VOL Y
LINCOLNTON, N. C, FRIDAY, APR. 29, 1892.
NO. 52
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Professional Cards.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Offers hia professional serviceto hc
citizens of Lincolnton and surroun
ding country. Ofl3ce at his resi
dence adjoining Lincolnton Hotel.
All calls promptly attended to.
A us. 7, 1891 ly
J. W.SAIN, M.D.,
II as located at Lincolnton and of
fers hia services aa physician to the
citizens of Lincolnton and snrroand
ing country.
Will be ronnd at night at the res
ideoce of B. C. Wood
March 27, 1891 ly
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
LINCOLNTON, N. C.
Jan, 9, 1891.
Finley & Wetmore,
ATTYS. AT LAW,
LINCOLNTON, N. C.
Will practice in Lincoln and
surrounding counties.
All business put into our
hands will be promptly atten
ded to.
April 18, 190. ly.
Dr. W. .A PRESSLEY,
SURGEON DENTIST.
Terms CASH.
OFFICE IN COBB BUILDING, MAIN ST.,
LINCOLNTON, N. C
July 11, 1890. ly
DENTIST.
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-i -- " -.r. , t :,-.' il -m mini i 1 K'
for Infante
t reoomnvad It a ruperior to any prescription
taown to me." EL A. Abcskb, K. D-,
111 So. Oxf ord St., Brooklyn, N. T.
" The use ot 'Castoria' is so umvereal and
It merits so well known that It seems a worr
of mipererojr&tion to endorse it. Few
intelligent families who do not keep Castorta
within as? reach."
Cabu Miwrnr. D-D-
New STork City.
Late Pastor Bloomingdale Eef ormed Choxcn.
T Cx
Itcb on human and norsea and all anU
mala cured in GO minutes by Woolfords
Sanitary Lotion. This never fails. Sole by
J M. La wing Druggut Lincolnton. N C
Tb&t was a very eignificaut vote
which was taken in the Senate yes
terday on a motion to strike ont the
provision for interest on tb
Arizona bonds to be paid
in gold. On it the Republican
voted to retain the gold clause;
while the Democrats voted to strlka
it out. The people will please mak 3
a note of this. News and Observer
ELECTRIC BITTERS.
Thi3 remedy is becoming so well know i
and so popular a3 to need no special mer
tion. All who have used Electric 5itte?3
ein the fame song of praise. A punr
medicine does not exist and it is guarur-,
teed to do all that is claimed. Electric
Bitters will cure all diseases of the Livr
and KiJneys, will remove Pimples, Boil. ,
Salt Kheum and other atfi tions caused b r
impure blood. Will drive Malaria from tl 3
system and prevent a? well as cure a i
i Malarial fevers. For cure of Headacb .
Constipation and Indigestion try Electr:
Bitters Entire satisfaction guaranteed, c r
money refunded. Price 60 cents and fl.C 3
per bottle at Dr, J. M. Lawing's Drug
store. A. rrlnclple, Xot a Letter.
The letter of the Chairman ot tho
Democratic State Executive Com
mittee, in reply to the address to
him by Mr. Ellington, and wbicli
has been made strictly official, slm
ply promulgates a principle, the
correctness of which no man, whosf
moral perceptions are not wholly
destroyed, will think about denying.
The principle is that Democrats
only have the light to attend Dem
ocratic conventions. It does not
proscribe any one. It assumes no
authority to say who shall attend
the conventions of other political
parties. It merely lays down a fair
and honorable principle which men
of honor and fairness have respected
and should always respect. That
is all, nothing more nor nothing
less State Chronicle.
IT SHOULD BE IN EVERY HOUSE.
J B Wilson, 371 Clay St, Sharpsburg,
Pa., says he will not be without Dr, King's
New Discovery for consumption, coughs
and colds, that it cured his wile who was
threatened with pneumonia after an attack
of la grippe, when various other remedies
and several physicians had done her no
good Robert Barber of Cookpport, Pa.,
claims Dr. King's New Discovery has done
him more good than anything he ever used
for lung trouble. Nothing like it. Try it.
Free trial bottles at Dr. Lawing's drug
store. Large bottles, 50c and $ 1.
Tbe Lincoln Courier lean be
had for $1.25 a year, cash iu advance
ard Children.
CMtorla core Colic, CPton.
Rotir Stomach, Diarrhoea. Eructation,
S SV sleep, Md Pmot
WitEoStSjurious medication.
m foe MTeral ye" I have recommended
vartorST' and shall always continue to
loo aTrtfcM invariably produced beneficHl
results.'1
Enwiw F. Pardm. M. D.,
"The Winttirop," 125th Street and Tth Ave,
Kew York City.
Com-xxT, 77 Murray Stkt. Nw Yokk.
A. Decalogue for Hie Wife.
1. I am a great barrier to perfect
matrimonial harmony, says Qaick
Temper. Thou sbalr, therefore,
make every effort to get me under
contiol or be sure that my husband
doth not possess the same unfor
tunate trait.
2. Thou sbalt not take unto thee
any evil imaginations concerning
thy hosband (being jealous and
suspicions) for tbou can'st never b"
traly happy without placing implicit
confidence and trust in him.
3. Remember it is the wife's first
duty to please her husband. Six
days sbalt thou labor as a good
cook, a tidy housewife and a cheer
fal companion, to satisfy thy hus
band, and every seventh day thou
sbalt strive to make the happiest of
his existence:
4. Honor thy husband and spend
not thy days upon earth in brood'
ing over hi3 faults, but count up hi3
good qualities and see what a bless
ing he will become to thee and what
a happy and contented wife thou
shalt be.
5. Thou shalt not kill his affeci
tions by being unsympathizing in
his troubles or expect too much love
making.
6. Thou shalt not commit the ers
ror of restricting thy husband in
his own home, Let him do as be
pleases, and do thoa thy utmost to
make home the most charming spot
on earth to him, where he will for
get business cares and worldly
troubles, and where he will find
comfort, peace and genuine happi
ness. J
7. Thou shalt not steol from thy
husband his respect tor thee by be
coming less attentive to dress and
manners than during courtship.
8. Thou shalt not bear tales to
others concerning thy husband's
actions and family affairs, uor uu
veil his shortcomings to a third
person.
9. Thou shalt not covet luxuries
which may bring thy husband to
financial difficulties, or perhaps
ruin ; nor social pleasures which thy
husband does not enjoy.
10. Tbou sbalt not take for grant
ed that matrimony is the chief end
of womsu's existence and thoa re-
quirest no further knowledge and
cultivation, but rather keep thyself
thoroughly posted upon all inter
esting topics, and endeavor in every
way to retain thy husband's admir
ation and respect. Westminister He
view. Goimuanclmeiitg Tor the Hus
band. 1. I am the source of many an
unhappy marriage, says the Mighty
Dollar, therefore shalt thou make
mutually satisfactory arrangements
with thy wife concerning her pecu
niary allowance immediately upon
entering the matrimonial ranks.
2. Thou sbalt not take thy wife
to account for shorcomings, but
overlook slight failures and bear
patiently with fanlts, as thou
woaldst that the Lord thy God did
onto tnine own weakness.
3. Remember that thy wife is as
sisting thee very materially (finans
daily) by being maid of all work,
housekeeper, seamstres?, nurse and
cook. Six days sbalt thou oveilook
delays and mishaps (which annoy
the good wife as much as they do
thee), and every seventh day thou
shalt allow her to rest from arduous
household duties and enjoy thy
3heerfol companionship.
4. Honor thy wife with thy im
plicit confidence in all things, that
t'.iat she may coansel and advise
t lee, and lend her assistance over
hard places in time ot tronble.
5. Thou sbalt not kill thy wife's
respect for thee by doing those
r t lings which would grieve thee if
done by her.
i f. Thou shalt not commit tbe
! reat error ot being ashamed to
apologize to thy wife, and thou shalt
always do unto her as tbou woaldst
tiat she would do unto thee.
7. Thou shalt not steal happy
moments from tbp wife by parting
from her in anger, but lforgive and
forget," and avoid the quarrels,
which are the great destroyers of
matrimonial bliss.
8. Thoa shalt not bear ill will
against thy wife without just cause,
but shall at all times permit her to
defend herself.
9. Thou shalt not covet the pleas
ures of thy club nor any other en
tertainment where thy wife must
be excluded.
10. Thou shalt not make thy
wife's duties burdensome by com
paring her cooking and household
management to thy mother's, for
every true wife doeth the beat that
she possibly can. Westminister
Review,
Colonel Skinner Write a
Letter.
Raleigh, April 10 Col. Harry '
Skinner, of Pitt county, who has
been one of the ablest speakers for
certaiu principles of the Alliance,
and who was counted by the Third !
party people as one of the advocates
of their doctrines, publishes a card
to day in which be shows that be is
a Democrat only. It is the sever
est check the Third party has yet
received in North Carolina. He
says :
"I have no desire to force my
dividual views upon Democrats and
certainly would not want them in.
corporated in our St&te platform,
recognizing as I do that there is
that difference of opinion among
Democrats that would hazard the
harmony of Democratic counsils and
jeopardize our snccess at the polls.
Realizing further as I do that onr
white people must be held together
within the organization of Democ-
racy to preserve home rule, to pre
vent the common enemy from re
creating: the era of its misrule, to
perpetuate white supremacy and to
stand as a barrier against amalgam
ation aud the evils that would fol
low therefrom, tbe people ot North
Carolina may be assured, while I
claim the right of my individual
views, I stand ready to make any
sacrifice to prevent the disruption
of the Democratic party I recom
mend Alliance aud non.Alliance
Democrats to carry out what I in
tended at the last meeting of the
State executive committee to re
commend to the different county
conventions: To reaffirm with as
little variation as possible the State
platform of 1890, and relegate all
our differences of a national char
acter to different congressional con
ventions, as this class of relief must
come through the channel of Con
gress and these are the political
bodies that should be impressed
with the importance of relief on tbe
line indicated. As a financial re-
former, I canuot see how engrafting
anything unusual in our State plat
form will advance our cause ; I can
see how it may divide our people
and endanger our local institutions.'
Extract From 3Xaj. Itobin't
Statcsvillo Speech.
Mr. Butler has called a meeting of
the Alliance people to assemble in
Raleigh on the day before the State
Convention. What is he up to?
"Why do men love darkness rather
than light?" When a man won't
tell you what he's up to, he'll do to
w itch. I ask you, Butler, if you
don'c want those men to come there
J to do political work T Is it to talk
about plowing or how to farm ? Is
i: not to take charge of the State
convention ? Of course it is. It is
to make the Democratic party tbe
third party.
Farmers, you went into the Alii
iLce with the best intentions. I
de n't blame yon. Tou were right.
After you got them in, Butler, you
erticed them to violate the consti
tution of North Carolina and to
break the laws of the State. The
constitution says : "Secret political
societies are dangerous to liberty
at d should not be tolerated." The
cede says it auy man belongs to a
?ecret political society be shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor. You don't
mean to violate the constitution
ai d to break the law, but it makes
eery one of you do it. Is toe Alli
u ce a po itical organization ! (Sev
oral voices answered "No.'') What
h a political organization f The
A liance has laid down four politi
cal platforms in three years, and
still you say it is not politics.
Are you interested in Lincoln
county ! Then take the Cotjeiee;
Lays from a grateful Southern
woman express thefeeliugs of many
in our sunny land in this April
chilly season.
''Uold, cold, my flowers !
The chill blast rndely sweeps your
quivering stems,
Thoso balmy hours,
Whose breath so warmly wooed
your opening gems,
Have fled tbe bowers,
And now its scythe to the destroyer
lends.
Had ye not listened to that si
ren tongue,
Nor spread your bods in incautious
haste,
Ye might, ere long,
Have looked securely into the Sun-,
beam's face,
And felt no wrong
T.Vhilst gently opening in its warm
embrace.
Bat, fair things ! thus.
In native inexperience, your race is
like to us.
We rashly give each glittering smile
a place,
And fondly nurse
The hopes which on their conatan-
we base,
Till sorrows burst ;
And then we find our hearts bave
gone to waste I"
In March the markets in New Or"
leans were full of early vegetables,
and strawberries plentiful, "Sud
denly a "Norther" swoops down
upon the city thermometors fell to
21 and a foot of snow was report
ed at Memphis. The strawberries
were frozen to bullets, the flowers
were black with astonishment, the
leaves of the trees crumpled and
withered and early vegetables cut
off."
There are beautiful resorts along
tbe gulf near New Orleaus, to
which people from tbe city and the
interior and from Northwestern
states go in summer aud iu winter.
One is named Biloxi, 15 or 20 miles
to tbe eastward. At this place,
Biloxi, it is said the French landed
in 1699 and this became the seat ot
the French Government (New
France) for 18 years of trial and
pestilence, till in 1718 it was moved
to New Orleans, there to remaiu till
Louisana was ceded to the U. S. tor
15,00fi,000,by Napoleon Bonaparte.
When the treaty was concluded Na
polean said : "Thi accession of terri
tory strengthens forever the power
of the United States, aud I have just
given England a maritime rival that
will, sooner or later, humble her
pride.''
Tbos ended the government of
New France in this country. But
for more than two centuries the
French had claimed a portion of our
North American Coast. Hildreth
History of United States, Vol.1,
page 71, says: "The plan of an
Americau settlement was patron-
izen by the Admiral De Coligny,
celebrated in French history as one
of tbe ablest leaders ot the Protest
ants. An attempted settlement in
Biazil having proved a failure, John
Ribault was presently sent with two
s'lips on a voyage of exploration to
Floiida ; following the coast towards
tbo North entered a spacious inlet
wbich be called Port Royal a name
it has ever since retained. On an
itslmd in this harbor he built a fort
called Carolina, after Charles IX of
France a name extended after
wards to the circumjacent territory
an 1 still retained by two of the Uni
ted States (1562)."
In 1729, (junt 11 years before the
biith of Henry Dellinger whose his
t iy in our county was so pleasautly
r :( ited last week iu this paper)
C arolioa was divided into two states,
Ncrth and South Carolina, and Ed
v ard Hyde was the first governor
of onr North Carolina.
R, Z. J.
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OCIt LOWKftYILLE LETTCIt
Jirlclit m1eorioIitlea in Eat
Lincoln.
Me. Editor: Mrs. Ann Barnett
died here Htn inst. She was aeon
s-stent member of the Baptist
Church. A Christian lady is gone.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cherry, ot Triau
g!e, was paralyzed on last Friday,
This is her second stroke and al
most entirely covers her whole body.
The negroes at their "Easter" at
Denver, had quite a row among
tbemselves. One got his head
"chuncked17 with a rock.
Alf Sberrill bad a altercation Sun
d iy oigbt at his home near Denvei
with John Alley, a hired hand. Al
ley hit Sberrill twice on the head
with a rock, inflicting severe, bat
not dangerous wounds;
A certain man down here in his
z-eal for the Third party, hss work
ed himself up to the point to believe
that there are only three Democrats
b."tween the Denver and Mt. Holly
read and the Catawba river. We
p issed up through that part of the
county yesterday on our way to Mr.
Sherrill's, and actually found one
Taird party man and only one who
tnd formerly been a Democrat, and
we made special enquiry for that
particular class of citizeus,too. Sach
zeal as the above is an injury to any
cause. We had auotber Third par
ty man to tell us some time since
that if a certain Third party man
above town ran for sheriff', he would
carry this whole part of the county.
We smiled and said, "rnaybe,"know
iug at the same time that the man
he mentioned was not in the Third
party, but was speaking of running
for sheriff on the Democratic ticket.
Such, Mr. Editor, is a fair sample of
Third party ism in this part of the
county. The people in and out ot
the Alliance demand financial re
form, but they are not going into
the Third party to find it. Our re
cent utterances through the Courier
has caused some men of very small
calibre to say that ice have left tbe
Alliance, or are trying to "carry
water on both shoulders,'' while at
the same time their own craniums
aM not large enough to contain the
fact that tho Ocala and Third party
platforms are not the same.
Now, if tbey will examine our
State Democratic platform along
with the Ocala, tbey may get some
comfort. We doubt very much if
bait the third partyites ever even
read the State Democratic platform
They remind us very much of a
protessed Bible Student who wanti
ed to argue with us (he being bit
terly opposed to the mule) that the
word mule was not in the entire
Scriptures. We answered hi$ ar
gument by turning to a verse that
coatained tbe word mule three times.
He Lad not rea l his Bible but
was guided by prejudice not facts.
Bill Shanks,
Loweeville, N. C April 12 1892.
After Mr. Slronp Again.
Perry, N, C, April 18, 1892.
Mr. Editor: I saw in yonr paper
a J itter irom nou. mioses ouruup
de iying that he pledged himself to
tb a Third party.
I was there when Mr. Hahn put
tbe proposition to the house. I will
gr. tbe words as nearly as I can.
It. Hahn said that he wished he
had the proceedings of tbe St. Louis
Convention (and would have when
lie j;ot home) so be could read and
i;oi::rnent on it. He felt like there
ivocld be something good in it.
Tb-?n Mr. Hahn said, Brothers, I
var t to know how many there are
hen tbat have backbone enough to
fttatd by the St: Louis platform and
'?ot4- for their rights next November,
All who will, please stand up.v
Mr. Stroup stood up and several
otbt rs. Now if that is not pledging
himself to the third party, what is
it?
If the above is not the proposi
tion, I want air. Stroop or some of
his friends to say what it was, not
jnsl deny it and not tell vrhat it was.
I an surpnsed at Mr. Stroup deny
ing tbat be belongs to tbe thiid par
ty, as he said tbat the two old par
ties weie rotten and no good. Now
be says thnt he does not belong to
tbe People's party. Pray, tell me
where he stands. H. S. SELLEES,
in Gastonia Gazette,
"Othello's Occupation Gone!''
Editor Courier : That para
gin ot intelligence, wit and humor,
u.?eter Sliavenscrape," made soma
Ivtd and needless thrusts at me, in a
p 'evious issue of your paper, ander
1 1:9 cowardly cover of a nom de plume.
Not satisfied with stabbing me oy
innuendo, he so far forgets himself
a to descry the religious sect that
t;ives him bread. If "Peggy and
tbe gals'' would give him a curtain
ln-ture on the fitness of discretion
acd common decency, he might be
made a wiser if not better man,
Talmage tells us? that ''Vultures
are always the first to smell carrion,7
and he lays it down as a ru'e 4ithat
tboe people who have the most
fa dts themselves ate most merciless
in their watching of others."
To say the least of the classic Pe
te , he is a scavenger, as his name
indicates, and being inured to filth
I urn not surprised to see him be
foul hia own nest. He is neither
fool enough for a wit, nor wise en
ough for a sage, but to be candid,
if he could divest himself of his tow
ering egotism, be might be able to
strike the "nappy medium."
Mr. Editor, 1 bave no desire to
get iuto a heated coutioveray, but if
tbe illU3trious (!) Peter is mau en
ough to leave his cover and measure
swords with me, I am willing that
it be left to our respective friends
whether or not he find iu me a
"foeman worthy of his steel."
J. T. DeLane.
Many Persons are broken
flown from overwork or household cares.
Brown's Iron Hitters Robuiidtho
lystem, Hids divention, removes excess of tile,
and cures malaria. Oet tbe couuiuu.
Food for the Planing.
ST. PETERSliURO, April 14. The
agents for the distribution of tbe
relief supplies from America have
opened soup kitchens in twenty-
four districts. Tbe peasants in
these districts have been provided
with seed potatoes, and com ba
been supplied for 20,0d0 hoi res.
Tbe corn for cattle will be espec
ially productive ot good result", as
in manv districts they have been
dying by thousand, and the pea
sants have been thus deprived of
means of cultivating the fields in
the coming season. The people are
too weak from hunger and illnesn
to do much field woik, and bad it
not been for tbe present aid would
bave been obliged to leave the land
untitled.
In the province of Samara for
which ranch of the lelief provision
wns d!ntined, the suffering is de
scribed as terrible. Of a total pop
ulation of 2,500,000, fully 1,500,000
are in want and 500,000 of these are
on the verge of starvation. The
distribution of the flour and other
provisions has been accompanied
by remarkable scenes.
Peasants have fallen on tbe ground
befcre the agents, kissing tbeis
han Is and tbe hems of their coats.
Thousands, who had resigned them
selves upon bearing news of tbe re
lief it hand and crawled to the
soup Kitchens and pieces of distri
bution. Half the people are almost
will out clothes and many peasants
cot 1 2 with their children to beg aid.
fn ihe smaller villages the meals
lovr set before tbe poor are the first
they have tasted for months They
we found living on grass, the bark
of trees, aud the Feeds of weeds.
The roada to all tbe larger towns
m Simara are thronged with beg
gars. Often a group of ten or
twelve may be seen sleeping in the
-ain and sleet by the wayside.
Deaths on the road are of frequent
occurence and the bodies are either
ouri ?d under a few incber of earth
by companions, or, if ear a village,
are left for the authorities to bury.
Tbe central government's efforts to
alia;, the distress are still inefficient,
owing to indifference and corruption
among tbe subordinate official!?.
Wh a Paby wa? sick, wo gare her Castoria.
When she was a Child, she cried for Caetoria
VQien she became Hiss, she clurg to Caxtorla.
When she bad Children, she gave them Castorlr