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SSB9 LINCOLN COURIER. J.M. ROBERTS, EDITOR AND 1'KOl'KI KToK. LINCOLN TON, W. C, MAY. fi, 1FH2 Entered in the Post Office at LlN'OOLNTON AS SECOND CLASS MAIL MATTER Subscription Cash in Advance. (fit or. year - months 4 months' 0 i&fss of Advertisina. Oneinch, one time. 1.00 ; 25c lor each suiiseqnen insertion. Two inches, one time, &1.50 ; 50 ients for each nbsequerit insertion Three iucheH, one time, 2.00 75 cents for each subsequent inser tion. Four inches; one time, $2.50 $1.00 for each subsequent insertion. Special rates lor one-half and one-foarth column ; also, for any advertisement continued longer than two months. CANDIDATES. Announcements of candidates for the various otlices ot county and State can be made in the COURIER at the same price as heretofore, namely : $5-00, strictly cash in al vance. This price will be adhered to, first and last. The advertising columns of this paper are open to all parties. It is perfectly legitimate for can didates to make a formal announce ment of their candidacy. Recommendations of candidates by "vox popali" or "many citizens" must be paid for as any other an nouncements. VOLUME VI. Last week closed the fifth vol ume of the Lincoln Courier, un der the present management, and therefore with this issue we enter upon the sixth year. We are gratified to be able to state that we enter upon this new year with a larger subscription list than that of uny previous year. The Coirier's "freedom of speech"' has occasionally lost a few of its patrons, but it has al ways gained more than it lost. We believe in the freedom and the honesty of the press, and can not dare to stifle our voice against an open and frank, legitimate ex pression of our convictions when ever occasion demands. We do not have to say here to what political party we belong ; nor have we any apology to make for advocating the principles of that party as we understand them; and we cannot refrain here from saying that we were never more attached to journalistic work than we are to-day. The man ly course pur&ued by our exchang es and their earnest etl'orts to pre vent their banner from trailing in the dust, and the encouragement received from patrons and friend, have inspired us with an enthusiasm that we never felt be fore. There was a time during last fall when we had made up our mind to give up journalism at least for a season. Such a conclu sion was reached solely because of the fact that those who did not advocate a certain political cause were threatened with the with drawal from them of that which gives them bread. But we are re joiced to realize that by certain dent of circumstances we are still at the helm, and we are now hear tily gratified to believe that the people of Lincoln county, with a few exceptions, are not in favor of suppressing the freedom of the press, though they do not always agree with the editor in his opin ions. The Cor ill ek has always recog nized the fact that the fanners' in terests are its interests. If they prosper, it will prosper. In some instances it diil'ers from the farm ers organization as to certain measures and says so, because it believes those measures are not the best for the whole people. But it always holds its columns open fbr the. legitimate discussion of any public question. Our position on the questions now most prom inent before the people and our manner of treating them, are known to our readers. We have always believed in the organiza tion of the farmers, as the files of our paper will show. But the Courier is bitterly opposed to any secret organization's going into politics and making itself a politi cal factor, and in this, position we are sustained by many of the b.st AllianceniHii in tho-ouiity. firaleful for whatever em-our-amMiient and appreciation we have received from friends and patrons, and for whatever rewards our ef forts have brought us, we enter upon the new volume with unu sually encouraging prospects. IJEPLY TO 3IK. WILSON. On the first page of the CouiilEli appears an article from our friend Hou. C. L. Wilson in reply to a crit icism of ours in these columne week before last We like the manner in which Mr. Wilson discusses the is sue. sIih article is dignified and gentlemanly. But we must con fess that he comes nearer worship ing at the shrine of these new "strange gods" than we had expect ed. Mr. Wilson says there is not a word in the St. Louis demands bout pensions. There is some thmg iu thesrt demands, which am ounts to the same thing, and which i. often called the "pension plank" 'or short. We are perfectly willing to call it the Union soldier plank, and we are glad that our friend does not deny that such a demand is a part of the platform. We do uot kuow that the government promised to pay soldiers in gold or its equivalent during the war. Union soldiers received their pay in the "war corrency". Wheu rani are paid salaries and moneys due tbem, they are always paid in the currency of the country, except under spe cial stipulations. If the curreucy in years after is changed and the money becomes cheaper or dearer it is not expected that we go back and even up the past to make it correspond with the present, either by paying or receiving the difference in the value of mouey now and the value of money then. And this very principle is iuvolved in that Union soldier 'demand". For in stance, suppose, iu the years of the Civil War the money in circulation in Lincoln coua'y was greenback, but the difference between green back and gold was $1.25. A mer chant contracted to pay Jones 1,00 a bushel in greenback for wheat. The value ot a gold dollar has not changed. The price of a bushel ot wheat now is about SI. 00, either gold or greenback. Elence, accord ing to the St. Louis union soldier principle, the merchant owes Air. Jones 1,25 on that bushel of wheat and should proceed at once to issue a check and pay it ! If it is right to pay the "union soldiers1' this dif ference, it is right to pay the union farmers the same. Therefore, while die government is hunting up union soldiers lor the puipose of paying them the difference between green back ana gold it should prepare to bant up men of other professions and occupations that lost an ac count ot the discrepancy between jold aud greenback I We are as- 1 tonished at any Southern citizen's idvocating this nnion soldier, one Mided "demand"'. Wo are not sur wised that the Northern people j-ould advocate it. They will reap rhe benefit. It wiI heap up mil lions more money for the Kortn aud Htrengthen l,VVall Street's" grip upon the South, a thing ot which you hear so much. Surely "re formers" will not deny this state rnent and surely they will not per : ist in advocating measures that will aid deformity which they would reform What equality of distri bution of money and what "equal i -ights to all and special privileges ;o noiie'' are to be found iu issuing such an enormous sum of money to ! go almost exclusively into one sec- ' ion ; in that section too, into ! winch unjust legislation has been j causing the money to flow for these ! many years? Is it possible that in this enlightened age, iu the South land we are called upon to argue such a question with a Southern eitizn ? Now let's see about that "bloody shirt". ' Bloody hiit" 1 Wbo is it waving it! or what causes it to be waved? The Cotjkier denies waving the bloody c-hirt of its own free wiP, If it ever appers to wave it, it is becausethe bloody garment is waved in our face and we loose no time in brushing It away from us. That St. Louis platform has remodeled the garment and painted it in "bloody-shirt" colors afresh and held it up before our gaze and what else have we to do but to wave it aside with all our might T Talk about the restoration of sec tional harmony and of burying the last vestage ot bitterness between the sections, and before the words of such a declaration makes the laHt. vil.iations of nound, the gov ernment im demanded to issue un -to'd millions of dollars for one ftec tion and naught for this beautiful and patriotic and noble south land! Is that the pi ice to be paid for this "restoration" and this bushing of complaint against the unjutjt pen sions and governmental aid iu the unequal distribution of wealth that is gMMling the very life blnod out of the South ? O, Consistency, Con sistency ! Ys, the Courier does want honest money and it wants honest men ; and we admire Cleveland be cause we believe in his honesty. We would rejoice, for this reason, to see him elected president again, though it may not be the best policy to nominate him. If, as Mr, Wilson says, the government had dishonest mouey and paid the union soldiers in such money, that very fact makes it necessary to avoid any legislation that will again make money "dis honest,'' and dollars unequal in value. But (admitting Mr. Wilson to be correct in his idea that the government "pretended'' to give soldiers what it did not give) is the honest child of a dishonest parent reqa-red either by any moral, any civil or any criminal law to make good any robbery or dishonesty committed by his parent f Must the honest people of this country be called npon to back np the pay ment of great sums of money into one section, because the govern ment ot 30 years ago "pretended'' to do what it did not do I Mr. Wilson says, "I have always been a Democrat'' &c. No one questioned bis Democracy during the last campaign . But we are persuaded that there are many who justly and for cause, challenge him on that point now. We only regret that we have not now at hand a verbatim copy ot his eam paigu speech that we might print it in reply to his article that ap pears on the outside of this paper, and thus save us from writing a re ply of our own 1 llow a reading people can fail to know how the public press and the majority ot the leaders of the Dem ocratic party stands on the ques tions of reform is more thau we know. Aud how any one can fail to see the importance ot the hour in standing squarely in the ranks of Democracy in order to get these reforms is more than we can an swer. Our friend seems to have taken up the tariff "hoot". We answer his tariff expressions by saying that free cotton bagging, free ties and free wool is a long step in the line of needed reform and our friend ought to appreciate it. Such a re duction ought to touch the beart especially of every southern citizen. But Mr, Wilson known that the Democrats are not going to stop until they got the whole tariff law changed. Tariff and financial re form and economy constitute the guiding star of the Democratic par ty, and the opposite is the history of the Kepublican party, alt of which facts we could prove by Mr. Wilson's own speech in the last campaign. We have only a wo.'d cr two at present on the ownership of raiU roads. No, we are not in favor of the railroads' owning the govern ment. Tbey do not and they will not if Mr. WiUon will help us get i he victory for the Democratic par ty. But, if we are not to choose between two evils, we had as leave the railroads own the government, as for the government to own both the railroads aud the people, a thing that would come to pass, if that Sr. Louis demand fhould become a law. If, in connection with the revenue system the government should get hold of the railroads of this country, then wheu a party once gets in pow it will stay there aud with the farm' ers, and others not holding office, it wiil simply "play football-' at leis ure, We have naught but the kindest of feelings for Mr. Wilson, and while by some unknown cause we are at variance politically, we shall not let that interfere with our rela tions socially. THE IAX,AS 3JASS 3IEETIXG. In a mass meeticg at Dallas week before last, Democrats, Third party men and Republicans got themselves mixed up together and it was some time before the object of the meet ing was ascertained by those not. into the fall secret. Finally it came to pass that the chairman was ordered to read over the St. Louis platform. Xt was read and after some discussion a vote to adopt it was taken, 70 voted to endorse it and 1!) voted against it. tfon, Mose Stroop was among those who voted to endorse the demands. Then nil who wero ready to go into a Third party were asked to remain and participate. A goody numbir left the rooai. Among those wbo lemained was Hon. Moses Stronp, but he refused to take any action in the matter. We gather ihese facts from the Qastonia Gazette. To what party do certain people in Gaston belong remains unanswered4 onless they are with the party whose platform they endorse. Certain it now is that the Democratic party will not adopt the whole of the St. Louis demands. An ALLIANOE3I AN FRON FAY- etxeville writes to the Wilming ton Messenger in the following man ; ly language: ' I am a member of the Alliauce ; in good standing, and propose to ; stay in uutu it gets too bot tor me. I am a Democrat and a Cleveland Democrat to boot, and I propose to stand by the old flag. No third partyism or Ramseyism or Butlerism in mine. Some raise a great howl about party boasism, but if any organism was evr any more bossed than the Alliance is getting to be, my scant knowledge of the history of partys tail to rerall it. When men can listen to the counsel of such sages as Dr. Kingsbnry it is a mj stery to me how rhey can pin their faith to such cranks as Ramsey. ALLTANCE2IAN. P. S. If any of the "truly loyal" see this little effusion they will imme diately dubb me "traitor,'' see if they don't. A That Twelfth Plank. A correspondent at Neutral, Kan sas, a former Catawba man, in the course of a communication to the Newton Enterprise, says : In reading the Enterprise, I see that you devote much space to prove the twelfth plank of the St. Louis platform. 1 send you a clip ping from our county paper with the platform and hope you will show it to all who disbelieve the twelfth plauk, I will send a copy of the paper to any one who may doubt the genuineness of the clipping. No one in Kausas, that 1 know, doubts I tnis twelfth plank. It is put out as j a vote catcher here. The testimony concerning this matter is overwhelming. There is not a particle of doubt in the world about the Uoion-soldierback-pay demand being one of the planks in the St. Louis platform, and every man who is open to convictiou and has weighed the evidence knows it. It is uot denied anywhere except in the South. And yet Farmers' A11U ances down here go right ahead en i dorsing the "Sr. Louis platform:'' They have been lied to about it on til tbey don't know what it is. Charlotte Observer. Democracy at CIierrjTille. Pursuant to a call of the Chair, man of the Democrat'c Executive G "remittee of Gaston county the Democrats met at Cherryville. At 2, p. m., Michael Carpenter called tue. house to order. On motion J. Riser, Esq , was called to the chair, and W- O. Harreison wat elected Secretaiy. Mr. II. S. Sellers in tew words explained the object ot the meeting. On motion, the chair apt pointed Messrs. K. A. Whit, W, L. Aderholdt and F. C. &pe a com mittee to select 13 delegates aud 6 ! alternates to meet the County Coo i vention at Dallas ou Saturday, May ! 7th, 1892. During the absence of ! the committee, the convention was j entertaiued by Mr. H. S. Sellers with a good Democratic speech. I The committee returned and re- ported the following list of dele- ! gat?s and alternates, which was accepted unanimously viz.: W. D. Aderholdr, W. O. Harrel son, A. H. Black. H. S. Sellers, S. S. Maunev, John J. Hovis, Caleb Ki&er, Win. Arrowood, W. V. 11 im- j sour, W. R. Cronse. John Setzer, J. ; T. Carpenter and J. M. McGinnas, awl on motion, the chairmau wa9 added, and M. fcj. Rudisill, J. U. Roberts, J. T. McGII, S. I. A. Eager, J. D. Rudisill and R. L. Davis AU : ternates. i Oa motion the delegates were in ; trueted for "His excelenuy, T. M. ; Holt", lor Governor, unanimously; j W. H, Bower, of Lenoir, for Con- i gress and F. I. Osborn, of Cbailolte, j tor Attorney iicneral. Next in or- j der was the appointment of a Town j ship executive committee, and the1 following were named ; S. S. Mauney, H. S. Sellers, Juo j 0. Hovis, W V. Rmsaur and J. j T. Carpenter. Oo motion ot Mr. Michael Carpenter, a rousing Dem ocratic Club was organized, with a committee of three lor each pre cinct, as follows: For Cherry vi lie, H. S. Sellers, L. fl. J. Honser and A. Fi. Black; for Riser's, John J. Ilovis, E. A. Mauney and C. A. Kii er ; for Carpenter's, W. R, Cronse, John Setzer and J. D. Rudisill. On motiou of Mr, R. A. Whitft it was ordered that the proceedings be sent to the Gastonia Gazette and Lincoln Courier with request to poblish. Mr. H. S. Sellers was elects ed Chairman of the Democratic Club and L. II. J. Houser, Esq., Secretary. On motion the conven tiou adjourned. J.KlSER, Ctim., W..O. Uarrelson, Secy. P. S. The convention was very harmonious being strictly Demo cratic without disturbing element. Secretary. Cherryville, N. C, April, 30, 1892. - Other Measures of Tariff Reform. A bill to reduce the tax on the tin-plate is already in the colendar of the House. Bills to pat lumber of certain kinds and silver-lead ores on the free list are in process of iacubatiOD, and will, it is thought, be reported in the House. Large interests and many voters would be benefited by cheaper tin and lum ber. East and West alike are con cerned to have the tax on these arv tides removed. The smelters are anxious to get the silver lead ores of Mexico free of daty, and have this strong argument to offer that making tbeai free will largely in crease our trade with our neighbor. The more trade we have the better. Anything that will remove artificial restraints npon trade is a blessing. Wealth has always attended the coarse of trade, and the diversion of trade to other channels has al ways meant decay. Baltimore Snn. When Mr. Butler spoke last week at Taiboroand reached the trans portation plank in the St. Lmis plaitorm be asked all opposed to government owuership of railroads to tise. Mr. Elias Carr and Dr. R. A. Speight arose and Mr. Buttar asked their reasons. Dr. Speight said he believed ;n Jeffersonian Democracy, aud that government ownership of transportation lines would perpetuate mington Messenger. a party Wil. A revivifying ot nature's latent forces occurs every spring. At this time, better than at any other, the blood may be cleansed from the humors which infest it. The best and most popular remedy to use for this purpose is Ayei's Compound Extract of Sarsaparilla. mii ... i Too Delicate for a Long Sentence. "Sintinced for loife, d'yer say ? Arrah, thin, if the judge bad his eyes about him he might, ha' seen that Dinnis was that delicate that he'd never live to sarve out a loife siutiuce, even if it was only far three years." Ex. 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Pratt's Food for horses, cat tle, and poultry, once suffi ciently tried, will never be dispensed with. Think, FriendJ money lies in other directions than along the TORTUOUS path Of FIVE-CENT COt- ton. ASK For Literature on the subject. I am HEADQUARTERS and always have been on CASH fbr everything the Farmer has to sell. No trade bids. Your muscle and sweat, as well as every other man's, are worth Cash. B- F. GRIGG- Dec 11 1891 3m NOTICE. North Carolina, Lincoln county, In the Superior Court, ltelore the Clerk. Winnie Shipp, Cadsie Hunter, Plaintiffs I Barbara Johnson, Mark Bynum, Chas. By j nam, Walter Skenill and wife Sophia, Mary Bynum, Lyd Forney, Dallas Hunt I er, Emma Hunter, and Sallie McLean- De ! fendants , Special Proceed ng. State of North Carolina, To non-resident defendant, Mark Bynum, You are hereby notified to appear before the undersigned Clerk of the Superior Court for the county of Lincoln, at his of fice 'n Lincolnton, N, C, on the 30th day of May, 1892, and answer or demur to the complaint of plaintifl", herein to be filed, or judgment will be taken against you lor the relief" therein demanded. You are lurther notified that the purpose of thii action is to obtain an order for as eignment of dower to Winnie Shipp and for a sale for division of lands beloninsj to the late Starling Shipp amon; his heirs at law. Given under my hand and seal of of fice thisth day of April, 1S92. C E. Childs, clerk Superior court, Lincoln county, H. C. April 8 6t FOR SPRI.G AND SUMMER GOODS Go to the RACKET. Old men, young . men and boys, if you are in need of a suit of clothes, a pair of pants,a hat, a shirt, a pair of shoes, or a nice cravat, you can find what you want at the Racket. Ladies, if you are in need of j a dress, either in Henrietta, : cashmere, Shambrey, white or j black lavns,embroidered skirts for dresses, or black silk lace I flouncing, or dress trimmings ; of any kind. We have a large I lot of Hamburg edgings of all j kinds. This is one, department that we : need not mention as everybody ! is aware that we are headquar j ters for fine and cheap milline ; ry. Still we don't feel that we ! are doing it justice to pass it by. This is one season that we ex I pect to command the largest millinery trade that we have i ever had. now do we expect to do this ? By having the best j goods, the latest styles, and the j lowest prices. Our motto is, j Underbuy, undersell, cash on ) delivery of goods. Very Kespectfully, j J. L. KISTLER, Propr. Sept. IS 1891 RAMSAUR AND BURTON HAVING purchased the stock of H. E. & J. H. Ramsaur, we will continue to carry the eame lint of goods. If yon want a STOVE or RANGE or the vessels, or pipe, call and cr amine our stock. ? We keep on hand Baggies andy Wagons, 11 a mesa, Saddles and Ool- ' lars, "Handmade," also the best sole and Harness Leather. Large stock cat soles. Old Hickory and Piedmont Wag ods kept in stock. "s- Glass Fruit Jars, Flower Pots Glass Ware, Tin Ware, Jug Town Ware, Iron ot all kinds, Nails, "cut" wire and horseshoe, Horse and Mula -a hoes, one and two horse Roland i and Steel Plows and repairs. The fov.uK onco vi uaiunaia in IU nil. liuckete, Tubs, Churns, wheel bar tows, teuce wire, in fact EVERY THING kept in Hardware and Leather goods line, The thanks of the old ,nrm are hereby tendered the public for their dberal patronage and encourage ment. The new firm will endeavor o merit a continuance of same. Come to see us whether you want goods or not. All questions t cheer fully answered, except as to weath er ioreca8t. Substitute for Sash weights. The Common Sense Sash Balances : They can be used where it is impowibU to use weights or other fixtures. Tkey are especially valuable for repairing old buildings, nd are as easily put m oki buildings as new ones. Commou Sense Curtain Fixture : The most perfect Curtain Fixture mad. The curtain can be let down from the top to any desired point, giving light or venti lation withont exposing the room or iu occupants, answering the double purpose of an inside blind and a window curtain. Automatic Centre Rail Sash Lock; The only automatic centre rail sash lock made. .No bolts, springs, or riveta are used; We will take pleasure in showing these improved goods. EESPECTFULL Y, Ramsaur & Burton. DO NOTiFAIL. To Examine OTTJHL COMPLETE STOCK OF DRY GOODS, Motions HATS, CAPS, BOOTS, SHOES, HARDWARE, Glassware, Tinware, CROCKERY &C. As we think iwill be to your advantage to come to see us before buying elsewhere, as wE -BUY-FOR CASK and SELL FOR SAME Respectfallj HOKE AND MICHAL
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