Wilson
NCE
THE ADVANCE--
ONE DOLLAR AID P1FTV CEMTS
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Cash in Advance.
assurors oepixs
"LET ALL THE ENDS THOU AEfll'ST AT, BE TUT COUNTRY'S. THY GOD'S, AND TBIITUI'.
H?o this o?rxcr.-
VOLUME 19.
WILSON. NORTH CAROLINA, DECEMBER 12. 1889.
NUMBER 46
1 11 Vi
ARP'S LETTER!
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AO PLACE LIKE
HOME.
,nrf of Sympathy For Each
Misfortunes is The
l'lie World Over.
u,.r,' I am a belated traveler
iu ;1 .'.range town. The Mem
;.,. tr.iin won't go until th
f -ii . A 1 ..XT
iWiiw tram cuiues. -"nour
, lulf late," says the "tick
,: leave man," and that
n-.tliat I will lose connec
, it .Ieraphls and fail to
. my appointments beyond
was at home. Home is
i t place in the world. A
, with two children eaid
t it if in voice, "cua ne say
!i , hi r and a
The YVadesboro Messenger-In-
teligeucer says tbat one of the re
sults of the short cotton crops is
tuat the farmers of Anson county
have seeded a much larger acreage
of small grain than usual.
in '
on '.'
n
i,..r w 1
and a half ?" "Yea
"Will tuat delay me
mphis from going right
i in
t .1
,i!
y 1 1
,i . 1
1 t
1' .ii
n:
i:ini
i' mi
It will, ma'in." She
r .1 her face away, but I saw
'actress aud heard her say
it boy : "I'm afraid we will
hi late." Too late too late
vh.tt, I wondered I found
,i Iter wards. It was "too
" to ee her daughter, who
lying when the telegram
!i (1 her.
ii it a world of trouble.
t poor motuer a ironDie
. .veil up my own vexation
.'. -appointment for a time,
ir and a half late," I heard
aud a .Northern man
s 1 for Florence said, "That's
way with these Sjuthern
ivadn. You can't rely upon
l. You never know when
will reach a place until you
there. Why dident1 the
lniiH train letve on time,
!,'iw ? Why should it wait
Knoxville?" A big round
h ir-lnuan took up the wager
-aid' "The Knoxville
i hid got some of , your
Iiis on it, and it wouldn't
ill-appoint 'em when they
here. They are from the
you krfow." "Noiirand
i if late." said a gcod natur
ni l man.' '"That means two
r and a half, and my little
will be waiting for me at
t:-boro to take me four
e- home in the country. He
, 1-1 so bad sitting there in
ram ; but it am t as bad as
war, thalfk the Lord." The
r kih1 a half passed, and two
irs aud two and a half, and I
r l the good natured man
tint,' an old ditty, "Pray
hang butcher, make butch
;iil ox, make ox drink water
I;e water quench flre,make fire
-tii-k, make stick beat kid,
l;s kid go time ,kid aud 1
at home hour and a half
hut I knew 'he was sigh
while he sansr. for he was
l'iing about that boy.
1'l.at a world of love and
rt there" is in sympathy.
w
the belated train did come
a i lat, and I reckon the
tr ''u hies are over; I hope they
V hile waiting in the large
r -ption room of the Reed
II it was curious to watch
:'. busy people come and go
l - the traveling merchants
vn iuj their business letters,
n i their home letters,and their
i ve otters, at the long table
'i:;h'r the incandecent lights,
i il l almost tell what kind
"fa lettter it was by looking
i: i their various faces and
?., r-ioris. "What are you
writing, Jitn V said one
Writing to my sweetheart
what are you writing ?" "Writ-
hi.. to my mother," he said, and
t!i leaned earnestly over the
; :;" r. It. did me good to hear
'nil -iy that he was writing
"t 1 1 i-.mother.- Heard "mother
-y : This is a hard town for
'ay bn-iriess: I did twice as
"" i! in liirmiugham did bet-
1 ' in Anniaton: I will shake
' 'hist off my feet in the
iii rniiiir and try the great . city
t Atlanta." The people moved
ti.inl tr.i-.-fivHrv train brought
'' SMiie'and took out some.
H - h-vator was all the while
r ' i r up and riding down.
I -" Italians came in with a
in i two violins and gave
' - o 'iioious music, and ihen
! ' l around and took in
'!'!- and nickels from most
;i I the folks who were not
r '1'i .-r. . T have noticed how
'i li-ntly some folks read on
" ii 1 ' c isions. iney oon snear
'i" iau-ii; at all, and of course
''In t want to pay forwhat
ll tJy li ln't hear. The Italians
lV"l "Home, Sweet Home
t'i variations, and the sweet
111,1 iy touched me so I put a
in the hat, lor it was
w "Hi , it, and I remembered
'i;-tttlin poor friendless wan-
''f'T-;Wtio played it so well
no place, no homeland
-i,.p blue sea was between
lMjii Hnd their native soil It
' ys seemed to me that a fine
' "'' -i'"i in must have some lov
;i nd lovable emotion, for
! '"' "'' i-1 a close akin to heaven
' ' sahl to be the only thing
. ' . earth that'is common to
' ''"F- and to men.
1 1 e Knoxville train came in
Vt'-t, just three hours late
'lid not take it for Mem
' About midnight 1 steam
nvay ror Isashville, and
leil down nn mv vn.linA n.nd
v,,at and went to sleep
i" that is tired nature
restorer. Tbe next even
' "lnd me at Troy, which
';i iesiinanon, and 1 was
'Hile for rmr nnnnintmanl
I "1, n all night's rain that
1 "tea my audience. We held
"iue love feast for an hmir
,rore and I met some old
friends friends of the old' war
times when Dr. Caldwell' was
commander of the post at Rome
and i orrest captured Strait and
brought him in a prisoner with
his 1,600 men. Dr. Caldwell
is living here in Troy and we
got together aud retold the
events of - that thrilling time:
how he organized the meeliah
300 strong, or rather 300 weak,
for they were the halt and the
lame aud the blind and the
superanuated, a nd he armed
them with old guns and pistols
and a cracked canDon and load
ed the caunoa with nails and
tacks and scraps of old iroi,
which was the best he could do,
and then marched the meelish
across the bridge to meet the
foul invader if he , should dare
to come. About the critical
juncture it was perceived Jthat
some of the meelish were com
ing back across the bridge,, and
so Colonel Caldwell had the
plank of the floor torn up and
exclaimed : "I'll be dogond if
they shall have any chance to
retreat. We must fight
repeat it, sir, we must fight."
And I believe to this day that
if Strait had have come those
meelish would have fought, for
they had got down behind the
bank of the- river jyhere the
i ankee couldn t see them, and
they were obliged to fight, or
swim, or surrender. But the
fighting time never came, for
General Forest with his three
hundred men 'had captured
Strait with his one thousand
and six hundred men away
down the road and brought him
in, and the plank floor was put
back and the. meelish marched
uy in the rear and received a
share of the coquets and grati
tude of the women and child
len. The Doctor asked me in
a dreemy way about the old
Iriends, Judge Underwood and
Colonel Shorter and Tom rer-
son and Jim Berry and Judge
Maguire and Cohen and Bur-
well, and old man JSoble and
Sam Noble and Dr. King and
Mr. Rawlins, and Colonel
Printup and many others and
all I couli' say say was: ' Dead,
dead, dead. - Every one you
have Darned is dead." 'He
looked down ; sadly and said :
"Well, it has been nearly a
quarter of a century and nearly
everybody I used to know right
here in my old home is dead.
Death is tne common lot. How
does.it happen that you are
alive and look so -young and
vigorots." ' I
After the lecture we took a
hack for our home six of us
and two of them were ladies.
It was dark-dark as Erebus,
and raining aud the mud was
deep and the ditches full, and
as we crossed a little bridge
one ot the horses missed it, and
fell six feet into a ditch, and
the tongne was snapped like
pipestem, aud the hack careem-
ed, and the women screamed,
and the men jumped out and
caught them in their trus,.and,
as I was the last to leave the
sinking ship, I just fell out in a
tumultuous way right in tne
mud and water, and we all
waded awav from the wreck
with alacrity and gratitude
"A kuife ! a knife !" said the
driver, and I handed him mine
as l run, ior i couiu uiuiujt
see that one horse was in the
ditch with his legs uppermost
and the other looked like he
was trying to climb Mt. Vesuv
ius. The driver declared his
horse was dead heck broken.
We didn't stop to the inquest,
for a Trojan horse never was a
reliable institution. These lit
tle episodes wben they come
all unexpected and are soon
over are quite delightful after
they have passed. They im
piess themselves upon you and
gives you something to talk
about and magnify and tell to
the cfildren when you gel
home.! Troy is a good town
and has good people and J hope
r . t u I 1
that Union uuy won i ue air
owed to steal her Court House
Whenever a town gets ahead of
her neigh or, it looks like her
people want, everything they
11. B
ran t?et regardless oi couso-
r-t - J
quences. I am for Troy
am, horso or no norse,
FOR THE FARM.
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MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
TILLERS OF THE SOIL.
Original, Borrowed. Stolen and
Communicated Article on
Farming.
mighty staid in his -opposition, an 1
consequently being unable to win
I over his no Jess heroic partner of
oi tne Alliance a many, iuey com
promised by wrapping the cotton
"half and half." Goldsboro Argna.
THE ROUTE'S HOPE- jd"??J!j?n? laSooa; WASHINGTON NEWS
CXJLTIVATK TOBACCO.
It is the true policy of our far
mers to diversify their crops. With
a soil that suits everything, there
is no reason why we should eoofioe
ourselves to one or two crops.
With the caoacitv to produce the
finest bright tobacco iu the world
as the prices oar farmers have ob
tained this vear clearlv prove, we
are folly convinced tbat tobacco
ought to be made our main market
crop. We have as flue fruit aud
grape soil as there is in America
and we think our farmers will find
it pretitable to give more attentiou
Would it not be wise for our far- to these crops. But whatever yon
raers to look to the importance of I plant, dou't neglect to make pleuty
The Salisbury Watchman says
Mr. Jim Graham, who lives near
Cleveland, is reported as having
quite a curiosity in four pigs, each
having eight feet. A fine chance
foi those who like pickled pig feet.
making all the measure at home.
and not wait until next spring to
bay a lot of worthlees compoand
unsuited for their lands, and at high
prices. Mount Olive Telegram.
of bread and meat. To fail to do
this is bad farming and the result
will inevitably1 ue disastrous.
Nashville Ar gonaut,
From the entire eastern portion
of the State comes a wail of dis
tress, want, and suffering, in con
sequence of short crops. Possibly,
this is the hand of Providence to
enforce exodua of the negro. Hen
derson Tomahawlk,
VIE WS OF A LEAD I NO N. C
DEMOCRAT.
A Bright, Original and Hopeful
Idea. Looking to The Improve
inent of The tanner's Condi
tion in The Southern States.
What mighty possibilities lie in
the way of the unpretending wa
termelon. It has been demonstra
ted tbat it makes exolent syrup
and a Kansas man makes vinegar
out'em, for which he gets tan dol
lars a barrel. -Wilmington Star.
Here in North Carolina there are
farms, only a few miles from the
railroad, whose value is at a mini
mum, yet which, were the roads
intersecting them of the first class
would at once rise in value were
they twice as far from steam tran
sporsation. Good roads are a na
tional benefit. Rockv Mount
I Phoenix
Mr. J. R. Cline's acre of np land
which was entered for the prize
offered by the State Agricultural
Association, was gathered last
weetc. It was j measured
acurately by a survey or with a
chain, and the corn measured and
certified to by a committee of dis
interested parties. The yield was
fifty -two bushels. Newton Enter
prise 4
NOT CAUGHT THAT WAT.
It is amusing to watch the capers
which some of the North Carolina
Republicans cut as they try to slip
np on the Alliance to put salt on
its tail. It is too game a bird to be
bagged in that way. A Republic in
signing himself "Progress" sua i
dating his letter ac Washington,
writes to the Raleigh Signal a
screed in which he throws up the
sponge as far as the prospect of
Republican success in this State in
the future is concerned. He says
that the party iu this State, "with
its solid negro vote," can not hope
for any success. He moves to
disband then, does he T Tbat is
about the size of it. He advises
"individual Republicans" to make
common cause with tbe Alliance.
We second the motion The Re
publicans will get into mighty good
tariff retorm company, aud will do
tbe moas sensible, patriotic thing
that they have ever attempted, if
they will vote just a the Alliance
men vote. The great mass oi tne
Alliance men are tariff reformers
and Democrats. We suppose that
he refers to the great white Farm
ers' Alliance of North Carolina. It
may be that be refers to the colored
Alliance. If so, they are mostly
Republicans. But we welcome this
first sign of "Progress" we have
noted among the North Carolina
Republicans in 20 years. Lenoir
Topic.
The verdict of the country lat the
polls last fall wan for protection to
American industries, and it be
comes the South to make tbe most
of it. There is hope for the South
if we are able properly to me na
ture s special gift to us -our poorer
to produce cottoo for cotton is
still king, and will continue to be if
fair treatment is accorded it. If
the same ratio of protection were
extended to the producers of this
staple that is granted to manufac
turers, we would feel that we were
dealt with justly, and he more
kindly disposed toward protection ;
for nnder equal pror'7ion cotton
planting and cotton manufacturing
would march together to prosperity.
Every conceivable argument for
the protection of the cotton manu
facturers can be urged with equal
justice for the protection ot its
producers. Cottton production
employs more labor, and creates a
larger market for Northern and
Western produce. The higher the
price of tbe staple, the better for
all concerned.
ii maintain, as an economic pro
position, tbat the Government, by
extending to the planter the same
ratio of protection tbat it extends
to tbe manufacturer, can- secure to
the former thirteen cents per
pound for his product. I name
thirteen cents because tbat would
be obtained by adding forty-seven
per cent, to the present average
market price, aud tbat is also the
average percentage of protective
duties. To understand my propo
sition we must know tbe relative
proportion of tbe cotton crop of tbe
Southern States to tbat of all tbe
world, and also that tbe cotton
mills of this country never consume
more than one quarter of our annu
al crop, while European mills must
have tne remainder to keep their
machinery running. The total
annual crop of tbe world is estimat
ed, at 9,500,000 bales of 400 pounds
each. The Southern States pro-
dnue three.fourtbs of this crop, or
local markets and pay thirteen
cents rather than buy np Govern
ment certificates at the higher
price, or to pay in the same at tbe
warehouse. It is probable that
nnder this system at least three
quarters of our annual crop would
be sold outside the warehouse at
thirteen cents.
It may be said that such a sys
tem would indace other cotton
countries to increase their, produc
tion, and the world would after a
time do 'without the American crop.
Experience teaches tbat this is
improbable. Daring the war, from
1861 to 1866, tbe cotton growing
resources of every part cf tbe globe
were tested to the utmoal. Iu 1862
the representatives of 35 different
countries from which supplies
might be expeuied assembled in
FR OM 1 HE NATION A L CA TU
TAL.
What Harrison and the Other
Politicians are Doimg.
Senator Vance is in dead
earnest in his fight on the
hnmbng Civil Service law. He
thinks it ought to go, and he
ii as tne courage or his con"
victions; hence he has intro
duced a dui in me senate pro
viding lor its repeal, and he
says it is his purpose to force a
vote upon it if possible daring
the session. If there is any
thing done in this matter it is
mbre probable that it will be
accomplished by falling
UTTLS GIFFZi:, C?
e received a marked copy
of the Christian Leader, (Boa-
ton, Mass.,) containing a short
sketch of the life and history ot
Dr. Frank O. Titknor, the lyric
poet of tbe South, by S. A. Link,
A M. We publish one of the
poems and incidents, as we
learn from a member of the
poet's family that the story of
"Little G iff en" is almost liter
ally true.
LITTLE UIFFEX, OF TENSESoEE.
"Out of tbe focal and foremost fire,
Uat of tbe hospital walls as dire,
ommeji oi grape snot ana gan
grene,
(Eighteenth battle and he sixteen !)
NEWS OF A WEEK
WHAT IS HAPrEXlSQIS
1UE WORLI A IZOUS D US
A Condensed Keuort of the Netrt
Fromomr Vo nteitt pora rie.
The non-action of the Demo
cratic House caucus leaves ' ex-
Speaker Carlisle in fall chuge Utter Lazarus, heel to bead !
oi tne party interests on the
floor of the
,u -l v - .
London to concert measures for "wewmary appropiia-
meeting tbe emergency. Ten years lIon lot the sapport of the eom-
later, in 1872, at an exhibition mission than by a direct repeal
held in the same city for thi spec- of the law, though the latter
ial purpose, only a few of those 35 course would be much more
countries were represented, and! manly.
most of those confessed disappoint
ment aud failure. America bad
again entered the field and defied
the world. With much of the
Southern cotton crop inaccessable
between 1861 and 1865, and with
the encouragement of big prices
and governmental assistance, the
world's supply was so inadequate
that for a time cotton sold in New
York at from one dollar and a half
to two dollars a pound. These
indisputable facts prove that this
country has a monopoly of this
great staple and while .it ought
hot to employ the power it posses -es
to tbe detriment of any interest,
it has the right as well as the abili
ty to make this crop reasonably
profitable to to its produces.
It may be urged that if cotton
" ' Specter ! such as yon seldom see.
Take him aod welcome! tbe sur
geon said,
Little tbe doctor can help tbe dead 1
So we took bim and brought bim
where
The balm was sweet in the summer
air,
And we laid bim down on a whole
some bed
warehouses are built for tbe benefit tIon oI tuat body, and the
Here's a sample of short crops
talked.- A farmer in this county
planted one hundred aud twenty
five acres in cotton and expected
to sret Beveutv.five bales. The
rain and the hail came and mined
all "nut about twelve acres. From
the twelve acres he got one bsle.
This: man is a good farmer, tbe
rain tbe hail and the frost ruined
his cotton this vear. New Berne
Journal.
EBITOEIAL TALE-
Comments oa VarioTis Subjects Prom
the Columns of Our Exchanges
STANDING OUT OF BOSTON'S WAY.
Boston wants more colored
servants. We trust nothing will
interfere with Boston's getting
several millions of them. Wil
mington Star.
We shoald be thankful when we
read of hard times in the lust
Our corn, crop will bread us and
feed our stock, our wheat crop
gives us a surplus, we have some
stock to sell'i our crossties and oth
er laber furnished a snpius ana
onr tobacco crop makes us inde
pendent lv wealthv. 1 We are bet
ter offtbau the East and the South
by 100 per cent. If, when we have
any mouey would be easy and our
own debts could be paid. Lenoir
Topic. '
BREECHES AND BREACHES.
There are still many and bit
ter complaints about papers not
reaching our subscribers. We
warn Brother Wanamaker that
in giving his time to his breech
es he is making breaches on our
business. Greensboro Workman.
v'll!,l
'III
a
Bill Arp.
Mr. Green Russell, of Goose
Creek township, who is about 75
years of age, was in town Tuesday,
t.rviii' to engage some pork he
wisbed to bring to towu. Mr. kus
sell never bought a pound of flour
r pound of meat in his lite, aud
corn only once, aud never owed a
debt that he didn't pay. He now
bas a sufficiency or this world's
goods to comfort his declining
vears. Economy arid good jud-
J . ... ... - i . : 1 1
ment, coniomea wuu mausiry, win
bring a competency to any man
who will practice them, Mouroe
Enqoirer Express. :
FIGHTING HAttD TIMES.
The Clinton Caucasian gives an
autidote for hard times in the ex
ample of a farmer in Sampson Co.
jho has been farming in a little
wav thirtv-three vears, has sold ac
cording to his books 4,537 bushels
bf corn : has giveu to the poor 381
bushels never bought or used any
foreign fertilizers ; his name has
never been entered on the debtor
side of the account book of peddler,
tinker, merchant, lawyer, doctor,
miiiister or editor, all because ne
was educated to make his home
aiirmii.'n and also some extra to
supplv hisiless wise aeighbors. " It
renn res oulv a moderate amoum
of sense to (accomplish such results,
yet how many fall short of even the
above standard.
Giving Him the Scripture-
The negroesespecially the
nrflnp.hfira are catching on to
the idiosyncrasies of 'St. John,
of the Postofttce Department
Hrfi is how they talk to tbe
breeches-maker' :
A slick-looking delegation
of Baltimore Republicans call
ed on him yesterday to protes
ncralnst the loneer continuance
in office of Postmaster Frank
Rfftwn. After exhausting al
the
gat
it's
THE SCHOOLS AND TAXES.
The White men pay $91.50 of
every one hundred dollars taxes
collected in the South. And
yet there are some Northern
people who pretend to ' wonder
that ws insist upon. "a white
man's government down here.
Oxford Day.
BEWARE OF RALEIGH, GOVERNOR.
Will Gov. Fowla take a little
kind advice in anticipation of
Judge Gilmer's resignation? If
you wish to, escape eternal dam
nation from the newspapers
don't let his successor come
from Raleigh. A word or two
to the wise ought to be suffic
ient. Reidsville Review.
about 7,000,000 bales. The world's
consumption of all kinds of cotton
eood increases fully as fat as
does tbe production of tbe staple,
consequently there is no surplus at
tbeeudofany fiscal year to indi
cate "over -production. "So long as
the supply is in exci-ss of fair
market demand." says Mr. Keller,
"the produciug nation may name
the price of its production.' The
United States is such a nation. Its
planters produce three-fourths of a
staple which is of the utmont ini
pbrtauce to tbe world. Three
fourths of all the cotton consumed
by foreign nations is tiie product
of our Soutl etu fields. Is it not a
reasonable, a just demand, that
the planters to whom this
couutryjs indebted for this annual
cieation of wealth should receive
such niotectioii fiom tae Govern
ment as to retain an equitable
share or the profits of their labor 1
Qjr cotton manufacturers a'e pro
tected a id become rich because of
it. Our col ton planters are unpro
tected. They cannot, unaided by
the Government, fix the price of
their product. What I contend for
is that ihe u verument shall tbrow
around coiton culture the same
arm of protective cir that it gives
to tbe uJanufacturer, and thus
assist tbe cotton planter in makiug
tbe European manufacturer pay a
reasonable price for bis product,
tbm relieving Ihe former from his
present dependent condition of be
ing compelled to market his crop
at such a price as the European
manufacturer dictated twelve
mouths before tbrough the agency
of the Liverpool Cotton Exchange.
It is cruel as well as unjust for Ihe
Government to tacitly permit the
manufacturers ol Europe to coutro!
the price of oue of onr most valu
able crops, one whic'i
of Southern planters, Western 1 Chaplain,
farmers will want a similar system elected.
for their products. This argument
is not tenable. Western products
are perishable, while cotton is not.
Moreover Western voters . have
virtually acknowledged that they
find incidental prr c'ion in the
great home market , m . le for their
products by f!ie manufacturing
States. Tbey know also tbat as
the purchasing power of tbe South
increases, so does tbe demand for
their meats, breadstuff i, hay. winter
vegetables, and oicharj products.
No section bas a greater interest In
the prosperity of Southern planters.
Doubtless other objections will be
made to these suggestions, but
thee can be met as tbey arise. It
must be admitted tbat this protec
tion to the cotton planter would
destroy tbe cotton speculation of
tbe world. Tbe Liverpool aud New
York Cotto.i Exchanges would dis
appear from tbe commercial borison
it wonld mean death to the cot
ton ppecnlator, I fe to the cotton
planter, and an equal division be
tween him and the manufacturer
of the profits, and yet work no
Injuvticit to the consumer. Tbe
Republican party, with its love for
the negroes "th wards of tbe
nation" can, by assisting in such
a measure, ingratiate itself with tie
South, give substantial aid to tbe
laborer iu the cotton fields, and do
justice to the 8outheru people
generally by extending to them tbe
full protection which it claims to
give to Northern workmen.
The writer is a Southern Demo
crat, without local, sectioual. or
race prejudices, who desires earu
estly to see equal justice meted out,
so that his seotion may keep pace
with the other great sections of our
country, lie b.Iieves iLat under
exi-luijf conditions the crest need
of the S u h is such protection as
will asKure a reasonable price for
its cbif stap'e, and thereby secure
prosperity to i's citizen aud to all
our peop'e. Every patriot, whether
Democrat or Republican, must
desire this consummation, aud
every piotectiontst must necessari
ly approve of protection to tbe
cotton planter, for it makes bis line
of argument consistent, secures bis
own iosition,;ana Diazes tne way
for converts to his economic faith.
Col. Harry Skinner ie Frank
Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper.
House. No better
or abler leader could be found,
and experience will soon show
that it is far better to have one
man In control than a com
mittee cf fifteen, as was at first
proposed.
It argues well for future
Democratic success la the
House that one of the Repub
lican caucus nominations Rev.
C. B. Ramsdell for Chaplain
was defeated at the orgauiza-
old
re-
Dr. Milbnm
Ree'd
THEY START RIGHT.
We are proud of ourf Demo
cratic minority that it has so
soon and so bravely taken its
stand on tariff reform. There is
no mistake now, and with the
encouragement to be taken
from the vote of those States
which have recently expressed
through their ballot their sense
on the subject, we have aisur-
ance that the fight will be push
ed on to
Citizen.
GIVE HIS VSOLE SELF.
What More Could he do Than
Put Himself into The Plate-
to
is grown
nowhere el.-e in such abuudance
or of equal quality. It is manifest
ly to the benefit of every American
interest that, ir tLe Government
possesses the powerto preventsacri
ticial prices, it should exercise it as
a simple actlof justice to I be poor,
long-neglected cotton planter.
Now for the solution of the
problem the means by wLich the
Government can give this assist
ance without hazard of loss. Let a
part of the treasury surplus be
expended in building cottoo ware
houses at convenient points in the
South. Let the Government say
vlctory.-Asheville w tne cor ion p auim 7' b3dles as a living sacrifice,
V ii n Vnr ,An boly, acceptable unto uoa,
UCUIO F"JUUU J
ana on strict
cpeaRer lteea is having a
high old time trying to satisfy
the wants of his Republicans
colleagues in the matter of
committee chairmanships. It
is extremely doubtful whether
the committees will be an
nounced before the Christina?
recess.
Mr. Harrison has gone to Chi
cago, and it is stated at the
White House that he will go to
Indianapolis before returning
here.
David J. Brewer, of Kansas,
has been nominated to be As
sociate Justice of the Supreme
Court. II" has been United
States Judge of the eighth
Kansas circuit since 1884. Lit
tle is known of him here far
ther than the fart that he
is a nephew of Justice Stephen
J. Field. The Republicans do
not fancy tho appointment
much, but there Is no open op
position, and Mr. Brewer will
probably be confirmed by the
Senate. ,
Eight columns of solid non
pareil without a single original
idea. That's the feat accomp
lished by Presidbnt Harrison
la writing his annual message
to Congres?, and the manner of
presentation is equally as hack
neyed as the ideas presented.
Never, during an experience in
Washington covering the ad
ministrations of five Presidents,
has your correspondent seen a
Presidential message fall as flat
as this one has. ihe message
will make Mr. Harrison no
friends, and with the exception
of the absurd paragraph relat
ing to politics in the Sooth, will
make him no enemies. Mr.
Blaine's worst enemy will not
accuse him of having had
any hand iu th preparation of
this message, for whatever else
Mr. Bla'ne may be, he is always
original and brilliant. Mere
Republicans than ever, now
refer to Mr. Harrison as Hayes.
In a western city a short
time since, a Presbyterian min
ister preached a sermon on
giving. This was his text :
'I beseech you, therefore,
brethren, by the mercies of
God, that ye- present your
ALLIANCE AND POLITICS.
We are no champion of the Alli
ance, because we are not a member
of it, cannot be and are not suppos
ed to know its secrets, and we have
EDUCATE THE 6lBLS.
In some sections of ihe coun
try there are a few restless fe
male asritators for "woman's
male agitators
rights." They have
intr the men to let
and hold office. These women
been
them
8
ask-vote
learned that a man gets no thanks are abusing their talents. They
for volunteering to champion either should ask men to furnish their
nl,
a. un
nrornmftnts. one of the dele-
o '
nn: a nreacher. said, a;
concluding blow :
An V Mister Postmaster iju
again de scriptur.'
How so?'
W'vnon't ae sunuiut
'You shall not cas' de children's
bread to de dogs?' Hain't
Postmaster1 Brown got over 300
Dlaces under him?' Washing
ton Correspondent of
Statesville Landmark.
the
Dr. Bogg used to tell of a Scotch
woman to whom a neighbor said,
'JSpbil, I wonder boo ye can sleep
with sae mucfcle debt onj your
head V To which Eptiil quietly
answered, 'I can sleep foo well, bat
I wonder they can sleep that trust
me-'
men or measures, aai we imua
from what we know of the Alliance
material in Warren and from
conversations with its members, we
can say to those uneusy, politi
cians who are beseeching the
Alliance to keep oat of politics for
fear tbat the Democratic party will
be injured, that they are trembling
without sufficient cause, and they
need have no fear. The better ine
Alliance man tbe better the Demo
crat hu is their principles are the
e. Warrenton uazette.
sex better educational advan
tages. Men are properly seinsn
in political rights but they can
not be consistently and logical
ly selfish when it comes to
serving mental rooa. aanior-i
Express.
TOOK HALF AND HALF
The novelest case on record in
regard to iute bagging falls to the
1 nf Ooldshoro. aud the incident
Dappk to show how strongly wed
dd the Alliance men are to their
anti-infft camoaiffn. On our streets
fr recentlv was a bale of cot
f of the, wrapper of
whu;h w is tow bagging, and the
other half jute. The bale of cot
t OTo nomari in common by two
11 111 nao u"uj -
farmers, one of whom as
HontA man. the other was
rw farmers in this section op
presed to the Alliance, bat he was
an Al
one of
An Appeal From the Sanctum.
Some prowling-rogue stole the
editor's wood two weed's ago
and this week they went into
his swe at potatoes. Watch out,
you limber twisted, nimble fin-D-orofl.
croo eared, sneaking vil
lain Wn will do our best to.
catch you, and will shoot to hit,
nnt to kill, but we might acci
dentally hit in the killing
place. Be ashamed to steal
frnm a.n editor. Hide your head
in trriflf and make restitution
like a man. Polkton News.
to the waiehouse, aad on
and proper grading you shall re
ceive warehouse receipt'' (sup
pose I term them cotton certificates
in analogy to gold and silver cer
tificates), '-at the rate of fourteeu
cents a pound for standard grade.
You must pay the warehouse a
fee of one ceut a pound to cover all
expenses, coats, and risks.'' These
certificates could bo issued for ten,
hundred, and thousand pound lots
and be made negotiable. 1 say
fourteen cents because this adds
the one penny the Government has
received to the price the cotton
could be purchased for before en
tering the warehouse. If a large
part of tie crop thould pass
through these waieuouses me
revenue would leave a haudsome
prctit to the Trea-sury after paying
all exneuses These certificates
would be tbeisame as cah to the
planter for all puiro es, for they
would be accepted iy every one as
readily as are gold and silver cer
tificates. These are geueral sug-
gestionsouly, but they form tbe
basis of a plan tht can be perfect
ed in detail by proper legislation.
The practical result of the plan
thna outlined would be only to
tta who outs a bad construction
on a good act reeals his own wick
educes 01 nearc uivingoiou.
which is your reasonable ser
vice." Romaus xii. 1.
A little, hungry, ragged waif
took a back seat in church and
when the deacon passed the col
lection plate he passed the boy
The latter called him back, and
when the'plate was lowered to
him he said, "Put it lower. Ik
was lowered.
"Lower still," said the little
fellow, and down it went.
"Still lower, please," the boy
pleaded, and down it went to
the floor. And then the boy
put his little brown bare feet
into the plate, stood np, and
with a wistful look said, "I've
only got myself, 'n' I give that."
A Safe Invsstment
Is one which is guaranteed to
bring you satisfactory results, or in
case of failure retarn of purcbese
price. Oa this safe plan yoc can
buy from our advertised Druggist
a bottle oi ur. iviug rew ui
covery for Cousumption. It is
guaranteed to bring relief 1.1 every
case, wnen useu ior ny aueciiou
The House adjourned from
Tuesday to Thursday.
Three Federal election bills
have already been introduced
in the Senate, two by Mr.
Spooner and one by Mr. Sher
man. Mr. Candler's hill apply
ing only to some of the South
ern States will also shortly b
Introduced, and it is understood
that several bills of the eame
hind are to be introduced in
the House. All of which is
useless waste of time on the
part of the&A gentlemen
for if there is any one thing
npou which the Democrats of
the House are thoroughly
agreed, it is that no Federal
election bill shall go through
the House.
I v :
Mr. Ran dill has not yet been
able to resume his seat in the
House. He thinks be is well
enough to do so but his physi
cians prositively forbids it.
The District bill, which caus
ed the great dead lock in the
House, has been again introduc
ed in the Senate. The bill Is
certain to pass the. Senate, but
owing to the large number of
members in the House its fate
there is not so certain, although
the probabilities are all lo fa
vor of its passage.
"And we watched tbe war with
abated breath
Skeleton Boy against Skeleton Death
Months of torture, bow many such!
Weary weeks of the stick and
crutch.
And still a glint of tbe steel-blue
5e
Told of a spirit tbat wouldn't die.
"And didn't. Nay, more ! in death's
despite !
The crippled skeleton learned to
write.
Dear mother, at first, ofcourse, and
then
Dear Captain, inquiring about tbe
meu.
Captain's answer: of eighty-fire,
Giffen tnd I are left alive.
ioru oi gioom irotn tne war oue
d-O ; '
Johnson pressed at the front, they
say.
LHttle Giffen was ur aud aw.j;
A tear his Q si a be bade good-by.
Dimmed tbe glint of bis steel blue
eje:
I'd wilte if spared! There was
news of tbe fight.
Bat none of Giffen be did not
write.
bI sometimes fancy tbat, - were I
king
Of the princely Knights of tbe
Goldeo Ring,
With tbe Kong ol tbe minstrel in
mine ear,
And tbe teud.-r legon.1 tbat trem
bles here,
I'd give tbe beet on tits bended
knee,
Tbe whitest soul of or chivalry,
For Little Giffen of Teooesaee.
Maurice Thompson ays: "If
there Is a finer lyric than this
In the whole realm of poetry, I
should be glad to read IL" The
subject of tbe poem, was Isaac
Giffen, the son ot a blacksmith
in some hamlet of East Tennes
see. The boy was so childlike
In appearance as to have seem
ed "borne by tide of war from
the cradle to the jaw ot death."
He was terribly wounded In a
battle perhps Murlit-sboro
and carried with others to the
hospltvl at Colutn jis, Ga.
Here he was found by oar hu
mane doctor and borne to his
home, " where the air was balm."
In the struggle of tbe "skeleton
boy against skeleton death," he
was greatly aided by the skill
of the doctor and the gentle
nursing of Mrs. Ticknor. Dar
ing the "wesry weeks of the
stick and crutch." h was taught
to read and write by this lady.
Being naturally bright, Le is
said to havb learned very rap
idly. He remained with the
family about a year, and al
though he had been so fearfullj
shot to pieces, he was ever
anxious to return to the service,
which he did in time to fall, it
Js supposed, in some of the
battles around Atlanta.
"He was an ordinary looking
little fellow," writes a son of
the poet, "except that he bad a
bright, clear blue eye, that told
ot the incarnate courage of the
boy." No soldier ever had a
finer monument than little Gif
fen, though this poem is the
only monument, and Le was
doubtless buried in some of
those "unknown graves" where
"The voiif of wail U tuai today
As his whose life is duab.n
Charlotte Democrat.
Aibeville bas tbe tree mail de
livery ayftiem. r
E. A. Arm field, of .Monroe, aa
old merchant, baa assigned. Lia
bilities U.WI.
Tbe Msxton Talon tells of tbe
booting of one negro by another.
Tbey were on their way home from,
tbe circus.
Tbe Clinton Caucasian of last
week baa a splendid write op of
(bat town. The showing Is food
for Clinton.
Tbe Lumber mills at New Berne
were destroyed by fire a few nights
since, says tbe JoaraaL Loss tJtW
bo insurance.
Tbe Aibeville Democrat aayi
tbat if Mrs. Sarab James, of Ban
combe county, lives until next Feb
ruary she will be 102 year old.
Tbe statement is made id aa ex
change that Edentoa has a bar
room aod undertaking establish
ment nnder one roof. Nothing like
baring things convenient.
Wilhss Oates, a quilt, peaceable
negro of , Grantham's township,
Wayne county, was killed a abort
while since by an unknown assas
sin. He was at Lis door aktno
when ssot.
A policeman in Greensboro a lew
days ago, captured a strange col
ored woman who barks and saapa ,
like a dog and cannot tell anything
stall atwut herfiir. She arrived
la a box car. , '
A lot of tich capitalists hare
formed at company 'of 91,700,000
capital, for tbe pun of develop
ing rich BeiANomer ore banks in
North Carolina. The company will
erect iron and ateel works at
Greensboro.
An eleven years oU tti of Sher
iff Wheeler, says .lie Greensboro
Workman, was accidentally killed,
tbe gun which be was carrying be
hind bim as a Mipport in crossing a
log baring been discharged, tbe
load taking away the back of his
head.
Tbe KiostoQ Tree 1'reMs says:
"Tbe railroad lore is at work at
Slonington Creek about fire miles
from Kinatoo, with mtwut SO battda,
baikliog op tbe road bed in tbe
swamp this side of the cmk.
Work will eooa beffia between here
and St on i net on. Several bo aired
bands in all will be employed on
tbe grading.
Tbe Wilmington Star )s that
last Saturday eight a week CJ Mr.
Geo. W. Winberry. oneoi the bt
citizens of Onflow county, went oot
after sapper to riit a ber neigh
bor, aod as be returned, nJ jat as
bo resebed bis doortp, be was
fired upon by aomeone with m fan
charged with burlbot and killed
Instantly. There Is e cloe to tbe
mnrdertr.
to tt:t it
Arrier rijsrimc:: is .v; Interest
. cf Stereo,
27ish as a Manufacturer
The Webb water power, on
Tar river, near Sprioghope, was
caretnlly surveyed sometime
since by a thoroughly compe
tent engineer and pronounced
equal to any power In North
Carolina. One of its great ad
vantages Is, that the buildings
can be erected where they can
never be affected by high water.
In the mldat of a fine cotton
section, this would be a splen
did location for cotton manu
facturing on a large scale, and
we expect to see Isrge mills
established there at an early
day. Nash already has the
largest coiton factory la the
State, which is paying very
large dividends to its stockhold
ers, and we most and will have
more of them. Nashville
Argonaut.
- Long had they r ' in the
ftloamititf llsteniu t i eof t
music of the cooling breete
that stired the leaves of the
noble elm wLor ebspely
bra be hes rlrttrhed above
them, i
Laura," raid the young man
as he crushed the young life out
of a winged Iu?ect who.-e at
tentions had bored him consid
erably. , I aw a statement la
a paper to day that if you hold
your breath when a mcxjulto is
biting you it cant draw its bill
bat, aod you can kill it la the
act."
"Horror?," exclalned the gen
tle girl, as she rhuddered and
drew her fleecy wrap closer
about her lovely form. The
idea, George, cf letting a mos
quito sting you long enough
to And out ?uch a thing! I
never could endure it."
"And that reminds me," con
tinued ' Georg an Le made a
wild Jab at the back f his
neck and cloed the earthly
eareer ot one more confiding
inject, of "another ftatement
I faw in the Mine paper that
people always hold their breath
when they er when they
kiss."
A silence followed more elo
quent than the ooftly rpoken
words of the young man. - It
was broken at lat by the
voice of that lovely Laura,
"Gorge," paid fhe, in low,
quickly uttered, wlllitig-to-tert-lt-in-the-inte
re; t-of -science ac
count. "I feel a mcwqulto bit-
loir me.
The wind fished faintly la
tren tops, the voire of tho katy
did rapped the patient air. the
stars glimmered and twinkled
in the blue ethereal firmament
and at the end of nearly throe
quarters of a minute that mis
guided mosquito ieri!Lea mis
erably.
Talus cf AiYeriiKrcuts-
Su&fiu'g krzlzx Cain.
The Best Salve in tbe world for
prevent tbe Liverpool Cotton Ex-1 of Throat, Luogs, or C!iet, such as I Cut, Bruises, Sores- Ulcers, Salts
-hnPH from diet at me the price oi
our product, while European and
American manufacturers, knowing
that tbe plauter was sure or getting
thirteen cents for his cotton of
standard grade, - realizing the
statistical position ol the staple,
Consumption, IntUnuu ninn of
Lungs, Brouchuis, Astbais, Whoop
ing Cough, Croup, e!f tc It is
pleasant and agree! in taste.
perfectly safe, and can aii ays be
depended upon. Trial ''o'tles at
A. W. Rowlands Drugstore.
Rbeum, Kever, Sores, Tetter, Chap
ped Hands, Chilblains Corns aod
all Skins Eruptions, aod positively
cures Piles, or no pay required.
It is guaranteed to give perfect
satisfaction, or money refunded
Price 25 cents per box.
Tbe greatest pieisars I know, ts
to do a gcod action by stealth, aod
hare It found out by accident-
Lamb,
Troublenesft spring from idlroess
aod grievous toils from needle
ease. Many without labor would
live by tbeir own wits but tbey
break want of stock. Fran tun.
"Do I believe ta advertising,'"
said a prominent la wjer, a ay W
two sffo. "Well, rather; aod ta
tbe bidden adrertiM-tceut more tbaa
in ary other. I retueintwr. one
day, reading a rry iaereUsg
story tbat eod-d in bat I took vo
be a pun for Dr. l-r s iieasaoi
I'orgatire Pellet. I 'rew cowa
tbe paper i a rae. Nut a week
after that I tierl-I Muie neJiciBe
of tbat kind, and went so I boogUt
those same :ni!e p.Us. 1iJ I tod
them goo4 I " -WLy, tbe tet
thing of the kind 1 eer m, bat
tbat bs nothing to da with the
first QaeUon, and 1 Jy tnenuoa
tbe joke oa myself to kw rut ad
vertising does pJ."