Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1897-01-28


Know 10: that tho oid TO-. /. being proved j
Hue ~ the prv1nc eve ~ The antiquarian
anu 'he ringing hammer Of the arcaaoIogist |
ahi the Ilanglnc hammer o. the recioci~,
No NOR - iaa9e.ity cnaraeteri=a! ~ It's
h.asphemy iaan ~ lis ignorance. but, OH
WGa. hI-n mountain Of prejudice against
'ae Bible, against Christianity, against
caurcnes. against aA esan-eiEtns enter
lrises-a mountain iha; casss Its long blae1
shadows over this continent. AMI over n,
continents. GeQcraphe-S tell u that Mount
Everest IS the highest mountain in rha warl..
On, no lae mountain O: prejudice acains:
Christianity j. higher than the hi che1, cra-s
that dare tie iichtUincs If heaven Eefora
Lerabbabe'. can II ever hecone plain?
hnotEcr mountain Of hinirance is that of
positive AMI out-poken inaural-. There is
the mountain Of ineoriaey /, Is Pile. with
kegs and aemijohns ana decanters and h, "a
heads. On Whica 81, the victims OF that traf-
heav-%a 20 d jr;s 7r1osvy rvssseEs 81 xxa-,sqss
hearted and splendid Of the human race. II
their business was u take only the mean aad
-'in-v~ AMI contemrttbla ani useless.
woul1 not say much against tho work. for
there are tens % tAoa5an : q men ani We
men WHO are nuisance II the world. and
thor oblt;eration from human society would
be an 4 :vanta,e l. ali that Is good. The
mQvai OF these III )rai deficits wJald not
arouse in Us much ~ q protest But insa-
ine2r!ary stan i in the way or tha kingdom
q God, AMI hnnire Is oT thousands OF men
but Tor that Linirance would step right into
the ranks OF the Lords host AMI mar Il
h"tvenward. each one takin: = regiment
with him. The u 3uatain ~ inabriacf i, 10.
an ordinary mountain. but il IS armed. II
! Il line Of fortre-se. continually baZjnE
away its destructive for.es upon all oar
neighbour oois. towns ana cities. tn-jr vol
/ leye u death ponrei down upon the homes
and churches. Under MS power moro than
100000 men AMI women ave in this country
every year imprisoned IN ! al army Of Co, =
! Geo drunkar3s aimo-5 snake the earth
! with their staggering, tread. Il caGses il
/ this country 800 murders and 800 suicides u
year. This mountain Of lnehrIucy has not
! only assaulted the land, hat bono2rae! tho
shipping Of the sell. IN some OF the most
appalling shipWrecEs Oh Atlantic ana Pacific
! coasts have been the osulf. What saQk the
! steamer E1th,sv Castle. On ths way from
| Liverpo0ito nuhlin. DESTROYING 10t human
lives? drunken aea catain. WHAT biev
10 the y n Slerroi On the Mississippi and
sent 1JJ II horrible 4 tIth? 4 drlnk"n ere y.
What drove on The breakers a steaaaar
maxim, il way from New YORK 10 CnaricSt Dii
and sent Whole families 81 the way home
| from 81 lnmer watering pla"oS to tha IL tr'i-
less depths the sea? 4 drunken sea cap
tain Gather up iro;1. The depths OF t.t
rivers AID lake- aut o@Hana the h1uaS a.
t3t,-c SUI t'atti l}S tut tNt'ltci | 'Abtalu II
and crews. and yoI could huieI out oi :aeu
n temple Of horrors, ali the pillars ani altar
AMI floors aud ceilings fashioned o. hum N
SKULLS. + it possible that such q mountain
ot inebra,y can eyer be made plain!
. 1onaer also Is the mountain of crime, Wit
it, strata Of fraud an malpractice and mai
feasance and blacknail an | burglary .lnr
piracy and ealbezziement AMI libertini.sI i
aud theft, all its heights manned with til
aesneraa.I1a the cr.t, ~ nckitoc
, ers, tho bandits, the tricEsters. the t0rger-
the thugs. the Garrotere. the lire fiends. tn
> iynamiters. the shop!ifters. he kleptonan
ac. the pyromaniacs, the dip9Om2nia-e. II
snugylers. tho ki tn1per-, the Jack ShrE
par,iS. the L ebert Marairas and tn Macbeth
q y.llainy The crimes of the word A.
: | Iot right in caIin; them. waeu pile L!
2 together, Il mountain Bur We clngo. brn
Z ourselves to appreciate great heights eH'rl
t by comparison. Y2a think Of Mount Wasl
q inl,tDn a high. especially thosa u You who 2
: ccndeI as Of Oh. on mule hack. c- more +
. Gently ~ rau train. ;7 the IN Tor Hons
: On. 10, that IS Eo. h.-h. r. it i anl
: lDout 6000 feet. y7hrr aS rsiG2; On tbs W
I terra Hemisphere are { iIta3ort23. zl.h
feet high, ana Mount S1hara, 23.ooo IL
;. hign, ana Mount SarAto. 2t4S11 f.ef hig
Il Ert that is not the hi,oe-t mountain cn II
= tain is the u ,uutlin q crime. ~ IS i ~
. slJc that this mountain, before our Zs-u.
i babel. oan YER he made p.t'I!
q There is also tie no9l.ain o. war. i
: most volcanic of Ill mountains The VI
: yiu5 Will h. not content, like the Ne~uvllis
h Italy. with ovcrTh lining two cities. H"r''
Il Iaoeum AM Pomp"i has covered with
II aerv seoria thousands ~ cities. ani w9.
. like to wncim all :ar cities - both hem
lc III rns Give this n Va.ain fal! uttetan
= aud it would cyv + up Na@hin -ion ani NJ
4 Ior0 and London 2 easily = . Aoashho1 4