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THE LENOIR TOPIC. W. . SCOTT, Jr., Editor and PflMer WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 29, 1886. Entered at the Post-office at Lenoir as second-class matter. Subscription price, $1.00 SPif Advertising rates reasonable. B"A11 bills for advertising pay- a ble weekly. Job printing a specialty. EXIT MR. LINNEY. We are not capable of striking a man after he is down ; and, though, when we strike, we hit as hard as a e can, we do it fairly and not from ambush. We have at all times stood .ready to allow Mr. Linney room in ' the columns of The Topic to de fend himself against what we might print to his discredit. We there fore do not hesitate to print the manly and candid letter of our friend Downs, who speaks a word in favor of his friend Linney. We de sire to correct two errors in Mr. Downs' letter. (1) He says that Mr. Linnev "has changed certain views that he formerly held." Mr. Linney contended that he had chan ged in nothing but that Vthe whole Democratic party had drifted from him. (2) He says further,' "of , course, Mr. Linney may have abus ed the press, but which was the ag gressor ?" We speak only for The Topic, and charge Mr. Linney with being the aggressor so far as this pa per is concerned. Every reader of the topic Knows tqat tins paper treated Mr. Linney with all courte sy and consideration up to the time when he made his onslaught upon The Topic at Boone and at Lenoir T a ' - am mat is a small matter and we do not think of it now in the time of Mr. Linney's trouble and only re fer to it to vindicate the "truth of history." The withdrawal of. Mr. Linney was a genuine surprise to everybody and, viewed froma political stand point, was a great mistake. Look ing through the spectacles that Mr. ijinney used wnen ne made nis pa thetic speeeh of . withdrawal and drew such a charming picture of his domestic fire-side, one 'cannot but say that the game is not worth the candle and that so thorny a path as the way to Congress would never be trod by a man who could remain at peace in the bosom of a happy fami ly and who could command a com petency of this world's goods. That is philosophy and well for; Mr. Lin ney it is that he can turn philoso pher at this time, but practical pol itics governs more men that philos ophy ! and the practical politician will tell Mr. Linney that he would have gained more by running the race to the end and be ing defeated than by throwing up the sponge before he had entered upon the canvass. We cannot im agine ourself in the position of Mr. LinBey, as he antagonized I'owles, but, having once put hand to plow we would have gone to the end . of the row in spite of all opposition. The fact that Mr. Linney ; did not manifest this stubborn spirit is cause of surprise to nearly everybody in the district, "for, though he had many vulnerable places in his char acter, the lack of bull-headedness was not considered one of them. Ulterior reasons for his withdrawal are advanced by some, as j that he had hopes of preferment in an en tirely different sphere from that of politics, but we have no right to in timate that Mr. Linney was influen ced by any other motives than he confessed in his speech of withdraw al. - ' I Mr. Linney was in the field as a candidate just 18 days. On the 1st day of September he formally an nounced himself at Boone : and on the 18th of September he withdrew at Downsville. Within that space of time his hopes ebbed from high tide at Boone to the low water mark of despondency at Downsville. Who knows what high and lofty thoughts passed through his mind as, just be fore Boone court, he sojourned at his pretty mountain farm ; on the banksof the beautiful Longhope creek in Watauga county ? Em bowered in this sylvan retreat, alone with nature and her manifestations of beauty, his mind was not busied with the contemplation of these things, but he struggled with him self, his better nature pulling back, against this revolt against his party and its traditions. He fell and he crossed the Rubicon at Boone. He has told us why he retraced his steps. Let us hope that he will re turn 'to the starting point f -- ' i f-n :" The Topic, in entering upon its twelfth, volume this week; completes the eleventh year of its existence. We hope that, as the years hare ac cumulated upon iC it has grown arid increased in wisdom and usefulness. Its popularity has certainly kept pace with its years and it is now the local mouthpiece for a very ; exten sive scope of country that is the fairest the sun shines on and whose population will merit and always have The Topic's most earnest co operation in making this the garden spot of the earth. A paper devoted to the interests of this enlightened and progressive people cannot but be an interesting sheet if it is true to its trust. The paper of the people, .The Topic reflects popular senti ment and will always promptly an tagonize whatever militates against the interests of the masses. In 1876, when The Topic was one year old, its circulation was 284. Today, in 1886, when The Topic is 11 - years old, its circulation is 1848. The question that is becoming a lively one in Republican circles is whether the late Republican con vention, held in Raleigh, in which only 54 out of 96 counties were rep resented, was legally called consti tuted and held. Mott calls it a "rump gathering," and it seems very like a rump concern, as no man having authority signed a call for it. The next question is whether or not Mott and the old executive commit tee will pay any attention to the ac tion of this convention. In case they ignore it what course is open to Mr. Chairman Hargrave to make his authority felt ? It will descend into a rivalry of popularity in the Republican party between Mott and Hargraves, in which Mott will prob ably come out on top of the pile. This copy' of The Topic ought to be preserved by every Democrat who takes it, as "The sound views of Carlisle," printed on the first page, and "Vilas on the party's work,"on the fourth page, are the two most powerful campaign docu ments we have seen and furnish ir refragible proof of the march of re form under the Democratic admin istration. Any Republican, who will read calmly and in an unpreju diced frame of mind, Carlisle's facts and verify his figures, will be forced to acknowledge that the country was fortunate when it elected Cleve land Resident, and invested the Democratic party with power. We seldom quarrel with the proof reader but we must take him to task for several gross errors which he failed to eliminate from the editori al page of The Topic last week. He made us say, for instance, that the Tennesseeans have all the "gift1 of sap" more or less. Those of our readers who are acquainted with our gallant brethren across the line will know that we meant "gift of gab." STATE "TOPICS. Presbyterian Synod of North Car olina meeta at Concord Oct. 4. -'. liog cholera prevails in North Iredell and Southern Wilkes." State Fair Oct. 29-29. Raleigh expects to have street cars by that time. - Salisbury has placed 1,360 loads of gravel on her streets this sum mer. .The prohibitionists of Burka have nominated Rev. 11. L. l'atton for the Legislature. ' Last Wednesday a son of W. R. Jay, of Rutherfordton, fell on a picket fence while at play and was Killed. The Wilmington Mar was 1U years old last Thursday. "Ancient and Honorable," like wine, it im proves with age. The i. harlette Observer Bays that there is big boom in the McDowell, Burke and Mitchell gold mines which are panning out ore richly. A company, with a capital stock of a million dollars, has been form ed to extend the W. N. C. R. R. from Paint Rock, 80 miles, to Knox ville, Tenn. The Twin City Daily is a lively little paper and. if the Winston folks give it the encouragement it deserves, it will grow and be a credit to the town. Arthur Snider, aged 14- years, brother of P. A. Snider, Editor of the Winston Twin City Dailv. ac cidentally shot himself with a rifle, Saturday week, and was killed. Mr. C. B. Green, having retired from the Durham Tobacco Plant, Mr. Will G. Burkhead, a bright young lawyer, iormerly of .Newton, becomes editor. We welcome him to the profession. It is stated. uDon authoritv of more or less reliability, that Minis ter Jarvis will give up his ; Mexican mission this winter and come home to inaugurate fin active campaign for Senator- Ransom's placed A Mf T)ft well nnnflt.T .W frm nrl in ' M -J J Vva, his father's spring, the other day, a large 14-dwt or 3 karat diamond, as large as a May cherry. The ow ner, who was in Charlotte Fndav. refused $30 for it and will send it to Tiffany and have it cut and polished. TIMELY TOPICS. Columbia,. S. GV, inaugurates her first line of street 'cars this week. - The President and his party re turned to Washington, Wednesday, and professes to have had a royal good time in the Adirondacks " fish ing, v ' .,. Wiggins, who "prophesies" the great earthquake for today, Wednes day, 29th of Sept., is Hussed by the Washington scientific men as a fraud who say that he knows nothing abput "seismology." On the night of Sunday, Sept. 19, a number of troops who had been stirred up to mutiny by plotters, made an insurrection in the city of Madrid, but, after a few hours, were put down by the authorities. The conspiracy, .which was clumsily managed, spread over some of the provinces, but was easily snuffed out. I . After Oct. 1st, the new 10-cent immediate delivery stamp placed upon a letter or package in addition to ordinary postage will cause its immediate delivery by messenger, as soon as it is received at thepostoffice of its destination, provided the per son to whom it is addressed lives within a mile of thepostoffice. The percentage paid upon each letter to postmasters by the Government will be 8 cents. Miss Winnie (Varina) Davis. daughter of fex-President Davis, is on a visit tog inenus in Virginia. She was born in Richmond during the war and her visit there the other day was her qrst since she left the city after the surrender. Ihe .Lee Camp of Confederate Veterans elect ed her an honoraiy member and, at the Soldiers' Home, Tuesday even ing, presented her with a gold badge of membership as the "Child of the Confederacy." Gov. Lee made the sDeech of Dreseritatiou and Rev. Dr. John William Jones spoke in reply m m m -w-v a lor Miss JJavis. On the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 21, there were three shocks of earth quake, between 4:25 and 5:20 a. m. at Summerville and Charleston, the one at 5:20 being the most severe. A loud noise like a heavy gun was heard at the beginning of the se-, vere shock and there were detona tions with two of the shocks at Sum merville. "Subtenanean thunder" was heard at frequent intervals in Columbia and, after a severe shock, lasting a minute, at 5:50 a. m., the thunder lasted for several hours. Just before the shock at Columbia the atmosphere grew very cold and windows bad to be closed and blan kets used bp sleepers. PERSONAL TOPICS. Married, in Statesville, last Tues day evening, Mr. Robert E. Arm- field and Miss Alice Gray. Married in Charlotte, last Wed nesday, Mr. R, A. Dunn, and Miss Haseline Norwood, niece of Mr. W. II. Bailey, all of Charlotte. Major J. H.. Wagner, of Taylors- ville, Tenn., is trying fortheKnox- villc pension agency which Bob Tay lor resigned to become Governor of leunessce. Col. Marshall Parks has received the Democratic nomination for Con gress in the Norfolk, Va., district. The Commodore will bj remembered by our peopli as a patron of Blow ing Kock. -1 -&amm Republican Convention. The Republican. .Sintit convention met in Metropolitan Hail, llaleigh, last Wednesday. Sum. -tZ. 110 dele gates being present and represent itu 54 counties out of the 90 in the State. J. C. Losan Harris called the convention to order and the committee on permanent organiza tion reported James E. Boyd, of vjreensooro. permanent chairman and h. M. Sorrell and John C. Da- ney secretaries. There was a vice- president from each Cnntrrpnainnnl 4 - ' v w k vw v va . district. Mr. Boyd, on taking the cnair, made a snort speech in which he handled the late chairman Mott severely. Jim Harris, the negro, made a ringing speech. The platform adopted declares for the Blair bill, a rjrotective tariff. . ( ' j &c, &c, and goes for the Democra cy as usual There was some division of senti- ment in the convention as to the advisabilitv of nomii;atiny candi dates for the various. fudfreshi ns. but the majoritv was in favor of nomi- i. j it. . I- . uauuua ami vim lonowing uc&et ior the Supreme Court was nominated : Chief-Justice. W P Bvnuin. of .Charlotte ; Associate Justices, John W ilWn ryt 1,U CM i- .1 R P Buxton, of Fayetteville. The following Superior Court Judges were nominated : 3rd district, BA Bullock : 4th district. T P Dever- eux ; 6th district, D M Furcbes : 8th district. W S O'B Robinson 9th district, A E Holton ; 10th diV trict, J w Marsh ; istn district, P a uumming. -The following executive commit. tee was chosen: Tazewell L Har grave, chairman ; R E Young, Jas xx xxarris, a v xiocsery, u- x Was som ; 1st district, C C Pool : 2nd district, H E Davis ; 3rd district, G 0 Scurlock ; 4th district, John H Williams ; 5th d istrict, Robert M Douglass ; 6th district, W O Cole man ; 7th district, H 0 Oowles j 8th district, WG Bogle ; 9th district, Virgil 8. Lusk. J E Boyd is ex officio a member of, the committee. This. new organization i Meor anti-Mptt deal. The shtewd- Doc ter. who has reclined at RtatAHvillo for several vears nast nnd 1 ha destinies, of the Republican jparty in North Carolina in his hands, is not altogether annihiliated by this convention and Mott will hn ViaaW? from in the Republican ranks yet. Tfca Press on llr. Unnsy. Assuming that, in addition to the motives of selfishness and ambitiou that may have actuated Mr. Fjinney, there was a still higher aspiration on bis part to -correct " certain . far Its which he fancied he saw in the Dem ocratic party, h is w i t hd ra wal was eminently wise and patriotic. He may remember that The Topic warned him in the spring against a resistless current w.iich landed York on the shores of Republicanism. He heeded not the warning but took the leap and buffeted with the waves. Is it not possible that he at last S'aw whither he was drifting to Radi calism ? He has always declared that he is and always expects to be a Democrat; finding that he could not remain a Democrat and remain iu the course upon which he started, he withdrew, moved by principle and patriotism, we hope. One thing to be regretted is that thin wit.hrlrM.wal was not made before he had forced manv of his true friends to arrav themselves against him as an enemv of the party. Neu trals stand in danger of the fire of both parties. Just as the Democra cy was drawn up in line of battle prepared to meet its ancient enemy, Republicanism. Mr. Linney appear ed in front of them. They had to fire or give up the hght to the ene my. If Mr. Linney was unfortu nately wounded we are sorry : he was certainly wise in dropping to the ground out of the range or tne guns wnen uu uiu. v win iu&u inui from the field, wash his wounds and have him ready to fight on the right j . i it i siae in tne next oattie. jseiow are some opinions of the press : 8tateville Lttudmark. In taking this step Mr. Linnev has done a manly and highly cred-' table thing. He should not sufTVr himself to think that the public will think otherwise of his action. He has very manv friends in Statesville and in Iredell, and they deeply de plored his independent candidacy. The gratification among them on account of his reconsideration is general. It would please him if hr could know how his genuine friends now applaud him. It remains with him now entirely to determine how quickly he shall regain his standing in his party. He retraced his steps Detore he went so far that forgive ness would have been loner delayed. Patient and long suffering, broadly tolerant of the errors of its mem bers, the Democratic party pro claims a cheerful amnesty in every case in which defiance of its organ- null 1LB ft-LttUildllC'U IIltJLDOUS is not persisted in to the end. To restore one s 6elf to its fellowship no penance is required ; no course of purification is prescribed. One needs only to submit himself -again to its rightful authority, and yoke is easy and its burden ligbt. Mr. Linney is so brilliant and so useful a man that there will be no disposition in any quarter to pros cribe him, unless he himself should further court proscription. Shelby Aurora. Mr. R. Z. Lin;ey plays the part oi a wise man and ives up the bal- n- w urn uc sees nint uirmirii' m :i bad cause must needs lead to defeat. His withdrawal is u candid and hon est confession of the weakne-n : his claim and he has enough di cretion left to saNte him from "politi uoi urntu. Kbe by Nf-w Krj. Mr. Linney 's and u)m: was bused upon no principle. He was not in accom wiin enner tne ueniocranc or the Republican party and he pro posed, to round no new political or ganization. He run for office n jiti Independent because he knew that he was not the choien of t.lm Dphui crati(i hosts,! and. in his egotism, he imagined that his admitted ability, in spite of his political unscruuu- lousness. would attract to him :i sufficient following to elect him wit h the aid of those Republican vote which are moved bv nothing bat a desire to break up the Democratic organization in Worth arolina. Mr. Linnev'send was not a glori ous one, but it became his effort fatty. It showed the true inward. ness of his attemnt to crpt nlono TTo counted tne cost, counted it bv a r- O I'-""" money standard, and self triumph ed. Principles were not there. Hickory Pre. If he had been a worse man. h could have made a better canvass. lie could have defied the opinions i.i i j - p " r' " v .w va something. He could have courted iL. 1 a . -. ui Liiunn wuuhh yi 11 if 1 nmn nn laivtrtn tne oaser elements and have made votes amonc a p.Irrh whn mm nofViin n for political consistency or personal nonor. x nat ne nas preferred not to do this, but to quit a field where notning couia oe accomplished with out running counter to the opinions of the best elements of sonietvj and where even then success would have been impossible, shows that Mr. Lin- nev is a mucn wiser man now than an tne oegmning of the campaign. Interview .etwees fiscrgs Patrick and T0B8 SClitO. As a humorist and raconteur Cant. Joseph W. Todd, the eminent Ashe countv lawver who has hewn prominently spoken of as a future Congressman in this district, stands without a rival in the tenth Judicial district. His room at Coffey's hotel in Boone is the nightly rendezvous, during Watauga court, 'for gentle men of the bar and other choice spirits, drawn thither bv a desire to enjoy the constant stream of anec dote and mimicry which he good-hu-moredly is prevailed upon to poor from his lips. One prominent gen tleman of this county is a regular attendant upon Watauga court for no other purpose than to hear Joe Todd's inimitable waggery.- The constant demand upon thn aptain for thse renditions is a bore to him and makes life a burden to him in Boone, but he is "complaisant and cannot withstand the importunity Lof his friends. " . There are many of these charac ter sketches of his that merit pres ervation in print if the typo could be made to lay hold upon the spirit of humor which animates them. One, in particular, in our opinion, excels in mirthful absurdity the fa mous story of "Consin Sally Dil lard," and we have the temerity to attempt to give a faint idea of it on paper. George Patrick and his wife Becky lived near Jefferson and occasionally, in the days when whiskey was free, kept spirits for sale. Having gotten in a barrel full of prime article, he sent I word to Tobe Smith and Bob Parsons to come over und sam ple iti well knowing that they would appreciate the invitation. So Tobe and Bob went ; aud the next day Tobewa8 laid up in bed, being in a battered up condition, and he re ported that George had imbibed too freely, got blind, crazy druuk, and jumped on him and beat him half to death. I U hen George heard of this story of Tabe's, he went over to Jefferson to give the correct version of it, fearing the next grand jury in the premises, and this is how he told it: "Tobe Smith and Bob Par sons comes into my house and I axes them to be seated and we passes the time o' day and I tells Becky to draw a glass full. H o drinks around a few times, when presently Tobe sez to !me, sez he, "Mr. Patrick, I'd like to speak a word with you. if you please." And Ww steps out the side door and goes out behind that little Mox ley house you mind where it stands and jTobe sez to me, sez he, "Mir. Patrick I'd like to git ye to go down with mo to Wilkes to Irelp me sell my burgy. "All right, Tobe," sez I, "I'll g( with ye down to Wilkes to help ye sell your burgy. And we eoes back into the house and I tells Becky to draw another glass full, and we all takes a drink round,; and Tobe sez to me, sez me. "Mr. Patrick, I'd like to speak a word with you, if you please. And we goes out behind the little Moxley bouse and lobe sez to me, sez he,; "Mr. Patrick, I'd like to git ye to go down with me to Wilkes to help me sell my burgy. "All right, Tobe' sez I, "I'll go down with ye to Wilkes to help ye sell your burgy. Andwe goes back into the house and I tells Becky to draw another glass full and we all. takes a drink round, and lobe sez to me, stz he, "Mr; Patrick, I'd like to speak a word with you, if jou please. And we goes out behind the little Moxley house, and lobo sez to me, sez he, I "Mr, Patrick, 1M like to git ye to go with me down to Wilkes to help me sell mv bnrgy." "Tobe Smith !" sez 1. "I've told ve twice I'd go with ve down to Wilkes to help ye sell your burgy. Now I don't want you tobedevihrg me about that burgy nor going down to Wilkes no more, Ami we goes .back into the house and 1 tells Becky to draw another glass lull, and we all takes a drink round, and, Tobe says to me, sez he, "Mr. Patrick, I'd like to spea'v a word, wjtli you, if you pleate " Aud we goes out behind the little Moxly bouse and Tobe sez to me, fcez he, I - ' "Mr.; Patrick, li like to git ye to go with me down to 4i ilkes to help me sell my burgy." Jist then, afore I could speak a word, Tobe makea a awkard step and gits his left .jeel hung in the lork ox a little dogwood bush a-lvmg at the corner of the little Moxly house and he stumbles and falls back ards. And as he lay thar on his back, Tobe looked up at mo and sez, sez ne, "Mr, (Patrick, you ought not for to a knocked me down." And that's adzactly how jt all come about, gentlemen. New Goods! New Goods! My fall and winter stock of goods which is Full and Complete, and bought at first hand at 1 Rock Bottom Prices for cash, is constantly arriving, and the people of .Watauga river and the surrounding countrv. will do wnll fr wuic uuu ai ine uargains. Hierhest nrices rtaid for irood mer chantable produce. Snull's MiUs, N. C. NOTICE. A cr load f Dnrbtua Ouno Jurt reoeived. We will aeh m cheap u Um cheapest. We will Uka In exchange beef oattie. We want to boy all tb beef cattle In 00 mllea of this place, for wbiob. the money will be paid. : Baxmsiix h Habtxjct Lenoir, K. O. To the Voters of OaldweU Oonnty. At the aolldtation of many friend, I hereby an. nonnoa toyaelf a candidate f oi the offloe of clerk of the Superior court of Caldwell. BeepeotfnUy H H. D. HooTn. Read Ms ! A rare chance to Secure Bargains. -:-o-i- If 3on want a suit of clothes now is the time to get it. For the next we will sell a well-selected stock of Ready Made Clothing at actual cost for cash or its equiva lent. Remember this offer is only For 30 Days. As the season for canning fruits is here, we would remind our custom ers that we are headquarters for Fruit Jars. We would also remind von that we want all the Blackberries we can get, for which we will pay the high est market price. Call and see ns. liespectfully, CLOYD AND NELSON. July 27fh, 188G. Beef. Beef. Beef. . I will have for sale on every Thursday morning at my warehouse door BEEF to be sold in small quantities. I expect to have Beef every week, and oftener if needed, early in the morning. S. W. HAMILTON. July 14, 188G. If you tire going AND And Reliable Information About LANDS, ' And how to get them, IT X7IIiI. PAY YOU To write or call on , i Jackson Smith. Genl Emigration Agent, 1 ftmoa. , 278 Oay St., Knoxville, Tenn, Totho Votcr8 of Caidweli county. able to perform manual labor, I, at the eoiioitation of nomerona friends, annonnoe myself a oanidatn for tbe offloe of fiegieter of Deeds. BeepeetfuUy If avincr booia a orlnnla for life and no lrnim. "a M. X, fl,n, - R. S. Reinhardt t Co. Lenoir. N. C. -tot- JuSt Arrived: A lot ot bedsteads. A lot of Mattresses.both cotton and women wire. A lot of JBed Springs. A lot of Washstands. A lot of Toilet Stands. A lot of Bureaus, Tables, &o. Gall and see tliem, Reapctfully, It S. REINHARDT & CO. -., " ..- - . , Vi V' v R. S. Reinhardt & Co. - 3 It a 'I . . LonoirfII. C.
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