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ThU powder never vane. A marvel
tt purity, strength ud wholeaemenes.
3f or economlcu.than ordinary kind and
cannot be sold in competition with the
multitude of low test, short weight,
Jam or phosphate powders, sold only in
ans. Royal Bajkuq Powb Oo., 108
Walt Street, New York.
Sold by W. 0. & A- B. Btronach, and
J B FerraU & Co. ,
WOOLliCOTT & SON,
(4 East Martin Street,
NEW ARRIVALS
Purchased by our
hi York Bayer.
OAii pairs ladies S3 button Dongola
ZUU Goat Shoes, at $2.34, worth W.00
O A dozen unlaundried reinforced shirts,
U V all sizes, W cents each.
1 r T adies Bailors, 25 cents each
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silk umbrellas, 11.75 each.
Jibbons in all widths and colors.
A
new lot of tin and glassware.
1 Aft vest front4 black Jerseys,
J. cheap at $1,75.
i,000 andTshade
An immense bargain.
hose, all colors
10 cents a pair.
gingham apron check, 71 cents a yard.
I 'lofr of white handkerchief, 10 cehto
Y a doten.
rie. largest and belt cake cake of toilet
soap in the world for 0 cents a cake.
fQQ woven corsets 60 cent, worth 75.
new of Iacea and trimmings.
EDWARD FASSACH,
EALKiaB, K. C
SOLITAIRE and CLl'STEK DI4S01DM
Gold Jewelry, Gold and Silver Watch
tiorham1 Sterling SilTerware.Bogen
plated silTerware, any sixe and
weight of plain 18 karat En
gagement rings con tan t-
ly in stock. Badges . '
and If edals made
to order.
Our Optical O department
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Embraces an end lees variety of lenses
which together with ,onr practical expe
: - .n.hiM iii to collect almost anv
wror ot refraction in Myopia (nearsight),
Uypermetropia (far sight), Presbyopis
jA.i,v,t. Aathenooia (weak sight) am.
iiTing prompt relief from that distreat
ia headache which often accompanies
mperfect viaivn
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Human Eyes
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JEWELER
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THE ENCAMPMENT.
What RaUlchlta Savr About Ul'mlrtRton
nd the Cmp.
t)or. of the News and Observe.
; It is about this season of the year
when the average citizen b?gins to;
hanker after a little trip to the sea
side or the mountains, to get away
from the daily nnd of business and
tbe hot city, The usual prorauimo
is a long, hot and dusty rid'tya crowd
ed hotel, many discomforts and'm;:c"ti
disgust generally, enJiug': in a hur
ried leave for home and deurcr ap
preciation of its comforts when back
ligaih.
f: Remembering former e'xparience ia
this line itwa? with some misgivings
thai Jack and I look our gripsacks
for Yyrightsvilie and boarded he 2
o'clock train via Goldeboro. A run o
a little over five hours put us iu, Wil
mington at 7-20, whero we had a c-jm
fort able room and supper.
Wrigbtavilh' 18 10 mi'Os e9i of
Vilmington, on the west b de , of
WrighiBville Sound a little Over anJile
from the oceaoT The turnpike or shell
road from Wilmington makes a fino
drive and was the only way to get
there until the new Heiiccnst railroad
was completed. This road is parallel
With the turnpike a-i d near to it all
the way. The trip i made in about
25 minutes and 22 tr.ps per day are
made, during the eucampuient. TLe
location of the caiLp in a beautiful
pne,on a point projecting, into the
sound, about a mile from tfi9 village.
This point ia covt-red by a cleuse
growth of live oaks, many of them
festooned with long gray mosa aud
makincr a delightfully shady . and
breezy spot. 'ear by is the parade
ground for the drill exercise's ot the
troops and the cimp is well prepared
With tents and all the conveniences of
camp life. Our bojs all make a fine
appearance and evidently enjoy the
Situation and its pleasures as, well as
are profited by the military discipline
ihd regimental drid. Our Govern
Qt.'s Guards make a splendid show and
afe much admiri d, especially by the
fair sex
Tho Stiacoast raitroad does not te:
minate at Wrightsville, but is carried
across the sound on a bridge or trus
tle, over a mile long, to the Ham
mock,' where ihe Island Beach Uotcl
is situated. This will be an elegant
house, but is not yet quite oomplete,
though every effort is being made to
accommodate the great influx of visi
tors. Mine host, Bryan, of the Orton
House, has charge of it and is able to
feed ail who come and does it in first
claes style too. We feasted on shrimp,
crabs, fish and every delicacy and en
joyed it to the fall. The Hammock
is a long, narrow island in the sound,
very near the beach, and is densely
ehaded by live oaks. A bridge con
sects the hotel with the beach, which
is about 300 yards distant- The surf
bathing and the bath house may be
reached in a few minutes' Walk , and
eyerybody seemed to enjoy it hugely.
We notice an improvement here in
the bath-house, where every dressing
room is provided with a shower-bath
of freBh water, and each room has a
lock and key. The Carolina Yacht
Club has a building of their own near
by on the beach, and they are how
putting it in good repair.
There are many small craft for
sound and outside sailing, and .they
are kept busy. We observed a very
fine pleasure yacht here from Florida.
She is called the Tarson, and is fitted
with every convenience and in the
most luxurious style. In addition to
sails this craft is fitted up with a nap
thai engine of 8 horse-power, and can
get np steam in forty seconds.
Wilmington has another fine beach
almost as easily readily reached as
Wrightsville. I reer to Carolina
lieacb, where there is a nice hotel,
restaurant and other attractions be
sides the spendid surf bathing. The
hotel stands directly on the shore and
but a few vards from the ocean. We
go idown the river on the steamer
some 16 miles and land at a pier
alongside a railroad station, where
the cars are ready to take us to tne
beach in seven minutes. Our first
trip to, this place was in company
with Cardinal Gibbons and other dig
nitaries of the Roman Catholic hurch.
The party was a very lively and cheer-
'i i . i. - ; .v;. :
IU1 one, anu iue dxcuibiuu was ia
honor of Cardinal Gibbons, who wore
the insignia of his office and a bright
scarlet scarf and skull cap.
Other pleaean'. excursions down the
river were maae to rsmnnvuie or
Southport, Forts Caswell and Fisher,
the Rocks, to Baldheai and out to
sea. ' - . . . 1
Several steamers make daily tnp
aud the, fare is low. The Queen, ot
St. John's, a very large river steamer
is cow; plying on the river ana 19 au
elegant boat.
boutbport ougut to te Deuer Jipown
than it-is. For families with children
or for persons who do not 'care for
the follies of faamonauie dissipation,
this place is very attractive. There
one may find all the advantages, of a
seaside resort in the way of nsning,
bathing and sailing, and an interest
ing olitown of some 1,500 inhabi
tants With splendid shade and sea
breezes.
The large hotel docs not seem to
be open this summer, but the Stuart
House is comfortably filled and keeps
an excellent table.
Jsear by are Foit Caswell, Fort
Fisher and the Rocks, where Bheeps
bead and trout furnish tine sport to
enthusiastic fiahermeh.
It is in tbii part of the river where
so many sturgeon are caught. We
had the pleasure of seeinglhe process
where this great fish are taken in
numbers by men in skiffs, who tie
each one securely with ropes and
hitch them. to stakes on the shore un
til ready to tow them to marketi .
Altogether we regard Wilmipgton
and its surroundings as a very at
tractive summer resort. It iB easily
accessible from several directions and
the railroad rates very low. And now
we wonder why we did not know it
before, P-
' Shrl4n' t'ondlllon Favorable.
By Telegrapb to Uie News' aud Ol.server,
Newjjedfohd, Mass., July 25 Gen.
Sberidkn reBted better last night
than oh. the nigh s which heretofore
have 'been reported good. Thero , is
nothing to be said other than that
eTflrything in his condition is favora-
CONGRESS.
rr.OCEEDINGS YESTERDAY IN
SENATE AND HOUSE
THE SENATE STILL ON THE KAVAL AI
TKOrRIATiriN BILL ONE HCNDBtD AMD
TWENTY SEVEN TRIVATE PENSION
!ILL8 PASSED.
By Ti Ivgrapii to tlie News and Observer.
. Washington, July 25 Kesatk
Mr. Hoar offered a resolution, w;' id
was adopted, amending the ruls so
as to add to the persons entitled to
the privilege of admission intor the
Senate chamber ex speakers of :-the
House of Representatives;
Tho Senate resumed the considera
tion Of the naval appropriation bill,
the pending question being an
amendment striking out of the bill
the item for the expenses of the com
mission to locate the navy-yard t and
docks on the Gulf coast.. The iub
jfet was discussed at great length,
Messrs. Call and Pasco favoring the
amendment (to strike out) because
thfcre was already a good ' nitval
station at Pensacola, and Meesrs.
Morgan, Pugh, Gibson, Roagan and
McPherSon opposing it, and suggest
ing selections at Mobile, Ala,'
and other points, whilo Mr. Blair
favored the selection, not of one; but
many .favorable points on the Atlantic
and Pacific and Gulf coast?. Messrs.
Aldrich aud Beck defended the action
of the committee on appropriations
in '. recommending the item ' to
be struck out. Mr. Mitchell
moved to add to the clauso a like
provision for selecting a site on. the
Pacific coast in Oregon. Washington
Territory or Alaska (5,000 of the ap
propriation to be available for that
purpose).
Mr. Mitchell's amendment was
agreed to. Mr. I'lumb moved tore-.
duse the appropriation from ffaO.OOO
to $15,000. Agreed t o. Finally the
amendment (o strike out) was rt ject
ed, yeas 19J nays 21 So the provis
ion was retained in the bill, modified
(on motion of Mr. Reagan) by includ
ing the Mississippi river. The clause
now appropriates $15,000 fcr the ex
penses of a commission of three!: offi
cers to be appointed by the Secreta
ry of the navy to report as td the
most desirable location on or near
the coast of the Gulf
of Mexico or on the Mississippi
river for a navy yard and docks-for
shipping and ior the expenses of
sounding and surveying, and esti
mating expenses and directs 'alike
commission for the Northern Pacific
coast (5,000 of the 15,000 to be ap
plicable to that purpose).
The next reserved vote was an
amendment to strike out of the bill
the words "At least ono of said; Vfis-
sels shall be built in one of the navy
yards of tho United States." ; The
amendment was agreed to, and tlion
the bill was passed.
On motion of Mr. bpooner, the
Senate bill appropriating $75,000 for
public building at Allentown, Pa-,
was lpassed. (The Allentown bill
vetoed by the President appropriated
$100,000).
The Senate proceeded to nass: the
private pension bills on the calendar
and disposed of all of them, 127, in
fifty minutes.
The Senate at 5 o clock adjourned.
::: house.
After disposing of various private
bills the House took up and consid
ered the bill to establish a United
States land -court, and to provide for
a judicial investigation and settle
ment of the private land claims in the
Territories or Arizona and New Mex
ico and the State of Colorado.
Oft motion of Mr. Smith, Of lAri
zona, an amendment was adopted ex
empting Arizona from the provisions
of the bill, and the Liu as amended
was passed 70 to 24. i
The House then went into commit
tee of the whole on the Oklahoma
bill. No gentleman was prepared to
proceed with the discussion, which,
according to Mr. Springer,
was an extraordinary condition
of affairs and the committee immedi
ately rose. Two dozen members con
gregated in the open space in front
of the Speaker's desk, and in stento
rian! voices and with waving bills
sought to secure recognition, ior
unanimous consent from the pre
siding officer. A couple of private
bills successfully ran the gauntlet of
objections; no measure of public im
portance was passed and the House
at 4.40 took a recess until .8 o'clock,
the evening session to be for the con
sideration of bills reported from the
committee on claims.
The session of the House tonight
was a complete fiasco. It was called
for the purpose of considering bills
from the committee on war claims, to
which there was no objection. The
first bill was championed by Mr.
Bowden, of Va , which having been
objected to, he retaliating hy object
ing to the next .bill, .bach new ob
jection created a new objector and as
each consecutive measure was called
up there was an ever-inoreasinc
chorus of objections. Several of the
wiser and more experienced members
who': were aware that no business
could be accomplished interposed mo
tions to adiouru but they were inva
nably voted down until Mr. Stonejof
Kentucky, chairman of thecommittee
on war claims, weary of child j play
in which the House naa ujt-n
indulging, moved an adjournment
which at 'J.20 was carried.
The Flrit Bale ofliw Cotlan.
ly TeteKrpIi to Hie New and Observer.
Savannah, Ga., Julv 25. The first
bale of the crop of cotton was re
ceived here today from Thomasville.
It weighed 494 pounds and was
classed as strict middling. It was
sold for fifteen cents per pound.
Mr. Kaadail Improving.
Hy i eleKrapu to the News aud observer.
Washington, 1. C , July 25 lion.
Samuel J. Randall's condition is im
proving. He sat up a short time to
day.
ltauomluatcd forCou(reit.
By Tslegraph ta the News and Observer.
- Cbauteston, S C , July 25. Hon.
G. W- Dargan was renominated for
Congress today by the Democratic
convention at Florence.
p: ASIllVILLE'J JOLLIFieVTIO.
TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE PREStNT A DAT
OF ENTHUSIASM.
Special to the News aud Observer.
t Ashevii.lk, N- C, July 25 ice
Larpeet demonstratuia ever in tLt
Sta.e today greeted Judge Fow'out: 1
his associates. From eight to itJi
toousand from the Burrouudicg coin
ties weie present. The party was me
at the dt-pot by the Swannanca'u rivei
ujountd club, several hundred iu
white shir s and hats and the Dmo
?ra:ic insignia, and escorted to i
uptel. A; 10 o'clock trie procesBio!
((jroied. Several hunired mounter
ufen au 1 the spt-akers ii carringes pa
raded the city amid' tlm cLi-trs of
tlie multi ule Routing aud lo
ijient spetcbB were made bJu 'g'
F?wle, aj F.uer, Attoti)e G-if-i a
Davidson, Mr. Sauderlin BT.d H"u K
By Vance.
A large demonstration tork pla
tonight. Addrftflst?8 were made 1 j
A-tterney-General Davidson ano
others, ihe Democracy of Buncoiulx
ard the west are not only united, but
enthused in earnest.
Several Republicans todsy doncod
Cleveland Fowle white Lats.
The weather is superb. AH the
immense crowd put dowu the west
for the largest Democratic majority
evr given.
The speeches run above the aver
age- Judge Fowle and party caught
ne!W inspiration from tho vast out
pouring and enthusiasm of the peo
pie. Mr. Sanderlin electrified the
audience, lie is wan'ed in every
township in the west.
The Norfolk & VV.trn to Blaine.
By Sele(?ral)h to tlie News and OttTver.
tjYNcnccRO, Ya , Jaly 25.-The
co0ner's jury assembled at the scene
of Ethe recent Collision on the Norfolk
& Western Railroad, rendered a ver
diat today as follows: "We the jury
fin the Norfolk & Western Railroad
Company guilty of neglect in send
ing; complicated orders, not easily
understood by the employees Of tho
onipauy, as shown by the evidence
adduced before this jury, and for its
failure to designate engine No. i.),
which would have prevented this col
lisipnjand it is the opinion of this
jury that tho Norfolk k Wosteru
management 6hould bo hold respon
sible for the results of this disaster.
Wi!on Normal Scllbol.
tXr5 ol the Newj and Observer.
Wilson, N. C , July 20.
. too Wilson State Normal School
eloped last Wednesday evening with
a most interesting entertainment di
rected by Lillian Arnold, the teacher
of reading and elocution in the Nor
mal. She is a young woman (what
force and beauty there ia in that
wol'd wwnowi have our public wri
tertt lost sight of it') of superior ac
complishments, an artist, a mu)icau,
an elocutionist, brilliant in conversa
tion surely the Icborcra in cuj bdji
cational vineyard a e justly proud in
clalmirig-her as one of 'heir number.
"Xhe attendance upon tho Normal
was steadily on'the increase until the
close.
t tot. W. A. Blair, J. Y. Joyner,
Est., Col. A. M. Waddell, Profs. Chas.
H. Mclver and E. Alexander deliv
ered night lectures much to the pleas
ure and profit of all who heard them.
ijtr. Blair, of Winston, was with us
a part of the session as one of the
instructors bright, intelligent, full
of ibis profession We know Of no
young man . in the State more
worthy of confidence and es
teern. We don't know how
many propositions he has hud
th, year to marry, but if the writer
wa a girl he would not allow leap
yeajf to go by without a "pass"' at
hi nr. ! '
Prof . Good win leads us to believe
there is something in a name after all.
Hi work spoke for. him, and in no
uncertain forms either. A man who
is a pronounced success as a teacher
of the deaf and dumb must Und it an
easy job" to instruct '-by word of
mouth;" at least, it is with him.
Prof. Kennedy, of !the city of Dur
ham, enjoyed the enviable reputation
of being the best looking man in the
faculty. 'Unfortunately he was taken
sick shortly after reaching our town,
and consequently was unable to make
his Appearance before the Rchool after
therfirst two or three days.
His reputation as an organizer and
teacher is thoroughly established in
Noth Carolina and the people of
Durham justly appreciate him.
Prof. Charles D. Mclver, principal
of the Wilson Normal, is tho "com
ing! man in his profession. Some
claim he has already "arrived,"buteuch
is not the case. He is growing all the
time. Some one very aptly referred
to one of his lectures as being made
updf "chuncks of Solomonic wisdom."
Ful) of hfe, of ripe thought, of pa
triotismj we all learned to love him
and; feel proud that( he was "one of
ourffolks."
Prof. Silas E. Warren , performed
his duties as superintendant so well
that there was no hitch or break in
thescxercises. Every one was made
couyfortable, and the best of order
pret&iled throughout the session. His
conjmodiouB school building, the Wil
son? Collegiate Institute, has been
favorite resort .for tho past three
weeks, and tho orderly and cleanly
appearance of the surroundings be-
spoke lor Prof W arren the endorse
ment of all t,ood mothers cortem
Dlatinc aendine their dauchteis to a
seniinary situated j in a healthy and
thriving community. Prof. VT arren
is making his school a success.
The writer is loath to close this
letfer without some reference to the
chairman of the board of managers of
thaNormal School just closf d.
Mr. T. T. Hadley, faithful to every
trust imposed in him, active in his
effejits to promote the cause of -education
ia our county and State, de
serves the gratitude of every right
thipking man for his labors to make
more efficient our schools. He has
be&ii Urged strongly to accept the
LttnociatLc nomination for the Sen
ate! this year. No better man can be
found in the State for this honorable
position. What better thing could
be I aid of him than that he is a
frignd to education and noted for his
conservation in all he does.
4 J. F. B.
WILL BB' SUPPORTED
BY THE CHICAGO BROTHER
HOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE EN-,
GINEERS
RESOLUTIONS PASSU) IM'yEMSli
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Tltl'R ANU EXTENlJlXi 1 IXANCIil.
-Sl'llOUT TO T1IL STHIKERS
l'' T-i -;;ray!i ilio News ami Ulntiur.
CiiicAso, July 25 Ciiicagj D,vi
sion. No. 1C, Brotherhood Locomo
tivo Eoginerrs, -which is eorupoFcd
of representatives of all tho roads
euterir.;; Chicago except tho
Rock Islaud i Northwestern, hud
a Bccitt session and a lopkd the fol
lowing unanimously:
Jl;xlcel, That wo hearlily con
tinue our financial support of the C ,
B iV strikors ; that we indorse the
oiiborvative mauagenib' of Chief Ar
thur, aud that the - committee he in
n'ructcd to have this resolution pb
l.i i.e 1.
'i ho committee said in lidditiou :
.Our boa are all oppobtd to acy boy
e. It baing nprung ngainsr the "("
road. Ti.ey bdi'iyo that if the stnk
er.s employ only m)u9rata measures
the company will soou he glad to
laktt thetn back on reasonable terms.
The be3t men ol the Burlington road
aro in II huoir. 0:her iifaes of tho
system wherein inferior men are
working so many accidents that
the company will noju much longer
endure their expensive ignorance.
IKOV A d srr.KL,
PBODlCiTD IN TUE LSI 1 EI' STATES IS THE
LAST BIX 1I0NTIIS.
Ii) 1 flPraiih to ttie News and Obstrver
Philadelphia, July 25. The-Amei i
cau Iron and Steel Association has
received from the manufacturers
complete statisticts of the production
of pigiron, bessemer, steel ingots and
besaemer steel rails in the United
States in tho first six months of the
present yiar, also complete statistics
of stock of unsold pigiron in the
hands of the manufacturers or their
agents on the 30th day of June last.
The total production of pigiron in
tho United States in the rirBt six
mouths of 1888 amour, ie-d to 3,382,503
net, tons of 2,000 pounds or 3,020,01)2
gross tons of tons 2,210 pounds. Our
production in the last six months of
1887 was 3,771,090 net tons, or 3,
3G7,853 gross tons. Tho production
in tho first half of 1888 was 317,701
gross tons less than iu tho second
nan oi out it va
cii'y 29,203
gross tons less than iu the llrst half
of 18S7. Our decreased production
in the first half of 1883 was wholly
in Bessem'-r pig iron. Tho produc
tion of foundry and mill pig iron in
the first half of this yoir was slightly
in excess of that of the last! of 1888.
All the important Northern and Wes
tern pig-iron producing States show
a decreased production of pig iron
in the Cm half of this year, as com
pared with the last half of last
year, except Ohio, which production
in the last six months was the high
est attained in the history of the
State in a similar period of time. The
production of pig iron-by the South
ern States Alabama, Tennessee, Vir
ginia, West Virginia, Kentucky,
Georgia, Maryland, Texas and North
Carolina in the first half of 1888 was
433,790 gross tons, against 432,330
gross tons in the Hst half ' of 1887.
Tue stocks of pig iron which were
unsold in the hands of Ihe manufac
hirers or their agents on the 30th of
june iasi, ana wrucn were not in
tended for the consumption of the
manufacturers amounted to 358,273
gross tons, against 301,913 gross tons
on the 31st of December last, an in-
crease or oo.jod cross tons in six
montbs. The production of Besse
mer steel ingots in the United
States iu tho first half of
1888, includiug 30,070 net tons of
Clapp-Griffiths ingots, was 1,384,28'S
net tons, or 1, 235,971 nross tons.
against 1,050,785 net tons, or 1,473,-
91o gross tons in the last half of 1887,
a decrease of 237,91-1 gross tons.
The production of besemer bteel
raila in tho first half of 1888 was
775,201 net tons, r,r 092,197 gross
tons, against 1,147,117 net tons, or
1,023,320 gross tons in tho last half
of 1887, showing a decreaso of 331,
123 gross tons. These figures do not
include the few thousand tons of bes
semer steel rails rolled in each period
in the iron rolling mill from purchased
blooms. The production of bessemer
steel rails in tho first half of 1888 was
reduced much more than that of
iugots, including an increased use' cf
bersemer steel thus far this year fcr
miscellaneous purposes of nearly
100,000 gross tons over the last
half of 1887.
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Cam palni lis; In a Tent.
Special to ilio Baltimore Sun.
Carlisle, July 25.---The prohibi
tionists of the county have made ar
rangements to run a campaign tent
this year. The tent will start in at
the river, and be sent up through the
valley one side and down the other,
pitching every few mi'ea, and hold
ing meetings every night. Good
speakers will accompany the tent.
The trip will occupy about one
month's time.
Let another 'h ship-wreck he your sea
mark. That neglected cold carried your
friend into consumption and over the
dark waters, but Warner's Log Cabin
Uough and Consumption Hemedy would
have takon her in the harh rof health.
It it a sure cure.
Foliage is txtrem;
this season for hats
dress trimfuinjis.
ly fashionable
, bonnets and
Tlie Kxcellf lit Uua'ttWa
Of the delightful ii()uid fruit remedy.
Syrup of Figs, commend it to. all
who suffer from habitual consti
pation, indigestion, piles, etc.
Being in liquid form aud pleasing
to the taste, haimless in its
na.ure, strengthening aa well as
cleansing in i s propert ec, it is easily
taken by old and TOum;. and tn.-
beneficial in its efiWs, and therej
tne lavoiue iaiEiy remedy, eer
with the ladies a
quire gentle, yet
John 8. Pescud,
I eighn, N. O.
soleV Y
Urinark of Hon. V. M. Mronioni, Tur.
a.iy. July I J.
The House being iu committee of
tho whole, and having under consid
eration the, amendments offered re
spectively by Mr. Wise and Mr. Sow
den, to repeal the tax on cigars, &c ,
and fruit brandies
Mr. Simmons said: Mr. Chairman,
my absence when tho amendment off-red
by my colleague ( Mr. Johnston)
f r repeal of the internal revenue sys
t( 1.1 was under consideration, is my
excuse for now troubling the House
with tome general remarks upon the
sul ject of that amendment.
I am, aa I said iu the course of my
ituiarks submitted to this House dur
ing the month of May, in favor of the
total repeal of every part aud parcel
of that odious system, and so are the
people of the S ate which I in part
represent hero. But anxious as I am
for the repeal of this system and the
removal of the restrictions which it
imposes upou tho liberty of the indi
vidual citizem an 1 upon the commerce
of the country, I recognize the fact,
aa do many other gentlemen ou this
side cf the House, who agree with me
in wishing its abrogation, under pres
ent financial conditions its appeal at
this time is not only impracticable,
but out of the queslion.
It must be maiiifoRt to eve y mind
should the government surrender the
120,000,000 annually lerivcd from
this source, with an annual surplus
of lees than 70,000.000, the e would
be a deficit in the Treasury at the end
of the present fiscal vear of fullv
50,000,000.
Of course no par:y responsible for
tho legislation of the countrv can be
expected deliberately to provide br a
deficit of such proportionp, or by
cold legal enactment to invite finan
cial disaster. But worso than this, if
thi3 system chould ba '.otally abol
ished there would ba no room, even
to the extent of a penny for the re
duction of the extiavagantly high
aud unius1; taxo3 now imposed bv
vicious aud inadequate tariff laws
upon the necessaiiej cf life consumed
in every household in i ho land. When
comes to me, as it has now come
to me, to choose between cheap
whisky and cheaper food and clothes
for the matsts of tho people (which
also means largrr comforts and bet
ter education), do not morality, hu
manity and -ound policy require that
I should mate choice iu favor of the
lat ei? (Applause ou the Democratic
s: Jo- j
In f;o chooiin", the Democratic
party does not elate one iota its op
position to the internal revenue sys
tern nor its fixed determination to re
lease the people from its operation at
the earliest possible moment.
I am sa'iofied when the people have
come to understand that this bill re
moves .24,000,000 of the 30,000,000
of taxes now levied upon tobacco,
that it repeals the license taxes, and
that it grcatdj modifies the machinery
of tho fystem, effectually providing
agaiiiSt rainy of the vtxations aud
annoyances which have heretofore
marked its enforcement, they will ac
cept, if not with satisfaction, at least
with good grace, the step which it
makes in tho direction of the repeal
of tho whole system. (Applause on J
AjiuyLin, oiuu ; mty wui ac
cept it aa an earnest on the part of
tho Democratic party that they will
repeal the. whole system when the
opportunity offers.
From the Republican party we
have nothing to expect. The pa.ty
not only inaugurated this system of
tax v ion, after a disuse of more than
forty years, but has during the en
tire period of its supremacy in this
country maintained it, with certain
exceptions ,iii favor of capital, banks,
manufacturers aud insurance compa
nies. If the platform of that party, re
cently adopted at Chicago, upon this
subject is stripped of its disguise and
subjected to a fair aud honost inter
pretation it will be found to be a dec
laration against the repeal of this
Bystem,as reJlTas a declaration in favor
of high tariff taxation. Fairly inter
preted that platform means that the
tax upon whisky will never bo sur
rendered so long as that party can
prevent it, and then only as a last re
sort to preserve its unholy sys'em of
protective tax.'a.
Here the. hammer fell. J
Oa motion of Mr. McMillin, Mr.
Simmons was allowed to proceed five
minutes longer.
Mr. Simmons. Tha reasons which
exist and which have been urged with
such overpowering force by" the ways
and means committee against the to
tal repeal of the internal revenue sys
tem cannot, I think, with justice, be
urged against the amendment of the
gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Wibe)
to remove the tax from cigars, cigar
cite? and cheroots, nor against the
amendment of the gentleman from
Pennsylvania (Mr- Sowden) for the
repeal of the tax upon fruit brandy.
Tho revenue at present received by
the government from the taxes lm
posed upon the articles covered by
these amendments amounts to but
little over 7,000,000 per annum
Thi3 is a comparatively small amount,
and I believe it can be surrendered
without inconvenience to tho govern
meat or perceptibly interfering with
the Democratic policy of reducing
taxes upon necessaries.
I have be-u surprised at f.cme of
tT; arguments advanced on both eidos
of this House against these two
amendments. Certain gentlemen of
the ways and means committee tell us
that there is no way of distinguishing
betwvtu whisky and brandy, and if
the tax ia retained upon the one and
removed from tho other, frauds will
bo rife, ai.d ihe whole system demor
alized. I M.V; t..e gentlemen un
derrate ...v-.cate taste of our dep-
u;y
itite: ual revenue collectors. With
the 1-jt.K.in detectives, espionage
and surveillance which the govern
ment employs iu this system, I cannot
believe that the fraud of substituting
whisky for brandy one which will
provo too foimidable for the govern
ment. If there ia no scientific test
(and my frind from Tennessee says
there :s none) for detecting tho adul
teration or whisKV wru oraudy we
15 y with good reason hope,
. Ay" .iijlrtAnt mf mv friAn.l frnfii
if the
udmeut of inv friend from "Pena-
inia prevails, inventive genius
.be stimulated, and one will in
jte time be discovered.
The opposition of our Republican
friends to the repeal of the tax on
cigars and cigarettes in the same old
argument which we have been accus
tomed to hear from them during the
last two months.
The gentleman from New York
(Mr. Farquhai ) informs the House if
these taxes are repealed it will ruin
"certain large factories in his State,
and throw their employees out of
work. How much sameness there is
in the arguments of these gentleman.
If we propose to reduce the taxes on
imports they tell us it will ruin the
industries concerned. If we propose
to reduce direct taxes we are again
threatened with calamities. Do the
gentlemen mean to say that high
taxes beget prosperity 1 Do they mean
to say that every industry must be
postered by taxing its product T
I have no doubt the larger manu
facturer" of cigarB and cigarettes are
benefited by this tax and that they
are loath to give np this advantage.
Ihe great wlmky rings of the West
are likewise, no doubt, benefited by
keeping the tax upon the poor man's
prchard and suppressing the compe
tition which would be the result of
ihe distillation of the fruits of those
orchards, but neither the small manu
facturers of cigars and cigarettes nor
the producers of the weed out of
which they are made, nor the poor
man who owns an orchard in the dis
tricts of my colleagues and myself
are uenented by these taxes.
um us oe uone witn arguing in
favor of these millionarie manufactur
ers and these great whieky rings and
combinations, and let us do for once
some sort of justice to the small
dealers, who are neither able nor dis
posed to combine into unlawful trusts
or to influence legislation for the
advancement of their selfish interests.
I hope both the amendment for the
repeal of the tax on cigars, etc , and
the amendment for the removal of
taxes on fruit brandies will prevail.
(Here the hammer fell.)
The Inaugural Fat.
Asiieville Citizen, Jttli.
Battery Park will be ablnza with
Wit. beautv and brilliance tnniirhfc.
the occasion being the inaugural ball
of the season of 1888. The elegant
ball-room, the finest in the State, will
receive its finishing touches today,
and every indication points to a most
gratifying success of the fete. Over
one thousand invitations" have teen
scut out, and a very large percentage
of these have been accepted. Fair
women and brave men from Charles
ton, Augusta, Nashville, At
lanta, Flat Rock, Wayne8ville, Co
lumbia, Greenville, Hot Springs. Oak
land Inn, Asheville Sulphur Springs
ana our own bright "ekyland will
be gathered together there to ''chase
away dull care," and merrily wind
the soul enchanting mazes of the
dance. The ball room is a veritable
palace of beauty with its elegant,
poiisnea.noors, ut. hundreds oi hang
ing baskets . filled with larest plants
and choicest blossoms, its mantels
decorated with evergreens of finest
growth, and its four walls hung with
rare paintings, and festoons of
flowers and evergreens. The com
mittee on invitation is composed of
Dr. S. Westray Battle, Otis M. Coxe
and Chas. F- Penniman.
Montgomery Democracy.
Cor. of the News and Observer.
. Troy, N. C, July 24, 1888.
It may be of interest to you and
your readers to know that the De
mocracy cf Montgomery county
have their "backs up," and that
"Cleveland beavers" are "bobbing
serenely up in all parts of this hub
erto utterly Radical territory.
The Cleveland-Fowle Club, of Troy,
organized a lew weeks since, now
numbers 95 members. Clubs have
been organized in every township in
the county save two, and these will
organize in a few days.
ihe "liada held a rrand "pow
wow" at Troy last Si irday, and
Dockery was advertised to be on
hand. -Dockery did not put in an ap
pearance, but in his place, and claim
ing to represent him, came C. W-
Pepper, better known as Ceyenne
W. Pepper, who now hails
from the town of Rockingham.
Pepper entertained the mot
ley audience for some time by vilify
ing the Democratic party, and when
he took his seat, amid applause, Allen
Jordan; "Our Alter, aroi-e aii-i "flung
dirt" at our Dem ociaiic county paper,
Cleveland beavers and Democratic
badges, and when he had exhausted
his gas the crowd proceeded to ''cider
up" and make things lively.
Ah! son Oliver, go back to the
shades'of Mangum and listen to . the
sighing of the pines; the Democratic
chicken ia too heavy -for youS You
can't fool the people of Montgomery
they know you of old; you've always
been wrong on everything, and
Fowle will turn you wrong side out.
Johii T. McKinnon, one of the best
citizens of our county, was found
dead with his brains blown out in his
house, two miles south of Wades ville,
this morning at 7 o'clock It is sup
posed that he accidently shot himself
with a gun, wnicn was louna near
him. The occurence has cast a deep
gloom, over the entire community.
More anon TroJAN.
An interesting fact to whoever ad
mires the work of Emereon is that his
family have at length broken through
their ?ulo to have no anthology made
from the writings of ihe sage. They
havo -allowed the Rev. William. C.
Gannett, who as the son of the late
Rev. Ezra Stiles Gannett, has been
the 1 fe long friend of the family, and
who as a philosopher, a poet, ana a
man f musical taste anu wisdom, is
tspHpally fitted for the task, to com
pile ii little pamphlet of about thirty
pages for the series of tracts called
the Unity Mission, and published at
the office of Unity, Chicago. The
pampalct is such a period little cas
ket ot gems tnat it is comernug
favor cn the readers of the Rook
Buyer to can attention to it. it was
compiled as a work of love, and as it
is sold for five cents, it cannot be
publiehed from motives of anything
but philanthropy, since this would
not cover the cost of printing. The
book Buyer, New lork.
me growing iancr ijt am per or
naments is simple and inexpansiYt.
LABOR PARTY
PLACE A STATE TTCKpt
IN
THE FIELD,
A PLATFORM ADOPTED OFrnr.iv,;
OiS COALITION WITTI TilF TWO
OLD PARTIES.
By Tf IfRrapli ta lh N, i i i,,. , ,..f
OSHKOSH, Wia . July iVThn T.-
bor convention last night nominated
the following tick e!: GoTfrr.or n-
Powell, of Lacronf.fr; Lifiutetaat Gov
ernor, N. E Allen, of fk-acr Dam;
Secretary of the Htatf, William Lock,'
of Ripon; Tfeasur r, Alfred Mate Lei'
mer, of Mannito, Attnrxfy Oeseral.
T. A. Ryan, of Waukeha Hunt rr
schools, N. W. Krause.
Dr. Powell was once, an In lin
scout and at one time travelled with
the Buffalo Bill combination. He is
known as "White Beaver" and his
been mayor of Lacrosse, being elect
ed on the Labor ticket. The platform
adopted is a recapitulation of tho
principles enunciated in tho national
platform, with a number of d
eoncluding as follows: "We are de
cidedly opposed to fusion or coali
tion with the two old oartie?.
Washington Ifotca.
Bt Telegraph t the News and Ot.server.
Washinoton, July 25 Tho House
committee on agriculture today ro
considered its action of Uht week in
referring to the sub committee the
compound lard bill and all adulterated
rood b lis before tho committee with
instruction to report by bill or other
wise in .December nexr, and .decided
to report to the House the Le o bill to
prevent the sale, manufacture or
transportation of adulterated articles
of food, drink and drugs; also a eub-
statute ior the Butterworth bill, de
fining lard and imposing a tax uDon
compound lard and regulating its
sale, importation and exportation.
washinoton, July 25 Bonds ag
gregated $027,000: accepted $1,000
of fours at $127.
burgeon-General Hamilton today
received a dispatch from Dr. Wall, at
Tampa, Fla , saying that he had bo
gun the the house inspection there
and had ordered it for Plan'. City.
There are two hew cases of fever
in Plant City but none in Tampa.
The Chicago Anarchist.
Chicago, July 25. Tho drus- net of
law enmeshed today another anarchist
wno fought revenge upon tho repre- ;
sentasivus of tho law in the persona
of Bonfield, Gary aud Gfrinnell. A
gunsmi'.h named Rudolph Sebic was
arrested before daylight this morn
ing and is now behind the prison bars
held for bond of 87,000. He is chartred
with being the individual who fur
nished dynamite to the conepira'ors
who intended to assassinate the three -law
officers who were the most prom
inent in the Haymarket prosecution
Sebie acknowledges that he has been
illegally dealing in dynamite and that
he has Bold over fifty pounds of the
explosive to various persons within
a year. He will only admit hiving
sold ten pounds to Chicago people
and asserts that he either never knew
or cannot remember who they were.
Inspector Bonfield says he has proof
that ten pounds if not more went to
Kxonek, Chapek and Chlebound. It
is definitely known that Sebic bought
on May 26th, from the American
Powder Company in Chicago, twenty
five poundf of dynamite.' It is tec
pounds of this purchase that have
been traced to the recently arrested
trio of assassins. Sebic claims that
ten pounds of the twenty-five went :
to a farmer in Nebraska. On the
third day of June he purchased
twenty-five pounds more, which he
claims to have sold to a farmer in
Minnesota, but is unable to give his
name or locality. Inspector Bonfield '
is positive that Sebic was in league
with the three dynamitf rs arrested a
few days since and sold then the ex
plosives which they exploded a short
time ago. Sebic :s a Bohemian, 28
years of age.
The perfume of violets, the' purity of
the lilly, the glow of the rose, and the
flash of Hebe combine in Pozzoni's won
drous Powder.
Good for Statcivllle.
By Telegraph to the News and Observer.
Washington, D. - C, July 25.
The House bill appropriating $75,-'
000 for a public building at, States-
ville, N. C, was taken from the cal
endar and passed.
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PPLICATION TO AMEND C1IARTKB.
in pumuiee of the vmvisions uf the Laws of
1886, chapter 19, section 3, application will be made
to D. C. Unchurch. Clerk of Uie Suuerior Court of
. Ipchuri-h, Clerk of Hit
of Wakeeounty, at his office is Kaleinh, N. C,, ou
the 22u day of August, I, at 3 o'clock p. in., to
of More he ad City, N, C, by iucrea-iliiR Its capilai
stock to one hundred thousand dollars, with lib
erty to still further Increase the same at any tliue
or front time to time, to any amount not exceed
Mnjl Hia h,H.r nf ill. A tl u i.l ilf i.l ..I I Vt.,na ,
ing tw hundred UiouMud dollars, and to make a
ratable Increase in the number of shares into
; wb'.ch aakl capital stock ia divided.
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