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Established 1867. "For us, Principle is Principle Right is Right Yesterday, To-day, To-morrow, Forever." Published Semi-Weekly 13.00 a Year voLi-Xxn. GOLDSBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1886 ; NO. 59 i . 1 MEMORIAL DAY. The Oration of Henry Lee, Esq. Ladies of the Memorial Association and Fellow Citizens: , In the presence of this hushed and, I hope, not too critical audience, and around this eloquent monumental stone, reared by the love of fair women and heroic courage, I come to repres ent and repeat those patriotic convic tions which can never die. All over this broad land to day the remem brance of our noble dead is coming back afresh with the glory sof flowers, which soon usher in the sovereignty of summer. The schemes and projects of political ambition may perish, but the memory of our lost hopes is im mortal. The conspiracies of commerce for the triumph of capital and the overthrow of labor may be defeated, but the confidence of our people in the purity and courage of the past is eter nal. The ties of kinship and of blood may be severed by the cruelty of fate, and even the faithful mother may be forced to turn away from the idol of her fondest dreams, but the Southern patriots, rooted in every passion and impulse of his soul amid the conquer ing flags and rolling drums of the van ished years, never 'forgets and never ceases to love -his martyred dead. It is with such chords as these thrilling in our hearts, and with such surround ings as these appealing to our love of country and home, that we ,come to gether to-day. All grosser elements are purged from the solemnity of this hour. The spirit of speculation isdumb before the august majesty of these graves. The dreamer and the scholar alike recognize the perfection of hu man nature in the martyrdom of these meni And even the festive spirit of youth treads lightly through its groves, hushes the music of the revel and the feast, and bends low before the mournful tributes of this hour as it catches the martial echoes which de scend from the struggles of the past. And it is well; for the incense which we offer to-day is not ithat which smokes from a single altar, but fills every shrine and temple in our land. My friends; one of the loftiest attri butes of this memorial celebration is, that, freed from the animosity of con tending foes, it is pervaded by a uni verbal sympathy and good will. The people of Goldsboro have been spec ially honored by the generous and open triendsnip or tnose wno were their bitterest political opponents, and (pointing to the beautiful monument in tront or mm; wnue mat, glowing tribute to heroism and valor shall en dure, it will speak words of resistless eloquence to the generations of the future. Whose Hberality called it from the speechless quarry where it slept? Whose loving hands placed it on . j. 1 i i i : i i jts pedestal adu wiiose uuerai con tributions assisted m rearing it to those, whose names shall live longe in song and story? Side by side with the mothers, sisters, and daughters of our heroic dead, will stand, in the ad miration of posterity, the sympathetic stranger, who, yesterday our enemy in deadly strife, can to-day so far forget his traditions ot enmity and hate as to commemorate the glory of our il lustrious dead. Yea, more, in his abounding erenerositv no can even leave the comforts of his wintry home, and from his powerful armories bring back that his:t)ric flag, under which our gallant boj-s struggled, suffered and died, which entrusted to their care by the fairest and dearest women that ever greeted a soldier's courage, waved over them in sunshine and in storm, and was perhaps the last starry signal which flashed over many of their hearts in the hour of disaster and of death. Suppose that these beloved and familiar forms could throw off the fetters of silence and join this me morial throng. Suppose that their earnest gaze, no longer filled with the light of battle, could be fastened upon that devoted flag, and that it should be told them that from the trophies of Northern arsenals it had been brought by the conqueror's hands, not as a badge of victory, but as an olive branch of peace, and that as a true yoke-fellow and pledge of harmony and love, that other banner, untainted and unsoiled by the smoke of battle, had been given by Northern sympathy to wave at its side, would not those heroic faces glow with a radiance ance which never lighted them up be fore? Yea, truly, for there is an elec tric force in charity, in the magic brotherhood of men, which no earthly energy can resist. There is a merci ful benediction which falls upon the hearth, the ciadle and thegrave, when enemies clasp each other in peace, at the close of bitterness, hostility and strife. My friends, in close connection with this noble magnanimity, which is one t the natnrsl rnv-krlnt nf the heroisrh Splayed by both" sections in the war, 18 that marvelous self-reliance which has made the South the wonder of modern times. Men talk of the vic torious defense of Bulgaria in its fountain fastnesses, without arms. hey look with wonder at the flying Servian columns, not able to hold 'heir nnsit inn wWVi oil tUa coirot infln- &ee and support; of Austria to back em. But what is such an incident 1Q. national history, when compared rth Southern self-possession in the Iace of the darkest perils in any politi cal annals. Smitten down by the jarful fortunes of defeat, we have aSe out of our Poverty ana gloom, y are showing the world an example resolute purpose which stands with J a parellel.. The ignorance of the people is rapidly! disappearing before wen regulated system of mental cul-Fe- Old methods of material enter al kD( nvestnient have been swept itay 7 tne earnest agencies of learn- v, sum. xne men oi meoouiu "re PdODnJ 1 - i. J It.! 1 J. cai! Varthstones, and mourn for the - -vuscu lu siauu over meir suai Hi., r ca UL ine past, iney nave ia i their harPs from the willows in j " ineir cnorus to a nigner Mid i SWBofni. ' TTT 1 of tjltv and zeal are the watchwords ae hour, and as a consequence, from one section of the country to the other the resources of the people are multiplying as under the touch of en chantment. And all this has been brought about, not by the accidents of fortune or the pitiful alms dispensed from the sympathies of men. It is true, that we have fairly won their admiration and respect But under Providence we have been the builders of our own greatness and the contri vers of our own success. Neither let us sleep at our post and forget that "eternal vigilance is the price of liber ty The sky is black with threaten ing signals of moral deterioration and decay. The hungry greed for gold and the avaricious coveting of office are taking too strong a hold upon the thoughts of our nation, and if un scrupulous capitalists and designing politicians, or vicious anarchists are permitted to destroy the happiness of the people, and to desecrate every hope which has sprung up by our broak lakes and forest streams, then let the patriot and Christian "set their houses in order, for the day of reckon ing and tribulation will purely come." But if, on the contrary, cherish the memory of our martial triumphs and defeats as a sacred lesson of the past; if the scars and graves of our depart ed soldiery are made the reminders of the lofty principles for which they suf fered and died, we shall keep our glor rious birthright through every coming change. No invasion of selfish ambi tion can destroy it, and no taint of corruption can spoil its excellence. An equally imperative necessity binding upon the conscience of the country is to cultivate those principles which, born of the heroic sacrifices of the war, underlie every improvement of the future. This nation is not only a political sisterhood, but it is a do mestic league, united by every bond of consanguinity and interest. Do we look forward to the intellectual development of the people, to the highest cultivation of thought in eyery department of investigation and study, so that the most shining attain ments of the past shall be swallowed up in the most finished achievements of a coming day ? Then we must pledge ourselves to the charity of a common purpose, disowning and re pelling every attempt to rekindle the fires of bitterness 'in the land. Do we wish to see the investments of indus try and finance, with wizard energy i 1 j i n covering tne eartn irom sea to sea, enriching the thinker and the toiler with the spoils of commerce and of art, and making the whole continent to glow with the light of an age of gold ? Then we must remember that private and public honor, that honor which is at once the soldier's shield and ornament, must be placed as the corner stone of every impulse and motive. And, above all, do we hope to see the religion ot the cross rooted in the soil, and the divinity of Chris hedging us in from the spoilers and slayers of republics i Then we must build the fabrics of our glory upon virtue, humility and temperance, knowing that these are the bulwarks which shall stand when the last ambi tion of man has been swept away. Could the tombs of our gallant dead open to-day, and their voices be heard again in the councils of the country, we should hear no more fiery appeals to the arbitrament of arms. They would glide in among our colleges and our schools; they would weep in penitence and hope before the altafis of our churches; they would plead in loving tones with the demand of big otry and hate; and from a hundred battle-fields, with mouldering flags dropping from them like the grave- clothes which fell from the bodv of Lazarus, they would ,urge every American to be true to himself, his coikntry and his God. And now my friends, while we re member those who died for our liber ties and rights, let us not forget the living who toiled and suffered for our independence. The flowers which we scatter to-day, have been earned by as valiant deeds as ever marked the career of any people. No dust was ever gathered under mausoleum or monument more sacred than that of the boys in Gray. And whether they sleep in the silence of mountain shad ows, by the music of flowing rivers, or in the midst of forgotten trenches, their ashes are dearer than the noblest treasures of the bouth. Hut let us not forget the brave soldiers who sur vive, ncr the fair women who imperil ed life and fortune to win the triumph of our cause. Many a Southern soldier halts upon crutches to-day, whom the deadly rifle would not slay. Many a broken veteran carries his aching wounds by day and night, to whom the quiet of the grave would be a wel come release. And in the fair hands which sustained our sinking hopes, again ana again lilted our Danners from defeat, and nerved our soldiers to every high and valiant effort, let us place, as justly their own, the glow ing tribute which we offer to our dead. The wreath, placed first upon their fair brows, will only shine the brighter when it touches the maible columns and grassy mounds of our sleeping braves. Thus together will we link them in immortal honor, the heroic sword-bearers who struck, through wind and tempest for glory and for freedom, and the uncrowned daugh-, ters of the storm who defied its fiercest lightnings for the triumph of1 their Sunny .Land. Kever Give Up If you are suffering with low and de pressed spirits, loss of appetite, general debility, disordered blood, weak constitu- i i j. i i tion, neaaacne, or any uisease oi a dihous nature, by all means procure a bottle of Electric Bitters. You will be surprised - A. 4 1 . . to see the rapia improvement mat will follow; you will be inspired with new life ; strength and activity will return ; pain and misery will cease, and henceforth you will rejoice in the praise of Electric Bitters. Sold at fifty cents a bottle by Drs. Kirby & Robinson, Goldsboro, N. C. r ' Oa Exhibition to-day only 537 pieces Swiss Edrines from iu row cents per yard at t H. M. Stbouse's. , GENERAL CONFERENCE OP 31. E. CHURCH SOUTH. Richmond, Va., May 8. In the Methodist Episcopal conference to day, Dr. D. C. Kelly; from the com mittee on church extension reported a marked success in combining the local and parent boards and urged that it be not changed. Various mem orials were presented and referred to the committee on boundaries. Rev. L. L. Pickett, of the north Texas conference, having been located against his. will, submitted an appeal from the decision of his conference. A lively debate ensued, during which it appeared that he had been located without his consent but without charges' against his moral character. The ground upon which he had been retired from the itineracy was his in ability as a traveling preacher. The debate turned upon the ' question whether a preacher was allowed to ap peal, when there had been no imputa tion against his moral character, had been located because of his refusal to administer baptism by immersion, the Methodist church allowing candidates for baptism a choice of modes. . - C. G. Andrews, of Mississippi, was aparalell case that came before the general con ference in Nashville, in 3857, in which an appeal was allowed. After a diverse argument and many points of order, the previous question was called and an appeal was allowed. A resolution was adopted that Bishop McTyeire's manual of discip line be referred to a committee to de termine what authority it has in the determination of law of the church. Bishop McTyeire appeared to be sensitive to the frequent dissent from his manual of discipline expressed on the floor of the conference. .He took occasion to make a statement as to the origin and authority of -the work al luded to. The bishop said that the book, while expressing the' views of his colleagues in the bishopric, had no more official authority than any other book. A motion was made to reconsider the resolution by which the subject was refered to the committee. Colonel E. W. Cole, of Tennessee, said that if this motion prevailed, he would offer a resolution that Bishop McTyeire be requested to write an in troduction to his manual in which he should express the views which he had just explained. Dr. Winfield. of Arkausas, said in effect, that Methodism has no Romish hiearchy in its episcopacy that the bishops were not the law makers of church; that they dare not go beyond the laws made by the general confer ence; that he himself should not be governed by the manual unless-the conference lesolvedthatit was author ity in cases considered by it; that if the book should be declared authori tative he should certainly be guided by its teachings. Dr. Haygood, of Georgia, who was elected to the bishopric at the last general conference, but declined ordi nation, said he had never in all his life heard that any one had ever con sidered the manual to be an authorita tive exposition of law. He acknowl edged its excellence. It was multum in parvo; but not "Erin gobraugh." By permission of the conference the original resolution was withdrawn, when that of Colonel Cole was con sidered. After some debate the whole subject was laid on the table. The conference then adjourned. Richmond, Va., May 11. Yester day was the fifth day of the Confer ence. At the conclusion of the reading of the journal of Saturday's proceedings Bishop Keener vacated the chair, which was taken by Bishop Hargrove. Dr. R. A. Young, of Nashville, Ten nessee, general secretary of the Board of Missions, presented his report of the proceedings of the Board of Mis sions for the last four years. This re-1 port shows that the Board supports 206 missionaries, 144 native preachers ; and 58 other native helpers. There i are in the mission fields of the Board 32,279 members, 471 Sunday schools, j 34,989 scholars, 313 church buildings and 40 rented chapels, with 31,108 sit-1 tings. The church buildings are val ued at $557,740 ; other mission prop er ty at $553,503. Resolutions were offered by Rev. Dr. M. B. Chapman, of Missouri, which may be regarded as another grand step towards the unification of American Methodism. Many look upon the reunion of the Methodist churches, North and South, as necessary to the consummation of perfect union of the country North and South. The resolutions are as follows : Whereas, the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, have a common origin, a common history, teach the same doctrines, and have virtually the same Church polity ; and whereas the only end and aim of both Churches should be to spread scriptural holiness over these lands and promote the glory of God and the salvation of men ; and whereas in many places the provisions of the Cape May Commission have been wholly disregarded therefore be it 1. Resolved That this General Con ference shall elect a commission of seven, four of whom shall be laymen, who shall meet a like commission which the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to meet in the city or jew iorK in is hereby respectfully requested to ap point and that this joint commission shall be charged wim tne amy or de vising a plan of Methodist comity and federation whereby there shall be avoided, as far us possible, the sin and folly of two Methodism s occupying the same territory either at home or in foreign fields j and if the College of Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; shall approve of the plan so devised, it shall go into imme diate effect. ? ! ' ,' c ? " 2. Resolved. That a committee of five shall be appointed to meet a similar, committee from other Methodist bodies to prepare a common. Hymnal of Methodism. , M. B. Chapman, W. G. Miller, . A. Si Andrews, - A. H. Mitchell,- f ' D. C. Kelley. ' Dr. Chapman- in his earnest advo cacv of this resolution said that in his State the sin and folly of the matter naa Deen ODserveo ; tnat no nas seen in a small town of .400 or oUO lnhabi tants two Methodist Churches raising Altar against altar, a waste of men and money, and a waste of forces of our Lhristiamtv. The brethren in the South, he argued, have not this thing to contend with, and know nothing of the clash which is met with in the West, and know nothing of the facts in relation to the segregation of Methodism which is going on under the present state of affairs. ; Continu ing, Dri Chapman said, we, who have seen this state of things are tired of this waste ot men and money ; where the Northern Methodist Church is in the ascendancy we are dying by inches, and where we are in the ascendancy that Church is dvinsr bv mchesJ After several motions to refer, it was finallv aerreed to refer the whole mat ter to a committee composed of one delegate from each Annual Confer ence. The committee will be appoint ed bv the chair. Another important matter looking in the same direction, the preparation of a common hymnal that may be used by all the different bodies of Method ists in the country, was referred to an appropriate committee. The Committee on Itinerancy, to which was . referred" the memorial from the. Iouisville and Denver Con ferenees, that "provision be made for tne evangelists, recommenaea non concurrence. Dr. Adams, of Georgia, thought that bam Jones and other such men should have nominal appointments. Dr. Messick, of Louisville, strongly supported the report of the committee, and was in favor of allowing the question of evangelism to stand as it is. He very forcibly contended that the Church did not want specialists on this subject ; that every Methodist preacher is equally qualified to save souls. In the name of Methodism he protested against such an innovation, and when he concluded there was a hearty amen. Dr. Neely, of Texas, said that these evangelists, as far as he knew, were running on a plan of religidn made easy. In the name or the Methodist Church, and the entire Church of God, he hoped that the measure would fail. Dr. Wingfield, of Arkansas, said that if the memorial is adofted that. every gum log in the Methodist con nection will be an evangelist in the next live years. Do you know what gum log is? the doctor asked. It is one you can't do anything with. When I was in Europe with Bishop Wilson we were shown a certain kind of a tree there called feminine oak. You can't split it or do anything with it. . It is just like a woman, when she will she will and you can't do anything with her. There is but one Sam Jones in the world and there will never be but one, and every little fellow that, tries to be like Sam Jones will fail. You can make no more on that line. He is by himself. You can have but one, and if ou attempt to duplicate him you will surely fail. Laughter. He has turned Chicago upside down and any man that has the courage to at tack Chicago cannot be duplicated. He is being heard in Baltimore. He is a man of the century, we don't want any evangelists among Southern Methodists.. We have already the grandest machinery in the world. Brethren, I tell you what is the mat ter, you are going along lifeless and dead. Rekindle the fires in your own Church, for it is time Methodist min isters were looking this matter in the face. Dr. McFerrin said it meant subver sion of the itineracy plan, and revolu tion in itineracy work. Away back yonder seventy-five years ago it was attempted. That was what created Lorenzo Dow, and everybody living in his day kne .7 the spirit and failing he had toward the Methodist Church and government. A great many allu sions have been made to Sam Jones. I have heard him. I understand that he is working for an orphans' home in Georgia, and he goes out by ap pointment from the Bishop. Suppose we pass a law making Sam Jones an evangelist. Then he is confined to Georgia, never to go to Chicago or Baltimore, but sti-y in the backwoods of Georgia. If you pass that substi tute you will chp: Sam Jones' wing, and he goes no more out of Georgia. Dr. Andrews, of Mississippi, offered a substitute for the whole matter. His substitute provided for the ap pointment of evangelists under cer tain conditions, to be defined by the Conference appointing them. Mr. Machen, of Kentucky, was op posed to erratic missionaries, and sev eral other delegates took the same po sition. After a lengthy and interesting dis cussion of the matter, tire substitute was rejected, and the report of the committee was adopted by an almost unanimous vote. The Conference then adjourned THE COAL FIELDS. According to the calculations made by a scientific writer lately, it requires a prodigious amount of vegetable matter to form a layer of coal, the es timate being that it would really take a million years to form a coal bed 100 feet thick. The United States has an area of between 300,000 and 400,000 square miles of coal fields, 100,000,000 tons of coal being mined from these fields in one year, or enough to run a ring around the earth at the equator five and one-half feet wide and five and one-half thick; the quantity being 1 sufficient to supply the whole world for a period of 1,500 to 2,000 years, : x i . . A large and beautiful line of Children's Carriages just received at . t FUCHTLBB & KJS&N'B SOUTHERN . BAPTIST CON VENTION. , Montgomery, 'Ala., May 8. The second day's session of the Southern Baptist Convention shows an increased attendance. This morning I Judge George Hillyer, mayor of Atlanta, and formerly a gallant colonel in the Con federate army, read an able report on the work of the Home-Mission Board among the colored people. The report ably argues the importance and neces sity of this work, and offered resolu tions to the effect that the Board be authorized to expend during the com ing year $10,000 for work among the negroesand that the churches be urged to make special contributions for this object. Judge Hillyer sustained the report in an able speech. He spoke of the conservative position of the South and of our negro population as a i barrier against imported Communism and So cialism. He wanted the preachers educated that they may elevate and bless their race, and he wanted these people given the pure Gospel, which alone can bless and save. Rev. Dr. R. Ford said that the worM had been amazed at the work done in the religious instruction of the negroes in the South. Soon after the war the people of the South had been perhaps naturally disposed to leave the work among the colored people to our oretnren at tne JNorth, but the day has come when we must step to the front and do our full duty. ; He spoke of the ereat labor troubles at the North and Northwest, and of -what he had wit nessed in his own city of St. Louis, and ably and eloquently argued that education alone does xnot elevate a race. The men who have produced the anarchy and bloodshed of Chicago are educated, but they need simple faith in God, trust in Christ, and re ligious principle; and so he would have all effort to educate the negro permeated with the pure Gospel and saucuueu uy tne principles of our "blessed religion. Professor Howard, of Tennessee, made an earnest speech. - Dr. S. B. GambrilL of Mississinni said that as a southern man he wanted to say that the necro nrnhlem wa tr be solved not only by the South, but Dy true men everywhere, and he thanked the brethren of tht Nnrth fr what they had done and proposed to uo. ine way to solve the negro prob lem is io give tnem tne uospeJ. Rev. H. C. Homady, of Georgia, earnestly supported the report, and spoKe oi tne woric ot Kev. G. R. Mc Call, who has been holding most sue cessf ul institutes for the colored preachers of Georgia. . a RevTT)rrenrv"lIcDonald. of At lanta, ("the eloquent Irishman,") had never been good at solving problems. ne could not solve "the negro prob lem ; dui ue was interested just now in solving the white problem in see ing how we can meet our obligations and discharge our duties to this peo ple. He thanked God for what north ern brethreh had done and are doing, and he hoped thev would do still more; but he wanted Southern Bap tists to meet their full responsibility. He made an eloquent plea for prose cuting our work in Africa; but. while he would regard every fall of a mis sionary on those inhospitable shores as a clarion call for more men and money for "the dark continent," he would emphasize the importance of helping "our brother in black" at our very doors. He made a very eloquent, powerful, and effective appeal for the vigorous prosecution of this work. Rev. G. D. Olden, pastor of the First Baptist Church (colored), Chattanooga, and president of the Colored Baptist Convention of Tennessee, was invited to address the Convention. He res ponded in a telling speech, which cap tured the Convention. He warmly expressed his appreciation of the in terest in his race . shown by brethren North and South. He thanked the speakers who had gone before for their warm words of sympathy for his race. He eloauentlv said that th "npern problem" can never be solved by pol iticians wno are trying "to leather their own nests." but the cn-fiat. nnint. 7 O -w w is to elevate the negro by giving him the uospel, and in order to do this the preachers must be educated. He made what many regarded as the speech of the Convention, which onlv the gavel of the moderator prevented from eliciting loud applause. Kev. a. A. Hackett, of San Anto nio, made a sensible and earnest speech sustaining the report. In the afternoon session the rennrt on the resources of the Home Mission Board was adopted. It recommends the raisin c of $55,000 to carrv on the transfer of the Sunday school paper, Kind Words, rrom JUacon to Atlanta. The honse was drowded acain to night m the interest of the Home Mis- sion 5oard. itev. ur. itentroe, ot Alabama, opened the session with prayer. The first speaker was the Rev. Dr. F. M. Ellis, of Baltimore. jjiiugiug uui aij..B.iiig alanines lUi snow tne gTano worK oone dv tne Baptists of the South since the war, he gave an eloquent and thrilling pic ture of the outlook for the future, which so cantnred the Convention that it was with the greatest difficulty that the president could suppress the spon taneous applause which would burst forth from the. vast crowd. His pic- tiirr of southern Christians cominc forth twenty-one years ago from their baptism of fire and blood, not to sit in I despair beside ruined fortunes audi rakft in the ashes ot bliirhted hones. ' but going to work to rebuild their for tunes and rekindle their hopes, was one of the most thrillingly-eloquent tributes to southern manhood and faith T ever heard, and trrent. credit. - - - t r - to the head and heart of this northern brother. . The next speaker was Rev. Dr. Lan sing Burrows, of Augusta, Ga.; who accomplished the difficult ask of fol lowing Dr. Ellis in a speech of rare beauty and power on the mission to Kev West. iTm closed with an earnest appeal for money to rebuild the burned J chapel at Key West, and took a liberal enllectivn tn UT w r ww'a a. A. Luin nil I mm ibj " - lnstinguisueo; Baptist ministers will occupy most of the, pulpits to-morrow. On Monday the discussion of the for eign mission report comes up. The bodv Will nrnio1ln a Ai,-.-r. A . T "T Tuesday. Vf . Montgomery, Ala, May 10. The Southern Baptist .Convention met in their third daj' session at 0 o'clock this morning. The business . in hand was a report on foreign mi sion. The different features of the work r em bracing Cuban, Mexican, .Brazilian, African and China missions were dis cussed at the morning and afternoon sessions. Missionaries from -each of these lands were present and present ed the claims of these missions. Great enthusiasm was manifested especially oyer the work in Mexico. Great in terest was awakened in the work in Africa, and Dr. Ellis, of Baltimore, made an able speech in behalf of it. Dr. J. P. Crawford, of China, was earnest in, the advocacy of missions on the selfrBustaining? plan. ,i t - iue mgaJk session speeches were made upon, the subject of Italian Mis-- by Rev Drs. Cooper, of Virginia, andTaylor, of the University of Vir ginia.. . "-;...- . To-night about 9 o'clock s Rev. I. M. Wilkes, of Monterallo,,. Ala., dropped dead upon the. treef:irom - heart dis ease., ,Mk was, jfc,tifatotio the? Baptist .-- i. . r . ml i 1 1 ' . .... SNOW HILL DOTS. Wednesday Was a gala day for the young people bt Greene county. The steamer Carolina, chartered for he occasion by the Snow Hill Band, was decked in the most artistic style. The stars and stripes of the American flag was hoisted, and a gentle .breeze wafted the sweet fragrance of the flowers and unfolded to the admiring gaze of the nation's -flag. Soon the steamer's whistle reminded us to get on board and the excoriionists headed by the band marched down to the wharf. The signal was given and the steamer swung into the stream and while the band stood at the bow dis coursing sweet music, we could but exclaim "How lovely, how Grand.' Soon Snow Hill is lost to view. Just as the round-a-bout turn was made the Harp band began playing one of their select waltzes and dancing was in order until we arrived at Fountain Hill, just as the farm bells were ring ing their merry tones calling the weary laborer to his well earned meal. The-gang plank was thrown out and the happy crowd went ashore. Din ner was spread under the green oaks. At 1:15 the steamer was loosed and on to Snow. Hill we come, arriving at sun set, just as the band began playing "Home, Sweet Home." All thanks are due to Mr. J. J. Potter, our clever hotelist, for his kindness to us and to our visitors. Messrs. Robt. Murphrey, Joe Har vey and Coogan, of Goldsboro, have been on a visit to this place. They took in the excursion. Miss Sudie Patrick, of Hookerton, is visiting Miss Alice Edwards. A Sunday school has been organized at Grimslev's Church. Miss Sallie Grimsley is superintendent and Mrs. Will Grimsley Secretary. Mr. Win. McKell was elected chief of police at the meeting of the new Board of town commissioners. 3Iiss Sallie Grimslev's school, at ijrrimsieys scnool nouse, closed on Friday. Miss Sallie is a very success ful teacher and a lady of rare ability. The Teachers Normal opens in this city the 2d Monday in June. We ex pect a good many visitors. WAYNE COUNTY COMM1S SIONERS COUKT. May 7, 1880. The Board met pursuant to adjourn ment. Present -B. F. Hooks, Chairman: J. H. Loftin, M. T. Johnson, J. A. Stevens, A. B.Thompson. A. B. U'Neal was released ot poll tax for 1885. Tho finonnfi nnmmittee made lheir report of the annual settlement of the ti i m s m i ' - V ' 1 i onenn: anu. treasurer, wmcn was laiu over to next meeting and the tence tax settlement was postponed to that time. The Clerk was directed to have pub lished the list of itsolvents returned bv the Sheriff at his settlement on the 3d inst., together with the following resolution : Whereas much has been said in re gard to Commissioners allowing so many insolvent tax payers, and to show the people why they are received we have tne following oath published with the insolvent tax list : No insolvent taxables shall be cred ited to the Sheriff: in the settlement with the auditor, except such as shall be allowed by the Board of Commis sioners, a list whereof, containing the names and amounts and subscribed by the Sheriff, shall be .returned by the Sheriff to the Board, and the same shall bo allowed only on his making oath that he has been at the dwelling house, or usual place of abode of each of the tax payers, and could not there or elsewhere in the county, find prop erty wherewith todischarge his taxes, or such part thereof as is returned un paid, and that the persons contained in the list were insolvent at and dur ing the time when, by law, he ought to have endeavored to collect the taxes such list shall be recorded in the Board's book of records and a copy thereof shall be returned to the audi tor on or before the day of the settle ment of the Sheriff with the Treasurer. The Board then adjourned. Published by order of the Board. W. T. Gardner, Clerk, &c. Quite a number of the members of the Northern Settlers' Association, of Asheville, N. C, have gone to Knox ville to attend a convention of North ern settlers now in session in that city. The object of this organization and convention is to aid in bringing this section prominently to the attention of other Northerners who contemplate emigration. -- Chavncey is too well posted on Bruns wick items to have been no further than Wilmington. Richard (of Goldsboro) thinks that Warsaw is the place, and May the season for hunting Chestnuts. It is useless to reason with him, his case is a hopeless one. wJHJj?r. Turnage and Miss Ann Maria Williams are ready for the'eon gratulations of their friends. They were married last evening at the resi dence of Mr. W. R. Best, Rev. W. M. Kennedy officiating. . Ice ! In quantities to suit the pur chaser at Messrs. Wilson & Carlton's. Babe will be glad to see you. F.ve thousand quarts of berries were shipped from Warsaw Monday last, and we suppose that Faisons did better. It. has.been.but a few years since trucking wa introduced in this section and already it promises to supplant cottou in the near future. Our people have great faith in War saw s future.. As an eviden re nf thm fact, quite recently at gentleman re fused to sell a vacant lot at the rate of -.uw per acre. Of course the lot re ferred to is in the business part of town. Desirable lots for residences can be purchased at prices to suit the times. Wo insist that Warsaw is the place forthe Congressional convention. It isih thevcentreoMbe district and is- jnermoBt accessible point if justice is tO D6 done all tuirtiPa intni-o.ttwl r? tlemen of the Executive Committee, come to Warsaw ; we will guarantee Vnil A. TTAlAAmA Last Sunday was a busy day with our Baptist congregation. On that day the Sunday school and Women's Missionary Society held their annual meetings. In the Sunday school the following officers were elected : Super intendent, S.- M. Coulton ; assistant superintendent, D. S. Kennedy ; sec retary and treasurer, I. Brown. The officers for the Missionary Society are : President, Miss Beovie Kennedy: ..wv .ivoiuiH, Am a. uas. xv. omitn : secretary, Miss Maggie M. Bass; treasurer, Miss Abbie Murray. These societies are well officered and are do ing a good work. Messrs. John W. Gresham & Co., of Beulaville, will in a few days add a grist to their saw mill. The grist will be a great convenience to the people of "Snatchett," and they should give Messrs. G. & Co. a liberal patronage. The good people of Chinquepin are in need of a physician. Dr. Tate left them to locate in Greensboro, there fore their need. , Chinquepin is in a prosperous section and is . fln lrto. tion for a young physician. The Messrs. Kennedy Lave fu nisbed us the following programme for their commencement exercises, to a Violl An Tk , A .1 . . v iuui ovicvj , lutj isiu lust.: At 11 a.m., address by Rev. Mr. McManaway, of Wilson ; : p. m., de bate. uery Resolved, that the free school system is beneficial. Debators Affirmative, Jas. H. Dodson and Aus tin Moore ; negative, B. M. Robinson and C. D. Peterson ; 8 p. m., concert by the young ladies of the school. There will be no card invitations. Reader, you are invited. There is fun ahead for those who take t-tock in Dunlin rrTiii,.0 it J. D. Standford, so loner the favonta of Duplinites, has entered the Presby terian ministry; And cnriKen non 1 1 v w tired. Senator Hill has withdrawny irom the race, in his own language :f 41 1 am not a candidate." Walk into the ring, gentlemen, it is a free fight with the odds favoring the strongest man. Dr. Herrick Johnson, in Biblical Re. eorder. "Why is any act prohibited" by public law?" There is but one answer to this question. Tho legal prohibition of an act is solely upon the ground of its evil effects upon society,, and not at all on the ground of the in herent evil of the act itself. Can in terference with personal liberty be pleaded as against the repression of the mob ! No. Can the plea of indi- viauai ngnt or property bar the effort to stamp out a conflagration f No. Can the right to go in and out of our houses at pleasure be urged as against the restraints of quarantine? No. Neither can a private drinking usage constitute a good re&son for op posing a prohibitory liquor law. If the law smites the usage in smiting the saloon, it does so incidentally. Good citizenship will willingly bear an incidental evil for the sake of an essential and universal good. Life in the end will be more sacred if we re press the mob. property in the end, will have better securities if we put out the fire. Personal liberty in the end will have completer safeguards if we stamp out tne contagion. So, every interest of society and of the in dividual, in the end, will be better shielded if once wesav. determinedly and effectually. "The saloon mnt go!" A PLEASANT PIC-NIC. 3Jitor wCTVThinkingthat you would like to hear fro neighborhood in Pikeville Township, I will attempt to give below the par ticulars of our nin-nip tht mn mrCn on the first day of May by our Sunday tuwi ouu uBuaijug society, at uui lev's school house: &H hnnch the er was quite unfavorable there were a good number present and after, quite a sociable time dinner was Ai-run out of many yood things which were enioyed Dy all present. After dinner a debate was acneed to. the Rnhieo.r h a. ing "would prohibition be a benefit ito A Cut. a. n if -t .. m oiitioor noi." air. ii.e,. omitn af firmed that it won Id. And fhnaa frr his assistant Mr. W. E. Pearsan. Mr. Ben Deans on the negative and chose for his assistant Mr. J. Tyler Smith. and after Otlite an intereetinr 1aHtA which would have given eredit to older neaus, tne Judges, Messrs. Richard Woodard. C. L. Onrlev ATul FT wood Lynch decided in f a vor of the nega- uve, wnicn ended another or the many enjoyments at the Gurley school house. Lister's Tobacco Fertilizer for sale. T W.S. Farmer. DUPlilN CNCWS AND NOTES.
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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