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i ! - .. J ,,. r, n . L cvKIFTION KATES. jr I- invAuce . It.1- r.v. ; j - - '' Xftmhs tti : i ire . . . -THICTLY L ASn. $i-50 .. 225 l.oo JsoUs m ill ai JWUsour) . N C l iiUiifcJAY. 'DEC. 25 1S!4. apy C; ristmas. i :,s vP..r rile WATCHMA5 llJis tyktted tlie home- of the people in this pari l tl eS.ate. During that long per. i ir bats sen the peopl more pros mt, ihi-m tivey now are. -But our pedil!iou)d i.e ready to celebrate Ihis, the gref tit of ali anniversaries, 1 fi a pn r ma n uer. We t rust that there fa ho actual suffering from want -f-tbu State. So far as we" know no fatal contagious diseases are raging anywhere on this continent. Then let us feci that if we liuv done noth ing, during the joar, to. better otfr con dition and that of those uroitr.d us that we niiy yet in the few remaining chysof 1890." A happy Cbiufmas to nil. Our Deaf and Our. Blind. M4 R. S. Tucker, President of the Board of Trustees of the Le;if, Dumb nrvd Blind Institution at Raleigh, has issued a circular letter to the newspa pers of our State setting forth the need of a bnildingentirely seperate from the one now in use in which. to teach the 1 deaf and dumb. He thinks we need a plant for tbkMqrpose sufficient to ac eosuniodate at least one hundred and tifty wiiite mutes. Our last (xeneial Assem )ley appropriated one hundred acres of State land to the Institution for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind, but w have no mouep with which to erect a building. Maj. Toeker argues that we might teach practical agriculture and g mh' 111115, raising and caring for stock, orinting, shoemaking and -broom and mattress making on this, land, and thereby benefif the unfortunate deaf anl dumb in more ways than one. All this seems practical, and certain ly Wecannotdo too much for these people. Perhaps the greatest mistake made id this State yi )t?ars has been the building of a Governor's m ansion at such an enormous expense. It is not done yet and not paid for. The Gov ernor is entitled to a good residence, but the one now being built is twice as much as it should have done. Half of the cost of the mansion should have Went to the Agricultural & Mechairhral College or to our ; charitable institutions;. However, we will not stop to cry over ispilled "milk, but should go to work in earnest to helg the uu fortunate deaf and dumb. . - The World. The New York Wrld has recently lnoved into its own building, which is thirteen stories high and entirely flie proof. The eeut was celebrated in grand style. A large portion of the buildiug is made of steel, and the total wcigth t the structure is 08,000,000 pounds. The cost is not stated, but the site for the buildingcost 630,000. Joseph Pulitzer, the sole owner of the World was once a tramp printer. In a fw years he has made the greatest piper the world ever saw. The circu lation has averaged 310.000 copies dai ly during the past twelve months. Tlie success of J oseph Pu I i i r is wonderful indeed- But he is in a country where people read aud are willing to pay for papers. The chan ces are that Mr. Pulitzer would go under in six months if he would start a paper in North Carolina. The State of New York has about twice the pop ulation of this State, and there are more than three tliQuund jiapers pub lished iif the State, most oflheui well supported. In North Carolina about 190 are published and ueaiiyall have lmrd work to live. Some of tltm do jtot deerve support, but a great many fad' lu receive half ct much as-they -deaeie. Some of our etiitors work sixtren horns a day, and yet people t'aiuk tney ought to publish papers as large and employ as much ialent r.s the World uk Herald. The way to Hike strong papers is to pay for them. They cost money. Our people ought j to work for them and p iy for thorn, too. Vnan with a pint of whiskey ynder bpsfatrt and ajuart in lws pock et is the man who "is mt ahle to pav for a paper. The man who "has no . time tit ieid" u a pretty piece of ci ea tan. He is standing ju his own liglit. If Le will reflect a tittle he will know Ih i 1 lit: men who are getting rieh ?:re i;.e ;u-:i who real anl keep posted J Ji uey know w hat is going on ud gath- riieis 101. gai, e.i hiiy uth:r wav.1 i..i.si miiQ do read ought to make it a " n -eth. , who do not to do ! .o Children Cry for Pitcher rria. , A Jtew Words Witt Yon. The Watchhax is ut for the third : tiroeince it changed hands. The ed- posts for twelve mouths. Work in a newKDHper office is like life on a tread t mill unceasing. So our readers will rant us a furlough for one week and o r - rt- not feel disappointed in not getting a p rper a week from to-day. After the holidays it will be on hand at the us ual time. The new editor of this paper has met with substantial encouragement already, nut the Watchman" must have at least three times as many subscribers as it now has. If the people ot this section will aid us it can be done in a short time. But if every one depends on some one else to go forward it will be slow work. We want to make the Watchman a much better paper than it now is. All vgeask is Co-operation. We expect to work hard and run it on business principles. Perhaps three hundred of the old snbscriwrs are in arrears. We hope that before the next issue each one will send in their renewal. Don't wait for us to send bills or call ou you, Come and pay or sed check, money order, postal note or stnmps. A part of the old subscribers were paid several months in advance. Most of those that were behind were transfered on the new books and owe the present proprietor from Dec. H, 1890. If you send in the cash within the next two or three weeks all will be well, otherwise your names will bofdropped from the list. Noeditor can under take to run after his subscribers ali over the country and whine for his pay The day for that sort of business is over. If the friends of this paper don't think enough of it to come in the office and pay for it or send the money by mail, then we no longer comit thenyris friends. The old sub scribers of the Watchman, have been to it what the "Old Guard'' was to Bonaparte. TheyJjave always been faithful through everything. We hope the "id I guard" will continue faithful unt'.j the end.. Senator Vaace Will Obey. Below we publish some correspon dence between Presidei tCarr aud Sen ator Vauee. From his letter we take it for granted that Senator Vance will agree to obey the instructions of the General Assembly, if it shall unexqai vocally direct hint to vote for the bub Treasury plan of financial reform. Now the people have a chance. It they thiuk the Sub-Treasury plan best, or if no one will devise (C better one, they should hasten to instruct the members ot the Legislature so they can instruct Senator Vance. Here is the correspondence: November 20, 1890. Jlon. Z. B. Vance, Black Mountain, Buncombe Co., N. C: Dear Sir:- After carefully consid ering tlie political situation in our State, I deem it wise to Ante you and ask the following question: If the Legislature instructs you to advocate and vote for the Sub-Treasury plan ot financial reform, will you carry out said instructions in good faith? 1 hope that you will understand I do not reflect in the slightest degree ou your devotion tolhe people; ot North Caro lina, but there are precedents where United States Senators have carried out instructions, aud also precendeuts where they have disregarded theui. I trust that you wilt give me an answer at your eartiest convenience. Very respectfully, iuLiAs (Jakr, Pres't iM. (J. F. S. A. United States Senate, Washington, D. C, Dec. 6, 1S9Q. Elian Can; President X. C: Farmers' Alliance, Old Sparta, N. C: Dear Sir: In answer to your offi ci;d commuDtgation of the 20ih nit., which did not reach me vntil the 1st inst., f haye to say that 1 recognize she old Democratic doctriee of the right of the people to instruct their repre sentatives to the fullest extent to which ii has ever been carried in North Caro lina 1 hold that the will of the people, clearly and unequivocally expresses, must le obeyd unless compliance would involve the representative in a moral wrong, in which case it would be his duty to resigu and give, place to -a representative who would obey. Go;d faith in the observance of instructions and public pledges is absolutely essen tial to a government based on "the pop ular will. Very resy eel fully jours, Z. L. Vance. Mr. E. H. Walk"-, a school teacher iu Mecklenburg county, had his hands badiy burned a few days ago while tearing the clothing ojf one- of his pupils vhose clothing had accident ally caught fire. The little girl was not injured. -Tlie Charlotte AVrs reoorts ' a num ber Kvelj -scrituagea at colored "fes- ferments" in Meckleaburgcounty. n 5fe Hngh Parks; near the "Rowan cad C;,b,,rru county lines, is dead. Hd cu twenty days longer b wouid ' 01 & - nave h. t it .... m ' m 1 What t3 Alliance Has Ton. The Alli.tuea hu organiz ttion has made mistakes. Individual members have made mistakes arid have been guilty of wrong doings justas human beings have and-always will continue to do. B it it is an educator, has sav ed thousands of dollars to its members without destroying any other legiti mate business. The farmers have to some extent, Ixvn brought to a realiza tion oE thje, terrible mistakes they have and in many instances, are still mak ing. Ail) classes of peple have been thinking, talking, arguing, quarrelling, and yet the problem is not entirely solved. Something is wrong. All ad mit it. If the farmers are to blame saddle it On us prod uoe the proof. If somebody else is in the wrong nail them, lif we are all to blame let us all pull t jie mote out of our own eyes and do butter. Let the good work go on. Kotcs by the V ay. The New Y'ork Herald will give 1,000 news boys and their parents a dinner to-day. The Troy Vidette is five years old and deserves more liberal support than it has heretofore received. The A lanta Journal will give their 55 carrier boys a present and Christ uias dinner to-day. " The alliance in Kansas has has de cided to build elevators and secufe advances on grain delivered to them. The Henderson Gold Leaf has just passed ths 9th mile post. It is a live paper and we wish it many more years of prosperity. The Charlotte News is two years old and has enlarged to a seven column pa per. Wade Harris is one of the Lest ueWspnper men in the State and de serves greater reward for his labor than lie had.tg-eceived. r It is saEd that a man was elected Judge in Kansas this fail who has no knowledge of the law. An eastern paper says that almost any man can be elected Jude in New York who can put up four or five thousand for campaign purposes. An Associated Press dispatch went the rounds last week to the effect that President Polk, and others held a meel ing in Fjoridu ou Monday night and decided not to call a meeting of 'he fhird party, etc. President Polk was1 at his home in this cilv and sound i asleep at, Farmer. the ii;ue n:;r.ied. -Progressive Col. Polk came through Raleigh aud showed plainly that he had licen faith fully ended in Florida. The Alliance gave him a beautiful goidheaued cane Mr. Anderson, at L.r.ov, gave him one, t::e vertebrae of a shark that had bi en taken from u paasplmte bed where T 1 J it had lain lor perhaps, thousands of years. pjv. Fleming gave him iu beautiful! orange cane, cut for him by the Governor's hands at Silver Sprin I IT Pi o(ji essite Farmer. Church News. LumbcrtoD Robesoniau. Rev. D. J. Harris has removed tc Edgcwater, N. U. Elrmvood Presbyterian church has had seven accessions of late. Twelve persons recently united with thee Melnodist church Carthage. A boot 200 conversions arerepored from the Louisburg meeting held by W. i Fife. Rev. J. A. Smith will supply the baptist church in W hiteville next year. Rjv. D. M. Austin has accepted the call to Tr.tde street Baptist church in Chariot tie. Rev. J. S. C. Dayis goes charge of a Baptist church to take in Vir- gijiia. The circulation of the Raleigh Ad- vocate is reported by its editor to now over 5000. be A Superintendent of the Synodical Presl.ylenan Orj hanls1 Home will be selected Ttiursday of this week. The Methodist church has lost a promising young minister by the death of Rev. j. Frank Jones at Vanderbilt University. Heudlersofiville Baptist church has bad a good meeting in which there were. forty professions aud several re newals, j The Evangelistic committee of Fay etteviile Presbytery meets in Maxton Wednesday that is to-morrow accord ing to the Robesou ian calendar. Short Notes. The (jrreensboro Alliance warehouse is a certainty. Mecklenburg county Alliance will meet at Pmevilie. On ??ew Years Day the Alliance at St. John?, Cabarrus county, will have a thanksgiving service conducted by Rev. Peter Miller. C..barrns county Alliance will meet at Si. John's church on the second m3 -uue ..I tWO QV'S. . . 4 1 An Open Letter. Mtt. DOUGLAS CITES FACTS IX REGARD TO R. R. TAXATION. Grekxsboro, N. C. Dec. 1800 To tht Committee on Huilroad Taxa tion. Gentlemen: In compliance with then quest of the Atiorm-y-Geiieral to gite you the benefit of whatever in formation I might obtain relating to Railroad taxation during my profess ional investigation of that, subject, 1 take the liberty of calling your atten tion to the vast and unaccountable discrepancy between the valuation for taxation ot tile r.tiitoaus in this State ?s shown by the auditor's report for 188ii, and the capitalization of the same roads as shown hy the report ol the Interstate Commerce Commissions on Uaiiway Statistics torli.88. One instance will suffice: The Wes tern N. C. It. Ii. is asse sed for taxa tion at $1,589,375.00 aud is reported as capitalized at $15,735,000.00, nearly ten times its tax valuation, and titty per cent, greater than the tax valuation of all the railroads in this State, which is given at S1O,O03,(5S2a)5. This capitalization coniprisesS3,000, 000 of stock and $7,735,000 of bonds, being stock at the rate of 42,128,00 and bonds at the rate of 41,721,00 per mile, aggregating a total capitali zation per mile of 4,840.00, The stock aud bonds of a railroad company are presumed to represent the cost of its property, which in the ab sence of any evidtuce to the contrary, is a fair criterion of its yalue; and pri vate property in this State is said to be assessed on an average, at least one half its value. By this Vuhdard the Western N. C. It. It. Co. should be assessed at $7,807, 500.O) instead of $1,580,375.00 us shown by the Auditor's report. Such grorjs disparity oetween the burdens bore by the corporation and the citizeh demands redress, especially as it exists, in a great degree, as to other roads, as for instance, the States viile and VV estern, which is assessed for $50,400.00 and capitalized at 800, 000.00. Acting upon the maxim of one of the sages ot the law, that: uBlessed be, not the complaining tongue, but the amending hand," 1 venture to sug gest a possible remedy. That is the creation of a Kailioad Commission consisting of the Slule Treasurer, Au ditor, Commissioner of Agriculture and the Chairman of the Finance Com mittee of the two houses of the Legis lature. All questions of railroad taxation should he referred to it, with an ap peal to the courts. This commission would not increase the actual number of otfices aud would cost but little, as the un iubers would he paid only their actual expenses and a reasonable per diem while actually in session. In their different positions they would acquire in formation pecu liarly titting them for the work ot the Commissioner while the tenure of their ollices and the different tources of their election would effectually prevent any suspicion of the Commission being packed in Hie interest of the railroads or against them. The Commissioner of agriculture should be a member, as , , i f t ue 01 farm hinds, w Inch pay the great- er part of our taxation, and which, in their present depressed condition, should certainly bear only tneir jut burdens. VV lieu one article escapes taxation, the rate is necessarily increas ed upon what is taxed; and what tlie locomotive fails to pay , must be levic-u upon the mule. 1 1 1 1 1 What the Alliancs Will I'o. 1, They will secure a thorough dis cussion of some important economical j questions, says William Gladden in tlie Forum. They will force the people to consider carefully the problem of the Slate ownership of ti e great public highways. It the farmers can stick togetht r, and stick p their text long enough to get this business thorough ly ventilated, they will do a good ser vice. 2, They are loosening tlie bands of partisanship, aud opening the way for a rational co-operation of citizens for all desirable puposc. It is not not im probable that will lead to a recon struction, of parties. 3, They are helping to make an end of the sectionalism, which has been a large part of the capital of a certain class of politicians. "Scarcely a ves tige," they s iy, "of the old sectional prejudice of a few years ago is now visible within their ranks.1' The South and West are coming into fraternal relations. " i he damagogm- p.doiician who nw ill tempt.-, to array sectional psvjuice iu orue-r that be may keep farmers equally divided on important questions," is admonished that he is aboutjtoconirout a superior intelligence that will soon convince him that his occupation is gone." The. farmers' movement is is not, probably, the de luge, but it will prove to he something of a shower iu some quarters, a cyclone and it will clear the atmosphere. A BigIToith Carclina Colt. Capt, B, P. William-oil has at his Fairview ttock farm, near this ei!y a colt tweniy moiitlis old that measures fifteen hands two and a half inches high, nod weiuhs nine hundred and twenty pounds. This colt is by Franklin Chief, No. 3,1 IS; he by S53; sire 10, in 2 30 lird : out of Irene by Editor, record 2 231:2; he hy Princeps, sire 22 in 2 30; Irene out of Shier, .a daughter of George Wilkes, with 71 in 2 30 list. This Colt can trot in his present form, miles cloe to 3 minutes. How is this tor a North Carelinn bred colt? "limiieirtiioir' is his name. State Cfa'onide. Gathered from all Sources. LATEST fcVEN'TS IN THE WORLD OF PRO DUCTION AND LABOR. The Farm-rs' Alliance ha 1,500,000 u gro members. The Pennsylvania S a e Pou'try So viet ttiknieeii organiuized, with head qua, tdra at Harrisburg. King Kalakana is writing articles on the labor problem of Hawaii for the San Francisco Examiner. The 'deration of Miners which met at Brisjoh E ig., has 12:5,000 members. They talk of working only five days a week. The place of holding the next annual meeting of the National Farmers' Alli nice has been changed from Washing ton to Indianapolis. The experiment of shipping to Eng land Canadian eggs, which have been shut out of the United States by adnty of 2i c4nts per dozeu, has been fery successful. The Michigan Grange is in open re volc against the National Grange on account of the stand taken by the na tional Organization in endorsing the proposition for Government to loan on real estate. The Farmers' Alliance of Atchison, Kan., t ic home of Senator fngailat a recent meeting adopted resolutions re commending the retirement of Mr. In galls from the Senate, and the election to his sseat of a Farmers' Aiiliance man. The reports emanating from Chicago thnt the newly formed harvester trust will fight the twi.'ie trust and thus give thefaruiers cheap twine is laughed ai by Alliance men in the past and the well known fact that they have always absorbed a large part of the cost of twine to the (fonsumer gi.fes the farmers no reason to accept cheap twine from this new consolidation. To the Point. Judge Tliurman says the farmers should devote themselves to the tariff issue. He heartily approves of much the Alliance hopes to secure. He says they are tning to do too many things at once. He is a farmer. , A sensation in troltin;'-horse circles was cauacd a few das fcitsteid. Lexing ton, Ky., when it became knov n that Anteo K:16r, the best living" v of Electioneer, will be sold here in Feb uary. A lispatc!i from New York on the 18th states that D ike d'Aux is under arre.st lor f.iiluro lo 1 q:.!;.le n ho- tel bill Li news ;4is-t-s h flu: tel of exciiennt in rit::t;-n !- :'! ock v ire it ieews. A tivmp would f..re iut .eii. A Rideitii disnaieh rj.v's: T'n- c.m- cel'a'.ion oi J.nn intati.ges is now going )n at a r iv.aika.de rale. D-r- 1UL! tl.e l ien ;t i!.!)nib mole u;.ve i.een caneellwl tlian in ihe ear:- 18cG-17 m this country- I h:i is giaal news, h t thegoou wo:k go OU. ) Don t think because vvn io n a farm ers' organiz'ition that yon mut have mi ffiee, sa)s the Farm Journal: A man wanting ( fiice will seldom make a good me in U r of the Grange, the Al liance or League. A man wanting votes is often too neivr.ifs to express his honest opinions. Othe hunting makes many a man unmanly. The wheat crop of Washington is the largest in its historv, being esti mated at 16,000,000 bushels. The ele vators, warehouses and box cars along the railways are filled and st-icks of wheat! dot, the fild The ability f the railways to obtain motive power to move the enormous crop to market1 is exaspcr..ting the 'farmers, who are ch.ugiug them with collusion with tljie Warehouse men to lower the prices jf wheat. The Forum. Among the Features ot The Forum for 1891 will be: Results ot the census. A series of articles by Gen. Francis A. Walker; results of the latest research and of the most recent achievements in all important lines of work, iu scieuce and in industry, by speendisis; political dis cussions, by the leiidersot opinions in the United! States, and by foreign statesmen; shibboleths of the time, a series of criti cal examinations of popular opinions, by V. S. Lilly, the Biitish essayist; autobi ographical essays, a series to which some of the most noted men of the time, Amer ican and British, have already contribu ted; discussions of social and religious problems iu the United State?; literary articles, discussing the tendencies of lit erary work along all directions of activ ity , by the foremost critical writers. The Forunii New York, tr0 cents a copy, $5.00 a year. Subscriptions taken in club with ihis paper. Special inducements to new subscriber?. POWDER Absolutely Pure. A creimof tain tn-iii3f powder, niche s of Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. SANTA BVEBBAUM'S. The Largest Stcck of Christmas Goods ever oSered. in Salisbury. - ALL I ASK IS TO COME IN AND SEE. Christmas Cards, -A rtistic , Booklets, Plish Goods, Albums, Collar and Cuff Boxes, Smoker Sets, Shaving Sets, Traveling Cases, Cornb fe Brush B pxes, Manicure Sets, HindkejrhicF and Glove Boxes, Scissor Cases. " . .;- BOOKS suitable variety. TOYS! 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