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. PLYMOUTH, N. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1899.
NO. 7.
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SICUMOff BY KKV. GEO. STUAttT.
During his recent remarkable meet
ing in Charlotte, Rev. George Stuart
preached from the text, "Who can find
a virtuous woman, for her price is far
above rubies VI
"The word virtuous, in my text,"
said he, "is historical and has changed
its meaning several times, but in every
age the word virtue has always stood
for the best and highest element in
character. So if I were to read my
text as the author really meant it I
would read the word virtue as strong.
A good woman is the best thing this
side of heaven and a bad woman is the
worst thing this side of hell. The
worst character in Charlotte to-day is a
woman. And the reason why a woman
is so corrupt and lost whn she falls;
the reason why Bhe is so crushed is
because she falls from such a marvel
ous height. In this chapter from
which ray text is taken we have a life
size portrait of a strong woman, every
verse a stroke of the brush.
"1. Her husband doth safely trust in
her; that means there is happiness in
that home for love does not dwell in
lA.,on rlictrnat. Thnt's thfi
iiUU UUUOU Ulltu umwuuvi
fault I have to find with these society
.folks. Too many of these society
wnm pin nrf not satisfied with thir own
hnshnnrla nnil r.hildren. I tell VOU if
wouli see my wife as fond of talking
kn ntVipr women's husbands as some
fuw.iet'.v women are I would not be
Rfl.fi sfipfl.
-i "2. She will do him good and not
vil nil the davs ot her hie. mat
means she will not take him to places
where he ought not to oe iouna.
"3. She is industrious.
"4. She is helpful. The helpful life
is the only happy life. The happiest
linnrs nf mv life are the hours when 1
am helping someone else.
Shp. is liberal and stretches out
her-hands to the poor.
"G. She is industrious, for we read
that her husband is clothed with scarlet
and she is clothed with silk and purple
hprfi mp.n tinned are enuivalent to
linafiv and llannel at the present time
Yes, she is a woman who clothes her
children well. I can always tell a
home where there is a good mother by
il 1 i L . .1
the way the children are cioiueu.
"7. She is not deceitful. A good
wife is the greatest blessing a man can
have, but there is a great ainerence dc
t.wee.n marrving a good wife and f
mere woman, a canary bird. And
Vinw mnr.h deceit some women prac
tice! Sometimes a man hardly knows
whether the pretty rosy cheeks of a
woman are due to nature or the box of
powder on the dressing case.
"K. The. woman I am talking about
Irpsses sensiblv. and that sounds
ofr,.rnrp rWsn't it? I don't mean to
criticise the way women dress, for I
dc't care about the style iust so they
Aroaa. T don't care how bier or how
little the sleeves are just so yeu wear
1 i A
sleeves. Yes, wear sieeves ana tops w
your dresses. Say what you will, but
the modern style of evening dress was
Unm in thfi heart of sensuality. You
may call it high art, but there is not
more than one person in a nunarea
that can get anything out of high art
but low morals.
"We need women in America and
America wants women women who
will atari rl for the right. O. that our
women would stand solidly for the sin
Aa atn.nrln.rd of nuritv of life, and de
monrl ah much of men as men demand
fcf them! Let a woman diverge one
inch from the standard ot purity and
nnt a. man or woman in town will rec-
nffnio hpr hnt a man can be as cor
i-nnt oa hp, will, and then shave and
put on clean clothes and be recognized
in the parlors oi tne Desi mmines in
town. This ought not to be, and such
men should be turned away irom the
f- door and receive a toboggan slide on a
yoot. . , .
Y? "God pity mothers who rush their
Lff thftir nonularitv if a lot of little
f r dndes that wouldn't amount to good
A, ci7cwl rra. ts. if boiled down, are atten
to thfim! Don't worry about beaux,
for too many beaux is is a bad sign, it
moans that tne gin can oe Kiuseu.
v Anyway dudes don't run after women,
. Knf nftpr mere thincs.
"fy 9. Finally, this woman never talks
f "cept when she opens her mouth witn
V''iom. This woman governs her
and what a blessing it would
ii Tall women would do likewise,
librae from a 'tonguey' woman,
.hah, too, for men need criticism
UUhis line as well as women. How
t.rouble would be avoidable in
'ld if mouths did not open ex
vHh wisdom, and if tongues were
"ll by the law of kindness, as
IjJ of this woman. I like a kind
l O, the gossip and slander
')gues utter ! I never go to a
Wthat some one does not have
.i.;ung to tell me about some one
I used to listen to such tales, but
i't now. Never pay any attention
Jssip, no matter who brings it to
Remember that a dog that will
y a bone will take one, and one
.lit will take one will carry one. If
Tjou. hear anything about yourself,
' don't repeat it, but leave it with God.
Never repeat gossip or slander about
any one. Always ask these questions
before vou repeat anything of tl e
kind: (1) Is it right? (2) Is it true?
(3) OugLt it to be said ? (4) Will it do
any good?
"There is but one phrase in this
chapter that refers to a society woman
and that is this 'Favor is deceitful, and
beauty is vain.' Yes, you can support
your clubs all right, but I have a letter
here now saying the V. C. T. U. wo
men will have to give up their room
because they are unable to pay the
rent $5 a month. That is a shame on
this town. (Here Mr. Stuart made a
Bpecial appeal for the W. C. T. U. and
raised $00, enough to pay the rent of
their room for one year.)
"The trouble with young women to
day is that they are not ambitious. So
few of them have any ambition tor any.
thing but to be pretty and popular
May God change the motive power of
this time, and may our young women
have noble ambition to be something
in and to the world. In conclusion I
want you to remember this if you re
member nothing else I say to-day :
Woman is stronger in piety than man.
I believe God made you with a stronger
endowment of the strongest elements
of religion faith and love than He
did us men. Thank God for woman s
faith and woman's love ! God started
religion in woman because everything
begins at mother s knees. The most
wonderful instances of faith, fidelity,
humility, hospitality and liberality to
be found in the Bible are to be found
in the women of the Bible.
"God bless and consecrate our wo
men and their work. The world needs
you, Christ needs you, and may God
bless you in your service for Him and
humanity."
IV o Fear for Ueorge.
"I suppose you worry a good deal
about your Bon, don't you, Mrs. Mag
nus?" -
"Yes, I just tremble every time I see
a messenger boy coming down the
street, and until he gets past our house
I am always sure that he must have t
telegram telling me that something ter
rible has happened to ray boy."
"Still, you must remember that the
chances against him are comparatively
small. Let me see, I think I saw
statement somewhere the other day that
the percentage of soldiers killed or
wounded in the Philippines was only
ti
"Oh, it isn't George who enlisted
that I'm worrying over. It's Harry,
who has been made a member of his
college football team this year."
No &uch Luck.
Anew military prison chaplain, was
rp.rrp.ntlv annotated in a certain town in
Scotland, and, entering one of the cells
on his first ro and of inspection, he, with
much pomposity, thus addressed the
prisoner who occupied it:
"Well, sir, do you know who I am ?"
"No; nor I dinna care," was thenon
chalent reply.
"Well, I'm your new chaplain."
"Oh, ye are; well, I have heard o' ye
before."
"And what did you hear?" returned
the chaplain, his cuiiosity getting the
better of his dignity.
"Well, I heard that the last twa kirks
ye were in ye preached them bath
empty, but I'll be hanged if ye fin I it
such an easy matter to do the same wi'
t lis one."
Forty-Two KnowB Wives.
Chicago, Oct. 24. Forty-two wives
scattered throughout the world, four of
whom are in Chicago, was the confes
sion made today by Walter N. Farns
worth, a Chicago candy commission
man, who was arrested yesterday
charged with bigamy. Farnsworth also
admitted that he was a man of many
aliases. Some of these are. Charies
Bradford, A. J. Hittig, S. L. Thomas,
A. L. Kiefer and Bradshaw.
"I cannot tell exactly how many wo-
men l nave mamea, saia ne. "j.
know of eleven in Europe, four in
China, three in Peru, one in England
and over twenty others in different
parts of the world, but to save my soul
I could not tell how many."
Killed By Mistake.
- The Southerner tells of the killing at
Tarboro, Wednesday night of last week
of a negro paralytic who was a familiar
sight there as a street beggar. ie was
employed to carry a note to the resi
dence of John A. Weddell, and arrived
at the house after the family had re
tired. Instead of knocking at the door
he attempted to arouse the family by
rattling the blinds of the room in which
Mr. Weddell and wife slept. This
frightened Mrs. Weddell, who called
her husband and he, thinking a robber
was seeking to enter, fired through the
window' with the result that the unfort
unate negro was killed. A coroner's
jury exonerated Mr. Weddell from all
blame.
Four Murder Cages in llowan Court.
Salisbury, Oct. 23. The next term
oi court here will probably have all its
times occupied in the trial of capital
cases. There are at present iour pris
oners in jail awaiting trial for murder,
and one other who will be tried for the
same crime if the man he shot dies,
which in all probability he will, making
in all five murder cases. The two ne
groes who killed Policeman Kerns of
Concord have had their case moved
here. All of the prisoners are negroes.
"Well, little boy, what's your name?"
'Shadrach Nebuchadnezzar Jones."
"Who gave you that name?"
"I don't know. But if 1 find out
when I get older they'll be aorry for it."
GENERAL NISWS.
Thomas A. Edison. Jr., eon of The
Wizard, has attracted attention by the
invention of a cheap process of tough
ening iron, steel and copper. The in
vention, it is Baid, promises to revolu-
uonize iormer meinoas.
The St. Louis Republic says that a
mule is now worth as much as a horse
and a horse is worth twice as much as
he was two years ago. They are selling
at from 1150 to $200, and even more.
St. Louis shipped 117,703 last year and
the increase in mule-raising will be en
couraged by the fine prices.
The announcement is made that sev
eral of the industries of Lynchburg,
Va., are in need of employes, the esti
mate being that at least 300 women and
girls could find employment immedi-
lately, two mills alone requiring more
than 200 additional workers. At other
points in the South similar conditions
exist.
ftlr, Bryan's Rapid Canvagg of Ken
tucky and OMo.
Sandusky, O , Dispatch, 21st.
Col. William J. Bryan tonight closed
the most remarkable week in his event
ful career of campaigning. He was
scheduled for six speeches daily the first
three days of the week in Kentucky,
and for the same number in Ohio. He
has been continuously on a special
train since last Monday morning and
has made more than the 36 speeches on
the schedule. In traveling thousands
of miles during the week, most of the
time at unu ually high speed, stops
were made at various points not on the
schedule, and speeches were made from
the rear of the train, as well as from
platforms. He made over fifty speeches
during the week and many more short
talks at Btations along the way. His
closing day of the Kentucky and Ohio
week was the most active and remarka
ble of all, especially in the meetings at
Fastoria, Bellevue, Clyde and other
noints not on the programme. He
started earlier than other days and fin
ished later at night, apparently as vig
orous after the last meeting as he was
last Monday morniDg. He left late to
night fonChicago en route to Nebraska
and will spend the last two weeks of the
campaign in his own State in a Bimilar
manner to his canvass in Kentucky and
Ohio this week.
Frozen to Death.
Chicago, Oct., 23. A dispatch from
Helena, Montana, says the Northern
part of the State has been digging itself
out of the snow. Four or live days last
week it snowed almost unceasingly
Tne snow is ten or twelve feet deep in
drifts, and three on the level.
The bodies of eight sheep herders
were found in Teton county. Fifteen
others are missing. Twenty thousand
sheep in Teton county perished. It
believed the loss of life will be twenty
persons.
Great Falls, Mont., Oct. 22, Nine
men perished in the recent blizzard
Five bodies have been recovered and
it
is probable that this is not half the list
The last body found was that of H
Harold, a sheep herder. The sheep
had eaten off his beard, clothing and
part of his boots.
Southern River Bridge Destroyed By
Fire.
Blacksburg, S. C, Oct. 21. Bridge
over Broad river, two miles south of this
dace, of the Southern railroad8, was al
most wholly destroyed by fire last night.
The wood approaches were burned,
leaving the damaged iron bents im
mediately over the stream standing.
Southern trains will be run over the
Gaffnev branch fnm South Carolina
and Georgia division railway between
Blacksburg and Gaffney until damage
is renaired. This will not materially
interfere with Southern through seryice
a the two lines paralled each other
between these two points.
The Cotton Crop.
Baltimore Sun.
Mr. O. B. Stevens, Commissioner of
Agriculture of Georgia, has issued an
estimate of the present cotton crop. Af
ter a careful (investigation and corres
pondence from the cottDn-producing
sections Mr. Stevens has reached the
conclusion that the crop of the United
States will not exceed 9,000,000 or
9,500,000 bales. He introduces many
figures and facts in support of his con
clusions, the principal reasons being
the light yield in many sections and a
decreased acreage of 1,422,000 acres.
Under these conditions, Mr. Stevens
says, cotton should bring 8 or 9 cents
per pound by January 1. He does not
advise the farmers to hold their cotton,
to the hurt of the merchants and banks
who accommodated them, nor does he
advise them to hold at all, but the in
dications are all favorable to better
nrirps. "Go to the people you owe."
says Mr. Stevens, "and consult with
them, as their interests are yours.
Make such arrangements as will help
you and not embarrass them."
Textile Excelsior: The cotton
mill of the Coleman Manufacturing
Company, of Concord, will bo ready
to run within six weeks. The ma
chinery is being put in place now.
This mill is to have 7,000 spindles
and 140 looms. H. E. Smith, for
merly of Lowell, Mass., is to be the
superintendent. Colored operatives,
as far as practicable, will be employed.
TART, TERSE AND TIMELY.
Col. Bryan is winding up his political
work of the year in his own State, which
he is confident of keeping in the Demo
cratic column, notwithstanding extra
ordinary efforts on the part of the Re
publicans to carry the State.
Boss Hanna is trying to introduce
the faith cure in Ohio politics when he
Btands up and tells an audience that
there is no such thing as a trust in this
country. He 11 be saying next that
there is no such thing as a political boss.
According to Mgr. Chappelle, the
Apostolic Delegate to the Philippines,
the percentage of illiteracy on the
island of Luzon is less than in the State
of Massachusetts.
The families of Americans killed in
the Philippines have no reason to
hurrah for imperialism.
Dewey should, change doctorB; the
one who is trying to. bury him alive, for
the good of his health, is eyidently a
member of the McKinley ring.
The Democrats may not carry Ohio,
but the fright they have given the Re
publicans is worth all the efforts that
have been and are being made by Mr.
McLean and his supporters.
If Bobs Hanna will only continue to
defend the trusts in his speeches, he
will make Democratic success in Ohio a
certainty, instead . of the Btrong proba
bility it now is.
According to reports recently sent out
from Washington, Mr. KcKinley is re
lying more upon the Catholic Cnurch
to bring about peace in the Philippines
than he is upon Gen. Otis.
Mr. McKinley is said to be worrying
about hie message to Congress, but we
feel justified in saying (hat he is worry
ing a great deal more about the result
in Ohio than about the message.
Kentucky and Ohio.
News and Observer.
The political interest of the whole
country is centered on the contest in
Kentucky and Ohio. Separated by the
Ohio river, these States have been polit
ically far apart. Ohio has been for
thirty years a reliably Republican State
and Kentucky a reliably Democratic
State. Ordinarily there is not tho deep
interest in the elections in these two
States that is felt this year. In 1895,
as a protest against Cleveland and
Carlyle, Kentucky went Republican for
the fii8t time since the war. In -189G
the election machinery was used to steal
the electoral vote of that State from
Bryan. In 1897, the State was re
deemed, and would be safely Demo
cratic but for the feud growing out of
the nomination of Goebel. In Ohio
there are factional troubles in both
parties. The Democrats look for big
gains from the Germans and anti
Hanna Kepubhcans. If they secure
them and stop the revolt in some
quarters against McLean, they will
carry the State. McKinley and the
money trust behind him know that de
feat in Ohio would mean political ex
termination, and will use the election
machinery corruptly this year as they
used it in 1895 unless McLean prevents it
North Carolina Confederates.
Raleigh, N. C, Oct. 18. The State
Confederate Veterans' annual meeting
tonight was the largest ever held. Julian
S. Carr was re-elected president, John
A. Ramsay, vice-president: Claude B
Denson, secretary.
A resolution of eympathy with Gen
W. W. Kirkland because of his recent
illness was adopted.
It was reported that Mrs. Stonewall
Jackson was in needy condition and
arrangements were made to aid her if
she would accept it.
Walter Clark was thanked for com
nleting the records of the North Caro
lina regiment after five years' work and
they were ordered printed January 1.
A report showed that the amount re
ouired to erect a memorial Shalt in
Winchester county had been raised and
that the monument would be completed
next month.
The action of L. O. B. Branch Camp,
of Kaleigh, toward erecting a monument
to the women of the Confederacy was
indorsed and all camps will be asked to
co-operate.
Preliminary steps were taken for a
great reunion next year, either in sum
mer, to continue three days, or here
next October.
1,500 Boers Blown Up.
London, Oct. 20. The Daily News'
Cape Town correspondent says: "It is
rumored here taat news has reached
Deaax Junctioon that the Boers attack
ed Mafeking in force, but were repulsed.
The defenders, seeing the enemy re
treating pursued them for some dis
tance. Then a feint was made and
tbey commenced to retire on the town,
allowing themselves to be driven in by
the Boers, who. eager to retrieve the;'.
position, again advanced to the att
and were drawn over lydite mines, laid
for the defence of the town. It ia re
ported that 1,500 Boers were killed by
the explosion."
Leg Broken flaying Football.
Charlotte News.
Mr. S. J. Durham was in Charlotte
this morniojj on his return from Dur
ham, where he has been to 3ee his
brother, Mr. Wright T. Dixon, who had
his leg broken while playing a game.cpatiniiud
football Bevtral days ago. Mr. Dur'i Aiy5"-"
says Mr. Dixoa is now in th? M (
hospital in Durham and is gehfl '
as well as could be expected.
has been no game of football at r
College Bince the accident occurred x
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
One of the most audacious acts in re
cent history was that of the little Boer
republic in sending an ultimatum to
great big England. But it seems that
the little fellow meant what he said.
Congree8man Champ Clark, of
Missouri, who will go to Kentucky to
stump the state for Goebel, in au inter
view today, predicted that Bryan and
McLean would head the Democratic
ticket in 1900 if McLean wins in the
Ohio campaign this fall.
The cotton goods trade is pursuing
what to-day might te termed an un
eventful career; that is, there is a much
larger demand for the goods than there
is of a supply, and this condition is
only a repetition of what has existed
for several weeks. Every agent has
reports to make of orders refused or
passed by on account of inability to fill
them. The volume of business would
be to-day just as large or larger than it
was weeks ago when prijes were lower,
if supplies could only be found to fill
orders. This is the only thing that
stands in the way of an enormous
amount of trade, and probably the
biggest business that the market has
ever known. Wool and Cotton Reporter.
For more than a week a enow storm
of unprecedented severity for this time
of the year has been raging in the
mountains surrounding Leadville, Col
One band of 1,400 sheep and the herd
er with thera are lost. The name of
he shepherd is not known. Other
large flocks have reported heayy losses,
and no word has been received from
many others known to be still in the
mountain pastures. Two prospectors
from Tennessee Park attempted to cross
Mount Deon recently, and one has iust
arnyed in Leadville. He says the
blizzard came upon them when they
reached the summit. It was only by
the greatest exertions that they made
their way. They were nearly frozen to
death when they reached a wood
cutter's cabin the second night. " They
passed a band of 2,000 sheep, many of
which perished in the storn,
Yellow Fever Epidemic.
. Jackson, Miss.,. Oct. 23. Eight new
cases of yellow fever are reported in
Jackson to-night. This makes a total
of 18 cases now under treatment. The
patients are well scattered over the city
and the State board of health issued
statement to-rright practically declaring
the disease epidemic. The statement
further says that owing to the lateness
of the season it is not likely that the
infection will spread, if introduced at
another place, but suggests that other
towns in the State take, such quaran
tine action as they d.eem proper.
One of the new patients is a State
convict named Chittington. This is
the first time in history that yellow
fever has appeared, in. the penitentiary
Fortunately, only a dozen or so of con
victs are within the walls.
Dr. Haralson, inspector of the State
board, reports two cases at Flora, 18
miles north of here. Many of the citi
zens are leaving.
Key West, Oct. 23. Thirty-one new
cases of yellow fever and three deaths
have been reported since October 9th
Thirteen new cases and two deaths con
stitute the record for the past 21 hours
The Boers Will Seek Peace.
lialeiKh Post. 24th
Our dispatches this morning seems to
indicate that I resident Kruger con
templates aBking for terms of peace,
We hope it is true. The fighting so far
convinces him of two things his men,
howeyer brave, cannot stand against
the British soldiers and equipment,
and that he need expect no assistance
from any other power, however much
sympathy they may feel or express for
him and his.
To prolong the fight can only result
in needless loss of life on both sides,
with increased humiliation for the
vanquished.- -
Every conscientious man must sym
pathize and respect the rugged honesty
and reckless patriorisra of these Afri
kanders; but "higher civilization" is
against them, and the Christian world
needs their gold as well as the control
of fie Dark Contfnent for the latter's
own enlightenment.
We anticipate the fighting is over. It
may as well be terminated now, but let
not England forget htr own Christianity
and civilization in granting terms of
peace.
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STATE NEWS.
An agent has been advertising in the
Asheville Citizen for 5,000" bushels of
chestnuts.
By a vote of 200 to 90 High Point
has decided against issuing bonds to
establish a system of water-works.
Superintendent Day, oi the peniten
tiary, insists that there is no question
as to the mating of both ends meet this
year..
Rev. G. D. Bernheim has resigned aa
pastor of St. Matthew's English Luth
eran church of Wilmington, with a view
to retiring from the active ministry.
He has been in the ministry for over
50 years.
The Citizen says that cn Thursday
night a flock of partridges flew against a
school building in Asheville, with the
result that four window panes were
broken and a half dozen of the birds
were killed by the collision.
The late A. F. Page, of Raleigh, was
worth more than a quarter of a million
of dollars. By his will his children
receive $200,000, his wife $50,000, his
grandchildren $5,000 and the Metho
dist Orphanage and Academy of Music
at Raleigh each $5,000,
Hon. A. M. Waddell writes the News
and Observer that he will be a candi
date for Senator if party primaries are
held to nominate a candidate, other
wise he will not be. He also says that
the primary should not be held until
after the August election.
Will Cost Dewey a Boom.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 22. The aban
donment of his Southern trip has de
prived Admiral Dewey of witnessing the
launching of the Dewey Presidential
boom in the South.
Plans had been quietly made by some
of the leaders to spring the boom at an
opportune time, and in the great en
thusiasm which would have surrounded
the progress of the Admiral in this sec
tion it was expected that Dewey could be
put forward as the- man to beat Bryan
and McKinley, so far as the South's
part in the congest goes.
Qln this movement were the anti
Bryan Democrats and the Palmer and
Buckner gold Democrats, who have
been looking for a candidate other than
the Nebraskan. It is Baid that half a
dozen leading Democratic papers in the
South which have opposed Bryan were
ready to declare for Dewey on the oc
casion of his visit here, and it is a fact
that some of the men most active in .
tyring to get Dewey here are anti-Bryan
Democrats. They are visibly chagrined
now that. the Admiral has refused to
come, and they frankly admit that
Dewey has lost a fine chance of making
himself popular in the South. The op
ponents of Bryan have looked to Dewey
as the best means of getting out of a
bad situation politically, and there is no
doubt but that the Dewey boom was
ready for explosion,-some of the speech
es on that line having already been pre
pared.
The city of Atlanta spent several
thousand dollars preparing welcome
signs and flags and bunting in the Ad
miral's honor, and it was expected that
100,000 people would come here to see
him. Hereafter the Admiral will not
be nearly bo strong in Georgia.
Wasn't a Fireman. 7",
She: If it were necessary, and I
were your wife, would you go through
fire and water for me.
He: Do you think it would be tie'
essary ?
She: It might.
marry a hreuW.
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