YOL. XIII-HO 44.
RALEIGH, N.. C., MCH. 31, 1880.
TERMS, $1.00 a Year.
The Friend and Templar. ,
jii. H. WHITAKldR, Editor A Proprietor.
Oar euteipiisiug uoiglibur, Mr.
tJ. P. Gulley, wholepa’e «nci retail
Drv Goods and C othiug merchant,
i.s BOW in the northern marke's,
buying bis Spring Stock, which is
arriving daily. From the number
( f ht xps lying around we conclude
that be is putlii'g in a heavy stock.
See brother Crowder’s appoint
ments for Virginia. He is doing
a good work over there and wou'd
do vastly more if the brethren, at
the points where he eiiraks, would
try a little to git out fbe people to
bear bim. Tbo lecturer may do
bis whole duty well but be can
not make a success unless be gets
a hearty co-operation irom temper
ance men and women.
The Secretary of the State Coun
cil has sent the blanks, accompa
nied with the new Pasaword, to all
the working Councils in North Car
olina. If they are not duly re
ceived by any Council we should
be notified of the f act at once.
The Secretary hopes that Coun
cils will make prompt and very en
couraging reports, with assurances
that they will try to make the io-
coming quarter more successful
than the past one.
cost
dave
ThQ Cost
The Sidle tTournal says:
Gov. Jarvis estimated the
of the extra session at ten
time and $13,287.75 in money.
The time consumed was fifteen
days (thirteen working days) and
about $17, 250.00. That was not a
wide estimate, if we remember that
from eighty to one h'i'ndred acts and
resolutions, besi e tie Pest bill were
passed. But we mention this mat
ter of erst because the Governor’s
estimate was hooted at when given
to iLo public. We will be pardon
ed, we trust, if in this connection
we mention the fact that while $17,-
250.00 has been the cost of the
tra session, the legislation of the
session, on the Best bill alone, has
saved to the tax-payers of the
iState this very year little short of
$200,000-00. We need not elabo
rate this.
The Journal adds:
The Western N. C, Railroad will
he huilt, and much quicker tha»j
Mr. Best has nominated in the bond.
We believe in Hr Best; we believe
he is acting in good faith and will
do at least all he has undertaken;
and this result is worth a dozen
extra sessions. We call upon the
people of the State to have faith in
Mr. Best, the North Carolina Rail
road King. Though he may have
a wooden leg, no one will suspect
him of a wooden head. The man
who has raised himself from the
position ot .a store porter at one
dollar per day to that of the leader
and associate of capitalists repre
senting millions of dollars,-may be
relied on so far as character, ener
gy and money can carry a man.
Hold up his hands, then, and give
him a moral support that will ena
ble him to jog cheerily on in his
great undertaking.
2tuttisellin» and Poverty.
E litor's who are the tools and
hirelings cf rum8--llers. togetbe»-
with pn'iticianp, whose si'V'n prin
ciples are imde up of loftves and
fishes, are constantly lab'ring to
excus i and j nstify the liquor rrat-
fic.
One of these editens. whiiin w^
have never suspected of being ovei-
stneked with mind, has, without
question, g-me back to the. rai*e ot
uonkeyp, under tl’e op-^ration of
metempsychos’s, for lie tells us
tlmt fer Focne irscriPable purpose
God has put rum here j ist as lie
has yellow fever and other evils. As
well might men create cess poeds
and fill them with fi’th so that tbev
Wviuld breed fever and death, and
then charge leaults to God, as to
say tliat God has put alcohol here.
Alcohol is found no where in na
ture; it is the work of man. Gob
causes grain and fruit to grow for
the nourishment of man. Bv the
dear,ruction of this I'ff-sustaining
food, the deadly liquor called alco
hol 18 ])rofJnced. To charge God
with hriuging alcohol here is as
though a man were fo gather the
golden grain that God causes to
grow, and then to throw that grain
into a filthy pit until it should rot,
and then bring it forth and charge
the rottenness and ruin noon God.
To say that God is the creator of
alcohol is to charge all the pove'ty
and crime that ram produces upon
Him. It does not seem possible
that, a sober man sliou'd be guilty
of writing such an article as that.
It would be charitable to suppose
that he was under the ir.fliieBo* of.
Friends of Temperance.
VII.SIKIA. ^
Rev. Joseph A. Vrowder. State Lecturer,
will lecture at the '’ollowing places, viz:
Arringfon Depot, April 5th, at 7, P. M.
Rose Union, ‘‘ Oth, at 7. “
Lowesville, “ 7ch,-at7, “
Jonesboro, “ 8tLi,'*at 7, “
Beech Grove, “ 9th, at 7, “
Adiel, .. “ lltb, atll, A. M.
For the ^friend and Templar.
Elmingtok, Va' March 24th, 1880
Deae Brother Whitaker:—As
sickness in my family is keeping
me at home awhile, but for a few
days I hope, I,have concluded to
write a short article for your valu
able Friend and' Templar.
As I widen iu my field oi labor
as State Lecturer, the more I see
and feel the Di-cessity of greater
t-ff.-rt upon ou" part as temper
ance workers. ,We ought to do a 1
we can to refoaoi the drunkards,
to check the rlmderate drinkers,
but we should ifrect our efforts es
pecially towards the youc-g men
and boys of our countrj; the fu
ture destiny of both Church and
State will soon rest npon the
shou'ders of the rising generation.
We labor nut o; ly for the good ot
t*'e present, but. al.so for the good
of the on-coming generations.
Warriors, by slaying their thou
sands, may writt their names ripon
the highest bants^^nf fame; let or-
liave Isd ia it. We Lave a real Dice at least, n£ ‘Mister,’ and every lady
place to meet iu now, and the good | to that of ‘Mirs’ or ‘Mistress,’ even
part of it is that it is ours, all paid
for but $300 and we get a go'^cl
long time to pay tliat in, which we
intend to pay uy having concerts;
one of these will come off xt
Tuesday night if we have good
weather. I wish you were here to
be with us.
Oar State Council miets at this
} lace in J j^y next; would be glad
to have you come over then, we
would treat you in as ‘^Hostile” a
manner as we know bow, and give
you and sister W. and little Salli'e
all a hearty welcome. Lest I weary
you with my retuarks, I will' close
f .^r iLi-i time, praying Gou’s cLo cost
blessings to rest upon you and
yours always. Yours in F., T. & C.
W. A. Oaleee. •
tlie
wherever it exists, Take our own
State, for example: 'J’he statistics
show that twenty-six millions are
expended for liquor every year,
which in itself is a per capita tux
of twenty-six dollars ot. every man,
woman and child in the State. And
this is but the first woe. Others
follow in quick succession. When
the dime has gone for drink, some
thing else lias gone—free man
hood has gone; good character has
begun a downward march, and the
shadow of a remcrseloss moitga^'t-
bas fallen upon all that ruan bolds
dear—a mortgage that collects ils
interest with cold and calculating
greed, and never yearns with mer*
PX- ey, no matter how great the suff-or-
ings of its victim may bi; indeed, it
meets out cruelty by the measure
of man’s helplessness, and it enters
up when its victim has no p )wvr to
pay. Whenever it is nnderstooo
that a man has become a confirmed
drunkard, no one is willing to trust
him longer—bis descent to ruin ia
rapid; the alms house and the pen
itentiary ars the points to which he
IS rapidly hastening. Thy abso
lute truthfulness of what we have
written no one will question, and
yet many good citiz^ms will sign
applications to license men who
will do more to make paupers and
criminals, than all other combiued
evils now ixistiug. Others will
find fault with temperance work
ers, while they never say a word
against rumsellers or their sympa
thizers. When will we learn wis
dom ? What are we laboring to
promote—temperance or intemper
ance?—iVi J. Tern. Gazette.
SELECTED.
Aaron Burr and G^n- Jackson.
[Charlotte Democrat.]
A gentleman, who has had long
experience with pubhe affairs and
public men in the United States,
tnlia ns that Aaron Burr was the
first man in the United States to
suggest the name of Andrew Jack-
son for the Presidency. Govern
or A'ston, of South Carolina, mar
ried Burr’s only child and daugh
ter. Theodosia, who was mur
dered at sea by pirates. Burr
■giivy me laoa to nis son-in-law Al
ston, and Alston brought Jackson’s
name forward some time before he
was nominated and elected in 27.
Aaron Birr was not near as bad
a man as be has been made to ap
pear by many old-time writeis and
historians who were bis personal
and political enemies. He was, in
fact, about as good (if not better)
tliRu many of the public men of
the present day who hold high po
sitions in the country. It ia a
great deal to his credit to b3lieva
that he favored a true man like
Andrew Jackson for the Presiden
cy, and it is about time for college
orators aad 4th of July speakers to
let Burr rest in his grave without
nm... *1, 1 . , - f-f'irther assaults upon him. Let
Dless us throughc.’Ut a glorious » ii • i •
° them turn their batteries on the
liqaur n^ile wriling. Limseiling j iLe ideal w ii, A f.sRt iha io3a..in-
frailfDl cau^e^ of^ poverty |
mmeusity
nomersfliat in the
space; let poets paint
with words beautiful words of light;
let artists sketch ia beauty the
grand conceptions^of their beauti
ful imagination; let historians
write the doings of the past and
present; let ns, as true philanthro
pists, work earnestly and Lithfiilly
tor the good of suffjring humaoi-
ty; let us extend the temperance
work mere vigoJiisly, then p.'toe
and plenty will A to the hemes of
thousands of safilring liUle ones;
let ns work withuaith; our names
may cot ba chiseled iu the marble
statue, but God will bless us while
we live, bless us when we die, and
eternity. God bless the temper
ance woikers. Yours in F.,T.& C
3os. A. Crowder.
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TEXAS.
Waxahachie, Tex\.s, Mar. 19, 1880.
Dear Bro. Whitaker:—Y’ou
doubtless think X have forgotten
the Friend, but not so. I think of
it often and would that it were in
my power to put it into every fam
ijy in oar great State. Bull can’
not do that, but I can send you my
dollar, and take it and read it my
self. I, like a good many others,
thought I would Jet the subscrip
tion of my paper wait a little, but
the cross on my last paper knocked
the prop out, so here goes the dol
lar; please set my subscription
forward one year.
Our Council, formed over nine
years ago, still lives ami is doing
very well. Last meeting we had
seven petitions. We have just com
pleted our new hail, and last Fri
em turn their batteries on
rascals of the present day.
Familiarity-
Of all the sources of bad man
ners, we know of none so prolific
and pernicious as the license of fa
miliarity. There ia no one among
our readers, we presume, who has
not known a village or a neighbor
hood in which ail the people called
one another by their first or Chris
tian names. The ‘Jim,’ or ‘Chai-
da,’ or ‘Mollie,’ or ‘Fanny,’ of the
young days of school-life, remain
the same until they totter into the
grave from old age. Now, there
may be a certain amount of good-
fellowship and homely friendliness
in this kind oi familiar address,
but there is not a particle of po
liteness in it. It is all very well,
in a family or circle of relatives,
bat when it is carried outside it is
intolerable. The co urtesies of life
are carried on at arm’s length, and
not in a familiar embrace. Every
50 day week waa the first meeting we I gentleman lias a right to the title,
when the Christian name is used.
For an ordinary friend to address
a marr-’ed woman as ‘Dolly’ or ‘Ma
ry,’ is to take with her an unpar
donable liberty. It Is neithi r court
eous nor honorable; iu other words,
it is most anmanuerly. We have
known remarkable rrip»^, living for
years undi-r the blight of their fa-
miliarlj-used first names—men
whoso fortunes would have been
made, or greatly mended, bv re-
rooviug to some place where they
could have been addressGd with
the courtesy due to their worth,
and been rid forever of the cheap
ening prucssses of familiary. How
can a man l:ft his head under the
degradation of being called ‘Sam’
by every man, young and old,
whom he meets in the street ? How
can a strong character be carried
when the man who bears it must
bow decently to the name of ‘Billy?’
— Scribners Magazine.
Aa Arkansas 'Woadia?.
It is not intended that some men
shall marry peacefully. Bill Skit
tles lives iu South Arkansas. For
the past six months he has been
studying for the ministry, and it oc
curred to Bill several days ago that
jasfc before instituting a revival it
would be a good idea to get . mairi-
ou. iie mennuneq tUs subject to a
young lady, and asked her to share
his ministeriaX melancholy and hi
larity, but the young lady said she
had promise to marry Zih Monk
the professional well cleaner of the
neighborhood. ‘Ob, well.’ said the
minister, ‘ I am pretty well ac
quainted with Zeb, and I don’t be
lieve he’d kick.’
Tbe young lady finally agreed,
and the wedding day was fix^d.
Grand preparations were m,nde.
The girl’s brothers had caught a
couple of possums and the old lady
Lad baked an immense sweet potato
pie. The justice of the peace ar
rived. The justice proceeded with
tbe ceremony, when Z .b Monk wal
ked iu and demanded: ‘Let up
tbar boss. Say, cap’u turn that
gal loose.’ ‘I reckon I won't,’ re
plied Bill. ‘Well, thob,’ said Zeb
drawing bis revoler, and smiling,’
‘I’ll kinder resort to extremities.’’
‘Sde here, remarked Bill, ‘are you
in yearnest about this thing?’ ‘I
reckon I am. ‘Do you mean ho»’s
head and turnip greens?’ ‘I reckon
I do. ‘Right down to corn bread
and cabbage? ‘I reckon it is.’
‘Well then, you may take tbe gal.
It was only sweet milk and pie with
me. I’m in fun. I had a new pair of
trousers and did’t know what else
to do. Come a little closer. It’s
spar ribs and Backbones?' ‘I reckon
It is.’ ‘Then I know the gal’s yourn.’
and with a slight chfinge in the li
cense, the marriage proceeded.
Dr. Angus announces that the
revised edition of the New Testa
ment will not be ready until tbe
end of the year. He‘gives some
examples of the changes. The
word “ prevent" is turned into “ go
before,” though the most popular
of oollects have kept its old meau-
iQg alive.
“ Dammed" ia to be invariably
ranged to "condemed.” "Hell"
18 likely to be rendered gehenna or
Hades. “ Bepent” is to bo reolaoed
b.V a stronger word. luBanini.
turn about and do right.” Rili.”
ion”inoneplacei8tobe changed
into “worship,” “