North Carolina Newspapers

. immaammmmmmm- I-"- ' L iLSON ADVANCE. Published, Every Friday at , Wilson South Carolina. "WILSON ADVANCE. -:o: t : Rates oj Adtestisino: WSEPECS JAMELS, - Idikr tnl Proprietor! r - Subscription Kates in Advance One I n r a. One Fnrtloe " One Month . " fc Three Months. " 8n Mouths i. , ..t 1 t "ie Year.. Six Month i s no 1 00 rvMonT c .ict br Money Order or iieglstered Letter at our rik. ,. . " flfrric-Tarboro Street, la the 0d' Post WILSON NORTH .CAROLINA,; JANUARY" 15. 1885. NUMBER 49 On Tear- liberal Diiuxranta will be made for tanrrr AdrertU emema and f or ContracU by Um ear. trn-rv - iTTi y. V -, . ' " . -i '1 , ' '".lrr AL,t, THE ESDS THOU AIM'ST AT, BE THY COUKTBF'S, TII fclOD'SAND TBUTWS'." VOLUME 14.4 TTT LAST MESSAGE. ' ' ' i -1 i i GOV, JAR VIS' MESSAGE AT THE CLOSE OF HIS TERM. SENSIBLE SUGGESTIONS. Uudcr date of January' 7th, Gov. larvis .sent to the General Assem bly his last message. It it an able ociiment and deserves a careful ading by every voter, j t NRNTLE5lEN OE TI1E1 SENATE t;ouse op; Representa A I hereby congratulate you i nie peculiarly favorable ',; THE COTUTsj The i-owded condition of our dflrpt rwitii ae-ed suits and the .- o . Innir ilifiim i'l obtaining' & are so ireuerallv known, and some counties nave -oeeomc t annrottriatiu ta , k . ,ai,d trial, in amount now alloq, with this appropriation, the tniversity. can do a good work j, and for the State. i I view0f alt facts it canuot oe wiuered unreason .h ; able , to ask --yon to asg a special tiiies under which 'jle. ' cir- you as- ' affairs or the Stati are in a Wixfactory condition. Noth- :n say can more clearlv set jiiia imci, man uoes, the re )f the State .Treasarer. It ,c a source of gratification to ( tiiful officer, upon ! retiring fir?, to know that he leaves e treniy nearly a million r.i.i'. .governor iiit.olwrnhli 'oviU.. that ty for some action on your part is imperative. .1 therefore- jenew niy recnmmeilfbtlious. madftv to the 'Legislature" in ad 1SH3. An increase; in the ntltjiber fi; tms of the Slate is so inyx-nitiVfly de maided,; that I: d not! think it can- be "longer delayed wifI proper regard Th- 'the Uxt ;inter- lavs iu the trials. il' . briuunals, which now prevail iii tjhe-. State, is, pnttuig the. lawabidiaig sjiirit of our people to a severltest and I regret to know that a ft-w' coin .munitien have not leert ahle "to staud the test. ' Public eoininen dation of lynch law .eaiot Iks, too severe, nor the punishment en gaged in it too. sViftr bujt it is not' quite the thing for thlise to sit iu judgment upon theni wo refuse, .to, aid iu establishing istillicient tribmials for the trial of jhese and other criftiiuajs. . In" myj opinion, the legislator who, refuses to pro ide sufficienr courts to i right the wrprigs and adjust the.lclaiins of coi'nmuuities aud cittzensj speedily I'Jttions. I trust uln,fl favor with) oyi thai looks M chaiiffj IU the law of 'uDtmUing the reports of LL'Jutive officers, viz : Treasu "r,' Secretary of State, Uendejht of Public In S nd reports of the msti V The Boards of Direc j'lree Insane Asylums, iiU.tiary, the rejiort of of t he Institution for i i)umb aud the Blind, v the 'Cmmisjaon for u 'of the Western ln- i, t he report i of the f Health, and the re Vuavantiue Physician I The teiMirts of the eral aud the State likewise herewith v - i i 1 STATE GOVEKXME NT jxnenditures for the ,'nding 2ovenler 30, ,?783,641.78; but this races several items properly chargeable pities of the State gov- e i. .(f proper, becanse the. funds froiu which, those items are de- frayed are not raised by general taxatioft, and therefore oughtto.be deduct fi 1 These items are as follows Expenditures by Ajrribuiturai tye4 " Mi "d the Attorney treneral , p;lrtmmi: .....J...4n,(.io oo s;,tK eaeh. Good fcer vice, 1 urest paid on Konowal CotiHtruci - 1 , . , ;, t ' i tion &ud of North Carolina KalU antj not cheap seivice, is hat we I i -.. lUffl w I A nnunt mid oa construction ot . .overnor's Ridence... .i- W,M 00 A KHint paid on construction of atid proinptlj, assumes ai great re siionsibility. The jinnilH-i' -of Su perior, Court Judges was ' reduced ten years ago from- twelve to nine. During that ten years there lias Itet'ii a wouderlitl .iucreasf iu the popuUttibi and business Interests of the State. , North Carolina; is' a very different State toj'what it was ten. years ago: If min? were sufficieuc, then, fjwelve would be insufficient now, and I! recoin- ntvnH yon make the, ntimoer not less than twelve. v .! - . - . ! SALAKIEN. i: Beiieviug the."' f line , has eotne when the S; ate can aft'orid do do justice to her public serfauts, I reConVniend a revision of; the sala s paid io the public ; officers. ie nresent cMiinensatnfli is in ost-Wits-8 notouly inadequate, but it is 'Unequal." It seeilKs to me the salaries ought; to be 1 graded as lollow : I respectfully suggest that the(rovernori should receive 5,00o, the Chief I Justice $4,000, the Associate Jiistjoes $3,; 500, and the Superior Lourt .Judg-r es, the Secretary of 'State, the ' .nilitiki tlia Ti-t-iciH'Af tha sli J priiiteii'U'iit 'of Public lnstrnc- ?es M rHtlr.mil from StatesvlllB. to TaT I rnviUe - ........ 13,?0 00 ni-re waalKO the unusual ex f -use ItuMirreil in the puhlii-ationi .1 tlu C.Vle, and which will not be ii mi ,'m.I araln ftir VMrfl. and 1 t C-ref ire should alo be dplU(Med....S',619 58 2 ii "-tt y v i.6u,:.ai-. . mi i,i Pauses incur- thA In the i ."-.pment ot thq ; ' Slate Uruards during the State Ex . position, and which ere paid for ontef a special fund arlsiDir from . .na sale of old arms and by appro priatuia of the General- Govern- MaM, amounting to....... s,i--o .i TotaU :. T 7.2U.8i4 U Doductlnfr those from the jfenoral i ipcns a abeve mated, we have for the usual and ordinary expena- . . caof the State Government proper 5T0,!HT 69 ESTIMATED EXPENSES FOR THE I NEXT TWO YEjtRSl I The Treasurer and the Auditor intimate the1 expenses of lie State -overument for the fiscal years end f g Nov. 30th, 1885, and Nov. 30th, S8G aliout 5J0,OOO per year, or dollars with which i n(.v ff the indebtedness of thei University, and to aid In tli j j)ur(.base of books for the librae atl(i also to authorize the Penitiarv author ities to cancel their dbfc. ' . :A DEPARTMENT OF GRioULTXJBE.! There has been1. gorae Criticisii upon the management of the Del partmeiit. Its v r -- however, speaks for itself ai J , Xie inistake may nave ih-ch a h,.as- a wiioie it has leen of ri f lenefit to the State. While I do Uiif ask "for the Hoard any ": exeirtnti0nS froiii . - criticisms or mest iio piiositiou vour honorable auv radical its organization, 01 tat wonld n jinv wav limit ith. Isiihere of it iusetntness I now repeat a tplommendatioti 'made two vears aaa.l tti-wit: That yon anUiorize inepTchas ot tue lot iust back ' of ty Agricultural .Building, if it can be obtained, ajt a reasouaoie jnien pnere buuuim be erected oh that tot periaaneuS Exhibition BuiWiDgr! in which the material now' belonging to tbe Board and .which have attracted so much attention at: Boston, fel Raleigh, and at - New Orleans should belplace: This collection should le addet ; to '. from time to time, and shoiiil, le made to iiH elude all! igrf.ndtural V prodnfts and appjoed.1'. agiicultu "implements.! lu i this - way the State can sopu have a collect JO in which o$r owl iepple wo d feel a great piiej imd which t iey would visit wjir; Interest; an t4 ,fhe capitvalistl.ceking places And objects for iavstinei j it would 1 r T.'LABR. ' inaugural addfes$ iarsjiga 1 advi-eq lit OE lan oceii nlanaged institution ask for a spec ial and an additional appropriation a ... 1 t enaDte tnem to mane some hi-u ed alterations and repair. in the heating apparatus and in the inte rior eiuipnent of the building. The management of this institu tion has been so wise and economi cal, and its work -for its unfortu nate pupils ha been so judicious aim! beneficial, that do not best tsite to concur in the request of the Trustees, aud to recommend the IN AUGXJR ATIOJ OF THE GOVERNOR There has tuvn noino discussion recently about the. illogical ahd 1 ieemiugly inconsistent, provisions of the constitution as to the begin- s ti'ngol the term "of office aiid vtlifej. '-i iuitnguratiou of tbe Governor aiwl other Stat oflicers. In ISt'S when th6 coiistitutjou ' was written, it was logical aud bar- I mon ions on this question. It rtK vided in Art. II. Section 2, tliathe I legislature should meet on the third ! Monday of November. It also pro-1 vided m Art III. Section 3,; that the returns lor the election' of a Governor and other State officers should be made to the Speaker of of tbe House of . Representatives, and by him opened ia tha presence of the two Houses. It further pro vided in Art. III. Section ore, tbe term of the Governor and other State officers; should begin on ?tle firs day of' January next httvr their election. I This "was the,1 con dition of things up. to January 1st, 1877, when t ; change in some 'of these provisions went into effect, v The Convention of 1875 changed one of these provisions without making ihe necessary change in the others, so as to preserve the BILL ARP'S TALK. SS!!K". "'..'it'- nered dasa of citizens. I have -:o: REMARKS ON THE TRAINING A BOY GETS IN COLLEGE. MR. CABLE'S ERRORS. THOMAS M. HOLT, SPEAKER HOUSE OF REPRESENT ATIMES - - . - ... t . roundfd, by more faithful friends or more vtfhipetent offlcials. To them, one arid all, I am undei obligations, i and to them I return my tianks. Ami now, as I bid farewell to this great office, and lay downfits high honors an 1 its grave responsibili ties, I pray that , the Divine Guid ance may direct tho.e who may be called npbn from, time, to time tT take them up, and that . heaven's- i choicest oles -sings may ret upon COL. THOMAS H. HOLT. Speaker 01 The Hojise Or Repre - ; " sentatives. , - be invaluable! i - CON2 In uty fin '.delivered six the employn the dramas the swamp Enough has with Ibis labor in Dovr Swamjis yearn to ticability r -lmmeuiate. Wewuou be- ty of Peuler, anaiwortu begi,n oii iH'ginning ot the-jAa mpf a road i'TOtigh that large b.Jy ot r ist-tf oiijeers, as 4iVti rire 1ai'ft. 1 ' - - " onglit to nun at, ami it tve tret good public, service 1 lielieve the peopie.are '. witling to pay jiist com pensation lor1 it. i I urge that you .give-'-tljis"' mat ter your immediate nttemiou be- lyye- the the new passed alter '-'-ihein- qualification could affect them, f trust, as I Cn have no possiifit; personal in terest in the matter, I nii lie al lowed esjieci.illv to' ursej-au in crease in the thivernor'sj 'salary. I am the Only occupants ..of. this office .that, lias been affected by the dtHjrease made in thtj ilar.v by the-act of 187'.', and I fcmel Will continue to-be the tuulv. one. I know so 'trell how inaileqiiate the salary is, that I hoiieS no 'one lie srtb- this la'bor; iii evulopiiient of of' the east; accomplished bite Oak bud the. last !two demnustftite the ntac of such JnternrisewJ A good road witM clnais has tieerj opened -through licit of twese swamps, , and ,the health of tbo convicts empioyei in this wHiric has been better- thin' that of tps cOuhnetl elsewhere. In faeltV case of stvkness among them) was a rare thing, lie work npori these two roads hiving been! com oletedJ tliat sr.uau has beefi re moved to.Aitgola iar. in the fcoun ie i . . . . .. . . logical haaiony of the sections. It rl'l a" her - ever have to its .iiicoiiveuiene 1,180,000 fur the two years.. It is Int. ii a mi ml that as the State in- reases iu population aud i wealth, 'tat there should be a correspond jig lucreas 'in expenses. Acting i;pon ibis theory, uud'.'upon the ilea that there will be au increase iio. the appropriation, a moderate timate of the necessary expenses ir those two years, will be $u25, ' 30 per year or $1,250,000 for the ri yejirs, whch should bei provid- .1 for; To meet this the ..Treasu r bad cash on hand, oiuNovem- Vr .norh. 1884. .)26.0aBW. The ceipts from sources other than (xes oii pwperty, amounted Iu the 'rlsMfo last j'ear t(i( $176, Vs. There is some increase in !n.citts from - this source be te it is i tax upon the business i5 State and that is steatlily Uasing. So it is safe to calcu- that reciins from this source not btlcss than $175,000. ?x of ten cents on the hrtndred rs' worth of property will rais .000. These three ainounts J together make the total re 's for the two years, $1,476, 8, which will be ample to meet ' expenses ot the State j gov 'ent for the two fiscal years - g Nov. 30th, 1885, and , Nov. ) i?fl,"rtnd have quite a large j is left over. 'So it will be , hat every suggestion I shall in this message iu theiwayof crease in expenses may lie ! ...1 . l ' i.u n ilu saietj, una simi k;i- e rate of taxation to be kept w. teu icents on the "huu ollars' worth' of property for sr and twenty five i the hundred dollars' ' worth e made else will jected to .. : EDIyCATIOJt. The University should Hi fact and truth .the hearfof-oifr common Bchool system; 4udthis institution should be sntticiently equipped to f tirniWlr teachers' and sptJcialists whenever deijianded. The University of to-ay is! a very different institution i'Vom the Uni- befiore ' l.v , I'oncur. iu the wise atiott vif the Treasurer f i tax of ten cent's cn the . dollars' , i h.l i .. .t. v.-i'il "J':iieu H)i iiiiiJker versity classical; literature 1 matical studies forh tnres of its coute ol and the sons of the r its chief' patrons, and the necessities require its theifoaiU 5 Then. 1 . intl i niattie ed the fea-insimction, ch iiieii were Now It he age of the times work to lie moj-e prac- Whtjei 1 earnJtly advise tlie cottinnaoce of uis labor in these swau.ptell insistj that auv act au thorizing, Hhe' klirection of this work !by local iiards siall be xk- pealed. ; ,' Experience his tanght me that Ihe best interests of the State wi lie subserved by leaving the fainiing j out of con victs entirely the 1 Board" of Di rectors, and I irge you to pass ia general law . on the subject giving tiie Board the sole I authoritv to farm them out f The insti tution '.is now uanaged by a boatfd of five, directtr. I advise that the number e increased to nine, and that oue-iitrd of theni go odt ot ofiice ever- two years, thus giving a six yjiirs' term. J EAlI.toADS. oecnoo i joi ine UtMie r- quhes all raikOad cornt anies to make : annual changed the time of the meeting of the legislature to the first Wed nesday after the first 'Monday in January, but failed ' to make a chauge iu the time of the inaugu ration. The counting of the votes. is a necessary part of the election i f a Governor, and as the body ap pointed by the constitution to connt the votes does not. Tmeet'till after the first da 'of January, tbe inaug uration cannot, of I course; take place on that day. All of these are constitutional provisions, .and can not be changed except by a vote of the. people. There ought not to be any change in the manuerot count ing the vote. Nothing but the leg islature should do that. The place to make the change is in the - be ginning of tbe jterm 'and the day of the- inauguration, and 1; suggest that you submit, to the people an amendment to tbe Constitution on this subject, for it can 'be done in no other way I suggest that you fix the last Wednesday in February as the day for the qualification of the State officers, not only to avoid the incongruities of the present law, out also because it is in many respects better to retain the old officers during the sitting ot, the General Ase-mbly, iii order that they may give them, from time to time, the information required for intelligent legislation.' , The newly electod officers would necessarily require' time, to famil iarize themselves with the records and the duties of their position.- Tnos. J. Jauvis. Tongh Old People. i eiuor,' g iving Ie the soni of the tysiind a welcome worth of proiiertv for th."i veai y-id that the counties ' be giv I hcuefit of this low "rate t Uheuefit of debt i- Ihe constitution the ixiwer otinty to levy taxes is limit Vice th amount levied for '.noses unless tlie IcirisJa- u-poses umess the Jegisja nctions a higher rate. 'c suggest that you iusert in .! bill a general provision ) Justices of the Peace and f Commissioners of ! such 1 as may be in debt,: may he SUte levy enough for I puiL? ' to - bring the 'er.ett aud collected inn to -ititutional limitation. Iu many counties, which arrassed, will lie abhp to tieots witnout mcreinsiu iu the aggregate, tical; and while rich shall alwa and a, course of instruction of high grade, the sons of the pttor must find its dcHirs open jb them and a practical course ofiiiistruc- tion suited to their wants. If they waiic to lie teachers, thev must find a course of jnskructioii arranged to fit theijli for'.thsit great woTk. If they tlesire special iu- stcuctioii on scientific UHHfhanical; agricultural or practical subjects to fit them for. labor in these de partments of human life, wfiich.are now assuming their just. import ance in the State, they tnifst'have it.- Thei tiusteesf have g0n4 as far, and done. as uuich, lir thii direc tion as was possible with the lim ited u.eaps at their conmiaiid. The . spirit aud energy of the Board are equal to, Hie work, - but they, ntn without the necessary mean's, and I urge you to supply that lnieaiis. Vou -alone can do it. . ' j ' The Board of Trustees aae pro foundly impressed with tiiel n.eces sily of establishing additional pro-, fessorships in order to make the University what it shonld.be if it is expected to fill the full measure of its -use) illness. They 'cannot establish such professorships, be cause 'they have not the necessarv funds. The Board is also obliged to turn away numbers of meritorious iMKr young in en who a.v eantesth' seeking an education, orseiid them out , in the world bnrdeticjd . with debt contracted for their .'tuition. for which they have givcti their iMttes to the Boa'fU' ' 1 Either alternative.- shithlil; lie avordetl. The- doors of the . l.'n.K versity ought not to be closed to any iutelligent, iiieritorioiisj'.ou-ug man because he is not able! to puV his' tuition. The denominational colleges ate not able to admit lif iff tree, and u the State will noti dw ii :.. r-.:. . .... ' . ib.iii urr tjwuci.Mij, wtieie.4C,il-tia. got I feel vhuvh more deeply ujhhi suhject than might be ctHi.sidereii iuoier to w:ite in a paieLt" lUik mat ion requi: subdivisions o: have comiilie,! nieut. ' Section' l'jia for a tailftwxJ I sn"gest th the Attornev the ienalt-v I still tl ac-nie to th comanies il charged i wit I tigating ill porting to th ii i we na(. k would be h- for neither c would be life, could not Ii known tha publication I do not ad as some oth and give th fix rates anf THE, FOB Tt pital near gious and if was dest and the LeglM ing failed t tion for th rebuilt. I tion of jhre tnis piupos; tier; the di fejtorts to the Goy- he detailed infor- d in the severlil paid section, f Few with this require- It is right, Uknow, for a man to be-"CouservatVB and tolerant and respectfully considerate of other lieopie's opinions, out now can a ins ii be so and take the papers! When he reads the nonsense of men claiming j to he educators he gets disgusted with fools, and when he read the venomous lies and slanders of politicians he is equally disgusted with knaves, and so between the two their nt- terauce-m the . public press keeps hi m vexed about half the time. Nevertheless, it is the daty of a good citizen to keep up with the age, in wnicn lie lives, lor lie can iio something, and it is his dutr to read and be prepared .for. com mg events and raise his voice on the right Kide. t It has been a great drawback on the South that her people d,id not' read enough and were too contented with their ig iioratice; but they are waking tm now, and you can hardly find a family, in this region that does not' take some paper. I mix with our common people a great deal and I know, families . who take a paper for the children to read, ai though the patents canuot. This is all right aud it is eneouratr ing. After a I poor farmer boy has 'learned to read - and- write aud cipher, he cad get a right. good education from the ,,paiers, and tie can get it cheaper than any other way. I ould rather ray boy.woul depend on three orJ'our good papers, that would not cost more man ten dollars a . .: i :.. i : .:it "i 1.7 " 1 iiiaiiu-11 111 uustuens uu 1 j ,i r -i. ...... 11 1 jo.ii. jus liiiua, r.uiu uuii, ....1 ftnlnprrv: . Tlmv a-ill lu. nf M.ugijioiitine interestoiii.spaii,- more beneflfc to him in the prac ncr 1.1 he cottqp mauubM-iuring tjca, business of life. Of conrse in m ui moit iv uarrigan, auu iouh. Ins son in with him to assist in the management of the business.whieh was uwn'sstullv conducted by fattier apd son until 1SC0. Iu tbtit war Colonel Holt bought his pres cut cottoti factory on Haw River, which has : grown constantly since tinder His mauageineut. He was a yiember of the court tinder the old county court system, and acted as chairman ol the Ala mance County Finance Committee He' was elected a county commis sioner of his native county in 1872, holding the place four years. In 1 870 he was eb.oseu to the State Senate as a Democrat, serving one NEWS 01' A WEEK' Thomas Michael Holt was born July 15, 1831, in that part of Or ange count v which; was erected into the new county of Alamance. He received his primary education t the Caldwell Institute, then lo cated at GillslHirough'. He went to Chapel Hill in June, 184'.). Among I his associates at the University were Judge Settle. Governor Vance, .lion. 'A. M. Waddell, Judge W. A. Moore, J'rof. W. O. Connecticut liV "' oL TlmS,m f iiou. iveuip i . uanie. ijc hir the University before gruduating he went to Philadelphia, and1 re- The- population of by the census of 1880 was t'22,700, and majj, be roughly coinputedsat i the present time at 650,000. In this number Mr. Frederick II. Nash has detected more than six thousand above eighty years old, aud publishes a list of them ur rauged by townships. Of the six thousand there aTe six hundred and fifty-tine more than uinety, and one hundred and twenty moi than one huudivd years old. Brief sketches of most of the liv ing centenarians are given, and of some who hare recently died, and we are impressed by the very slow effects, of .mm. and , tobacco upon their vitality. i 1 For example. Mrs. Nancy Coley f Easton,' is set down at as one hundred . and five iyears old. At birth she was so small , that she was put into a teapot and the lid was shut on her. She. was married tnIna In 1'ftl am. A ...,.'1.1 i . - . n -I . ..i . -, ... ,' ia Tijr,L- iw. 1UD n&n yk iiucdl 1.11111, : . . - Nancy acquired the habit of tak lf he is to be a profesiouiJ pian, he must study the sciences and go to college, but it is a hazard a great hazardto send a bov to college, and tbe reason is plain. I our years, at school and four more at college takes eight of the best years of a Uiys life, say from 12 to 20, the very years that his phys icsil system needs physical exer cise, and physical trainipg; the very years when his habits of life and for life are fixed; the very years when hti ohould to'x labor with study and let Iiis brain and his muscle all work along together and sustain each other ' College great respect for them, for they attend well to their business and are entitled to more respect; than 'some of their customers. Mr. Ca ble seems to think that jastice to the negro requires we should mix with them on equal terms ju our churches and schools and cars and hotels and theaters, and this shows his utter ignorance of the race as a race, for they will tell him almost uniformly that they ao not want to mix. They want eqnal privileges, but they do not use to mix. ihe race instinct is against it. lour recent editoral on this subject was most admira i.i .... vik uu most true, ana tnis re minds me to say that no philoso- puer on philanthropist. under stands the negro like those who were born and bred with them. and the negro knows it. . He has to-day more respect for the old masters than he has for his So called northern friends. Whcnjie feels fully assured that democracy aoes not mean slavery or, oppres siODj out rather an enlarged free uum mm protection na . will no longer rely upon northern politics or northern promises, and will quietly affiliate with his own peo ple. We are getting along very well together jiow, and I think some of our . abstractionists are attaching too much , importance to the race problem. It is pre . . ... mature, it may oecorrm a se rious problem for our children and my faith is they will be prepared for it.- It is said they are increas ing more rapidly than the white. I have never believed it and I pat no trust in the census that re porta it. Tbe birth rate may be as great, bnt the death rate is at least three to one. Our city records prove it aunually. They do not marry like tney used to, nor do they take as good care of their children. Bat suppose they are increasing more rapidly. It does not follow that they ever will or ever can . contro the conntry or its government. A few men control it, now. Not tbe many money and property eon t:ol it, and always will. Monev controls us all, whether we know it or not. Money is the lever of Archimedes and -the negro will never have it because he does not want it; It is trot his nature to accumulate. He lives and toils for his present 'good. A few do ac quire property, but only a few, and that proves the rnle by the excep tion, lie canuot accummalate be would, because he has no fit ness for the art and the tricks ol traue oy wnicn most or our race get rich. The negro rarely, cheats or deceives anyone in a trade. He is frank and open and does not know - how to plot a fraud of con GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS t OF THE WORLD. PENCILLINGS GLEANINGS. t habits are habitS of physical indo-4-caat.l-alVin ladfcife hiac fixes the penalty ake these. yoa either direct eueral to sue for '(Ileal fhn law that .good woul eople. and to the e l.ad au officer e duty of inves- mplaints and re- eneral Assembly. an officer there use for complaint. oration nor citizen to do things which istmed, it it was Investigation arid re sure to follow. vou to go as far StAtft liciva trnriix 141 ' . . V, Jj'fneer the power x nfedules. 'r, WILMINGTON. was finch a Mfiville, for cont ing snnff, and has contiuned.it for niuety years. Mrs. Elsie Chittenden, ,f Guil ford, is another example. She was one hundred years Id last April, and, like Mrs Coley, has been married twice. For more than sixty years she has beeir puntf taker. She has no physical disease, has never taken mediciue. . .Mrs. Chittenden, however, has been a totil' abstainer from spirituous liquors, auu to mis, saj s me iu ographer, "many attribute her lon gevity." Mrs. Bridget Farley, ol" Strat ford, however (who beats Mrs. Chittenden by three years, makes her own bed daily, is subject to no physical disabilities .except rheu matism; and thanks .God for '-the privilege of living so, loug to re pent fully of her sins''), takes spirituous liquors with moderation every time, sue gets a cnance, auu has done so since atendeV age. William Hamilton, who died last July at the age of one hundred and two, was an houest man. .attended tricriy to ins own business, was There is, however! no practical difficulty in the matter as it now is, for tbe old officers hold till their suc cessors are qualified. THE ;pLORED PEOPLE. ; i cheerfully bear testimony to the fact that the colored people ! of this State, with rare exceptions, have been orderly, law-abiding citizens during fay term of office. I have been received by them always with the greatest deference and respect, and 1 have had tbe cordial support of the better element of them iu the administration 4of the law. I can see marked signs of improve ment among them in many ways commendable in them aud benefi cial to the State. ; The relations existing, between them and the white people are so, kind and har- mnnii-tria that, era hu.i-ll- raili-u tl. ! . ,v- ....... ' . . .., . .... .. ; respected oy an wno Knew him. fact that one-third f our inipula- au,i hild been an inveterate smoker tiou isof-oue race and two-thirds jor eighty vears, " ut itiiuLiirt, tiisttui -ii i tn.-e, iiiiii mib a quarter ot a century has not yet active part iu eouiiVromising tue State's debt, and especially that part of it which was a lien on the State's stoekiudie North Cirolina Railroad CffnTpany, going on North to see thiH)iul holders in person forJhis puqiose. He was chosen te represent his native county in the -House of Representatives m the last Legislature. - ' ( While in th( Legislature Colonel Holt occupied many prominent imsitions on the different eomuiit tees, being a member of several and chairman of, two.- He was a prominent candidate for Speaker before the Democratic caucus of the last Legislature, and came with two votes of receiving the n om i n at ion .Raleigh Chren iele." lence. cation lira in when uei comes aw.iy, looks . around for business".. A college lioy has no edu- to work; auvthiug. bnt his niiit nis physical he can't NEW HWRt : J ... - NEjy7 again tion that . - suui.-iiOU o room; au v an addiai the .vgricu ty'ed, ami il: 'iinthropy A iyhinis'iudj to inei't ti hos- liut tortn Carolina is . ahead iu old folks as in all other thin us. The Asheville "Exlavigator" has a four column biographical- in terview with the oldest man in the world- He lives in Cherokee county, is 187 years old, sees with his second set of eyes, eats heartily with his four, sets of teeth, and says lie is good tor zo vears more Temperance has done old man whose name is Thomas Williams temperance, that" is to sity three drinks a day for 150 years'. Snys the report in the "Exlavigator: "Arid to what cause, principally, Mr. Williams, do - you attribute your great immunity from the com- !AT1 Kfrijic discuses but vtfl ,bv lire in 1882. ore of 1883 hay ke an appropria- rfnrpose. it was riot ggest an apnroinia- liinisand doliars ior o be exefided fp n of the Goverair. ' . it E COURT ROOMS AiD ATE LIBRARY. i - i my recommenda- rovide for the cob- ew Supreme Court new state Library. ui to the west end'pf ai Building. 1 tSYLUMS. - - "5. The asvhlis are nil nr'll -. mail an honor to the phi- t lie State. ' The insane however, insufficient demands nuon tlipm. and I recoifneud you to make the needed iin ft-noriation for tln im- 'edite- ah,pletton-of the north i wins or it. WostAi- msi ' ' v""-" " io i i u in . thi'ihs done, about two bun- dree" Stab. ! character, and vet I caniAit 'dis. latoui-. '-..j j miss it without lH'ggiug.' thitt ;tlie w au via,fM. U ta I 1 1 r 1.1117 IJ U I l 1,1 (Ml v LtZ . V TT I iri I ' i zed COmpilat.OU ofonr to the mior' vonn.r 'iiihii of" Hip t u,1lrOVif' I yfarit r with it, State. moid cam witn the t l i. s.vuun , t still be iu i of these u t see them m i riuigeraeii l Willi II, I ntled and opened, ami hence I urge an i au-i1:ss'riTUT nnal anrironriation of ten tliOus- U DVT5 jnd dollarsi. iu addition to the , Ahe Tr of the insane of the ,'aecomriiodated. Even pletion ofthe Westerii accommodations wi Sicient, aud a nuinbe ituuate people will h for, unless other a ire made IX FOR THETJEAF AND AND THE BLIND eos of this admirabi' passed siucethe one-third was held in Slavery uy wie oiner iwo-iinros. The present happy couditiou of thiugs iu this Stale, in my opinion, teaches the important lesson1, in American politics that the race problem can best lie solved, by those who have to meet, day after day, its different phases ; and that i0j- tuis bfe any interierence oy wopgresj or oyi those who are not anected by them, is unwise and pernicious. ; In the adjustment of this many-shied problem, kindness , and help from the' .stronger to the weaker race will be beneficial to both. : ... CONCLUSION. This is the last message . it will ever be my privilege to commun icate to the Legislature of my State,- and I, trust it will not be consider ed inappropriate for me to express to the people of North Carolina through yon, their representatives, the deep obligations I am under to them. By their will 1" have for six consecutive years filled the highest office within their gilt. In all things I have tried to adminis ter this great trust solely in their best interest. That 1 have made many mistakes I haVe no doubt, but these have been so completely overlooked by the eople in their generosity, that I feel justifi ed in the hope that, the administra tion now about to close stands approved. : I have at all times had the wurni . cordial Kiipinru ot an able, wise Secretary of State, an efficient, laborious Auditor, a faithful honest Treasurer, a zealous, devoted Superintendent of Public Instruction, and an accomplished, painstaking Attorney General, and their subordinates But for their wise counsel and generous aid, my mistakes- would have been more se rious and more ' frequent. The Di rectors ana omcers ot tne various j . Ayer 8 Hair Igor imp cuariiaoie auti penal institutions j beanty oftthe hair and have laithlully discharged their its growth. It imjKirts a duties, and rendered me efficient j ive appearance, a delig aid. The members and officers of astin'o- iMrfnm. wioi- me si,uara oi u i,riculture have showu me the roiid: to a success ful administration of the new aud complex duties of their department. No Governor has ever been sur- Tbey Senef Drmk Again. St. John and his followers will lie gratified to learn that King Theebaw. of Bnrraali, has liecome an earnest temperance "reformer, Not ouly has the king given up drink, bnt be insists upon forcing everybody else to adopt a total abstinence schedule.- , ins meth ods, perhaps, would! not lie sanc tioned by the. Women's' Christian Temperance' union, jbut they are certainly very effective. Thee baw'a mode of reforming a drunk ard is to seuterice him to be ham mered to death. This vigorous punishment has been tested npon a number of old soakers, and in every iiistfnee the victims quit drinking.' In fact, they quit every - tln'tiir. and the recorder's court knows them no more. . The St John people will readily appreci ate the advantages ;Ol old J liee- biiw's Kstetn. ' mou fate of mankind, foi- such a lengtliened periotl!" I asked. ',rei!icrance, sir, temperance jb all things, I have always eaten modciUtely, slept moderately, and never worked loo hardy- ,1 have taken three drinks of spirits every day for 150 years, never exceeding that, number but once, when iu 1740, -tin the occasiou of my sou's wedding, I becatiie intoxicated- the only time iri my life.?' a a . lr. Blaise Answered. . EYldences of Prosperity. the nu .The New York . "Herald'' makes a strong and unanswerable point against Blaine's infamous Augusta spee ch by showing that multitude of negroes who were persu;uled to emigrate to the Northwest are re turning to the South. They chiefly seek Texas, partly by inclination and partly through necessity; and this shows that they prefer the white Democrats to the Northwest Republicans. This one fact over sets all Mr. Blaine's malignant rhetoric for the answer is a practi cal one,, and is given by the ne- r. r-t lliAmonll-r ves the romotes attract- ttnl and ! timu- !Joschns. Howard, .in. Philadelphia Press :says, "I derstaud that the New York "Her aid" paid its proprietor 50,000 less than 1,000,000 profit last year. The New York "Suni! declared to its stockholders moutMv dividend ol five per cent. lastVvear. The Now York "Tin es,"! it is under stood, paid to Brother Jones and his voiifreres SinO.OOOlastyear. All the great corporations of New York city paid their proprietors well."' Well, the editor of the AD VANCE lacked a few dollars ol re ccivjng 50.(MiO. I ' . . How They 'Differ.. AVhen a small lioy- apie;irs an new clothes he is afraid to meet his companions for fear, of being ridi culed, but when a girl steps out ru new garments she makes it a point to gb where, her acquaintances may see and envy her. fates the roots, cleanse tT'r dll' and adds elegance fof pom 2 its effects are endnrir it pioves itself to' be cheapest article forju aVe !eefl Carolina hji,ttisf;n , Would You Laugh or try. ; i' ' Her cheeks are flushed,- hei eyeM - are wet, , .- ' j-Slie heaves 'a gentle sigh, . Her. h:iir is mussed. i she scai knows yet 1 I What's liest to latigh or c What hiukes he r blush hnd tremble SO ; With ininrlil iov aiid Trifirhtt ., .... ---."O . O The iirst tiriie in his Iilo her beau rtas- kissed her sweet goodnight. scarce L-ry. A irv . & KarJk Uichardspn lias been llarneJ-"'1 Nice clothint: naRfer at Washing nature abhors work stand it. . Mis habits are fixed, and habits are binding as fetters, and he sees no agreea ble opening except the law or medicine or politics, and so the land is full of huacks and petti- goggers and -sutall jioliliciaiis who a ft! let the people; and do no good for themselves. These small law yers sit around: t6wn and watch lor strife .among nabors like a buzzard watches for a carcass. They nurse and eucourage all sorts of jetty litigation. The doctors gallop; ff to see a sick patient and keep him sick until it takes his little crop to .pay the bill. The politicians get up a rumpus iu the j newspajiets and slander one another until the peo jrte don't know f who to vote for", and they don't care.- And So it goes, and it wtmld have been bet ter, far better, for the whole batch to have stayed iipou the farm and married clever country girls and gone to raising ehildicn and chick ens in an nonest aud uotiorabi wav. Now if, I gav if, the college boys would go to farming I .would rejoice to see Jbe boys go to col- loge, i or tne uigner tue education he more' refined the happiness that knowledge gives and the bet- 4 er farmers theyvonld make, but they will not. And for like rea sous I have never lavored the higher education of the negro. His race is pbysk-ally ordained for labor, muscular labor, and he likes it. A college life is his ut ter rnin as a man aud a citizen, and he conies out a genteel Afri can -"agabond. 1 1 received a let ter from one ot them in Atlanta the other day that was full on profane abuse and blaspbedry lor the views expressed in one of my letters and he demanded the name of the Boston traitor, as he called him, - who said he pitied us when he saw the1 ignorant horde that had lieen entrusted with the bal lot. ) Wei!, that darkey has been to college and is now an educated vagaOOIUl. liiri uvunic huh .ir. George W. Cable is that he doen not consider tlip negro as a race but lets his large philanthrophy consider them- individually. He finds a case where a negro became an expert from saving the advan tage ot a high degree' of culture, and he makes Lim a type of the the race, and puts a demand ujion us for a like civilization to all- It reminds me of the educated hog that, a few years ago, was exhib ited over the ' south,' and could play cards, and tell the time of day upon a watch, but 1 don't think- it follows that we should, therefore, educate all the hogs in tbe country. The exceptions al ways piove the rule. No negroes have made any progress in art or science, or politics, or the . pulpit except those who had Caucassiou blood . in their veins. Ihe cross doe well for a time, but it is na turejs last effort, for nature ab hors it, arid from the unnatural union .comes a feeble posterity or none, after .the ' first generation, I Some of the noblest colored peo- l w . i . - r . l - i ., pie l ever Kiiew were oi tuts kiiui. Fred Douglass aud Senator Bruce aud all the colored men of note are among them. The barber of tor ne is nnuke tne white man. Solomon says wa lie sticketh close on the joints between the buyer and the seller," but he meant it for the Jew, and it is true of the.Gen tile, but not of the negrrf. The ne gro will KtealJ for that is an in stinct of his race and he cannot help it, but he will not steal much. His inclination that way is limi ted, but when a white man steals the more he gets the better satis fied ha is. ! -1 ' . Well races, are races, and we must study them. This study.wlll teach us that the African, the black negro, was by nature and nature's God created and fitted for labor .rather than .for college or the theater or tbe fine' arts. But let the experiment of high education go on. Let us try i: lor another twenty years, andvper haps the problem will be solved In the - meantime let Mr. Cable possess his soul in (patience, and 1 hopethe New tork Tribune will learn in due time why it was that one million of the natton'i wards failed to vote for Blaine in the . last election. The editor of that pacific journal has pat that conundrum at us very frequently ot late and seems impatient for an answer. Well, we give it uti. ny don't be ask the . wards As tbe Scriptures aay, "He is of age, ask him.w I told John Thorn as, the other day, that one of hi Yankee friends up north wanted lo know why - he dident vote for Bfaine, aud be stopped ahort and looked surprised, and said : "Well, bos, what's he got to do wid it I" And then I asked another darkey. and be said, "Goshamity! boss, I didn't know he was a ranniu." Bill Abp. Gov Cleveland has resigned the office of Governor of New York. The rint of pews m Beecher'a church has declined in ten years , trom!6&967 to tl2,03S. About fifteen 'colored militiry -' companies will join in the Cave- land inauguration procession. It is said that P. T. Bamum has made a will in which he leaves 125,000 io cash to a newspaper man. He's a truly good man. . One Pete Gar-run, a North Carolinian, baa been tending cans of water to northern druggist He called it -oil of penny? oyaL , The beautiful new art gallery at St. Mary's school, Ralei'sh, was de stroyed by fire , Tuesday morning at 12-30 o'clock. The loss is about 112,500. ' In Georgia all the clerical legis- ative work ia done by women. Gov. McDamel says it has been done 50 per cent better than when it waa .done by men. The New York "Times" ia authority for tbe statement that 40,000,000 ponndsof tdeomargeriDe (sham. butter) were sold in that State in one year: . Ayer's Sarsparilla is the mt potent blood purifier and a foun tain of health and strerfgth. Be ise in time. All baneful infec tions are promptly removed by this unequalled alterative. Bishop Potter, of New York,- recently administered to Rev. Mr. Huntington the rows or celibacy, poverty and obedience admitting ' him to'tbe Order of.the Holy Cross. Thia has raised -a commotion among the low church EpUHpa-. v Hans. " . From a single grain of 'wheat planted in 1801, says the Grass Valley. CaL, "Record," grew twea-ty-two stalks, each bearing a fall bead. These yielded 860 grains,, 700 of which were planted the next year, producing one-fifth of a bushel of splendid wheat. This was planted last spring, yielding ' seventeen bushels, making l.OL'O pounds of wheat from one grain in three years. . Miss Sarah A. Hill, claiming .to be a wife of' Senator Sharon, of California, has gaiueunei'bTrit--fof--rJ a divorce. She is declared to be his legal wife. The decision of the court makes a division of com mon property. The latter is esti mated to be worth, f 10,000,000. The verdict is a great surprise to the public. It is belived thst Mr. Sharon wi'.f appeal. v lot Tti'LtiSt. An exchange very truly says: The tide of visitors now flowing into New Orleans from all parts of our country will Bow back, carry- mgV broader Tiewa and kindlier feeliugs everywhere. And this will be not the least of the bene fits resulting ' froln the World' Exposition just opened. Doa't Loaf. Young men. dontJaf, e-en in a . parlor with nice ladies; or in an office, delay iDg bn.y men. You have your tasctod-. and gettiog behind in youth wj.i keep you ait your life behind. Practical ability is often as nioca shown iu nuamg something to do h in doing it after it is found. UU extern Chris tian Ad vocte."- Lieutenant GoTenor Eojlln. THE "CHRONICLE'S'' ESTIMATE OF SAMPSON'S YOCSO SENATOR. . Mr, E.T. Boy kin, State Senator from Sampson county, has been elected .I'reeident pro-few of the Senate. . This is but an earnest, Ihe Advance believes, of future honors in store for Mr. Boykia. The "Chronicle" says Senator E. T. Boykiu, of Sampson, a veteran while yet in his youth, was edn-t-ated at Trinity College, where he gave promise by his industry and quickness, of t he success he has at- - Ir. looflj ExpUlss. It was published that Mr. Moody, the Evangelist, had cast a slur on tbe character of Lre ami JarMwm, and bis laUr in Rich mond, Ya, where he now i,promU ed in consequenoe to lie ! iopu lar and fruitful than common. He said on Snndaj': "I regret tue rejort for the aake elauy ,h may be offended or hindered thereby. It ia hardly necoary for me to . say that it i wholly false. Lnevermi the llluMtalioft uor aaidanythiug ugt'nst V uuk ral characfer of either General le. or General Jackson. , I could not have done so, for I have always held the men in high honor Christians and gentlemen"' Frinl Leslie's Sudaj Kignlie. " The ojiening unmber for Janua-, ry, 1SS5, of this favorite magazine IS a reraarcabrv urnuaut iminiyx Uioed. lie is the foremost young one; mot ftbe conteuu are tin member of the Clinton bar a man whose influence-has steadily grown and whose grasp on bis irol'ession aud bis coiDip-aaity constantly be comes stronger. He , narrowly missed (for so yoang a man) the Democratic nomination lor Con gress lrom tiw liistnct two years ago; and the long District, which ly and appropriate, and are edit ing, instructive and - cn:ert.nn;a!.'. 6The Angel Chimesf A Christina Story,"The Domiuion of CauaJ V AA Missionary' lvett r to , th Youngsters at Honn?,- HllanceK at Bible Histofv No. 1 From the Creation to the Dispersion," and 'Religious. Art In the jieck extends from Moore to Pender, lias j Church, " are ' fiw ly illustrated no more promising man in it. He ana replete -.wit n interest. -i;e- is a man ofnncoinniotf energy and perseverance, od in consequence one of tbe nioxf difl'uilt .men to conquer, (if aiuvxl ever wishes to defeat him) that you could attack' in a month of Sundays. - I Dark-skinnetl, ' ulen.ler with large eyes ami qtu. k uiotlons, he would lie bamlsoa.e if his carriage of himself did not have a slight hint of the loose jointed. But he iskjose-joiuted only in body'. He is a nuent speaker, too, and ti-iof'i10) presses himself with clearness ar'd If' f Ame, force as well as readings. jYi 23 retl Mr. Bovkin is a man f W r. P05 Triends all predict for him pubhtw the south are of them, and almosk'.spicuoas political fntur' J Iruc--- preventative Religitins JoQrnaIi.t.-" is a neV feature: the Rev.Dr. Er rett,of tbe '"Christian Sundard." is the first sketch. vithMittrait. In tbe Home Pulpit is a sernjotj hr fr TAlmaffe. the editor, w has aUo a chnr ret i portraits ar.'v--' R-T. Sam,. American ' Dr Py-Ci . ' v ftrnes & Co's. I. I ; - -