Eastern Carolina News. l PCBUBHSD WISELY BT Tka News Publishing Company. "11l . 11l I*JW ■ " -■= 1 9. w. WHITAKER, EDITOR. C. S. WHITAKER, LOCAL EDITOR. Correspondents Solicited. We beg our friend* who hate an? thing to *ty that the public i* intnrertnd In bearing, to nee tan News m a v* hicl* to commuukmw their views.— The name ot lb* enihor ehould aecoro paoy the article, jel U will be optional with him whether U eball be poblUhed Subscription Price: Oh y ear - W’®® Bix Mouths Entered in sba Poes OtQce at Trenton, Jf. C.. a* second claee mad matter. \\ EDKKBDAY, DEC*. 1. 1897 Something Must be Done. The principal money crop in the Kant is, and has been from time immemorial, oottou, and when this crop fails or low pri ces prevail, then distress and hard-times come upon the peo ple. Since the price of cotton is fixed, not by supply and de mand, but by the speculators In Liverpool and the leading ex changes in this country,—leav ing the producer to take what may be offered him, then it is time for the fanners to rise up In their might and demand that something must be done. Does vhe low price of cotton rednce the pTice of cotton good*? Not a whit, We saw a statement from one of the yarn mills which shows, that with 5 cent cotton these profits are over 100 percent. It matters not boW cheap they buy the raw mate rial, the cheaper the better for them, but the poor fanner is left to drag out a miserable ex istence. unable to meet Ills ob ligations, and with the mighty ghost of debt haunting his eve ry stop, with anguish depicted upou his countenance he ap peals to the politician for help, and receives the encouraging reply, “all great reforms must be brought about at the bollot box/* This ought to be true, hut what has the past demon strated,—more oppression for the farmer, and more money In the pooket of the office holder. Was the government ever more expensive to run, and taxes higher than at the present time? and isn’t it a fact that the great hulk of taxes are paid by the farmer, merchant and wage earner, and the bloated bond holder sets at ease and laughs at their calamity. If reforms come through the ballot box then why In the name of all that Is good Isn’t something done to, releave the people? Yean roll on and mon ey grows scarcer and times harder. Why don’t our con gressmen enact laws to benifit the masses Instead of a favored few? The resaons are obvious, money has become the God of the average politician and about all that concerns him is to pocket hie salary. It If true the gTeat majority of the rotors are poor people and ought to assert their righto as free Amer ican citizens, but when the time comes to vote the country Is Hooded with corrupt money ftis many a poor fellow has to to grab at Vnything be sees In order to keep starvation from bit door. Something moat be done, for the people cannot and will not ttanfl this oppression much lon ger. There If no earthly rea son why the fanner ehould not get 8 cents a pound for his cot ton, and eonld do it if proper organisation was affected, and stop listening to the deceit ful etralogems of dishonest pol iticians who only want your vote to get office. We admit there are some honest politi cians who feel hurt at the con dition of the working man, but they are so greatly in the minor ity that their Influence is not felt In the affairs of this gov ernment 'C A Day of Opportunities. How often does one hear the assertion that unless a young man has friends of influence to “work him in” or money to bny > his way, there ie no hope for him to rise in any walk of life. It is not true; it is more than false: it is harmfully false. Skill, know-how aud energy were never worth so much as today; brains never before com manded half their present price, and ideas never sold for a third so much. Influence can start a man, but it can’t run the race for him. Money may g&iu him position, but if he be unworthy, his position will be only bought and therefore worthless. Op portnnity to-day meets and smilingly‘greets one hundred young men where it formerly met one, But opportunity nev er makes men, it only gives them a cliapce to make them selves. Too many of our young men expect it to force them, when it never does more than invite. It never searches for men, bat may be eatfily found by them. Success depends upou the man, and all he can justly ask of any one else is a chance, an opportuuity to make the best job oat of himself that the ma terial and the workman can turn oat, These chances are today more abundant than ever, more are taken advantage of and more are yet idle. The man who sits about and says “there’s no chance for a fellow these times, ’ is a pessimist who sins against the youth of the land. There is no chance for the fellow wants succes manu factured for him, carefully wrapped up, and placed in his l , believe that every man or woman that dishonors their pa rents will have the same re tarded to them in some way. I once beard an anecdote of a man who was driving his aged father from bis house because he did not do just to suit him. The old man had started off, but the weather being very cold and he thinly clad, (he son called to him an offered him an old coat that had been thrown aside, but his little non objected and said, “no father, I want that coat to give you when you are old, and I drive yon off,” % The man thought, relented and called his father back. O, that we all may be more thoughtful aud kind. The war has beeu over for more than thirty years, and nearly as many persons have since died in the United Staton as lived in the country in 1866; but the report of the Secretary of the Interior shows that 200,- 000 pension claims still await adjudication In the Pension Of flee, and he estimates that near ly or quite one-half of them will be allowed. » ■■ *i ■- ——m|i S» mmmm Try Whitaker’s Anted soap, none] better end s present goes with each bar. How to Prevent Phneumonla. At tbi* time of the year a cold ie vary easily contracted, aud If left to roo it* couree without the aid of com* reliable cough medicine, ie liable to re sult in that draaded disease, pneumon ia. We know or no better remedy to core a cough or a cold than Chamber • lain's Cough Homed y. Wc have need it quite extensively and it has always given eutire natieluciiou.— O lagah, Ind. Ter. Chief. Por eaJe by J. I*. Broaden. ■ I V* Choice California Prunes for sale cheap at Whitakers. Trenton CORRECTED WEEKLY BT J Jr\ brogdkn, JOKALKK IK General Merchandise. Corn, . • per bushel, SO Peas. Field, . . “ .SO Potatoes, Sweat, Yens*, “ .30 Potatoes, “ Bahamas," .90 Chickens, pr. pair, . . 80(^40 Spriug chickens . • • >l9 Egtt, . - • per dozen, .12 Beeswax, . . .per lb.. .20 Hub's, green, ; per lb., Q 4 Hides, dry. . . *' @0 Butter oountry, . “ -25 Fodder, . perewt. @ .00 Bacon, country, . per lb. <$ Hants, . . . per lb. . Lard country, • . .per lb. .OR- Tetter, SaH-lthewm and Keretna. The intense itching and smarting, inci dent to those diaeasosWainstunUy allayed by applying Chamberlain’s Eye and Skin Ointment. Many very bad cases have been permanently cured by it. It is equally efficient for itching piles and a favorite remedy for sore nipples, chapped hands, chilblains, froet bites and chronic sore eyes. 85 cts.ler box. Dr. Cady's Condition Powders, are just what a horse needs when in bad condition. TXmic, blood purifier and vermifuge. They are not food bat medicine and the best in nse to put a horse, in prime condition. Price 85 cents per package. _ Bori-Keepin&Bisiiws, “""T PHONOGRAPHY, Sltartion. JSgfew Tjp-Wlttllg R. SMITH, LEXINGTON, KY., For circular of ht* tamo* and mpaaalMo COHMERCIJU. COLLEGE OF W.IaiVEItSITY AwarM Medal at World’, Eaemritlaa. Rrfrn In tlomik of mdmtM !u pwltiosa. Cat of Ml Wnalwcaa Including Tui tion, Book, and Hoard in faially. about (A ShsrthMLTypo-Writing, ud Telagnphy.SpaahuG. MTTIu: Kentucky University Diploma, n oiler peal. * wnriled mAnatM. Literary Course free. If deeirod. XevuraUoK. Enter now. Graduate* imcc*Hi*r»«L in Atvfcr frt kftfit tftrtr tr/tm r«KA tft, (ufrfWM **/*, WILBUR R.SMITH.LCXINGTON.KV. ||PV|ippi ! • \rCvT nil j s 2,\ ViEf I f mm \ •lg.YTSii nia T. A. Green, President, E. H. Meadows, Vice President. H. M. Groves, Ca-hier. CITIZEN'S BANK, OF NKWBBBN, N. C.. Do a General Banking Business. The amointootf Banka, Corpora tion', Faraeie. Merehaate and other*, ra oetved ou favorable ten**. Prompt and earrfnl -Uotni-n given to the in swat of o»r eoatomsfe, Collections* specialty, —ia» or niaacroß': Ferdinand Ulrioh, B. Hi Meadow*, 4. A. Ueadowa, Oban Daffy. Jr., danti i W. Inoak, Jeibw. Hmtieoiid, Oboe B. Fowler, Mayor Hahn. I. W. QraoMVT, Ttiomaa A. Green, U. W. Mae.lwo'-d, «\ E Foy. Gee. M. Ivte, W. f Crockett. At ollocksville, IT. C. Bull Dog Breeches have no Equal. Sell from SI.OO to $1.50 per pair. Won't rip, and the best wearers oat. Also a full line of DRY GOODS ai astonishingly low prices. ■ READY-MADE CLOTHING te| SU Heavy and Fancy Groceries, Whips, Saddles, Hainessi Hardware and Cuttlery. ill Gan Be Had at Red Bottom Prices. As the season for settlement Is at hand, all peraous owing account* er netaa wilt please sc*tie the seme early, that we may be encouraged to help you again auother season. When m Polloksvtllc d >u‘t fail to call on ua. T A. BELL & BRO. We have never had such a fine array of harvest machines to show fanners as this season. Every one shows Invent ive skill, strength and symmetry derived from the touch of WALTER A. WOOD. The Wood machines, as made for 1892, are winning crowds of new friends. Examine the nerwohain-dxive, and balance v reel, on the Wood harvester. Examine the new spring lift and the new axle extension on the Wood mowers. Ex amine the Wood hand-dump rakes, virtually self-dumping. BY L. H. CUTLER * CO., * »-' *2 £*3 2 - • « ££ s js-i'S 5 Q S 8 M*s £ sci £ yo’ .6 ■, a . £7. ■ 5 j; Q IS- r; Y< fe 2kj 2 |.s *sj*cg. §- • §• *3 -a =5-3 ? if a 93P to a |.£H £ i S(U cU) 5 ! S,s ?• -£ #V* »S —I O* CE-4S p £* * 8» -A g SL? o fl * a s B=l 5 O 1 ill 1 §c tu wnH>a Tb« Hbte Ag«nt, J. Sr. Oerpcn - ter, of & leigli, wnde « brief < xpt»* Tbepl •«’, i« a nut ebetl. ia tt - i,: Ti e furmam, or th<«e fg dttnebed pro. i-ny in tbe onuntiet* t Onflow and Jnnea am p irittged oudtr npaoiet act oi IbeM. C. Lagmlatnte to obligate thtunelvea In e policy contract To Proportionately Share Eaeh Others Loss in the Event of the Destruction of Property by Lire Wind or Lightning; \-v # ' And if tbrre be no Ip* or damage A uolicy ten*4 BOoent* orfeaeh *IOO.OO «*<«b of property fnaoitd is vbaigrd, ibis atnountpme all the <*|wn-eH of tb# orgnuizaiioo wnA k>v*k eaeb member * p«f*e»ul poJ iev without additional coat, nnlee* aotnc tueonher niect* with a lea*, mid i»i tbetewi t F"U •HI fii>ly M Maaml to p".y yirttt pro ret* share, which io moat cun would bo Itaa than ywe wiwld giw oan m»fomio«te rrigbtwr Hare ia s li-t of tb- officer* oleste 1 for the Ous ow end Joue* Branch : G. H. BIMMOKB, Preddaot, . 4 8.8 TAYL'JtI, Bec‘y and Ires*. BCPKRVI ROSS : Dr. WJ. Montfort, F. W. Hargett, John F. Cox, D. J Senders, A. N. Snndlin, Dr. E. W. Ward, Dr. B. A. « hiteker, K. k Bty. F. M. Dixon. J. B. HerriGon, J.tbn Honiy, Mow. tbe at ova nnieed ceotlenwn hew the rompletc eontml and irnnegemert of (hi* Branch lh* Aganto. of eoonc. do nil tb* wmk. hot It in nofwrvlaed by thin keel Board, omuponed of vonroam neighboi*. me yon mt »m»t them? Aid eeaie nan yoo afford to renwin nnlnsnred when it will oetv mat you firom tl fOlo s*oo on the tbonaaed nano ells ? Owwider •**. that tbe lone of 91000 lh#*e Bard rime* meet • *ev*ra ewuißee. For farther pertiaalets roneetulng this ioMnnon *ddr»**. D B. McqUBEV. Local AgrwL J. B.C. CARPBXrSB.Bf*»*