Daniels. Ed' and Prop
VOLUME 20
BILL ARP'S LETTER
-:o:
. vi i.t L SHO ULD RESPECT
nos est labor:
if
;rhfr if ton Hot for Any
.!,,. tnd as There's Blood on
'.,. ; si ire JZarf Setter Look
I 1 ...
. '....
i i.eard a young man
say to
Jones
money,
lib
employer : "iviri
1 -
1 HiMin-io get nis
but
Cv.) ui ueu 1. wait., nuu
back to hia work.
1 L 11 S
has
He
Le ljaa caueu mree
an J rou-were not In." '-
- 1 I -X
times
"Well, let him call j again.
Icin't .tay li6re all the time
t0 .accommodate him. I
ffoatler it he expects me to
tie bid money to him -
Yes. iuy friend, that is just
what Mr. Jones has a right to
expect. He ought not to have
been forced to call at allJ You
tire.i him to do the work. be
di I H, aii.i' it was your duty to
i-avs hinited bim up ana paid
him. You are rich and he is
pur. lie cin't afford to lose
iy time, but you can. . .
Liii- is the tyranny or capital
over. Ubor, ana this is the
cause of t he conflict between
them. Money is the king and
labor is tbe subject. Jnat let a
eu;i t'tt rich and begets
:a iuuical. There are few ex
ctpiioiis to this rule.' 'Woe
auto the man who has to de-p-na
up u the ricb for h!s liv
im ! His manhood is crushed,
aua le feIs that he is helpless.
Sot 1 -nu ago I saw a struggling
y-.vn.' man writing under this
tyranny. He had worked hard
iii the oroilirig sun for amonth
andhad well earned his money,
aalit toon Dim inree weeas
t tet it. His employers were
ncu an J tiieir money wa m
th bank, but one partner re-
erred him to another, and the
ither was off on a trip, and
wneu' lie roturnea saia no
would attend to it as soon as
had time, and after several
failures the young man was re
ferred to the boss of the! work
or a certificate, and so hia pas.
tiencrt was tried lor aays ana
V'rks. . i i!
i'iii? is all wrong. Al' man
'siif'iild be last as anxious to
pay't.t.e laborer as ' he was to
iret liis work. He should hunt
Miu up and pay hirrS. The
siwiniT womau ought toot to
have to wait a week for her
money. The wash woman
ought not. to call but; once.
If you bave not got it- jor are
u or. at home, then send it to
Ler assjon as possible. Labor
i- 3 'ist as good as money,
ll iit (ab( l is full equivalent
for money, and is entitled to
much consideration. Indeed,
tiitre is something about the
litor and toil of working peo
plf thai is sacred. It is a sin
st'aiiist heaven to withhold
tiieir jast reward, Ii know
wen rho keep back the wages
of the poor. They f7i b
it; is late. "Does ne pay you
uii yes, sir, ne pay. lie pay
wiieu he get 'shamed to see me
stau liu' arouu'. I stand aroun
i!ri de street and about de post-
oCi e and geta in his way some
times aud den he pay. His
ffiuney migiity good money dey.
-" it araws , intrust in his
pockei." ,
'The lawyer or the doctor can
mora to lose his fee. The
Vnerciiant expects to J lose
certain per cent on bad debts.
Jlie capitalist takes the risk of
-fortune and fire and flood and
fctnaBij and pestilence; but the
toiler can not afford any risks
Miy.ir food and clothing de-
lids upon prompt payment
ijwe is too much indifference
atl"-it this thing. Even the
tatti of Geortria. that is so
lnhiis of her financial honor
?IJ65 not pay her public se van is
s promptly as she ought. She
1 no toilers who work harder,
r are more deserving, than her
atrs, and they do not a raw
their pay for months after it is
The school boards o
0Iue of the public schools are
eally indifferent, and ' some
WI tueir teachers have fto stay
' uotne durint? the lone sum
-r vacatiou for lack of means
J' visit their kindred. 1 know
I'soine who have not been paid
j't tw.i months, and .are not
lfr to be. Bchooliug is
cbJiaP, but teaching is jcheaper.
f j1 l'-ipital was more respect-
'to iabor there wtmld be no
tht
' frf would be no alflance, for
ttiar
would be no necessity for
U1 ionizations. The aver-
Mich
Working man rtoH nol
Vy the rich man because he
atlll, btlt hanaiiaa la ilha
uiiie
iin proud and overbear-
Hi
rerry peddlers
'nce-. I jU8t 8it
Qdow and seream,
don't wniif ar.
are . a
in my
No ber-
before
llir .
J
"I thojt. a. . -m
Kirls
aave
er lhose berries, so m ' to
make a little money "and i help
the mother Or ffflt ft. fali nn
dress or a cheap bat or .pair
of8unday shoes. Who" known
j'how many humble plans they
uave iaia and now fond were
their expectations that some
body would buy,' and it is hard
on their hopes for. , lady to
scream out; "No berries; don't
want nj berries 1? I,? would
buy some of their berries if I
dident want them ana did. ant
have a cent of money and had
to pay in sugar and coffee or
childrens second-handed clothes
We know very well that there
is noboddy suffering for i the
necessaries of life 4 in this
blessed land, but the poor and
humble have . some aspirations
some desires to better their
condition and their appearance.
Some of these poor girls cant
go to church or to school! for
lack of comely garments. Some
have no father, some no moth
er,: I know oiie whose lather
works &U day in the mines and
gets his dollar a day, and it all
goes for food and clothing and
fuel and house rent. There
five in the family five female j
and he is the only bread
winner. There is nothing left
for comfort nothing for sick
ness or medicine. The rich
pass many such people by and
say they are jio account. They
are lazy and trifling. This is a
mistake? ' The 1 trouble is they
can't get a start v and their
hopes are crushed. , There is
many a Cinderella' in th ashes
who would make a princess if
lifted up. The inner life of the
pottfr is known only to God," but
His curse is upon all who op
press them and His blessing
upon those who befriend them.
"The ppoils of the. poor are in
your bouAeti." !
"Ye do grind the faces oi the
poor. ! -
"Blessed is he who consideref h
the poor."
The Good Book is full of
6uch passages. y j "
No poet ever wrote a sweater
song or sentiment man Lnay
Dufferin in the Emigrant's
ament I
I'm Tery lonely now, Msrr. I
For the poor make no new friends.
But oh, they love the better far
The few our father sends.
A man or a woman or a child
does not have to be a beggar to
be poor, tome are too proud
to beg and will suffer and suffer
on. An educated stranger has
been working in our mines for
a month at a dollar a day
worklnir wijtb pick and Shovel
keeping his own secret. But
he couldent stand it of course
he oouldent for he was frail in
body and not used to toil. He
had a good, kind, care-worn
intellectual face and refused
our offers of help as long as be
could work, but at last he was
forced to say, "I canoot dig
to beg I am ashamed." Aud so
we raised a little purse and
sent him home.. He wrote ,
poetry and wanted me to sell it j
for him to the Constitution and
then I realized, how utterly
poor he was. i
There is a luxury in doing
good. If you dont know it,
Just give a poor half-clad,bare
footed blackberry girl a silver
dollar for her berries and watch
her as she shuts it tight in her
stained hand and leaves you.
She will take a slight glance at
it several times before she gets
out of your sight. It is a small
matter to you, but it is a mint
a gold mine to her. Maybe
it is the first whole dollar she
ever earned. I remember well
the first I ever earned, and II
never liad any' since that would
compare with it. j
It is too hot to write politics
now, and so I write something
more soothing. Dr. Hicks says
it will soon be better, j There
is a conjunction of the planets.
Tho hot and fiery Mara has got
in between the earth and the
sun and is making our people
mad. They are ready to fight
over in Carolina, and there is
some bulldozing near Augusta,
and some blood on the moon
in this region, and it all comes
from politics. . Better quit
politicking till the planets
move round a little. Ji yonr
people are obliged to abuse
somebody, let them abuse
Ingalls. He is far off and can
stand it. In fact, I think he
likes It. i We ;' all must keep
cool this kind of weather, ; I
got hot mysalf yesterday aw
ful hot apd dident getover.it
for a good while. Our- little
grandson la over v nere . . uu
visit; And : while !-. his grandma
was: napping5 ithe t little- chap
ooVoA ttia tA -let- him' ' ride .: old
Molly around ' the lot," a-nd I
consented, for I .knew that I
coaid 3 watch ; him - from-2 the
the piazza where I was writing.
He meandered around the horse
for a while, and all of a sudden
I missed him, and found that
he had opened the side gate
and departed these r coasts
towards town. I hurried1 on
my coat and shoes and started
out In hot pursuit. It was just
ALL THE
WJLSON:;
4i o'clock, and the sun. -and
Mars were in a line. I WhenI
got to the square I inquired
for a scrap of a boy riding my
mare, and John Goode . said
"Yes,, he went up Main street
awhile ago like he was shot
oat of a gun. The old mare
had her back up and was mak
ing1 it in about three minutes
to the mile and the boy had his
feet rammed up to the sockets
in the stirrup leathers. Vt
"Oh. Lord v. that boV will be
killed," thought I, andf 1 hur
ried, on with my heart in mv
throat. When I passed the
livery stable I asked again, and
Bob Anderson said yes "he
went by here, -and old Molly
was just a humpin of it. He
turned up College avenue, but
you will not catch him unless
you get on a faster move than
tht.'' With a desperate energy
I struck up a fox trot and kept
4t awhile, and then tried a sort
of a buzzard lope for a quarter
of a mile, and met a feller who
said "yes, he's gone on down
the Cassville road like-he was
huntinga doctor.'' i . j
About. this time I caved in,
and took a rest on the Baptist
church steps and bio wed like a
porpoise. Pretty soon a preach
er came along and taid he
knew the mare but he dident
know the boy, and his riding
was like the riding of Jehu,and
he rode up and down as well as
forward, and was pumping in
in the saddle like a jockey on a
'racetrack. . .'
; "I'll have to trust him to
providence," said L Some'
years atro, when-his brother was
a little chap, I let him ride
around on the horse I a little,
and he fell off. and lit on his
head, and. tock the comatose,
and the whole family setup
with him" all night; and de
clared his ' brain was affected
I suppose that 1 am! still re-
sponsible,' and .. now here's
another load for me to carry:
Mrs. Arp had no business to go
to sleep. She had no business
having grandchildren,1 or chil
dren, or getting - married, for
all the trouble comes son mel
A city. boy. hisent got. much'
sense, no how. No horse sense;
no common sense, but they
think they know it all my
posterity, ind Mrs. Arp says
they get it from ma. 1
I kept on ruminating as 1
walked along and the sweat
rolled down in streaks, and by
the time I got home the little
rascal met me with an impud
ent laugh, and said, "Grandpa,
J -beat you home by fifteen
minutes."
Well, he got a big piece of
my mind as soon . as T could
talk and use language appro
priate, but his grandma took
his side and thought it was
smart, but he mnsent do it any
more, and I that's what made
me mad. L Bill Arp.
HAEDTlllES COMING.
General Discontent in command !
No rust, but Distrust; i -
Nothing moring bat stagnatioa 1
Look oat for the worst !
These warnings, applicable Uike
to basiness and the condition of
oar own bodies. When tbere is
notniug moving oat stagnation in
the different functions of the body;
and tuey tail to do tbe worlr de
signateii for tbem, when colds,
catarrn, or uroucnitis. Hang on
with a dead like grip, then it is
that hard times are coming unless
yoa act wise and get. Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery, and
restore your health, the grandest
capital a man can have. This is i
sure Jen re for throat and lung dis
eases, and especially consumption
if taken in time.
To Mothers.
For upwards of fifty I years, Mrs
Wiuslow's Soothiner Syrup has
been used by millions of mothers
for their children while teething
with never failing safety and sue
ceos. It soothes the ehild, softens
the gams, allays pain, regulates
the bowejs, cures wind colic and is
the best remedy fori diarrhoea
Mrs. Wiusloww's Soothing Syru.
is for Bale by druggtats in everp
part oi the world. Price 25 cents a
bottle. !
silk dkesses and new bonnets.
"I haven't had a silk dress since
I was marred, nor a new oonnet lor
three seasons," complains Mrs. C
V. R. She declares she is bound
to have a new bonnet if she has to
work for it herself. This is true
grit, but many ladies who would
gladly work hard to attain a de
sired object, are unable to do 80
because they are almost constant
ly afflicted with" diseases peculiar
to theiraex. Dragging-down pains,
J displacements, leucorrhea, and
other uterine disowers, are tue
bane of many women's I lives; but
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
will cure where all other com
pounds fail. It is the only medi
cine for women, sold by druggists
under a positive guarantee from
the manufacturers, that it will give
satisfaction in every caae.or money
will ba refunded. This guarantee
has boen printed on the bottle-
wrapper, and faithtuliy carriea oat
for many years.'
LET
'ENDS THOU
A1JJ1'8TS AT, BJE.TIIX CODBTBY'8. Till OOD'8,
10 1890.
SENATOR 'VANCE
SAYS' JIB &ANNOT StTPBOHt
THE 'StTBiTRBASUiST BTLtA
J -binjj .v. 'ftp r-:n?f I.?::
ButFolttis -Out, The. Ways, fol IZe
JIUve Agricultural $ Depression
The Farmers Should Demand
That Which.. Is Right,,, , But ,J)o
Nothing to Injure Their Best
,f Frlena, The democratic Parti,
The followlhgTsthrfuirtext
of the letter rritteirs to Elias
CarrIEscrbRBenatorZebriiori d
B; Vance, on the Questions Affpricea -enhanced, not only , by
the -Day;--it is good - reading
He saysr;""';"""; vh:' !(
Senate Chamber, Jane- 28. '90
Elias Ca v, Esq;, President Far
mers Alliance of North Caro
lina, Old Sparta, : N. a v r
Dji SlR ;So many -reports
concerning my position on what
is known as the Sub-Treasury
or Farmers,- Warexhouse bill
have been' circulated; in our
State, and 1 have received so
many letters of inquiry on the
subject that I have deemed it
my duty to answer them all in
this ' Way.' . I 'write '' to you as
the honored head of the Far
mers Alliance of North Caro-
Ina, and " desire in this man--
ner to make, known to the peo
pie my honest opinion on this
and cognate subjects. I do this
all the more readily because I
am concious that I have never,
n the course ' of my political
ife, concealed . from the peo
ple who have honored me any
candid conviction in regard to
any important . public matter.
It is too late now for me to
begin such a course.
On the 24th day of February
1890, at the request of. Col. L.
Polk, president of the "N.
C. Alliance and Industrial
Union," -1 introduced" iuV the
Senate, bill - -2806: popularly
known as. . the Sub-rlreasury
bill, and procured., its reference
o the committee : on agricul
ture and forestry, where was
supposed that it .would receive
more friendly consideration
than from the - committee on
finance, to which it otherwise
would "have gone according to
the .rules. On receiving it
I told both Col. Polk and Dr.
Macune, the chairman of the
egislatiye committee of the
Alliance, that I was not pre
pared to promise them to sup
port the bill ; that it was a
great aud radical departure
from the accustomed policy of
legislation, and that there were
questions both of practicability
and constitutionality, which
I wished to reserve. I tpld them
also that I hoped for" good re
sults from its introduction, aid
believed that its discussion
wonld attract the attention of
the country to the condition
and the wants of the agricul
tural classes, and if this bill
was not deemed tue proper
aid be
formulated in the direction of
the needed relief. I procured
an early consideration of the
bill by the committee and a
very able and most- interesting
discussion by Messrs Polk aud
Macune was had. But so far
without result. The committee
has" not. yet made a report!
though I am assured that a
majority of its members are
anxiously seeking to devise a
method of relief which shall
not be open to the objections
of that bill.
MjT Qwn position remains
the same. I cannot support
this bill in its present shape.
But I am not opposed to the
principle and ; purposes of the
measure. On the contrary, they
are those which 1 have for ten
years : advocated: and for the
iLuoomDlishment of which I
have in every county in North
Carolina again and again urged
the organization of farmers
pointing out to them how that
all other elapses of society
organized for the promotion of
their separate interests. It is a
shameful truth, that in the
enormous growth ot the wealth
of our country in the last
twenty years, the farmers hae
not proportionately participat
ed. All candid men admit that
they have not had their share
of the aggregate prosperity of
our country. The reason of
this is as plain to be seen as
any cause for any effect. For
a quarter of a century the legis
lation of our country has been
notoriously In the interest of
certain combinations of capital.
The manufacturers have been
protected by enormous duties
upon foreign imports, many oi
which are absolutely prohibi
tory. The currency has been
systematically contracted by
the withdrawal of circulation
and the demonetization of sil
ver m the interest " of ' ' the
bankers, bond-holders and all
the creditor class. In this way
the inevitable results have
been produced. The enormous
wealth of our country has more
and more ceasedrto be widely
distributed "and "has become
concentrated in the hands of a
f ew-.Overrgro wn fortunes have
been.accumulated by thf avor;
ed ones,; wh i mortgages j la ve
beeua thechief .acquisition-of
the many, flhe farmer being
compeled ? to, sell his, surplus
wheat, beef andr.cotton in free
trade markets of the world, was
not .allowed j also 4 lto r buy his
supplies in the same place, but
was ! compmted7-i,o bring. mis
monejiiome; ff omj Europe -and
ouy.niairaon, his. clothing and
all his farm euoplif s from, the
domes tiift manufacturers At
these L enormous, tariff duties.
but likewise by this severe con
traction? of the currency. What
else could possiblv have fol
lowed but indebtedness and
bankruptcy for that class who
had thus to bear the ultimate
burdens caused by this distur
bance of the laws of economy
and by which alone the undue
riches of one class were secured?
AH efforts to secure the re
peal of this outrageous taxa
tion and to restore the fall use
of silver as money, having so
far proved unavailing, reason
able men are not surprised that
the oppressed class of our peo
ple have at last organized and
determined to do something.
For one I sympathize most
cordially .and sincerely with
this determination. Inasmuch
as it is impossible to com
pensate the farmer for the
robbing of him under this tariff
taxation by imposing tariff
duties for his benefit, also for
the reason that similar pro
ducts to his are not imported
into this country the question
arises, now snail ne De compen
sated? If some way be not
devised, and we continue , to
impose tnese xarin taxes on
him, we simply admit that
he is to be oppressed forever
or until he is sent to the poor-
house, and that whilst we have
the power under the constitu
tion to destroy by taxation one
class of ! citizens, we have
neither the power nor the dis
position to compensate 1 that
destoyed class nor to equalize
the burdens of life among the
people. I never will agree " to
this, and 1 stand ready to vote
for any measure for the relief
of the agricultural classes of
the community that will serve
the purpose, asking only that
it will be within the power con
ferred upon Congress by the
constitution. We live, happily
for us, in a government of
limited powers: but because,
as I believe, the present tariff
duties are utterly unconstitun
tionaljand but "robbery under
the forms of law," I cannot
train my consent to vote for
this sub-Treasury bill rvhich
provides for the loaning of
money to the people by the
government, and which in my
opinion, is without constitu
tional authority. I believe,
however, under that clause of
the constitution hich gives
Congress the power to regulate
commerce with foreign coun
tries and among the States,
that the bonded warehouses
now in use for the reception of
foreign importations might
also be used at every port of
entry in the United States, and
others established elsewhere as
well, for the reception of do
mestic articles, intended for
exDort or for sale in other
States, and that the govern
ment could be made to receive
these articles and issue receipts
therefor, upon which the
holders could readily borrow
money. This, I believe, would
answer every purpose contemp
lated by the Sub-Treasury plan
except that of borrowing money
at a specified cheap rate. How
ever this may be, I know my
dear sir. that neither you nor
the good and true men whom
you represent would ask me to
infringe in any way upon the
organic law of our country, in
the faithful observance of
which alone consists the safety
of our people.
Permit me to say that there
is at this time a great respohsi
bility resting upon you. There
is an uprising of the agri
cultural class of our people, the
most powerful class of our
society, which amounts to little
short, of a revolution. This
revolution is directed toward a
redress of the evils arising
from uni ust - legislation. You
are the chosen head and repre
sentative of that class in the
State of North Carolina, one
of its most honored and respect
ed citizens. I feel, sir that with
the freedom of a friend and
fellow worker of the same
political faith, I may say to
you that you may do much to
prevent this popular cry for re
dress from becoming a clamor
for revenge. Guided within the
proper channels and by wise
counsel, 1 believe it is the
movement for which all patrio
tic men! in our couutry have
waited and wished so long,
and that it will.result in juster
legislation and more equally
ANJ TKUTI1S'
diifased prosperity. But , if
recklessly,. unwisely ' an d self
ishly? directed, it may result
tin. ; incalculable . injury to our
country: u and ., , especially v our
Southern portion, ot it., , .
tf I: notice with pain thai much
of the ill feeling of the farmers
is, directed, not 7 against the
authors, and 'upholders of this
nerarious , legislation but
against their nearest neighbors
and friends those whose inter
est are as intimately connected
with their own as is that of
members of the same house
holdr I observe that bitter
feeling is springing up between
to wn and country between the
farmer who brings his product
to town and the merchant who
buys it And in return sells' him
his daily supplies that ofter
the farmer is taught to believe
that the l8wyer, and doctors on
the professional man it, , hostile
to him or is in some way re
sponsible for the ills which he
suffers. , I need not ; sav to you
that this is all wrong, unwise,
and hurtful to a degree "to all
concerned. It saps the strength
of our people and weakens their
power to procure . redress.. ! We
need everybody's help, because
our oppressors are a great party
entrenched in the strongholds
of the government.' Naturally
the redress of wrongs occasion
ed by unjust legislation .is the
repeal of that legislation. The
great Democratic party., of
America, now in a large numeri
cal majority, but deprived of
the government by the ' most
unscrupulous methods, openly
and almost with' unanimity,
favors the repeal of all the
legislation of which you com
plain. s A, little strengthening
of ' its ; hands, and but a little,
will enable it to triumph. Its
triumph wilLbe youra.', A little
tapping of ita stremrUi, little
diversion of its ran ks, be its
defeat again. Ita . defeat will
likewise be yours. The danger
is that oppressed freemen be
come impatient, and impatient
men are often uuTise. Your
great organization, is but little
more than two years pld-it is
not y et grown. It cannot look
for great harvest of result -before
the sowing and the matur
ing of the crop. Already
wonderful things -have been
achieved. Venerable legislators
lifelong servant of corpora
tions and Wall', street policy
have already come to know
that there is a large class of
the American people called
farmers and who have rights
and privileges like others. No
greater shock for years past
has been given to the sleek and
comfortable recipients of class
legislation than the recent
passage through the Senate cf
the bill to restore the unlimited
coinage and legal tender
character of silvers lnis was
undoubtedly due to. Farmers
Alliance. For the7 past six
months there has been more
discussion upon the condition
ot the farmers and matters per
tainiog to their interests than
had taken place within ten
veara Drevious. l ne more oi
tm " m
this talk the better ior me
farmers. .Their wrongs are so
.. ... - A,
Daloable- that the justice of
redressing tnem win Decome
- a a
more and more irresistible as
the light is turned on. The
policy of the farmers, being
now right, is to keep witnin
the' right. Demand - nothing
that is illegal, it' seems to me,
thev should be careful not to
injure their friends.
Thev should hold their
forces in hand ready to aid
those who favor them and to
strike those only kwho are
hostile to their purposes and
principles. To attempt to make
a political party of the Far
mers' Alliance for ,the jpurpose
of supplanting either or tne
errant narties who divide the
American people would be a
great mistake. In the South
it could only destroy the Demo
cratic party and leave in un
disputed control that- other
party which is the author and
upholder of the evils by which
we are afflicted. By your own
rules vou exclude from
membership a majority of the
community and for that reason,
alone, you Bhould not under
take to become a political
party. I see many indications
of that tendency wnicn give
me much concern. In the
neighorin? State of South
Carolina there is a contest ra
ging which, as it looks to me,
can onlv have the result - of
rmttificr that back under
African rule. This, too, among
men who prof ess to agree upon
all matters of principle Let
n hone that we may avoid
such' dangerous and unseemly
contests in our 8tate. I trust
Tnnrth to vau. mv dear sir, and
to the '- conservatism, good
sense, moderation and pa
triotism of the farmers of North
North Carolina, to avoid the
taking of any position" or the
dnimr of anything that would
, a w
prevent the Democrats who are
not in the Alliance from word
ing together for principles
wnich are common and for
interests which are general.
wiin mat - harmony which so
triumnhanfcrv hrrn0-nr. no nnt
of the house of bondage in the
peripd from 1870 to 1876, and
which has in so great a measure
restored our State to a reason
able degree of prosperity and.
credit.1 Let us not imitate the
conduct of the Jews when their
sacred ' city was ' beseiged by
the Roman armies who fought
their enemies with incredible
valor all day and fought each
other with incredible fury'aji
night. Let ns, on the con
trary, stand- together and fight
bur common enemies day and
night. Let us strive for a
reduction of taxation on the
necessaries of life for a re
duction of the expenditures of
the government for an ins
crease of the currency and the
price of farm products by the
free coinage of silver, and the 'l
restoration ( of its 'full legal
tender - character for a repeal
of the tax upon State banks
for the regulation of transporta
tion rates by railroad commis
sions, and last but not least,
let us, earnestly contend
against that spirit of centraliza
tion which -la constantly
threatening to absorb the. local
selfgovemment of the people
of the States. , w ' .. .
' . Very truly yours,
? Z. L Vance.
UNCLE JABE3 XAEBABEE-
Wants to Enow - What is the use of
i ' Foolishness. ...
. I was sitting . in the Senate
gallery when ;I spied my old
friend, .Uncle Jabez Larrabee,
of Illinois, in the gallery across
from me. f Always interested in
his observations, I went . over
and fat down beside him.
"I've been thinking," said he
"what Harnal jionsense it is for
us to teach our .children Low to
write aecordin to rule. Now
out in our village they teach
what they call the Spencerian
system, an' they make every
child set jest so at his his desk
an' hold his pen jest so, pointin'
over his right shoulder, and his
arm restin' jest in such a posit-
on on the desk. I snum, I don't
see no use in that at all, fer no
man ever got to be great, s.eems
to me, "till he unlearned all
hem rules an'-we at to writin'
aecordin' to his own idee of
how it should be done.
Naturally ef we was lookin'
fer-reat men we'd come to
the United States Senit to find
era: so it's wuth while to watch
how these Seai ters write. Look
at Seniter Dolph over there
now. See how he writes. He's
holdin' his pen like he was
afraid somebody was comin' to
take it away fin 'im. See 'im
grip it ! An' see how he sets,
sort o quarternr at his desk
with nothin' but about half of
his forearm restin' on it. You
notice he holds his pen holder
'way back 'most two inches f'm
the pep. and- his hand is all
clinched up. W'y ef one o' the
boy3 in our deeptrick school
Should hold his pen that way
the teacher'd come along an'
rap him over the knuckles with
a ruler.
"Then there's Seniter Wol
cott. He sets hunched up over
his desk with both elbows on it
an' writes in any fashion that
comes handy. It don't" make
no difference to him. First he
writes awhile with his right
hand-and then with his left.
Jest now he's holdin' his pen
between his thumb and finders,
but in a minute, like as not,
he'll grab it up between his
second an' third or third an'
fourth Augers an' slash right
along as if it was all the same
He ain't got rules enough to
put in tea.
"An' Seniter Teller iook ai
him. sittin' there writin' liKe a
woman on a booK in his Jap
an' holdin' his pen atween his
first two fingers. Look at
Seniter Haw ley, too, holdin' his
penholder pointin' 'way off to
the right instead ot over nis
shoulder. An' Seniter Sawyer
ef he used to set on the very
edge - of his chair like that
when he was in school an'
write with a little stub of a
pencil not more'n an inch long
an' never rest a sinitch of his
arm on the fcdesk, I'll bet he
used to get licked fer it.
"Thur ain't a man among 'em
all that I've seen witm at
their desks that woulden't be
switched by any writing mas
ter I ever knowed of, and I've
jest about made up my mind
that it's consummit nonsense
to make children sat up in
rows an' hold their pens all one
way to write."
The Summer Law School at the
TTniveraitv cnened with s'xteen
tnilMite the tirst dav. There will
ba twenty ia a day or two,
$1.50 a Year, Cash In Advance
NUMBER 25
NEWS OF A WEEK.
:o:- -
WHAT iS UAPrrsi'G I
THE WORLD AUOUy D US.
Condensed lit port of the Jitwa .
From our Contemporaries.
: Kinstoa is to have a knitting"
mm.
The Caldwell ,Uouuty Farmers'
Alliance held a meeting on the 4th
ot July and declined to endorse the
Sab-Treasury bill by a vote of 28
to 23.
Avery Batler, the 15 year old
boy, of Clinton, Sampson county,
who assassinated .his father last
April and was sentenced to be
banged, has been commoted to im
prisonment for life by ; Governor '
Fow-le, andjastly co.
The new Presbyteriau church in
Falkland, N. C, was dedicated
Sunday of last week, jltev. Jno. a.
Watkins, D. D., preached the 8er
mon. The Tarboro Southerner
says: "In conception the sermou
wag subline and abounded xx apt
and enperb illustrations'."
Col. A. B. Andrews has been
elected one oi the Yice Presidents
of the Worlds Fair Commission
and CoL Thos. B.- Keoogh, his col
league from this Stale, was made
a member of the committee on per
manent organization the most
important- of the committees
Hurrah for I?orth Carolina! The
Cols, have our congratulations.
Hon. E. E. Smith, minister to
Liberia, is here. He tells mo he is
delighted to be back in bit dearly
loved State again. II thinks
North Carolina people, white arid
black, have Jio superior;. He v.- ill
remain iu the United States nulil
August. He was educated here
and is a model negro, a real leailer
of his rat like ltr. Dr. -J ;se)h 'Z
Piie li-ila gn ' Our. iu Duihatn
Globe. 1
'The wife of Lee Sigmau, a white
man in'Kewtou couuty, ran away
with a negro named Noah Robin
son last wefk, so we learn from
the Enterprise. The woman hud .
about ?25 iu money' and traded
some notes ro the bank ior 175, all
ofwhicb had beeu stoleu from her
husbiud and the negto, we learn,;
bad obtained about $50 ly mortgag
ing a horse. So they hud between
them about 8150. Tho woman left
lour small children aud the negro
alaol'lta wife and several child
ren. LEAN UPON MY ABM, MOTHER-
A gentleman coming out of a
Back Bay church on Sunday
last with an aged lady on his
arm was heard- to say, "Pray
lean on my arm mother; I am
well able to bear your weight."
The sentence -suggested the
following lines to the Penciller:
Pray. lean upon my arm, mother,
Your form is feeble now,
And silvery are the looks that
shade
The furrows on your brow.
Your etep is not so strong, ai other,
As in the dajs gone .b. ; ,
Hut strong as eyer is tLe 1
That beams within you cjv.
VVnen I was but a babe, in.i her,
With tender love inspired
You c.uried me for many an hoar
Until jour arms were tired.
From childhcod np to . manhood's
years. . ""'
Tbrpugh every pain and ill.
Yoa watched me with a loving eye
You, watch my wehare still.
I
And shall 1 fail you now, mother,
When all your strength has fled,
Neglect to guide your tVeble steps
As through life's vale yon treadt
Youi eyes are -dim with age, moth-
Carets lines are on your brow,
The little feet yoa guided once
e stroug to guide you now.
,i .
Then lean upon my arm, mother,
Henceforth,life's journey tbiongh.
What you did bo long for him
. Your boy will do for you.
. - Boston Courier
A Theory-
"How in the word did a woman
so cold as Mary Anderson ever be
come matrimonially engaged?"
"Oh, I suppose her lover froze
to ber." New York S i:i,
The breath of a chronic catarrh
patient is often so offensive that he
becomes an object of disgust. After
a time ulceration sets in, the
spongy bones are attacked . and
frequently destroyed. A constant
source of diccumf urt is the diippintr
of the purulent accretions into the,
throat, sometimes producing invet-'
erate bronchitis, which in its tarn
has been the exciting cause of pul-
Hnoaary aisease. ine, unuiauL-
results which have attended us use
lor Tears past properly designate
Elj's Cream Balm as iy far the
best aud only cure.
An
exchange aays:
' nans made on
There ur
Dr. Bull's
more
Cough Syrup, free of charge, than
are paid lor by the owDera. A
good thing deserves the notice of
the. press. -
lu the treatment of rheumatism,
goat, neuralgia, tciitica, &c,
Bulvation.Oil should thoroughly be
rnbbedin. -It kills pain. Price
j 25 cents.
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