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'sP0 S Y(?&t' In Advanee- 'FOR GOD, FOR COUNTRY, AND FOR TRUTH. Single Copy, 6 Cents. VOL XII. PLYMOUTH, N. C, FRIDAY MAY 24; 1901. NO. 12. '.TUB MODE'i II IIS HAND. I lights the lire for hr 1 cooks the brefikfa st, too: 1 dresw the little children like a husban' orter do ; Id tact, I'm dolu' Just so much 'twould take a book tvtell,. i-- An' tbat's why me an' Mary air a gettln 'Ions so welll, I never Juaa a word to say she does the talkln' all!- She starts nn In the springtime, and she's lec- tuVIn till fall; . An' then she makes a winter start as true as true kin tell, An' that's, why me an' Mary air a-glttln 'long so welll I sometimes feel like breakin' things, or slam- min' of a door; . Hut I ketch her lookln' at me, an' I'm humble stt before I She Knows I ain't a-goln' to frown to quarrel, or rebel, An' that's why me an Mary air a-gitttin' 'long so welll But sometimes when I has a chance I goes off to myself After leavln' my religion on a corner o' the . sneu An cusses, sorter orivatelv! the woods kin tipvr t.ill , An' that's why me and Mary air a gittin' 'long so well! I'm glad the New year's comin' the swearin' off New Year , . , Fer my soul is Jest a hummln' fer a livin' chance to swear! An then thar'U be excuses fer it ! Rut. dnn'fc von fellers tell Fer I've done said me an' Mary air a gittin 'long right well ! , F. L. Stanton Pit ICE I. ESS. There's a baby at our house ; Come the other night, -He's the cutest little mouse. Eyes so small and bright. Little fingers fat and pink; When they spread apart , Seem to reach right out and sink Deep Into your heart. RIIL AHF'S LETTER, "Roasts! That is a newspaper word for large headlines. It attracts atten tion like fire. Criticise wouldent do The reporter must have a word that burns or scorches. There is a good deal of this roasting going on. The governor roasts the yankees who come urving around. JJrs. I'arkimrst ana Tirousrhton roast the governor and the negro preacher, Lam pkins, roasts Park hurst. It looks like everybody and everything has to prey on something The eagle catches the hawk; the hawk patches the chicken and the chicken gobbles up the worms and the bugs Everybody and everything i sin constant rer 1 and it is well we don't know it for it would make us very miserable , ,The people of Galveston and Jackson ,4 ville escaped the worst afflictions the dread storm and ' fire the agony of fear and apprehension. i'What a noble . and generous deed it was for Galveston to do to give fl.ouu to Jacksonville What a redeeming trait in onr ; north era cities to give help to the southern sufferers. .1 think more of them , than I think I do. There is still a power of good in human uature everywhere, and . I reckon that Ogden & Co. had good intentions when they came down to in snect us. The trouble with those peo pie is that they think they know more ahnnt ua than we know ourselves and are surprised when they find us a civil- lized and respectable people. , vr. rark hurst admitted that he had never been south before. They know less about na than thev do about the French or ' the Germans or the Chinese, and they know nothing about the negro. One of them remarked: "These negroes Bfiem to be auite happy. I hear them ' laughing quite merrily at the dapo. T I had supposed that they were very . miserable, indeed." Now, Dr. Farkhurst says that w.e hate the negro and say so, but the nor th om man nretends to love him and lies about it. The Doctor is mistaken; We do not hate the negro. We hate , the mean ones, whom the north has contaminated, but there are lots . of thpm in everv community whom we have respect for and who are good, use ful, law-abiding citizens. We can pick out scores in our town who are useful onri industrious and pay respect to the . " respectable white people. For many nf these we have more regard than for i Pat Banks and all his sort. Pat breaks into iail and breaks out. Pat broke into the chaingang and I went down to see the prison commission and beg vpA him out for his wile's sake and oaid his .way home and he has been in ', , jail or the calaboose or the chaingang ever since, and yet his poor wife sticks to him and follows him with her littlt children when he runs away. They are hid out somewhere now and nobody Mires for them. Oh, the bonds the chains of matrimony that tie a poor JL pitiful, pleading woman to such a man as that. Yes, there are many better negroes in thia community than some of the white folks. I had rather depend upon them in time of trouble. My daughter would trust her two little Ichildden with her servant, Clarissy, as willingly aa with most any white woman she could hire. Charissy is kind, watch- ' f ul and affectionate and the children love her. She is a good servant, and t you will find such in almost every fam ily that is able to hire one. All such negroes are contented and have, the comfort of life in their homes. A good negro will give the sidewalk to a man whom he respects and will tip his hat to him. Social equality is not wanted nor expected. Social equality is not a fixed, universal privilege in any race or people. . I would step aside t and give the sidewalk to a king or a presi . . dent or any great man. ,1 am not envious because a rich man can travel '. . ih his private, car'. I recognize the faet that I am in an humbler walk of i life and must not intrude. And so 1 1 am one of the old-time masters who require the same respect to be shown to me by the negroes now that they ex hibited in the olden time. No more, no less. Those who do not do it are the negroes whom we hate; for those who do, we have a regard that is akin to affection, and we would defend and protect them. Here is Sam Henderson, who gardens and chop? wood for half a dozen families, and they, are all his friends and would help him in time of need. What a college education is do ing for this generation of negroes I am at a loss to know. If I have ever seen one of them he was not at work. This thing of education is changing so rap idly that we old-timers can t keep up with it. The most important features of it now seems to be kicking or bat ting a ball, and some .of tho college send their boys 500 miles away to play a game. I had hoped that the Tech boys would come out good mechanics but they don't seem to have time to do anything but play ball. The develop ment of the muscles of the arms and the logs is very important. Such boy are needed in every town and city for firemen and to run with the hose reel and climb the ladders, so I reckon it is all right I hope so. But we are all getting along fairly well"-now and in the enjoyment of more blessings than curses. The weath er is delightful, the tiowers are in bloom, the garden prospering and we are luxuriating on green peas, straw berries and asparagus every day. The chrysanthemums are looming up and my wife wants ma to seperate them and transplant, but I don't feel like it 1 plucked the first Marechal JNiel rose this morning and stuck it in her Poca hontas hair at the breakfast table. On the 1st of next month she will be born again that is to say, she will have another birthday and I am ruminat ing what little token of devotion to give her. Two weeks later will be' my seventy-fifth anniversary and I hope she is ruminating about a token for me. All's well that ends well. So mote it be. Bill Akp. To New Tork By Rail. Atlanta Journal. We will soon be able to roll right into New York on palace cars or others instead of necessarily having to hop off jit Jersey City and cross North River ohra wheezy ferry boat, lhe great Nbrth river tunnel, begun a generation aco. . will be completed within six months. This announcement has caused much suprise. The tunnel was begun so long ago and the work on it has been so often suspended that the thought of it as an accomplished fact has seldom entered the mind of the average citizen The tunnel was a great undertaking and its completion will be a notable triumph of engineering skill and mu nicipal enterprise. It will be 5,400 feet long, a little over a mile. Of the total length less than 1.400 feet are te be completed and the great force now em ployed will soon do the work. The great tunnel will have two tracks and the grade will be so easy that trains may go back and forth at a high rate of - sneed. ' The completion of the tunnel will by no means result in the abolition of the ferry boats. On the contrary, it is probable that there will be hardly any perceptible diminu tion of ferry travel. When the Brooklyn bridge was built it was nredicted that the East river femes would fall into disuse, but, though great tides of humanity began to pour over the bridge as soon as it was opened, the ferries continued to go from shore to shore of Jbast river as badly crowded as ever. It will be the same way with tne North river ferries after the tunnel is in operation, iravel seems iu giuw quite;as fast as the increased facilities for it. Crows Fight a Blacksnake. A desperate, encounter between two crows and a big blacksnake was wit nessed last week near Hancock, Md., by Edward McCardell. The snake had eaten the eggs from the crows nest in the top of a tall tree, and here the tight began, continuing after the snake had dropped to the ground. McCardell s attention had been attracted by the un usual Hutter, accompanied by cawing and hissing. One crow engaged the reptile at the head and one at the tail. They would alternate positions, and the special point of attack was the snake's eyes. McCardell stood at short range, and finding the snake was getting the better of his feathered antagonists advanced with a club to kill it. The snake sprang at him after standing almost erect on its tail, but he succeeded in killing it. The eyes and head of the snake had been much lacerated by the crows. The snake was 4 feet 10 inches long. Mr. McCardell took it home with him and will have the skin tanned for a belt. . Charleston parties are taking steps to construct a railroad from Wadesboro to Winston-Salem for the purpose of in creasing the business ot that port by connecting the Atlantic Coast Line with Norfolk & Western and the Poeahontus coal fields of Virginia. The distance from Wadesboro to Winston-Salem is about 90 miles direct, and it is expect ed that the road will cost $1,500,000. THE PKKSItYTEIlIAN BATTLE. Rev. Dr. J. B. Mack In Atlanta Journal. The church of Christ is surely drifting into a fight for her very life. .The re formation was only a skirmish com pared to the battle just before her now The character of God, the deity of Christ, the inspiration of ;ibl0 and tht truth of eternal mlih'ment are to be put into a furnaue. 'heated' seyen times ; hotter than ever before.. Like the Mace donian phalanx of "Alexander of th$ old guard of Napoleon or the "Iron sides" of Cromwell, the Presbyterian church will be the chosen band who are to win or lose this battle. God is preparing the church for this wonderful work. Everywhere Presby terians are beginning to examine their creed. Every part of the creed will be put into the fire, every particle of its dross will be consumed and only the pure gold of truth remain. Then the Holy Spirit, who uses only , the truth can and will use the testimony of that church for a complete and final victory over satan. . This preparation is now going on in the northern Presbyterian church which is by far the largest Presbyterian church in the world and contains about one-fourth of all those who adopt the Westminster confession as their stand ard of faith. Last May the general assembly Of the northern church officially asked all of its presbyteries to state whether they desired any change in their confession 189 presbyteries replied. Of these 144 expressed a desire for some change only 45 requsted that the aged docu ment be not repaired, but remain un disturbed. This assembly appointed a commit tee of 16 to receive the answers from the presbyteries and to report thereon to the general assembly that will meet in May 1901. That committee of which the late ex-President Harrison was member, met in February and unam mously resolved to report that -their church desired a'change in the creed This report will cause a discussion which will be carried on by theintellec tual giants of the Presbyterian church who have no superiors in the world Every doctrine will be rigidly examined every statement must stand a critical test, every error and all obscurity en tirely removed. The first exchange of shots took place in New York on "March 4th. The Presbyterian Union of that city selected these representative men to deliver ad dresses, which represented the three opinions prevailing in their church Rev.. Dr. , DeWitt came from Prince ton seminary, the citadel of conserva tism, to plead that the confession be not changed, but re-affirmed, Rev Dr. Herrick Johnson, perhaps the most prominent and influential minister in the Northern church, came from Chi cago seminary to advocate a supple mental re-statement of the creed. Rev, Dr. Stewart came from Auburn semi nary, to prove that the best way is to make a new creed. , But honesty and truth seem to de mand re-statement, and surely Presby terians are honest and truthful. There are four things that are essential to creed which professes to be the witness for God, and to man. 1. What the church believes should have a place in its creed. There are several, one of which is "Foreign Mis sions." The Presbyterian church be lieves that the last command of Christ was "Go ve into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature This doctrine is preached in all our congregations, and emphasized by all our church courts, yet it is not in our confession.' Honesty and truth will put it there. 2. What the church does not believe should not have a place in its creed. Are there not things in our creed that the church does not believe? There are several, of which I mention one. Most of our church do not believe the assertion that God "created the world and all therein in the space of six days." They believe that there was a long in terval between the creation . of the world as recorded in the first verse of Genesis and the "six days work" spoken of in the other part of chapter. Why keep the error in our creed? Both honesty and truth require that the dead fly be taken out oi the precious ointment 3. The belief ot tne men wno maue the creed must determine its meaning. Almost all (perhaps all) of the West minster divines believe that some in fants were in hell. Hence the "elect infant" section cannot truthfully be interpreted as teaching that all dying n infancy are saved. I his would charge these divines with falsehood and dishonesty, or charge ourselves with ignorance. i Five of the largest rresbyterian churches in the world have admitted that the phrase "elect infant" implies that some dying in infancy may be lost. Both the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland have done so, as proven by their "declaratory acts." The Presbyterian church of England has done so, as proven by its omission from their new "article of faith." The Cumberland Presbyterian Church of America has done so, as proven by their changing the praise "elect in-j fants" to "all infants." The Northern Presbyterian church has done so, as proven by the vote of 100 Presbyteries j to change that statement while only t Presbyteries voted to retain it. The mass of the Presbyterian church really believe that all dying in infancy are saved. Hence honesty and truth will make them change their creed, so as at least to say this: "Elect infants (and we believe that all dying in infancy arejrincluded jn the election of grace) arWegenerated and saved." That will iiWe 'glad the heart of him who was one' thb 'Babe of Bethlehem. ' ' 4creed should declare the whole toujpsekof God,, and not declare an elect tpart. a a.o mutilate a human being is &Mtt'ut to; mutilate God's word is wCrse.' .Lt our creed be as broad and bright as the JJibIe.5 Our creed properly preaches God's Jpye for the elect; the Bible also teachSes (John 2:3): "Not for ours only, but for. the sins of the whole world' Otuirereed truly testifies that God's Sorif'was sent to be the saviour of the elect the Bible is more full (John 4:14): "We have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the world." The creed wit nesses that Jesus, by the grace of God, died for the elect; the Bible .is again more full, saying (Hebrews 2: 9) "That He, by the grace of God, should taste death for every man." The creed asserts that God wills to save the elect; the Bible states this and adds (I Timo thy 2: 4), "Who will have all men to be saved." The creed loudly and sweet ly sings that the grace of God which bringeth salvation hath appeared unto the elect; the Bible makes the divine anthem to be louder and sweeter and broader (Titus 2; 11). "For the grace of God, that bringeth salvation, hath appeared to all men." The creed is good, but the Bible is better. The creed sees God's love for the "elect only;" the Bible sees God's love for the elect and also His love for the world. ' God's love for the elect is like the sun, the greater light; God's love for the lost world is like the moon, the lesser light. Both beautiful lights were put in the blue above by the same divine heart. We need the glorious kind of day, yet we also want the gentle queen of night. Let God's love for the elect shine in our creed with, midday splendor; but for the dear Redeemer's sake, let the soft luster of His love for all mankind light up some spots there in. Then will the pulse of our church beat in blessed unison, with the heart of Him, who for sinners wept on Olive's meunt and bled on Calvary s mount. Our church believes this most of our ministers preach it have . we the courage to put it in our creed? Or will we shun to declare the whole counsel of God? The Prcwbyterlaii Assembly. Little Rock, Ark., May 16. The six teenth annual session of the Southern Presbyterian General Assembly began here, to-day, the opening session being called to order by the retiring modern tor, George J. Martin, of Little Rock. Dr. Neander M. Woods, of-Memphis, who was this afternoon elected modera tor, preached the opening sermon. He was assisted by the venerable Dr. G. W Boggs, of Holly Springs, Miss., who was a member of the hrst southern Presby terian Assembly, in Augusta in 1861. There were upward of 200 ministers present. Dr. N M. Woods, of Memphis; Dr. R. P. Kerr, of Richmond, Va; Dr. F. R. Beatty, of Louisville, Ky. ; and Dr. T. H. Branson, of Richmond, Ky were candidates for Woods was elected moderator. Dr by acclamation, by Dr. Kerr, ' of nomination was He was,, nominated Virginia, and the seconded by Dr Beatty, of Kentucky. The afternoon session was devoted to the reading and referring of reports on education and colored envangeliza- tion and the reports of the executive committees on foreign missions. Dr. 11. H. Fleming, of Lynchburg, Va., presided during the afternoon session, tne moderator Deing engageu in making up the committees. A special committee with Dr. F. R. Beattie, of Louisville, Ky., as chairman, will report a scheme for a more efficient provision for the aged and infirm minis ters. A catechism on Church govern ment has been proposed by a commit tee headed by Dr. R. P. Kerr, of Rich mond, Va., and will be submitted to the Assembly. It is for use in. Sunday schools and Bible classes. Another question that will excite deep interest is that of abandoning the international system of Sabbath, school lessons for another, which makes a more graded study. The question of the marked de cline in the number of candidates for the ministry will occasion- grave study. Pat and His Father. "Pat," said a manager to one of his workmen, "you must be an early riser. always find you at work the hrst thing n the morning. "Indade, and Oi am, sor. It's a family trait, Oi'm thinking." "Then your father was an early riser. too?" 'Me father, is it? He roises that early that if he went to bed a little later he d meet himself getting up , in the mornin'." The proposed railroad from Winston to Wadesboro would Ik: a fine proerty. It will be 90 miles long and traverse a fine country. It would shorten the dis tance from Cincinnati to Charleston 00 miles. The Ohio Supreme Court has sus- ained the Anti-Lynching law, which holds the county accountable to the extent of $3,000 damages. WHAT HYPNOTISM WILL. DO. Prof. I.add of Yale Boll yen the Patient Itealy Known He la Playing a Part. "We are a nation of lawmakers and lawbreakers," said Prof. George T, Ladd, professo.i of philosophy in Yale University last week in the conrse of his lecture at the university on "The Legal Aspects of Hypnotism." ' 11.. T 11 .1 rroi. jaaa says that while it was Iossible for crimes to be committed by a patient in the hypnotic state, these cases were comparatively rare. "It is a queer fact," he contiuued "but invariably the patient seems to have a consciousness which prevents him from actually committing the crime. In this respect it resembles the crimes committed on the stage There have been known cases, how ever, where a person after continued experience under the hypnotist has been made to fire a revolver which he really thought to be loaded at a dear friend. In my mind, however I believe that the patient really knows that he is playing a part, or at least has a dim consciousness of it in all cases As to whether a person can be induced by a suggestion in the hypnotic state to commit a crime after waking without having any idea as to where the idea originated, Prof. Ladd thought in some cases, where the person was again subjected to the hypnotic in fluence, such a thing might be possible but such cases were extremely rare. As to the ruling, to the court under such circumstances Prof. Ladd said very mixed condition of affairs faced Judge, and the rendition of the verdict must depend. upon whether the ruling! of the classical school of criminology or the anthopological school were fol lowed. The first school recognized all indi vidual responsibility, for instance, and contended that society must punish crime or individuals world punish it with a recognition of moral blame The anthropological idea is that society has nothing to do with the freedom of will, but that if the failure to punish a crime is going to result in more crime being committed, it is right for society to punish any body where such punish ment will serve its interests. "Twenty years ago," Prof Ladd continued, 'the great corporations of this country were persistent law breakers, but in these days they do not need to break the laws, as they make them themselves." The lecturer discussed whether laws should be passed to forbid under penalty the practice of hypnotism, and touched on the laws enacted some years ago in Belgium, which prevented public exhibitions of hypnotism and experiments on the mentally weak. "How any court could determine this last," said Prof. Ladd, "is beyond my comprehension. Some people have been clamoring for a restriction of the practice of hypnotism to members of the medical profession, but Prof. Ladd characterized such a step as foolish. He admitted that in cases of obtaining secrets from persons under the hypnotic influence or in cases of surrendering of the per son, the statute books snowed a gap. He also was in favor of the abolish ment of public' exhibitions of hypno tism, as the temptation in such cases was strong to use violent methods and thus develop a latent hysteria in the patient. In closing Prof. Ladd said: "It might be possible for a skilful physician to obtain important informa tion from a criminal by hypnotism, but rarely could it be done, for if a man is a liar in his normal state then the chances are strong that the results of the hypnotic condition would show very little truth gained. At any rate, it would le contrary to the law of the courts of the , United States, as such testimony would tend to incriminate.' For Printer and Editors., The climate ot .worth uaroiina is worth more than the oil wells of Texas if we can learn how to convert it into coin. The Inland Printer advocates building a small receiving hotel, a small hospital and a number of cottages in Western North Carolina for printers and newspaxer men who need rest, a change of climate and the outdoor re creation needed by long continued indoors application. The Printer says: "In Western North Carolina, a region which offers the best climate advan tages, there are lands that may be pro cured on the most advantageous terms. The altitude is mcxlerate and the scen ery and climate delightful, within a day's journey of nearly all the large publishing centers, and midway between New York and Chicago, the region is a most favorable one for a colony of the character indicated." Enqally Guilty. News and Observer. Some law writers and some editors are discussing the query : "Which is the more to be excused the lawyer who ad vocates a case in which his convictions do not follow his brief, or the editor who writes political articles contrary to his own convictions?" Both are equally guilty of debasing their high callings. No man who be longs to either of these professions has a right to stand for what he does not be lieve and he loses moral power when ever he so abases himself. "Between two evils," s'aid Dr. Deems, "choose neither." SCHWAB'S ADVICE TO BOYS. Head of Great Steel Corporation Tell the Secret of Success. New York Sun. Charles M. Schwab, President of the United States Steel Corporation, de livered an address last evening to the graduating class of the St. George's Evening Trade School at the commence ment exercises. He was introduced by Chairman Frank E. Havemeyer as a man who had fought battles and won victories in the struggle of life and therefore was well qualified to give boys advice that was founded on practical experience. "I will speak to you," began Mr. Schwab, "just as though you had come to my office asking for advice, and the first thing I will say to you is to come alone. Don't come with somebody's backing. Learn to rely upon yourself. That is the first lesson. If you come indorsed by somebody of influence it always will leave room for others to say that whatever position you may j get you got it by influence and not because of your individual merit. No true success is built on influence. You must win your positions for yourself. "Then here ia another thing that is essential you must do what you are employed to do a little better than any body else does it. Everybody ia ex pected to do his duty, but the boy who does his duty and a little more than his duty ia the boy who is going to succeed in this world. You must take an in terest in what you are doing and i must be a genuine interest." Here Mr. Schwab told a story which everybody understood referred to him self. Afterward he told another story which it was equally well understood referred to II. C. Frick. The stories follow: "There were ten boys employed by a concern once and one night the man-. ager said to his subordinate: 'Tell the boys they are to stay a little longer to nighttell them they are to stay until 6 o'clock. Don't tell them why. Just tell them that and watch them.' So this was done, and when 6 o'clock came around there was just one boy who was wholly interested in his work, . and was not watching the clock to see what time it was. That boy was the one the manager wanted," and he was taken into the office, and as he con tinued to manifest the same interest in his work he was promoted until at last he got a very responsible place. "Then there was another boy. He began carrying water, and he did so much better thany any other boy, see ing to it always that the men had good water, cool water and plenty of it that he attracted attention to himself. He was taken into the office, where he be came in time superintendent and then general manager, and he is now the man that is at the head of the great Carnegie Company with thousands of men undehim. As a boy he did more than the ordinary run of boys did and and so attracted attention, and that was the secret of his first step upward. "I was in a bank downtown the other day when a newsboy came in an sold the banker a paper. After he had gone out the banker said to me: 'For two years now that boy has been coming in here at the time L told him to come 2 o'clock. He does not come before 2 nor after 2, but at 2 precisely. He has sold me a paper every week day in that way when I have been here with out a break. "He sella it for just one cent its price. tie neither asks more nor seems to expect more. 1 1 ia a cold commercial transaction. Now a boy that will attend to business in that way has got stuff in him. He doesn't know it yet, but I am going to put him in my bank and you will see that he will be heard from. , . r Another thing, boys, and that is get an early start. The boy in business who starts with a manual school educa tion at seventeen or eighteen will get a start that the boy who goes through college will never catch up with, other things being equal. That does not apply to the professions of course only to business. Out of forty men I know who are great leaders in the busi ness world only two are college grad uades." ' Farmers, provide yourself with Fain- Killer at this season of the year, when colic, cholera morbus, dysentery, diarrhoea, &c. , may disable your hands use it in every case of the kind, but be sure that you trust to no other remedy but the old, long tried Perry Davis Pain-Killer which never failed. Avoid substitutes, there i3 but one Pain-Killer, Perry Davis . Pnce 25c. and 50c. Rev. J. A. Baldwin, of Gastonia, the Methodist clergyman whose ministry of four years has been devoted to preach- ; to and laboring among cotton mill operatives, has decided to give up his pastorate and start an industrial Uxtile school. The new scale of rates which the lines in the Central Passenger Associ ation will put into effect June 1st for the Pan-American exposition will, it is stated, be the lowest ever given for any event of that sort. The railroads say the immediate cause of this is tho decision of New York state to tttire ticket brokers.