anarchy by the roots.
Extracts From a Sermon Preached
fry Rev. John E. White in Atlanta
Sunday Night, Sept. 15.
llev. John E. White, a eon of
Johnston coumy, who has been
pastor of the Second baptist
church of Atlanta, Ha., preached
on anafchy September 1.5. Here
is what the Atlanta Constitution
of September 20, says.
"A great audience crowded the
Second Baptist church last night
to hear the sermon on "Anarchy
by the Boots" preached by the
pastor, Itev. John 10. White. His
text was the parable of the "ten
pouuds," ana its account of re
bellious citizens and their ring
leader, who plotted against the
rightful ruler. He said in part:
"Hod hates anarchy. Theearth
as He created it had no friendly
spot for its foot. The air had no
friendly breath for its spirit. In
terrogate the stars, and with one
voice t hey sing 'No anarchy here.'
Question animate creation, and
it will say 'No anarchy.' Law,
obedience, peace is the order of
Hod's universe.
'' W hence, then, this hgly deat h's1
head thrust up here on the fifth
day of the ninth month of the
first year of the twentieth cen
tury? Whence this deed, and the
twenty assassinations of rulers
ill the last century? Whence the
crimes, the wrongs, the cruelties
and the confusion of the moral
universe. Whence vices, suspi- j
cions, treacheries, rebellions and
massacres?
"We are in the mood for stern
investigation. From heart to
heart this common impulse had
sped during the last ten days up
and down and across the conti
nent. The air has shuddered with
it. Before bulletin boards the
crowds have trembled under its
passion! 'I'robe the foul rotten
ness to its depths! Hunt every
cellar, explore every garret, drag
every sewer! Hunt the reptile's
brood to its dens! Cut up anar
chy by the roofs!'
"I join the cry. Let us have it
out. It is a venomous plant?a
horrible exotic. Come all. Come
seize it with me. There's room
for all at this tug of war, for this
crawling menace runs across the
earth and the ages. Let no hand
slip, and out with it by the roots!
Now see what you see! What a
matting of roots; tendrils like
snakes runningeverywhere. Hut
here's the tap root?follow to the
end. There is the bulb joint?the
swelling matrix, mother of all.
It is sin.
"And what is it like? What
form has it? It is lebellion against
(iod. Thatis the root of anarchy.
Satan and his angels were the
first anarchists.
"Now if we were asked to define
anarchy we would not do so in
these terms, because we are look
ing at the surface. We are in
search for something detectives
can lay hands on and the courts
punish. We would say: 'Anarchy
is the violent belief that political
evil is to be remedied by tlie aboli
tion of government and the re
moval of rulers.' We would point
to examples in orders and organi
zations that fly the red Hag or to
their d'eeds. We would say:
'Here's a list of twenty assassina
tions during the last hundred
years. That is anarchy.' And
we would not get 2 inches below
the surface. But if anarchy is no
deeper than that, we have an
easy problem. It is deeper than
that. And the whole nation is
staggering to-day under the con
sciousness of a problem with
wfiich police are powerless.
"God who Hits in the heaven
might laugh at us for our slow
awakening to a fact which is the
central philosophy of the gospel
of Jesus Christ. If the disease of
anarchy could have been cured
Jiy law Moses would have cured
it. If it could have been leached
into health by the threat of pen
alty the lightnings of Sinai would
have thundered it into silence six
thousand years ago. But law
got at the root of nothing. It
restrains but working on the sur
face it could not redeem. It can
check, fut it cannot cure. When
congress meets let it pass strin
gent laws. Ix*t it make every
inch of American soil too sacred
for the foot of an anarchist. But
when that law is passed, lay not
the flat taring unction to our soul
that anarchy is up by the roots
in this republic. When Congress
has done its best, let some dis
cerning statesman move to have
read for the information of Con
gress the eighth chapter of Ro
mans: 'For what the lnw could
not do, in that it was weak
through the flesh, God sending
His own Son in the likeness of
sinful flesh, and forsin,condemned
sin in the flesh.'
"Why did not Christ identify
Himself with the politics of His
day? -Because He saw that poli
tics pot at the root of nothing.
He identified Himself with the
cross of sacrifice. This cross
preached and practiced will pet
at the root of anarchy in the hu
man soul, (live me Christ as
king of this country and I will
insure the lives of an unbroken
line of presidents for a thousand
years, (live us the Holy Spirit
of (iod to police Atlanta anil we
will convert the Tower into a
temple, the calaboose into a
chapel and the patrol ambulances
into gospel wagons."
The Ages of Our Presidents.
New York World.
President Washington, age at
inauguration, 57; cause of death
pneumonia, age at death, 07.
President J. Adams, age at in
auguration, 02; cause of death
debility, age at death, 90.
President Jefferson, age at in
auguration r?S; cause of death,
chronic diarrlnea, age at death.
S3.
President Madison, age at in
auguration, 58; cause of death,
debility, age at death, 85.
President Monroe, age at inau
guration, 59; cause of death de
bility, age at death, 73.
President J. Q Adams, age at
inauguration,58; causeot death,
paralysis, age at death, 80.
President Jackson, age at in
auguration, 02; cause of death,
consumption, age at death, 78.
President Van Buren, age at
inauguration, 55; causeof death,
Asthmatic catarrh, age at death,
79.
President Harrison, age at in
auguration, (58; cause of death,!
bilious pleurisy, age at death, (58.
President Tyler, age at inau
guration, 51; cause of death,
bilious attack, age at death, 71.
President Polk, age at inaugu
ration, 50; causeof death, chronic
diarrhcea, age at death, 54.
President Taylor, age at inau
guration, 65; cause of death,
bilious fever, age at death, (55.
President Fillmore, age at in
auguration, 50; cause of death,
debility, age at death, 74.
President Pierce, age at inau
guration, 40; cause of death, in
flammation of stomach, age at
death, 54.
President Buchanan, age at in
auguration, 6(5; cause of death,
rheumatic gout, ageat death, 77.
President Lincoln, age at inau
guration, 52; cause of death, as
sassination, age at death, 5(5.
President Johnson, age at in
auguration, 57; cause of death,
paralysis, age at death, (5(5.
President Grant, age at inau
guration, 47; cause of death,
cancer, age at death, 63.
President Hayes, age at inau
guration, 54; cause of death, pa
ralysis of heart, age at death, 70.
President Garfield, age at inau
guration, 49; cause of death, as
sassination, age at death, 49.
President Arthur, age at inau
guration, 51; cause of death,
bright's disease, age at death, 56.
President Cleveland, age at in
auguration, 48; living.
President Harrison, age at in
auguration, 55; cause of death,
pneumonia, age at death, 68.
President McKinley, age at in
auguration, 53; cause of death,
assassination, age at death, 58.
President Roosevelt, age at in
auguration, 13; living.
Tot Causes Night Alarm.
"One night my brother's baby
was taken with ("roup," writes
Mrs. J. C. Snider, of Crittenden,
Ky., "it seemed it would strangle
before we could get a doctor, so
we gave it Dr. King's New Dis
covery, which gave quick relief
and permanently cured it. We
always keep it in the house to
protect our children from Croup
and Whooping Cough. It cured
me of a chronic bronchial trouble
that no other remedy would re
lieve.'" Infallible for Coughs,
Colds, Throat and Lung troubles.
r?Oc. and $1.00. Trial bottles
free at Hood Bros.
It is stated there is living in
; Caswell county a lady who has a
! horn growing out of the back
part of her head. It, is about
five inches long and curves down
toward the back of her neck. It
is loose and shakes as she walks.
The woman Is 74 years old and
is quite active and lively. She is
; not sensitive over the unusual
growth on her head.
Do you suffer from piles? If so
do not turn to surgery for relief.
I)eWitt's Witch Hazel Salve will
act more quickly, surely and safe
ly, saving you the expense and
danger of an operation. Hood
Bros.. Benson Drug Co., Hare A:
I Son, J. II. Ledbetter.
MRS. ROOSEVELT AND YOUNGEST DAUGHTER.
THE M'KINLEY HOME. CANTON. 0.
Honest and Fearless.
The American people may cer
tainly give their confidence to
Mr. Roosevelt. He is absolutely
honest, absolutely fearless, and
fully imbued with the great doc
trines and principles which the
people have repeatedly and so
emphatically approved. The en
thusiasm of his nature is sure to'
he sobered by the great responsi
bility which has come upon him
and the great tragedy which
brought him into power. He
will have wise counselors. I have
wa tched with interest his steady J
growth, never more clearly ap
parent than since the nomina
tion for the vice-presidency made
him so conspicuous a figure on
the national stage. He will con
tinue to grow and will, 1 am con
fident, rise to the full measure of
the demand upon him.?Senator;
Geo. F. Hoar.
Death ot Mrs. W. B. Johnson.
Mrs. Sarah Johnson, the wifeof
Mr. W. B. Johnson, died at her
home about five miles west of
Smithfield, of. consumption, on
Satin dav evening, September 28,
1901.
She was born in December, 1851,
and was married to Mr. Johnson
in I860, at the early ageof fifteen
years. She devt loped into a most
exemplary wife and mother, look
ing well to the ways of her house
hold and eating not the bread of
idleness. She was careful and I
painstaking in the raising of her
children and her kindness and
consideration for the feelings of
others were the sweet traits of j
womanhood that won for her a
place in the hearts of all with
whom she came in contact.
Although not a member of any
church we cannot doubt but that
her correct life was prompted and
supported by the eternal spirit of
rectitude.
She leaves a husband and nine
children in the distress of bereave
ment. They have the sympathy
of the community. S. R. W.
A Fiendish Attack.
An attack was lately made on
C. F. Collier, of Cherokee, Iowa,j
that nearlv proved fatal. Itcarnc
through his kidneys. His back
got so lame he could not stoop |
without great pain, nor sit in a
chair except propped bycushions. t
No remedy helped him until he
tried Electric Ibtterswhich effect
ed such a wonderful change that
he writes he feels like a new man.
This marvelous medicine cures
backache and kidney trouble,1
purifies the blood and builds up
your health. Only 50c. tit Hood
Bros, drug store.
We can furnish The Gunmaker
of Moscow in book form, paper
covers for 10 cents a copy. By
mail 12 cents. The Herald.
NOTICE OF SCHOOL ELEC
TION.
State of North Carolina, .
Johnston County.
To Whom it may Concern.
By a petition of one-fourth of
the free-holders of said section,
there will be an election held in
that part of Wilson's Mills town
ship lying between Neuse river
and the main prong of I'oplar
branch, 011 Tuesday, October 8,
1901, on thequestion of a special
tax for school purposes, as pro
vided in Section 72, of the Public
School Law of North Carolina.
All qualified voters in said terri
tory will be required to register
before they can vote.
By order of Board County Com
missioners.
This Sept. M, 1901.
J. W. Stephenson,
Clerk B. C. C.
DeWitt's Little Early Risers
never disappoint. They are safe,
prompt, gentle, effective in re
moving all impurities from the
liver and bowels. Small and easy
to take. Never gripe or distress.
Benson Drug Co., Hood Bros.,
J. R. Led better, Hare & Son.
TOBACCO LAND FOR SALE.
Here is an opportunity for to
bacco farmers. 1 offer for sale a
tract of land in Bentonvilletown
ship, J ohnston county, contain
ing about 300 acres, belonging
to the estate of John Harper,
deceased, including the residence.
The land is especially adapted to
thegrowthof tobacco, corn, peas,
potatoes, and most other
crops. It is well watered, and
has plenty of timber. The dwell
ing is a large, 1 wo-story, eight
room building, with a fire place
in each room, and is in an excel
lent state of preservation. 1 will
sell the land in smaller tracts, if
desired,-and on easy terms.
For further information, ad
dress, or see.
J. .1. HARPER, Executor,
Smithfield, N. C.
\Vki.i.ons A Morgan, Attorneys.
S-J7-4t.
Mothers everywhere praise < >ne
Minute Cough Cure for the suffer
ings it has relieved and the lives
of their little ones it has saved.
Strikes at the root of the trouble
and draws out the inflammation.
The children's favorite Cough
Cure. Benson Drug Co.. Hood
Bros.. Hare A Son, J. R. I-ed
Itetter.
KNOCK OUT PRICES.
CLOTHING. We have just received the largest and most
complete stock of .Men's and Hoys' Clothing that lias ever been
brought to Johnston county. #
Here are a Few of our Prices.
UTT'TtTttl OTTTmw -
O OUl'-L'O.
$5.00 VALUES $3.oo
6.00 VALUES 4.00
7.CO VALUES 5 00
8.00 VALUES 6.00
900 VALUES 7.00
1 0 00 VALUES 7 5o
.BUYS' SUITS.
$1 .25 VALUES $ .85
1 .50 VALUES 1 .00
1.75 VALUES 1.25
2 00 VALUES 1.75
3.CO VALUES 2.50
These are a few of our clothing prices. Our line of other Gents'
Furnishings is complete at corresponding low prices.
full line
Ladies' Trimmed Hats.
latest styles.
OUR DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT IS COMPLETE. SHOES.
OUR STYLES AND PRICES ARE RIGHT.
GROCERIES ^ e 'mve one car load Salt
We have received one car load Flour
That we are selling at extremely low prices. We have everything
else in the grocery line you want.
have Bagging and Ties jaTSSSBL
HARNESS. We have the best and cheapest line of buggy and
wagon Harness in the county.
Wagons and Buggies.
We have just received a car of wagons and our stock of buggies
is complete. Will sell them cheap for cash or on time.
BRING YOUR COTTON TO SELMA.
Mr. J. B. Hudson is on this market buying, and everybody
knows Buck will give the highest price for the staple. We also have
three other buyers on this market and we will see that you get the
highest price for your cotton.
Yours to please,
M.C. WINSTON & CO.,
SKI.MA, X. c.
Hardware!
F"itz Lee and Wetter Stoves
FOR COOKING AND HEATING.
Big stock of Farm Implements, Carpenters' Tools, Builders'
Material, Cutlery, Tinware, Crockery, Paints, Sash, Doors,
Blinds, &c., always on hand.
GOOD STOCK OF GUNS OF THE BEST MAKES.
We Have Taken out License to Sell Pistols.
?
COUNTRY MERCHANTS,
We are prepared to give you wholesale prices on Nails by
the keg, Tinware, Cobblers' Shoe Nails, Axes, S. & W.
Cartridges
Everybody asked to come and trade with us.
Clayton Hardware Company,
C. W. CARTER, Owner and Proprietor,
1)10?tf. CLAYTON, N. C.
COTTON IS HIGHER
BUT PRICES ARE AWAY
DOWN AT
Hall's Hardware
House.
See them opening their new line of Hard/'
ware, Stoves, Ranges, North Carolina Made
Harness, Rubber and Gandy Belting,
Pure Buck Lead, Paints, Oils, Varnishes,
Etc. Thanking you for your custom,
E. L. HALL,
FARMERS Can Save Money
BY BUYING MONEY-SAVING TOOLS.
MIn 11 f>r>4> ,0 sfn(1 ca,al?tTu"s of eactl
We WcUll of <he following ?o every
Farmer in the State.
WRITE A POSTAL CARD FOR ONE.
Tho TORN CROP can be doubled bv using
a HUSKEK and SHREDDER. It husks
the corn and delivers Into wagon or cnb
and shreds or cuts the stalk : nd fodder at
the same time into splendid feed and
delivers it into bam or stack.
FEED MII.I S, which grind corn and cob
or shelled grain into meal.
HAM) or POWER TEED CUTTERS,
with travelling feed table.
HOUSE POWERS with FEFO JIII.L8
attached, and for running Feed Cut
ters, Wood Saws, etc.
FANNING MILLS for grain and seed.
GRAIN DRILLS, both disc and hoe.
Itugirieg, Carriages, Wagons and Mar
ness, from the finest to the humblest.
We have the largest stock in the South.
SORGHt'M MILLS and Evaporators.
WIRE FENCING of all kinds. The best
and cheapest and will last a lifetime.
Wood Patent SWING CHURNS by
far the best.
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