tlbhtt dhatham Record
THURSDAY, DEC. 23, 1880.
H. A. LONDON, Jr., Editor.
HEttttY CHRISTMAS!
"We greet our rcade rs with the com
pliiouts of this joyous season, and
rish tbem, one aucl all, a " Merry
Christmas and Happy New-Year I"
For the text few days (he entire
Christian world will indulge in social
mirth and merry making. Busines?,
care, and trouble will be laid aside;
ttud mirth, feasting, and pleasure will
take their place. At this reason of
gcnoral joy of "Peace and Good
will" avery man's better feelings
well up in his heart and his nobler
impulses govern Lis actions, for as
Washington Irving has so beautifully
said, "it is the season for kindling,
not merely the fire of hospitality iu
the hall, but the genial flame of chari
ty in the heart."
w Ring on, rlug on, 0 Christmas bells, peal out up.
oa tbe air ;
Gran p hands, 0 stalwart bcardod men ; snile on,
O maidens fair ;
Laujrh, darilnj; bright-hair '4 little ones, lnyoiu
while-blonaoui'd prima ,
ray loyal homage, one and all, to happy Christ
inas timet"
A MASSACHUSETTS LAW.
"While all civilized nations now ob
serve Christmas as a holiday, and
everybody looks forward to this fes
tive season with most pleasurable
feelings, we can hardly believe that
our puritan brethren of New Eng
land at one time imposed a penalty
for observing Christmas. And yet
such was the case. The puritannical
fanatics of Massachusetts passed a
law in 1651, and it was not repealed
until 1G92, that read as follows :
For preventing disorders arising
in several places within this jurisdic
tion by reason of some still observing
such festivals as were superstitious!'
kept in other countries in the di5
honor of Go J and offence to others,
it is ordered by this court and the
authority thereof, that whosoever
shall be found observing any such
day as Christmas or the like, either
by forbearing of labor, feasting or
any other way, upon any such ac
counts as aforesuid, every person so
offending shall pay for every such of
fence five shillings as a fine to the
county."
ENCOURAGING MANUFACTO
RIES. We heartily endorse the suggestion
contained in the letter of our esteem
ed countyman, W. P. Hadley, Esq.,
which we elsewhere publish, but do
not think that the Legislature has the
constitutional power to enact such a
law. The exemption of manufactories
from taxation for a limited time has
been frequently advocated by tht
newspapers of the State and often
discussed in our Legislatures, and we
believe that public opinion would
favor it. We think the only mode of
accomplishing the desired object, is
for the next Legislature to propose
an amendment to the State Constitu
tion, to bo ratified by the people,
authorizing f uture Legislatures to en
act such a law.
The objection to such a law is urg
ed by some, that it would be unjust
to tax one kind of property and not
another: that cotton factories and
other manufactories should no more
be exempted from taxation than all
other kinds of property: and that
such exemptions would seem to favor
monopolies. We think such objec
tions are more plausible than proper.
We favor such a law because it would
encourage manufacturing in this
State, and the establishing of more
manufactories would promote the
general prosperity. That such a law
would encourage manufacturing wo
cannot doubt. If men were assured
that the money that they might in
rest in building a factory would be
exempt from taxation for five or ten
years, of course this would be an in
ducement for many to so invest, and
we would soon see numerous fac
tories utilizing our immense water
power that now runs idly by in
doors. Nor can we doubt that the
building of more factories would
promote the general prosperity : ex
perience wad common sense teach
this. Then, if such a law weuld en
courage manufacturing and manufac
tories promote prosperity; why not
enact it ?
FARMERS' CLUBS.
We would again urge upon our
fanners the formation of farmers'
clubs in every township. We know of
no more pkasant or practicable mode
of promoting our agricultural in
terebts. These clubs can be made,
both pleasant and instriiph'va
-viiv tAAU
cannot fail to be beneficial. During
the Christmas holidays, when every
body is enjoying a respite from labor
and there i bo much visiting and
mingling together, would be a f avera
ge time to organize these clubs, or
at least discuss their advantages.
This would be a good time also to
"talk up" our county fair. What say
you!
THE LEGISLATURE.
The General Assembly of the State
of North Curolinawi'l coatcne at
Raleigh, on Wednesday, t& of
January next. This will be quite an
important session, and many matters
affecting the "public welfare will be
brought to the attention of our law
makers. Our people are inleiesled
iu whatever mav be done, and will
doubtless be anxious to read the pro-
cet dings, and the Recohd will inform
ils readers every week as to what is
being doue.
UNHAPPY IRELAND.
Affairs in Ireland have assumed a
most alarming aspect, and it is not at
all improbable that a bloody war may
soon bo waged there. A late despatch
thus describes the critical situation
in that country:
"The entire interest of the hour is
centred in Ireland and the land ques
tion. It is clear to most people that
the vjueens government no longer
has an existence in the sister island,
but has been superseded at least for
the present by the Land League,
whose decrees are now promulgated
in opt-n clav, executed with prompti
nde ami vigor, and respected impltc-
ily. The league as, by the way, it
did in 1843 has opened its own "law
courts for trials of cases and disputes.
and the ordinary tribunals might
as well be closed, because no witness
will appear to testify before them,
nor will any of their juries convict.
The movement of troops goes on
and the Spectator this week says that
if necessary the government could
throw 150,000 men into Ireland next
week merely by calling out the re
serves and embodying the militia.
But the soldiers really offer no pro
tection against the sentences of the
Land League, for they have no pow
er to act except in case of actual in
surrection, and the local constabulary
are entirely powerless.
liondon meanwhile is getting full
of Irish refugees, and to day a lady
writes to the papers begging that
some vacant shed in South Kensing.
ton Museum may be set apart for
the use of her fellow-exiles."
A PROHIBITORY LAW.
Wo stated some weeks ago that the
"Prohibition " question was assuming
great importance ia this State, and
that an effort would
approaching session
ture to secure the
be made at the
of the Legisla
adoption of a
general prohibitory law. Since then,
the advocates of Prohibition have held
a meeting at Raleigh and effected an
organization. Hon. Edwin G. Reade
was made President of the Associa
tion, and a large number of influen
tial citizens were enrolled as mem
bers. It was resolved to hold a State
Convention at Raleigh, on the 12th
day of January, and every effort will
be made to induce the Legislature to
propose an amendment to the State
Constitution to prohibit the sale and
manufacture of spirituous liquors.
A committee was appointed which
has issued an address, from which
we copy the following :
" The object of the Convention will
be to represent and embody public
sentiment on tne subject and if found
favorable to petition the legislature
which will be then in session for a
prohibitpry liquor statute to be effec
tive only when ratified by the popu
lar voie.
There is no need that the commit
tee sfcould elaborate the subject.
Nothing can be said on the evil of
intemperance which has not been said
a thousand times ; and which is not
seen and felt every day by every
uoay. wnat is needed is action
Got np. Go to work. Make has'e.
Be strong. Be earnest. Be hopeful,
To doubt is to fail. " I can't do it,'
never accomplished anything ; "I will
try," has wrought wonders. Come
to the Convention. Urge the legis
lation. Pass tbe law and let the peo
ple ratify it. Tear up the evil by the
roots, uive toe people the opportu
nity to show that they are virtuous ;
and they will do it to the dismay of
muse who depreciate them. And then
the schools will be opened. The
churches will be filled. The children
will clap their hands in gladness.
lhe women will shout for iov. And
the whole state will be arravAd i'n
The plan is to forward immediate
ly to every pastor in the State, and
to every temperance organization,
and to every Christian association,
every school, every postmaster, evry
factory; and to divers others, a form
of petition to the Legislature which
they are requested to lay before their
congregations, bodies and communi
ties, for their signatures. And then
to transmit the same to the Prohibi
tory Liquor Law Convention, Raleigh,
v wi uuwe iuq oin January, 1881.
The petition will be in fin a fr11
VAV VT -
ing simple form: "We petition the
Gemral Assembly of North Carolina
Jo pass a Prohibition Liqnor Law to
be submitted to the popular vote for
ratification.'
The time is short, and it is hoped
tbat there will be the utmost activity
m getting up the petitions.
The delegates to attend the Con
vention may be de&icm.teA hv 1ia
petitioners. And the petitions which
they bring with them will be their
credentials." -
If the Legislature does propose
such an amendment to our Constitu
tion to bo submitted to a popular
vote, we may look forward to a
most exciting and hotly contes
ted canvas?. We think it probable
that the Legislature will consent to
allow the people to vote upon this
important question.
' i 1 1
WASHINGTON LETTER..
The Week attlie Capitol-Cabinet
and Supreme Court Changes
The, Hural Ditches of General
Grant and M. do Lcssops Wo
men at their Annual Agita
tion. Trom our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, Dec. 18, 1880.
The week haa been dull, and legis
tion dilatory at the Capitol. In both
houses of Congress the more impor
tant subiects have been compelled "to
vield to questions that arouse party
antagonism and provoke oncuess ac
hate.
On Monday Senator Randolph
brought up the Fitz John Porter bill
in the Senate, and Senator Morgan's
concurrent resolution for counting
the electoral vote has been the fruit
f ul theme of talk in the House. Later
in the week the education and the
pension bills were discussed, and an
adiournment from the 22nd inst. to
the 4th proximo was agreed upon.
But. if it has been dull at the Capi
tol in the legislative branches, the
Cabinet, the Supreme Court, the lob
by, and society, have furnished an
abundance of the raw material from
which news is made. Nor must
omit to mention a score of women
whose names ave more or less famil
iar to those who read the papers, and
who are here on their annual agita
tion of the sex in suffrage question.
I h aid them speak their pieces last
nierht at Lincoln Hall, and for a
change of entertainment, they fur
nish an excellent foil to Congress.
For some reason Mrs. Atty. Belva A.
Lckwood, Sarah J. Spencer, Dr.
Mary Walker, and other local celeb
rities have taken no part in the pres
ent convention. Strife has for some
years been brewing, and the enthu
siasm of a great cause is not ardent
enough to weld flows and charms.
Guess they are mad about something.
The rebignation of Justice Strong
of the Supreme Court of the United
States had been loner expected, but
the appointment, as his successor, of
Judge Wood was very unexpected.
The appointee is a native of Ohio,
who, a few years ago, emigrated, with
his brother in law, Ex Senator Wil-
lard A. Warner, to Georgia. His ap
pomtment is resented in the Senate
by many who are jealous of the some
what wholesale preferment of Ohio
aud to places of highest national
honor and emolument. Nothing,
however, of a personal character has
been urged against Judge Wood, and
there is little doubt that he will be
confirmed by the Senate.
Secretary Thompson's resignation,
in connection with General Grant's
visit to "Washington,, has been the
subject of much gossip in political
aad diplomatic circles. Gen. Grant
has, without much effort on his part,
become identified with a rival water
route between the oceans a hundred
or two miles northwest of the one
that M de. Lesseps proposes to cut ;
but, while M de. Lesseps poises his
international pick in mid air, ready
to break ground, backed with utmost
limitless capital, and by the prestige
of a United States Cabinet officer,
with a salary of $25,000 per annum,
as cb aiiman of the American branch
of the company, Gcneial Grant and
Admiral Am men have not yet. organ
ized a company or done anything but
hold conferences. Panama has cer
tainly got the start of Nicaraugua
in this ditching business, and the
musty Monroe Doctrine is no longer
urged against a grand enterprise in
the cause of commerce, of civilization,
and of peace.
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
New York, Dec. 20, 1880.
Ed. Recokd: The past week has
been a most remarkable one. We
have had neither wrecks, fires or ex
plosions. Had it Lot been for the
gentler sex coming to the rescue,
newspaper men would have sought
some other occupation. But in the
exceptionable dearth of other excite
ments, it has been a good week for
the uorse-whippiug of the lords of
creation by members of the hitherto
supposed weaker sex. We have had
two notable instances of this within
the last few day a. Oa Wednesday it
was the "cat"- that is to say, theladj
who administered the flagellations
made use of an instrument known
and described as the cat-o-nine-tails.
It did good execution; but on Fridav
another feminine sister, in an alter
cation with an unfortunate masculine,
sought to improve on the weaoon
aforesaid, by fastening crooked pins
to the ends of the lashes, and with
womanly forethought added a little
by play to the sensational character
of the scene by throwing pepper into
the victim's eyes. These ladies no
doubt had great provocation, hut if
this thing of taking the law into their
own hands is persisted in, how will
unresisting masculinity retain pres
ent ascendency, or, as Mr. Pickwick
would say, "What is to become of
society ?"
Now that Christmas and New-Year
are at hanri, the annual swear off
from bad habits is- in order. Erery
body is resolved to turn over a new
leaf, and paste it down. Everybody
"resolves" at least onco a Year, and
generally on New Years, and sticks to
it it no legs than a week, perhaps
longer. Besides the usual New Year
editorials the first of January will
doubtless usher in a liberal supply
of Poets half of them sighing over
the eld year and the other half ring
ing in the new with chimes more or
less discordant. Youncr America is
expecting great things of Santa Clans,
and, judging from the dazzling show
windows of Broadway, it is reason
able to suppose that the children's
patron saint will this time outdo even
bis previous reeord for liberality.
The if ire Department backed up by
Fire Insurance companies are jutt
now threatening war upon the tele
graph and telephone companies, oh
ucvuuui ui mju whcb wuivu.cucuujuer
i..r ai. i.: i, 1 I
the fronts of buildings throughout 1
the principal streets. The Fire Mar
shall claims that the numerous wires,
which in some places from a net work
oYrue(i, are a serious araw naoK
to the efficacy of the fire engines, in
that they obstruct tnd break the
play of water ejected on fires,, and
otherwise njnder theiiremen in their
efforts to sucDress conflagrations.
Telephone wires now enter nearly all
business nouses, besides many pri
vate residences, and as each owner
of a telephone must have a separate
wite to connect with the "Central
office," the number of wires, already
enormous, is constantly being aug
mented. The only apparent way to
abate the nuisance is- to compel the
companies to run the wires under
ground, which though greatly in
creasing the expense will sooner or
later become a necessity.
Telephones and the system under
whioh they are utilized have been
brought to such a state of perfection
tbat" a business man in New York
would about as soon think of dis
pensing wish ledger and day book
as to do without his telephone. In
stead of each individual buying and
putting np nis own instrument, a
company own all the telephones,
wires and appendages, and charge
each "subscriber," or person for whom
tney erect one, a certain rental per
month, tor which they agree to furn
ish and keep the machine in work
ing order. The wires from all tele
phones are made to converge at the
central office of the company, where
attendants are on duty day and night
Any iwo wires oi an the converging
lines may be connected at the cen
tral office, so that eaoh subscriber, or
telephone renter, may converse with
one other subscriber at will If Mr.
Smith wishes to converse with Mr.
Jones, who may live in Jersey city or
Brooklyn, all he has to do, is to press
1 1 f 1 U, t- am 1 ii. i ise
which rings a bell in the central office
and calls the attendant to the mouth
piece. 'Then, having given his name,
Mr. Smith says, "Please hook me
on to Jones;"
"All right'replies the attendant.
and does as requested, by connecting
Smiths wire to the one leading to
the Jones domicil. Smith having
been notified that all is ready presses
his button again, and this time it
rings a bell in his friend Jones' office,
which brings Jones or his clerk to
the mouth piece.
"Hello ! Who are you ?" says Jones.
"I'm Smith, and I want to talk.'
"Well, go ahead, I hear you," &c.
The conversation may be upon the
price of stocks, an order for sugar
on an inquiry after the health of
Jones' baby. -Be that as it may. no
body outside of the two persons con
versing is any the wiser, for only they
can near , ana me telephone never
betrays confidence. When tbe eolo-
quy is ended the eentral office is no
tified and the wires disconnected.
The rental charged is from five to
ten dollars per month, for which i
person is placed in instant communi
cation with all the business centres
and the thousands of telephone sub
scrib( rs throughout the city.
The voice which an ordinary tel
ephone gives out is cot very loud, but
quite distinct. There is an attach
ment which might properly be called
a "sound magnifier, which is some
times used, and through which the
faintest whisper becomes distinctly
audible, It is said tbat a fly walking
across the vibrator of the month piece
has been heard miles away, his foot
steps making a noise as of a horse
walking over a bridge. Such appara
tus nave been sometimes connected
with churches so as to enable lazy
peoolo to stay at home by the fire
and at the same time enjoy the ser
mon. But this arrangement does cot
worJc well because strange to say, it
does the work too well ; for it not
only reports the words of the Minis
ter, but also picks up and transmits
all vagrant sounds that may be float
ing round inside the church's wallr
and sometimes makes a mess of it by
r it ii -m r
mixing mem up in tne most ludn
-- Tt I
ciuuo xasnion. ii, ior instance, a
baby becomes restless in the midst of
the exercises, the "squall" is faithfully
transmitted, but magnified so as to
equal Cnmanche war whoop. If Dea
con McPheeter goes to sleep in his
pew and emits the faintest suspicion
oi a snore, along comes the snore, as
It - M
u ome were sawing wood with a
crosscut saw; and should the Preach
t
er in empnasizing some passage
bang his fist upon the pulpit, it pro-
J . JJ M
uuces a concussion at tne other end
of the line like tbe bursting of a bomb
shell. Though music has been trans
mitted from Philadelphia to a ball
room in New York, I imagine the
mueic must have been more remark
able for noise than harmony, es
pecially when the man tooted his
trombone or the other fellow sawed
on the bass-viol.
The practice of medicine in this
city is not without its perils. At the
instigation of the "society for pre
vention of cruelty to animals," a prac
titioner has been fined twenty-five
dollars for unskillful treatment of a
pig on which he was experimenting,
and which resulted in the pig's death.
This Doctor will probably confine
his ministration to his own npecies
hereafter. J. G. D.
Singular Fatal Accident.
Mrs. Charles H. Byer. wife of a
farmer, who dwells near Blooming-
ton, I1L. was watering the stock re
cently, and a pet cow turning her
head quickly knocked her into a welL
She kept her head above the water
for three hours by clinsrinc to the
bricks, but died soon after she was
taken out.
A Sad Death.
-John C. Calhoun, an inmate of the
insane asylum at Stockton, California,
recently committed from Esmerald
county, Nevada, was drowned near
that city, Sunday. He had recover
ed i is reason and would have bfetn
discharge.! in a few ds.
,( - .cnh. I g a - . tt
' lew ua b. xxe Was a
nephew ul the late Senator Calhoi.n.
COnZBa2?OI7BBTCB
- Chatham Cpvu'h, N. C,
.? : Dec. 20th, 1880. f '
Mb. Ewtob: No", move has ever
been made by the people of Chatham
county, within my recollection, so
well calculated to build up real sub
stantial wealth and prosperity for
the county, as the construction of a
railroad alone the Taller of 'Haw
Kivor.
I know of no country where na
ture has been more lavish with her
bounty than in this particular locality.
From Haywood, the crowing of the
Iialeigh and Augusta Airline railroad,
up the river for quite fifty miles wa
ter power is almost continuous, and
never failing; and is not surpassed,
as far as my knowledge extends, on
this continent. So continuous is the
fall along this stream that such a
disease as malarial sickness is un
known to the citizens living along
the river. It is just as healthy with
in a stone's throw of the bank of the
river, as any where in the State a
matter of very, great importance to
manufacturers.
The raising of raw materials in one
section of country to be shipped to
another for manufacturing, and then
returned, is an old custom of the
country that is poaaing away. Tbe
fact is being realized by the great
manufacturing interest of the New
Englsad States that it is cheaper to
manufacture cotton in the South
than at the North; and manv leading
cotton manufacturers of the North are
now prospecting in the Southern
States, with a view to transferring
their machines closer to the cotton
fields: anc with the completion of
this proposed road to Danville Ya.
so as to give direct transportation to
the great markets of the north, no
more superior advantages oan be af
forded them in the Southern States,
than along Haw river. I am not able
to give an exact estimate of this su
perabundant water power, but will
give an approximation of what is re
liable. Fur a distance of fifty miles
along the river, the water can be util
ized on an average for every mile with
a capacity of from one hundred to five
hundred hone power, and I do not
think this is the maximum. Mr. L.
B. Bynnm. ageat and manager of the
Bynum Mfe., Co. , a practical and very
reliable gentleman, informs me that
the capacity of the water at Bynnm's
Mills is five hundred horse power,
and at Moore's Mills. I learn, it is
even greater. Here then is the abun
dance and capacity of water power
for any needful purpose.
About twelve milt below Haywood
and just below the junction of Haw
and Deep rivers, which form the
Cape Fear, is a mammoth Foundrv
on the river bank, with opportuni
ties for manufacturing-any kind of
iron, erected by the American Iron
and Steel Co., at a cost of between
one hundred and two hundred thous
and dollars: which is nvr lying idle
for tbe lack of facilities for getting
the raw material; rich deposits o:
which are contiguous to this route,
besides the practicability of transport
ing iron ores from Virginia. And
here I would remark, I once heard
Dr. Hawkins, late President of the
Raleigh and Gaston Railroad Co.
and a man oi great experience in
railroad matters, say. that he had
rather control the freights of one lit
tle iron mine, than that of a dozen
cotton factories; and in the comple
tion of this road it is almost certain
to have both. At Buckhorn then,
will be a huge iron factory, tbe ca
pacities of which I am unable to say.
The simple fact that this valuable
property is owned by CoL J. M.
Heck of Baleigh, and Mr. George
Lobdell.tbe owner of the famous"! b-
dell Car-Wheel Works, of Wilum g-
ton Delaware, is sufficient guarantee
that it will be run toils utmost capacity
and at no distant day, the railroads
of the south may be furnished with
car wheels manufactured at this place
and be shipped over this road.
We pass thence to Smiley 's falls,
even greater than any on Haw River,
for the waters of both Haw and Deep
Rivers pass here this property is
unimproved, as is the greater portion
on Haw river.but quite susceptible of
improvement. Ave will stop for
while at Averasboro cn tbe Cape
Fear river, the head of steam boat
navigation and the terminus of
road now under consti notion from
Goldsboro.
I have made no mention of the
magnificent cotton mills owned and
operated by the Messrs Holt, and
Mr. George W. Swepson in Alamance,
and others under construction along
the river and above the N. C. Rail
road, for I know nothing about them,
save and except tbat their owners
are reported to be the richest men
in the State, made too from spinning
cotton, and being distant at that
from railroads. The soil alone this
route is varied, large areas in cotton
producing: a bale to the acre is not
uncommon. Corn, wheat, oats,
and the Grasses yield prodigiously
under proper cultivation. Chatham,
Alamance and Uaswell tooacco is
not surpassed in any market; the en
tire section is noted for the variety
and delicionsness of its fruits; indica
tions of rich iron deposits are con
tiguousit would penetrate the fine
timber, noted for tar pitch and tur
pentine; the climate salubrious and
heithful, the purest of water, with a
population genial and hospitable; iu
fact sir, nothing is wanting but the
building of this road, to make it one
one of the most prosperous . and de
sirable sections of country in the
whole South.
The completion of this road would
not only furnish means of transpor
tation for all those in easy reach of
it, but it would dot the rivers all
along with factories of different kinds,
and here our farmers would find a
home market for eiCrjr product they
can raise, and at prices far more re
munerative thsn we are now able to
get, which dispels the common idea
about other railroads, that none are
benefited excipting those who own
lands contiguous, r I trust therefore
that the farmers along this route will
fully appreciate their interest in this
important move for the common
'lhe object of all our great
railroad companies seems to be, to
pass in through and out of our good
old state, with alu speed possible.
The object of the projectors of this
road is to penetrate the good old
State for the purpose of developing
her latent resources. A railroad from
Danville Va , iu a south easterly di
rection along the valley of Haw rive
to Averasboro would not terminate
there long; the uncertainty of steam
boat navigation down the Cape Fear
river to Wilmington is too uncertain
from drought, to furnish the requisite
transportation to meet the commer
cial intercourse between those places.
There is a growing interest along this
route for the building of this road,
and we hope that the move that is
now being made is the beginning of
the construction of a railroad, whose
developments through the centre of
tbe State will roll like a tidal wave
to the mountains and to the seashore
and that all other sections of the
State being inspired by the facts of
example set by us, may bestir them-
seives to make our good old State
what nature intended her to be, the
first in the nation. The friends of
this measure do not hope without a
cause. Yours very truly,
. R. James Powxll.
Beauuost, Chatham Co., N. O.,
Dec. 15 b, 1880.
Mu. Enrron: As the Legislature
will be in session in -a few weeks, 1
thought that I would write a few
1? i 1L .!! .
lines to you, as tne puDiic press is
the medium through which we can
give publicity to our views as to pub
lic policy. The Representatives from
the different counties are supposed
to reflect the wisdom of the State, and
there is one matter that I hope will
be brought to their consideration.
It is a prospective law to encourage
manufacturing to this State. Pass a
law that for five or ten years capital
invesiea in tne manuiacture oi any
or tne products of this state shall be
exempt from tax. It is no new policy ;
it or something similar has been in
operation a good many years in
Georgia, and the result is that Geor
gia is mow one of the greatest manu
facturing States in the South.
Pass something of the kind, and I
will undertake to predict that in an
other decade the aggregate property
of the State will be increased at least
fifty per cent and by the year 1900
be doubled. Let memorials be cir
culated and signed by tbe people and
ue sou b o tne legislature.
W. P. Haplkt.
niscellaneoca Advts
Of Chatham,
J. P. GULLEY,
Raleigh, IV. O.,
Win be pleased to giro good bargains to bis eoua
tTflMaln DRY GOODS, CLOTHING,
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS,
and other articles kept la a flrst-class store. Call
oa b4m at GULLEY'S. nov2S-tm
WANTED.
1,000 BALES OF COTTON,
AT
A. G. ROBERT'S Cheap Store,
I have on hand one of tbe largest and eheapes
stocks of General Merchandise ever received In
Chatham, which will be sold Ww lor caeh or bar
gains.
Bring in your Cotton, Flour, etc. and I will give
the highest market prices, and sell yon goods a
tbe lowest prices. My
Hardware, Clothing and Groceries, are all careful
s selected and oX good quality,
A.G SOBEESO.
Egypt, xe
JAMES A. THOMPSON,
OI Chatham County,
-WITH-
R. B. Andrews & Co.
CLOTHIERS afld HATTERS,
No. 27 Fayettevflle & Wilmington St,
XULLBXGZX, IT. O.
novlft-lm
O. S. POE, W. T. RAMSEY
rrrrsBono' x. c.
BALTDIOag, XB.
POE & RAMSEY
Hate formed a copartnership for carrying en a
business in General Merchandise-In Rttsboro'.
at Headen, Bynum It Co.'s old stand, opposite the
old Bamso7 Hotel. They hare a nice assortment of
DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES,
CJjOTHING, HARDWARE,
NOTIONS, CROCKERY,
CONFECTIONERIES,
BOOTS & SHOES,
and everything else that a tom .
"We have purchased our stock for cash, and the
M.auwss w nan uc macing purchases at the
Korth through the extensive acquaintance of the
Junior partner, warrants as la assuring our eas
terners that we can sell them
Bamains in all Lines of Trade.
Produce of
all kinds taken la exchange Cer
goods.
MB. POX thanks his former patrons for their
support, and solicits tor his aev firm a liberal
share of their trade. sept U lea
nojeigh Snsinos Hen.
wm, m k bl
ABE NOTT EECElYlKd
Mew ai4 Seasonable Gools
EVERY DAY.
CHOICZ A8SOSHZNT OF
Wilis Ffiiis, Esira
AND NEW DESIGNS & COLORS.
CASHMERES !
Black Cashmeres! Colored Cash
meres !
A special bargain la these goods.
Black and Colored Fringes.
Plaid Flannels for Baits.
Opera Plaid Flannels, solid colors,
Flannels, Silk 'Warp Flannels, Canton Flannels,
white, brow, drab, led, striped and plain,
A 10 4 and 12 llarseilles Quilts at a bargain.
C1IIPET3
The handsomest line of Tapestries and extra
heavy three-ply all wool and extra heavy 0 C Car
pets ever shown in this market.
Bugs, Drugget and Oil Cloths to match,
An Oil doth Bug for wash stands or flre-plaees.
Bibbons, Fancy Goods, Hosiery, Cloves, Cella
loid Combs ; blue, red. green and fancy eolered
School Satchels ell cloth or carpet, at as cents, kail
wool Backs for infants, misses and ladies.
Ladles' and Misses' fine Dress Shoes.
Those who buy of us
SAVE HOUEY !
YEARGAN, PETTY, & Co,
dee a Baleigh. X. C.
SAVE YOUR MOTHER-IN-LAW !
SVBSCKIBK TO
THE EVEMG VISITOR I
The Best, the Cheapest Evening Paper Published
In Korth Carolina.
THE LADIES' PAPER!
lthasnopolitisf Mo axe to grind t Is rapidly
growing! Good advertising medium! Send
for specimen copy. 2S cents per month.
Address,
EVENING VISITOR,
Not 11 Ralezqb, N. C.
(Late Professor of Diseases of the Bye aad Bar la
to "the"""" ' ' M-i" wmege.j iraaice limited
sirs EAnaTHnoAT.
Hain Street. Opposite the new Post Offioa
RALEIGH, N. C.
tf Office hours tr an? 9 a to . .-- -th.
State nedicai Sodetyand 0 oCglaXS
eocieiy rw i
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO the
OF-
Hortli Carolina !
YOU CAN PROCURE
Warranted Pure Dissolved
Raw Bones, Animoniated
Dissolved Bones, Raw
Bone Super-Phosphate, Double
.hagle Phosphate, Econom
ical Fertilizer, Special
Tobacco Fertilizer,
AT THE .
Lowest Wholesale Prices
By the Car Load, if you order DireeUy from the
Manufacturers.
So. 103 South Street, BALXIxOKZ. MP.
19" The Manufacturers of the above goods have
made this offer solely for tbe reason that there are
influences at work to Interfere with the free sale
of these old established manures In the State of
Korth Carolina through the ordinary and legiti
mate channels of trade. They are determined that
those farmers and planters of the State of north
Carolina, who want to buy those goods, and have
eoafldence In them, shall have the opportunity of
doing so, without fear or favor, at the lowest pos
sible prices aad upon a plan which compels
them to pay no proflt to an intermediate party.
ay This otter Is made only to Farmers and
nanters who Intend to use the gooda themselves,
and is strictly limited to those who live In the
Re of Korth Carolina, Send for Prices and all
desired Information.
BAUGH & SONS,
Manufacturers and Importers of Fertilizers an4
Chemicals, so. 103 South Street,
deeMf ' Baltimore, md.
TOY
the
HEW YOI OBSERVER
.THIS YEAR.
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TIME TABLE
Cape Fear & Yafiiii Tailej. KB.
To take Effect Majr 9, 1880.
Leaves Fayettevflle at -Arrives
at GuU at
leaves Golf at :
Arrives at Fayettevllle,
Pally except Sunday.
4.06 P.M.
: : 7.35 p. M.
: ; 6.00 a. X.
: - 10jO a. M.
U C. JO'ES. Sup'k
alls