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TO BUILD BIG COTTON MILL. Mr. Win. Coleman, Chief Promoter. Mr. J. K. S. Ray Also Interested. Mr. William Coleman and Mr. J. K. S. Ray, both of whom are old Wof ford boys, well known and liked here, are making such a fine success of the big Glenn-Lowry mill at Whitmire and the Whitmire National bank, etc., .are to 'be officers in a big cotton mill to be erected at Fayetteville, N. C. A Fayetteville dispatch says: The Flora Cotton Mill company, al ready chartered, will build soon, a site having been purchased southwest -of the city. The capital is $4oo,ooo, the common stock being $2oo,ooo and the preferred stock at 7 per cent. of $20,00o. Mr. William Coleman, of the Glenn-Lowry mills, at Whitmire, 'S. C., is one of the chief promoters. The president is Dr. H. W. Lilly, prcsident of the Bank of Fayetteville; W, D. McNeil, general manager and J. K. S. Ray treasurer. The mill will use chiefly power from the Cape Fear Electric Power company.-,Spartan burg Herald. We are glad to note the enterprise and success of our Newberry people. they ought to have come to New berry and built that other mill. P Abuse Of Public Men. Christian Appeal. The powir of the press is very great; the liberty of dhe press is necessary, and desirable, but it 'is possible to abuse that liberty 'and when it is abused it becomes an engine of oppression. In repub lics, or countries under a popular. form of government-a government when. the press is not censored, the disposition to abuse the power of the press is very great. It is t1his abuse which has given to us a parti zan'press. This disposition is in nothing more cleaIrly manifested than in the criti cism of public men. Criticism of a certain 6haracter and to -a certain ex tent is legitimate and may be product ive of much general good but there is a point beyond whic~h it becomes criminal and a wrong not only to the party immediately affected but to the public also. We would not fix that point at matcers persona-matters involving t-he reputation an'd character -of others. That such criticism is an abuse of the liberty of the press, criminal and 'utterly unjustifiable no intelligent and impartial man will de 'uy. Br:' we go further, and hold that criticism of the public acts of men may be equally criminal and in the highest sense- reprehensible. We are aware of the fact that the public acts of men are said 'by some to be public property, and therefore, legitimate mnatter for the severest criticism criticism breathing a spirit of personal maHignity and teeming with personal vindictiveness. While we admit that moderate, reasonable and fair criti cism of the, public acts of men is wiFliin the prerogatrives of a free press, and that exception cannot be. justly taken thereto, demur most earnestly and seriously to that cow ardly spirit that would prostitute the liberty of the press and make it a cloak to cover personal malice and vindictiveness. And we furthermore say that whatever the personal feel ings of. a man to another in public life mnay be no brave man will resort to methods of such reprehensible character. Public men sustain an important re *lation to the public-the confidence of the public in their sincerity. theit in tegrity. the purity of their motives and purposes is essenltial ti useful *ness and successful accomplishmentc of public duties, and he who would destroy, undermine or impair by crit cism, abuse, or misrepresentation the confidence of the public in pub lic men is an enemy to the place, and progress of sincerity. We would put the issue upon this 'high plane; it is impossible to separate pub lic men from the public and in seeking to wrong' the former The greater wrong is often done to the later. Puzblc men are guardians of public interests; they are the lead ers in the great movements that underlie tihe development of socie ty and the progress of the country materially, intellectually and mor ally and to achieve the best thing' for socie.ty and their country they must possess the confidence and est-eem and have the cooperation of +he anulic Undermine the confi dence of The people in their leaders and you separate them and you stay the onward and upward progress oi the country. We know no more effectual way of accomplishing such a disastrous work than by nagging criticism-creating suspicion, rais ing doubts in the public mind and sowng the seeds of distrust. The public mind can be unsettled, puL lic unrest can be created and pub lic fueds with ruinous consequenc es can also be created, and personal ly abusive criticism is the method by which such regretable things are speedily brought into existence. The individual may live to triumph over the abuse heaped upon him and see his traducers crushed by the reac tion of the evil power they put in mo tion, but the wrong to society and the country will abide. Th-e'.character of a public man should be held as sacred as that of the private individual, and the public good should be dearer and more de sired than the gratification of person al spleen. A patriotic, non partisan press is a blessing, but a vicious, partisan press is a menace to society, and a curse to men and the country. Malignant vin dictive criticism of public men is not a privilege of even a .free press and it Dught to be a grievous offense to an intelligent public arrd resolutely re isted. Looking For The Handfuls. By Theodore L. Cuyler, D. D. When Ruth was gleaning in the bar ley field of Boaz the generous farmer ommanded his young men to "let Fall some of the handfuls of purpose For her." They were told to "leave them, thax she might glean them;" ind tey were not to rebuke her for ?athering them up. So she gleaned in the field until the evening, and beat :>ut what she had gleaned, and it was nearly a bushel of -barley.- Happy, honest toiler! She received her re ward. Instead of consulcing a false pride and loitering the day in idleness, 1-r brave industry brought her more than the epbah of grain. It made her the wife:of lordly Boaz, the mis tress of his mansion, and the ances tress of the promised Messiah. So they who humble themselves are of ten exalted. But there is a rich spiritual truth to be gleaned from this beautiful in cident in .the pastoral of "Ruth." Just as the liberal heart of' Boaz com manded his men to let fall the hand fuls for the nimble sfingers of the maiden so God -is wont to let fall 'his blessings for Those who are diligent in doing his will. No true workman works in vain. Sometimes in the heat of the long day a Christian pas tor is tempted to discouragement. He' sees but Lgw results. But presently God lets fall a harrdful of golden stalks, to, cheer his heart. Some souls are converted. Some ;fallow ground hearers begin to show signs of a crop. His prayer meetings be gin to give token of a revival. Per liaps a project that lay very near his heart is taken up by willing hands and open purses.. -Or it may be that the conscientious toiler gets a marvelous blessing into his own ~soul; a new manifestation of Jesus -as his personal guestr and comforter; a new incoming of the Holy Spirit. Our Heavenly Father knoweth both what to bestow and.when to bestow. There are thous ands of pastors and Sunday school workers who, after their summer va cations, are just entering on a new season of gleaning. Let us give them the inspiring hint that just at the righ.t time and in the right way the Master of the field will let fall the han-dful. Be not weary in well-doing. In "due season" (which always means God'ms time, and not ours) ye shall gather the precious blessing. It may not come in the way you look 'for or be of just the kind you expected; bu't it will fill your basket. You and I do not de serve a stingy Master. This incident in Boaz's barley field has a beautiful application to Bi ble study. Too mnany Christians neve. practice a careful gleaning of the in spired Word. In~ fact, to such care less readers a large and precious por tion of the Word is as utterly t:-1 known territory as the headwater- .f the Nile. They never search the Scriptures. But when we patiently go through the wonderful domain of truth with .open eye bent down hum-) bly to seek for the hid treasures, oh! what handfuls of fresh promises; and ~ertile suggestions, and marvellous teahings are dropped in our path. We pick up a truth never dreamed of r in many an out-ofthe-way passage. In IJ some historical incident, or some neg- t lected verse of prophecy, or some dry % chapter about Jewish rites and cere- t monies we find a whole sheaf or di- a vine teaching. God never put one i page in His Book without a purpose. r There is more ~Ehan a bushel of bar- c ley in the Book of Leviticus. Many a persons pass by this portion of the a Word as a mere upholstery shop of priestly robes and Jewish ritualities. But to hini who can discern the things r of the Spirit the book is full of most t rich and rare instructiveness. It typ- I ifies the Christian life most wonder- s fully. Even that long catalogue of I names in the fourth chapter of the I First Book of Chronicles 'furnishes a f text for a capital sermon in that sin- a gle name of "Jabez," the child of sor- I row. who 'turned out to be a man oi many virtues. I once heard Mr. Moody talk for half .an ,hour to a mis sion school, and the children were de- I lighted. But he picked up his handful of fresh truth in the fence corners of a chapter in the "Proverbs." It was a talk about the ant, the spider, the coney, and the locust. Happy is the a Sunday school -class and happy is that t congregation whose teacher under- t stands where to find the handfuls of f fresh truth in God's great field. He i always lets fall such 'handfuls to the c patient, prayerful gleaner. N In every fiel'd which Providence t opens up ,to us there is a precious s grain to reward our gleaning. Some i of my readers may -even now be -tread- r ing a field over .which the sharp sickle a of adversity has passed with keen and t cutting afflictions. Your hopes have g been laid low. Has that stubble-field e othing left for you but the thorns of discontent and the brambles of un belief? Will you be so. blind and foolish as to prick your fingers with 4 Saxan's briers? My afflicted friend, the God of love will let fall some pre cious handfuls of comfort, if you will only search for -them with the eye of humility. In fact, there are scores of I golden passages in God's Word that were only intended for such as thee. ( They are as truly designed for thee as is the 4etter left by 'the postman with thy own name on the envelope. T.hese passages of comfort are Ohrist's love ~ letters to thee. Never wouldst thou have receive-d them if t;hou hadst not gone through the mown field of bit ter disappoint'ment or bereavment. Here is one 'handful of consolation let fall .for thy gleaning. "My grace is sufficient for thee." "As thy day, so shall thy strength be." "'I will be with thee in trotrble and will deliver thee." "All things work together for good 'to them 'who love God." "They that sow in tears shall reap in joy." "Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning." Here are but specimens of the treasures of strengt:h and comfort which God droppeth inl the path of his chastise ments, for his own to gather up. In the closing verses of the ninety-first Psalm is a whole handful of divine ] promises, as sweet as honey and the honeycomb. What graces, too, are to be gather ed in those stuibble fields of affliction? Abraham found there the noble com mendation that he was "the friend of God." Daniel won his crown there. Job came out of that field, which the scythe had apparently swept clean, with a whole armful of spiritual bless ings. Paul never would have been the man that he was if the firs't crop of his selfish aims and ambitions had not been cut away. Then he 'turned glean er for the Lord, and went home to heaven more richly laden than R.uth came home from the barley field. To every one of us the Master appointed his or her field of toil or of -trial. He hath a handful for each, if we have but the faith to look for it. At the final hour of judgment the question to each of us will be; "WVhere hast thou gleaned today?" Broolyn, New York. Autumn. Youth's Companion. Poetic tradition has usually repre sented autumn as the season of re gret for passing summer. Spring with its hopes, summer in its glory are over and gone, and autumn :is the shadow of winter striding down the land. In America autumn has no sucn associa-tion except in books. Win ter does not affright us; we are bet ter prepared for it than our shivering forefathers were, and autumn as the abige of ice nnd snow has for us to evil promise of certain hardship. Joreover, in America we have not he dnll seasbn of mists and storm vhich the influence of English litera ure, based on -the British climate, has lmost forced upon us, as a tradition, a the smiling face of our Indian sum aer. Shelley's poem about autumn is alled "A Dirge," and English poetry nd many American imitations of it re full of pathetic images about the dying year." Among English and American oems, that which contains for us rhe ruest images about the season is Ceat's ode, "To Autumn." He saw not torm and dusk and the year's decay, ut the richness of fruit and grain. t is a young man's poem-a poem or young America singing in field nd vineyard: Vhere are the songs of spring? Ay, where are they? Think nort of them, thou hast thy music, too, Vhile barred clouds bloom the soft dying day, And touch the stubble-plains with rosy hue. Autumn is joyous for us in visage nd in heart. Year after year it is he reckoning time of prosperity for he farmer and the beginning time or careers of manufacture and in oor industry. Schools open for the hildren, and young men and women vho have done with, school take up heir first work in the world. Trade tarts anew. Autumn is a new spring n the lap of harvest, a reaping and eview of what the land has given, setting forth on new ways of win er enterprise, a crossing through a olden threshold into deep months of nergy with mind and hand. Recipe For A SeriaL See the machine-made fiction run ning in certain dailies.) k maid-or wife-or widow-with red . hair, And a cool cheek and pale; Iright mocking wit (not set down anywhere) ;reat glinting eyes, soft laces, jewels rare, An.d Doucet gowns that trail. t. man of mark, who's in the Cabinet, And has the nation's ear; uis hands are clenched, his face is white and set, 'he red-haired siren he cannot for get, But has a wife-dear, dear! rhe wife's a miracle of womankind, All wrongs-and gracious curves, ['bo' suffering such agonies of mind 'hat secretly she weeps herself half blind, Her beauty she preserves. i close-lipped, strong-jawed Monarch of Finance, Cynical, ruthless, tall; all gold, save iron will and steely glance, {e winks-the markets rise-and then perchance, He yawns-and down they fall. A.dd now some dukes and marquises, to taste, Bakinj Abs o Royal Baking Pov to finest cookery ~ and convenience of ing. Royal Baking breads, cakes and Perfectly leavens Qualities that are ROYAL. BAKING P0 And "extra" ladies, please, A wicked foreign prince-dark eyes, small waist A lot of love, and commas, too, mis placed, And not a few of these! ! I 'Then let your puppets give their show where'er It's really smart to be; Hurlingham, Ascot, Simla, and May fair, Yacht, motor car, balloon-sea, earth, and air Sahara and Paree Sort 'em and dust 'em, when cheir task is o'er; Fresh names, of course, they'll need, A coat of paint, maybe-and then, once more In Daily Thrills they'll figure as be fore, And he that runs (to catch his train) may read. Punch. Land In New York. New York Sun. Many New Yorkers will be inter ested to compare the record price for city real estate in London with that which has been reached in this town. According to a paragraph which we print from the Daily Mail, a strip of land at Piccadilly and St. James' street has been sold at the rate of 34 pounds 3 shillings 4 pence a square foot, or "the enormous sum of 1,488,300 pounds per acre." Call the pound $5, this amoun-Es in Ameri can money to about $170 a square foot or $7,441,5oo an acre. M?re than double this rate, or $348.67 a square foot, was paid for land at the north east corner of Wall and Broad streets away back in 1872, a third of a cen tury ago. In June last the Silliman corner at Wall and Broadway fetched $589.22 a square foot, or$25,664,423.20 an acre. This is between three and four times London's record price. The Use Of Bed Bugs. Senator Martin, of Virginia, tells a yarn about "Professor Cox," a son of Ham, 'who once did the honors (dust and ashes) at -Williams' college, in that state "Professor" Cox added to hris du ties of sweeping and taking up the ashes the other labor of making up the beds of the students. He was wise in his generation and very much so in his own conceit, and was always ready wth a reason or an opinion whenever he had a chance to put in his word At one time the beds were terribly infested with bugs, and one of the students said to him as he was pursuingy-his work: "Professor, nothing was made in vain; what were bed bugs made for?" Quickly and aptly tLhe old fellow an swered: "To show that we have no resting place here below." Even when a man's older broth er has a large family he is just as likely as not to go and do the same thing. Powder tely re der is indispensable nd to the comfort modern housekeep Powder makes hot pastry wholesome. rithout fermentation. peculiar to it alone. nER CO. NEw YORK.