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VOL. 1
WAT.U U DKXOCUAT.
A DtvM'M HATH
. familv .i:iwtijia.,i-t-i Congress to v the,
the iuteiTstjj of, folly of its condmt and re-
li dvotcd to
f. . ... 1 V -!
ill UOlll.TV. Mat illlit .MUIOII.
I'tililislml evrv Vh1h -mla.v nt
Iloou, Wiitana County, N. C.
I. F. SI'AINHOnt. "Kuitou. "
JOHN S.U IIJ.iAMS.rntuxiiKU
Snim i.-rnox Uatks.
1 copy 1 v'-ar
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l or lnT'i iaedmT raT:s cortw-,
pel-.viththeK,!it.a-. : wait a whih-i(a- the. cond.i-i '1 v v.uua.n
Local noti.vs 5 cents a line. I SLm tmhl'be ohlil to , ?r. ?f ' U , f
Suhwriptumiiivuritihl.viii An-! break before a great while.!1 ted Mattw.- that the t,ng, praetieally.thesoleben
VA.NTKand a'lvertisuinitH pnya- t di( !reak. What is qui- ''' ,n h;ch we are invited fit or at least the most di
hleoiMlenianil. nine worth now? Ilavo the by these pretended Mends of I reetl.v important benefits of
f.ictoi ies Ktopiied? On tlu tlielaborii:?:nian? Cerlainlv ! ih t'-iHff Liw ,? Tli im..
Wages On the Free List
T 3L."B0HIisG KAN mrT II3HT
Anohe Ur.antwo el k; A $rvmnt
fhcviirg th''t P.O'.citiOT D039 i.ot
P otsrt.heWo kinsmen. !
Tlie bill of the , .Committee :
on Way-? arel Means of the
present (1ongress. known gvn
erall.y as "the Mills bill," be
cause Mr. Mills, of Tex 's, is
i hairni.;n, u it passed the
limn , reduced th-. rate oh
taxation on imported goods
a little less than n jier cent.
The average Vale under the
ex'sting law, as has been
said heretofore, is about 47
.percent. As the Mills bill
goes to the S,nate it is a re
duction only to 42 per cent.
And yet the Protectionists
or high taxationists have
filled 1he air with the clamor
that this sin;
ilinui.m inn ,f
H 1
the burdens of tin
Vwwtiili
1
1 1 1 -:r-
wm end m mm To the poor j
la iioriM that is, the owners
of the mii'.s, forii-es and other i
indust. ies which get. the ben-1
.i- ..r -i !
Cllt Wl 1 II,. I Alnl'llll " A 1 1 ' I H 1 1 lo.
The same cry was raised a
few years ago, wiien .a bill
was pending to place quinine
on the free list. Powers &
Y'eightman and Hosengarten
ii Son were hanging . arond 1 4,..joen',.p honesti v ask it? 1 which can be laid wiil increase V.r from being of anv ijexe
the con-idors of the capital. ! Dal the tax (ai '(l'uinine in-1 their in ice to the consumes, t-'iT to tub South ekn maxu-buWon-holing
members, and 1 (.,,.a its cost totheceisnir-' i,1Kl llu,s "l'"wt" tho man- j factukes are a downiught
ni i'vim.- nite Mis annea's in i v V 'l '' The cotton miils ! (TiisK by increasing the cost
'k f m 1 Xomancan deny if, Ii uf t'1;; South turn out a pixisl-i of their goods. A mill for
Liehalt ot the laDorers who if, was so ill reg-n-rd to quinine u;-t which is often ex)orted j spinning can be jmt up in En
were em ploy ed in the man- j it . iM so in reirard to all other I and sold in Enulaiid, ihazil i gland, for one third of what
fiicture of that dru
"v !
t 1 .
r.. . ill ui: 1 . '
V ,' ",7
t ('loSH antl thl Poor laborers
would be thrown out of ciu-
,ployment, They insisted
that the duty was absolutely
necessary to enable them to
make the goods at all, and
men u uu, prociiouii
I.-: 1
intit uih ijix n;id Jiniunuenee
il. .A 1.1... 1 I. .1
on the
Tii-icn
Their allega-
said nothing aiiout t hem-: f()l. consumption, and have a
selves. They ailegod by , 1;lx ,,,, ti,eiri When that
their own mouths, and : tax is so high as to )ieveiit
through their organs in Ccm-! fj,. competition by exclud
gress, Messrs. Kelley. Pandall! i,, wholly or partially, all
McKinley and others, that j importations, the tax. in
if the tax was removed their stead of imin-riiilo HipT'i-piik.
tion was that the enormous J,,"noTtnnicnwnopt'irn
market value of quinine was : ''l' l)il'ds of ill omen" a
not due to the tariff at all, bout the capital in Washing
but to the scarcity of Cincho- ton asking: that their thews
na bark. Put Congress was an(i 8inewH plinU hU vw
w.s enough to dislieheve t
these patriotic gentlemen, : nf8e ' wnl1' of lirohrt,ou
jmd the bill was passed. For thrown around them but
sjme njontiis though, Mu -
nme still retailed at fo.OO an
ounce resuitmir from a com-
bmation b?tween the mam:,
HOON'K. WATAlKrA C:tTNTV. V.
factum-, with the lioix of
- . .1 A.
MrMIIIlt
hession.
I "V. 1!" S :
in l-mlMT mm attache ,,(,. uixmioii.
the NVw York Tribune, the
n:i!JH!e. ivjti;
' v;;, !.l!.e '.MliKtiv.-. an in-1
terroge.tive one '"'l h.n why
do von want it?" I continued
by s,';. inj to him, that if h
estimates that I thought 1
mouthpi ofthemnnfaetur-i to be able to se that if the dent of tin !'.. publican j "t night for tin purpose of ' ( 1 f "C Tl?l
iers, imd th effrontery to a-j tl,,MiH of the liittrtioh.t League, that tin VvorrrriM ! organizing if Cleveland nixl j VvlVyJ iH 1 1 jD,
pron h nie, in the lobby, ami m.e ,.!m.lVt out to t;,pir yt. ,lianufiU.tnres an- they wlio I I'owK. Club. The meeting r'lll,r.v J'u," ,,,, tiniHf,
! "fH." !.:.!f !!!,'. noHM?,:: ! imnte wl. t h. over,.,,, :.t .t the .hicf lnefit from our I was railed to order by T. I'. ! m v Ilt.? of
-"i1 todo with establishing thehviH biobl'e.3 to resort 'o. tariff laws, not withstaiidii!! Adams, on motioij Hoone MgnlCi21C2 CL' Bf10S
vhIph of nrmii!,. My ivi.lv ;dir.it taxation tor thr .&- tli t th it tliev keen in the I Deal Was calKnl t 'the ehair.t W OT
..1.7r.. !KUi,ik)s.1 me to bejnstef.ual,' i'i,ni,lli.v lioinmiory ir -is pness to gt LAHOitprot it-ni, i nnirnian j. i .ua ms, ".",". nv,nm.u-,
tl-jin intelligence, with the t.v-iclear t'nat the n.viled revenue The name einular contains j Si v. Alex Haganmn, Tivas..:;,
!- 'erage readers of his paper, he conkl not be raised. Then ; an extract from a Itepublinm : N- - Mast, Com. of urrnrigv- lr. t Uoc'h 'uvpv, Ithetffaatic
nnd f differed greatly in our !.: (rn of pvfise uui Inn-- .,.ii,if..T. totf in If : incut Kno.li Svtift A Si 1 nTurKe&nla-ia Cure ana varum
41'l -,(liiii,.;i.ut...ul Mi.fm.,"1 " "l""1 mim,-. nir
. 11 1 1 ,
nune as weii as ne oki, ana1
that no one but a sai-lieal (
leraiel heiieve us lie sain ae
t 1 1 . 1
, I(i 1 sUi-iiestef! t hat he
ontrary. one of them has.wM..u ; ,,,,,1. n.
been enlarged.
X(.-r. if these io;i
1
labor
ess
can make monev with (iui-
1.1. iiwiiim- v. ;t !. Mni. '
i;i'ie at lift v cents, whatproiit
did they make when tliev sold
; julil,(l,.s lots ,,t tv;4 jtil-j
lai s? A reference t Dun'sj
Conmicicial Iieporter places
HKMVeaiTU ot one 01 tnese
firms at ovee a milhou, and '
1 heotheratovera hall'milion !
What a sympathy 1 ha v j
with such poor iHboivrs as ;
they are.
ui ,a ei inese peo-
1 , .1 . .... 1 1
I. I 'I I J-
I'll" 1 j LI I III VlJlll 1',-v, 1 I l II
tears dropping "as fair as
the Aiobiatt t-ees their me -
(licinal gum "Help me (,tf
sins, or 1 smg. neggars
worth a million! Out of
niiii Vt-lh nn-i f!u.Mn.,n I
for none of their quinine re
galed the pulates of our shiv
ering: poor, when afflicted
with the nirue. The ninnu-
ijomi'M 1 1 lit 11 11 uw i 1 iijiiii
lacuii ei s nuuie nor less man
v. . 1 - i. t j 1
,. a,, a.,,. ,.r
I tected ounce whicn tiievsold J
I 1
a . . 1 - . .! it 11
muj vrt uu (,.. ,..ffr0;,r
y to!
heotest, in the name of tin
working men, against the re-
Ifal 1)T fl
them that
law which gave
infamous advan-
tage over their fellow men.
They, like all other Protec
tionists, want, (iftv-five mil!- j
ions of people taxed for the!
benefit of les.- than rive mill-1
ions. Is this demand an hon-1
est one? - Can anv man of in-'
i
art icles, which areintroduff-d
, .. .
t(ii,hiint! u ngmimiy oi -
j longs, goes into the purse of
the domestic producer. Put
a Hmall part of it. as the sta -
Itistics show, ever finds its
i wuv into the pocket of the
! laborers. Eabor is not nro-
1 . - . .
ter-tpd hv mv tm- ff -li . h
v...... .Illl.ll
has ever existed. The labor-
tlie people who do so are the
representatives of concentra -
ten wpjilrlv u-lm u. i andi
- j ....... ......... (
legislation as will add still,
imoivto thegiganfiepil- of
,id which they ImviMvii i.di-
fm:n iai,ur of tju, mill-.
uiw lv aaintol.MnhlesyKt .ni .
An.v reflecting man mujit
, oinii laxancn mr jur
pose of filling ;itseofl'ers. Sup-
,1M u. , v M ..n t.,1(1,j,V!i
' : such as it
is on blankets
dens direct upon "lands, ten
, ell id li si :l li I lii'l;i 1 1 r ill) i.Ml t w
" 7 i"
ano an irsonai property,
ll I
wnl on-oiue necessary
to
tl... 1.
.-II. I I f I I " I I I" lU'M' i 111! V.J,-
1:1: "I the Protectionist tit-
s!es, ( neir intended victims
t 1 ty 1 1 1
snoui.i ocware how wiev par -
ai .
take of a repast whose con-; laite to what, in this case, i
sequences will heso detrimen-' a base kkai'd. He is )rncti
tal to their well-being. cing on them thosaine mena-
I have heivtotoresaid,that '. cies which they practice be-
heithr t he exist Migrant!, nor!
any other which can 4e es- j
tablished, is or can be of anv
b.inotit . tll Pmi themamifaci -
4. ...ii... I
o ere. 01 union oous now
: , . . , 1
! "PnUmg; the hoiit.lt. Ihe
; Mifis 'bill, as it jiassed the
flptise of Representatives,
t drives much intrt? nroreet.ion
to tlie wool nulls than they
4-,. 4l.,.i.. 4-.. . . . . 4
into a fiiir coniDotitioii with
1 - - -
the foreign producers.
Xo
one ought to have tlie ef
frontery to ask more than
I that, and I am unable to nee
! how anv fairmind:d man can
fa
i , j , ' 1 i . . v 4. .. . -ru .
do so. me tai nt gives an
advantage to the
nirnut'act-
urer.s of goo
which.
f ron 1
any cause, can be jiroduced
si broad more cheaily, wheth
er rate of duty is ' high or
low for all the tarifis are
l;ecreu. 10 ,,e extent to
w tlu-y go. Oicourse,
WH)i n b;i In;uI
''"""try niore econumi-
"V1 UMn. a .l1".OHa.'. . tax
1
! ,l,Hl
sewiiere ' leyond tile
He, tht'iefore, who
seas.
claunnors for
ra-otection in
the hope that it will swell his
uohts and thus put it 111 his
lower to pay his laborers
uglier wages, only displays
a stupidity which leaves me
in doubt whether he deserves
iiiiia imi. ivniui
nny pity. An intelligent, man
; niust .know that in theSouth
, no act of Conirress pretend-
htf to be a revenue act, and
1 m lU' r lci,ub llilve
the slightest effect upon the
price of labor. If we had ab
solute free trade or even tx
nrnhihitorv tnriff h l- .3 O'OW
r. " "-'
twnd won Hi he 1 ipsmitio U.
l ..... .
ges of labor-jire alvvasy on
the "free list," and the owr
ers and leaders of the Repub
lican parry nave never, de-
sired it should be oshenvise.
They want a tax which will ; burg- and Lowell! And every j ranks, but it is am entire mis
inerease the price of goods j one who uses cotton goods, j take.. 1 am athorougliDem-
una euanie tneni to pnv em-
l.ioyees more, provided they
see proper to do it. They
never will pay amantwodol-
1 lars a day for his work if
thi-v o.mn.j if
v.. i ,i iu a jui uuuai I
and a half. Only a knave or ;
C. WKDXKSI) AW Alfi.l2. tHSH. -
u fool will xav hi.
The Chronbh' haw published j
xt i jo ts from the circular of !
Mr. J. 1 Foster to tli mam 1
mnciures. i nw i mi urtmi-
.
non on the pjtrt of tin I'resi-:
tr.i-r III U tliev Kei
back jtixmuhI nnd jmsh the j
l.,!,,.,.,. 4., n,,. 1...,, '
they are lobbying before Con i
.V. t- I II ;
N,i!', uiill IHMIIMIHI nil' ;
' ciiii HiniMi ,ii.iinir...tii.,w
.perdition it. tliev did.not dss-
; gorge ihnr gains into thei
T)..a;,...i 1 ,i ,x :
t,. w u.e .1,.,,,, 1.
-Jt) HH J I I., nil, I Hit', '. IH.'l I"
js thy blush? threatens
i. ... .
tiies' manulaetures with ven-
' stance n thev do nor contri-1
tore every election upon the
people whom thev einnlov to
1 drive them into the support
! of a partv which existsand is
I j If , I
operated ior tlie nurnose 01
'
estallihii.g an aristvrv
'of moneyed wealth.
i The gkxuixk lahoiunu max
i mnvt ohf 1ii Kofiu
for his wealth lies in his own
mnidno onIf bnf )
i of lite i lion is fiw trailo. AVhat
he should want is a iust svs-
tern of laws, which will give
him an even chance, enable
him to sell his labor for the
I best price In
can
get ni1
Wll 111 HI
then be able to buy
! u;mt i-.i flu. ..lw.v..ut
iket. What there would be
masters want i.s to fokck
them to buy in a high mar
ket and sell their labor in
just such a market, as the
lords are willing- toestablish.
The laborer should desire on
ly just laws, and neither he
nor his employer should ask
for such as do wrong to oth
ers. The ; resent ta riff, la ws, si
it costs in this country, ow
ing mainly to the cheapness
01 machinery. The mill which
1 have in charge, and anoth
er in the neighborhood 'of
which I am a director, have
in use, machinery which was
made in England, imported
here, and on which was ji
i heavy duty, making it cost
"hout .fifty ier cent more,
than if there had been no tux
upon it. Where do we get a
ny benefit from that? The
manufacturers of machinery
in Pennsylvania- and Massa
chusetts get the advantages,
jindkthey pay their employ
ers what they please. Every
man, woman and child who
uses our goods, is obliged to
pay, in universal peace, be
cause of the tax on machine-
; rv, for t he protection of Pitts-
wneiiier maoe nere or eise-
; wnere. must pay nigticr pn-
ces, bftcause the soods cost
j higher, by reason of the exor
bitant price of machinery,
' Xtuta i'.hvnn tula
B'alter L. Steele.
..... - .til 1 1 1
Toll. )KM(H1CAT. . jkKF..IxiTOCK At Thi
The I).'Hiocrn(H f Cove' VLA-: .
I f . .' .
,K menu rmeun ;
nool house Aug:, the tMh. ;
The
following
r irvn 1 i.miiimi
ivii)liniii ;
lii-ted ohieers
ei " - - -
f mt
lKMinanent organization.
1.1. i, iv, 1 Si Af.... !....
" .ti."'l, .VHA
' '
H!l':mi!n mill I.
Mast, i
r -
1 nere were -' memners en-
rolled at the hist meeting'.
The meeting; was addressed
Messrs. T. P. Adams, E. C.
Moody, 1). C. Duggvr and
Alex llagaiuan.
The next meeting will be
held at Shells school house
Thursday evening- Aug. 1 Cth.
iit (kJH) o'clock. Mr Jake
Hodges of Texas is expected
to 00 on nana nni innke 11
rirtTii. ijci r cry oouy coiut
, ...1. 1
out and hear him us he is
able to tell us something
that will interest us all.
The Democrats of Cove
Creek are very enthusiastic
over the political outlook
and they art going to work
for Cfeveland and Fowle,
the loyal Standard bearers
of the Democratic party. 1
say let the g-ood work go on.
N. L. Mast Sec.
Moretz Mills, X. C.
Aug. the 10th. 1883.
. To the I) K MOCK AT.
Allow me to say to the
people through the columns
of vol tr nniu'r that 1 Iimvp
j never given consent for niv
name to oe used as one ot i
the Executive Com
for the
Prohibition parry in Watnu-
('o. I received a letter and
circulars from the Kev. Mr.
Ingle stating tlmt 1 had
been appointed, and Jisking
me to use every exertion in
behalf of the new party, but
1 will state to the people
that 1 am not ji voter, and
if I were I would be a demo
cratic" voter. I have not
seen Mr. Ingle or any " other
prohibitionists since the con
struction of the new party in
our country neither have I
expressed myself jis a pro
hibitionist. I liope that
the good people of Watang-a
will look to their interests
and vote for the party that
has been characterized in
the last four years for purity,
honesty and integrity. The
good old democnitic party,
which will, if successful in
this election bring1 sunshine
and liberty to the people of
the South Jigain.
S. Taylor.
Meji.t Camp, X' C.
Aug. 17 1888.
Mr. Editor: It has been
rumored arotmd over this
part of the county that I
stand in the Pepublican
orrat Thev-ran uiulersrand
,t T am .
before the Democratic con
vention of Meat Camp town
ship for constable. Yours,
Sahara Winfebarar.
XO.10
I 'I injur. 1 IJMlJim.
,fM; (: HMt Kh;
I pjn-r, norn A Kole Iailurr
kept in Rh)im, Hitch n followHf
l"
C'mHuii JSyrupofHjrjX'photi
'tor. Warner' Bafe Liver and
other meiciiaH too nmnorons t(f
intKil inn
All of the above will lie koH
CHEAP
1'
FOB
We believe oilf fucilhieH aitf
! such as to enable n to sell Rood
i jm
LOW
OR
LOWER
than any other merchant in ther
COUNTY, As we
PAY GASH FOR OUR
GOODS
nnti get'a discount of from 2 to
G per cent.
We pay no clerk hire or house
rent and can give our customers,
closer figures than many others,
We tnke in exchange for goods
Hutterr;
gN
Wax,
Wool,
Grain, , ,
(Sensing,
Honey,
Feathers,
Chickens,
Hay,
llidesixc.
We Also Deal In Live
We have in connction with our
other business a .......
HOTEL, STABLES
AND
TANNERY
where we promisa to gjve satis
taction to tbose.who give us
their pntronnge. .
Our Hotel in
Headquarters for Drum
mers and lire Traveling
PUBLIC.
As a Summer resort
the Climate is un
sutpased in the
STATE, . ;
We keep the
SCHOOL BOOKS recomenu
DE BY THE STATE BOARD OF
Education at LIST prices
T. J. Coffey & Bra
ISSa, ly.