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J i : t ' 1 - ! i n; ' : 'i 1 1 i . Ml ' '-J J. B. WHITAKER, Jr., ) Fri; S. T. ASHE, j itors. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. ir, - - $5.00 I 1 Month, - 50 eta. nths, - - 1.25 1 Week, - - 15 cts. RATES FOR ADVERTISING. coltimn, three months, . . column, six months, column, one year,. . . ...... I column, three months, . . column, six months, . , column, one year, ....... 1 column, three months, . . 1 column, six months, 1 column, one year, ....... .$ 20.00 . 35.00 . 60.00 . 35.00 . 60.00 . 110.00 . 60.00 .110.00 . 200.-00 Space to suit the advertiser m pioportion to above rates. -The business office of The Plant is at the Durham Bookstore, corner Main and Corcoran streets, where subscriptions and advertisements will be received. TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1889. DUKUAM. It is high time Durham was awakening to the fact that she must begin active measures for increasing her manufacturing industries or be left behind in the race for leader ship among the towns of North Car olina. No town will prosper unless the citizens make an effort in her behalf and really and earnestly en deavor to push her ahead. Dur ham did not become what she is without hard lick and heavy work and if she is to continue to grow and prosper it must be by a continuance of that hard work. Durham's 1 growth has been phe nomenal. She was born and grew to her present size while most all the other towns of the State were asleep. They are awake now and pushing ahead. If it took hard work under these circumstances on the part of her citizens to bring our town to what she is, what has to be done to keep her in the lead, now that she has rivals for the leadership spring ing up all around her and through out the entire State? It will take harder work now than ever to keep her head and shoulders above her rivals. We need not expect outsiders to help us if we show no disposition to help ourselves. Capital is not going to come begging of us admission into our town. Are must show a desire to do something for ourselves must show an inclination to have new manufactories spring up in our town. Those , who have money must take the lead, and must have the support and encouragement of all the citizens. We must show to outside capitalists that with or without their assistance we are determined to keep abreast of the times it we cannot get their aid we will do without it. This de termination, this effort on the part of our people will be the greatest in ducement We can offer to capital to come among us" Unless our people act upon this line, Durham will not, cannot hold her own with the rapid strides other towns of the State are making. She will be overtaken. Let's all pull together for Durham, and show to the world that she is the same plucky town she has always been and is determined to keep the lead of North Carolina towns. THE RHODE ISLAND ELEC- TION. In 1888, the State ot Rhode Island gave Harrison, Republican candidate for President, a majority of over four thousand votes. On last Tuesday was held in that State an election for State oflicers when Davis, the Democratic candidate for Governor, got over four thousand more votes than the Republican candidate re ceived, and the Democrats elected their candidate for Attorney General. The two parties of this election were divided upon the National issue of high protective tariff on the one side and low tariff for revenue on the other. At this election about seven thousand laborers voted who had heretofore been disfranchised under the property qualification of the State constitution. The result shows that a large majority of these new voters must have voted with the Democrats. What could show more plainly that the laboring men of this manu factoring State have had their eyes opened to the real effect of high tar iff upon their condition ? They have seen that since the last election, when this principle won by their aid, their condition has not been bettered by the fact that the high tariff men have been given a four years lease upon the labor of the country, but in fact has grown worse. The Fall River strike has taught them a lesson which they will not forget b.efore 1892. At that election we look for a rousing labor vote in favor of the party which opposes protecting the rich at the expense of the poor. The' Secretary of the Treasury has determined to refuse all offerings of four and a half bonds at prices over 1.08. He is right as far as he goes but does not go far enough. Why should we pay a premium of eighty dollars on the thousand to retire bonds not yet due that draw interest at the rate of only forty-five dollars on the thousand? The people are taxed to pay to capitalists and spec ulators this high premium for the privilege of settling j a government debt before it is due. What man would pay a premium on his note in order to take it up before it is due? ! A REVELATION. Such Was the South to a Lead ing New York Banker. New York, March 28, 1889. Editor Manufacturers' Record: 1 I have your letter and willingly comply with the request it contains. Our party consisted of the Hon. Abram S. Hewitt, the Hon. Ewd. Cooper, Mr. John H. Inman, Mr. John C. Calhoun and two or three others, inciuding myself. We left ; New York on the' after noon of Saturday, March 9th, and were gone just two weeks, "taking in" Asheville and the Hot Springs of North Carolina. Knoxville, Chat tanooga and Nashville, Florence, Shemeld, liirmingham and Anniston, Rome and Atlanta. As you see, we swung pretty well "round the circle" of what is known as Ijhe "New South." We were everywhere received with open, doors, and I might add with open hearts, and everywhere were royally entertained ; j indeed, from the moment we crossed Mason i and Dixon's line until we emerged from Dixie we were the constant recipients upon every hand of a hospitality so cordial and so unbounded that, to quote Mr. Hewitt, "It quite put our Northern methods to the blush." I appreciated, of course, that the so generous welcome was particularly extended to the distinguished gen tlemen with whom it wras my pheas ant privilege to travel, but I shall ner forget the many kindnesses that were shown to me personally, nor shall I ever cease to be grateful for them. That we had a good time "goes without saying." Every hour of the two weeks was stuffed. like a carpet bag, full of interest and pleasure. To me the trip was a revelation. I have heard a good deal, of course, during the past few years about the "New South," but I have always re garded it as largely a thing of the imagination. I know now, Kowever, that it is a positive fact, and what is better still, I believe it has come to stay. I have not been altogether unfa miliar with the South. I knew it slightly before the war, when it was dead asleep. I visited it about fif teen years ago. Then it was rest lessly and uneasily tossing not yet aroused, but waking. I found it on the recent trip not only wide awake, but "up and dressed." It seemed to me that we traveled through a continuous and unbroken strain of what has been aptly termed the music of progress, "the whir of the spindle, the buzz of the saw, the roar of the furnace and the throb of the locomotive." To my ears that music was4 specially delightful, be cause I thought I discovered in its every note evidence of the benefi cent result of the protective policy of our government. ' j There was a good deal of public speaking at the various receptions and entertainments : accorded us, and I never hesitated in expressing myself to assert my earnest belief in that policy and my . conviction that its continuance was vital to the South in order to secure development of the thousand and one infant industries springing up within its borders. I rejoice to say that whenever and wherever I ut tered that conviction I met a con currence with my sentiments so hearty that it surprised me. I re member upon one occasion after I had made a 'protection speech that a gentleman largely interested in the manufacturing interests in his sec tion took my hand and remarked in an undertone: "Sir, you are right. I have heretofore voted against my own interests, and have done it knowingly, but I shall do so no mor&" The instances were countless of men telling me that though they voted otherwise they were staunch believers in protection. In the development of the "New" thus far I think I discover the com ing disintegration of the "solid" South and the bringing about of a condition of politics that will be healthy, because of the absence of sectionalism in it. The most serious obstacle in the way of this "consummation, so de voutly to be wished," it seems to me is the race problem. But for that difficulty I am convinced, many of the feoutnern fetates would long since have begun to divide in poli tics. This question is one of which we of 'the North have but little un derstanding. To us it involves nothing beyond fair play to the newly enfranchised race. To the Southern people, however, I discovr ered that it means keeping the control of their local affairs in the hands of those who pay the taxes. I held conversations about the mat ter with a number of very thought ful and conservative men in the dif ferent sections and they discussed it in a most catholic spirit ; but from the conversations I made up my mind that however the people of tb South may be divided about other things they Will continue to be a unit with reference to this. Despite all theories as to coloni zation of the negroes elsewhere, or as to confining them within certain localities, the colored people will continue, I think, to be as they are, scattered throughout the - Southern States. They can't be got rid of like Banquo's ghost, they will not "down" at anybody's bidding. And so far as my judgment goes, it would be a calamity rather than otherwise for the South to lose; the negroes. They constitute an element of docile, patient and hard labor, which it ap pears to me is an important factor in the country's development. . So the race question must work itself out, I imagine, on the existing lines ; and I believe it will ulti m'ately do so. At least I fancied so the other day, when at Anniston, I saw several colored men engaged'in what was, to a certain extent, "skilled labor" in a car wheel foun dry. If the right of suffrage in the vari ous States could be restricted within certain property and intelligence qualifications, the matter would un doubtedly be easier to deal with. But if such restriction be impracti cable, would it not be wise to estab lish in the various States educational and industrial schools, with compul sory attendance thereupon by the negroes? Would not this policy re sult eventually in a certain measure of intelligence, together with a cer tain earning power on the part of the colored people ? And with these acquirements, would there not one day follow possession by the blacks of more 6r less property, and the growth among them ..of habits of economy ? And would not a prop erty interest in the community make negroes,asit makes white men, good citizens ? Still, these are only speculations by one who is perhaps not sufficiently well informed as to all the bearings of the matter to be warranted in ad vancing theories about it. TO BE CONTINUED . The Deadly Mortgage. Greensboro Workman. Mr. B. F. Hanes, one of the heav iest tobacconists of Winston, was here this morning on his way home from a business trip to the South. Mr. Hanes remarked that if the farmers of this section could know the condition of farmers in the re gion South of them they would not only be content, but happy in their present state. He then briefly stated that the end in the South would be disaster to the larger proportion of the farmers, that they were so heavi ly mortgaged that relief was entirely out of the question lands, stock, implements, all involved, and the former land owners wholly and per manently stripped. The mortgage system has swept over all like a cy clone, 'not so suddenly, but with even more complete destructivenessj Church Trouble in South Caro lina. Greenville, S. C, News. The report of the special commit tee appointed by the Diocesan Con vention of the Protestant Episcopal Church to try and arrange a settle ment of the color question, which led to the secession of nearly all the Charleston churches two years ago, is published to-day. The report recommends a compromise which proposes to admit colored clergymen to the convention who have been in connection with the church for twelve months prior to May, 1S89. It also proposes a separate convoca tion for the colored churches under the administration of the Bishop. After 29 Years. Gastonia Gazette. D. E. Jeter, of Union county, S.C , killed his brother-in-law, John V. Busby, in I860. A few days ago he was arrested in Tennessee and brought back for trial. ; . . , m i Blood Will Tell. There is no question about it blood will tell especially if-it be an impure blood. Blotches, eruptions, pimples i and boils, ; are all symptoms of an impure blood, due to the improper action of the liver. When this important organ fails to properly perform its function of purifying and cleansing the blood, impurities are carried to all parts of the system, and the symptoms above referred to are merely evidences of the struggle of Na ture to throw off the poisonous germs. Un less her warning be heeded in time, serious results are certain to follow, culminating in liver or kidney disorders, or even in con sumption. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery will prevent and cure these dis eases, by restoring the liver to a healthy condition. LOOK OUT FOR HIM! HE IS NOT GOING WEST, BUT IS MAKING HIS WAY TO LAMBE & GORMAN'S, TO BUY ONE OF THEIR STYLISH SUITS NOBBY AND WE ARE LEADERS IN HIGH STYLE AND FANCY SUITS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS. OUR LINE OF FANCY FLANNEL SHIRTS are the neatest and most select ever shown .here, and just at this point, it is well to bear in mind that these goods will be all the rage. There I is nothing neater with a Fancy Flannel Shirt than a Wind I sor Tie of the same description, and we have a full ; , assortment of all. kinds of Windsor Ties. . We are agents for THE STYLE FOR THE SOUTH. PRICE $4 50. THIS CUT REPRESENTS Solid Comfort IN SUSPENDERS. KEEP YOUR PANTS ON WITH A PAIR AND YOU'LL NOT REGRET IT. IMI O IN" IE "2" I How To Mafe It IT IS AN ACKNOWLEDGED FACT THAT THE BEST WAY TO MAKE MONEY IS TO SAVE IT, AND WE INTEND TO PROVE CONCLUSIVELY THAT THE BEST WAY TO SAVE IT IS TO DEPOSIT IT IN OUR ESTABLISHMENT AND FOR EVERY DOLLAR DEPOSITED WE WILL GIVE YOU IN GOOD HONEST GOODS 6iie Dollar and Fifty Cents ! WHILE WE HAVE SOLD THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS' WORTH iuuus uuk STUCK. IS STILL UNBROKEN IN ASSORTMENT ! ley Must k Soli and Sold at Once BLANKETS, FLANNELS, QUILTS, LADIES', GENTS' AND vjuxj w wAnxury j&ius,, uunsiSTS WHITE j SHIRTS, TABLE LINEN, TOWELS,' IM MENSE STOCK OF Dress Goods, Custom Goods, Etc, Etc. Rememk Price is No Olpct I They Must Go ! LTXSIE &c SKA W. S. HAI I IRllRTnn t-.. a r vm, i rusiee, a Street, Under Stotees rOBACCO PU ISSUED EVERY At- DURHAM, 'i THE HANDSOMEST WE IN THE STATE! EVERYBODY SAYS; DEMOCRATIC IN POlM ONLY $1.50 A YeJ Terms: Cash in Ad van THE PLANT GIVES The Latest General News The Latest Stat The Latest Local News TALM AGE'S Published Every Week in La$ Type. WASHINGTON LETTE National Capital. Liberal Advertising Ra, OUR SPECIAL - - I SUBSCRIBEES, For $1.50 in cash we will senM bacco Plant for one year and subscriber two pictures Mr. . Cleveland. These pictures are fls each and are richly worth $1.50 you get $2.50. 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