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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-18
MODERN RELIGIOUS THOUGHT

The fact should be clearly recogniz-
that the Christ that is in the conscious.
ness of CEristendom today is not the
real Ch: :; it is a theological Christ,
a creath on controversy. The de-
mand of this age is for a resoration of
the Christ OF the New Testament Ev-
en- many Jews are eehoing this call.
4 Jewish layman. Mr.. Louis X. Eh-
rich, speaks thus in a magazine art
icie: "A cry is heard for a restored
Christ; for the lovely, sWeetly, reas
enable. all loving. faith-inspiring. di-
vine man, in place OF the mcompre-
l,ensible. doubt-compellinS human
God. Moses was the law giycr; Jesus
the love giver. Here is the difference
between the Old and New Testament
the heart OF Jesus aheart over
flowing with an ocean of love. Prof
Theodore Seward.
God is not so far as to be even near,
He is within. There is q large and
rapidly increasing number OF people
~ho believe that they have found the
key to life-truth, happiness and heav-
en-, by accepting the teachings OF
Jesus Christ naturally rather than
theologically or enthusiastically. They
believe that the Pearl of Great
Price lies in His principal of eternal
life as being a present development of
the kingdom Within which principle
may be summarized as follows:
There is no reality but spirit and
| no life but love.
Love, and not death is the gate
way to the Spiritual Universe. Only
through love Of the good can man en-
JOY his natural dominion and gain a
mastery of material conditions. This
| is a religion Of the heart and not of
the head, and must be understood
through the process of spiritual de-
| velopment.-Prof.S Seward.
If we read the Bible to find support
| for a doctrinal system it will do ue
| but little good. If we read it to find
| love truth and life, it will prove a
bless ing.
Il believe the Bible to be an in
spired book because it inspires me. =
Dwight L. Moody.
! The (Baptist) Examiner says: mo
greater folly ever entered the mind OF
man than the notion that it is desir-
able for young men to SOW their wild
oats before settling down to sober
| living. For what is that but to say
that several years devoted to SHINING
is a better preparation for life than
the same years spent following after
righteousness? AS we'll might it be said
that the best way to begin the study
of arithmetic is to learn the wrong
set of rules or the study of painting
ty cultivat:ng the worst possible taste
| in art. The best way to begin life Is
to begin it right
| I. I.
! The (Methodist) Christian Advocate
saws. "liCw difficult it is to keep
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-18

The Southern Christian Recorder
organ of the African Methodist Epis-
copal church, says: .Basin2 our cal
culation upon the supposton that we
have averaged $1,000 members per an
mum since our existence, We enrolled
ing the Il years and We have now a
membership of over 7o0,oo0. We have
in Africa over one hundred mission
aries with twenty cdd correctional
schools and colleges in existence, from
which scores graduate every year
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-18

fast: more jokes and fewer complaints
at dinner when one is tired more sym
pathy with the small troubles OF child
hood; more tolerance for the people
who do not like us more conscientious
ness in the performance Of small tasks
when w arc not Watched. putting
more hearfness into somo littI" duty
that We aro prone To shirk; Il moro
careful lonestl=in meeting small debts
Il more serupulous regard for tlr feel
jnSs, the preiudiera the little harm
less sell-cencoits and yanities of oth-
crs; in short, 50 To live today. not
year after neNt-that cYer< body viii
h2 @lat We are alive. That is the kind
of life that wins men 10 Christ
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-18

Society people are seldom punctual
even their Clothes are Of the latest
STYLE.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-18

It's an easy matter to fill teeth; all
You have to do is to kick savage dog.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-18
Comparative Statement Deposits Years:

Deposits December, 1898
Deposits December, 1899
Deposits December, 1900
Deposits December, 1901
Deposits December, 1902
The farmer and mechanic., 1903-09-08
FEARED A LYNCH|NG
Would be Rapist From Nash
Brought 10 Raleigh.
He Was Permitted to Submit for BUrglary---
Other Trials and Convictions in Nash
Superior Court.

John Coppedge, the negro who entered
the home of Mrs. Hedgepeth at Nashville,
and the story Of whose pluck was told
in these columns, was brought to the
penitentiary yesterday by Deputy Sheriff
n. c.. Warren. The Nashville Graphic
thus tells the story of the trial and the
fear of lynching:
John Coppedge, the negro who entered
the house of Mrs. Martha Hedgepeth.
and who was foiled in his hellish pur-
pose by the pluck of the little woman,
an account OF which was published in
the Graphic several weeks ago, viii serve
the remainder of his life III the State $
prison at hard labor Through his as
signed counsel, Messrs. Jas. P. Bum and
w NJ. Person the State accepted a sub
mission to a verdict of burglary in the
second degree. In pronouncing the life
sentence Judge Ferguson commended the
people of Nash for their law abiding
spirit, their good citizenship and sturdy
manhood, which had been evidenced by
the fact that Coppedge was here for
trial and that no unlawful violence had
been done him. 1t shows the true char
acter and wisdom of the people, who
course, and not by any rash or violent
cutburst of Indignation, cause them to
besmirch the fair name of the county
and her good citizenship.
"Coppedge stood motonless with a help
less stare on his face as the sentence
was being pronounced and when inter
viewed by Graphic reporter late last
night he resignedly expressed his appre
cI9 of c,f ho
protested his innocence of having entered
the residences of Mr.. S. II. Griffin and
others a short time prior to the com
mission of the act for which he will serve
a life sentence.
Just before court adjourned for the
day County Attorney b. H. Bum an
nounced that Sheriff Warren lad IN
formed him that there was talk of lynch
ing Coppedge last night and that he had
instructed the sheriff to summon all the
aid possible in protecting the prisoner
Judge Ferguson then addressed the as
sembage stating that he would indeed
be surprised to hear that the good peo-
pie OF Nash county would seek to de
stGoy their good name by any act of vio-
| lence toward the prisoner He did not be
| hcve they would do such a thing and eau
! toned them against any unbeconing dem
| CIStratiOn.
ITO guard against any such purpose
Sheriff Warren detailed about twenty
five guards who were on duty at the
| jail all night. Very few people believed
the conditions warranted any such ac
ton, as there is little danger of harm
coming to the prisoner even though he
| should be left with but single guard
| The people viii let the law take its
| course, and while the crime committed
was in our midst the people will respect
| the court and it's findings
"Coppedge was taken to Raleigh today
! by Deputy Sheriff N. G. Warren quite I
crowd gathering at the jail door to get {
glimpse of the prisoner"
The farmer and mechanic., 1903-09-08
TIE GREAT STATE FAIR.
Some Special Attractions That Will be Seen
Then.

At the Great State Fair to be held Oc
tOber 10Th -24th next, some OF the finest
attractions ever seen IN the South Will be
shown to our people for tie first time.
Everybody will want to take a trip in
the great War Balloon and take a look
from the clouds. This monster balloon Sc
curely fastened by cables on a windlass
turned by a gasoline engine. and having
a car attached seating comfortably some
four or six people, goes up nearly twelve
hundred feet. 1t IS a novel and thrilling
experience to look over the earth at this
enormous height, to see great buildings
looking like mere specks Ior below you.
One begins to realize and appreciate the
vividness and realism of trip tc the
moon. To float securely among the clouds
seems impossible, but you must try Prof.
Sam Dever's great War Balloon and see
that it can be done with absolute security.
One of the most sensational acts and
one which seems the very height Of hu-
man daring is that of Prof. Ed. R. Hut
Gibson. To the professors balloon is at
tached large shell made of papier machc
and willow The professor, with his para
chute, Is fastened up in this. The shell
The farmer and mechanic., 1903-09-08
BOARD OF HEALTH BULLETIN.
Valuable Number With the Statistics CT Prs
valent Diseases

The August Bulletin Of the North Caro-
lima Board OF Health was issued yesterday
and It IS a valuable number
The Laboratory Notes give full in
formation concerning the work of the
Board of Health, and besides this there
are articles of value on The Fly as a
Carrier of Typhoid Fever "Consumption
Chiefly caused by the Filthy Habit os
Splttlng,' and "The Domestic Filter
In the review of diseases reported from
Sc counties for July, the figures are:
Measles IN counties; Whooping Cough in
80; Scarlet Fever in Z Diptheria, s.;
Typhoid Fevcr y; Malarial %; Hemorr-
haglc II; Meningitis in Wayne; Mumps,
4; Roseola IN Caswell Tctanus in Wilkes
Eancella In Cumberland; Smallpox. 19.
NO diseases are reported in Franklin
Macon, Pasquotank, Pennsylvania and
Warren, and no reports were received
from Cherokee Halifax. Harnett, Hert-
ford, Jones Madison Mitchell. Mont
gomery, Stokes and Swain
The summary of the mortuarv report-
from twenty-six towns for July. gives a
temporary annual death rate per OOO as
II among the whites, q among the col
ored, or from both of 21.6
The cases of smallpox by counties are
as follows: Ashe, 1; Bertie, /; Bun
combe, II; Burke, 2; Catawba l. Cleyc-
land, 4; Columbus, several Durham. 10
none at date of report August 2: CASTOR
4; New Hanover, j; Pcnder, j. Polk. /;
Randolph. /; Rocking CHAM, 2: Ruther-
ford, .; Stanly, 4; Surry, 18; Wilson 9:
! Yadkln, 26.-19 counties.
The farmer and mechanic., 1903-09-08
WAKES FIRST BALE
Mr., w. S. Turner Of Panther
Branch Sells it at Twelve
Gents a Pound.

The first bale of Wake county new cot
ton was marketed yesterday morning in
this city, two weeks later than last
year.
1t was raised by Mir. w. S. T>rner, of
Panther Branch township, and was bought
by Messrs. NJ. A. Parker & Son for 12c.
per pound. The bale weighed $40 pounds
and brought $62.40. It was Of strict mid
ding grade and badly gin cut, which
caused the price to be lower.
Panther Branch township nearly always
furnishes this market with the first pro-
ducts of a season and for over twenty
years has sent the first bale OF cotton
to tins city. That section of the county
is generally from one TO two weeks ahead
OF the other sections. There has only
been two bales of old cotton sold on the
Raleigh market in thirty days
The bringing III of bale OF cotton on
the Raleigh market generally marks the
opening of fall trade and merchants
begin at once to see where their cash
comes from. The tobacco market so fal
has been of little or no value to the
city on account of low prices and the
small amount being placed on sale The
fruit and melon crop has about played
out, and in another week the white sta
pie viii begin to appear III earnest.
Very little complaints have come il
The farmer and mechanic., 1903-09-08
DIVORCED BY THE
PISTOLS FLASH
Twice the Weapon Bazed and Emmett Boy
cites Wife Sank Bleeding, Dying at
Her Slayer's Feet.

from the farmers so far and all report
very good crops and only wish far the
good prices to continue. In conversation
with many merchants yesterday several
seemed to think that the present price
would be up for sometime and they say
If it should remain that the condition
of the farmers in this section Will be
better than In many years past.
Taking it as a whole" said a proml-
nent farmer yesterday, Wake county has
had a better crop this year than IN sew
cral years past. The fruit crop was all
that could be desired. The melon crop
was better than has been IN ten years.
Sweet potatoes were early, and almost
everything produced on the farm this year
has been far above the average. One
truck farmer near Raleigh made a profit
OF s400 on Irish potatoes alone
Many farmers express the fear that
they will not be able to secure cotton
pickers and if they do, that an advance
in prices will have to be paid. Hereto
fore the price has been forty cents per
hundred, but it will have to be raised this
season # hands are secured.
The farmer and mechanic., 1903-09-08
AN ESCAPE FROM PEN
Two Negroes Went From the
Prison Hospital.
Up on the Roof They Went and on 10 Freedom
Down to the Earth on
Chain.

The two negro prisoners who escaped
on Wednesday night from the States
Prison are Malcolm Smitherman, of Gull
ford county, and John Crcasman, of Hen
derson county.
The negroes escaped from the hospital.
cent and were waiting on the other sick
convicts. being practically well. They
were in the hospital which IS in the stock
ade yard and the inside of the room could
be seen by a guard through a glass win
dow
The men put dummies in their beds and
then went to work on the ceiling, using 4
knife and an old bit. They cut a hole and
got on the roof. From this they got down
by using an iron chain they had taken off
the water tank, the escape beng made at
night.
The men had on prison clothes when
they escaped. Once outside the PRISON
they got from the stockade and there has
been no clue found to their whereabouts.
On Thursday letters were sent to shcr-
ifs and chiefs of police, notifying these
of the escape and offering a reward of
$500 apiece for the capture Of the men.
They are described as follows:
Malcolm Smitherman, No. 1911, sen
fenced from Guilford county. December
), 1898 for thirty years for murder In the
second degree; is about forty years old,
mulatto, five feet ten and a half inches
high, weighs 172 pounds, brown eyes and
black hair, with bald spots on head
John Creasman, No. 1884, sentenced
from Henderson county May H. 1903 for
fifteen years for murder in the second de
gree. Is about tWenty-three years old
ginger cake color five feet six and hall
inches, weighs 145 pounds, brown eyes and
black hair. scar on right cheek
Besides the s25 reward all necessary ex-
penses are included in the offer for the
capture of the men.
The farmer and mechanic., 1903-09-08
STATES F2IsON FINANCES.
affairs IN Good Shape, Crops Excellent, and
Brick Lands Bought.

The affairs of the States Prison as re-
ported at the meeting Of the directors
this week are said to be in good shape
In round figures there is reported as
beng $4,000 to the credit of the insti-
tuition, and it is expected that before
the close of the year this may reach
eighty or one hundred thousand dollars
The crops on Roanoke River are in ex-
cellent shape and the cotton is in espe-
clally good condition. The farm is re-
garded as fine piece of property and
!, 400 acres are in cotton.
In place of getting small pieces of land
at a time from which to get brick clay.
the directors agreed to purchase land
aionS tie Raleigh and Cape Fear, which
they have been using for three or four
years. In the tract that they will pur-
chase there are forty acres and the cost
of this is 81 200. The brick making by
machinery has been found profitable. and
the capacity for drying brick has been IN
creased SO that the work can go on ia
summer and winter.
The farmer and mechanic., 1903-09-08
DOWN THROUGH
ROTTEN TRESTIE
The Timbers Snap and Collapse, HurinoH,:
Dozen to Death, Injuring
Twenty-four.

has a time fuse leading 10 heavy eEarSe
OF g,lnpowder When the balloon reaches
a certain height, a half mile or more,
the charge eXpodee with a tremendous,
and the aeronaut i hurled out INTO the
air. After tremendous fall of some two
hundred and fifty feet, the parachute
opens and the aeronaut gently de~cends.
No act can be more daring or exciting
than this
The midway VIII be larger and better
than ever before. Many Applications Tor
privileges are coming IN. The secretary
is In correspondence with some OF The
largest carnival companies Announce
mentS VIII be made later.
During the Fair there viii be grand
Reunion OF the Confederate Veterans ol
the State There Will be 4 parade and II
is confidently expected that two thousand
or more Veterans Will be III line.
Exhibitors are earnestly requested 10
make their entries at as early date as
possible Send IN your applications for
space now before it Is all taken.
Write to Jos. E. Pogue. Secretary, for
Premium list and information.
The farmer and mechanic., 1903-09-08
The Farmers Bulletin.

The Bulletin Of the North Carolina State
Board OF Agriculture for April is just out
It's delay in appearance is reported as be
ing the fault of the printers.
1t contains much of value to the farmer
and the housewife. In it are articles on
Gaming, Preserving and Evaporatine
Fruits and Vegetables - Wine Making al
Home Mulberry Trees for North Caro-
lima Farmers and an article on ''Agricll
tural Education" being statement of the
work and advantages of the A. and M
College.
The Bulletin is sent free to farmers
on application OF the Department of Agri
culture.
The farmer and mechanic., 1903-09-08
FIVE Of THESE MAY Ok,
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Fifty Feet Trees
Over Fishing
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The farmer and mechanic., 1903-09-08
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The farmer and mechanic., 1903-09-08

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spring ailments. Menteiro Manufacture
ing Company, Richmond, Va.
The farmer and mechanic., 1903-09-08

ELIZABETH TURNBOW.-WE WANT
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dow who came to Texas from North
Carolina IN 1884 or 1885. Address ]. w
Lawrence & Son, land agents, Austin
Texas
The farmer and mechanic., 1903-09-08

Monteiro Peruvian Elixa best spring
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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-11-12
Perpetual Light.

A small quantity of radium salts in
the Cmrie laboratory. where this Won
derfni substance was-discovered, was
sufficient to render the walls, the in
strumentS, the air. radioactive. That
is. the walls. the instruments. the air,
gave off radiations OF their own mere
ly because radium was or had been
present. Imagine the gain to man
kind when a process is evolved for
making those radiationS luminous. Or
dinarily gas or electric light would no
longer be necessary. There would no
longer be dark corners in the world.
Everything that had felt the influence
of the radirm would shine, and since
the energy of the salt is well-night
perpetual. there would never be any
need Of renewing the lighting contract.
Theodore Walters. in the September
EyerybOdy'S.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-11-12
WHY DO PLANTS
HAVE THORNS &?
From an Article by Ferdinand
Faideau, in La Science IlluStree,
Paris-Condensed and Translated
For Public Opinion.

The influence Of the environment is
very great in the formation of thorns.
so great, in fact, that we frequently
find that plant in one place has
thorns and few miles away is devoid
of them. Observation and experiment
are in agreement in showing that three
causes are in operation here, namely.
impoverished soil, dryness Of the at
mosphere, and intensity of light, each
O. which provokes or accentuates the
condition under discussion. In this
connection it is interesting to state
that cultivation diminishes the num-
Der Of spine5 and in many instances
makes them disappear after several
generations.
NJ. Lhotelier has shown by long
series of experiments that thorny
plants when submitted to the action
Of humidity tend to lose their spines,
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-11-12
JUST BACK FROM LIBERIA.

Negroes from Southern States Say
They Cannot Endure the Country.
Among the passengers on the White
Star Line steamship Majestic, which
arrived at New York "Wednesday We're
twelve negroes from the southern
states who went to Liberia, west Aft
rica, to experiment in cotton culture
with a view to colonization from this
country.
They report that the experiments
have been a failure from the start and
had less when they started home from
Africa than they had when they land
ed there. Without exception they say
that any talk of civilized American
negroes going to Africa with any ex-
pectation of bettering their condition
is useless. One Of them said after
landing from the steamer:
II don't say that cotton won't grow
in Liberia, but I do say I Wont raise
it there, and it will be long time
before anybody will raise II. One Of
the reasons is that you can't get tn ,se
wild Africans to work steady. Some
times you can get them to work on
a farm, but most of the time you can't
and anybody that knows anything
about cotton knows that If you want
to make a crop you must keep at it all
the time. When I started Tor Africa l
thought it would be a good thing if
there was a big immigration of color
ed people from this country to Liberia,
but it didn't take me long to get rid
Of that idea. did not like the pao:le
nor the climate. The United States is
good enough for me. I want to be
where / can see civilized folks and
hear civilized talk. I don't believe
they will ever raise cotton as good or
rs cheap in the heart of Africa, where
we have been. as they can in Missis-
sippi or Alabama.
This view was shared by other
members of the party. They all ex-
pect to start south early next Week.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-11-12

the reduction taking place in two
ways. In the case of spineS which
are produced by modified leaves or
modified stems, there is tendency to
revert to the primitive type, while in
those which originate in stipuleS-an
organ unnecessary to the life of the
plant-the spine diminishes and in
many cases completely disappears. The
partial deprivation Of light also pro-
duces more or less complete suppress
sion Of the thorns. as proved by many
authenticated instances.
1t thus appears that thorns are the
result Of insufficient nutrition, but this
answer by no means eXhausts the sub
ject, for the question arises. what is
the use Of the thorns, and how do
they benefit the plant? Grindon
claimed that the thorns have no use
since they are found in large num-
Der of families different both as to
form and as to needs, but there can
be but little doubt that the thorn
is means Of protection to the plant
and that its purpose is to inspire a
healthy respect in quadrupeds. The
thorn protects the creatures which car
ry it. and where the case be that of L
hedgehog or thistle. beast or bird, it
allows its posSesSOr to the more ef-
fectually defend itself. To pluck a
bouquet OF eglantines without tearing
the clothes or wOunding the fingers is
an operation which requires consum-
mate cleverness. and thus in number
less instances from the Sloc-tree to the
gooseberry we see that nature has
made provision for these members of
her family. SO that they may defend
the young leaves and tender buds so
necessary to the continuance Of their
lives