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Siuxls N.
M. 1th. '80.
To w Dcmocuat:
DuHr.tiu' wliol of Ficsi
dcnt Cifwlaiid's .Miiiinistn
tion, the niitionnl oti t d(
(Tciisi'd from :-!it to tin
iiiiilions of (iollarw pcMiioiilli
au:il nil t!u obligations of the
(low': !'.ni;'"1,.t vev :ni't; nil
lionest and ik'sorvin:? pension
rl.iims wore a l!o v d ::nd paid
xvitli jri-oat dispatch, xvlii'o
a 1 1 1 1 1 i 0 os a n d f ra u hi 1 -n t o 1 a i
inants and combinntioys to
rob the Tronsury xvore dt'too
ted and opposed. Lit ? sums
of money vaSoxVoiided in
building up our decaying Na
vy. New and splendid ships
of war built, and others loft
in process of construction,
and a healthy,' high toned,
honest and business-like at
mosphere prevaded eery de
pal tmentof the Government.
And all the while, the money
in the National Traasuiy con
stantly increased. Trust ma
nopolies, combines and syn
dicates, organized by laxvless
corpora tions for the robbery
and oi)presir;ion of the poor
and toiling millions were bad
ly denounced by an honest
and faithful Chief Magistrate.
Indeed it may be truthfully
said, that for the first time
in a quarter of a century, the
cause of the poor hard press
ed, and almost disheartened
farming and laboring classes
have had an advocate in the
Presidential chair. And the
great body of the people were
quiet, contented and happy.
1 1 o w s t a n d s t h e m a 1 1 er n o w ,
with only a little more than
six months of Harrison's Ad
ministration completed?
Commenced as it wus under
such favorable conditions,
w hat do we find ? The public
debt still decreasing? No.
ZJut we find, notxvithstanding
the immense taxation noxv
going on,thatxvithin the last
two months the public debt
has increased seven millions
of dollars. We find an extrav
agant and reckless adventur
er in the office of Commission
er of Pensions, who was not
asked to resign until he be
came a national scandal. We
ee the President oi the llni-
ted Stales, contra ry to the
teachings of Washington and)
Jefferson', and all the old pa-jT,'ll0 peace is the whiskey pow
tiiots, appointing his rela-jor ni untiKit is crushed
Tives to ofilce, and aimostevjtiU)re (.iin be no abiding
ery one of his appointees, ap! )(v?ce.
pointing their relafives to 01
fice' by hisexample, until even
I i, I . . ... I 1 ... i , i
this State is r.naVto say : Ms
.ui,!i,- otlSii'n i u:.:i l.u: '. i
;f , !' W,. ......
th" busin .s dl the cuiii'.w'y
iit ii -ly t-li'j t .mi .I in cv i y
( jiiii liii'Mii ..fu.ai..
the nrins , iin ii v i ' u ! ehort
and entei prise nsii .vi hm :a-
il'ti'iy 1 1.1 1. -i!y '.!. We m
discontml, UiUest ami di -
Must i".!m,Hi 1.,- thes-Miritv
of money on cxi-ry hand. ;
Wo we that xidtus have (
hrunk on nil kinds of prop-
iv.. r. .! I -. .
cns nll ovl r theniai nf.u tu:--
ing states compelled to Ktib-'and si -Id every year,
mit 1 ;i M'diictioii i..f wa.nrs.i Th brain "rows dizzy in
- - -
r have their places ;, ,', hecontemplationofsui-u slu;"t enough colored men j he was killed at theVashing
iv the panner labor oi Fu-; poudorw figure.-. You,! un-j ingiv.- th llepublicans a viol ton Navy Yard by the burst-
' . . ..i... j.. ....Ill . 9 r r
or
rope; wescoa'.l th"se thiims;d;'stand it bettor when lull
but tlicrearea lew thin-s welyoit tha 1 1 hose r.inoty-onomib !
cannot wo. we cannot .see'
whv anv consul, nthle nam-, mil six t't deep, tiiteeu widoj '"r 1 los.n.'ni l.iuimmi aim
her of ourfanM;ngai!diiidas-andthioelni:..hvd!n:li's!()i;g.!,' '-,,,:''T and mho:-
trial classi's kSiouM bv thoirl What becomes of this rvor j K 'pulihcaxis, many f whom,
vote uphold and trxMoper- Ofliqui.l file?.1 p.e.iking ni!(.! have invesie.l capd.-d under
pi-tuato su-h a condition of'gospelriver F.'klel says.' ih - the proteetum of Sauihern
tldn: so manir.'sllycoTitra-lerything shall live xvhither'Shite government, have nol
....... Y 1. ,.;..,..,, a.. i;f.,i,..i ;,J tlw imvv orui.,.1 'i ' It cm-rf-! th.'.4 slightest notion in the
I iu 1 tirn uniinu'.i.'lliuu 11 iii i
teri'st. We can not see why ;j ;
man should be led by blind !
..ii.fi7l.n 11) t wni J
riort men and means to hisiil,1(1 xvithers and blasts whoi-jaid
o.:n injury. It is a condition
that confronts us, not a the
ory, and 5 ask the readers of
the I)::.kx'uat, without 10-
irard to partv. race, color 01
previous conditio'! of Hervi-j(1,,;l1
tude to look at the two par
ties and soleii iily ask them
selves the question, whether
(J rover Cleveland xvas not the
friend of the people?
Alexander Pill.
The Throne of Iniquity.
Nations engaged in war do
not usually legislate until the
smoke of battle has cleared
axv?y and the roar of the
cannon and the rattle of
musketry have ceased. Put
in this case, like, Nehemiah
and his Noble band of Jexvish
patriots, we must xviele the
trowel with one hand and the
sword with the other xvhile
xve build the glorious temple
of sobriety. We mtstlegis-
late on the battle-field. And
1 tell you this is no mimio
fight no holiday tourna
ment. The foe is formidable, vigi
lant -and wily. He is Argus
eyed and wields tremendous
money poxver. More than
seven-hundred millions anm
ally floxv into his exchequer.
Let us not underrate the
skill, the might and numbers
of the enemy. Let every good
man and woman coine up to
the help of the Lord against
the mighty. "Curse ye Me
roz." At the battle of Trafalger
the immortal Nelson said to
his troops, England expects
every man to do his duty to
day." Let every man in the
State do his duty and prohi
bition will triumph here as it
did in Iowa.
When Patrick Henry saw
the storm of revolution com
ing he said, "Gentlemen may
orv peace, peace, but there is
j,-,) peace." In these United
Starrs the;reat disturber ofi
:j Header, have you consid
ered the 'magnitude of the
.. ..I...:. i II
ah..ut its miiniif ' ttn i.-,
liiizi' warehouses.
:;!.; tin r.U!i;l.-i of ilssim:; ri
i;."'. t iiiuvr, I. is? ii! stillv.
lil;'.k. Iniitl. livii!
io'iii iiis of liciitli tli"i' ii"
r.. i ..mjviw ifiuv liinni.
'. fl1-ihilV li-rusiM lv 1
! ,. vcrniiicnt llli'-it
ti!i''ii'S aiv lelt out 01 U
rMi.ulat ion What a la v:.-'
... m . '.
t:de of ruin is potiied fo.l.,;':;M,',,
by
liir! s-fi'llii. fiicry F;. ,
;f 'I.irc t!i.:;i i.i..i't v-i;m'
r.n
! r:, . 1. mtoxn-a -,
. .
imr li'iu'jrs m v nianufa-t un-d !
lion gallons would make a ca-:
i n i i . - .... v .
the barren desert U a '
verdure, beauty am
but this firey stream
;!ory
kidib
it goes. Frorryear it semis
sixtv thousand men reeling
to untimelv irravos from its
fatal brink.
It costs the people a great
to hoop this canal. IU
sides sex'en hundred millions
of dollars, the nation lose
annually sixty thousand
years of productive labor,
not counting the loss of the
productive labor of one hun-
dred.and tiftv five thousand
eight hundred and fifty retail
ers who deal out its xvater to
the people.
Look at t!:ese figures. Look
at the army of retailers. Pa
rents may well tremble for
their sons and teir daugh
ters too.
Last summer Judge Merri-j
mon made prohibition speech
es in the good old north
State, and among other
things he said. "I never had
ony thing to do with whisky
and yet it has made my son
a vagabond and a drunkard
and has broken my wife's
heart. When we thought he
xvas asleep in his room the
xvhisky raenxvere making him
a drunkard."
Some one who has made
the calculation tells us that
there is one icensed drinking
house in theUnited States for
every 288 of the population,
counting every man woman
and child. There a re one thou
sand one hundred five drink
ing saloons in tjie National
Capitol right under the noses
of of our Solons. That re
mines me of the Yorktown
Celebration. Our Congress
men spent on that, occasion
for bad whisky, brandy, rum
and wine tell it not in Gath,
publish it not in the streets
of Askelon more than seven
thousand dollars and the
pec pie foot the b'll. At the
imricl of Garfield the same
scene was exhibited almost
lit oral ly .Selected.
Harrison's Al-a plan.
There was a very xvordly ; he xvas su c,-,s!ul and his love
deacon who confessed in his'suit pisperod iu proportion
declining vears that he hath to las ardor. He soon sue
tried to serve God and Mam-
mon for forty years, but he
had found it mighty hard
t 1 : ! i;r- ' oioll-I M'.Ket V
iii l'. ! n the li;i;i!so!i pd-
cy Alabai r : !nrvs that t Ito
sii!M,t is Jiiiusiiir t'niit tli!
I'iMt to .-(."liify tin' t'li'ii'-l
v:ti'. nt.il ri til;- ki;i. t i:nc ,
.'!V": - ' ,h" v!"'' 'l' i-vlMi, iift.'i- t!iy li.ul liH'ii m
n - i ini;, 1..11 u sm u-i;:i'-
Of
'UrS- 1 1 1 iM' Ik j 11 I'm I
"imI v !i:it t !.
KM It I llilU ii w , I
" "" ' -. i" i-.i.. :i- u..n
' v.otihJ o:,ipai- itiv.ly j
- ..rTI.i.fl. !,.. ...I ......mtJI... .... I... 1 . a 1 .
I !n' 1ulU of t'n lli'-iit
"ini!c;ui .;iny 1:1 nn mhii i. ,
b''i. -f-oloj-r.!, jnctly inndi !
.111-1; - .ii.. ..... - ,
'" ""ii.i n.- m. h hi
- n to
"'fi l 1. inid all hoj f or ;
d'.vidiii ' tiie v
hiti's woulil belaud McLai:e .served through
abandotiod.
!f tl.i'.-o xvoro;
j
'ltnt there nwd 1he cnloie.i
candnlati s installcu m omce.
world of setting ni(
colore.
1ne.11 up in a place where he
c.M! makelavvs, assess taxes
!ibn--e juiblie money
They are trying to recognize
the colored man andgivehiin
netty of'ices. iuvt enough to
kvp Iran in a State oig.;niza
tion as a Republican voter,
but not enough to threaten
the security of Northern in
vestments n Souhern indns
tites. Naturally enough in
this effort to deceive both
sides, Hie President is deceix-
j ing no one, and is crea ling
I black enemies without ma-
ki:g any white friends. It is
a very simple thing to give
one Federal office to Mosley,
and another to Parsons, but
to keep the colored voters or
ganized just enough for poiit
ical effect in the North, and
not onoii.eh to eliect any
thing political in the South,
is going to prove mighty
hard sledding. Nation1.1
Democrn t.
A LADY 102 YEARS OLD.
FIVE GE.VKHATtOXS IN' A SIN
GLE HOME.
The modest, yellow frame
house standing at No. 501)
Eighth street -southeast shel
ters five generations of the
same family, The eldest,
Mrs. Agatha Pa baza , is 102
years of age, xvhile the
youngest is a little Miss of
two months.
In the month of May 1787,
when the Island Monaen, off
the coast of Spain, was look
ing its brightest, Agatha xvas
born. When only sixteen
years of age she xvas married
to a Spaniard named Kaba
za, and a. daughter xvas the
result of their union. M'hen
the gill ivas between thirteen
and fourteen years of age she
met a young otficer in the
United States Navy named
Me La no. The young man at
once fell in lore with Catha
rine, but as he was unable to
speak Spanish his love-making
did not progress as rap-
ihiiv as lie Ges.reu. He pc-
;au io learn Spanish. In this
(-oeded in winning the girl's
love, and they were married
v.hon Cat ha tine xvas only
iifieoii vi'.: rs nM.
Almost immediately nP t -
1 mar; i;.irc McLaii"'H xct--.
h'I .s uhIitsmI to t lu honn'
i-1 1 ! i I . ! . u i ! J ln'iuitl !iisyu'i j
l.riu. niini' owr on it. In , t
Ani'i i' a some time, they
paid a if it to lie old Span-good
ho. in stead, and x. hen
1 ;( -v n i mini onm-m Mrs.
lh.tm oxer with tfiom. Sh'
inniiii d in New oik about
two yi'nis, hum tinn caui
. i; -v iliiuu'itcr to Wnsli-
"i, -ton. In tli
. . a 1
i, -ron. in me iniannnie
1 ! Mexican war bloke out
it withdistinctions. InlHJJO
mi: 01 it gun,. Mrs .xici.ane
:,ad u daughter, Also named
M at n anno, ho at a very
ear iv aire married 1 nomas
1 t FM
'iV. Ileinliite, who tvas also in
I he N.tx'.v, and xvas a member
of I he jury that tried Gileau
fin- shooting 1'resident Gnr
ii 'id. Their eldest c hild mar
ried Mr. I!. II. Holland, oi
Anapolis, Maryland. Mrs.
Holland has two children,
both gills. Theeldest, Mary
i.-; five years, and the young
est Nina, is only twomonths.
and those children enjoy the
distinction of a great. great
grandmother and two great
grandmothers living in the
same house with them.
Wishingt on Stn r,
Teath of Davy C. ocki'tt's Last Soa.
Granbury Tex., Sept. o0.
Col. Robert Pat ton Crockett
died at his residence, on Puck- j
er's creek, last Thursday, in
7'5d year of his age. He was
one of Hood county's pioneer
settlers, locating here in
L8"l. 1 1 is death removes
the only remaining son of
Davy Crockett. Immediate
ly after the fall of the Alamo
and the Massecre of his fath
er by Santa Anna's brutal
soldiers he left home in Ten
nessee ami joined the Texas
1 evolutionists. After peace
was declared and victory
achieved by the Toxans he
returned to Tennessee, where
ho married and settled down.
In liS74 he moved to Texas,
bringing with him his aged
mother, Elizabeth Crockett,
who died here in 1800. On
the evening of August 11th,
he sustained serious injuries
by a frightened team run
ning away with the wagon
and suffered intensely till his
death. Es.
A Pennsylvania editor an
swersa corespondent who pro
pounded the qury,''Did you
ever see a bald-headad xvo
man?" in the folloxving
strain. "No, we never did
Nor did we ever see a woman
waltzing around town in her
shirt sleeves with a cigar be
tween her teeth. We never
saw .1 woman go fishing with
a bottle in her hip pocket,
sit around on the damp
ground all day, and go home
'boozed' in the evening. Nei
ther have we seen a woman
yank off her coat, spit on her
hands and swear she could
j whip any man in t own. All
I of the foregoing 'privileges'
are reserved lor men."
UNION MFFTING.
The Union Moetiag of the
iTlin" Fmk Association. a
pointed at I'nisliy Fork
Hiiin h, !i;nl no s'ssinn on
Fi id.i.v. VAvi J. M. llai n:.nl
w Iio whs ;iji;nt'(l to jirencll
ln'int roilc-Jo; -ysfnnrjn, hn'
mu; l.iil.'il to conn', tlic miihII
crowd disp -rsl and tin
si ;Ntm look their larg
and .vel filled bucket of pr-
visions bad; hom
S iturday. Sept. tli: 28fli.
Met n'thc-M.urth 'of OittO.n.
m. F F. Jones read S ript
uie and had in prayer. Or
ganiz'tl by electing J, F. Da
vis Chairman and J.J. T.
Itcce Sec eta ry. On motion
took up the subjects and pro
grn mine assigned to speak
ers who xvoro present. The
7th subject xvas handled very
skilfully by F. F. Jotv. See
cites by Sherxvood, J. F.
viH and D.C. Harman.
I). C. Harman having arriv
ed, the fth .subject xvas taken
up and opened by him. Spee
ches by J.F.Spainliour, Sher
wood and Jones. The broth
ron becomingenthuscd on the
subject, a motio7 to adjourn
for one hour and cool off, by
F. F. Jones.
Met pcrsuant to adjourn
ment. The 9 th question xvas
opened by J. J. T. Iieese
speeches by Jones, Harman,
Spainhour and W. S. Far
thing. The 10th question wnso
penod by J. F. Spainhour
speech by Sherwood. This
subject being the last to
ivhich sneakers assiiined.
xvere present, a question box
was opened and some very in
terestfng questions were dis-
.ussed.
The next meeting to beheld
at Howards Creek Church in
December. J. F. Spainhour,
V. W. Presnelland L. N. Per
kins, xvere appointed a Com.
to arrange the programme.
2 he preaching of the meeting
was done by arrangtnenS of
the brethren, by F. F. Jones
on Friday night and Sunday
at 11 o clock.
J. J. T. Reese, See.-'
, P, SOBBJBS
-SUCCESSOR T0-
RobbinsBros,
Sh nil's Mills N. C.
Keeps constantly on hand,
and will sell at "Pock Bottom
Prices," for cash or country
produce, such as Poots, Show
Hats Caps, & eet. A special
line of
LADIES DPiESS GOODS.
Hardware, Groceries
And Drugs.
A FULL LINE OF BEST
READY BADE
Clothing ex-er brought to this
County, and in fact, every
thing kept in a first-clas
country store, can be found
here. All I ask is a trial.
Your friend.
J . P- Bobbin,
J.F.SPAlNHOUPw
Attorney at Law.
Boone, N. C,.
Special attention given to
the collection of claims.
July 4th 89-i y.