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OL. XXII.
WELDON, N. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1891.
NO. 37
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DISASTER
1 II.I.COMK TO THE ALLIANCE IN NORTH
CAROLINA KRoM A THIRD 1ATV.
We Imp-' iliut Col. Polk will realist.',
it v the dangers which surround the
luuthem eotiutrv through the possibilities
if such n triangular National campaign.
hut ho has thousands of followers in this
Flute, no oue i-au reasonably deny. That
he Alliances are powerful here we must
Iduiit. A fair estimate would likely give
he membeiship entitled to vote at elec-
liooj fully .)D,00!). Now let us see what
.fleet this would probably have on the
tesult iu this State t the next presiden
tial election. Taking the vote of 188G
lis a sruide, and adding five per cent the
possible increase we have:
Cleveland 147,!2.
.') per cent 7,'.VJ'i 155.207.
Harrison 18-1. 7S-A
5 per cent .0,73! 141,523.
Probably Detn. majority, 14,774
without any "third party."
Now take 50,000 as the Alliance vote,
scile it 20 percent, leaving 40,0110 votes;
!J0 per cent from the Democratic ticket
and 10 per cent from the Republican,
and we have, on the above gross figures:
Deai.K-r.it candidate 110,207
Ili'pubiie.iu caudidate 135.523
"Peoples Party"' candidate 40,000
Thus is loreibly presented the only
possible outcome of" Colonel Polk's party'
movement iu North Carolina. What bus
ken a'.'o'npli-hed? The split in tho
South and the probable elections of the
Republican candidate for President.
Will any measures he adopted by that
party for the relief of the farmer?
Ask tin past. Its record has been
made. It is by no means the parly for
the farmer. The '-third party" ii un
doubtedly en route South, and the Demo
cratic press of this section must meet the
issues fairly but forcibly. Charlotte
Democrat.
rawiottox at the .mill.
In the year agone we had frequent
o.'eas.-iou to set forth the advantages of
the South as a cotton manufacturing sec
tion over New Kngland. Five or six
years ago this superiority was flatly de
nied by New England economists, manu
facturers and editors. Some of them have
learned better by this time. The wisdom
of bringing the mills to the cotton is no
derstood now by some. The Southern
mills for the last ten years have dose
better upon an average than the New
England mills have done.
There is a difference in the cost of
cotton to New England and Southern
mills sufficiently great to give the latter
the advantage, without considering cheap
er labor and cheaper living. A correspon
dent of the Buston Wool and Cotton
Reporter presents some figures that will
give the readers of that publication some
needed information. Raw material is a
oust important factor in the make up of
profits or loss. A President of a leading
Southern mill shows that it costs 848 58
to put at the mill a bale weighing 490
pounds, at 1 0 cents a pound Tbe resel
ling of bagging and ties ($1) is deduct
ed, making the cost as above. To deliver
I'i? bale in Buston co:t 58 fY The
bale will make 416 yards of cloth at a
cost of 13 J cents per pound in Boston
id 115 coots per pound in the South.
This gives a difference of li cents per
Puod, or over 88 a bale, in favor of the
South.
New England has some advantage in
labor, experience, etc. But these are
beioz Steadilv overcome in the South
with time, while the difference in cost of
ww material will remain for all time.
"Ktnington Messenger.
Can You I at
Heartily, with rlUb, and Without dis
tress afterward? If o recommend
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?ood appetite aoL.' invigorates the
-.u ana uuwels .bat tbe lood is
V'operly dinned and all its nutriment
"""Hated.
. Hd's piL k.B . .euetHble. ter
"iiHM, eut-ciivw, but Uo Out cause
pe. Beiure lo get Hood't.
HE WAS ENTERTAINED.
HE LEFT WORK WITH HIS SWEETHEART
THAT HE IIAU AN IMPORTANT EX
(lAUEMENT. S'uo was not quite ready to receive
him; so she sent her little brother to en
tertain while she put the finishing touch
es to her toilet.
The entertainment was lively, if not
satisfactory.
"You are Ethel's beau, ain't you?" the
youthful prospective brother-in-law be
gan. "es," said tbe youth pleasantly.
"You have money in the bank, bave
u't you?"'
"Yes."
"And it's in your own name ain't
it?"
"Yes."
"And you expect to keep it iu your
own name ufter you're married to Eth
el?" -Well er yes."
"Well, Ethel will have something to
say about that."
Ethel's beau began to feel uncomforta
ble. "You smoke, don't you?" continued
the inquisitor.
"Yes, a little."
"And you expect to smoke after you
arc married to Ethel?"
"Yes"
"Weil, Ethel will have something to
say about that."
Ethel's beau felt more uncomfortable
than ever.
"Y'ou belong to a club, don't you?"
pursued tbe self-possessed urchin.
"Yes."
"And you expect to belong to it after
you are married to Etbei?"
"I suppose so.
' Well, Ethel will have something to
say about that."
Ethel s beau was growing red in the
face.
"You piny billiards, don't you?" con
tinued the boy.
"Yes, sometimes."
"And you expect to ploy sometimes
after you're married to Ethel?"
"I do."
"Well, Ethel will have something to
suy about that."
"Look here, my young friend," said
the eiasperated lover; "I've got an im
portant engagement which I forgot. I'm
going to attend to it. You tell Ethel
I've gone and see what she has to say
about that."
And he went. N. Y. Sun.
A VALUABLE DISCOVERY.
Mr. A. B. Davia, of Davis Broi., at
Areola, Miss., is a great believer in the
virtue of S. S. S. He writes, that he
was afflicted with one of the worst cases
of blood poison known to the human
race, and after going through quite a long
treatment, finally resorted to S. S. S., and
he is proud to say that he has been erad
icated from his system. He sends thanks
to the company for their valuable discov
ery, and Bays that is a God-send to the
world. For contagious blood poison S.
S. S. is truly a specific. Very few eases
have ever resisted iti curative properties,
and do one Buffering from this disease or
other blood poison should neglect to give
it a fair trial. We will mail a special
treatment on contagious blood poison to
all who apply for it free.
Our treatise on the blood aud kia will
be mailed free to all applicants.
Th SwirT Specific Co.,
I Atlanta, Ua.
For every foot of stature a man
should weigh 25 pounds.
Oh, What a Cough.
Will you heed the warning. The
signal perhaps of the sure approach of
that raoie terrible disease Consumption.
Ask yourselves if you can afford for
the sake of saving 50c, to ruu tbe risk
and do not nothing for it. We know
from experience that Shilob's Cure will
cure your cough. It never fails. This
explains why more than a Million Bot
tles were sold tbe past year. It relieve
croup and whooping couub at once.
Mothers, do nr t be with' ut if. For
lauie back, side or chest ums Shiloh's
Porous Plaster. Sold by W. M. Cohen,
Druggist.
WHEN MEETING ISOVER.
A UEARTV IIAMiBHAKE WILL MIGHTI
LY HELP ALONG RELIGION.
Around the door of country meeting
houses it bus always been tbe custom for
tho people to gather beforo church and
after church fur social intercourse and the
shaking of bauds. Perhaps because we
ourselves were boin in the country, the
custom pleases ns. In the cities we ar
rive the last moment before service and
go away the first moment after. We
act as though tbe church were a railroad
car, into which we go when the time for
starting arrives, and we get out as soon
as the depot of the doxology is reached
We protect against this busines-s way of
doing things. Shake hands when the
benediction is pronounced with those who
sat before you and those who sat behind
you. Meet the people in the aisle and
give them Christian salutation. Post
ponement rf the dining hour for fifteen
minutes will damage ueither you nor the
dinner. That is the moment to say a
comforting word to the man or woman
in trouble. The sermon was preached to
the people in genera'; it is your place to
apply it to the individual heart.
You may call it personal magnetism
or natural cordiality, but there ure some
Christians who have such an ardent way
of shaking hands alter meeting that it
amounts to a benediction. Such greeting
is not made with the left hand The left is
good for a great many things; for instance
to hold a fork or twist u curl, but it never
was made to shake hands with, unites you
have lost the use of the light. Nor is it
done by the tips of the tiugeis laid loose
ly in the palm of another. Nor is it
done with a glove on. (Jioves are good
to keep out the cold and make one look
well, but have them so they oan ea.ily be
removed, as they should be, for they are
non-conductors of Christian magnetism.
Make bear the hand. Place it in the palm
of your friend. Clinch the fingers across
the back part of the hand you grip. Then
let all the animation of your heart rush
to the shoulder, and from there to tbe
elbow, and then through the fore
arm and through the wrist, till your
friend gets the whole charge of gopel
electricity.
In Paul's time he told the Christians
to greet each other with a koly kiss. W e
are glad the custom has been dropped,
for there are many good people who
would not want to kiss us, as we would
not want to kiss them. Very attractive
perions would find the supply greater
than tbe demand. But let us have a
substitute to our age and land. Let it
be good, hearty, hearty, enthusiastic,
Christian hand shaking. Dr. Talmage
in Christian Herald.
EXPELL THE INTRUDER.
That disease is propagated by the in
numerable microbes, germs, etc., which
fill the air we breathe and the water we
drink, there can be no question. These
microbes attack the human body and
breed poison in many shapes. Recent
experiments read before the Congress of
surgeons at Berlin leave no doubt that
the way te clear the system of these
germs is to force them out through the
pores of the skin. S. S. S. does this in
the most efficient way. It cleans them
out entirely, and the poison is well.
Mr. F. Z. Nelson, a prominent and
wealthy cilixen of Fremont, Nebraska,
Buffered for years with Scrofula, and it
continued to grow worse in spite of all
treatment. Finally, fourbottlesofSwift's
Specific cured him. He writei: "Words
are inadequate to express my gratitude
and favorable opinion of Swift's Specific.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Dueases
nailed free.
Swift Specific Company,
Atlanta, Ga.
A joke is very like a nut
1 state this as a fact
Since none can tell if it is good
Until it has been cracked.
Did you ever buy a horse and not have
some miscivines as to his points till they
were fully tested? Not so with Ay era
Sarsariarilln: Vou iiiav buT "fit at the
start. It never disappuiuis those who
give it a fair and pertinent trial.
A GREAT STATE.
NORTH CAROLINA TO 11E .MADE PROS
rCHOUS BY MANUFACTORIES.
We publish from the Uoanoke News,
an nccount of the completion of the can
al of that plaee,furnishing one of the
moi-t magnificent water-powers in the
1'uitod States. The power is capable of
a development making it the second in
the United States. The completion of
this canal marks a new era iu the history
of WelJoo, and is an important event iu
Eastern North Carolina. But this is but
one of tbe many magnificent water
powers in Eastern Carolina. There are
others, which if they were in New Eng
land, would be utilized in turning thou
sands of spindles, and runuing all kinds
of machinery. At Springhope in this
county, is a power, which is unsurpassed
in North Carolina and would, if properly
uutilized, be worth millions of dollars to
the community.
Now that Wddon has taken the lead.
we hope to see thin and other graud water
powers of Eastern Carolina developed
and utilized. Too long have these great
forces becu allowed to pursue their way
to the sea, unutilized. Too long have our
people neglected to take advantage of our
wonderful natural resources. Too long
have our people been"hewers of wood aod
drawers of water" to the New England
States. We have every natural advant
age, let us utilize them, and emancipate
ourselves from our commercial slavery.
When our State Is doited with prosper
ous manufacturing towns and not a pound
of our raw products is shipped away, or a
foot of our timber crosses our borders
until it is manufactured, then will this
State become truly great; then will the
sun of prosperity shine down upon us,
and until that time does come, no matter
although the individual may become rich,
the community at large will fail to attain
its full measure of prosperity Rocky
Mount Argonaut.
MEN AND W OMEX.
A man chews or twists bis moustache
when be is nervous, and a wnman bites
her nails. Under momentary excitement a
man scratches bis bead for an idea and a
woman bites her lips. Men compose them
selves by revolving their thumbs and wo
men by tapping their feet. A man in
trouble walks the floor and a woman gets
on her back and has a good cry. A man
in a temper swears and a woman breaks
the crockery. In a rage a man squares his
elbows and clenches his fists, a woman,
draws herself up,' as a story book puts it,
and walks off with a war-horse kind of
carriage. A man flies into passion and
flics out again, but women are generally
calculating; they nurse their wrong and
pout long after reparation has been made.
Men are naturally cruel; women are born
naggtrs. Men have more decency than
women; women have more modesty than
men. Mea praise the truth; women peace.
Men seldom hate without cause, women
can invent cause for the slightest offense.
Men are sustained by principle; women
by religion. A man will defend the re
putation of a friend in an argument and
a woman will stand up for the reputation
of ber sex.
1MMENEKUX OK ULUE FISH.
Capt.Southgate, of the Lanier Nw
Btrue, informs the Newbern Journal that
tbe run of blue fish at Oregon inlet on
Thursday was an exceedingly large one
bo many being caught in some of the nets
that they could not get them out and the
nets had to be cut aod the fish allowed to
escape. Whi n the steamer touched at
tbe island the estimate was that the num
ber then on the wharf and beach amount
ed to 30,000. There was 15,000 on the
wharf wailing to be boxed up and iced
aud the boats had gone back after as
many more. Noitb Carolina against the
world for the combined attractions offish,
octets uu J g .iu whether for sport or
profit.
EDUCATIONAL MEETING.
PROG RAM .ME OF EXERCISES AT LITTLE
TON on dec 23, 20, '27, and 28.
Friday, Dec. 25th, 11 A.M. Sermon
by Rev. J. A. Green.
7:30 P. M. Sunday school exercises
of iong, recitation and addresses.
Saturday, 11 A. M. An address by
Rev. W. L. Cunninggim; subject: The
Educational Possibilities of the Epworth
Leagues. General discussion.
7:30 P. M. An address by the Rev.
L. J. Ilolden, on Christian Education.
Short talks by others.
Sunday 11 A. M. Sermon by Rev.
Dr. Johu F. Crowe!!, President of Trinity
College.
3 P. M. Sunday School Mass Meeting-
7:30 P. M. Sermon.
Monday 11 A. M. The address of
Rev. Dr. Crowell, subject: Christian Ed
ucation. 7:30 P. M. Genera! discussion on
Best Methods of promoting Christian
Education by President Crowell and oth-
PANACEA SPRINGS,
The neighborhood was made sad by
the death of Annie Bartlett, who died of
pneumonia on the 3rd inst. She was the
youngest daughter of Capt. A. B. Bart
lett, of Mississippi, and grand daughter
of the late Thomas W. Harriss, of this
place. She was only sixteen years old
just budding into beautiful, lovely wo
manhood, and sorrowful indeed to behold
this sweet flower, gathered so soon. She
was a Christian, she could not be other
wise, raised by such grand pareuts.
The fields are brown, all the white
fleecy locks have been gathered and will
soon be in the market. It has not been
a successful year with the farmers and
the old fellow we have heard so much
talked of and so much sang about, "Hard
Times," has come at last and am afraid he
has come to stay.
THE EASTER N HOSPITAL AT
GOLOSIIOKO.
The Goldsboro Argus gives some inter
esting information regarding the report
of Dr. F. M. Miller, the superintendent,
which shows tbe hospital to bo in good
condition, except that the wards for both
males and females are, aud have been
throughout the year, very much crowded.
Tbe number of admissions for the fiscal
year ending November 30, was 101; num
ber discharged as cured, 40; number dis
charged as impruved, 10; number died,
10; number in hospital at the close of the
year, 272.
The superintends states in his report
that the results of hospital work proper
for the year have been in most respects
the best in the history of the institution.
The pcrceut. of cures on number admit
ted is a fraetiou over 39 per cent.; the
mortality i a fraction over 5 per cent.,
nearly 100 jr cmt. less than usual for
this hospital. The financial exhibit fully
sustains the reputation of the Eastern
hospital for comfort and economic man
agement. The average population for
the year was 235, and per capita coat of
maintenance, and fur over $2,000 worth
of improvements, was 8123.
STEAMERS FOR ROCKY MOI'NT.
Tbe dredges being operated by tbe
Government iu dredging Tar river, which
when completed, will make Rocky ihount
the head of naigntiou on t he river, are
now uuly u thort distance below the rail
road bridge. Gen. Raunim promises to
give Rocky Mount water navigation by
early spring. And so it keeps on, a great
railroad center, and soon to have Ueam
boats as well. Rocky Mount is at the
top, Rocky Mouut Argonaut.
It takes two women a lorn; time to say
good by to each other, I've heard.
Y.s.
But I notice that it takes a young nan
od a yoaaB woman a great deal loug-
ir.
GENERAL HANCOCK'S 11 It MX ESS.
In enforcing discipline nothing is so
important as to mean what you say, and
to be known by the offender as a kind of
a loan that makes no idle threats
General Hancock was in command of
the train which brought General Grant's
remains from Mount McGregor to New
Yo:k. He and his staff were in the
coaeh next to the last. In the rear car
was a party of Pennsylvania militia officer;-,
who were poping an occasional bot
tle of champagne and smoking quite so
ciably. General Hancock saw from his ,.
car what was going on in the rear. It
did not comport with his idea of the pro
prieties of so solemn an occasion, and
calling the conductor, he said:
"Will you present my compliments to
those gentlemen, with the request that
they cease smoking and drinking."
In a few moments the conductor return
ed with the aunouncement that the con
vivial officers returned their compliments
with a peremptory declination to relin
quish their cigais or wine.
"Where is the next switch?" asked
Hancock.
"About five miles below," replied the
conductor.
"When you reach it, if the smoking
and drinking in that car has not ceased,
switch it on a side track and leave it. You
may tell the gentlemen what I have
said."
In two minutes cigars and wine were
not to be seen in the rear coach. Its oo
cupants knew that Hancock meant just
what he said.
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For sale bv W. M. Cohen, Drugaisr,
Weldon, N. C.
A beautiful line of cloaks and capes
on consignment. Will be on exhibition
this week only and will be Bold close.
Call aod examine at once.
P. N. Stainbaek Si Bros.
Receiving this week a line of Bay state
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
TTO'fRIT .
Half hour's drive from Littleton, N. C
on It. & G. K. K. Now opened for
WINTER BOARDERS.
Vt bate leased this pis' fi" trm of
years ami have thorou(h!T repaired and
newly furnished it. Thoae looking for a
quiet home-like place to rest and recuperate
can find it her.
Persons tbat are tick can find a PANA
CEA lor all trouble ui rising from BLOOD
or STOMACH drrauueiuentu, liir INDI
GESTION in all it stiKea. MALARIA
SC KOFI LA and lots of other diseases
PANACEA WATER
ba no equal. Those wishing; to coaie
write us ut Fanacea Springs, and we will
meet tlit m at the depot at Littleton.
TERMS:
Per Ut;..
I'tr iSluxth
$10 00
$30 00
A. J. JOXES,
Proprietor.
lM7-3m.
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