The Gastonia G Devoted to the Protection of Home and the Interests of the County. Vol. XX. GASTONIA, N. C.. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 181)0.' - — -- — 11 ■ ___ .BILL ARP ON DIVORCES. BATS THE INCREASE FROM TEAR TO TEAR IN THEM 19 ALARMING. On ntSVfful Tnn Ac*-Sill lla Dihi t«t Kuow What l»l Poor Ulrll Will Well NslUnWn Set H«oW. GUI Arp la Atlanta Onoatanrtoa. Who are ttie inarrtKg.able girls going to marry? Tula geasrallou ctumil judge tbs future by tUn ptst, (or the past dugi nut I'ltumit them. Tbu prevent Is their chief concern. Only tne old people wbo m trrlel half a cou ntry ago ceu appreciate tU* contrast bnweeo now anJ then, a-td Lite oltauge for ilia worse It nUrmlng. Tn* mar riage relation lias l»at much of Its seriousness, Its s jleraolty lit dignity, and consequently separations and di vorces bare lucraapil far n> >ro rapidly than population. During ibe put twenty years population tuts Increased 09 per o»ot. while dlvorcm here in creased 157 twr cent. What a mcord of broken vosrtt and cn-Jngal misery. l)r. Landrum, the cmliiunl lltpllat prr.ch er. of Atlanta. Hid in a r:*o»til sirmoi, ••Our homes arc in psiil. The founda tions of society arc threatened. Mar riage is too often a mockery. Divoioca are raptaiy multiplying u» our courts sad domestic depravity goal up iso." Bui legal divorcee are tint a eraill proportion of tie number of v-pvra tlnne, aud a elill amtMi-r proporuuj uf unhappy married people wb > »uff:r aud endure their conjugal mitery rather llun mortify their children nr excite public ecaudal. A noble la ly nf our town declare 1 reuentty that elie knew uf but Iwu Happily married onuple* iu our whole ojtutD nity Oily two who arc at loving and devoted as when they stood at tbe catrrUg* allar. We all know many, who. If not ae beppy ae when Drat married, are a* loving and kind to fetch otbor, aud their happiness liooly marred hy the a.ialetlei ins’ dent to married life. St- Paul said, **tlge love ol money U tbe root of all evil." nod Ben Franklin laid, “Tbe lack nf it te I be cauae of all misery.’ Neither of those assertions are aliogetlier true, bnt they approximate tbs troth. 1 was ruminating about the greed and selfishness of mankind, for t have been reading about these trusts so much of late that, like the oily of Shu shan, 1 have be on mo perplexed, and don’t know what I* going to be the end nf it. Ia tbe Saturday HttUio of Sep tiereber 2 and 0, which la * ladies’ Jour ual of great excellence, published In Atlanta, there are articles on trusts, written by Dr. Alfred E. Serfdom an Englishmen.t believe, but now a cit’tvn of Atlanta, which fur cogent and clas • k) thought excites both admiratioo sod alarm. After setting forth tbe ■uauy evils Uiat will follow these great combinations of capital. Im asks, “What is pushing uu this mighty move ment—this great iceberg that Is golog counter tu powerful corrects nud bil low* V X’opular den □ Delation, the press, tbe enact manta nf congress sod legislatures, are like so many wave* spending their impotent wrath in vain upon tha monster. Trust* will con tinue to move on. They will grow Iu power sod will in lime corral all tbe wealth, the transportation; thn pro does of our mtod* aod field*. They will enlist in their service a vtut army nf tollers, whose dependence upon them will be soul ciuihing sad abso lute, and they twll| bar out another altny of would-he tollers, who will have no visible mesne of support—aod then what f To what goal are they hasten ing ? Congress might as well try to prevent the suo from setting In the west or to atop the down rushing nf • agara as to attempt Iv law to arrest this universal trend of modern com merce toward trust*.’’ Then Dr. Seddon writes of Urn new factor iu Amerlc.in society—tbe fac tor of poverty—and auyt that t*s pres enca and Us power is not yet realised, lie quotes from the address of welcome by Urn Chicago Federation of Libor to tbe trades assembly ; "Wo bid yon welcome la the names of a hundred monopolists and uftr thousand tramps. Here mammon bolds her carnival in palaovs, while mothers are heart-broken sod children ere starving, and men are looking is vain for work. We welcome yon Id the name of a hundred thousand Idle men, and tonight wo will show you hundreds of strong men lying on Uie rough It'iew iu tli* corridors or Ibis very building—no horns, no food — mgyt able aud willing to work, but for whom there is no work.” l"N*w York City there were over 30,000 families turned out last yeir for unpaid rent. Thera were 853 snlcldes *nd one person In every ten who dies is burled In tbe potter's field. Oh, the pity of It-tbe pity of It I Whan will the mtilsnlain come y Dr. Seddon be lieves It because bs knows that Ood is good sod will not softer eueb misery to be prolonged, sea because be has prom Isad that alt the families of Urn earth shall be bloated. I am a I moat afralu to read auch looti picture* of human miner? bring ■adoea* nod deapetr. Loop, long ago I •rent orar Ilia "Lay of the laborer," by Tom Hood, whoa It Oral appeared la I»odou, That mine old tad aong baa potted ova* Itera on thli aide of tba water, and now our own atrong meo am alaglag : ' Whenever nature need*, Wkrrd^r lobnr oaIm. Ho TM Irk of tho kAnla^U work To kmm tho wortbo«w> Ho aim* I •*, «tr« mm my unk lloro ir« tho Arm, tbo im, ■rum wtroiioUa tb* alftowj ofamA*. To ww*. Afvi am to bmr" Worn Co uac TMr*. Tire boat way to got to the top la to begtu at lira bottom, end then jaat torn thing* upatde down Keeklaa a%kl url tony. Tba boaiatt *ud cnlglitlaat lltila thing that a err wn* mad* la Hr. King’* Mow Life Villa. Entry pill It a augar-coated go I but* of banllh. that ehangea »e*k mm lain atrongth, IfaUaagMta Into onargy, brain fag Into maatal power. They're wooderfnl la building up tha health Only 33a par bear. Hold by R. Gurry aud Company. nritowi. nibToaint. A I'roiroi Al«lak* lo ibe soliq >la strap? me principles opin ion* and prejudices of tb- young p.nplo who study them, and It it, tiiervforu of th- highest ImportHMC* that tho boy* aud girls of '.he south shout I not l>e misled by inaccurate. f alse or utifrimid ly uuoounU of lb Hr .itlive I ind and their ancestors. i'ur many yarns afler the olose of the civil wartba falbaranud mothers or tlm section were lo busy to give any at their time and atlenllnu to the book* studied by their children in the com inou schools, sod inexperienced aiul circle** board* of eduottion allowed historic* tu be wd.iptwl which did great iiijns'lrs to our people, Tnsse histo ric, a» a rule, were lha work of north ern writers, and they ware itsuscl by nortiiern publishing liuu*ei. They magnirt-H the victn:p-e and exploits of lliuir soldinrs, statesmen, plonrer* and great men, aud devoted verv littlu spaon to so nt In-nera. Many or llioze histories sp ike of the southern war of sec.**ion m • -the re ball] on,” and tbe Siullrvoer* were characterised a* “ru'-iele.” Slavery wicked aud cruel. Secession was without any lawful excusj Til* south erners were disloyal, idle an-1 lawless, and their nncsstnrs were mainly cun viola. de'dore and ptuper*. Their vlotnrlsa were barely mentioned, but tbelr defeats were exaggerated. Tbe young persom who reud these books warn led tn believe that tbolr fathers were about seffii-eivllmed, nod bad wickedly rebelled against a Jolt govaru m*nt. They wore impressed with ths idea that tils noui.li w is a land of Ignorance auJ violence, aud was only kept from relapsing into barbarism by llie example and the effort# of the en lmUUued umtliern status Thousaud* of yuuog southerners who have giowu into manhood since ths sorreodar have been mote or leei lui pres*ed with these Idea*, and in tneir i wrltlhgs, speeches aud every day Con versation tbey make It evident that they have very little rcapsst for thn civilization of the old south, and that tliey have accepted the uortlieru stan dard lit everything. This result is due to the fact that false history boa been taught la onr schools. The ynaag southerner* who am aahamed of Ilia record mads by their fathers simply showed their inter ignorano; of tho real facts nf history. Fortunately. wiUi tbe past few yrurs there has been a decided improvement. Our cam pa of Confederate veterans, and the Sons and Daughters of the Confed eracy have critically examined our school histories, and the good work I* still goina on. From time to time the announce n* suddenly adopt In a wholes*Ie way s'l of the principles, Ideas and methods of a distant poupln who look upon us with soorn batted and contempt. Bo for ee It It praclle .hie we ahubhl always give t'n Would be b Ah foolish and wle'ieV In nnusher nrtieU It wRI bs shown that sesne of the gTeetswtedeostors and Uxt book author* are southerners, and flguraa wilt be presented which will •haw that the south can savs mill loos o( dollars, and keep t-hs mounjr at homo, by encouraging aouthero pub lisher* to print our school books. As matter* now stand we are ecrlchlug eastern publishers and authors by pur chasing books which nra unsatisfac tory, aud which am constantly under going revision as His result of our erltlaismt an I pro'eats. This a matter whiuh touchss the poukat at well as Lba patriotism, of ev ery southern paraul. Wu can save thirty or forty per caul. of our annual txpendituta for tuhoul books, and lba sooner we do it tbs batter. Vlflorls'a WmIis. Collier's Wortiiv. . Ws have often heard that the queen of England la an exceedingly rich wo man, bat few people era really aware ■if the mormons waaltli alia paisas sea. Its full amooul will never ba known, fur the will* of royal personage* aru not disclosed. -Vs mere Items or bar pres ent Income. however, may be meuiloued tliu yearly Income of 80,000 poumla which parlaltnent allolsd to bar spouee, l'rinoe Albert, and which has been paid her ever since bis death as tbs widow of that pensloood parsonage. Her mother, the l>te Cucbues of Keut. left her 11.000 pounds a year. Thus nearly '.«<> nunareu thousand annual dollars go to (well tier private parse, wholly outside of her royul revenues, which nobody mentions la soy exact terms end of whose real amount no li >d» knows savo certain reticent ofllol at* am perhaps aware. Individual*. It is well known, hava on several ones alone bequetltej the queen large for tunes. Her property in J»w*ls alone Is emuntblng piodlgtous. Her quid plate mo rod at Windsor castle and brought to i^ndon for use at court festivities at Buckingham palace. It nf vast veins. It ohietlr consists nf dime*, flagons, stands and shields, and lies born ac cumulated through ims*. Kouerations by the tnouarchs who proceeded her. Other treasures in the way of furaiture apparel, household ornaments, tapes tries. rugs carriages, hnrsea, etc., would reaoli hug* sum* If reduc'd To pannds, shillings and pwice Unless I am greatly id error, all the royal palace* are exempted from taxation and the state defrays Lin* huge expense of main taining eaen. It is uois nod than af firmed. and not without truth, that a presidrut of the United dtatca ha* more power than ths queen of Bag laud. Hut this yoarly 130,000 mokes a piteous showing beside the copious stream nf gold which pours eotitloually iu the coffers of Windsor. And when one think* of the 10.000 pounds per sunum given the Prtuee uf Wales, and the smaller yet regal incomes, rlietrl UutHd among hit brothers and sisters, one realises the tremendous Unsocial tauintlts which royalty obtains in one nf the rldicst nstious of the world a iso StoalgraOSaw. Senator Butler hat written another letter on thn Negro emigration qoea tij'i. This time It Is In answer to In quiries from an interested pontlnmitn In New Turk. He says. In pert : "To the point of tottering and onllapsa Why tho Almighty ho* Im planted this fooling ic oor heaits, of ooureo, I shall not endeavor to ex plain. The id mil advanced stage* of civilisation dn not appear to eradicate It— Christianity does not nor aauoot, and the only refugs for the weaker race Is an nodus, or psruetual subordination to the stronger, or rx termlDatlon.'’ •f • Wu 1M Inymnil. Broom* n I'lUson. There were eight nf u« going to atop at the mom town and the tame hotel in a Kansas hamlet, end we talked things over before we left the train, Kacli ons registered himself as a pro fessor. jadge or geo etui, and when lb* last nsu>e was down, wa stood waiting | to hear any observation from the land lord. ifa was a quiet spoken, humble linking man, and he should here bora duly Impressed with tbs array of games. He wasn’t, though. He read theta over in n oareless way and than looked up to say: “All right, professors, judges and gem-rule. I’ll do the beat I nan for you. aiid ( guess most of Ilia f.ilka will turn oat to your circus tomoer-iw If the weather b pleasant." —I qJWW A W»H Cm Mo.li-r* i-f children effected with croup or snverr o dd need not Imeluie tu administer Clm-nberUlu's Cough Remedy. It contain* un oplnte nor narcotic In nay form and may lie given as cimBdently to the lial-w at to an adult. Tbs great sueerm that i-aa attended Its us« In tha trwatmaut of oatds and croup hst wan for It lh« approval and prslea It has reorlrrd throughout the UatMri t* alee and in ■may foeuhra lauds. For ants by J. E, Curry & Company. Druggiet*. now stress hid win wir* cnti v*«w» t»r*Mlloa VaUuUII tlmSy *■•»« Boa KMmm la Halt* PwhIM NUrnkw i WIIUlwtM mirnm Wit. ■•a aae la MMlws'l te Kara MM iIm ■alkariha Vast Ealair Tkraack l*a. nalal arts New York la oraijr to know tlia contents of Cornelius Vanderbilt's will, and all the newspapers aro gneas Ing. Although tba will waa read to Ilia membnrs of Ui« family eevensl days ago, tbe disposition of the huudred million dollar estate Is still unknown to tlio public. Coruellua Vanderbilt, Jr„ married liiaa Oraoe Wilson con trary to his father's wishes, sod thus fell under paternal displeasure. Miss W ilaon Is a daughter or B. T- W llson, lit* banker, wbo was at one time a Georgian. There was no objecllou to tbe young lady exoept that aba was older than young Vanderbilt. There Is a belief tbat Cornelius Vauderbilt wbo but for Ills marriage would base Inher ited the bulk of the fortune, will re ceive a muuii smaller share and that Ills yonager brothor, Alfred Uwvne, will be ttie bold of the house oi Van derbilt. | Cornelius v aaderhlH li nt Newport. He will not discus* liia father's will sxeept tn say that Ms f ether wes fU ways a Just men, end In making ids will waa a* conscientious in doiug whet lie thought *u right as had al ways been his practice through life. That the will was satisfactory tn every body concerned aod coaid iu do way letsicst the public. Alfred Gwvnoe Vanderbilt was Id Japan arbeu hta father died and is no# on hla vray home. The ^few York WorUl says be will Inherit soxetlilng lees lhau half of the estate and adds : "The teat of tbe greet fortune will be divided betsrrenlhie tiro sisters, hit two brother* and mother. This state meat waa made last night by un inti caste friend of tha family. “Tbs same suthoritr aalil : ‘•Allred uaror gave bis father or mother a moment of serious uoeaalnet* He bas been, and is. f>r thit matter, an average boy of tbe beet a»rt. lie If like a thousand other college boys, aod tha fact that hta halier bed > hun dred Otlllinae bed never seemed to turn bia head or affect him la auv way. “ ‘lie was educated hy private tutors until Ln enteral Yale, four years ago. lie entered upon cohere Ufa with a **st and eujojiasnt that ha bevar lost. Ue was as full of mischief as moil fu i lovlug boys, but lie waa ot>e*r mlxnd In any eerspt that oouM istge him blusb. “ 'He was u good student, but he unit oootent to slip along easily. He waa fond of outdoor sports, hot lie never tried to earn tbe 'Y' In any branch of athletics. He spent a good deal of mousy but w t very unosten tatious. He never took advantage uf tbe fact or even seemed conscious of hla father'e'millioQ*. •• ‘lie waa frauUlj fond 'of society, nod thete was a* much chaff as well as desire to testify to his popularity wboo hit drum voted bln the social-night be fore lie graduated last June. “ He woe not trained, as was lilt brother Cornelius, with the end in view that the management of the Van derbilt fortune was some day tn rest upon lua shoulders That waa never absent from young Coroellua Vauder bill's mind. His college career was : fashioned to that end. The responsi bilities that he looked forward to made him «n nld men whan he was little morn than a boy. "Alfred Gwynns Vender bill baa al ways been a laughing light-hearted boy who delighted bit father's heart, It la very likely that Mr. Vanderbilt, who knew tbe tremendous work and anx iety nr looking after a crest fortune, purposely refrained from making his merry happy son share the burden. Ue had seen hts eldest son (eke on that sellout, oars worn sir which had stamped upon bin own face tod which made even torn* men who work for Uieir daily bread pity him, and It la verv likely that be wanted to save Al fred rrnm that. ••'At any rata It is oertain that the training of tbe second son was entirely different from that of the eider. Alfred Gwvnoe Vanderbilt is democratic. His uopnlartl? and standing at Yale are shown by the fast that be was a member of Bkull and Hones, aod llm membership of that society la limited to flftcco. lie It frank, unaffected, with a genuine tense of humor. In pcreoual appearasoe ho la tall, dark sod slender. He list a graoeful, easy manner sou charming Drown eye*. ua likes to enjoy himself. Those wbo know him say that be would much rather tbst bla brother, lo wnom bo la eery devuted. should receive the great est part of tbe millicne, with tbe re sponsibility they entail. “ 'Dot there Is do tslllngbnw respon sibility msy develop bio. Tber* u wnadarfe) stuff In tbs Vanderbilts.' '"The actual cootenta of tbe will," repealed Senator Dvpew last night, will not be known until It la filed. There will I* plenty of shrewd gueeees. I*o few person* know what It euatal is that there la Utile likelihood that tbe n«wa wilt leak out. Tbe family look up»o the Will aa a private affair-mors like a letter than a legal document. " 'As toot as Alfred reaches Uie elty there will be a family council, tbe polnte of the will will be gone over again, and thea tha public cao have It. ""If the will Is madepuUio now, lh« hoy will be liar reseed hy intervlewe an serose tbe country. They will ash lum questions on ooe point and aootltrr. Tin public will haw debated tbe will, and Ideas may he pot m soma pursue'* baud which oogbt not to be theca’ ' Beside tbe original will there are >aid to ha two copies. One la laths hand* of Mr*. Vanderbilt sod tbe otlwr Cornelia* VaoderblH haa. Ifawry II. Aodrraoa, Ue lawyer, has tbe origi nal. “Tbe war revuwue tax on tbe eauila will be about WUh'.OUO All eftatr* above 11,000.000 cost pay a iwvwwua of ** per neat. Comptroller Outer will ootleet Ue state laherltaee* tax, which amounts to |1,000.000. This l« u* largest tax ever paid by any estate. I The Surrogate will appoint an ap* pratear, aa In tba cbm of Jay GouM'l fortune. Tbora caw be no division of the ttun until tba uxta era paid." B a1 1 as~g—Bg» Xtaa Twaava xitwx fit* falh *r trim* Wlkk LlMl to Tlrtm. wuttnjr Roufii. Murk Twain waa tbo guest of the now Vagabond club at tba Hoi born rrscuraot In London reoently. Having a largo assembly of Vaga Uvula to add root ho made nee of the oeoaaioa to develop a brand now scheme of morality. Mr. George GroaamlUi, the chairman provided the text. He eaid that waa the time he had ever taken the chair. 'C^jlte no,” aaid Mark Twain, ad dreealog the gothering. “l’orhape you didn’t aco the foil bearing of the re mark. ldid. Though he didn’t tey It, be meant that he bad taken lota of other thing*, but never a obair. Vow Mr. UroaimlUi le like loyevif-a praotl cai, not a theoretical moralist.” "Von do not Inn It at Sunday aeliool. Thera they t*acb you to avoid temptation. That la Ibeoratteal moral ity Vow, 1 woald teadh you to famil* larUs yourealf with crime, so that you will know what you moat not do. That le practical morality. I begin by teishlng von bow to Meal. “It le by the dree of experience tlmt you are portflrd. By tire oommlxalon of crime you leero real practical mor ality. Kamlllarxe yourealf with every crime. Take them in rotation. Thera are not more than two or three thous and. Stick to the task diligently, two or three crimei every day. and by and by. when you have don* them all. ymi will be proof agalnet the tempta tion to commit any one of them, mor ally perfect, vaoclnated ajslort all wicked naaa. "i win Mil you a story aiuoi liie Cm lime I (tola % watermelon. That la 1 Hunk U was the Qrst time. Any how. It wss right along livers sntne where. I stole that melon out of the cart wbllo tba farmer was ells ml lag another customer, 'tknlo' Is a harsh I will modify It and say that I withdraw the melon. I carried It to a secluded bower nod broke It open—anl it wu green I It waa the greenest water rani >u that wu rsiied Tn the valley Uiat fear. The minute I saw the water melon waa graau t waa sorry. “1 began to red-cot. Now. reflection is ihe beginning of reform. It yoa don’t reflect'when you have committed a crime—why, that crime if uo uee to you at all. 1 said u> myself, what ought a boy to do who baa stolen a grert. watermelon t What would Oeorgu Washington do * George Wasblnglun. tatlver of hie country couldn’t tell a lie. lie wa* the only American who couldn’t. What would he do V Why. there wee only one ngbt high end noble thing for a boy to do who had stolen a watermelon of that character, lie mult make restitution, lie must rvstore lbs melon to its right fol owner, "And I said. ‘I will tie it.’ Tba moment V made that good resolution I Tele tha noble exaltation which oonuse after yoa ltsve done wrong and yon de termine to do right. I r.iee up spirit ually etreogtheoed aad refreshed and I carried that watermelon back— what waa left of it—I restored it to Ihe far mer, and—made him alee me a ripe one Instead.” Having delivered himself mis Id ■creams of laughter of bis shining ex amr.lo. Mr. Ctsmeue returned to his moral t. "U la." he said, "this coolant Im pact of crime upon crime, this clacking op of Iniquity after iniquity, and time protecting yourself against thorn crime* In the future—It la tbl* which t-ulids ap your moral edifice nod oompletcs It You cannot become morally perfect by stealing one Watermelon, nor by Meal ing a thousand. It ha* been tried But every little helps. ” And an Mark Twain concluded with the bop* that flic Vababonds would grow in practical morality a util ’ they died—and might that be n long time beuoe. _ la Ikiitamll Tama. Columbus, 0„ libiMtaai World. An ndreitlnr onilit to be oa tbe beet possible termi with the newipepeie of his town. Ue eao’t afford to bo pansy wiaa aad poaud foolish. IIo ought to know personally every no wa pa per pro* prietor and employe with whoa ha doaa builneae. Ha ought to ha liberal with them. Be ought to put every one of them under obligations to bias. Xthtj atora la onnstautly doing tilings that on of Interest In a tiewa way, and every ilea or that kind that haa any reference, direct or iodlraot, to tba etorv, ought to find it* way tato print. If Ilia re ia tbe right sort of feeliog be tween the stone and U* nowapapor. sod the mtrebaul bai autorprlo* anoogb to attend to It, It will. I know of a atora that haa on* or mure new* It* ms ooa* oonoaruina it publlehed alaaoat every pay. One day It’a about aa excursion of employe*; soother, a bl£ painting or map exhibition In ita window; another, about something It* advertising tnans Cr haa dona; another soma praaant It a made tbs aoUiar* ia camp; another, personals about Itaad* at deport went* who have gone Beat or to Baropa—and *0. week la and week out Titov are liberal advertisers In ilia regular way to b* aura, spending money and iota of II with th* newspaper*—but they are far sighted to krep la etoao tench with th* pa per i, and In rttarn they get a kind of treat meat and a grade of pub I'alty that no elete-deiad non man would purchase. Tim great saeoasa of Chamberlain’* Coite, OtHtleen aad Diarrhoea Kirn-sly ia Um treatment of bowel onaapintuU has mad* it standard aver tha greater part of the elvllht-d world. Bor note by i. B. Carry A Oucaynoy, Drnggtrtr "My ml* mau." arid Aunt Chtoa,” "ia lb* waat man Car oh token* yog aa*. It h* aaa't gat a ehlehao aay other way ba'll go aa' buy ooa ” TBtmRnUTMMttXUMU* Mafia OMriMItOWiw. Tba people of tbia oouatry aad Ob tawbaet* aa mnob lataraatad to tba aueeeaa of tba paodleg anadanat la tba constitution that I faal oanatraiaad to write soma what oa tba soitjsot aad ■howto* tbe atatua of otir white people on thla quasUoa. Baba* a Democrat to tbo taeuoer bore, aad one of abso lutely unawarring aUrglsaes to ay party drat aad foremost, and aralously ardent toward anything looking to the bettaraiaat of our People, 1 would be au unworthy eon of a aoWo wealth did I not reader orery aid la aty power toward tba ntldoatiea of what . f retard the aaoat momentous iaaoe that luu beta before our poopla la a quarter of a century. Oar people, almost aa a unit, are so thutiaatle orer tba good proapeot of fta paaaaga; aad I think quite a nuat ber of tlia batter oUaa of tba Jtopahll esaa will land It tbatr support. Car tsioly they bare good resocci for aa doing when auob area aa Mr. Mauls, Judos Sterbuak and a host o* atbare of tbair party bare puUMr declared tbair Intention of Mipportiag It. That tbo bagrees and their eohorta, If I say eo txpreaa it. the white HepuUteooe, win arc dependent upon tbair retaoto rids Into soma patty oOea. will aupport tt Is a forlorn hops; but aarioaaly. I fail to see why tbo yaomsary of tba Bepub llasti party, tba good, boost* rsak aad H'e can do otherwise than lead this Just measure tbair old, wbeo tbo Mali ere abundant to show that It ia to tba very beat weUara of both white sad black that such an amendment ba la ssrtsd la our eooiUtuUoa. I said both whits sad Week, sod I did so sdtissd ly. That its paassgs will really be for uw uan wiM or Mo oogro, I do oat doubt, ud I do not amort It hi plausible subterfuge. . Mom than thirty yair* ago, Um aa *ro froth from under Um yoke of tlaro-1 ry. a wholly Igooraul, tufwrtUeloot and nnealtured run. wat at otto* ala rated from this petition to that of a wiffraglet alongside of hla oiritorod white brother. Tin tuddec nxaltoilen baa from that hour baa Instilled Iota the negro a detire for equality with hla wbtta brother, not so proaenaoed at Oral, hut the hit* baa beau Mining momentum from year to year, until the ■pricing In the eootorn part of the State not ao long ago bat that wa all remember with wbat enapesae wa awalted-tlM on too me, Wat tbe logical mult of hit unwtaa deration. Suoh a elate of nf tin tbe good white people of the SUM are determined to ted oooo and for all. The promoted amend ment It not In reality unjustly diacrlm lotting agelntt tbt negro aa a race. It lays to every voter : If yea oeooot reed * eectlon nf year State CMitilu tion, you ought not and ahull not be allowed tbe freedom of State auffrage. If the negro cannot measure up to the rrqolrereeuta. let him art about to do so. And tfCD' jy becaota it will be aa added etlmulut to tbe negro to took more to hi* education, 1 bellevt it la to hie boot welfare that the mereare be come a Uw. And teeoodly. It win take away tc.nn tbt negro tbtt fait* Idea nf equality with the white taas; will show him juet where Im ttande, sad will further show him that tbe logical thing for him to do la to not presump tiously arrogate to hlmaalf equality with the while man until he has some Just rea son for for ao doing, bat by lettlag to worb, with all hla bit poorer, te become a good Uw-aUdlog. ioirltaetaal oltlreo •f a good State, lie assured when the negro does this tbe State win only too gladly glee him a »bowing, as tbe does wary good outlet,. Wo oanaot, and do not, expect tbe aacro te support tbe amendment, but U U redly to tbeU beat letareet to do to. The people of Lincoln and Catawba win heartily support it; and t aa grail Sod beyond measure at the bright pres pent of the passage of a law that Bboald have been on the statute book at I real a dozen year* ago. Every white teas, be be Itopubllean or wbat not. who « dintly withe* peace and prosperity to permanently remits withla the borders of our good old State can never do a better deed than easllag hla ballot for tbe email to ll on*] amendment. W. M.SnnmiLL. Denver. N. C. _ *»• uiimw mmcu A child la ten; Um IoAw to aUan daoca fat* $10, tbe editor gMa 0. It la cbrtataoed aad Um wtolatar aaU I* aad aad tba editor fate OR Whan It mar lira Um wtotator teu $10 aad a piece af oak* aad the editor feta 000. la the oouree of tin* It 4lee; the doctor tet* fro* IS to $100. aalaiatar, partMpa, fate another $$, am eadar taker from $1$ to- $00. The editor prtata a ooUoa of death aad oWintry two eoloiana loeg tod fata 000, baa Idea lodge and aoaiaty reailallaaa, a free card of thaoka aad a Wt of poetry. * wo».««mni»t*rM I tuTl bed almoat dreWed Vo'flee up all Itopea of rreomy aud a mil Um molt, but notiaiaf Um wmtiaatM W CbambartWaV CoW*. ChakMMd LX an hue* Remedy aad atao tow* Mall woalata ataltof that aoaaa weaderfal caret bad baea wraagbt by *>*a rawady, I d eidud to try tt. Attar tat lot a few daaoa I ana entirety writ af that trouble aad 1 with ta aay farther to ay rue dare aad Nila w etUhrwa that l an a halo aad hearty woa to-day rod foal aa well at 1 am dM la aey HW.— a R. Mooaa. Md bp J. M. Carry and Oowpaay. Drufftaw. : xm sSir&r'**1 aSrMr'to u» ***• The doiwdipootf i SmSF* I I xE r. m. vray. a deputy tt ua Tower, aod tho two paid a elatt to tho bos*. It was (ban that tba aoidlan worn found. Tbay bad mariad tba Mfcna Wbitaken,two stolen, awd wan tofctag Mrhoimmo wttbmo IhooMfm haya of tho regtaaaac. waft of which JWjjHdM U>^*T ** «*• baM of which to to laave toaaorraw or Mon . "I„u'*d ^ away too loS,d.’ MM OM of tba add tan takto wifi. The word* had hardly boom apokan when both of tbo girts bant oat er/lor. tbotio. Ho; aarpaat, aa tbay •U>od Irresolute. L _ alternative. Tba cowly ten moat go back to tbetr ngtmwt. ireaoabM ear oooMra. At length after rove won ooId and praealMa wan made tbo aaMlor lada Lade goodbye to tbeir wtraa aod wan takee away U eaawrr tba charge of desertion that ton, it eeoma, had drtr ea Hiero to. Henry and Wagoner an freer Ktoa wood. (la., and an wall consented. jjs.ssrrt.’Sti&'St; loan orer tba AltanM aod if eat IVrfet road Monday for tba PbiUppteaa. It la Probable, however, that tba two boys Will Bathe among those who an lo bo. as they will tiara to taoa a era* •ret court martial on tbo charts of de sertion. ._' Under tho above beading the Loeto TtUa Cou.-Ur-Journal editorially oom annte at follows: Tba South In tleao may ewgeat abet Uc osdent^dteg of Un raoo problem >aw York If not hi other Into* ettlee. Xagroaa aae moving then f»om the South to such aumbon that laaptlo of the gnat mortality raaulUag from tba a naamtery conditionals which they live they have obowa om inonaea of M par oaot. aiaoa 1890. la Broody Uw gain baa booo stlU grwtor, aid the negro proportion uf Urn papaMtoalo new 1.4 per coat. Thoy hoeoiaonaaad •o rapidly la aoma aoartan that tbay have emnad trouble la thooehoola. la tbo borough of tfaeoM tbay oowtltulo one-fortieth of Urn populatlw, and while then an aot laragb to JnUfy tbo nUbUabmaat of arpanbe aeboam there on an many than tba adad authorities any they have baaama aai «• aono *o