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Vol III. Gastonia. Gaston County, N. 0.3 Friday Morning, April 14, 1882. No. 15.
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CPEINGK
'Lo1 the winter is past, tfio rain is over
and gono ; the flowers appear on the earth ;
the time of the singing of birds is come,
and tho voico of the turtle is'hoerd in our
land."
When all tho trees put on thoir robos
Of t'roBh and lovely green ;
Whon hero, and there, ui.d everywhere,
Tho littlo birds are scon ;
When grows the bud into the rose
With fuce so wondrous air,
J know that winter's dead and gone
I know that spring is here.
Whon toiling, toiling goes the ant
"Through all,the livelong hours;
'When sips the gaudy butteify
: The nectar fiom the flowers ;
When yonder brook in yonder wood
Makes musio sweet and clear,
i know that winter's dead and gone
I know thattpring is hore.
When on the wild-wood's sheltered banks
Tho starry celandine
Runs round and round its bruid of gold
With anomone between ;
Whdn black-bird's call And cow-boll's clang
Break on the perfumod air,
J. know that winter's dead and gone
I know that sprijjg .if here.
Joseph A. Fahbell.
M0RIWIS3I,
4TS KVI1.S AND WHAT TIIEIIl NA.
TUltK AD NU.11BER. ARE.
From Use New York Tribune.
Congressman Edwin Willite, of Michi
gan, who has puid mucli attention to the
Mormon problem, !ius received from the
Kcv. D. J. McMillan, sup rinti'iident of
the I'rcsbyterjan mission!" in Utah, Idaho
and Montana, an interesting letter respect
ing uffairs in Utah. The greater part of
tbis letter is given bilow :
In reply to your inquiries respeclif g uf-
" ajrs in Utah, I sbull stale only what I
Icoow to be facts, and of which I can fur
nish abundant proof. While the school
Jaws of Utuh expressly forbid the i;se of
(public school .funds for the support of sec
tarian or denominational schools , of, any
kkid, it fs a ' wclf known fuel" that liie bboft
at Mormon and the Mormon cuteehism ure
used aa text books, and children are re
quire,' to pso tliom as such under penally
of eipwiaion from school. J know of cases
where children were expelled accordingly
for no oilier ( fll'nse than relusul to study
.and recite lessons from those books. It is
an equally well known fact that no teueh
.ers can obtain employment in those schools
.except they ore meiiiberfTor the M ormon
phurcli paying tithe regularly. I know of
everp,l ppn Mormon teachers of experience
and acknowledged qualifications superior
to ony Mormou teachers who applied for
employment in the public schools and jvtre
rejected on the sole ground thai they Rare
not Mormons, Jn ope case a nori Mormon
teacher of a private school the on'y
school in the town where she wus teacb
iog received for a time a portion of the
public school fund, but the fuod was after
ward withheld because she would not join
tbe,fiburcb, though at the time she held a
first grade certiorate of qualifications from
,the county board of exuminers and was
teaching to the entire satisfaction of all
and in the only schoolhouse in ,lhc town
'The public school fund is a territorial ap
propriation of about three dollars per un
burn per capita of the actual attendance at
,sal)pol. The remainder of the teacher's
.salary e collected aa tuition from patrons.
Certificates of qualifications are required
by law to be held by all teachers receiving
poj part of the public school fund ; but it
is a notorious ' Jact that in at least two
.counties in Utah tbe only teaoas holding
such certificates were nou-Mormocs, who
,wer3 teaching common schools and receiv
ing only such .tuition as tliey could collect,
while Mormon teachers who held no such
certificate.", but who puid tithes to the I
church, and taught the Book of Mormon
and the catechism, received all the public
school funds, estimated upon the attendance
of all tbe schools, Mormon, and Gentile.
Piebops in the several towns in those coun
ties announced publicly from their pulpits
that those who attended schools taught by
-.Mormon teachers would get a double ben
efit of he public fund ). t G per pcbol
ar, while 'those who attended the other
scbools would get nothing. And, furthei
,tnore, the .bit-hops compel parents, under
severe penultiej), to patronise the interior
Mormon teachtrs. Even they would gludly
pay the entire tuition for the superior in
struction pr the ii -Mormoti tcuc'itr.
Much more might bt said of abuse in
.school matters. But tbis is perhaps enough,
Tbe Test pay be inferred rot? the fact that
John Taylor, the "Prophet, Seer and Ue
rlutor" of the church, is the superintendent
,0 public instruction for the territory.
TUB RKiHTS OF TIIK CIH RCU.
T)C Mpfmop church asserts its right to
control all temporal affairs. All cnusis,
civil, criminal and occleBiustic.il. are to be
brought alik before the bishop's court,
with right of appeal to the high council
of ihe church, where ull j islice terminates.
Tlx so are not courts of rteord. Cases are
6imply biought up for triul ; the case is
Btuted, and the presiding priest pronounces
judgment and enforces penalties arbitrarily.
For example, a ujun attempted to enter a
piece of tuud wrtliott asking the bid.op's
permission. This enraged the bishop, who
at once appointed one of bis faithful bench
men to build nnd occupy a house upon the
sume land. A dispute arose between the
two claimants, and tbe bishop compelled
both to appear before him. lie decided
t e case at once against the lawful eluiuiant,
"cut him ( ff Irom the church" and "turn
him over to tlifi buffetings of eatan" which
meant social ostracism and starvation for
want of means of livelihood. In this par
ticular case, the man so foully wronged
had tbe courage to cppeal to the lu d office
for redreES, and obtained it. Whereupon
the bishop on the Sabbath morning succeed
ing, publicly said : "Brother has shown
himself to be no enemy to this people by
ignoring the priesthood ond entering land
us the U.nlilts do. By ti e power of the
holy priesthood which I possess, I hae
cast bim off und turned him over to tie
buffetings of satin, and I pronounce the
curse of the Almighty up him. His crops
shall wither away ai.d his land s'tall not
yield ber increase, and he shall starve to
diatb unless he repents.gets baptized again
to wash away the sin of his rebellion, pays
up his tithing and conies and beiis pardon j
and none of the saints ure to show him any
countenance or favor until he repent.' Then
the water-master ol the community, who is
appointed by the mayor (who is generally
the bishop) was instructed to allow that
man ro water to irrigate his lund. And us
nothing can be raised from the soil without
irrigation, the curse of "withered crops"
uod "sturvution,"etc, was fully experienced
For the sake of his suffering and starving
family, Ihe man gave up his land, wus re
baptizd, usked pardon of the priests and
bowed his n'ck to the yofee in silence. Any
number of such cases cun be eueily produced.
The wutermaster i ajnere thumbscrew for
the bishop, uud ihe dmny ol every cmp
in his bauds.
AXOTHKR FRAUD.
Another fraud perpetrated upon the
people of Utah is the manner in which they
have been compelled to hold their lunds.
"nghum Young declured that he hud re
ceived the right und title to nil Utah direct
from God and no power on earth bad any
right to grant a title. When the towns
were located, however, tbe slts were reg
ularly entered, but charteis were granted
by the legislature so extravagantly
enlarging the boundaries o( the so called
cities" tbut they covered all the vulleys
and left no land worth having beyond their
limits. The definite bounds were fixed to
the lands allowed to be cultivated. These
lands were divided into small parcels ol
of three and Gve acres each, and "church
deeds" were gi.vep to each purchaser. A'!
land murks es'ublished by the government
surveying were destroyed by command of
the Mormon auihcri'ies, us il wus held to
be an insult for the Babylonia! government
to intrude upon tin ir eucrtd soil. The
power, therefore, txercised over the people
was absolute. For withholding tithes from
tbe church or other offenses of so grave a
nature the "deed" to farming land could be
revoked and t!e poor fellow would have
no redress but penitence. For lesser offenses
water could be withheld. Brigham Young
declared "that all governments on earth
shall go down belore their Kingdom of
Uod and uo Latter-Day Saint must ever
recognize any other authority on earth. Jf
any one appeals to those miserable ecouu
drels called Judges that the Bubylonist
govcromeut at Washington sent here, he
is an enemy of tbis people and will be
treated as such." The penalties for voting
coutrary to "counsel" the non-payment, of
tithes, patronizing a Gentile school, trading
at other than tne Church store, or ju any
way aidit-g or showing countenance to a
non Mormon, are terrible even since the
days of blood atonement. Social ostracmra
means much morelliun mere s.ilitudc among
former frieuds. It means to be regarded as
a felon, and to be left to starve without
possible means ol earning a livelihood. . '
. T11K OPl'RKSSIUN I'NKD.
"One man well known in Utah once said
to me ; "I have long since lost ull faith in
Mormoniem, but if I let the bi.-bop know
it I II lcse my land and redjee my family
to starvation." Said another man to me :
"I huven't the courage to act upon my own
convictions. 1 urn compelled to vote a lie
at every, election und lire a lie all the time,
but if the coyernment would only step iu
and separate me and niy wives and muku
it pot ibl for us to live like civiliz-d peo
ple we would he happy. And there is many
another man in my fix." A young Mor
mon a few months ago sold me a bouse and
lor. ile was immediately called before the
fcishop to nnswrr for the crime of befriend
ing a non-Mormon. He was publicly do
nounced hs un enemy to his people, "cut
off" uml -turned over to the buflettings of
.Satan," with the usual curses attending.
Another, whose views arc undergowi' ma
tt rial changes, was, for a similar offiose,
driven by necessity from home and his fam
ily, und compelled to -Geik efliploment
forty miles away, whereas before Ins trad
ing with a (Jen tile be was in comfortable
.circurustaiiccfi.
CRIMKS COMMITTED.
Ou the other band, crimes of theft and
murder and outrages too numerous to spec
ify here liuve bw-n committed by Mormons
in good and regular standing without their
being subjected even to arrest, much less
triul. Two years ago a Gentile was shot
down by two Mormon policemen without
just cause or provocation in broad day
light, und they were never required even
to suspend official duties. The insecurity
of certain other rights is manifest in tbe
fact that tin; re is r.o marriage law. Mar
riages are performed by bishops, justices of
the peace, judges of probate and other
courts and ministers of the gospel, but
there is no record or certificate either re
quired or provided for. lo many cases it
would be impossible to prove marriage,
even where bigamy or polygamy dots not
exist. In pome cases marriuge is merely
by mutual consent (jf-1-
ties. As there is no
j a lueic in uy
bitutiou and no t
and tbe true t,ws,.
Cuhub
that
t i s tbut bind husband and wife are neither
safe nor sacred. Tbere is neither law or
healthful sentiment against incestuous al
liances, so that revolting crimes against
nature, decency and the ordinary laws leg
uluting civilized communities are of com
moo occurrence, and our polygamous legis
lature refuses to provide any remedy.
Much more might be written, but I
shall not weary you fuitber. If you desire
specifications under any or ull' the alleged
irregularities I um prepared to furnish
them.' i Could the honorable members of
any coustrtu
ujute existing evils nnd releise the paraljz
ing grasp which M or monism has upon
every enterprise, for the sociul purity and
muleriul prosperity of this land of marvel
ous resources. Wu have here'sturdy ele
ments, native and foreign born, who might
become a prosperous and happy people if
their rights and privileges were properly
controlled by lav.
Wheat for a Wife.
The sympathies (!) of the whole commu
nity were deeply interested tljgother day
in the troubles of a young b.
the country whose youns? tjjI,
tbut the current of married hffc
quite so t00lhly as she had expecicu,
who came to town to find some new excite
ment to break the monotony ol home.
The deserted husband followed in search,
quickly made his loss known and new . to
the modes of advertising, made verbal
proclamation of his wwli to get back the
runaway. He liberally offered to anyone
who would tell him where she was, a bushel
of wheat, to be paid after his crop was
threshed, und the tenpting offer stimulated
interest to the highest pitch. Every body
was sure he had seen the lost one some
where, he could not exactly remember
where, and the searcher was sent from man
to man and place to place, and still no one
was found to earn the reward. At last,
late iu the afternoon, the fugitive was
found ; tbe happy fi oder embraced her
with all the eugen.ess of young love. The
wife was coy and distant ; but uftr-
long conference, she yielded and ogretf
go back home with the promise of ba''
crop, and they went ou tbtir way rejo
Axhville Citizen. :
The new comet will be visible 1
nuked eye iu about oue week,. jn'
the brightest morning star in that
the sky. Tne comet is travelling i
north-northe'ast, ut the rate of ab
million of miles a d.iy. ft will app
within 80,000,000 miles of the rnt
is an unusually lare comet, but f
seon to its best advantage .
Southern hemisphere.
A SO.OO.' statue
John C.
mill miiin lut rlX IU
(j,i.wslon,
Carolina. , ,i
'I l,,.,f ilflXot been Gve pounds of 1
Lred &r Sale irr Culhberl
trv butt
Guiteau "At Home."
Th Annin, III Manner of Lifi'i and
the JClegatit JLf artnwnts Occupied by
Jltm.
St. LotrJH March 17. An editorial letter
from Washington in the Tost-lJispatch
gives a long account of a recent visit to
Guiteau in bis cell. The writer says
iuiteau dues not look like any of his
photographs, nor does he resemble descrip
tions gjvei. or him by reporters. He is,
the letter says, a very commonplace person,
manifests great eagerness to get money,
and presents no ign of lunacy. lie is al
lov?ed to sell bis photographs and auto
graphs, and is receiving nearly 50 per
day. Most of this- money he sends to this
publisher, Giuwn, who ia getting out on
o.ther edition of his book, "Truth," at the
author's expense.. He has ako given some
money to his sister for things she sent him.
Last week he sent $100 to Scoville, las
lawyer; ,'$50 to his brother in lJjs.on,' and
$200 to his publisher. Ile handles green
backs like a bank teller, and talks about
different points and feutures of his photos
precisely us
f he were behiud a coui.ter
selling ribbon i or lace. Referring to Gui
teau's sanity the writer says the only ex
ception to tin min's perfectly rational and
enmmon-pluc -talk, during t'ie visit, was
when the u me of Gorbum, editor of the
National Hejublicnn was mentioned ; Gui
t,PBU immetia! fhnm4 lm
lutti these'ita
Garfield uilil
him, and nV
null these'ituiwart papers were all abusing
. - .... .-
God's man came to remove
they abuse God's ian. This
outburst wfc short, however, and alter it
he was agin all calmness and busiuess.
Evidently I
thinks he will not hang. He
.that in some way he will, lo
eeems hopefj
use his own
angnage, "get relief." He is
allowed to
Washingtoi
read all the New York and
newspapers, ond knows the
change in public sentiment about Garfield.
lie seemed
Ip ba delighted at the publica-
lion of tli Posrcruns letters. He is, he
says, well jbat'fcfitd with his life, whatever
.
and notoritf, -enjoys ease, and for the first
time in hi life a regular ample income.
Tfce wreichfeeto that even if be be banged,
he has cut t least a figarein the world
Tbe extraolinary kind and generous treat
ment vof 'uL governments-makes ' his lust
days the bfpiest and most comfortable of
lite whole life.- Certaiuly no one cas see
bis BurroutHngs and observe his life with
out being fuched'by the remarkable char
ity and cosi&ration with which ihis mis
erable aesssia is allowed to transform the
jail into a place of luxury, comfortable,
money-aipig and notoriety seeking.
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"mei)t of .the
showing the
ed States from
Septeminer'-v v Jose of Maieh.
1882 : Por receipts this year, 4?73,272 ;
last year, 5)")8,4 14. Total. overiand this
year, 6lu,l , last year, 753,841 ; or which
to millsf,3a;03f last year, 402,630. To
ports Ibis r, 417.156 ; lust year, 351,
314 In tftnsit this year, 5,564 ( last year
16,655.' r0 Canada this year, 4lS12j
last yeur, 8,616. Exports to Great Britain
this yeV,l.694,fi35 ; last year, 2,1 13,332.
To Chanii this year, 4 C38 ; last year,
26,390. fo France this year, 271,209 ;
last j6r,23,640. To Continent this year,
645, 1 C3 jlost year, 637,8 19. At eea be
tween pris Ihis jear, 16,260 ; last year,
13 6S3; Total takeo by Northern mills
this y&, 1.345?d6 ; last year, 1,376,631.
Stock t ports at the close of March this
yeac.9,179 ; last year, 'o09,373.
" . .
M new counterfeit coins that are proof
..ordinary tests are a silver dollar of
aid a f 5 gold piece. The dojjnr is
Wly executed, and the silver j 1
Vct that it will resist tbe
tcVls until its surface is
tA' UsefrurTablc." ' '
jfVrnursi.) arriving nt aepo
'k't - !uj in
u, the following tabU is g7i
i liy ftW ) ants lonjr i ontains 1
A.' l' 4S j :ir.l lontf contains
flo tiy 242 ynr.ts Ioiik contains II
ito l.y 121 ynnls kmjr contains It
Uli ly OU'v ynrtls ..iuroo.ino i i
file liy 6T.V rls lonir contains 1 1
H.Uil.y 1HS r.vl..n contains 1 4
;iilc l.y P2 fee I lonrf contains 1 4
Y nlo uy ytitt ihI ion it ci:il.un3 1 J
vi.le ly T28 fvt loiur cnnlftfiis 1
jvi.lc t.y 3-tl t'--t liiiir eonl iln 1 a
i.tc liy 1M f.--t l'tir contains I s
In Trouble Again.
Franklin J. Musei, an Ei-Ooremor, In
tho Role of a Swindler,
Nkw Yoek, March 29. Franklin J.
Moses, ex-Governor of South Caroliuo,
and for many years a professional swin
dler, was a prisoner to day at police head
quarters, oq the charge of swindling Free
born J. .Smith, a piano manufacturer, ont
of $17").
There are quite a number of similar
charges against him, and during the day
he was identified by a number of bis vic
tims, who will appear against him to-morrow
at the Toombs Police C urt.
E. W. Crowell entertained Mones under
the name of Anthony White, of Green
vile, South Carolina, uod cashed bis check
for 150.
Howard II. Stewart cashed two $50
checks for Moees, who represented himself
to be Geo. Curtis, of North Carolina.
B. II. JIasell, of the Cburleslon Steam
ship Company, of, Boston also writes that
he lost ?3'i0 by the check operations of
the prisoner.
Charles II. Flint, a partner of Mayor
Grace, wisely declined to cash the checks
presented.
Ex-Governor Moses' career bns, durim;
the last four years, led him many times to
j.il, but each time he has succeeded in es
caping puni.-hment. Daring the recon
struction period in SobUi Catolina he was
Governor of the State. Since then he has
lived by his wits.
Whin the struggle between Tammany
Hull and its opponents was hottest last
year Mofes rfietcd tj John D. Towns nd,
the lawyer, papers damsgirg to Mr. . Til
den, which he jtrofessed to Lave, at his
home, and the lawyer advanced him money
to go and get them. Leaving Mr. Tuwn
stnd, he took with him the latter's best
ovcrco.it. -
Finally, when the recent scare about
Fenian explosives iu steamships prevailed
he imposed upon ope of the great trans
Atlantic Cimpaoics by pretending to have
discovered a plot to blow up their steam
ers. He was paid for Lis secret, aud when
him to escape this time.
Look Out, Young Men.
When it issuid of a man, ''lie drinks,"
and it can be proven, what store wants, bun
for a clerk ? What church wants bim for
a member? Wbo will trnst:him? What
dying man will appoint him bis executor?
He nitty have been forty yeary in building
his reputation it goes down. Letter of
recommendation, the backing of business
firms, a brilliant ancestry cannot save. The
world shirs (IT. Why? It is whispered
aU through the-- community t "He -e'riuk",
be drinks!' When a young man lose3 hi?
reputation for sobriety, lie might as well be
ut the bottom pj the sea There are youug
mea here wbo' lave their good name as
their only capital. Your father has started
you out in city life. lie cou'd only give
you an education. He started you, however
under .Christian ir.flueoces You have come
tu the city. You are now achieving your
owu fortune, under God, by your own
right arui. Now look out, young man,
that there is to d jubt of your sobriety. Do
not create a yuspieion by going in and
out of liquor establishments, or by any odor
of your breath, c- by auy glare of your
eyes, or by any unnatural flush of your
cheek. You cannot affrd to do It, tor
your gooj name is your only capitul, and
when that is blasted with the reputation
of taking strong drink, all is gone.
What "Wife" Means.
Says Ruskip,! What do you thiuk the
hoautilul word "wife Comes from f It is
) gKat wurd iu which ti.e E iglish ai d
till languages CJnqured t'ie French and
. I horo tn Freocb will so'i day
wit femm?.
rom? The
rds is that
j uitaos "weav-
, . . . its house-wives or
d-moths, remember that. In the doep
you must either weave men's fortunes
' embroider I hem, or feed upoo and
g Hum to d cay. Wherever a true
s comes, home is always around ber.
stars may Iw over her bead, tbe gl w
,ifi in th; uighi's old grass may be the
f at her ttet, but borne is where she is,
woni.ui it strelchet far
and tier.
- thiui h io-9 ceiled with
fr or Pi!,reJ witl -mili.m-shed.ling
aiet lUht for th.w wh t, w h.Jm
jl this, I believe, is the woman.. rae
ce aDd power.
MoWhiskey!
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whiskey, thus becoming a
fruitful source of intemper
. ance by promoting a desire
for rum.
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is guaranteed to be a non
intoxicating stimulant, and
it will, in nearly every case,
take the place of all liquor,
and at the same time abso
lutely kill the desire for.
whiskey and other intoxi
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Rev. G. W. Rice, editor of
t'ie American Qiristian Re
view, says of Brown's Iron
Bitters:
Cin.,0.,Nor.i6, 1881.
Gents : The foolish wast
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pleasure, and vicious indul
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; and if applied, will save hun
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