The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-10-02
CHARACTER AND CHARAC
TIERS"

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This Was the subject OF 4 great lee
ture in the opera house By Rev. Sam
?. Jones last Thursday nigh.
Just four months ago Mr.. Jones
lectured in Scotland Neck for the frs.
time, and his audience Thursday night
Was twice as large as before. Those
who heard both lectures cay that his
lecture last week was even better than
his lecture in May. He talked for an
hour ..and half and every sentence
was packed :full OF entertainment for
his audience. The lecture was notlcea-
bly, free from many of the expressions
sometimes used by Mr.. Jones aud which
seem coarse when read from cold type.
The lecturer gave soma heavy hits at
Scotland Neck, especially in the liquor
business. He said that the town att
thorities have d.i!led 600 feet tor wa
ter, while there is plenty OF liquo Gow-
ing around town on the surface. Said
he, THE man who thinks a town
needs whiskey to mako it prosperous
hasn't. got sense enough to vote. You
have eliminated the negro because he
has no sense, and you had better black
up some of these fellows who say a
town nee1s whiskey to make it pros
porous, kink up their hair aud eli,nl-
them"
He said, "Talk about it being nee
sssary to have liquor in a town to
make it prosperous Did you ever go
TO Halifax" This brought forth
loud applause. Said the lecturer, 81
spent four hours In Hallfax on my
first visit to this community tour
months ago, and l was thinking of
Nineyeh ali the time | was there.
"YnuIl never have a moral and pros
porous town until you get rid of every
iirty saloon and then you man who
sell-clothes and shoes aud bsef will get
the money that Is wasted Ia tie sa.
looms" Said be, "If you continue to
follow the majority in Scotland Neck
and don't land in hell it will be because
the whole shebang is burned out be-
iore you get there
He had heard that Scotland Neck Is
Baptist town, but :ha. is Il mistake
it is the devils town. Turning to the
reporter he said, "Be sure you get that
IN the paper"
He efectuaily ridlcued persons who
carry pistols to defend themselves.
SAID he'd never Il GIT man for calling
him liar. "If am liar III stand
and take it and if / am not liar tie
other fellow can stand and tell a lie all
day il he wants to.''
He ana'yz.d the lead in pistol that
a man uses to st, )ot his fellow man. 1t
is loaded with the oeath of the man
shot, widow and lot OF orphans. scr
row and suffering tor the innocent and
at last with rope around the man :
neck who does the shooting. He said
that these little pistol-toters were So
narrow between the eyes that a fly can
paw them ia one eye and kick them in
The other at the same time. "If l was
found carrying y pistol arouni," said
ae, 81 would &C hons and Kill a dog
I mean I would commit suicide"
The body of the lecture dealt with
tie building Of character through truth
uttered and lived. He sail the world al
ways gives the right OF way to the man
who tells the truth.
Ee said that the foundation OF a
great character is not intellect, not will
not conscience, but affection.
He portrayed in beautiful aud chasts
language the picture of a great charac
Ter. He made affection the basis and
the chief stones in the structure were
Faith, Courage, knowledge, Patience
Kindness.
Each Of these beautiful a!t.ibl'es O
a great ana no1te character was dwell
upon with apt and telling illustrations
and some of his illustrations OF patience
and kindness were pathetic.
He closed with beautiful and stlik
ing picture showing the contrast be
tween the happy, dashing. little brool
that laughs lis way to the sea, making
glad all nature which it touches, and 9
,tagnan. pond which gives nothing
helps no one but remalns stencil from
which constantly en- mates death-deal
ing mias,na.
The foregoing is o1!y an index Il
the great lecture, and the eager audi
ence heard the last word with as much
interest is They heard the first.