The commonwealth, stirred up a hornets nest.
LESSON FOR YOUNG MEN.
E. HILL1AKD, - - - - Editor.
Published Every Thursday.
Entered at the Post-Office at Scotland
Neck, N C . as Second Class Matter.
THITTiSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 11)03.
JUDCE P.0HINS0N'3 PROTEST.
hairisan of
Committed,
Senator Mark IJanna,
the National Republican
last Saturday night gave a banquet in
Washington to the Republican Nation
al Committee. Judson Lyons, the
negro icegistrar ol tne lreaaury ana
committeeman from Georgia, was pres
ent. Judge W. S. O'B Robinson, of
Goldsboro, was there to attend the ban
quet, but upon seeing the negro Loyns
as a guest at the board, Judge Robin
son with no carernony but the impulse
of his Irish independence andr.ssertive
nes3 turned upon his heel, left the ban
quet hall and went to his own hotel.
He said at the Arlington, "You may
juat tell the people of North Carolina
that I cam9 to Washington as a Re
publican and a gentleman, and that I
This triumphant declaration he
made after he had snapped his finger
in the face of all who had little enough
t
self-respect to mingle at a banquet with
a negro although it was a gathering of
Republican.
Some people think that too much is
said about the negro, and perhaps it is
tru8 ; but when men like President
Roosevelt, I?r. Basset t and Senator
Hanna keep pressing the subject upon
the people by their words and acts, how
may we ezpect the people of the South
to disregard it ?
YES, A NOBLE EXAMPLE.
Elsewhere on this page we print an
eaitorial clipped from the News and
Observer which holds the late John R.
Morris as a noble example to the yoang
men of the land.
Few men have passed out of life in
North Carolina in a decade more gen
erally beloved than Mr. Morris. He
was a liviog example of what can be
dons in the cultivation of the mind by
using odd houraand moments in study.
His business was to travel aud sell
goods, but he did not waste the time
that was not taken up with his busi
ness. As is pointed out in the article
from the News and Observer, he "spent
most of his spare time in his room at
his hotel reading alter he had done
hie work in a town and was waiting
for his train. In this way he acquired
a great store of information. The
writer of "A Variety of Idle Comment"
in the Charlotte Observer in Monday's
issue said of Mr. Morris :
"lie used to drop in here and sit
across the table ; and one never knew
whether he would discuss the art of
the 16th century, the weakness of a
United States senator, or the poetry ol
Walt Whitman; but he showed exact
knowledge in whatever he talked about
Ha knew the history of the Booth fam
ily, dates and all ; Jaughed at passages
in Chaucer ; found the discrepancies in
Josephns; had intense admiration for
St- Paul ; could have written a biogra-
-. I f I. TT i r . T "I
f"j ' uanea nun; ana was very
much interested in the boll weevil
And he looted up from some obstruse
Hebrew doctrine to say that he liked
juuu namm uenueman, more
than any book he had ever read."
Ana an this wonderful store of
knowledge came to him- by using his
spare hours. We know a good
young man who visits Scotland Neck
three or four times a year in the capac
ity of a traveling salesmanwho reads a
great many good books and he does
a great deal of good. He said recently
that ha tries to have a plank or a
brick in eyery new church that is be
ing built in his territory.
bo many traveling men are in the
habit of hanging around hotel lobbies
and wasting their spare hours in listen
ing ta vile and vulgar talk ! They
might employ the time in a far better
way by reading and studying like Mr.
Morris did. The high esteem in which
he was held ought to be a stimulus to
ail wno can find the lime to read and
study as he did.
Rev. J. C. Massee, pastor of the Bap
tist Tabernacle in Raleigh, seems in
clined to the sensational. Some months
ago he declared from his puinit that
the negro does not get justice in the
South, or words to that effect. The
press of the State gave him a little
turn in the way of a slight roasting,
and the incident closed.
Lat Saturday in the Baptist State
Convention, at Charlotte, he made
what some one referred to as a neat
speech on publications, but before
closing his remarks he declared that
the press of the country is weilding too
much influence over the public mind
and that the day will come when the
government will haye to "lay the strong
arm of the law on the press and re
press abuses."
This raised a sudden burst of excite
ment and a number of persons arose at
once for recognition to reply to Mr,
Massee's strictures upon the work of
the press. Rev- H. W. Battle, of
Greensboro, was the first to receiye
recognition by the president of the
convention, and he administered such
a kind but powerful rebuke to the
declaration of Mr. Massee that his very
name in North Carolina will hence
forth be a synonym for a defense of the
press.
Among other things Dr. Battle said :
"I do hope that I misunderstood the
trend of that brother's bright speech,"
said the venerable Dr. Battle, "but I
must protest against the views as ex
pressed. We Baptists of all people rec
ognize the liberty and freedom of the
press aa fundamental of religious and
civic liberty for which we have always
fought.
If ever this beloved government at
tempts to lay its heayy hand upon the
press' columns then the liberty-loving
Baptists, with that same spirit that
fired the breast cf their BaDtlst rjoet
Miiton, will thunder a protest that will
shake America to its foundation. Much
as we love our dear country we would
rather see the ocean waves rise moun
tain high and sweep away every ves
tige of American civilization and leave
this continent an irredeemable waste
than to see the voice of public opinion
stifled and the press throttled."
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The Charlotte Observer's splendid re
port of the Baptist State Convention in
that city mentioned Friday two men
of Eastern Carolina who are bo well
known that their friends in this region
will appreciate what was said. One of
the gentlemen mentioned is a Jayman7
Hon. C. W. Mitchell, cf Aulander, and
the other ia a minister, Rev. B. firaig:
ol Rocky Mount.
The Observer said :
"C. W. Mitchell is one of the strong
est men in the Convention. He served
in the last Senate, and there be such as
think that he is by all odds better ma
terial lor Lieutenant Governor than
any man in the field. He is the popu
lar leader of a great people, amongst
whom he has Jived the life of an hon
est and level-headed man. His long
service as moderator of the biggest
Baptist Association has made him
1
master presiding omcer, ana very
likely he will rise to the presidency of
the Convention.
. "One of the most successful of the
younger ministers is Braxton Craig, of
Rocky Mount. His Asbeville brother,
Locke, is no abler speaker than he, and
probably if Lonke had Braxton's capac
lty fjr personal work and organization,
he might haye led his mountain sup
porters to ylctory. Braxton Craig is a
churcb organizer as well as a preacher,
He goes out and compels the people to
come in. There is a man in Eastern
Carolina, Noah Biggs, who says that
Craig is more like the Apostle Paul
than any man he h as ever known."
It has gone out through the papers
that at Butler, Pa., there is a great
ecourge of typhoid fever. More than
fourteen hundred cases have been re
ported with a death rate of nearly 5
per cent. In discussing the question
ol money expenses to fight the plague
it was stated a few days ago that it
would take a hundred thousand dollars
to meet the demands. Truly such a
scourge is terrible to contemplate and
those suffering people will receive the
sympathy of the entire country.
Same one has said recently that with
cotton bringing 12 cents, butter worth
30 cents and eggs 25 cents farmers
ought to feel in high spirits. But
along with this observation comes the
statement that throughout the country
there is a great dearth of eggs. So it
turns out that the high price for eggs
is not worth so much to the farmers as
long as their hens are not yielding a
sufficient supply of eggs.
IT KEEPS THE FEET WATM
" . AND DRY.
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powder. It cures Chilblains. Swollen.
Sweating, Sore, Achine. Damn feet.
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News and Observer.
Nearly every paper in the State has
paid a tribute to the memory of the
late John R. Morris, of Goldsboro, who
was cut dawn in the prime of his life.
He was a successful drummer, a good
business man, an agreeable companion,
a genial friend, a writer of ability.
These characteristics of the dead man
haye all been touohed upon by his
friends.
There is one lesson that his Hie
teaches to boys and young men that
needs to be emphasized. It is the val
ve of wisely employing time in learn
ing. Most boys who go to' work early
say they have no time to read or study,
though many of them deyote hours
o reading dime novels, and unprofita
ble conversation. Young Morris, as a
mere boy, began life in his father's
small hotel at Goldsboro. He went to
the depot as porter, he was chief elerk
and bell boy did any and everything
that came to hand. Afterwards he be
came clerk in a hardware store and
sold axes and stores and plows just
like hundreds of North Carolina boys
have done and are doing. While other
boys were at school and college be was
attending the university of hard work.
But though he never left the hardware
business, becoming a leading and well
paid hardware drummer, he was not
satisfied merely to master his own busi
ness. He did that, but all his life he
was studying and improving his mind.
As a boy he spent hours listening to
the talk of the smartest men in Golds
boro, asking them questions, and read
ing the best books. Though he did
not thus learn the rules of syntax or
the double rule or conic sections, bis
companionship with intellectual men,
his wide reading, his contemplation and
his power of abstraction were marked.
He would go into town, sell a bill of
hard ware.go to bis hotel and read Shake
speare and others of the mastersand in
the evening charm men graduated from
colleges and universities by his brilliant
conversation, and in his leisure hours
he wrote poems of merit and prose that
delighted many.
How did Mr. Morris learn? By im
proving his odd moments. Instead of
sitting about gossiping with empty
beaded and silly boys, be sought the
companionship of those from whom
he could learn something of value and
whose conversation would stimulate in
vestigation and study Instead of
wasting precious time reading sensa
tional novels and degrading publica
tions, he read the works of the masters
of literature and went to hear great
preachers whenever opportunity per
mitted. He meditated as he travelled
from town to town, upon what he read
and the sermons and speeches of great
men. Such employment of his time
and such contemplation made him
wiser, happier and more usefu 1.
More and more the exigencies of bus
Iness compel men to travel much. The
natural tendency for men whose lives
are spent largely on the road is to read
only the news and light literature and
io leave nine time tor study ana re
flection. . The example of Mr. Morris
ought to inspire his fellow travelers to
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strength be found in reading and pon'
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Couldn't buy 'em like this if we didn't sell 'em.
1 car Buck's Stoves and "Wilson Heaters.
1 car Indian Hock Lime.
1 car Ellwood Woven Wire Fencing.
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THE PRESIDENT CRITICIZED
BY REPUBLICAN.
Correspondence to The Commonwealth.
Washington, D. C,
December 14, 1903,
The Republican national commit
tee is in session here deciding uponthe
time and place to hold the coming par
ty convention. Some Jime in June is
the most favored date,, and Chicago
the most likely place, although St.
Louis is making a strong bid for the
convention. Conspicuous members of
the eommittee are Perry S. Heath, who
is involved in the postal scandals and
saved by the statute of limitations, and
James Edwards Addicke, who repre
sents Delaware in the committee but
not in the Senate. Heath refuses to
resign his position and has not been
asked to do so. In fact, he will have
two votes, as Senator Hanna named
him proxy for Mr. Shevlin, of Minne
sota, who Is absent.
The committee was received by the
president and there was much com
ment over the fact that Mr. Heath
did not attend this reception. For the
good of the party the president wished
him to resign, but Senator Hanna
insisted that he should stay.
Senator Hanna declared in his open
ing aaaress mat all that was necessary
for the success of the Republican party
was "to stand pat upon the principles
and policies of that party." From the
applause with which this statement was
received by the committee, it is safe to
conclude that "stand pat" will be the
main plank in the next Republican
platform.
Criticism of the president's Panama
policy is not confined to the Demo
cratic party. Senator Hoar, senior
Republican senator from Massachu
setts, has introduced-a resolution in
the upper branch of Congress asains
for all the information in the presi
dent's possession regarding the estab
lishment of the Republic of Panama.
The resolution requests the president,
unless in his judgment it is incompati
ble with the publie interest, to send to
the Senate all facts in his possession
which will show whether at the time
of the ratification of the treaty the
province of Panama had successfully
established its independence, had law
fully adopted a constitution, and bad
given authority to the persons with
whom the treaty purports to have
been made, to negotiate and ratify the
same ; whether the officials ratifying
the treaty had any personal or private
interest in the construction of the ca
nal ; whether th9 constituion of the
Republic of Columbia authorized the
seceesion of Panama ; whether Colum
bia was prevented by the United Slates
from attempting to tseert its authority
over the Isthmus ; at what time news
of the reyolution in Panama was re
ceived by the United States govern
ment, and lastly, whether any informa
tion was received of an expected or in
tended revolution before It occurred
and the date of such information.
The Republican senators will no
doubt prevent the passage of the reso
lution, as it is believed here that the
senator's embarrassing questions are a
severe arraignment of the course of the
administration in Panama.
WINTER VILLE WHIFFS.
Correspondence to The Commonwealth.
Wintjtkville, N. C, Dec. 15, 1903.
Joe Frank, of Vanceboro, was here
Wednesday looking lor a place to lo
cate. Winterville needs more dwell
ings.jmd needs them badly.
A. G. COX MF'G CO. have just got
ten out a neat little catalogue illustrat
ing and describing the various articles
of their manufacture. This little book
with prices marked is free for the ask
ing, or a simple request on a postal card
will bring it to you. Don't delay;
write now. It is no small matter to be
well posted.
Nathan Purser is visiting his daugh
ters here, Mrs. R. G. Chapman and
Mrs. J. H. C. Dixon.
Our reason for having eo much to
say abaut wire fence is that we have a
fence worth talking about. Ten years'
experience in the business, and a care
ful consideration of the, merits of differ
ent kinds of fence should, we think,
make our opinion worth something.
Facts and figures speak for themselves.
We are prepared to give them to you
on our Electrically Welded Wire Fence.
It would do no barm for you to also
haye a little talk with some of our best
farmers who do their own thinkine
and are using the fence. Yours in the !
lence business, A. G. COX MF'G Co
M. P. Sturgis, a photographer from
Ayden.pitcbed his tent here yesterday
hujnbuckbr buggies don't grow
on honeysuckle vines. Tf an ii,..
- - wv vuQjr
wouia doubtless be pulled before rine
Aa ft ia ITn..n.V.. I .
" . -o uuiuuwu tKwo to is mat no
job Jeeves the factory before it i
thoroughly ready todoeo.
Lots of Xmas toys at all the stores.
We were pained to learn that Samu
el Mumford had a severe stroke of pa
ralysis last Thursday. Mr. Mumford
s one of our very best citizens and
should his affliction prove fatal it will
be a serious blow to the community In
which he liyes. Our sincere hope fa
for his speedy recovery.
Some people, seem to want a low-
priced article regardless of the quality.
u oraer to eater to that class A.G.COX
MF'G Co. now carry in stock West
ern-made Cart Wheels which are con-?
sidered cheaper than their own make
(the Tar Heel). Anyone who knows
what a Tar Heel wheel Is, however,
would not give it lor two of the others.
And so the Tar Heels go, two to one.
Prof. W. H. Ragsdale delivered an
address before the Winterville high
school here last Friday night.
The coming year is likely to bring
about many changes in Winterville.
Some are moving away and many are
moving in.
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The Greenville Daily Reflector is
thirteen years old. It has grown
from a very small sheet at first to a
lively afternoon daily, and the people
ot Greenville haye cause to ba proud
of their paper. Editor Whichard is a
tireless worker, and is also one of the
most reliable newspaper men of the
State. He stands flat-footed on the
side of Right always.
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