- Single Copy, 6 Cents. 1.00 a Yer, in Advance. "FOR COUNTRY, FOR GOD, AND EOR TRUTH." VOL. XI. PLYMOUTH, N. C, FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1900. NO. 24. SAM JONES' SERMON. Extrat-tn from a Scrinoii Ircaded In the Vrmt lre.lyterlaii Church, Nash ville Teiui. Text: "Ami Speaking the truth in his heart." Psa. 15:2. A man is never better than his heart. A clean heart is the need of every Caristian man and woman. This should be the cry and the plea and the earnest object of every believing child of God: 'Create in me a clean heart, O God!" Thank God that it is our privilege. Thank God that many people seek and obtain it. I don't care what you call it, whether the second or third or thou sandth blessine-. it cbans.out and then cleans up purifies the heart, cleans up the lite, and, thank God, so benign anu wonderous and so needed a work of grace can be possessed by men and wo men. I welcome it under any name, and have profound contempt for the spirit which would depreciate the people who possess it, or the great grace which hna f.nnifi to them. You may say what you please about the holiness people, but 1 want to say this- T have never seen aholineesman that wasn't a prohibitionist from his hat to his heels, l nave never seen one who didn't vote for prohibition always and everywhere. I have never seen one that didn't light liquor, card play in tr and even uhase and form of world- linesa in the church. I have never seen a second blessing man or woman that believed in or gave oara parties indulged in punch slinging, went totht thfidtrn or danriner Darties. or engaged in or encouraged any phase or form of . . 11 t i- deviltry that -is cursing me cnurcn today. I have never 'seen a second blfiSRinr man or woman that wouldn't nmv anvwhere and everywhere when called on, and that wasn't ready to stand up and testify ior tne i-ora wnen ever onnortuuity offered. I never saw a. Rficond blesaine nerson in my life man or woman, at the head of the family, that didn't get down night and mnrninc and nrav for the children in that home and for God's guiding hand in all things pertaining to tneir sacrea home responsibilities. i well tell you another thing: I never saw a preacher in my life that was fighting the holiness crowd that wasn't a dead dog in his pulpit can't bite. You may watch it. Every little preach er that you hear fighting the holiness people is a fellow that hasn't had a revival or a conversion in his ministry for years, uuless he got somebody else to hold the meeting, uoa aon t nonor any such a preacher. You neyer see a man in the oulpit who fights the holi "ness people, but what if you search him far enouerh vou will find him wrong in his life or rotten iu his character. I will tell vou another thine: Whenever you hear one of the sisters in church just pitching into these "second blessing fanatics." ss Bbe calls tuem, you may Hftt it down she is one of them old gals that either has a punch bowl in her house, or she elins across to her neigh bors and just "takes a little", or leads in some form of wonaimees. Sometimes folks have said that I "fit" the second blessing people. I want to say here and now, it is not true. I nfivtr do any such a thing. I don't fif?ht 'em: Iiust trim them up some times like I do all other gangs, and they need trimming just like the balance of vnn folks need trimmine: and vou will find that all the fellows that have got blessing don't mind tne trimming. The Second blessing people are right in heart: some of them are wrong in the head. There are black sheep in that flnnk ns wpll ak in. vour Hock. Some second blessing people, so called, haven't . cot the rierht spirit, and maybe don't live light. I can say this such folks haven't got the second blessing, and if thfiv ever had it they have lost it. And I can say that some of the crowd that is everlasting lighting the second bless ing folks may have had the first bless ing when thev commenced tne tignt, but have fought and fought until "they have lost the first blessioe. You have got to have a clean heart if vnu wish to have a clean life, and God desires both; and yet some of-your wordly gang in the church are whining: "I just cant live without sin; Ijuethave tn sin. every dav: I am iust a poor human nature is so frail that I just cant live without sin." wen, now, just ten what nin is that vou are compelled to commit every day? Just sit down and write it out on a piece of paper ana look at it. and see which of the com mandments vou have cot to break every day of your life. What sin or sins have von potto commit every day of voui life. What a lib ! on your Saviour! What a Hlander on the atoniDg blood ot tne Lam r! For what was the Lamb slain? Why did tne crimson tide flow from the side of Divine Innocence if it was not to cleanse us from all sin? Where sin abounded Hid not crace much more abound? No. brother, sister, thank God it is false when you say you have got to sin; you sin because you want to sin, and you insult vour Lord and misrepresent the atonement when you seek to cover your guilt or apologize for your loye for something forbidden by pleading a necessity for ein. Let's suppose a case: Here is a man n hn n. tine ten-room house which he sells to a friend; makes him a deed ;r. nP Himii e: receives tne casn in pay ment and turns oyer to him the prop ivinff him the keys to nine rooms, ',,.,;r,D ihp kflv to one room. The buyersays: "Well, hello, friend, didn't J you say there were ten rooms in that house? W hy dont you give me the key to the tenth room? "Oh," says the other, "I've got snakes and lions locked up in that room, and I don t propose to turn that over to you." "Well, but didn't I buy the whole house; and didn t you deed it to me, and pledge yourself in the deed to deliver the same and to forever warrant and defend the title to the same to me; and do you suppose I am going to move my family into that house, one room of which is filled with snakes and lions to endanger my family and the lives of my children?" Now, brethren, you know that you would break up the whole transaction on the spot. There ain't a man in Christendom who would stand any such a piece ol fraud as that, and you know it; and yet there are lota of you folks that profess to make a full consecration and with a heart thoroughly empteid to invite the Lord to enter and take full possession in all Hia cleansing power, and you know there is a nook or corner in your heart where you won t let him enter, and which he ha? never entered because there is that sequestered nook of j'our nature, you are nursing the hissing serpents of envy and jealousy. Roaming around in that dark region are the snakes and lions of hate, malice and spite. You know as well as you know you are living that there are tempers, carnal passions and a thousand things unexpelled from your nature which keep your Lord from a full and absolute supremacy in your hearts. Anjd yet you have professed to have turned the whole thing oyer to Him' Oh, brethern and Bisters, you have got to turn loose, laying everything on the altar, and sweep out into the ocean of God's infinite love. Thank God that I ever did that. Some of the sweetest memories of my life and the profound est experience of my Christian career are connected with these holiness breth ren. Never shall I forget an associa tion with a holiness preacher down in a Georgia town a few years ago. That brother had preached this great blessing with all the earnestness of his soul. The tidal wave of salvation was iiweeping over the people. He was urging a full and uncompromising consecration of all to God, and that accompanying supreme act of faith which procures the downpour of the Spirit in all his full ness. We were walking alone after one of the services had closed, and turning to me he said, "Sam, why in the world, brother, don't you turn loose every thing that lies between you and God's fullness and lay hold on this great blessing? I Baid, "Brother?., every thing that stands, between me and my God and the. uttermost which he can do for me is not worth more than a nickel. I would not give a nickle for anything under the burning sun that I wouldn't turn loose in a second that stands between me and God's fullness. Brother P. said, 'Then, Sam, you are iust within one nickle of the blessing. I replied, "Well, a nickel shan't split such an important matter." When I got to the church at the next service the meeting had commenced, and this brother was praying as I entered the church and knelt down, and he truly had hold of the horns of the altar Such praying I never heard since I was born into the world. The very windows of heaven seemed open. I felt the very presence of my God; heaven and earth came together. It was a time of heart-searching, heart-surrendering and heart-filling. At that meeting, in that solemn and never-to-be-forgotten hour, I turned loose the willows that over hung the banks, aud swept out into the very midst of the ocean of God's infinite love; and the joy of that moment lingers sweetly and ineffaceably today. It's memory and power have swept over the lapse of years, and it has been my solace in a thousand sorrows, my strength in a thousand struggles, my star of hope through a thousand nights, and like a sheen of glory will canopy with it, light and peace and triumph ray dying hour. Thank God, there is water enough in the River of Life to cleanse every heart from all sin. Reflection of a Bachelor. New York Press. You can generally have a lot of fun with the girls that are always saying they do so hate spoony men. A man ought to be made to do his courting when the girl's folks are having the house wall-papered. Half the women you see either have some money in their stocking or have a bill pinned to the inside of their corset. The children that their parents have got to wishing for a little baby brother would generally rather have a dog af ter they see it. When you catch a girl playing the hose on the side yard, she always acts as ashamed as if you had caught her with her shoes off. To Aid Hryan'a CmpIsii. New York, May 26. James J. Coogan, president of the borough of Manhattan, and a leader in Tammany hall, today contributed $100,000 to the Democratic national committee with the stipulation that the gift be rescinded if William J. Bryan is nrt renominated. The committee will be allowed to make use of this fund as it may see fit. This contribution gave rise to the story in political circles today that Mr. Coogan would be Colonel Bryan's running mate on the national ticket this summer. MeKIN LEY'S COLONIAL BLUNDERS. Charlotte Observer. In a spirited colloquy with Senator Spooner the other day on the Senator floor, Lugene B. Hale, of Maine, inti mated that he had serious doubt whether or not the United States government intended to carry out the solemn promises by Congress of ultimate inde pendence to Juba. It is not pleasant to see leading statesmen so pessimistic as to our national good faith. Certain it is, the spirit of imperialism has taken hold of the United States, the idea seeming to be that in order to extend our trade we must get and hold all the colonies we can. Why we could not exercise a benevolent protectorate over all the new possessions that have fallen into our hands, just as we are presumed to do in Cuba, does not seem to be seri ously considered. The country is so far committed to imperialism, nowever, mat we never expect to see a different policy. But one thing is certain. If we are to acquire colonies, we mu3t give them good government, else we will alienate them and bring discredit upon ourselves, There is no doubt that Mr. McKinley is a good man and means well. But he is in the hands of his friends and his friends are men like Senator Hanna, who have political henchmen to reward. When, therefore, a number of the isl ands of the sea fell into our hands as the spoils of war, there came with them a large amount of patronage. They re quire governors general aud governors, postoffice officials, customs officers, etc., etc. The present administration has fallen into the error of appointing small politicians men who demand office because of dirty work in elections to these important colonial positions Rath bone, for instance, in Cuba, is one of Mark Hanna's election managers The result has been the serious thefts of postal funds in Cuba by American officials. The Philadelphia Times, in discussing this. matter, says: The President cannot be excused on the ground that he was imposed upon in the appointment of officials for Cuba who seem to have run riot in debauch ery and t -eft. That was the beginning of his colonial policy, and when be hearkened to political leaders who pressed political henchmen upon him for these most responsible positions, he was simply forgetful of the highest duly to himself and the country. No man who was urged on political grounds for any position in Cuba should have been entertained for a moment, and it is solely because the President did not thus perform his duty that we have now a floodtideof scandals to shame the nation and enormous embezzlements to deplete the Treasury. There can be no temporizing with thieves and speculators who seem to have largely taken possession of Cuba. They must not only be summarily dis missed and brought to justice at any cost, but politicial appointments for such positions must be absolutely ended now and forever. The politician who would seek reward for political services in colonial appointment, might be safely assumed to be a reckless peculator of one in search of plunder; and it is one of the indelible stains upon the ad ministration that a number of the first officials appointed by the President to colonial service in Cuba have made Spanish theft comparatively respectable. If the President would command the confidence of the country in his colonial policy, the mere politician must be en tirely eliminated from the colonial ser vice. Not only should these appointments be made on the strictest lines outside of mere political prefer ment, but there should bo an entire ab sence of favoritism to any of the swarms of speculators which seek to possess valuable franchises in Cuba and in our Spanish possessions. The country can stand embezzlements and debauchery to some extent in our political appoint ments at home, but it cannot and will not tolerate incompetent or dishonest officials in our colonial policy. This is a true bill. President Mc Kinley must take his share of the blunders and scandals of the beginning of our colonial policy. The people, already disgusted over his backdown in the Porto Rican tariff matter, are watching closely to see what he will do to bring the Cuban postal thieves to justice. It he succeeds he will be doing well, but it will take nerve. It is said that Rathbone who secured Mark Hanua's re-election to the Senate, has threatened, if he is punished, to "give away" the true inwardness of Hanna's election, and that Hanna cannot afford to let him be punished. All these things are water on the Biiziocraiic wheel. If the Democratic party managers rise equal to the occa sion, by adopting a platform that the people have confidence in, they can give the R-publicana the fight of their lives in the presidential election. The total value of imports into the Philippine Islands from August L'5, 1898, to December 31, 18!H, was $5, 901,453, of which $5G7,2CG worth were from the United States. The state board of health will begin an especially active campaign against smallpox. It finda from reports that the disease has incre&bed 100 per cent, in North Carolina during the past twelve months. , ECLIPSE WAS SURERR. Ideal Weather in Many Plaerg for Seeing Sun Darkened. Baltimore Sun, mil. Seldon has a total eclipse of the sun occurred under better conditions for observation than the one which was visible yesterday in parts of North America, Europe and Africa. Clear and beautiful weather prevailed throughout almost the eatire belt of totality.. This not only afforded the astronomere ideal conditions for making scientific observations, but heightened the effect of the wonderful spectacle on the millions of persons who gazed at it merely as a sublime phenomenon of nature. Astronomical parties were scattered thickly throughout the totality belt, which began in the Pacific ocean just west of Mexico and extended through Mexico, Louisiana, Mississippi, "Ala bama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia, 'thence crossing the ocean to Portugal, Spain, Algiers and traversing Northern Africa to the Red Sea, where it ended. The belt was 55 miles wide. The United States Government had three stations for obserying the eclipse in this country. These were at Pine hurst, N. C, where the station was in charge of Prof. Aaron N. Skinner; at Brnesville, Ga., in charge of Prof. Stimson J. Brown. Capt. C. H. Davis, superintendent of the Naval Observatory at Washington, was in communication with these officials by telegraph. Remarkably successful results were achieved. The conditions at Pinehurst were particularly favorable, though hoped-for observations of the periodicity of Bhadow bands could not be taken. The work of the Pinehurst. party is des cribed in a special dispatch to The Sun from Prof. Josephs. Ames, of the Johns Hopkins University. At Barnesville the corona flashed out in double fan-lilwe form of great beauty. Several solar prominences were distinct ly observed. The United State8 Government also had a station in Tripoli, Northern Africa, where excellent results were ob tained. At Algiers a weird effoct was produced. The color of the sea changed from deep blue to gray and the trees became purple. The corona and shadow bands were observed under rarely favorably conditions. Crowds of sightseers went to Norfolk, Va., for the great spectacle. Among them was President McKinley, who made the trip from Washington on the dispatch boat Dolphin. The tempera ture fell, aud at the period of totality there was a drop of 1J degrees. Ihe corona, with the planets Mercury and enus 6himng near, was seen to great advantage. As the sun was darkened a weird ef fect waB produced at many places. This led to some scenes of excitement, col ored people in the South being especial ly affected. Mr. John L. Odell Killed. Salisbury Truth-Index, 2Gth. John L. Odell, for many years a resi dent of Salisbury, but recently boss in the weaving room of the Southern Cot ton Mills at Bessemer City, was fatally tabbed yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock by a former employe in his departmtnt. The particulars of the tragedy as we heard it from an eye witness were about as follows : Mr. Odell in his capacity as foreman in the weaying room several days since discharged an employe named C. M. Davis. Yesterday Davis went t J the mill and was ejected by Mr. Odell three dTTferent times. For the fourth time Davis entered the mill and began talking with Mr. Odell. In a Hash he drew hia knife and stabbed Mr. Odell. The jugular vein was penetrated but Mr. Odell did not realize his condi tion and started in pursuit of his assail ant, who ran as soon as he had com mitted tne murderous assault. Mr. Odell had only reached the railroad track when he staggered and fell for ward on the 8 witch dead. The entire male force in the mill im mediately turned out in pursuit of Da vis and he was captured and immedi ately jailed. There was strong talk of lynching. The murdered man was highly es teemed in Salisbury and was known by nearly all our citizens. The entire com munity was shocked to loam of his tragic end and many expressions of sympathy for both the deceased and his family weie heard on the streets when the murder was first heard of. Mr. Odell wa3 about 30 years old and was a nephew of Capt. J. M. Odell, of Concord. He had been in the mill business nearly all his life and had gradually won promotion by industry and attention to business. For a long time ire, was connected with the Salis bury Cotton Millaou it was during r time that be became known to our peo pie. lie had never moved his family, consisting of his wife and eight children, from Salisbury and still regarded this as his home. The War Department has refused to accept the resignations of seven officers of the volunteer army now in the Phil ippines. These officers re are all juniors or subaltern; and h. tired of the service. Seejf refusing to accept th took the ground that ic War Department had uf to allow enlisted men t without good cause it w to discriminate in favoil i THE SOUTH AFRICAN AVAR. Baltimore Sun, 36lh. Lord Roberts, according to the latest advices, will cross the Vaal river today or tomorrow unless unexpected opposi tion deyelops His outposts'on Thurs day night, when the last news was sent from tne front, were near Erstegeluk, which is 20 miles south of the Vaal. General French, it is believed, is already reconnoitering the fords of the river. As to whether the British will find the passage of the Vaal contested, London experts are not sure. The Boers, at last accounts, were retiring to the north side of the stream. If they fight at the Vaal their positions may be flanked by over whelming numbers, but in the moun tains south of Johannesburg, it is said, they could make a stand without being at such a great disadvantage. Troops are believed to be approach ing or about to approach Pretoria from five directions. Besides Lord Roberts' army advancing along the Free State railway, General Buller is about to move from Natal, General Hunter from the neighborhood of Fourteen Streams and Vryburg, Colonel Mahon or General Baden-Powell from Mafeking, and Gen eral Camngton from Rhodesia. Under these circumstances the Boers can do little but retire to a few localities where they can fight to the most advantage. Eleven thousand additional British troops will be sent to South Africa next month. The London War Office is con sidering means to stimulate recruiting. Baltimore Sun, 28th. Lord Roberts' main army crossed the Vaal river yesterday and is at last on the soil of the South African Republic. A dispatch states that the only fight which marked the crossing was a skirmish, in which four British and twelve foreigners serving with the Boers were wounded. The Boers, it ia stated, have retreated to Klipriversberg, 30 miles north of the Vaal and 21 miles south of Jotiannes berg. Toey are expected to make a stand there, as the position is one of greath strength. The place where Roberts crossed the Vaal is Viljoen's drift, on the northern side of which is the town of Vereenig ing. The railroad also crosses there. Other bodies of British troops made a dank move and crossed respectively at Parys, 30 miles west of Vereeniging, at Liudique s drift, lo miles west, and at Wonderfontein drift, near Parys. These Hanking moves by large forces of troops rendered resistance by the Boers useless. While tne main Boer army has been compelled to retreat before the im mensely superior numbers of Lord Rob erts, parties of the burghers are active in a number of directions. A dispatch from Newcastle, Northern Natal, says the Boers in that section are "very ac tive" and have been reinforced. Their front extends from Laing's nek to New Republic. The force which retired from MafekiDg when the relief column ar rived has rallied well within the British border. It is reported that burghers have reoccupied the town of Kuruman, Bechuanaiand. They have also occu pied Heilbron, 50 miles east of Kroon- stad, in the Free State, where they can threaten Lord Roberts' line of com munications. Baltimore Sun. 29th. Lord Roberts cabled to the London War Office at 5:25 p. m. yesterday that he was then at Klip river, in the Trans vaal, 18 miles from Johannesburg. Hia troops had marched 20 miles during the day. The Boers, Lord Rob erts states, had prepared several posi tions, but aband. ned them as the Brit ish drew near. It had been expected that the burghers would make at Klip riyer one of their biggest stands of the war. A Cape Town disf.atch says it 18 rum ored there that Gen. French has already entered Johannesburg. At the time Lord Roberts sent his dispatch Generals French and Hamilton were beiived to be engaging the Boers 10 miles to his left. As no stand ws,s made at the Klip river, the safety of the Boers at Laing's nek will be seriously imperiled, for there will be little to prevent Lord Roberts from seizing the Johannesburg-Laing's nek railroad. It is already reported that the railroad has been cut. H. J. Whigham, a correspondent of the London Daily Mail, who visited Pretoria in disguise, says the Boers are demoralized and that many of them are singing "God S;ive the Queen." Baltimore Sun, May 3lst. Pretoria is to fall into British hands without the firing of a shot. It is be lieved in London that Johannesburg II 1 win aiso yieiu. 1 lie news tror-j jr" "all the forces" from t lie foiU arofr; dent Kruger is now boven." British ollicf' the same dispatch hanncbNrj.I: '.S render.' Fiirth"! about two hours, without resistance. Everything is quiet, but crowds are waiting expectantly in Church Square for the arrival of the British." Bur gomaster de Souza, the Earl states, was authorized to receive the British. Watervalboven, to which place President Kruger has retired, is 140 miles northeast of Pretoria on the Delagoa Bay railroad. It is near the junction of the Delagoa line with the road to Lydenburg, from which it is 40 miles distant. The latest move of President Kruger therefore seems to indicate a decision to transfer his capitol to Lydenburg, as it has been reported he would do. Lydenburg is described as m an amiost inaccessibly mountainous region and wonderfully well adapted to defense. For some time it has been rumored that the cannon and provisions at Pretoria have been m process of transfer there. TART, TERSE AND TIMELY. The War Department officially .says the war in the Philippines is over, but the Associated Press goes right along reporting daily faghting, and every few days an official list of casualties is pub lished, s Not the least of the offenses of the Republican party is the cowardly ad journment of Congress without action upon important matters, such hs a re duction of the war taxes. How popular the Boer cause is in this country may be judged from more than one hundred and fifty cities having sent pressing invitations to the Boer enyoys to visit them and hold meetings. South Carolina meets a claim made by the Federal government for $250,000 for stores seized by Gov. Pickens at the opening of the civil war with a counter claim of double the amount for sup plies and transportation going back to revolutionary times. The Boers fought well in English ter ritory, but they will probably fight bet ter now that the war is transferred to their own territory. Yet, their fighting will not save their country, unless ether nations call a halt on the British grab. The efforts of Republican editors to prove that the administration is not re sponsible for the stealing of its Cuban appointees ia a waste of time. It is a good law and good logic to hold the principal responsible tor the acts of his agents, and the people will do it. No wonder the judgment of the House on pensions should be questioned when it pensioned man for "total dis ability" who draws salaries aggregating $3,000 a year for work performed. To that the House added $72 a month. The Entertainment of The Legisla ture. Ualelgh Post. Some time ago with the spirit of hos pitality characteristic of Raleigh, the Chamber of Commerce appointed a committee of its body to take the neces sary steps to entertain the Legislature at its adjourned session in June, as, un der tne law, the membership of that body can not draw per diem for this session. With this end in view the committee, of which Mr. C. M. Busbee is chairman, put itself in communica tion with Mr. Speaker Connor and other members, and these gentlemen promptly responded, thanking the com niitteend citizens for their hospitable intentions, but declining the offer, as suming, and The Post thinks correctly, that while engaged in the performance of such public duties it would not be proper for them to accept courtesie s of such character from a community or from indiyiduals. The Coming of Baby brings 307 or pain. It's for the mother to decide. With good health and a strong womanly organism, motherhood but adds to a woman's attractiveness. McELFZEE'S