North Carolina Newspapers

t T UTnOT M nnilttlFR tkliL J V1. ROBERTS, JSDITOU AND ritoiMtl KTou. I ..-r L1NCOLNTON, N. C, JUNE a. 18,2 ENTEUED in thk Post Office aT LlSCOLNTON A3 SECOND CLASS MAIL UATTiit' Subscription Cash in Advance. year wi j months 4 months 0 Hates of Advertising. Oneinch, one time. $1.00;;25e. (or each sabsequen insertion. Two inches, one time, 1.50 ; 50 cents for each subsequent insertion Three inches, one time, $2.00 76 cents for each subsequent inser tiou. Pour inches; one tiiue, 2.50 11.00 for each subsequent insertion. Special rates for one-half aud ene- fourth column ; alao, for an j advertisement continued longer than two months. CANDIDATES. Announcements of candidates foi i the various oftices of county and State cau be made in the COURIEB j at the same price as heretofore, j namely -. $5.00, strictly cash in ad-; vauce. This price will be adhered to, first rr. - i, rt iiiif.'Mr. M. J. McKee, Westmoreland, The advertmag columns or this u paper are open to all parties. It is perfectly legitimate for cau didates to make a formal announce merit of their candidacy. Recommendations of candidates , by "vox populi" or "many citizens must be paid for as auy other an coancements. THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET. j for governor : : ELIAS CAIIK, of Edgecombe. I J for lieutenant oovernor: j 11. A. DOUGHTON, of Alleghany. . I FOR SECRETARY OF STATE : OOTAV1USCOKE, ofAVake. FOR AUDITOR : K. 31. FU KM AN, of Buncombe. FOR TREASURER : DONALD W. BAIN, of Wake. FOR fcVFT. OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION J. C. SCARBOROUGH, of Johnston. FR ATTORNEY-GENERAL : 1. OSBORNE, of Mecklenburg. F. FOR ELECTORS AT LARUE CHAS. B. JiOBERT B. GLENN, of Forsyth TII111D PARTY Dl l'MClTY Col. Polk C uuulit on Both NStle f I lie Feitco I5y a Iaiiuft Ltlilor. Mr. V. P. Hill, the editor of the! Westmoteland, Kansas, Recorder, Xonnd that iu the South it is claimed that the soldier resolution is not a vmrt of the St. Louis conference i platform, aud that no party denoun ced the pensioning of .Union soldiers more bitterly than doee the Alliance Iu the North, none, according to the statement of Alliancemen, are ready to do as much for the soldier as they. So Editor Hill used a lit tie strategy, which is thus described iu the issue of the Recordtr for May 12th: itcfuiunuueu iurl wo wuuiu iiKi io miuw wutii uoi. u. jj, ruin, ii au to ay en this question. A letter dated Goldshoio, North Carolina, vras written to Col. Polk, asking bini whether the resolution favoring mating the pay of Union soldiers received during the war equal to gold was a part of the St. Louis conference platform. Later the jjostniaster at Goldaboro was order 45 1 by V. F. llill to forward his aaait to this place. Another letter was written trom Yestmoreland, Kansas, asking Col. Polk for the jsame information as ibe Goldsuoro letter. "The colonel answered the first letter and referred theseeoud to Dr. McLallin, editor of the Topeka Ad- voeate. Here are lioth letters in full 6bowiug how the so-called reform ers work the soldier racket in the South and the North. Washixutox, D. O., April 5, 1892. , Mr. Will T. Hill, Goldeboro, N. C: My Dear Sir and Bro. : Reply- j ir g to yours of the 21st nit, I begjtbeie would surely have bean a to assure you that there is no clause iu our plat'orm tor pensioning Union soldiers It never has been there. It is not one of our demands- Lead ing Democratic papers all over the untry acknowledge their inability j " our ineues wUeu they l.vo to report to such viliianous ami wiln j Jul misrepresentation and Ijiug. To J n o wljflt jTreat lengths j t,,H Atlanta Journal, a h;w tlnys ago, in i long eilitorirtl, charged directly and absolutely that the pension clause aud woman's suffrage clause were both in our platform. On their part it seems that the cam paign is to be one of evasion, mis representation, persoual abuse and downright lying. If they can af ford it, we can. Just simply assert in reply to these charges that they are lies trom beginning to end. The desperation of their cause could not bo more fully demonstrate ed than by the cowardly and un manly methods tbey have adopted. But the people are going to be heard. I pray God that they may have the manliness and loyalty to staud unflinchingly by our princi ples. Write me and keep me in formed as to the mtuaiion in your section of the State. Would have written earlier but for the enormous amount of work in my office. Yours Truly and Frat , L. L. Polk, President N. F. A. & L U. Topeka, Kansas, May 2, 1892, Kan. Dear Sir : Your letter of April 27th, 1802, to Col. Polk, Washing ton, D. C, has beeu referred to me for reply. In answer I will say, 1 was secretary or me commuiea on platform in the St, Louie convent tion. The resolution relating to the payment of the difference between the value of the money in which the soldiers were paid aud gold was in trod need bv a Confederate soldier from Texas, and was uuauimously atopted, every Southern as well as xortheru delegate voting for it, just as it appears in all the reform pa pera jn country. There is no ciae8lion about this. I acted as sec- rotary during the whole session of the committee on demands, and know whereof 1 speak. "Yours Truly, S. McLallin. The Jiecordtr comments editocial i ly as follows on them : ' The above letters are fair sam ples of the duplicity iu politics prac ticed by the soicalled reformers. To a supposed North Carolinian, Col. Polk considers that to claim that tensioning Union soldiers is one of the demands of the St. Louis con ference is 'villainous and wilful mis representation and lying.' Col, I 'oik was chairmau of that confer nce aud ought to know what de io orth Carolina, he claims with much energy to know all about it. A Noitiiern man gets entirely dif ferent information from Dr. S. Mc- liuliin, a ho is most positive in his testations, because he was secretary wf the committee ou platform. "Both Col. Polk and Dr. McLal iin will get copies of this article and they cau get together in their state ments if they desire. The old sol diers, meanwhile, will all hold their 'enlbt realizing that their fnture welfare depeuds upon the settling of '.he question whether the soldier plank is oue of the St. Louis de mands.'"' JIARIOrv;RUTLER OX THE STATE COXVESTIOX AND ITS XOJIINEE!. We have but little confidence in Hutler, who tried to force the Pec- , pie's party platform ypon the Dem. i ocraiic party, yet as a matter of news to all aud as a matter jof in terest to such as may believe in him, we publish the following editorial boui his paper the Clinton Caucas ian : The State Couventiou about which there has beeu so much dis cussion aud speculation has come and gone. The much prophesied wrangle and split which so many leared and which probably a few desired did not occur, but to the contrary everything passed off har monicusly and possibly as aatisfac. torily to all elements concerned as possible. The extremist both waya would have preferred a different ticket and platform, but the medial jae betweeu the contending fac- lions was very nearly stiuck. This would not have .baea possible had not the Alliance conference taken just the course it did. If the con- lerence had presented the St. Lou is demauds as an ultimatum, then if the demands bad not been adopted split, aud if they had been there might have been a split. . So the members of the conference held the key to the situation. They acted as it they had never seen any of the uncalled for and harsh criticisms and the wholesale misrepresentas ' tions by certain pcrsDus and papers. They were aluiont unanimously in ! favor of the St. Louis demand, and did endorse them by an overwhelm big vote, yet took the position, that in a political campaigu that they should demaud no more than the organiztaion was practically a unit for. That this much should be de manded and worked for, and that the work ot education should go cn and the whole relorm element of the tate might by the time of the next tight be a unit on the present advanced principles of reform. This is safe leadership and good politics aud the ouly method by which the principles of reform can win a per manent and prorgessive victory. Tho nomination of Mr. Elias Carr for Governor is exactly in line with this policy, Ho represents the principles of reform on which the Alliance and other reformers are prnctically a uuit. Mr. Carr did not decide to allow his name to go before the convention till the n'ght before. II he had not, either Dr. Sanderlin or Col. Jnlian S. Carr would have been the nominee. But Mr, Elias Carr stood as it were, be tween the two, and the friends of each naturally went to him after several ballots. And we should state hero that Hon. S. B. Alexander would have been the nominee had he not positively refused to allow his name to go before the conven tion. The nomination of Mr. Oarr, Ex-President of the State Alliance, is a capital selection, aud should receive the support of all who favor good government. He will lead the ticket to victory. Mr. R. A. Dough ton, the nominee for Lieut. Governor, is a man of ex. cellent parts and in full sympathy with the reform movement. His father is President of the County Alliance of Alleghany county. Mr, Doughton presided over the last House of Representatives with abil ity aud emineut justice aud impar tiality. His action in appointing eight members of the Joint Couit mittee on railroad commission, who were heartily in favor of the bill that is now a law, saved the meas ure. If he had been opposed to a commission it is very doubtful whether or not we would to-day have a commission. If be presides over the Senate as Lieut. Governor as be did over the Hoose we shall have no cause to complain. Capt. Octavus Coke, who is a member of the Alliance, was re" nomiuated for Sec'y of State by ac clamation. Mr. D. W. Bain was reaoininated for Treasurer by acclamation. The State has never had a better and more efficient officer. This js his third term and is a high tribute to him, Hon. J. C. Scarborough, who had formerly been Supt. of Pablic In struction, was elected ou the second ballot to succeed Maj. Finger, who had filled the office for two terms Maj. Finger had made a very efii cient officer, but the nomiuatiou of Mr. Scarborough adds possibly even more strength to the ticket, Dr, Sander lin's name was pre sented for Auditor, aud he should have beeu nominated by aeclama- tion, but sererai names were put in. R. M. Furman was finally nom inated for the position. He is a very affable and clever gentleman, but we thjng his nomination was a mistake. No one had been men tioned or discussed for this posi- tion, and the whole matter took the convention by surprise. Mr. .Osborn was nominated for Attorney General. He is one of the ablest young lawyers in the State, and entirely qualified for the important position. x The names of the delegates to uational convention aud the electors at large are given iu another coU umu. The ticket as a whole is an admirable one and will be strongly supported. The platform covers nearly enough- ground, but is not specific enough. Every parly should be honest enough to be for a principle or against it, and to say so in uumis. takablti terms. But platforms are worth nothing unles we have men to stand ou them who are as largo as the platform. We would prefer to have good men with positive con victions for 'candidates without any platform, than to Lace the best platform with uncertain men on it. In fact the convictions of the nom inees is always the real platform. Therefore the nomination of Mr. Elias Carr interprets and enlarges the platform, Jf Gov, Holt had been renominated it would have given the same platform a different interpretation. The nomination of Mr. Doughton for Lieut. Governor also enlarges and interprets the platform in the interest of the peo ple. While nothing is said iu the platform about the railroad oom misdiori yet the nomination ot Mr. ; furnished by the Executive Commit Loughtoo adds all this, and more. tee. It will be simple and adapted The committee he appointed on j to any school, yet bo arranged that railroad commission in the last Leg' islature were for the bill as it pass ed. The Alliance delegates were about equally divided between Col. Skinner and Mr. Doughton, and after the withdrawal of Col. S. they were practically unanimous for him, and so on we might go through the whole ticket and we would find that a majority of it strengthens and enlarges the platform. IV tea. As the Public schools will require the attention of the Boards of Eda cation, Commissioners and Magis trates next Monday, it is deemed proper to present the following message to the pupils and teachers for the consideration of our count authorities. The Kditor of the Courier invites teachers aud pu pils to discuss this matter in the oon n ty paper during the euiumei months and will do all he cau t create a county enthusiasm for a profitable demonstration in every school district on the 12ih of Octo ber next. It will be advisable for Pub. School Committees to make special effort to have their schools to begin the first of October this year, so that all the children may take advantage of the public cele brations. R, Z. J. Following is the message address ed to the Public School Pupils by the Executive Committee, and first published March 31 : To the Scholars of the Public Schools of the United States, the Executive Committee of the Columbian Pnbl c School Celebration sends the follow ing Message: The 12th of October, 1892, the 400th Auniversary of the Discovery of America, ought to be observed everywhere iu America. The day will be marked in Chica go by the dedication of the Colum bian Exposition grounds. The day also may be signalized in every town and village in the Republic by a local celebration of which the Pub. lie School is the centre. The Public Schools of the Repub lic will form the most fitting cen tres for ail these local celebration. A national Public School Observ ance simultaneous with the Chicago exercises will awaken a popular iu terest in the coming Exposition. Far more important is the tact that the Public Schot 1 has the right to occupy the most prominent place ic the celebration. The Public Schoo is the one characteristic institution which links ail neighborhoods to gether, and can thns furnish a com mon bond for a national celebration. The Public School is the ripe fruit of the four centuries of American civilization. The Public School ot to-day sways the hundred years to come. The first approval ot this sug gestion came from the Public School scholars themselves. When the plan was first proposed .by ihe Youth's Companion, January, 1891, thousands of letters were received, testifying to the enthusiasm with which the scholars responded. The World's Congress Auxiliary of tho Columbiau Esposition theD took up the proposal, calling upon all the people of th-j Republic to observe the day in their own locali ties, aud suggesting that the Public Schools be everywhere the centres of the celebration. The Superintendents of education were the uext to recognize the fit uess of giving to the Public Schools the first place in this Columbian Anniversary. At their National Convention io Brooklyn, in Febru ary, J.892, they took charge of the movement. The Executive Committee now appeals to the scholars themselves to be the first to move. It is for you, scholars of the American pub lic schools, to arouse a (sentiment in your schools aud in your neighbor hoods for this grand way of cele brating the Findiug of America. Educators aud teachers will meet! you from their side. Bat it is for! you to begin. j You will make if succeed if you unjte to say that it ought to be doue. I ioe interest ot the public will be! awakened if the scholars join iu tbej earnest request that the school be allowed to' be the centre of the day's j observance j There are Toirteeu Millions paw in the Pablic Schools, You. have ;he chance to conduct a patriotic Jiovement which will have a place n history, and will strengthen the Republic through the coming cen tury. A programmo of exercises will be more elaborate exercises may be added wherever desired. The aim of this Official Programme will be that certain leading exercises may be the same in every sshool in the Republic; and that at least in one feature the Chicago Programme and the School Programme may be iden tical. In due time this Executive Com mittee will make more definite sug gestions on methods of celebration through the Superintendents of Ed ncatiou aud through the press. The duty of yonr committee will first be to interest the citizens and to prepare the school. Processions may be arranged. The veterans, both North and SoQtb, will gladly be escorts for the schools. The oth er military, civic and religious or ganizations ot each town will lend their aid if they sea that the schools are determined that the celebration ! shall be worthy of the day. The local press will be the most valua ble of all supports; and the earliest effort of your local committee should be to enlist its sympathy and re quest its co-operation. On October 12th the Stars and Stripes should be floating from evs ery schoolhouse in the Republic. It is the hope of the friends of Common School Education that not one Public School in the United States will allow itself to be left out in this most memorable celebration. If you desire a beautiful complexs ion, absolutely free from pimples and blotches, purify your blood by the use of Ayer's Saraaparilla. Re move the cause of these disfigure ments and the skin will take care of itself. Be sure you get Ayer's Sar saparilla. Are better known and more general ly usf'd than any other cathartic. Sugar-coated, purely vegetable, and free from mercury or any other inju rious drug, this is the ideal family medicine. Though prompt and ener getic in their action, the use of these pills is attended with only the best results. Their effect is to strengthen and regulate the organic functions, being especially beneficial in the various derangements of the stom ach, liver, and bowels. 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If paid in trade or if. not paid in ad vance, the price is t m ' J vlptf. SuTDSCrib - A - T OHXTOE3. " Avers Pills Pills The South Carolina Demooratio convention adopted resolutions em bodying the Ocala Alliance plat form and opposing the nomination of Mr. Cleveland for President. Boils, abscesses, tumors, and even cancer, are the result of a natural effort of the system to expel the poisous which the liver and kidneys have failed to remove. Ayer'a Sar saparilla stimulates all the organs to a proper performance of their functions. ANNOUNCEMENT. I hereby announce myself a can didate for the office of Sheriff of Lincoln County, subject to the ac tion of the county Democratic Nom iuating Convention. J. D. Plonk. B. F. GRIGGTS: Monthly arrivals ot the choicest Staple and Fancy Groceries. And "FOR HOW LITTLE CAN I SELL THESE!' is the great question 1 am daily putting to myself and an swerlng to the satisfaction of all ! buyers. Pratt'8 Food for horses, cat tle, and poultry, once suffi ciently tried, will never4be dispensed with. Think, FriendJ money lies iD 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 for 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. GBIGG- Dec 11 1891 3m FOR SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS Go to the PACKET. Old men, youDg 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 a dress, either in Henrietta, cashmere, Shambrey, white or black lawns,embroidered skirts for dresses, or black silk lace flouncing, or dress trimmings of any kind. We have a large lot of Hamburg edgings of all kinds. Millinerv This is one department that we need not mention as everybody is aware that we are headquar 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 pect to command the largest millinery trade that we have ever had. how do we expect to do this ? By having the best goods, the latest styles, and the lowest prices. Our motto is, Underbuy, undersell, cash on i dp.l - ' J v pVUUO. Very Respectfully, J. L. KISTLER, Propr. Sept. 18 1891 M RAMSAU3 AND BURTON HAVING purchased the stock of 11. E. & J. B. Ramsanr, w will continue to carry the same lint of goods. If yon want a STOVE or RANGE or the vessels, or pipe, call and x amine our stock. We keep on band BaggUa and Wagons, Harness, Saddles and Col lars, "Handmade," also the best sole and Harness Leather. Large stock cat soles. Old Hickory and Piedmont Waga ons kept iu stock. 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