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])nm mb Carolinian. Vol nine 10. II A. MIUHIIJ.. h'lit or. \p 0 II Itt C l£ 1R 5 . ■sinn \chfrtisuiK*nt>. . W A. MAULER —Dentist. ; J «» I : I » tV SIII'FORD—CaRb Store, I j; AI.F.XANDFR—SpeciaI Hale. . ( \ IT M L —Card, i ;• WHITKNER —Card. M MOW Bans.—Tinners. I'ii^}i. i ! ielice. !. i « ] \ er nee. I', - -peril v. ] . rmanent Peace. » : t fail to Kfgister. ■llj f* nt IN idsvUle on the *2oth, i;. id Shuford iV Sttufords new ad vt! tisejnent. T " incandescent lights are being l •• 11; : \ ])iit in. Keep the wheel of progression i. I I>on t let it lag. (i. K. Bagby left last Tuesday; I s 1 ome in Kinston N. C. pint fail to vote for the advance i , i,t ( f Hickory ami thereby beueiit , t ( i iti a crowd of the young people i Hid ory spent Easter Monday at Hit- river. Tin carving class will commence tluii course in modelling, Thursday next. at 8 o'clock, p. in. (' iiiinnnion services in the Re m 1 Church Sunday. Preparato iv service Saturday at 2:30 11.I 1 . M. IV W. L. Abernethy has returned So.th Carolina and we are !_r::i 1 to s:iy is much improved in health. .Messrs. W ill Dixon, Frank Clinard ami John Michael took to the road in the interest of Piedmont Wagon to. last Monday. A million visitors are expected to it'- 1 1 the New York Centennial. V' ! t the bunco-steerers and pick-' p cki t - have a f( ast? Athntion is called to the new ad vnb-Hinent of F. P. Alexander. lie > \ >u special and excellent bar rel ( a!I and see him. Mr. Julius Abernethy has had the • itune to have several ot his ].• e-t dogs killed by malicious pois ■ n the part of some one. Mm sentiments of every man with • ssive ideas is that the Hickory wMli its manv improvements is i«r\t« 1 advancement Hickory Vw have been questioned much in to ihe coming election, is your min .'" We have no WV are for principles and i ' i ! ( i int'ii 1 J. C. C.'lapp will preach the ' Ml mon at the coming com ei:;ent of Catawba College. It 1 • a goi d one. if the Doctor is : ii:>e!f. iNe received a programme t,it ion from our friend 11. T. trio att* ud the annual Junior ite. Friday April 26th 'B9 at \e College, Va. KasUr Ball at Salisbury on , i} evening last was an occa i unusual felicity. The con-i was all that could be desired. - numerous, charming and imes both rich and elegant, i ;! are due the managers and men of Salisbury that the eve »vas as much enjoyed by the ; •' pants from Hickory. 'I lieMayora'tj It is already clearly seen that the coming municipal election is to oe one of unusal interest. The populace seems b> be divided and are discussing all sorts of issues that should not com 1 into tiie tight. We do not think there is ± man in the city who has it in his heart to damage Hickory in any way. Some are quarrelling about improvements every improvement to Hickory is a direct benefit to every man who lives or who owns property in the city and we can t see why any man should oppose in the slightest, the onward How of the t'.le of progress ion. i Some are quarrelling about too .much power ami great inconsisten cies—-we are all inconsistent and as io the "too much power" argument, tlr.t is all bosh. We must have the power to act to improve and to ad vance. If Hickory is to be kept hampered and held back by odd fogy ism what will she ever make. Shall we let the light she is now casting broadcast over this section be dimmed or will we add lull and let it continue to burn as a bright beacon j light. We don't want any oKI fogyism. Let the Mayoralty contest expel all such ideas from every mind. Vote for principles and not for men. The election is NOT a PERSONAL contest but a CONTEST ion PKOORESSION. Will you let us progress or will you hold back and stop the wheels of progsess and thereby damage your own personal interest. Don't you want to see your town prosper? Don't you want to see your streets and thoroughfares beautified 7 We do and you do as well. Think well over the issues. Do not condemn and censure without cause, those in whom are embodied the issues which should demand your allegiance I'oison. There could be no act more despi cable and cowardly than the secret ■ poisoning of dumb brutes which has been L*oing on here lor some davs. This method of destruction seems to have been first directed toward the canine tribe. If dogs are injurious to person or property or are a gen eral nuisance they .should be exter minated in an open and proper man ner— not by placing deadly poisons where they may prove fatal to more harmless and useful animals. We cannot protest too strongly against this folly—nay, more th;m foliy— this criminal conduct. No commu nity can feel secure when it has rea son to apprehend any act of secret violence -great or small. Those deeds are the most deplorable against which there can be no direct protec tion. It we must have a dog war, at least let us have an open, honest one. The senior editor says the lawyers are the oulv persons who have any right to "kick" about the new char ter. Law vers?, dentists and. dogs are taxed on a par. Dogs stick teeth in and dentists pull them out while the lawver does all the groaning. The latest spring fads in fine neckwear at Royster \ Martins White Front Clothing Fmporium. Hickory. X C. Tourist Bags, the linest in the ! market, at the White Front. Hickory. N. C. Visiting i-taJs. Engraved. Printed 'or written. HICKOEY I' ■ Co. IbicKor\>, flortb Carolina, Cburst>a\>, flpti: 25, ISSO. THIRD CREEK. : Tin; OF A GREAT I>2S ASTER. Hridut*. Tender and Fourteen Cars All In a Heap. Late Tnursday evening the East bound freight train over the W\ N. C. R. R. was bounding along towards Salisbury. On nearing the bridge over Third Creek, where a crew ot workmen was repairing the track the engineer ran over a danger signal which wa- placed above the bridge. Seeing his danger when too late to • stop, the engineer pulled wnle his throttle and succeeded in breaking the coupling pins and in getting his engine across the. trackless bridge. The tender of the engine and four teen freight cars went down with the bridge and were piled in a per fect mass at the bottom of t.be.chasm. No lives were lost but how they es caped is miraculous. The trains came to the city some days via Char lotte over the A. T. & ()., but are' now in regular running order. The wreck was caused by gross careless-' on the part of some one. An Impression. The one thing which most im pressed us while attending the Fed eral court last week was the appar ently prevailing opinion among the "•persecuted" that disregarding the Revenue Laws is not a violation of law in its higher sense. This con clusion is drawn we say, from the fact thai when Col. Jones, the able . ' District Attorney, convicted a man of "blocking or selling" though the prisoner was deprived of part of his j | worldly possessions or perhaps liber- j ty. Yet he did not appear in his j ! own opinion oi that of his neighbors ' to be under the same stigma which ' follows a conviction in our criminal or superior courts. To state it dift ; erently, they think that to ''beat the revenue officers" is not a moral j crime or even an otlense against just legislation and that the man who is faught is simply unfoMunate—noth ing more. That they have the sympathy of the people is undoubted. That they are nearly right the labor and votes of our representatives prove. The most lucid description of the workings of a "still* which we have ever heard, was that of a female wit ness. His Honor, Judge Dick, is a man of the utmost courtesy and kindness, conducting a court of jus tice, not *t terror. As Otliers Sec I s. Piedmont and Western North Caiolina are on good healthy, bound ing booms; and if t li e people of Fas tern Carolina would work a hard and persistenU to that end as the Western people have done, we should boom along with them.— W iimingtou Messenger. Prof. S. D Anna, after much solici tation, will teach a class in vocal and instrumental music during the sum mer months in Hickory. All desir ing to avail themselves of this cl:t?» "111 > 1 I"* will please apply to the local lit« »r of this paper. l.V2rn* The tirst story of the new opera house is about completed and the workmen are pushing ahead with the building. Elliot Bros, know how to push their work and they will soon have things ready to receive Booth and Barrett. Don't fail to glance at Roy iter A Martin's handsome -how windows. i That t liarter. The wheels of progress are i.evei without a brake, or hold-b ick. .ud Our new hai ter has plenty of this safety force to prevent its running the city to ruin. Honest criticism of its provisions is good for the bo dy politic, it will arouse popu lar protest against what is shown to be unwise or impolitic but the publ'c should always ascertain the truth before pronouncing it-; condemna tion. Those who listen to the "Teat n ami almost numberless objections urged against the charter wi;i be ready to vote oblivious to all who con tributed to its framing, while those who read for themselves will won der at the fertility of the street poli tician H imagination ami recklessness. The most common objection is "too much power, when a careful read ing shows that th.» Mayor has not a particle more powei under the new chaiter than he had under the oM laws of the town and state, and; while t.he power vested in the Board of Aldermen is hedged about by the chronic desire for office, and the : conservative principle of popular election there need be no fears of burdensome taxation. A popula tion of 4000 would empower—not compel—the Board of Aldermen to divide the city into four wards, ad-' ding the possible—not necessary expense of the amount of the poll tax of two additional Aldermen and nothing more. No other power is confened by the new charter until Section 51 provides for borrowing money and issuing bonds, after a majority of the voters have approved the same. Some say the charter : should have been submitted to a vote of the town, and such a course ' would have been prudent, as its adoption would have shut up all grumbling, but the only new and most important power—the creation of a city debt—having to be ap proved by the voters, answers the same purpose and is no doubt satis factory to the general public. A careful reading and unbiased judge ment of the charter will win it friends where ridicule and misrepre sentation has tried to make enemies. Daiuiiark I*assenjfers Safe. Every one will feel a sense of re lief at the news of the safety of the six hundaed passengers of the lost steamship Danmark. The fact that the ship was sunk in mid ocean, alid that not withstanding.the entire crew. except the engineer, ami all the pas sengers. were saved, will involunta rily raise a prayei of thanks and gratitude for this remarkable inter vention of Divine Providence. They were taken off the sinking Danmark on board the Missouri and landed at the Azores. A crowd of jolly but mischievous fellows, while "on the town last Friday night, changed the gates of the two candidates for mayor, and the gate belonging to one was not so good a- the one belongiDg t to the other. What is the omen ! The Fa.-ter Sunday menu which were printed by the Hickory I't j Co. for the Hickory Inn were fair samples of the neat job work always furnished by that company ai. 1 the dinner w as a credit to Mr. Loughrr.n and to the Inn. The trains over the W. N. C. li. R. which have been running around by Charlotte on account of the Third Creek disaster ran through on time Tuesday. Wlio Is >l> ? Thi* quest it 11 was or.ee answered by 11iin who was p«rfectin mind'and and heart, and who new 1 made a mistake. It was answered in a wav to impress tliose in nerd of neigh borly kindness and only such can to day read and comprehend the trvi» meaning of the paiable. The poor, helpless, suffering man. stripped f hi raiment and left half dead in the highway no doubt rejoiced at the sight of the priest, from whom he had been taught to xpect help an 1 comfort in his ne r *dv coondition. b ! f he was disappointed. Fhe priest wis rot the man the neeJv had been taught to consider him. Tin* same must be said of the Levite. Both f these men represented a v-la-s from whom tlie a til ic ted expected help 1> :* both "passed by on the other .side. 1 hen there came one from whom - peihapr he dared not hope for help after not having bet n even notice ! bv the priest V.nd the Levite a Sa maritan —and again lie was disap pointed. but this time agreeabJv s> i Human nature ha~ been the same ;r; all ages Priests and Levites ai i friends and neighbors are the samo to day that they were when the pow.* half dead man lay in the highway be tween Jerusalem and Jericho, and • the needs of the allbcted only car. separate the real from the pretended —the wheat from the chaff. Experience has taught the senior editor these things. The "Samari tans" will understand his meaning : and accept his heartfelt thanks for their kindness. Prominent People. The Pope of Home is sick. i 11. G. P earson. ex-postmaster of New York is dead. Whitelaw lieid has declined tie appointment as Minister to France. Boulanger has been ordered U leave Brussels and it is sai 1 he will ' go to London. ! Mrs. Grover Cleveland denies some current newspaper gossip, sayin _ that she is neither wiiting a book, translating a French .novel, nor do ii g any maimer of literary work. Louis KosutL, Hungarian patriot, who is now at Turin, has suffered another relaps°. and his life i- do spaired of. Miss Lose L.izabeth Cleveland has had-to give up housekeeping in her Florida cottage and betake her self to a hotel. Cause, the universal servant girl. It is said that James Uussell Lo well .sill devote the remainder of his life to tifivel and reading, and will do no more literary work. John Bright will have two sons in Parliament. His eldest son. Wili iarn. is already a member from Stokes-upon Tren*. and his son Jolil has just been elected from a Division in Birmingham. Mr. Clevel and declines the place of New oik Park Commissioner at si a day. It doe; look small after the >'."0.000 a year -alarv as Presi dent. but Mr. Cleveland'?: reasons are that 1 e doe-n't possess sufficient information about values of property in New York and vicinity to make him competent to act in such a ca pacity. and that even if he did. the business of the law firm which he has just joined will necessarily de mand all his time, and he ought not to neg'ect it for anything. » o It looks like spring at the white front clothing em] orium, Hickory. N. C. "Humbcr t 7.
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