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JAN. Kev. F. Li. UKII. Editor, CORRESPOXDIXG EDITORS KEV. V. S. BLACK, D. D. REV. 31. T. HUDSON, I). D. 'nbscripiion Rates : OPeu, 10 advance, Six months, in advance, T&ree mouths, iu advance, $2.00 1.00 50 To ministers and the widows of ministers at lit ni an. Advertising rates furnished on application All the traveling and local irinlstera in me Con ference arj our authorized agents. deed money by Check, P. O. Money Order, or hy Registered Letter, or hand to your pastor. The date opposite your name on tne yellow la bel which we pa?te on your paper each week, is tne time when your subscription to the Advocate xpirea. Address all letters to REV. F. L. HE ID, Italciah, N. C. rTlVi-k Ctnm w-nnv) a TVToosOfro On the assembling of the Legislature last week.Governor Scales communica ted to them his Biennial Message. a copy of which is on our table. The opening paragraph is as follows : "The last two years have not beeu years of plenty and profit to our people, but we have, notwithstanding, been greatly blessed. The products of the earth have been equal to our ncec si ties, and while anarchy, bloodshed, earthquakes and floods, resulting large ly in the loss of life and properly, have visited other portions of our land, we have been comparatively unharmed. These tacts call loudly for the profouad est gratitude. You are the chosen Rep resentatives of the people, and to you is commit ted the high trust of legislating for -heir welfare: yet. after all has bo-:m done that man can do, we must ac knowledge our dependence upon God, and recognize his hand, in shaping and controlling l lie destinies of Slates and Nations." This closing sentence is characteristic of this good man; who, whilst he holds the highest position in the gift of his State, recognizes not only in all his pub lic acts, but in all his private ways, the God and Father of us all. He then takes up the Public Debt and gives a clear, succinct statement in ref erence to it. and among other things says : "It gives me pleasure to announce that our efficient State Treasurer, after due consideration, sees his way clear to recommend a reduction of tax to 23cts. on the $100 worth of property; this is based upoa tne met that his estimates, as he believes, without dwarfing any in terest, will be sufficient to meet all the demands of the State, and that they will not be exceeded by the Legislature in the appropriations. Subject to these conditions, as made by him, I cordially concur in (lie recommendation." The tax heretofore has been 25 cents on the $100 worth of property. The Governor then goes on to discuss the Tax Commission, the appropria tions, the public buildings in process of erection, the Agricultural Department, the Oyster Survey, the Industrial School, the Penitentiary, the Asylums, the University-, State Guard, and the Railroads. He shows that he is thor oughly conversant with all these public concerns, and discusses each in a most intelligent and sensible manner. In the course of his message he con curs in the recommendation of the Treasurer, "that the Legislature sus pend the further exchange of the Con struction bonds, and that the Treasurer be authorized to issue and sell four per cent, bonds, as many as may be neces sary, at not less than par value, and that he apply the proceeds to the pay ment of these outstanding six per cent, construction bonds, wherever found. They are now over due and there will he no difficulty, in taking these up, if the means are provided. When taken up, new bonds can be issued for them, and then set apart by the State, charged with the payment-of the four per cent, interest on the bonds sold, leaving in the hands of the Treasurer a balance of Interest of two per cent, as a sinking fund to bo applied to the matured debt, thereby saving the government in in terest by A. D. 1910. the sum of 8100, 002.80' lie recommends that the essential principles of the Connecticut law, in reference to oyster beds, be adopted by us, and that a sufficient amount be ap propriated to the Industrial School to make it a success. In reference to the Penitentiary he recommends that all dual government on railroads be abolished, and that all sanitary management and control of the convict much thev : . as to when, how and how hall work, shall be commit- tc.t exclusively to the attendant physic ian, and that these should be selected with .special reference to their skill,. hu manity and decision of character; that RAliSiGH, N. C R the physician in charge of the Peniten- tiary be required to give his whole at tention to the convict force; thathevis- it and make personal inspection of all Hie COIIVICIS ailU U1GU quaiLCis, aim cm other sanitary arrangements, and that , i ii i iin this all other phj-sicians anu an otn- : jerjofficers shall be subject to his orders land he subject to the Board of Direc tors; that he shall examine and keep on record the condition of all prisoners sent to the Penitentiary at the time of their arrival; and that when they are i sent direct from the counties to the railroads, then they shall be examined by the County Superintendent of the Board of Health, for a prescribed fee, to be paid by the County Commissioners. He calls special attention to the large number of boys in the Penitentiary be tween 8 and 15 years of age, and be tween 15 and 20. These, he says, should not be mixed up with the older and more hardened criminals, but some pro vision should be made by which these boys should be kept separate and a tart from them in the Penitentiary until other legislation, under the Constitu tion, shall provide for houses of correc tion. He says the religious instruction of the convicts, while it is reported to be beneficial, is yet not what it should be, and he earnestly recommends that j the appropriation for this purpose be increased to $1,000. It has been $500 heretofore. He also recommends that a sufficient sum be appropriated to meet all the ex penses of the Penitentiary, and that its earnings be covered in the Treasury. Among other things he recommends that the salary of the Adjutant General be increased so as to command all his time, and that a small sum be appro priated to the State Guard ; that the number of Supreme Court Judges be in creased to five ; that the salaries of the Governor, the Supreme and Superior Court Judges, Secretary of State, Audi tor, Supt. of Public Instruction, and Attorney General should be increased ; that $1,000 be appropriated to the Col ored Industrial Association ; that the streets around the Capital and the Cap ital and Mansion grounds be put in good order, and that some provision be made to construct branch roads and feeders to the railroads owned by the State. The Message as a whole is a fine State paper. There is no attempt at rhetori cal display, no effort "to curry popular favor, no political clap-trap, but an open, sensible, explicit statement of public matters, showing himself to be thoroughly conversant with State mat ters and ready to do anything lor the highest and best good of the common wealth. We congratulate the Governor on his quiet, successful administration for the first half of his term, and the people ou having such an excellent chris tian gentleman in the Gubernatorial chair. Where the Money Goes. In a certain manufacturing town the employer on one Saturday paid to his workmen $700 in new bills that had been secretly marked. On Monday $450 oi those identical bills were found deposited in the bank by the saloon keepers. When the fact was made known, the workmen were so startled that they helped to make the place a no license town. The times would not he so hard for the working people if grogshops did not take in so much money. Here is a town complaining of hard times when it is supporting a half dozen grogshops. The drinking men hand over the coun ter of drinking saloons half they make, while their ragged children and wives are living in leaky cabins, half starv ed. The Irish are raging over the land rents. they have to pay, while they pay out more money for whiskey than the whole amount of their rents. Here is Xorth Carolina burdened with j illiteracy and poverty, while she is spending more money for drink than for public schools and for preaching the gospel. The United States pays a liq uor bill of 900,000,000 and receives as revenue $88,000,000. Here is a clear loss of $$12,000,000 annually. Liquor dealers say, "we pay -hundreds of dol lars for licenses, which go to educate the children." But "where the license fees put one child to school, the drunk- j enness of fathers puts two out." j A certain city received as license fees from liquor sellers $2,000 for public use, j and paid out $10,000 for extra police- I men, and to defray the expenses of ; crime caused by drunkenness made by 1 the liquor sold, lost $8,000 by the op- eration. This is the way the public . fund is depleted by granting licenses, j It is "penny wise and pound foolish." 1U15 au l luminous nobleman m - Great Britain accident. illy dropped a shilling down the slit of the carriage window. He sent for-:, workman to ; got it out, and to do this the workman : nau to uiKe ine wmttow to pieces. Af- ; ter which he presented his bill. "To ' extraoting coin from carriage window, jir.' Jt ill in ,.," To pay live shillings to get one, illustrates the financial folly 0f Wriy'Vi ''CI R S ST f AS cities and towns licensing liquor sa- loons to get money for public use. Sadly AiHicted. Our dear brother. Rev. R. C. Bea man, has been sorely bereaved. A few months ago he and his wife lost one of their little boys, and as will be seen from a note from Rev. J. T. Harris be low, another and the only remaining son died January 2ad. And on last Thursday a telegram announced to us that another child of theirs was danger ously ill with that terrible disease, diph theria. Our heart goes out in the most tender sympathy to them. May He who wounds bind up the hearts about to break. Here is the note from Bro. Harris : Bko. Reid : I am pained to an nounce the death of Millard, the bright and promising son of Roy. R. C. Bea man, pastor of Wayne circuit. He died at the parsonage in Fremont, X. C, Sunday night Jan. 2nd, of diphthe ria. He had just entered his fifth year; and when I saw him at his mother's side a week ago, he wras one of the finest and most healthy looking boys among us, I little thought that in so short a while I should be called upon to lay him in the grave. We buried him in Goldsboro to-day beside his little broth er, who had only preceded him to the skies a tew months. Our dear brother and sister are thus doubly bereaved in the loss of their only sons. May the consolations of our holy religion com fort them in this hour when the shad ows hang so heavily over their hearts and home. Ma' their faith, like that of the Shunammite, be able to &ay, "It is well;" while they look to the Resur rection and the Home above. J. T. Harris. Goldsboro, Jan. 3. Druggists' Liquor License. At the meeting of the Pharmaceuti cal Association in Fayette ville, X. C, last August, the following action was taken and published in the proceedings of the body : Mr. Hawley offered the following which was on motion adopted : Kexoh-ed, That the Legislative Com-; mittee for the ensuing year, be instruct- ed to urge upon the Legislature oflSis?' , , -ii ii I ueh enactment as will enable any reg istered pharmacist doing business as such in the State to apply for and re ceive at the hands of the several local excise commissioners or other properly constituted authority a license to be known distinctively as a "druggists' li quor license." Such license to permit the sale of wines and liquors in sufficient quantities for medicinal, chemical or mechanical purposes,. and not to be con sumed on the premises, and to be issued without fee. We hope the Legislature will make no such enactment. It would be a great injury to the drug stores to pro vide for such a license, for the reason that it would turn many of them into grog-shops, and the temperance senti ment of the land would soon be as strong against drug stores as it is now against grog-shops. Some druggists would not abuse such a license while many would, and it would open up the road to a thousand abuses. All any registered pharmacist would have to do would be to buy a few drugs, open up, get his liquor license and sell as much liquor as he pleases, and have a splendid monopoly. Xo, gentlemen of the Legislature, don't gie druggists any such auy such license. Some of them evade and violate the prohibitory law enough as it is; and our opinion is that the druggists who observe the pro hibitory law in good faith don't want any such license. The druggists, who observe the law, have as much license as they wrant already; and those who do not observe the law ought not to have it made any easier for them to sell liquor as a beverage. Every Man Doing His Duty. 'On the eve of a great battle, Xelson proclaimed to his men: "England ex pects every man to do his duty." This meant a great deal. It meant that all of the officers should do their duty that the gunners should do their best at the guns that the sailors should do their best in sailing the ships. Every man must fill his post of duty to the best of his ability. So God expects every church mem ber to do his duty. The preacher in the pulpit, the superintendent and teachers in the Sunday-school, the class leader. the steward, the private member all to do their duty to the best of their ability. And so doing a great victory will be won during the present year, We hope there is no church in all the land like Coleridge's phantom ship, with dead men at the helm, dead men ontha deck, and dead men in the rigging; but like the fleet -of Xelson, every man will bo alive, wakeful, active, and doing his best for the cause of Christ. Every man should he a success in the ! sphere of his duty. Do vour best everv I day. Success is doing what you can.! "She hath done what she could." Sue-1 cess is coming up to the level of one's ' best ability. The man, who is the best he can be in piety, and shows this pietv in doing the best'he can, is a ,..oVCs., m God's estimate, because he is doing the best he can. And "where there Is a AD V OGAT E,- JAN. will there is a way." It is will power that drives the wheels of success. Look at the example of the late A. II. Steph ens of Georgia. A man of a dwarfs bxly, feeble, sickly, yet doing a giant's work. With a broken scythe outstrip ping those using a mowing machine in the harvest field of usefulness. It is said the carp fish has tremend ous energy. It swims up stream and jumps the waterfalls it meets in its journey. That symbolizes what a man onght to do. He ought not to be a dead fish floating down stream, hut like the carp, surmounting all difficulties. The Civilizing Influences of the Gospel. When Christianity entered the world it found it in a deplorable condition. Tha dark clouds of paganism hung over the earth. The iron heel of despotism was crushing the life-blood out of the unconverted millions. Might was right. W-.r and plunder the order of the day. There were but few conveniences know n . Now news flashes along the telegraphic wires. Books, papers and lett rs are passing all through the country at rail road speed. But then no such a thing as a post office was known. If a man wanted to send a letter from Jerusalem to Rome he must hire a postman to car ry it. If a man in those days made a great fortune, he had to hide away his 1 treasure in the earth, for there were no banks to keep it safe. Hence we have the parable of a treasure hid in a field. We have now transparent glass win dows in our houses, letting in the cheer ful sunshine and excluding the cold air. But when the Gospel began the work of civilizing the world, there were no glass windows. Now, we set by warm fires with chim neys carrying the smoke out into the air. Then there were no chimneys. Fires were kindled in court yards, or built in the middle of dirt floors, and the smoke had to find its way out as best it could. Now we read by brilliant lights of gas, oil, or electric fluid; then tjiere were no adequate lamps. Being , i,i . ..... .;ii. .i, surrounded as we aie witn uio eoimoito of modem civilization, it is difficult to realize the deplorable condition of the world at the time, when tht angels sang the arrival of the Great Deliverer. The coming of Christ was like the com ingofthe spring sun, bringing in his warm bosom the bloom of May, the green glories of June, and the ripened fruits of August. , Look on your map and see the bright zones where the Gospel reigns. Fol low the golden suu in his shining career and wherever he beams there are the followers of Christ swelled from a hand ful to hundreds of millious. In the wake of the Gospel, schools of learning, temples of worship, as3rlums for the insane, the deaf and dumb, civil liberty, marts of flourishing commerce, plans to educate the ignorant, feed the hungiy, reform the drunkard, have sprung up all the fruits of the blessed Gospel. North Carolina Personals. Mr. Junius Hunt, President; of the Raleigh District Sunday School Confer ence, spent last Sabbath in Raleigh and called to see us. Rev. W. C. Willson, of Mocksville circuit, has been in the city the past few days, attending the Masonic Grand Lodge now in session. We regret to learn that the resi dence of Bro. J. Ed. Lyon, of Durham, X. L?., with all of his furniture and a gold watch, was destroyed by fire re cently. The family made a narrow escape from the house. Rev. Dr. Calvin II. Wiley, Dis trict Superintendent of the American Bible Society, died at his home in Win ston, X. C, last Tuesday, the 11th inst. Dr. Wiley wras at one time Superintend ent of Public Instruction in Xorth Car olina, and was a nioSt eminent citizen and minister. Col. J. W. Alspaugii has changed the place of the meeting of the Board of Trustees of Trinity College from Trinity to Raleigh, and the time from the 12th to the 18th inst. See notice elsewhere. The Board will meet in Edenton Street Suit lay-school Room next Tuesday, Jan. I Uh, at 4 o'clock, P. M. Mr. D. B. Xicgolson, a son of the iate Rev. D. 15. Xicholson, was elected Reading Clerk ol the X. C. Senate last week. He will, no doubt, make a good officer and is worthy the compliment paid him in his election. Mr. Xicliol- son is editor of the Clin ion GitHwisiutt. Mr. V Reading scntat.ivc i G. BuRKiiEAi") was elected I :!: of the House of Reprc- i ast week. Though the iiom- ' mee oi t lie Democrats anu nimseii a ! staunch Democrat, yet he received eve-j rv vijRi of all parties in the House save tnree. TV; is one oi th i . , . i i . i rs clerks we ever hoard anywhere. Ho is 1 2, ; I S87. la son of Rev. Dr.' L. S. Burkhead and f i editor of that .-xcellent journal, the i , I Durham Tub icco 1'unit. Mr. II. B. Adams, a son of the Rev. S. D. Adams, is Senator from Union county iu the present Legislature. Ho . 1 TT t - . 3 was in tne blouse two years ago aim pleased his constituents so well that they sent him to the Senate this year He reported at the Advocate office soon after his arrival and shook hands with his old class-mate, who was truly triad to rreet him. Mr. Adams is a lawyer of Monroe, X. C. Rev. Geo. B. Wetmore. D. D., of the Episcopal Church, who for 32 years has been rector of Christ Church and St. Andrew's in Rowan county, and of St. James iu Iredell county, has resign ed all of these charges. Dr. Wetmore is a whole-souled, liberal minister of the Episcopal Church, and has no high church folly about him. Judgi-; W. J. Montgomery, of Con cord, X.: C, recently had "a double wedding" at his house. One of his daughters. Miss Lavinia, was married to Dr. Register, of Euochville, Rowan county, and another. Miss Anna, to Mr. John B. Sherrill, editor of the Concord Times and son of Rev. M. V. Sherrill, of the Xorth Carolina Conference. We send "double congratulations." X MR. LEE S3. OVERMAN, WHO Was nominated by the Democrats for Speak er of the House, is a son of our staunch old Methocist Bro. Overman, of Salis bury, X. C. He is a graduate of Trini ty College, was private secretary to Gov. Vance, married Judge Merrimon's daughter, has been a member of the Legislature for a number of terms, and is justly entitled to his place as a lead er among the members oi the present Legislature. Mr, Overman is a lawyer of Salisbury, X. C. Rev. .1. M. AsmsY, of the Xorth Carolina Conference, and Miss Laura V. Palt Tson, of Iredell county, were married on Wednesday, the 22d f De cember, 1880, by Rev. G. W. Ivey. The best, thing a Methodist preacher can get is a good wife, and we are glad that so many of our young preachers are succeeding in this line. Our best wishes and congratulations arc tender ed to all of them. Bexj. F. Long, Esq., was mayor of Statesville when, recently elected Solic itor of the 7th judicial district. When he resigned his office as mayor, the t'Al tor of the Landinurl,-. who was his suc cessor, said : "Mr. Long has made a model officer and retires amidst the ap plause of the entire community, the vicious classes only excepted. He has done his duty faithfull" and the town will never have a more popular or effi cient administration than he lias given it. If was never before so well po'iced and there was never a two years during which a greater degree of good order was observed. Extensive and perma nent street improvements have been made, and the macadamized road from Front street to the depot will be a per petual monument of a capable and pro gressive administration." Mr. Long is a brother of Rev. D. A. Long and is a son-in-law of Maj. W. M. Robbing . lie enters upon his work as Solicitor with fine prospects. Mr. J. W. Thompson, of Wilming ton, X. C, we regret to learn, is in feeble health. Of him the Wilmington Review sa3rs : "Mr. J. W. Thompson, who has been Secretary and Treasurer of the Wilming ton & Weldon Railroad Company for nearly thirty years, on account of con tinued ill health, tendered his resigna tion on the 8th instant, as Secretary and Treasurer of the Wilmington & Weldon, Wilmington, Columbia & Augusta, and other railroads under the control of the Atlantic Coast Line, the same to take effect January 1st, 1887. A meeting of the Board of Directors was held in Bal timore on the 14th inst., at which the President, Hon. R. R. Bridgers, laid the resignation before them. A mo tion was made, which was carried unan imously, that the resignation of Mr. Thompson be laid upon the table and that he be tendered a leave of absence until J11I3- 1st, 1887, with no reduction of his salary during that time, in the hope that, in the meantime, he may be fully restored to health and withdraw his resignation."' This action was highly creditable to both the Company and to Mr. Thomp son. It shows that the Company has a soul, and that it appreciates the eminent worth of a faithful officer. Ivleeting of Trustees. To the Advocate : There will he a meeting of the Board of Trustees of Trinity College, held in the city of Raleigh, the 18th instant, at which time and place it is very desirable that i a full attendance shall be present, as important business wi1! be transacted. J. W. ALsU'ATJGU. Pi e, of Board. Jan. 3rd. 1887. "Viw ilia A .!....... Patronage for Trinity College. BY COL. J. C. HXXr". I have been thinking for .some time of writing a communication bout Trin ity College, and will now do so bv liist calliug attention tcthe resolution unan imously adopted by our Conlerence at Reidsville, to-wit : That every mem ber of the Conference would strive to send one or more pupils to Trinity dur ing the next session. That i.-.,'l be lieve, substantially the resoluiion. Xow, I ask each and every member of the Conference if he has tried, is now trying, and intends to continue to try to carry out that resolution, or in other words to fulfill the promise he madu when he voted for, or did not vote a gainst that resolution? I answer for myself and say yes. And have suciyecd ed in getting one to promise, and likely two or three others for the spring ses- A 1"W .J. T A . t sion. And n i am not mistaken two or three for the next fall session. I have just written two letters, one to a , : : a a pastor in an aujounug circuit, to see three boys or their parents in a remote part of his charge who, I learn, are hes itating between two or more institu tions. The other is to a pastor who probably does not know two boys, who understand are also undecided as to where thev will go. The' are all Meth odists and ought, and I hope, will go to Trinity. I know that money is scarce and times are hard, and it is remarkably difficult to make money, especially so, by farming and ordinary labor, and it is likely to continue so. Hence there ara hundreds upon hundreds of boys and young men who will make every effort possible to secure an education, and their parents feel that it is their duty to encourage them, and thus prepare tlu-m for the most honorable and profitable avocations in life. This feeling and view is more prevalent now than at any time since the war. I therefore think it a most propitious time for the friends of Trinity College to use every reasonable ellbrt to secure a large patronage for that institution. I If this is done, I see no reason why we ma' not have 1:00 students there within the next six months. Just think of it, 200 students ! That would create such a boom give such lilc and activity to the College and its friends, that every one would give it praise, run to iis sup port, and give it hearty encouragement. My humble opinion is that large pat ronage is the great need of the Colieg just now. With something like the above number of students, which we can get if we will do our duty, and the newly elected President, we will have a position never attained heretofore, ami give full confidence to the - most skepti cal. When we get 200 students with their parents and relations iu actual contact, and as a natural consequence in deep sympathy with the institution, we will have done much towards en dowing the College, for the foundation will be laid, which is popularity and prosperity. Xow, brethren, if you will help to lay this foundation and build this noble institution to what it ought to be, and thereby sustain the e'eurch and her institutions as you vowe l to do, just send the boys right along. I will now suggest that we juit talking, writing and publishing to the world all our little difficulties that we cannot go on as wre are or the whole thing is about to fail, and other such imprudent and unwarranted remarks which, only produce uncertainty and want of confi dence, and thus drive away students who want to be educated at a perma nent institution. I do sincerely believe that Trinity has been greatly damaged in that way by friends, not intentional ly of course. It is a noted fact that when public sentiment is made by any person or persons, and especially by friends, lhat an individual, firm, compa ny, corporation or institution is in a critical condition is likely to tail, then everybody looks with suspicion and want of confidence and withholds pat ronage and support. But on the other hand, let it. be understood that it is booming rising in a state of prosper ity and permanency, and everybody i willing and ready to patronize and help. Xow, I do not propose to deny our com paratively small indebtedness, but to talk these things over in the family, as it were among ourselves, as prudent men would doiu their individual affairs, and make arrangements as early as possible to meet all demands against them, and not keep them arrayed be fore the public as a standing advertise ment to our injury. The Trustee's have elected a Presi dent in every way suited for the posi tion. Should he decline, (and I hope he will not), they will then elect another as good as can be found. They have provided for, and offer a salary that will command the best talent. Proper pro visions have been made for the faculty. The past has been the most prosperous year since the war. The Conlerence and all the friends, I believe, arc more fully united in their sympathy and de sire for success than ever heretofore.--The largo number of graduates thatgo out from year to 3-ear is a standing proof of the excellency of this noble in stitution. All these facts, with other that might be named, speak volumes of encouragement of a bright future, and permanent success of Trinity, notwith standing the extreme stringency of th'.' times. Xow. brethren, as I have said, the irreat and immediate need of the Col lege is a large paying patronage Kv erybody go to work for it, and let have at an earlv day 200 or 2-Vj bo-- :t Trinity. W. can if we will try. 1 wD now ask each student m the Col !t'v. as well as those who have b.-eo in-rc heretofore, to get one boy fir the c'. legc. There is no telling lens mvu; ' pupils mn v be 'ecured hv vour I may write again r.nd g:e my :h about endowment, how to get Renew. Please seie.l in yovr it'll is due. We need us to pay current expe renew. r ; evrry n.srs.
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