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' VOL 6 THE GLEANER PUBLISHED WISKKLY BY E. S. PARKER Crnhma, N. (!, HGci of Subscription. Postaye Paid : One Year iSix Mont lis ...... ,7/j Tiircc Months 00 Every person sending us. a club of ten (sub scribers with tliff cash, entitles himself to one v»op? free, for the tengh of time for which the ttltil) is made up. Papers sent different offices 0 Depart tire from the Cash System fSnfcn of Al Transient advertisements payable in advance: s'early advertisements quarterly in advance. ■ |1 ra. 2 ip. |3 in. j (J m. -12 in. Square ($3 00 f3 00 *4 Oo'fs 6 001410 00 8 " I 3 00! 4 50| 0 00l 10 00i lf> 00 Transient advertisements $1 per square tor he first,-and fifty ccut3*-for each siibse i«eiH insertion. «OV. JAtsriS' .IDIIUIiSS. • EXECUTIVE OFFICE, Ralkigh, February, 21st, 1880. ?Z'o the Pcojrte of North Carolina: 1 liavo to-day exercised the very re sponsible power vooteit iu ine by tho Coiiotimiion and Laws of North Caroli na, in convening the General Assembly in cxtra session. The purpose for which the extra session is called is to consider a proposition made by W. J. Bost, J. N. Tappan, W. R. Grace nnd J. D. Fish for the purchase of the State's interest in and the speedy completion of the Western North Carolina Railroad. That road, as wilt be seen by a glance at tho map, begins at Salisbury and runs west to Asheviilc, a distauco of 148 miles, to which point it is now practically finish* ed- At Ashevillo tho road forks, one branch running off to the Northwest wilh tho French Broad River to a place called Paint ltock, very close to the Tennessee line, and distant-from Asneville 45 miles. Tho other, or main liue, the one coins raonly knowu a3 the Ducktown line, runs from Asheviile southwesterly for . 135 miles through tho counties of Buncombe, llaywood, Jackson. Macon, Swain,-Gra ham and Cherokee ttJ'Murpby, the coun ty 6cat of Cherokee, the extreme western comity in the State. Beyond the North Carolina line, and some eighteen or twen ty miles from Murphy, m the direct line to Chattanooga, (lie great railroad centre of the South aud West, is Ducktown. It will be scon, therefore, that of this road •which private individuals propose to buy and complete, there are now 148 miles - completed and 200 miles incompleted. It was not proper to do so iu my -Pro clamation, but 1 deem it due to myself now and to you, that I should detail to you my connection with tho proposition for the sale ol your property, tho propo sition itself, and the character and stand ing of the parties making it, and my reas ons for my conrso. My coiinectiou with the matter in brief, is as follows. IJISTOnr OF TIIK NEGOTIATION. On tho eighth day ot January last, Mr. \Y. J. Beot, ot the city ot New York, came to Raleigh, arid submitted lo the Board of Direc'ors of the Western North Carolina Railroad, then in session, a proposition to purchase the Stated inter est iu said Road, and to complete the same. I was not present at any of the sessions ol the Board, but was informed, by a copy of a resolution sent to ifio im mediately alter tlieiV adjournment, that they had declined to entertain the propo sition. On Stturday evening, January ilie tenth, Mr. Bost submitted to me tor my consideration, iu (he presence ot the Slato Treasurer and of the Secretary of State, a proposition of the same general iipport as the one previously submitted to the Board of Directors, but differing Jroui the former, as lie staled, iu that he proposed to give the State $150,000 of the first mortgage bonds* of tho new Corporation, instead of the $850,000 of stock offered to th»-tionrd ot Directors. 1 stated to him that the @150,000 would not cover the expenditures made by the f State on the road since its purchase; and suggested several other change*, all of j which I regarded to tho advantage c t the J State. The proposition, with these [ changes inserted, was re-written and, together wilh Mr. Best's letter, placed ou file iu the Executive Office. Believing the matter lo be of such importance as to require my immediate, patient and earnest investigation, I at once addressed myself to its consideration. • At the same tkne that (lie oroposition was filed, Mr. Best placed-with me also letters from the Senator# and members of Congress of North Carolina, approving iu general terms his ofler. On the 13th day of Jannary, after 1 had considered well the proposition, 1 wrote Mr. Best a . letter, saying that the amount of first /mortgage bonds must be $550,000; and -.suggested certain other important amend ments, looking to a heller protection ot . V ° llie State's interest and beiler guarantees for (ho cerlain completion id tlio road. To this loiter Mr. Best replied on tlio 19tli day ot January, as.-euliug to all tho pro-, posed changes except one. On ll.u 29th day ol .Jaiinarj lie returned to the city of Raleigh, and on I lie next day in the pres i once of Dr. J. M. Worth, Stale Treusur i or, Col. Win. L Suit nders> ♦Secretary ot | State, 11. 11. lialtlc, Jr., Esq.* a|id Col. | Junius 1. Scales, of tlio Board ot Dnecs j tors, and C. M. E-q., ol the B «ard of Interna 1 Improvements, lie went over I his whole proposition wilh ii.e. Swveral additional amendments were then insist - ed upon and were accepted by him. Ho then lull the city to visit the lino of tho railroad, and while at Salisbury had a corrected copy of the proposition sent to me bj*mall. As ouv members of Cons gross had written to me In general terms lipproving tho sale of the road, I tlici|«ht il but coiTrlootis and fuir to them, hud due to myself, that before taking any de ctsiro action I should submit to them the proposition as amended, and take their opinions as to whother it was such an ono as to authorize me to call a special session of the Legislature for ;ils consideration. It was for this purpose ami no other that I went ro Washington. Before leaving Raleigh I carefully re read tiro proposition sent uie by Mr. Best from Salisbury, and I saw two oth er changes that could be made ihcreiii to thp turther advantage of the State. I thereupon at once telegraphed Maj. WiN son, the President of the Western N. C. Railroad, at Morganton, to Jury Sir. Best back froin Ashbvillo, rind requested them both to mo at Greensboro, prepared to go on with me to Washing top. They met mo as requested, and'on the way I called Mr. Best's attention to the ainoudinents I desired. One of these amendments requires him . t.o'-commencc paying interest on tho $850,000 first mortgage bonds on tho day tfial tliteGen eral Assembly shall adopt his offer, in stead of on the first dstyolMayy as set forth in his proposition. If the contract should be agreed upon about tlio middle of March, this amendment would make a difference of over $7,000 in favor ot the Slide. The other change required an additional guarantee for the completion of the main line to Ducktown. After sotne hesitation, Mr. Best yieldod his as sent to these changes. I arrived iu Washington on Thursday, and on that night the North Carolina delegation in Congress, accompanied by Gen. James Madison Loach, and Col. P. li. Sliober (one of the Board of Direc tors) hud a consultation with mo at tho Metropolitan llotol, at which Mr. Best and President Wilson were present. The proposition was read over and discussed, making more explicit a portion that some ol the delegation thought indefinite. The conference ended at a late hour with the understanding tlias I was to have l-licsc changes properly made and inserted, and that another session would be held on the next night. I was engaged during the greater part of the next day (Friday) in drawing out with great care these pro posed changes aud in transposing some of the sections so as tauiako (he propos sition as explicit as possible. On Friday night these gentlemen again met ine iu conferenco. read oyer tlio prop osition carefully, and addressed mo let ters approving it and recommending the convening of the Legislature in extra session to pass upon it. Before I left for Washington, I had re quested Maj. Wilson to call together the Board of Directors of the W. N. C. It. It. to uicot in the city of Uaieigh on the 10th February, anil 1 had called a meeting ot die Board of Internal Improvements at the same time and placo. On tho assembling of the Board of Di rectors, all being present except Col. Shober, I submitted to thcin for their consideration (ho proposition as'now per fected. On the next day I was inform ed by a letter from the Secretary of the Board that six of its members were op posed to calling an extra session of the Legislature to consider and pass upon the proposition, aud that five memliers favored such a call. On the same after noon I submitted the proposition to the Board of Internal Improvements, which body was cqally divided upon Ilia subs ject. Among those on both Boards op posing Iho assembling of the Legislature are some of the best men of the State, for whoso opiuious upon that or any oth er subject 1 have the very highest regard. But my daty was to me so plain that I could not let this vital matter rest there. On the 12th day of February I addressed a communication to Dr. J. M. Worth, the Sta'o Treasurer,giving him the names of all the gentlemen who were parties to the proposition (which names Mr. Best hail furnished me), and requested him to proceed to New York at once to iiii veatigatc their financial aud moral slaud GRAHAM, N C-. WEDNESDAY MARCH 3 1880 ! ing, and to report (ho sama- to mo by ! letter as early as possible. At Dr. Worth's | request, I telegraphed to lion. Jos. ji ; Davij lo accompany him to Now ' York I and assist -him in tho investigations; 1 I also requested Col W. E. Anderson, I'res i.ideni of the Citizens National Bank of j this ptacft, to m ike similar inquiries for I mo, which ho did through his oorrcspou ! dents in New York. Dr. Worth reports that ho is 'perfectly satisfied that Mr. Best and his [W. R. Grace, J. N. Tappun and J. D. Fish,] possess tlio lliutclal ability lo ful fill the c'jntract subtniltod to you by ihetn, aud (hat their personal character and standing is such as to give positive assurance that they hone-tly intend to carry out any contract they may enter into "" - r Mr. Davis reports that Messrs. Jainqs D. Fish, \V. R. Graco anil J. N.Tappaiv, 'arc gonllenieu ot largo means, and all of tliom goiilloinan of high character, commanding tho confidence ot business men.', Col Anderson report* that tho sources frotn which he derived his 'information aro varied and of tho very highest re-* spoctability in New York Cily, and they all agree that tlieso are incu who would not intentionally enter upon auv under taking which would involve their good names, or which they might not bo able to carry out.' 1 thereupon al once submit led (ho proposition, my letter books,and the re ports tnailo to ine by tho gentlemen above liatnod, to tho Council of State, aud asked their advice as lo whether die General Assembly Oii«lrt to be convened in extra-session. I am informed by the Council of State that they aro unanimous in advising an extra session of tho Gen eral Assembly to cousi.ter the proposi tion lor the purchase of llie Railroad, and in accordance with this advice I liavo hsuod my proclamation as the Jaw di rects. I have exercised ftll llio intelligence, palicnco and care that I possass, in con ducting the negotiations, and in throw ing all possiblo safeguards around the in terests of the State. I felt obliged, iu justice to the parlies contemplating (he purchase, while the negotiation was in progress, not to make it public: btil now that I liavo reached the conclusion, so far as I am concerned I desire thai tho speed iest, greatest and rn «t detailed publicity bo given to it. For this purpose I bavo caused a thousand copies of tho propo sition lo be printed and sent out—one to each member ot the General Assembly, Sheriff, Register of Doeds and Clerk of tiio Superior Court and lo every news* paper in tho State. Any information that I tiavs on Ibis important subject will be Ireely given lo any citizen of North Carolina who shall desire it, and my letter books are open for inspec tion. TUB PROPOSITION. The prapsition of Mr. Best and lib as sociates us perfected, briefly slatoi', is this: The State, through its proper ooui missionei's, is to make u deed, without any warranty of title, to Mr. Best and his associates for llie State's interest iu tho Western North Carolina Railroad. This deed is not to b's delivered lo the purchasers until tho railroad incompleted both lo Ducktown aud Paint Rock, nor qutil al! other stipulations of th".ir con tract tiro performed: but nmil tlien it is to bo held in trust by tho United States Trust Company of New York, upon the following conditions: If the road is completed as agreed upon in tlio contract and ail the other condin (ions (herein stipulated ate faithful! per formed, the deed is lo bo deliverod to the ptlrchasors; but if they fail iu any one the grant becomes void, the property re verts lo tho State, the Cubed Slates Trust company is to re-deliver fo tho State the deed anil all papers pertaining inert-10, and the State re-enters at onco into the possession, control and owner ship ol the entire propcity. l'.oforo (ho delivery of (his deed to (lie U.iited Stales Trust Company, the pur* chaser* arc to enter into a contract,bind ing themselves,'their executors, admin-, istrators aud assigns, to build llie Brunt-It Railroad to Paint Kook by July Ist, l»8l the Ducktown line as far as Pigeon riv er, by (he same time, and to complete tlio Ducktown line by January Ist, 1885. Fro II thu day the act authorizing iho sale is ratified, the purchasers are to hay all the interest on the ssdU,ooo more g»g o bonds which Ihe Statu is now pay iog, aud are in due time to lake up aud cancel the said bonds. Tno purchasers are fo have tho right to mortgage any mile of the said IV. N. C. R. R. (bat lias been completed ami is in operation, to tlie cxtcu; ot $15,000 i»er mile, but the aggregate aiuouul of lliese mortgage bonds shall include the $850,- 000 heretofore issued, until ihese latter bonds shall be cancelled. Of these bonds issued by the purchasers they are to de liver to the State Treasury $550,000 to re-imbursc the State for its expenditures made since the purchase ot the road in 1875. Themorigare to be made by the purchasers is to sontsin a condition that it Cannot be foreclosed until tlio railroad is completed both to Paint Rock ami to Murphy, in Cherokee couoiv, and this condition is to be explicitly stated in the body of all tlie mortgage bouds, so that no defa!catim in the payment of interest or auylhiug else can work 4 sale of the railroad until it is completed, ,'ttiic par ties siiail tail their contract, the remedy is two fold. First, thftStlito has legal rijjnt aud the ability lo enlorcc its performance. * # »' * . . , But it from any can so it shall, become iinpraeticab'e or inexpedient to enforce ils performance, lite railroad again be comes the property of the Slaty, wliicn inkes tint' part from Sulisunry lo Paint lioek wilh ail tho rollingislock ami equip ment (roe and .discharge ol all mvrifjitio lienor eicuuibranc", of any and every kind, i.i hivor of ilio purchasers *or any other porsoa or corpjiiUion, exve| 1 the saOOMoiMow on it, aud (ho actual ex penditures inndo by tho p irchaseri in the lOUAtiuelioil, repair and equipment of the"tvd to id, aiM not U> excvjjd in tlio nzgregnte §850,0Q0. l.uljihis lien or, in detitedness shall not be due, t»r in .(Hi.v nianner collectable, until llie.coinplctioh ot tho DuckloWu line to M irphy, > ~t>. So tl»;ii whatever inonwv the purchas er hliall have expenth-d upon the work will bo absolutely forfeited unless the road sliiiH hh'cori pleted both to Murphy and to Paint ltock. Itherefore, the purchasers build th'j Paint branch and slop there, the State will, take pos ses-iion of the railroad, wliieh is reasona biy estimated tp Me worth $3,000,000. I'lio otily inctimliraiice tipori it will bo the §850,000 which is now a lieu upon it, and which will be due in 1890, and the am unit expended, not to ' exceed $850,000, which latter amount will not be due until the Ducktown lino is com > plated to Murphy; and if tho rouLshall tro\*cr bo completed to Murphy this uinonnt will never be dua. It will be seen, therefore, that unless tho pur chasers bi\ild the road to Ducktowuv the Suito wjll get a couip.le-ted tojid, said to bo worth $3,00,000 oasli, for 1850- 000. M . ; The proposition also contains a pro vision that the said purchasers, in the matter of transportation, shall not dis criminate against any North Carolina city or town, or against any one North Carolina city or town over another. The State is to hire to . the purchasers—not (jive them- five hundred convicts, for which (hey aro to pay to the State sl2f) each per vear, an(ofinting in the aggro gate to so2,f>oo annually for five years, or $312,500 in all. KKASoN For TUB CALLED SESSION. The reasons that liavo influenced 1 me to convene the tjeinral Assembly in eX tra Fession, are— T'irst. The Western North Carolina Railroad belongs to the poopla of North Carolina. It has been built up to its present condition by your tnoh«y, it is slowly progieasing towards completion by tlie aid you give it, and surely yon have the right to say whether you will sell it to those who will complete il # or will contiuuH to be taxed for its con struction. Second. Under the existing laws, the appropriations for «ho building of tho road, to be paid in cash out of tho Statu Treasury annually, are: for inter est on the first mortgage bonds $59,C00; tor the purchase of iron and uiatoriai 870,000; and for the tupporlof convicts, about $45,000 —riukiog in all $174,500. To collect this money and placo it iu tho Treasurer the Sheriffs get 5 percent, commission, amounting to $8,725 which added to $174,500, the amount collect ed, makes 183,000, iu money collected out of your property every yoar. 'lhi'd. l'he taxable property of lli • State is $157,907, 481. To raise $lB3- 000, therefore, out of this property, re quires a tax of 1J cents on every SIOO worth of property. It is a simple mat ter of calculation for each tux-payer lo know tlie exact f>tun he pays annually, aud will continue to | ay, if you decline to ?eil tho road aud decide to go oa with tuo work yourselves. fourth. The price to be paid for the convicts, that is to say $62,000 a year, or $!2o,00 a head, payable quarterly in cash, will entirely relievo you of tlie birdcu of llie maintenance of 500 coni victs. jFifth. I think you have or right to the opporlumly of saying, through the Legislature, whether you will relieve yourselves entirely of this burden, or whether yotw will use the money to hasten the coin pi lion of tlio Western Insane Asylum at Morgmton, so thai those of our fellow oeings whom GoT j has berelt of rrasou may be provided for with decent comforts, instead of languish ing iu our common j tils. Si(h m Yon have a right to nay whether you will continue iu force the existing laws or use thu money now up propriated to tbis purpose for fosti ring public hc-Ii >ols and thu education of your children, in which so much has been left undono l»v North Carolina. Seventh. You bate a right to Bay whether or not this pro|K.rty shall pass from your hands into those of private Cjpiulwte, who will Mftei'dily complete both lines of this important railway with nit-further burden to you. EcUjluii. You have a right to say whether you are willing that these cap- j italinta shall invent $4,000,000 of their owu money in developing, in the near future, one of the grandest and most im portant sectious of your State; a section I hat bids fair to lis the great mining camp of the Union, and whether this, investment shall be followed by otners almost equally as important. - i Ninth. It is for you to say. whether your fellow-citizens of the West are again to be disappointed. For nearly j a half -century they havo appealed to - - iiT ' •«'; 1 ■ ' • .•• ,-i you for help. For a quarter of a ci>i tiu v yon u«ve responded to their appeal,s with a'l the means iu your pos?emion Wining lliiU ttmei expending ri'ifl lioris you have beetl ahie,' ot threo hti.n« died and forty miles of railwwy .which you projected nearly thinly yearrjigoi,to c implete only one hundred nnd and tho track upon ilie part coiiijileted is a! most "wotft? oift.. Y'ifu httVo tliT\our political conventions often pledged^your selves to complete th) Other two hun dred miles, and appropriate legislation bus been participated in by parties to ieileeiu thij pledge. Private cypitaU ists now offer to relieve you of this obli gation. Wliatover be tlio upecula lion on that subj"et, 'ivlio can Vwy when another offer will be nuitleV ifou are entitled to liavo, up to ttp c« pt this offer or to decute to run tlie ' i i it •!' P T •*,■»! - ' -il »TTj risk of another. Mcvcnlh:' Yurh have a right io say tlutt you will ICeeb )«otrr faith: KVery plan yot suggesteu for the State to go on with the Miork without further /taxation looks to tlm aliandoninent of the main or Ducktown line, anil the completion of the brnuch to Paint Roct alone-. Before your plighted faith is broken, yon are ontitled to the opportunity of" accepting, if you desire, u proposition that wi)l euablu you to keep that faith, aud to strengthen rather than looseMi tho bonds that binds the mountains to the plains. *i-u ?•-« :»»••! COlfr OF THE CALLED Tw-Jflh. 'l'his in the first olfcr yon have had for the purchase of tlui road and for its completion by privuto hleans. It may or m»y rtot b» tho last. But il I know absolutely that one equally silvan tageous would be made to the General Assembly at its regular session ( next year, t would still deem it my dtity to place it in your power to act now. Tho extra session, I find upon investigation, will cost you üboat $13,000, -detailed to* follows; t. ' t j ' 170 members at $4 per diem, |GBO 2 presiding officers, $2 per diern ad ditional, ■ HI 7 olerki a( do per diem, ~ 8.5 4 door-keeporrat $4 per diqjjr, 16 4 servants at $1.50 per diem, 6 5 pages at $1 per diem, » 5 Printing, fuel, lixhtc, and stationery estimated at $29 per diem (ample) 29 Total per diom, '5775 It is thought tiiat (en days will be uun ply sufficient for the Legislature lo p k ss upon ibis question. Thou, leu days at $775 per diem will aggregate, without mil:age, $7,750.00 To which add ttieiuileago, taken 'f * from the Auditors book, 5.637.75 To'al cost, $18,387.75 This is Ic-s than one cent ou each SIOO wprili ol proportv. To wait uuiil jiext January means that the Soeiilh shall collect of you I'oi the railroad Ihis year $175,000; that is to say, twelve cents on (ho SIOM worth of property, the apprps priaiions for tho road being that amount. To act now rather than a year' from now, will cost $13,000, uud save $176,000. In other words, it will cost one cent on tho SIOO worth of propehy. and save ttffifvo cents. l think yon have a right to say whether > oil desire to have that eleven cents collected this year or not, or what you will have done with it it col Icclcd. >' Of the million and a quarter of people iu your State I am t.lie only one, on count of the position in which you have pLctd me, who can give you the power Co answer these questions and eftercise thene rights for yonr»elves through your representatives, and to say wtuit you -will have doue will 4 this property and thu money you are annually contributing to build i'. After .nature delftietatidi), I havo determined, whether wisely or [ unwisely the future will demonstrate, to ! give you this opportunity. The way is now opeu to you, and it is for you to say what shall be done. TIIOO. J. JAR VIS. w«:titfit i.*rr...a Tr«r larlJeil. (New Orleans Picayune.) 'Make tho bed easy, Mr. B,' said old Uucle Abe to the undertaker, who was preparing the coffin lor his aged wile. 'Make llie bed soft and easy, tor her old bones are lender aud soft, aud a hard bed will hurl 1 hem.' lie forgot for a moment —thai old, gray-haired man—that she was dead/ that the old bones had done aching forever. Sixty four years had thu walked by bin side, a true* and loVlng wile. Sixly four years! Just think ol ii in Ibis age of divorce. Sixty four yoars had they dwelt under Iho same sorrow* ; ol lite, together mourned over the coffiu |of (heir flit born; (ogoihcr rejoiced iu 1 the prosperity of their sons and (laugh > ters, and now sho bus left him alone. : No wonder te forgot. Her loving hands tiad so long cared for him, f>r ho had been the feebler of the two. 'Umil death do us part,' said Iho uiurriugo service that had united them so many years ago. Death had parted tlietn, but the love still snrvived. Tenderly had ho cared lor her all these years, and now tenderly did he I watch the making of the la-«t bed ot this I still loved wife. Ho bail bravely breast ed the storm of life •vitli her by his side, but now that she was gone he could not live, and iu a4ev days ihoy laid liiin by her eido. i ~ j ] A lii tie girl being u»ked on the first ' d»y of 00*111111 hour she liked hor new ! teitfiit-r, rrplit d.* 4, i do nut like her; -hhe is just itH fcuucy to iuu tut tuy luotliei ." t- — * — f -NO, 1. NEW AD VIjUTISEM KwTjJ, -« *yw%'9& JWM?!: > ■ -' Al*»«nc« t'onnljr. O. D. ns«amr, of lwcAl (table, de'e'd. , ITelrVat Sfiiii.da .Toft, Klimiitlii LitmeM. AbUHyMw. SauuieiHobba, 'la'wis Hobbg, funan Barton, Roheni a Causey, Bamn(M«rtgl«JfM*n4lfts6ea! *Mhttf ! InMe OwVa»,nijiJe, Uekj .of . .VUici-nt ImkKv .UAvia Cable, Polly Job/lJapuaU Wbiubll. Alexander (Cable, linMM Cdbfe, 1 Kmlly 'iaot, Kaeliael Holt Daniel .Cable, I'eruelia Tickle, Susannah Stou'/Edna Law, Viduptlnt! Cobb, Elisabeth frtbb, I«rael Cobb,* Jahe A. Robertson, Melius Andrew's, William VVyriek. Nbwttm'WyrioU. Israel UMJ*,- Riia-tUlh Cable, is% ■ffiissywNfta'OT • and- KM Came. ; ! XJliki/i p. to anil land, for asset* by GK I>. Ccbb, ailiiir.. of Israel Cabin, n'i4.it irpiKMHntf td'tlie FjrrllrfSic IMi Of-tbe etfiin tliirt the lidirs of iUynthin! niuiiot tm| unUpw^M^ll l iS Abel Ifobb* MamSS^mA m belri'of a|i«| Juttn; Oavftn hnU, Daniel Cable, Newton Wytfek «mi Wjlijam Cable, are atf tii&eiM .r'y [i*rtle9 to' wfrf pro ceeding®, had «re-»Un resident* of iM» Stole, it ia thtrvVK* Sr.taM: b# mail* for them in Tur {UKaMa, a pewa iwpT published Areefely/ln'tVie'toWn of' Gra haoi, for six sntf'wlvir weeks. in Hen of |x>r xJnirt «ft•rV?tS»«H r eirterrtbns, a*d tIMV W tltey fail to appear and -inMn# or drnmr wiibin twenty one d:»vß..jrdecnre flivcotyfrsao will ba Entered a#tofhei». -: Uioo i ■ ..s i Done Hi rf%e iu.Ur|baf» it • , Juo. 2d. 188 a ' J A. TAT*, C. S C. ' 'if " ' '-U Alamance County j ' ' —"i—»4- fi . )»' —r—» V aluablc Watcr I'oWer Fbx.Sale;r lt ;;;f ■ The nndorslgwei* bare ft valuable Trater p*jr- Miin" A| .P l ' l !' three ( miles abpve Jl» Totre in nboat ton acres of land ooaneeted with it, uudiiiuro to be had on rcaaonabletcrms, adjoining, ' ' »* Tllis poW 1* Improved to the axtetMof am* cofa # gri ? t miJ1 ' wlie*t aud TbopoWar is ample for » eotli*? factory, there boioi; sixteen fe«»£«»],.flod ip, Ule beat ,W>wer on JJig Alamance. •./ " . It is just four titles *.dtH offljtteorftifle/Oh the N. C, R. 11. and there is a good public road all the -way. Term* made mj.; .Addrns, for paKrxlnrs. R. W, iNOLE, *• i • 4_ IGi'bfoiivUk. S U 1.138.30.2 m ' V • -t.■ ■n. ■ iff), a,- i , t North Carolina Presbyterian. No efforts are spared Vo u>akt U>M,org4n fl» iho N.>rth Carolina Preabyteriane both attrar tive and useful. To do this we present sacb • rsriutr of moral and relitcious aa wtll b«jfe»d by old amj young, rich and poor,clergy and laity, learned and unlearned. Our special aimls to publUh a lire paper. t *■- ? It number* among its correspondrais Rev. prs. Drury Lacy, J. Henry Smith. J. B. Adtfilr; And A. Vf. Miller; Rev. Mews. Joe. M. Atkin son, K.,H Uarding. E, Jordan, J. Rumple, E. P. Rockwell. |». It. Dallon, L. 6. Vaaa. K O. Hlll.'W. 9. Lncy, W. W. Pharr, F. H. John | stou.P, T. I'anick, R. I. Johoaton, 4 IL Ohw i tcr> *-• J?' Pri-'-rose, 8 M. Smith. B. C. Reed, J. M. Whurry; Prof. J. R. Blake; Mr*. Cornelia Phillips Spencuj, Mrs IL M train, and uxt»i others. , Price fS 66a ycflr. Address, i_4 ••• •"* " 4 . Jwx MCLadbui, Editor an J Proprietor. Wilmington N. C, . I -w ■ aii . For your seed Irish potatoee—the finest yoo ever saw*, go to , AIA8K;II7'& MircHELL- . 188(3 ' , Who Hhnll l»c froildrnmif , tVk«Nfittll b« Vsrcrairf . - Take your County PapAr, and ttteu subscribe foe i . / f.i ■;{ ,X • «THE Raleigh Observer A Democratic 2icwtpapcf, "TUK ULI) KIiLIACLK," HAAKfIILAjISIIE, • ' . lMltorawl Owner. : f>An,T, per annum - . -" . fft 00 HKMi-WsfllL .JM aunutr, - . 8.00 Wbekly, i>er itnnum, . J.oo Postmasters allowed a liberal commission on 1 all new stibstrlbert -they may obtain for Tua OUttBUVKK. OompaTiyShops DRUG STOBE I hare venr recently pnrchased, and ftlled thu store hotiae fonnorly occupied by Dr. i. 8. Mar phey, with a fresh stock of * Drugs and Medicines Also a handsome rtock nf fancy articles, and everything else generally found iu a First Gloss JDrug Store Tlfc rfervlec* of an etpertenced Dnisrglst Save been employed, who will ALWAYS BE FOUNI» In the Di ug Store. Don't forget to call ana seo ns wheri at the Sbopa. And send youf orders aud prescriptions which will be carcfuilv filled. Wtu. A.ERWIN. Central Hotel .jEY»)L* o ?S!SS,®piM)fiuEroa TERMS:—♦I.SO PKB DAY Thia bouse i.« conveniently looatod in tho cen tre of the city, the rooms are Ulrue and welt (uruieiicd, and the UUle is supplied with the boat the market ailord>>. Large Sample Kooms Oainibui and Baggage Wagon meet all traim