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  beneath 
  the 
  sacrilegious 
  feet 
  of 
  the 
  " 
  god 
  of 
  mammon." 
  

   The 
  writer 
  does 
  not 
  wish 
  to 
  be 
  understood 
  as 
  making 
  an 
  

   invidious 
  distinction 
  because 
  of 
  riclies. 
  Nay, 
  veril}' 
  ! 
  There 
  

   are 
  many 
  rich 
  men 
  who 
  cheerfully 
  use 
  their 
  wealth 
  for 
  the 
  

   glory 
  of 
  God 
  and 
  the 
  promotion 
  of 
  His 
  cause 
  in 
  the 
  world. 
  

   But 
  wealth 
  of 
  estate 
  dissevered 
  from 
  wealth 
  of 
  soul 
  is 
  a 
  

   great 
  curse. 
  The 
  treasures 
  of 
  earth 
  abused 
  and 
  misapplied 
  

   breeds 
  moral 
  upas 
  which 
  poisons 
  and 
  blights 
  the 
  soul. 
  But 
  

   here 
  wo 
  find 
  a 
  rich 
  man 
  who 
  recognizes 
  and 
  adequately 
  ap- 
  

   preciates 
  the 
  immutable 
  truth 
  that 
  " 
  the 
  earth 
  is 
  the 
  Lord's 
  

   and 
  the 
  fulness 
  thereof," 
  and 
  that 
  he 
  is 
  simply 
  His 
  agent. 
  

   Our 
  soul 
  delights 
  in 
  the 
  contemplation 
  of 
  such 
  a 
  character 
  

   and 
  in 
  holding 
  it 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  youth 
  of 
  our 
  land 
  as 
  eminently 
  

   worthy 
  of 
  faithful 
  emulation. 
  

  

  • 
  EUGENE 
  MOREHEAD 
  

  

  Is 
  the 
  son 
  of 
  Governor 
  Morehead, 
  one 
  of 
  North 
  Carolina's 
  

   most 
  illustrious 
  Chief 
  Executives. 
  He 
  was 
  born 
  in 
  Greens- 
  

   boro, 
  N. 
  C, 
  September 
  12th, 
  1845. 
  He 
  was 
  educated 
  at 
  

   Chapel 
  Hill, 
  where, 
  in 
  1868, 
  he 
  graduated 
  with 
  first 
  honors. 
  

   In 
  1874 
  he 
  was 
  united 
  in 
  marriage 
  to 
  Miss 
  Lothrop, 
  one 
  of 
  

   the 
  fairest 
  and 
  most 
  accomplished 
  daughters 
  of 
  Savannah, 
  

   Ga., 
  where 
  he 
  remained 
  four 
  years. 
  In 
  October, 
  1878, 
  he 
  

   moved 
  to 
  Durham, 
  taking 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  

   Stamp 
  Department. 
  The 
  establishment 
  of 
  this 
  Revenue 
  

   branch 
  is 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  efforts 
  of 
  this 
  gentleman, 
  and 
  it 
  has 
  

   proved 
  a 
  great 
  convenience 
  and 
  saving 
  to 
  our 
  manufactur- 
  

   ers. 
  In 
  December, 
  1878, 
  Mr. 
  Morehead 
  began 
  the 
  first 
  bank- 
  

   ing 
  operations 
  in 
  Durham, 
  as 
  the 
  financial 
  agent 
  of 
  the 
  six 
  

   warehouses 
  then 
  in 
  operation. 
  He 
  continued 
  the 
  banking 
  

   business 
  alone 
  until 
  Januar}' 
  1st, 
  1884, 
  when 
  Gerrard 
  S. 
  

   Watts, 
  of 
  Baltimore, 
  Md., 
  was 
  admitted 
  as 
  a 
  partner. 
  Mr. 
  

   Morehead 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  influential 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  

   Presbyterian 
  church 
  in 
  this 
  city, 
  being 
  an 
  elder 
  in 
  said 
  

  

  