Yll3 Wilson r r. . ; : . . 1 - $ 1 .00 A YEAR CASH IN ADVANCE. - ' "LET ALLTHE ENDS THOU AIM ST AT, BE THY COUNTRY S, THY GOd's, AND TRUTH'S." ' , THE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM " . .... , - . - " " - - t ' . , . - " VOLUME XXIV. ' WILSON, WILSON COUNTY, N. C, MARCH 29, 1894. NUMBER. 13. I V f ust Got Back. The New Goods are Rolling in. We have always sold TOods cheap, but owing to the hard times among the manufactur ers and bfg jobbers, the "Old Man" with his millions, has been enabled to gobble up many immense, stocks at half value. We have eotten the benefit, of them, and will give you goods this spring much Lower tfian- Ever Before. The Cash Racket Stores, J. M. LEATH, lylanager, Nash and Goldsboro Streets, WILSON, N. C. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. JX F. PRICE, - - Surveyor and Civil Engineer. WILSON, . - n. c. 30 years' experience. Office next to Dr. Albert Anderson. Jno. E. Woofhird. V". H. YarlionUj;li, .Tr. VOODARD & YARBOROUGH, Attorneys-at-Law, Wilson, - - N. C. . Will practice in the courts of Wilson, Nash, Green, Edgecombe and abjein i n pr counties. ' N. 1) Associated in Civil practice. . only. . . J. R. UZZELL i Attorney at Law, ' I WILSON, N. C. Practices wherever services are re quired. 3 "All business will receive prompt attention. Office in Weil's building. . G. CONNOR, Attorney at Law, ' WILSON, - - N. C. Office. Branch & Go's. Dank Buiidinsr. DR. E. K.. WRIGHT. Surgeon Dentist, wiLsox, c. flavin- permanently located in Wil he public. ' ' "Oibce in Central Hotel Building. GEO. M. LINDSAY, Attorney at Law, SNOW HILL, N. C. Circuit : Wilson, Green Wayne and Johnston Counties. Wanted, io.ooo bushels cotton seed. Young Bros. A big line ol rubber good? just re ceived at Young Bros; Bed sheets 'and mattresses at Young's. S -Cotton seed bulls lor cows. Young Bros. Tarboro stockings forchildren, the best in the world at Young's. Ladies' hats, latest styles, at Young's. ... See. Young's line of Knaby hats. Bargains in pant goods at Young's. Suits at half price at Young Bros. 5,000 pairs sample shoes at New Y01 k cost at Young Bros. B;g sacrifice in dress goods Young's. at If you want a baby carriage see Young" Bros Boots for men at $1.50 at Young Bros. Dress goods, all styles and prices atYounti's. feeing a ten;.- or ;;Udreu who warn bund 1. r..,VL ' :r s"'juU take tiWr1'1i8?aat' to -cares Mtlaria, Ind. "la, b Jic usiujje iiucl Liver Complaints,. My The Old Friend And the best friend, that never fails you, is Simmons Liver Regu lator, (the Red Z) that's what you near at the mention of this excellent ' Liver medicine, and people should not be persuaded that anything else will do. It is the King of Liver Medi cines ; is better than pills, and takes the place of Quinine and Calomel. It acts directly on the Liver, Kidney 3 and Bowels and gives new life to the whole sys tem. . This is the medicine you want. Sold by all Druggists in Liquid, or in Powder to be taken dry or made into a tea. . 4j-KVEUY PACKAGE'sl Has the Z Stamp In red on -wrapper. . M. ZKIL1N & CO.. Philadelphia, Fa. WHY DID THE DONKEY -. GO ON? RE IIADK T15EM DRAG HIM UNTIL HIS IETI.OCHS I'.LEO. liuf When a I.ijj Fisherman Knock d Dun n the Tormentor Who was Heating; Him With a Club, the Ionk-y Trotted Off. Three men who tried to get adonkey down Seventh Avenue at i4 o'clock yesterday afternoon when the beast didn't choose to go gave thousands of storekeepers and pedestrains a spectacle that Gothamites very sel dom get a chance to see. This parti cular donkey was a little fellow with an amount of self-assertiveness en tirely out of proportion to his size. He first became an object of atten tion at the corner of Seventh avenue and Forty-second street. The men had been leading him along Forty second street by a rope, which was looped around his neck. They were tugging with all their strength on the end of the rope, but the donkey de cided that he wanted to stand still, and he did it with an abruptness that almost yanked the three men off their feet. A crowd gathered and laughed at their combined but un availing efforts to budge the donkey. All three men fired lauguage at the animal in sharp and unprintable vol leys. Hot as the language was, however, it didn't phase the donkey. A change of tactics became neces sary, and the three men got a horse and wagon, hitched the donkey's rope to the tailboard of the wagon and whipped up the horse. The donkey started in surprise as he felt the rope yanked suddenly. Then his proud spirit rebelled against coercion, and he braced his legs for resistence. The horse was the stronger, however, and the donkey was dragged bodily along, with his hoofs vainly trying to grip hold of the. granite pavement. Everybody laughed at his comical struggles. But when he had been dragged three blocks there was an abrupt change in the popular feeling. The donkey had resisted so desper ately that his hind legs slid forward until his fetleck joint rubbed on the car track and bled from the constant friction. The donkey's hind feet finally slid completely, under his body, and he lost his balance and roiled over. He was just as. obstinate when he regained his feet, and one of the men began to belabor him with a stick. He broke the stick without conquering the donkey, and the crowd began to protest against the cruelty. George Hicks, a wrestler, came along with a baby in his arms. He was walking with two ladies. He yelled at the men who were trying to make the donkey go, and tried to get one of the ladies to hold the baby so that he could have a round with the donkey driver. The women were alarmed at the prospect of a fight and wouldn't . take the baby The wrestler fretted ana lumed and roared at the driver. Letter-carrier Noah ol Station E came along, and he sympathized with the donkey too, The children in the street were cry ing in their pity for the donkey that wouldn't go. It became evident that the donkey -would be seriously injured if he was dragged any further agauist his will, and at Thirteenth street one of the men got down and unhitched the rope. One of them, who wore a coachman's rig with leather leggins, began to belabor the donkey with the broken end of the stick that had been previously smashed over his haunches.- . . ... A SIX-fOOter hOVe in Sight JUSt at j this point. He wore a fisherman's jumper and big boots. He stode ; over to the man with the stick. "Sav!" he yelled, "I'll lick you it you don't let up with that stick." "I'll bet you $50 there isn't a man in town can lick me," shouted the man in coachman's rig. ' "Keep your money," retorted the giant fisherman, "I'll do it for noth ing." His brawny fist shot out from the shoulder, caught the other man's jaw, and toppled him over between the car tracks. The crowd let loose a ! mighty shout of exultation, and the big fisherman walked away. ' He had a belt around his waist bearing the inscription : "Tom Seabright, N. J." There was a grim smile on his face as he saw the knocked down driver scramble-out of the mud. An instant later shouts of laughter ran through the air. The donkey, who had turned his head to see his tormentor sent to grass, started oft on a trot of his own accord. Dangling from his halter was a card labelled : "C. C. King, Pittston, Pa." "Well, I'll be blamed," cried' all three of the drivers as they stared af ter the donkey with distended eyes. "What the dickens changed that donkey's mind?" Capt. Schmittberger said that the donkey's behavior was simply a striking illustration of the principle of moral suasion expressed in the mem orable poem : If I had a donkey and he wouldn't go, Do you think 1 would wallop him ? Oh, no! no! - New York Sun. Notwithstanding the enormous in crease given to human strength by the mechanical powers, the lever, the pulley, the wheel, and axe, &., the removal of heavy weights is still at tended by sprains and strains. There is positively nothing better for" such casualties than Salvation Oil. . HOLD DOWN THK AC11EAOK. . Good Advice to Planters It is Not too Late to 11 ted It in Some of Hie States. The annexed article from the Au gusta Chronicle, embodying an ex tract from a letter of Mr. A. B. Shep- person, is worthy of serious attention: It would seem that the low price ol cotton which has prevailed lor the past few years would be the strong est argument against too much acre age in cotton, but tnere is so much speculation in the fleecy staple, that even the farmer catches the air of chance that seems Xo hang about, and feels every year that he will try it just one more time, and that he is bound to win next, time, and strike a year of high prices. He don't want to be caught with a short crop on a high-price year, and so he puts in the same acreage and prob ably, a few more than the previous year. Every farmer reasons about the same way, and the result is big crops and low prices. Referring to the acreage for this year, Mr. Alfred B. Shepperson says in a pri vate letter : "Under the present conditions I think it will be very unfortunate if the South should plant this spring an increased acreage in cotton. Even with the comparative moderate crop which is now being marketed it has been extremely difficult to hold prices even where they are now, not withstanding the fact that Europe is consuming more cotton than ever be fore. I have no interest whatever in the cotton market, but I feel a deep interest in all that concerns the wel fare of the' South. The wisdom of the moderate acreage in cotton last year has been made plain, and it is not likely that any change will be made from the acreage now in con templation in the Gulf States. With the other States,1 however, there is yet time in which the acreage contem plated may be reduced or extended. Cotton is very low and therefore there is room for considerable ad vance to take place between now and the time for planting and such an advance might cause an increased acreage, which would unquestionably result unfortunately for the South." The low price which cotton has brought for the past few years, the earnest appeals of the press, the 'ad vice of the Alliance leaders, and the demand for hog and hominy, has in a measure checked the mammoth crops that were being made, and slightly curtailed the acreage, but there is room for further improve- . ment and the farmers of the South should give more acres to hog and hominy, and fewer to cotton than last year. Wilmington Star. printers ink. What a Successful Uuslness Man Thinks About Advertising. , This, from the "Charleston News and Courier, should be read and pondered by those who do not "be lieve in advertising.'' I "There is nothing like printers' ink, and the man who don't believe in it had better put up his shutters and go to raising cotton at five cents a pound." The remark was made yesterday by Mr. E. A. Hall, the proprietor of the Palmetto Pharmacy, which, by the way, is itself a monu ment of the truth of the statement that there is nothing like printers' ink. Mr. Hall has proven his faith by his woiks. Always an extensive advertiser, he to begin with doubled his advertising in the News and Cou rier, and in addition has just signed a contract for advertising the business of the Palmetto Pharmacy in 2,000 different newspapers scattered throughout the United States. "I have advertised throughout the coun try," he said, by way of explantion, "for what is known as mail orders. Our Charleston, business is enormous, but we want to extend it. In adver tising our business we also advertise Charleston. The Palmetto Pharma cy owes much of its success," he added, "to the advertising we have done in the News and Courier. We believe in advertising. Some time ago we stopped our advertisement only for the purpose of making new contracts and extending itj and I have no hesitation in saying that even in the short time we noticed a perceptible falling off in our trade." The Pharmacy believes in printers' ink. Wilmington Star. He tells what he saw. Mr. Chas. J. Winstrand, Brisbin, Clearfield Co., Pa., writes : "My father caught a severe cold in the mines, and he pur chased a bottle of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup and after using it he had no more colds. THE WEATHER, Remarkable Summer of 181G. A correspondent of the Atlanta Constitution, discussing the almost phenominal weather, recalls the rec ord of 1816 and predicts a similar summer season for this year. In the year referred to, January and Febru ary were mild, March was cold, and April opened warm but ended in snow and sleet. In May ice formed an inch thick, and crops were planted again and again until it was too late to replant. June was cold, frost and ice being common in New York Every green thing was killed, and fruit was destroyed nearly every where. In the northern States snow fell to the depth of several inches. There was little rain during the sum mer, and a cold wind blew steadily from the north. The only good crop of corn produced in Massachu setts had fires built around it every night to ward off the frost. The Mississippi rose to an unusual height, and did considerable damage in the low country. Frost and ice made their appearance in July, and August was still more severe, Ice formed half an inch thick. Corn froze in the field, and had to be cut and dried for fodder. The farmers were forced to rely on the corn of the previous year, and its price advanced to four and five dollars per bushel. It was observed during this strange summer that the sun's rays seemed to give out no heat. People were very gloomy over the outlook, and pre dictions were freely made that the end of the world was at hand. Selected. Electric Hitlers. This remedy js becoming so well known and so popular as to need no special mention. All who have used Electric Bitters sing the same song of praise. A purer medicine does not exist and it is guaranteed to do all that is claimed. Electric Bitters will cure all diseases of the Liver and Kidneys, will remove Pimples, Boils, Salt Rheum, and other affections caused by impure blood. Will drive Malaria from the system and prevent as well as cure Malarial fevers. For cure of Headache, Constipation, and Indigestion try Electric Bitters. Entire satisfaction guaranteed, or money refunded. Price 50c. and $1 I per bottle at all Druggists. For all derangements of the throat and lungs, Ayer's Cherry Pectoral is I .1 i: t I I" LI U1C pccuicsi '"iu: muc- dv- Even in the advanced -stages of ' Consumption, this wonderful prepara- tion affords great relief, checks coughing, and induces sleep. Highest of all in Leavening Power. -Latest U. S. Gov't Report. PHANTOM FLEET OFF HATTKKAS. A Kemarkable Mirairo Showing: Twenty- eight shadowy s iioonrs. j tongued Bryan, of Nebraska, has The steamship Dei Norte sailed , yielded to the personal persuation of from New Orleans on March 14, and ! President Chas. . D. Mclver, and arrived in the port of New York yes- j agrees to address the Greensboro terday. Up to the time she reached j Female Industrial and Normal School Cape Hatteras there was nothing un- j at the Commencement in May. usual in her voyage. Raleigh North Carolinian: Mr. Chief Officer Benson is not in the !'j. J. Vann, one of the most promi habit of seeing strange things, and i lawyers in the State, and who some his testimony is therefore to te relied upon. He says that on March 18th the vessel was skirting cape Hatteras, with a glassy swell running from the north-westward. There was no wind, and a thin haze stretched along the horizon. That was just about sunrise. The sun had hardly risen above the sea line before Officer Benson had his at tention called to a strange spectacle in the west. There, riding high in air, was a phantom fleet some of the vessels with sails idly flapping, others whose ghostly canvas seemed to be filled by a wind from the nether world. Mr. Benson says he realized that it was a mirage that he was looking upon, but the singular part of the il lusion was the fact that every vessel was right side up. A well-regulated mirage at sea generally reproduces images upside down. Officer Ben son says he counted twenty-eight schooners, and none of them were in the abnormal positions. According to the narrator, there was a long, low-lying bank of fog to the westward, and over this vapory sea was sailing the shadowy fleet. The hulls of some of the ships were seen, but other ships were clearly outlined, ever spar and sail showing distinctly. For two hours, Mr. Ben son says, that weird fleet wheeled and circled above the fog bank, and then the sun dispersed the vapor, and the shadow pictures faded. N. Y. Times. The Vanished Hand. A vanished hand ! How many households are there in which there is not a hand vanished little hands, soft, tender, gentle now lying un der the snow in winter and the green turf in summer. So quiet, so still. You cannot see them or touch them They were once so restless, so much into mischief, so soft and tender as they stroked your cheek, and so plump and warm as the little arm twined itself around your neck and the little head nesded close to your ear. Dear little hands you miss them so. Never more will they feel of your face and wake you from pleasant dreams. You miss them through weary hours. How lonely and empty it seems when little hands I Decome so cold; so still vanished from sight. But some' buds must wither and die ; some flowers exhale their sweetest perfume and decay We know not why it is thus. It is not for us to know now. But when you reach the City of Gold there will be many a little hand in that bright band ro welcome the coming loved ones, ished There is many a little van hand this Saturday night across the waters dark and cold, beckon to some dear one on this side of the valley. Are you fixing your eyes on the Heavenly gate ? Would you know among that shining host, the out-stretched arms and rosy fingers of that little vanished hand ? The dear little hands that we miss here have only gone-up higher to carry the silken cord of love and string from Heaven to earth heart-pearls,' and let through the gloom a little ray of celestial sunshine. Durham Sun. It Should be in Every House. J. B. Wilson, 371 Clay street., Sharpsburg, Pa., says he will not be without Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs, and Colds, that it cured his wife who was threat ened with Pneumonia after an attack of "La Grippe," when various other remedies and several physicians had done her no good. Robert Barber, of Cooksport, Pa., claims that Dr. King's New Discovery has done him more good than anything he ever used lor Lung Trouble. Nothing like it. Try it. Free triarbottles at all Drug Stores. Large bottles 50c. and $1.00. STATE NEWS. Winston Sentinel: The silver- years ago came near being nomina ted for the Superior Court Bench, to succeed the late Judge Shipp, died Sunday at his home in Monroe, from a stroke of appoplexy. Clinton Democrat : A young man named Jernigan, son of Mr. Jo seph M. Jernigan, of Mingo township, shot himself in the head with a pistol on Sunday, the nth, inst., in Mingo township. He died in a few hours from the wound which, it is sup posed, he inflicted with a view of taking his own life. The deceased was about 17 3'ears. Fayetteville Observer : We no tice with pleasure that the farmers of this section are putting their lands in better shape than for many years past. They are making most of their own fertilizers too, in place of making mortgages. The truck far mers who have recently located here all proclaim this a splendid truck country. The truckers are surely on the road to wealth. Martin County Sun : We lately saw in one of our leading papers which has a wide influence, especial ly among the editorial fraternity, an article characterizing the Democratic administration at ' Washington as a ,'faithless administration." Are aot the conditions such that we had bet ter let the enemy do the throwing of stones otherwise are we not in danger of becoming -mixed up with the enemy? ; Reidsville Weekly : An ex change tells an interesting tale of the fickleness, of fortune. A man went to Glasgow, Va., with $i in his pocket during the boorcu He , se cured an option on a valuable lot, sold at a nice profit, invested again and again, makig more and more. At one time he could have sold out fr $75,000, but wanted to make more. Soon the bubble burst and he found himself poorer than when he be- j Ran and actuaiiy had to borrow money to eet out of town on. The moral for plain people is to beware of booms. Very few know when to t loose and save their money. Rocky Mount Argonaut: Franklin and Nash counties can both claim to be pretty healthful, that is if the longevity of their residents is any proof. Yesterday, Isaac Portis, who lived on the line between the two counties near the Portis mine, died at the extreme old age of one. hundred and five. "Uncle Isaac" was born the slave of John Portis, the celebra ted owner of the equally celebrated Portis Gold Mine, and he delighted in telling tales of the golden days of the "Portis," when his old "Marse's" mantlepiece jvas "kivered" with bot tles full of gold. Peace to his ashed, he was a good old negro ; one of the too last vanishing type of old time darkies. Raleigh News and Observer: The direct operation of the bill will be to authorize the government to use the $55,000,000 of treasure be longing to it and stored in its vaults. It is objected that it is silver. In the absence of any controlling reason to the contrary, the Treasury should not hesitate to use silver money. To do that would be to discredit jur curreacy. 1 ne i reasury wui nea cash. It has already borrowed mon ey and will meed more. If there were gold there would be no hesita tion in its use. To reject its use be cause it is silver, there being no ground for apprehension that evil will result, is to discriminate against silvei , and there should be no dis crimination against either metal. The 51 oder 11 Way. Commends" itself to the well-formed, to do pleasantly and effectually what was formerly done in the crudest manner and disagreeably as well. To cleanse the system and break up colds, headaches, and fevers without unpleasant after effects, use the de lightful liquid laxative remedy, Syrup of Figs. Buy the Don't Waste on cheap Guanos made out of little Cotton tiooal -:- Tobacco-:- Guano OR National EITHER, will not only make you a good crop this year, but will be a permanent improvement to your land. ill Sell to You for Cotton. You know you can make the cotton, but the cotton may be worth only five or six cents. Ws also sell Poc oh okc, Stonewall, at close prices. l y Come and See Us. Respectfully, JhOU A Bit of History. Apropos of the recent rejections of important Presidential nominations, Hon. Geo. M. Rose sends us the fol lowing letter found among his papers, from Hon. Jesse Speight addressed to Judge Strange at Fayetteville : Washington, Jan. 27, 1832. Dear Sir : The Senate 3 ester day rejected the nomination ot Mr. VanBuren as Minister to England. This was doubtless effected by one of the most base coalitions that has ever existed. It was done by the unity of Clay and Calhoun's friends. 32 to 23 was the vote. Mr. Calhoun cast the die. What think you of this marriage, Nullification and the Tariff? Mr. W ebster it is under stood officiated as priest on the oc casion. Calhoun is now as dead as ".it t t .-- x " a snate witn nis neaa cut on. r.ve ry high-m,inded man looks at him with disdain. The independent Jackson men have turned their backs on him, and he is only seen arm and arm with the Clay men. It is under stood out doors that the sole ground of opposition to Mr. VanBuren was his instructions to Mr. McLane while at London in relation to the I West India trade ; you noticed that Adams and Clay lost this valuable trade to our country by a sort of high-minded notion of diplomacy. No man was more clamorous about it than Mr. Calhoun and his friends and now see they have joined "with Clay in putting down the very man who regained it. What a triumph is this to-day over Gen. Jackson!!! We have resolved here to go lor Van (tooth and toe nail) for Vice-President. I hope your editors will come out. Sincerely your friend, J. Speight. Mr. Speight was at that time (1832) a member of Congress from North Carolina, and Judge Strange a judge of our Superior Courts. Both may be avoided. It root and grows only Lungs are affected. 4 Sco of Cod-liver Oil, with hypophosphites of lime and soda, overcomes all the conditions which make con sumption possible. Physicians the world over, en endorse it. Coughs, Colds, Weak Lungs and Emaciation pave the way for Consumption. SCOTT'S EMULSION cures them and makes the system strong. Prepared by Scott & Bowne, N.Y. Druggist sell It. Best. Your Work Kainit, Acid Phosphate, and a Seed Meal. Cotton -:- Guano, rig; Bros. afterwards became United States Senators Mr. Speight in 1844 from Mississippi, whither he had romoyed in 1837 from his native county of Greene, after having represented that county in our Legislature from 1822 to 1828, and the district in which Creene was situated from 1827 to 1837 : and Judge Strange ie 1836. While not subscribing to Mr. Speight's views about Mr. Calhoun, we find much that is interesting at this time in the circumstance at the Federal capital which caused the writing of the letter, and in recalling the subsequent action of Judge Strange, who resigned his seat in the Senate in 1840 because unable con scientiously to obey the instructions cf the Legislature " Fayetteville Ob server. 1 1'iinyHon on Spring. We have the word ol Alfred Ten-., nyson for it that in the spring the young man's fancies lightly turn to thoughts of love. It is singular that the great laureate omitted to mention the fact that it is in the spring that a considerable portion of the human race turn to taking Hood's Sarsapar illa. Probably nothing but the diffi culty of finding a good rhyme for that invaluable remedy deterred him. Certain it is that the old-rime domes tic remedies arc generally discarded in favor of the standard olood puri fier, Hood's Sarsaparilla, which has attained the greatest popularity all over the country as the favorite Spring Medicine.. It purifies the blood and gives nerve, mental, bod ily, and digestive strength. Don't sicken people with that bad breath. Take Simmons Liver Regula tor to sweeten it. comes from a germ that takes when the System is Weak and Emulsion f