VOL. XXIII.
WEIjDON, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1892.
NO 3
THE COTTON PROBLEM.
THE SOUTH CAN MAKE IT FttOFITABLY
IF IT WILL MAKE ITS OWN SUP
PLIES. The annual report of tho Memphis
Merchants' Exchange contains a paper
on tho eoltuu prublum by Mr. C. P.
Hunt of Memphis.
Mr. Hunt is of the opinion that the
Southern planter is better fated by nature
and his surroundings for the cultivation
of one crop, ami as Southern land is
better adapted to the growth of cotton
than any other lands, cotton should con
tinue to be tho principal crop raised. This,
says Mr. Hunt.cau be done to advantage,
if the cost of production is reduced as
the crop increases, and this reduction can
be bvouuht about by the use of cultiva
tors, cottou pickers and other labor and
money saving machines. But in the first
instance the Southern planter must place
himself independent of Northern hog and
grain growers, and then plant all the
cotton for market he possibly can.
There is sound advice in the above,
for if the Southern planter had been
raising his supplies at home instead of
buying them, it is evident that his Condi
tion would have been very amah improved,
and the largest bills presented for payment
at the end of the year would not be for
tho very articles that he ought to have
raised on his farm.
To impress the soundness of this advice
Mr. Hunt says : "How foolish it would
be for the South to abandon or reduce
the production of a product which can
only be produced in the South, and ro to
raising something that can bo produced
throughout the whole country, from
Canada to the Gulf of Mexico."
Cotton cannot be raised in the North
and West, and the South can never hope
to compete with those sections in raising
cereals. And it follows that if Southern
farmers will raise their supplies at borne,
and utilize modern machinery in redu
cing the cost of making cotton, they can
then face competition from abroad to
greater advantage than ever.
India is twice as far from commercial
centers as the South,, and the cost of
produotiou and insurance on her products
is double, and Indian cotton is worth
from two to three cents per pound less
than American. . ,
The following statistics, showing the
decreased visible supply and the increased
consumption, are taken from Mr. Hunt's
interesting letter:
The American cotton crops of 1886
87, 1887-88 and 1889-90 were 6,505,'
000, 7,046,000 and 6,938,000, respec
tively, an aggregate of 20,439,000. These
were, up to that time, the three largest
average crops on record, and yet on the
1st of September, 1889, the visible sup
ply of the world had run down to 832,-
000 bales. To show how Great had been
the increase in corsumption during - the
fifteen or sixteen years preoeding that
period, we will explain that the cotton
crops of 18G9 70, 1870-71 and 1871-
72 were 3,122,000, 4,352,000 and
974,000, respectively, an aggregate of
10,448,000, and yet the visible supply
on September 1, 1872, amounted to the
enormeus figure of 2,124,000. It will
thus be shown that not withstanding an
increased yield of 10.04l.UU0 in the
comparative years monuoued, there was
at the end of that time a decreased visible
upp'y of 1,292,000, or, say, an increased
consumption olover ll,JdJ,uuu Dales.
- aiiiiuh'H Coii.uiuptiou Cure
This ig beyond question, the most
successful (Jongh .Medicine we nave ever
old, a few doses invariably cure the worst
cases of Cough, Croup ana uroncmus,
whilri in vuniWf'ul success in the cure of
Consumption is without a parallel in the
history ot medicine, bince us nrsc dis
covery it has been sold on a positive
ffimrnntpfi. a t.st which no other medi
cine can stand. If you have a cough we
earnestly aek you to try it. Price 10c,
50c. and 81. If your lungs are sore,
chest, or back lame, use ShiloVs Porous
Plaster. Sold by W. M. toiien.
' If TOTW BACK ArHW,
Or ?ov rt :1 ircrn out, really good for notn
imr It in u-rliiolU!tT. Try
It will cur jou. cl:'e ynui Uiur, sua gwt
THE COURT N! ARTI AL.
THE CURLY-HEADED SPY.
- ' ORDERS
-H. WAS A
HAVE BEEN KXECUTED"
YOUNO WOMAN."
New York World.
We had crossed the river to hunt for
Lie and (five him battle in the Wilder
ncss. Darkness was just settling down,
and the advance had halted for the night
when a squad of cavalry brought iu a
young man from our front. He wore a
mixed uniform, as did most of the Con-
ederates all that day, or as did most of
those belonging to the partisan com
mands, He had on blue trousers, a but
ternut jacket, and his hat belonged to
neither side. They said ho was a spy.
They said it carelessly enough, but there
was an awful significance in the term at
that hour. In camp he would have been
searched, interrogated and imprisoned.
It might have been weeks before his
trial, and he would have been allowed
every chance for his life.
We were on the march. There had
been fighting. There would be more
to-morrow. That meant a drum-head
trial for the spy.
How spoedily everything was arranged!
I was at headquarters, and saw and heard
it all. Within half an hour a courtmar-
tial was convened grave faced officers
who looked into the faco of the young
man at first with interest, then with
something like admiration. I said a
young man. 1 wus wrong. He was a
boy of 17 or 18. He had big blue eyes,
chesnut curls, and his cheeks were as
smooth as a girl's. He was a handsome
lad, and I believe every man in the tent
felt some pity for him.
"What's your name?"
"James Blank."
"What regiment?"
No reply.
"Are you a citizen or soldier?"
No reply ..
"Can you make any defense to the
charge of being a. spy?"
No reply.
The officers looked at each other and
nodded, and the president waved his
hand. It didn't seem a minute before
a file of soldiers came. The face of the
boy grew white, but he moved like one
in a dream. His big blue eyes looked
upon one after another, as if searching
for a friend, and myteart yearned to cry
out that he was only a boy, and ought
to be given more time.
Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!
It was the detail marching him off
into the darkness.
"Halt! Tie this handkerchief over
his eyes!"
They had brought a lantern; by its
light I saw the big blue eyes for the last
time as they looked around in a dazed
way. I wanted to shout to the boy that
it was not even yet too late to prove that
he was not what they believed him to be
but the grimness of the sceae parched
my tongue.
"Place him there! Fall back! At
tention! Keady aim fire!"
Ten minutes later the officer in charge
of the firing party touched his cap and
reported:
"Orders have been executed, sir!"
"Any further evidence?"
"No sir; except that he was a young
woman!
CONSUMPTION CURED.
An old physician, retired from prac
tice, having had placed in his hands by
an Dust luum luiwiuuaiy tut) fuiujuitt
of a simple vegetable remedy for the
speedy and permanent cure of Coosun-p
Hon, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma and
all throat and Lung Affections, also a
positive and radical cure for Nervous De
bility and all Nervous Complaints, after
having tested its wonderful curative now-
era in thousand of cases, has felt it his
duty to make it known to his suffering
fellows. Actuated by this motive and a
desire to relieve human suffering, I will
send free of charge, to all who desire it,
this recipe, in German, French or English,
with full directions for preparing and
wins. Sent by mail by addressing with
stamp, naming t his paper. W. A,
Noyes, 820 Powers' Block, Rochester, N
Y. apr301y.
A CURE ALL.
THE PRAISES OF THE HUMBLE ONION
SOUNDED BY A DEVOTEE.
They are invaluublo for soups. They
are blood purifiers. A liberal use of
them is recommended as a cure for builf,
an 1 they tend to make tho complexion
clear and the face freo from pimples.
The children of nationalities who eat
them most largely noticeably escapo that
bane of childhood, worms. Their use is
beneficial to the digestive orgaus, thiy
are excellent in disease of the bladder and
kidneys, are of benefit in liver complaint,",
and their power for goocj,in lung troubles
is well known. They are the best cure
for insomnia.
A favorite remedy for a cough is a
syrup made by alternating slices of raw
onion with white sugar. Cut a large
onion, horizontally, into thin slices, put
one in a dish, sprinkle sugar over it, then
then add another slice of onion, building
it up thus by layers until all are used.
Cover the dish. About once in three
hours a teaspoonful ofyrup will have
formed, which should be taken at inter
vals of about this length, throughout the
day.
Hot poultices, made of onions and
mixed with goose oil, have been used
advantageously in croup. Roasted ouions
are sometimes bound to the feet and
placed upon the chests of little ones
suffering the effects of a cold. Placed
raw upon a cloth and beaten to a pulp,
bandaging with this the throat and well
up over the ears, they have given relief
in cases of diphtheria.
HEHbl 1 A LIVE, ISSUE.
Representative Sawyer, of Texas, has
been making a comparison of expendi
tures under Democratic and Republican
administrations.
His conclusions are startling. They
show that during the two years of the
Harrison administration over forty mil
lions of dollars havo been needlessly ex
pended. Confined to the figures ob
tained from the division of warrants of
money actually paid out, and with all the
usual and extraordinary expenditures
eliminated, with the cost of taking the
census of the country, the interest on the
public debt, the money paid for pensions
and all similar expenditures taken cut,
the excess of expenditures for 1883 and
1884 of Arthur's administration over
1887 and 1888 of Cleveland's adminis
tration amounted to 815,775,959. The
expenditures of 1890 and 1891 of the
Republican administration over 1887
and 1883 of Cleveland's administration
were $40,890,444.
This increase of expenditures, Mr.
Sawyer well says, is not justified by the
increase of population, and the figures
present a striking coutrast between the
economy of a Democratic administration
and the extravagance of two Republican
administrations. And yet there are s imc
Democrats who say that they have no
issue to go before the people on except
the tariff. N. Y. Herald.
Anwser this Question.
Why do so many people we see around
us seem to prefer to suffer and be made
miserable by Indigestion, Constipation,
Dizziness, Loss of Appetite, Coming up
of the food, Yellow skiu, when for 75c.
wa will sell them Shiloh'n Vitalizer, guar
anteed to cure them. Sold by W. M.
Cohen.
To keep the bear! from turnins; ffny,
and thus prevent the appearance of age,
use Buckingham'" Dye for the YVhiekcrs,
the best dye made.
Ecstatio Lover "Oh, I have such a
boautiful and gentle and tender and
loving and angulie sweetheart."
Married Man "Ugh."
Ecstatic Lover, unconsciously "And
I'm going to write her a lovely poem,
all about herself, and I want you to give
me a good word to rhyme with saint."
Married man "Aiut."
Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy. A
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Canker mouth, and Headache. With
each bottle there is an ingenious nasal.
Inj :i-tor for the iu -re successful treatment
ul' these cuu-iilaibU without exim vha-gt.
Price 50c. Sold by W. M. Cohen.
OCALA AND ST. LOUIS.
COL. ELIAS CARR SHOWS THE DIFFER
ENCE BETWEEN THEM AND REPUDI
ATES THE LATTER.
To tlie Editor Tarhoro Soutlitrncr:
Mr. M. J. Battle, in his communica
tion to tho Southerner of the 5th inst.)
states that "in no particular docs the St.
Louis platform differ from the Ocala plat
form," and further asks "if Elian Carr
will repudiate his own handiwork?" I
simply desire to call Mr. B.'s attention
to two planks from each platform as par
alleled below:
OCAU, 18110,
1 (a) "That our Nation
St. Louis, 18S2.
fll legislation shall be no
lramed immure lis not
to build up one industry
at tne expense oi anoth
er "
tbl "We furtlter de
1. Silent a 8 t h e
Tomb.
mand s removal of the
existing heavy tarift" taxi
from the necessities of)
lire, that the poor of out
laim must nave.
i. "Transportation be
S "We demand the
ing a means of exchange
most fluid, honest and and a nubile necessity
Just State and Nationalithe government should
g-iverniDcitj'.l 'coiitrol'j'own and 'operate' the
and 'nupervlslon' of tho railroads in the interest
means of public commu
nicaiion and tnuiximrlii
of the neoDle."
"Tne tcicgrapn ana
tion, and if this control
and siipcrv isiou does not
remove the abuse now
telephone, like tne post
office system, being a ne
cessity for the transmis
ilon of news, should be
existing, we demand the!
government ownership;
of such means of com
'owned' and 'operated
by the government in
the interest of the peo
ple." munication and trans
portation.'
These (Ocala) demands were subse-
quenily engrafted into the State Demo
cratic platform und later re-enacted at
Indianopolis. I had the honor to be
upon the committee at Ocala that formu
lated them, reporting unanimously upon
these two planks. As yet I have seen
no authority or reason for eliminating
these plunks from the Alliance platform,
while on the contrary abundant reason
for not endorsing a party which is putting
the Alliance in an inconsistent and false
attitude by demanding 'ownership' after
securing National and State governmen
tal control of railroads and completely
ignoring the tariff question, most ipor-
tant to all reform measures, the present
status of which makes possible all trusts
and combines that enrich the few and
impoverish the many.
Truly Yours,
,Elias Carr.
city or country.
WHICH IS THE BETTER FOR A MORTAL
TO PASS HIS DAYS IN.
It is no advantage to live in a city
where poverty degrades and failure brings
despair. The fields are lovelier than
paved streets, and the great forest of oaks
and elms are more poetio than steeples
and chimneys. In tho country is the
idea of home. There you see the rising
and setting sun; you become acquainted
with the stars and clouds. Tbft constella
tions are your friends.
There you are an aggregation of atoms,
but in the city you are only an atom of
an aggregation.
R. G. Inoersoll.
THE OTHER SIDE.
This is all very beautiful, Colonel, but
how did you like it on the old homestead,
whero you had to run the handsaw
through the hickory logs, milk the cows
and chase the hogs out of tho potato
patch ? The fields are beautiful, partio
ularly wheu you have to spend ten or
twelve hours a day in running a plow
through a miniature quarry of bowlders.
The rain on iho roof is delightful, but
how about it when you are under the
".rand old (roes, five or ten miles from the
kiteliou siuvt ?
While you are looking up at the oon
Btellations did your neighbor's bull terrier
ever intenupt y ur astrGujuii:ul udicu,
I prefer rus iu uibe.
Manhattan.
The Mistakes
of life are many soma great, others
small. We classify them as we feel their
eff 'Ct, and jut in the same way you rec
ognize Simmons Liver Regulator when
taken for Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Const!
patinn and Billiousness. There can be
no mistake in takiug the Regulator for
these disorders. It quickly relieves.
Dou't make the mistake of getting any
thing else for malaria." '
REPUALICAN
CONVENTION.
ELECTORS AND DELEGATES ELECTED
AND A LIVELY TIME HAD GENERAL
LY. The State Republican Convention met
at Raleigh on Thursday of last week.
There were more whirl men present than
at any convention of the party in years.
Chairman Eaves called the convention to
order and made James II. Young, col
bred, of Wilmington, temporary chair
man. While the committee on creden
tials was out, a number of speeches were
made. Congressman Cheatham's speech
was conservative, while Solicitor White's
was very bitter. Williamson also aired a
few grievances. V. S. Lusk, of Bun
combe, was made permanent chairman
and F. T. Walser secretary.
At this point a fight occurred between
the Eaves and Mott factions over the
proposition to elect a chairman -of the
Stute Executive Committee. Eaves was
successful and carried the convention with
him. The committee was authorized to
place a State ticket in tho tu-ld, and it is
said this will be done in -luly. The
following were elected as delegates at
large to the National Convention : H. P.
Cheatham, E. A. White, Job i C. Dancy
and J. C. Pritchard. They nro all in
favor of Harrison's renominati in. E. S.
Walton, John L. Fisher, H. B. Brown
and II. G. Gusson were made alternate
delegates.
Spencer Blackburn, of Asb, C. M
Bernard, of Pitt, were made presidential
electors at large. -
The State Executive Committee are
D. H. Abbott, J. W. Lloyd, E. P.
Powers, J. H. Williamson, D. C. Man-
gum, J. H. Young, Z. V. Walser, A. L
Hendrix, G. W. Crawford.
Col. A. W. Shaffer said that but for
the action of Mott's men in making
fight Eaves would never have gotten the
chairmanship again and that the feeling
against him is very bitter indeed. Eaves
is very proud of what he terms his victory
over Mott. He said yesterday that for
some months Dr. Mott and Marshall
Mott had tried to bulldose him at States
ville. It now appears that Eaves was
about to personally attack young Mott at
the convention when the latter made
some personal charges against him.
rnends of haves pulled him back.
Young Mott is a dangerous man in a
scrimmage. There is muoh talk among
Republicans about a scene after the
adjournment of the convention caused by
Dr. Mott publicly cursing and denouncing
collector White, chief clerk Lehman and
W. F. Henderson, of Lexington.
COUNTRY LIFE.
We congratulate those who can live in
the country. Jesus loved the country
We find him among the mountains and
fitting by the sea. He presses a lily into
his sermon. He caught a bird for a text.
He walked in the garden the night of
his capture. So it is a good sign when
a christian finds company and suggestive-
ness aud refreshment in the beautiful
things of God's world. There may be
means of grace in a hyacinth or japonioa.
It is well when in the sin ill door-yard of
a city residence a patch of luxuriant
grass is cultivated, or a clematis is taught
to ciiiub. A man can preach better of
love and faith aud heaven when there
are camelias on the pulpit.
It is no evidence of weak sentimental.'
ty when a christian loves natural beauty.
No doubt Christ selected the garden of
this country-eat as a place for private
devotion. He who has no spot fur
secret prayer is a starveling christian. A
man has sorrows, temptations, sins and
deliverance that are no one else's business,
He is a fool who tells the world every
thing. There are prayers that belong
onyto God's ear. Better have some
pluee consecrated to private prayer
Chon-so a pleasant place if possible not
the garret, not the cellar, but a room
warm, Ibhteni-d, cheerful. There is no
use in peuanc-j.
After th Grip Hood's Sarsaparilla
will rtir - v in r strength and health, and
oipjl evuiy trace of pois.ni 1'fuui the
blood.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
Is Life
Worth Living?
That depends upon the
Liver. If tho Liver is
inactive tho whole sys
tem is out of order tne
fcreath is Lad, digestion
poor, head dull or aching, '
energy and hopefulness
gone, the spirit is de
pressed, a heavy weight
exists after eatmg, with
general despondency and
the blues. The Liver is
the housekeeper of . the
health ; and a harmless, .
simple remedy that acts
like Nature, does not
constipate afterwards or
require constant taking,
does not interfere with
business or pleasure dur
ing its use, makes Sim
mons Liver Regulator a
medical perfection.
1 have tested ita virtues personally, and
know that, for Dvspepsia, Biliousness and
Throbbing Headache, it is tho best medi
cine the world ever saw. Havo tried forty
other remedies before Simmons Liver
Beirulator, and none of them gave more
than temporary relief, but tho Regulator
nu cly relieved but cured.
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