The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-12-10

UST FROM CONFERENCE
ABIT OF CHERRY GOSSIP.
BY REV. r. H. WHITAKER.


an appearances: cook. house maid nor
| butler, but that all the work had
| fallen upon them-the husband and
wife. They had prepared breakfast
| however, good one at that; but,
| could not enjoy it, when L looked into
the wife,s face which so plainly told
Of her trouble. We preachers went to
the church after breakfast, and heard
Bishop Cranberry preach: but, that
| troubled face at the breakfast table
haunted me all the while, for | could
| not forget that while we were COM
fortably enjoying the sermon and the
services, the women of the town were
bearing burdens that were not only
irving but liable to give them colds
which IN ght terminate seriously. But
as l remember, the servants came in
when the breakfast was about over
in time to get theirs-and. at our
house, at least, we got along very We'll
the remainder OF the time.
Yes, religious bodies should be re-
duced in delegation when they grow
to be unmanageable. for l never want
the time to- come. in this Southland.
when the boarding of delegates shall
be a neCeSsitv. To avoid that we must
divide and sub-divide. All the ends
lor which the larger bodies labor
can be as we'll accomplished by sma,,-
er bodies, operating in unison along
the same lines The North Carolina
Conference and the Western North
Carolina Conference are really doing
better work than if only. one Confer
ence; and | think the time is not far
ahead of us when there will ba
Central North Carolina Conference.
But. | am forecastinE. and perhaps
to no purpose. SO 7 desiSt. AS n last
remark, however, l will say the Con-
ference at Wilson WAS. in all respects.
one of the best | ever attended.
Last week | said that preachers tOld
their jokes at Conferences. and that
funny things sometimes occurred:
hat the Bishop. even. sometimes pro-
voked a smile nv his remarks. l
lid not see nor hear anything that
vas provocative of mirth AT Wilson
| Everything was said and done in q
manner becoming the occasion and the
actors
1t has been a long time since { read
Presidents Message. and I am quite
| sure | get along as well as those who
TO read those great State parerS. I
ather fell IN love with Theodore when
&c was down here in October and I
made up in my mind that I'd read
is next message. l did not say Ia
,, cad it-iust thought so-and I'm
CAD ] didn't saw. 1t. I exDect ii's
all sight--hits al the nails on their
heads. and all that: but. the idea Of
rc3dinE twcntv-GVc Thousand words
| for the little I'd got out OF ii. is q
| task [ don't feel equal TO. much less
| inclined TO. I am SIRE 10 said II
great manv good things. but I couId
read Paul's letter 20 the Galatians
| twice told, before CeIt,d read thal
message. and I'm certain II would he
more beneficial.
Queen Victoria used to write u
message to Parliament about MS long
as my forefihgcr; and Il did Just as
| well as if she had written a. whole
| quire OF fColscap,
/ But, the Pres dent is after the ra4i-
| roads, and they arc SO sharp he knew
| it was necessary to chink every hole
or they'd get out. Of course it took
| a long time and sight of work to
| do that. | don't think. if he keeps on
| as he has started, that he Will be
| able TO ride on "a pass over many
| roads. But some people don't think
| he really expects to do anything more
| than just talk a little: that he canDc1
afford to be very hard upon those
| corporations which gave their money
| to help secure his election. ! don't
| know about that. Bill Arp said that
| L.
| q book he wrote and never had IN"
| manliness TO retract or correct inc
| statement made. | am not holding
| that against him: on The contrary. L
am schooling myself 10 try to forgive.
and, since the President has said 50
| many things recently. that harmon
| ize with nv views. I've been hard a.
| work TO forgive him for air the hard
| things he ever sad against the South
\ - 1Nli N,s.f
| inasmuch as his mother was good
! Southern woman. he after ali, haa
good old fashioned. straightforward.
| honest impulses. and :ntends 70 do
| right SO. | am incl ned to think
| he means to give the SrafterS lively
| time and make them roOst a little
| over We all voted for Horace Gree
| ley after we had abused him for u
| quarter of century. We had TO do
| it, because he stood security for JEFF
| Davis, upon whom Northern hatred
| had laid violent hands ami thrust into
q dungeon, even binding his Inns
with irons. No, we couldn't heip
| warmin~ up to old Horace when he
| topped forward and SAID. loose him
| and ,et him go, / will stand for him! :
| So now, if Theodore puts his big
| ideas into those old Senators who
| have been growing. rich, and converts
/ them to his way of thinking, SO thai
| the enactments of Congress may re-
strain the grafters and relieve the peo-
pie of burdens, we'll forgive ALI the
past.
AS [ wrote, delepate~ to the Bap-
| fist State Convention arc coming in.
and. during the next few days we are
| expecting to see hundreds of men
and women who represent one of the
largest and most aggressive denomina-
| tons of Christians in the State.
only few years ago. as it seems
to me, the Baptist state Convention
was small body, representing, com
paratively a small membership; Wake
Forest for boys, was & manual labor
| school: and. with the exception OF
! Murtreesboro Female College and Il
few academies, the denomination was
! doing but little i'll the way o. educat-
| Ing their girls.
Today they can point with pride
! to Their great college at Wake Forest,
to their University here in Raleigh. tn
| Murfreesboro, to Oxford, and, with
! out naming them, to a host OF schools
| both for their boys ard their girls.
When | was a bow the Baptists had
| but one church building in the city,