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VOLUME XII. LENOIR, N. C, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1886. NUMBER 2. STATESVILLE. NEWYORK. WALLACE BROS, General Merchandise AND- PRODUCE DEALERS, AND Headquarters for Med ' icinal Crude, Roots, Herbs, Berries, Barks, Seeds, Flowers, Gums & Mosses, STATESVILLE,' N. C tot: WALLACE BROS., General Produce Dealers Commi88ion Merchants, 304 Greenwich St.," OH! m BACK Ererr trala r old stUeki tht weak back THE best to: !IC MinrnacthMmm thm Kawlct, f I Of Blood, Hew Vifor. hro known IsbtH mn1 prmoUo. I hm foand H momUj bMweial n dotvobs or njiieal zhaas UWR CBKMIOAIi , BALTIMORE, MB. LADnea Bjutd Boo nil im auram, ob- M., fflVM wh tor i dl1 la OMdlOiB, im uuonuooa ma AGIFTg iMd 10 orate parity and w will ku you me roru, yhubimo, um i mz oi roooa tAM will pm you la- ot n&klncr .nor money once, then snjrthiaf eue tm America. BothsexMOf all mm earn live at bome and work in epare time, or aUthetiaaa Capital Art raqmlnd. We will atari low. TMimt r T T r ith nil ft itnrt -f r" ? Wfl IN 3 w - r THE BATTLE OF BAUKIM. Charge that Amazed the World 30 years Ago-Kagniflcent, but Not War. Pittsburg Chronicle. i It was thirtv vears asro. on th 25th of October, 1854, that the Earl of Cardigan's Light Brigade made its iamous charge at Balaklava, near Sebastopol. A gentleman who was on the staff of an English General, and who witnessed the charge. rivs us this description of it : "Un October 25th, 1854. our eves turned to the heights of Balaklava. on the possession of which depended me very existence o tne allied for ces. Un that day the Russians made a desperate attack on our lines to be as desperately repulsed. Word was sent to headquarters that the enemy, under cover of a heavy fire from the forts, had left Sebastopol in force and was massing himself so as to threaten the safety of the heights. I was at onse sent with an order for the cavalvy and horse ar tillery to move and be ready to as sume the offensive. They "had not to wait long. The Turkish lines were swept as by a whirlwind, and with our Mohammedan allies, the word was sauve qui peat. The hea vy cavalry on the right and the light brigade on the left were ad vanced, with the artillery in the ceu-, tre playing a game at long bowls. Meanwhile a Russian battery was ostentatiously moved forward,"whose well-served guns promised to be em barrassing. "Lord liaglan, who did not know the full strength of the foe, saw that this obstacle must be removed; but whether or not he also foresaw the necessity of first looking before the leap was taken must be forever' a mystery. The commanders of the cavalry brigades, Lords Lucan and 'ardigan, brothers in-law, between whom no love was lost, were wait ing the word to engage, Lord Lucan being the senior officer. To. them spend Captain Nolan, a dashing hus sar. Saluting the General, he said he bore an order unwritten from Lord Raglan that the battery must be silenced and the guns captured. Lord Lucan, a man so cautious as to have earned the nickname 'Lord Look-on fearing to expose his mall force to any ambushed dan- ers, asked for more definite orders, t With a slightly contemptuous turn of his handsome lip, the aid de camp pointed in the direction of the bat tery, and said : "You see your enemy, my lord. ' "Even the Earl of Cardigan, im petuous as he was, generally speak ing, looked at his commander in doubt as to the words. But owing to the unhappy enmity existing be tween them, neither would speak his thoughts, and once more Nolan impatiently waving his sword which he had fiercely drawn from its scab bard, and pointing it to the artillery cried : "Take the guns ; these are your orders I" "The crisisjjhad arrived. No re course is left but to do as he bids. A cold nod of assent from Lord Lu can, a profound bow follows from Lord Cardigan. 'Light Division, forward, charge V breaks from his lips. An echoing cheer is the re ply from 600 throats, as with clang of scabbard and rattle of bridle and bit, and the braying of the trumpet and the ringing cheer of the 'Heav ies,' the Fourth and Thirteenth Lights, the Eighth and Eleventh Hussars, the latter Lord Cardigan's own corps, conspicuous in their cherry colored trousers, and the Seventeenth Lancers, with ranks closed up and squadrons dressed as if at a march past, trot forward down the slight declivityj At their head ride the gallant Nolan and the dauntless Cardigan even in this supreme moment with a reckless laugh upon hisface, he argues some point of war with his brother hus sar. "The unmasked batteries are al ready belching forth shot and shell. The trotbreaks into a gallop,, into a a furious, headlong charge. Al ready Nolan has fallen, cut down by grape shot, the secret of the fatal day dying with him. The serried ranks show frequent gaps as saddle after saddlo is emptied. 'Close up I Close up I Charge !' is the unceasing cry, aud in a shorter itime than it takes to tell the opening ranks of the foe disclosed to the doomed, but indomitable few, cannon to the right of them, cannon to the left of them, cannon in front of them and now cannon behind them. On through the broken Russian line pressed the noble army of martyrs, their orri flamme, their brave leader's flashing saber, their support. "With a wild cheer and a wilder leap, the cherry clad heroes fly over the guns as lightly as they would over a five barred gate on tne hunt ing field, sabering the gunners as they leap. A beardless boy, not yet seventeen, holds fast to the colors he has sworn to carry to death or victory and falls with the cry, 'My mother will know of this I on his dying lips, still grasping that ban ner in his hand. - - . "Far away, clear in front, with . his aid de camp and a few choice spirits on his left none ahead of him, raging like a lion, fights as with a forlorn hope the leader and commander of the Light Brigade. He bears a charmed life, and his brawnv arm i8 endowed with a pow er of slaughter that grows mightier every moment from the meat itfeeds on. Further and further he dashes on, cleaving his way with his blood stained sword till he reaches the last of the guns. "Here when he sees the end is not yet, but that rank upon rank of in fantry arid cavalry, with heavy ar tillery in the rear, stretches out back to the city's utmost bastion, he recognizes how useless it will be further to tempt the fates and fight one against a thousand. Coolly and calmly, as if in Hyde Park, he takes in the situation at a glance, and gives word to the trumpeter to sound first the 'assembly,' then the retreat. A bullet -crashes through the boy's hand as he raises the trumpet to his mouth, but Stoic-like he makes no sign. Clear rings out the summons. A dozen only answer the call. Not one save Lord Cardigan, but is wounded more or less severely, and his clothing shows where lance or saber or ball had plowed their way over his unscathed flesh. Right a bout the little band turns, leaving the boy trumpeter dead on the ground' behind theru. The enemy, paralyzed Jby the shock of the charge, and fancying the whole British army supports the handful of braves, pauses in his murderous work to ehe.r the 108 survivors who returned slowly and sadly to the place from which they came, having, from a military stand point achieved cothing, yet covered with a deathless, fadeless wreath of glory. 'It was magnificent,' said General Bosquet, 'but it was not war . 1 Postponement ot the Railroad Election. Appalachian Philosopher. The railroad election has been postponed to general election day, Nov. 2, to avoid the extra expense of a separate election. It is only 2 weeks later than the day formerly set. The following is the official no tice of the election as corrected and amended : Railroad election ! ordered by the board of commissioners of Ashe county that an election he held in Ashe county, on Tuesday the 2nd day of November, 1886, for the pur pose of voting on hundred thousand dollars for building the South At lantic and Northwestern Railroad through Ashe county by way of Jef ferson. A. C. McEwen, Clerk of Board. Sept. 6, 1886. After a consultation with the railroad committee, together with (various other citizens, in order to avoid the expense of an extra elec tion, and both political parties hav ing by a unanimous voice in their county conventions endorsed the railroad proposition, and for this reason cannot possibly become a po litical question, it is decided to hold the election on the same day of our county election. - - John Dent,- chairman county com missioners. L. C. Gentry, ) J. O. ilcox, R. R. Committee. A. II. Thomas. ) CONTRACT. The stipulated contract with the South Atlantic and Northwestern Railroad Company, to build a rail road through the county of Ashe, making Jefferson one of the projec tive points by said company,and be tween the said company and the vo ters of the county of Ashe, to be submitted on Tuesday the 2nd day of Nov. 1 886 is as follows : 1. That the county of Ashe vote a tax upon themselves of one hun dred thousand dollars, to be due and payable to said company in 40 years from the date of the issue of the same, with interest upon said bonds at the rate of 6 per cent per annum, and to be due and payat)le from the delivery of the same each and every year thereafter, said bonds not to be delivered until the com pletion of said road through said county of Ashe and it in good running order, also the necessary supply of rolling stock placed upon the same, all to be done within 3 years frorri the said election. 2. Said bonds of the county of Ashe are to be taken and accepted by said company at par value, and stock in said road to the full amount to be issued to said county. Embarrassed. Boeton Budget Henry Clay was never at a loss for a word or "boggled while speaking. With Mr. Webster it was different and he would often hesitate, and then rub his nose with the bent knuckle of his right thumb. Mr. Calhoun when at a loss for a word would give a petulant twist at his large, turned over shirt collar, and and then run hfs bony fingers through his long gray hair nntil it stood up likethe hair on an electrictoy. Mr. Benton wonld sink his voice and mumble something that no one could understand, and General Cass would "Aw !" "aw I" in the En glish style, passing his hand be neath the lower edge of his capa cious white waistcoat. Mr. Web ster was almost invariably "stack" when he attempted to use a Latin quotation and when Mr. Everett was in the Senate he used invariably to appeal to him. COLONEL M'CAULL AND THE CONSUL It Was no Use to Put Off, and the . Great Manager Carried His Point. . . I. i J. Armory Knox in Texae Siftinga. During the summer Colonel Mc Caull of the McCaull opera compa ny was in a little town in Germany, where he made a contract with a new tenor. It wasneccss iry to have the contract signed in the presence of the American Consul. Colonel McCaull walked into the Consul's office at about 4 o'clock one after noon. The Consul's deputy, a young Englishman, was on duty. "Hero's a contract I wish to sign, and I want your seal on it," said the colonel. "Aw, yes, but you know we eaw 'nt dolt today." ! "What's the matter with today?" "Well, it's near the close of office hours, don't ye know, and I'm go ing out for a dwive. ;Cant you come back day awfter tomorrow?" The colonel was so amazed at this cool suggestion that strange to say, lie could not think of any profane expression strong enough to lit the case. ; Speaking in the f cold, icy tone that t.he patrician father uses on the stage when he addresses the obnoxious suitor for his hand, the colonel said : "Young man, 'if vou daughter's think I'm going to stay for two days in. this sauer kraut and pretzel j one-night-stand just to oblige you, you're dev ilishly mistaken. Two days of my time is worth more than you can make in a year and a half. 1 want to catch a train. Trot j out your stars and striped seal f "But weally,you knovy Icawn't." "Yon 'cav&nV nothing. 'Look here, I'm a Democrat." j "Yaas. I am told J,hat there's quite a number of Democrats in your country, but weally " Tin n ( to pianissimo Jiddlihg to an imaginary orchestra) the colonel said : : ; ' . I " "Hist ! Mark well me words. I'm an intimate friend of Grover Cleve land, the Democratic President of the United States of North Ameri ca, and (music getting louder) by the living Jingo, I've got a corruga ted neck just like his. Now, I can reach him within one hour by cable, and if I do there will be a change in this consulate that'll make you dizzy and you'll be fired out quick enough to make a Bulgarian King's head swim." The deputy consul put off his drive for half an hour and the. colo nel caught his train. j Two Associations. To the Editor of The Lenoir Topic: It was recently my privilege to attend the Stony 1-ork Association. This body met with church near the Deep Stony Fork Gap. It is along Cald"- Composed of churches lying the Blue Ridge in Watauga. well, Wilkes and Ashe counties. The opening sermon was preached by Rev. E. M. Gragg, from Watauga river. During the sessions sermons were preached by Messrs. Brown, Ball, David Eller, John F. Filer, Hodges and others. Rv. Mr. Gragg was elected moderator and Rev. Mr. Lee clerk, j The business of the Association j was conducted with or der, decorum and good feeling. There is a spirit of progress among the members of this body, especially seen in the fact that everybody reads The Topic. The next meeting will be held on Cove Creek.j , The last of September I was at Buffalo church, in Ashe county, at the organization of a new Associa tion to be called THE ASHE AND ALLEGHANY AS SOCIATION. The cause of the Missionary Bap tists in these two counties has been quite weak, the few churches in the territory belonging to various Asso ciations some of them cooperating with Virginia Baptists: Nine of these churches have now united in one Association, and it is expected that some others will join at the next meeting. There is a fine field of usefulness before this new body, and the members of the Association seem disposed to seize the opportu nity, promising, nearly $100 to be gin the work. Rev. T. M. Hunnicutt, of Sparta, was moderator, and j Mr. II. A. Eller was clerk. The next meeting will be held in Alleghany, near Flint Hill. t g. w. a. The Judge and the Conductor. Aj young lawyer once quite forgot himself in some cart expressions to tholcourt bat the Judge was a sen sible man, and in consideration of the immaturity of the member of the bar treated the matter rather gently, i He made it clear, however, that the style had better not be us ed again, and remarked significant ly '-4. .- , r "This court is naturally quick tempered." f ; j . , - A remark, by the way, i not inap plicable to the late: Chief Justice Bigelow, who on one - occasion was brought to his bearings in a way as affecting aa . it was amusing. He was riding in a car which did not stop at Quincy, where he ' resided, and, as it was passing by, he pulled the rope and the train was brought to a sudden stop. The conductor rushed into the car and demanded : "Who rung that bell ?" "I did," said the Chief Justice. "Why V "Because I want to get off." At which the railroad official in dulged in some remarks which were not complimentary and . hardly re spectful. The judge afterwards complaiued to the President of the road, who promised to look into the matter. ! But he found that although the conductor might have used hot languagBKthe "hief Justice was no without fault, and said nothing about it. When they next met, by chance,,! the latter demanded of the President whether he had repriman ded thej conductor. "I spoke to him," was the reply. "Well, what did he say ?" "He said that he was coming up some dky to adjourn your court." The iirato magistrate saw the point and did not pursue the investig:- tion. Two Stories of the Past. Wilmington star. Writing a paragraph a day or two ago about the lennessee Taylors and their fiddling, reminded us of two stories about Granville wor thies inj the days that are gone. The Taylors; of Granville have been lead ing people for i at least four genera tions. One of the name was a Colo nel in ttie Revolution. One of the Taylors! removed to Tennessee some fifty years ago, it may have been, or more, j He was a very devout Meth odist, and he had, prospered in this world'si goo Is. lie had set up in the mercantile business one of his sons. One day the old gentleman visited! the store and was quietly seated looking around carefully at everything. Presently he saw hang ing in a row near the joists on one side of the store a lot of fiddles. The old man called the merchant at oncei and said "ico't here Tom, when I jset you up I did not mean that my money should be spent in buying them sort o' things" shak ing his jdexter finger at the innocent offenders wrapped in brown paper, and continuing, "and I don't mean to have; it, either. Send them back at once." Tom took in the sit uation at once, and said, "Why papa, they are not fiddles, they are violins." The old gent grunted and softly replied "Is that all?". He was satisfied with the explanation. It was because of this story that we recently said in another connection that there were no ''violins" in Ten nessee! That isj that they wi re called !by the old familiar name, "fiddles." The late Judge Robert B. Gilliam, of Oxford, of venerated memory and one of ihe best men naturally that ever lived on earth, used ' to tell a little stlory of his campaigning in the thirties for Congress in that Dis trict. IIis competitor was a very ordinary mortal fromr Warren, who went to Congress more than once as a Democrat, the late Micajah T. Hawkins. The political meeting was inNash. Mr. Hawkins led off in a speech to a crowd of some two or three hundred people. Mr. Gil liam tok the stump to reply. He had not spoken long before he dis covered that the crowd was gradual ly thinking. He felt confident that he was at least making a better speech than his opponent had made, and they listened to him, but nev ertheless the crowd diminished. He exerted himself only the more to try and hold all that remained. But every minute or so, he would see one quietly withdraw, and so it went on for an hour, only a few of his devo ted personal friends stickin .' to him. He was greatly pi zzled and not a little mortified. He had reason for thinking his candidacy not unac ceptable to a good many worthy peo- Ele in Nash. After he had closed is speech the real cause of the def ection was revealed to him. By pre vious arrangement Hawkins had bought up every brandy and cider and cake cart at the place of meet ing, and had them all removed about two hundred yards distant in a "hol low" or small valley. A free treat all day and a good time was the watch-word that had been distribu ted privately around among the sov ereigns by his henchmen. They were all to stand their ground until Hawkins had spoken and then ad journ I for refreshments and " the "sinews of war" into the valley. Mr. Gilliam said he heard the faint notes of a distant fiddle, when he and some friends moved in the direction whence they came. Upon ap proaching the scene he saw three are four carts and a hundred or two men standing around drinking and eating "gangers" and in the best of humor,, while at the tail of one cart was a ring formed and a num ber of nimble-footed conutrymen were dancing after the prevailing fashion of the times, while his com petitor was furnishing the music in a very lively style, for he was a fid dler of the approved kind. This shows how campaigning was carried oh the thirtees in North Carolina. Lakd foe Sale. -200 acres of good grass and grain land, one-half cleared, located near Cook's Gap, on the Blue Ridge, on waters of New River, apply to T. A; Critcher, Bamboo, N. O. WASHINGTON LETTER. Washington, Sept. 25. To the Editor of Tlie LenoivTopic: A refreshing coolness in the air; increased activity about the hotels and on the streets; the reappearance of familiar but long absent faces in churches and in theatres are indica tions that the season at Saratoga, the White Sulphur, and Newport is over, and that the feason at Wash ington is about to begin. - When the Capital of the United States was a village, and the govern ment a loose jointed federation, the season at Washington was synchro nous with the Congressional session. Bu t now the United States has risen to the place of primacy among nat ions, not as a military power, but in population and in wealth. The capital has grown to be a great aud beautiful city, and each year the res gestae, res dictae at Washington,, whether social or political, grows in importance and are read with in creased population, the most intel ligent in the world. What will the combined increment, population, wealth, intelligence, be in another hundred jears ? -The thought is staggering, like the fathomless and the infinite. One hundred years ago we were an amorphous string of weak sea coast colonies roughly es timated at 3,000,000. Now we have 60,000,000 with wealth and resour ces incalculable, a great empire whose eastern and western bounda ries are oceans. Is it too much to predict that in another hundred years our northern and southern boundaries will be the Arctic ocean and the DeLesseps canal, or shall we say Terra del Fuego for the south ern boundary, with an electric rail way running from Hudson bay to Cape Horn. This prospect does not seem more extravagant than the retrospect for the last hundred years is wonderful. There is to be a centennial, con stitutional, and presidential celebra tion in Washington in a few years and the establishment of a perman ent exposition of the products and resources of the various states and territories.! Other cities, of course, are contending for the honor, and insisting that their corporation lim its shall be thelocusof the National Exposition. But it is not intended to have any more Philadelphia pro vincialism in oiir National celebra tion. The Capital of the United States is Washington. French na tional celebrations are not held At Cherbourg, nor British national ex positions stt Birmingham. We have to 'reason to-be ashamed of the na- -tio'ial caii .1!, 'r atode from its be iii tlx- t;I-.i tsI nd most hraUtiflll v,-y in i!i- voii.it i.s 'jif-ially a-ii.-ipted for pantiy, and enter tainment. More people have sisters cousins, aunts, and other relatives in Washington than in any other city of the union. They are here . in the public service from every State and territory. The visitor to the Exposition will be in direct commu nication with a relative or friend who will entertain him or direct him to a place of entertainment. Half the houses of Washington are boarding houses, and half the pop ulation have been boarding house keepers. In short, here is a bureau of information and a city of expan sible boarding houses ready to hand. Washington today can and does en tertain a larger transient population than Philadelphia. Then there is much more that is historic and worth seeing in W ashington than in Phil adelphia. Besides the building in which the continental Congress was held, and the Liberty Bell, Ildonot reiiiemder anything that a patriotic visitor would care to sec in Phila delphia. Here are monuments and colossal statues commemorative of the illustrious dead, and of every epoch in our eventful history. Here are public buildings, museums, the Corcoran art gallery, the White House, and the Capitol; the Nation al Botanical gardens, and the agri-, cultural department, comprising, before a dollar has been expeuded, such an Exposition as no other city in this hemisphere could produce, even at an expense of $20,000,000. But perhaps the strongest claim of Washington is the fact that here, right in the midst of the city, in sight of all these commemorative and architectural monuments, and in easy walking distance, is a great unoccupied plain of three hundred acres for the temporary or perma nent buildings of the international Exposition. This plain is on the banks of the Potomac, and no ex- Eosition in the history of the world as had a site so perfect and so ac cesible. 1 "My daughter has taken the med icine faithfully, according to the di rections, and her health and spirits are now perfect. . The - humor is all gone from her face. I wish every anxious mother might know what a blessing. Ayer's Sarsaparilla is in such cases." ; Sufferers from the effects of quinine used as a remedy for chills and fe ver, should try Ayer's Ague Cure, a powerful jtonic bitter, wholly veg etable, . without a particle ; of any noxious drug. ; It acts promptly, breaking the chill, curing the fever, and expelling the ' poison, yet leav no harmful effect upon the patient. Your Children Are constantly exposed to danger from Colds, Whooping Cough, Croup, and diseases peculiar to the throat and longs. For such ailments, Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, promptly adminis tered, affords speedy relief and core. ' As a remedy for Whooping Cough, with which many of our children were afflicted, we used, daring the past win ter, with much satisfaction, Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. For this affection, we consider this preparation the most effi cacious of aU the medicines which have come to our knowledge. Mary Park hurst, Preceptress, Ilome for Little Wanderers, Doncaster, Md. My children have heen peculiarly sub ject to attacks of Croup, and I failed to find any effective renredy until I com menced administering Ayer's Cherry PectoraL This preparation relieves the difficulty of breathing and Invariably curea the complaint. David O. Starks, Chatham, Columbia Co., N. Y. I have used Ayer's Cherry Pectoral in -my family for many years, and have found ft especially valuable in Whooping Cough. This medicine allays all irritation, prevents inflammation from extending to the lungs, and quickly sub dues any tendency to. Lung Complaint. J. B. Wellington, Plainville, Mich. I find no medicine so effective, for Croup and Whooping Cough, as Ayer's Cherry PectoraL It saved the life of my little boy, only six months old, carrying him safely through the worst case o Whooping Conch I ever saw. Jana Malone, Piney Flats, Tenn. ft , Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, Prepared by Dr. J. C. Aver & Co., Lowell, U&m. Sold by all Drnggkta. Price $1; 4x bottle, f 9. ROANOKE AND SOUTHERN. The Reported B. S. 0. Extension to Bir mingham. Baltimore Journal. ' Several weeks ago wo gave some particulars regarding the organiza tion of the Birmingham and Balti more railroad company,which was incorporated in Alabama by a large number of leading iron makers and capistalists of Birmingham. It 13 stated in that city on the authority of taose interested that this is a Bal timore and Ohia project, and! that the money has been raised for the construction of this line. As out lined before, the reports claim that the Shenandoah alley branbh of Baltimore and Ohio will be extend ed to Dal ton, Ga., and there meet the Birmingham end, which will bo built to that point. It is known that the late John W. Garrett was fully determined to extend the Baltimore and Ohio into! the South and several years ago he wrote a letter stating that it would be done and giving some points as to the proposed route. Added to this is the statement of Vice President Spencer last winter, who wrote' to a gentlemen in Virginia that in 1887 the Baltimore and Ohio would ex-j tend its line to the South, and hence was greatly interested in pro jects looking to the building of a railroad south from Koanoke. The Birmingham correspondent of the i Baltimore Manufacturers' Record, ! who is well posted as to the move ments in railrad ciicies in that sec tion, in his last letter says that "the engineers are about ready to start out on this end of the B. & O. line from Baltimore to Birmingham, and expect to have the section between Birmingham and Dalton, Ga., ready for grading within two month?. Should the autumn happen to be a long and dry one. as often happens here, some construction work may be done before w.nter closes in: otln ! erwise the building of th road will be commenced early in the spring and pushed to completion. It is under stood here that the work on the oth er end from Salem, V . southward, is being arranged-for, and will be carried forward fast enough, to mwt the track layers from Birmingham at Dalton when they get there." The importance of t:us line tolJ .1 timore and the South emnot well -m overestimated. So vast are the n t ural resources of the South, and a V great is the present growth of t.tu section that more railroads . r needed to open up the undevehv mineral, timber and agriculi 1 id wealth, and to furnish transport tion facilities for the enormous vol ume of business that will be iU; . oped within teiiOvears. Baltitn. 1 . needs to identify herWlf more H ly than ever wi:h tlnjSou',.i a d the construction of this line by the B. & O., and the consequent How of capital for investment thee by the rich frieuds of this corporation, would do very much to accomplish this desirable end. ' ! Swapped Offices. The jWadesboro Intelligencer, gives thd following example of the tendency! of men in all professions to trade: "A the county conven tion over in Stanley, fast week, something unprecedented in politics in this section happened. Mr: S. J. Pemberton was nominated for representative, and Captain D. 2f Bennett for senator. During ; the session of the convention Messrs. , Pemberton and Bennett "went out" and talked over their nominations, ' and then decided. that they would exchange place3, Capt. Bennett agreeing to go to the lower house and Mr. Pemberton to the Senate.' They then went back into the con vention and told the "gentlemen assembled" what they had done. A Bmile of approbation pervaded the assembly, and the convention rati fied the swap of Messrs. Pemberton and Bennett. -
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