North Carolina Newspapers

THE ADVANCE JOB OFFICE. , TT T;"lv A : ' " I THE ADVAKCEOB OFFICE H n i l W W L liT LTV'- DX I A K T M U N IS BETTER EQUIPPED .-ami KIW A O C IS BETTER EQUIPPED THAM AMY EAST OF RALEIGH. ALL OR DERS WILL RECEIVE PROMPT AND EFFI CIENT ATTET4TIO. TJEKT5T TT3. Aig&Arsrr::; zzzzziz. TO is Pay ni Zrrert ZtVj U irseiy Tcrxirj RALEIGH. ALL OR- DERS WILL Rt-Lfcivt PROMPT AND EEFI CIENT ATTENTION. TRY XJS "LET ALL THE ENDS THOU AIM'TSTTkTTlB-TilT COUirTBY, fUY OOD'I, AND TIIUTIISV ' " VOLUME 18. " ' J WILSON, NORTH CAEOLINA, AUG.. 9, 1888. NTIMRPR BILL ARP S LETTER. ver him the cook woman came aiuxitr xxuxxi ixio xvi luiioix. ttxiu -:o: JK TALUS OF THE GOOD ASlf HAl THIXGS OF LIFE. Hoik He Was Treated to a Wanv Ilitth Uneupertehli. mixed There every Things' are strangely in this sublunary world, is some bad with most eod and some good with most every baa. Kowiana says the corn needs rain, thongh it ain't a suffering but the cotton has had most too much. Rain is a blessed thing for the farmers, but it hardly ever comes just at the right time or in in the proper, quauiity. Sometimes when we, need a good fair sea- son it coines down in a water spout or a trash lifter, and wakes up things 'tcanlons,' as Cobe fays. Plenty of corn is a tfuod thing, but when every body makes a big crop the price is low it would hardly pay for hauling. Fire isa good tuiug but it get.s loose some time's and destroys without morcy. It is ever so nice to have a hue hotise and fine fur niture, but it takes all the more work to keep it nice, and a man don't know whether he is buil for the house or the house built for him. A hue dinner is a good thing but it takes all the evenintr to va.0i1 the dishes and clean Tip after it. Plenty of money ih a good tiling but it is apt to make a nan proud and his wife stuck up, and'.spoils his children. Solomon says,: lie that getteth a wife getteth a good thing from the Lord.' and that;s so I know, :but they do work a man mighty hard sometimes., .Mr. Arp made me take everything out of the China closet yesterday to hunt lor a rat that she declared was in there and it took me an hour to not find the rat and I let fall a dish cover and broke It and the re;-t of that story is too tedioiiH to mention. ' But then, on tlie other hand, there is some good mixed up with every bad, though we can't see it very plain on all occas ions. Alexander Stephens said le came home from Washing Ion once and found all his wheat ruijied by rust,- and his old darky saw that he felt bad about it. and tried to console him. 'Mas Alek, its mighty bad and mighty disappointin', but den dar is one comfort : De rust is a purty general thing arid de uabors' wheat ain't no better dan ouru. .Lveu misery .. will find some. good in having company. It is bad for a man to cheat ajid swindle and over reach to make a big fortune, bnt his money builds railroads and factories and furnaces aud steamboats and he makes a will and leaves a good sum to col leges and churches and other charities as conscience money li is a oaa tiling to liang a man or to lynch him, but it is a good thing for the community and will p'revant some other baa man irom doing tne same thing. A wooden town gets burned up sooner or latter, but a brick one grows up out of the ashes. It is bad for the farmer to get only eight cents a pound for his cotton, but cheap cotton makes cheap clothing for the poor all over the world. It is bai to be sick, hut man never knows' how to enjoy good KealtK until he bas in- Vested a few times with the'un feeling angel of pain and got thrown. Nothing ever happens about, my house or my home that seems bad but what I can find some good in it at the tail end if I try. Our cow jumped the fnce and was gone three days and we had to get milk from a nabor but it did her good to give it to us and we saved the cow's feed and Carl was happy while she was gone, for he says she was the. mean eat cowto milk in the world, for she won't stand still, nor back her leg, nor do nothing, aud she switches hor tail in his face scandalous. ' The other nif,ht about a doz en of thenabors' dogs came vis iting to -our houset and made Much a racket that I got up and blazed away with a gun pro miscuous, and next morning there was a dead one in the front yard. That was bad for ' the dog and bad on our , neigh ' bor, but it was good, for us. The next uight our dog went out visiting to return the calls, and eame back with a bullet hole through dim, and I was glad of it, for I was feeling sorter mean about killing our nabor's dog, and so this helped to restore the equilibrium. Our dog laid around all day, and wouldn't ue. and we doctored him as well as we could, and the next morning we couldn't find him anywhere. After a general hunt e of the boys said maybe he had got under the house and uuwn in an old cellar that we Udn t use ; so w lifted up the trs.p door in the back entry, and ure enough the dog was down uiere licking his wounds. We jumped down to see how he was getting on and gave him Home water and vittels, and While we were squatted down THE DOVE. STRAY NOTES. was mating lor tne pantry with a great big pan of hot water to wash the breakfast dishes. She didn't know the trap door was open and she couldn't see it for .the dishpan that was before her, and she is sorter near-sighted" anyhow. and of course she just w aiked right into the hole and lit down on me and the boys and the dog with the hot water to boot, and she fell all over us before we could tell what it was that darkened ' the hole, and she come a screaming and a holler ing and praying to the Lord, and We all screamed and holler ell too, and the dog gave a yelp and jumped out of the cellar, and all the women folks come a-rurinlng, and just such a rumpus was never raised in these parts before, and I hope will never be again. But after all there was nobody killed or wounded or scalded very much, The cook woman had to go home and get calm and serene and change her clothes and fix up, and me and tne boys had a family reception and lots of hilarious commis3ration, and the dog vacated that cellar for good, and I reckon the hot wa ter cured him, for he is getting well. I haven't been able up to this time to discover the eood that was in the tail end of that frolic, unless it is ..that the women folks ever and anon break out into such a fit of laughing they have to stop sewing and as 'a- good laugh helpet-n digestion' I hope they won't need so much liver medi cine for a season.- They seem to have a good deal of sym pathy with us, but I never did appreciate sympatnv tnat was mixed up with so much hilar ity. - ' It is, right bad. to lose the bloom of youth and th e vigor of manhood, bnt old age has its blessings. . Old age com mands respect and is entitled to comfort and many privileges that youth cannot claim ; old age is indifferent to fashions and follies that draw their chains around the young. A lady frijnd called to see us the other day, and said with a sigh 'I have got to pay thirteen calls this afternoon. I do hope that hair ot them will only need a card.' She has to take the good of it and the bad of it. The world is lull or action and re action, and the law of compen sation 'Comes into everything, but it is a right good- world, nevertheless, and we can all be happy if we deserve to be. An old patriarch told me that he found a hole punched in the water pipe that went, to his garden, and he called up half a dozen of his grandchildren who were frplicing, and he pretend ed to De very mad and said ne would give a dime to find out, who broke that pipe, and a sassy little rascal bristled up to him and said : 'Grandpa, I did it : now give me the dime 'And,' eaid he, 'I gave it to him, and the next day he came to me and said. 'Grandpa, . I want another dime, for I've broke the pipe again,' which, of ceurse, he didn't, but it shows their impudence, and their mother thinks they are the smartest and best in the world and will all be preachers or presidents. Well, maybe they will, and maybe they won't. The prodigal son reformed, and so did Sam Jonec, and I reckon there "is a chance for all these chaps. Bu.i. Aiu A COMPANION TO TOE'S BAVEN. BY REV. J. n. MARTIN, D. D. Once upon a summer evening. As 1 lay reposing, dreaming. While the twinkling stars were beaming. And their light was faintly gleaming. Through the window of my room. Suddenly heside my pillow, Like the murmur of a billow. Or the sight of a weeping willow, 'Mid the shadow and the gloom. There was h eard a gentle sound. Floating on the air around, As an echo from above; And I, waking, saw a dove Pearched upon the whitened head Of a statue near my bed. And it seemed with soft, low cooing. My lone heart to sooth with wooing. Or a spirit hovering niKh. While I lay entranced and dreaming. Startled by the echo seeming To bo whispered from above. In the starlight faintly gleaming. With its form of beauty beaming, I beheld the snowy dove; With a thrill of wander, gazing On the visitor, amazing. I demanded, "Who are you ?" Ami the gentle bird of whiteness. With Its snowy robo of brightness. Answered with a coo : I am sent." he said, "from Aiden, I?y a fair and lovely maiden. With a message unto thee; I am eome to sootho thy sorrow. Bid thee from dispair to borrod Hope that thou her face shall see. For thy chersbed one is living. And her thoughts to thee is giving. On a bright and distant shore; And I come, her carrier dove. With a message from thy love. Who is thine forevermore. By this joyful news excited, Kapturcd, ravished and delighted. I, the snowy bird addressing. Asked, with earnest voice inquiring. What my soul was most desiring. That her name to me expressing. He would set my heart at rest ' Still the tumult in myibreast. And assare me that my maiden. In the distant fields of Aiden Waited for me on that shore Would be mine forevermore. Then I spoke With greater feivor, I, the maiden's ardent lover: "Does my own departed live ?" To the bird of whiteness listening While my eager eyes were glisteninir. For the answer he should give ; Tell me, O thou carrier dove. Of my absent, cherished love. Whom I knew in days of yore ; Has she passed the shining portaU Of the blessed land immortal. Going through tlielrolden door? Does she move in light and splendor. Do the graces all attend her, I On that fair and distant shore ?" Words and tones and looks revealiDtf All my depths of inward feeling. Moved, affected by my pleading. And my anxious question heeding. Thus the dove, my soul discerning. Answer made, these words returning ; "In the distant fields of-Aiden, ' On a bright, Elysian shore, ' Dwells a fair and lovely maiden. And her name is Elinore ; , "Mid the flowers about her blooming, 'Mil the odors sweet perfuming ' AJ) the balmy air around. She, arrayed in robes of whiteness. Walks an angel in her brightness. With a wreath immortal crowned." Then the bird, his wings unfolding. Left me, as I lay beholding. Filled with transport, and delight ; ith a soft, sonorous coo. odding, bidding me adien. Through the open window flew Out into the gloomy night. But the bright, enchanting vision I f the distant fields Elysian, And my cherished Elinore, . M a fair and lovely maiden, dwelling in the land of Aiden, Is my light forevermore. There shall 1, my loved one greeting. At our future, early meeting; On that distant, radiant shore. With ecstatic joy and gladness. Free from parting, pain and sadness, C'lasr again my Elinore, . Call her mine forevermore ! WHAT OUR MAN ROAD" SEES OA' THE IXD HEARS. Some of the Towns He Ha Viit- ed During the Tnt . Several Days. It Noi There are several things more pleasant than traveling on the railroad for a newspaper.!! Yea, verily, when the thermometer is reaching after the nineties, the dust literally stifling and the noise almost deafening, his I lot. is not an, envious one. But for the kind words and sub stantial encouragement he re ceives, it would be impossible to keep up the -work. But, thanks to the goodness of most of our American people and their open hospitality of man ner, life is made endurable. Nay, more than that enjoy able. V e love to meet- clever, genial people men and women who have some of the 'milk 01 human kindness' in ther hearts -and converse in business or social relations. And for the j past week we have been going around- among some of the people among whom the Aiv vaxce circulates. We have found time to pick up some few bits of news and crumbs of m i formation that may prove of interest to our readers. Going North from Wilson,' the first place we come to is the beauti ful town of TOlrjXOT. ' Toisnot is in the North-east i em corner ot v nson county. and is .an offspring of which Wilson may well feel proud. It is an important factor in coun ty politics. There is an air of businesa ac tivity pervading the atmoa i phere around the stores in this town, although it Is the midst of July and the sun'3 redolen rays reminding one very forci bly of the attractions of a sum mer resort. Its merchants and business men are obliging, af fable and liberal-minded. The town is growing and Wilson must needs look close to her I laurels. Speaking with a group of 'gentlemen in regard to the I crop outlook around' Toisnot, we was sorry to learn that it is poor and not encouraging has just been organized with creditable membership. 1 1 'l " ,mt.: oiirk ' Vhis flotiWshljxg town waa a surprise to us. It was our first visit and we had no idea of see ing such a large and remarka bly neat and orderly place. The streets nue broad' and regular i.'iciad'ijdewajkfl. are found vBriwqp Eh?gant blocks of brick-balldlngs are to De seen all along and all filled with varied, fresh and choice stocks. The shipment of fruit is carried on here on a much larger scale than in Faisons f ven, and there ia much, coqapetWn among the uyers. i ; f . - A military company has just been-organized here with forty- five members, S. B. Price, Esq., is Captain. It is an independ ent organization and will not belong to the State Guard. bey i will purchase their own uniforms -and rifles. Capt. rice says it will be a credit to the town. It certainly speaks well : for their spirit, of town pride to thus organize and equip a military company at their own expense. Hurrah for the Mt. Olive Military Com pany! . . ' That enterprising and go- ahead gentleman, 11. J. Suther land, is erecting a new hotel. It is a large, commodious build ing, and will contain between twelve and twenty rooms them. We shall feel honored to be called the friend of many of those whom we have had the pleasure of meeting. They know the Advance is ever awake to their best interests and we feel sure they will stand by it. July 31, '88. NEWfc OF A WEEK WHAT IS HAPrKXIXG IV 1UE WORLD A ROUS D VS. CHOOSE 7E WHOM; SIEVE- Docieylsa traitor to the Farmers Alliance cr his own Party We demand such a revision of the tariff as will lay the heaviest burdens on the laxur ies and the lightest on the necessaries of life: and as will reduce the incomes form im ports to a strictly revenue basis. 14th Demand of The Farmer's Alliance. This declaration of the Farmer's Alliance reads like an extract from the Democratic platform. It is the expression of Democratic priniclple. and is the object above all others, to secure which the Democratic party bending all its energies. It was the burden of President Cleveland's message. For this Mr. Carlisle and Mr. Mills and Mr. Cox, and every Democrat in Congress, with three or four exceptions, have stood, with YE V7ILL I cotulennea report of the netr an 1Hlltered from the column vf our contemporaries. Stats a$ut Xational. Work on the Henderson n.f at the Durham and Northern railroad U beinr; rapidly pained, ind it La confidently expected that the en ure line wui te finished in time for the Durham tobacco exposition. A white man waa ran over and cat to pieces by a train sear Tsy lorsrille, we leirn from the Char lotte Chronicle. It Is believed that the man wboe name was CaJtia l.oger was drank and asleeu on the track. The man misrepreents the 4th District in Congress pre tends to be a friend ot tl laboring men. It ns ae if l'v1? n.ers WJ One Ur. Mcbols Lad laboring men to wora ior mm. laces or mm, against con- The centrated capital and Repulican Pearsall House is well managed ism in this country, by the genial proprietor. It Mr. Dockery the Itepublican sets an elesrant table and is nominee for Governor stands all,' in fact, thst could be desir- upon a platform directly op ed. But Capt. Sutherland, with I posed to , the fourteenth de- his usual forethought, 'saw the mand of the Farmer s Alliance need of something better for and a platform that distinctly Cotton is small, corn up7 from lack of rain, and tatoes and rice are also suffer ing. There is one fact about the cotton crop that is encour aging. Although the weed is small, it is full of bolls and forms are plentiful. This means a good cropor at .least one above all expectations -will be harvested if. the seasons . from now on are favorable, and we have a late fall. This seems to be the fact all around, this; sec tion. Leaving Toisnot and her attractions we come to . V -v EOCKY MO0XT . with from six to nine hundred inhabitants, situated partly in Nash and partly in Edgecombe counties. Rocky Mount-Is railroad centre, and the many trains corning and going give it a city like appearance. i We were pained to learn of the death of Abe Abram, son of D. Abram, Esq., one of Rocky Mount's popular business men is 'fried po- is W- A- Potts, Jr., Seally "Dead. This seems to be the. all absorbing question now among the country, people of the county, and we are told tha a large and respectable number of them insist that he (Potts) is not dead, but that a trick was played by the physicians and others, and that the remains as seen in the case was not really Potts but a figure gotten up for Nichols On The Cotton Ties. the growing importance of Mt. Olive, with his characteristic enterprise has commenced the ejection of the new hotel build ing. It is calculated to cost be tweon 84.000 and $5,QfX). and will be a credit to the live town in which it is situated. We are under special obliga tions to the clever and cour teous station master and tele- j graph operator, Mr. Kelly, for favors shown ns while in this town. SMITHFIELD. Leaving Wilson at 4 o'clock Tuesday evening on the Short Cut we were soon out in the country passing through some of the finest farms and grow ng crops we have seen lately. This is one of the farming sec tions of the many in this State, The land is just rolling enough to be easily drained and is ex ceedingly fertile. The corn crop could certainly De no better. . The stalk is large and the ears filling up full and per lect. uotton is not quite eo good in proportion, but above the best around Wilson. Rid ing along these lines from the immortal Byron came across our mind : "Oh. Christ ! It ia a goodly aight to aee wtiat xieaven Data done ior inia delicious land! What fruits of fragrance blusb on every tree ! nai goouiy prospect oer me nuis ex- . rand : The ' Farmers of thelourth Congressional district will bear in mind this fact: That John Nichols who is asking them to re-elect him t Congress voted against the proposition to re duce the duty on cotton ties. Eight Republican voted with the Democrats and seventeen Republicans refused to vote.but ;t..1 , 1:1-. l 1 1 1 i ixxuj,- xixttxtxieu up iixie a 111116 tin soldier and voted against the interest of his constituents. He was, probably, afraid that if he didn't vote against cheap cotton ties the threat of the Pittsburg manufacturer that the South should have no more cotton ties would be carried into effect. If so, we pity his ignorant credulity. If not then he betrayed the interest of every farmer in the Fourth district and voted to make their cotton ties high in the interest of Northern Manufacturers. Querry: Did the Northern manufacturers, for whom Nich- ols betrayed his constituents, furnish Nichol3 any money with which to carry on his cam paign? Guileless Editors Touching Tribute. Editors, as a rule are always kind hearted and lib eral. An exchange tells of a subscriber to a certain paper who died and left fourteen years unpaid. - The editor ap peared at the grave as the lid was being screwed dowa the last time and put in a linen duster, a thermometer' a palm leaf fan and receipt for making ice. . Xtiese are ony a lew of tte many rumors afloat throughout the county. We beg leave to assure all who are curious to know that they are mistaken, and that there can be no doubt that the spirit of W. A. Potts Jr., has taken its flight to "that land from whence no traveller returns," and that his body rests in the family burial ground. We would ajso suggest that it is now time to let the matter rest. He is done with earth and earthly tribunals, and it seems to us far-fetched for any one to want to carry their feelings beyond the grave. Let him rest in peace. Wash ington Gazette, the Tjumose and buried. We are also informed that his spirit or himself in person has been seen He diea in Asheville Tuesday; ai various piaces in me county mornine last, of typhoid fever A singularly brignt and pleas ing young man, he was univer sally liked by all who came in contact with him.. His heart broken mother left Tuesday for Richmond to meet her husband and the remains. Rocky Mount has three churches, Methodist, Baptist and Presbyterian. The latter is in course of erection at pre s ent and' we were glad to see its towers peeping up from'behind the tree tops. Give, a Jtown plenty of churches and ' good schools and there is nothing on earth that can prevent it from growing. When you stop here don't forget the Hammond Hotel, kept by &. L. Hart, Esq., Cap tain of the Rocky Mount Light Infantry. The commercial tour ists say it is one of the best places on the road, and tbey know. To this we would add our feeble tribute of praise and commendation. BATTLEBORO, WHITAKEBS ASP EX j FIELD are next passed in rapid suc cession. All of them are thriv ing and doing good business for the season. During the week we have visited We notice how rapidly the stations along this route are building up and are glad to feel aud realize that North Carolina is waking up from her long sleep. These stations are fill ing up with men of energy and push. The adjacent country will ampiy support them and a new era is dawning for this section of the 'old .North State.' We arrived at Smithfield and were soon leaving some or. our 'real estate' at the 'Surles declares against reducing "the income form Imports to strictly revenue basis." There is no harmony between the Farmers Alliance and . the Republican party. There can be no union save an adulterou- "i.e. Until water and oil mix, there can be nothing in haitnony between the i armers Alliance and the Republican party. Now Mr. Dockery finds him self in this dilemma. He is the Republican candidate for Gov ernor and is advocating Protec tion or in other words robbery of the many for the benefit of the few. He belongs to the Farmer's Alliance. It was of his own free will that he voluntarily affibjled that he would stand to and abide by the rules of the Farmer's Alliance and act in harmony with its members. He cannot be true to both his party and the farm ers. Lien does ne oetaryr It will be remembered that it took Mr. Dockery eeveral weeks to decide whether he would accept the nomination for Governor at the hands of the negroes and their allies, or be true to his obligations as a member of the 1 Alliance. It is creditable to him that he paus ed, to consider. But Le loved the flesh-pots of office, and he deliberately turned traitor to the Farmers, and was false to his pledges as a member of the Alliance. He decided to obey the behests of Radicalism "to dwell In the tents of wicked- neps"--rather than to stand true to the Farmers in their effort to get relief from burdensome taxation. He considered. He heard the inquiry "choose ye this day whom ye will eerve?' He went with the' rabble who are seeking to destory the good name of North Carolina, aud deliberately turned his back upon the farmers, and proved The WiuKtoti Daily has been en larged. A boiler exploded at Shelby last week. No one killed. Mr. Joseph C. Krwin i uow edi tor of the Uuiheifordtou lUuner. Kdgecoinlie county's new jail is going up with reasonable rapidity. The New 11ti- Journal revolt the ctojM iu Jones county us Mnall aud toor. A mad near Monro3 re(ortx to the Enquirer-KxpreKS a thower of lrogs. An old negro was killed at New. ton a few days ago by two run a way moles. The Stockholders of the Atlantic & N. C. U. U. met . at Moiehead City last Thursday. An exchange states that there are 1.C00 colored KnichU of Labor in Edgecombe county. A negro committed suicido at Gaston ia, Cleveland county. Iat week. He cat bin throat. The State Pharmaceutical Asso ciation aud the Bo.ml of Pharmacy met at uoldsboio yesterday. It is expected that the Durham & Clarksville Railroad, will be com pleted by the middle of this month. The second session ot the State Tobacco Association will convene at Morehead City on the -"Uli ot August. by or during the uioatli ofCK-tober, and that the road would certainly be completed to Murphy during the next year. The GoUlsboro Arus speaks in glowlirg terms of the proxitects of an exceptionally line fair there this year. A wealthy and experienced New Jersey manufacturer of hosiery has purchased the Long Island Cotton Mills, Catawba. The Keruersville News and Far in has been purchased by the Win ston AUvance and uotu pajn rs murged iato one. . The Chat bain papers sar the wheat crop was only about oue third of an average yield. The farmers are very despouienc. The white people ol Charlotte keep up a hospital for the benefit of the colored iteoule. ho are the best frieuiN of the negroes. The Durham Recorder - observes tuat il ieoi)ie weie as rel'gious as some of them pieteud to be. there would be a very net old lellow in tiheol. The gin house of Mr. K. S. Ford ham, near Kington, was burned a fe-days ago, we learu Irom the tree Tress. Loss ?00. insurance ?.0O. The Executive Committee have decided to hold the next lair of the Cumberland Agricultural Societ) on the 14th, lCth.aud 10:h of No vember. The Laurenbare Ezchsnrs sara I treat thm C . ri?.'6. PlJg-H paid to-day. We are ESr that some of them Lava neve received waes for wotk they did for Mr. Nichols as printer, No man who Is able to pay hla debts and rfus to jy thera UhonesL Is Mr. Nichols abla to pay his debtc? Has be not been able to pay his printers all the while? He was Superin tendent of the Ieaf and Dumb Asylum In Raleigh fed md paid by the Slate. Could f not have rwd Mmetblng of his handsome salary to py Lis printers for their work that they might clothe aud feed their familes? He was Poft Master at Raleigh, for a terra of years, leceiviog Lis $l,CKj per year. Could Le not Lave spared enough of that amount to liquidate these honest debts. He appointed his negro clsrk; helped him to make money, why did he not appoint tha good, sober citizen we know of, who worked for Lira and whom he has never paid? This ican Is an honest wllte man who would have discharged his duties as postoflce clerk efl clenlly, but Mr. Nichols chose to let him go unpaid and put In oflce his miserable negro clerk to attend to Its duties. Again our mUrepresentatiTe Jn News Observer tba; all the dual VOngress is receiving the hand- lor the auuual reports bare been ome ran of f.j,CKU per year. In my. lie con leases to tha Mt nf his knowledge, bav.ng nfOeen wives. Poor fellow, lie's been punished nonsh. The Chicago Times eommsntin? on the conviction and sentencing to hard labor for seven and five years, respectively, of Cross sod White, remarks that "Southern justice Isn't as lax as It is said to be and a little of it. farther North wouldn't do sny harm." It is very obvioas to nt. ti mm lie pardoned for ssylnr, that on Cross' own showing, nsazht has been done by Captain Stamps or W.S. Primrose, Lsq., that may sot be explained ia a way perfectly compatible with righteous purpos es. Charlotte Democrat. The water a cow drinks exerts as much or more influence over the purity and beslthfaloess of the milk she produces as does the food she eats, and access to stagnant pools, barnyard ponds and the like, should be rigidly guarded against, ys the Progress! re Farmer. The Goldsboro Arena tells of the drowning ot a man near that town: John Dunn, a nezto man was knocked off a raft ot lumber ami sank. lie Came on nrder ths raft and being unable to im drowned before assistance could be. extend ed by those who were near. Commissioner of Ltbor Statis tic Jones informs tba lUleieh House',, ;By the w, there can nnDe to bis sacred obligations Nothing Equals It- Zalaha, Fla., June 27, 1887. N. E. Vknable & Co.: I have been using B. B. B. in my family as a blood purifier. Having never used any medicine to equal ic. Kespectfu.ly, MRS. R. M. Laws. Makes An Old Man Young. Extract from a Letter P. S. I bought 3 bottles of your Botanic Blood Balm from my iriend 11. D. Ballard, at Csmpo bello.b. C. I have been nsmg it three weeks. It appears to give me new life and new strength, If there is anything that will make an old man yoang it is B. B. B. am willing to sell it. I earnestly and honestly recommend Botanic Blood Balm. , Blood Balm Cp Atlanta, Ga. The Cliutoii Caucasian says Mr. Mc. J). Giddie was instantly killed by the falling of a well sweep on his head while drawing water. A Explanation Necessary. Johnny "Pa, what is a female crank? ather "uo ask your mother, my son." 1 (Father ia busy explaining the next moment that he meat no reflec tions. FAIS0XS, near which place is the West- brook Nursery, J. S. "Westbrook & Co., proprietors. "We were ! sorry lack of time debarred us the pleasure of visiting Mr. "Westbrook at his home. Fai sons is also blessed with, busi ness men who are all that can be desired. The shipment of fruit from this place is no nn. important item during the sea son, and is a source of consid erable revenue, at a season' of the year, too, when 'there Is little money in circulation. A branch of the I. O. O. F. be qo better place in Smith field to' stop at Vtia.ii this liouse A clever, genial proprietor, good food, airy rooms and at tentive servants make the sum total of enjoyment for its guests. Can a reasonable man want more? Politics . are warming up in old Johnson just now and she will give the Democracy a large majority. In the Northernjpart of the county, Messrs. Pou and Womack spoke Tuesday. They had ft large crowd of enthusias tic. Democrats to listen to them audi 'enthusiasm filled the whole grove, as someone ex. pressed; it. Yesterday they spoke at Selma, where, we are sure, they received a . royal welcome from the Democratic hosts of that section. Mr. Pou tells ns the prospects are very bright. There is no ? disaffec tion, he says, and everything is more harmonious than in some years past, and the Democrats of Johnston wil pull together for victory. "We spent a few moments very pleasantly in the office of the Herald and were glad to greet once more our old friend, Octavious Sadler, Esq., who is now the Heralds editor. We found him to be the same genial, courteous aud 'pleasing gentleman of 'lang syne,' as is also his associate, Mr. J. L. Snead. They are giving the people of Johnson a very creditable paper and are de serving the prosperity that is crowning their efforts. Luck to you, gentlemen. We were pleased with what we saw of Smithfield and would like to be with its people again soon. ' We have - made many ao quaintances in these towns and we hope they will grow and ripen into sincere mends to us and the Advance as time rolls on and we go in and out before as a memDer ot tne i-armer s Alliance. . That is hi attitude. Under these circumstances is it necessaiy to ask," What will the farmers, do?' Every self-respecting farmer and laborer in North Carolina will spew the traitor to their interests out of ' their mouth and utterly repudiate him. A man who would be false to oneobligation cannot be trusted to be true in anything. State Chronicle. How is it in Your Family. Caller "I would like to see the master of the house please." "Servant (to master) "There's a gintlemen at dure sorr.as wud loike to see the masther of the house." Master "Johnny tell your mother a gentleman has called to see her," Johnny "Ma, there's a man called who wants to see boss of V Alien M G UUUOOf I Ma (up stairs) "Tell him, please, that he will find Bridget in the kitchen." Caller (to Bridgetf "If there's any one in authority here, madam. I would like to see him ahem ! her. Bridget "Authority ? John ny, ye devils own blade, there's a gintleman here luking for ye." Degrees Comparison. Small Boy (at his lessons) "Papa what is the difference between relative aud absolute?" Papa ITTtti a lot ma ans' ita taT' J W -AW V UV A hrJ Small boy (coming to th rescue) "I guess its people thats plumb kiufolks and people that aint quiie; aint that it?" Papa "Thats it exactly. A man's aunt, for in stance, is a relative, whie his wife is absolute.' The father drew a long breath and sent the boy away. Due huudred aud six'.y-five hands are at work near Payette viHeonthe uilmingum extension of the Cape Fear aud Yadkin Val ley liailioad. The Paye'.teville Oliserver learns that between twenty and thirty thousaud gallons of sorghum was made by the farmers of Cumber. land county last year It is stated that au Elizabeth ciiy lawyer baa rrolael -a cabbage that weighs eighteen- pound aud measures lour feet across. A large cabbage or a large lie. Asheville Lai vstahhsLcd and b.i. in operation an immeiine llonr- ing null. It has. just been com pleted and has a capacity of barrels ol ilour per d;y. We see It stated that John Siel man is to revive the old State Journal at Ualeigh. It will be published iu the interest of John Nicliols, says the Weldou News. The Asbeville Citizen has been informed by Col. Andrews that the grading of the Western North Car ohna itailroad would be completed over aud beyond lied Marble gap The Durham" Plant says that the North Carolina editors are working hard, and by bard work'Mid stingy living they make enough ui eat for themselves and build up nAuy big towns. T The A arren county Asruiitura Society will hold Its tirst griml tural Fair October 10th fid llth. Mr. II. A. Foote, Secretary, hays that $1,200 will be olTiA'd iu cash premiums. J. T. McKiunoti a proonuent cit lzen of Montgomery county, waa found dead near his home last week, having accidentally blown out his brains with a 6hotgtin while gunning. The Wailesboro-. Intelligencer has been purchased by the Messen ger, of that place. Mr. S. W. Heat no, the former editor has pur chased the Newe-Observtr job of fice aud moved to Haleigh. received and the work of oompil ing the rejwrt has began. It will be a volume of about 400 pages aud will appear about December- The Wilmington Messenger saya: Senator Hansom secured the tents from the Quarter-Master General for tba late WUmiogtoo Encampment. lie also secured rrom the Chief of the Coast Survey the use ot the Steamer 'Soresby' to protect the oyster beds of the eastern coast of North Carolina. The Weldon News says: "-The Democratic club at Dahfix. wilL we are informed, have a pic-nic sometime this nouth to which all the Democratic clobs la the county wui te invited, judge rowle, the Democratic candidate lor Gover nor and other distinguished speak ers will addressed the assembled clubs. The Winston Uenablican asrs the Forsythe Five Cent Sarin zb Bank is meeting- with graufylog sue -ess. There are already 20S degositors with an aggregate de posit of about 13,000 plaoed there, in a majority of cases small amoants and Tor an indefinite period. These savlugs banks are doing a vast deal of good. It is seldom that a n;o Is suffi ciently unhappy to atte.u, i to take bis own life, lue Charlotte inromcie gives the folio ing case. however A negro named Scott Cowan tried to kill himself In Mecklenburg county as the officer was taking him to jaiL lie slash ed himself severely with a doll kuife. the name of Lone?lr can't he pay a certain man who lives In this part of the district for the work Le did for him sfs printer? This mania In need of his wages and Mr. Nichols in his night speeches to the negroes two year ago laid great, stress on the laboring man's wages. We call upon Mr. Xlcbols to pay them or elm let us Lear no more of Lis contemptible hypocrisy. We waat the laboring men of this district to know the men who deceived them two years ago and if they rote for Lira again they mutt do It with eves open. Smithfield Herald. Considerate Daughter. Omaha girl Did you really go to pee -La Toscar Why the correspondents said It waa outrageously ImmoraL New York girl Weil. K Ln't'l quite bo bad as thst; bnt at 1 the same time, it Is not the sort of a play I would care to rend my mother to. The Greensboro Patriot says that between 700 aui S00 were raised for the Trinity College at the District Conference. The Methodist of the State should en dow Trinity College liberally. An exchange eays4t is reported that alter bis term as Governor ends Governor Scales will estab lish a bank in Greensboro and fu- perintend a general banking busi ness, as il is bis intention to retire permanently from public and polit ical life. Last Saturday the horse driven by John and Edgar Warro sons Mr. J. it. anea of Pitt county, died a few miles from town. They were on their way to visit relatives in town. W ith true lltt county pluck one of them started back home a loot to get another brse to carry hia bucgy back. Mr U arret) is ao booeit iadastrioas farmer and can ill afford th loss. The Wilmington Messenger eajg the joint fruit exhibit of the Wake County State Horticultural Socie ties in tlis city on At gust 15tb and ICth. will be- a big affair. The temoigraies alone will amoont to about a quarter of a million pounds, with otber trait in propor tion. Judge rowle will deliver the address of welcome to the immenite crowd expected, and lion. G. W. Sanderlin will deliver the annual oration. The Northampton Granges bad a big time at their meeting last week, uiue Granges were rep resented by a delegation of some less than a huudrsd besides there were a large nnmbei of persons present who were not members of the order. The ad dress delivered by the Master of fhft State Grauge, lion. Willis IL Williams is highly com pi i mented. Tbe next meeting of this Grange goes to Roanoke. The Abbeville Citizen gives tbe 'following illustration of the vigor ous work of electricity: Daring the storm last night lightning struck an electric light wire ia Car michael's drag store, and glancing off entered a half loch gas pipe, and raised "Cam' generally. The gas was fortunately cat off ia time to prevent a serious conflagration. The place where the electric fluid entered tbe pipe looks as If a bul let bad been fired through it. Mr. C. -A. lLaysor, tbe -prescription clerk, bad a narrow escape from instantaneous death. Commissioner of Agriculture Robinson la tbe Department Bul letin for July, jast to band, says he is endeavoring to ascertain as nearly as possible tbe actual nnm- ber of acres ia cotton and corn ia each county in tha State, and will therefore feel very grateful to any person who will write him In regard to tbe matter, giving their news, Ac To this end he solicits corres pondence from every county ia tbe State. lie doesn't expect in every instance to have tbe estimate accu rate, but desires to approximate the acreage as nearly as possible. News Observer. Tbe Advance L als-sys claimed thit cotton (. ...ties pay handsomely. Tbe anno-1 .-port of dividends continue to u. . o this claim. As an inslawe of Low the factories pay tbe Concord times says thus: TLe stockholders of the Udell Manufacturing Compa ny met last Tuesday ia their semi annual meetiog. Tbe statement presented to tbm shows thst sioos January last the mills Lavs bea run 134 days out ot IC and that yards of plaids, 11,403 yards of cottODsdes, S.CO'J doten towels and seamless baa have been mans fact ared. Tbty have orders In bsods now for all the goods tbey bsre on band. A wrre?poDdent of Ibe Golds- boro Argus proposes IS. F. Ay cock as the man to nominate for the Senate. There la no better man in Wayne county than lien Ay cock and we would rejoice to see Li m lead the party to victory. An exchange says: Senator Vance was greeted by a large crowd as Le passed New lierne on the train yesterday evening and In response to loud calls came out and admonished Lis hearers to "mind their wives, My their prayers and vole the Democratic ticket." It was on the cars. A Democrat and a Itepublican were jawing -. about Connecticut when the Democrat said.-The Republican are no go; they can't carry h IL" "Very true," said the Republican," tbe majority there is too much for u?; but Connect- -cut is altogether a different place." As one evidence of what the Third party movement means the following from the Kins ton Free Press Is worth readings At Goldsboro, Mr. Walker, the candidate for Governor was met by Major Grant, a Republi can leader, and introduced to his audience by W. 8. 0B. Robinson, Republican candi date for Congress in Goldsboro District. Mr. P. G. Lester, one of the editors of the Zlon's Landmark, is a Democratic candidate for Congress In Virginia. The Danville Register saya that Mr. Henry C Lester, a prominent citizen of Martinsville, and a Republican in politics, was la the city yesterday, and ex pressed the opinion that Poeie G. Lester will orry every county In the Fifth district In November. a i