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r f HEW YEAR SYMPOSIUM Prominent Men Tell What to Strive For In 1906. THE CRAZE FOR WEALTH ®GHE£ IDEALS DJ PUBLIC LIFE ■vrcrnor Horh of Kanaas Saya There fa a Demand Kor Civic Riffhteoua* j ■«*■ la Ever? Department of Gov- meat—More Repoae Needed la American Life, Say a Bishop a of Delaware. J Cole- "Wbat is the one thing a bore all oth- «*B that Uie American people should •trire for in 1906?'’ Such was the timely question submit ted by the Christian Herald to a num ber of prominent and active workers to various Helds of endeavor through out the United States. Answers were ■received from twenty-five or more well taown Americans. Special effort was Jtoade to secnre the opinions and advice of the presidents of universities in .widely separated parts of the land. iWtth a view to helping especially young men and young women. The efforts in this particular field were highly suc cessful, and we are sure that in thejet- •ters from the heads of universities printed herewith young people will find much that will aid them in making the year 1906 a happy one. SOCIAIi AJfD POLITICAL EEFOIiJIS NEEDED. ’ Dr. Alfred M. Haggard, dean of the Bible college, Drake university, at Des Heines, la.: I am Interested In spclal reform, better political conditions, better care for the poor and more Justice for the .laborer; In arbitration and peace among all nations, in the rights of women, in better divorce laws, in abolishing the saloon and in spreading the gospel to the ends of the •arth. If I read the signs of the times cor- | cactly, there is a constantly widening and i (deepening tide involving all these Inter ests and bearing us into a better age. uhls convic' en enables me to answer »t>ur question. The one thing for Amer icans to do is to widen and deepen this (ode and give It greater momentum than •ver before. Individually each one of us •hould- make ourselves count more than •ver toward this end, by voice, by pen, by contributions, by ballot and by a splen did personal example. The channels ■rhlch are especially Inviting for com bined effort are those of education, es pecially higher; our great reform move ments. such as the W. C. T. U., the Anti- p&loon league, with many others; mission flvork at home and abroad and, lastly, a Mtter and more practical application of gospel of Christ, for It is the heart ■nd circumference of all real progress. , WOB HTGHHB IDEALS IN PUBLIC LIFE. Governor E. W. Hoch of Kansas: a thf great movement that is coming from the hearts of the people the de- nd Is for higher Ideals In poliUcs, for iter official integrity, for greater re fer law—in a word, for civic right- lusness in every department of govern- wnt Christianity Is the basis and in- plratlon of this movement, as It Is the of the world. President Schurman Says Gold Is Glorified, Not God. ASSEETS WE DO NOT FEAE HELL refure for the poor and oppre^ I wish she might also be known ) the great leader In work for dumb Auls. Massachusetts spends thousands ! do. lars annually in looking after hod and other animals and in teaching peorfd lie kind to the dumb. Millions could'US , 'd all over America for such work, [hope that some philanthropist will nf the year 1906 notable for America’s for the speechless. APPLY CHRISTIANITY TO THE B T TsM OF LIFE. Dr. Samuel Plantz, presIdent/Law fence university, at Appleton, is.. I know of no more Important tt how ever, in this age when »he soelafoblem Is assuming such vast troportip than that of applying the pvn.iipics/Chris tianity to the business life ef f world. The social problem Is not eohch an economic as a moral question, (cannot be settled by social reorganlzai or by legislative action, but will beiadually solved by the application of 3 groat ethical principles of Christian to in dustrial life. If the church a serious minded people generally wou concen trate their attention for a yi on the study of the social problem frea Chris tian standpoint, I believe t|Brcatest benefit would accrue to the don that could come from any one line thought. RIGHTEOUSNESS AND TRUTH .COMMON t LIFE Dr. George E. Merrill, jfcldent of Colgate university, at Hain>u, N. i\: The great task of the Amdan people ! in 190G, as In every other yea should be I to secure righteousness and iith in the I common life. In other wo# it is an tury t Q revert to the barbarous worship ethical task. To get rid of am, to se- . vf i , , . cure truth, to live no long^- shadow, Mammon f Ate Americans to re but a serious life, to recogniihe sau-'-1- nounce their Christian heritage, are Mon S nLl a 7J i tf,l ?rder £ tiM to r Ulliate the H e bre w law of tion under which any pcopjean thrive, ( to refuse to be blinded by p glitter of righteousness, are they to disclaim the dollars and to demand the $d worth of Hellenic call to reason and beauty, are character, to learn to go slo'r and saf r .. , . , , toward all goal.—such. I belje, wo. 1 bo to tlie dignity and glory, of the best task to which we uld address | mankind in order to concentrate all ourselves. Bead of Cornell University Claims Present Generation Fenrs Nothing but the Criminal Court, the Peni tentiary and ’ the Scaffold—Are We to Worship Mammon, Like Barba rians f He Asks. President Jacob Gould Schurman of Cornell university recently delivered a remarkable address at Syracuse on the universal craze for wealth before the union meeting of the Associated Aca demic Principals of the State of New York, says the New York American. He said: “If a visitor from Mars alighted on our continent he would hear the pulpits proclaim, ‘Glorify God,’ but he wnukl find It the general practice to ‘glorify gold.’ “Are^ we then in this twentieth cen- MORE REPOSE NEEDED IN AjlICAN LIFE. Right Rev. Leighton Cohan, bishop of Delaware: their energies oil the gratification of acquisitive instincts which we possess in common with the brutes and which when exclusively followed and satisfied There Is hardly anythii which the only leave us more complacently and American people need mol than repose more hopelessly brutish V in their life. For lack of Uie number of ; .. Tb universal mission for monev people, both men and wdm. breaking I , , , Passion IOI money down and dying premature!is Increasing ; Hbd whatever money buys is an ularm- frightfully, as is also the imber of sul- ing phenomenon. It has been nourish ed by the colossal material prosperity of the age. It has allied itself with the ambition of American youth to succeed in the world. We should naturally ex pect that it would have met invincible opposition from religion. But religion, already weakened by the decline of rides. The ceaseless engafpent in social and business events, not ifrrupted even by the Lord's day, is saving the very foundation of our natlonastrength and health and threatens dir calamities in the not distant future. L<us, therefore, have mor- repose. PURIFY POLI'J 8. Congressman George.V. Pearre of j dogiadc'faith and filling' hick on in- MRry and. gtltutions and organizations, has itself A more general and wfcspread benefit would result to all class) in the United States from the purificath of politics in municipal, state and itional govern ments by the ellmlnatiortf the necessity for the use of large sumbf money In all elections, and this, In nj Judgment, can only be accomplished bjan elevation of the average morals of t> people and by encouraging legislation, t> that they will not make It a sine qua yn to the success of candidates. The aiompllshment of this will, I apprehend, a a long way to answer all the other grU public reforms that press upon us, amfig which “to es tablish arbitration as lsor*s best friend’’ and “to seek means t permanent and universal peace” are ne the least FOB A RETURN TO OLD IDEALS. Congressman Marshall Yan Winkle f New Jersey: Simple living and high thinking-^ re - ~m to the old ideals. The American 9pla have now “struck twelve'’ in ma- things. Their chief conoern ai thing they should strive most for all others Is to Avoid decline and Preserve their poise, and to that end (■ley should pray dally during the whole «»und year 0 f 1906: "lord, let not my head grow dizzy; if Sm*im ^ nMth ** 01,17 thy oray ^Tfce grsatest evil with which the Amer- E>le have to ooaUad today Is the .evil, like (• rapidly eating its *ay Into very heart of oqr American fflptltu- 'Whsretn (lee tits solution! I ■sy, hut it seems to me that U06 And the American people working to shoulder to check this evil, sooner or Inter,, tf left alone. wlU i a menace to the very foundation of government ■aRBSE OUT RULE OF OOLD AND BRING IN GOLDEN BULB. Congressman James Francis Burke ref Pennsylvania: Drive dishonesty out of the business BBd political life of this country. Every pones t political organisation should ban- rah from Its counsels the Individual who 4ons the party uniform to pilfer the pub- Uo puna and every commercial body In She land should put the ban upon him rwho dons the garb of' the business man Os cheat his-competitor by conspiring with isonfederates or to rob widows and or gans of their rights by betraying the jlrust Imposed In him by the silent inmates the grave. Repeal and reject the rule gold and re-enact and re-enforce the rule, and the moral house clean- , _ which our country is Just witnessing 01U be enduring In its results. MAKE WAB IMPOSSIBLE. Congressman O. H. Grosvenor of Ohio: I am in favor of the widest and most effective conditions which will tend to make war less probable and. as far as nuy be. Impossible. I have no line of operation marked out differing from the present plan of arbitration and concilia^ mon. I believe that the recent war In the r st was a great promoter of peace, for believe It will so Impress the people of (Cbe world with the horrors of war that iwar will Shortly become almost Impossi- SEPARATE THE WHIT AND OLOBED RACE! Bishop H. M. Turnr of the African M. E. church: The noblest and mot Important work for the consideration iJid action of the American people In UX) would be to sep al \te the white and plored races. The so called negro problei keeps this nation la a whirlpool of dicontsnt A racial separation should engge the attention of the nation. Such a myement would be a blessing to both race/ and htnee to the nation. A line of stamers between this country and Africa v>uld bring the de sired result. The negpes would leave by miUioaa ■ALT TBU MAS BACK FOB WEALTH. ««»grsssma* HIram a Burton of PASTOR ALSO i POLICEMAN. Atklatlc Dr. SouAtor t J/srasy City WlU Do His Ova Slowtkiag. The Rov. John L.8cudder, pastor of the First Gongregatfcmsl church in Jer sey dty, has rsen /rated with special pottea'floufcra by tD*'oU«eJx>ar4. |gyy, J ths New York Tims. His ofllclal num ber Is 238. He mayiot wear a uniform or carry a dab, bu if ho does ho must furnish his own eqdpments. “I sought the appintment,* said Dr. rderthat I keen too often tempted to purchase the gifts of the Holy Ghost with mon ey. Well, the craze may endure for a season, bnt disillusionment Is certain. “The vice—the natural and almost In evitable vice—of a generation which makes money the chief end of life is dishonesty and ‘graft’ The cardinal maxim of such au ago Is ‘Put money In thy purse.’ And whether the money be thine or thy neighbors is a matter of little moment. “It is a generation which has no fear of God before its eyes. It fears no hell. It fears nothing but the criminal court, the penitentiary and the scaf fold. To escape these ngly avengers of civil society is its only categorical Imperative, the only law with which Its Sinai thunders. “To get there and not get caught Is its only golden rule. To ‘get rich quick* the financiers of this age will rdb the widow and the orphan, grind the faces of the poor, speculate In trust funds and purchase immunity by using other people's money to bribe legislators, judges and magistrates. “And then we hear the praises of ths poor boys who have become million aires. O God! Send us men of honor and Integrity!” RELIGION AT THE RING Sll Evangrellat Aefter FlMta Blow. Fo* Church at a Puglllatic Bout. The BOO Tenderloin sporting men who sat around the ring side at the fights held under the auspices of the Long Acre Athletic club in New York were treated to a novelty in the form of s sermon preached between two bouts by William Asher, the evangelist from the west, who, with his wife. Is holding saloon revivals in New York city. Probably never before has there been such a scene at a boxing tournament, says the New York Tribune. After Tim O’Brien and Tom Carey had push ed each other about the ring for three rounds with pillows on their hands the announcer introduced Mr. Asher as “an unusual number at an occasion snob as this.” The evangelist, a wiry, active little man, pushed his way through the crowd to the arena and, as the prize ring writer says, “climbed nimbly through the ropes.” Some of the “sports” kept their hats on and others sat with bared heads. Everybody smoked. There was respectful atten tion while Mr. Asher spoke. He shook hands with the audience after ills usual fashion by having every man raise both his hands above his head at arms length and then wave them. “Don’t be afraid. I won’t touch you for your watch,” he said to those who hesitated. Mr. Asher used as ids text I. Timothy vi, 12, “Fight the good fight of the faith.” “As a boy,” began Mr. Asher, “I was fond of boxing, and even today I be lieve it a manly sport. But look at poor old Fltz and old John L. and our old friend in the corner over there, j George Dixon.” Applause greeted the j mention of the names of these former ; heroes of the prize ring. Continuing, the evangelist said: “They have stowed away and lost lots of ‘dough,’ and who of them would not today give back all his coin if he could be a healthy man again?” Mr. Asher talked familiarly of “Jabs,” “uppercuts” and “swings” and illus trated all these blows by punching the air. The evangelist said: “Well, boys, it’s the same In religion. There isn’t a bruiser among you nor a chap on the face of the earth who wouldn’t give all he bad if he could get a decision giving him religion. Lots of you fellows have taken the count lots of times, but how many of you ever stop to think what will happen when God gets the count on you. Look out for that day, boys, or it will be a sorry one for you. Boys. I like to see a good scrap, and I’m going to stay here until the last man is punched. Then I’ll go home. God bless all of you.” The evangelist ebeerefl. AE-he- climbed out of the ring as the bell sounded for the next bout e Things to Consuisr n Buying a Stove or Range tm , Tuber-, \ Quality, Economy, Pif Cashier. First—A Range or Stove that isn’t made of tf ry best material —it no longer cooks well, your money was wasteA-j^ r dkss ‘tifjfii Secern 1 —The Range or Stove th it is built so tha^L. ^ escapes • necessary apertures, consumes twice as much fuel ^ proper)] your fuel bill is too heavy and you are not satisfied. , Thitd—Don’t yield to the common tallacy that go ^ | dollars is the cheapest. If a cooking apparatus isn’t nuit^jL 3 -jongl c leap at any price. Its not what you pav for a thiny tli^ f p <ll , riK | get for your money. PEAT BOG A MARVEL. Scudder, “In o to cope with any arise at the Peop I can do a good policeman, but wl law behind me I mldable. “There have at our gymnasl hope, to unearth when I do may bo able ergency that may palace. Of course 1 without being a the majesty of the ould be more for- several petty thfcfts the palace, a^id I , guilty person i and only to exhibit my badge and arrest him. If any one un dertakes to dlsr ite my authority I think I shall be i ble to cope with him under ordinary cl cumstances.” The Fashion Li Darling- Gloves. The latest edlci of fashion concerns dueling gloves, yith which every de cent member of Society keeps by an cient usage his left hand covered while with his right hei insinuates his rapier In the ribs of his adversary, says a Paris cable dispatch to the New York World. The glovs used to be white and normal in length. It Is now decreed that it must baraOnlze with the color of the coat have only two buttons and laef. ef CarloBs Depaalt-Y. . is laonhaastiv. ▲ number of people from Morocco, Ind., recently visited the far famed “bottomless sink hole" near St John's, OB the Indiana Harbor railroad, and brought back samples of sell. The hole upon close Investigation turns out to be not an underground lake or river, but a vast deposit of peat similar in many respects to that used for fuel'in parts of the British isles, says a spe cial dispatch from Morocco, IiuL, to the St Louis Post-Dispatch. It is a water soaked mass of flqe veg etation In a semidecayed state. It is of a light brownish color and very light In weight when dry and burns slowly, giving off intense heat This peat bog has caused a great amount of trouble and vast expense to the railroad com pany, as the weight of the fining of one part of the surface causes upheavals at other places. Nothing is known definitely as to the depth of the bog, and boring to a depth of thirty-five feet reveals no change in the nature of its substance. Fourth—Our celebrated Leader Stove* and Matchless Ram;ps\j : especially strozg i^de of the best % e8 f on these points—in fact, al points pertaining 10 s ove perfeciiotA^m material, don’t crack, will cut your fuel bill to half, consequently the most econonii- cal. They are worth every dollar you pay for one. It is quality that’s* considered —not cheapness. Come let us sell you one, as the present price is a very small considci...ion, bat they are sure to go higher, as you well know, everything is advancing. Yours for business, Sliiifor’d Hurniture, Stoves and Undertaking. REPLY TO HENRY JAMES. Canadian Profeaaor’z Defense of Bng- Hah as Ipoken hr Americans. Henry James, the novelist, who re cently arraigned Americans for their brand of English, was pilloried the other day in the session of the Modern Language association at Haverford college, says a Philadelphia dispatch to the New York Tribune. Among some of the most distinguished linguists In the United States the consensus of opinion was that toe American people as a nation speak as good English as their British cousins, If not better. The feature was a paper by Leigh R. Gregor ji* coflegeXCanAjJ^ ^ 'Aider!can Speech.” The paper was a reply to the address made by Henry James at Bryn Mawr college “on toe question of our speech.” Professor'Gregor said Mr. James had fenced the question around with a lot of Ironclad rules and arbitrary dec larations, but had given no spedfle In structions as to bow to reach such per fection in speech as Mr. James himself had attained. The Canadian professor contended that American English is better than British English. The latter, be said, stood for tradition, while toe former stood for power, life and nature and was the outgrowth of different condi tions and environment. “Why,” asked Professor Gregor, “should the British arrogate to them selves the right to set an example for our language?” There’s Money In It Itr, ‘ BANK i ♦; The man of exper- r ience will tell you that 'the only way to save is r to deposite it in a bank. When an account is J started the saving habit 11 grows and useless ex penditures are curtaj] 'Tlrves O&ffzmey Seirilc Not only takes care of your m uey, but pays FOUlt PER CENT. INTEREST op a n deposits COMPOUND- •HI}. times a year. : : : : : The Gaffney Savings Bank, ||« 111 Seasonable At Goodsf RUSSELL SAGE’S AMBITION. A New Swinburne Poem. The following poem was written by Algernon Charles Swinburne for toe “Queen’s Carol,” the Christmas book published on behalf of her British maj- RESTRICT DETRIMENTAL IMMIGRATION. United States Senator A. J. McLau- rln of Mississippi: Supposing that you mean to ask me, "“What la the one political thing the loan people should strive for in 8?” i answer that, la my Judgment, the *et Important thing is a restriction of detrimental Immigration. BDUGAXZUW IN UNSELFISH LIVING. Rev. Asher Anderson of Boston, sec retary National Council Congregational fhurches: The problem Use la Ahla—the education ef man In unselflab lives. Selfishness Makes for materialism, leva of gain, lack 0t brothsrhood. Those are evils with (Which we all have to contend. The selfish In Industry, politics, trade, home and Is a corrupt and corrupting ale- , need net lass denunciation of pvfl, bet more discipline of evil men. Whs alt In the pews and under ths gules fit religion rob the widow, chant their fel- Bews end OU the week With Iniquity. It Is Mm unselfish man who seeks his fallow's Srai. dumb Anacnzd. of Gtoveland, o.: known as i esty’s fond for the, unemployed, says be distinctly longer than normal, so New York Times: that when the left hand is raised in guard no unseemly skin may be shown. At the same time a ban is fulminated against the habit borrowed from i flashy Italian duelists, of wearing on toe left wrist a Jeweled bracelet which I Is deftly flicked down over the glove at! toe exact moment when the steel en ters an opponent’s anatomy. ■avorlto Color Bv«n In Fever. Ingenuity of youngsters to protect their parents from worry Is unlimited— sometimes, says a correspondent of the New York Press. A Philadelphia child of six years who attended a public school returned home e few days ago with toe cheerful announcement that die had been “exposed” to scarlet fe ver. The child watched the effect her statement produced upon toe family. At the height of toe consternation she •Bid consolingly: “But don't worry, Bumma.. I shall like It You know you always said scarlet was my color.” Winter, friend of health and wealth, Hailed of goodly glfls and boys. Slays the poor by strength and stealth. Makes their lives his lifeless toys. One boy goes galloping over the moor land. Wild with delight of the sunshine and speed. Blithe as a bird on bis bleak, bright fore land, Glad aa the wind or his own glad steed. One, with darkness and toll fast bound. Bound In misery and Iron fast. Drags his nakedness underground, the mine as the world at Shrewd Financier at Eighty-nine Want* to Go to Par. Russell Sage, New York’s veteran financier, who left his bed on Thursday (Dec. 29) to answer the call of the wild in Wall street who were caught by the tight market in money and who made $20,000 by loaning $6,000,000 out at 100 per cent interest, did not go down to his office the next day, as he had plan ned, says the New York American. The damp weather held him a prisoner rt home. “I am eighty-nine now,” said Uncle Rossell, “and I want to go to par.” Winter, lord of laughing Yule, ‘ Winter, weeping on hie dead. Bids us ease hie Iron rule. Bide us bring his poor men bi *? T ‘ ttw finest army Y. M. C. A. building to toe world Is to bo erected st Fort Leavenworth, Kan., toe largest mill- bur post tn too United Stetea. ft to n «lft of on unnamed woman, and It trill •oat $40*000' A Powerful Light. The new lighthouse which has been erected at Portland Bill, on the English coast. Is practically completed and will shortly be opened, says tbrf Birming ham (England) Post. The lights, which will tM of 255,750 candle power, will be of the group flashing order, exhibiting flashes in quick succession for twenty seconds and throwing a beam tn favor able conditions a distance of eighteen miles. Beneath toe great light will be a fixed ruby lantern of 11,000 candle power to Indicate the Shambles shoal. Actual Cost! 1 am'still selling Men’s Youth’s and Boys’ Suits [at Ac tual Cost. This is not an odds and ends sale but a Clearance Sale of new and up-to-date Suits. I am also selling all Ladies’ Jackets, Skirts and Coat Suits at Ac tual Cost. My reason for selling these lines out at cost is that I am going to discontinue handling same. I can suit anybody in Dress Goods, Notions, Shoes, Hats and Gents’ Furnishings generally. Just received 200 barrels of Flour which will go at $2.25 per 100 lbs. Everv sack guaranteed. Fulljline Groceries and Hardware. See me before making your purchases. J. I. SARRATT.I J . l? ■ To Save S«4«Maa. For toe saving of would bo suicides toe municipality of Borne has decided to employ police motor boats on the Tiber. If you]( want all the news of Cherokee county Subscribe for The Ledger $ 1.00 Per Year. \ V '•?, 1 m;