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LENOIR, N. C, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28 1883.
NO. 12.
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Statesville, N. . Sept, 1,1883
Our Fall and WINTER STOCK
is now mstore, ready for inspection,
and we again take pleasure in invi
ting the Merchants of Western
Nor ih Carolina, and the Trade
generally, to visit us.
Everything requsite to the full
midj complete outfit of the Retail
IJealer may be had under our roof.
A larger or more varied Stock
of General Merchandise is not off
ered by any House in the South.
Our traveling salesmen will be
on the road during the season, ami
we hope to receive your continued
liberel orders through them.
AH orders by mail will be diiled
upon the same erms and receive
the same attention as buyers in per
son. We are, very truly yours,
WALLACE BRO.
We solicit your shipments of
JDricd Fruits, lllackbernes and all
kinds ot country produce, Having
the best lacilities for conducting this
branch of our business, we can as
sure you of highest mi ket pices
at all times.
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VamUjr Use.
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Cleanse the Teeth,
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itings, etc.
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Scarltt Fever with de
cided advantage. It is
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room. Wm. F. Sanu-
and
PITTING of Small
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A member of my fam
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Small-pox. I used the
Fluid ; the patient was
not delirious, was not
rjitted. and wit sHftut
the house again in three
weeics, ana no others
had it. -J. W. Pabk.
IN8DN, Philadelphia.
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Scarlet Fever
1 SIMS, M. D., New
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1 teMtfy to fhe mrx-t excellent qualities of Prof.
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Dar,bys Fluid is Recommended by
Hon. Albxanbttr H. Stbi-hkns, of Georgia
Rev. Chas. F. Deems, D.D., Church r,f the
Strangers, N. Y.;
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The Fhiid has been thtirou$;hty tested, and vc
fiave abundant evidence thnt it has done ererythin
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Druggist a pamphlet or send to the proprietors,
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Maimf:ie..:riin; ChcKiisi.?, I'll! LA DELPH I A
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i Fortune
AGENTS WANTElK ?5 to AlGO per Month.
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WILL C". XEHLAM).
Attorney at Law,
LENOIR, N. C.
JNO. T. PERKINS,
Attorney at law,
t MORGANTON, N. C.
HWill practice In the Stato and Federal Courts.
J. t. jgpainjjour,
Obadcatjc Balttmobe Dental Cotxeok.
Dentist.
LENOIR, I C.
tWVaen no impure material for filling teeth.
Work as low as good work can be done.
Patients from a di tauoe may avoid delay by
Informing him at what time they propose coming.
LAND 8r IMMIGRATION
AGENCY.
Houk & von RiNGiiARz.having
formed a limited partnership
for the purpose of selling land
in Western North Carolina, par
tieularlyjn Caldwell, Buike &
Watauga, and for the purpose
of inducing immigration into
tht section, hereby solicit cor
respondence with all persons
who have land, either wild or
improved, to dispose of on rea
sonable terms.
We want only f arming lands
for actual settlers.
TfWe want bo lands except
those with clear title which we
must be allowed to examine.
Do not give extravagant
descriptions of your lands. Let
the purchaser be pleased rather
than disappointed when he x
amines it.
Do not put fancy prices on
your land if you want to sell it.
J)o not go West but sell
part of your land to a good
neighbor who has $1,000 to
pay you for it and $i,000 to
stock and improve.
We have excellent facilities
for selling land to a good class
of immigrants, who will make
good, peaceable and industrious
neighbors.
Address Houk & von Ringhaez
CcUettsville. N. 0,
Diphtheria
Prevented.
A DESCRIPTION OF ELK PARK.
Correspondent of The Topis.
Elk Park, N. C, Not. 17. A little
over twelve months ago I witnessed
the birth and christening of the tub
ject of this letter. A few citzens
met by common consent to divide
the chosen site into lots, mark out
streets and lay the foundation of a
town. I little thought of seeing a
prosperous town upon what was
then an old field upon the rail road
side. Had I been more interested
in the enterprise, I might have had
the honor of being god father to a
town; but, as in most cases it would
doubtless have been a much ueglected
child and I a much abused sponsor.
The site chosen for ths town is the
first e'igble space on the rail road
below Cranberry. It is level and
sufficiently ample for a large town.
The plat was divided into quarter
acre lots. These lots were then
offered for sale at $25 each. The
most desirable of these lots cotild
not now be booght, without the im
provements, for $500 each This is
"proof of the pudding." Who can
say but that ten years hf nee they
will be valued at $5,000 each It is
said that once in a life time Fortune
kuocks at every man's door. Was
the fickle goddess then "gently tap
ping at my door?'' Here was cer
tainly a good ehauice for speculation.
But the birtli of Elk Park was of
much less consequence than its pres
ent status andfuture prospects. Only
a little over a year old, it can boast
of three stores with the prospect of j
another soon; a good hotel, though
not yet open; two steam saw mills;
cabinet shop; blacksmith shop; mer.
chant mill in process of ejection; two
barrooms, soon to be dispensed
with, and all the appurtenances of a
prosperous and rapidly growing town.
The citizens of Watauga and Mitch
ell counties are beginning to find
here a good market for their conn try
produce, and buy their necessary
supplies as cheap as they can be
bought in any town in the State.
Messrs, Banner and Taylor meet
their many customers with such
benign smiles as convinces a person
at once of his being in the presence
o genuine philanthropists, whose
souls are busrting with anxiety to do
somebody a kindness. You only have
to trade with them a little to realize
the truth of this statement. Capt.
Lovell meets his friends with such
whole. souled courtesy and gives a
customer such a hearty shake of the
hand that a person would think that
it was election day and the
captain a candidate for the Legisla
ture. But he is not. He only wants
to give you the best bargain you
ever had in your life. If yon don't
believe it, try him. W. M. Crowder
is the very essence of politeness and
good humor, lie can tell the best
jokes out. If you are the least skpti
cal about it, just buy a suit of
clothes or a p'ug qf tobacco of him,
and l.e couvinced.
One does not need to be eudowod
with prophetic vision in order to see
a rapid progress for Elk Park in the
near future, lie only has to take
into consideration the advantages that
surround it, and compare them with
the causes that have built up other
towns of similar lacation. 1 1 is natur
ally the terminus of a rail rrad in the
heart of p. vst mountain section,
rich in resource s of every kind. It
would not be the head of the E. T.
and W. N C. road if lots could be
bought at .'ranbtirry. But the Cran
berry Iron und Coal Company posi
tively refuses to sell or lease lots on
any terms. This makes Elk Park, so
far as as the people is concerned,
the terminus ; and the people
must have a town at the head
of the road. It is the natural outlet
for Mitchell and a great part ef
Watauga county, and will contend
for a great part of the trafic which
has formerly used the W. N, C. R. R.
as an outlet. Much of this country
produce will find a home market at
Cranberry. The surplus will find
a ready market a Chattanooga. Knox
ville and Johnson City, allofwhieh
promise soon to become extensive
manufacturing cities. Elk Park
promises, too, all the natural advan
tages for a summer resort All
that it needs to make it such is a few
more good houses and liberal adver
tisement. The minerals and timber
furnished by the surrounding cuntry
in such vast quantities and smb.
excellent vuality give it superior fa
ciUties tor becoming a iKtpng
town. With all these resources its
future prosperity is inevitable. May
the public welcome its progress with
the good will and patronage that it
deserves. K.
IIIAXKSGIVIVCl DAT.
Its Or lift n, History, and Some or its
Observances.
The Magazine of American History
gives us the history of Thanksgiving
day and its origin. From the papers
we learn that the earliest thanksgiv
ing service was held by tue Church
of England men. The Popham colo
nists, who, August 9, 1607 (O. S.)
landed upon Mohegan, near the Ken.
nebec, and under the shadow of a
high cross, listened to a sermon by
Chaplain Seymour, "giving good
thanks for our happy meetings and
safe arrival in this country."'
Next we pass to Plymouth, wheie
1621, the autumn ulter the arriv.il. a
notable thanksgiving was he-Id. The
brief accounts present a joyous pic
ture. As we learn frm ViasUuv,
the harvest being gathered, thr j
ernor sent "four men out fowling,
so we might, after a special mauur
rejoice together," and the tntiitio.M.:
turkey was added to the it'niid.iui
venison. The people give them
selves up to rcri ;tti n t'"" re.it
chief Massasoit nas le.tui f-rrhre
days with his nim-tv hwartln retain
crs.
Possib'y on ti-if. first Plymouth
thanksgiving, thue was more ca
rousing than we might suppose,
while there is not the slightest nidi
cation of any religious observance.
Massasoit and his braves, no doubt,
enjoyed it all greatly, as th thanks
giving idea ..was entertained by the
Indians before their contact with the
whites, and in their celebrations there
' was much excess. How much 4 'com
fort-able warm water" the grave and
reverend elders themselves consum
ed during those three days of jollity,
Bradford does uot Bay.
In 1622 there is no mention of
thanksgiving, but in 1623 a day was
kept, not, however in the autumn as
a harvest festival, but in July, upon
the arrival of some provisions. After
this nothing more is heard of thanks
giving at Plymouth for nearly half a
century, feo far as tHe colonial rec
ords go, they indicate that the day
did not find a revival until 1668, when
there was some kind of a thanksgh
ing. Again in June, 1689, there was
a thanksgiving for the accession of
V illiam and Mary. In 1690 an au
tumnal thanksgiving was held, and
the next year Plymouth colony was
merged in Massachusetts, and so
passes out of the story. If any festi
val can be s tid to have been estab
lished it was established in imitation
of the customs across the sea. Dis
tinct religious societies, however may
have kept occasional thanksgivings
sa the people at Birnstable obbarved
thanksgiving on December 2, 163G,
and December 11. 1639t
In the Massachusetts colony the
first thanksgiving was held in Bos
ton, July 8, 1GS0, it being a special
occasion, having no reference to
harvests. Again in February 1631,
there was a thanksgiving, as already
noticed. In October following a
thanksgiving was held for the safe
' arrival of "Mrs. Winthrop and her
children." In these appoiutmmts
we do not find the thanksgiving that
we know to dy, nor do wo detect
any fell design against Christmas
1632, on June 5, there- w.is a thanks
giving for the victories in the Palati
nate, and in October another for the
harvest. In 1637 there was a Chanks
giving for victory over the lVquotr,
and in 1638 for the arrival of ships
and toi the harvest. The thanksgiving
days from 1634 to 1684, numbered
about twenty one, or less than one
in every two years. The celebration
in 1676 had special reference to the
victory over King Philip. Prom this
period untU the revolution, a thanks
giviug of some kind occurred nearly
every other year, and even twice in
the same year, as in 1742. Some of
these days were appointed by the
royal governors, while again by the
King or Queen or by the home board
of trade.
After the close of the Revolution
a tendency to make Thanksgiving
day a regular institution in New
York, was at once apparent, and
Gov. John Jay, in 1795, issued a
proclamation for the 11th of Novem
ber. The act, however, was seized
upon by politicians, who maintained
thai he was. seeking to flatter religi-
A t an early period also,the Mayors
of New York were accustomed to
appoint a day of thanksgivng, in
accordance with the recommendations
of the council, and that of December
16, 1799,r appears to have been 'the
first so ordered. Yet the observance
of the day until Governor Clinton's
time was more or less broken. The
festival was kept, however, by Epis
cop llians, according to the provisions
of the prayer book, other religious
bodies at the same time following
i their own preferences. Clinton's
course, like Ja3's excited criticism.
At the east end of Long Island there
was no little murmuring because the
dav did not coincide with the local
custom. It appears that the people
of East and Southampton observed
thnt.ksgiving on t1' I'hursday after
the cattle were driven to the common
! pastures at Montiuk Point, the day J
of the return of vie- cattle being fix.
! ed unnmlly. wit'i a solemnity, at
; tijr- town m-aeting fi'inc there was
! a 'ojlision, and thu herdsmen were
divided, striving is (.be herdiman of
i Abraham strov.i with' those of Lot.
Hut this was no e is , of an iinuiov
: ;i!;J" "udy oyosed t na irresistible
; lore', and tL: i Li.,r.) the opponents
! of 'J iu ton gave away, though not
iiyiii n -..j expostulations. Here
; w;:s the bginning ot the movement
; vvlii'-h ltd to ;he first Presidential
: prod oration uatiox. Mixing I hanks
1-iv.
V Vomiijc Laly'tt Kit i of Marrluife.
Cljaries IW'Jt:.
I?o she was going to he married! to
be mistress of a house, settle in Lon
don; he ablo to get out into the
streets all alone, to shop or visit;
have a gentleman all her own, whom
she could put her finger on any mo
ment, and make him take her about,
even to the opera and the theater; to
give dinner parties her own self, and
even a little ball once in a while; to
buy whatever dresses she thought
proper, instead of being crippled by
an allowance; have the legal right of
speaking first in society, instead of
to be mistress instead of Miss con
temptible title; to be a woman instead
of a girl; and all this rational liberty,
domestic power and social dignity,
were to be obtained by merely wed
ding "a dear fellow who loved her and
was so nice; and t'ae bright career to
be ushered in with several delights,
each of them dear to a girl's very
sonl, presents from all her friends; as
ninny beaut if id dresses as if one was
changing her bodj or her hemisphere
instead of her mine1; eclat; going to
church, which is a good English
girl's theater of display and temple
of vanity, and there tasting delight
ful publicity and whispered admira
tion of a heavenly long veil which
she could not wear even once if she
remained siugle. 'This bright varie
gated picture of holy wedlock, as
revealed to young ladies by feminine
tradition, though u it enumarated
in the Bjok ot Common Prayer, so
entranced her that tima flaw by nn
heeded.
Of mirse it i a Lte.
Washington, D. C; Nev 16. An
evening paper publishes to Jay a state
:ue'it Unit there is now on G!e in the
U ( .!!! lucnt of Justif.e a report, the
oi.'.vnis of which h-ive Dever Men
mnl' jniblio. Tliid report 18 to the
etfee: unit it is impossible to convict
a 1 1 ae of an electbm oLTeaaa in
Smth Curoliua. Men, women and
children re against it; to jury could
be ioumi that would convict it. It is
set forlli that wives and sweethearts of
white men drawn for the jury daily
say o their husbands and lovers
before they go to court, "you seed
not come hack to me unless you do
your duty, This means that unless
you give a verdict for acquittal yon
can depatt." This report was made
by a special agent, of the Department
of Justice and indorsed by the United
States Attorney.
this is busi:e.s.
Joluwau City, (1'euu,,) Enterprise.
Lenoir (N. O.,) Topic : Steel rails
are at Hickory to lay the track of the
railroad to Lenoir.
We understand the road has bee a
completed to Hickory, from Chester,
S. C. and will boob be completed to
Lenoir, thence to Cratlerry there to
connect with the E. T. & W. N. C.
(narrow gaue) which of oourse means
the extension of the road from this
place to Virginia, through the Boons
Creek valley, at an ear'y day. Lit
the good work; 0 ou. tay we,
THE LIBERTY OF Tilt: I'K'.vS.
Chicago Trifcon.
Ws havn't any further nee 1 for
your wices," said the m i:i m :
editor of city dally to a r p i r
who hfl been at the work orya
week.
Tb.it rather sudden, i n't. i ?"
replied the startled reporter. kll iv.n't.
I done all I had to do?"
'You have dons the work, b.i. not
properly, sir."
"What's wrong?"
"Well, you wrote up Mrs. T.i; ,i
nue's ball, and there was not a vm I
about it being a brilliant affair.'-
4 Tbat just what it wasn't."
"The lady, sir, takes several c )pv .
of this paper, and her husband h is
his printing done in our ofric. a. id
ordinary common sense slum. ( t ich
you to understand your duiie n i t
the circumstances."
B it "
No excuse isnecesw, , sir.- I - i
you brought in ai nni-.? .
arrest of 30uug Mr. Fresh t.ir t -. . v
enness. His father i n r
palrens, and ws h ivj :i . .
indepen Jence to disrea." i
of the curioiid public u . '
of news when our patro i m c .
ed in its suppression."
"I understand "
"No you don't, for you vr ii .
Jone' obituary ith;it. &; i ; .i u
ft distinguished einz n , .. ,: ,.
ence and a man of great ;jo .!..-,, f
heart.
'I thought be was a lo'.'ier kin I
of
'You mustn't think. T.n
pendent spine of the preis n, n. o
be governed by repuruoral tiio ii . ,
sir. Did you think when 30.1
, of Miss Angelina Shoddy's -a ;. .! r
to the seaside without rtlen;. . 1. ,
as the charming and ao-or-npi. t
daughter of one of our in;
families?"
"Who said she 'was The "'
"Do. you have to liear wm', o; her
people say in j order to kuosv . r.r
business? Who told yon tin'. Mr.
Btottle, the Councilman, was :i iai:u'?
rW ' run trni : a
money to this paper ?"
"I wasn't aware that
"Of courae you were not aware ot
anything I If you were you in..: . b2
useful to us. No. sir; you arc i.t
the kind of a man we need. Wo
want a man not to know wii..; l.e
knews, ncd know what he does not
know. The liberty of the press is not
to be trifled with by irresponsible
reporters who think, nor is its irm; loin
to he restricted by young men who
let the actual facts 111 a case inicrh :
with the reqiirements of the ocou i -n.
You can get your piiy, air, by culh-.g
at the office."
The Lnigvet Mn in I tie Slate i Dcuil.
The Newrjern Journal's S osv Hill
correspondent says: "Cap'.. Jas. F,
Jones, one of Our largest col' on plant
ers, died at the home of Mr. J. G,
Britk, this county, afewiias ago.
During life he reached the enormia
weight of 495 pounds ; in all probabil
ity ihn largest roan known in 1;
State," A few years since Mr. Jjones
was said to betwehe feet in irii.-,
ftnd his weight was estimated ui 70U
pound. Ire haa a buy imilu kr
his own use, and the doer n ay-s m i
house were air of double eiz .. LI :
would never permit himself L .
weighed, being very sensitive a ; . 1,
subjuct. lie was i tu.m of means, a
very clever, though ex romely sinuilr
in some reepecta. lie tna'iieo u .
engaging little l.idy olio con t v.
Some years ago h ws h oart.
of one ef the ho' els in Gil I . .
There is no doubt of h hasi i lucu
Ike largest man in tu j Stale, a 1 1 01;
f the largest in the United S'h'.
A Kinart KKro.
Wilmington 8'ar.
We have referred to Bishop Tui
ner, of Uie African MetnoJist CjureL,
Land have sasapled .his speec.i hereto-
foreT We csusicopy one more spei
mtn f bis ravings. Hear him :
Mark my word.there, will be blood
shed enough over the decision to
drown. every member of the Supreu c
Court irv 1ms than two years. It uo
solves the allegiance of the uegro to
tte Uoiied States if the decision is
r correct. The United States Constitu
tion is a dirty rag, a cheat, a libel,
and ought to bo spit upon by every
negro in the land. Moreif tUat de
cision is correct and is accepted by
thexeantry, then prepare to return to
Afri or gftroad? for sxUrDQiaatiou,"
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