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Oct. 20th. ?88.
To the Democrat :
The Demochat has not
put in its apjearance a't this
office for a fortnight. Have
Dockery, Bingham & Co. of
the republican urmy "ranz-
IzhnJ" the DnMocuATand m)
prvHsed its issues. No. in
deed ! but the cause must be
in postal irregularities.
I know too much of the
ambition of him who occu
pies the tri-pod of the Edito
rial Sanctum, to believe that
anything but success will at
tend the Editor of the Demo
chat in any enterprise in
1 which he may deliberately
lin 11-
f From now until the elcc
tion everything will be on
I "tip-toe" in the political
arena, ns the forces are be
ing marshal for the culmi
nation of the grandest polit-
f ical struggle that has engag
ed the attention of the Amer
ican people for several de
cades. The fight is for the suprem-
iacy of the high tax central
ization policy of the republi
can party, backed by giant
corporations in way of trust
combinations, land jobbers,
millionaire manufacturers,
and Wall Street speculators
i and bond , holders
iigainst the varied interests
fof millions of labored, wage-
workers, farmers, mechanics
( land consumers of every name.
i , It is a contest for the ns
Icendency of the best princi-
pies tnat unaer-lie the lai ric
of this great Republic, one
affects American civilization ,
principles that touch the
very essence of civil liberty
and independent State Sover
eignity, but with such grand
fJeaderH at the front of our
f democratic army as G rover
H-leveland and Allen G. Thur-
Jnan the prospect of success
hvns never more flattering.
Ere the sun shall have set
on t.ne Gth. of Nov. proximo,
may the swelling and accu
mulating echoes and rever
berations ofvictory.be heard
from every hill top . and
jnountnin summit from the
St.J Lwarence to the Rio
Grande, and from the Atlan
tic beach to the l'acjfic coast,
jfhut right and justice have
once more triumphed, . and
th.Q.t this Union of "Indes-
truetible States" will le pre-.
nervwl in jea-eand prosr-(
ity anotherquadivnni.il term
under the boM, dignified, ujh j
right ndn.inistration,
of 0 rover Cleveland, j
Grayson county is really J
democratic, ami was never
known to be classed among
the doubtful counties of Va.,
until that arch traitor, "Bil
ly" Million?, a man void of
every principle of State pride
and true patriotism, under
took to elevate himself into
public office, and to do so,
debased himself in the lowest
depths of political degrad ni
dation by disrupting and
and misleading the demo
erath? party in Virginia on
the public state debt, and by
this menus pat himself into
the1 U. S. Senate, where he
fulminated the venom of his
traitor, u . heart upon ir
ginia, and the Southern peo
ple, with such malicious slan
der and base ingratitude as
none but a mercenary Judns
could do. But thanks to
the chivalry and pride of all
true Virginians, Mahone is
shorn of his prestige, and his
days of "boss" rule is num
bered, and with one more
State and National victory.
"Bill" Mahone will be buried
into political oblivion as one
as the meanest and most un
scrupulous pods that ever
dishonored Virginia's fair
name.
Viewing the situation in
North Carolina from a Vir
ginian stand-point, I feel
sanguine that a great victo
ry awaits the retiring efforts
of the noble democratic y eo
manry in the "Old North
State." With such gallant
champions as Cleveland,
Thurmnn and Fowle, how
could it be otherwise?
Time is now short and prec
ious and every man, every
voter, who desires and loves
good State and National
government should be wide
awake, and spnir no pains
to get out every man to the
poll on 6th. of Nov. and aid
in every way honorable to
achieve a grand victory. I
hope to congratulate you
on the election of your entire
State ticket, and that your
gallant and patriotic Col.
Cowles will meet, as a genial
colleague in the halls of the
next Congress, our hand
some and Statesman-like
Rev. P. G. Lester of the 5th.
Virginia District.
Levi P. Morton is very
anxious that N. C. cast her
vote for t he republican par
ty. Levi wants a good deal of
the f 95.00Q he subscribed to
the republican campaign
fund sent into North Caro
lina for the ostensible pur
pose of trying to influence
the "floaters" of that grand
old State with his "boodle"
to cast their votes for the re
publican ticket. He knows
full well that with the execu
tive, legislative and Judicial
branches of theState'govern
ment filled with republicans,
that some chance will, tie
open for him to make good
his thirty millions 30,000
000) of spurious tax-bonds
he holds against the State.
Let every man in the "Old
North" State arise in his
might, and bur, with an'
avalanche of votes, in ever j board of tru.stiv of tlieState
lasting oblivion; a party, j University at ChajN-l Hill. He
both State and National. wart ah o chairman of the
that would elevate Mich men j board of directors of the
a Chinese Ben. llnrrixm, West r i Insane Asylum, and
Millionaiie Morton, and i;e-1 in this position did conspic-gro-loving
Dockery with ' uous good,
public office, a gainst the no-! He was a successful journ
bledesirew and ir.sti. cts ofjahst and wielded his
all the better clases of the j
State. F. M. Y.
Editor Tates Dead.
We learn with deep regret
of the death of Mr. William
J. Yates, editor of the Char
lotte Democrat, which occur
red suddenly on Thursday
morning at his home in Char
lotte. Not many days ago
we had the pleasure of meet
ing Mr Yates in the office
from which these lines go out
and he seemed then hale and
hearty and the promise then
of many more years of life.
Indeed the Charlotte Chroni
cle says: "Throughout the
present week, Mr. Yates was
daily at his office, preform
ing his usual duties, and nev
er once did he complain of
feeling sick. At the close of
his office hours, Wednesday
afternoon, he met and coi -versed
with several friends
on' the streets before home
for the night. They all no
ticed that he appeared chee.
ful and perfectly well
The articles that hepenw d
Wednesday were read by the
Democrat's Hibserihers Thur
sday while the brain that in
spired them was deadened tg
earthly things, and while the
hand that had driven t lie pen
was cold.
Shocking indeed, was the
suddenness with which he
was called away and full of
the lesson that "In the midst
of life we are in death."
"His death," the Chronicle
says, "occurred at three o'
clock in the morning, and
was the result of a stroke of
apoplexy, a block! vessel in
his brain having burst while
he was lying asleep in bed.
The stroke was sudden and
severe, and without once a
waking to thecall of those a
round him, Mr. Yates quietly
passed awn. r."
He died in the arms of his
wife, and thus went to his
final account an lamest man
an upright citizen and a pat
riotic citizen of the State. .
. Mr. Yates was born in Fay
etteville in August, 1827,
and some years prior to the
war became the editor of the
Fayetteville North Carolini
an. In 1850 he sold this
paper and moved to . Char
lotte, where he purchased
the Charlotte Democrat and
conducted it continuously
until the day of his death.
His leading characteristics
were industry, sound judge
ment and good sense, and
these qualities, joined to a
love of North Carolina and
of his fellow men, made him
a citizen of the highest value. . , . . ... '
He avoided public prtfermuit;nnrl "adl Uy1 18 thM'kl.V
but nevertheless lendered i studded with kernels, each
valuable public service, w ield ' of which is in a separate husk,
ing great influence for good From what is threshed a lar
always in his county and in ' g(r orop u jn . grown npx t
te state at large. He enM " as the resuit proves
ed faithfully as a member of ' . . , .
the Council of State during a; thls to ceed in. quality any
part of Gov. Ellis, adminis- j thing modern grain can
tration in '59 and 'GO; and I growi.
was n useful memlter of the!
pen
for
without fear
or favor
v.li it he thought the right
unswervingly for the welfare
of North Carolina. He was
a faithful sentinel upon the
watch-tower of popular safe
ty and well-being and never
hesitated a moment to sound
an alarm that he thought
called for by circumstances
whatever the result might be
to himself. He was a wine
and good man and his death
is a serious loss to the
State, He was a sincere and
e irnest Uiristain, a devout
member of the Methodist
church, and the Durham To
b.xco Plant gives tl.i j in
stance of his simple piety :
"His home in Charlotte
was one of the way-side rest
ing places of the way-worn
preacher. There was a spec
ial room in hi house he al
ways called the preachers'
room. He once said that
whenever one of his children
got sick he carried it to that
room, and laid it on the
preachers' bed ui'.d knelt
down on the very spot where
so many men of . God has
prayed, and begged God to
ble.ss his child."
He was, indeed, a man of
simple, honesty piety. He
was honest in all things, and
(me of the poets has truly
said "An honest man's the
noblest work of God." Xews
Observer.
Wheat From Seed 5,000 Years Old.
most interesting experi
ment culminated recently in
the raising of some wheat
grown from wheat as old as
the exodus. The experiment
er is David Drew, who last
year received from a friend
in Alexandria, Egypt, some
grains of wheat taken from a
mummy exhumed near the
ruins of Memphis, and be
longing, it is believed, to the
period of the ninth 'dynasty,
which would make it grown
about 0,00 years B. C, or
nearly 5,000 years old. He
planted the seed early in the
spring, and carefully nursed
it. It grew rapidly and at
the timeof cutting measured
from six and a half to seen
fwt high. The leaves alter
nate on the stalk like com
mon wheat, but the product
of the plant is the most sin
tnilar part of it, for, intend
of growing in a car like mod
ern corn, there is a heavy
cluster of small twigs in place
of the spindle which hangs
HARPER, BERNHARDT
& CO.
LKXOlIt, N. C.
The lti.ding wliolenide mul it- i
lull .MereliMiitH m w-Mern ..
have uIwuvhh full it ml coiiiplctt
STOCK
of good suited totlie wniits of
their THAI)!-:.
We I my jtoimIx in LAH(iI'
quitiititifM mid nhvtivH for
r,i.v.
4 list Received.
yjjCar IoihIk Salt.
1 " 'Lime.
it " " Keruaeuu Oil.
AO mixes Tolmeeo.
K) Putty.
100 Kegs Nails.
2o " Nidrt.
25 Boxes Glass.
20 Dags Coffee.
10 Dbls., Sugar.
(iO Reams I'aper.
72 Dozen Spellers.
2.000 lbs Sole Leather.
500 " Upperljeather.
10 Dales Sheeting.
5 Plaids.
5.000 Yards Prints.
1,250 " deans.
2.500 Pairs Roots & Shoes.
A full stock of Groceries,
Notions and family goods.
We have a lineof mensand
women's shoes made espec
ially for H'atau'a trade, we
have these branded 44 Watau
ga Solid" and warrant every
pair. Naming prices does
put little good unless you
can see the goods, we do not
claim to sell goods at cost
but do sell goods at a profit
for less than some of our
comiietitors who sell for cost.
As it is generally known, we
are among the largest deal
ers in oroduce in the STATE
we will only say that we are
now doing a larger business
than ever and are making
this part of our business a
constant study- and are al
ways prepared to buy any
itood marketable Phoduce.
Always come to see us.
Yours Truly
Hakpek, Baknhakdt & Co.
Sept. 27. 1888. Gmo.
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I June 7. 1888. ly.
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