The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, November 27, 1891, Image 1
CAMDEN, S. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1891
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? "?h*n Pilate Therefor*; took Jeecis and
?pour^ed &lcrJ " Before the high priest He
7** atcastfl by many false witnesses, and
2Joe<JJ?8cii condemned to die, because He
w** the Christ, the Son of God; then
w?y mocked Him. snoot*- Him, blindfolded
^. fcpat in His face, and when the morn
Was come they bound Him and led Him
? o Pontius Pilate, the Roman govern?
; W. . t wtoUe He was before the hig&
jpvst tiat Fet? r thrice denied Him. Pilsfte
-??>w*ng ?*> fan it m Ham Cxviii., 38) desired Co
|^2,? 1??** but ****? lr??*ted upon the re
n * ?' *torabvas. a robber and murderer.
lite tboae who now prefer the devil, a
Sorcerer from the beginning, to Jesus, the
*We of Lif,..
" "And the soldiers platted a crown of
worn* and put it on His head, and they put
?? 7.1? a purple robe." In the scourging we
*** .im receiving the stripes by which we
# nealed; He wh*> did no sin suffers in the
fr???r * stead, for the Lord laid on Him the
il WKjuity of us all jjba. liii., ~fc the
crown of thorn* we see Him bearing*- the
^wse upon the ground (Gen. .iii., 18), for His
*Wemption when fuliy consummated shell
/Wiverance to the very earth itself,
?Oa there shall be no more curse (Rev. xxii.,
?,r ?! Rouj. viij., Jl>. The purple robe was
r s. ?cctr inockeryof His royalty, but His real
"k21'1 ** s^n, as it is written,
Yet have I set My Kiag upon My holy hill
of Zion'l iP? ii., tf). See also Jer. xxiii, 5-8.
Eg s- "Andssid, Hail. King of the Jews> and
jj >mote Kim with their hands. n Wnen
the Jews rejected Him as their king
Block ed Him. we need not wonder at then
Roman soldier* an t their words and coo-,
duct. The lesson for to-day is that if Chris*
S tiaii? think aa little of Christ as they seenr
w hat wonder .that the world goes on it?
still less of Him.
4. **rilatB therefore went forth again sat
?aith mate them, heboid, 1 bring HJm forth
to yon, that ye may know that I find n a
iauit in Him.*1
5. "Then, came Jesus forth, wearing the
' * 2?^ ?f thorns, and the purple robe. And
*Uate sarth unto them, Behold the man.7*
Concerning the first king over Israel we arc
toW that when Samuel saw 8aol the Lord
said unto him, '"Behold the man" (I Sam.
ix, 17) . Saul, however, . was a great coo
***** to Him of whom it is written in Zech.
12, Id, "Behold the man whose jg
Branch. 4 * * He shall build the
fetnj^apiwl the Lord, and He shall bear the
gJo ry. and shall sit and rule qppn Hie
i* I.U
*>? jffk* , _^aief priest# therefore and -
they cried out, saying.
crucify Him." like wild
meting ior blood they seek His life.
? bated Him! it is but faintlv
?4e>i forth in the hatred of Joseph1#
rea
The Jews answered Him, W? have a
ttH bv our law He ought to die, because
He made Himself the Son of God." Their
accusations were that He said God was His
Father, making Himself equal with God,
and that He, being a man, made
God (chapter v., 1>; x., 33). works had
clear jV proved that He was what He said He *
wi?, lor who but God could cleanse the leper,
open the ?yes of one born blind and raise the
dead.
J?. "U heu Pilate therefore heard that say
ing be was the more afraid."
9. "And went again into the judgment
hail and >aith unto J?wus, Whence artThou?
But J?sus gave' him no answer." Jesus knew
when to sj>eak, and just what to say, aad
?when to be siient. If we are true believers
Christ is in us; why, then, should we not
know just when to "speak and when to be
silent
10. "Then .?aith Piiate unto Him, Speak,
est lhou not unto me? Knoweet TTiou not
that 1 have power to crucify Thee, and have
power to rel?-as? Thee'' "So it seemed to !
rilate. but he like other rulers of whom we ;
rea<t ui ?'-'criptare knew not that "The Most
High ruieth in the kingdom of m<w, and (
giveth it to whomsoever hie will, and setteth
up over it the basest of men" (Dan. iv., 17).
Jesus Hin.seif was the very one who as Goid
ha-t given this positiou t?> Pilate for the time
being, but Pilate kuew it not. He only saw
before him a helpless man whose life was
being sought by an angry people, and whom,
as be though, he had jxiwer to release or
crucify .
IfT "Je>us aniwere*'. Thou couldst have no
power at ail against Me, except it were
Eiveu thee from above therefore he that de-r
vereil Me unto thee nath the greater sin?*
Even the devil could not lay a finger on Joh,
the servaut of G<*f, without God's per
rrusnou ?Job i., 12; u.. How much iesa
could Pilate touch the Son of God without
permission from Go?. But permission from
God does not !?3Ksen the- guilt of the sinner,
therefore the High Pnest of Israel who de
livered Jts>us to Piiate, was more guiltv than
^ Pilate.
* 12. "Ami from thenceforth Pilate sought
to reieose Him; but the Jews cried out, say
ing. If t'nou let this man go thou arfcnot
C*sar s friend; whosoever maseth himself a
king speaketa a^amst C^-ar." Pilate knew
Him to be innocent and testified to that
faci; he ha<l just acknowledged to Jesus that
be had power to release Him ; be knew that
that was the right thing to do, and yet he
hesitates to do it. We cannot say a good
word in favor of his fear to do right. ^Then
we these hypocritical Jews standiogr-for
Cjpw against their own King, the Lord
from Heaven.
1?. "When Pilate therefore beard that
saying ho brought Jesus forth and sat down
in the judgment seat, in a place that is called
the Pavement, but, in the Hebrew. Gab
batha."' Pilate decides to continue Capoar's
friend at all fost?, however much he would
like to be a friend of Jesu*, and he site on
tlj# judgment seat as Cajsar's rapresentac
five.
.14^-" An! it was tha preparati<xi of the
pssjover an i about the sixth hour, an-^> he
ssycth ont.) the J-"vs, B -hold your king!"
In verse -> it was "Bahold the min-r Son of
Wan, Son of G.j), King of the Jjws, it is all
true. It shsll bo> seen now ere long, and
the paw*">V8S soali have its complete fulfill
ment m the kingdom of C*ai (Luke jcxii., l.\
1?. when He ?ha!l come, no longer in hu
mi<iatioa riding upon an ass's colt(John xiL,
H. 1">), tat utx)u the white horse of power
? aad victory, acco upaniad by all the arjaies
of he*V'.?n (Riv. xis., 11-1?.
1-V "Bu: tney criel one. Away with Him!
Away with Him! Crucify Him* Pliat*
?aith unto the- Shall ( crucify your king?
The ch.ef priest ^asw^red, We have no Ififtg
but CV-v " Contrast Ps. Ixxxix., LS, "The
?t<oor deTeas y an l the Holy One of
--^>.ra?l is -Mir K'ii-."' But as it was isSamuefs
days, when they r .'jec-edGol as "their king
II Sa?n. vi#? so now they rejected G^
manifest :n the .ie-b. the Son of David, Son
vi Abrabati, Son oc Mao, Son ctf God. and
they have been reaping the f raits of their
cbote? from that lay to this.
dehvertd he Him therefore unto
them to l>e crucified. And they took Jesus
~ " The vol r-h ie>f
prtests prevallej, a roooer aaa^s?Kf?rar was
ert free, and the Jews choee Caesar instead
of God. Pilate also decided against Jesus
in favor o t Cawar. And to this day our Lord
is still rejected and Sy the world ' disowned.
^ by the many still neglecte 1. an i by the few
enthroned. He is ever before us for reception
or rejection, and many times a day we must
decide for Him or again -t Hiu Let u* al
ways say: "We have no iiag but Jesus." ?
jLeason tfeiper
Libertan Erni^ratioa.
tk>n of cole ted people from
tU r VriitnT ^ itc-s to Africa, and in par
f; j ns? New York to Liberia, goes
m sfe.i i?y as to lend a special interest
?r- t - Uit; v 4.?tmir Silva White, seo
- ' t irv , fjfhfr Scottish Gaoggiphicai
S*H-.icvy. ifr. White >avs tjie foreign
* <*?? tjolofiziu^ and acquiring proper
: the Dark Continent most
< f. - f iLform programms before the
j i * , .?<. 'rica can be developed ak?|
This seems directly to
-v..;.
AUTUMN WHISPERINGS.
Telhit Ket That Our Southland Is
Prosy.
We Will Tell You About Many Im
portant Happenings That Have
Occurred During a Week.
VIRGINIA.
Nowlin, the condemned murderer of
Mosca, sfcfc Italian, in Botetourt county,
ha* confessed. -
Minnie Grevy, an old mare who went
throu/n the war, died, aged thirty-five,
Leesburg.
One feature of the exhibit of natural
and artisan products m ?de by Buana Vis
ta at the 5tate Fair was Jthat of marl, of
which there are extensiv^ surface beds in
Buena Vista near the lines of the rail
roads. It attracted much attention in
conncction with the yield it wiil make
when b timed into lime, and its value for
agricultural purpeies. Under tha old
methods of making iron with charcoal
fuel this marl was used as the fluxing
matt-rial
Lee HoflJn and George Dye are under
arrest at Calverton, Fancier county,
charged with being icoplicate i in the
murder of Mrs. Kines and her three chil
dren near there Wednesday mornings
Hoflin is the man. mho, on seeing the
house in flames, went some distance to
the neighbors to give the alarm instead
of going to the burning house.
A portrait o( Jefferson Davia, painted
by Wit iam Gail Browne, for the West
moreland Club, of Richtnond, is said to
be a perfect likeness of Mr. Davis as he
apj>eared at the time he took the reins of
the Confederate Government. The pic
ture is a full three-quarter length, the
canvass measuring 5 feet 6 inches bv 3
fept 4 inches. Mr. Browne in paint
ing the portrait had nothing to work
from but the Gait bust, a detective pho
tograph and his owa recollection of Mr.
Davis.
The Baptists met at Norfolk. A re
port sv;Ows that during the past year
eighty-five missionaries occupied
two hundred and tweo'y-ttro stations,
preach* d 6,369 sermons, baptized 1,043
converts, ai^ed pastor's meeting* 1,587,
uvule 12,374 visits to families for re
ligious conversation and rrayeT, organiz
~ed fifty new Sunday Schools and fourteen
tew churches, were engaged in building
nineteen bouses of wor hip, completed
twelve churches and sustained one hun
dred and eighty-five Suodaj Schools^*
their stations. The total amount con
tributed for missions during the past ten
yearsfau* been $113,263 91. 'Ihe elec
tion of otficec resulted in the re-election
of a I mast all oNhe old officers, the Hon.
J. Taylor Ellison, of Richmond, receiv
ing the unanimous vote cf the body for
president.
NOBTH CAROLINA
After a very gay time in Raleigh the
Fifth Maryland Regiment left for home
Thursday.
II. P. Cheatham, of North Carolim,
the ouly colored member of the next
Congress, is a college graduate, and ^ is
said to be the best educated negro, with
a siugle exception, that ha?, jet sat in t>fte
House.
The Maryland Steel Company is nego
tiating for a r gular 'arge supply of Bes
semer ores in North Carolina.
* rjThe elect ion on the proposi lion of issuing
$40,000 bonds for the completion of the
Charlotte city hall and htreet worly was
carried l& a large majority of the vote
polled.
William Roberts Weathcrly, a promi
uent me ch int, comm tted suicide at Tyro
Shops, Davidson c? unty, Wednesday
night.
Liceuse has been gran'ed. in Anson
count v by the commisrfcoucra to Samuel
Sheppard.
The tax colle* tor of Burli gton, Ir.dell
county, has defaulted.
Work has commenced on the new N?-r
mal School Building at Greensboro, near
the Female College.
Charlotte is becoming the musical center
of the State. The new School of Music
there has met with wonderful success
Ex-Prcaidcnt Cleveland cannot attend
the Raleigh Exposit:on. He writes: 4'I
know I should enjoy a such a visit t> my
North Carolina friends and their neigh
bor?, and I am entirely certain that my
reception and entertainment would fully
accord with ihe ho?j>itable disposition
which distinguishes tlie locality. I there
fore regret tfiat I am obliged to decline
the courtefHK invitation you transmit, for
the reason that my engagements and oc
cupations forbid my leaving home dur
the present month .
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Jas. Rivers B e, a wealthy and promi
nent C arieston merchant of ante-bellum
d:i_\ s, died at Edgefield last v. eck.
Orangeburg C. H. is making a strong ?
fight against the proposed new county of
Ca^hotra.
The State Alliance Exchange, at a
meeting. Wednesday, determined to more
the headquarters of tba Exchange to Co
lumbia. The change will be made on
Jasuary 1.
A commission for charter has been is
sued to the Waterloo Loan and Saving ;
Bank. Capital, |25,000.
The district Alliance lecturers of the i
State met at Columbia, last week, to dis- j
cuss 4he past and future work in this
State. One of the members said that the
organization was in excellent order and
theJnfcure work would be pressed as rig- '
oroufely as heretofore; especially the cam
paign of education.
Collections are being taken up in all !
the colored churches through the State to ;
procure counsel to defend the"tt? negroes
who were convicted of murder in Lau
rens county, on September 1st, and sen
tenced to be hanged. The governor has
respited the men and the movement is
now to get a new trial. So far about
hnlf of the $500 needed has been secured.
Charleston News and Courier: Lying -
[ at Central wharf is the brig Bessie E.
j Crane, drect from Porto Rico, with a
? -cargo of cocoanuts. which she *? busily
| discharging. This is the largest cargo
; "vf cocoanuts ever received at th'g port.
, It consists of 255,000.
The South Carob'na Historical 8oca?ty,
being desirous of extending its opera
tions over the whole State and enlisting
the aid of all who are interacted in them,
has called a meeting, to l>e held in Co
lumbia on the evening of December 1st
next, to e-ta&ish branch societies in
i ev*-ry county, and to appeal to the Gan
\ ctftl Assemb y for aid in prosecuting i*a
I work. The committee which' was ap
1 pointed to arrange for the meeting con
' sists of Messrs. Edward McCrady, .Jr., j
1 Johnson Hagood. John Johnson, William
! H. Grier, Ellison Capers, John L. Weber
; and G. W. Holland, and these gentle
men hare a printed a circular letter of
invitation -which they have sent to many
persona, begging them "to extend the in
vitation to everyone interested in the
; preservation of the hUtory of the State "
Theco'lector of the port's statement of
j the exports from Charleston far the month
! of October shows a gratifying increase
I in trade. The total value of the ship
| ments was $2,853,764. The Custom J
i House figures so far recorded this month,
! show that the bu-inessof the port will be
I far in excess of last mouth. The official
j statement for October Ls as follows : Value
Sea island cot t in. brigs 328 $ 27,813
Upland cotton, bales 62,293 2,812,451
Phosphate rock, toas 100 700
Sosiu, barrels r- 2,694 4.000
Spirits turp'tine, gal*? 18.^00 6.300
Cotton seeds, pounds 210,8 ;7 15,000
OTHER STATES.
Fannie Edwards, the girl preacher,
has closed a revival at Bristol. Tenn.
Flames destroyed apart of the business
portion of Tampa, Fla , last Thursday.
Los? $85,000
Texas wants to raise $300,000 for its
exhibit at the World's Fair. The lum
ber dealers and manufacturers have fub
scribed about $30,000 worth of lumber j
of various kinds towards the construc
tion of the State building, and to exhibit
the wealth of Texas in timber.
I ake Palmyra is a part of the Missis- I
sippi River at high water, but at present j
its bottom is drv. with a thin upper crust
of dry eaith ana a deeper lower layer of
soft mud. A half-witted negro who tried
to walk across to an island broke through
the crust. In one day he sank to the
wa'st, and in two days to the neck. On
the night of the second day he was pull
ed nut. ,
Some time ago C. P. Goodyear and j
other enterprising citizens of Brunswick, j
Gi., undertook to deepen the harbor at
that placc by the use of dynamite. At a
cost of a few thousacd dollars they sc- i
cured an incre;ised depth of 2^ feet, '
though engineers had estimated that
hundreds of thousands 'would be required.
Not satisfied with this_Mr. Goodyear and
his associates have offered to the city j
council to guarantee to secure 25 feet,
and a contract will doubtless be made to
that effect.
TRAIN ROBBERY FOILED.
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'
An Interesting Story From Down in
Alabama.
BnutrsGHAM, Ala, [Special.] ? A
story comes from Collinsville, on the
Alabama Great Southern railroad that
sounds very much like an attempted
train robbery.
The sgent at Collinsville heard that an
attempt would be made to rob the
Southern Express which passed there
about twelve o'clock. Shortly afterward
fifteen men, nicely dressed, came in and
took possession of the Station, refusing
to vacate when locking up time came.
The agent then called on the local au
thorities, and the mayor and marshall,
police and a posse of citizens came to
his rescue and drove the men away. The
gang was well armed and left threaten
ing vengeance. The train at Chattanoo
ga was notified and left there with aU
the train men armed to the teeth. As it
pulled in Coliinsvilie, four of the men
re<ppeared and attempted to board it,
but the citizens fired on them and they
fled. It is said one of the fellows was
hit and fell, but got up and made off
again. It is believed the attempt was
planned to have been made below Col
iinsvilie, but the train came through
without being molested. All the train
men on the division are now armed and
an extra lookout is observed. One of the
gang has been arrested, but his story has
not yet been obtained.
TRANSACTION IN RAIN MAKING
Sale of a Bain Company's Secret
Process for $50,000. *
Temple, Tex., [Special.]? Rain mak
ers have b.en at work here. They came
from Kansas, are called the Inter- State
Artificial Rain Company, and have their
headquarters at Goodland, Kan. Thi3
company, of which E. H. Murphy is
President, was negotiating a sale of their
secret to a stock company, and th? expe
riment here was the last of a series that
resulted favorably. The stock company,
through its agent accompanying the
party, signified its satisfaction with the
experiments.
The party, consisting of President Mur
phy .Messrs Smith, Bush and Morris, arriv
ed in the city on Nov. 1, and commenced
operations Monday evening in a small
outhouse at the edge of towa. The con
d tions were extremely unfavorable for
rain.
No results could be seen at fiist, but
on Friday the sky I ecame overcast w:th
clouds. On Saturday a high wind pre
vailed, and on Saturday night some rain
come from the southwest. On Sunday
rain fell all day and at night a norther
arose. Roports from 100 to 1*0 miles
round the town shows that raia fell on
Sunday in most localities in considera
ble quantities.
The rain makers are jubilant and claim
the rain fell on account of their efforts.
They closed the bargain for the purchase
of their secret upon the results here and
Tuesday left for here. It is understood
that $50,000 was the price. Th? process
is claimed to be that used by Melbourne, j
HE DEFIED THE SHERIFF,
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And Drove Judge Byrrum From th?
Bench.
The Asheville, N. C , Mount iin Home
Journal reports that a most disgraceful
and daring occurrence took p ace at
Burnsville, Yancey county, last week,
and says the facts are these: One of the '
b??t citizens of that county, Solomon
Carter, bad died very suddenly, and was j
being buried. Garret. D." Ray, another I
leading citizen of the same town, had, J
not lived on good terms with Mr. Carter
during the latter's lifetime, but as death
had removed one of the two, Mr. Ray
thought he would aid in paying the last
tribute of respect to his departed neigh
bor and attended the burrial. This so
enraged the son of Mr. Ray that he shot
at his lather several times, whereupon
Judge Bynum ordered the arrest of young
Ray . He defied the sheriff, but walked
into the courthouse, and. with his doiible
barr 1 gun, drove the judge from th*
bench, cleared out the assembly and de- ;
Hberately walked off. 5
FARMERS' ALLIANCE.*
Annual Address of President Joseph
of the Iowa Alliance.
' %
"Monopoly is the Arch Enemy of In
dustry and the Political Mon
ster of Modern Times."
Ai Des Moines. Iowa, the other day,
President J. M. Joseph delivered his an
nual ad ires', and said in part:
"The duties of the farmer include very
much more than the cultivation of ^ the
laud and the production of crops. Upon
him more than upon any one else, de
pends the character of public inst'tutions
and the welfare of all classes - of people.
With him maialy rests the responsibility
of good or bad government.
"That there bos been a great awaken
ing among fariaets during tbe past few
years in mattera^pertaining to their rights
and duties everybody knows. The Far-,
mere' Alliance is the result of the dissat
isfaction produced by an unjust system
of distributing the benefits and lurdens
of public institutions.''
"Statesmen of all parties, while sub
scribing to the fundamental doctrines of
our government, are found advocating
measures and policies subversive of them.
For a score of years they have been plant
ing seeds throughout our industrial and
commercial system utterly at variance
with the doctrine of equal rights. To
day we are cursed with privileged classes
existing by virtue of legal enactments to
as great a degree as many of the nations
of Europe . We have broadened the
foundation of the splendid temple our
our fathers began, but we have not raised
its walls, except with a single stone, in
100 years. The emancipation of the black
man is the only achievement in the interest
of humanity worth recording in this cen
.tury. _ >
'"Monopoly is the arch enemy of indus
try, the political monster of modern times.
It has come to be a constant, ever pres
ent. menace to free government. It
rears its head in every field, it clutches
at the throat of every honest toiler. It
besets the public highways. It Interests
everv market. It is intrenched in court
and Congress alike. The horse leach's
daughter of holy writ was not more rapa
cious. As a political force. it domi
nates both the great parties. Its ten
dencies are toward arbitrary, despotic
government. The home of the monster
is in the modern contrivances we call cor
porations.
'?The forces of nature, the natural pro
due's of the earth, the equal gifts of God
to all the children of men, are walled up
by the omnipresent corporation. The goods,
the rights, the benefits made, matters of
corporate ownership and distributed to
the few, while many are shut out from a
fair participation.
"Public instrumentalities, the railroad,
the telegraph, the financial system drift
enormous revenues into private coffers,
while they exist under a normal condition
of public control. This condition is an
economic absurdity.
"No solution of the great problem of
equitable distribution can be found out
side the public ownership of natural
forces and materials.
-"Partisans have raised a ghost and
named it paternal government, forgetting
that the people are, in theory and ought
to be in fact, the government, forgetting
that except for the paternal care of
government there would not be a corpo
ration on the face of the earth. Yet par
t suns build no adequate defense against
the combination that clutches labor by
the throat, that glowers industry with
the eye polyphemus, sucking up her tub
stance to the wall cf bare subsistence.
"The $60,000,000,000 of wealth in our
country is the result of the genius and
industry of all the ages gone. It is a
splendid legacy to leave posterity. That
a small minority, who have contributed
nothing toward" its accumulation, should
inherit the wfcole of it, to the exclusion
of the great majority, is not only a fla
grant injustice upon the face of the mat
ter, but it marks the fact that in human
affairs there are yet whoie realms in the
matter of equitable distribution unex
plored, matters of vast concern to those
who come after us.
"The Farmers' Alliance as an organi
zation, is the natural result of the neglect
of political parties to consider economic
questions from the stand po:nt of merit
lather than of party advantage The
farmers have become weary with the
long-drawn quarrels over minutes and
barren contests of mere place hunte.s
"The animosities of a contest fought
to a finish many years ago ought to have
been buried long ago, and would have
bfen except for the partisan who found
politic il capital in keeping alive the en
mities and jealousies' of the sections
against each other.
"The Alliance seeks to reunite the
people into one harmonious nation with
equal rights for all. It seeks to limit the
power and curb the rapacity of coipora
tions. It seeks to reform the industrial
system to the end that th?i products of
industry may be fairly distributed Its
task will not be finished till these lesults
are achieved. It was not bo- n in a night
nor will it perish in a day. It is a pro
test against plutocratic tendencies, against
extravagant public expenditures, against
unequal taxation, agaiust the spoliation
of the working classes, against the ex
ploiter and speculator in the products of
tbe field, the mine and the factory ;
against the whole class who make a mo
nopoly and live by usury, against the pri
vate ownership of public 'nstrumentali
ties, against the whole policy of inflated
capital and bonded debts.
"The Alliance demands a sufficient
volume of money to euable industry to
exchange her products on a cash basis, to
the end tfeat labor may escape the bur
den of interest that now eats up her sus
tenance in maintaining the crcdit system.
"The Alliance recognizes that the;
government monopolizes the creati-n of
money and insists that this "fact carries
with it tbe duty to provide a sufficient
volume of money. The Alliance holds
that the volume "of money is not sufficient
as long as average interest is above the
average profits of industry.''
"The fanner and mechanic may well
ask each other why they should be put
to the expense of maintaining a third
class of people digging metal counters
from the earth to enable^, them to ex
change their products. <jt why they should
be burdened with an ip'terest-eating bond
as a foundation for a circulating medium,
when they cou'd furtfish the security for
the medium of exchange themselves at
one-fourth the expense.
"The past six months has lifted the
fog sufficiently that all may now /e
where the centre of the great indu>ciial
battle is to be. Politicians may beat the
bush j?t a little iojijg^r ov^r an intignifi
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cant difference in the adjustment of the
tariff. buUthe real contest cannot be long
delayed. We must fix the status of the
ruling force in America.
"Shall it be money or manhood? That
' Ts the question. We must settle the
question whetheis.our medium of ex
change shall be a great national labor
saving machine, as great as the nation's
industries, as strong as the nation's arms,
as sound as the nation's heart, or wheth
er it shall continue to be a tool of mo
nopoly, nominally under public control
but really controlling the people, and ex
I acting tribute from industry by the rob
ber's rule of 'what the traffic will bear:' "
"Our chief school nod hope lies vih
the sub- Alliances Let us plant these in
every neighborhood, push the Alliance
press and literature into every borne
Let us renew no subscriptions to the par
ty press of either party that misrepre
sents or opposes our demands. We far
mers and mechanics cannot afford to do
it any longer. *?
"Let usy stand firm by the
colors of the Alliance. Let ui
cultivate a spirit of fraternity with all
kindred organizations. Let us put the
Alliance above our fealty to any political
party, and in the great contest for the
emancipation of industry from the domi
nation of monopoly, let us rejoico in the
promise of battle and the hope of vic
tory."
$2.50 A TXEB.
How would you like to sell your tim
ber at that price, brother farmer f <
How many of you are selling wood de
livered at the r&lroad for $1.50 a cord?
How mairf are telling crossties at 20
cents apiece and haul therohtcveral miles,
maybe? ?.
Well, farmers, $2.50 a tree was paid a
few days ago by a Northern lumber com-'
pany for 2#0,000 soft wood tftes, stand
ing, in a Southern State a little north
of us.
* You ask if farmer* sold that batch of
trees? Well no, they had been sold by
the original owners some years ago for a
mere song; and the immense profit in this
last trade went to the speculators. -
Farmers, the timber of the Northern
forests is nearly exhausted./ The im
mmense lumber mills operating must
move, and they must move 8out?. They
have their scents all through the South
buying up lands at a ridiculously low fig
gure. A few years hence the land you
sell them at $8 an acre will be worth all
the way ten to twenty-five dollars an
acre. Hold ou to your timbered lands,
farmers. The near future will prove
them to be a mine of wealth to you? you
may in less than five years sell the timber
at $2.50 a tree and have the land left.
TO STORE COTTON.
It is stated that the Greenville, 8. C.,
County Alliance has derided to store n
large portion of thejr cotton crop. They
have made arrangements with local banks
to advance 80 p*r cent, of the present
vulue at one per cent, per month. The
storage for the first lo days Mill be free.
The tot il cost of storage and ^csurince
per month will not exceed 25 cents per
bale.
This is rather a costly way to hold cot
ton when compared with the Sub-tro .8
ury, but with a short crop and April fu
tures already higher than for the present
month, it doubtless will be safe if a
large number of farmers will make simi
lar arrangements. But without unity of
action it will avail but little. However,
it should be tiied. If we make but little
' nothing will be lost. It is certainly sui
; cidal so sell all this crop at the present
: prices. Let every cotton county go to
work and see if anything can be done at
? once.
That was quick work of President Pnlk
j ipeaking in California on the far off Pa
cific coast and exactly one week from
date to stand with his people on the
banks of the Blue Albemarle at El'zabctb
City.
The Tarboro Advocate says that Col.
Harry Skinner and Judge Bourne will
soon discuss the Sub-treasury I ill. Time
and place not yet agreed upon.
The factory inspection committee of
the Illinois Woman's State Alliance have
: found 106 shirt factories
? dren from tea to twelve-flours daily for
the fat salary of $1 per week, iu the en
terprising city of Chicago ?St. Louis
j Monitor.
The farmers of Iowa after ten years of
hard work, of thirteen and one-hnlf
; hours to the day on an average, fiud
| themselves $65,000,000 -worse off tbau
! they were a decade ago.? Industrial Edu
| eator.
TIIE latest! !
Coi. Polk went to California upon the
invitation of Senator Leland Stanford,
and ic js understood that he is to be paid
a vast sum by the railroad king. So says
a New York paper. Next! !
The Farmers' Alliance will run the
I Warehouse which will soon be Vbcatc J by
| Mr. Gravely, on Church street, opposite
i the Eagle, says the Rocky Mount, C\, I
| Phoeni*.
TH? .FARMERS' CONGRESS.
Seme of the Resolutions Adopted and
Rejected at Their Meeting;.
Sedalia, Mo.? The Farmers' Natio- aj
Congress unanimously adopted the fol
lowing resolutions: llecommending state
| coutrol of live stock exchanges; recom
mending the passage of a national lavr
requiring the stamping of art-f'c'al hog
products; demanding the passage of a
Federal law prohibiting gambl'ng in farm
products; endorsing ihe principle of re
ciprocity.
The following resolutions, previously
| reported upon adversely by the cotnmit
] mittee, were rejected by the Congress:
1 Demanding the coinage of silver dollars
j of the value of 100 cents each ; demand
ing Government ownersh'p of railroads
and' telegraphs; demanding national
revenues derived from taxes from imports
' which come into competition with home
! manufacturers; demanding Federal pro
! bibition of the sale of intoxicants, and
; demanding the cession of arid lands to
j the various States in which the arid
i lands are situated.
Luray Inn Barnad.
VLmaav, Y-a ,[ Special.]? Luray Inn and
furniture bnnMd Thursday night,-: loss
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THANKSGIVING.
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The golden grain is garnered?
Our store-houses o'erflow?
L CVr prairie broad and city mars
1 he winds, of fortune blow.
No losses from disteibper?
No runt the wheat to blight?
T hanksgtrln? to the Father
Who has blessed us day ind night V
No pestilence is near Hi
No sound of war is heard?
Peace tinkles in the shepherd's bell,
And rusting lies the sarord.
The brooks rush oa? right merrily?
* The song-birds seem to say,
"Praise God for every blessing seas
On this Thanlwgiviug Day V
Friends who have long been parted,
The dear old homesteed seek.
To chat of pleasures that ar i past,
And of the future speak.
All borne once more, with hearts aglow
They gather round tije boar J,
And cry in concert, fervently,
"Than giving to the Lord:"
Ail fe^lfishness is put to flight?
The Wretched poor may feast
On dainties that they seldom touch
For this ona day ?t least
And e'en the felon ia his cell
May taste of dainty fare?
Ok, God js gracious ! Shout His praise
Tlyuiksgivmg everywhere!
\ . \ ?Francis $, Smith.
A THANKSGIVING ElFRGLAIi
4 'One o' butter, two o" sugar, three o1
flour 'n four eggs," soliloquised Aunt
Hepaie Barber, u she measured out the
ingredients for the children'* favorite
cup cake. "Seems like that rule is like
a verse of poetry, it run*, off so glib ; but,
my ! it ain't nothin' to the way the cakes
go off after the children get* a holt of
them. Let's see, now, how many tinsful
did I bake last Christmas? Six, as I'm a
livin' woman, an' afore night their faces
was all .puckered down with, tOh, kbnt
Heirsie, ain't there no more pattiest'HU
doleful as if they hadn't had one apiece.
It does beat all how much children cau
ftold, an' not hev an explosion. Nbw, I
sot out to have enough this year, but I
d'no's I he#. One good thing, that
rule's sure ? true blue, like indigo cali
per, an* not light's a feither one time an*
flat's a pancake another, like some rules.
" Rules is like folks sometimes, an' not
to be trusted; they're all nice an' pinicky
onct or twict, an' next time je see 'em
they're way off the handle, an' you've
got to get acquainted with em' all over
-*gaiQ. That Widow Jenkins, now, she's
that sort ? well, Marion; here you aro at
last, an' right glad \am to see you,
too." \ *
<;I expected you woul? be, Aunt Hep
sie, and I should have been here earlier,
tot company came last night and I could
lot get away."
DUSTED AND ARRANGED EVERYTHING.
A bright-faced girl had entere I .in 1
wag taking off her wrappings as if per
fectly at home in the farm-house, and
perf&tly sure of her welcome. She was
of middle height and a graceful build.
Her face was a very pleasing one, though
just where the charm was onc^cbuti'
scarcely determiue, whether"" in the
brighj^expngajptwfy^^e warm, sym
or the winning ex jres
siou, but at all events it wm there, if
somewhat beyond analysis, ami Marion
Ahislie was a charming girl, with the
faculty <>f attaching wnrm friendship to
herself from young aud old.
"Uoc'e Jerry's foik^ came and stopped
over on their way to Water town to spend
Thanksgiving with Eli, she explained.
"They wanted me to go too, but I knew
you needed me, and J. .can go there an
other time." !
"Land sakes, child, you needu't a
stayed for that.'' Aunt Hepsie turned
quickly around from her baking. "I
could a found some one else to help me
through.''
"But some one else wouldn't have
been me, would it, Auntie? ' The gir
came :tud /aid her bright head on the
el-Iec ; woman's slio iHer. "And then. i
loo, Thanksgiving isn t quite the same i
to mcTauy where else but litre."
"No, Marion. nob;>dy can till your j
place,'' the bony old hand, withered an.l ,
worn in service for other.-, smoothed the
ej'.tiny bl;?.ck hair caressingly. "If vou
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was realiy juv own darter, I couldn't se:
more store by you."
A crimson flush ovcwpreal thy so
Urunette cheek.
"You haven't heard anything fran
Jack, have you, Marion) '
"Xo, auntie. not a w?ri."
*
sighed. " Just a yetr a^o to-day, ami
i*. s?e us like teu. v
'? What was it, child, that set him oil I
v?r" as ced Mr?. liarber gently. "I've
always wanted t?> k?w>**, J).!* t thought
w hen vou wanted n:e to hear it you'd tell
Uif."'
??Why, Aunt llepsi-*, didu'c ' you
o vr" The-girl raued her hjead with a
ioo* of a>t fni?.imen;. "I nu.ipjseJ of
l bourse that he had toll you the whol*
.ooi.su story, or 1 should have spoken o'
it long ago/'
??Not a word, cearie. lie only ca.ne
in o:;e da', bin fa;t; all -viiiie iad set. to
i ? ? i
?oil me that he was goinj\ aojl that alt '
were flirt* and deceit ri. I
thought tor a vhsie that y?ii| h*d mil
?erei in:;*, i>t:t I've p-ai Imo and t#o to
v/.-t. ? r nud c waged :oy
?? A ny , \ ou knov, miniieJ 'I: wa? in
timai** Dully Joking* J jbou: that
tiOKS* ? | * |
"There. I kno\rei that ! tormenteci
widder had something or other to do with
? k-ritt
? J' terrupted Mrs. Barber energeti
Jt -!y. ? .
"And the kept telling me ' ot the at
tention* which Jack was paying her on
the sly, and intimating more than she
really said, until at last I taxed Jack
with it, and ? \6u know how quick Jack
is, auntie?"
"Yes, ready to go off the hia.lle at a
minute's warnin' an' then jtoa pr.ml to
own that he's in the wrong."
? And he wouldn't give me a word of
satisfaction as to whether! she htd told
the truth or not, only that if I ha I cora
r- ? ^?d distrusting him so soon we icij;bt
11 pan first as last, with other
v*' .hes which cut deeper still. 0'4, it
was so hard. Aunt E^pspie; when I loved
hira so. He accused ma of >?einar jeal
ous, but it^ras not to. If v thought
it best if he really cared fo. v , to hiv^
the matter settled rightly before it wa
too late." ^
1 ' ' \Y
"My poor little girl ; and that widder. "
with detestation /in every tone, "shir*
been after- him tbfcker'n mush ever since
she took oS be* mourain', an' all her
grievance is thatbe would have nothing
to say to hepw ] {
"Yes. I know that, now that it is too
late, Aunt Hespie, but tv'.e'tf uo use cry
ing for spilt milk," a Jjr ight tear trem
bled on the long eyelj^^a, "and I will
try and notapoil my Jf anksgiving with
tears.'* & * j
For the next ft'ti iurt the discussing
of the measuring J /ghing and beating
predominated lug i large kitchen and
spicy ocors Mkp ^ck nook and crano>>
penetrating t'<
to the parlor
"Seem
pies when Jac!
remarked
"'pears like there
pumpkin pies like he doea."
^?Perhaps that young minister who is
riming Horaoe will eat Jack's shire,"
.suggested Marion.^ "Minister < usually
have a pretty petite 'or goo. I
things, I've noticed." ;
! "I s'jK?e now Horace will-be, anxious
to show of! bis relation* in pretty goock
style to his college tried l,"rejoiaei A'nc
Hespie, rtflectively. "When h<? toid
mc he was cominsr. he said, Ujuhin-r
like 'i^ve been bragging on your cojk
ing, auntie, and I waut to show fcinimy
Holland what a real Thflplta^ivmg in
the country is like.' "
At length the coo!<iu~/was all done,
ihe big turkey dres*ei and reiiy fo.
stuffing, and?be rjws ani row* of pies
aad rich, plummy cakcs, the pan of
doughntvls and the heaping platter of
cup cakes and another of jam tarts sug
gested a large gathering ou the morrow .
lu Jack's room alone, no prep tratiou
was to be made, for Aunt Hepsie would
use the room for no one but its owner ;
but Marion went in there with a lonely
i'etling in her heart, ^e soug dyin.? upon
hi*r lips as 6he did so.
She lingered abont the little ilmsiag
table, absently pushing in the f)in>
wbjfh spelled "Jack" upoa hi? pin
cushion, and thinking of him with such
longing that Jacsc could not have re
maioed angry with her could h-i Itave
seen her hungry eyes.
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Suddenly a thoughi^snre to iier?sht
wotiiu prepare Juc~. )i room, too, tts if he
were coming with the rent, and v.it.i
nimble tiogere sho dusted and. arranged
everything in the best possiole'orJer,
pinning a spray of dried ferns and suuuc
upon the window curtains that the cloje
ness might be dispelled by the clear,
kt;en air of a perfect November day.
The window opened out upou the broad
verandah, and Jack had oftea climbed
its supports and gone to his room and to
bed without awakening the family, when
,nt home.
iw1
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She would have been his wife now,
had he not gone off in such hasty,
reasonable anger, and she sank ou
knees by the bedside when all was doo^
'?Oh, Jack, comeback. Come back t*. ,
me," her heart cried out, and if spirit;
voices can become audible to each other.,
Jack's spirit must have heard the earnesc
appeal wherever be was.
i'he house began to till with a merry
crowd of rela^w^t au early hour 0:1
li e morj^^.N||wjr Thanksgiving dinner
at Atii ] ;] ~''&K was a treat to youa j
and olo f'Srs. Barber herjelf lookei
curewcrJii^fed old.
'?I gue^s I was too tired to e1??p well
last iyghi," she said, as she battel the
L-\ 'for I keptturniu' an' twistio' a:l
'?ng, an' I dreamed o' burglars atf
is, an' along toward mornin' I de
clare if I didu'i imagine some nae
t-neakia' around the house. I was tu>
li'ed to get up an' see. an' 1 dropped o!
to sleep a^itD, aa'c must bsen a dreau
with the rest on't, for there's nothing
m -iinj. an' th? silver sponuj s>C right
??:: ;'.ie dining, room table."
' ??'? anyone had conic ia for plunder
tli'.v xv.iutd bs'.'e lonke I lor silver 6rst of
a. , ?> > r i) a rra't havj ->een *tkea-.u?nir.
: ' ? ? Qjr -vr *" fr
auntie. ""replied Marion^ smiling. "But
what shall we d? with die children m'ti'
dinner's renjy?**
'?Send them upstairs toi play," h*
Aunt Iiepsey. "Here comes your Cou-.
Horace ai?d bis friead, and a proper, tin
young man he looks, too."
A moment: later and Marion *as mak
ing her company bow to the joun^
clergyman and as she carried h:sov<erco?
and hat jftto t e hallway, shr <rave tli*
children permission to go Jnto t?u
chain!>c-r?.
?'And please don't l>e rude or noisy,
she -at?i, trarniugly, 4*for Awat Uepsey
hn>- a headache tun momiDg."
??We woa't. We'll be still as mi?e.*'
&iid on-; of tli-* flock, cohddeatiy ? jus if
it were a possible state o? things at a
family merrymaking. j j ; \
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