The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-06
ABOUT GODS FAIREST AND
SWEETEST GIFT TO MAN
A Glimpse of he Wonderful Work of Woman. A Tri-
butte to Bryan. The Terrible Power
of Habit.

BeckWlth of the LOuiSburg Female
College, to which an appropriate
and very beautiful response was made
by Mrs. A. NJ. Person of Franklin
ton. The District Secretary Mrs. p.
interesting address. showing what had
been done in her district. as we'll as
in the bounds of the North Carolina
Conference, during the past year.
During that. and the afternoon ses-
sion, reports were heard from AUX
iliaries and BRIGHT Jewel Bands. ana
many interesting papers were read.
Miss Lottie Barnes, who is expected
to go as a missionary to South Amer
lea, and who has spent three years
at the Moody Bible Training School
at Chicago, added very much to the
interest of the meeting.
Rev. L. S. Massey preached most
excellent and appropriate sermon on
Missions Sunday at IL o'clock. and
at night the Bright Jewels under the
supervision of Miss Mabel Davis, lady
manager, rendered a most interesting
and at IA tive program, in the midst
o. which collection wdS taken for
the Mary Black Hospital in China.
Altogether, the ladies and the juve-
niles gave to the public charming
evening S entertainment, most fit
ting finale to the district meeting.
What charming little city is
LouiSburgi And it's all the more so,
ITO this writer, because of the many
warm friends he has among its citi-
zens. When l cross the bridge and
enter the town, 1 feel that l arm on
friendly soil, ana l expect nothing
else than friendly grasps and greet
ngs, and l always get them. Ana
then, ii +ie latch strings hang out,
and to each one is tied a cordial
welcome. God bless Louisburg!
November has come sure enough.
and election is right at hand. AS
Roosevelt is n cowboy and Parker
is she son of a farmer, l ex, ect to
vote Tor the farmer boy. While |
shall take a great deal of pleasure in
casting my vote for him, / wish to
say, in order that it may go into the
archives, that if Judge Parker be-
comes President of the United States,
he will have to thank the south for
his nomination, and William Jen-
nings Bryan for his great efforts to
harmonic the discordant and widely
divergent elements of his party. Mr..
Bryan has won more rapidly upon the
hearts of the people of his party in
man. and as | see it. is more prom
inentIy before the country. and is far
stronger than ever before. Instead Of
suIking in his tent when the major
ity of his party decided adversely to
his views and teachings. he stripped
himself for the fight, in behalf OF the
party's nominee and like true man
and patriot he went into the thickest
of the fight, and the whole country
,Ixy of
and successful efforts, in bringing to-
gether the discordant elements; but,
are with one voice, apDlaudlng MN.
II is very natural for one to become
soured by defeat; and a great many
thought that he would be no eXcep-
ton; but he has shown in this cam
paign that he is made OF better stun
than the average politician. whether
Judge Parker be elected or not VIII
liam Jennings Bryan is in the field;
and, while he may never be President
he will most certainly hold the very
highest place in the esteem and con-
fidence of the people of this nation.
While | do not admit as Mr.. Roose-
Welt would make the world believe,
that all our Presidents, with one or
two exec" tons, We're very ordinary
men. | do believe there are many
who have not been. and many more
who will not be President, quite DIS
great as those who have been Or may
be: and. i'm my estimation Mr.. 3rY1n
is one of them. | Nave been amused
sometimes at remarks like this. Yes,
Mr.. Bryan is a good man. and means
well, but he's not a broad man.
If [ understand the matter he is
not only broad but he is deep and
high and long as well, if we mike
the Bill Of Rights and the Consutu-
ton the measure by which we are to
determine his dimensions: and, If l
have read Alright his speeches and his
writings, as well as his every day Ut
terances, they have been of charac-
ter that could not lead one to any
other conclusion than that he belongs
to the giant family of patriotic poll
ticians. That's the way / think: and,
while he may not seem to be as
| broad" as some other men. 1t Will
be found. | think, if measured all
around. up and down, and then
weighed in the scales of an honest
public opinion, that there are but few
| if any. who viii out measure or out
weigh him.
If had written the above, or any
thing like it, of Judge Parker, some
| body might be uncharitable enough
10 think / WAS fishing for caDmel
appointments; but as Mr.. Bryan Is
| simply u fellow citizen it only means
the expression OF an honest opinion.
Habits are fearful things if they
ire bad And I've noticed that mos
| habits are bad. What is a habit, any
| how? | heard man say not Ions
ago. "I know swearing is d useless
| senseless. low down business. beneath
the dignity Of a gentleman; but I've
got in the habit of swearing, ano
such is the force of habit | swear
without intending it, and oftentimes
without knowing it. / am astonisheC
and put to shame sometimes, Wher
my wife tells me that | swear in thf
presence of her and other ladies.
don't mean any harm by it; it's jus
a bad habit I've fallen into"
A habit then, | conclude. IS the
doing of a senseless foolish. hurtfu
thing: something that one ought no
ITO do Doing right doing what the
laws of God and nature dictate, is no
| tn he classed with habit.
A man, taking the first drink o
lidIIor which he does not need. builds
unon that first drink, as found&
tion. habit that ere long become
his master A Senseless foolish. hurt
ful thing. From the first oath ON
Develops into a constant sWearer. ant
| iustifies himelf bv saying its only
habit We may safely assume that al
! orr meannesses. yes, all our short