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LAVISH OFFERING
FOR ZION’S CAUSE
Dramatic Response of Dowie'a
People to Overseer’s Plea.
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Mm Bth ChUdeea Sava Trlakrta.
T)i« first public addraaa of Deputy
Oencrnl Ovarsecr Wilbur Uhmu Vollva
to tlia people of Zion City, msdo tbe
olliar wonting, was n dramatic eppeal
for a general act of sslf sacrifice to re
ktore the city rounded by Ur. John Al
kiaaOer Howie sad Its Institution* to a
sound financial basis, says tbs Chicago
Tribune.
Kor an hour Zion's now leader
. preached, taking aa bla tut Paul's lat
ter to tba nilltpptaaa and urging the
atera duly of a complete renunciation
of this world's goods. .
Than two tables wars placed at tlw
front of tiia plutfonu in the big tabor
nods, and tlio congregation, com lug
forward In aeclkma, piled them high
with the moot valuable of thotr poaaae
alona Women torn off ring* and brace
let) and threw them on tba tabloo.
Maa brought watches, diamond* and
bank books rapraaeotlng tbe savings of
a lifetime aud added them to tba heap.
Iron tha children eootributod tbotr
cherished trinkets
la tbs abort time that Overoear Ve- i
lira baa been at Zioo City bo bus won
tbs confidence of most of tha pooplo
and bos given indication) of being an
obis leader. When ho arose to speak
•very face eras Inroad toward him In
breathless Internet Ha began quietly,
tailing of tbe eaertfiev* In the days of
VIM IUUI UWVUIIIK I IUI p
exhortation to them to complete self
abnegation. Tbuu, driving lata points
home degree by degree, be made the
application. Tbo duties ef Cod'* chil
dren. be said, are (be aame today aa
they wore In tbo time of Pool. Zion Is
In need. Its people most rally to Its
support, and gifts most not lie mod*
with a grudging hand. '
Aa be sat down there was dead si
lence. Then Overseer J. K. BxeeU
arose.
‘The overseer la right." lie said.
"Zion seeds your help. And Overseer
Yellva baa tiers a ablnlng example,
no gave an ha had to Zkm. area the
family heirlooms ha treasured. Qt
has worked without compensation be
yond food awl clothing, no cornea to
aa from A net rails a poor rang**
A prayer and vocal solo followed,
and then Overseer Voiles came for
ward a goto.
“1 want nothing done on Impulse,”
be said. "Whatever you arc about ts
do think It over carefully flrwt Till*
mint bo o gift of tbo bead aa wall aa
of tbo heart."
Thau two tBomoue Utiles ware
brought forward and placed lu rroiit
of tbo platform. First the officials of
Ztou Ctty. wbota Overseer Vollva bad
told of srbnt ha was about to do at a
atoedag a few sight* ago. brought gifts
of silverware, eut glass aud Jewelry
and laid them as tbs (thins. Overseer
Vollva hltuscif gars hie watch, a gift
from hie mother when a bop. After
ward the congregation was dirtied In
to sect loos, sad aaa by aoe (ho groups
were led forward.
It eras Impossible to stake say eatl
mate of the wealth contributed. Twen
ty -flvo watches of matsrlala rsu-tn
tram Inexpensive gun metal to solid
gold were counted There were sixty
rings, many of them set with dia
mond a. Fortius*, bracelets, brooches
aad Jewelry ef every deaeration were
thrown apoti the piles without so In
stant's hesitation.
Frets the me* cam* gift* of beaoe*
aad lota, pledge* ef rnoaey gifts a ad
checks- B. J. Simmons of Kenosha.
WH* gar* gam. Thar* was on* cheek
*or IMOO aad Mother for ISCO. A
•core gate *100 sod gMO checks. Oh*
* etpeaslv* far overcoat
aad *•»- Thor* wars flfty bosk books,
reproaentls* the entire lovtenaa of ns
mosp «••■. I**0** the gifts arm* a
rtolia aad as tutstarp.
Overseer Vallv» « wife eoutrlbatad
every arttsto *f Jewelry la bar posses
alaa, saaaa ef Am gifts nt great asatt
MPfel Tkkjs M w*a a* eoatly tram a
monetary view.
A conelileniWB proporllou of tbe eao
trlbuttons nu made In the coupon
books n-ltb which tbs employ ere of
Zlun City formerly were paid. Op to
lat of lYbruiry all amployoca la
lb* factories or atiwoia errrs paid dot
lu cash, but In books of coupons. which
ronstltotod rial ins for msrcbandlet or
mib. Tbs use ef tbree was dlscoottn
i*h1 as part of the plan to placo tbo
community on a sound fl ns octal boats,
aud at the tame lima tbs stems and
banka refused to honor them further.
Coopons to the value of gaxOOO or
•90.000 or* sUU outstandlct. sad It Is
chiefly for the purpose of rodeomiug
tlioso that tbe appeal was made.
A brief cable meeoage from Dowle
was read.
HIGHWAY FOR AUTOS.
Jeha (rteke* Welker's Plea eC heed
free lee Terk to Pknedelpkia.
Jubu Rriaboo Walker advanced some
uurel and laterustliig Ideas resenting
falurc roads far oatoaoblllog tbo other
night before tbo members of tbo Auto
mobile Club uf Aasorlcn la Now York.
Hr. Welkor was one of tbs i don cor
members of tbs club. He has devoted
much attention to tbo subject of spe
cial motor highways, aud his parti oi
ls r Interest In tbs possibility or obtain
ing so automobile highway from Kew
York to Philadelphia led tbo ofBcera of
cbe club to request u detailed exposi
tion of Ids views before the members,
ssys the New Yack Times.
Hr. Walker's plan for the Kew York
rbllsdclpbla automobile highway pro
vides for a road from eighty to a bon
died tret wide, so divided that such
belt of tlie nud would contain three
separate automobile tracks, upon which
different speeds would be maintained.
Tbcie would thus be six tracks to all
and with care moving 900 feet apart
and carrying an average of eight poo
scugers eplece. lie sdrifted making a
toll rood, charging Co cents per paa
songcr. Upon a large map of New Jer
sey three possible route* were mapped
out, avoialug largo settlements. One.
stsrtlug from the foot of West Forty
second street would begin nt Wechaw
kea. pose between Hackensack and
Passaic, rdu through tbe Qrauget and
than axrcnd la aa straight u Hue as poo
iim* to I'liilaaelptila. passing couth of
Bound Brook and north of Trenton.
The other roots* would toad across
Ktntoo Island, running aoatli of tlio
Pennsylvania railroad, tbo more sou til.
erty of th* (wo living arenas to FUlo
rtrlpiils through Onmdeti.
"Naturally jroo want to know tbo
probs' to coat of such an undertaking."
said Ur. Walker. "1 better* tbo con
struction of Mi* road could bo brought
within *0,000 • mil*, provided the
right* of way maid Ihi obtained with
out cost That would mean for lb*
ninety otto* between Now. York and
Philadelphia *340.000. The yearly rum
for maintenance ought out to bo men
than *10.000. Fifty toll keepers nt *000
««cb would bo *20,000 and, flgurli* In
terest at O per cent on tbo cost of Um
read, would bring the anneal charges
t* *07,400. At low then 400 passengers
a day (he road would bring la ■■ in
come of 173000 a year, a comfort*bio
to-oflt oa the la vast m* at
“With a proper roaiL dost less and
having the slightest poaslMe grades. It
woakl Inaaro the maximum of safety.
Fenoaslty I would much prefer to
travel to Philadelphia no such a road
thaa la a railroad min. The middle
track of tb* read would permit a speed
of dftjr inline an boor, no that an auto
mob that could reach Philadelphia from
Hew York Just aa quickly by the high
way aa ho now does osar the rails.”
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A SWIMMING SCHOOL.
hMosranra-* rtsa so Teas* SttaaM*
rttr Oartaar*** s* awls*.
th|>-.l;i Ch.-.rles Clark, a veteran life
'»M « Atlantic City. Intends hartog
. n.Mbpir vwlnimlng academy, says th*
’ lil.r.Uidi.Vit I'u'.iile l/».1;r*r, tie said
cc-cir !y Ih :t h.- line entered Into a eon
irtt-i with ilffy t>r inuto member* of
.he Ihv flag i-of-ciy wUaut Cart net's
wlitwr • u *iy Ptill-d»t;>hlaas bars
stuaiae* Pane/, to li-tract theca to
ewlm us nwi sc t’te u wither portails.
Ceptr.tn flirV.i Ul<* lx to strum a
sable er-tv* »: •leer's hasta from th*
Attend*- r../ V ,<tat club to the oppo
site lai ab r.cl to ctiv|i«Nd from It lines
Jael long cro.igb to permit * man eh
tsibnl t« «e of tlurn to pnddto about
In the water yiUmmk four of stahlag.
The nitiCHtS In i saraQ bant will ■to
tted himself strong hi* atndests nod to
*Any *n* ran owlm." sold Clark,
"who torn send dene* eoough to try geed
tad hard.”_* A
WATCH CASE WILL
NOT SHUT UP.
Tha Orasavilla Kaliaclar Casta
(a Time and Daclare* Thai
The Watch Did In—Nat Car
tala About tha Fifty Tears
Furlhar Partkulara at a
Strang* Find.
OtwiTtm XcStctor.
Our good Brother Marshall
may think he has pinioned us
down, and stands ready to chain
and consign ua to the ring of
crystalized yarn spinners, but
the case is too open-faced to be
shut up so easily. The Re
flector haa the main spring of
truth to draw upon (read its
motto) and with such a balance
wheel is not afraid its move
ment along the dial will be tar
enough behind time to be
picked up by a slow band or
caught run down. Like the
watch we don't strike, and in
deed there is no need to, tor a
good regulator of public opiuion
Tike the Ga*ktth will sec that
it was not keeping time and
hasten to apologize for even
creating the suspicion in the
miud of its constituents that the
watch scoop of The Reflector
was a yarn of the snake and fish
class. No, sir, there was no
yarn in that watch case, bnt it
Was gold. Pennine and ietseled
Now to be serious, the finding
of the watch and its condition
wm indeed remarkable, and bow
it came to its biding place is as
much a mystery as ever. The
only statement made in The
Reflector at the time not based
entirely on fact was that the
watch bad probably becu in its
biding place fifty years or more.
Of conrsc this was only a sup
position based on the circum
stances, tbe watch being im
bedded in the clay two feet be
neath the surface and there be
ing no signs to indicate that
there had been anv recent dig
ging of the earth near where it
was found. Another thing to in
dicate that it bad been lost for
many years was a name and
date engraved on tbe inside, the
latter being 1838. The name,
which was told The Reflector in
confidence that it would not be
divulged, is entirely unfamiliar
in this section, and a search of
connty records for years back
fails to disclose any such name.
The Reflector has an idea that
the watch may have been lost by
a soldier of either the Confed
erate or Federal armies when
the soldiers were in this section
during the civil war, but this,
too, is only a supposition.
How tbe watch is so well
preserved cannot be explained
and really seems fsbnlona. It
is a fact, however, that it went
to work as soon as wonnd, and
we have been informed that it
has been working regularly ever
since. It is an ola style key
winding watch, open face, and
of very handsome design. The
only cleaning given the watch
when found was a bath with
soap and water by which -the
accumulations of clay were re
moved from tbe lines of engrav
ing on the case and the beauty
of the exterior disclosed.
Mr. Joe McLawhorn, who was
in charge of the eonvicts when
one of them found the watch,
now has it and will deliver it to
its iightfni owner if positive title
can be established.
Lived far Tboaa Aronad Bar.
Writing of the death of Mrs.
G. L. Riddle, the editor of tbe
Yorkville Enquirer pays tbe fol
lowing to this good woman
whose death we chronicled last
Kra. Riddle lived for those
around her. She never con*
sidered personal comfort so long
as it was possible to minister to
the comfort of othcra.. Self was
forgotten in her efforts to add to
the pleasures and lighten the
burdens of her husband end
children, her grandchildren, and
her neighbors She was always
ready to undergo any discomfort
to herself to comfort and assist
those who were in distress, no
matter, whether tbs needy one
was white or colored—their need
waa bet only guide. To torn a
deaf car to as appeal for aid was
an impossible thing for her.
Site was a woman who was uni*
vcrsally loved by all who came
within her sphere. Her pres
ence will be sadly mtased hot
her influence for good will be
felt in Bethel congregation for
years to corns. She was a
member of Bethel Presbyterian
church for ucarly tweaty-seven
yaars. and dally lived tbs Cbris
tka life she pt of eased. The
hymns sung nt her funeral were
In accordance with a request
previously made of her pastor.
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TOM AMD TOHVUULC.
Vlwl's Delng Am Mg ow Neigh*
h«n Jast Across (1m Lift.
YwkvtU* Hwmim.
Tavora Cotton mill ha* out in
a big bell with which to give
signals to the operatives.
Mr. John R. Carroll and other
gentlemen o! Yorkvillc are con
sidering the idea of organising
a brass band. Prof. Herndon
will give tbcin all the assistance
in bis power.
The local business people arc
looking forward with pleasure to
the putting on of the new pas
senger train on the Carolina
and North-Western on April 1.
Mr. W. H. Hand, superinten
dent of the Cheater Graded
schools, has been elected to a
position in the department of
pedagogy in the South Carolina
nnivemtiy.
Mr. James P. Thomson and
Miss Gussie Beatty, of the
Thomson Company, returned
yesterday from the northern
markets, where they have been
daring the past ten days baying
spring and rammer goods.
There has been a good deal of
cotton moving through the
streets of Yorkville during the
past few days; but inquiry de
velops that very little of it baa
been going to sale. Most of it
obs gooe to roe wire Douse,
where the owner* seem to be in
tending to let it remain until
the pnce gets better.
Misa E. B. French, who has
been 'engaged in missionary
work at Hangchow, China, for
the past eighteen or* twenty
twenty years, made quite an in
teresting talk to a large and ap
preciative congregation at the
Presbyterian church last night
and another to the children of
the graded school this morning.
Last night she wore the costnme
?f the native Chinese and dur
ing her talk this morning two of
the girl pupils of the graded
school wotc Chinese native
costumes of different classes as
an illustration to the other
pupils.
Fred Wallace, the negro who
a few years ago found a earn
her of gold pieces of the eigh
teenth ceotuiy in a pig pen, at
the root of a fallen giant poplar,'
had his home burned recently
together with all its contents.
He saved practically nothing.
He lives on Mr/ R. M. Wallace's
place, in the Piedmont Springs
neighborhood.
Matthews Gets 31 Years.
Charlotte Cbroalcte.
Greensboro, March 9.—
"Guilty of murder in the second
degree," is the verdict of the
inry on the case charging Dr. 3.
B. Matthews with murdering
bis wife by poisoning her. The
verdict was returned at 9:30
o clock this morning in the
Guilford Superior Court, before
a conn room full ol people.
Judge Ferguson sentenced Dr.
H*tthaws to twenty years at
hard labor in the State peniten
tiny.
The attorney# for Dr. Mat
notice of an appeal.
The client was placed under a
(5,000 bond. He could not give
bond and was committed lo jail.
Commenting on the c:ae the
Chronicle savs: "Tfac result ol
the trial of Dr. Uatthesrs in
Greensboro, will no doubt be
received by the people with anr
j»*y iviocouy con
eluded that if insane, hi* insanity
»aa due to the nae of drugs.
We bad feared that he would
be aeut .to oue of the State hca
pital* for the inaane. Twenty
veers’ residence in a State in
stitution of soother charactei
will no doubt ears him of tb<
dope habit."
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CAME, SAW. ARE
WAS CACTUSES
William H. Lswl*. • Lawyer «|
Oaatseia. Bam hi|irt| la
fee—law sad Will tm Than
tally*.
Ora*Mtnrv InduU-Ul Slew*.
William H. Lewis, of Gas
tonia, cam* to Grdensboro about
awajk ago to sec what b«
coaid ms. As s result R. C.
Bernau, the jeweler, yesterday
received • check from him to
pay for a lot at 417 North Edge
worth Street to which be took
a liking when her*. Mr. Lewis
has also instructed Mr. Benuu
to cany out an engagement be
made with Alonso K. Loftin, a
constructor sod builder.
R. C. Bernau has been a
friend of long standing to Mr.
Lewis. They have during the
last two months carried on a
correspondence regarding the
advisability of Mr. Lewis com
ing to Greensboro to live sod
practice his profession, that of
aa attorney at law. Mr. Rerun
suggested that Mr. Lewis come
and look the town over. He
did so with the result above
stated.
Mr. Lewis was bon and edu
cated in Ibis state. He took ap
the study of law and later nettled
in Gastonia. Thera he has be
come «inc of ha most prominent
ua some years ago Be
was elected to the office of
mayor. Ur. Lewis hoe gives
bis main attention to hu profes
sion and has for many years en
joyed a decidedly lucrative prac
tice.
Bot Gastonia baa proved too
small and fails to show the signs
of advancement a rising lawyer
wonld naturally wish as tbe field
of his work. Greensboro at
tracted from the distance and a
visit of one day sufficed to con
vince him that the Gate Cky
possessed in great abundance
all that could be wished for a
place of residence and as a city
in which to prosecute tbe beat
ness of law. Me found it enter
prising and pnshiog and with
better than n fair prospect of
growing in population, in wealth
and importance of any city of
the state. Ur. Lewis la coming
here to Hvc and to pit bis legal
abilities against ns brilliant an
array of talent as can be found
in any oity in the Union.
During tbe short time he was
here he selected the lot spoken
of and for which he has sent
his check. He bought it for
cash and tbe price nrid is to be
$2S per front foot. He arranged
baa sent that gen tie man in
structions to proceed at oaee to
to draw them. Mr. Bern an
wrote bin lent evening enclos
ing the papers which entitle Ur.
Lewis to the property and giv
ing him the information that
Ur. Loftin would get to work at
once on the plans and as soon as
approved begin the erection of
the dwelling. This is to be a
handsome structure, modern in
every particular, and will coo
tain eight rooms. The coat will
be about $3,000.
Naturally the family will not
arrive until sometime In May,
but Ur. Lewis will be here by
the last of this month and he
will at once be looking lor
clients.- -
la That Yen?
Wotau'1 Haw Cmnks
Lives there a man who has not said:
" To-morrow l‘U act oet of bod
At sis o'clock *n<) get things done
B :lort the setting of the aval*
Uves there a man who has not aakl.
At 6 a. m.; "How good this bod
Does foot." and snores MU after 8,
Then wonders how ho slept so late.
Alt ROT ALLOWED TO
TAIE SOOSCUmORO
A Privilege That Am Been Takas
Away Iraaa tba Baral Ballran
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CktriMWChraatel*
Washington, March 9.—Tilt
poktmaeter General yesterday
reaffirmed his potltioa with re
■pact to rural free delivery car
ners that cannot be used aa th
medium for taking auhscriptioo!
for newspapers. At one timi
they war* allowed to do so, b«
a recent act of Congress prohl
bited rural carriers from solicit
tog business or rccelvlag order
of any kind from any person
frm or corporation, or frot
carrying merchandise for hit
during their boors of employ
■sent. According to aa offioia
statement given out to*day, hoar
ever, rural carriers are oot pro
hlbitcd from carrying outside o
the arails, namatlable matter oi
the request sad at tha expense o
patrons of their rootes.
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