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. Rockingham ;Rocket. Job Printing BY H. Ic.WALli. OVEB EVEKETT, WAIX COMPANY'S. subscription bates: ...... fi.50 0n year, .75 ,40 Xbres months,.... j-All subacriptions' accounts must be paad l in advftaoa. K jQT Advertising jratea furnished on ap plication. Annual Statement,-1885, ' Statement of allojffances mado' by the Board of County Commissioners of Rich mond county for the) year ending Novem ber 30th,' A. D., 18S5, together with state ment of coufity revenue and charges for the past year, viz; " ;. . ; ''V ' Decembeb 1st, , 1884.' ' " ' W L Thompson, for his support ". 5 00 Daniel Patterson, fori support of infant nrrihan " . ' - 0, 00 U1IIM1H w . . " ' i " Jim Covington, for supt. f daughter 5 00 Norman Gillia for Ifupt of H.rMc'Call 18 00 Jacob Bostick for his support : 9 00 Nancy -McK&urie for her support " 1 15 00 Celia LittlS'for her support, ? 27 100 Roller for her suDDort : . ; 9 00 Daniel Lampley for hia support :f y 15 00 Amy McMillan for' her support 6 00 W F Brookshire for services look- . ing after bridge i ..j . 6 00 I, T Everett for registering voters 16 61 J M Cox for conveying prisoners, fcc. 1 15 A J Tavlor for support of poof, 65 60 W II Murphy for taking tax list, . , -i 15 00 Jno C Terry few registering voters,' - 3 50 Wm F Gibson . M 2 25 H C Wall for advertising, r . : 3 75 R T Long for feeding Jury, " ' :: 13 00 A L McDonald for 1 year s service 311 78 Jno D Shaw for 1 year' wrvice as attorney, - '. ,'. 150 00 W I Everett for senneea rendered, 30 25 Dzcembkk 2nd, 1885. Everett, Wall 4 ci for limefccvV for county, , S- 57 58 .Everett, Wall A Co, j for amount paid for work on, court bouse, -. 735 25 Everett, Wall & Go. for mdse for cb. 108 61 Mary Minshaw for her, support, . ; 10 00 Dr. J M Covington for expertaWit. 10 00 Nora Capel for her support 6 00 Missouri Johnson for her support . 9 00 Ebb Smith for his support ":: 10 00 Z F Long for certificates, Ac., :. 16 75 J M Smith, sheriff, forjhalf fees, 36 00 1) M Morrison, D S, for half fees, 9 00 D D Livingston; D S, for half fees', '8 40 Z F Long. CSC, for half fees 178 44 D Stewart, C S C, for half fees, 18 73 Levi Anderson, wit., for half fees, 5 75 W A Rockwell, wit, half fees, . 6 35 A L McDonald, wit, for half fees, v 5 88 DM Morrison, Ass, foi half fees, 85 53 C P Long, D S, for-half fees, 30 Frank Sandford, J P, for half fees, 10 20 S Smith, D S, for half fees, . 30 Frsfik Scott, wit, for half fees, 30 Perry Wall, wit, for half fees, : " - 30 Pwobt. Fletcherwit, forjhalf fees, 55 W F Long, J P, for half fees, " . " 2 40 W F Long, wit, for half fees, - 15 30 M T Hinson, Ass, for half fees, 97 Wat McKenzie, wit, fort half fees, 1 55 John McKenzie", wit; for half fees, 1 0 8 T Cooper,-J P;fbr half fees, 3 25 Jaa D Mclver, solicitorjfor half fees, 30 LO . Simon Russ, wit, for batf fees 3 35 G J Freeman, wit. for half fees . 1. 95' J W Sneed, J "ff, for half fees . l 15 O W Wright, constable for half fees . 1 25 Milton Ly tch; wit, for half fees ' 4 45 A B Nicholson? mayor; (for half fee3 2 00 R Smith, constable, for half fees 1 2 40 Easter Leak, wit,' for half fees 25 J A Gross, D S, for halffees V 95 Rich Wall, wittforrhalf fees I : 5 Fannie Black, wit, for half fees ' ' 25 Daniel Watson, D S, forjhalf fees : 65 H S Wade, J P, for half! fees. V- 55 IsaiahIarrington, wit, for half fees ' 25 ' Jno M Liles, wit, for halt fees . . ; . 25 M T Hinson, wit, for half fees ' - v 3 55 A B McDonald, J P, for half fees '1 75 J H McDonald, constable, for half fees 1 40 W L Stubbs, constable, for half fees 4 40 H C Dockery, wit, for half fees 55 Wm David, wit, for half fees 25 Daniel Hooper, wit, for half fees' - 25 J B Lowery, wit, for half fees - 25 Hyah Benton, wit, for half fee - -25 h WiU; Ass, for half fees 4 30 f A McDonald J P, for half fees 65 EWManship.D.S, for half fees ' 60 Alex Smith, wit, for half fees 1 75 B C McDonald, D S, for half fees 1 20 Anderson Blue, wit, for half fees 65 Hughes, sheriff, for half fees 1 50 " ong, u o, lor half fees . . 50 JJ M. Morrison, wit, for half fees - 5 65 Chas W TiUett,; Ass, for half fees 6 90 J erry J acoba, wit, for half fees 2 75 A M McAulay, J P, for half fees : 05 " , . Asa, for half fees ' 24 10 W m J ohnson, wit, for half fees 35 " R-Terrr ' Trtairn fnr hXt faaa . Art f arvey Terry, wit, for half fees . 6 20 Alfred Northcutt, wit, forhalf fees r 6 20 Henry Bbunt, wit, for half fees . 6 20 g Hall, J P., for half fees 35 b Steele, Jr, wit, for half fees 7 00 t eiiry Patrick; wit, for half fees r 6 10 wCLeak,wit, for-half fees 4 15 m Umogton, wit, for half fees 75 a 1 Long, wit, for-half fees . .6 15 w J M StanBiU, wit, for half fees 6 65 I : Sandford, Ass, for half fees 60 ; Long, Ass, for half fees , . 95 ratterson, J P, for half fees ' - 2 55 uHft. constable, for half fees 2 95 U Russell, assignee, for: half fees 14 00 "tt Murphy, J P, for half fees -. , 1 35 iti. "uuu wn. iornaii iees- - a ou Xoore.wrt, for hlf fees 3 55 ?w JT.'DSfor half fees ', - 30 fflith, assigns, for half fees - 2 55 i i? atton D s ft half fees 2 87 wds. mayor, for. talf fees 1 35 wit. for half fees 5 30 jerpw v i - Jan.. it. - ' " v Jaa r?' ltnee8 for If fees i- LeGrand, wit, for half fee half fees .. E W h r ' for half fees ' - ' TT pea -ruttiu, half fees ' . er, wit, for half fees nSuritt' J P fr half fees J p on, wit, for half foes C Jeff St ' for hsM ' Cfk, wit, for half fees . J A w". T"' u . for half fees I H Ff;ravi f. for half fees TJett'Wltfoalffees TBo;an. wit, for half fees TJWatt0nWlt' for talf foe tucker, wit, for haU fees .BT. C. PFliZiv Editor and Vol. III. "Wm Jenkins, wit, for half fees " - . 1 90 W B-tfenkins, wit. for half fees 1 45 John Jenkins, wit, for half fee3 " 4 70 TIT A ( a . j. J r .! p .. . rtr vv a vjrecu, wit, ior nail iees-v - i oo W F Long, assignee, for half fees - 1 35 Albert Bowdon, wit; for half fees Y 1 95 D A Page, constable," for half fees . 3 10 W B Hatton, constable, for half fee3 1 75 LT Everett, J P, for half fees .; f.:-': . 60 W R McEachin, witfor half fees ";: ' 3 70 O D McRae, wit, for half fees ' - J 6 60 W W Ellerbe, wit. for half fees -7 05 Jno S Watson; wit, for half fee3 " , 7 10 H C Watson, wit, for half fees ' ; 7 10 David lhompson, wit, for half fees .' 3 10 J M Pool, DS. for half fees . 15 Daniel Berioist for support of wife, ' 20 00 Mary Ann Webb lor her support, 18 00 Jakxtary 5ra, 1885. o Jim Covington for his support . ? - 6 00 Jno Brigman for supt. of daughter, 6 00 W W AlcGirt for building bridge ; ' 35 00 W W Bullard for building bridge, 45 00 McNair&Bullard for build'g bridges 123 00 J T Hicks for coffin for pauper 3 00 J no Driggers for his support : . . 15 Q& Sallie Webb" for her support " . 7 5$ Joseph Clark for his support r 4 00 Aley Leak for her support : v 4 00 Ann Leak for her support ' v 3 00 Jno F McNair for services looking ' alter onage, . 14 OU Berry Bryant, shff, for feed'g pris'rs, " 50 70 D M Morrison, D S, for wood .fur- ' ' u nished court, . . ' , 450 2 75 170 00 72 00 41 16 1 30 13 00 200 26 08 D G Terry for iron and work on jail ir. j iu. vovingron tor proiessionai services during the year A J Taylor for support of poor,: . N & J T LeGrand for Lumber Wm Johnson, jJ P.r for fees in lu natic case, 1 ; W R Terry for advertising, . H C Dockery .for mdse for county Everett, Wall & Co. for work, fcc, - for court house, - 396 44 Jno G Terry for work on jail, . 1 00 A 13 JNichoisbn lor freight on wgts. . s 9o Z F Long, C S C. for services rend'd 93 15 W H 4 W P Steele for brick for c h 172 23 Everett Wall & Co. mdse for co. 43 80 " " " for amount -paid on bridges, Ac. 11170 Jno M Smith, ex-sheriff, for amt paid for stationary, 50 10 Ebb Smith for his support 10 00 Asbury Sandford for his support 6 00 Calvin Jones for his support . 6 00 Rose Powell for her support" - 6 00 S T Cooper for registering voters 9 00 Geo W Mcintosh for support of J - Mcintosh, : 12 00 Dr. Daniel Shaw for exm'ng lunatic 5 00 February 3rd, 1885. Frank DeBerry for his support 9 00 Martha Lindsey for her support, 6 00 Charlie Nicholson for his support 4 00 Aley Leak for her support, v 4 00 Mary Stogner for supt. of husband,' 9 00 Rebecca Sandford r . . " . 6 0G Mary Shepherd for her support 10 00 Peter McRae, ch, "for serv. as com'r 13 80 Jno F McNair for serv. as com'r, 13 10 W D Townsend " . " 10 40 W F-Brookshire " M - 14 00 A L McDonald for services as cl'k of board of commissioners. 8 0G A L McDonald for amount paid for painting court house, - -' 50" 00 Freeman & Pace for building bridce 51 17 ZLF Long, CSC, for stafry for office 100 65 Jno M Smith, ex-shff, for serv; rend. 43 60 ' " " " . 2715 G W Wright for supt Nancy Wright 5 00 Jno. M Smith, ex -sheriff, for feedme- pris'rs, v 147 90 Alex Stewart for bagging for c h, 8 40 A J" Taylor for support of poor ' 64 63 A J Taylor for blankets for poor 2 00 A B Covington for registering voters 2 07 W F & W H Steele for brickfor e h, 12 35 J M Brewer for repairing bridge 4 11 40 Everett, Wall& Co. mdse for county 30 94 . . " . work onch,&c. 203 13 D G Terry for work on jail, . ; . - V 11 10 H C Wall for advertising, ' . : ; 25 50 B Bryant, shff, for cony eving luna tic to Raleigh, V - ; v v - 32 40 R Bryant, shff, for sum'g jurors, &c ; 8 95 . . . r for feeding pris'rs - 79 80 Danier Gay, coroner, for bold'g inq't 7 25 Wm Entwistle fortl day on cor. jury 1 00 Geo E Atkinson " " ; .1 00 JM Patrick v " . .. ' 1 00 A G McKethan " - 1 0C J T Richards. n r ;:.l 00 Peter Owens, " . " ' 1 00 Dempsey McMillan for his support 9 00 Flora H,uckab'ee for her support ' .18 00 Sarah Jordan for supt. of son, - , 6 00 : -March "2nd. tl885 Daniel Lampley for his support,-7" 15 00 NormauJjillis for supt. ITMcCall 18 '00 Dan'l Patterson for supfc infant orp'n " 9 00 Susan Roller for her support, 9 00 J W McLaurin for lumber for bridge 42 55 Nancy McKenzie. for her support Martha Lindsey for her support, . Bachius Diggs for his support Ann Leak, col.; for her support ( Aley Leak for her support 15.00 6 00 ,3 00 .900 12 00 00 9 00 900 Nora Capel for her support Jacob Bostick for his support Missouri Johnson for her support . Dempsey McMillan for his support Nancy Wright for her support A J Taylor for support of poor Rebecca Sandford for supt of husband Dan'l Gay for coffin for pan per "' B Brvant. shff. amt. for paid officers t 900 500 51 60 6 00 300 . of court, : . . . 20 75 B Bryant, shff, for feed'g pris'rs, , 86 70 B Brvant. shff, for stationery. &c. 8 25 Z F Long, C S C. for stationery, &c. 14 37 W R Terry for advertising 12 00 T S Cole for paints, &c... -1 ' 24 80 S T Cooper for mdse for couniy f : : 3 05 A L McDonald for services rend'd 38 95 ; ' . for wood furnished 12 00 Amy McMillan for her support ; 6 00 Daniel Benoist for support of wife : 20 00 Marv Minshaw for her support -10 00 - "April 6th, 1885. - 1 John Drigcers for his support " -' 11 00 Jno Brigman for supt. of daughter, 6 00 Mrs. Jane Mc Arthur for support of daughter, &o. ' r,-r. V; " ;20 50 Martha Lindsey for her support " S 00 Eliza Tavlor for her support " ." 5 00 Nancv Wright for her support - 8 00 ! T F fcf-.anhftck' for removing raft from bridge. . ' ' ..." -'4 00 Bailie Webb for her support - 7 50 . .. . , .- ii i ,, ,,, -,,.,. i. .,.. i , I, i ,,,. .,..,l, ,..., , 1 .. - m ' - ii i i - ... ', ; - . Proprietor. Rockingham, Richmqnd Couoty, . Theodore Weill for conveying pau- J, .: per to poor house ' 100 A L McDonald for window shades-;- 8 00 H C Wall for advertising - - . 8 00 A J Taylor for support jol poor,- - - :47 83 J a fl u W arson ior mdse for CO.. v. 2 40 Rebecca Sandford for supt of husband 5 00 B Bryant, shff, for feeding prisoners 106 85 N.D White for his support 12 00 lieo vv , Mcintosh for support of J Mcintosh. ' - - "12 00 W'F Brookshire for coffin for paup'r - 2 00 Billy: Barber for his support - ' 10 00 Z F Long, CSC, for whole fees - 15 10 J M Smith, shfl, lor whole tees ' 5 90 D D'Jjivingston, D S, for whole fees 1 05 W i bhaw, Do, for whole fees, 15 W F Long, wit, for whole fees 6 10 A L McDonald, wit, for whole fees 5 5 60 W A Rockwell, wit, for whole fees . 6 35 L J Kelly, J P, for whole fees - . 45 S T Cooper, J P, for whole fees ' ' 40 J Har grave, J P, for whole foes v 25 J D Mclver, Solicitor, whole fees 2 00 K. 1 erry, i) S tor whole fees 16 J'O Yates, for whole fees . . 3 75 E W iSanship. Ass. for wholeSfees - 3 15 D JI Morrison, for whole 'fees . 3 17 W t JLong. tor whole fees v - 3 6a Mary Ann Webb lor her support 00 May J3, 1885. Jim Norton for his support 10 00 James ('lark, for his support 6 00 Morgan Taylor for his support ' 6 eo Ehb Smith, for his support . 10-00 1! lora tluckabee, .for her support 18 00 Sarah Jordan, for her support 6 00 Jesse Wall, work on bridge : 8 75 w i jfiverett, services, rendered 10 00 Rebbecca Sandford. for "support of husband- 1 4 (X) F Sandford, J P fees 60 W w. Graham, building bridge 40 00 W S Fowlkes, chairs for county , 12 00 D D Livington, D S ooavying ..:. prisOnera to jail . 3 15 Sol Gay, feeding jury 12 00 Berry Bryant, Sheriff for feeding prisoners 117 00 Berry Bryaut, Sheriff for sum moningjury 16 20 Berry Bryant, Sheriff for laying off : public road 3 50 A J Taylor, for support of poor f6 00 D Bundy, for advertising 8 00 John G Terry, for on day laying Oft public road --"T 00 M II Russell, for one day laying oft public road. .. 1 UO j Mat, 13 1S85. . ' W A McDonald foronedayia laying off public road I 00 W 1 McKae, for one day iu lay - ins on public road - , 1 00 Z F Long, lor one day in lay- me olr public road J OU Jno M Smith ex-Sheiiff for med icine for pi Uoners 14 35 Jno Al bmith, ox-Sheriff for . amount paid officers otaeurt 141 00 Jno M Smith exSheritf tor sta tionary J t id Norman Gillis, for support of - Ii Metal I 18 00 Daniel Benoist, for support of wife, lunatic. 20 00 Celia Little for her support- ..-900 Ann Patterson tor her support - 6 00 Mary ijhepherd. for hrr support 10 00 John Driggers for hi support . 3 00 Jacob Bostick for his support 9 00 Daniel lampley for hi support 1$ 00 Susan Roller for her support 4 00 Darnel Le Vmer for Ins support 6 00 T S tJble drugs for paupers 7 50 A B Covington "for coffin for pauper 3 00 K T Long for feeding jury .12 00 Z F Lonz c b c for makine dock ete&c 123 IV Rebecca Sandford for support of husband .. v ' 4 00 A J Taylor for support of -poor 48 1 5 J D Lundv for advertising 2 50 Berrv Brvant fcheriff for feeding prisoners 103 50 Berrv Brvant Sheriff for feedinz officers of court 33 25 Berrv Brvant Sheriff for sum momnar jurors , 5 50 D Oav Coroner for holding in " Quest - r - - 13 60 Duncan McCormic for one day on V; coroners iury . . 1 00 James Sandford for one day on corohei's jury . " 100 J C Morgan for one day on cor !ner's jury - ' 1 00 W'H Sutherland for one day on coroner's iury . - -100 I' . Junk 1, 1885. ' W. H Mclaurin for one day oil ,. coroner's iury -: i - I 00 .1 H Barefoot for one dav on cor- roners iury - 1 00 Duncan McCormick for clothing for paupers - -.-' i . 75 Nora Capet for her support 6 00 Daniel Patterson for support of infant orphan-- - 9 00 J D Mclver, Solicitor, for half fees 14 50 N B Stutts, cosnt, for half fees .- . - 9d Z F Long, c s c, for half feet ; r 139 7 W H Murphy, J P, for. half fees : 65 W F Long. Ass for half fees - ; s 64 40 M D Hinsonfbr half feesS 4 70 W H McLaurin, J P, for half fees 75 V B llatton, const, for half fees , . 5 65 T J West, wit, for half fees : .: 2 65 J T West, wit, for half fees -1MB; X65 Y c MorteV. D S. for half fees 16 30 W S Crump, const, for half fees . 2 95 J C Gay; wit, for half fees . - -7 70 K A Robinson, J P, for half fees ; &1 90 James Graham, D S, for half fees 2 85 J 11 Barnes, wit. for half fees . ' -1 55 (i E WishartAss. for;haif feesE 2 80 S Morrison for half fees i; i i 15 55 J C Gay, -for half fees - 23 10 H C Lowderaailk, wit, for half fees 7 35 John Bostick, for half fees 25 John Powell, for half fees ; ; ; 25 W-F Baldwin, for half fees - ; 1 90 B Bryant, Sheriff; for halt fees 1 50 Daniel Watson, A , tor nan tees ; ,4 u D M Morrison, As for baltfees' , 16 45 ' i , Jaxuart 1, 1885. :'', ,u'. y J M Barrett, D S, for half fees ,4 v '90 M J Edwards, Mayor, for half fees VJJ 30 T J Hardison. Sheriff, for halfleea- 52 Frank" Sandford. J P' for half fees ' 6 571 A B McDonald, J P-,-for half fees "47 II LtYates, const, for half Jees . "Vi 65 . - Continued on fourth, page. 4 - I - Written for lh Rocket. . X 0, BKIXS Oy YUI.B. .- ' Peal forth thy luscious notes,- " ' 0, bells of Yule! . - - " " Ring, joyfully ring, and mellowly .blang - A paean from thy throats ; , . Chime,- musically, chime, and merrjly clang, ' Ere morn her banner floats,- r , 0, bells of Yule . " ' ' - - v; v i - Toll not upon the air C t , r" x - A sad refrain p ; Away, away to ceaseless play The gallant and the fair; ' " ,. Ring out, wild bells 1 'tis holiday, -lAnd let the zephyr bear' ... " s i - Thy joyful strain. - And let the wafted spells , r -: Awake the earth To reverence and loud acclaim , Of joy the night foretells ; - Ring, musical bells, and loud proclaim, In reverential knells, Jehovah's birth. Ring joyfully, joyfully ring, Ere fades the star ' That twinkles through yon cerule pane; Let all creation sing, And merrily ring a glad refrain In honor of the King, -Afar, afar. Chime, musically chime, 0 beUsof Yule! - Ere sinks the sun. Man?, mellowly blans. From pole to milder clime ; And yearly blend the rhythmic clang Along the heights of time, ! O, bells of Yule ! .' : ' Joseph L. May. OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. Correspondence of the Rocket. : Washington, Dec. 14, 1885." AVashington has been favored dur ing the week with a trio of CJongress es. They were the Forty Ninth, the Workingman's Congress, and the Sanitary Congress, The first did little more than organize, read the re sident's message, and talk about revising its rules. The second dis cussed the laborer's want, voiced his demands for justice from every standpoint, ordered that the Eight- hour rule bo enforced on May day, and held a parade and mass meet ing. The mcethigs of the Health Association were of universal inter est. . A largo number of. important topics were discussed by eminent physicians from every section of the Union. There is no subject in which the people are more interested than lhat: of sanitary science, and the caurle seems to have fallen into zeal ous and able hands. ' 1 Speaking of the rules of the House of Representatives, that body does not expect to attempt any work un til some change of rules has been settled upon. ' Nor: will Speaker Carlisle announce, the standing com mittees until the matter is decided. The House is too large a body to work rapidly, and the present rules afford every facility for confusion and killing time. Including eight delegates from the Territories, the House consists of three hundred and thirty-three Members, and most of them think it their duty to make a speech on every possible occasion. The Senate, 'too, likes to hear it self talk.. There is Senator Morgan, for instance, the orator from Ala bama, who never knows : when to shut off his eloquence when it has once started. I have often seen him clear - the galleries and floor of the Senate chamber, and recite his elo quent periods, in finished diction, to the presiding offieer'with probably a lone Senator, here 1 and there who dozed on a . sofa in the corner, or at his desk'pored over a. newspaper.. Strangers in" th:galleries;are as tonished -often , at . the. ttisrespect shown to each other by Senators ab senting themselves, while - speeches are I in progress. 1 The long winded orators are those who lack attention, ho wever: If they . had th e eloquence of angels they could not hold the ears of the Senate if. they; insisted : on talking often or long at a time. " " ; The richest man in the House of "Representatives - this- session is :Mr, Scott, a Democrat from Erie, la. ,He is a "coal king, and is said to be worth' $12,000,000." In his. boyhood he" served: in! the-Iiouse as. a 7 page while Henry- Clay was . still in the Senate, . ; . "f The richest man in the Senate is TERMS: C, December 24, 1885; Stanford,' the junior Senator from California, whose wealth is estimated at $40,000,000. v Senator Stanford is a great-railroad builder, and a pub lic benefactor, as shown by his re cent gift of $15,000,000 to the CalU fornia 'university. Before he came to the Senate, Senator . Fair, of Ne vada,, -was ; the wealthiest Senator. Nearly the entire far West is now represented in the Senate by millidn aries. : It is a matter of notoriety that some of the seats were bought with money, .. . f ; -In ; -Department Q circles there is much' satisfaction jnst now. ' The disbursing officers have consulted together, and" have-decided not to pay off the employes the day before Christmas . this year. There will be the usual half month pay day this week, . and then there will be no further payment of salaries until the end of the month. The reason is, that if they were paid, off for Christmas there would be an ad vance to each employe of the pay for seven or eight, days. It any of the clerks should die or any other contingency arise to make the mon ey not due them, the disbursing clerks would be held responsible, and would have to reimburse the Treasury. These officers think there is too much risk in paying out mon ey before it is earned. . An interesting auction sale will take place to-morrow , at the Pest Office Department. It will consist of a year's accumulation of articles in the Dead Letter Office. The sale usually " takes place in Washington just before the Holidays - At it can be bought almost any thing from a toad or snake in alcohol to a pair of bracelets or lace collar, which shows the unlawful use that,is..niade of Uncle Sam's mails. The letters that go astray, and are lost at the Dead Letter Office are burned if they con tain sentiment only, but packages and letters containing valuables are kept, and in due time the janitor classifies them, and they are put up at auction. - "; Falcon. "Ben lie Ferre's Bath. Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette. . One day big, handsome Ben Le Fevre was laving his rotund and jo vial personality in a marble bath tub' in the House bath rooms at the capital. ;": . 'x . ' .. . ; While he was disporting himself in tepid water, made foaming with scented s6aps,: and was about to be rubbed dry by the attendant, a mes senger came down and called to him from the outside that there were some gentlemen above anxious to See him on important business for a moment, as they were obliged to de part hurriedly to catch a tram. v.: "Who are they T': called the Gen eral, as he blew the water out of his moustache "with a snort like a por poise. . " s:'-;:;.;', i'yf--:: 4 ; Z;; . 'They are some gentlemen from Ohio, sir.' . - ' v ' "Are they." people': from my dis trict ?" asked Bin.1;' ? : "Yes, sir, answered the messen ger. "Then, for heaven's sate, don't send them down here. Shut the doors there and keep them out Good Lord! if any of them find I bathe in a marble tub, and am, rub bed by a nigger instead of going down -to thecreek and . drying my self with . my shirt, it will lose me a thousand, votes P ' ' : , ' : The "unterrified and unwashed" constituents didn't get in. ' -. "What are you going to do when you grow up, if you don't know how to cipher ?" asked a Harlem school teacher of a rather slow boy. ; "I am going to be' a school : teacher, and make the boys do all the ciphering,' was the impudent reply. : ; . . . .To partially atone Wbufjinlmy sins during theyear now closing we wish to expose a fraud. ; We refer to the large 25 pack's of h orse and cat tle powders now sold. Sheridan's are absolutely .pure" and iminehsely valuable. .This statement is"true. !. ' Rocket and Country Homes, $16. $1.50 a, Yetir in Advance. No; 52, THE STORT TOIl. - ,. . Negro laborers who G West and TThat . Becomes "of Them. - Atlanta Constitution. ' . ' $ : f y:--- It is a matter of no little curiosity to many people to know what be comes of the hundreds of negro la borers shipped out of ;North Caroli: ua, oouia Carolina ana Jcoxgia ev ery, month to ppints'in Arkansas and Mississippi. Harldly & day passes that a party of fifty iotwo hundred do not pass through Atlanta destin ed to points on the Mississippi river below Mem phis, 'j: Friday, .Alexan der ;: Thweat shipped ; fifty John Slough as many more," and yester day, two shipments of nearly the same number were mad e from th is point. A majority of these negroes came from5" South Carolina and the remainder from this State.: ' - Last night a Constitution reporter had. the pleasure of a short talk with Mr. Eldridge, a Mississippi ; cotton planter on-the line, of the river, a short distance below Memphis. Mr. Eldridge was here awaiting ship ment o about forty negroes from North Carolina) which he expected to arrive by the nigEt train over the Atlanta and Charlotte Air4ine. i i "What do you do with all these people?" asked the" Constitution $ K Well, we work them on farms and plantations in 'Mississippi bot toms; I plant individually and on shares 2,100 acres, and in addition run a store. ! : cultivate about a thousand acres myself and the rest W planted on shares." r ' "Which is the most profitable ?" A t : "On shares," I believe. The reason" of this is that labor is so unreliable. It is a common thing for hands to walk off and leave us when we most need them. . Tliey get so trifling iri their habits after they -have been with us a few years, that we can't doyimything with them, and have to send off and get a new lot. A few j of them who work on ' shares their money and go to farming save for .themselves on a small scale." -; "But what becomes of them ? Do not a good many of them die?" "&o, not a great many. The first year or so they, have the shakes pretty badly,, and some of. them go under, after that they become, accli mated, and get along. tolerably well. The main -trouble that we have to contend with is their getting lazy." "How do they live ? -:i:'S: "Why those who have money don't do any work until they break, and those that haven't any, work for a day or two for some one else, and then loaf .until they spend their earn- ings," "Do any of them ever leave you, and return to their former homes ?" "A case of that land is very rare. When we take them from this See- tion to our plantations we advance the money for. their,, tickets, .and make them j sign a contract to work out the amount advanced before we pay them their regular wages quentiy: -.tliey jump" their rcontracts and we lose pur advance money but .we can't help this. and h ave to stand it. . The reason so few of them ever return to the States from which: they came, is because they rarely accu mulate enough, money to pay for a ticket' They always lack a few dol lars of the sum needed to pay, their fare. : Money burns holes in their pockets and they spend it about as fast as they make it." -: J . K lite of indolent, ease and sensu ality, the use of highly seasoned an imal food and alcoholic drinks are the predisposing, causes, of gout -When "aware of its presence in the system, lose no time - in ', procuririg Salvation Oil. It kills pain. Price 25 cents a bottle A showman, exhibiting a pane I rama ofsome mighty "unexplored river, incautiously replying to one bf - the audience, who asked if he had :5 ever been there, said "Been there? .; No, nObody s been there.. . ,: q p. j:- .: ".:. 1 .' ' 1 ; ;; 4 :-.;v Geh. Eobt. Tombs died at his res' idence t in Washington; jSa'oivWetl- nesdayf last week at 6 P-, and Hon; B. Irratz Urown, 01 Mississippi, died xn the Sunday previous. ' 1 Having recentlypurchased a jirf .: class- outfit, we' are prepared to-xlo all kinds of - , , , . - PLAIN AND FANCY. .( . Wtub : .: best op style:-: at fv Southern Idletwa.. p; Raleigh" Ragister. ' -- lr. ( : Our friends who are fond of talk- : . . ; A ' V ing of the "new South,", and' yet sneer at the South progress and r . ""v r- at most Southern ways, are rapidly 2 , :' ? :, ' i'-t-falling-into -the" "yankeetiotion""; -. : that we don't work' out here. ; Po? v;- , - sibly - the . "new- South' does - not; : work, finding the occupation in talk ;; . but the South works well arid works y; all the time. -.Likewise it . works ef fectively ' ."' ,'- . : That there is idleness and a great deal of it in the South, no .one who. " c uses his eyes will deirvv " That there is more-of it here than at the .North y.:. ;';. : no one familiar with the two sections; 1 7V -can - truly say. :;The" New ; Yorker .v : Q who comes from his bustling streets. - " to pass a few days in a quiet South- ' . exn town thiukff that Jts people have" . ' nothing to do and do it very thor - oughly. If lie ' came to ; stay ho. ' ; '. would soon find that his work wasf harder here and with fewerlbreath' ing spells than he knew, at' home. It is all a difference of ways. 'North and South the most of us are work-' ers in one way . or another and it i3 lack ' of sense, or worse, to charge with idleness every man whose man- " , ner of 'work is not our own.. - Wro have known somewhat idle" people : .' even in Raleigh, to thinks and. t; say of public ofScers who" were dv- ; s ing the very hardest, kind of work. .V' for very poor- pav,.that ;thev had-A r ll t- ': i 1 1 i -i J" ! v -:.'.':. i-v-":-'' '- wj uu auu . pxcuuj' xj Hum .v ;'i..? - liJ ": -' "-.i. 'v--- It is all very easy for, the North ern writer, or the Southern wrrVerjai the , North, or his imitator; at South, to talk about Southern idlofc -: ness, and ihrifUessncss, and all tkTSit-. rest of it. But if either; would "stoiiv" xo - inins, . or ur ascertain racis, n t would find that the amount of agr"- ;;; : cultural x labors alone rdonein4 tho South would show the ' folly of rihsC r v : :X reproach so constantly urged against it. . Take the one item: of cottons ! ; S the aggregate crops 'of the the ten years just before the war were 34, C 995,44QJtaIes ; for the last ten years' : , 55,000,000 bales. ' In addition to tiiis i immense production a larger area of" . land is cultivated for food than ever . -before. Of course these crops repre-;i;i sent a'.vast -amount of hard work. , Idle as many of our people are, an 1 l- '' earnestly as this paper strives to dcV f:: -crease the number of the idle, there ., : v' ris . no uou Du tnat in. proportion to ;vW population the people of the South -. !- ually better off in this world's goods. If-''- '"':'tr Ul liUCU UWU, lUOU U1C WjUC Ul wo North. .' v 4 W '''"'M Dr. Deems Estimate of VanderblU. New York World..:. ; ' 1 - "I-have known Mr.; YanderbU" J1: said Rev. Dr. Deems, of the Church j ,. . of the Strangers, yesterday, "for. fif- '' - i teen years. His father was a member -;,; ;5 i of my church; During thattirae X"va; havexiever known Mr Vanderbilt:" ' to refuse to aid any one who rjeally ! ; deserved -aid and asked for itrln- ' ; ; -: deed,:,he many 'time3 stepped in hS,: '. where he was "Upt asked -and didan ' M, immense amount, of- goodS bfteii ; anonymously 'In additioii to his p ublic gifts, which are widely khpwn, : there is one of which little note was affo but which' will bis. mo5?t v v'ul 1 v is uftiUiyAm Iefer to - his . gift of $10,000 to tho ;.' V' :. K form fund to help podfyoung'ineri;"Cf"& through 'theolleglatel co enty-five students have thus been en-.- .fp ; abled to gain an education. -With : - l '-'-i-" but two exceptions each ? one of the ' u . '-v number has done remarkably well y in life, and will never cease fo; re member Mr. Vanderbilt as the found- .; er of their fortunes g Valuable; informafiori- 'prevent ; diphtheria thatmost tovb dreaded of all dreadful diseases. Don t delay a tn omen prevention" riisbAfiAr tharl rrire. .NofarnfivBhmiifl C?; i" v-. is house.;" ijil, that Franklin did not oliscover HghtS nl rirr- 11 rt?l 'Sift orrti-vsr ti a rh Oi rri iv? . ;'fvy: ; A - -' ' . , .y...f T3 X..-- i
Rockingham Post-Dispatch (Rockingham, N.C.)
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Dec. 24, 1885, edition 1
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