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The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-04-26
THE FINAL QUESTION,
NO. III.


part Of our race is exposed. There are
men, our country countssome thousands
Of them, whose whole energy OF body and
mind is devoted to living by the toll OF
other men. They have developed facul-
ties in that direction which are wonder
full, and they still improve their
development. Not grain Of corn but
pays it's heavy toll to them; not worn
out crosstie but has borne its tribute
toward their Golfers. Never did they
willingly give any atom of wealth or Ia
Dor or thought except with the inCen-
tion of receiving more, in a material
sense, than they gave; never unselhshly.
Their ideal is so permanently fixed and
they have so fully adapted themselves to
their false environment that they hon
estly cannot understand any higher one,
or that there is indeed higher. To
them, physical and mental powers, edu-
cation, even their churchism (Which they
mistake for a religionl are merely the
means to an end called wealth. To some
Of them, honor, honesty, whatever OF
vendible there is in the spiritual quail
ties Of manhood, is 30 used and is so
much matter of bargain and sale that
they post the lie (for trust that it is
lie) on the walls of our political system,
"Every man has his price," There isn't
a bit of doubt that every man, to whom
wealth is the final aim of life, has his
price. Every man to whom civilization
is but "the economy Of power, tan en-
lightened selfshness," ETC., is as pur-
chsssble as his horse. The only differ
ence is in the price asked, the horse
being often of the greater real value.
Such men are numbered and finished" "
They are "joined to their idols; let them
alone" Not Belshazzar's kingdom is
more completely beyond human rein
statement than these men upon the for
ward path. II they are abandoned OF
God know not; but one thing is preg-
nRnt with sorrowful thought: never In
mythic story or apostolic script came
Buddha or Christ to the rich. Both
God and the kindest dream Of man
vouchsafe Messiah to the poor. II Jesus
was the highest human type, or il he was
incarnate deity, he came out OF poverty
to the poor; he lived with the poor and
blessed them, and only at night was his
dead body claimed by one rich man for a
sepulcher from which it escaped. To
day his simulRcher sanotify many a
wealthy temple, but his blood is upon
the earth beneath their feet.
The secondary evil, the evil cause back
of parasitism, not the least because it is
not first seen, is common to all. The
curse of false ideal, of debRsed stand.
ard Of life is upon us. From millionaire
to pauper there is only the money stand
ard Uf value and the monetary ideal Of
perfection. BY some it is chosen and
upon others it is forced by an Rbortive
civilization, which calls everything above
its stopping head ideaI in such seorn as
writ the title, "This is Jesus, the king Of
the Jews" This is the ideal, the king OF
cranks; cruelty it.
The result ls shown everywhere, and
nowhere more unblushipgly than in ma
tlonsl affairs. Every election illustrates
and emphasizes the fact that practical
politics" as opposed to idealisms, are
ouaat;ona NJ dollara and canta IN Soma
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-04-26

WOAAA AiAAo DAAAAOSp pSNCSANRSA AUS AACAoA 9N~~A
ity. Crime is become mere question Of
disCordant relationship, and as the only
relationship left in control is purely
commercial one, there is little con-
science left Of sin toward either God or
man. There is in all nature principle
which in man we dignity Oy the name of
Justice. It is that which fixes the char
scter of species and makes million wild
pigeons so like that you can't tell one
from another. 1t is the unconscious
effort at similarity in that which the
species has selected as it's highest type.
This principle has it's good as well as it's
evil consequences. For humanity they
might be all good if men would recog-
nize the highest type Of the race, hut, if
we do not, if we recognize lower than
the highest, perhaps infinitely lower al
most and as far from the highest as the
hermit crab is from man or the mistletoe
from the pine, how then? How il you
recognize the successful capture of the
fruits Of other mems toll as the highest
action? How then shall you punish
highwaymen? In time the immunity Of
the Napoleon Of finance spreads down.
ward and you no longer punish but edu-
cate. Both jay Gould and Dick Turpin
were selfish, and their selfshneFs had
precisely the same aim; but poor Dicks
was of the unenlightened sort, reVelling
in the free air and the open heath and
the sense Of physical strength and cour'
age.
Mark this; and again it is both a
scientific and revealed truth, for if the
materialist is right, mind is only the
motion OF matter, and if revelation be
right, the "carnal mind is enmity to-
ward God" Mental selfshness and
mental capture are as brutal as the
strong hand. Enmity toward God. So
far as we know anything of God he is
simply the highest ideal form Of per-
fected humanity. Do you doubt my
definition? Science will not much ques-
ton it, and as for revelation, here is what
that man Paul wished to go on toward
after leaving all those things to which
the church clingS so tondly: unto per-
feet man, into the measure of the stature Of
the fullness of Christ. Whether the full
ness of Christ be God or no, you May de-
eide with yourselves and with him; and
judge, too, that being perfect manhood,
how far you are advancing toward it un-
der the laws Of modern industry. Re-
member, while you are deciding this
question for yourselves, that you cannot
do what you will not allow other men to
do; nay, in this matter you cannot attain q
growth which you will not with all your
might help other men to attain. Less
than that perfect altruism is less than
that full stature Of man. Less than that
is less than the impulse, the ambition
which has led the spirit Of life from the
brute; yes, from the first vital form.
Enlightened selishness, indeed! En-
lightened selfshness as the guide and
basic principle of civilization Of govern
ment! Powdered and painted brutality;
bestiality Of the mind instead Of the
body. 1 have seen an enlightened dog
in q show which could pick out blocks
to order and tell the time Of day, but I
never made the mistake of thinking him
anything but dog. Enlightened SELF
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-04-26

4 lrulb Al uHO S0uSOu' WIZ Oc0L bh0A
fruit? Say have borne, are bearing it.
Apples Of Sodom in every sense. What
was the guilt Of Sodom? We hear Of
crime named after them, but think not
that it brought the oVerfowing curse
upon them. "Behold, this was the in
iquity Of Sodom; pride, fullness Of. bread
and abundance of idleness was in her
and her daughters, neither did she
strengthen the hand Of the poor and
needy" And God bIotted out even the
knowledge Of her place on the earth.
say that the commercial system of
political and social economy is bearing
it's fruits A Behring sea department in
volved in falsities which raise questions
of national honor and blscken beyond
doubt that Of men trusted by the state.
An Alaskan commission in appearance
made for and filed with bloodsuckers,
ascarides upon the body polite, crying
ever like the daughter Of the horse leech,
"Give, give" New York, from city
police force to senator, in the pocket of
an sll-round sport and gambler, q patron
of the ring and an ally Of that gateway
to hell-the saloon. The state offices Of
the weather bureau a scene Of such
wholesale and shameless theft that it's
investigator, hardened practical politi-
clan, calls it sublime larceny. In ILL
nois, the corporations committee Of the
legislature holding the evident will Of
the people and their welfare as we'll as
personal honor for weeks at the pur-
chase of known oppressors and at last
definitely asking to be assisted to steal
in 80 many words: "You know, without
my telling you, that we have been hold
ing these telegraph bills back as long as
we can. II the telegraph company in
tends to pay any money for killing these
bills it must pay at once;" and the inter
ssted companies only considering
whether they can best afford to buy the
committee beforehand or the judiciary
afterward. Missouri's legislature di-
vided, and large part Of it fighting in
defense Of a most Infamous fee system.
South Carolina revolving that, as for her,
since her sons are to be debsuohed, she
will have the blood money. The great
est banking houses in the United States
hand-in-glove with the Panama steal and
receiving their millions to aid in the
theft Of national honor, in which, to leave
for q moment "the home Of the free and
the land of the brave" the burglars Of
nations senatorial trust are punished
with five years or so Of imprisonment
and q prize fighters fine. Even our
presidency, so dependent upon such con-
ditions that tho offices of our govern
ment at home and abroad must be
prostituted to men Of this system in re-
ward for their personal and pecunisry
aid during the campaign; SO that men
who must believe would be willingly
honest are driven to comply with the de-
msnds Of practical politics, as the Kan
sas City Times calls it, almost under
threat OF assassination. Such were the
practical politics of the pr@torion guard
in Rome's last imperial centuries, and
accordingly Mr.. Ingalls, quotes their
cardinal principle with a paraphrase,
"Votes don't stink" No village election,
even, in which some of the candidates
for executive offices, and often the sue
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-30
THE COTTON MILLS AGAIN.

A few weeks ago HE DEMOCRAT
made some observations concerning
the cotton mills here, but We made
a mistake about the amount paid
out to employees. We said the
mills pay out annually $4,000 to
employees, when the fact is they
nav out nearly twice that much.
The pay roll will amount to at
least $4,000 a year. All this
money ls kept a: home aud turned
loose in Scotland Neck and does
the whole community good.
THE DEMOCRAT showed recently
how, from the mills and their press
ent investment, the community
would enjoy the advantage of
handling over $4,000 every year
if the mills would spin the yarns
they now use.
Let the stockholders consider the
wisdom of increasing the plant, so
that they can spin all the yarns
chat they now use for knitting. 1t
Is a matter well worth considering
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-30
BEWARE, FARMERS,

The DEMOCRAT has for severa,
years advised the farmers to raise
home supplies before attempting
to raise . money crop, We are
still advising the same course and
we are thoroughly convinced that
the only real prosperity for the
South depends upon the course OF
tae farmers in raising their home
supplies.
just ahead is independence anj
prosperity tor the farmers, if they
will only act wisely IN raising theiI
home supplies first, last, ard all the
time
There is now great danger that
the farmers will make gu almost
fatal mista..e this year in planting
too large a cotton crop. The far
price they received for their cotton
last season and the very high price
they received for their cotton seed
has tendency now to make them
overdo the thing in the new crop
by greatly increasing the acreage.
Now, farmers, consider these
questions:
l. What caused the price of
cotton to be 50 much better last
season than the season before?
2. Would not the same cause
intensified make the price still
higher # it should exist the next
SEASON.
IN answer to the first question
abovt, !: Is generally conceded, and
we think reasonably 40. that it was
TIE reduction in the acreage last
year that caused the price to rise.
There was not SO much cotton
made and the demand was greater.
The second question is easily an
sweI.d. II tho reduction of acreage
caused the rise IN the price, then a
greater reduction IN the acreage
would cause a still greater rise In
the price.
so We have 1t IN nutshell: If
the farmers will continue to reduce
the acreage the price will continue
70 go higher and they will grow
independent; if they plant more
cotton the price Will fall add they
Will eiow poorer. Let them act
wisely.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-30
TO THE EDITORS.

Secretary Sheriff. has sent out
the following letter; to members OF
the North Carolina Press Assocla'
ton
The Executive Committee of the
North Carolina Press Association
met in Raleigh Thursday, March
23rd, and decided to hold the next
meeting of the Press Association
Wednesday and Thursday, April
goth and 9th next. The meeting as
previously arranged Will De held in
Newberne. The people of News
berne will give editors royal
welcome and look for large atten.
dance.
Write to me by return mail and
let me know whether or not YOU
may attend, and over what lines
you wish transportation. Be definite
in stating what passes you want.
Those who live on the line of the
North Carolina road from Charlotte
to Goldsboro, it is supposed, al
ready have quarterly passes, which
Will take them to Goldsboro t.
New5erne. Whatever passes you
need, though ask me tor them, and
DO 1t promtly. The time IS now
very short.
In regard to new members: Any
bona fide editor or publisher of a
newspaper in North Carolina who
mas been connected with the newt
paper business, either as editor or
publisher, tor at least three mouths
before making application may be
come member. Thosa who wish
TO JON must send with their appli-
cation the imitation and member
ship fee, $500. Editors of school
and college papers. and such others
as have nothing IN common with
the newspaper business are not
nor are owners of newspa-
pers who are not directly engaged
in the editorial or business manage.
ment.
Arrangements are being made
for an excursion to Chicago about
May 18th or goth. Let me know
at once also if you intend gong on
the Chicago trip. We think we
will be able to arrange for trans.
portation to Chicago. reduced rates
while at Chicago, etc. Definite
of the details of the
made at the New erne |
Meeting, but l must know lmme.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-30

The Richmond Dispatch says: Seen
eral w. R. Cox, Of North Carolina.
who has been chosen by the Demo.
Gratis 40 their candidate for Secretary
Of the Senate, deserves the Office and
will fill 1T we'll. he has the educa.
ton, the legislative experience, tie
energy, and the suavity Of manner
to make it certain that he will serve
the Senate and tho country success,
fully"
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-30

New Berne journal.
One of DOR exchanges is credited
with saying that President Clevelan
has only one name.sake old enough
to bold office and that youn. man
is Grover Cleveland Bridyer., OF
tailfsx County, this State, "a year.
Of age.
Some twenty>four years ago the
nan's u:cIe, Col. Martin, went to
Buffalo to receive treatment at 8
hospital, aud met Grover Cleveland.
an obscure yoang lawyer. Col.
Martin thought Cleveland was the
''sma:test" man he had ever seen.
and went back and named his sis.
ter's child for him, saying at the
time that ''Grover Cleveland will
be President Of the United States
some day.
Grover Cleveland Bridgers 1t is M.
darstood will ask for fourth class
postofhce in his county, urging his
claims shat he Was the first child
to be named for Grover Cleveland
II this is true, and We have no
reason for doubling it, the young
man ought to have the place, or
some other better one.
Mr. Bridgers lives in NORTHAMPTON
county. THE DEMOCRAT.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-30

dIateiy how any Ar gong.
Let every uem Der come - News
berne. The latter part OF April is
a deiIghtful time To Visit this cas-
tern city, and we will no doubt
have pleasant meeting.
FTaternaIlt Youre,
j. 3. SHERRILL,
Sec y. G. Z. 4
Concord, n. c Marcn "a, 1898.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-30
LET MR.. BRIDGEhs HAVE

taxes.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-30
DEATH OF MRS A. E
MONTAGUE

SITS. Montague died IL >cotiah"
Neck, at the home Of her dangh'e''
,Irs. f f Hllliard, Monday moTh'
,oe It | O'Clock, March 9th. In
har last hours the watchers by heI
side were four of her daughters,
Irs. f f. HllIlard, Mrs. S. A HOOK
e,. Mrs. Jas. II. Lawrence, MISS
ZoIlie Montague aaG her tw" sons
Mess. p. F. Montague, OF Raleigh
and u. Montague, OF Winston Inc
remains were taken to Raleigh Mon
day for interment, accompanied oy,
her two sons, Mrs. Hilllard, Mr..
Hooker. Miss Zollie and her pastor,
Rev. r. Z. Vann. The body was
laid to rest by the remains OF her
husband MonLay afternoon in the
midst of a large gathering offriends.
The following sketch, prepared
by her pastor, appeared in the Re-
leigh papers Tuesday morning:
SCOTLAND NECK n. G., March r.,
Mrs. Ann Elizabeth Montague,
relict OF the late OF. H. w. Monta-
que, of Wake Forest, passed away
this morning March 20 at one
o'clock. For several weeks she had
been failing nnder age and intirm'>
ty and her death was not unexpec'
ted. She was born April 9Th, 1871.
and so. was nearing the end OF her
10th year, While yet q blooming
girl she united her lite with that OF
DR.. W. II. Montague, then rising
young physician of Wake county,
and together they spent more than
fifty years in happy useful wediock.
"Mrs. Montague would have been
a notable woman in any cOmmunl-
ty. Of fine native talent, she was
gwen all the educational advanta-
ges and accomplishments open to
Young women of that period; and
being throughout her lite vide
and thoughtful reader,she becameln
the true sense educated and cultur-
ed in an unusual degree. A vlgo-
rous and independent thinker and
fluent talker she easily led the con.
versation in almost any company,
and vet her natural modesty, re-
finement and Difference to others al
ways prevented anything like BOLD
ness or obstlusiveness. Straight
forward and utterly beyond the lit
tie conversational batteries of so
called refined society, she was care
full never 20 wound She commend
ed honestly but generously when
she could, and reproved kindly but
firmly when she must blame at ali.
Her spirit was always cheerful,
sympathetic, hopeful, SO that little
children and youth found her q
charming companion. He1 charity
was generous but discl lmlnatlng.
She wasted no time on undeservlng
objects, but worthy need never ap>
pealed 20 her IN vain. More than
fifty years ago she consecrated hei
life to Christ, to whom she gave
halt a century OF faithful, loving
service. Eleven children, including
B F. Montague, Esq, Of Raleigh,
and DR.. S. J. Montague and ii.
Montague. Of Winston, survive hel.
"These, together with wide Gil
Gle Of admiring friends, Will hold
her memory in reverent esteem,
rising up through coming years to
call her blessed.
ar. T. VANN'
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-30
THE PRESS ASSOCIATION,

rita meeting IN Raleigh last
week Of :he Executive Committee
oi tine North Carolina Press Assn
citation. II was decided to hold ne
next melting Of the association
IN New berne, Wednesday, Aprl!
26th.
Later the members Of the press
VIII visit the worlds falr.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-30
FOR The WORLDS FAIR.
Cor. Richmond Dispatch.

RALEIGH, March 25tb.-Today the
frs car ioad OF exhlbits for the
Norl5'* FAIR left for Chcaiyo over
tie Richmond & Danvillc railway.
Four - her carloads will laaye ia
me next two weeks; the last by April
18th. 1t should he borne in mind
that these contain compact exhibits.
Tue diopiay Of large trees from this
State will be made by Mr.. George
P. Vanderbilt. at his own expense.
Mr.. Pinchot has made the handsome
collection of the woods in compact
form.
The Commissioned OF Exhibits to-
day repaired for shipment the illus
trative display Of gold ores from all
parts Of the State. MONTGOMERY and
Staniy counties furnish superb speci-
mems, mainly Of nuggets, one of the
latter being worth $1,000.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-30

Governor Carr has appointed Mr..
R. r. Cotton, Of Pitt county, direct
or Of the insane asylum at Raleigh
in the place Of the late Hon. Richard
H. Sn ith.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-30

1t has appeared in the prints that
Hon. T. J Jarvis cf Greenville will
be q candidate for United States
Senator against Senator Ransom.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-30

New goods! New goods!! Arriv,np
daily. Nj. Hoffman L. Bro
Have you seen that beautiful silk warn
Henrietta at II. Hoffman Il Bros?
1t is positively true, that the grand AZ,
sortment of fancy Surah Silk for shirt
waists leaps the climax" at NJ. Hoffman
IL Bros. al
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-30

"How TO CURE ALL Skin DISEASES.
Simply apply "SwAYNE's OINTMENT
No internal medicine required. Cures
letter. eczema. itch. all erupuons on the
face, hands nose. &C., leaving the skin
clear, white and healthy. Its great heal
ing and curative powers ore passessed bv
no other remedy. Ask your druggist Tor
SWAYNE'S OINTMENT.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-03-29

soil. Let it be collected for the purpose
of educating the class OF immigrants we
need-the tillers of the soil. A fine col
lection of alligators and curios highland
might not prove OF interest to the hunter
and tourist who has an idea of coming
to Florida to spend few of the winter
months, fitting from place to place and
addingnot one iota to the material pros
perity of the State, but certainly it would
be of no interest to the farmer who was
seekingan answer to the important ques-
tion-"what can | grow when [ go to
Florida?"
The Times-UniOn refers to the crowded.
condition of some of the curio stores of
Jacksonville as a sample of how such
things attract people. Perhaps this is
true, but we venture the assertion that
out OF the thousands of people who visit
these stores. not one man can be foundin
the number who entered them in search
OF potatoes or cabbages. They went
there to see curios and to purchase the
same. So it will be with the Florida ex
hibit at the Worlds Fair il the exhibit is
chiefly OF curios. A certain class of peO-
pie will flock to the Florida building like
they do to the cur stores in Jackson
vile, and the thoughtful farmer will
keep out of the rush and goes elsewhere.
Weadmit that our contempora y is COR
rect when it says that it is the strange, the
unusual and the novel that attracts, but
it attracts only certain class, and this
is not the class the Florida exhibit should
be prepared for.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-03-29
POTASH FOR THE GROWERS.

THERE'S probably no oneelement ofplant
food that is coming into more general
use than the German potash salts OF the
different grades from kainit to the high
grade testing 96 per cent. sulphate of
potash. All carefully conducted expert
ments by competent men show vast in
crease in crops where a iudicious quanti-
ty is used. Not only has the quantity
been increased but the quality has been
improved. The orange growers OF Flori-
da are rapidly finding this out and large
quantities are being used and the demand
constantly increasing. The deficiency of
potash in our soil has been amply dem.
Onstrated by soil analyses of our State
chemists, and the analysis of the orange
also shows large per cent. of potash in
the ash, all of which goes to show the
need OF applying liberal quantities to the
grove. We have shown in past issues
the need of potash, and it is the object
now to show how the grower can get
the potash at the lowest possible margin
over first cost, instead of paying the big
profits asked by jobbers, and only pay for
just the amount of actual sulphate OF