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The State Chronicle. ESTABLISHED 1877. JOSEPIIUS PAX1ELS. - - Editor. RALEIGH, N. C., OCT. G, 1887. THE TWO PARTIES CONTRASTED. The policy of the two great political parties in the United States has not been better contrasted in recent years than in the two articles, which have recently ap peared in the Forum, one from Gov. Foraker on "The Return of the Republi can Partv," and the other by Speaker Car lisle on "The Continuance of Democratic Rule." The high position held in their respective parties by these gentlemen make their statements of the aims and policies of the two parties entitled to consideration and great weight. The Claim of the Republicans. Gov. Foraker, with an exhibition of -Pharisaism that Christ would have de nounced with all His hatred of this worst of vices, bases the claim for the return of the Republican part to control of the affairs of government to the superior ex cellence of that party. In the warp and woof of the article runs the prayer "We thank God we are not as other men even as these Democrats. " He says "they Republicans are better qualified to do than their opponents, as to matters about which there is a common opinion." Again Pharisaical strain read: "It is important to restore the Republican party to power because of its superior capacity and fitness to deal with them public questions." Further along he says "The nlain truth is. that the Democratic party has no comprehensive business jud( rripnt. It is controlled by its Southern wing, and that is largely where the diffi eulty lies." This would seem to be suf- fiiont if true, to damn the party for imbecility. The Fharisee continues: "They J the Democrats appear still more incapa ble of dealing with our foreign interests Because Mr. Bayard goes forward, with out the notoriety of Blaine, in the dis charge of his duties, the administration is "incapable." It is to be borne in raind that Ostentation and Pharisaism go hand in hand, and complaint is here made because the Democratic Prime Minister does not follow Republican precedent and keep the country in a constant stir, and because he wisely preserves settled amicable relations with other countries. But the climax has cot been reached. Hear it: "But, when all else is said and done, the fact remains that there is a vast difference between the respective staudards of moral worth, poiit ical integrity, and patriotic purpose of the two parties." With this deliverance, un equalled for cheek, vanity and arrogance, even when the Pharisees were organized and reeularlv in the business of self-lau dation, this "Fool Governor," as the Re publican r'hiladeipnia rimes iruiy cans him, lashes himself into a fury, wraps the mantle of his superior "political integrity about him, and cries out "Unclean, Un clean" to the polluted hosts of Democrats. This claim to a monopoly of all the virtue in the country would be amusing if it were not sad to think that this "Fool Governor," who makes the claim, has received the endorsement of a great political party in a great State. Arrogance and pride and vanity must have a fall, but it is a matter for sincere regret, with all lovers of country, that such sentiments, as we have quoted, can be expressed without provoking the outraged condemnation of all men, even of Ohio bloody shirt Republicans. The other grounds, beside that of Su perior Excellence and Immaculate Virtu , upon which the party that stole the Presi dency and was guilty of all sorts of pecul ations and malfeasance in office, demands a return to power,are: First. It is charged that the Demo cratic party prevents "a free ballot and a fair count" in the South. Upon this Gov. Foraker pours out the vials of his wrath, and seems like a demon possessed when he recalls the fact that the "solid South," by reason of the thirty-five electoral votes given on account of "the enfranchisement and consequent representation of the blacks," elected Mr. Cleveland. Northern Iiepublicans gave the negro the ballot in order to humiliate and keep down the Southern man. Now that the increased power of the South, conferred in order to perpetuate Republican success, is the very agency that prevents Republican success, Gov. Foraker cries out in his desperation that "the South is made solid by bloody and fraudulent methods," and the whole race of bloody shirt howlers join in the chorus of denunciation of the South. The Republican party came to grief through its desire to injure the Democratic party, and now that they have put fetters upon their own hands, they are very much in the condition of the man of whom it was said: "He digged a pit He digged it deep He digged it tor his brother; To punish his sin He did fall in The pit he digged for t'other." Second. The Republican party ought to be given power because it favors a Pro tective tariff. Third. The Republican party ought to be returned to power because of its liberal construction of the Constitution. In this connection Gov. Foraker takes the position that a public building ought to be erected in every city having a population of 20, 000, "if for no other reason than to have continually before the people a visible testimonial of the existence of the National government." He says the Democratic idea of States Rights has "a tendency unduly to belittle the national power." "Finally the Republican party should be restored to power to check the revival of the Southern Confederacy." As showing the venom and spleen and hate of this bloody-shirt waver, we quote the following, with which he closes his ar ticle: Mr. Cleveland had scarcely been inau gurated before the friends of his adminis tration commenced telling us to note that the sun rose and set as usual, that seed time and harvest came as formerly, that the negroes were not re-enslaved, that the rebel war debt was not assumed, and that nothing, in short, had come to pass, as they claimed, to which any patriotic man could take exception. That Fitz-Hugh Lee rode in the inauguration procession, clad in the rebel gray, and received more applause than the President, was nlv a harmless incident. When the flag of the Union was lowered to ha f-mast, in honor of ex-Secretary Thompson, the traitor, fire-bug, and yellow-fever fiend, it was onlv a thoushtless mistake. When men who bad fought to destroy tne l nion were sent abroad by the score to take tne places of the veterans who had saved it, and to represent us at foreign courts, it was only what u oe expected. nun .ten. Davis made a triumphal tour of the South, and was lionized wherever he went, it meant only the innocent gratification ot an old man's vanity; there was nothing in it all that was improper. Rain, snow, anu the crops still came as usual, and the Cap itol still stood on the banks of the Yoto mac, and, therefore, it was demonstrated that all fears of evil from Democratic as cendency could be safely dismissed. There are a few men outside the ranks of the Democratic party who still talk in this way, but the number is rapidly dimin- isning, ana tnere a.e mau m of that party who are witnessing with dis may the progress ot evenis. iwtKiu6 onlv the past tew ween.s, we uan President ot tne uuueu owim uu j ravi nnitinar in words of compliment and eulogy on the occasions of the unveiling of the statues erected in honor of John C. Calhoun and Albert Sidney Johnson -one th author of secession, and the other dis tinguished for nothing, except as a soiuier whn fmi irht tn destroy his country, e havo also seen the Democratic State Con vention at Louisville cheering to tne ecno Mr. Henry Watterson's allusion to the Dependent Pension Bill," as "irrauas natnntip nnnnor hniment. warrauieu io gUich vawahnnHairi' hv tensioning a lot of tramps." We have seen General Rosser ordering General Sheridan to keep out of the Shenandoan vauey, or unug ms rations with him. We have seen tne President of the Lnited States, instead oi joining with the loyal millions of the coun try in the sacred duty of scattering flow ers over the graves of the dead heroes, but for whose biavery and sacrifice of life the government, of which he is the head, would not be in existence, going -a-nsu-ing" on Decoration Day. And, finally, we have seen this same cruet .Magistrate pro ceeding to surrender the captured battle flags to what he terms the "Confederate States," that they may be carried in public parade, and pointed to witn priue, as thoueh thev were not stiil the emblems of treason, of which the people of the South should be forever ashamed. And all this for no other purpose than to make it ap pear that because "the war is over" there should be no longer any distinction be tween the blue and the gray, and that both should be remembered only, and alike, for the valor they displayed; and, on such a basis, to establish a seutiraental fraternity of feeling for the present, to be followed with payment for cotton, slaves, and Confederate bonds by aud by. All these several stspfi and acts were quietly and patiently acquiesced in, until the last, but that was too mucn ror loyai men to endure, and tuey greeted it witn such storms of protest and indignation that haste was made to revoke the order and post-pone "the pleasant duty," not because the sentiment was wrong, but be cause, having examined the law "with more care," it was thought best to wait until Congress can give authority to do lawfully what, had there been no inter ference, woul4 have bpea done unlawfully." The Democratic Claim. Mr. Carlisle, in the October number of the Forum, states some of the reasons why the Pemoeratic party should be con tinued in power. The striking difference between the contribution of Mr. Carlisle and Governor Foraker is that the first named discusses, iu a statesman-like man ner, political issues and questions, unbi ased by sectionalism or partisan rancor, and uninfluenced by arrogance and Phari saism, whereas Governor Foraker's hatred of the South, and waving cf ihs bloody shirt, and intolerable arrogance manifest themselves in every line, impressing the most casual reader. We give, in brief, Mr. Carlisle's reasons: First In the first place Mr. Carlisle calls attention to the true difference of opiuioD between the two existing parties concerning the nature and extent of the Federal power under the Constitution. This difference of opinion has existed continuously since the organiza tion of the Government, and has always constituted, as it still does, the most clearly defined lmeof separation between political parties in this country. ? The Republican party of to-day is more extravagant in its assertion of what it calls "National authority" than its Federal pro genitor was a century ago. During the short period between the close of the war and the year 1875, while it controlled the legislation of Congress, it passkd a great er NUMBER OF UNCONSTITUTIONAL ENACTMENTS THAN CAN BE FOUND IN ALL THE REMAINDER oe our legislalive histury." Under Re publican rule the President was rapidly becoming what Patrick Henry predicted he would be: "An American king." In 1875 the people repudiated this tendency toward centralized Government by elect ing a Democratic House, and in 1875 en tered another protest by electing Tilden President. "It is, perhaps, not going too far to say that if the Republican party had not been deprived of power in the popular branch of the legislative department, and if the warning of 1876 had not not been given by the people, our federative system of government would have been substan tially overthrown, and the right of local SELF-tiOVERNWENT, WHICH LJSS AT THE VERY FOUNDATION OF OUR FREE INSTITUTIONS, would have been confined to the narrow est possible limit." Second The return of the Republican party would be immediately followed by an attempt to control local elections, un der the pretence of seeing to it that the negro has his vote counted. Third During the ten years of undis puted control of the Federal Government "The Republican party not only failed to make any necessary reform in the public service or to legislate for the promotion of the general welfare, but it criminally neg lected the material interests of the peo ple, and, in the anxiety to win the ap plause and support of aggregated capi tal, it laid the foundation for many new abuses which have since grown to alarm ing proportions." Among them he enu merates: 1. The Republican party virtually de stroyed the American navy and merchant marine. 2. It squandered the public lands by un necessary excessive grants to corporations, and by permitting large and valuable tracts of lands to be appropriated by syn dicates of speculators. 3. It wasted the public money by a loose and extravagant system of expenditures which has no parallel in our history. 4. It maintained an unequal system of taxation, for the avowed purpose of ob structing international exchanges, and at the same time, with glaring inconsistency, it paid subsidies out of the public treasury. 5. It employed the military to control elections by the people, and to overcome the tribunals appointed by law to make returns. C. It established ana aoonsneu courts to meet political emergencies, and unaer the decisions of irresponsible tribunals, paid out millions of dollars in claims of at least doubtful validity, held by people living in a part of the country where Le- publican votes were sorely needed. 7. It habitually used oihcial power ior partisan purposes, and made its placemen an organized body of political serfs. Fourth The Democratic House at its last session passed bills forfeiting and re storing to the government, for the benent of actual settlers, more than one hun dred million acres of land. Republicans wasted the public domain and gave it to speculators. Fifth The Democratic party otvht to be kept in iHwer because it will decrease the present tariff. A large surplus in the Treasury is the most dangerous corruption fund that can iossibly menace the integ rity of legislation. Republicans are de vising and advocating vast schemes of spoliation to get rid of the surplus; Demo crats are devising and advocating a re duction of taxation. The Democratic pol icy is to abolish, as far as practicable, the . vco ov tup KFCF.SSARIES OF LIFE AND ON i .l-ii.-; ' ' -" ' - - - - THE RAW MATERIAL USED IN THEIR PRODUC tion, and to revise, simplify, and in proper cases, reduce the duties on other articles embraced in the tariff schedules. The Re publican solution is to retain a high rate of taxation on the food, fuel and clothing of the people, and on the building materials, implements of labor, medicines, and other articles that are in dispensable in the support of their fami lies and the prosecution of their business. Sixth The Democratic party has iutro duced honesty and economy in the public expenditures. The Republicans are re sponsible for the many bureaus and de partments and subdivisions, that confuse the operations of government, make the transaction of business tedious and odious to the people, and compel the retention of many unnecessary officials. The Republi can party cannot work the needed reform without repudiating its past policy and undoing its own work. This it would not do. Seventh In the matter of pensions, the Democratic party has voted liberal pen sions to maimed and disabled soldiers and sailors aud their widows, but it believes there is a limit to the tax-paying power of the people. If the Republican reckless policy of giving to every Republican who smelt gun powder during the war should prevail, it would either bankrupt the coun try or subject the people to a burden of taxation that would seriously cripple and embarrass al! tneir industries. Eighth The ltepublian party destroyed our navy. The Democratic party has al ways been the friend of the navy and the merchant marine, and so long as it re mained in power the American flag was displayed on every sea and in every com mercial port. IT the mere appropriation and expenditure of money bad been all that was necessary, the Republican party has thoroughly demonstrated its qualifica tion for the task; but unfortunately all its efforts to seenre a navy wituout either BI fJ DING OR BUYING VESSELS HAVE SIGNALLY FAILF.D. We believe the above to be the best read ing matter the Chronicle has contained in many a month. Every Democrat ought to read it nd re-read it. Preserve this paper, and be ready to give the reasons (and they are " given in unanswerable form by Speaker Carlisle) why the Democratic party should pontinue to ad minister the affairs of these United States. THE FATHER OF OCR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. On the 4th of February 1886, in the sketches of ? 'Famous North Carolinians," published in the Chronicle, a momolr of Hon. Archibald D. Murphey, from the pen of Hon. Wm. A. Graham, LL.D., appeared. The sketch had originally appeared in the University Magazine in 1880. Gov. Gra ham paid a high tribute to Judge Mur phey in this most Interesting sketch which gave an account of the chief labors of his life. Litterateur, scholar, educator, law yer, public-spirited-citizen, he excelled in all ; but it was in devising a general scheme of public instruction for the State, and in bus intelligent exertions in behalf of in ternal improvements, that make his life and work of most interest and profit tq living North Carolinlang. He wa3 so far in advance of the public thought of his day; so wise in his matured plans for perpetuating a free government by making an educated citizenship; so vigorous and so earnest in the papers, which he has left, in advocacy of enlight ened progress; so upright, grave and sin cere in his life; so patriotic and so devoted in his love of Country, God and Truth, that the recent recalling attention to and emphasizing his great services, by naming the new, large and elegant public school building, in the City of Raleigh, 'Murphey School," is most fitting and appropriate, and deserves more than a passing notice. Judge Murphey may properly be called the Father of the Public School System in North Carolina. He represented Orange county in the State Senate consecutively from 1812 to 1818, and was Chairman of the Committee on Education. The best estimate of the value of his services in behalf of public education can be drawn from his reports. They are voluminous, written with an ease and strength Gold smith could not have equalled, full of the result of thorough study and examination, and strengthened with a logic, in favor of the plans he devised, that to this day has not been answered. Indeed it is unan swerable. A few extracts, from aud comments upon, these reports will best illustrate his grasp of the subject and his great belief in the education of all citizens. In the limits of a newspaper article these extracts must be brief. To fully appreciate the wide range of information, the greatness and the statesmanship of the man, his papers must be read as a whole. In 1816,in his report to the State Senate, Judge Murphey, after a learned disserta tion upon the benefits of education and the needs of the State University, attri buted the want of better success at the University to the lack of a general system of instruction that will "include a grada tion of schools, regularly supporting each other, from the one in which the first ru diments of education are taught,to that in which the highest branches of the sciences are cultivated." In 1887 the same thing is true, notwith standing Judge Murphey's strenuous ef forts to establish a perfect public school system, the beneficent advantages of which would reach every child in the Common wealth. If subsequent legislators had been as progressive as this statesman who had the gift of prescience, or had studied and sought to give effect to his plans, there would to-day be no complaint about the University or the public school system of the State. In whatever ways the Uni versity comes short of its greatest prosper ity and glory, the cause is found in the fact that its graduates and supporters have not always been as earnest and as wise in advo cacy of public schools, as Judge Murphey was in the earlier days of the history of the State. If a study of Judge Murphey's life, which has leen suggested by the nam ing of the new public school building of Raleigh in his honor, svill impress upon the people that the higher educational in terests of the State can alone be advanced by promoting pari passu the public schools as feeders, a great purpose will have been served In the Senate Journal for 1817 theplaa matured by Judge Murphey is set forth in detail. It was: 1. To establish in every town or section in the State, where practicable, a primary schoof; 2. To divide the State into ten Academical districts, in each of which there should be an Academy where branches preparatory to the University should be taught, the establishment con ditioned upon individuals paying two- thirds, and the State one-third of the ex pense; and 3. that the l niversity be main tained and teach only the higher branches and the sciences, Of this plan he wisely said, "The pri mary schools are of the first importance." So thoroughly was the Judge convinced of the greater necessity for primary instruc tion that the report goes on to say, "Care shall be taken that the proceeds of the fund for public instruction shall not be applied to the establishment of an Acade my, so long as it is probable that such an application may leave any Primary School unprovided for." At this time it was not feasible to make these primary public schools free, but Judge Murphey sought to extend their ben efits to all poor children. For that $.11 honor! His plan proposed that individuals contribute a plot of ground and school building, aud to then divide the expense between the public and the parents of children able to pay. He said, "These schools would be to the lich a convenience and to the poor a blessing." It was his opinion that, under such a system, la.uOO children would be taught in 181s. We desire to emphasize here, as showing Judge Murphey's democracy and wisdom, that his plan did not provide for a separate school for the joor and rich. Together they were to attend it and receive the same instruction. The following quotation is among the best in his reports, and it is as true to day as when it was penned: "One of the strongest reasons which we can have for establishing a genera! plan of Public Instruction, is the condition of the poor children of purpouhtry. auph always has been, and prqbably a ways will be the allotments ot human lite, that the poor will form a large portion of every commu nity; and it is the duty of those who man age the affairs of a State, to extend relief to the unfortunate part of our species in every way in their power. Providence, in the impartial distribution of its favors, whilst it has denied to the poor m;;ny of the comforts of life, has generally bestow ed upon them the blessing of intelligent children, poverty is the sv-hnol of genius; it is a school in which the active powers of man are developed and disciplined, and in which that moral courage is required, which enables him to toil with difficulties, privation and want. From this school generally come forth those men who act the principal parts upon the theater of life; men who impress a character upon the age a wjjich ' they i jve . , , , . , , . poor children are peculiarly the property of the State, and by proper cultivation they will constitute a fund of intellectual and moral worth, which will greatly subserve the pub lic mterpsf.'' The North Carolina Board of Education of 187 and all who are trying to educate children on the pittance of a per capita of 1.25 per annum, will appreciate and en dorse the following: "In giving effect to any general plan of public education, it is essentially necessary that ample funds be provided," and that these funds, and also the direction of the general plan, be committed to the care and direction of a board composed of intelli gent and efficient men." Teachers in public schools are often ham pered in their work because the children of the poorer parents have not suitable books. Judge Murphey forgot nothing in his system, and provided for this. He says: "the Trustees of Primary Sthoola mav purchase for the use of the pupils, educat ed at tne puonc expense, such books sta tionery and other implements of learning, as may be necessary." "ShalJ the Bible be taught in our public schools?" is a question that has been a source of much trouble and disagreement. Judge Murphey was explicit in the course proposed in his report. We quote: "In these books books to be provided for the Primary Schools! should be con tained many of the Historical parts of the Old and the New Testament, that children may early be made acquainted wjtty the boo wmcn contains the word of truth. anu tne doctrines ot eternal lire. We have heard, in these latter days, much talk of "denominational represen tation" in the Faculty of the University, ana wnenever it is renewed we are wont to say that we have fallen upon evil times It is interesting, if saddening, to observe that the sectarian spirit which is the curse of this decade seems to have had a foot ing in 1817. In the plan for organizing Academical schools Judge Murphey recom mended that "When, in any district, there is an established Academy the Trustees thereof may report all matters concerning Uiincmding the number and denomination of the propbssors anu teachers employed therein," &c, and if worthy they shall be aided by the State Board. Why was it necessary to know the 'de nomination" of the professor or teacher unless the brethren, eaten up with selfish and sectarian pride, demanded "equal de nominational representation?" The concluding words of the report show Judge Murphey not only to have been a wise man, a master m piaumug gi.eai. measures for the elevation and betterment of the coming generations, but a man who a i r . 4- put his trust in the Almighty, and looked to Him for guidance. He said: "When some judicious plan of Public Education shall be carried into execution, when light and knowledge shall be shed upon all, may we not indulge the hope that men will be convinced that wisdom's ways are ways of pleasantness and all her oaths are reace: and be induced by such conviction to regulate their conduct by the rule of Christian morality ot doing unto others as they wish they would do unto them: and that thev will learn to ao just ly, to love mercy and to walk humbly be fore their God." A HOME FOR SOLDIERS. The annual appropriation of $30,000 to pension wounded and needy Confederate soldiers is entirely inadequate to relieve their necessities. It amounts to a per capita of only about eight dollars. When we consider the lavish appropriations made to pension Northern soldiers our pittance is small indeed. The Chronicle believes that every man who was wounded in the war or is in actual need ot assis tance ought to be aided by the State They defended our homes and our sacred honor iu the fierce days of war; they ought not to be allowed to suffer in their old age and in their infirmities. Some years, ago an association was or ganized, of which Col. W. F. Beasley is President, to secure the erection of a home for the needy veterans of the Lost Cause. Next to nothing has been effect ed by that organization. It has not had the co-operation of our people. Col. Beasley has called a meeting to further the in terests of the association to be held in Raleigh at the approaching State Fair The Chronicle hopes it will oe well at tended, and hopes that this question will be debated and seriously considered; Will the wounded and needy ex-Confederate soldiers be best helped by a small pension, Or by the erection of a Soldiers Home? We think there is (there ought to be none) no difference of opinion among our people upon the great fact that some aid ought to be given. There are many, however, who believe that the veterans who most need assistance would not live at the Home. They have relatives who can give them some aid and some atten tion. As to the helping, all patriotic citizens are agreed; it is Ply as tq the method that there is disagreement. we hope that the meeting to be held will throw all the possible light upon the question, and that all who are anxious to give the best kiud of aid can agree upon a plan. The Chronicle wants to do what is best for the old soldiers, who are of the be;t and truest of our population, and will lend its influence to the erection of a Home if it is decided that a permanent Home is better than a yearly pension. MR. CLEVELAND AS A HUMORIST. The friends of Mr, Cleveland have claim ed for him all the virtues of the gods; his enemies have denied that he possesses any virtues worth naming. Possibly between thse two estimates, a proper and just es-. timate coqld be reached. We have not seen it claimed that he is a humorist, and the Chronicle makes that clfkira for him. It aeems to bp admitted in Ohio that he has a certain sort of humor, and Gov. Por aker in his article in the Forum speaks of the "faoetious remarks" of the President. The Clover Club in Philadelphia voted him a "jolly good fellow" and laughed immod erately at his jokes. Whether they Jaugh- ed because they were tickled, or out of jo- liteness the papers are silent. His speech at St. Louis op Monday clear ly showed that the president has a fine vein of humor, not of the rollicking kiud of Senator Vance, but not totally unlike it. We quote the following from one speech as laughable, and tending to estab lish our claim: Firs-t The president referred to the fact that he had reached St. Louis "through much tribulation." Second He said that delegations from every town between Washington and St. Louis, had tried to convince him that their town was on the direct line between the two place. Third He said to the St. Louis people: "I expect that anything I might say con cerning your State or city in the way of laudation or congratulation would hardly equal your own estimate of these subjects." We could give other iustances these are sufficient, In a sensible communication to the Wil mington Star, Maj. Finger, Supt. of Pub lic Schools, complains and it is a just complaint that motj is expected of the public school authirities than they can possibly accomplish with the means at thejr pomm.'in.J. le s;ys thpy are rg. quired to make "brick without straw."' When we reflect that the per capita ap propriation to educate the children of the State is only one dollar and twenty- five cents peii annum, including every thing, ?t is no wonder that our public schools are not as good as they ought to to be. The wonder is that, with so little money in hand, the school authorities are able to make them as efficient and as use ful as they are. The Chronicle is in fa vor of increasing the school tax it ought to be doubled and the Supieme Court ought not longer to stand in the way of it. Efficient public schools is one great need in JNorth Carolina. Daniels of the Raleigh State Chronicle should be indicted for cruelty. It is bad enough to gash a fellow all over, but to make a saline application and rub it in afterwards is more than good Christian folks can be expected to sanction, and that is what he has been doing with Con- gressrann Jficholi Washington Gazette. Ilendy lor Thanksgiving. . As'; eville Citizen. We are now ready for President Cleve land and Gov. Scales to issue proclama tions for thanksgiving. Our guod. friend Henderson Wright uaa brought to our sanctum a fine pumpkin, weighing 60 pounds, another weighing 30 pounds, and also two stalks of corn ? feet high- The pumpkin will be pie for us aqd. the corn pie for our KiQBi .... Albert Starnes, of Union county, under sentence of death, has been par doned by Governor Scajees, Starns has had the death sentenced pronounced upon him three times in two years, and three, times has he been pardoned. PERSONAL AND SOCIAL. T. N. Hill, Jr., of Halifax, was licensed, Monday, by the Supreme Court to practice law. He was ill when the regular exami nation was held. Fayctteville Presbytery licensed Rev. A. R. Shaw to preach. A correspondent of the Star compliments Mr. Shaw on his ex amination and his "exeeptiouabiy aoie sermons. President Battle, of the University, was in Raleigh this week. The Chronicle was glad to learn that there were now iva stu dents now on the Hill, and that the num ber is increasing. The Chronicle congratulates its friends at trie University that Mr. John S. Long, of New Berne, has accepted an invitation to deliver an address at that ancient and renowned seat of learning in November. The Chronice was glad to learn from Dr. Lash, of Walnut Cove, who was in Raleigh Tuesday, that theC. F. & Y. V. R. R. is com pleted 2(J miles beyond Walnut Cove, and what is as good, that it is thought there are 1 iTge deposits of coal on the line of the road. Rev. Dr. George B. Taylor passed through Raleigh last week, on a visit to his sun. who is pastor of the Chapel Hill Baptist iJiurch. A few days ago he de livered a lecture on Rome to the students of Wake Forest. It was an interesting ad dress. Revs. J. W. Powell and L. M. Curtis left Clinton this mornintj to spend a year at the Southern Baptist Theological Semi nary at Louisville, Ky. Clinton Cau casian. Good. The Chronicle loves to see the young preachers getting ready to preach. Messrs. Jas. H. Pou and Ed. W. Pou, of Smithfield, have formed a law co part nership. These gentlemen are so well known to our readers as lawyers of in tegrity and acknowledged ability, that they need no endorsement from us. Sel ma News. In his younger days Our Zeb was one of the finest fiddlists in the country and would and did break down any opponent he might have. His weakness now is on a harp of a thousand strings, spirits of good Democrats made perlect. Ashe ville Citizen. lhe southern tobacco Journal says Major Robert L. Ragland, of Hyco, Hali fax Co , Va., will, it is said, raise 100 bushels of tobacco seed this year enough to plant the entire acreage of the worid tour times. AIhj. Kagiand has ior a long time been authority on tobacco culture, Among the lawyers attending the Su preme Court this week, the Chronicle has been pie ised to see Messrs. Ih nry R. Brv- an, M. DeW. Stephenson, Clement Manly, W. W. Clark and O. H. Guion, of New Ben.e; T. N. Hill, J. A. Moore and R. O Burton, Jr., of Halifax; and Walter E, T!a,u iel, of Weldon. Miss Minnie Royail, who for a number of seasons has been receiving the best vo cal training in Boston and New York that the country affords, also careful instru mental instruction, left Thursday evening for Franklin Female Seminary, one o.f the most renowned institution of Writing in Tennessee, where she goes to teach vocal music". (ibldtiboro Argus. Of the Judges of thetuperior Court, Judge Walter Clark has, in many re-pets, placed himself at ihe h.ea.vL le has ren dered most efficient service io his State by his just decision and the intrepidity with which he baa. brought to justice sCiiue who have hitherto laughed denanee at the law, has jjrtatly endeared iirn to all North Car tilinians who have the tfood of the Com monwealth at heart. --Bibllcal Recorder. Mr. Will H. McDonald, of Raleigh, who made Civil Service Reform the subject of his graduating speech at Chapel Hill a$t June, sent a copy of his speech to Hon Geo. Wm. Curtis, the great advocate of this reform,. Replying, Mr. Curtis wrote Mr. McDpnald:' "lam very muc.li obliged, for a copy of your speech which I have read with, pleasure sr( agreement. The wore geneiHy sound views upon the civil service and the correction of electoral corruption prevail, the more certain is the increase ot our national worth and our good work in the world." Mr. W. S. Yates, of the Sm.Ub.anian Institute, Wahincton, u. C. is in North Carolina and visited Raleigh this week. tie is endeavoring to secure contributions in the way of minerals, wood, etc., to place on exhibition at the Smithsonian In stitue. The North Carolina display there is meagre and not repreiitative of our varied and abundant resources. Mr. ates is a native North Carolinian, the son. of lion. Jesse J. Yates, who formerly repre sented the First District in Congress. He is now in the Western part of the State. The Chronicle hopes tint ho will have the co-operation of our people in his effort to increase the North Carolina display. "The Internal Revenue Law Carlisle," and Mr, Special Oor. State Chuonicle. The excellent leading editorial in the issue of the State Chronicle, of Septem ber 29th, headed as above ought to be read and considered by every North Caro linian. To this end it ought to be copied by every Democratic paper in the State and republished r th,e CftRONioLE. it is points I, clear, argumentative, and truth ful, as well as patriotic. The Internal Revenue tax, with its oppressive and arbi trary measure8,is daily becoming more and more unpopular in all portions of North Carolina. It has become an intolerable burden and menace to the people and to constitutional liberty itself. The Dema praey of the fetate de'mand that the abomi nable Internal Revenue system shall be swept from the statutes. This State will be lost to the Democratic party next year, unless the party rises up anew on its op position to its longer continuance, aided, by our Democratic members of Consrress. The Democratic masses of Eastern., as well western JNortn Carolina, are united, strong, uncompromising, for its repeal. except these Democrats who hold office under the odious, tyrannical, and abomi nable enactment. Certainly no Democratic member of Congress from North Carolina can so favor unjustice and wrong, and so outrage the feelings and wishes of his constituents as to vote for any man for speaker of the next House of Representa tives, who is opposed to its nromnfc mneal The people are becoming more and more indignant at the law and to its practical operations, anu win ngtit it with increas im. 1 ; " i'g"i aim ueLeriuiliailon Until It 18 abolished. Keep your sharp and gleaming sword unsheathed then, Mr. Daniels, against this Internal, Infernal! Revenue tax, and continue to strike your heavy and effective thrusts against it so long as our lonjj -suffering and loyal people continue to oe annoyed, harrassed, oppressed by this war measure of radical legislation. No Democrat need expect the support of the Pemoeracy of the East who does not march bravely under the banner of repeal. The Chronicle is doing noble service in this line. This communication but feebly expresses the increasing hostility and determined opposition of our Eastern Democrats to this galling yoke of oppression fastened upon the Sou.th by a Radical Congress. An Eastern Democrat. POLITICAL GOSSIP. Massachusetts Republicans have re nominated Oliver Ames for Governor. Either Gov. Scales or Col. J. T. More- head will represent the 5th District in the 51st Congress. Greensboro Patriot. The New York politicians have made up a slate. Mr. Cleveland is to be renom inated. Gov. Hill is to be Governor again and then President for a couple of terms. Do the New York politicians own the country? Macon (Ga.) Telegraph, Dem. The people are for Cleveland for the simple reasou they know he is for them and their interests; there is very little feeling against him in my State, but the people all love him and Mrs. Cleveland. I tell you, sir, they can't beat that team in '88!" Congressman McClammy inter viewed in Washington. The New York World, with its char acteristic enterprise, sent its staff of re porters to Albany and interviewed the delegates as to the Presidency. Cleveland was found to be far ahead of all others. Of 335 delegates, Cleveland was the first choiceof 1C0; Hill of 43. It was estimated that the Labor vote would range from 10, 000 to 250,000; Prohibition from 5,000 to 250,000; but it was thought probable that the Cleveland Labor vote would be about 50,000. A native of Eastern North Carolina, now living in Florida, renewing hi sub scription to the Chronicle writes about politics in this State, and says, "I have no ticed closely the many names mentioned by the press as suitable candidates for Governor, all good and tried men, too. Having been connected with the politics of North Carolina for the last twenty years and having a largo acquaintance from the Seaboard to the mountains and hav ing the interest of the grand old Demo cratic party at heart, I firmly believe there is not a man in the State to day who is more unanimously popular or who could arouse more enthusiasm to rally around our Banner than Col. L. L. Plk. As "Sol dier, Statesman and Farmer, " bo has the respect and love of all who know him, and as a stump speaker he has no supe rior in the State." TRIVIAL CASES. The Wake County Grand Jury Thinks They Occupy too Much Time. The Grand Jury of Wake county have presented the following memorial to the Judge: The Hon. Jas. II. Merrimon, Presiding Judge tc. The Grand Jury trust that they are not exceeding the scope of their privilege, when as they believe, in the interest of economy, good order and the proper exe cution of the law in North Carolina, they venture to protest against the present meth od of introducing what may properly be called trivial cases in the Superior Courts or tne state. Much of the time of the present Grand Jury has been taken up ia examining the most trivirti anq almost irivoious cases; in lareeuy ftqq receiviug, the stealing of que chicken i in embezzlement, the alleged misappropriation of one load of wood; as well as in a large number of cases involv ing sums of less than five dollars, illustra tion is furnished of the work which has engaged the attention of iha solictor, the Grand Jury and the court for a considera ble part of tber time. It proper to state that in these cases, commitment had been made by magis trates under existing laws, which' made it the duty of the solicitor to draw bills of indictment and caused the summoning of from two to six witnesses in eah caae; a Hfcvy cost to the county and the State. The grand jury respectfully make this protest with the disire that the legal as sociations of the State and the people at large will endeaver to bring such influen ces to bear on the next Legislature as may muuoe mat ooay to better define and ar range for the more" simple aud economi cal bearing of such petty cases t,i whtoh allusion has been made. Submitted with. h& great respect of the irrana iiry4 ty their order. W. S. Primrose Foreman. A Nev Railroad. Prom San ford Express. Mr. A. F. Page, of Blue's Crossing. Mr. I). A. McDonald, of Carthage, and Mr. J. M. Graham, of Jackson Springs, have, formed themselves into a company to build a railroad from Blues Crossing n the R. & A. road to Troy in Montgomery county. They will Uuild this road 13 miles without VMer as mese gentlemen own ha miles of land in a solid body extending 13 miles west or riiues crossing. In this 13 miles of railroad, tbere will not be a cut more than ten feet deen. This road will penetrate a body of the fin. . ' . j : , i . t . i rt . vfc umucreu piuo iuu in norm Carolina, t is indeed a. big project, but its promot ers are business men. and will no douht build It, Tremendous Tobacco Sales in Oxford. rSpecial Cor. State Chronicle. Oxford, N. C, Oct. 4, 1887. Oxford was full and overrun with tobacco to-day (Wednesday). All five of the large ware houses were full, and there was at least 100 wagons which could not be unloaded. Break estimated at $35,000, H. The Shootins Prospect. FayetteviUe Observer A gentleman who has been nrosnootinw in regard to the outlook of the partridge " y "at ih is loiter man tne cotton crop, and he anticipates glorious sport. The birds are yet small not over half grown so do not be tempted to shoot be fore the time. The bird law permits part ridge shooting after the 15th of October. Don't commence before then. -. A Proper Spirit. From Raleigh Biblical Recorder (Ban. President Crowell, of Trinity College, is meeting with much gratifying success. He has raised f 30, 000 for endowment, and xiiuity uas too students. There is not i Methodist minister in North Carolina glad der of this than is the writer. Y here U Munchausen From Greensboro Patriot.l A farmer of Mecklenburg county owns a tame crow which goes regularly to the cotton held and picks as much in a day as any ot tne human pickers. With its beak it twists the cotton out and puts it in a bag. The owner of this truly rare bird as well as his neighbors, declare that the owieiueui is true in all respects. - Bucklen's Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts guises, oores, uicers, Salt Rheum, Fever sores, Tetter Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and IS ." - u- iJrfjr required. It 2 su-muteey l w give perfect satisfaction. box. iff, ::xZt- v."? p j .fuiiUMOU K (JO, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. STATE FAIR. RENTING OF IHNINC HAU,LUKCB COUNTERS, &, 0nModay. Oetuber 8trd, at 11 oVlb a P. COWPER, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. The Reason Why Ayer's Pills are so popular is, that while always reliable as a cathartic medicine, they never leave any in effects. This is because they are purely vegetable, and entirely free from c& mel or any other dangerous drug. In all cases, therefore, whether the patient be old or young, they may be confi dently administered. In the Southern and Western States, where derangements of the liver are so general, Ayer's Pills have proved an in estimable blessing. D. W. Baine, New Berne, X. C, writes : " I suffered a long time with stomach and liver troubles. I tried various rem edies, but received no benefit until I commenced taking Ayer's Pills. The se pills benefited me at once. I took them regularly for a few months, and my health was completely restored." Throughout New England, next to lung diseases, Stomach and Bowel Complaints are the most prevalent. Dyspepsia and Constipation are almost universal. Mr. Gallacher, a practical chemist, of Roxbury, Mass., who was long troubled with Dyspepsia, writes : " A friend induced me to try Ayer's Pills, and, after taking one box without much benefit, I was disposed to quit them; but he urged perseverance, and, before I had finished the second Ih.x, I began to experience relief. I continued taking them, at intervals, until 1 had used eleven boxes. Suffice it to sav, that I am now a well man, and grateful to your chemistry, which outstrips mine." The head and stomach are always in sympathy ; hence the cause of most of those distressing headaches, to which so many, especially women, are subject. Mrs. Harriet A. Marble, of I'oughkeep sie, N. Y-, writes that for years she was a martyr to headache, and never found anything to give her more than tem porary relief, until she began taking Ayer's Pills, since which she has hpen in the enjoyment of perfect health. Ayer's Pillsr PREPARED BT Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Matt. Sold bv all Druggist! AN ADDRESS. To the Manufacturers in North Caro lina. Gentlemen: We hail you with joy. Your efforts to build up North Carolina, and place her in the column of self-supporting States, deserves the hearty sym pathy and support of every citizen in this State. You certainly have our best wishes for your success, and yon may be sure thiit, we shall always urge that your work he sought after in preference to that of any, house outside of this State. We have setit our money away from home too long al ready, and the sooner we learn that as we patronize each other, the quicker will we build our beloved State. We recognize that every dollar spent for the productions of our home manufacto ries increases the demand for their sup plies and this calls for the employment of more fteople, and this in turn adds to the great law of demand and as a natural sequence to the weath of ail. We are engaged in the business of Print ing and Binding, and have one of thi largest and best equipped establishments, of the kind in the South. For 10 years we have been adding to our facilities iu order to meet the wants of every braueh of the business. As North, Carolinians, laboring to de velop and build up our State, we ask you when in want of any kind of Printing or Binding, Blank-books, Ledgers, &c, to send us your orders. Your work wilPtje well executed, in quick order and ou reasonable terms. Don't send your work out of the State beforcs giving us at least a trial. Yours truly, EDWARDS & BROUGHTON, Printers and Binders, i ' Raleigh. N. C. John H. Burgess, wrrn Mecklenburg Iron Works, COLUMBIA FACTORY, N. C. Steam Engines. Boilers, Saw .11 ills, Ci mills, i ram way l.ocomoli ve,. Gas Machinery, Cotton G ns, Turbine Water v neeis. castings, Shaftings, Hung ers, Pulleys, Wood Working Machinery, &c. Grain freshing jnclfrier) Mowers and Reapers, Wheat Drills, (iear- 1 . . n .1 T 1 1 . I 1 . . hu uu ucvoi, jvuuner aim ieain er Belting, Hemp and Rubber Pack inar. Steam and Water Piping, Pipe Tongs, Brass Goods ot Every Kind, Bolting Cloths, Saw Gummers, saws all Sizes, A Lot of Second-Hand EagiueM. Special Discount for (iO l)a sept33-tf A Big Show in Raleigh AT A. G. RHODES & CO! We have now thornmhi selves in the FURNITURE "BUSIXKr in Raleigh, and want to say to the PuMif that we do not buy goods in our line to Veep. uui to sen. we promise that it .shall h- w your interest to call and see our stock hef..re buymtr elsewhere. We Keep a full line f Parlor and Chamber Suits, Lounges, lint Racks, Wardrobes, Side boards, Sate, Itiireaus, sl,ian.t. Redsteads,Childreii'sI!eds, nl-. Cradles, Tables, ( hairs, Kovkers. Springs and Mattreseg, Clocks, Pictures, Mirrors, Window Shades, Lace Curtains, lt J Sets, Hugs, Toilet Sets, l.anis, AiC, &c, Aft. We will sell cheaper tlian the cheap est for Cash or on small Weekly or Month. y payments to suit the customers. A. G. RHODES CO., No. 218 S. Wilmington Street, RALEIMI, N. C. sept'jy3mi ALFRED I). JONES, Attorney-at- La w, Will practice in all the Courts of the .Ktat Office in the Mahler Building, RALEIGH, N. C. may27-6mo
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