In 1740 there was a change in the judi cial sy.stem and afterward breaks iu the sstm. The Judges held the courts in the court houses, and then sat as an ap pellate court. This was after the English fashion. It was iu ISIS that the Supreme Court was established on practically its present basis. The Judges no longer rrde the circuits, and it was an Appellate Court iu fact. Since the oig ii-iz uion of the court, except during war time, tl e salary of the Justices has been fixed at $2,-jOO. The address is interspersed and enlivened with anec otes and "asides' which add to its interest. It? absolute ac curacy makes it invaluable, and in its pre paration and publication Dr. Battle has won the right to the thanks of ihe whole State. Dr. Battle has received a letter from Rev. ('has. F. Deems, ot New York, who complin. ents the address in t' e highest teims, saying "your pamphlet is so valua ble that I intend to present my copy to the New York Historical Society, whose founder, Francis Hawks, was once, as you set forth, a reporter of the Supreme Court of North Carolina. At the close of the reading, I concurred in my wife's opinion, "Isn't it grand that North Carolina has been able to furnish such great men?" Dr. Deems adds: 1 know several stories about the judges which 1 could have added to your repor toire. For their authenticity I do nof vouch. For instance, I heard that when his neighbors wished to employ a teacher for their school old Judge Henderson was in structed to engage a young Yankee for twenty dollars a month, and. if he could not secure him for that, to give twenty live. The Judge sent for him and said, "Mr. Blank, I am instructed to offer you twenty dollars a month to become our teacher, but if I can not secure you at that price, I am instructed to offer you twenty-five." The shrewd young school master replied, "Well, Judge, I am sorry to say that you can not secure me for twenty." An illustration of the use of legal terms in non-legal matters, I heard a story, I think it was of Judges Ruffin and Nash who both heard a sermon endeavoring to sustain l he dogma of Apostolic Succession. As they came out of church Ruffin said to Nash, "Well, Judge, what's your opinion in this case?" and Nash replied, "Why Judge, I have no doubt as to the original transfer, but I have very grave doubts as to the mesne descent." The other address by Dh. Battle is "Judicial Trials of the New Testament," which was delivered before the Institute of Christian Philosophy, of which Rev. Dr. Deems is President. The address is one of marked ability, and has been warm ly praised by distinguished divines in this country Jnd in Europe. It is a critical and lawyer-i.ke examination of all the trials mentioned in the New Testament and shows a perfect familiarity with the juris prudence of ancient Rome and ancient Palestine. We can attempt no synopsis of it Every lawyer, preacher, teacher and thoughtful student of the Bible will find that it throws light upon much that appears daik in the New Testament, and that it is full of inst ruction in other ways. The Chronicle is proud that a North Cor- oliuian has written an address that has received such praise from eminent men, and praise that the address richly merits. A Generous Act and a Good Example. Wilson Advance. Mr. M. B. Atkinston went out to his farm a few days ago and found his ten ants had made such poor crops that he gave them the rent for this year. That was a generous act on his part and one that some of our farmers, who are better off in this world's goods, mkht well follow. BAPTIST STATE CONVENTION. SYNOPSIS OF THE INTERESTING PROCEEDINGS. The Henderson People Entertained he Convention Elegautl y.-The Work of the Past Year. Editorial Correspondence. J Henderson, N. C, Nov. 10, 180. Fifty-nine years ago the Baptist State Convention was organized at Greenville. It was not a large Convention then, and the Missionary Baptists did not have a very large membership. Its preachers were earnest men of God and they and their successors have given themselves to the work whereunto they were called with such zeal and knowledge that won derful success has come to the-denomination. The past year has been one of marked progress in all lines of denominational work. The statement was made that daring the past year over 15,000 members have been received into the church in the State, and that one hundred churches have been built east of the Blue Ridgo, at a cost of from $500 to $9,000 each, aggregating more than one hundred thousand dollars. There have been 96 missionaries in the field iu the State and tho Mission Board has paid them $12,614.87 This department of work needs still further enlargement and $15,000 will be raised for this cause du ring the coming year. The contributions to Foreign Missions was $G,171 40. Ttiere are now thirty-two North Carolina Mis sionaries (five of them are colored; in for eign fields who were sent out by the M;s sion Board. In the past year thirteen new Baptist missionaries have gone from North Carolina. Fifteen colporteurs have been engaged during the year and 433 destitute families have been supplied with Bibles free, and many Bibles and Testa ments given to the poor, and sold to others. For this work $1,587.19 was raised. For Sunday schools $5.316. 83 w as collected in the State; $1,200 for the Bap tist Orphanage; and $125.35 for church extension. These statistics, thus condensed, tell the tale of faithful work by a band of earnest, devoted, self-sacrificing men and women. Fifteen thousand new members iu one year is marvellous, and shows the evangelistic spirit that has pervaut d the Suite from the mountains to the sea .-!: ; e. These figures tell of quickened spirit ..:d life, new religious fervor, and pure and effective preaching of the gosp-i. They speak more eloquently of the progress of this church and of its rapid giowth than any words can do. Following as a natu ral result of this large ingathering into the church, comes the large inero ie in the financial receipts of the y..-ur. When men are fully alive to the claims God. has upon them, the purse strings are not drawn tight! j and money is readily furn ished to carry on the various operation. of the church. For two or three years there has been an agitation among some of the leading Baptists of the State to secure the estab lishment of an endowed University for women. At the last Convention a com mittee, with Col. L. L. -Plk as Chair man, was appointed to consider the nrtt ter and select a location. Tho committee, through Rev. II. W. Battle, reported recognizing the need of a University for women and recommending its establish ment. The committee was undecided, however, as to location. There was a long and earnest discussion of this question. Tho report of the committee was adopted without dissent though there is disision of sentiment in the Convention as to the advisability of acting now. However there was no expressed opposition and the speaking in favor of the Baptist Universi ty for womeu was so able and interesting that it would have required a bold man, indeed, to attempt to answer the s:.roug arguments. I regret that I have not the space to give a full report of the speeches in behalf of helping the women. Col. L. L. Polk, as Chairman of tho commit tee, opened the discussion formally with earnest remarks. Mr. N. B. Brought. in was the first speaker after Col. Polk, and he gave facts and figures contrasting the cost of female education with the edu cation of males, showing that it was much more costly. Rev. C E. Taylor, D. D., President of Wake Forest College, be lieved the Baptists ought to provide for the boys as well as the girls, and thonght $50,000 would be a large enough anion ut to start with. It would hcip ake Forest College. Rev. Thos. Hume, D. D., of the University faculty, made an elegant plea for lifting women from the position of a mere candidate for matrimony and giving her the best mind training. I heard a prominent gentleman say that Dr. Hume's speech from first to last was a gem, a jd was the most elegant and convincing speech he ever heard. Bishop !lr!-.'M (at least he would be so-called it l':'p:i-: j had ordained Biehops) followed in a fi ling speech for the University. Ha spoke of the fact that the distressing results of the war fell, not so much upon the men, as upon the shoulders of the women. "For God's sake let us relieve them from their slavery," he said. The money can be raised and let it be done. Rev. Baylus Cade, (the inventor of the rail way telegraph), who is regarded as the humorist of the Convention, made a weighty argument for the University and during his entire speech kept the Conven tion in roars of laughter and sympathetic attention. He was followed by Rev. H. W. Battle, whose weighty words made an impression upon all who heard him, and by Rev. J. S. Dill, who gave strong reasons for it. The Convention unanimously de cided to establish the University, and ap pointed a committee of twenty-five to take the matter in harJ. Dr. Hufham and Dr. Baily sought to postpone action one 1889. year, but the Convention resolved to go ahead right away. This was the most import; nt action of the Convention and the rat, . ;.tr inching. It is upon a new line, b:;t noon a much needed one. We do I;--- give the women a fair chance in North Carolina. The boys cm get the 1 vst i iueatiou at from one half to one third cheaper than the girls. The State j doesn't treat the trills right, and neither does any religious denomination. An endowed Baptist Female University would do great good iu North Carolina. A com mittee of twenty-five, with Col. Polk as Chairman and Dr. C. A. Homing er Secre tary, has been appointed and gbne to work already. Sub committees on a site, the scope of the University, the endow ment fcc, have been appointed. The fol lowing is the committee appointed: Rev. W. R. Gwaltney, Greensb ,ro; Rev. R. R Overby, Belcross; Rev. T. H. Pri ch ard, D. !., Wilmington; Rev. J. D. Ht.f ham, D. D., Scotland Neck; Rev. R. T. Vann, Edenton; N. B. Broughton. Ral eigh; Rev. R. H. Marsh, D. D., Oxford; Rev. A. G. McManaway, Charlotte; Rev. H. W. Battle, New Berne; Col. L. L. Polk, Raleigh: Rev. C. Durham, Raleigh; Rev. J. W. Carter, D. D., Raleigh; Rev. B. Cade, Louisburg; Dr. C. A. Komiuger, Reosville; Rev. G. W. Greene, Moravian Falls; W. C. Putty, Manly; E. K. Proctor, Jr., Lumberton; J. M. Currin, Oxford; J. H. Lassiter, Henderson; W. G. Upchurch, Raleigh; W. T. Faircloth, Goldshoro; Dr. R. P. Thomas, Bethlehem ; D. F. King, Leaksvilie; Rev. Dr. ( has. E. Taylor, Wake Forest; Rev. J. L. White, Durham. The full committee will meet in Raleigh on the second Tuesday in February de cide upon plans and go to work getting money to build and endow the University. I did not reach Henderson soon enough to hear the address of Rev. Mr. Daiz, the Cuban Missionary. He spoke eloquently, and praise of his effort was on every tongue. As the best evidence that his el oquence was "moving" I may mention that at the close of his address, pledges to the amount of $5,000 were made to aid him in his work, and the people promised to raise the money with a spontaneity sel dom witnessed. In three years in Cuba, beginning with no church or members, he lias received into the church 1,51 mem bers. In his Sunday school there are 2.2S8 children and 27 teachers. He told a truly wonder' ul and fascinating story of his c'-iu-er-io'i and work in tts l.-.land of Ci'.bt. Kk'.. ;.r 1'h-henor. -v-.-retary of tl.e li'i.ii'- M is. ii :. B. .idol ; '.o South :ra ii io-.i -r Oor.vei'. -a, '; o' ;:-,c :-.u-ti!i .'u. Daiz " !. ;i under,- .r,e t'.--r the e; u .; . :.i " ";-!V his chod been so.h-n from liti.i in order to .;t latu out of ,he country b-w he h i 1 beeu refused bargains iu a building lot for a-church be cause of his -religion and how he had .ve:come all obstacles until now every Sunday lie preached to four or five thou sand p-.-ople and h.ii a large church. He said that th's church was on'raMy located an-! th.it if co t $'.7.O0ii. He wanted North Carol in.-- to $5,00o of ir. This, large amount was quioKly pr .-mised. Friday night (Stat-- Audit. -r Sanderlin ptv.si-.iiug) was devoted to the discussion of Eluca'ion. Dr. John Mitchell, Cor responding Secretary of the Board of Ed ucation, mad-; a rt port showing that $3,619 has been raised drriog the year, and that t hirty-three yonn men. are study ing for the ministry at W. .o Forest who .re assisted by the Board. He said that more men and more money were needed to carry on the work in North Carolina and come up to the needs of the day. He was followed by Rev. Thos Hume.'d. I)., of the University faculty. I cannot re port his unreportable addrs. In lan guage, choice and eloquent; in sentiment, lofty and elevating; in illustration, apt and classical; and in application, direct and convincing, his speech was worth go ing anywhere to hear. He was followed by Rev. Dr. TiCHENoit,to whom I have be fore referred. Be is a "big" looking man and has a fine head full of brains. He is a thinker a.ni gave an admirable address in which ha pai 1 a glowing tribute to the value of the lasting work of Wake Forest College. Rev. Baylus Cade followed with a brig!!1, original, sparkling short speech, after which he took up a collection of $!ii0 to help furnish the gymnasium at Wake b'oresi. In the raising ofTthe money for the gymnasium at Wake Forest, Prof. Taylor .stated that every student now en tering that institution is examined and tested as to his physical condition and then a prescription of the proper exercise is given to bring about the proper devel opment of the weakest points in his phys ique, which exercise, is taken under the di rection of an expert. There was a very animated discussion about the Biblical Recorder. For fifty-five years it has been the organ of the Baptist church. It is a better paper to-day than it ever was, but it does not please all the Baptists, and Rev. A. G. McManaway made a vigorous speech criticizing it for what he called its gloomy character, lack of enough paid contributions by eminent Baptists, and because, as he said, it was not what the patronage gave the Baptists a right to expect it to be. He gave some figures which made it appear that the edi tor was getting rich. When he has edited a paper a year or two he "ill find that figures are the greatest, liars in the world. He is an able man and he spoke his mind bravely and honestly. Bat he brought down upon his head such stirring replies and sharp criticisms that a less brave man would I ave quai1 i: before T ; - -1 n . BlsHni' 1 1 1" f ham. Rev. J. McManaway. Rev. C. Durham, an 1 N B '.Broughton ru-',.t ;o the ::k ? ;"o;i'u -Jailfy and :h 'Yeque.or r.op rheir " . s" at Mr. McManaway t-lici .o.-.-i .Vvu- i ilr-.t the Convention was witu Dr. Bailey, who made a wise speech in defending his course as editor. He said, among other things, that in the past, three years he had not made a dollar above his family expenses that he had not contributed to the Baptist cause. In the d:scussiou Rev. J. M. Mc Manaway, who favored Dr. Bailey, said he chiel'y objected to the Convention of a year ago. It seemed to be the sentiment then that the Recorder should not inter fere in politics, and Dr. Bailey had re spected that sentiment. He wanted the Recorder to interfere in public matters and see that the Baptists got their right-?. He criticized the Trustees of the A. and M. College for electing no Baptist in the fac ulty, and said that Dr. Bailey ought to have cried aloud and spared not until the Trustees elected a Baptist in the facilty. Mr. N. B. Broughton came to a defense of the Board of tne A. and M. CoIlege,and vindicated them by showing that they had acted wisely and had not discriminated against Baptists. There was some confu sion here. I believe the majority sided NO. 42. with Mr. Broughton that Dr. Bailey had acted wisely in not interfering with politi cal questions. Certainly the great Baptist denomination in the State-does not desire its religious paper full of argry political discussions, and as long as Dr. Bailey keeps the Recorder our of i-olitics and in religion he will have the good-will not only of his denomination but of all Chris tians. Mr. J. M. McManaway made the only mistake here 1 ever knew him to make, and I have knowu him long and heard him preach able and profound ser mons. No; let politics have no place in a religious paper except as to religious sub jects. This ended the afternoon's session. On the next day the Biblical Recorder was unanimously endorsed as "the organ of the Baptists in North Carolina." I cannot speak at length of the other discussions of the Convention. I would like to dwell upon Dr. Pritchard's ad dress on the Ministerial Aid Society in which he impressively urged the duty of caring for the o'd preachers when age and infirmity will prevent their preachinc the .u-' H-i 1; of the addresses of Rev. C. Dur r .; !:fv. C. J. Woodson, Dr. Taylor, Dr ! ;:ii -hard. Rev. J. M. McManaway, Dr. in t.iAM, Rev. J. B. Justice, Mr. N. B. Broughton and Rev. M. P. Matueny on the Sunday School work; of the speech of Rev. C. A. Woodson on taking care of old preachers; of the earnest and heart reaching speeches in support of the Bap tist Orphanage by Rev. T. J. Taylor, Rev. W. L. Wright, Rev. H. W. Battle, and Rev. G. W. Sanderlin. But space pre vents a full account. The next session of the Convention will be held in Shelby and Rev. T. H. Pritchard, D. D., will preach the introductory sermon. In conclusion I want to say this: I was impressed more than ever with the ability of the leading men of the Baptist denomi nation. The addresses and the debates and the sermons showed a high order of ability. There are giants among these men, and the best of it is that there are plenty of talented young preachers, edu cated at Wake Forest and by Dr. John A. Broadus, who are ready to take the places of the older men when they shall go to their final reward. The spirit of Edu cation is a ruliug one in this body. There is perfect unity of sentiment in favor of great efforts for educating all the people. Education lifts men up, and religion sanc tifies elevated manhood. The Baptists of North Carolina are accomplishing a grand work for God and for the State, and this Convention gave a great impetus to their high endeavors. J. D. A POLE AJIONG US. He Think That nt Last He Has Surely Ite.'K'hetl Heaven. j States ville Lii'iiiinark. . Stav.islaw Kaipaeki. a Pole 22 years old has been brought to Statesville" by Col. Julian Alien. The new arrival cannot speak a word of English and brought his Polish manners with him. At Raleigh, where Col. Allen stopped with him on his trip from Baltimore, lie kissed the harms of gentlemen who spoke to him. On the train Senator Vance, ecgaged in conver sation with Col. Allen, learned !;o Lis companion was and spoke to h'sn. Co). Alien told him the gentleman -was a dis tinguished man, a Senator of the United States, upon which the poor fellow seized the Senator's hand and kissed it s'.rvilely. Col. Allen, however, has given him to un derstand that iu this country one man is just as good as another if not a little bet ter, and is gradually breaking him of his osculatory habit. Stanislaw's first sight of the black man was in Baltimore. He was walking the street when he saw two negroes, where upon he crossed himself and took to his heels. His impressions of this country are delightful and he wrote back from Raleigh to the Polish priest at Baltimore that this must be the next thing to heav en. This priest will soon make a tour of the State, m company with Col. Allen, with a view to locating a Polish colony in North Carolina. Five hundred lamilies of them reached Baltimore on the ship which brought Stanislaw Karpacki. HICKORY (JOES FORWARD. Another Addition to Its .Manufacturing Industries. Press and Carolinian. Messrs. Kennier & Lake, of New York, have for some time been the principal con tractors for supplying the various tele graph and railroad syndicates with "whistle-boards" and telegraph "pegs." The sparsely-timbered North has proven Inad equate to supply the materials necessary for the fulfillment of their large sfanding contracts, and these gentlemen, with a trained eye, have been casting about for a new field. Our vast forests of virgin growth have attracted them hither; here they have found the woodman's Mecca, and here they have pitched their tent. They have contracts of sufficient enormity to necessitate the daily shipment of two car-loads of their products. From this statement some idea of the magnitude of the enterprise may be gained. The tele graph "pegs" are to be made exclusively of locust; the "whistle-boards" of pine, and a contract for five million "pegs" is an item with which the new company starts to work. A Sate Investment. Is one which is guaranteed to brinr you satisfactory results, or, in case of failure, a return of purchase price. On this safe plan you can buy from our advertised Druggist a bottle of Dr. King's New Dis covery for Consumption. It is guaranteed to bring relief iu every case, when used for any affection of Throat, Lungs or Chest, such as Consumption, Inflamma tion of Lungs. Bronchitis, Asthma, Whoop in Cough, Croup, etc., efo. It is pleas aot and agreeable t- taste, perfectly safe, and can always be d.-pended upon. Trial bottle free at Lee, Johnsou i& Co's. drug store. .'...The free delivery system is a set tled fact. The Hon. H. G. Ewart was told by Mr. Wanamaker, the postmaster general, that the system, will be introduced here by January loth. Mr. Chas. R. Darby, the postoffice inspector, of Washington, D. C, was in the city yesterday, and said: "I shall recommend to the depart ment at Washington to have the free de livery system established. If Asheville was a dead city like many others in the South, I would not be in favor of this step, but it is a growing city. Many buildings are being erected and everything points to a continued, steady growth and a rapid increase in point of size and population." Asheville Citizen. The Johnston connty grand jury found a true bill against Starling, charged with the murder of his mother-in-law and her grand son near Selma, the particulars of which crime appeared in last week's Chronicle, PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY THE CHRONICLE PUB. CO. SUBSCRIPTION : 2.X Per Annum. Advertising: Kates Low. FltOM MUIiHIY TO MANTEO. SOJI E THINGS Til AT A R E H V PP F V INC IN .NORTH fi.viiol'iV.V. What Has Happened fn j,e Uo () State Suite the t Urotio l.iw c;r-vetl Its Renders. Postal Card News. The friends of tho Chronicle in every see. ion of the Stat.) are requested to aid us in making this de partment an accurate record, in brief, ol the news from Murphy to Manieo. Send us a postal card whenever anvJhing of public interest transpires in your neigh borhood or section of country. You will aid us and give prominence to vour sec tion. Send on the postal cards. -"Editor. We learn that the Wilson Light In fantry has been -id mil ted iu the State Guard. Next spring P. B. Key, Esq, will build a tobacco factory at a cost of $lo, 000. Three cheers for him! Statesville Landmark. Jasper Hopkins (col.) wasconvicied at Louisburg last week for the manslaugh ter of John Raybou and sentenced-' to twenty years in the penitentiary. Mt. Airy had a big fire Sunday morning. It originated from a defective Hue in the store of J. K. Paddisou and consumed several stores and a barber shop. . . . .Two assignments iu Lenoir county last week, J. W. Creech, at Institute, for $15,000, and Hellen & Rountree, at Bell's Ferry, for $4,000. This is terrible and distressing. . . . .The Carthage Blade reports that a young school teacher near that place was flogged by an irato parent, because tho teacher whipped his sou. The teacher has taken a warrant for tho sou s father. Esq. Bradshaw's resideii-. e, at Trin ity College, was destroyed by lire Satur day morning. The loss amounted to about $2,500, with insurance of $l,5o0. The building caught lire from a stove pipe, about 11 o'clock Saturday momiug. . . . .The dates of the Samp-on Fair are December 4th, 5th and 0th. On the first day Governor Fowle will bo present and open the Fair. On the sei .ud day Gov. Fit zh ugh Lee. will speak. I'iie third day (Friday) is Alliance day, and C. W. Ma cuue, President of the National Alliance is expected to speak. Mr. A. G. Cash, of Concord town ship, who works a part of M j. J. s Mor rison's land, raised this ye r 40 busju Is of sweet poiatoes; E iMerti Y, "a.;, ' a pl .t 7 J ro 's vi !. 'i m - ; ; : ,; .. ' -!,.-.r'i. . .1 .,f ; . - 'i . tiOii' Vue IV.rcv. rs' A',.. . .' i- .iio county h-iu-';.;.. ,i I'.,!,.... . , !.- , . :, i. their Senators ;'or vo:i. : ', ::. Commission ;u I pr..:sing l: , r -,s :i, , tl, ; . o Hoffman for voting for th.. ' bill in the lasr Legislature and declru : that i. ;. -forth tney will vote fov t i, , i ,n vt: . ol not 'v for : ';. !:. ; d ! iU .... lU-.' . tl--;-.. i ' v. v.. t ; ':liiM:5 a C';": !'..;;.-. lev i. T .l-.c: e . ; tyOf;oilU hlr:i- to i,'.; f, ,;;!. -d iiisi.do with native hai-i.'wo: 'i e .ii'n :. -1 tax necessarj to pay ;he in T-y.l o'i t..y bonds issued for budd n r !'. eourt hot;. , the Bulletin says, co: be c . -i bf ;."X'"g the larg niiner.U i;;:.T'-t-- n tho c'iotv now held by nou l'c.sioce's w .o i . Jio whatevt r. ... .The Chariot le bar he I a m-cu;,g Saturday in honor of the la:e Chief Jus tice Smith, Judge I'.ynuin presided, and Robt. Haydn was Secretary. A commit tee of H. C. Jones, Geo. E. Wilson, and Armistead Burwell was appointed on Res olutions. Ou Monday a second meeting was hold resolutions expressive of the loss sustained in tho lotti of i!,e Chief Justice were adopted, and appropriate re marks were made. ' A baby of James P. Scott, of Chat ham, was poisoned by its tcii-year-oi i nurse, a negro girl, iu a si::gul-r way. She poured a spoonful of tonus!. ache d;o down the baby's throat, and some of it dropping on its face burned it and scorched its eyebrows. The speedy ar rival of a doctor saved the b.ibyV, life. It has siuce been discovered that the girl had attempted to poison a baby a few days before the last poisoning. Mrs. Scott had told the ,irl the dye was poison ous and not to touch it. Near Greenville, Mr. A. A. Forbes makes this year $-5,500 worth cf tob iceo, while his neighbors lost much money on cotton. Mr. Forbes is going to experi ment with Florida seed tobacco for cigar purposes. The first year Mr. Forbes hired a tobacco grower from one of tho tobacco counties and lost money. Tho next year he took hold himself and by careful attention made a good crop, and' every year since he has made money. Any chinquepin ground in eastern Caroli na with a gravelly top soil and light sub soil will make good tobacco. Exchange. . . . .Judge MacRao presided at a meet ing of tho bar in Louisburg hull in ho;. or of the late Chief Justice Smith, and T. B. Wilder, E-q. , was Secretary. The reso utions were drawn by Hon. O. M. Cooke, Solicitor Woithington, and F. S. Spruill, Esq. Justice1 Davis, of the Supremo Court, made an excellent sp- e. ii in which he paid a beautiful tribute to the lato Judge, and spoke of the upright charac ter, great ability and worth of .hislate as sociate. Remarks were also made by Judge MacRae, Solicitor Worthingtou, Oapt. Cooke, and F. S. Spruill, Esq. . . . Hon. Tboma A'bii ie .'- ! P.. !'('. a. a' . ' I . -M' Ewing, v'iHc Ka Pre: f 1 c i) r: and E. C. ;bw:tj-:g, LVq who has toe unanagf:! stiuctiou corps, have 1. n week prospecting. Tin z c ; build a road from Danville m llsl lb It, right away, and it is almost certain they will extend the road on to this piae and to a point on tho East I'enu. Va. Ga. This is the talk, and we begin to be lieve there is every reason to h p that such will prove to be the cane. Mt. Airy News. Merit Wins. We desire to say to our citizens, that for years we have been selling Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Dr. King's New Life Pills, Buckleu's Arnica Salve and Electric Bitters, and have never handled remedies that sell as well, or that have given such universal satisfaction. We do not hesitate to guarantee them every time, and we stand ready to rtfund the purchase price, if satisfactory results do not follow their use. These remedies have won their great popularity purely ou their merits. Lee, Johnson &. Co., druggists.
The State Chronicle [1877-1893] (Raleigh, N.C.)
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