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Dr. J. M. L. Curry, trustee
of the Peabody and. Slater
funds, in a lecture delivered
before the colored University
at Raleigh, made this state
ment about suffrage : "I don't
believe a man who "cannot read
his ballot ought to be allowed
to put if into the box." No
- i i -i .i.
one realizes uetier man uiubtt
living in the black districts of
our country the good that
would arise from such a law.
It is this class of our popula
tion who are thrown in con
tact more than any others with
those who would be effected
by the enactment of such a
law. The trouble in these dis
tricts do not come ; from the
educated portion of the negro
population. Why? Because
they by their contact with the
world have had their many
prejudices uprooted. - They
have become convinced that
their interests are similar with,
those of the whiteman and so
they are not found among
tor the advancement of the
community. Among the ne
gro criminals is found nothing
but ignorance. A negro who
has gained any kind of an edu
cation is seldom found in law
breaking practices. It .""is
among those whose ideals are
debased that we find the great-
est amount of law breaking.
This is also true to the white
man. This is also true with
the white man. It is not the
high born, the highly cultured
that is always ' causing trouble.
But it is the uneducated, the
uncultured. .True there has
been many instances of high
' oorn crime, out sucn is in tne
minority. r
The ignorance of the negro
is a point is our politicaUife of
vau. v . A L. iJ u y ui y nil- VJll
this ignorance that the close
elections are always decided.
As the financial condition of
the race is poor, it takes ve'rv
little coaxing to cause him to
' sell his" vote. Thus our ballot
box. is debauched, and the rule
of the State and county taken
his suftrage since the ernanci
pation. It has become, jiis na
ture to vote with that party to
which he eives " the credit 'of
his freedom. The campaign
orators do not attempt to ex
plain to nni; the issues before
the people but prefer to arouse
his antagonism by calling up
his slavery period and the sub
sequent delivery of the G. O.
P. - . .- ; "'
An educational qualificati6n
would in a great measure ob
literate such; a result. By "be
coming; better, versed in the
needs of the times the nero
not so much dependent on po
litical chanofes ias oh betterinor
their educational advantages.
They claimed, and justly that
j the country youth should have
the same Advantages as those
now enjoyed by the city youth.
This class of ! our population
frames the backbone of our
legislation!. History since its
beginning! has shown that the
farmer, was the most impor
tant man in the formation of a
cou n try. When s tudyin g the
history,of his development you,
stud v the advancement of the
country n' wriifch he lives. For
would in a great measure lose when a, country is found with a
his .prejudices of thirty .years ! prosperous farming country
standing. His life would not
be so much, colored by the
past history of his race, but
would be controlled by the
needs of the present and the
future. V '
When Mr. Curry made the
statement quoted above the
negro students applaudedVery
loudly the utterance. This in
itself is proof that those of the
race, who . are being educated
every class also is prosperous.
The reverse is in a great nieas :
ure true. If the cities have no
farm country ; backing 'them
their prosperity is" of a short
duration. Without' the -infusion
of new ! life and, new im
pulses from J the outside,t the
wave of city jprosperity-is soon
on the wane, j
This bing the case L spe
cial attention ihould be given
off and the products of. their - own
industry increased they sent to for-
eign part? fish, whale, oil and hone,
- ..
lumber, wheat,- rye, hard-bread, to
bacco,' turpentine, and horses, receive
ing besides merchandise much silver
and gold coin, especially from the
Spaish West Indies. Spain had for
many years been drawing great quan
tities ot the precious metals from the
rich mines of Mexico and Peru ; but
this kind of wealth had not yet been
discovered anywhere in all . America
north ol the Gulf of Mexico. George
J. Varney in' 'December' Lippincott's.
see the bad influences arising lo this class of j our population;
from the present use of the 'The effort Of legislations should
negro suffrage. This power
lies wholly in the legislature.
They can enact a law, making
an educational qualification a
requisite for voting. If they
would enact such
would remove in
our elections' from the bounds
of wirepulling and bribery
and place, it in the hands of
those whose votes are cast af
ter a careful study of the situ
ation to be decided.-
a law, it
a messure
Statf of Ohio; City of Toledo )
Lycas Coynty, )
Frank J. Cheney makes out that he
ithe senior partner of the firm of F. A
Cheney & Co., doing business- in the
City of Toledo, County - and State
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and eVeryfcasej of Ca
tarrh that cannot be cured by the use
of Hall's Catarrh Cure.! ;
FRANK J. CHENEY
Sworn to before me and Subscribed
in my presence,, this 6th day
ber, A. D. 18S6.-
not be so much to benefit the
city population;as to provide a
good mode of! prosperity for
the farmers, as this class has
already recognized education
as the surest road to success
along this line. When a far
mer is ablenot only to use ex
perience gained by practical
farming, but a store v of theo
retical methods as well his results-are
much more gratifying.
In this way he avoids the great
amount of drudgery which is
one of the attendants of a far
mer's life. Farming then ceas
es to be a burden. One no
longer farms because he can
Heecher as a lave Auctioneer.
Even people of mature years
whose memory is clearbout matters
before "and during the war have
practically forgotten that Henry
Ward "Beecher used his pulpit in
Plomouth . Church, Brooklyn, as an
auction block for slaves, j The.most
famous cl his ."slave sales,' was' that
of the beautiful girl, Sarah, and it was
upon this occasion that the most ex
citing scenes ever witnessed in Ply
mouth Church, or in any church for
that matter, occurred. . Mr. Beecher
was unusually dramatic : he put a
fire into his words, as he stood the
slave girl on the platform beside hirh
which , fairly burried into the hearts of
his auditors. It was not long before
the people became almost hysterical
with evcitement. But Beecher kept
on until he was ready to pass the col
lection baskets. Then the auditors
gave vent to their feelings, and not
ouly heaps of money was put into the
baskets, but men and women took
off tneir rings, unfastened their
watches and threw them into the bas
kets and oh Uhe 'platform. It was a
remarkable scene and such' a one as
probably, will never be equalled in
this country. Mrs. Beecher recalls
the event with wonderful vividness in
her article in the Christmas LadieV
Home Journal, when she' tells the
of Cecem-
SEAL
A. W. GLEASON,
Notary Public.
do nothing- ejse but because it whele story of -'When Mr. Beecher
is a pleasure, ana because it is
a profitable was ;of making a
Professional G
attorney: and covr,EL
. Orce in rear of Cot u
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P. O. Box 162,
R F, TAYLOR.
ATTORNEY AND C()fXsELlnt
NASHVILLF Vp
Practices in Nash Fr' "
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Attorney at Uw-
WILSON,
Office Branch & c
A. J. SIMMS.
A. J. SIMMS 'r
GENERAL. IXhUVA P
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wn;ce: m rear
P. O. Box 162
X p, J
JACOB RATTLE,
fni'VCT.-! nn
. a .N u A f j (j, R x E R y
. Kock- Mount
circuit: Xash, Ld-eco;
VVilson.
x . w m o ci 1 v e 1 n t h e world
ijiuiscs, oores. t. Jeers Salt
,r,"u".iuua! v-urns and all SI
tions. and positively cures Pi
pay reqmred It is guaranteed
Derferr Mhfapim., J
p . v.uUU 1 money ra
x. e per uox. t or sale b
naigrave.
1 TIIK WJLSON MJIJKd
Crrectfl Weekly by Boykm
POTTED MEATS.
Potted Ham
Potted Tongue,
; 1 i -
Y cans,
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X "
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SARDINES.
CASTOR I A
Por Infants and Children.
Sold Slaves in Plymouth Pulpit."
The scene itself is remarkably wjll
brought to the eye of the reader byla
striking- illustration made by De
Thulstrup trom material furnished ty
Mrs. Beecher. i
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly on the blood and mu
cous surfaces of the system, f Send for
testimonials, free.
If. J. CHENEY & CO., To!edo, O.
CSpld by Druggists, 75c.
The derelopment of educa:
tion in the last few years js
marvelous! Never have the
people at large had more
sound educational ideas, un
derstanding its purpose, the
needs for it, as at the. present
time. We can'scarcely realize
it is hardly more than 100
years since" the; education for
the masses has been seriously
considered. The old Platonic
doctrine is passing .awayr and
the 'sons of mechanics, labor
ers, and farmers become scho
ars, philosophers, the leaders
and rulers of" States, fillino- the
Thd fac
simile signature
cf
ie oa
every
wrapper.
from the hands of tnose vno ; hip-hest Dositions that their tal-
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r are capaoie 01 managing our jents, trainingv and, character
internal affairs and placed into ; fit - them for.x Hundreds of
.i 1 1 , . 1 1 1 t . 1
tne nanas or tnose wno, by .things known century ago j
working wi;h - ignorance and ! only to prefessiorr men are
prejudice have "managed to ; now the property of the child
reach the top. All know that of the laborer."
such a custorn is demoralizing, j 'I he above resolutions were
To know that the internal aP adopted iby the National
fairs ane not to be managed by Grange which has; , recfiiitiy
the best element of a commu- been in session at Washing
nity, gives that community an' ton, D. C- T,his society is
unsavory reputation, .which composed of farmers fromall
takes year ofturifc a n d;inergy .' part 5 of the ; Union -banded -'to-to
remove. These con-jlitions gether for' the purpose of
.. are in a great measure Jhe re- studying methods for bettering
suit of the ignorance of the col- their condition. At the .. p'res-
oreu peupie. 1LljL-3 uaauiju- uie eui convention a great aeai 01
- negro does not know, the real stress was put upon., educa
sigriificarice" of a vital issue tion. It-was believed: by the
that he is lead . easily toward members assembled that the
that side which has govened salvation of the farmer was
Domestic
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imported
, CAKES &CkACKERS.
Soda Crackers, (fancv)
" " (XXX)
Orange Blossom, per box,
Sweet Cakes, (plain)
" 44 (fncy assorted)
N. C. Hams, Fresh.
Shoulders,
Siles,
Hams. Smoked
Shoinders
Sides,
Clear Rib Sides
Breakfast Stri, s
Beef Steak
Roast
Stew
Patent Flour per bbl. J?.ooto5
btraisht
Clear
Seed Oats-
Feed 44
Irish Potatoes, seed, perybbl. f
Colnc proved I
by the statements of lead
lgSsts everywhere, show
that the people have, an abiding confidence
in Hood's Sarsapaxllla. Great
W ments of thousands of men and
- vomeri show thatIouu s Sarsaparilla ac
tually does possess
PaWai1 over disease by purifying, en-:-J
Wyi riching .and invigorating the
' blood, upon which not only health but life
itself depends. The great "
SIIPPOCC o Hood's Sarsaparilla in
U'O'wCO'O curing others warrants
you In believing that a faithful use of Hood's.
Sarsaparilla will cure you if you suffer from
any trouble caused by impure blood.
run
Sarsaparilla
Is the OnesTrue Blood Tnrifier. All druggists. .$1.
Prepared only by C I. Uhod & Co., Loyell, Mass.
LlTliRARV NOTF.S.
Our Fariiait Currency. '
If? was not until jabout forty years
after the settlement at Plymouth that
the English colonists in Amarica felt
the need of a coined metallic currency
Few of them bought muqh, and what
they had was; not in demand. For
the first ten years xchange ot bread
stufts and the usual commodities was
Active, and almost!, as it were, from
hands to mouths, while silver .was an
intrusion and almost useless encum
brante. Barter va$ universal in every
article ot household or agricultural
( I ' i- ' .
use ; and there was onlv .satisfaction
i i :.-:'.,-. '
when, in 163T, corn was made legal
tender, for debts in! Massachusetts.
Yet another medium of exchange
already somewhat (into use, which for
twenty-years! following -jvas the most
accepiaDie v1City - ou Carolina, as follows:,
Lnwrerice to the Cihesaueake. this; Aug. 25, '96, m the itown of Wilson,
' .1 one ODI. corn whiskev. about ral
vrt-" M'fuli'uV.7 i ' ' c.iw:.v...-v; , ons.. perry. Tavlor owner. R. S.
ot the aborigines, mJde 01 tne inner
whoris'of shelis (the canca) f )imd on
the sea-shoreirom Cape Cod to Vir
ginia. The colonists tor many years
desired beaver sk ns for t!i Euro
peari market,! and. torn for their, sub
stance. The! Indians '-would accept
for these a limited quantity of such
goods as suited thdm-, but for"the bal
ance wanted only their own money
wampum " So theEnglish and Dutch
traders sold the shore Indians their
goods for wampum, and vvlth it
bought peltries from the. Indians of.
the interior."; The colonists, sending
beaver to Europe, recei ved iii" re
turn, the merchandise they - needed.
Dater, when the trade in beaver fell
- T ' 11 nMi are easy to take, , "easy
11UUU 2 rlllb to operate. 25cents.
LIBEL NOTICEy
" -- I .... . . :
The following personal property was
seized in this,- the Fourth District North
Sectiorr;
- Aug. 25, '96, town xA Wilson, 2 bbls
corn whiskey i about -o saHons. Mr.
S. Tomliuoni-ner. R; S. Section.
r Any person . havinjr. any interest in
saicl property should anpear before nie
within days Ironr date ot this libel
notice and show cause why said prop-
erty.should not he lorieited to the . Uni
ted States. --.-''
Given und.-r rny hand and seal at
Raleigh'. N. C., this ioth day of Sep
tember . 1896. ' . . -
, . V.M. SIMMONS, Cel.
hy J. J'Daxiel,' D. C.
4th Dist. N. C
liuy the ranaard bewmg Machine
only $25 at J. J. Privett. the Jeweler
Mea
Meat Sdlt,
Coarse '
Dairy, 'f
Molasses,
per bushel
224 lb sacks, f
110 '' "
56 " '
ner trail on. 20 ii
per lb,
Lard, per lb..
Granulated Suar,
Brown
Heat Ei:in Creamery Butter,
Extra Dairy . '
Flint H'des
Salt
N. C. Pure Vinegar
Northern
Kiverside Soap, per cake,'
Borax 44
Celluloid Starch, prlb,
White lump ' " "
Mendl.eson's Lye, per box,
Thompson's " "
tar " " "
A rm V. ll- mmor QnHa net ID.
ill ill kA. J. 1 aiu iiiv, i ,
al-soda
Old Dominion B'g P'dr lb. 01
Royal : " )z '
Mocha and Java Coffee
Arbuckles koasted - .
Rio (Best)
4 (Green) 5
Mancabo
niuttiu Java i'--jw - t-si
TTr t Timnthv Hav. DCr tOU, f-1
4.
Bran
Mill Feed
Cotton Seed .Meal
u -
j ' . per bushel
der Tea
Corn,
Gunpp
Heno : "
VVun?: Lnn - "
Whole. Grain Ki' --' -
Cracked " "
Eggs, per dozen.
Cheese, TaTb-llV-,
" New York Si
Canned Toniatots ;
. Corn .
" Cherries
Fresh table peaches
Pie :
Corned Beef, ;
Chip 7 '.,
If,
, Vj Can-
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VJanted An Idea
Protect
Write.
6 yor tdeag; they may brlngyou
JOHN WKDDERBURN CO., Patei
Who can think
of tome simple
ttyng to patent?
wealth.
and list of two nundred Invent ion? vrn fin
nundred tayentions -wantedT
Admlhi
Having 'i1"'
C. T: A. O:
Bridirers,
persons' nd ;.';;'
said decewNeci-10
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against the sa-l
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1 nis uct. 23, j.jy-(43-6t.)
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