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RALEIGH. N. C. TUESDAY alORNTNG, OCTOBER 12,
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M OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS
V MATTER.
HI dtVrS HI8 VIIW8 OF THX QCISTI0B8
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Rich hons, Va , Oct. 11. In ccnse
quense of questions which ha to been
raised by the presence here of the gcu;
eraFASsembly, Powderly has written the
following letter, stating his views on
the subject:
Richmond, Va., Oct. 11. ;
'iMaeh has been said and written con
eriig the events which have trans
pired in Riotrmond during the past ten
dajii As I am responsible for a great
deal of the agitation, it is put proper
thaf I should be permitted to epesk to
as large an audienoe as that which
list COB to those who hate criticized, mis
construed and distorted the words and
ideas intended to be conveyed by my
utterances of October 4, when Francis
Farrell introduced me to a meeting a&
sembled ' in the armory. 1 j stated to
thai; meeting that it was at my request
tba( Farrell, a representative of
they colored .race, introduced ' me)
It - was left to me to make
the: i selection and I did it aftr
.afure deliberation and careful thought
I have not seen or heard an argument
siDce then that would cause me to do
differently today. Critics have seeq fit
to decide what 1 meant by selecting this
man to introduce me and they have as,
serted that my action must be regarded
in the light of an attack upon the laws
of social equality. Part of the press
of the puth has attacked in a most ud-
juslifiable manner a man who, under
the flg and constitution of his eountry,
selected another man and a citizen ol
the republic to perform a public duty
in al public plaoe. - In acknowledging
his introduction I referred to the pr ju
dioeV which existed - against the colored
man.: If previous to that day I had anj
doubts that prejudice existed they hve
beett removed' by the haty and inv
considerate aotion of those who wtre
so 6 nick to see an insult where none wu
intended. Mr sole oH ot in selei Ubh
colored man to utroduoe me wjs to
euouurage and help to uplift hiu racs
from a bondage worse than that whicl
held him in chains twenty five year agd, I
v t j mental slavery. 1 desire to.im
press upon the mind of both white aut
black that toe same result followed
action in the fhld of labor, whethei
thatf action w8 on the part of 'Cauca
siait or negro labor, Two years ago,
in an address delivered m this city,-l
said to the people; of Richmond: Vmu
staad face to face ; with a stern, living
reality; a responsibility which cannot
be Avoided or shirked, rne negro qic-B;
tion is :as prominent today as ever
it was. The first . proposition
that stares us in the ' face is : thit :
the negro i free, he is here and he is
here to stay. He Is a citiz n and must
learn to manage his own aff.irs. H;
labor and that f the white man will be
thfttwn upon the market side by side,
and no human eye can detect a differ-
enoe between an article manuraetared
by black mechanic and that man u fac
tored by a white mechanio. Both claiin
anlequal share of the protection afforded
to Amerioan labor, and both mechah-
ws;.: must sink tneir aitterences pr
else fall a prey to the slave labor now
being imported to this eountry." : -
I was not eritioised for saying tnat,
and! jet that is as susceptible of criticism
as-my words on Uctober 4. 1 did not
refer to social equality, - for thit
eaflnot be regulated by law. The sanotity
oft the fireside cannot be invaded : by
those who are not welcome. Every min
hatf a right to say who shall enter be
neath his roof, who shall ooc apy the
ame bed, private conveyance, or auch
other plaoe as he is master of 1 re
serve for myself the right to say who 1
will or Will not associate with, and, that
right belongs to every other man.h
have no wish to interfere with that
jht. My critics have forgotten that
personal liberty and social equality stand
side by side. Xhey would deny metbe
right to make my own selection as -to
which of the asm tabled representatives
iOald perform a certain duty.
Sad I selected a colored man to intro
duce Gov. Lee, it would have been quite
another thing. It is perhaps unlrtu
nhte that our coming was at the time
when nolitioal excitement ran high and
all things served as excuses for those
who wished to use them. When I heard
that there was a likelihood cf trouble
because Mr. Far r ell attended a place
of amusement, I seked him not to sub-
I j.ot himself to insult by going where te
Was not welcome He toll me tit .i .he
hid no intuution of again going t that
or ; any other plaoe where h a presence
would give rise to toomment. : Un
that time 1 did not know that colored
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I tbiscity. While 1 have no uiUinatfon
to interfere with the social relations
hioh exist between the rcei in tho
douih, I have a stroi-g desire to see the
black man educated Southern labbr,
regardless of iu olor, must , learn to
(Cad and write, southern cheap labor
is more a menace to the Ameriean toiler
than the Chinese, auu th .s labor must be
eduoated. W ft lie my critics may show
inC how the laws of socUl quality will
S k r 1 It t "
i bp narmea Dy educjtiug tne DiacK man
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w utt us may auow now nw oouuuok
i umaoti cuticuu, mu .wnj
plain how the knowledge of the laws of
Lis oouutry will o me a man to violate
the laws of sooul equality f Will they,
In a obol, dispassionate manner, explain
to me whether education will
pot elevate the moral stands d of
the colored man, and will they
lell me that such a thing is : not neces
sary 7 WiU it be explained to :me
whether the black man should continue
to work for starvation wages, with so
many able-bodied colored men in the
South who do not know enough to ask
for living wages? It is not hard to guess
.that while this race continues to increase
in numbers and ignorance, prosperity
will not even knock at the door, much
less enter the home of the southern la
borer, and that the country that has an
abundance of ill-fed,4H-bred laborers
is not and cannot be a prosperous one.
Will my critics stop long enough to tell
me why the United States Senate allowed
a colored man to introduce before the
vice-president of the United States
measures tor the benefit of his State ?
Were the laws of social equality out
raged, when the House of Representatives
permitted colored men to take seats in
it? Why did not other Southern rep
resentatives leave and return to their
homes when that was .dene? There
need be no further cause for alarm. The
colored representatives to this conven
tion will not intrude where they are
not wanted and the time- honored laws
of social equality will bo allowed to
slumber along, undisturbed. We have
not done a thing since coming to this
city that is not oottntecanoed by the
laws and constitution of our country,
and in deference to the wishes of those
who regard the laws of $oul ( quality
as superior to the laws of God aud man
we will not while here avail
ourselves of all of these rights
and : privileges : which belong to
us. Equality of Ameriean oitisenship
is all that we insist on, and that equali
ty must not be trampled upon.
Now, a word as to hospitality. We
are hirer under no invitation from any
one. ; We came of our own free will and
accord, and are paying our own way.
Therefore such gratuitous intuUs as
those offered by a few mischievous med
dlers; are not in order, and do not ad
mit of defence, even though given in
behalf of the laws of social equality. 1
do not hold the people of llioh
mond responsible for the: ill actions
of a; few who saw menace in our
every action. The treatment received
at the hands of the citizens gcuirallj
has bieen most cordial. If during our
stay any representative shall conduct
himself in an unbecoming manner he
alone will be held responsible for his
actio. To the convention I say let no
member surrender an iota of intellec
tual '-freedom because of any clamor.
Hold fact to that which is true and
right. The triumph of . noise over
res Ron is but transient; our principles
will be better known: if not today it
may be better tomorrow. They can
bide their time and will seme day have
the world for an audience. In the
field of labor and American oitisenship
we recognize no line of race, creed or poli
tics. ; Demagogues may distort,
for a purpoBe, the words of others and
for a time the noise of a local boss may
silence reason, but that which is right
and true will become known. When the
former has passed to rest and the sound
of the letter's voice has forever; died
away, then it will be known that an in
telligent, educated man is better quali
fied to discern the difference between
right and privilege, and the unwritten
law of social, equality will le more
rigidly observed than it 5s today.
T. V. POwMKLI.
HuucbaMtU mmd Virginia.
TH1 OLD BAT 8TAT1 AND TEI OLD DOMINIOH
FRATIKMZINa j
Richmond, Va., Oot. 11. John A.
Andrew post. No. 15, Q. A. R , of Bos
ton, arrived here this afternoon Upon
their arrival they were saluted with a
salvo of artillery by the Richmond
Howitzers. ' Several companies of the
First Virginia volunteers, the Rich
mond Light Infantry Blues, the Stuart
HorSe Quard and delegates of Knights of
Labor were on hand to greet the visiting
veterans. There was also a large crowd
of oitiiens present. A procession was
formed, of the home veterans and mill
tary and the Bostonians, and several of
the principal streets were traversed, the
people all along the route extending .
cordial greeting to the visitors, by
cheers and waving of handkerch'u
fireworks, &o. At the conclusion of
the parade they were escorted to their
notel quarters, lomgnt tnere was a
banquet Tomorrow a number of the
visitors will go to Petersburg and visit
the scenes of interest thereabout s, while
others will do the same in this vicinity
Tomorrow night the fife, drum and
bule corps of Andrew post will give a
concert for the benefit of the Con fed
erate soldiers' home and Phil. Kearney
po-.t, ii. A. R.
A IfnrrleaM Muvloc B or lb. ward.
Washington, OotobT j 11. (Special
aal.enn ) A. West India hamoane en
tered the gulf of Mf-xico. It moved in
a northerly direction, and is now central
south, of rcnsacola, Florida. High
winds i at d heavy rains are indicated for
the east gulf for today and Tuesday.
A Baltlmor Buslatn Fallar.
Baltimom, Ml.. Oot. 11. S (i. B
Cooke & Co , hardware merchants, have
made an assignment to Geo. W. G raf
fling whose tond as trustee is for $100,
000. ;
--The manager of tha company play
in in the Richmond Academy of Music
writfs the Dispatch, to say that he in-;
vitad Fcrrell, the negro delegate, to see
his rendition of Hsnile t; and that his
object was educational, that he donires
to raise -the darkey to th e! level Of Shake'
speare's plays. The authorities of the
theatre ought not to have admitted the
negro among white people, all the same,
Mr. Powderly also says pin the Dispatch
that Ferrell will not again go where he
is not wanted. So the righteous mdig
nation of the Richmond people seems to
lute had due efieot.
A StwsUwt Killed,
ri8TBX88INO , OCCCRINCi AT TH1 ETATB
CSIV1BJ91TT.
Special to the News and Observer.
Gkknsboeo, N. C, Oct. 11. In a
shooting affray Saturday night with
negroes, J. A. FreVi, a Btudent in
the State University, was shot at d in
stantly killed. In the early part of the
night, rumors of trouble with the
negroes reached the the ear of the presi
dent of the University. He found seven
students in all, who were reported.
among them Mr. Frees?, and persuaded
them to. go to bed. After midnight
two students, returning from the town,
w.V.J tcm Hfw : VaAa will. . .H
account of the insulting treatment re
ceived at the hands of the negT -es. He
went with them to demand an apology.
They went to the street where the trouble
! A5.l f
a arisen ; ana were nrea at irom a
house, rrecze was killed and two others
the nartv wounded. There is evi
dence of a ooDPniraov on the nart of the
f j r
negroes to bring on the trouble and the
cmoers 01 tne law witn legal counsel are
busied in the case.
A Lament iablo Trssdy.
KILLING OF A 8TCDBNT AT TBS UNIVKBITT
MY A KKOSO
Special Cor. ot the News and Observer.
Cbapal Hill, Oct. 10.
At 1 o'clock this morning Jacob A
Freeze, a student of the University
from Rowan county, was killed.
About 10 o clock last night the pres
ident of the University was inforaed
that some students were threatening f
beat a negro named Pat Brewer, for al
leged abuse and cursing of them. He
immediately went up street, found two
of the young men together and used
successful endeavors to -make them go
to their rooms. They denied, however,
that they or anv others intended
to whip Pat Brewer. The presi
dent then walked up and down
the streets and about the college
for some time. Again, at 11 30 o'clock
he went up and finding ail quiet went
to bed. It seems that sft?r this two
students got into a dispute with Brewer
and other negroes who cursed them n J
threw stones after them. They went .to
college and induced.1 Freeze and three
Others to go with; them to "demand an
apology." Freeze and one other, both
armed, went to . tbe door and while
engaged in conversation with some
of the inmates firing was had
at them down the stairs and from tbe
windows. They ; say that the cegr cs
fired first. Freeze ws shot through
the heart and died within a few mia
Utes was dead when Dr. Mallett reached
him. Young ; Fleming, a student from
Cabarrus, was wounded The president of
the University was soon informed of the
occurrence and repaired to the West
Building, where Freesa's body had been
carried. Prof. Gore had already ar
rived and soon afterwards professors
Winston, Toy, Venable, Phillips and
Atkinson, for whom the president bad
sent, arrived. : The mayor was promptly
aroused and an investigation had as far
as possible, the leading criminals hav
ing fled. West Morris, Pat. Brewer and
Jesse Harris,! negroes, all left town.
Another investigation was had this after
noon ana will be continued tomorrow.
Messrs. Menhing2& Son have been em
ployed to aid in the prosecution, and
dispatches have been sent to such points
as it was deemed advisable describing
the criminals. The vigorous action
taken has reconciled the students
to letting the law take its course
Diligent search for the criminals has
been made in this community and will
be continued tomorrow.
The witnesses make it a ease of
murder as there were only two
students at the door and they
had not attempted to- force their
way in when the firing occurred.
Of course the lamentable tragedy gives
the faculty of the University the deep
est pain, but it does not I appear that it
was due to any neglect or failure of dis
cipline. There is no evidence that any
of the students had been drinking. Tbe
killing was done ion the outskirts of the
town near the Bsptistshuroht '
Tie body of young Freeze rent home
today, after services in the chapel by
Dr. Mangum. '
I'narlcftosi Bright awd CbeerfwI.
Charleston. Oct.- 11 There is no
thought of earthquakes in Charleston to
day Everything is bright and oheer
ful. The relief committee have received
1,800 ar plioations for money to aid in
repairing houses, which renrescnt more
a j -
than 60 per ocnt of the total number of
u il. m. . i
uuttBoo iu lucoiiy. xue sommiiiie nave
approved 541 applications, and are dis
posing of the rest at the rate of sixty a
day.
Baseball Ysstartiaj.
At Washington. Washington 5. Kan.
Baa City ?, (gsme called at the end of
il . H.l a:1
tne i in inning on aooountoi aarkness;j at
Pittsburg, Pittsburg 4. Metropolitans,
1 (game called at the end of the 8th in
ning on account of darkness; champion-
suip g me.
j Arrive HmMj.
St. Johns, R ., Oot 11. The
Aochoria has arrived here in tow. The
passengers and crew are all well.
The democrats of Wilkes r n Monday
laat nnnln A k tmI .t n XXI TIT-
WD.WVIUUJIIIlCU VI WVt.M 'M T T - J T . JJ gl
ber. Esq ti oppose Dr. Tyre York for
r lAoinl.ln.
Tb Auti-Busaiain ftoBtlmoat In Boia-i
ri.
Sofia. Balffaria. Oot. 11. Tn th
city elections for members of the great
souranjo w eiect a euooessor to rrince
Alexander, all the government candid
ates have been successful. M. Karave-
loff, pro-Russian, reoeived but fifty
Totes oat of l,ow east in his district.
RICHMOND.
THE KNIGHTS OF LABOU HAVE
QUITE A CELEBRATION
AT TBI fAIR 0 ROUNDS, WITH AUGidStf KNTi,
8PSICHXS, A3
Richmond, Oot. 1 Today is de
voted by the delegates to the gencrcl
assembly Knights of Labor, to the en
joyment of the entertainment -arranged
in their honor by the Knights cf the lojal
aesemblies of this city. In acju.rdance
with the mayor's proclamation all oity
offices are closed in order to permit em
ployees to take part in todiy'S festivi
ties. Nearly all workshops, manufac
tories and other establishments! are also
closed. Early this morning white and
colored Knights were seen s very where
dressed in holiday attire, wearing
badges and insignia of their order
The delegates to the general assembly
were to assemble at 8 o'clock at j Armory
hall, but it was long past that hour
when they received word to fall in line
and proceed to Broad and Fourth streets,
where the procession was formed. Itwts
after 10 o'clock when the word '''March"
was given. The delegates and Jooal as -
fembiir8 west ot Tenth street inarched
down Broad street to 20th, Where they
were joined by the assemblies of the
eastern end: of the oity. Then the
entire body marched from Main street to
Lanrel; thence to the State fair grourds
at tie upper end of the oity. When
the entire procession formed it contained
between 4 000 and 5,000 men. i It was
headed by a squad of police;' behind
th m rode on horseback grand marshal
Lynch, with white and colored aide?
riding on either side of him; a bind
followed; then came district 49
of New York, with colored
delegate Frrell in the front rank.
The rest of the delegates of the general
assembly followed.. Behind the! march
rode, in carriages,
Powderly,
th-j members of the execu
the other leading Knights,
tivd' board.
lady dele
gates and a baby delegate, three wcekfr
old, the daughter of Mr. Rogers, of
Chicago. A few colored women rode in
carriages, bringing up the rear of thit
part of the procession. The jrigbt of the
line of local Knights was headed by
Pioneer assembly 3,572, Richmond,
composed of oolored Knights, Leaded
by a coiored band. Theu came white
assemblies again, aud bringing up the
rear cok red assemblies. A ctunt showed
2 WO men marching on foot, of whom
bOU were colored, and forty carriages
c ontaining from lour to six persoss each.
The streets along the route were lined
with spectators. The eaater i end of the
city was especially thronged, the entire
oolored population seeming tb have
turned out to witness the parade
The carriage in which Powderly rode
halted at the entrance of the fair
grounds and from it . he reviewed the
procession as it marched through the
entrance gates. Within the grounds
the general master workman held an
informal rcoeption of large numbers of
the Knights of Richmond and visiting
Knights from Lynchburg, I Petersburg
and other places, who had eome - to take
part in the entertainment, seeking in
troduction to him. Mr. Powderly and
members of the executive board re
mained a little more than an hour at the
fair grounds and then returned to Ford's
hotel to give the rest of the day to the
work awaiting their attention, poring
the afternoon at the fair grounds there
was a byeiole race, trotting race, mule
race and tournament. This evening
there was a banquet ball and exhi
bition of fireworks. '
Before the races and other events on the
programme took place an open carriage
was drawn up before the mam building
on the gronnds and master workman
Mullen of this district, standing upon
the seat, announced that Senator-elect
Daniels had been expected to speak, but
was unavoidably absent at the 'centen
nial celebration of the charter of Lynch
burg Mayor C erring ton was also ex
pected, but was ill and unable to be
present. Governor Ljc's name was also
on the programme of speakers, hut
no explanation was given of his ab
sence. The chairman introduced Ralph
Beaumont, , Mr. TreveLhok and Mr.
Litchman, who spoke on the aims and
objects of the order they represented.
Vet Aaebrla Bar.
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Naw York, Oot. 10 A dicpsftch this
afternoon from St. John s, N. i, states
that the steamer Anohoria is fifty miles
off shorew with a broken shaft. A
steamer will leave St. John's immedi
ately, to render assistance.!
The Anohoria left Glasgow Septem
ber 16 and was due in N?W York
September 27. She has on board about
400 passengers' and a ercw c-f over 100,
and as it was known that there had been
severe storms along the route which the
Glasgow steamers take, grave fears
were felt for the safety of the steamer by
the many friends of the passengers and
crew in this country.
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Tb Qetobor Crop Hspor,. .
Wafbixqton, Oot 11 The Crop re
port of the department of agriculture
for October gives the local estimates of
the yield per acre of small grams, with
the condition of corn, potatoes, fnd oth
er late crops. The results corroborate
the previous returns of wheat, also eon
firming the expectations of a slight in
crease from the first records of the spring,
without making any very material addi
tion to the' crop aggregate The average
yield upon an area of fullyi thirty-seven
million Acres appears to be close to 12
bushels per acre, making the erop an
average of a series of years. The are
actuallv harvested is now! the or in oil) a
object of exact determination! The
result will vary little from an increase
of 100,000,000 bushels over the crop o:
last year.
The State average of the principal
States are: New York 17 bushels,
Pennsylvania 13. Kentucky 11 5. Ohio
lb 7, Michigan lb.3, Indiana lo 1, 1 li
nois 13 1, Wisconsin 12 3. Minnesota
12 6. Iowa 12 5, Missouri 12 5, Kansas
11, Nebrsska 9 6, Dakota 10 5, Califor
nia 11.6. Oregon 12 5.
.The average yield per acre of oats is
26.6 bushels, making a crop of ever
600 000,000 bushels. The Ohio valley
averages ..over 30 bushels per acre; Iowa
over 34 bushels, with lower yields in
Missouri, Kansas and the southern
States. The eastern States have high
yields The barley crop averages 22 4
bushels per acre, aud th product will
come nearly up to 60,000,000 bushels.
The average yield of the rye crop is
11 8 bushels per acre, and the product
is over 26,000,000 buhels. The high
temperature of September and the ab
sence of frost have improved the oorn
crop prospects and made the expectation
22 bushels per acre, and rendered certain
a crop of at least 1,650,000.000 bushels
The final averages of the condition of
seven States which produce seven-tenths
of tho crops, are Ohio 90, Indiana 93,
Illinois 74, lows 78, Missouri 68, Kan
sas 65, Nebraska 73; the averages of
the csstern States are above 90 and those
of the Southern States mostly be-
tweeQ
80 and 90 The general
avarhgo is nearly ou, against yo last
year, when the yield was 26 5 bushels.
Tbe general average of the October
condition nf potatoes is 81 sgainst 82
-ist year,.88 in 1884 and 93 in 1883
Tbe averairf of New Yo-k is 90, Pe?n
syl?rvD'ta 84: Virginia 93, Oaio 89
Michigan 71. Indiana 87. Illinois 70,
ow; 59, l;is uri 72. Kansas 63 The
tobacco average of condition isnear!yH7.
Kentucky 92 Tennesssoe 90. Nortl
arolin 80. V'irginiaJT, Maryland 75
C'gur tobacco averages high xoept in
Wisconsin The promise of : buckwhea
i for a crop slightly under the average
The condition iu New York and Penn
sylvania is 87, which is nearly, the gen
eral average.
Ex.eltmBt .Aswo-a tH Poles.
Piitbbcrg. Pa., Oct. 11. Intense ex
citement prevails among the Polish resi
dents of the south side, over an alleged
attempt to assassinate the R;v I uher
Mibkewitz, who presides over the little
Polish ohuroh at the head of fifteenth
street. It occurred about ll o clock
yesterday while the priest stood before
the altar. Mass had been said and the
Father had just turned to addrees tbe
congregation, when crash came a bullet
through a window on the south side of
the church, flattening itself against the
solid wall on the opposite side. For a
minute confusion reigned in the church.
Wcmen screamed, the choir boys shouted
and many of the male members of the
congregation either pressed forward to
see if Father Miske wit z was injured, or
rushed out of the building to had from
whence the bullet oame. The priest
showed great coolness, notwithstanding
the fact that the missile must have pass
ed within six inches of his body If it
had been fired a minute sooner it would
have passed through him. He turned
and with a gesture waved his fl ek to
their seats, but not all of them, for
by this time upwards of a hundred had
swarmed out into the street and into the
yard of tbe parish building adjoining.
No trace of the perpetrator of the deed
could be round. A here has been a good
deal of trouble between factions of
this church in time past, the most recent
being a long and bitter fight with a
company of hussars which the pastor
refused to recognize.
r Btrlks.
Chicago Oct. 11 None of the large
pork packing establishments at the
union stock yards opened their doors
this morning, and none of the 16,000
men usually employed in these depart
ments offered to return to work on the
ten-hour, basis proposed by the owners
of the packing houses. There is a tre
mendous crowd of idle men in and about
the yards, but there was no disturbano
in the early hours of the forenoon.
Shortly before 9 o'clock, fifty of th
beef killers employed in the Fowler
packing house stopped work and joined
the main body of strikers. Shortly af
terwards the men employed to load
freight oars by; the Armour house also
stopped work, and the pressure from the
strikers is so great that fear is enter
tained that the; strike will involve all
men employed about the yards, and oc
casion entire cessation of work in all
houses. :
Tttmj all IHeilne.
Dr. Mott, chairman oil the republican
exroutive committee, declined to call
State oonvention of that party this
year.
J. C. L. Harris and Thos. B. Keoeh
declined to submit to the aotion of the
republican executive committee and
called a oonvention.
Judge Bynnm was nominated for
Chief Justioe of the Supreme court, and
he followed both factions of the party
and declined.
Col. Hargrove was appointed chair
man of republican executive committee,
No. 2 and to show he was in thorough
aooord with ail the factions he declined.
And to prove that the whole party is
in a decline the people of the State will
on election day decline to vote for any
of the nominees.
"What, you coughing yet, my friend!" "Ot
course I my cold is no better." "Well, den't
stand on the order of going, but go to the
druggist and get a bottle of Dr. Bull's Cough
Syrup quick." lie went, and he was straight
way mane nar jpy.
For burns, scalds and other wounds Salva
tion Oil has proved itself to be the best
remedy ever ued. All druggists sell It far 15
cents a Dottle.
ir Tom lata at Wood ArlleU
Of fLne Tobacco, ask your dealer
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Toxlst Soaps. Colgate's Toilet Soarc Oat
meal, Nursery, Givoerine, frrira, Honey,
Turkish Bath, Ac, Ac Close prices by the
dozen. a J. HAtta
Hw York totton Fntwra.
Nw YtaxJ October 11 Greene
& Uo's. report n cotton futures says:
There was considerable loss of tone
under the disappointing character of
foreign advieeS- Liverpool, after a
small gain at the opening, was at onoe
set back again, and Hhis had a discour
aging infiuenoe here,' leading to the sell
ing out of a large number of Saturday
afternoon's longs .and a decline of 8 to
9 points, a Bligltly more favorable con
struction of official reports adding to
the weakness. The offerings, however,
was very well taken up, and before the
close 3 4 pointsl recovery was secured
with' the final tope steady.
CbJwM Oowrt.
Owing to the 1 indisposition o f Judge
Shipp., Chowan eourt was not convened
until Wtdnesdii of court week." The
judge charged tie jury on that day and
in consequence ojf oontinued illness ad
journed the court until Friday. He
then tried one skort necessary caso and
dismissed court for the term.
' atltrUeat Point.
Halifax county convention nominated
Dr. W. R Wood for the Senate; Jonas
Cohen anG Lj Hyman for the house;
L:ttle BeTry Virion, Jr., for register of
deeds; W; A Daniel for clerk of supe
rior eourt; Fzra Bowers for sheriff and
Fletcher Parkerlfor treasurer,
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SALVATION OIL,
"Ths Orsatsstjcoro on Earth for Pain:
"Will relieve sfiore quickly than Any
other known remedy. Rheumatism,
Neuralgia, Svmllings, Braises, Burns,
Scaida, Cuts, Lumbago, Sores, Frost
bites. Backache, Wounds. Headache.
Toothache, Strains, &c Sold by ail
DruEzists. SMce 25 Cents a Bottle,
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THE GBEAT IBABGAIN STORE OF
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BALEIGH.
1 have tust returned from New Tort, where
I have pm chased the largest and cheapest
stoek of goods ever brought to the Backet.
Just as we have aaidl all the time, goods cheap.
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enough will sell themselves. This and this
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alone accounts for the tremendous trade at
the Backet Our goods are cheap and it is
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timet that our sledge-hammer bargains may be
hard hitters for j those who buy and sell o
time, but they as real blessings to those who
can pay cash fox! their goods. Gathered up
frost the slaughter-pens of credit and laid at
your doors with, but one profit, yon get a
dollar In real value in every dollar's worth
you buy, measure for measure, dollar tor doU
tar, lat the Backet Store. The erecit system la
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a. system of sleepless nights of deferred hope,
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t blasted, expectations, of bad debts, of dis-
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puted ledger accounts; a system which makes
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an honest man who pays and Intends to pay,
support and pay for those who never pay.
The merchant
sells goods on time never
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knows hew much he ought to charge to bring
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him a reasonable profit on his goods, for the
reason he never know a what his losses will oe.
The Backet Is cutting to the right hand and
to the left, knowing no law but the greatest
value tor the least money.
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This wer k wei wlli oner some good bargains
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in umbrellas Just from the manufactory, good
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bargains in gold, and silver watches, some big
drives in clothing, hats, sloes and boots; also
in bubes and misses'- and children's shoes,
and all kinds of Notions.
Most respect! ally submitted to the cash
tr-ide onrr.
We will open this week our second supply
of ClotniDg ; 50 Cawimere suits, a great
sUughter at flO, worth 20 ; 0,000 yards
Ilaailjun Calkj,at S cents per yard ; worth
7 cent. Some great bargains in Gents' under
wear and JeaasJ We are also receiving this
week our second supply of Millinery Goods,
from Kill Bros., New York ; the mos. fashion
able goods in jthis market. The ladies are;
particularly invited to call and examine my -stoek
befoi e pijrcaasing, as I will save then
money in the goods.
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