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fir - volxv.thim series SALISBURY. N. C JULY 17, 1884. SO 40 9Ti M& The Carolina cUUllIllcllL DEMOCRATIC COUNTY VENTION. CON- J.T SALISBURY, SATURDAY, AUG. 9TH, 1884. The Democratic County Convention for Rowan, will be held at tbe Conrt House in Salisbury, Saturday August 9th, 1884, at 12 o'clock M., for tbe purpose of noiniuating candidates as follows, to wit : Bouse of Representatives, Register of Deeu County Treasurer, Sheriff, Cor oner aud County Surveyor. The Democratic Towusbip Conven tions will be held respectively at the usual voting precints, on Saturday Aug. 2d, 1884, at 12 o'clock M., for the purpose of electing delegates t the County Con tention, aud also f . !Mg Township Executive Coiuiuitweieach committee tn. ixinMHt of live active j -mocrats. I" Each Township mujr rid as many delegates to the Couuty Couveution as it may see fit. The Township Executive Committees will also meet in Salisbury Aug. 9th 1884 to elect the Couuty Executive Com mittee, J. W. Maukev, Ch'in. Dein. Co. Ex-Corn. Salisbury, July 7i, 1884. CONGRESSIONAL CONVEN TION. Statesville, X. C.f June 27, 1884.--The undersigued would respectfully no tify the Democrats of the 7th congres sional district of North Carolina, that the Democratic executive committu of said district has called a convention to meet in the town of Salisbury, N. C, on the 1st Thursday in August next, for the purpose of nominating a candidate for Congress and also an elector for said dis trict. The various townships aud coun ties composing said district are requested to hold their conventions for the purpose of electing delegates to said district con vention. H. BlNGHAM, y Chairman Ex. Com. 7th Dist. FACTS AND FIGURES. WHAT IT COSTS 'TO HUN THE INTERNAL REVENUE MACHINE IN N. CAROLINA. In the discussion of the sundry civil appropriation bilMu the Senate, the House bill exempting distilleries mashing less than ten gallons a day from provisions of title 35 of the statutes, requiriug such distillery to be provided with a storekeeper and ganger, a Senate amendment was pro posed to the following effect: "No collector shall approve the bond of any distiller until all the re quirements of the law, and all regu lations made by the commissioner of interna revenue in relation to distil leries in pursuance thereof have been complied with ; nor shall the collec tor hereafter approve any bond of a grain distiller the survey of vbo?e distillery shall be for a less capacity than ten bushels of grain per day ; nor shall the per diem capacity of any grain distillery be reduced below ten bushels. Every collector who vio lates this provision shall forfeit and pay $2,000 and be dismissed from office; and every distiller of grain who, after the first day of November, 1884, operates his distillery on a less capacity than ten bushels of grain per day, shall be liable to tbe fines, for feitures, aud imprisonment specified in section 3,260 of the Revised Stat utes." Senator Vance opposed the amend ment for the reason that it practically destroyed the smaller distilleries and gave the larger ones a monopoly of me ousiuess. in the course of his re marks he siliowcd by some striking facts and figures what the internal revenue machine in North Carolina really i, nd what it costs the people to support a gang of political strikers. He said : Mr. President, I hope the Senate Will not concur in that proposition to strike out and insert. In the opera- uons oi the small distilleries iu this country X think there is more shame less corruption and fraud practiced upon the government than in any other department of this government, great as that may be. In the States oi Kentucky, West Virginia, Vir gin, Tennessee, North and South Carolina and Georgia, there are found a great many small distilleries with a capacity of from three to three and a an bushels to ten UusIipIs f rr.n per day. Jn the Stale of North Car olina there are reported to be 408 grain distilleries, 371 of which are in wnsiant. operation, and 1,246 fruit awui.ej-ies, making 1,654. Onlv five ftave a capacity of mashing more than uusneis per day. To each one of I Ilea 1 ..ii . W ed a storekeeper and ganger, To every six or eight of the fruit distil leries is assigned a ganger during that per iod of the year when they are in operation, and in every county these are more or less of what are called warehouses, i or storehouses, which also have in attendance upon them what is called a general store keeper, the pay of whom is from four to five dollars per day. The product of taxation on this whole number of 1,654 small distil leries in North Carolina is $451,194. The total amount of taxation collect ed by the Internal Revenue Deprrt ment in the State of North Carolina amounts to $2,377,116, of which $1,925,922 is derived from tobacco, leaving $451,194 as the product of these small distilleries of grain and fruit. I will give the Senate in a moment the cost of running these small distil leries and of collecting the revenue from them. For the past year, end ing June 30, 1883, the amount col lected in the sixth collection district alone, the one in which the greatest number of small distilleries is to be found, was $456,864,16. The cost of collecting that last year was $190, 284,26, or about 40 per cent. Of this $456,864,16 I have not the exact means of determining what portion is attributable to tobacco and what to spirits, for the tobacco product and the spirits product are not separated in the report ot tne commissioner oi internal revenue for the districts as they are for the State, but from my personal knowledge of the manufac tories of tobacco which are situated in that district, I am quite sure that the amount of money collected from the spirits alone would not pay the cost of its collection. In the year 1881 the amount col lected in that district was $499,455, 08, and the cost of collecting it was $268,324, or about 57 per cent, and when tbe cost of suits in court and ot prosecutions and of all the legal pro ceedings attendant upon the execu tion of thelaw is taken into consider- ation. the cost in that district ot col lecting the tax on both whisky and tobacco was about 90 per cent, as placed by the estimate of the com missioner oi internal revenue ; ana taking out the tobacco proceeds the cost of collecting the spirit tax of that district was far more than the tax itself. To show you that this system is used not for the purpose of revenue but for the pnrpose of maintaining an army ot officeholders who answer a very convenient and satisfactory pur pose about election tin es, I will read the cost of collecting the internal rev enue since 1878 in that district and show what years there was a general election held, and ask Senators to note the difference. For the year ending June 30th, 1878, the amount collected in the sixth collection district of North Car olina was $252,288,24. The cot of collecting it was $57,541,47, or about 25 per cent. That year there was no election. In 1879 the amount col lected was $338,659,93, being an in crease ot about dU per cent on tne amount collected, and the cost of col lecting was $136,987,05, being an in crease of nearly 300 per cent in the cost of collecting. That was the elec tion year. For the year ending June 30, 1880, the amount collected was $455,457, and the cost of collecting was $182,172,70. There was no elec tion that year. For the year ending June 30, 1881, the amount collected was $499,455,08, and th cost of col lecting was $268,324, or about 57 per cent, as I have said before. There was an election that year. For the year ending June 30, 1882, the amount col lected was $508,174,32, the cost of collecting which was $159,970,36. There was no election that year. No election for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1882. So. in that case there was an increase of only $9,000 in the amount collected, and tljere was a decrease of $106,000 in the cost of collection as compared with the cost of the preced ing election year. The amount col lected for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1883, was $456,864,17, and the cost of collecting was $190,284,26, as I have before said. This covered the election year of J 882, embracing the period of the fall of 1882, when the elections were held. If anything more were needed to show that this whole machinery was used down there in the State of North Carolina for purely political purposes and as a means of relieving tne cam paign committees of the expense of tiring men out of their own pockets for the purpose of canvassing, let me further read about the appointment of officers in that same district. In the fiscal year ending June 30, 1881, which period covered no election, the total number of officers reported was three hundred and thirty-nine, of whom seven were special deputies. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1881, which period covered the State and national elections, the number of officers was four hundred and twenty-seven, of which number fifty-four were special deputies. For tjie fiscal year ending June 30, 1882, a period which covered no political 'election, the number of officers shrank down to three hundred and ten, and the number of special deputies shrank down to nine, although the records show that there had been a steady increase in the number of small distilleries, and there ought to have been if honestly administered, an increase in the officers in proportion. I have already read the expenses of collecting. In 1878 there were paid to the character of officers called guagers only $3,937,31 ; for the year ending June 30, 1879, $2,228,20 ; for the year ending June 30, 1880, $3,519,09 ; for the year ending June 30, 1881, $8,306, 48, and for the year ending June 30, 1882, $10,897,50. The amount paid to storekeepers in the same period for the year ending June 30, 1878, was $28, 922 ; for the year ending June 30, 1879, $98,757 ; for the year ending June 30, 1880, $161,412 ; for the year ending June 30, 1881, $201,395i That covered the year of the presidential election in 1880. For the year ending June 30, 1882, the amount paid to storekeepers was $1 1 5,567. So it goes up or it goes down just as the exigen cies of the party may require, and the revenue takes care of itself, the object of the department being to take case of the elections. Senator Vance then continued at some length to show the evils of the system, how burdensome it was to the people of North Carolina, and how the provision passed by the Democratic House would make it more acceptable to the people. He strongly opposed the Senate amendment. But notwith standing his forcible speech the Re publicans of the Senate voted down the House proposition and inserted the Senate amendment. The July North American Review contains quite a number of papers in which the problem of the negro at the South is discussed from various standpoints. Among them are arti cles by Senators Vance and Morgan and others by Fred. Douglas and Prof. Greener. Every view is pre sented. Most of the articles make reference to the rapid increase of the colored race as indicated by the cen sus figures. As we pointed out when Mr. Gilliam's article was published, the census of 1870 is incorrect and anv calculations based on it are vi- cious aud erroneous. There has beeu no such enormous increase among the negroes as the eensus tables show. But the race is increasing rapidly and not dying out. Present conditions are, however, more favorable to the prosperity of the negro than can be expected in years to come. When our population becones dense the ne gro element will cease to increase from causes that have produced the same effect in all ages of the world. Had there beeu no such influences to check the growth of population the world would long since have been peopled beyond its capacity to sustain life. But history proves that the inferior race in any composite community af ter reaching a certain turning point declines and in the course of ages dis appears. And so when the popula tion of North Carolina shall reach many millions, and poverty and suf fering shall make themselves factors, the survival of the fittest will be the law of existence and the inferior race will fall into decay. For many years yet to come there will be room for all, and labor can find ready employment and suffering will play no part in ar resting the increase of population. But when the point of overpopulation is reached, as it surely will be, the negro will feel its influence more posi tively than the whites, and the Anglo Saxon will survive while the African race will dwindle. It will be centu ries before this turning point is reach ed ; but when say fifteen or tweuty millions of people are to be supported by the products of our State, this uni versal law of nature will come into operation. Disease and the difficulty of obtaining work will interpose to prevent a continued increase, and the weaker and less provident race will gradually diminish and eventually pass away. JHeios-Observer. Struck Oil. A whale got on the shoal water of the sea beach on the coast of Knott's Island, in Currituck county on Sunday morning, June 22, and some few fishermen found him making the water fly, "a huge levia than, floundering on a shoal" and killed him. It was estimated that he would make 150 barrels of oil, which will be a snug little sum for the for tunate captors, Elizabeth City Economist, How to Bring: up Children. Treat them kindly. Don't preach politeness and pro priety to them and violate their laws yourself. In other words, let the ex ample yon set them be a good one. Never q Barrel in their presence. If you want to quarrel, wait till tbe children are gone to bed. Then they will not see you, and perhaps by that time you may not want to quarrel. Never talk "old folks" talk in front of children. Never speak flippantly of neighbors before children. They may meet the neighbor's children and have a talk about it. Teach them to think that the little boy in rags has a heart in him in spite of his rags and a stomach, too. Teach them as they grow older that a respectful demeanor to others, a gentle tone of voice, a kind dispo sition, a generous nature, an honest pnrpose, and an industrious mind, are better than any thing else on earth. Teach them these things and self-reliance and intelligence and capability will come of themselves. Teach them these things, I say, and your boys and girls will grow up to be noble men aud women. Ex. ".Good morning, Miss Dodge." "Good morning, Mrs. Logan. How are yon getting aloug with yonr let ter?" "Very poorly, thank yob. It's bard to understand all about the tariff question and the other meau things in the platform. How are yon doing?" "Very nicely, thanks. I shall use the letter I wrote for James in 1880." "Isn't that niee l I wish I had some old letters. It is such a nuisance to write. You know how crooked John is over his war record. Last night he insisted on adding some thing about it, and this is what he wrote: "I have went through fire and blood for this Union, and I have neyer did anything that my constitu ents had to blush for." I told him that wouldn't do, and he got so angry that he slept on the lounge all night. Uh, dear me, 1 wish there was no such thing as politics. Thus Time Revenges Crimes. Few of our readers have forgotten the series of outrages in -Pitt county with which the Paramore and Parker brothers were associated ; the burning of barns ; the attempt to poison Mr. Laughinghouse's well ; the murder of Gen. Bryan Grimes; the suicide at Cheraw ; the convictions at Wilsou, etc., etc. And now comes another chapter to the villaneous history. Washington Gazette says : "Burt Paramore aud Dick Peebles, while attempting to break into a house near Baltimore, Md., were shot and killed. Burt Paramore will be re membered as one of the Paramore brothers. Dick Peebles was a native of Pitt county." Farmer and Me chanic In France after the growing of beet sugar it was found to the sur prise of farmers that they could grow more wheat than before. The refuse from the large quantity of beet roots euabled them to keep more stock and manure their land better. It will very probably after a time be found to result the same for other crops in this country, on account of the great er attention given to growing amber cane for sugar. Almost the exclu sive devotion to one of two crops re sults in gradual exhaustion of the soil and diminution of profit. When farm industries are diversified, more care, rather than less, is given to each one, and the result is greater prosper ity. A southern judge lately decided that a husband "can strike his wife three licks with a switch aud escape punishment," and the Boston Poet says his Honor is evidently unmar ried or he would know better. Although the facts have been brought out before, it is still a sur prise to many to learn that one-fourth of the population of Massachusetts consists of foreigners, and that anoth er fourth is of foreign parentage, so that half the people of ike State are now essentially foreign. Champion Cheek. New York 8 an. Many cool propositions have been presented this year from all parts of the country for a grab at the funds of the Treasury, but the palm for brazen assurance must be awarded to an application from Germany. One Philip Schatzle re cently petitioned Congress to be al lowed an income from tbe Govern ment, on tbe ground that he once lived in this country and became naturalized, but went back to live io the fatherland about fifteen years go, where he has now become un able to support himself. Philip Schatzle must have heard about the surplus in the Treasury. Gen. Grant is at Long Branch, but he does not drive his thoroughbreds as formerly. He happened to lend his two fast horses to Mr. Ferdinand Ward, and the creditors gobbled them up with the rest of the assets. Anti-Jewish Riot. 'Algiers, Jane 30. Serious auti-semetic riots occurred here yesterday. Much blood was shed and the Jews quarter was pillaged. Order was at last restored by the troops. The Swift Creek nod Bland Ford cot ton factories, uear Petersburg, Va.r have stopped work, throwing out of employ ment a large Dumber of bauds. Fears are entertained in Paris that the exodus from Marseilles and Toulon will result in spreading tbe cholera in France. There were fourteen deaths from chol era at Marseilles jesterdry, and tbe panic is increasing, all who eau are leaving the city. There were ten deaths at Toulon, among them one Sister of Charity. Paris, July 1. There was three deaths from cholera at Marseilles last night, and four at Toulon. The railway stations at both cities ars filled with refugees who are eager to get away. Italy has sent a transport to take Italians from th plague stricken places. STANDS AT THE HEAD! THE LIGHT-SUNNING DOMESTIC." That it is the acknowledged Leader is a fact that cannot be disputed. MANY IMITATE IT. NONE EQUAL IT. The Largest Armed. The Lightest "Running. The Most Beautiful Wood Work. WD IS WARRANTED To be made of the beet material. To do any and all kinds of work. To be complete in every respect. Agents wanted in unoccupied territory. Address, DOMESTIC SEWING MACHINE CO., Richmond, Va. For gale bv KLUTTZ '84 36:1 y. & RENDLEMAN, Salisbury, N. C. NORTH CAROLINA, Rowan County, Jane 5th, 84. PUBLIC SALE OF VALUABLE LAND. At the Court House door in Salisbury, on Monday the 4th day of August, 1884, 1 will sell that valuable plantation formerly own ed bv George Cauble, situated fire miles south of Salisbury adjoining the Rimer Mine land, and the land of David Eller and others, containing 185 acres. This land has a number of GOLD VEINS on it. and is believed to be rich in minerals. Terms of sale. One half of the purchase money will be required as soon as tbe sale is confirmed, and a credit of 6 months, with interest at eight per cent from day of sale will be allowed for the other half. By order of Coart, J. M. HORAH, Clerk Superior Court, Rowan Co. 35:1m. DISSOLUTION. The firm heretofore existing under the nnme of Morgan & Bro., has been this ilar dissolved by mutual consent. J. M Morgan will coutiuue tbe business at the old stand. All persons indebted to the firm v ill come forward aud settle their accounts at once. Morgan St Bao. A CARD ! t tnlrn this method to return thanks to the public for the very liberal patronage ivuatowed nnou us in the past. A com plete stock of Cigars always on baud. Very Respectfully, 35;4t. J. M, MORGAN. John Sheppard. T. A.. KLUTTZ'S WAREHOUSE For the Sale of Leaf Tobacco Salisbury, Jfrrth Carolina. FARMER'S REMEMBER KLUTTZ WAREHOUSE has sold THREE FOURTHS of all the Tobacco sold on this market this season, and can show the highest averages for crops and a general avenge second to none in the state for the same grades of Tobacco. Kluttz's Warehouse Is the BEST LIGHTED, BEST ARRANGED and the only house in the place that has STORAGE ROOM FOR PLANTER'S TOBACCO. If you want the HIGHEST PRICES for your Tobacco sell at KLUTTZ'S WAREHOUSE where you wiU. always find a full turn-out of anxious buyers. JOHN SHEPPARD, the Champion Tobaooo Auctionmb op Western North Carolina, has orders for Tobaccos and will pay HIGHEST PRICES for all grades from the Ground Leaves to Fancy Lemon Wrappers. DAILY SALES. HIGHEST PRICES GUARANTEED. Salisbury, N. C, June 4th, 1884. PARSONS'! I wUI completely change the blood in Mm wVi n will teka 1 T i 1 1 .i) ; rn fc lta, tf Rich a thing-be possible. For Female Complaints these Pills have no onaX. TMi ! i Imi.i h.a ttinm Cat ! joii-n mum T IIIVU -1 XI t Tlv w .1 i mm i - - ereeni lyffl tor 25c lartampe. CI? mil DIPHTK liicacs o the Spies. Soki erorywherc. C irculars frs It h S wcO-known faet that moat of the Bens and Cauls Powder sold In tbit coun try U worthless; that 9heridan t Condition Powder It absolu te'y pure and very alu able. Nothing on Earth will make hens KSS&SiS lllrlliL IILIlV LH I Mod. It will alto polUvely nrest and enre I CHICKEN CHOLERA, I , one teaspoonful to each pint of Dec. to, 1883. 10:ly PACE'S WAREHOUSE ! UNION STEET, - - Is now opened and ready for business. We have one of the LARGEST Warelwuse ever built. FOR THE SALE OP LEAF TOBACCO in the best leaf market in A. Ti-ial Is AA Wo AbIc. rompt returns and closi personal attention to consign men ts. Correspondence Solicited. R. M. DAVIS, KI Furniture Dealer Upholsterer, AND PARLOR SUITS, 35 to $100 CHEAP BEDS, $2.50. FINE LINE OF CARPETS. ' Sewiner Machines Weed and Hartford. W WANTED to correspond with i"""?! R RODKS BROWNE. PUS.. W. C COART, SEC Total Asfseta, $710,745.12. A Home Company, Seeking Home Patronage. 8TB0NGK PBOHFT, RELIABLE, LIBERAL. Torm Pnlicies written on Dwellings. Premiums payable One half cash and bal ance in twelve months. J. ALLEN BROWN, Agt., 29:6m. Saliebur" N. C. 4k JT. ML M Your friends truly, SHEPPARD, SWINK & MONROE. PURGATIVE the entire Sjal a in thi 1 to - - - muu wvnai UIKWI, BOM CTCrjTVCCre, free. I. s. JOHKSOX a CO., notion. uu. Croup, Asthma, Ei-o-aehltia, Nearal Cta, Rheumatism. .' mnso.vs anu- 1YNE LIMIIKNT ( Tor -rf mm4 Esse mml Vt will hntaiMaiMMiuaiv rU re lesss tcrrue diseaiei, simI miU , .civelv cure nine eases out of ten. InfrrmHUea that will asvs tn lira enl Ore bv mail: Drat deia a, T CURES Influenza, Bteedine tt the I.onm e. 1. & )vnenterr. itolet Horse. Winer Trouble, sal jtniw.ii a. im bosk, sias. Swiuk. PILLS month.. Any UftlfCIICNCIlV Hoe Cholera. Ac. Sold Tery where, e cuiiTVoals" dt mall for e.tsi cans, price 1.00 ; hy taall, $140. S1 - DANVILLE, VA. and most COMPLETE the United States. Pace Bros. & Co. PR0PBS. UNDERTAKER. MI WALNUT SUITS, $50 Cottage Suits, 20, 26 and $30 Woven Win Mattresses, $748, V.EfnT mon.V nd ofVl f eultnr.. Write for iHic.HT s Indian V egetable Pius FOR THB LIVER And all Qillous Complaints Vale to take. Muz urly vegetable; in;. I'luri.ds All Drtuuiata. SAVE YOUR FRUIT ! Scares Fruit Preservative ! Without the use of Sealed Cans. The CHEAPEST and ONLY SURE KIND KNOWN. Perfectly Harmless. Call and try it. At E3XIS8' Drug Store. l:tt NOTICE! L There will be a meeting of the Stock -bolder of the Western N . C. Railroad Com pany in Salisbury, N. C, on Tuesday -the 25th June, 1884. By order of the Presi dent. Geo. P. Erwik, Sec'y ft Treasc. Salisbury, N. C. May 21, 1884.