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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-02
aCHRISTIAN TEACHERS AS
SEMBLY."
An Enthusiastic Gathering of Christian
Workers.

Some months ago the people OF Lit
Teton conceived the idea of opening /
summer school and Christian Teachers
Assembly. The object of the Chris
tian Teachers Assembly was 10 secure
the services Of eminent christian teach
ers and preachers to deliver series o.
lectures on Christian education.
Last week was set apart as Assembl,
Week and number Of prominent edu
Gators and friends Of Christian educa
ton met in the Littleton Female Cot
lege and organized the Assembly
A Board of Directors had been selec
ted and the members Of that Board
met and elected Prot L. w BagIey
Principal of Littleton High School
chairman, and Rev. J. NJ. Rhodes, Pres
ldent OF Littleton Female College, Sec
rotary. Other members of the Board
are Dr. Willis l.. Aston, of Littleton
Ex-Mayor Thompson, of Raleigh ; DR.
w. S. Black, OF Littleton, and f. E
Hilliard of Scotland Neck.
According to the constitution which
had been adopted by local members o.
the Assembly, the Board of Directors
presented the following names to the
Assembly as officers of the Assembly
for the first year President, Rev. j
B. Shearer, D. D., President of David
son College Secretary and Treasurer
Rev. J. NJ. Rhodes, President of Little
ton Female College; 1st President
Prof. L. w. Bagley, Principal of Little
ton High School; End vice-President
7. w. Hawkins, Esq, of LittIeton Bird
vice President, Rev. J. w. Staley, Pres
ident of Elon College.
Tuesday morning, July 25th. Rev
E. C. Glenn, of Smithfeld, n. c.. de
livered the first lecture before the As
sembly on "The Relation of Pastors to
Sunday-schOOls.
BISHOP WILSON.
Tuesday night Bishop A. w. Wilson
of Baltimore, was introduced by DR.. w
S. Black. and delivered very able lee
ture on "Christian Education" Bishop
Wilson is one of the ablest men in the
Methodist Episcopal church, South
and his mastery treatment OF his sub
ject sustained his reputation.
On Wednesday morning E. E. Hill
lizard made some remarks before the As
sembly on "The Sunday-school Teach
er's place in Christian Education," fol
lowed by DR.. J. B. Shearer, in very
able and eloquent address on the "Ne-
cessity OF Christian Education" plead
Ing against the present tendency to sec
ularize all education.
PROF. w. L. POTEAT's LECTURE.
Wednesday afternoon, Prof. w. L.
Poteat, of Wake Forest College, as a
part of the work of the Assembly, deliv-
cred in the Baptist church his lecture
on ''The Thirty Silent Years in the Life
of Christ" 1t was highly instructive,
as pretty as poem from first to last and
was greatly enjoyed by the audience.
DR. SHEARER AT NIGHT
At night in the Assembly Hall in
the college, DR.. J. B. Shearer, Presi-
dent of Davidson College, delivered a
most instructive and eloquent lecture
on 'sThe Place of the Bible in Chris
tan Education" DR.. Shearer has had
more than twenty-five years. experience
in the work of Christian education, and
his words on the subject are high au-
thority. His address was received with
great enthusiasm and would have COM
pensated any one for the time and
trouble of attending the whole Assem-
bly,.
Y
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-02
Hog Cholera.

The famous Major Hog Cholera
Cure, which cures and prevents cholera
in hogs and poultry is on sale at n. 3.
.Iosey's and at f. I. Whitehead's Drug
Store The medicine is highly rcom-
mended by many western farmers as a
sure cure. Try package. At \. 3
,Josey's and Drug Store.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-02
AN ILLUSTRATED LECTURE.

On Thursday morning at 10 o'clock,
Rev. Jas w. Snearer, of Birmingham,
Ala, delivered a lecture on 'The Life
and Journeys of Christ" He illustrat-
ed the lecture with maps especially pre-
pared for the work, and the lecture was
brim full of interest from first to last
DR. TAYLOR's ADDRESS.
On Thursday night DR.. c.. f. Taylor,
President of Wake Forest College, de-
livered an able address on Practical Ed
ucation, putting special stress on Econ
omics in Education.
As the writer was absent from the
meeting after Thursday morning he
can give no detailed report.
Rev. J. w. Shearer delivered an IN
teresting address Friday morning on
''English Methods, False and True"
DR.. SMITHS ADDRESS.
w. w. Smith, Ii. D., President of
Randolph Macon College and the
Woman's College at Lynchburg, Va,
spoke Friday night on Oar work as
Educators" His address was greatly
enjoyed, and was pronounced Very fine
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-02

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No - carrice pullman larl"r ar
Norfolk - Ra-ck Mount and cnnn'~t-
Nith A & l. Train - ipr all points
south
w l03 conuoct- az llohs~r3 ios all
eastern Carolina point. al~' IS R'~kN
Mount with \ q l. Tram - f"r All
points -outh
No y carrie pullman iHf'" ear
Rocky Mount L. Norfolk and connects
for All points north
For All information schedule cail "n
Tor address
6 VI. ~ERFEIl X VIZ
Gen Manager ~NE Trains
4. NJ EMIE-oN
Gent fa~-Hsr' Ntrui,
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-02
Died Suddenly.

On last Friday morning, July 9th,
Mr. Lewis M Lawrence died suddenly
at his home just outside the corporate
limits of the town, aged 81 years
Years ago he was stricken with pa
ralysis on one side from which he never
fully recovered. He was in usual
health on the morning of his death and
ate a hearty breakfast. He went into
the field to pillow and about 8 O'Clock
he was seen to fall at his pillow handles.
One of his brothers and others who
were near him fastened to take him to
the house, but just as they we're getting
him into the house he breathed his
last
His remains were inferred in the
Baptist cemetery Saturday morning,
Rev. r. T. Vann conducting the ser
vices
Deceased was the son of the late
Thomas Lawrence and so leaves a large
number of relatives and friends.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-02
Our Delay.

Our Delay.
THE DEMOCRAT is day late this
week in order to print the proceedings
the County Democratic Convention.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-07-27
.DEBS' GREAT PLAN.
Will Continue to Fight
Pullman.
Threa tens Universal Tie-Up On
May /, 1895.

Broad statements have been made ny til"
officials Of the 4. Il L. headquarters ia Chit
cago to the effect that gu or about January
is, 1895, there would be- held Ia Chicago a
convention composed Of representative men
of the American Railway Union, tn" United
Mine Workers Of North America the Knights
of Labor. and the American Labor Union,
that the American Federation Of Labor and
the other railway brOtherhUOds would not he
represented in this convention, that nt TINS
convention all branches of labor represented
would Lee called on to present suc'inrt re-
port as to the then existing wage scales, AMI
how much they had been cut IN lS92 1898
and 1894 that these wage scales should thrE
be formulated into demand To he presented
TO the corporations and railroads liking them
on MAY /, 1885 with the demand that they
be- readjusted to the basis existing prior to
the panic. aud iftEiS demand was not granted.
general walkout would follow.
Al one offic r of the Railway Union put II /:
"The present strike will Eevcr b" declared
of by Mr. Del~ and We expect, II tile Chi"a-
20 switchmen remain firm, that the Chicago
roads will eventually compromise on basis
satisfactory to al. Tn" movement Of May /,
1895, then will be only Il reinforcement OF the
strike begun on June 26, 1894.
The A. X. L. officially regard the brother
hood Of locomotive engineers ~ practically
officially dead. 1t was stated ut \. H. U.
headquarters thai Sovereign uld not
interpOs- IA single objection 10 the total
absorption Of the h. Of l.. 10y the A. l.. u,
and only desires not L. be- left entirely out.
President Drhs, ice-PrcSilrnt Howard aud
Secretary krlliher 81 the \. X. L. and Ed
itor Rogers OF the Railway Times, issued
from "HrHdquartrr~. \. Il. t., Cook County
Jail, a manifesto calling upon the travelling
public to stop patrnni2ns Pullman cars as
another means Of brinGin; the company TO
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-07-27

II hard TO persuade you that his lie wa
worth living. Neither would md u hard
TO persuade YOU that the life OF Susannah
Wesley was worth living. She sent out one
son TO organize Methodism and the other son
TO ring his anthems all through the ages. l
would not find IL hard 10 persuade you that
the life OF Frances Leers was worth living
as she established In England school Tor
the scientific nursing OF the sick. and then
when the war broke out between France aud
Germany went TO the front, and with her
own hands scraped the mud on the
bodies OF the soldiers dying In the
trenches with her weak arm, standing one
night in the hospital. pushing back Ger
man soldier to hIs couch "a, all frenzied with
his wounds, he rushed toward the door and
said: Let me 90 Let me 20 TO my 'llebe
mutter' Major-Grnerals standing back to
let pass this angel OF mercy.
Neither would | have hdrl work to per
suade you that Grace Darling lived life
worth living-the heroine of the llteboat.
You are not wondering that the Duchess OF
Northumberland came to see her, and that
people OF all lands asked for her lighthouse,
and that the proprietor of the Adelphl The
atre, in London, offered her 900 night
Just to sit in the lifeboat while some ship
wrecked scene was being enacted.
But know the thought In the minds OF
hundreds who read this. You say, while
know all these lived lives worth living, l
don't think my life amounts 10 much. An.
my friends, whether you live life con-
spiclous or inconspicuous, II is worth living
II you live Alright. And want my next SEN
tence to 20 down into the depths OF all
your souls. You are to be rewarded not
according 10 the greatness OF your work.
but according 10 the holy Industries
With which you employed the .alents you
really possessed. The majority OF the
crowns OF heaven will not be given TO people
with ten talents. for most OF them were
tempted only to serve themselves. The vast
majority OF the crowns OF heaven Will be
given to people who had one talent, but gave
il all to God. And remember that our lie
here is Introductory to another. II Is the
vestibule to palace. but who despises the
door Of the Madeleine because there are
grander gories within? Your life II rightly
lived is the first bar OF an eternal oratorio,
and who despises the first note OF Haydn 8
symphonies2 Aud the life you live now is
all the more worth living because 1t opens
into life that shall never end, aud the last
lettor OF the word time IS the first letter
OF the word "eternlty,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-07-27
BEFORE THE ARMY.
Another Successful Test OF the Bullet
Proof Shield.

W. +. J. Leonard, the inventor OF the
"American bulet-proof shield, had n chance
to exhibit its impenrtrable qualities before
the army officers at Governors Island, New
York llarbor. Four inches Of oak plank were
set up, and Winchester bullet penetrated it
two inches at IL ltstan,- of 40 feet With an
army Springfield rifle, loaned by Captain
Cotton. X. +. Johnson. the mark-man. put a
bullet in the same plHnk- over two inches
aud a half the distance being the same.
The Hat shield which Mr. Lennard made
some time ago was put up on the plans- and
the first shot fired. which was from the
Springfield rifle. hit the shield near the edge
and went through IT, II tore ont some Of the
secret composition and when this was ex-
amiurd il proved Mr.. LcnuArds statement
that there was no metal in IT, II looked
something Ike felt would II 1t were subject
ed to great pressure. IL was nbrOus and
showed tn" wood III 1t.
Then the convex shield was put up. and
Lieutenant {. q. Treat Of the 9th artillery,
took the Springfield rifle and shot n! Mr.
Lrnuards invention. H. fired two shots,
and the result evidently surprised the army
Officers. Each shot pen 'tratel the shield
only seycn-cighths OF an inch. 1t WAS prar-
tlcay til" snrn- result "a the tCs, in Brooklyn
with Winchester. II il only right tu say
that the shield was put to M extremely --y-
ere test II l. made cpn>rA 80 tina. It will lit
over the chest Of a man.
Captain Cotton said that II h" had not ar
rived 50 late from the city h" would have
hung up bag Of oats and tied the shield to
it. He asked Mr. Lcnnnrd what advantage
mis- shield had over II steel plate Of tn" same
size and resistance. Tn" inventor said steel
plate Of thal si2" would weigh Us or 30 lbs. II,
while the shield weighed only about II.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-07-27
THE LABOR WORLD.


Que, h- . ca Mana ITniop
'h'NN '"' " '''l'
NV YORK has 10000 c!GarmaEer''
GERMANY has lG} hrirklavers' unions
,-......u..., ., oon ,,,,. ,,,,,, ,oil.rs
Gu, n,,r,i, sh,,, ,,irls o,, - week
'f r,.,
TORONTO, tahada. mas "A Peh"''is u"'""'
DETROIT colore stevelorrs have "A union.
Is Nav yor.. CIV ~ OO0 women are idle.
.,.... ...,7
~ "erihAnS servant E'''s "'''"S
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-07-27
CLIPPINGS.

Europeans pay 80, $50, 900, 600 taxes
per annum.
Civilization is slowly penetrating
into the interior of Africa
The preparation Of canvas for
painters is a lucrative trade.
Queen Victoria's state carriage was
originally built for George Ill.
The matches used in the world
every year have value Of $500, OOO,-
600.
Three-tcnths of the earnings OF a
Belgian convict are set aside for his
benefit on release.
Baltimore, Md. has population OF
80, 600 and 500 policemen, who III
1892 made 81, ISL arrests.
In Hong Kong and Shanghai, China,
there is no duty on spirits, almost the
only thing imported free.
In the tenement districts Of New
York City the houses each average slH
families and over thirty occupants
The charitable hospitals of France
employ staff of 2,34S doctors, s,So4
nurses, and 9, SCI attendants and ser
wants.
Great Britain imposed taxes on the
windows in dwelling houses until rs
late M 1851. The tax is still III force
III France.
An English capitalist has placed an
order with well-known American
horsrman for $780, 600 worth Of
trottug-hred horses.
st. Louis. Mo-, has twenty-five
railways and Is one of the foremost
cotton centres, the receipts exceeding
GOO, 900 bales year.
A new washing machine is run over
the floor like lawn mower, and does
the soaping, scrubbing and drying in
one or two operations.
A London bicyclist cu.npleted, the
last of MAY, II bicycle ride from Lon
don to Consthntinople, which he be-
gan early last March.
4 single plant of wheat will often
produce 1000 seeds in one season IA
sun flower will yield 1000, poppy
-, 600, tobacco plant 3G0, 200, II
spleen wort ], 900, 600.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-07-27
NEWSY GLEANINGS.
DErRoIr Mich. } enjoys II gas.
CHOLERA is sprea ling In Chint.
SAN FRANCISCO has a I. VI. C.. 4,

DErRoIr (Mtch. enjoys II gas.
CHOLERA is sprea ling iu Chint,
SAN FRANCISCO has u \. NJ G.. 4.
UNCLE SAM has 80, 900 locomotives.
The Swiss Government runs tho telegram,
The street car lines OF Detroit, Mich. have
been sold to Contractor Nevins for 4. 251 .
001
EXPRESS companies beneiltc largely by
the strike, nearly all the time freight BENZ
given 10 them.
CUxHAyES, tho por, OF Hamburg, Ger.
many, has celebrated the 500th anniversary
Of its foundation.
lr Is estimated that tho strike cost til,
railroad companies IN Chicago alone fro II
$4,000, 900 to ssOOO,O0)
PENNSYLVANIA Is looking toward tho srl -
stItutton OF some other methol OF capital
punishment for hanging.
THIRTY evangelical denominations wern
represented In the Christian En- cIvOr con-
venton In Cleveland, Ohio.
IT is estimated that Thousands OF acres oi
grain in Minnesota and the Dakotas havr
been 9lmed by excessive heat.
IL the neiRhbochool OF 4,575,O00 no ss
were packed In the West during tho four
months OF March q May inclusive.
An investigation shows that the Auditor
OF Ottawa County, Ohio, has collected s29,-
900 in Illegal fees within two years.
As "A result Of the tuberculosis scare firm
ot Jersey breeders announce that, II desired,
they will submit every animal sold by them
to the tubercuin test.
The Prohibitionists of Nebraska nominal
cd woman, Mrs, Bl'le G. Bigelow, OF Lin
coin, for Lieutenant Governor of the State.
Two others OF their nominees for the eight
places on the State ticket are women, Mrs.
Octavia II. Jones, OF Hastings. being name
for Secretary OF State, and Mrs. f. Berenicr
Kernoy, Of Plat,smoutn, for Superinten lent
OF Public Instruction.
THE Royal Arcanum, the wcll-Enown ben
eiIcia Order, has had wonderful growth.
Starting with nine members at its orguniza-
ton in Boston, Mnss June %, 1871, II had
Increased to n membership OF 1854, 1866 on
June 80 1894. On that date there werc
l'G7 Councils, scattered all over the coun-
try. The total death benefits paid in 1893
amountedto 1910, $50, and the death benefits
paid from its organization to juno 30, 1891,
reached grand total OF $27, AZ! ,0O220.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-07-27
A square Bashel Box.

A bushcl box is coming into use
with market men, and by reason of
being square is very economical il
the way of packing, 1t is made in
three STYLES, one all Slated, another
with shifted bottom and sides, with
solid ends, and the third with solid
ends and close bottom and Sides
bound with galvanized iron; in fact
it is a galvanized bound box. These
boxes are very convenient for handl-
lug potatoes, the vegetables being
picked up into the boxes in the field
and left in them until sold. OF course,
other crops can be handled in this
way, rs cucumbcrs, tomatoes, and APP
pies. The measure OF these boxes Is
IA! by l6. by l2i, that being bush
el without piling. Hardware.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-07-27
CRUISER NEW YORK.
Secretary Herbert Satisfies Himself
About Her CONDITION.

Secretary II the Navy Herbert. who made
the trip from Boston To New York in the
cruiser New York, in order to personally
satisfy himself with regard To the criticisms
made Of the vessel, during tn" two days and
three nights he spent on board devoted him
self to an examination OF the entire ship.
Speaking " his inspection, Secretary Her
bert said that he had the currents turned, the
guns moved and everything else done To show
II the alleged defects were actual. Every
thing worked smoothly. Mr. Herbert said he
had moved one oft e right-inrh guns with
his hand. The defects IN the ammunition
hoists had been remedird, and they were now
all right.
1t was true. the secretary said. that the
midships ammunition room was too near the
boilers for safety, but he thought he would
accept n recommendation, made to him on
board, TO remedy this. by using the room for
roal bunkcrs. The vessel had some defects.
Some things did not work rs smoothly a.
they should ut first, but these were nothing
more than might have been expected.
THE criticisms. ~ a general thing, are
without foundation, said the secretary.
'She Is simply magnificent ship
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-07-27

An egg expands when it is frozen so
much that the increased bulk breaks
the she'll Apples, on the contrary,
contract to such an extent that full
barrel will shrink until the top layer
will be foot below the chime. When
the frost has been slowly and carefully
drawn ont they again assume their
normal size and appearance. Apples
can be transported when the mercury
is twenty degrees below zero. Potatoes
once touched by frost are ruined. st.
Louis Republic.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-07-27
THOMAS J0RD0N is DEAD.
Was Assaulted ut Cordaviile by IA Mob
OF Rough

Thomas Jordon, who was assaulted and
robbed by gang OF toughs at Cordaville
Mass, died in the Boston City Hospital as n
result Of his injuries. This makes the ease
one OF manslaugLter, but 1t is understood
that no arrests have been made, although a
number Of persons supposed to be members
OF the gang are under surveillance.
Jordan was laborer. and was employed
by the Boston water board on basin No. G.
He had only been in the town about week
when the assault was committed. The officers
are still working on the case, and 1t is said are
following some important ciews, which will
undoubtedly result in some arrests being
made. Jordon had the reputation of being
an industrious and peaceful citizen.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-07-27

tressing diseases, such as headaches, indiges-
ton biliousness, skin diseases, boils, carbun-
cles, piles, fstulas and malsdies too numerous
to mention.
IL people would pay more attention 70
properly regulating the action Of their bow
els, they would have less frequent occasion
10 call for their doctors services to subdus
attacks Of dangerous diseases.
That Of all known agents TO accomplish
this purpose, Dr. Pierceis Pleasant Pellets
are unequalled, is proven by the fact that
once used, they are always In favor. Their
secondary effect is TO keep the bowels open
and regular. not to further constipate, as Is
the case with other pills Hence, their great
popularity with sufferers from habitual con-
stipation. piles and indigestion.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-07-27

The officers Of the American Bmetallc
League have issued n call for II conference,
to be he'd In Washington Aug. IL, of bime'
talIlsts. The call sets forth that the country
has now had years experience under the
gold standard policy since the acts of 1893,
closing the minis Of India and the stoppage
of the coinage of silver in the United States.
The results of this experience are manifest on
every hand IN the business depression OF the
country In labor strikes and IN the general
discomfort that everywhere prevails. The
purpose OF the conference is to decide upon
the policy to be pursued to bring about tho
change in the monetary policy Of the govern
meet necessary to restore prosperity to the
people
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-07-27

"At your age, sir, said the indig-
nant parent, II was glad to get corn.
bread and bacon for my breakfast"
II don't doubt it, sir" returned
the dutiful son. "Nor do l doubt
that some of my still more remote an
ccstors we're glad to eat cocoanuts
and raw grasshoppers. Indianapolis
journal.