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" LET. ALL THE EPS THOU AIMS!' AT E THY COUNTRY'S, THY GOD'S AND TROTHS."
BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM.
WILSON, X. C, NOV. 26, 189(.
NTJMBEB 47.
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of SigM Seein
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Impersonating Ministers. . !
One of tfie most peculiar cases in
the history of our State has been re
cently decided 4 by the Supreme
Court. The case comes from Pen
der county, where a man, Brown by
na"rne, was indicted for impersonat
ed1 to see sights that will please the eye- and suit ing a m,nisten Brown.impersonated
i.f KnnL- urp rulvisp vnn fn 'tal-o IrwV it i a minister of the Missionary Baptist
nuiu dim uiiucu in marriage Jos
eph Smith and Mary Newkirk. The
happy couple, not being aware ot the
game played upon them and believ
ing that they had been legally mar
ried are at present Jiving peacefully
ht
5?
of Beirgii-q s
m to you at the' CASH RACKET STQRES.
re si'xhts worth seeing, worth buying. Not-confined to ; together.
e line-of goods but all. "-',
;s store, in its whole history, placed before the people of
He city such a variety of goods at prices quite sq
BUS."
FROM CURRITUCK
TO CHEROKEE.
REVIEW PF RECENT HAPPENINGS
THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
and Gents FMishings, Laces, Corsets,
i"Yj A-l - TT....1..A J
ions, oiauoiiery, -nuruwa.re uuu
Tinware, Soaps, Brushes of all Kind.
can knock competition clear out of sight.
Come, see for yourself. ,
(Excuse the
A JJ, LEATH, Manager
r
irnash and Tarboro Sts.
'The Cash Racket Stores,
1
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FT? 4 T OnrrrnTT-n-nikT -KT-riTTTri 1 lormfe. "Ae iiounts and JMcUoys now join
V U JL HXjUT. IX X, VV i fnrRi-k mul threaten to take both the de
' I
1LLE- Kt., Nov. 0. An attemnt
Wthis town was made early ves-
ihe ex-
R was driven from a livfirv stiil.!
neA If the nen is caught he
PSD, Ky., Xov- '21 "E.isfc luin nil
JIlHl Ohirr-trjiin V. J. 'TVi u .:.
Wcinihta tmasrv at th F;rt
pins and inr.-intlv killed the
Plnts Mr. Al Pollick, a yon nsr"
""i -Misses Lulu nml UjS.p Und.
P'-f -the proprietor ot the VLi "d
V'ais pl.K-e. The youn in'opl.
iruin front an eveninur i?irtv
C: ftt--' Nov. 17. AlexnntW
f m5narcd. for.. Unite I Stnrc-
""ujxwjil John.IJ. Gor.loti lv l h
Palmer and Buckner, the McKiri
ley decoy dueled, gqt only 575 votes
in North Carolina. Their vote .was
not. as large as that of the ProhibitiQri
andidates. ' -'
Latham, Alexander and Co., the
well known' cotton merchants, have
made out an estimate ot the cotton
crop for this. year. ' The number of
bales for the South is 9,622,000 ; 434,
000 of these beinp; given to North
Carolina. '-' . -
Governor Carr has issued a procla
mation appointing a new, election day
in Jackson county, as the last election
resujted ini a tie between the DemoJ
cratic and - Republican candidates.
This is an occurrence which happens
very seldom. m ,
Dr. Eben Alexander, of North
Carolina, Minister to Greece, whp has
been home on a short visit has re
turned to his post. He was formerly
Professor of Greek at the University,
and will probably J fill that position
after his return to the Uuited States.
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Southern Pines, in Moore county,
probably themost noted winter re
sort lor Northerners in North Caroli-
j lip lid a Uttll many UJJCUtU 1UI I IlC
I
The reformatory lor youthlul crim
iuals lor this State is reasonably sure.
The pressure which will, be brought
to. bear on the next legislature along
thi line will be sufficient to cause
them to take steps towards forming;
such, an jnstitution, This will elimi
nate a troublesome element in the ex-
f ecution ol our legal cocTes. It will
tend to make youthful criminals less
because oi tne removal lrom a con
stant contact with those who have be
come hardened to crime.
brown was tried Deiore a -mry. in
Pender county and conviqted but the
case was taken to the Supremej Court;
and the verdict ot the lower court
was reversed, judge Faircloth in.
course of the opinion said :
"Assuming, every, fact alleged 'to
be true, we are unable to discover
any criminal offence known to , the
law. We are referred to no authori
ty for the position of the State: We
were referred to Code Section! 1812,
which Qnly prescribes what is a valid
marriage; also to Code Section 11 12
which imposes a penalty and declares
it to be a misdemeanor for any: officer
to fail to returnprocess,N&c, br for
auy person, or for any person, who is
not authorized by law, to presume to
act as any such officer. j
"So the case is that of a private cit-
- - !...r . i
izen unofficial, celebrating a marriage
between a man and woman with
their consent and they are not com-! season. A northern. Capitalist has
plaining, and are presumably satisfied spent millions in fitting up the place.
and enjoying their new relation. We M now has the appearance, ot a nma
are not aware of any statute or pric-:j lowrV
ciple of the common law declaring j The Caucasian, Mr. Butler's organ,
the action of the defendant a criminals has had some trouble duj'in the. last
offence. We are not cqnsideririg the, Avcek. . Judgments .amounting' . to
validity or- invalidity or tfiect of the $224.24 were obtained aeainst it
action of the several pafties. Affirm This money could not be raised, so
The court did not, pass on the vj
fae vote W;is: CLiy, 05; How.
--'Us, Xorwood, 5; alsh. :i:
r.""--l r TTr ....Li r -
wj,:i)!s and some unplcnsaiir
r.Ls teen k,,i j- -u.
He -l WUli foroery. anI embezzje-
n"T'X- the certificate;3 of fche
5 d flci''iv and register upon a
'fom a hj A;'hieh he obtoined
. -A- L. Richardson, of New
Irnij'. "'"Vi-iue-ia l
ov.
1.7. The Republican
nUlnher -of TjpnTOinQt P.O.
Preseiit. While the
nrn ' one- u "(s understood
rn session in
0A f. i. i.
f "U.1S to msenss t;ho hest,
kn-P011? the frauds prac--titlc
Section officers in the
queans,
aimed that, if a fair
u m nve west Ten-
:s 11 would cive the state to
if.
k "A ov- 18. Last Satur
Md PPers dragged Harry
A fro,ls hwsekeeper, Mrs. AUce
vi f lr bed - and whipped
- di Y V11 were charged -Vvith
' Jrderly house. The white-
rppreSSetl in wmen' s . attire,
i.Vrk?mzedf among them be
NtttgW ?- lud of Mrs- Harrison.
th SWorn out' but the only
Us far are James Meyers
tectives and Hatfield from the jail and!
lynch them. -The Hatfield, however, in
case such an effort is made, will defend
the jail. ' J
Sai.isiicryX. C, Nov. 19. A disastrous
wreck occurred Tuesday night at Old
Fort, on the Western North Carolina di
vision of the Southern railway. - The Chat
tanooga and Norfolk vestibule limited
collided with a 'helper engine, which was
backing -down the mountain. Jobu How
Aru, fireman, and Engineer Wtfliam A
James, of the limited, were killed. Postal
Clerk William Henderson (colored) had
his leg cut off. "The accident Was caused
by Engineer Terrell, of the helper, disre
garding an order. ,t - - ;. .
Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 17. The Demo
cratic legislative caucus last night on the
first ballot nominated General E. W. Pet
tus.for United States senator, to succeed
Senator Pugh. The vote stood : Pettus,
67 ; Gates, 2o. General Pettus is now 7i
years of age, but is still vigorous mentally
and physically.. He has served as circuit
judge, and had a tusnnguisueu. warrewuu
in the Confederate army,, coming out a
brigadier general: In 1874 'ha was "offered
the United States" seiatorship, but de
clined- He is an ardent tree silver man.
t TTTc.vTT t p. Nov. 20.' Secretary Gus
mjM AW f -m-M - - -
Richardson, of the sate Ddmocratic' com
mittee, announces that his party has defi
nitely decided to contest the election oi
the eleven -MctUnley electors in Ken
tucky The Democrats concede- the. el:c--tion
of the foremost 'McKinley elector, S.
H. Ksish, who run 214 votes ahead ot vv.
H. Smith; the leading Bryan elector, who
in turn run ahead of his associates by over
2,000 votes, the other eleven McKinley
electors receiving a greater number of
votes than the other Bryan electors. ine
grounds of contest are given as irregular
ity and fraud in a large number of coun
ties. - - " - '
Maccvs, Ga., Nov. 20. Thirty people,
30 000 bales of cotton and hundreds of
teas of heavy timber all went down in
one loud crash at 7 :S0 o'clock last night at
tbe Central Railroad compress in this city
Fourteen injured people, all employes of
the compress, have been removed from the
wreckage, buH it is thought others are be
neath the cotton arid lumber, and if so
i,-n- TO rionri m- will be before thrr can
The importancev of one vote has
been frequently illustrated in the
elections . in thisx state aud in cither
5 , -
states, and was illustrated in several
instances in the late election in this
state. In one countv Tackson
there was a tie on the Jeeislative tick-
et and in another Hyde the sue
cessfui candidate had only two ma
jority. ; In . thirty counties, nearly
4 1 S
one-third of the counties in the state,
the successful candidates had a ma
jority ot only fifty or less.-Kinston
Free Press.
K
'' the office was closed temporarily
al- by the-sherifiV When the news reach
idity of the hiarriage but asserted that' MiVBurr that his paper was in dis-
Brown had done nothing punishable- tress he came to its rescue and paid
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by the laws of tne State. Until the off the bills. ;
Legislature passes a law covering - A great many of the democrats
such cases the joker may have this ol the State are sick and tired
fun performing marriages. It would r o the political jnfiuences which
appear that such a law is necessary R, . . . , , to see
as such performances tend to lessen the conventins and headquarters tak-
the sacrednes of the , marriage
tie.
en away from there. . Of course we
aer.
. v. Y Nov. 21. Detec-
V'Ca. TV0re in il across the
a w ,atllld, whom he cap
k '?W(LlT8 TT. 1 1
Cscan- "oJ. -cio uau suit
t LylnS the nursuit bv , the
ine i.eg.saiu.c wU1,u would like to see them brought to
together in Raiaigh, among its many CharWtet but .Greensboro-is more
law makings, might .give us attention and they should be taken
there. Observer. !
I It appears treit there is a conflict as
to this fact.
, Hr. WliiHtoii in North arnliiiH
A?heville, N. C, Nov
George T. Winston, late of our
versity, and promoted last sum
f tVp TTnIvfritir ril
i - . r ederai
Texas on a salary ot $5,000 a year
20 tDr". - . 4 -
JNorth Cafrolina electors to .cast the
vole tor rresident ana vice-rresident
mer , . . . v- - .
It is a connict between btate ana
laws.
The
7.
former named
.has been sent by the Regents of the, -
the first Wednesday in December as
- . . -r av in anuarv. Ine electors vvi
institutions in "the Elist. . He ; . . ' , , .
: f
TnnA,T of R-n.-rt-inni Schnn
and went on Tuesday to Columbia 7 7
I - - i f- It
xiutier
, the date ; the latter the second Tues
ill
meet bn the first named cfate, which
One man here in town, known to
have been a Democrat, was' slow
about voting and an eye was kept on
him. Finally a suspicious Republi
can was seen to take him to one sicje
and have a long talk with him.
When they at last came out on the
street a Democrat aoproached the,
pair, but it was no good-the money'
had been paid the Republican was
seen to drop the money in the man's
pocket. Plentv of these occurrences
were noticeable but none so plain as
this case Greensboro Record.
As the conclusion of an elaborate
editorial expressing regret at the de- -teat
of Mr. Bryan, the Vatch ,Tower, ...
the organ f rf the Disciple's church' in
North Curolin.savs : "These are the
leading causes of Mr. Brvan's defeat: .
Such a. man can,survfve such a de--feat.
He is enilironed in the hearts-
of the people, a.nd his sun is by no
means set. The people will yet call; -
him to gu de the ship ol State. There
are not enough forces on earth to;
t ' " :
keep Mr. Bryant out of the White.
House. . Be patient and the day wilL, -
come.
Governor Carr has, at the request?
of the Governor of Florida, appoint
ed the following delegates to attendt N
a Congress to be held at Tampaj;Fla:.
January 20th, for the purpose of dis
cussing methods lor he proper de
fense of ths Gult and-South Atlantic -
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"seaports, and to devise means- for .
for their betterment, viz: Messrs .
James Spfunt, Wilmington ; : Dr, W.
G Curtis, Sbuthport ; Jas L Fowle, ,
Washington ; Maj A J '"Galloway,
Goldsboro; Col R B Creecy, Eliza-
City ; 'W- S ' Battle. Rocky-
beth-
Marion
in a recent letter
Colletre, South Carolina, for ihe Spec- i
iilpurpose of intervieivin . Dr. letter says tha Mr. Bryan will not be
ulists t the. next election unless he
disowns Democracy; It will be re-
TTnfrlUVi for the Umveriitv ot! lfexas
It Prof. Wood waid is movable, vfhich
is probablrnot the case, he will per- memberedy thar Butler, will be old
haps" have the position offered ' to .enough fpr the, Populist nomination
him as Dr Winston is looking for by :that tinie. . He has begun to kick
the best teacher of English jinj the
South for the vacancy in the - Texas
University,
moted last $u lr.t.r
veVy proniinrtit t.
earlyi The long. pole always gets the
'summons, and from the present out
Dr. Winston waB I prp-look Butler is reaching for it.
be extrioiited.
no
.wrecked ; x-iaUoiin
covers several acres of .ground, and pre
sents an appaUing sight. The hunt lor
dead bodies supposed to be buried beneath
the wreckage was betru.l this f orouoon, ,
rI. B. . B'afcer, a Graves co;inty (Ky.)
farmer, killed his wife and himself be
cause she refused to live with him.
R. Oshina, of -"Japan,-' is at Scran ton,
Pa., studying methods ot mining coal for
application in the Island Empire.
In "a fiffht at Jonestown Pa., Morris
Spuey chewed off the upper lip of Jacob
Ve WnsSlCdiS: I Swanser and escaped to the mountains
ii.in
from
. .
of tlie pr.j;rt '.v 1
it had to Ck -:):: to
the
to, his
I 7
present
a lame
Apropos of the section of the elec
tion" 7 law which requires statements
Mount ;
D Price,
Aden. CH
Wm.E B
E Pogue, Raleigh Peter
Greensboro ; Dr J H Mc
arlotte ; Wm M Cooke and
AsneviUe.
reese,
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A Land .-a'r.t
Raleigh, N. C, Nov. 20 Robert'
T.,Gray, cornrnissionee. under the
couit, sold here today 17,000 acres
of land in Dare county. This em
braces the entire part, save what are
known as the "banks" along the
ocean shore, ot Durants Island, and
ail of Roanoake Island, the latter be:
ing the one on wnich Sir Waiter Ral
eifih's colonists made the first Eng-
place; under oath as to campaign cen5es ) lish settlement in this continent. The- -
d Union, a prominent Democrat ' remarld to-
t ; r.'irnbsiye ' day that it effected the Democrats in
.S - u tli. tqday , Juriously ; that they got all : their
f And unds from within the State, and that
1. jr.
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. mari. for the tendency was to'cut off contribu
te.!' Wef tions ; while the Republicans got
land was bid off by "the trustee lor
the note holders Who are New Yorlc
bankersthe price paid being $106,
000. This is'the "greatest land sale
ever made in North Carolina.
predict a great impclu iduoatioq nearly ail their lunds lrom outside f ' Hf ON DERpUL are the-cum by
TWs thr u i Dr; ;on's iif 'th State, and hence had to make no V W HoocTs Sarsaparilla, and yet' they
- ' 7 -''7 r . r . , , are simple and natural. ; Hood's Sarsa-
stVumentality.- -NevVS:and O -jr. acting for them-Obseryer. ; J parflla Wkes PURE; DLOOdJ!