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iff oncv run -' by Money Order or
luVisti-n-i Letter at nurriffk.
ukfk r.-TarWo Strwt. in .the OM Post
othi-c Itiiil'linir.
M:VS Or A WEEK
fiATfl CRED I ROM ALL PARTS j
OF THE. WOULD..
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GLKASIXuS
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vesvi i.i i v.;.s
Tin: Oralis Piesbytery met in
Tafboro last week.
Wayne has org. wii.od a county
.Medical Society. .
An Anson hunter caught 1 1 'pos
sums in three nights.
Kev-. S.-lonion Pool lias gone to
l'ioiid:i to !;;U' charge of'a hotel.
Mr. John Follow has been ap
poiiiled post master at IVaiilort.
;.. West, young giii! In Texas
they :ue paving servant girls 20
a month. '
The public debt reduction last
month was about ten and a half
millions.
Elizabeth city has a cooking
bib composed ol young ladies of
the pi, ice. - .
Mr. Win 11. Bryan, nominated
tin-. Fudge in Halt imore, is a name
.of-New i'.erue.
The M. E. church at Winston is
miking arrangements to have a
.scj'oiid church. ' "'
The Tarhoro Southerner'' has
been delayed by a break in t he
press. 'e condole.
'fhe Washington Light Infantry
has challenged the Taiboreans7o
drill lor a luO purse.
.1. II. Mills, Supt. ofthe Orphan
Asylum, can tell the age of children
by looking at their teeth.
An so year old mail picked out
1 !. poiimis oi com on near tireeiis- i
boTo one day laid week.
A young man,':!
years old. mar-
lied an Id maid, aui-d over
ears : (l-.v- tenia last week.
Oar yoniig friend Johii W. Hicks,
h editor of the Littleton "Index"
a new . taper. We w ish hini much
success.
Toe Raleigh Light Infantry wan
(ho prize. of 1,000 m the competi
tive "Jdrill at the R ulini rid 1 air
11 ur rah ! ,
A negro nanieiMVliite-Wi.'.s hang
ed by a negionioh in Rowitu i nuii
ty, Wednesday u ijjht, for the mur
der n .anot her negro,
A Califui iiia man had-., tfie good
nen.se last week to come to North
Carolina after a wife, says' the
Civcnsboro "Woikman."
The Hickory "Carolinian' says
that if the Dismal Swamp ; "Lottery
succeeds there will bealot ofoth
er people dismally ssvasnped-
The people of Henderson ville
w ind a line hotel and will shortly
oie on a '!'opositiou to tax the
j)eople' to raise .",0.000 to build it.
Claude Saunders, a young man of
promise, was struck by a bat Utel
instantly killed while engaged in a
game of base-ball at lici t lord Fri
day, -
The lated. meanest man has just
tained i,p in Texas. He stole the
lamps and oil oat of'a church ami
pawned them for a drink
ind a' ci- l
gar.
The Raleigh "News Observer"
says that Mr, Cadger has sold his
interest in the Warm springs, and
will piactie law at Marshall, Madi
sotr county . '
A Michigan debating society has
dt elded that a man who will smoke
around a hay-stack is a bigger tool
ui.iii a.'.iuaii wiiu 'Plows mto
empty gun.
an
"An Indiana youth.
with thi
Sllg-
'stiye name ol
I wvlilt,f
saw a
girl at church, courted her there
for two hours, and at the end of
the next injur was married.
'fhe Cioyeinor lias ordered, a
'special term, of the 'Superior Court
fur I'itt county to begin the lirst;
Monday iu .1. "mury. It is probable
that .judge I'hiUips will presnle.
Deputy CJrand Master Fabius H.
iaisi.ee, oi iJaleigli, will preside
ov r the Ciiand Lodge in Iayin
.the corner stone of the new court-
limine at New licrne on the 1 1th.
The Murphy "Independent" nun-
lisl.u s the births as well as the niar
riagrs atwl deaths, in tips stvle-
-Mrs
10th "
Ben Killian, twins. Oct
That's enterprise for
vou
The laws of North. Carolina. codU
tied by tie. Code Commission, eon-sistin-
f Messrs. Dortch, llender
suii. and Manning.- aie .now out.
he hook contains all the statutes
now m force. " v
the convention of the Protestant
Episcopal church of Nwbein, will
;..
iioni ii. ju-xi l'i(Mil:ir s,nil m
Snowllii!, beginning on Friday the
lCth inst.and continuing on uuti
Sunday night.
A Pender county man's pet pig
followed him fifteen miles to church,
and though peuued up -twice on
the way, broke out aud made the
tup, arriving at church' with a
graAt of satisfaction.
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volume i:;;-
n. ?i er. ., i-, .trick j
VII 11UIII tUO lUilllI.lgf .MM ItU ie
Canada Methodists. This is right.
The women won't obev. and there
is no use - encouraging them to j
commit perjury.
Joseph If. Bradley, a Wasli-
lngton
lawy er, xo years of age, de-
! fended a Miss ILuriss, for shooting j
;nnd killing a government clerk,
acquitted- iter on ple.fi of insanity,'
and then -hurried her.. ! jt is reported iu Washington
Thackeray's gifted daughter, j that Butler was defeated, for Gov
Ritchie, tells of her recent visit to ernor in Massachusetts by the in
Tennyson, in "Harpers ' Monthly,'" fluenee of Mr. Tilden.
and savs she found him smoking !
and he hail the . good sens
to.
smoke tin- "Durham Bull."
(General llobert Tooiiilis was
baptized ami admitted as a ineiu
ler of a MethodbtChurcii in Wash
ington, (la., recently. His brotherl
Gabriel- was instrumental iu bringv
ing about the General's conversion.
The Harvard "annex" for wonien
is eminently successful. Two ladies
out a class of live have become en
gaged to their teachers,' and anoth
er is permitting one of the profes
sors to swing on her father's gate.
. Miss A cr. the heiress of the
greatjpatent medicine man, is wort h
about ",000,000, and is so far
heart -free. The "old man lived by j
pill. lie; anil the man who would
steal her afl'eet ions would be a piil
ferer. . The lirst ."argument made by a
colored lawyer before our Supreme
eourt was heard at, Kaleigh" on
Thursday, we,ek before last. It
was in theease, of the State vs. Whit
aker, and was made by J. E.
O'ltara.
. When a man in China gets mad
with his neighbor, he kills himself
at the trout door of his enemy's
house. In l)anbiuy,sa3's the "Post,"
he turn-
i cow with a bell on into
j,js enemy's flower
gardei on a
j rainy ;tight. .,
The Greeiisbo:,) "Workman"
wi.vs that a negro lKy; aged (hir
! teen ears,vas kicked by a mule
jin Cleavcjaud eounty recently,
and it w;us reported that he was
j dangerously wounded) but it was
a liiistuke 'twas the imile that,
i was injured in the heel-
The Iiexingtou "Dispatch" says
North Carolina is the only State
that sends a iiegro to Congress this
year, Uo carries an Irish .name'
and he 'also carries a Collet-tor. of
Internal Revenue in his pocket. He
is a great mail, and we feel honor
ed, ahem !
The .Mormon apostles owii and
run ,i ba nk street railroads; an
ojieia ho,i ;c and a mammoth trad
ing pot in Salt L ike I'ity, -ontrol
tlie Utah ('fiiUal railroad, and. collect-
t-oUO,(Kio a vt-ar in tithes from
the faithful followers of the Church
of tlie Latter-Dav Saints.
The wife of. Fames ISrady, colored,
ot Beaufort county, was prepar
ing to comb hei c!i. l,s hair, Wed
nesday night of iasi week, when
she upset the kerosene lamp. The
oil caught ifre and both she and
the child were burned to death.
So says the Washington "Gazette"'
The Atorney General of Massa
chusetts having -.decided that a
wbiimn is not ta "person. " people
are guessing what manner of creat
ure he is. If .'.direct - reference is
made to" Massachusetts-' women.
the burden of proof in t his .... oflica
is to the effect that she is. a con;
ceiitrated streak. of chain lightning.
It is reported about town, says
the Davie "Times", that a man in
this county was bucked and nad-
lledby a crowed of Iredell men. It
was a punishment tor 'some'" un-
complimentary remarks about, an
Iredell lady. Served him right,
and every other slanderer should
be treated the same way.
John Hoyle and George Hunt
were hunting tin keys m Cleve-
land county fast Saturday.' week,
says the "Aurora." They became
seiarsted. Hunt heard a noise
like that of a turkey, saw an ob
ject and blazed 'away. Hoyle re
ceived the charge in his thigh and
bowels and is -'dangerously hurt.
The editor of the Wilmington
"Star" recently travelled in a car
that was beautifully finished inside
with North.'-. Carolina wood. It
was much handsomer than the
mahogany. The wood was highly
finished aud of exquisite polish
imi elegant. It was made in "the
. vV . II. 1. SllOOS at WilmiUir-
ton.
The Goldsboro "Messenger" says
on iai .ionua a ueeu was record-.
1 . .i. " T 1 1 1 "
ed in the legister's office from Mr.
W. S O'B-.Robiiison to lit. Rev.
II - P. Northrop, Roman Catholic
-Bishop of this State, conveying a
half acre of land located on New
Street, ::ear the graded' school, on
which a Catholic church and par
sonage will be-erected in' the near
future.
Tlie followiiu
counties com nose
the new Hiwese of North Carol.-
na, as aiithmued bv the late Gen -
eral Convention: Cainden," Papio-
tank, Perquimans, Chowan. Gates,
Ueittord, Bertie-, Martin, -. Wash
ington, Tyrrell, Dare, Ilvde, Beau
fort, Pity Green, Pamlico, Craven",
Carteret,. Jones, Lenoir, Wayne,
Sampson, Duplin, Onslow, Fender,
New Hanover, Brunswick, Colum
bus Bladen, Robeson, and Cumber
poLlTICAX POINTS
-:o
WHAT THE POLITICIANS AKE
. TALKING ABOUT.
THE 1'OLITIVAL VALDROX.
If the matter was in the hands
of the Southern editors they would
first feud Allen G. Thurman back
to the Senate and transfer him to
the White JIoum.
The Siiprenie court 1 as decided
that Hanuoii, colored, is entitled to
the office of Register of Leeds in
1 1 alifax. .1. M. Griggan, democrat,
elected by the Commissioners, steps
down and' out. He made a good
officer.
The Winston "Republican'' is of
the opinion that Tilden will be the
Democratic nominee for President
next year, and that if the danger of
his election should become immi
nent the Republicans will find it
.necessary to. opjMise hou with
Grant. :
The Coiieord "Register" is for
Tilden for President next year. It
says: "Mr. Tilden is the, greatest
-organizer, the strongest mauliefore
the people, -and knows the most
about what the nation needs now
of a President than any man alive,
and his health is good for a four
years' successful administration."
U ltp IVliite laii .a for
Ihe digger.
E. II. Sutton, colored, wanted the
Bepublican nomination for Con
gress in the first district- but of
course didn't get it. Judge Pool, a
white man, was nominated. Sut
ton was mad and made a speech in
which he said: "What have they
(the Republican party) ever given
us (the negroes)? we who number
1:.;000 voters in this district to their
1,400 "Ve are nearly ten to their
one, and yet for nearly twenty
years we have been voting solidly
for white men for Congress, and
when a negro asked to be allowed
one chance in twenty, he is de
nounced, brow-beaten, bull-dozed
and told he is too fresh ! -You have
liominated your man now elect
him." . -
'I'ln- i'w .I'ri'vidrnl.
An Ohio politician, in Washing
ton City, recently startled a news
paper reporter by the information
that the next president of the
Tnited States was stopping at the
Ebbitt House.
"Who is he?" asked the reporter.
' Allen G. Thurman," was the re
sponse. '-I regai d his nomination
assured," continued the Ohioiaii,
"and he will be elected without
doubt. Where else cau the Demo
crats go? The Catholics cry tut
against McDonald, Bayard hails
from too sr.; all a State, Cleveland
isn't heavy enough aud Thurman
just fills the bill. He 'cau carry
Ohio next year, and I look upon
him as the next presidents"
"May be nit be elected senator?"
"No, he will not enter the field
He d"es not want the, place, and
he has far too much sense to mix
himself up in the factional fight over
it" - '.
Is ThuiJiian's health good f"
"Yes, it is." was the emphatic
reply."
i'umiiiuntiitea.!
Sunday-Scliool Celebration.
On Friday Nov. 2nd, quite a
crowd of people met at Mt. Pleas-
ant church, Nash county. Previ
ous to the appointed day for the
festivity, several fine lookiug. as
well as handsome young men were
appointed as Marshals for the oc
casion. . Their duty, was to arrange
the faille, seat the j eople and keep
the young men, who believe in
speech-making and making speech
es, (but to only one at a time) out of
buggies, or at least I was told that
that was their business, but the first
man I saw take a buggy, and a la-
dy, toOr-was the chief Marshal, the
j man who gave the orders t6 his
j assistants not to allow any one to
jet iu auv buggies .until the exer-j
i.reUiw vvxro i-or' ' Tint vnnl. u
! .... ... '
Owing to sickness R:v. Mr.tor-"
-
, (Ju mn. of. Wilson. X. C.. could not
Ih with us yerv much to our sorrow,
for some of'us had used a splinter
about our ears iu order that we
might hear something rich that
day, for we knew, from the reputa-
tion given, he would be full of it,
but we heard something very pleas-
ing. but uiH)n a different subject
i iv,,. i,.r -i,;i. in i.i
t , , " " "
; have talke1 "' lfc was tbls subJect,
; ''bnner." .But atwiut that I will
j speak when time comes for that.
At n m. the chief Marshal an
nounced that the hour had arrived
tor tne exercises ot the day. The
choir, led by Prof. Hicks, suug a
very appropruyte piece after which
iIr. L. (- nixmghton. formed v of
Raleigh, was introduced who came
-LET ALL THE ESDS THOU AIM'ST AT, BE Till COt7!fTKVSt
WTLSON, NORTH CAROLINA, NOVEMBER 10. 1883.
forward with all the dignity doe a
Congressman and announced as his
subject "An object to be aimed at"
and dwelt for half an hour on the
importance of young men search-
ing themselves to find out what f
branch of business in life they j
were best fitted for aud then pre- j
pare themselves for that and that j
alone, ami not strike at everything j
ami miss all. It seemed he liehev-
ed in practicing what he preached
for he certainly did. aha at an ob
ject whether he first examined him
self and then aimed I can't tell nor
do I think he can tell. I know full
well he aimed and think he will ob
tain the object ere long. But aside
from all the objects, etc., his speech
was full of practical thought's. lie
is full oi oratory and as flowery as
a Demosthenes or a Cicero. At
the close of his speech he was pre
sented with several beautiful bo
quets. I am sorry that some of
Wilsons flower yards were robbed
of their sweetest flowers, but the
young man appreciated tliem, judg
ing by the smile as he examined
the cards. Poor boy be has lost
all of his Anatomy and has forgot
ten the function of the spinal cord,
he does not even know the gray
from the white.
The next important feature of
the programme was dinner, or at
least to the writer (not being a
courting man) it was the most im
portant of alL hardly excepting the
speaking, The Marshals had ar
ranged, very nicely, the good things
on the table which had been previ
ously placed over the coals be
smeared with "Sugar and butter"
itc., and good things they were too,
judging from the way it was put
away. 1 did my share of "harvest
ing" and wished for the editor of
the Advance for I had seen him
4
upon a siniilai occasion do as I
did.
After the dinner had been placed
away in proper order, the. crowd
was called in the house, (or an at
tempt made) to listen to a talk on
Sunday" schools by 'Kev. Mr. Iieeks.
I did not go in but remained out
doors to take notes and watch the
young people who had taken bug
gies claiming tfieir time for speak
ing and choosing their own sub
jects. But judging from what I
could see, they were not speeches
but simply debates with one to a
a side.
f It was a very costly festivity- to
a few, and especially one young
man who wen: after his girl on
Thursday well I came near telling
who he was but will not, but I tell
i -
you Mr. G did enjoy it fine, he
could afford to lose four days from
his business and the use of a horse
and buggy. -To Wilson boys look
out he is coming, aud so is Mr.
F.Well in fact Messrs B., G.
and F--seemed to euioy them
selves and so did their well, girls.
Again, ye young men of Wilson
watch 1 icatch !
In a void we might say that it
was a day long to be remembered.
All seemed to think that it was
good that they were there, or, at
least, some showed by their ac
tions that such was their thoughts ;
others who did not iuet with such
favorable circumstances went away
with somewhat of the "dry grins."
I was sorry for thei'n and could
sympathize with them, fori thought
that she must have said no t and I
had heard it, myself. I mean I had
heard it said to others consequent
ly I could sympathize with them.
One youug man would have "No
bodies darling" sung to him, and
think to himself, or I imagined he
thought so, poor soul, fchtt next !
oh what next ! 1
But just herel am reminded of
the lateness of the hour and will
stop. If we ever have another be
sure to come and you will see for
yourself.
The Advance gets better each
issue.
"Novis."
Two for. a Sickle.
Hugging parties, for. the. benefit
of churches are the rage in some
counties of Virginia. The price
ranks as follows, and are given to
the church fund: '.Girls' uuder 13
35 cents for a hug of two minutes:
from 15 to 20 years of age, from 33
to 75 cents; another man's wife 1;
widows, according tolook's,from 10
cents 2j old maids, 3 cents a piece,
or two fof a nickle no limit as to
time. From the Danville "Regis-
I x o
Tlie State Board of Education
sold 14,000 acres of swamp land
Lin Robeson county last week at
i twenty seven and a half cents
j an acre. "What North Carolina
j needs now is people and plenty
of them. AVnen we nave a
large population our lands will
not be sold for such beggarly
sums. - ' .
- ! Tb American AoricuUural-
j asts jf norse racing at fairs
is necessary. Judging from the
prominent place it takes in the
programmes we should think it
was.
ABOUT' FARMING.
:o:
WHAT THE
DOING AND TALKING ABOUT,
ricKEii ur xotics.
- Beaufort county is the banuer
rice county of the State. It beats
New Hanover 100,000 bushels.
Capt. J. 11. Thigpen writing to
the Tarboro "Southerner," says:
"To day, at the same time, I saw
five wagoiidoaOs of uorthern hay
rolling iiito-TitiiHro. A soliloquy
occurrred to me as to how it was
possible that the northern farmers
could send hay hundreds of miles
by rail or water to this county, that
has at this time enough grass on
its soil, if harvested, to feed and
furnish bedding for all the stock
for the next five years."
The followinir advice, savs an cv
, i : i i t
change, was given bv the president t
of an agricultural society on pre
senting a silver cup to a young
man who had won the lirst prize at
a plowing match : "Take this cup,
my young friend, and remember al
ways to plow deep and drink shal
low." Tli- 4 i-o in
.', The cotton crops on the route
from Wilson to Pactolas weie well
advanced in picking out, and the
greatest part had been carried to
market and sold the price ranging
from 9 to 0i cents: "Poor crop,"
was the universal cry ; and from
the best information obtained, we
infer that the cotton crop of Pitt
county will not reach, over two
thirds of an average crop. The corn
is better, much better, mostly in
the fields. But the pea crop is al
most a complete failure. Hogs and
cattle are plentiful, and iu good
condition. There were some iudi
cations of thrift and improvement
in most sections, evidenced uy
buildings, farm repairs, and the
multiplicity of steam engines.
With few exceptions, the people
seemed cheerful aud happy ; and,
although with less push than the
citizens of Wilson, their condition,
in the main, is better, as they are
more economical and contented.
"Triste" in "Sunny Home."
Communicated.
''lie Wtool l,iiiv in ttr-n-.
Editob Advance: Sir, as 1
suppose that many of the citizens
of the adjoining counties, and per
haps all o er the Stale, would like
to and have been deprived of the
opportunity of seeing or even hear
l g the true condition of t lie affairs
as to the stock law imposed u, on
the' people of Greene county, and
as I suppose everyi unprejudiced
man w ho desires to fulfill the law,
which savs, -Seek not your own
good, but others,', are saying, "If I
knew what' was for the best I would
like to have it," and for the good
of others I thought ifAou would
allow this a space iu your most val
uable columns, I would give you
and them as true a statement its I
could.
First,, I would admit that ouis is
perhaps, an ext reme portion of the
county, (the north side) but 1 think
lam-right in paying that thive-fonrth-;,
if not all of the farmers
will join me in what I say. First
the srock ore iu small inclosiires,
which all know will not do, for cat
tle espcq ally, and the summer is
now last and you can (as ypur judg
ment wid tell you) scarcely find a
cox fat enough for beef, or for a
milkist, hence the people cannot
keep them through the winter.
Hogs are not looking quite so bad,
but it has cost much more to keep
them.
For fear of troubling your col
umns with too long a detail I will
only make a few illustrations for
consfrteration, and any man, if he
can say he is advantaged, speak
out. First tlie wood land is grow
ing up as though it was fenced in,
"and in a few years will be a wilder
ness. Second, every man will liae
to dispense with his stock in self
defense. Next -'make an estimr.te of the
stoc in Greene county, which can j
best be found by application to the;
tax list, to see what the profit is.
Then count all the States in iro-
portion to seethe profit in the State, i gown !'' Goldsboro "Messenger." j the count ies of Wilson, Nas'.i. John-
iu the meantime don't forget to ' j son, Wayne and Fraiililin are nu-
couut the fencing of the county or , di-IaH- merous. Messrs Bynnni Daniel &
state. A Patriotic Woman. ( ))., .i..n Oettinger. ;eo. l).
Next glance for a moment at irs. Cicero AV. Harris, says the i Greene iS: Co.M.W Rowland, Farm
what would lie the result in another : iaiei, "Xews and Olxerver,"' de- r& Bu.nn. Cone & Wiggins and
sense. Where would you get a i-.Vves special thanks for llvr j n.any other business houses e.pial
beef to eat in this State? And ; earIleSt a,i :iinirable work iu con- i -deserving do their j.art towards
then suppose all the states were to J ,le(.tio witi, tj,e I1!atter of bring-! liiiildiug. up im immense
follow the example of Greene conn- ih home the Arlington dead. To business. The facilities furnished
tv. : sav that she devoted herself with! by the lirt Xiilioual Bank of AV.1-
t lirtiio-l.r 1 wonldeall attention
A.
to the little honeysuckles and wnor-
tleberries, and other things that
are wasted, which I canuot de
scritK1, neither can you imagiue,
unless you had have walked through
some of our woods hwt summer and
seen the little bushes loaded to the
ground with fruit, which I never
could imagine that the woods pro-
i ri,;nii enma iwr Unr
Till (iOD S, AM) THITIIV."
!snbsist1 ' ! hich saved so
i much corn. Again the acorn tree,
! of hich the farmers of this i!tafe
, i navo legun to rejoice, have all
-v luuicu iiiwi ii.uim, au "i
which, in some men's estimation,
are small trifles, which added up
; in a column would amount to a
i
large sum m this State. Can yon,
my reader, guess withiu one million
of dollars in this State in one year
I am jiersuaded not. Then, think
ing man, let reasoning faculties lie
iu motion to say if you want it over
you. Speak out reason. I know
that many have advocated this for
years and it always seems like
something away off. yonder until it
comes home to us.
In conclusion, I know many po
litical men are giggling in their
hearts over the sport they will have
over it, Rut I am not writing for
political motives, but as I hope for
the good of the thinking people,
and if auy should doubt the reality
of what I say they would do well to
come and ride through our -county
and see for themselves, and as they
'come -don't forget to notice the
stock as they come along, and then
. - l
when thev get through the countv
gate go to each man's pasture and
see if I have exaggerated in one item
I noticed one writer from Speight's
Bridge, in the Goldsboro "Messen
ger," says he knows what he says
when he says three-fourths of the
farmers in Greene county are well
pleased with the stock law. The
writer signs hiniselt "Sauky." i
only leave that to the reason and
let it speak for itself. I think I am
well enough 'acquainted in Speight's
Bridge township to vouch t hat there
is not such a man there.
I will stop, hoping if you should
give this a space in your columns
you and your readers will consider
that I am not in the habit of writ
ing at, all, and especially for publi
cation. Yours,
. Nathan Hales.
l'iollsbiro,(ireoiie Co.. N. C,
A Public Spirited Man.
-.Commissioner William Dixie, of
the Department of 'Markets and
city property, yesterday says .the
Philadelphia "Ledger," transmitted
to Select Council the following let
ter which explains, itself:
"Being some time ago iu one of
the memorial rooms in Independ
ence Hall in your city, I saw that
it was the purpose to have each of
the original thirteen States repre
sented by their coat of arms. I
was pained to find that North Car
olina had failed to have her coat of
arms iu the space assigned to her.
My State pride would not permit
this, so I directed Messrs. M. E.
McDowell & Co., o'. North Water
street Philadelphia, the agents of
this company, to have executed for
me a copy 'of the coat--.of arms of
thi State, iu handsome style, and j
the. proper size to till the'sp.ace as
signed by North Carolina. They
advise me that the painting is
ready, .and the object ot this is 'to
ask the permission of yonr honora
ble Hoard to be allowed to place in
proper position in the .memorial
room' of ; Independence Hall the
coat of arms of North Carolina.
"Trusting that I may be accord
ed the privilege of placing the coat
of arms of my native State in the
space so kindly set apart for it, in
the dear old cradle of civihind con
stitutional lilMTty,
"I beg to remain, very truly,
j. S. Caue,
'President of the Rlackwe.ll's Dur
ham Tobaccco Co."
The coat of arms has been re
ceived and located; and the Select
Council passed a resolution accept
ing" the. gift.
Those w ho have seen the paint
ing pronounce it very handsome,
perhaps the handsomest in Memo
rial Hall. The truth i$ when Dur
ham does
well.
anything, she does it
"WalklnV in Her Sleep.'
"La, me ! Look at that poor cree-
turp ividkm' in her sleeii !"' evclann-
ed a kind-hearted country grand
ma, on one of our streets Wednes
day, as a GoklslKMO girl passed by,
dressed in a "Mother Hubbard,"
"Why do you thiuk she is walking
in her sleep !" asked a bystander,
"Why, goodness gracious , child,"
answered grandma excitedly, -don't
vou see she is out -in her night-
- , i .:-.. ..n .....,.'- At.
' iVIIll'l ltlt llllll (III l IMUIlllll
(iertlvsA to i,er labor of hu e
; lie to voire the sentiments
would
of the
penple of Ra!eighud
the State.
The Chicago Itdtr-Ucean
says, "If ours is not a govern-
ment of the saloon-keeper by
the saloon-keeper and ; for the
nlnnnAzepTieT what is it?"
YVTTSON' W FA l TT1 i i
" liJUU11 k
.Q. j
ITS LIVE MEN,, BEAUTI FPL j
WOMEN, TRAI E, & V,
Ey EUil V A XI EXTEIirjlISE.
No town in the State cart Iwast
of more public spirit and of greater
progress' than ythe beautiful' little
city of Wilson. Twenty-seven
years ago it was a mere station ou
the Wilmington and Weldon rail
road, withjoaeju- two stores,' a grog
shop and a few dwellings, with
less than one". hundred inhabitants.
For several years, no special . prog
ress characterized the little villiage
but later on a few -enterprising bus
iness men inaugurated a business
"Ikjoiu" which induced others to
invest their money and make their
homes hi Wirsop. Though they
have not had the advantage of t he
inanufaei uring interest that so sud
denly built up Durham, Winston
and ot her Noil h Carolina, towns;
Mich a spirit ot progress has char
acterized hei business men that
she has followed nlongiu the wake
of her more rapidly growing sisters
audjs to-day one o'f the -busiest, as
well as one of the prettiest towns in
the State. It now has more than
3,000 inhabitants every' man, and
women of them wide-awake ami
w, II shaded streets lead one by
many handsome residences, some of
which are really magnificent. The
good people of Wilson, h'owcven
though theyare thoroughly imbued
with an industrious spirit are nev
er too busy to eytend to strangers
that generous hospitality. that has
made them notable. There is no
greater .hospitality an where. '
Ami the." . ladies of Wilson did
one not, take the' premium 'at the
Itocky Mount .' Fair and are they
not noted far aud wide ? The beau
ty of the ladies is iu keeping with
the energy o the men in this
home of the loely.
W.SON COTTON MILLS.
Something over a year ago sev
eral business men organized -a com
pany ou a-capital of ! 00.000 for
the 'manufacture of cotton yarns
The result is a spacious brick" build
ing in which is a .'00 horse power
Corliss engine, 3G carding machines
and 5121 spindles requiring the ta
bor of 75 hands,- and consuming
1 1000 Ills, cotton per week, fhey
manufacture chiefly, fine yarns for
Philadelphia' and' other noi l hern
markets-': It is interesting to walk
through the factory. The machin
ery is all new and presents an at
tractive appearance: Little giiis
twelve years old inay be seen at
tending the spindles and many,
even at this age, become very pro
ficient anil do the work rapidly
and well. ; 1 was thl bv Mr.
McDonald, the efficient superin
tendent, thahthey had'already sold
as much of their y arn as they can
make by January 1. Mr.' A.
Branch, -the -President, and -'Capt.
J. W. Davis, the,- 'secretary,, are
thoroughly in -earnest.' ami are
working hard' for the success of
their enterprise, which they will no
doubt attain. 'Other and larger
buildings will in time be added and -at
no distant day Wilson .Cotton
Mills will be one of the large cot
ton factories that must sooner or
later build up our principal cities..
; OTIIEK mANCECATCKES.
t he plow manufacturing estau
lidunent of Messrs. Wainwright iS:
Roy al is the largest of the kind
in the State, and they' are taxed to
their utmost capacity, year in
and year out to supply the demand
for the well known Wilson plows
and castings which are annually
increasing in public favor. Messrs.
Hackney & Sou are extensively
engaged in the manufacture of bug
gies, 'carriages, road carts ami the
like, which are .noted for dura bilt
and ware. Mr. Win. Murray also
enjoys an enviable reputation ami
his vehicles are widely known and
generally regard,-d a- among tlie
( best t hat an- made. ,
lil'SlNE-S IMd'SE.-.,
Messrs., Roan ree, Rarite-& Co.,
may be classed among the. largest
lioitses l u f lie State. Their 'trade
covers a large si-ope of .country-.
Messrs. Branch & Hadley and
Hines, Hadlev- & Co., arealo ex-
i tensive dealers, and customers in
! son are excellent. .The.' oflicersof
. . .
inc naiiK, r. . iMiurn, jircsiueui,
Mr. E. Rosenthal, vice .president',
and John Ilntcheuson, cashier, are
! full ofenergy and cleverness, as is
shown by the successful manage-
uient of the, bank. .Many of Wil-
son's citizens aive men of w ealth
who are not content with letting
their mcuiey 1m? idle, but are con-
tinoallv investing- in new enter-.
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thus building up their towu
aud at the same time adding, to
their fortuues. .
Wilson may well be mentioned
among the prominent cotton mnr-
! keu iu the State. As many as 675
5 bales perjday have been received
laud the total receipts this year
will not fall short of 30.000 bale.
The merchants are alive, energetic
aud hardworking, And the business
done in Wilson is very extensive.
ouaded sciiools
AND NEVTSPA-
PEES.
Oertaiuly the most laudable en
terprise in which the people of
Wibou are interested is the Grad
ed School. Prof. J. F. Ilrutou, the
principal, has won the confidence
of the !eopie, and is lield in high
regaid. He is a scholarly gentle
man; an energetic and success
ful teacher. He haa a corps of
etlicieut assistants and mote than
four hundred children are in daily
attendance. !-."
Every Inxly that knows Wilson
knows Inuh the energy and the
good nature of its two news
papers the Advance and the
"M irroiv' Special Correspondence
of the "Chronicle."
Anotner Trageay
Another tragedy las leen enact
ed in New York because of the in
vasion of the family circle. John
son b. Lynch, a a lawyty of stand
ing in I t ica and a desceudeut of
John Ouincy Adams, became in fa t-
uated with the beautiful wife of
a respectable gentleman E. N.
v . .
uoweii, ot the firm ot" Palmer &
Rowell, who manufacture paper
ooxes at Ratavia. She was an nn
worthy woman who betrayed her
self and her husband's honor.
Lyneh would not..- have i:.ade ad
vances if she had not led him on'.
tier husband suspected her and
gave oiothat,ho was going away
on a biVtrip aud then con
cealedJ in the town. She
wrote ct,iynch at Utica to co.ne to
see her and he came to meet his
death. The circumstances of the
killing will doubtless clear Rowell.
The faithless wife will bear a load
of grief and sin through life, while
Lynch has'go'tea his just deserts.
Too Mflch Conning on Snnday.
The Brooklyn clergy find fault
vyith the young people of that city
for ni ring too much on Sundays.
This practice the .clergy say keeps
the young people away from the
sanctuary and is therefore to Ihj
corrected, If the clergy cany their
point it will lie a triumph indeed.
Sk Paul says that "love is the ful
filling of the law." Here is a text
from which the other side may
preach. -
Bass at That.
We recollect olice to have seen
and heard a man, a go.nl inan,
singing with the .'congregation at
his wile's funeral and singing
oas; ar inat- singing at all was
had enough but singing bass was
just a little too much for our pa
tience. Southern "Christian Advocate-"
-
A Heart Boro.
The oilier day Jacob Leib, a farm
er of 'Erie,'Pa.,' put )?10,0M) in his
parlor stove fo hidc it from bing-
I.iis, and Saturday his wife built a
fi:c for the guests of their stiver
wcdiliug, and thus destroyed th
eari'i'iigs of a lifetime.' .
The leading railroads of the
country will, .in alwiut a 'month
from now, begin to run their trains
under a new time system. The
new time -nieces . which are now
lx-ing nnnle, will indicate twenty
four hours instead of twelve. Thus
1. beginning at 1 o'clock iu the morn
ing, what is now 1 o chx'k in the
day will lie V) o'ch ck,flnd midnight,
instead of 1 will, le 21 o'clock
The railroad people sav' the new
system will obviate confusion.
The Tai lsiro "Guide"'' says that
on Fridav last Mr. ('. J. Austin
was', t lie victim of the most daring
out raze ever perpetrated in our
i ..in mn n it v. On his way homo af
ter the close of his days business,
and whe-i within one hundrel yards
of his home, he was fired upon by
some rulhaii w ith a shot gun. The
i uhlan was concealed on the oppo
site side of the street, ami shot at
a distance of thirty yards or more.
Several shot took effect in Mr. Ans
t in's face and shoulders, but with
no dangerous effect.--
The "Re:ore'.". M useuni has anoth
er curiosity. Brot her Iondon has
found a pigeon w hich is so fond of
music that when it hears the piano
it Hies into the parlor aud dances
in very creditable time, and will
leave its roost any timeof night if
it hears the notes of that instru
ment. Tnere is a c-t in Wilson
which is similarly affected by the
harmony of sweet soands.''
The new Duchess of ...West mini.
ter, wife of one of the richest men
in Europe, was married in a dress
of white fonl ird, costing scventy
ftvc cents a yard This certainlj
is economy, and economy it is to
use Dr Bull's Cough Syrup the
great remedy tor coughs and colds.
n ATRS OK ADTEBTiSnfO -
j On Inch. Ono ItiVMtioo
tlM
'" Thre Month
'mm aouu
one t
Uber Hwovhii.' wiU'b mla uce
AdToru-i(unt mi f.rt- Contract ,j Tot
Cm mint town iuy mU AJTertUctncnta
n)cm rooo ivfpreocc 11 rlren.
BILLY MAHONE.
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1HS ATTEMIT TO ItULLDOSE
A NKGRO.
WHO STKVVK HILLY T
Petersburg, Van Novemlnr 0.. Sen
ator Mahone barely escaped death
hei-e to-tlay, and his owu oflicious.
uess was the cause. In t bo Fourth i
Wanl voting-.iecinct thn-e had
beeu hard fehug. owing to the
course of certain Readjustee who
were disposed to bully the demo
crats. AlxHit 4 o'clock this eve
ning the Senator,: accompanied by
his sou, drove up to the toJU iu
that ward, alighted from his car
riage and stood near, looking at
the voting. Ill a few moments n
negro went up, accompanied by u
white man. He had a democratic
ticket in his hand. A Keadjuster
challenger made mime - objectiona
ble remarks to him by way of in
fluencing his vote, to which the
negro repliwl that the democrat J
took part with him. "Which tick-
et do you want to vote!" they1
asked the negro.
"This ticket," he replied, iudi
eating the democratic ballot which
he held in his hand. Then tho Sen
ator conceived that it was his
special mission to say something
He pushed his way into the crowd ;
aud excitedly cried out, "I have
come here to see fair play." ':'
This remark excited the indij;
nation of an old and leected citi
zen, Mr. William Long, who. was ,
very near the Senator. "Vou are ,
a pretty one, Mr. Mahone, to talk
about a free ballot and a fair
count," he exclaimed. -Vou have
been cheating ever since yon have
been a politician."
At this ioint. the young Mahone
reached forward with a Mick in
one hand and a pistol m the other.
"The first man who insults my fath
er mean to kill him ou the sjKif;"
He threatened and he brandished
hisweapousas though he really
had some faint intention of doing
what ho said.
"( d d n if, I have a pistol,
too," put in the Senator. "
Then the crowd began t o clone
in on the Senator. Somebody
knocked the pistol out of the young
Mahone's hand, and he Was push
ed alHiut and shoved, out of the
way- Everybody thought the Sen
si tor's hour was come. Theie were
many men present, who 'hud the
strongest hatred for him, but there,
were some cool democrats present
who interrupted to prevent the
difficulty which could notjothi-
wis have Tbeen avoided. They step
jsd in lietween theJScnalHi- and his
backers and exhorted them not to
engage iu any act of violence. . The
democrats listened attentively, and
gradually withdrew from the Sen
ator's presence.. The pistol which
Mr. Mahone rloiuisheil was then
ricked up and carried to the judge
of election " by a democrat. He
made the charge that it had Ih'cii
taken from the young man, and
asked that the judge ordcrhi ar
rest. No step was taken, however,
although the Readjustcr policemen "
who were present were fully'. ac
quainted with the facts.
The business men of Ral igh
held a .meeting (4i raise funds for
the eutei taiinelit of tin cxM'ctd
Northern visitors. A resolution
was adopted to boll a State Km
sit ion at Raleigh in the fall of ! !
It is st had year, a theemtitiy
will lie excited over ihe Prenleie
tial election. A 'resolution was
adopted as follows: Itmlretl, :Tlnil
we request the MM)ple of each a lid
every county of North Carolina to
join us iu assisting the State Agri
cultural Society and I he Depart
ment of Agricultiiiv in making a
grand exoitiou in the city of
Raleigh next fall, and that a com.
mittee of twenty-oue Im apioini-d
to make all the Ktep ne-essary to
secure a - magnificent display o
prolucfs of the State.
It's very easy to start false re
jKjrts. Jnst lecane H woman,
while buying a broom, wanted one
with a heavy and strong handle,
it was reorted around that she
was in the habit, of ls-ating ler
husbaml.
--
Ducks charge everylsnly with
biiug a "quack," and there arebnt a .
f?w who are exempt from the gos
ling accusation. Dr Bull Cough'
Syrup is certainly an exception to
the rule, as it is no 4loulrf, the
rreatest remedy offered to a suffer
ing K'oplc.
The bfferehce tctween a niugle
colored mail's moan for his nweet
beart aud a Western storm is that
one is a dark, lone sigh, and the
other a dark cyclone.
"The man who rides on a rail
road train," said Mr. Stebbins, "Is
not neoessarly prompteil by con
temptible feelings, though he be
moved by a lowcor motive," r
aw
ft tn