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THE HERALD. ';.. i .' ! 1 n i. - . -: . Oue cr. t .liVn.i'' .;.,!; Six Mouths, To. AdTertising Rates made known on application While we are always glad to leccive bright., ntvtj letters from different sections of the unity, we request contributors to write ltgiblj and on one side of paper only. The am of writer must accompany all articles. Address correspondence to "THE HERALD," Smitbficld, N. C. 1J0RTH CAROLINA NOTES. WHAT OCCURS WOETH MENTIONING. Choice It6m3 Taken From Our Ex changes And Boiled Down For The Herald Headers. Mr. A. B. Chestnutt, one of Sampson's old and most respect ed citizens, died suddenly Tues day night. He had held many places of trust in the county. Goldsboro Argus: The case and accuracy with which Judge Mernmon disposes 01 causes would lead one to conclude that he had judicial training, when in fact he has been on the bench but a short time. Henderson Gold Leaf: The most extensive crop of onions from a small piece of land that we have heard of so far, has just been gathered by Will Cheatham. On less than one-half acre he raised nearly 100 bushels of on ions. The Richmond and Danville railroad Company, have decided to take the stoves out of the pas senger cars and have them heat ed by steam from the engine. This will be a great addition and we hope they will carry out their plan. Raleigh Visitor : We learn that by the first of June next ateel rails will be laid on the A. & X. C. R. R. to Goldsboro and that a fast train will be put on which will make the trip between Goldsboro and Morehead in three hours. Bishop Key, of Georgia, writes to Raleigh Advocate : Now, let me say that for hospitality and whole-heartedness, North Carolina is not excelled in all my wide acquaintance. Your people are noble, generous, unaffected ; exactly to my liking. Wilmington Star : We are in formed that certain citizens and tax-payers of this city are about to, or have begun, an action against the Onslow Railroad Com pany to prohibit it from receiving the bonds recently voted to it by the city, on the ground that the election was illegal ; that the papers are prepared, and the case will be pushed so as to get it before the Supreme Court at the present term. Pittsboro Record : We much regret to record one of the sad dest and most horrible accidents that ever occurred in this county. On last Friday, Mr. Jas. H. Poe, of Oakland township, while greas ing the machinery of his cotton gin (which was run by horse power) was accidently caught be tween the cog wheel and the tim bers of the trundle-head, and his body was crushed so badly that he died four hours after wards. He was about 53 years old. Wilmington Star: A little child of Lucy Simpson, living at No. 10 .North Eleventh street, was found drowned yesterday in a butter tub about two-thirds full of water. The mother left in the morning to work and the child, as usual, was given in charge of another child about seven years old. The younger child, which was only one year and seven months old, was per mitted to ramble about and is thought began to play in the water, when it fell into the tub and was drowned before discov ered. Coroner T. C. Miller was notified and an inquest held, which resulted in, finding a ver dict of accidental drowning. Col. Frank Coze, of this State, has the most comprehensive and impartial war record of any man in this country. He began ser vice in the Southern army ; then to protect his inheritance he gainr-d the consent of the State authorities to procure a substi tute and visit Pennsylvania. Ar rived there, lie was soon drafted into the Union army, but again procuring a substitute, and let ting the two hired patriots fight it out between them, he went to Europe. His record is thus suc cinctly summed up by a corres pondent of the Boston Herald : " He fought on both sides simul taneously, and yet at the same time was in Europe. He was illeO. in one army, wounded in the other, and yet never received a battle scar. Wilmington Re-mewy The Smitheield Hem alb. Established 1831 Y VOLUME 6. Litter and Trasb. (Scotland Neck Democrat,) There is nothing a farmer can do that will pay a handsom er profit" than keeping a hand and cart from the ftr3t day in the year to the last day hauling pine straw, oak leaves, trash, wood mould, swamp muck, rotton logs and stumps and the dirt from around the same in the fields, and cow pens, hog lots and horse lots. You can make two acres of worn out land good in this way cheap er than you can clear one acre and get it ready for seed. One hand, horse and cart can cover twenty-ffve acres with dirt be sides keeping your lot well strawed. And twenty-five acres are as much if not more than one hand will grub in one year to say nothing about cutting it down and clearing it off for grub bing, and clearing it off after grubbing, And when we bring our old, exhausted lands up in this way, you see its value is so much capital added to our wealth, and we will still have woodlands undisturbed. And besides this, reclaimed and redeemed land is so much easier both on man and beast to culti vate, and you can cultivate so much more without breaking plows, stumping toes and some times loosing your sweet temper. Now if you have never tried this plan of bringing up old ex hausted lands try it. You have no idea how much one faithful hand and cart can do in redeem ing worn out lands. Skilled Farm laborers. ( Cultivator.) No idea has done more to re press farming progress than the idea that a f arm laborerneed not be skilled, that brute strength is the main requisite. This never was true, and is less so now than ever before since improved ma chinery has to be handled. But even in handling such old-fash ioned implements as the axe and the hoe efficiency depends as much upon skill as upon muscle. It is by no means the largest hired man who will do the most work in a day. And when help is hired that is entirely unused to our methods of farming, its inexperience greatly detracts from its value. The truth is that farming is a trade, that has to be learned if the workers at it would be effective. It requires knowledge and skill in a far larger number of things than most other kinds of business. In fact, it is never fully learned. The oldest and most successful farmer is generally the most ready to learn something new about his business, and it is usu ally this habit which he has kept up through his life that his given him his success. That farmer shows only his limited idea of his bnsines5 who thinks that he knows so much about it that he cannot learn anything more. And though skill in farm help is desirable, it is sometimes bet ter in rough work to have a green hand willing to do as he is told, and to learn, than" one selfcon cnited with the idea that he knows everything already. Much depends upon employers. Some are themseles so conceited that few hired men are willing to try to learn from them. Healthful Indications. A reporter of the New York Tribune hss been making a tour of prominent business houses in various lines of trade and sum marizes the result as follows : "So far as could be learned by observation and personal inquiry, the healthful indications in stanced were common to all the various lines of trade. The close ness of prices and stirring com petition are facts thut aid mate rially in swelling the activity of the autumn market. Besides, there are larger number of actu al buyers present from the East, South, Viest and Southwest, than have been seen here for many years. Commission houses and manufacturers report also a large increase in the line of future or ders for both foreign and domes tic goods, indicating that the foundation of the present im provement is not of a transient and evanscent character, but that an area of prosperity is dawning which gives promise not only of health and briskness but, it is hoped, of permanence also." "CAROLINA, The Suffering Poor ot London. The continued demonstrations of the thousands of unemployed workmen in London, which now end almost every day in a more or less bloody riot, promise to result in more serious disturb ances. Before winter is over London is likely to see scenes of blood shed that will shake Eng land to the core. The English authorities do not seem to De capable or coping with the difficulties of the situa tion. Bands of these desparate and starving men march to the Lord Mayor's house daily and demand that they shall be given bread or work. The Lord Mayor tells them, of course, that he can do nothing for them, and they then march back to Trafalger Square, rioting and fighting with the police as thay go. After a wretched night in the open air, the same performance is repeat ed, only every day the mob be comes more lawless and danger ous. The worst feature of the matter is thatu, great portion of these people, are respectable workingmen who have been un able to obtain employment, any where, and in consequence have been driven from their homes to starve. The English legislators have spent so much time in trying to subdue Parnell and his friends that they have neglected their own affairs. Now that a crisis has come the method of the offi cials in dealing with it is simply to do nothing a most dangerous policy, for the storm is gathering force every day. Neither organ ized charity nor economical the ories could remove entirely the effects of a financial depression, but the open suffering might be alleviated and the disorder re pressed. Tbe Danger of Indifference. (Atr aud Observer.) There is no more dangerous condition of a free people than a state of indifference to politics, a carelessness with respect to the drift of sentiment touching mat ters ot government. Such a con dition invited the machinations of tricksters of both high and low degree and exposes the body politic peculiarly to the insidi ous attacks of those who seek their personal aggrandizement at the expense of the public. This truth is very trite, but it should be born in mind. There are al ways characters of the sort indi cated ready to take advantage of any lethargy that may exist and it is the part of wisdom to spoil their plans by shaking off the lethargy. We in North Carolina have especial reason to be up and do ing in view of the contest surely coming though we may flatter ourselves that it is yet some dis tance away. We have a fight to make, the outcome ot which most nearly concerns our best in terests. We cannot afford longer to lie upon our arms. It be hooves us to be alert, watchful, vigilant. We know well that the maintenance of Democratic ascendancy is necessary to the well-being of the State. To se cure this work is indispensable and we cannot too soon look to the thoroughness of our organ ization for this labor. Let us arouse our energies, quicken our interest in poitics and so prepare for the battle of ballots that we have to fight certainly if not im mediately. Meeting of tbe Democratic State Executive Committee. At a meeting of the Democrat ic State Executive Committee held at the office of R. H. Battle, Esq., chairman, in this city on Thursday of last week, there was a full attendance, and the follow ing resolution was unanimously adopted : Resolved, That it is the sense of the Democratic State Execu tive Committee that the internal revenue laws should be imme diately repealed, and our demo cratic members of Congress are requested to use their influence, as they have heretofore done, to have said laws repealed and to secure such modification of the tariff as will reduce the duties upon imports to such extent as will be possible, consistent with the economical administration of the government. R. H. Battle, Chairman. B. C. Beckwith, Secretary. CAROLINA, HEAVEN'S BLESSINGS SMITHFIELD, N.! C, OCTOBER THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW. COMMISSIONER EDGERTON TAKES ISSUE WITH ME. OBERIiY. He Thinks the State Political Organ izations Have as Much Eight to . Exist as They Ever I Had. Civil Service Commissioner Ed gerton has returned to Washing ton from his sojourn m Indiana, where he has been confined by ill health for several weeks. When his., attention was called to Commissioner Gberley's re cent letter to the Illionois Dem ocratic Association he talked very freely on the subject of political clubs, and took issue with Mr. Oberly on the propriety of officeholders belonging to State associations and other po litical organizations. "I do not believe," he said, "in extreme or stained constructions of the civil service law. The law will accomplish its full purpose without irritating the public mind by extreme constructions. The State organizations have as much right to exist as they ever had. There is nothing in the law to prohibit it. A man is not deprived of the privileges of cit izenship because he assumes pub lic office, and I think the idea that a man should abandon his residence in a State and his citi zenship when he takes office in Washin g t o n is preposterous. Why, if the law is to be con strued in this extreme manner it will array the public against it. The legislative power is above us all, and if the law is to be ap plied so as to deprive man of every right of citizenship because he takes office,-the danger is that a demand will be made upon leg islative power to wipe it out. There is no necessity for any thing of the sort. The law is all right, and it only needs to be construed in accordance with com mon sense and practical experi ence, jnow, in tneir report oi the Chicago investigation in re gard to the dismissal of Webster, a subordinate of the collector, Commissioners Oberly and Ly man said : "Strong political views Webster had a right to entertain, and during the time he held a public place, it was his right to give, at proper times, strong ex pression of these views. The opinion is not to be tolera ted that because a man occupies a place in tne classified civil service he must therefore surrender his right to take an interest in the politics of the country. No good citizen will do so ; and no degree of ac tivity or effort to advance the interest of the party opposed to the administration should, pro vided his partisan activity in no way interferes with his public duties, render insecure in the service of the government the position of any person who does not occupy a place in the discharge of the duties of which affects public politics.1- A "Now," says Mr. Edgerton, "that was said on behalf a gov ernment clerk's right to oppose the administration. Of course it will not be claimed that a clerk has not just as much right to speak and act in support of the administration. The law does not prohibit these political clubs and State associations. There is nothing in it to forbid these men to speak their minds politically, and to exercise their rights as freemen and citizens. A law that would attempt to do that would not be tolerated in this country. About Commissioner Oberly's recent order, directing an inves tigation of the board of exami ners of the Kansas City postoffce, Mr. Edgerton remarked : "I don't know anything about the case, but it must come before the board. I stand just where I have stood all the time, opposed to these investigations unless some good cause is showen for them by the offering of strong proof Aiitl-Eve-Iy Society. New York has an anti-poverty Society. Its purpose is to abol ish poverty. This can only be accomplished by killing of the shrewd for possessing themselves of more than their fare share, and decapitating those unfortu nates of weaker intellect who allow themselves to be fleeced. Remove t lies '3 two classes and the world will be depopulated and poverty no longer exist. Ex. ATTEND HER." 29, 1887. Horrible Accident. (News and Observer.) A horrible accident occurred yesterday the 18 th inst., near the fair grounds just as the morning special train pulled- up to the platform and stopped for passen gers to get off. Among the many who left the train there, was Mr. Perry Taylor, from Greene coun ty a- young man about twenty years old. As he got off he stop ped on the branch fair ground track of the R. & A. A. L. road and his attention was momenta rial ly arrested by the moving of the train which he had just left. At that moment, the special fif teen minute train from the city to the fair grounds came up on the track on which he was stand ing and struck him, knocking him several yards forward, when he fell with both feet lying over on the track and before he could rise or even draw his feet away the train was upon him and ran over both his feet, grinding the bones to splinters and the flesh to jelly. Hundreds of people who were standing near covered their faces with their hands or turned away to keep from seeing the sickening occurrence. His head was badly bruised but his body was not hurt. The mangled man was immediately brought to the city and carried to St. John's Hospital. His injuries are not necessarily fatal, but it is almost certain that both feet will have to be amputated. Mr. Taylor was accompanied by his brother and several friends, who were made positively sick by the oc currence. He died the following morn ing. A North Carolinian Killed in Georgia. ( Wilmington Star.) A correspondent gives the fol lowing particulars of the fatal accident to Mr. Luther Sinclair, of Roberson county, N. C, at Eden, Ga., on the 16th inst. : Among the passengers on the train which arrived there at 6.20 p. m. was Jutner Sinclair, wno Las been for some time in the employ of Mr. K. A. Smith, of Bullock county. After getting off the cars, Mr. Sinclair went up on the platform, and it be ing dark, in walking around he is supposed to have struck his foot on a gang-plank lying near the edge of the platform. Losing his balance, he pitched headlong off and struck his head against the inner rail, rendering him insen sible. He was taken up and cared for by those near by. His inju ry was thought to be slight, but next morning he was much worse. His friend, Mr. Smith, came as soon as notified, and sent imme diately for Dr. McConnell, who hurried to the dying man. Every professional attention was ren dered, but death relieved the un- conscious suiierer aoout iz.ou o'clock. The deceased was from North Carolina, and was highly thought of by all who knew him here. He was about 39 years old and unmarried. Mr. Smith, in whose employ the deceased was at the time of his death, speaks in the highest terms of him, and seems deeply affected by his sud den death. His remains will be sent on to his friends in North Carolina. Can't Dodge 'Em. A Wayne County farmer, who had a little time to spare during the drought, went at it and cre ated seven artificial mounds to resemble graves in a field close i to the road. Signboards were put up and labled : " Tramp No. 2," and so on through, and when the work was finished the gran ger went up to the house with a grin on his face and said to his wife : " That 'ere dodge will beat all the laws in Michigan to keep tramps away." Breakfast was not yet over next morning when there was a knock on the kitchen door, and the farmer opened it to find five gaunt tramps standing in a half circle. " You here ! " he yelled, as soon as he could credit, his sen ses. " Didn't you see those graves down by the road ? " " We did, sir," answered the oldest tramp for all. "That's why we stopped. We wanted to know if they come to their death by overeating." - Subscription $1.50, NUMBER 20. Being an Editor. (Durham Recorder.) Cleveland and Frances are giv en a hearty welcome all along their line of travel and at Chica go the enthusiasm knew no bounds. It's better to be Presi dent than editor. The editor gets up in the morning and booms the town. He gives free puffs by the score, and in the evening is cursed by. the merchant grown fat off his efforts. If he says "it's a girl" and it's a boy the proud father sharpens the toe of his boot and hunts him up. If he makes mention of it at all the ma is mad, and if he doesn't the pa is mad. Let him give credit to the wrong minister and there's a howl in the camp of Israel. Dare he say other than the charm ing and delightful Miss So and So is in town and the young men declare him a beast. He must say everybody is pretty, indus trious, full of business, handsome, talented and stand accused of lying. If a man dies he has to write, "he went straight to heav en," or "another one of earth's most precious flowers has been transplanted in -the sweet be yond," and at night be torment ed by the devil for robbing him of his prey. Verily the editor is acquainted with grief. His is a hard road to travel. Essential To Success. (Goldsboro Argus.) It is essential to Democratic success in this State that the party at once put into thorough organization. This can be bet ter done before the nominations than afterwards. The plan of campaign, the plan of organiza tion, ought to be perfected. Then when the Convention meets a strong, sensible aggressive plat form ought to be adopted. The interests and needs of the labor ing pfeople ought thoroughly to be studied and such specific leg islation as may be found to be necessary for their well-being ought to be honestly promised in the platform and faithfully carried out by the nominees. The schools should be fostered and put upon higher grounds. The public schools should not be treated as charitable institutions but as of right belonging to the people. A Lucky Printer. A special to the New York Herald from Waco, Texas, says : " Joseph E. Hamilton, a printer of Chicago, has fallen heir to an estate, the amount of which is over two million dollars. The money was left by an uncle who went to California in 1850. The other day the lucky printer re ceived letters from W. Y. Bliss, public administrator of Butte county, California, requesting him to prove his identity and forward the papers, which he has done. Mr. Hamilton leaves next week for California. He is a good fellow and general favorite with the fraternity here. Patriotic and True to Itself. (Goldsboro Argus,) The Araus encourages in every way the use of homo produc tion. In carrying out this idea, its office has been supplied with a home-made table, made of native wood by hand, which is the delight of the editorial heart. It is long and wide, and its capacity for holding books, papers and other documents is immense. To its delighted own ers no Northern made table of foreign wood, though it shone like rubber mahogany, could hold half as much to the square inch as this one. A True Representative Demo, crat. (Scotland Keck Democrat.) We think our Democratic breth ren in this State are wrong in raising a hue and cry after John G. Carlisle. He represents one section of the party and by all odds the larger section. Sam Ran dall represents the other section and by all odds the smaller sec tion. He (Carlisle) on the Tariff question represents and is the exponent of the great fundamen tal principles of the Democracy, a Tariff for revenue only. Sam Randall on the same subject rep resents and is the exponent of the great fundamental principle of the Republican party, a tariff for protection, for protection's sake. JOB PRINTIHG. We have one of the most complete printing establishments in this section, and are pre pared to execute all kinds o Kook and Jo) Printing in tlie neatest stvle and as cheap m good work can be done. We pad all ttation ery in tablet form which makes it more con venient for office use. Place your orders with The IIetuli) and we will guarantee to (ire satisfaction. Address correspondence to HERALD PRIXTI.G HOISE, Smttkficll, K. f. WHAT THE WORLD IS D0KS. EVENTS WHICH H APP3U WEEKLY. Newsy Items Which Are Gleaned . Prom Various Sources And Pre pared For Our Readers. A riot occurred in the streets of London last week. The Presidential party was roy ally entertained at Atlanta, Ga. A large number of Italians are preparing to return home this fall. The remains of Gen. Judson Kilpatrick was interred at Wegt Point. The Crown Prince of Germany is suffering from cancer in the throat. Benjamin F. Butler has been retained as counsel for the con demned Anarchists. A Chattanooga paint company is making paint that contains 55 per cent, of metallic iron. In Chicago a local assembly of steam engineers has withdrawn from the Knights of Labor. Arbitration has failed and the printers' strike and the brass workers' lockout in New York continues. Mr. Gladstone addressed the Liberal Federation at Notting ham in criticisms of the govern ment's policy. Perry Taylor and his wife, who were thought to have been mur dered by negro Masons, are alive in Missiissppi. Young Lee, the man who shot Banker Dawson, has been arrest ed and held without bail. It is thought Dawson will recover. The City National Bank, of Selma, Alabama, has been desig nated as a depository of funds advanced to disbursing officers of the army. Joseph Blew, who murdered the Dunham family last Febru ary for money, was sentenced by a jury at Koskuiso, Indiana, to ninety-nine years imprisonment on the 19th instant. Secretary Bayard expressed his regret to the British Minister at Washington for delaying the re lease of the seized sealers, and fresh orders have been sent to Alaska for their release. Lieutenant Foulke, a naval at tache of the United States lega tion in Corea, who was part of the time acting Minister, is en gaged to be married to a Japan ese girl at Nagasaki, who helped him to study her language. Mrs. Charles Bullis, of Worth ington, Minnesota, has sold the original ordinance of secession, issued by the State of Virginia, to George H. Treadwell, Com mander Grand Army Republic of Albany, New York, for one thou sand dollars. A man (or rather a brute) who lives at Dayton, Tennessee, de liberately opened the mouth of his wife, placed a revolver in it and fired, the bullet lodged in her left eye. He is in jail ; lynching is threatened ; he ought to go that way. Suit has been brought in the Supreme Court against Jay Gould and Russell Sage to compell an accounting for about $6,000,000, arising out of the alleged misap propriation of Denver Pacific Railway stock held by them as trustees for the Kansas Pacifiic Railway Company. Detectives Gregory and Fitz gerald have succeeded in estab lishing the identity of the wo man misteriously murdered" at Rahway a number of months ago. The victim was Mrs. An nie Ingram, who, two years ago, came to America from Birming ham, Eng. She was married while in England, but her hus band lived only a few months after their marriage. While at Castle Garden she obtained a situation with Governor Martin, of Metuchen, and lived there nearly a year. She and Martin quarrelled a great deal. Annie was frequently under the influ ence of liquor. She went to Bound Brook and became ac quainted with a man whom she married on December 8 th. She left her husband on the next morning and went to Philadelphia.