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THURSDAY, SEPT. 16, 1880. H. A. LONDON, Jr., Editor. FOR PRESIDENT: VINFIELD 8. HANCOCK, Of Pennsylvania. FOR VICE-PRESIDENT: UILLIAU H. ENGLISH, Of Indiana. won aovxaxoa : THOMAS J. JARVIS, of Pitt ton Lnro5iNT govxkkos, JA1IEB L. ROBINSON, of Macon. FOB SBCBITABY Or STATU : WILLIAM L SAUNDERS, Of Wake. 70S TBKAJSVBSX : JOHN M. WORTH, of Randolph. FOB ATTOBKET OENXBAL '. THOMAS S. KENAN, of Wilson. TOB AUDITOB : WILLIAM P. ROBERTS, of Gates, vea luraBirrKXDKXT or public ebtkuctiox : JOHN C. SCARBOROUGH, of Johnston. FOB XUDOK OF THB 4TH JUDICIAL DI8T., RISDEN T. BENNETT, FOB JCD3E OF THB 6TH JUDICIAL DIST., JOHN A. GILMER, of Guilford. SOB OOBOBE38 FOURTH DISTBICT: WILLIAM R. COX, of Wake. "Tfflt BATOXKT 18 HOT A. FIT INSTBU XZXT FOB OOLLXCTIXa THB TOTES OF FREE- kzjl" fHanoock's Letter of Accept ance. OUR NEW TEAR. With this issue Thb Rbcobd begins its third volume, and enters upon the third year of its existence, and we take this opportunity to say something in rtgard to its past and future. For many long years the people of Chatham needed a county paper. Persons were continually saying "We ought to have a paper in Chatham." At length, about six gears ago, a pub lie meeting of many of our public spirited (?) citizens was held at the court-house for the purpose of estab lishing a paper by forming a company. Committees were appointed to solicit the leading men of the different town ships to take stock in the company. Stirring and patriotic speeches were . -it it maoe, ana we expeciea io an last nave our long-wished for county paper. But woful was the disappointment, for would you believe it ? no commit tee ever reported, not a dollar was paid, and the whole project was soon forgotten. While all our citizens ac knowledged the need of a county paper and seemed to appreciate the impor tance of having one, yet none were willing to risk a dollar in helping to establish ii The experience of county papers in this State had not been such as to encourage the establishment of others. They had generally been short-lived and their proprietors suf fered heavy pecuniary losses. But in nowise discouraged by all this, we were of the opinion that the people of Chatham could and would sustain their county paper, and so we determ insd to risk the venture. According ly just two years ago, the first copy of Thb Rbcobd made its appearance. It was published without any prospectus being issued and without a single subscriber having been solicited. We thought it best to make no promises, but let the paper speak for itself and work its own way into popular favor, feeling assured that if worthy of pub lit patronage it would receive ii Nor were we disappointed, for subscrip tions eame in by the hundreds, kindly words of encouragement cheered us up, and business men soon found our columns a valuable advertising ms dium ; so that, though only two years old, Thb Chatham Rbcobd is more se curely established, has a larger list of subscribers, and a better paying ad Ttrtising patronage than many papers of greater pretensions. Its circula tion extends into a majority of the States of the Union and into nearly very section of this State. We men tion this in no spirit of boasting, but simply to show that all our anticipa tions have been fully realized, that our confidence in the people of Chatham has not been misplaced, and also to comfort those land friends(?) who so confidently predicted The Ricobd s early collapse. We shall endeavor in the future, as we have in the past, to make The Bboobo worthy of the people of Chat ham, and do our utmost to piomote the prosperity of our county, develop our resources, and build up our home enterprises. We have duly appreciat ed the kindly words of encouragement thai we have sometimes heard, and we have also survived the complaints and censures of others, who contribute nothing else to their county paper. THE MAINE ELECTION. On the 13tU inst. an election was held in the State of Maine for Gov ernor, Congressmen and members of the Legislature, and the republicans met with a most demoralizing disap pointment and disastrous defeat. This election had been looked for ward to with intense interest, and the result has produced great excite ment in political circles, and will doubtless have a most important effect upon the Presidential election, as indeed the Maine election always does. It was the revolution in Maine in 1840 that started the Harrison hur ricane that swept over the country at the November election, and in like manner it will this year start the tidal wave that will carry Hancock on to a glorious victory. In 1876 the majority for Hayes in Maine was 16,000, and yet at the late election all that was wiped out and the republican candi date for Governor was defeated by over a thousand votes, and it is now confidently predicted that Hancock will carry Maine by a still larger maj ority. Of course the democrats every where are jubilant, and the republi cans correspondingly depressed. We must confess that the result of this election was a most agreeable surprise, for we supposed as a matter of course that the lepublicans would carry the State by at least 5,000 majority. Sen ator Blaine had made a vigorous can vass, and expended large sums of money, and this defeat is a crushing disappointment to him. Among the democratic speakers who stumped the State was the talented North Caro linian Alfred M. Waddell whose speeches are said to have contributed greatly towards achieving this splen did triumph. GOVERNOR JARVIS. In order that our readers may know something about the past life and services of Gov. Jams, who is a candidate for re election, we publish on our first page a short biography of him, copied from the Raleigh News. No one can read it without being convinced that he is no ordi nary man. His career has been very remarkable, and we would commend him to the poor boys of North Caro lina as an example worthy of emula tion. Being the son of a poor Meth odist minister he had to work for his living, and aided in the cultivation of his father's little farm. Day after day this poor boy followed the plow, and worked on the farm, just as hun dreds of boys are now doing in this county. Could any one have seen this plow-boy at work twenty-five years ago he would not have predict ed that there was a future Governor of this great State. From a plow- boy to a Governor what a change ! From holding the plow handles to holding the reins of State how won drous a transformation ! The Governors of North Carolina have usually been men whose parents were abundantly able to give them every advantage in educating and as sisting them in their early efforts, but this was not the case with Governor Jarvis. By hard study, after his work was done, he prepared himself for college, and then borrowed the money to complete his education, and every dollar of it he has long ago paid back, so that he paid for his ed ucation. Let the poor boys of North Carolina be encouraged by this ex ample of their Governor, and strive, like him, to educate themselves. His career shows what can be done, and it is often said, "what has been done may be done again." It is needless to say that Governor Jarvis is a man of ability, of great decision of character, fixedness of purpose and persevering energy, for no person could have attained his po sition in life and so successfully sur mounted so many disadvantages without possessing these qualities. He is not a man of great genius or brilliant talents, but he is eminently "level-headed;" is earnest in whatever he undertakes, and possesses, in an extraordinary degree, that uncom mon commodity called "common Isense. He has alwavs oroven him- f self equal to any occasion, and has creditably discharged the duties of every position that he has occupied. Devotedly attached to his State, ear nestly desirous of promoting her welfare, closely guarding her inter ests, he has made a model Governor, and if North Carolina has any more plow-boys like him, we say give them a chance ! Such is the candidate whom the democratic party presents to the vo ters of North Carolina, and we ask, in all candor, is he not worthy ? We call upon the farmers of Chatham to show their appreciation of our low boy" Governor by giving him then votes, and thus sustain him in his efforts to promote the prosperity of our good old State. That he will be re elected we have no doubt, and we believe that he will receive the largest vote ever yet given for any Governor of North Carolina. Remember, Thos. ; ?a5vs knows no such word as "f sil,M for he always succeeds in what ever he undertakes ! A NARROW ESCAPE. A man named Wimley was in jail at Somerset, in Indiaua, under sen tence of death, for the imputed mur der of a man named Millis, who dis appeared mysteriously from Somerset fourteen years ago and had not since been heard of. A brother of the condemned man did not believe that Millis had been killed, so he went in search of him, and found him last week living in Kentucky. Wimley must have felt greatly relieved, but it was a most narrow escape from the gallows. MEN AGAINST HORSES. A most unusual contest took place last week in the city of Chicago. It was a go as-you-please race between men and horses. A prize of two thousand dollars was offered to the man, or the owner of the horse, that would travel the greatest distance in 156 hours ; and, wonderful to relate, the race was won by a man, who made 578 miles, while the foremost horse made 568 miles. It is said that the horses seemed more fatigued than the men, and towards the close of the race no whipping or spurring could urge them beyond a slow walk. SMITH RESURRECTED. The executive committee of the re publican party in this Congressional District convened at Raleigh last Monday, and nominated as their can didate for Presidential Elector Hon. W. A. Smith, of Johnston county, who is generally known as "Blow Your-Horn-Billy." This is a political resurrection, for really we thought that Billy Smith was dead, so far as politics are concerned. We remem ber that four years ago he was the republican candidate against Jarvis for the office of Lieutenant-Governor, and that after a brief joint canvass in the West he was so badly used up by Jarvis that he quit the field and went home, since which time he has not been heard from. A ROYAL BABY. A most notable event has recently occurred in Spain at least it has caused great excitement in that an cient Monaichy and, after all, it was only the birth of a baby ! On the 11th inst. the Queen of Spain gave birth to a daughter, which event was announced by the firing of cannon and a brilliant display of fireworks, and with all the stately and gorgeous cere monial of the most punctilious court in Europe. Immediately upon the birth of the royal infant it was car- j ried by King Alfonso on a gold tray j into an adjoining chamber and ex hibited to a brilliant assemblage of princes, nobles and foreign ambassa dors, who had been summoned for the purpose. Here in America hun dreds of babies are born every day that are just as beautiful, and yet we don t make such a fuss over any of them. Served Him Right. A gentleman at Clemmonsville re cently opened correspondence with a New York firm, and he was informed by this firm that they had on hand a large amount of money for campaign purposes, which they were distribu ting for $100 per $1,000. This gen tleman pnt on his best clothes, bor rowed $200 from one of our banks. and started for the great city of New York, vrith imagination teeming, no uuuui., wiiu urigm anticipations oi the funds he would handle. He was informed where to stoo and how to proceed. He was told to be very cautious. That sharpers and rascals were always on tne alert and be might be caught, thereby getting both into trouble. In New York he was met by one of the firm. Taken to their office. Me took $2,000 of the cam paign monev. which was counted onl before him and rolled up in a paper. xie paia ziiu and was to send the re maining $90 upon his return. He was then advised by the New York man to send his money by Express. He concluded to do this. A hand sacthel was procured and the roll of money was placed in it Everything seemed to work smoothly and the Clemmonsville man started home, his campaign money coming by Ex press. He reached Winston Thurs day night and Friday morning went to the Express office for his satchel. When he opened it the contents were a lot of waste paper and an iron win dow weight. This is the campaign "fun" the New York sharpers are dis tributing. This is a very dear lesson, but there are a great many Demo crats and Lepublicans who will not learn otherwise. Winston Leader. Bit by a Snake. Mr. J. M. Alexander, of Steel Creek was in his corn crib last Wednesday and picked up an ear of corn to kill what he conceived to be a rat, whose body was partially exposed to his view. He struck at it and the head of a copper-head snake projected from the corn, and almost before he knew it, the reptile's fangs were fas tened in his fore-finger. He harried to the house, and hftralv in getting within doors before he be- uauie ouuaeu irom tne enacts of the poison and perfectly helpless. His wife poured whiakev infr him much as his system would hold, and summoned medical assistance. The bite was cauterized, and at last ac counts Mr. Alexander was slowly im- uttiiuktg uvserver. oonnDOPonDuncE. OUR NEW YORK LETTER. New York, Sept. 13, 1880.' Ed. Record: Politically, everything is lovely and the feathered preserver of Rome's beleaguerd citadel hangs attitudinous. The hatchet is buried, and no clouds obscure the Democratic firmament, saving only those made by the smoke just issued from the pipe of peace. In other words, the quarrel between the rival factions, Tammany and Anti-Tammany, which at one time threatened to be serious, has been amicably adjusted. And now everybody is in fact better sat isfied than if there had been no quarrel at all; for if there had been no quar rel, there could have been no recon ciliation and reconciliations are al ways pleasant especially when the sachems of Tammany are concerned, for they always bring about suppers at Delmonico's and the cheerful pop ping of champagnes. Even had the misunderstanding remained unsettled it is not likely that it would have af fected the vote for Hancock, but it would have encouraged the Republi cans, and probably have given them the State Government. Oen. Hancock in this locality seems to be considered above party. The latest evidence of this is the forma tion of "Hancock Republican clubs'' composed of men who have hitherto answered to the Republican roll-call. The first one formed hero started with the names of one hundred influ ential Republicans, and accounts are coming in of similar organizations throughout the State. Taking this and other things into consideration, it is not likely that Senator Conkling's health will be restored sufficiently to allow time to take an aetive part in the campaign as he has promised. A good illustration of the adage that "a drowning man will catch at a straw," is shown in the self con gratulations and jubilations of the Radical press on account of the Ver mont election. The Dutch might with as good reason congratulate themsel ves on having taken Holland. No body ever expects to live to see Ver monters vote anything but the Repub lican ticket. Their bump of credulity is so large that they believe in the Eliza Pinkston "outrage" to the pres ent day, and they can never be trans formed into reasonable mortals ex cept by trepanning. H it were not for form's sake elections over there had just ac well be dispensed with. From twenty-five to thirty thousand is the usual majority. When they are not ordered to poll a full vote, or the weather is bad on election day many of the old men are excused from voting, and then the majority is twenty-five thousand; but if the day is pleasant and the command is issued from bead quarters for a "dress parade," thirty thousand is the figure. At the present election, when special efforts were made, the majority did not come up to the highest by sever al thousand, but that may be due to the fact that the mumps are verv prevalent just now throughout the State, which no doubt kept many away irom tUe polls. Uut whatever may have been the cance, let no one suppose that a single Vermont Re publican has turned Democrat With the present conformation of their skulls that were impossible. The Green mountains are particularly and altogether solid. The few Democrats permitted to reside there, only go to the polls by way of protest, or to re cord the fact that they do still exist. The Salvation Army are an organiza tion of English Revivalists, who land ed on our shores some time ago with the avowed object of making war upon the legions of Satan in the United States, and now distributed in detach ments throughout the larger cities of the North and West They have a regular military dicipline with such officers as Generals, Colonels, Lieu tenants and Armor-bearers. Though tney nave been tne subject of much adverse newspaper criticism, they are undoubtedly earnest and sincere workers in what they esteem to be their lines of duty. Lately the Di vision which has been operating across the river in the Godless city of Brook lyn has met with some trouble. It seems that the loafers hoodlums and other emissaries of the devil in that stronghold of the enemy are in the habit of gathering at the prayer meet ings, which the Army holds in public places, and creating disturbance by unseemly jests and exhibitions of mock piety; and to such an extent have they carried this, that the General in command has had to ask for the pro tection of the police to maintain or? der. His request has been complied with, and now where ever the Army holds forth it is protected by a couple of Policemen. It is a noticeable fact that the presence of one or two bine coats armed with a stout hickory club has more influence in quelling these imps of satan than all the hosts of the "Salvation Army." Merchants from the South and West are now in town purchasing goods for the fall trade, and the ho tels are consequently full to overflow ing. Business of all kinds seems to be flourishing. The ware houses of wholesale dealers are packed to the ceiling with all kinds of merchandise, while the windows of the retail deal ers, especially on Broadway, are re splendent with everything calculated to attract the eye and draw money from the purses of the ladies. In this connection it might be proper to mention something about the fash ions. But what is a man expected to know about such things, unless he is a dry goods clerk, or a graduate of Worth, the man milliner of Paris ? Thre is, however, a marked change in ladies' costumes which even the most careless observer could not fail to notice. Dresses are not "pulled back," or tied back with such a de gree of tension as formerly. A lady can now sit down, or even stoop to pick up a hair pin without any dan ger of a catastrophe. By the way, some observing philosopher has de clared it to be a newly discovered pe culiarity of the "Sex," that no woman, be she of high or low degree, ever fails to pick up a hair pin if she sees one upon the side-walk, provided she thinks no one is looking. No differ ence how many dozen she may al ready be in the possession of, she is always too happy to find and appro priate one belonging to some other woman. The wretch who perpetra ted this, is probably an old bachelor who delights in magnifying the foi bles of the ladies whose favor he has failed to win; and must be a relative oi that other fellow, who asserted, that the reason Mrs. Lot looked back and became a pillar of salt was, that she had a neighbor woman in Sodom whom she did'nt like and could'nt forego the pleasure of seeing her house burn. This is given parenthet ically, and without extra charge. At a reception of Gen. Hancock the other day, quite an amusing in cident occurred, which proves that the coming President is appreciated by one person who is willing to testi fy to his regard in a substantial man ner. Among the visitors was an old gentleman from the west who has know and admired the General for many years. Hancock greeted the old man warmly and they had a pro longed chat over old times. Finally, as the old gentleman was about tak ing his leave, proceeding to unlock a satchel he had I rough t with him, he siid'Ge e a I have I might a pres ent for you, but firut let me say, that I am no politician and do not want to place you under any obligations to me. If you are elected and I am sure you will be there is not an office at your disposal that I would accept. I am an old man and cannot live many ytars, at best I have two children who are already well pro vided for, and I have two millions worth of property besides. I know you aro not oerburdenod with a sur plus of this worlds goods, and your expenses in this campaign will bo great. But hang it I'm no hand to talk here is ten thousand dollars. You need it, and I don't" "But, my dear sir I "Nover mind, I know what I'm about. You know, I never have spent money foolishly or extravagantly but I mean it now and here it is!" and with that he planked down a huge roll of bills on the table. Hancock rose from his chair, placed both hands upon the eccentric old gentleman's shoulders and with a voice full of emotion replied; "Old friend, your generosity does not as tonish me in the least, as to your friendship I need no further proofs. Though I know that I am depriving you of a real pleasure by refusing it, I cannot accept it; it would not be right do not urge me." The astonished millionaire had probably never offered to give away such a sum of money before, and cer tainly never expected to find a per son to refuse such a gift, and it was with difficulty that he was finally per suaded to put it back in his satchel and trudge it away. How many persons in the room who witnessed it, would have refused to take it under like circumstances would bo hard to guess. Certainly not many; aud is is not likely that a man who would decline an offering Jlike that could be tempted to turn from the path of honor and duty by any amount of filthy lucre. There will be no danger of Winfield Scott Han cock accepting dividends on crooked stocks, or taking five thousand dollar bribes to engineer swindling contracts on the government he has sworn faithfully to serve. J. G. D. The Meanest of Mean Acts. Washington Post. The Republican Congressional com mittee, not content with bleeding de partment clerks for political purposes, has descended to compelling the em ployees at the insane asylum to con tribute to tne campaign fund. Yes terday the circulars, intreating "vol untary contributions," were sent to mat institution, io one occupied too menial a position to escape. Even the women who scrub the corridors, and whose salaries aro mere pittances of $17 a month, were assessed $1, and the others in proportion. P. Godding, the superintendent of the asylum, is absent, and it is believed that this fact was taken advantage of by the Radical managers. Naturally the receipt of the circulars created a great deal of indignation among the employees, and the greater number at once openly refused to be thus robbed. The poor women whose hard earned salaries are barely enough to support their families, looked with dismay at the levy, and wondered if they would be compelled to surren der out of their scanty means a sum which was equal to one-quarter of a whole month's salary. This last move of the campaign committee is un equaled anywhere as a mean robbery to accomplish political ends. Hancock Republicans. New York Star, August 6th 1880.J General Hancock's old army com rades are rallying to his support in thousands. In Philadelphia alone there are no less than twenty Han cock clubs, numbering in the aggre gate 5,000 men, all of whom nave heretofore been active members of the Republican party. Pennsylvania will in all probability give her Elector al vote to Hancock. A Brntal Driver. William Duffy, driver for a bottling establishment, in Wilmington, Del aware, while drunk on the 11th inst, drove his team into a group of chil dren in the street, pushing several of the children beneath the wheels and passing over the body of Isaiah M. West, a man eighty years old. West's breast bone was crushed in, several of his ribs were broken and the frac tured bones were driven into the lungs. He cannot live. Of the chil dren two were seriously and others slightly injured. Toting Places. There are 1.047 votmcr places in North Carolina. Raleigh Visitor. W. L. LONDON'S CHEAP CASH STORE. ii NEW FALL & WINTER. GOODS. to it, tat ill, aJailli Wlj.ilkln':taSte. He has just returned from the Northern markets and is now receiving the largest stock of goods erer offered in this county, and he will sell them as cheap as they can be had anywhere. Having sold goods in this market for 25 years he thinks he knows the wants of his customers and the public generally, and he can safely say they will be better pleased with his stock than ever. Of course he still keeps any and everything and WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! His stock of LADIES' CLOAKS is very large ; all styles and qnalU ties, frcm $2.50 up. Would call attention to his splendid line of Black Cashmeres and Alpacas As being extra cheap. DRESS GOODS of all kinds and prices, from 10 cents up. PH1NTS! PRINTS FOR EVERYBODY. Men's and Boys' Goods, such as CASSIMERES, JEANS, TWEEDS, KERSEYS, Ac, CHEAPER THAN THE CHEAPEST ! A nice lot of SILKS, BROCADES, VELVETS and FRINGES for trimming dresses. Notions and Fancy Go ds to suit any taste. CORSETS, HOOP SKIRTS, SHAWLS, SCARFS, LACES, RIBBONS, LADIES' HATS, FEATHERS and FLOWERS. IMS', MEN'S MD CHILDREN'S RUBBER COATS. CLOTHING, for Men and BOys, in Abundance. All prices and qualities. He has by far the LARGEST STOCK OF CLOTHING he has ever had. If you want an OVERCOAT be sure to call. His stock of BOOTS AND SHOES IS IMMENSE, from the finest hand made to the heaviest brogans. Remember, LONDON'S 111 Wt Remember, at London's you can always find what you want AND FoR the least money. His stock of SHIRTS is better than he has ever had. Undershirts and Vests for men, boys and ladies. He keeps Iron, Nails, Horse Shoes, Plows, Points, Horse Collar, Carpets, Furniture, Saddles, Bridles, Leather, Crockery, Tinware, THE BEST COOK STOVE IN THE MARKET, Confectionaries, Cigars, Tobacco, Snuff, Carriage Materials,' Oils. Putty, Glass, Paints, Varnish, GROCERIES OF ALL KINDS. Sewing Machines, Needles, etc HARDWARE, of every description. GUNS, PISTOLS & CARTRIDGES. If you need any Goods, -be sure and call at LONDON'S CHEAP STORE. No trouble to show goods at Always glad to show goods at LONDON'S CHEAP STORE. Now is the time to buy cheap goods at LONDON'S CHEAP STORE. COME TO LONDON'S CHEAP STORE and see the NEW FALL AND WINTER GOODS! Remember, London's Cheap Store is Headquarters for New and Fashionable Goods. He sells reliable goods at the lowest prices. CASH: CUSTOMERS! OFFERED EXTRA IIIDUCEf.lEIITO. "Will furnish Merchants Coats' Spool Cotton at Factory Prices, with out anything for freight. Uow Remember, LOXTDOU'S is TUB PZh&CH. Pittsboro', N. G, Sept. 16, 1880. LONDON'S CHEAP STORE.
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