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PIiESS AND CAKOLIXIAX, OCTOHER 25.
\ I.a-t \V«>rcl To i»r«»l>il»iti«»iii-'t-,.
As ih' 1 *nni}>airn draws to
r war«N its clos** wo ha' a
la> f word t«»say to our friends
and l»n j thr'ii of tlrnpn)!iil)i
-tion ]»ursuation. wlio lean
t >wards th* * third j»art v. r*
►lt *
h i vi' always i-nd- avoivd r o
do our wholf duty, and
, not shrink from it now. \\ »*
hav»* |»rot«.'>tfd th»*
nomination ol drunkards l»y
th»* Di'inorratio party, ai.d
\\«* would now warn IV'iuo
cratic Proliiliitionis? s not
to aid in tlm flf'M-tion ot
drunkards to important
State offices. oil say. and
wc do not doubt mat you
feel, that you are not doii»«r
that wli«*ii you vote for tlie
third party, hut we think
yon are. Tin-re is not a
third pa rty man in t he State
who helievs that ticket will
1m ■ elci - t«*d. I lie I)»'inoi rat ic
or the Republican ticket
will he elected, and the pr>-
hibit ion 1 democrats ha vet he
jmjwer to say which one sha 11
be. It twenty thousand. »r
peril aps a less number, of
democrats desert their old
friends and \*ote !>i 1 lie thir 1
jiariy the Republican 1 icket
will be elected, for but very
few Repu I>l jca Us w ill fail t 1
vote t heir regular old ticket
this year. There is a
eil'ort a nionu'ihe Rejaiblicans
this year than for many
years before. They are
spending more money to
carry this elertion this year
in North Carolina than ever
has been done ill one ejection .
If you. prohibition l>cino
icrats. in any considerable
number, deseit your old
friends, we are beaten, and
t here is no use t > hide the
fact. Will you do it? If
you do. what sort of man
will you elect over (>lll* own
eunity man. Maj. S. M . Fin
der. to be Superintendent >f
.
Public Inst met ion '! We do
. not know him and on 1 v re
'
pea t w hat a member of his
party told us. that "lie
drinks too much whisky."
If a Republican admits that
one of their candidates
"drinks too much —where
do you think a prohibition
democrat will find him?
an \on abandon the inter
est of your children in a well
superintended school sys
tem by aidinu't o ele'*t a man
t hat his own party men say
"drinks too much ?" \\ e
h(>pe not I"
I• nt there is vet another
important elei tion ] >♦ •n 1 iuli.
in which all arc in Vre>tc 1.
whether ell Ihilt >s or the
la t her » o lua li \ . Wei ielieve
the Auditors (»f| ici • i- «»t
vastly n.ioi •• import a lice in
the t a \-pa \ et> i»f the Sta t»
than tlie (iovernor St-e
Section •»•>.)o (i; the ('ode for
proot »t our assitt ion. Read
i-\er t lie li-.; »f ni>>t imix»rt -
I
an' duties imp >s»ml >n the
Auditor and ask. voursolvos
ii yon can ath»rd t» aid in
thf elect ion •>f a dissipated
unl extravagant
J >»TS()ll to this office. Will
you throw away your vote
and allow the Republicans to
elect a man - to superintend
the fiscal concerns of the
State." who. liffjuisc of
drink, has failed to superin
tend liis own fiscal f-oinmis?
Can yon trust a man to
make **a detailed estimate
of the expenditures to In* de
frayed from tie' treasury lor
the ensuing fiscal year." w ho
has never been able t> est;-
mate his own expenditures
l' >r (me month ahead V Will
you li»*lj» to elect a man •• I\»
Miggest plans tor tlie im
provement and managenient
of t he public revenues." who
never has improved or prop
erly managed his own reve
duties ot the Auditor and
ask yourselves it you can af
ford to allow a sober, iudus
trious business man like t lie
Democratic candidate for
Audit>r to be def'eated I»\
-j •
the man the Republicans
ha ve on their ticket ? W"i 11
yon fail to vote against a
man whose brother Republi
cans say they will not sup
port, and regret was] placed
on their ticuet? Remember
1 hat vour candidates cannot
be elected, and vour vote for
'
him is taken from the I)emo
! cratic candidate foriAuditor.
*
Rev. (i. W. Sanderlin. a
sober man and a business
man. Rrother Prohibition
ist, tliink calmlv of this mat
••
ter before you act on the (>111.
of November, and may the
I rent Ruler of men and 11a
t i ms guide your act ions.
Kdui-atiou.
11l 1 S(>S tlie State govein
nlent passed from t lie hand
of the 1 >einocrat ic party into
possession of the Republi
cans. The professors at the
Fniversity were driven >ut
upon the world, and men
put ill their places because
of their Radical politics.
The effect was disastrous.
File people refused t»> send
their sons there, and the
1 niversity was close* 1.
The ( omnioTi School Fund,
diminished by the results of
t lie war. w hid. had dot roved
t lie banks in which much of
the fund had 1 >een invested.
was vet a la rue one when tlie
Republicans took possession
of it. In the t h fee yea l's ( I
their absolute control they
s)ld »Ut t lie st H'ks ill the
Wilmington A Welf«m and
Wilmington A: Manchester
Railroads i sr,l>i» nun i. .• it.»]
in the ( ape 1 ear Na vi gat io i i
i (iinpaiiy i».~o -barest— tor
what reason nothing in the
Act >f -ale indicates—and in
vest e«l the proceed** ill "spe
cial ta x bonds." They squan
dered m t lie sa ur• ways 1 u.»
000 »t iiimey j-erei vei from
the I nited State- LiOVern
ment fu*educational purpos
es. and were 011 the point ot
selling and in like manner
wasting the proceeds »t all
the lands in Fastern North
Carolina belonging to the
1 uud. I he scht >c>ls were prac
tically closed during their
term (>f ] M >w(*r.
The reports of Republican
Superintendent S. S. Ashley
and Republican Auditor
Henderson Adams show the
following facts:
Tliat for tin*part of the fis
cal year during which
the Republicans had power
tliers was not a dollar of the
literary fund spent for teach
ing: that during the fiscal
year ending September
1 m there was spent nit of
1 _
the educational fund si C> ~
liis.l s : that not one dollar
of this large sum was spent
in teaching the p ( orehildren
of the State, white or black.
t(> rea d or to write ; that the
Republican Fegislat ure-t ook
sir»s,(HM> of that amount
and divided it among its
) #
members under 1 lie mime >f
per diem at ST a day : S:J. M M >
was "loaned to the Radical
Fniversity ] rolessors, and
the balance of the SI C>T.O)>
is charged to "expense ac
count."
•• I hiring t lie lical year end
ing September INTO,
there was spent out of the
educational fund S-jo:>. H 1
> 1. as ((> 11 ows :
I .•••-• .. i|| \p,. Ji f l.Vt.f,! D.OIt
Kxp»-iim» i-oiiitt 2.01J on
Poll ';i \ 1 • II i nl*. I II ', I*i
I '.I il ro i•' - of >i IK >O!S . ] v>
I.' iiit'i! • o r>|jvi-r-ot v 1 i.('iM> ti
i I .on iH-ii in t in* I if iip i l>m;i! \k ' 1111 i imm i * i l l
Tut ;ll 111 "I
The investment in Special
Tax Ronds ot course proved
an entire loss 4they were
wort hless w hen bong ht .)
Not one-fifth of the whole
amount expend* d was ap
plied to the public schools.
hit of two hundred thous
and dollars expended lcs"
than thirty-nine thousand
was paid for teaching.
And this S'iS.UiS 1 is the to
tal amount of the money ex
pended for popular educat ion
during the whole term of
Republican rule. I hiring the
whole period of Republican
administration, whilst mill
ions ot dollars of taxes were
wrung from the suffering
people for purposes of waste
and wirs" than waste, not
one cent of tax was leviet 11 >y
the Ileueral Assembly for
thesupport of public schools.
So much for our omil m
SCIHM> 1 S UNDER RE JI Übl i CA n
rule. The poor children in
the State want no more Rc
publican inanageiuent ol t he
scinx»l fund. I,et fa t hers
and 1»i »t her- see to \ heir in
terest and keep the rascals
out.
Hut 111' Will.
apt. I' F. I.oveil an ap
preciated working Christian
a- w« 11 as a noi »i 1 I >eua » rat.
\\ lii!" he was attending ( on
tere 11 1 ''J la -1 eek t lie 1»i n U|e
Faterpri-e. dtej».» sai« 1:
*■ t apt. Fovill is expected
ti day from Coiifei-ence, and
if he i> assigned to Watauga.
we h»j»»• he will n«»t I'uni
meiice his ajipointments un
til a ft* r the eject ion."
No doubt you hope he w ill
n«>t • miinencf till after tle*
elect Ml but he w ill.
More* Vetos,
Cleveland's •• back hone "
keeps strong against the Re
publican raids 011 the Freas
urv. He vetoed and returned
to the Senate three private
pension hills last week. One
was vetoed on the ground
that the beneficial y having
been a soldier's widow had
remarried and had a husband
now living": another because
the art ion of t he Tension I »u
--reau upon her application
irives the beneficiary a much
larger um than this special
act : and a third 1 »erause the
soldier upon whose service
the claim origininated died
/
from causes not connected
with the army service.
l>v the time Cleveland fills
out his next term he nil have
learned the Republican party
that this government is
1 something more than a { > n
sion bureau, for the special
benefit o! dead soldiers, their
widows ami successors. \N e
pray that his mind may
keep clear, his heart pure
and his --hack-bone * strong
till his glorious work is done.
What a man he is?
Tliey All "Chip In "
Republican speakers ami
newspapers are much exer
cised about t'levland giving:
slu.ooo to the Democratic
campaign fund, but t hey nev
er say a word about the much
larger amount Levi R.Mor
ton has given, and is con
stantly replenishing to the
fund to try carry North Car
olina for the Republicans.
Nor do they say a word
about arncgie. t he man who
made Si ..~OIHH)> clearprofit
last year from his iron and
steel manulact uring. t he man
i ...
who accompanied l»laine in
his trip through Scotland,
--with his c>ach and four in
hand." has contri but e 1
SII II MHII) to the coiTU| »t ion
fund of the Radical party,
iii order to perpetuate the
high tariff.
Re« kless and badly in
forined Republican .speakers
say the Mills bill is ver\
j leasing to "Ireetrade' KulT
land. Perhaps our old
mot her i- e«pmll\ happy at
.->«)! lie parts o{ t lie Sel.a t e 1 liJ j.
"t )pium. crude, or unman
ufactured. | >:• smoking, is
oil the f fee list »t the 1 'cpu h
lican t ari \) bill. I he c. ajnt rv
lias been gr»an"iig !'» >r t his
measure »I reform. CJjjim
refused 1» admit opium on
any terms, until it was
crammed down her throat
!»y I '.rit ish 1»a v met *>. i afi
it be pos>i Me that ■■ I. ijg!i->h
gold iias bought tie- Repui,.
iican Senate 11» fa vor t hat
art ic 11 • (){ »\H u>i v♦*'' 1»r: *«
V
j»rodu« t ion '
lor
I lia\fr a .of •• :> h•.
Ui-'- alio it tliit are dimtged
woru.s L I v\ i 1! f r t-L •
birto:. A klres*.
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