The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-02-11


TO his oath if he had acted otherwise
here Is no shadow Of blame attached IL
him,and neither Roscoe Conkling's 9Lr, sd
ness, the power Of a great monopoly. nor
the c.rctunlOcutIous Of the New York
World, sun and Tribune combined can
make it appear 50. Especially against
Grover Cleveland do these sinister shafts
fall harmless. He pursues tile even tenor
Of his way, and the monopoly VIII have to
submit 70 the legal test prescribed If it
RUNS the company IN doing 50.
Rev. Johannes Oertcl wclI known III
Western North Carolina Wilmington and
Raleigh IS the artist priest Of the EpiscO-
pal church and Las been living in his city
for several years. He has flied pulpita
both in Georgetown and Washington tenn
porarly, but his studio III Georgetown
has been the scene OF his principal labors.
He has done some very tine work in the
churches here. In st. Johns Episcopal
church he has painted two handsome pan
els containing figures of st. John and St
James. la the Church of the HalloWed
Name" he has carved a beautiful reredos
He has also carved a rercdos Of similar
beauty for the Church Of the Incarnation
He has Just received a call to ScWanee,
Tennessee, where The University Of the
South is located i viii be remembered
beautiful painting Under the -hadow Of a
Rock in Weary Land 10 the Chapel Of
the University Of the South. This paint
ing represents an immense tract Of desert
bounded on all sides by the horizon of a
lowering lurid sky. No oasis, no shadow
Of palm or date tree, nothing breaks the
barren mOnOtOny of ol Infinite deaolltion
except mighty rock which rearS its ever
lasting crest towards the angry clouds
Under the shadow 81 this rock a weary
traveller rests. The meaning Of this allie
CORY is plain. The Eoch 4 Ages is the only
retu1c Tor the traveller over the desert Of
life. Many Of Mr.. Oertel paintings preach
just such sermons. He has four magnifi-
cent cartoons conceived in the romantic
studio he once owned near Lenoir, Cald-
we'll county, n. o., y uch, If ever finished,
will stamp him at once rs the greatest ar
tist Of this century. | think Mr.. Oertel's
model is no less than Michael Angelo and
have observed that Mr.. OcrteI studies HIM
more than any one of the great masters.
Like Michael Angelo, Mr.. Oertel is painter,
sculptor, architect and engraver. He has
been rector of Parishes III Lcnoir, Morgan
ton, and has preached at a number of
towns throughout North Carolina. His
painting called tEternity' was commenced
near Wilmington, n. g., and the finest sea
view he ever painted was inspired by the
scenery along the Atlantic coast Of North
Carolina.
An interesting meeting OF the vine grow
ers and wine producers was held in this
city last week. Hon Leland Stanford who
has 5000 acres in a vineyard in California,
was President OF the Association Hon.
Wharton Green, who OWNS the beautiful
and fruitful vineyard, TOk;ty near Fay
etteviile n G., was Vice President. Sen
atOr Stanford showed that in the great
wine growing countries of Europe drunken
ness is unknown. | have always contend
ed that the most effective way to stop in
temperance in this country was to enc0ur-
age the use of pure wines at the dinner
table. The scuppernong wine OF North
Carolina is the most delicious have ever
tasted and ought to be a source OF great
revenue to our people. Every farmer
ought to make enough to supply his own
table and to sell at least enough to clothe
his family with the proceeds The opn-
ion | advanced in few sentences above.
| have heard the wisest men III our State
endorse All travelled and we'll read men
know that the temperate use of wine is the
strongest safe guard against intemper
ance. Beside 1t is the best preventive of
dyspepsia, the almost universal American
complaint Extreme ProhibitonistS are the
most Incorporate men | have ever known.
The rabid teetOtallerS-sO called have
had more rePrchensible vices than any
drunkard, with few exceptions, of my ac-
quaintance These have boasted, like the
Pharsee. of their superiority over other
men, and have thought the world at large
was fool enough to believe that they were
moral lights of electric-like brilliancy be
| cause forsooth they had tried other forms
of wickedness and had let whiskey alone.
| | don't believe in Prohibition and | hope
| it will kill every politician to tries to
| preach it, as dead, politically as Hector
was when his body was dragged around
| Troy Our Washington correspondent
| Is known by us to be thoroughly TEN
| perate in habits otherwise we would
| think that the imbbing too much Of the
wine praised 50 highly, prompted the above
most incorporate and wicked wish. The
| advocacy Of Prohibition may XII many
politicians far better that they 80 down
! fighting manfuly for 50 good cause than
| that like 50 many Of our men of talent
and promise, they 20 down to drlsukard' 5
1 graves! Tne teetot4lers are not Fharasee-
ical III any sense and it is unworthy Of any
| one to speak of them 50 Extensively. They
hold land where in all our State OF Nation
| will y0u find better OF truer or W1se con
sistent men , that It is safer TO look not
upon the wine when it is red, and they
live up TO their convictions. Those whe
believe in moderate drinking are as honest
we take it, as any teetotaicr, but SO long
as this writer edits the CHRONICLE such
uncaled for abuse, such intemperate de
nuncation of Prohibitionists or teetotaIer>
or moderate drinkers or any other class OF
people, will pass unrebuked The politi
clan who dies politically fighting for pro
| hibition because he is convinced that it is
| right deserves a measure of honor and
praise that cannot be given to your oily
politician who hasn't the nerve OF the
sense Of duty to stand by the right, Lei
men think as they will on Prohibition, bu
let us give them credit for having homes
convictions, and cultivate temperance II
speech as we'll as all other things. ED.
If any of Your readers have any scupper
nong wine Of good quality to sell, thlnl
they could find a good market here. The
scuppernong grapes would bring 10 cent:
a quart in market here, and If they cOult
be shipped here in crates, would sell rap
idly. There is firm here making none,
by selling oysters, fish and game from
Currituok and other points on the coast
How would it do to get this firm to han
die the scuppernong grape and vegetables
| ask because | want our farmers to @e
all the money from outsiders they possibi,
can The gentleman referred to is Tar
Heel from Dare, and | bought Curritucl
wild goose from the firm last week for 81
cents for which | would have had to pa
81 90 in market. | am going to buy all
can from them because what ever | ge
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