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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-08
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

The Dispatch says that competition IN
Wilmington has brought down the price
of ice to ten cents hundred.
The tax valuation eff New Hanover
county decreased $500, 026 in the 1895
returns over the returns of 1894.
A new census of Salisbury shows its
population to be 4,619 If the suburbs
are included, and they ought to be, the
population is 6,208.
The Charlotte Observer announces the
death of DIR. D. G. Tompkins, father Of
Mr.. D H Tompkins, one Of the pro
prietors IF the Observer. His son is
abroad,
Miss Dolly Wade was run over by a
train on the W. G. and A. road, near
Wilmington, Friday Strange to say no
bones were broken. She viii recover,
says the Messenger.
Rev. n NJ Juruey, of Mt. Olive, has
been called to the death bed Of his father
in IredelI county The G0dsboro Ar
gus says: "We had occasion only re-
Gently to learn, incidentally, that Rev.
Mr.. journey had taken from his own
savings the sum Of 81, 100 and with it
liquidated mortgage Indebtedness that
Dr.. Jurney, in the pressure Of a bust
ness obligation, had placed upon his
farm and home some years previous and
which was falling due withou. his abil-
itv to meet il
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aTHE PROFESSOR AND HIS
FRIENDS

The above is The title of one of the
most valuable aud interesting eontribu.
tons to the silver discussion that has ap-
peare5 Il is from tbe pen Of Captain
Samuel &. Ashe, of Ralli h, Hho has
dcyo.ed macy years to the study of
financial questions. His information is
large, and his style in this book is pleas
ing aud attractive, Weighty arguments
and important facts are presented
in a happy aud interesting manner,
and in way that is sure to please. The
cause Of silver will be advanced by the
wide circulation of Capt Ashes able and
clear exposition of the question. Talking
about the box yesterday with one Of the
most prominent citizens Of the State, he
said
"Several weeks ago Capt. Ashe read
to me the manuscript of his work on sill
yer. | have no hesitation in saying
think it one of the best, if not
the very best arguments have heard on
ILldb SubJSCls IhCLC 10 AObhibS 0t4lA VI
heavy about it as is often the ca e with
such works. 1t is sprightly and interest
ing throughout. He read the whole book
to me at one sitting and my interest
naver tagged but grew to the end. 1t Is
written in an easy, colloquial style,
being a conversation continued from
day to day between four gentle
men. spendiDg a few DAYS at q
hospitabIe country home, The ar
gument is sound and vigorous and the
conclusion positive, but the subject is
handled with the characteristic conser-
vatism and federation of the author
Every position is fortified with well veri
| fed statistics.
~ predict the work will be widely read
and will create a strong impression, moi
only in North Carolina but elsewhere
and will, l believe, bring money and in
creased reputation to the able anC
| learned author"
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OLD TINE WAY OF PAYING
pREAs HERS.

No class has felt the coed result Of
m sdern views more than the ministry
They gre now paid good salaries by nearly
all large churches, aud indeed in some
places the salary of preachers has grown
to princcly sums. The new order Of pay
ing preachers is rot solely due to the il
creased population and wealth, but to
the newer ideas of systematic giving that
have grown up.
Rev. N. NJ Watson, in hi tory of
Methodism of Edenton, published in the
Fisherman aud Farmer, gives a glimpse
into the ways OF the old tine Methodists;
Next comes Rev. Pleasant Thurman,
the father of Hon Alien g. Thurman, oil
Ohio, young man aud unmarried. "a
the nth Of Nay aftE his arrival in
February he vas happily married, so
the old rec1Id y, 10 Mss Mary q.
Allen, daughter or CQl Nathaniel Allen
Of the town Of EdeDon
"On the minutes Of q church corf. raGc ,
held Saptem Der 11th, 1911, may b. seen
the following entry: pleasant Thurman
made the following motion, viz That
the residue Of the money, after the pay
nest Of his own board and church ex
penses, should be applied TO the board
and salary of lis wire Motion was re-
fused unanimously, because Pleasant
Thurman was received by The society as a
single preacher, and we are ouly bound t.
~ l. A z.~r,tA.,i ~,
terry conference Was cravrd by ?. Thar
man, which was accordingly granted.
When the appeal came up tor trial we
fad the following decision recorded :
That the society is not bound to support
p Thurman's wife, under the circum
stances stated. ," Doubtless they intended
TO teach their future pastors not to ru5h
headlong TO matrimonial bliss. How
many viii heed the warning, the muses.
have yet to tell y
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-08
WHY THEY WAN THE GOLD
STAND

The London Times furnishes the rea
son why there is TO hope for assistance
from England to establish an irter-
national agreement. That country is
greatly helped by the gold standard be
cause its increases the value Of the i'm
mense debts due to them, and decreases
the prices Of the products they are forced
to buy. Il therefore enriches them
coming and going" Nowhere have we
seen the blunt avowal Of more
brutally selfish policy than in the follow
ing extract from the Times:
at seems impossible = 60 a m2.ai
lists to understand that there is quite a
large number of Us for whom general
rise in prices has no charm, whatever.
We ike them low, and the lower the bet
ter. II they all went down to half their
present figures we should rejoice, because
we have nothing to sell and great many
things 10 buy. For those who have
things to sell we do not feel any great
CONCERN.
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The News and Observer. Sunday, Sept. s, 'o5.
pay for merchandise brought from Eng

pay for merchandise brought from Eng
land"
"Boston and Newport were slave mar
kets. Peter Faneuil was deep in the
business, aud so were other sold men Of
Boston. The djstillers at times could
not keep up with the slave trade. IL
1852 Isaac Ere. mans correspondent at
Newport replies O. an order for q C ERGO
of rum and m0Iassos: "Thera are So
many vessels loading for Guinea We can't
get one hogshe ID of rum for the cash
We have been to New London and all
along the seaport towns to purchase
molasses, but emit get one hog8hetd"
To put the New Engla lders in q still
worse light, our writer impugns taeir
business rectItude. Simeon Potter in.
structs his captain sailing for Africa in
1868: MAKE your chief trade with the
Blacks, aud little or none with the white
people, If possible to be avoided W0r-
ter the Rum as much as possible ana sell
as much by short measure as you can. :"
Says Mr.. Bliss: "This man represented
the commercial morality of the times.
John Hancock was a smuggler of teas;
Peter Faneuil was smuggler of brand
les; it was a common event to find
bundles of shingles short in number,
quintals of fish short in weight, casks Of
rum and hOgsheads Of m0lasses short IN
gallons"
"In the chapter en- The Composite
Puritan" the New Englander is described
as a sadly repulsive mixture Of the doc.
trinal and the political Puritan, both in
one indeed, as duplicating John Calvin,
who "sto0d behind them and shaped the
form and policy OF their government
Calvin is described as the quintessence
of whatever is bigoted, int)lerant and
cruel Mr.. Bliss quotes Palfrey's saying
that thu Puritan represented "the mau-
illness of England" but differs from lin
altogether. at is for him to say that
he represents the obstinate wilful-
ness of the English race" At the same
time he credits him with the least posi-
bic Of a true devotional spirit
The religious Puritan to whom the
cross was an offense was a darkened be
ing. The doctrinal Puritans were
sent at the outset by commercial
Adventures, accompanied by edu-
Gated ministers who were to convert the
luAldIiS. Dun buC ldJtCi li1u4 3 NV g
we're mainly OF a different sort. They
were not religioni5ts. No repre-
sentative of science, art or literature
came, no statesman, no poet nor any
great leader of social life. But there
did come with a few merchants and law
yers ship loads of common people, yeo-
men, tradesmen, mechanics, servants
and idlers. These all put together made
the composite New England Puritan.
: Into this mass must be mixed Hugue
nots, Germans. Scotch, prisoners sent by
Cromwell, and white slaves imported
from Ireland to be sold, who became the
forebears of a part of the population,
and to complete the contents Of the
caldron | must add the abundant off
spring of miscegnation between the
| Indian aud the white race"
And then he speaks of the licentious
times of the days OF the Pequ0t war, in
stancing az Indian woman captive who
pleaded against abuse as a specimen OF
"a better moral Y than was then pre-
valent in New England "
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ERE ARE We AT?

What's the matter with eyerybody9
DR.. Cyrus Thompson says the church is
against liberty, and now comes Rev.
Jas. Atkins, President OF ASheville
Female College, saying: !
"The most constituencies thing to-day
outside of the penitentiary is the secular
press. One of the great fights of the
goth century will be hat Of the Church
against the press"
DR.. Thompson has first innings to
down the church. In this fight be
constituencies secular press" stands
wi b the church, and believes it viii
win. DR.. Atkins says when the church
wins it Will then attack the press, and
presumably put it in 1.-The peni'entiary."
With such a fate awaiting "the con
scienceless press" isn't it rather strange
that it should help the church in the
fight DR.. Thompson has entered upon2
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DIR. THO apsov GETS BACKING.

The Caucasian says that Dr.. Cyrus
Thompson, president of the Farmers AL
lance, and leading Populist, attack
ed the organized church and not Christi
anity, and be viii whip it if there is a
fight. TIE truth is on the side Of wat
he sai5
Here we have the attack on the church
endorsed by the * President of the Ma
tional Farmers Alliance and Uuit-d
States Senator from North Carolina The
attack is no orly false, but #antoGly so.
The org uizad chafch" il North Caro-
lima represents tbe best thought, the
Ioftiest psti!oism, the sweetest charity,
and truest benevOlence in the State. In
its inception, Col Polk was enabled 10
orgauiza many Alliances because he
taught that il was AN organic .tion com
posed G. i, fig of church memb RS, who
wanted to apply the principles targht by
the church to the government. Neither
Col Pvlk nor any other leader of the Ali
ance until now turned his batteries on
the church What is the occasion of it?
Have they anything to fear from the
teachings of '''Ee organized church,
Have they seriously resolved to initiate
some Of the labor organizations that have
almost adopted nfdelity?
Tie politicians in the Alliance started
out BY saying that both the old parties
were corrupt and they were going to
purify public matters, but beyond that
they we're not in politics. In f7U short
years they bad organized new party.
Nov they say that the church is all
wrong, against liberty and all that. Are
they getting ready to organize church
of their own? That is the logical infer
ence.
We confess that we cannot understand
the object of this crusade against the
church unless it is born of spirit of
ic1noolasm that seeks to tear down
everything sacred; and '1ift up in their
stead some common stuff
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30 AT WAKE FOREST.
Thirty Two Others are Known 30 be
Coming This Week--Seven States
are Represented -Olher Interesting
Items.

WAKE FOREST. N. O., SCI

Special to tho News and Observer.
WAKE FOREST, N. O., Sept. 7.
At the close of the first week and a
half Of the session the number Of stu
dents actually present on the Hill is 2i0.
AS many as 30 others are known to be
coming next week This insure5 the
largest enrolment in the history Of the
college. Seven States are represented,
namely, North aud South Carolina, Nlr
ginia, Tenues,e zee, Georgia, Maryland
and West Virginia The number of couu
ties in North Carolina sending students
this session is much in excess Of any
previous session.
Mr.. W. p. Oldham, Jr, the recently
elected Director of Physical ulture, has
arrived and entered upon his duties, He
occupied the same position last year
in Georgetown College, Ky, and comes
highly recommended. Mr.. Walters Dur
ham, his predecessor in that work here,
is fitting himself for the profession OF the
law.
The Athletic Association completed
its organization on the An. Mr.. Robert
B. Powell was elected president Mr..
Casey Rogers Secretary, Mr. Gray r.
King manager OF the ball team, Mr..
John H. Gore captain of the foot ball
team, Mr. Hickman Garter manager Of
baseball team, aud Mr. Robert b. Powell
captain. The students will play foot
ball on their own grounds, but in June
last the trustees of the college passed a
resolution prohibiting them from eDgag-
/ ing in intercollegiate games Of foot ball.
Mr.. Spencer Chaplin, who was elected
laboratory assistant in biology for the
present session, has declined the position,
inasmuch as he will not return this year,
and yesterday the faculty elected Mr..
r. N. Simms, of Raleigh, to ill the
! vacancy.
| The Senior Glass have elected the fol-
loving officers: President, H. H. McLen
don; Secretary, J. W. Carlton; Prophet,
!. Nj. Meekins; Poet, J D. Huffman, Jr.
Historian, J. H. Gore; Orator, R G.
Rozier.
The Wake Forest Academy, under the
management of Mr.. II. A. Chappell,
NJ. A, has made a fine opening He
reports fifty-six pupils.
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. W. W. Hold
ing and Mrs. Hannum, with little Bruce
Holding, were driving, when their horse
was frightened and ran away. Hrs. Han
mum and Bruce were thrown from the
buggy and a moment later Mrs. Holding
jumped out. All the party were bruised
and scratched, but no one was seriously
injured.
Dr.. J. L. NJ. Curry's new book, "ThC
Southern States of the American Union,
has been introduced into the history
/ course Of the college.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-08
THE -
Connecticut Life ms, Co,
THE

Sells life insurance as protection t, the
family, creditors, or ones old age, and begs
a carerul exam nation of lis clear and
equitable ntract giving true life insur
ance a. It's lowest POSSIBLE cost with per
feet security.
This company has no representative
feature, or Intricate plan nor the incon-
testab}e clause admitting rascals at the
exp nss Of it's honest L embers, but if any
hsppens to get in, it gives them the r
money BAG all sta ted in he cont t.
The 3 rer cent Res rye has become an
IL port4nt factor in f. Insurance. a II
will be gladly ex aioed by ). ID. WAIT,
General Age t, flee at Raleigh, whose 81
years study o. the lire insurance business
ought to have rome weight
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-08
SHALL WE PROTECT THE MIS-
SIONARIES?

The recent troubles in China have
brought out new protests against send
ing missionaries to China. The Wash
ington Post takes this ground;
"We have on all occasions maintained
the proposition that our missionary work
in China is failure. In this we are
supported by the testimony Of travellers,
merchants, naval officers, and represen-
tatives of the civil branch Of our gov
eminent. The Chinese people do not
want the Christian religion. They have
never given it the slightest encourage
ment, and we see that, but tor the stern
est restraint of authority, they would be
unwilling to tolerate the presence of the
missionaries for so much as a single day.
Neither is it logical for the United States
government to assume an attitude of
protection as regards the representative
of any special faith who may choose to
undertake the conversion of foreign
people. We have no national religion.
We recognize all religions and give
preference to none.
The Courier Journal, which We have
not seen, combats the position OF the
Post, and makes the point that as our
missionaries are American citizens our
government must protect them in China.
Replying the Post says:
"Whatever be our abstract rights, is it
not fact that the only demands upon
us for protection proceed from the mis-
sionaries, that the only American c'tl-
z rs needing protection are missionaries,
and that bat for the missionaries we
should have no occasion to open negotla
tons, dispatch gungoats, or call tor ex
PLANTATION and reparation? And IT this
be true, as it unqaestionably Is, does 1t
not follow that we are pushing our re-
ligion at the point of the swords" Are
We pushing anything else that requires
the exertion or the demonstration OF
force? Are our merchants or our dlplo
matte or consular representatives in
danger? What is all the trouble about
if not about the missionaries and their
vain attempts to plant the Christian re-
iigion in a hostile and barren soliY"
The Post fails to catch the kernel of
tie true position in the matter The
American government is not trying to
''push our religion at the point of the
sword" 1t is merely giving the same
protection to missionaries that it gives to
all other citizens. 1t cannot ask: lis
this citizen wise r. when called upon to
protect him. 1t must protect its citizens
whether engaged in religious work, OF
selling whiskey to the heather.
There will always be difference OF
opinion about foreign missions, but SC
long AS unselfish men and women, H.
spired by the command $50 We into all
the vorld," leave their homes in this
country 10 carry the Light to those that
sit in darkness, just so long will the
honor of the government be pledged 70
their protection. Failure to give them
protection would be to turn the cold
shoulder upon the flower Of cur citizen
slip. They have gone into China and
other countries with treaty guarantee;
of protection, ard unless it is afforded
the last man and the last dollar ought K
be sacrificed.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-08

We did not say that Roman Catholics
are galniUg converts in North Carolina,
as two contemporaries quote us; but We
are willing to let it go that the Roman
Catholics are gaining strength They
have dedicated two churches in the last
eighteen months, one Of them very
handsome structure. They viii no doubt
gain strength in the immigrants who will
come ia crowds to the State in the next
decade. Biblical Recorder.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-08

WAYNEsvILLE's dispepsary is in fuls
operation, and the Courier says he Poo
pie like it better than either the open
oar rooms or "the prohibition farce"
Keep your eye On the dHpensary plsn.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-08
THREE NEGRO B1 RGLARs.
WarTentOr-- w a7rentOn's Remark
able Health Record.
% the News and observer.

Special to the News and Observer.
wARRENToN, N. c., Sept. Z.
The remains Of the late Mr.. Malvern
Hill Palmer were brought to Macon on
the noon train yesterday, and were met
by 2 large number Of his relatives and
friends, who accompanied the body to
the residence of his father, five miles
distant, where the body wa2 inferred
Rev. P L Herman, Of Warrent0n, read
the burial service. Mr. Palmer Was a
Knight Of Honor and a knight CT he
Mystic Circle, and had $4,000 insurance
Oh his life. He was one of tue most
promising young lawyers in the county.
All day yesterday some strange ne
groes were seen loadDg around warren
ton Tins morning the negroes were
missing, and lot Of goods were gone
from d. Flcming's store The glass 20
tho font door OF the store was broken;
they U mt out by the back door. To
nighl one Of the burglars was caught;
ne had IN his possession all the stolen
goods The two others have escaped,
but eff :ers are hunting them. All three
were negro tramps.
Though tobacco is three Weeks later
than last year, five times as much mas
been sold on this market up to date
Prices are good, aud farmers pleased.
Tobacco moi " that thero will this sea
son be an increase over last year Of
several hundred thousands pounds on
this market.
TIE health of Warrenton Is up to its
usual high standard. II las a record
unsurpassed by any section OF the STATE
There has n0t been a single case Of
typhoid fever or a single death 10 record
in Warrenton this summer.
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Mr.. Larry y hunter Cupt l mon central
Life Insurance Co., for Va tndN c.;
Raleigh, n G;
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[Signed}
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NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Elias Dodson used to say, "The work
ers never grumble, and the grumblers
never work.; and it is just about so. The
antidote for complaining is Work. in
frequent and full doses. Biblical Re-
corder.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-08

The Washington Post says that Mr..
Dalzsll will not be made chairman of the
committee on Ways and Means in the
next House by Reed. Reason: Dalzell
fought Quay IN Pennsylvania, and Reed
will Go Quay's bidding.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-08

Taat you cannot be veil unless You have
pure, rich blood ? II you are weak, tired,
languid, aud all run down, it is because
your blood is impoverished and lacks
vitality. These troubles may be over
come by Hoods Sarsaparilla because
Hoods Sarsaparilla makes pure, rich
blood 1t is, i truth, the great blood
purider.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-08

Here are the lines engraved upon the
tomb of Prof Huxley:
And if there be meeting past the grave,
If all is darkness, silence, yet tbs rest
Be not afraid, We waiting hearts that weep
For God giveth His beloved sleep,
And if an endless sleep He wills, so best!
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-08

You may write your own ads but one
thing sure you can't make your own cuts
Think OF it, 81 90 FIR our best advertising
cuts sin lie column. Give us a trial and
you will be pleas
NEWS AND OBSE RIVER,
Raleigh y G.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-08

MusIc Teacher Desires Situat ton.
A young lady of experience, who can
give best references, desires a situation
to teach music. Address
music TEACHER"
G&w1w st. Paul's, n. G.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-08

Hoods Pills cure liver ills, constip&-
ton, biliousness, jaundice, sick head
ache, indigestion.
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RALEIGH, y. c., Aug. 81, lsa5

Mr. Cary J Hunter Supt Union Central
Life Insurance Co., for Va tndN c.,
Raleigh, N G:
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-08

Realizing the fact that the girls of
North Carolina do not have the same
chance to obtain an education as their
brothers. President " E Abernethy an
nounces that for the next year Ruther-
ford College will give free tuition to any
girl who cannot pay for il, Board in
the toxin will cost about s. per month