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TUB NEWS, H. C.MARTIN, Editor and Prop ntcred ktthw Pvittnfflo it Lenoir, H, C, as eoiaa-oiui mail matter. If your paper does not reach you nromntlv. let us know so we can Bee i n v . where the trouble is. Anonvmous communications will not be nrinted. Advertising rates low and will be given on application. Telephone No. 54. Subsection price f 1.00 a year SOcts six months. 25cte. three months. Friday. Dbcember 8, 1905. The Man Who's Afraid. I,ve paid close heed to the ways of men, I've observed what the world calls luck, I have silently marvelled, now and then, At the potent power of pluck; And this as a bit of truth I hail, A sentence that's worth one's heed; The man who is always afraid he'll fail Daesnt stand much show to suc ceed! Success. CONGRESS The 60th session of the United States Congress assembled in Wash ington last Monday. Hon. Joseph Cannon was again chos en speaker of the house. Tuesday was devoted to hearing the President's message which is a loin; document and written in the presidents usual able and vigorous style. We expect to touch on some of the features of the message later as space will permit. A good deal has been written and said of late about a board of united charities for Lenoir, but nothing of much value has deen done towards effecting snch an organization. As the town grows and the population increases, the need of such an organ ization becomes more and more im perative. The News will be pleased toco-operate in any wyiy it can with any eff orts, looking to a more systematic and business like way of doing the rhatitable work of the community. We invite the attention of our readers to the article by Mr. C. L. Coffey on Koad Improvement prin ted elsewhere in this issue. On this one thing, more than any thing else hangs the trne and permanent (level opement of our county. The bad roads and the difficulty of doing bus iness over them, constitute the great est burdens, the fanners of the coun ty have to bear. We shall be pleas ed to have articles from others on the same subject in order that a senti ment, that will take some tangible working shape for the better ment of the roads, may be engendered. Just be Glad. Be glad. When you have said all there is to say about life,s sorrow, disappointment, aud pain; about the selfishness and wrong that sweep over the earth like dark shadows; about the shortness of its days and the certainty of its nights, it still re mains blessedly true that the universe is thrilling with the song of gladness. Be glad for the beauty of the spring time, and the blue of the skies, the music of the birds' and the glory of the sunsets. Listen to the laughter of the little children, answer to the hand-clasp of friendship, grow warm In the lovelight of countless happy homes, and be sure that somewhere over and above all is a great Love that makes all these things possible. Note the noble lives around you commonplace, It may be, but unsel fish, brave and true. Note the deeds of quiet self-sacrifice, the swift rush of human kindness to every place of need, the uprising of stately walls to shelter the weak and helpless, and be lieve, if you can. that the Kingdom of Christ is not coining in the hearts of the children of men. ' Oh, put away gloom and grief and complaining! Do His work, trust His promise, and be glad. Selected. An irishman here is preparing to bring an odd suit against his landla-dy.-He contracted with her for board At three dollars a week with the pro Vision that she would pay him twen ty five cents for every meal he missed. 'For five weeks he missed every meal, " and at 25 cents a meal he figures that he ! ahead $2.25 aweek on his board bill. The landlady refuses to pay him his "profits" 1 Asheville. Dee. 1. It was learned to-day that George W. Vanderbilt der, of Charlotte, and associates from other points, the standing timber on his famous Plagah forest reserve. The reserve contains 81,000 acres of virgin forest, With 1,000,000 feet of market able timber The consideration will aggregate nearly $2,000,000 In the fi nal consummation. It U said that SO yean will be required to remove ' the timber. Charlotte Observer. The Story of The Early British Church. Bjr MRS. OftVB TRACY VAUdHAN. (SIX LECTURES.) ... . "I acknowledge One Cat hollo and Apontollo Church.' . "I believe In tb Communion of the SttlnU." FIFTH BKKTCH I am going to tell you firstly, and who adorned the British church at never heard of them; very few people have. One of them the Church of England commemorates in her calendar on the 27th of May. About the others she is silent. Why that calendar recalls to us so many obscure Ital ian and Spanish saints; and omits good and great men who spoke our own tongue, prayed our own prayers, and their lives, is a puzxle which I confess Aldhejm, the first of these excellent, seventh eentnry, probably 660 or 680. his life. But this, with so many other ves no longer. Aldhelm was a pet pupil of Theodore of Canterbury. He was born of the royal family of the West Saxons; and became first Abbot of Malmeebury, and, afterwards, Bishop of Sherborne, a see that, sometime or other, might well be revived in the Church of England. Of course his wealth was very great, and herds, and immense stretches of building, especially, parish churches, hamlet today, rearing their ivy-colored, owl-haunted gray towers to the skies. I do not think that any of Aldhelm's churches survive now. He was also an accomplished musician; that ever pealed on Anglo-Saxon soil. Aldhelm descants with great pride on the mighty instrument that was blown by big bellows that had such a variety of tones, and that was enclosed in a polished and glided case. The Anglo-Saxons, as a rule, were passionately fond, of music. In a former paper I described to you the household fire, telling storiee, and passing the harp from one to another. The harp was their especial instrument. They knew the trumpet and the flute, and had some rude idea of a fiddle. Their our own, only smaller, and could be At all the little courts, there were regular corps of miuistrels, who not only entertained the great at festivals, but deeds of their princes, telling them listeners. Aldhelm very much regretted that ted the people to feasts and fighting; to reform this, substituting for the profane lays religious hyuis aud songs. W Pile preaching at Malmesburg, country people who came to service, didn't particularly care to stay for the sermons. Having said their prayers, they were quite ready to go home. This greatly disturbed the good Abbot; but, instead of scolding the sinners who went out from the church, over the shoulders of the saiuts who re mained to listen to his eloquence, he hit on an expedient which probably never will be adopted by any of our There was abridge over the Avon, recalcitrant parishioners had to cross on their way home. Some of them, af ter the fashion of the times, not entirely out of style today, used it as a lounging-place, where they stopped to discuss the last neighbbrhood scan dal, etc, etc. On this bridge Aldhelm would take his seat, harp in hand and sing beautifully till a crowd of delighted listeners had gathered round, Then he would offer to teach bis music to all who cared to learn. Then he would sing some simple hymn that contained a trreat truth, which the sweetness of the music, and the goodness of the singer made attractive. We can easily picture to ourselves the lovely scene; the tough stone bridge, the rippling stream, the venerable harpist, the crowd of gaily dressed people. It was a very successful expedient then, though should a clergyman try it on today, an in exorable policeman would prob ably conduct him to the nearest station house. The psalms sung by Aldhelm were which he translated into the Anglo - Fortunately, a copy of this book still city of Paris. It has been reprinted by the University of Oxford. There seems little doubt that the volume is really Aldhelm's, especially the in -trical part. I give you a few selections from this version, first from the 8.r)th Psalm. "Lord, to me thy temples are Courts of honor passing fair; And my spirit deems it well There to be, and there to dwell." "Heart and flesh would fain be there, Iord, thy life and love to share." Also from tb 116th Psalm: "As the beacou-flre by night, That the host of Israel led, Such the glory, pure and bright Kound the good man's dying bed, 'Tis a beacon, good and fair, Telling that the Lord is there." When Aldhelm wrote, there seems to have l)en uo Hebrew version of the Psalms in England. His translation is is taken only from the Greek and Latin; but think what a blessing the Psalms in their own tongue, and in popular verse tuust have been to the common people. They undoubtedly when gathered round the flre for asocial over his nets, and the peasant hummed In one Psalm he uses an expression, ness. In all the churches, parish and peace-stool. Anyone accused of crime, who sat on this stool, was entitled to days, which gave the accused an opportunity to collect his witnesses, and be heard in his own defense. In his version of the 9th Psalm. Aldhelm uses this expression; "The Lord God hath become my peace-stool." These fa miliar forms of diction must have been very dear to the humble people. Beside being a poet, Aldhelm was a writer. He corresponded with the and with leared men in France. How He was very simple in his way of life, retiring, modest and unobtrusive. He died 709, In the discharge of his duty, while on a diocesan visitation. During these days, an Englishman got up the next morning to begin another. War, war, war was the daily meat and drink of the people. When one little king was, by some accident, at peace with his neighbors, his subjects improvised a battle at home. To kill somebody, if not in battle, then in private feud, was simply a matter of course. Murder was punished only by a fine, in direct proportion to the rank of the murdered. This flue was payable to the king; so that the more people slaughtered, the greater the revenue. Prisoners, no matter what their rank, were sold into slavery; perhaps not so cruel as the Roman, but infinitely galling to the free born Saxon. They were sometimes manumit ted; and the ceremony was a peculiar one. The master took the serf he freed to the nearest four cross roads, and told him to go where he liked. The probability is that he endorsed the permission with a hearty kick- But the church, notwithstanding its conservator of law; and a very earnest people that there should be something strongest arm. It no longer sufficed the power, and they should keep who shape or other. It was not the want that was the trouble. What about today? Some of the laws were curious, and certainly moral. One provided for the very strict observance of the Lord's Day. If a master forced a slave to work on Sunday, the slave received his liberty; if a slave worked of his own accord, he was fined and whipped. A freediuan, guilty of this misdemeanor, either paid a heavy fine, or lost his liberty; a priest received a still severer punishment. If an infant, after the old pagan fashion, was exposed on the highway, any woman who took it home, and nursed it, was given an allowance, which increased as the child grew older. Every child must be baptized before it was thirty days old, or forfeit its inheritance; which certainly seems very unjust, as the child could not be consulted, and was not to blame in the matter. There is not much to tell you about Acca, Bishop of Hexham. He was a profound scholar, eollected a great library, cultivated music, and took great pains to secure persons of sufficient talent to teach in his school. He built a magnificent church at Hexham, and was a benefactor to his people dur ing his time generally. As I have said, on the 27th of May, the English church, recalls with honor the venerable Bede. The year these papers were written, Ascension fell on the same day; and I hope that, among all the splendors and rejoicings of the holy tide, we gave a few thoughts to the great and good man, who kept the same laith as ourselves, and who has also ascended upon high. Among all the saints, martyrs and confessors England has given to the Church, none are more worthy of our veneration than Bede. It is to him we owe almost all I have been able to tell you of our church in its earliest days. Sitting quietly in the great library at Jarrow, he wrote a chronicle which every year proves more reliable. It Is curious to observe how eon stantly proofs of his truthfulnass are coming to life. Nowan Inscription, 750 to 000 A. D. - , very briefly, the story of three men this period. Verly likely, you have were so heroic, bo distinguished In myself unable to solve. men, was born sometime late in the King Alfred, England's darling, wrote valuable books of the times, survi not probably in money, but in flocks plow - land. He was given to church such as you Bee in every English and is said to have built the first organ circle sitting around the evening harps were shaped very much like easily carried about. kept the records of the 'history and in alliterative verses to their eager the popular songs of the day only inci aud determined to do what he could he noticed that the half barbarous clergy. near the Abbey, which most of his from bis own version of the psalter, Saxon. exists in the great library of the said to be somewhat incorrect, as it sung them at their rustic festivals, and evening. The fisherman sang them them as he drove his plow. which especially shows their homeli cathadrals there used to be placed a and fleeing to the church for refuge, suspension of judgment for several lawyer, and a very voluminous letter- King of Scotland and Northumbria, I wish we had those letters today. went to bed to rest after one fight, and belligerent surroundings, was the desire began to grow up among the beside fist right, the might of the them that "they should take who had can." Law always existed in some of law, but the utter disregard of it and now a manuscript. Tie was only seven whon he went to Bishop Blsoop to be educated; but he says: "I always found it delightful, learning to write and to teach." . He was never more than a siple priest, la the far Northern monaster? of Jarrow: but the fame of his learning and his wuay. it nis me was Deautirui, nu death was sublime. He died at Ascen-slon-tide. He was translating the Gospel of Saint John; and he was very anxious to finish. One of his pupils aioiation. About three In the afternoon, he paused from his labor, called his friend Cuthbert to him, and told him that In a small, private chest. were his few, earthly treasures, a little or tbree silken scarves. "Run apeedily, he said, and call the priest that I may give them these parting gifts.". After this he lay quietly, and In peace until the evening drew In. His scholar said to him, "There Is stljl one sentence. "Write speedily, then," said Bede. "It Is finished," said the lad. "You say well. It Is finished," replied Bede. In a few momenta, he breathed his gentle soul away. He is burled at Durham Cathedral; and his chair, a massive oaken seat, still remains at Jarrow. NOTE8. No. 16. Soothe Saga of Guniaugh, the Sepent town, he fought under King Ethelred at the storming of London Bridge.. The King gave him a mantle of scarlet cloth embroidered elaborately with gold. When he re turned to Iceland he presented It to his sweetheart, Hulga, of the thieve's eyes. (Continued next week. Dope Fiend's Terrible Deed. Greensboro, Dec. I. Mrs. J. P. Matthews, wife of one of Greensboro's prominent physicians, died at 7.30 o' clock to-night from the effects of a hypodermic injection of strychnine admisistered by her husband, Who was placed under arrest shortly after midnight and committed to jail, charged with murder. A young railroad man who boards at the Matthews home heard heavy breathing in Mrs. Matthews, room) this morning as he was preparing to leave the house. Starting into the room he was confronted by the hus band who told him his wife was ill and would be allright in a few min utes. The young man, however, was suspicious and brushed past the phy sician. He found Mrs. Matthews in an unconscious and apparently dy ing condition. He at onoe summoned Dr. J. P. Turner, who is the county eoroner. Dr. Turner called in Drs. M. R. Farrer and Z. T. Moore and the three, finding Mrs. Matthews suffer- ng from morphine poisoning, applied heroic treatments. The three physi cians remained at the bedside throughout the day and the patient responded to the treatment and hope was entertained that she would re gain consciousness and recover- About 5 o'clock this afternoon Dr. Matthews requested the physicians to leave the room, saying that he wished to pray with his wife. This they refused to do. The husband went to his wife.s bedside for the oe tensible purpose of feeling her pulse. Dr. Turner, who had grown suspi cious, detected that he had in his hand a syringe and immediately took it, not, however, until the husband bad succeeded in giving his wife a hyporedmic injection. An examina tion of the syriuge revealed enough strychnine left in it to kill three per sons. Two hours later Mrs. Mat thews died with convulsions. The Charlotte Observer, Reasons for Good Cheer. Reasons for good cheer meet our own people on every side as Christ mas draws near. Good crops (which are yet, as they will forever be, the foundation of our prosperity), a year of good trade, especially at home but abroad also, prosperity in industry, as the activity of our railroads and banks abundantly shows, a spirit of progress which is the exhilerating sense of bringing things to pass these facts and forces show that we are normal, healthy and fortunate in all the activities that feed and clothe and shelter us and minister to our bodily comforts; for the level of comfort continues to rise, in spite of the poverty that disgraces our large cities. Even the organized trades, which appropiate to themselves the name of "Labor", have partly learn ed that work is better than agitation. In national politics we are passing through a period of singular relief from partisan folly' and -our gravest political problems are yet the prob lems of city government; but our largest cities are waking up from con tented slavery to bosses. Our polit ical relations with all the world are not merely satisfactory they are gratifying; for our country holds a position among the nations that fills every American with pride. The world is better off than it was a year ago, not only because a bloody war is ended but because the danger of other wars in the Far East has been put forward Into the future as far as wise statesmanship can put it; for the'Anglo-Japanese treaty is a com pact that will stand out large in the history of more than half of man kind. The jealousies of the Euro pean governments produce no worse results than the watchfulness which is the price of an active patriotism. The great blot on civilization in the Old World Is the bloodshed of the in nocent in Russia, reminding us how near the surface savagery yet lurks, near the surface of Russians at least. Yet, in spite of this, the great hope is that a constitutional government will gradually emerge where auto cracy has made men unfit suddenly to become free. If this comes, it will make the year forever memorable In history. The blot on American method and character that shames us is the prev alence of "graft" in our financial and political life; but even here we' have this fact to cheer us that we have now put our minds upon it, we are no longer indifferent to It, and the signs are that the conscience of the people will assert Itself. The honest American 'at any rate has all reasons, great and small, for good cheer at his midwinter holiday, -World's Works. - piety, and his holy lift are enduring sat by his bed-side, wrtlng from his pepper and frankincense, and two NOTICE. I will be at the following places in the County on dates mention ed, for the purpose of receiving Taxes for 1905. Please be prompt as this is my second round: Patteison, December Richlands, " Buffalo Cove, " Yadkin Valley, " Kings Creek, M Little River, Hudson, " Petra Mills, " Granite Falls, " Rhodhiss. " Baton, " Gamewell " Lenoir " Collettsville, " Globe, Mortimer, " Lenoir, " Yours truly, J. M.'SMITH, Sheriff. Nov. 24tb, 1905. r NICE FARM FOR SALE. Four miles South of Le noir on R. F. D. mail route. J3J acres of food land, 75 acres cleared and in culti vation. Four orchards of food fruit. Good eight-room dwelling, splendid Barns and other out buildings. 200,000 feet of valuable timber. Farm well watered. For price and terms, call on or address, - A- B. PRESTWOOD, R. F. D. Lenoir, N. C. Women as Well as Men Are Made Miserable by Kidney Trouble. Kidney trouble mn unui tha miiw4 courage and lessens ambition; beauty, vigor ira cnocnuuMss sooa disappear when the kid neys are out of order or diseased. Kidney trouble hat become so prevalent that It Is not uncommon for a child to be bora afflicted with weak kid neys. If the sjhlld urtn . . WW V. ., .1 tl.W urine scalds the fleah ar H wk Ka kitl reaches an age when It should be able to comroi mo passage, n is yet anuctea wun bed-wetting, depend upon It the cause of the difficulty is kidney troiiM nA tka flrat step should be towards the treatment of incse imporiam erring. - IMS Unpleasant trouble Is dua ta a mH hwiKHmi f ik kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as raon people suppose. Women as well as men are made mis erable with kidney and bladder trouble, and both need the same great remedy. The mild and the Immediate effect of Swamp-Root U soon realized. It la aeU by druggists. In fifty- cent and one dollar sizes. You may have a sample bottle by mall free, alio BtmnhUt tail ing all about It, Including many of thousand of taatlmanlal brttara rrnrn from sufferers cured. In writing Dr. Kilmer uo.. Dingnamion, n. T., be sure ana mention this paper. Don't make any mistake, but remember the name, Swamp-Root, Dr. ' Kilmer's Swamp-Root and the address, Btnghsmton, N. Y., on every bottle. When a girl goes around from town to town cooking oatmeal or a new kind of pancake floor at a grocery store, she is called a "demonstrator." The word is so good that girls are us ing it instead of the word "cooking.1' Onr girls no longer cook potatoes, they demonstrate them.-They also give demonstrations in dishwashing! . Water Care for Constipation. Half a pint of hot water taken half an hour before breakfast will nsual ly keep the bowels regular. , Harsh cathartics should be avoided. " When a purgative is needed, take Cham berkin's Stomach and Liver Tablets. They are mild and gentle in their ac tion. For sale by J. K. Shell, Dr. Kents and Granite Fairs Drug Co, Granite Falls. . - the H. T. Newland's Fall Stock is COMPLETE It comprises every thing kept in a first; class General Store. C L, O T We have a very large Stock of Clothing which we tbmk is i the cheapest" and beat selected stock we ever have displayed. Young men wfeo like to dress well ought to see our line of Rain Coats. We have a large line of them at very low prices. - - - : S H O E S We are displaying the largest line of shoes ever car ried in Lenoir, comprising 8 or 10 of the leading man ufacturers lines. HATS Our Hat department is now full of the Newest and Nobbiest shapes also a large line of the staple shapes and full line of the Stiff Hats - LADIES We have just received a large assortment of Ladies' Collars and Dress Skirts. Ladies who have trouble to get their sewing done can be relieved of trouble by going to Newlands and buying a skirt ready made and those ladies who like to sew will find our counters fulled with dress goods in all the newest shades and colors and all the new est weaves and our clerks take great pleasure in showiog the ladies these new goods CHILDREN The school children can find at Newland's in addition to Books, Lunch Boxes, Book Bags, Straps, Colored Pencils etcM GROCERIES J. W. McCall the genial, good natured and accomodat ing manager of our Grocery. Department wants to re mind bis Customers that Our PTOC.erv dcnartmonl io still full of every thing good to eat 'and that we have just added to that department a beautiful line of Cut Glass, China and Japanese Novelties. Parties wanting to buy Bridal Presents can find anything they want in that line at Newland's. We will appreciate it if all our customers, friends and public generally will come and give us a look. Yours most respectfully, H. T. NEWLAND Everything to Eat and Wear BUSINESS LOCALS. Wanted- a nice girl to help do house work. A good place and good pay to the right party. Mrs. H. (J. Martin. Don't forget we are headquarters for Dry Goods, Shoes and Hats. Moore Bros. LOST-tlO.OO bill between Bank of Lenoir and Henkel Live Stock Co. stables. Liberal reward offered for its return to this offloe " Ton can save money by buying your Christ mass goods front us. Moore Bros. ' FOR SALE A nice six year old pony mare. J. W. Walter, Lenoir, N. C. We want everybody to come and see our Christmas Goods. Moore Bros. FOR SALE A good second-hand New Home sewing machine cheap. P. M. Keever, Ltnolr, N. C. Christmas Goods at Moore Bros. Call and see a nice line of Photo graph Frames and pictures. Moore Bros. Christmas Books, Jnvenile Stories and standard authors at Moore Bros. New assortment just received. of Misses Caps Moore Bros. North Carolina, I Caldwell County J -- T. P. Bean enters & locates 60 Acres of land on the waters of Eli za Estes mill creek1 on Wilson creek in Globe township. Beginning on a forked white oak in the line of the Wm. Marcus 60 Acre tract, or Grant No. 2001 also corner of J. T. Hayes entry South ii degrees East, at 12 poles cross El Ira Estes mill creek, 20 poles to a white oak, also corner of Hayes entry, and in the line of the Caldwell Land and Lumber Co line a South Westwardlf direction to the Wm Marcus line 49 poles to the be ginning containing SO Acres. Entered Nov. 11th, 1005 T. P. Bean. A true Copy, J. L. Miller, entry taker. Dying of Famine is, in Its torments, like dying of con sumption. The progress of consump tion1 from the beginning to the very end; is a long torture, both to viotlm and friends. "When I bad consump tion In its first stage,n writes W. M. Myers, of Cearfoss' Md; "after trying different and a good doctors, In vain, I at last took Dr. King's New Discov ery, which quickly and permanently cured me.,, Prompt relief and sure sure for coughs, colds, sore throat, etc. Positively prevents pneumonia. Guaranteed at J. E. Shell's drugstore, price SOe and $1.00 a bottle. Trial bottle free, ' '" New H I N O J. H, GOFfEY -Wagon Co. Manufacturers of all kinds of Springand De livery Wagons, Hack's and Buggies. Repair Work of all Kinds Given our Prompt Attention. Full stock of Iron Wagon and Buggv ma terials kept for sale. P orse-Shoei ng a Spec ialty. Factory near Depot, Lenoir, N. C. For Sale. Three Acres of Land three quarters of a mile from Lenoir Cot ton Mill for $150.00. J. W. C. ricCall. Glasses fitted to correct errors of Eye Sight. Any kind for any need. Charges low for the grade of work. DULA, 'That's- AH." DISSOLUTION NOTICE. The partnership heretofore exist ing between Otter & Poe is this day, by mutual consent, dissolved. All accounts due said firm will be paid to A. Poe and accounts against said will be paid by him. - . . . . . w 1 mi i E. A. Poe. I All Work Guaranteed. I r- DarIU'o EST Czlo . ForT:!; Curns, Ccrtt. . ; F
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