North Carolina Newspapers

VOLUME X. LENOIR, N. C, WEDNESDAY, J1NUARY 7, 1885. NTTMBX2H 10. y .-..;.;, j NUMBEH lo. v-j i ( Wallace WW STATESV.ILLE, N. C. Wholesale Dealers 5 - General Uerchandise. 1 - Largest Warehouse 1 r a ox jut O: : and best facili- ties forn- : Dried Fruit, Ber- j- . - j ries, etc.. in a 1 t a m 0 a I the State, ji " " , : - - , r r . - RESPECTFULLY w T 14 Aujroot 27th, 1884. J.U. SPAI1IH0DR, fctinti Etltlstn DjbUI Collp, Dentist. Uses 10 Impure Material for Pilling Teethv TTork as Low as Good Patients from a distance may ajoid delav by informing him at what time they propose coming. F. LEE CLINE, iTTORffiT -LAW, masonv, rj.o. ; DDnurJD JOI22Z3, . -IiEUOIE, II. C. 1 mxxrox a. cam, will . arzwLur. tlLLii jCEVL AND, ( 4 itttoniby-At-Latr, allace 1 JwirfY WoRderful News I Highly Important Poli - icai and Military Intelligence I A Foreign Invention Fatally Assails the American Protective System I - The Early Collapse of the Protective Tariff Inevitable I A Total and Terrible Revolution in the Art and Operations of War! Mr.! .Editor : For several weeks the newspapers have been quietly publishing, as though it were but an ordinary item of passing news, that twd young French engineers have learned at last to navigate the air with cigar-shaped balloons, which they can steerand wheel and propel in any direction they choose ; and are thus carrying themselves through tjie air, forth and back at will, be tween places many miles apart, gjo ing with ease as fast as a mile a minute. A mile a minute Think of that speed, Mr. Editor. It almost rivals the record of Ben Davis's fast saddle horse, on which he could mount at home after"11 breakfast,-ride twenty miles to Asheville, stay ' there all day, and be shack at home Hgtiu before night. Tbe truthrof this invention, which the, newspaperg so modestly an nounce, is ; beyond question. VY hen the j Variety and magnitude of consequences are thoughtfully con sidered, imagination is dazed and reason staggers in contemplation of their grandeur, their suddenness and their incalculable importance to the people of the United States to the people of all lands and nations. Volume might be written in antici pation, as,cpuntless. volumes will . be written ,in history of the mighty changas and revolutions in peace and in war Svhich it 'will soon inau gurate, -.v"-- "' Selecting "but two subjects out of the multitude that might be cited in illustration of the truth of jthis br"oad statement, I propose, Mr. Editor, in this ephemeral contribu tion to your columns, to try to di itdi fiyalteti of'rour reiKlei s to the effect which .this "wonder-working invention onust liave upon the tariff and upon ivar ; hoping " thus to aid in turning to its study and full development, the thoughts and labors of men of more capacity and learning and leisure than have fallen tOjmy hurnble,lot. . rtfeflis iUx omported goods. -It. is, in our country, more easily arid " cheaply "cbllected jthan any other Jtax-; because it, is. collect ed at but a fetr places nearly ail of it at the seaports, in which alone because it can oaly be evaded by smuggling, which is the most diffi cult, dangerous and easily detected mode of evading & tax, . f .But aided by tliis : wonderful , n yention of two.brightyoungFrnch mien, "aessel laden with foreign iebods,' instead of comhig into port, may, hover along any portion of our coast, Tiowever unfrequented, inflate an aerial fleet of ciglarhaped j baT loon boats, or signal its confederates In KifoVEoXdS W. mMJk&$eV nours of or darkness, deliver safely,!' tariff utter free, to willing purchasers oriland, paany milef ffom thQ coast, s ltBj cargg pi wool' and, woolen goods, raw and manufactured silk, cotton goods, h1sAlraWeTac;bootsr' ihoesj rice and sugar and .lea and conee, Hif, Bdal afldr irpif and istMrttfBd hardware and cutlery even esso- mer steel raiis. . Th rollftfition 61 a hifihly protec tive tariff can thus'WsuW .5. Tnm."j fT'-r ssl I mr.this invention comes iully into use, 1 ly into use, as ii uiubu bwu do, the tariff can no longer be suc cessfully fcoHec'teditilefeittjrf- made so low that it will not pay to evade itrby the use of these balloons, or of such still betterflyhi'macTiines" as inventive genius, willj prpbably de,. vioA t.n Hrmerceae tnem. it.ip easy i , , to om.pftpietnjl tlmKml wculd be but a small fraction nreerltSirirnly1 protective one. tariff 1 our because fogmtyM tri-won nrotecuon its aeat ow. fE003bund, and will soon be a corpse. , j , Such is the very grave fact Jhat our manufacturers, who say that T bl finn froimr to do about it P Have these two little Frenchmen ruined them? Humbly I trust that they have not, and that instead, they are helping to teach them better things, and to cling to a jbetter and surer hope.- j , , Our protectionists seek to . build up and maintain a great manufac turing interest in! the United States by the plausible, but narrow, cram ped and short-sighted policy of di minishing the supply of manufac tured products, by preventing r to a great extent the supply of foreign manufactures to: our consumers! i ; r - - through the high tariff imposed upon their importation. This ena bles our manufacturers, thus re lieved of foreign competition, to sell their products at a higher price in our home markets, and thus, seemingly 'at least, tends to enrich 1 them. " j' " . . But this isobviously at the ex pense of their consumers our .agri cultural prod ucets, the great body of our people, wcio being thus so much impeded in the excliange of their agricultural products for fbr eign goods, are to a great extent cut off from foreign markets, and are forced to Tdeperid chiefly for the consumption of jtheir immense sur plus products upon the very limited home market needed to supply the wants of the small per cent of oW population whq are engaged in making and distributing our manu factured produces, the wants-of our manufacturers, carriers . and mer chants. They can only dispose of most of their immense . surplus, by exchanging it w)th the homo manu facturer, or the merchant who has bought from him, in exchange 'for his home- manufactured products. Thus our manufacturer finds a wealth of agricultural products ac cumulating on his hands, which, he in turn must dispose of in a restrict ed market. Hej is walled in from the sea by the iron wall of protec tion.: : Protection has come home to, him to roost ; or rather it has de serted to the enemy, and has flanked' him, right and left, and stricken him in the rearj, lie feels the hurt, but in his blindfdevotion to protec tion he fails to see whence the blow has come; and n his agony he cries out r "Our factories and our fields are producing too much. , Our. ruar- kets are filled to overflowing." We are suffering from over-production." Over-produciidn, forsooth T As if the whole scope and aim , of j a sound politicaleconomy were not tb add to the wealth of the nation by creating an overflowing abundance of everything that, we can profitably produce.' : ? r 'i '' ' The logic : of practical facts and experience has! thus been for years confirmi ng the logic of abstract reasoning and philosophy. But our two bright little Frenchmen "have fought the battles of free trade more effectually than all of our statesmen and philosophers. . Protection will soon no longer, even in appearance, protect. Our 'k manufacturers will soon be drivent'perJforce from the false policy of maintaining n market by diminishing the supply, " and will pursue instead, the generous, broad, expanding, invigorating policy of increasing the demand by enlarging and stimulating the market. - . . Alike from- our manufacturers, our carriers, pur merchants,, our tillers of the soil, front- all .t classes and every region of our great coun tryy thor quwkv strong,' Lyoung igiant of the nations, will soon , bo heard iii IbudchoruH 'the ; grand "'l refrain ; Down with tlie walls which imprisbti our products I Out,- pver - all a-the seas,, m search, of markets J , j , 1f, s , K ' :Thd. Jnepessity ' Vhich. these : two Fr.enchnien have j;?dubed;;us2J, ot makinfi! pur ; fariff duties' Verylqy will have other and far reaching coii4tifeticea on the policy alitf con duct of our government.1 Our State; county township, .city,-., town., ana ifillage governments must'..bf , neces sity 1 jcolleci all tltheirvS' revenues ' jby interaalT; taxaiibn'h'-'sbm'e1'' of ' its various forms. It follows that any system of federa internal revenue always has Veif and ihthe nature of .WnWSlPiU bejWis tasteful tToir)idple Lrfo;:hat all th rnu, eeess to z6rrj ; debt tf; ttJwaKrtoiM this French, invention, our tariff wiU soon hav w be'so, lowr that to ihtgi bf iparsihirj iiitliuiTi "fte&J expenditures. The immense ex penditures which areifast making our federal government a splendid, but recklessly extravagant one, will be cut down by an irresistible cry for retrenchment. And he' will be the most popular, as well as the wisest, statesman who advocate it, and wKo opposes with all his zeal every unnecessary increase of ; the federal debt. For when the money to pay it must be collected by any mode' whatever of federal internal . taxation, the people will no longer, be gulled by the sophism , that j a public debt is a public blessing. TJiey will soon leard to their sorrow that a public debt is a public bur den ; that it is easier . jto . pull an empty wagon up hill than one that has a heavy load on it. i -X' Tnese two bright young" French engineers have thus, by a simple, mechanical invention, done more than airthe wisdom of bur states meri and all the loud; eloquence of our stump orators and all the virtue and patriotism of our rural popula tion have yet been able to do, to in augurate a reform which will restore the j administration, of our federal, government to the strict simplicity and1 rigid economy of the presidency of Jefferson. 1 , What will be the effect of this wonder-working invention upon the operations of war ? Suppose that we without any preparation for us ing jt in war, should become involv ed in war with a powerful nation which has fully equipped and train ed its soldiers and sailors to its use as an encir.c of war, and-that aliostile fleet; of that nation should appear ! before1 the city and harbor of New York, and send forth from its decks an array of these swift-winged little ship3 of the air, laden with nitro glycerine bombs and Greek fire, to demand the surrender or destruction of the city with its shipping and defenses.' What could we do but surrender them, or witness their hopeless destruction ? jOur armies, wherever encamped or fortified, would be 5 equally defenseless, jlf they sought refuge through winding passages channeled in the solid rock to recesses hidden deep in the bowels of lour towering hills and moiihtuins, .-1 0 . . ; . . .... they would but doom themselves to hopeless imprisonment jtbere, or to swift destruction by. foes high in the air above them, if they sallied f orth to fight or to forage. Our armories, our arsenals, our military and naval stores could nowhere on the surface of our land or water, be defended from capture or destruction by such a foe. No city, bo town, no dwell ing house in the country, no barn, no mill, no shop, no stack of hay, nb man nor animal but would be liable to sudden destruction. We could make no fight upon the ' sur face against our assailants in the air. Throughout: all of our borders we would have no alternatiye but to submit or be destroyed. ;! !- v j The battles of 1 the' future, then; must: be -fought , in .the air. The brave soldiers who risk their liveB in defend i ng their country must ; learn toMio'-':' "1 : ' Bit from the ground like featbered Mercuries,' ' And flgkt in dea41y oonfliot aAJteigbta where . t i "The tliriUTfforged lark so far xCanaot be seen bt heard." V jj'f; ' . fhe flahermen that walk upon the oeaah s i' ' ' . VAppear. like mire. " ;sr : ' j -iv;Jp !; r .; .f if?,; if '.iv .'ThemBrBauringaurge , "That on the unnumbered idle pebbles breaks ' !"CaniMbe bed so high.". ; ' ; f',.;' ' f In those horrid battles in ' the air those who are" overthrown will, alasl be; ; ., '.. .p'p. x.t:z-Z i j ? "Purled headlong, with hideous ruin down Uiery anbl' tii' steel ' arid ' ' jire with trich they ghtiililfai'frbmTttie air in .meteoric showers with horrid noise, l "The earth vill be "strewn with dead men as with hail. ( i 'bur Wo Tiright young Frencnmen have opened for poetry a new, field, its most sublime one,, n whic,n the poets will soon revel, aid . some of them, no'ddubtj go mad'. But whaii are vre, as a peoesTwTspbTTcy it is to be (a.'peacej with all the world, and yet ever ready to defend ourselvesagaihlit' e'very ""f oeVgoing o do about this invention, as practi cal, andiHtrthk3: saine tiine !:a stern an urgent .matter of ( fact, ? , v Agaiii8t-aibifhcj aided by .this inventibncan'take possession of an4 Jiold tb.e, air joyer, us,.? ourhips andorxsoarsenaiar and Armories and munitions ot war - will be as useless as any other rubbish niled in oaWaP Btft iweaffmH-ith nothing to fear Trom the assaults of ouieMiaieul -otJIwmrJOBy :cdming aganeVns -Iwjtut; deliver IthemselYea iatoy captivity or death. Such is the novel, , startling and very grave situation to which our two bright young ' French fellow mortals have reduced themselves and us. How shall we meet it ? There is but one effectual way of doing so, and that is by! hastening with 11 speed to - be in the front rank of the nations who avail them selves of the mighty power ' which j must be conferred by the use of this j new engine of war. Let there be no delay about this. To our speed; let us add wiif 'Let us seek ouc and employ at once our best invent ive, mechanical, scientific and mili-; tary talent, to keep us 'in advance,! if possible of every other nation,! in this new art of war. Let us ap propriate and judiciously expend all the millions of dollars necessary to create and constantly improve our serial fleet, and to train and discip line men and . officers to. man and maneuvre it ; ; instead of spending, hundreds of millions on navy , and coast defenceswhich are confessedly inefficient, and which must soon Jbe superceded, as being for military purposes almost entirely useless. It will soon be no stale jest to say , of a nation that it has secured a great fortune by the castles which . it has, built in the air. Mr. Editor, to be serious is a slow thing, and makes heavy drafts upon one's time. .For want of leisure to bemore serious, I have skimmed lightly and somewhat jestingly oyer my subject. And yet I have made the little (newspaper paragraph which I sat down l to write, much too long; unless it were more sub--. stantial. ' My subject is a moment ous as well as a novel and sensational one. It will soori attract general attention and will be viewed very differently by many different classes Philosophers and students of science will pursue, it with delight. Nihilists will scowl at'midnight as they whis per of it. Czars will , dream of it, and awake startled. And then, oh my ! The poets and the stump or ators and I the newspaper men 1 I hope that some - who may read in your columns what I have written of it may see in it more than the lightness and flippan3j with .which it is thus offered to their attention by ; ' j Air Castle. HOW CHRISTMAS WAS SPENT. ' The Topic's Correspondents, in ' Various KeigHbsrikoods and Counties, make their Annual Christinas Report of How the " Festal Season was Spent. 1 :- - V ' ' Newton." : ..'. Merry Christmas and Santa Claus have come and gone,bringing joy and happy reunions to many homes. The day, without, was cold and dreary, but in-dcor wefe bright, ;fifes and sunny faces, mirth and rejoicing, k : The Lutheran Church had ! been decorated, "and" on Christmas eve, the children of the Methodist Sun- day school entertainetf "the audience with recitations : aad carols, 'and Santa1 . Claus' appeared,' ' and distrib uted gifts with a lavish' hand.- By the way, a; beautiful, .Chandelier has been put up in. I the new. Methodist churchy -' which Vis completed,: " but hasV'nbt 'yeteen;: used for public service, ., , Bright and early Christmas morn ing,;the young folks were astir, arid guns; 'firecrackers;' and !toy-pistols could he heard m various directibris,' while the, little ones danced around, laden with the trjeasures old Santa Claus had brought. ? : li lt was a holiday , for all, and was spent, by, all in the pursuit . pt pleas-t u.re.! The graver; iheads in social chat "and roast turkey, 1 little groups; of loungers on' the streets5,5: bracldrl jbtes and,nuj, ' li juveniles tnroVj ing. fixe-crackerSj, at;, one time, showr erihg them upon J a silly, -drunken negro whose monkey shines caused great. merriment.; ; , 5 ;f ; ';ui;' y Ml vr.o conld st a 'dbg pr .gun were on the war, path; : j :: ; , ., , :K -, At night there was a . display of firewbrks;J f. Charlie - :Lowe:-the rnostaiitifurof wh wil Mali loon,, j.which.xose; .majesticallj pye town . and gradually I) growing less, disatniearAd below" the horizon. : ! The colbred, 1 pebble ar;Sii6w Hill churchil3cousis,ng tpirflmarching, singing Bikingyjjanflia; Ghristmaa : tree.' eT'.fft 5:U At fan it I Gfood 6e0;jfairiAj( .the dayfchough there ' was' some drik ing,, principally; iaraong the; pegrp'es. JiHow sadv that j4;hiitday a which conuneiriorates the sending of Peace on earth, good will towards men. should be so abused. t 1 May the glad New Year bring much of joy and prosperity to The Topic, and all its readers. ' . - - -i Happy New Year to you, may it ' Bring you all fair things,! With the sweetest, best remembrance. That about Its coming clings, When its quiet, solemn glory : On tout heart and home shall shine, Think a levin g thought of me, dear : For the sake f "Auld T-ajng Syue." Married, in the Baptist church in rMonroe, Union county, N. C. by Rev. D. M. Austin, at 7.30 p. m., Dec. 23rd, 1884, Mr. Summey Kam seur, of Newton, N. C, to. Miss Esther Foil, daughter of Mrs. E..F. Foil.''!' f ! ' . Hickory. The holidays in Hickory, have been j spent ' in such a . way as to make all enjoy the' great occasion which we celebrate and to realize the high aims for which it A was in stituted. ; Christmas eve bur people were assembled in the Reformed Church to witness the first display of handsome presents, andpleasant surprises collected for the members "of the Sunday school, upon a holly-" tree of great symmetry and beauty. On Thursday the hearts ot the little folks of the Lutheran Sunday school, were gladdened ' by a treat which was large fin amount, choice in selection, and attended by appro priate exercises. Vj ' : In the evening, despite the great inclemency of , the weather, the city hall ; Was - filled by an expectant throng anxious to get sight of a splendid artificial tree, representing "Methodism in America 100 years ago." Before the distribution of its many presents, medals were award ed to three little girls, members of the infant class of that school, "for regular attendance, well prepared lessons and good deportment. Even here our pleasures did not cease, but returning mpon the fol lowing night we witnessed the Epis copal celebration of this merry Christmas tide, including a letter from Santa Claus to the children and a large tree tastefully decorated and burdened with delightful gifts for all attendants of the - Sunday school. , .- .j .: - ' From time io time have the young people met together at some private residence and enjoyed the long even ings in a perfect iound of pleasure, while many parting hope, . "The bud of love by summer's ripening breath,' -: May prove a leauteoua flower when next ' thoy meet." ' And thus do we, during the na tional holidays, joyfully celebrate the closing year, whicli has been fraught with fullest' ; increase : and national recognition to our sunny southern land and hail with raptur ous greeting1 the ' entrance of the :next, which when its short period is over,1 yre believe will remain the most enduring monument of this decade, deepest furrowed by pros perity's tracing fingers. C. :: :i: Riddle Cane. ; , ly.- The Christmas holidays Tn . this locality proved somewhat sad, owing to the death of Mr. Isham Heudrix, a very respectable old gentleman of this vicinity ' " " v , , :', We- had- no wed4ings during Christmas, but cards are out for one next 'wbekl fWb all anticipate a good time then,1 and like ; the old adae. : ' '"tiord send it was. I." : :;X:.":'V4- . a. h. i-sku. A H8ad of Cots Creek.f - :-, .7 L never saw less' drinking in this vicinity duri;:g.Christmas than the present one. Three or four young men ; took onf just'ta .ffleetle too muoh juicebnt did nb: mischief. T ' '.I Our village was alive all the time fo? threedays and nights with peo ple. ' They 'c$,in;e infrom,' the . sur rounding; njeighborhbods. and spent the time in various" kinds of amuse ments, (all innocent) Two anvils were carried itoj the top, of a. high knob, and planted exactly j on : the State; line and shots were fired every minute." ' Loud roar af tef roar echoed from hill tb hill alii resounded from niourif ain to mountain, . -1 thought of ,Bjxon when he said, ,?'Far along from peak to peak; th e rattling crags among ; leaps1 the' live ! thunder." Thi4 'process;; of icaniionading, was1 jcept up.frpto time to Um.ioxi tjo days and nights. -In the mean time Bmaller.arms; such as saot guns and pistols vere hi full plaf and - there cracers s lie, made ; useful in manV ways and ! was. F nb r; 'dead head In the tnteiprisb. (v. ? ' ' SB ." , A small parlor Christmas tree at H. Grogan's. Santa Claus appeared in full rig and plucked the nice lit tle presents from the tree and dis tributed them tb the little folks who were eager to receive them from the hands of the ghostly looking Bene factor. Notwithstanding his fright ful looks the little fellows would put their arms around his neck and kiss him. Their faith in him was so great that his ' frightful mien could excite no fear. " p A social party arid candy pulling at R. W. Sehorn's, Christmas night; Also a display of fireworks on horseback. Large balls made of rags and saturated with -lamp oil and fastened to the tip end of long poles 30 feet in lengtlr by means of a small wire. A half dozen stalwart men, such as this section of country is capable of producing, were mounted on gay steeds and after a match was applied to these balls the the poles were placed on ,the shoul ders of the riders and, at the word "charge," air dashed through thej town in full speed. Each fire ball looked like the headlight of a loco-, motive as it passed through the air far above the head of .the rider. The scene was magnificent and very exciting. J .. ; ifter this exercise was " over, were invftedto-bif parlor ' of said; hospitable and polite R. Sehorn, and were treated to all the yr the profuse snbwhite candy just fresh from the skillful hands of the man ufacturers, to wit : Aboutja dozen rosy cheeked and sparkling - eyed specimens of "Watauga's beauty and loveliness, j All passed off - quietly, Everybody happy. ( . j Old Santa Claus brought no wor shippers to nymen's altar here this Christmas: 1 j Weather cold and disagreeable. Money very scarce. , Corn, 60 cents per busnei uealtn ..01 tne people good. A. M. D. CollettsTille. : The Christmas holidays were ush ered in with rain and snow, ' which made them unusually- dull. (' The continued rain and muddy roads prevented any uncommon demon stration, so much so that a passer by would not have observed- that the merry days . were here; However old 4Santa Claus made his 'usual rounds, jmaking the hearts of the ' juveniles ' leap j with joy as they sprang to their stockings by i the fire side to see what the Old Man, who comes down the chimney, had brought. J- . ; .,.. . . ' Miss Ellen, and Vesta Coffey aj"e spending 0hristmas iii Vilkes Co. r Mr. Klelley Sublderth . scores one over William Tell, having kill ed twoTsquirrels at one shot, when the lock .flew off and broke.; He there-upon seized a rock; with which he tapped the cap and fired, killing two more.! Rah for Kell. ' I Quite a ; crowd came together on the night fox chase of the 30th, to join in a They trav- (at least 40). eled all night ight and made a j "jump' just at .dai. The chase was a fine one and ended at the Devil's Hole in Burke I county,' .,' The crowd re turned at night with, their trophy. Mr. Wagner, of "Watauga county, had the misfortune" to lose a good horse on Franklin. . He fell in a rut and broke his leg.; J hereupon the owner killed' him. j ; vl j . Married by J. N. Ilarshaw, Esq., ou tne win, mt. vm. -a es Clarke to Miss Margaret . Raider, f rrEsq.- Ilarshaw .i has married one hundred and twenty couples; 'wo hundred vand forty people. '! What magistrate csn surpass this,J ' ; Mr. Thomas Clarke and f am ily have moved to Morganton. Miss Mary Clarke is quite sick;1;' 1 :' . ; . Miss " Melissa Laxtbn is teaching at J. H. Dickson's. i I ' The fence question js being agi tated. As is natuidl we differ. . j. Messrs.- Enoch and Brice Coffey, two ' old brothers, have killed : one hundred bears, fifty each,; having killed ; nine, and se ven respectively in a season. . ; ; --t, k' y.; The Topic is much appreciated at Collettsvijle. , We; look anxious for it 'every Thursday' read it rst and 'cpnsidef it the - besi local paper in ,the State. : May -; i t prosper, ; knd boom till some lady will have mercy on its editer and. take-him into a Yer nearhes8.' i ll-K ' .' ..purmg - Christmas , week r. ejrery ihing r moved along. smoothly 0 and eenlyi aa'far as 1. have' heard, b In. .VJ .vl . I 1 'I-