The Gastonia G
Devoted to the Protection of Home and the Interests of the County.
Vol. XX. GASTONIA, N. C.. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 181)0.'
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.BILL ARP ON DIVORCES.
BATS THE INCREASE FROM TEAR
TO TEAR IN THEM 19 ALARMING.
On ntSVfful Tnn Ac*-Sill lla
Dihi t«t Kuow What l»l Poor Ulrll
Will Well NslUnWn Set H«oW.
GUI Arp la Atlanta Onoatanrtoa.
Who are ttie inarrtKg.able girls going
to marry? Tula geasrallou ctumil
judge tbs future by tUn ptst, (or the
past dugi nut I'ltumit them. Tbu
prevent Is their chief concern. Only
tne old people wbo m trrlel half a cou
ntry ago ceu appreciate tU* contrast
bnweeo now anJ then, a-td Lite oltauge
for ilia worse It nUrmlng. Tn* mar
riage relation lias l»at much of Its
seriousness, Its s jleraolty lit dignity,
and consequently separations and di
vorces bare lucraapil far n> >ro rapidly
than population. During ibe put
twenty years population tuts Increased
09 per o»ot. while dlvorcm here in
creased 157 twr cent. What a mcord of
broken vosrtt and cn-Jngal misery. l)r.
Landrum, the cmliiunl lltpllat prr.ch
er. of Atlanta. Hid in a r:*o»til sirmoi,
••Our homes arc in psiil. The founda
tions of society arc threatened. Mar
riage is too often a mockery. Divoioca
are raptaiy multiplying u» our courts
sad domestic depravity goal up iso."
Bui legal divorcee are tint a eraill
proportion of tie number of v-pvra
tlnne, aud a elill amtMi-r proporuuj uf
unhappy married people wb > »uff:r aud
endure their conjugal mitery rather
llun mortify their children nr excite
public ecaudal. A noble la ly nf our
town declare 1 reuentty that elie knew
uf but Iwu Happily married onuple* iu
our whole ojtutD nity Oily two who
arc at loving and devoted as when they
stood at tbe catrrUg* allar. We all
know many, who. If not ae beppy ae
when Drat married, are a* loving and
kind to fetch otbor, aud their happiness
liooly marred hy the a.ialetlei ins’
dent to married life.
St- Paul said, **tlge love ol money U
tbe root of all evil." nod Ben Franklin
laid, “Tbe lack nf it te I be cauae of all
misery.’ Neither of those assertions are
aliogetlier true, bnt they approximate
tbs troth. 1 was ruminating about the
greed and selfishness of mankind, for t
have been reading about these trusts so
much of late that, like the oily of Shu
shan, 1 have be on mo perplexed, and
don’t know what I* going to be the end
nf it. Ia tbe Saturday HttUio of Sep
tiereber 2 and 0, which la * ladies’ Jour
ual of great excellence, published In
Atlanta, there are articles on trusts,
written by Dr. Alfred E. Serfdom an
Englishmen.t believe, but now a cit’tvn
of Atlanta, which fur cogent and clas
• k) thought excites both admiratioo
sod alarm. After setting forth tbe
■uauy evils Uiat will follow these great
combinations of capital. Im asks,
“What is pushing uu this mighty move
ment—this great iceberg that Is golog
counter tu powerful corrects nud bil
low* V X’opular den □ Delation, the
press, tbe enact manta nf congress sod
legislatures, are like so many wave*
spending their impotent wrath in vain
upon tha monster. Trust* will con
tinue to move on. They will grow Iu
power sod will in lime corral all tbe
wealth, the transportation; thn pro
does of our mtod* aod field*. They
will enlist in their service a vtut army
nf tollers, whose dependence upon
them will be soul ciuihing sad abso
lute, and they twll| bar out another
altny of would-he tollers, who will have
no visible mesne of support—aod then
what f To what goal are they hasten
ing ? Congress might as well try to
prevent the suo from setting In the
west or to atop the down rushing nf •
agara as to attempt Iv law to arrest
this universal trend of modern com
merce toward trust*.’’
Then Dr. Seddon writes of Urn new
factor iu Amerlc.in society—tbe fac
tor of poverty—and auyt that t*s pres
enca and Us power is not yet realised,
lie quotes from the address of welcome
by Urn Chicago Federation of Libor to
tbe trades assembly ; "Wo bid yon
welcome la the names of a hundred
monopolists and uftr thousand tramps.
Here mammon bolds her carnival in
palaovs, while mothers are heart-broken
sod children ere starving, and men are
looking is vain for work. We welcome
yon Id the name of a hundred thousand
Idle men, and tonight wo will show
you hundreds of strong men lying on
Uie rough It'iew iu tli* corridors or
Ibis very building—no horns, no food —
mgyt able aud willing to work, but
for whom there is no work.”
l"N*w York City there were over
30,000 families turned out last yeir for
unpaid rent. Thera were 853 snlcldes
*nd one person In every ten who dies
is burled In tbe potter's field. Oh, the
pity of It-tbe pity of It I Whan will
the mtilsnlain come y Dr. Seddon be
lieves It because bs knows that Ood is
good sod will not softer eueb misery to
be prolonged, sea because be has prom
Isad that alt the families of Urn earth
shall be bloated.
I am a I moat afralu to read auch
looti picture* of human miner? bring
■adoea* nod deapetr. Loop, long ago I
•rent orar Ilia "Lay of the laborer," by
Tom Hood, whoa It Oral appeared la
I»odou, That mine old tad aong baa
potted ova* Itera on thli aide of tba
water, and now our own atrong meo
am alaglag :
' Whenever nature need*,
Wkrrd^r lobnr oaIm.
Ho TM Irk of tho kAnla^U work
To kmm tho wortbo«w>
Ho aim* I •*, «tr« mm my unk
lloro ir« tho Arm, tbo im,
■rum wtroiioUa tb* alftowj ofamA*.
To ww*. Afvi am to bmr"
Worn Co uac TMr*.
Tire boat way to got to the top la to
begtu at lira bottom, end then jaat torn
thing* upatde down
Keeklaa a%kl url tony.
Tba boaiatt *ud cnlglitlaat lltila thing
that a err wn* mad* la Hr. King’* Mow
Life Villa. Entry pill It a augar-coated
go I but* of banllh. that ehangea »e*k
mm lain atrongth, IfaUaagMta Into
onargy, brain fag Into maatal power.
They're wooderfnl la building up tha
health Only 33a par bear. Hold by
R. Gurry aud Company.
nritowi. nibToaint.
A I'roiroi Al«la<l Iks hhl HI* lory
riut la Bring InlllkNl VruH RImxI
Uookk kk Ulull Twwk That ©or Awoua
far* Ware Wrukf.
Manny finutli.
Tnr historic* used as text lio >k* lo
ibe soliq >la strap? me principles opin
ion* and prejudices of tb- young p.nplo
who study them, and It it, tiiervforu of
th- highest ImportHMC* that tho boy*
aud girls of '.he south shout I not l>e
misled by inaccurate. f alse or utifrimid
ly uuoounU of lb Hr .itlive I ind and
their ancestors.
i'ur many yarns afler the olose of the
civil wartba falbaranud mothers or tlm
section were lo busy to give any at
their time and atlenllnu to the book*
studied by their children in the com
inou schools, sod inexperienced aiul
circle** board* of eduottion allowed
historic* tu be wd.iptwl which did great
iiijns'lrs to our people, Tnsse histo
ric, a» a rule, were lha work of north
ern writers, and they ware itsuscl by
nortiiern publishing liuu*ei. They
magnirt-H the victn:p-e and exploits of
lliuir soldinrs, statesmen, plonrer* and
great men, aud devoted verv littlu
spaon to so nt In-nera.
Many or llioze histories sp ike of the
southern war of sec.**ion m • -the re
ball] on,” and tbe Siullrvoer* were
characterised a* “ru'-iele.” Slavery
wicked aud cruel. Secession was
without any lawful excusj Til* south
erners were disloyal, idle an-1 lawless,
and their nncsstnrs were mainly cun
viola. de'dore and ptuper*. Their
vlotnrlsa were barely mentioned, but
tbelr defeats were exaggerated. Tbe
young persom who reud these books
warn led tn believe that tbolr fathers
were about seffii-eivllmed, nod bad
wickedly rebelled against a Jolt govaru
m*nt. They wore impressed with ths
idea that tils noui.li w is a land of
Ignorance auJ violence, aud was only
kept from relapsing into barbarism by
llie example and the effort# of the en
lmUUued umtliern status
Thousaud* of yuuog southerners who
have giowu into manhood since ths
sorreodar have been mote or leei lui
pres*ed with these Idea*, and in tneir i
wrltlhgs, speeches aud every day Con
versation tbey make It evident that
they have very little rcapsst for thn
civilization of the old south, and that
tliey have accepted the uortlieru stan
dard lit everything. This result is due
to the fact that false history boa been
taught la onr schools. The ynaag
southerner* who am aahamed of Ilia
record mads by their fathers simply
showed their inter ignorano; of tho
real facts nf history.
Fortunately. wiUi tbe past few yrurs
there has been a decided improvement.
Our cam pa of Confederate veterans, and
the Sons and Daughters of the Confed
eracy have critically examined our
school histories, and the good work I*
still goina on. From time to time the
announce n*<it is mate that school his.
tnry has beau revised, or bar bvn
thrown out of the aohools. or that a
now one lias been adopted. Northern
writer* have been instructed bythsir
publisher* to be more conservative ni.d
consideiale. and they have found it
nooesxary to modify their stricture*
and comments upon oor people and
our leaders. Some of tbe northern Ills
tories now show that secession was, at
ioast. k disputed question on which the
ablest eunaiilutloaal lawyers were di
vided. ^tisy ndmit that the southern
slaves were well cared for. Our great
men receive due credit for pure motives.
Still the average school history from a
northern source is very unsatisfactory
to a well-informed southerner, and is
not such a book as be desires to ptacs
iu the bands of his children.
There is a growing demand for his
tories written by southerners wbo are
iiaalided for t)i« work, but very few of
these books o*n bi rrccommended
Tliey show haste and inaccuracy.
Home of theau Itnve out thn names of
ooe or two of tho greatest southern
general*. They give undue procolaenca
to certain alutna. Some of them are
loo ranch condensed. Others give un
important dstails. Taro or three con
tain gross rols-statemebt*.
Our Confederate organization* me
disposed to Judge the blatorie* fairly,
and while tbey prefer an impartial his
tory written and published tiers in the
eouth. they have never ptopoeed to
practically boyoott northern publica
tion when they are of superior merit.
The dfseumton of tbe bletory ques
tion hat been taken up by ttie newspa
per, and perhaps more than any other
ooe thing, hat called thn attention of
the northern people to the school bonk
matter. Tbonghlfal southerners begin
to Me mat me uueracter ami destiny or
Ibeir children will depend eery largely
upon the education tliey receive In the
Nation aehocli. end they are rapidly
coming to the oonelurton that It will be
unwise policy t» place Uie rising gener
tlon under unfriendly Influence* and
mistaken advisers Under snnh train
ins our young southerners will anon
Ijtoome the advocates of the false pi
lltlcal doetrlnes, the ornnbv lama. am)
(he dangerous social and religious Idaus
of New Ungland.
If lire south expects to reach her
belt davslopasent aha mnst hr trus to
hersalf. Har people should be aiulh
eroers as wall as genuine Americans,
sad while they slmuld ba hospitable,
tolerant and fair In thalr dealings with
strangers. It wmld be the height of
fully for them U> suddenly adopt In a
wholes*Ie way s'l of the principles,
Ideas and methods of a distant poupln
who look upon us with soorn batted
and contempt.
Bo for ee It It praclle .hie we ahubhl
always give t'<e prt-ferene* in enulharit
teschera, authors and Umks. wlten
tbslr merit justifies IL There Is noth
ing sectional In title It Is .Imply the
common enitar tod patriotic polloy of
standing by our lines 3 peopls sod t ft sir
work and tlielr products witeo ll«ay
Urserve our support. Tu Ipnors them
aed give our pslruuuge tn strangers
end alleee who ate endeavoring to
teach the rising generation tn desy lee
Utelr anoaslry ami their native aerll >n
Would be b Ah foolish and wle'ieV
In nnusher nrtieU It wRI bs shown
that sesne of the gTeetswtedeostors and
Uxt book author* are southerners, and
flguraa wilt be presented which will
•haw that the south can savs mill loos
o( dollars, and keep t-hs mounjr at
homo, by encouraging aouthero pub
lisher* to print our school books. As
matter* now stand we are ecrlchlug
eastern publishers and authors by pur
chasing books which nra unsatisfac
tory, aud which am constantly under
going revision as His result of our
erltlaismt an I pro'eats.
This a matter whiuh touchss the
poukat at well as Lba patriotism, of ev
ery southern paraul. Wu can save
thirty or forty per caul. of our annual
txpendituta for tuhoul books, and lba
sooner we do it tbs batter.
Vlflorls'a WmIis.
Collier's Wortiiv. .
Ws have often heard that the queen
of England la an exceedingly rich wo
man, bat few people era really aware
■if the mormons waaltli alia paisas sea.
Its full amooul will never ba known,
fur the will* of royal personage* aru not
disclosed. -Vs mere Items or bar pres
ent Income. however, may be meuiloued
tliu yearly Income of 80,000 poumla
which parlaltnent allolsd to bar spouee,
l'rinoe Albert, and which has been
paid her ever since bis death as tbs
widow of that pensloood parsonage.
Her mother, the l>te Cucbues of Keut.
left her 11.000 pounds a year. Thus
nearly '.«<> nunareu thousand annual
dollars go to (well tier private parse,
wholly outside of her royul revenues,
which nobody mentions la soy exact
terms end of whose real amount no
li >d» knows savo certain reticent ofllol
at* am perhaps aware. Individual*. It
is well known, hava on several ones
alone bequetltej the queen large for
tunes. Her property in J»w*ls alone Is
emuntblng piodlgtous. Her quid plate
mo rod at Windsor castle and brought
to i^ndon for use at court festivities
at Buckingham palace. It nf vast veins.
It ohietlr consists nf dime*, flagons,
stands and shields, and lies born ac
cumulated through ims*. Kouerations by
the tnouarchs who proceeded her.
Other treasures in the way of furaiture
apparel, household ornaments, tapes
tries. rugs carriages, hnrsea, etc., would
reaoli hug* sum* If reduc'd To pannds,
shillings and pwice Unless I am
greatly id error, all the royal palace*
are exempted from taxation and the
state defrays Lin* huge expense of main
taining eaen. It is uois nod than af
firmed. and not without truth, that a
presidrut of the United dtatca ha*
more power than ths queen of Bag
laud. Hut this yoarly 130,000 mokes a
piteous showing beside the copious
stream nf gold which pours eotitloually
iu the coffers of Windsor. And when
one think* of the 10.000 pounds per
sunum given the Prtuee uf Wales, and
the smaller yet regal incomes, rlietrl
UutHd among hit brothers and sisters,
one realises the tremendous Unsocial
tauintlts which royalty obtains in one
nf the rldicst nstious of the world
a iso StoalgraOSaw.
Senator Butler hat written another
letter on thn Negro emigration qoea
tij'i. This time It Is In answer to In
quiries from an interested pontlnmitn
In New Turk. He says. In pert :
"To <oy mind, it behooves ths gov
ernment of the United States to carry
oat the proposition uf President Lin
coln, and provide » home in Central or
Sooth America, or elsewhere, where
the Negro may he induerd to emigrate
and set on tor himself. ft would bs
Infinitely better tor the Negro, who
Can never roach the full measure of
American manhood sod citizenship
with his environments of race preju
dice and ostracism in ibis country.
Something mure than the right to earn
a living ia demanded nf one who enjoys
American citizenship. The highest
premiums and rewards of life should
bo within the sine of Ills aspirations
and achievement*. These are shut
out from Him Negro, iu the main, by
reason of his ‘o -lor and previons con.
ditiou servitude,’ the constitution of
the Unitod Stalva to the contrary
notwithstanding. Race predjudlee
Is not conQocd to ths white man and
Negro, ft li si strong end intense be
tween the while man and Indian nr
Chinaman, or any colored race. It al
foots relations bulweeo families of Ute
whit* raoe, and has recently shaken
the foundations of tbo French republic
almost u> the point of tottering and
onllapsa Why tho Almighty ho* Im
planted this fooling ic oor heaits, of
ooureo, I shall not endeavor to ex
plain. The id mil advanced stage*
of civilisation dn not appear to
eradicate It— Christianity does not nor
aauoot, and the only refugs for the
weaker race Is an nodus, or psruetual
subordination to the stronger, or rx
termlDatlon.'’
•f • Wu 1M Inymnil.
Broom* n I'lUson.
There were eight nf u« going to atop
at the mom town and the tame hotel
in a Kansas hamlet, end we talked
things over before we left the train,
Kacli ons registered himself as a pro
fessor. jadge or geo etui, and when lb*
last nsu>e was down, wa stood waiting
| to hear any observation from the land
lord. ifa was a quiet spoken, humble
linking man, and he should here bora
duly Impressed with tbs array of games.
He wasn’t, though. He read theta
over in n oareless way and than looked
up to say:
“All right, professors, judges and
gem-rule. I’ll do the beat I nan for you.
aiid ( guess most of Ilia f.ilka will turn
oat to your circus tomoer-iw If the
weather b pleasant."
—I qJWW
A W»H Cm
Mo.li-r* i-f children effected with
croup or snverr o dd need not Imeluie
tu administer Clm-nberUlu's Cough
Remedy. It contain* un oplnte nor
narcotic In nay form and may lie given
as cimBdently to the lial-w at to an
adult. Tbs great sueerm that i-aa
attended Its us« In tha trwatmaut of
oatds and croup hst wan for It lh«
approval and prslea It has reorlrrd
throughout the UatMri t* alee and in
■may foeuhra lauds. For ants by J. E,
Curry & Company. Druggiet*.
now stress hid win wir* cnti
v*«w» t»r*Mlloa VaUuUII tlmSy
*■•»« Boa KMmm la Halt* PwhIM
NUrnkw i WIIUlwtM mirnm Wit.
■•a aae la MMlws'l te Kara MM iIm
■alkariha Vast Ealair Tkraack l*a.
nalal arts
New York la oraijr to know tlia
contents of Cornelius Vanderbilt's
will, and all the newspapers aro gneas
Ing. Although tba will waa read to
Ilia membnrs of Ui« family eevensl days
ago, tbe disposition of the huudred
million dollar estate Is still unknown
to tlio public. Coruellua Vanderbilt,
Jr„ married liiaa Oraoe Wilson con
trary to his father's wishes, sod thus
fell under paternal displeasure. Miss
W ilaon Is a daughter or B. T- W llson,
lit* banker, wbo was at one time a
Georgian. There was no objecllou to
tbe young lady exoept that aba was
older than young Vanderbilt. There Is
a belief tbat Cornelius Vauderbilt wbo
but for Ills marriage would base Inher
ited the bulk of the fortune, will re
ceive a muuii smaller share and that
Ills yonager brothor, Alfred Uwvne,
will be ttie bold of the house oi Van
derbilt.
| Cornelius v aaderhlH li nt Newport.
He will not discus* liia father's will
sxeept tn say that Ms f ether wes fU
ways a Just men, end In making ids
will waa a* conscientious in doiug
whet lie thought *u right as had al
ways been his practice through life.
That the will was satisfactory tn every
body concerned aod coaid iu do way
letsicst the public.
Alfred Gwvnoe Vanderbilt was Id
Japan arbeu hta father died and is no#
on hla vray home. The ^few York
WorUl says be will Inherit soxetlilng
lees lhau half of the estate and adds :
"The teat of tbe greet fortune will
be divided betsrrenlhie tiro sisters, hit
two brother* and mother. This state
meat waa made last night by un inti
caste friend of tha family.
“Tbs same suthoritr aalil :
‘•Allred uaror gave bis father or
mother a moment of serious uoeaalnet*
He bas been, and is. f>r thit matter,
an average boy of tbe beet a»rt. lie
If like a thousand other college boys,
aod tha fact that hta halier bed > hun
dred Otlllinae bed never seemed to
turn bia head or affect him la auv
way.
“ ‘lie was educated hy private tutors
until Ln enteral Yale, four years ago.
lie entered upon cohere Ufa with a
**st and eujojiasnt that ha bevar lost.
Ue was as full of mischief as moil fu i
lovlug boys, but lie waa ot>e*r mlxnd
In any eerspt that oouM istge him
blusb.
“ 'He was u good student, but he
unit oootent to slip along easily. He
waa fond of outdoor sports, hot lie
never tried to earn tbe 'Y' In any
branch of athletics. He spent a good
deal of mousy but w t very unosten
tatious. He never took advantage uf
tbe fact or even seemed conscious of
hla father'e'millioQ*.
•• ‘lie waa frauUlj fond 'of society,
nod thete was a* much chaff as well as
desire to testify to his popularity wboo
hit drum voted bln the social-night be
fore lie graduated last June.
“ He woe not trained, as was lilt
brother Cornelius, with the end in
view that the management of the Van
derbilt fortune was some day tn rest
upon lua shoulders That waa never
absent from young Coroellua Vauder
bill's mind. His college career was
: fashioned to that end. The responsi
bilities that he looked forward to made
him «n nld men whan he was little
morn than a boy.
"Alfred Gwynns Vender bill baa al
ways been a laughing light-hearted boy
who delighted bit father's heart, It la
very likely that Mr. Vanderbilt, who
knew tbe tremendous work and anx
iety nr looking after a crest fortune,
purposely refrained from making his
merry happy son share the burden. Ue
had seen hts eldest son (eke on that
sellout, oars worn sir which had
stamped upon bin own face tod which
made even torn* men who work for
Uieir daily bread pity him, and It la
verv likely that be wanted to save Al
fred rrnm that.
••'At any rata It is oertain that the
training of tbe second son was entirely
different from that of the eider. Alfred
Gwvnoe Vanderbilt is democratic.
His uopnlartl? and standing at Yale
are shown by the fast that be was a
member of Bkull and Hones, aod llm
membership of that society la limited
to flftcco. lie It frank, unaffected,
with a genuine tense of humor. In
pcreoual appearasoe ho la tall, dark
sod slender. He list a graoeful, easy
manner sou charming Drown eye*. ua
likes to enjoy himself. Those wbo
know him say that be would much
rather tbst bla brother, lo wnom bo la
eery devuted. should receive the great
est part of tbe millicne, with tbe re
sponsibility they entail.
“ 'Dot there Is do tslllngbnw respon
sibility msy develop bio. Tber* u
wnadarfe) stuff In tbs Vanderbilts.'
'"The actual cootenta of tbe will,"
repealed Senator Dvpew last night,
will not be known until It la filed.
There will I* plenty of shrewd gueeees.
I*o few person* know what It euatal is
that there la Utile likelihood that tbe
n«wa wilt leak out. Tbe family look
up»o the Will aa a private affair-mors
like a letter than a legal document.
" 'As toot as Alfred reaches Uie
elty there will be a family council, tbe
polnte of the will will be gone over
again, and thea tha public cao have It.
""If the will Is madepuUio now, lh«
hoy will be liar reseed hy intervlewe an
serose tbe country. They will ash lum
questions on ooe point and aootltrr.
Tin public will haw debated tbe will,
and Ideas may he pot m soma pursue'*
baud which oogbt not to be theca’
' Beside tbe original will there are
>aid to ha two copies. One la laths
hand* of Mr*. Vanderbilt sod tbe otlwr
Cornelia* VaoderblH haa. Ifawry II.
Aodrraoa, Ue lawyer, has tbe origi
nal.
“Tbe war revuwue tax on tbe eauila
will be about WUh'.OUO All eftatr*
above 11,000.000 cost pay a iwvwwua of
** per neat. Comptroller Outer will
ootleet Ue state laherltaee* tax, which
amounts to |1,000.000. This l« u*
largest tax ever paid by any estate.
I The Surrogate will appoint an ap*
pratear, aa In tba cbm of Jay GouM'l
fortune. Tbora caw be no division of
the ttun until tba uxta era paid."
B a1 1 as~g—Bg»
Xtaa Twaava xitwx
fit* falh *r trim* Wlkk LlMl to
Tlrtm.
wuttnjr Roufii.
Murk Twain waa tbo guest of the
now Vagabond club at tba Hoi born
rrscuraot In London reoently.
Having a largo assembly of Vaga
Uvula to add root ho made nee of the
oeoaaioa to develop a brand now scheme
of morality.
Mr. George GroaamlUi, the chairman
provided the text. He eaid that waa
the time he had ever taken the
chair.
'C^jlte no,” aaid Mark Twain, ad
dreealog the gothering. “l’orhape you
didn’t aco the foil bearing of the re
mark. ldid. Though he didn’t tey
It, be meant that he bad taken lota of
other thing*, but never a obair. Vow
Mr. UroaimlUi le like loyevif-a praotl
cai, not a theoretical moralist.”
"Von do not Inn It at Sunday
aeliool. Thera they t*acb you to avoid
temptation. That la Ibeoratteal moral
ity Vow, 1 woald teadh you to famil*
larUs yourealf with crime, so that you
will know what you moat not do.
That le practical morality. I begin by
teishlng von bow to Meal.
“It le by the dree of experience tlmt
you are portflrd. By tire oommlxalon
of crime you leero real practical mor
ality. Kamlllarxe yourealf with every
crime. Take them in rotation. Thera
are not more than two or three thous
and. Stick to the task diligently,
two or three crimei every day. and by
and by. when you have don* them all.
ymi will be proof agalnet the tempta
tion to commit any one of them, mor
ally perfect, vaoclnated ajslort all
wicked naaa.
"i win Mil you a story aiuoi liie
Cm lime I (tola % watermelon. That
la 1 Hunk U was the Qrst time. Any
how. It wss right along livers sntne
where. I stole that melon out of the
cart wbllo tba farmer was ells ml lag
another customer, 'tknlo' Is a harsh
I will modify It and say that I withdraw
the melon. I carried It to a secluded
bower nod broke It open—anl it wu
green I It waa the greenest water rani
>u that wu rsiied Tn the valley Uiat
fear. The minute I saw the water
melon waa graau t waa sorry.
“1 began to red-cot. Now. reflection
is ihe beginning of reform. It yoa
don’t reflect'when you have committed
a crime—why, that crime if uo uee to
you at all. 1 said u> myself, what
ought a boy to do who baa stolen a
grert. watermelon t What would
Oeorgu Washington do * George
Wasblnglun. tatlver of hie country
couldn’t tell a lie. lie wa* the only
American who couldn’t. What would
he do V Why. there wee only one ngbt
high end noble thing for a boy to do
who had stolen a watermelon of that
character, lie mult make restitution,
lie must rvstore lbs melon to its right
fol owner,
"And I said. ‘I will tie it.’ Tba
moment V made that good resolution I
Tele tha noble exaltation which oonuse
after yoa ltsve done wrong and yon de
termine to do right. I r.iee up spirit
ually etreogtheoed aad refreshed and I
carried that watermelon back— what
waa left of it—I restored it to Ihe far
mer, and—made him alee me a ripe one
Instead.”
Having delivered himself mis Id
■creams of laughter of bis shining ex
amr.lo. Mr. Ctsmeue returned to his
moral t.
"U la." he said, "this coolant Im
pact of crime upon crime, this clacking
op of Iniquity after iniquity, and time
protecting yourself against thorn crime*
In the future—It la tbl* which t-ulids
ap your moral edifice nod oompletcs It
You cannot become morally perfect by
stealing one Watermelon, nor by Meal
ing a thousand. It ha* been tried But
every little helps. ”
And an Mark Twain concluded with
the bop* that flic Vababonds would
grow in practical morality a util ’ they
died—and might that be n long time
beuoe. _
la Ikiitamll Tama.
Columbus, 0„ libiMtaai World.
An ndreitlnr onilit to be oa tbe beet
possible termi with the newipepeie of
his town. Ue eao’t afford to bo pansy
wiaa aad poaud foolish. IIo ought to
know personally every no wa pa per pro*
prietor and employe with whoa ha
doaa builneae. Ha ought to ha liberal
with them. Be ought to put every
one of them under obligations to bias.
Xthtj atora la onnstautly doing tilings
that on of Interest In a tiewa way, and
every ilea or that kind that haa any
reference, direct or iodlraot, to tba
etorv, ought to find it* way tato print.
If Ilia re ia tbe right sort of feeliog be
tween the stone and U* nowapapor. sod
the mtrebaul bai autorprlo* anoogb to
attend to It, It will. I know of a atora
that haa on* or mure new* It* ms ooa*
oonoaruina it publlehed alaaoat every
pay. One day It’a about aa excursion
of employe*; soother, a bl£ painting or
map exhibition In ita window; another,
about something It* advertising tnans
Cr haa dona; another soma praaant It
a made tbs aoUiar* ia camp; another,
personals about Itaad* at deport went*
who have gone Beat or to Baropa—and
*0. week la and week out Titov are
liberal advertisers In ilia regular way
to b* aura, spending money and iota of
II with th* newspaper*—but they are
far sighted to krep la etoao tench with
th* pa per i, and In rttarn they get a
kind of treat meat and a grade of pub
I'alty that no elete-deiad non man
would purchase.
Tim great saeoasa of Chamberlain’*
Coite, OtHtleen aad Diarrhoea Kirn-sly
ia Um treatment of bowel onaapintuU
has mad* it standard aver tha greater
part of the elvllht-d world. Bor note
by i. B. Carry A Oucaynoy, Drnggtrtr
"My ml* mau." arid Aunt Chtoa,”
"ia lb* waat man Car oh token* yog aa*.
It h* aaa't gat a ehlehao aay other way
ba'll go aa' buy ooa ”
TBtmRnUTMMttXUMU*
Mafia
OMriMItOWiw.
Tba people of tbia oouatry aad Ob
tawbaet* aa mnob lataraatad to tba
aueeeaa of tba paodleg anadanat la
tba constitution that I faal oanatraiaad
to write soma what oa tba soitjsot aad
■howto* tbe atatua of otir white people
on thla quasUoa. Baba* a Democrat
to tbo taeuoer bore, aad one of abso
lutely unawarring aUrglsaes to ay
party drat aad foremost, and aralously
ardent toward anything looking to the
bettaraiaat of our People, 1 would be
au unworthy eon of a aoWo
wealth did I not reader orery aid la aty
power toward tba ntldoatiea of what
. f retard the aaoat momentous iaaoe
that luu beta before our poopla la a
quarter of a century.
Oar people, almost aa a unit, are so
thutiaatle orer tba good proapeot of
fta paaaaga; aad I think quite a nuat
ber of tlia batter oUaa of tba Jtopahll
esaa will land It tbatr support. Car
tsioly they bare good resocci for aa
doing when auob area aa Mr. Mauls,
Judos Sterbuak and a host o* atbare of
tbair party bare puUMr declared tbair
Intention of Mipportiag It. That tbo
bagrees and their eohorta, If I say eo
txpreaa it. the white HepuUteooe, win
arc dependent upon tbair retaoto rids
Into soma patty oOea. will aupport tt
Is a forlorn hops; but aarioaaly. I fail
to see why tbo yaomsary of tba Bepub
llasti party, tba good, boost* rsak aad
H'e can do otherwise than lead this
Just measure tbair old, wbeo tbo Mali
ere abundant to show that It ia to tba
very beat weUara of both white sad
black that such an amendment ba la
ssrtsd la our eooiUtuUoa. I said both
whits sad Week, sod I did so sdtissd
ly. That its paassgs will really be for
uw uan wiM or Mo oogro, I do oat
doubt, ud I do not amort It hi
plausible subterfuge.
. Mom than thirty yair* ago, Um aa
*ro froth from under Um yoke of tlaro-1
ry. a wholly Igooraul, tufwrtUeloot
and nnealtured run. wat at otto* ala
rated from this petition to that of a
wiffraglet alongside of hla oiritorod
white brother. Tin tuddec nxaltoilen
baa from that hour baa Instilled Iota
the negro a detire for equality with hla
wbtta brother, not so proaenaoed at
Oral, hut the hit* baa beau Mining
momentum from year to year, until the
■pricing In the eootorn part of the
State not ao long ago bat that wa all
remember with wbat enapesae wa
awalted-tlM on too me, Wat tbe logical
mult of hit unwtaa deration. Suoh a
elate of nf tin tbe good white people
of the SUM are determined to ted
oooo and for all. The promoted amend
ment It not In reality unjustly diacrlm
lotting agelntt tbt negro aa a race. It
lays to every voter : If yea oeooot
reed * eectlon nf year State CMitilu
tion, you ought not and ahull not be
allowed tbe freedom of State auffrage.
If the negro cannot measure up to the
rrqolrereeuta. let him art about to do
so. And tfCD' jy becaota it will be aa
added etlmulut to tbe negro to took
more to hi* education, 1 bellevt it la to
hie boot welfare that the mereare be
come a Uw. And teeoodly. It win
take away tc.nn tbt negro tbtt fait*
Idea nf equality with the white taas;
will show him juet where Im ttande, sad
will further show him that tbe logical
thing for him to do la to not presump
tiously arrogate to hlmaalf equality with
the while man until he has some Just rea
son for for ao doing, bat by lettlag to
worb, with all hla bit poorer, te become
a good Uw-aUdlog. ioirltaetaal oltlreo
•f a good State, lie assured when the
negro does this tbe State win only too
gladly glee him a »bowing, as tbe does
wary good outlet,. Wo oanaot, and
do not, expect tbe aacro te support tbe
amendment, but U U redly to tbeU
beat letareet to do to.
The people of Lincoln and Catawba
win heartily support it; and t aa grail
Sod beyond measure at the bright pres
pent of the passage of a law that Bboald
have been on the statute book at I real
a dozen year* ago. Every white teas,
be be Itopubllean or wbat not. who «
dintly withe* peace and prosperity to
permanently remits withla the borders
of our good old State can never do a
better deed than easllag hla ballot for
tbe email to ll on*] amendment.
W. M.SnnmiLL.
Denver. N. C. _
*»• uiimw mmcu
A child la ten; Um IoAw to aUan
daoca fat* $10, tbe editor gMa 0. It la
cbrtataoed aad Um wtolatar aaU I* aad
aad tba editor fate OR Whan It mar
lira Um wtotator teu $10 aad a piece
af oak* aad the editor feta 000. la
the oouree of tin* It 4lee; the doctor
tet* fro* IS to $100. aalaiatar,
partMpa, fate another $$, am eadar
taker from $1$ to- $00. The editor
prtata a ooUoa of death aad oWintry
two eoloiana loeg tod fata 000, baa Idea
lodge and aoaiaty reailallaaa, a free
card of thaoka aad a Wt of poetry.
* wo».««mni»t*rM
I
tuTl bed almoat dreWed Vo'flee up
all Itopea of rreomy aud a mil Um
molt, but notiaiaf Um wmtiaatM
W CbambartWaV CoW*. ChakMMd
LX an hue* Remedy aad atao tow* Mall
woalata ataltof that aoaaa weaderfal
caret bad baea wraagbt by *>*a rawady,
I d eidud to try tt. Attar tat lot a
few daaoa I ana entirety writ af that
trouble aad 1 with ta aay farther to
ay rue dare aad Nila w etUhrwa that l
an a halo aad hearty woa to-day rod
foal aa well at 1 am dM la aey HW.—
a R. Mooaa. Md bp J. M. Carry
and Oowpaay. Drufftaw.
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sSir&r'**1
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***•
The doiwdipootf i
SmSF*
I
I
xE
r. m. vray. a deputy tt ua Tower,
aod tho two paid a elatt to tho bos*.
It was (ban that tba aoidlan worn
found. Tbay bad mariad tba Mfcna
Wbitaken,two stolen, awd wan tofctag
Mrhoimmo wttbmo IhooMfm
haya of tho regtaaaac. waft of which
JWjjHdM U>^*T ** «*• baM
of which to to laave toaaorraw or Mon
. "I„u'*d ^ away too
loS,d.’ MM OM of tba add tan takto
wifi. The word* had hardly boom
apokan when both of tbo girts bant
oat er/lor.
tbotio. Ho;
aarpaat, aa tbay
•U>od Irresolute. L _
alternative. Tba cowly
ten moat go back to tbetr ngtmwt.
ireaoabM ear oooMra.
At length after rove won ooId and
praealMa wan made tbo aaMlor lada
Lade goodbye to tbeir wtraa aod wan
takee away U eaawrr tba charge of
desertion that ton, it eeoma, had drtr
ea Hiero to.
Henry and Wagoner an freer Ktoa
wood. (la., and an wall consented.
jjs.ssrrt.’Sti&'St;
loan orer tba AltanM aod if eat IVrfet
road Monday for tba PbiUppteaa. It
la Probable, however, that tba two
boys Will Bathe among those who an
lo bo. as they will tiara to taoa a era*
•ret court martial on tbo charts of de
sertion. ._'
Under tho above beading the Loeto
TtUa Cou.-Ur-Journal editorially oom
annte at follows:
Tba South In tleao may ewgeat abet
Uc osdent^dteg of Un raoo problem
>aw York If not hi other Into*
ettlee. Xagroaa aae moving then f»om
the South to such aumbon that laaptlo
of the gnat mortality raaulUag from
tba a naamtery conditionals which they
live they have obowa om inonaea of M
par oaot. aiaoa 1890. la Broody Uw
gain baa booo stlU grwtor, aid the
negro proportion uf Urn papaMtoalo
new 1.4 per coat. Thoy hoeoiaonaaad
•o rapidly la aoma aoartan that tbay
have emnad trouble la thooehoola. la
tbo borough of tfaeoM tbay oowtltulo
one-fortieth of Urn populatlw, and
while then an aot laragb to JnUfy
tbo nUbUabmaat of arpanbe aeboam
there on an many than tba adad
authorities any they have baaama aai
«• aono *o<J Eut km bad m for
^zsxr&js’jsisi
of tktt nannlal km hfo mU* ak.
■r* Mm aPIVV
aorbad tad tabm mmad hr tti vhtoo
olilntuhip. Whara aagran on for
tha? lira tMtdr aad tha «Mul «la
aaaat aam than la raprvaaad. la
noadaiBaaoa Un pacpla km aa Maa
of tha eondlUma that prarmO la Um
"Maak batt” of tha SaatUk, wham than
la aa oranrboinlac prapactlm of tha
brutlah aad dmraiad ad tha raoa. Um
aaaaata Urn adBaat harm etUaa, whan
Um wniat BlaMMt araada la ta lira la
a eoadlliao of tKh aad InudllliB
that la appaHiac- Tha naoado of Um
NhkCMrtBBbBtttBlUai
nraackad ia mmT'mbi
York, ta whtoh ha
TSpacoaaUod Um
Uttt ff| MfLpapsa*
Wbathar tMa to ttm or m
htkaari aaa, «ohaary _____
a Kira wbtoh am »at ttmaf It (M ml
. for tha Woo Ui
of tha BtliBBd
JCatih. Thla w|* nadar
thd Mart af adman** than aaator, and
it u*y aaa pataay than Ul todmutal
UaiMtaa it ana ha atm battar. % al
mobimImUm bar dm baahmd byaa
OBoah of Um aoaatry aa paaatMa, aat
tbmit win bafwr Mttw' h »■<■«■»
It nay ba tha faatt of tha
astot, bat If aa. part ad thd btoan fop
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