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The Best Medium , TOBIACSTBI HOME OIKOLE FOB ADVERTISERS! Home Talent Always Encouraged! RELIABLE ADVERTISERS! tJSITHBCOLCMKSOr j THE ARGUS TO SECURE CUSTOMERS. "TliisAiiQUs o'er th8 people's rights No soothing strains of Maia'sson Doth an eternalvigilkoep; Can lull its hundred eyes to sleep." Vol. VIII. GOIDSBQRO, Kra, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1892T NO. 77 ' - ' 1 : : ; " 1 ' " " SWEET AS FIRST IATVE. A little book with here and there a leaf Turned at some tender passage, how it seems To rpeak to me, to fill my soul with dreams Sweet as first lore, and beautiful, though brief! Hern was her glory, on this page her grief, For tears have stained it, here the sunlight streams, And there the stars withheld from her their beams. And sorrow sought her . white soul like a thiell And here her name, and as I breathe the sweet, Soft syllables, a presence in the room Sheds a rare radiano ; but I may not look. The yellowed leaves are fluttering at my feet, The light is gone, and I, l st in the gloom. Weep like a woman o'er this little book! Atlanta Constitution. How the Plan Is Working. The Richmond Times has the following as to the campaign of the People a party m the otatc where it haB perhaps most fully developed itself: "General Weaver and Mj Field have been actively stumping in Arkansas, and it is said that the Republicans ol that State have agreed to withdraw their State ticket to be voted for the first Mon day of November and Tftte with the Third party if the latter will agree to cast their vote for the Re' publican presidential electors in November. What advantage this fusion would be to Weaver and Field except to aid them in doing what they are in reality trying to do defeat the Southern Derooc racy in the interests of Radicalism and the force bill it is hard to Bee." Why, what difference, so far as results are concerned, will there be between Arkansas and North Caro lina when the issue i decided on the day of election? Whether the effect of the persuasive powers of (Japt. .Laves on the leaders in Washington (as graphically told in our yesterday's special from that city ) is strong enough to compel a straight out Republican ticket, or the ''fusion" views ot Mr. Thomas Settle at last bring forth fruit who doubts that the end and aim of it all is to defeat the Cleveland ticket in North Corolina? Not the successive steps which Bntler and other adherents ot Weaver have takeu to bring them selves and the motley organization which they have managed to bud., die together to this point. It has been ninety days since the presi dent of the State Farmers' Alliance was avowing himseif a Duinoorat, and Democratic newspapers through u the State wcre credul ous enough to copy, with coidial commendation, an aditorial from his newspaper in which he conjuri cd his friends to do nothing to im peril the success of the Democratic State and connty tickets; only two or three months back the Progres sive Farmer solemnly declared that we could not afford to risk ne gro supremacy agan and now Bntler is as bitter an enemy of the Democracy ol his native State as the most blatant carpet bag Kadi cal of the days of reconstruction calling for a "fight between the town and country" and ringing the alliterative changes on "ballots and bullets," while the Progres sive Farmer raises the black bag, gets its coffins ready and warns us of "funerals." But all this will avail nothing. The country was never more tbor oughly aroused than it is to-day. As the campaign proceeds it will be truly a "campaign cf educa tion," in which the masses of the white voters of the South will be shown clearly where rests the rc responsibility for pernicious Iegiss lation or the lack of salutary legis lation; how great are the dangers to the South of dividing their strength, and how truly, faithfully and honestly the national Demo" eratic party has labored to give them relief, in both houses of Con grces, for wrongs suffered and bur dens borne. Charlotte Observer. George William Curtis, Alihough the death of George William Curtis was not unex pected, the announcement yester day that he had pa6eed away cre ated profound sorrow in all intelli gent circles. He was one of the grandest of ali the varied grand characters of inodera. American growth. With all the refined and delectable tastes of the accomp plished scholar, be was one of the most practical and forceful of onr dieputants in politics and in all the nomen tons controversies relating to popular government. In politics Mr. Curtis was the most unique of leaden and at the same time one of the most potent. He never sought rffice ;he declined many, proffered political honors, and it is doubtful whether his gen eration produced' another who was his equal in . commanding the - re epect of the thoughtful people of the country. He was always hon est; always sensible; always earn est; always the purest and the most incisive of our publicists, and he was equally impressive in sanc turn or forum. Unlike most fcholarly men, Mr. Curtis was unflagging iu his inter est in political affairs. It was his speech in the Republican National Convention of 1860 that made the convention amend its platform af ter its report from committee, and bronght the then new Republican party to the most distinct and man ly declaration of its aims; . and from that t.me nutil 1884, when he last appeared in a National Con vention to protest against the pro stitution of a great party to the spoilsman's commands, he was fre quently the leading representative of his city in both State and Na tional Conventions. It is entirely safe to eay that no one man of his time so profoundly impressed his scrupulous integrity upon our po litical system as did Mr. Curtis. Such a man's death is an un speakable national calamity. There are many other able and upright ment who are ready to do for the right as he did; but there was only ore George William Curtis, and his death leaves a wide gap in the ranks of American greatness that must long remain unfilled.-PhUa. Times. A Growing Evil. A growing evil of the day and one that cannot be too severely re buked is the tendency of young southern romance and character sketch writers to caricature their own people both in the matter of dialect and in description of man ners, customs, and sentiment. Whcu we pick up a book by a southern man in which this tend ency is manifested we are shut up to the conclusion that cupidity rather than love of letters has been the inspiration. There can be but one object in such departure from truth, such prostitution of talent, and such sacrifice of pride ot birth and heritage, and that is the despicable one of making money by pandering to a northern greed for everything that places the South and southern civilization in an unenviable and false light. Between the souihcrn litterateur who for a consideration misreprc" seuts the South and travesties her people and her institutions and the southern politician vho for the sake of office maligns his section there is practically no difference. They are both apostates. They follow parallel lines and render themselves equally responsible in respect of the matter of fostering the peinicious ideas regarding the South which have found lodgement in the prejudiced northern mind. The perversion through the medium oJ a novel ot the character of our people and the principles which have actuated them in the past and actuate them now calls for as severe condemnation as the per version ot historical facts or the libels of the political traitor. The South, with her history and her traditions, her present and her memories, her types of noble men and beautiful and refined women, her sufferings and her glories, her record of courage and of fortitude, nffords an inspiration for a litera ture as grand as it would be fasci nating and as prolific as it would be ennobling. Environing south ern writers who aspire to the field of romance are the materials for the upbuildii.g ot a distinctive southern school of literature, and these writers have only to work such materials together in a spirit of truth and of loyalty to their own people in order to force, even from the class of northern readers we have referred to, a recognition of the beauty of the structure they are engaged in erecting. Just in proportion as southern writers dis tort their environment, and in grouping their materials introduce that which is untrue to the genius of our people and disloyal to eouth ern methods of thought and south ern civilization, they not only mar the symmetry of the edifice hut merit the contempt of the culti vated classes at home and eveiy. where elre. The elder Disraeli saye, " Literature is an avenue to glory, ever open to those ingenious men who are deprived of honors or of wealth ", aud Emerson declares that ' all literature writes the character of the wise man ". But both of these authors refer to true literature the literature that is born of elevated influences and aims. The literature npon which we have animadverted opens up just the opposite" avenue, and writes the character ot men any thing but .wise. Mich. Dispatch. Asheville Citizen; The insur ance on the Hotel Belmont and the furniture in the building has been adj nsted by the Asheville agents. The insurance money, $25,000 each on hotel and furni tnre, will be paid to : Mr. Carrier and Dr. Von Ruck . in the next sixty days. WOMANHOOD. Lightly felcpt she on the threshold oi her five and twentieth year, She had ytt the world belora her naught of past to dread or tear 2nd she looked with happy longing, as the years before her stood Richer, brighter, better, broader heri- ' tage of womanhood. Past the wavering, girlish fancies, past the future's fearlul gloam, For her heart had found its double settled now no more to roam. So she dreamed of happy -home-lifu in to-morrow's fancy day Home whee she could sit ia silence, sit and iove her life away, Wheie the joy-of loving deep!y brings no thought save that of b'iss. Where the sorrows born ot living Hoe at touch of husband's kiss, Where the strong arm is protector, and the weak heart strong alw&y, Where the cynic's snarl is vanquished by the sunburst of love's day, Blessed thought ol houie-life, sweeter than ever thought beside could be, Home where two shall build their heaven, loving ever perfectly, Would the home-life be kept empty, naught beside e'er eater there? Are they fearful lest the heart-wealth scanty proe with thee to share? Blessed thoughts of baby fingers, patter soft ol baby feet, Ah! there's room for child and hutband, woman's hearts are wide and deep. Eila S. Elliott. aTwejuocr at . Chester D. Burrows, Jr., of Brooklyn, A Republican Elector in 1888, and "President of a Republican Club, The New York World presents the case of G. D. Barrows, of Brooklyn, a promiuent Republic can fcr years, who has been driven from the Republican party by its high tariff policy. No doubt there are thousands of similar, cases in the East. In 1S88 Mr. Burrows was a Re publican elector and the President of the Republican league of the Fifteenth ward, where he is still a member of the association, and from which he will soou resign and put on the armor ol the Democ racy. Mr. Burrows returned from bis vacation Saturday, and for the first time in several weeks was at his store yesterday. To a World reporter he talked freely a::d frauk "For the past three year?," he said, "I have been seriously consid ering the advisability of joining the Democracy. Yon might say I was bcrn a Republican. I don't think there was a Democrat in my family. I Lave been study ing the tariff question for several years, lhave watched the opera tion of the McKinley bill carefully. The effuct of the high protective tariff is the cause of my resolution to become a Democrat. The tend ency of the bill to create mono polies to the detriment of smaller business interest in the hands of a few men. Protection has been the i83ue of the Republican party for several years. Bat I don't see how or where it protects. Instead of benefiting the masses it has fos tered the formation of monopolies and injured the growth of Amer' can Institutions. Owing to its centralizing tendency it is almost impossible now for young men to enter business for themseiyee, as they cannot compete with monop olies. I prefer the tariff plank in the Democratic platform because I believe it will have a tendency to check formation of monopolies. I don't believe in free trade; I think the Government should have a tariff for revenue, but not the high protective tariff endorsed by the Republican party, I do not be lieve in opening the floodgates to allow foreign countries to send their goods free to America, and I am sure that is not the meaning of the Democratic tariff plank. ' After some years of carelul study and reflection I have resolved, solely on account of the tariff, to join the Democracy permanently. I am not an i Independent - nor a Mugwump. I think Cleveland made a good President, and I en dorse his administration and views, but I cannot agree with the high tariff views of President Harri son. The Great Issue. Mr. Ilarrison'e convention of hia office holders that aye him a re nomination, when he wr.s not first choice of twenty per cent, of his party, adopted a platform dictated by their master upon which the is sues of the campaign are made up. One of its main planks was the ini quitous and doubly damned, infam ous force bill, the darling pet meas ure of the administration in the last congress, upon which it relied for a perpetuation of it3 pov er even at the expense of the liberties of the coun try and the ultimate destruction of our system of free government. Every Republican state, conven tion that ha3 since assembled, has incorporated this measure into their creed. - , ; The Republican party as a party has made it the leading issue in the present campaign, and the Demo cratic party will hold them to it. . In tiie presence of this ' damnable Davenport device, with its bayoneted ballots, all other issues are secondary to the interests of the people, not alone of the South, against which it was chiefly aimed, bat also against Democratic strongholds ia all of the states of the Union. - Were that bill now the law, ' the present administration, intrenched iu power, having grown fat and inso lent after feasting upon th.T helpless and defenseless public, ft ad after having exhausted all its resources of Doraej's "crisp $2 bills;" Quay's 'fat-frying," Wanamuker'd "boodle," aud Dudley's "oiocfcs-of-Sye;" hav ing bulldozed working men and .fail ing in that, fighting thers -srithLihat weirwolf, "the product of pauper labor." after having done-all this, and exhausting every device that trickery aud deception could invent, the little man with his lieutenant, Davenport, in command would bring the force bill into requisition and, overriding the will and wishesof the people, crown himself their monarch and ruler. Their infamous innovation with which this measure seeks to invade the states is intended particularly to crush the proud spirit of indepen dence and manhood of the white race of the South. It points with bayonets to negro supremacy. Jealous of the recuperative pow ers of the Southern whites aud their ability to manage their own domestic affairs, the party of hate would peril the liberties of the nation rather than lose power. Will they succeed? There need be no fear except from the South itself. If deluded into au Alliance with a party promising all Eorts of finan cial relief beyond the pale of possi bilities, the Southern whites will themselves unbar the gates to find the Republican dummy filled with the minions of Davenport and Har rison. All the cunning of the Republi can committees is being exhauseu to foster the Third party in the South, I for o?ice divided against itself the fall of .white supremacy is inevitable, Once fallen, a last farewoll to pence inu pesperity, Then will succeed tlie rtign of the Sambo satrap, aud tha carrion crow carpet bagger. The reign of the negro allied with the political plunderers, will be begun. What then ? Ifc be hooves the Southern whites to ponder well ever this impending calam ity. Democrats everywhere, rally to tha standard of freedom from feder al interference, elect the Democratic nominees and crush forever the iui quitous force bill. A Fight for a Principle. One of the basic ideas claimed for Democracy as a form ot gov eminent is that it inculcates the strictest devotion to principle, Thus, according to its teachings, if if. becomes a question cf personal emolument against devotion to its fundamental truths, there must not be a moment's hesitation as to which course- to pursue. Rather the nominal ignominy of defeat and degradation than the real dis grace of violating in the least de greo the sacred obligations of duty. One of these foundation stones of Democracy is the right of every man to form his own opinion, hold on to it and fight for it to the bit ter end. No other course is recog nized. Let fidelity to an honest conviction bring what i Z may in its train, it must be adhered to. Of course, where Democracy as a party is strongest it ia expected that the principles of Democracy should be rooted firmest. Whether the supposition is universally ap plicable or not there can be no doubt of it in sections, Texas has long been a banner State- of this great political organization, and Texas now claims attention as viv idly illustrating that particular principle to which reference has jast been made. How powerful the Democ ratic obligation to cling to what he be lieves to be right strikes the Texan of this faith may be judged by the fact that in the Twelfth Congressional district there 600 ballets had to be taken before a candidate was nominated, and in the Seventh at last accounts 1,387 ballots were gone through with" out apparently coming any nearer to a choice. Philadelphia Times. Exum and MaynarJ Ltjmbeeton, N. C, Sept. 2 Dr. Exujn, the Third party candidate for Governor, and Dr. Maynard, the Third party candidate for Congress in this district, spoke here to-day. They positely refused to divide with the Democrats; but after "they finished Col. W. F. French, Hen. Alfred Rowland, N. A. Mc hean, Esq., and other prominent Democrats made telling speeches and literally demolished .-. the un founded arguments of these advo cates of negro rule. Exnm's har angue was pronounced the poorest thing of the kind ever heard. May nard made a few extravagant state ments and took his seat. The crowd was estimated at 300, half of whom were Thirdpartyites, It is thought that the speeches to-day did great good for Democracy. . THREE KISSES. The purest kiss In the world is this . The kiss that a mother lays On her child's fresh lips . As lie blithely trips To meet the world and its ways. The sweetest kisa--. In the world is this The first kiss of loye, When time is not. And the eaith's foi-got, An Eden drops from above. The saddest kiss In the world ia this The kiss on unanswering clay.; When dead lips tell ' , We mnst sob farewell -Till the dawn of the judgment day. Weaver's Brutal Cruelty, Tallapoosa, Ga., Aug. 23. I see in your issue of Saturday, the 20th inst., an extract trom a letter written by an old citizen ot Pu- laeki, Tennessee, also a copy of a clipping from the Giles County Democrat of the 20th of July, charging Gen. Weaver, the People's party candidate for President, with beastly cruelty towards the citi zens ot Pulaski and Giles county t.hile in command of the Union :r.nj at that place in 1S64 1 cku fully substantiate a nam box of tho charges contained there in, and could add many others of litre character, all trom my own recollection. Although quite young such a state of terror as wo were kept in by this brute in hu man form made a:i indellible im pression upon my mind. My father, Dr. Perkins, was liv ing in Pulaski at this time. Oar house, my grandmother's (Mrs. Dr. Ordway, now of Fashville) and Maj. Jones, a relative of ours, were used as officers' quarters. We were subjected to many insults. Maj. Jones' family were ordered out of their house at about 12 o'clock on a bitter cold night in December. Tiiey were net allowed time to dress. Mr?, Jones had to wrap her sick child in bed-clothing an carry it in nor arm?; to a neighbor's -house. Many sets of barbarous cruelty committed on my relatives and friends are fresh in my mem ory. Men ol the highest standing, both young and old, were thrown into prison, kept there for months and eorne hot down like dogs with never a charge entered against them. Ladies were insulted on the streets it was indeed a reign" ot terror. Such acts of vandalism and crime I have never even read of in a civilized country. All of it was done by the order, or with consent of General Weaver. Mrs. Annie E. Hall. President Harrison's Loss, Sadness reigns i-i the White House. The shadow of impending disaster is there. Oyer two years ago the President was presented a coon, which the giver named "Ben Harrison." This was not one of voting coons of the South, nor that chronicled in the minstrel song, "Dar's a New Coon in Town To night," but a coon such aa roosts in tree3, and is a descent of the animal that came down at the res quest of Captain Scott. The gift of the coon to the President was prompted by the desire to present him with a mascot. Since the days of William Henry Harrison the coon has been regard as the mas cot of the Harrison family. An old gentleman from "Virginia walked many miles to explain the accom plishments of the animal he pre sen ted to William Henry Benjamin Harrison the present President, so unlike the amiable and nation-loving ancestor who made the name illustrious, is said to have regarded the coon with especial solicitude, and to have inherited the notion that his future success depended upon the coon. This euperstitution was not founded alone upon his desire to have the solid coon vote of the South, that is the votes of the voting coons but to have the presence of this particular coon that had no vote. The coon has disappeared. The light has departed from the Harri son house. The mascot has left in disgust. There is no new coon in town to-night for Ben Harrison! Richmond State. Conspiracy and. Murder. Sedan. Kan..Sentember 1. Two years ago last spring, J. S. Frazier j Trr-ii; n " m e .1 ana vv uiiam xx. vjioaou, or me Pan-handle, brought a herd of Texas steers into this county to feed thfim. Nat.ivfi farmers KeenmR greatly indignant, fearing intro- uuuviuu 01 ACiao level, uu tiiou to induce the Texas men to leave. The latter declined to so. and c ? soon afterwards Gibson was pois- ti .1 a j. - . j; t . t onea Dy tne conienxs oi a wnisirey flask civen to him bv a chance acquaintance. A day or two later, l?.ai,t,a iAnfl lw"l x nrfld Ann(l a pool near the place where his cat tle were feeding, J.T. Davis and S. N.West, farm ers, appointed themselves detectives to run down the murderers, and yesterday Frank Kinzeey and Jerry Huston, farmers and Alli ance leaders, were charged with the crime. Warrants are out for the arrest of a dozen other mem bers of the Alliance. Davis says the murders were the result of a conspiracy headed by a joint corm mittee from thirteen sub -Alliances. The murder of Frazier, he says, was particularly atrocious, and was accompanied by extreme torture, For Resistor of Deeds. Dear Argus: As the time draweth nigh for the assembling of the county -nominating . convention, please allow me a little space in your valuable paper to present to the con sideration of this convention the name of G. E. Grantham for Keg i3ter of Deeds.JGid is too well known all ovei the county for any words of praise from me; but when I am aware of the fact that I have been in constant association with him since I was a child, and know of his many, rare and excellent qualities, I can't quite keep quiet. Besides this we are getting ready for a hot campaign; as we haye now the devil and all his angels to fight, we certainly need our strongest and most available men on the ticket. In Gid E. Gran tham we have a solid Democrat who has spent his time and means for the success of the party a man whose character is undefiled, pure and stainless a man who is kind and charitable, always ready to help those in need; by his pureness of heart and generous and obliging dis position he commands the highest regard from all who.know him. And last, but not least, he can carry as many Democratic votes in his town ship as D. A. Grantham did twelve years ago, and that was enough to perch victory upon our banner. I hope the convention will not for get these facts in making a selection for liegiater of Deeds. We will stand by him with that zeal that carries triumph to our cause. Now a few word3 to the Demo crats of Grantham's township and I will close. It is rumored that Joe E. Byrd is to be the nominee from tlvs township for Tax Collector, but I hi-ne tne report is untrue. Jow, I can't conceive the idea that our Democrats will so far lose sight of themselves a8 to even mention Byrd's name for any office, lie is the same little Singing Byrd that , failed to give a $500 constable bond a few years ago, after we troubled the com missioners to appoint him, and is the same big hearted Democratic Byrd that four years ago so bitterly denounced D. C. Grantham for bolting the Democratic party, and run independent for constable; and he ia the same Crow Byrd that two years ago bolted the Democratic par ty and run independent for consta ble, and in spite of his going among the negroe3 and folding hi.3 name in with their ticket he got left beyond, well beyerl recognition. Now, brethren, please don't say anything more about this perfidious little Byrd for any office. I don't vote for bolters, perjurers and drunkards. SlLEMIS. Grantham's, N. C, Aug. 29, '92. The Mt. Olive Speaking. Dear Argus: Yesterday was a red letter day in political affairs at Mount Olive, the attraction being a joint discussion of the political situ ation by Mr. Aycock for the Demo cratic side and Mr, Butler as expo nent of the issues of the campaign, under the banner of the Third party. Mr. Aycock opened the discussion, and presented the situation in a clear, plain, concise and forcible manner and portrayedjthe fallacies of the socalled reform (?) party in such a manner as to convince all of the truth of his remarks, unless they were biased by idiotic prejudice, or incapable of using those mental powers that babes are supposed to be endowed with at their birth. His quotations from past issues of Mr. Butler's paper, in which Mr, Butler advocated and endorsed the present Democratic candidates, were apt and convincing; and in them selves were sufficient to demonstrate the fact that Mr. Butler was . about the worst man in the deluded mob of Thirdpartyitea to champion their cause. Mr. Aycock used Mr. But ler's own words to uphold his posi tion, and done it so. ably that the wonder to all is, that Mr. Butler had the effrontry to arise before an in telligent audience in reply. As Mr. Butler's talk, boiled down, was practically an ingenious scheme to boom the subscription list of his paper, (which, by the way, has as its motto "Pare Democracy and White Supremacy" a glorious sentiment that he dishonors in every issue) his harangue,it can safely be said, added but little of value to any knowledge upon the question' before the people. The only reason upon which we can base a purpose for Mr. Butler's consumate gall in talking at auch a time, is upon the theory that "Fools venture where angels fear to tread." If the State Democratic Commit tee could arrange with Mr. Bntler to give, a few mere joint debates no fears would be entertained of the triumph oj the. Democratic ticket and the removal from public view of the Third party, which at the best, can but bs considered aa the very quintescence of : political nasti ness. Wayne." September 3, 1892. SUNDAY BEADING Made Up of Divers clipinits Though vine nor fig-tree either Their wonted fruit shall bear, Though all the field ahould wither, Nor flocks nor herds be there, Yet God the same abiding. His praise shall tune my voice, For while in Him confiding, ' I cannot but rejoice. William Cowper. Sublimest danger over which none weeps, When r.iy young wayfaring sol goes lorthV ' , Alone, unconscious of the perilous road, The day-sun dazzling in his limpid eyes, To thrust his own way, be an alien, through The world of bookb! Ah, youl You think it fine. You clap hands "A fair day!" you cheer him on, As if the worst could happan were to rest Too long beside a fountain. Yet to be hold, Beholdl the world of books is still the world. And worldings in it are less merciful Are winged like angels. Every Knife that strikes Is edged from elemental fire to assail A spiritual life. The beautiful seems right By force of beauty, and the feeble wrong Because of weakness. Power is justified. Though armed against St. Michael. Slany a crown Covers bald foreheads. In mourning you I shall rejoice. Go, for the bitter word may be A music in the vanished voice, And on the dead face I may see How bright its frown has been to me: Then in the haunted grass I'll sit. Half tearful in your withered place, And watch your lovely shadow flit Across Tomorrow's sunny face. And yez her with your perfect grace. So, real thing of bloom and breath, I weary of you while you stay, Put on the dim, still charm of death, Fade to a phantom, float away, And let me call you Yesterdiyl Sarah M. B. Piatt. It was nothing a dream? Strike that h&rp3tnng, Agaa still again till it cries A its uttermost treble still strike it Hat vibrant but silent! It dies. It dies, just as she died. Go, listen That highest vibration is dumb. Your sense, friend too soon finds a limit And answer, when mysteries came. Truth speaks in the senseless, the spirit, But here in its palpable part We sound the low notes, but are silent To music sublime in he heart. Too few and too gross our dull senses, 2 Are clogged with the mire of the road, Till we loathe their coarse bondage: as seabirds Encaged on a cliff, loek abroad. On the ocean and limitless heaven Alight with the beautiful stars, And here what they say, not the creak ings That rise from our sensual bars. John Boyle O'Reilly. Public Schools. In answer to "Inquiry" we give the following facts on this subject: In 1868 there were, practically, no public schools in the State. From 1S68 to 1870 there were only dis bursed for public schools about $39,000, while the balance of the school fund, over a thousand dollars, was voted by the republican legisla tors to pay their per diem So much for what the Kepublicans did for education in two years. Of course, there were, practically, no public schools. Into 1870 the Democrats came in to power, and in 1877 there were 3,378 public schools taught for white children, and 1,761 taught for colored children. In 1878 there were 146.681 white chil dren, and 81.411 colored children enrolled on the public school books. The average school term was nine weeks per year. In 1888 there were 4,438 public schools taught for white children, and 2,317 for colored children. The school books show an enrollment in 1888, of 211,498 white children, and 125,884 colored -the average school term being 12 J weeks per year. In 1891 there were 4,574 public schools taught for white children, and 2,260 for colored; and an enroll ment of 214,907 of white children and 115,812 colored the average school term being 12 weeks. In 1892 the increased taxation will make the average school term about 14 weeks, and will show the amount disbursed for school pur poses to be about $800,000. Thus it will be seen that the public school system, under our excellent Demo cratic superintendents, sustained by Deraoci atic legislation. 1lt been prosperous from year to ye,i This ia clearly evidenced by the fact that the first year of Democratic rule in tha State $177,497.94 were disbursed for public school purposes, in 1881, $409,658.88; in 1888; $691,188.20, and in 1892, as stated, about $800, 000. Do our people want the public schools closed and the school fund taken to pay negro legislators? If not, they can prevent it by voting the Deriocratic ticket and no other way. Aaleigh Chronicle. Smithfield Herald: Mr. D. E. Barbour, of Four Oaks, gathered an apple from his orchard that weighed one pound and five ounces and measured 14 inches in cir cumference. How is this for apple) an STATE NEWS Winston Sentinel: W. W. Hun ter A. L. Hunter, who rank among the best citizens of Ker nersville, have quit the Weaveritea and retnrn edto the good old Des mocratic party. Raleigh News-Observer: We regret to learn of the death of Miss Mary Lippitt, daughter of Capt. A. D. Lipoitt. of Pittsboro which oc curred at her home at Pittsboro. She was the orjly daughter and was abont fourteen years of age. Asheville Citizen; The Ashe ville Street Itailway conmanv has filed its complaint, asking for an injunction, restraining the city of Asheville from interfering with the company in replacing its track on Patton avenne. Wilmington Star; It is the apathetic, stay-at-home Democratic vote that will make North Caro olina safe for Cleveland and Carr. From 15,000 to 20,000 ot this class who did not vote in 1888, will come out of their holes and vote the straight Democratic ticket in November. Lenoir Tonic: In T.?ttl Rivflr township Messrs. Deal and Downs are prosecuting their mica mining witn success, iney nave in their eoiDlovment an exrjerienced miner from Mitchell, Mr. Thomas Ens glisb, 'who is getting out large quantities of glass for the mar ket. Raleigh Chronicle: It is now said that Messrs. John B. Eaves and J. G. L. Harris, who represent the opposing factions of the North Carolina Republicans, were sum moned to New York by the chair man ot the Republican national committee, perhaps with a view to adjustment of the long quar rel. Kinston tree Press: They say that Third party Kinsey haB changed his politics so many times that Bome of his family have sewed a red string around his collar so that they may be able to identify him when he goes home. Look for the tag next time you see him, you may find it by turning up his coat collar.' Winston Sentinel: The colored citizens ot Salem Chapel township held a meeting at lied Bank last night. There were seventy-live colored voters in attendance and every one of them pledged them selves not to support the white Republican county ticket unless some recognition was given the colored man. Wilson Advance; In Conant, Fla., July, 21, ulto., Col. R. W. Singletary, formerly a resident of this place where he was well known. Deceased lived in Pitt connty many years ago. He was a kindly man, of generous insa pulses, warm friendhips, lofty aspirations and easily moved by appeals to the high and noble. Charlotte Observer: The new Second Presbyterian church is near enough completion for one to get a good idea of what it will be when finished. It will be a beau tiful structure we suppose that no other church buildings in the State will approach it. The inter ior arrangement is very fine and the finish elegant. The beeond Presbyterians will have good cause to be proud of their church. Wilmington Star; Judge Bynum has got too much gray matter in side of his skull to permit himself to be put up as a figurehead by the Eaves convention to be knocked down on November. ..There never has been much the matter with Judge Bynum's mental arrange ment when it cornea to being ma nipulated to give respectability to fellows that are in need of it. - Salem Press; The Salem hotel is one of the old landmarks of the town. Built in 1772, it was burned down in 1784, the landlord, Mr. Meyer, and hiB family barely es caping with the liyes; but it was rebuilt tne same year, in 1792 a double row of sycamore trees was planted from some distance below the hotel to the bridge; they were noble trees and formed a pleasant walk; gradually they haye died away. Durham Globe; How can the eleven men in Vance county, who only paid tax on $18,000 worth ot property in 1882, cry that they are continually growing poorer, when these same . men in this year of 1892 list over $48,000 ? We sup pose this statement is correct, Tis what is on the tax book, given in by themselves. , Yet these very persons, who have grown over two hundred per cent richer in tea years, are tne ? worst calamity howlers in the land.' How would it be could they elect Mr. Long, and such as he, to handle public funds! - : f7
Goldsboro Weekly Argus (Goldsboro, N.C.)
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