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SALISBURY, is. C, THURSDAY. AU
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UST 8. 1895,
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR;
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PIUTOORATJO CHEEK.
backbone. Thai 13 all they need. They
are well meaning fellows, but they
havenlt got the backbone to vote for
what they want unless It is In the party
that owns them.
OUR CIVILIZATION.
NORTH STATE -; .
MULTITUCIE IS TO BE- DISPOSED
BAPTIST BOYS; PREPARING FOR
CDLLIN6S.
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A riutorrtlt 'rper Tells How I. Will
lie pone
low the Poor
Derils lire
to Be Side
There is spmthing refreshing about
the nrihcr
pn which th.ei CUfiba-DemO"
inratdtf;poses
of tht silver oupRtinri. In
discussing t
he probabllfty of a silver
Issue in ISSa il says:
"Both repablican and democratic (fcz
coiners; wil make their threatened
'demonstrati an' in the national coaven
trons. , There is no room for doubt oh"
fhls point.' In both conventions they
will be beaicn. This point also can
I safely bccpi sTdered settled. From this
time on wart to tHe conventions the rc
pabl leans w II have no troablgi with the
question j-foi when Ihe leaguaLClevc
land muzzh d : the delegates from the
mining Stat?s all chance for a disturb
ance in h republican ranks on tluj.
question jth 3 year-ended. In the con
ventioa tho crushing process will be
FubsHtUid for "the imtizzling, and the
silver Mn!ci ent,' in its present stage,
so f?r 1 as it concerns the republican
party, wifl closed." '
- Hallap.jC; rTer! Ahoy, Dubois! Hist,
Teller! how do you like that? You seo
' jpw how! it Is going to be done , You
wert' -'muzz ed' at ' the meeting of; the
National Lfasue, but you" are going to-
be 'crushed In the convention. . Then
whaPareyoi going to do? Sneak back
into line a id vote for the cru3hqrs?
That is whrt youhave always done.
-Whereas your. manhood? Where is
your backbc ne? Where, is ydur patriot
' ism? Wiill you tbe slaves or will you
be. men ant patriots? But'-how about
the demerits? Listen, herb is what
the samcj p; per says about them:
"The den ocracy, though, will not get
off so eaiU; . Taking ail .the states to
gether the' iilverite democrats outnum
ber tho ojthi x soft of democrats, but the
other scft hac the brains, ! the disci
pline an$ t le courage. These qualities
beat mere 1 umbers in politics, war, and
wherever e se they come in conflict. In
all the we tern , and southern states
whictt hole conventions to; nominate
state office s thcrs will be a fight be
tween the t kvo democratic elements, and
some oflthi stales which h.ave no offi
cers to poAiinate may get up coaren-
Hons to fig
t on silver and nothing else.
..These wrail
gl6s and this great expendi-
turi of one:
:P for the tim
gy'wlll hurt the democracy
fe, aitd perhaps for the whole
Lut-it will have no effect on
-campaign.
the national convention. In ho con
vention ;th
silverlte "democrats will
r
easily- be 1
and 1S92:
"be- framed
eaten as they were in 18S8
a straddling platform will
and a man will be put-up
tor-President who will, if ejected, veto
every silver bill that gets within his
reach." j
We will
pet a four dollar dog that is
my it will be done. That is
just the; w
the way it
always has been done. The
: west and a
south have never counted for
anything
These sect
jia -a- national convention
Jcins have always allowed the
east to didla'te both the platforms and
the candidates. And they will do it
age.in. Nclw let us read what value the
G.-D.puts pn your manhood. It says;
7But whpt will the free silver repub-
tlicans and democrats do when their
parties jtuifn them down in the conren
tions? THey will do as they did fn the
previous If-esidentral years. Some will
sulk and ojhers will bluster, but all, or
nearly alllwiU vote the ticket. A. free
silver
1 (JerAacMt can gain nothing b
Voting fori an! anti-silver reptiblican;
,6 to rhuiblican will not help hi
cause by Jefriiig out from the repifbli-
can Scylla and getting swallowed up in
the deinoc-atic harybdis. There will
be. a free silver party, of course tint
is, there vJill be. if that Sibley-Stewart-
Joiies coterie of cranks hangs together
until next year, 'and there will be a
Populisf. larty, but these 7rabals will
have no more effect Tn politics in the
conditiqnsfwhich'wiH-fjrevail next year
ithan will, he prohibitionists, the wom
an' suffragists, or -the single taxers. In
order to : nake his vote couhtand to
keep upf a- iving connection with things
tho repub lean and the. democrat will
, have to i o with' one or the other of
two parti s Which will stand on the
t'ame'side of. the vital question of the
day, and h 3 will to exceedingly likely to
stick la h s . ovn."
There y )u have it, the program to be
pursued ii 1896. The free silver repub
licans are to' be-"crushed" in the repub
lican con rention, . and the--tree silver
democrat; are to be outfitted in -the.
democratic convention. "This point,"
.says the (i-D "can safely be considered
settled." fNob"fhat the silver democrats
are not in a majority but "the, other
sort have ithei brains, the discipline and
the courdge." That s pretty hard .to
take" but it is deserved. The silver
democrat are considered by this pJti
toeratic'flaper, that as never lost an
opportunity- to praise Cleveland and
Carlisle, las ignorant, a disorganized
mob,, and! cowards. That's right, rub
It in. AndJ these ignorant, silly, coward
ly deraoctats and republicans, when
they get vhipped by a minority in the
couventictn. v.-ill have to go right on
;p.nd vote the ticket like little men. Of
course they will. They always have
done it, They voted for Grover, and
would doj it-again if he was the nomi
nee. Hal-e to do it, you know, when
..the boss e3 say so. Have to lick the
:hand that strikes them. Have to get,
down aa crawl on, their bellies before
The maciineP They know it Is con
trolled bp Wall street, but they must
ntlck to the grand old jp-a-r-t-e-e. Of
, course.. They would not be part slaves
1 if they did not " They want to he slave
They wamt to vote for what they con
cemn. They want to continue to help
TWall strfcet 'ruin the republic. If not,
why do
they vote pthatj way? They
klil a fish vWorm and get its
ought td
CURRENT COMMENT.
The Globe-Democrat, which is pluto
cratic, if anything in commenting on
"The, Orator in Politics." makes this
significant remarZn "John Sherman's
financial speeches are of the same gen
eral character as those which Carlisle
made in Kentucky." It might havo
said with equal propriety that the Dem
ocratic" platform -.adopted by the Demo-1
crats in Kentucky is of the, same gen
eral character as one which John
Sherman would have constructed. The
two old parties are camping on the same
ground, anJ their leaders are controlled
by the same power- y
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There is no longcj any doubt but that
the ultra-radical men in the Democratic
party are the advocates of a gold stan
dard. . They have declared - time and
again that if the free-silver Democrats
succeed in controlling the National
Convention that "There will be a split J
in the party." There -canje but one
interpretation to this declaration: It
means that if the gold standard advo
cates are outnumbered and outgener
aled in the National Convention that
they will bolt. It cannot mean any
thing Ise. This declaration ought to
set the pace for the masses who have
heretofore voted the Democratic ticket.
They should lose no time in declaring
that if they could not vote their senti
ments in the Democratic party, they
would leave it and find a party in wfch,
they could do so. ' -
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The fate of the free-silver Democrats
in Kentucky will be th? fate of the free
silver Democrats in the who.le country
after the holding of the National Demo
cratic Convention. While we recog
nize the fact that there are many hon
est and sincere men in the Democratic
party that are making an earnest" effort
in behalf of free silver, so far as-most
of the leaders are' concerned, they are
simply free-silver men because they
know that it is popular to be so, and
they could not be elected in any other
way, But there is no possible show for
them to control the National tonven
tion or to secure the adoption of a frec
sjlver plank or the nomination of a free
silver candidate The Democrat who
has made up his'Sind to Tote for free
silver in 1S96 will be compelled to .do so
outside of either one of the two oldf
political parties.
.
- It requires no keen observer to see
that the corruption which prevails in
pur public affairs, and the false sys
tems which we have permitted to be fas
tened upon us, are' having a demoral
izing influence upon the lives of the
people. and undermining the fabric of
our social system. The case of Mrs.
Scott, who for several years was the
leader of a band of horse thieves in the
Indian "Territory and New Mexico, is
only one of many of the same nature..
After her capture, she said: , "Of
course, it ' is wrong, theoretically,, to
steal horses. I knew that as well as any
one; 1 but we only took from those who
didn't need them as badly as we did,
and mostly from those who we knew
1 had been dishonest to somebody else,
and I didn't consider it nearly so bad as
hundreds of things that lawyers and
business men do right straight along
and nobody ever says a word about.
Besides. I could make more money for
my children than T could in any other
way that-1 had ever tried, and I had
become so discouraged with the other
ways thaf when I found one by which I
could .make a comfortable living for
them I. was so relieved that I really
didn't care whether it was right or"
not." There is e'nough in that con
fession for moralists to think and write
about for years. 3lore than one-half
the women who have become prosti
tutes can say. the same thing.' It is safe
to say that more than one-half of the
crimes committed in the country are
the direct result of enforced idleness
and poverty,- and of examples set . in
public life.
The Georgia fruit growers have had a
meeting and instituted a movement by
which they can get their products into
market without paying the railroad
companies from one-half to three
fourths of the. proceeds thereof. The
merchants of Little Rock, Arkansas,
recently - held a meeting to protest
against freight discrimination and
high rates. Thus, the leaven is work
ing, and when people begin to' feel their
burdens they naturally look about them
for the purpose of trying to get rid of
them. This leads to investigation, and
Government ownership will be found to
4 be the only solution to the problem.
Few people who have investigated the
subject of Government ownership of
railroads that "do not become enthusias
tic advocates of it. It is not, as many
seem to believe, an experiment. It has
been successfully adopted and demon
strated by fifty-four Governments inJ
the. world. There are at present only
eighteen Governments that do not own
jLheir railroads, either wholly or in
part. In Germany the Government 1
owns the railroads, charges less for ser
vices than our corporations, and clears
$4.50& per mile each year. The Gov
ernment roads iff Austro-Hungary
charge less for services and clear $3,232
per mile; In Germany the average pas
senger fare is one-half less than in the
United States. JTou can ride 100 miles
for $2. In India you can ride 100 miles
for 50 cents, or one-half cent per mile.
Are you doing anything to organize
the Industrial Legion? If not, it is
time you were at work.
Van Dervoort, Omaha,
instructions.
Address Paul
Nebraska, fori
I' , . THE BANKER'S IDEA OF A "SOUND" SILVER j DOLLAR. P
-S ii .iii ' Li j L ,
JIISTORY EEPEATED.
D RED 'SCOTT AND INCOME TAX
CASES ARE ANALOGOUS.
i
The Decision la the former Case De
lighted the Holders of the Black
Slaves The White Slaves Now the
Victims.
j; tlieecision of the United States Su
preme court, in the Dred Scott case in
1857, ielated the slive holders of the
south fpo lessthan the recent decision
of the Supreme court on the income tax,
elatd the plutocratic, bondholders of the
east! and the north.
j The decision in the bred Scott case
followed a great national political .vic
tory'by the democratic partya party
:which:-had been the friend and advo
cate of the jdoctrine i of slavery.
f helocome tax decision foUows the
'poijticjU (Victory of the republican party
if-a p4rtyjvhich has,been the friend and
'advocate "of plutocracy and ciass legis
lation,
j The advocates of slavery regarded the
decision of this high court as a final
settlement of a question which had two
smes to tt.
I But'; the decision did not settle ttiq
question. It aroused indignation and
cemented opposition. The people dis-
trusted the patriotism and honesty: of
the members of the court a four years'
war destroyed slavery and amended the
constitution.
i The' millionaires and bondholders of
the north and east may regard the in
come tax decision as a final settlement
of the question of the protected classes
against the unprotected masses. But
it had not settled it and will not set
tle Itj
ThQ doctrine that those who have
money derived from the renting of real
estate, or from the leasing or usving of
: tangible personal property, or who own
Invested personal property, have tax
privileges that cannot be accorded to
those ; who have money derived from
the labor of their hands, the sweat of
I ttieir: brow or the exercise of their skill,
is adoctrine that cannot stand in
' America,
: Justice Harlan in his dissenting
opinion put the case mildly when he
said are those in-whose behalf argu
ments are made that rest upon favorit
ism by the law making power aware
tha t they are provoking a contest which,
in some countries, has swept away in
a tempest of frenzy and passion, exist
ing social organizations, and put in
perftjall that was dear to the friends
of law and order?"
Thomas Jefferson understood and
feared the power of a corrupt judiciary
Whejhe wrote Mr. Coray as follows:
I "aJ, the establishment of our consti
tution the judicial bodies were. supposed
tip bp; the most helpless. and harmless
rhembers of the government. Experi
ence,! however, soon showed in what
way ; they were to become the most
dangerous that the insufficiency of
tbe means provided for their removal
gave?;7 them a freehold and irresponsi
bility' in office; that their decisions.
Seeming to concern individual suitors
pniy pass silent and unheeded by the
public at large; that these decisions,
nevertheless, become law by prece
dent sapping little by little the foun
dations of the. constitution and work
ingots change by construction before
any pne has perceived that that invisi
ble yrorm has been busily employed in
Consuming its substance."
f lias not subsequent history conferred
upon the utterance of Jefferson the dig
jnityflpf prophecy?
; Tjhe Dred Scott decision seemed "to
concern individual suitors only," but
being contrary to the public sentiment
existing at the time of its rendering
it took on national ahd sectional im
portance and resulted in Installing the
"thlr d," or minority, political party in
to power and control of the govern
ment. The income tax decision sets at
naught all precedents of law; denounces
thej legislative branch of the govern
ment as a set of demagogues and nin
compoops; violates public sentiment
anJ attempts to establish .a monied
autocracy. ' .
The further fact of the equal division
of the bench upon this question when
it was first argued, and the subsequent
change of opinion by Justic Shiras, by
.wbich the majority of one was obtained
against the law, will not impede the
possibility of history repeating itself.
People's Party Paper. .
MORGAN ON SILVER.
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The Free Sliver Fly -Invited, Into the
Gold Standard Spider's Parlor.
At the session of eilyer -convention
in Memphis a letter "from Senator
John T.lMorganoLrAIabanra was pre
sented, but- was' .toot read, on? account
of the. press business' before .he con
vention.' . In it thi.Senatbr said: "This
convention'atjTMempws is the: natural,
if not necessary, result of the popular
meeting held there Cnderthe: patron
age ahd approval. Of "our Democratic
administration, and ' it 111 1 be; a pro
test against j the plltf orm eadop ted un
der such auspjefesk lnv hostlli ty - to the
established creed of the , "pejnocratic
party, i . i" r; 1 'ci"
"They have appeal u against
juagment 01 ineart. .ouea.-jk
nounced in support,ot tae'lqual fi&iis
bt cold;' and silver at AneliaVtftiL and
tney flemana tnat this-Trppeavnan-rrjttW to call a converf-
heard and decided outside the Counsels
of the Democratic party by a general
muster of all the enemies of silver
money to be found in every political
organization. We invite all the friends
of money that was 'soUnd' until silver
was struck below the fifth rib by its
jealous brother, and, having survived
the assassin, is still 'sound,' to come
into the Democratic camp, and to aid
us in healing the wounds of this faith
ful servant of the people and the gov
ernment. Under the Bland act and
the Sherman act we paid all the bonds
in reach of the government, and now we
are issuing bonds at the rate of $4,
200,000,000 a year, and are sending our
assistant secretary to London to sign
thine and deliver them to the Roths
childs. "Under the Bland-Allison act we had
a surplus of $100,000,000 at the end of
Mr. Cleveland's first term, and now we
have a deficit of $100,000,000 in the
midst of Mr. Cleveland's second term.
"The people are growing weary of
this grind, and they feel it, and in all
their interests they have already
lep.rned by experience the true situa
tion, and they will not unlearn these
sad lessons in any new school that is
set up to conduct this campaign of ed
ucation.
"Our duty as Democrats is a possible
one, and is to follow the old leaders and
look more closely to our political lead
ers. "It was not read on account of the
press of business." That's what the
papers stated. The real reason is be
cause it too plainly disclosed the ob
jects of the meeting, so far as the poli
ticians were concerned. We have no
doubt but that many Democrats who
attended the Memphis silver' conven
tion were honest and sincere in their
motives. There is no doubt in our
minds but that the Populist who at
tended that convention were also hon
est in their intentions. They, as well
as others, were invited there, believing
that it was to be a nonpartisan affair,
and that its real object was to make an
honest effort to have free coinage of
silver restored to the people. If the
above letter leaves any doubt that this
and all kindred conventions are fran
tic, efforts to prevent the disintegration
of the Democratic party in the South
and West, the following expressions
from tvvo of the most prominent Demo
crats, who were present, are certainly
sufficient to remove that doubt. It is
true that in opening the convention,
Senator Harris said: "It was strictly a
nonpartisan organization,' composed of
Democrats, Republicans and Populists.
Its doors were open to every American
citizen, who honestly believed in the
propriety, the advisability and the ne
cessity of the rehabilitation of silver."
Before the convention adjourned
Senators Harris, Turpie and Jone3
were appointed a committee to select a
national committee, consisting of one
man from each State to work to ad
vance the cause of silver.
This committee met, and Senator
Harris said : -
"The league will be purely; a Dsmo
c3tic organization formed for the pur
pose of securing a perfect organization
of the silver Democrats In the country
for the purpose of controlling the ut
terances of the next national Democrat
ic convention upon the financial ques
tion. I have no doubt that the great
majority pf the people, are inf favor of
free coinage, but unless they organize it
will be impossible for them to make the
next platform!" -j
"You clearly understand," put 'In
Senator Jones;, "that this movement is
sjtfictly within the lines of the Demo
cratic party, and we want the Country
tjoj understand that. The organization
qf silver advocates in an independent
ifody without partisan character can
Hot have the effect of giving or gaining
strength to silver Democrats in a way
tthatf will enable them to control the
sending of thfeir delegates to the vari
ous conventions. An organization
frith;in the lines of the Democratic
artk like the proposed, is absolutely
Essential to tie success of the issue in
our next national convention."
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A Texas paper, commenting on this
Action, says: v
"Senator Hirris also emphasized the
fact that the National Bimetallic
League is to be a Democratic organiza-
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f'And a Democratic organization jt is,
from each StUe on the executive com-
ion for permanent organization!, which
fvill be held in Chicago sometime in
luly. The question is, what were the
Republicans sand Populists invited to
Memphis fori? And will any of them
hti big enough fools to attend the sec
ond meeting at Chicago?"
We have np criticisms for the Popu
ists who attended that convention. We
believe that they 'did it in perfectly
pood faith, and with the best of objects.
But the question might be asked, what
jiid w-c gain?. If the masses controlled
jthe conventions, something might be
pained, for tjiey are honest; but every
Mtne we meet with the Democratic poli
ticians our reputation will be smirched,
jeven if our objects are good. We all
jknow the story of old Tray. A man
jwho knows the baneful results of a gold
fetkndard, and knows the record of the
Democratic and Republican parties on
that question;, and who has not the mor
tal courage and sterling honesty to get
jout of the oid rotten hulk that foisted
lit on the country, will not do to trust,
Ino matter how many resolutions he
(passes or silver conventions he favors.
(These silver conventions are being held
jfor the purpose of deceiving the masses
iiato the belief that the Democratic par
ity will restore free sliver coinage, and
to prevent the voters from leaving the
party to thf end that a few men can
be elected td office and enjoy the privi
leges of no work and a big fat salary.
There is juit one free silver party in
the countryj and when a man is really
sincere in His advocacy of free silver,
he will moat certainly vote with that
party in preference to either of the two
gpld big parties.
In speakiog of the corruption which
has grown Up among us, Governor Alt
gfeld recently said:
"Just see fwhat a brood of evils have
sprung from the power of capitalism
since 1870. 1. The striking down' of
oyer one-third of the money of tjie
world, thus; crushing the debtor class
and paralysing the industry. 2. The
growing of that corrupt use of wealth
which is undermining our institutions,
debauching public officials, shaping
legislation and creating judges who do
its! bidding.: 3. Exemption of the rich
from taxation. 4. The substitution of
government by injunction for govern
ment by the constitution and laws. 5.
The striking down of trial by jury I
Never has. there been so much patri
otic talk as in the last twenty-five years
and never were there so many in
fluences at work strangling republican
institutions'."
it will require something mere than
a single plaiik, or even currency reform,
to reach the great evils that threaten
our liberties.
il Brooks ami the Episcopal Charch.
The Rev William M. Brundage, o
Abany, speaking before the American
Unitarian Association in Boston on
Tuesday evening, said: "Five years
ago Bishop! Brooks, then Dr. Brooks,
when I called upon him to ask. him
about fellowship in the Episcopal
Church, for? I was uneasy and restles?.
told me. that he would not advise any
young manj in search of freedom to go
irtto the Episcopal Church. Just four
weeks . before; Bishop Brooks died he
told a personal 'friend of mine that h
would not advise him to go into Vae
Episcopal Church in search of free-
d6ia."
Has the Spirit of Christ Departed from
the Churches Forever Church, Tress
and Money Power Against All of
.Us. '
The (N. Y.) Baptist Examiner says:
"The four regiments of the Baptist
Boys Brigade of this city have sent a
friendly challenge to the three regi
ments across the East river to engage
in a public competitive drill, and the
affair will come off at the Central
avenue rink. - All the regiments ar
now diligently preparing for- the con
test, which will consist of a competi
tion in military dTill and the manual
of- arms between a jselected company
from each city. The four regiments
from this city will form on Broadway
at the City Hall Park early in the after
noon, and march, fully armed and
equipped across the bridge tojthe rink,
where it is expected that no fewer
than 3,000 young Baptist boys will be
assembled to greet them. It is antici
pated that there will be at least 7.00&
admiring Vends and onlookers pres
ent, and tfc contest is looked forward
to with lively interest. ' The proceeds
obtained from the sale of tickets will
be devoted to the purchase of a sum
mer camp for the brigade at some spot
on the seashore. . The experiment of
a-camp last summer was so successful
that it is desired to make at a perma
nent arrangementJ .
Ah! '
Suppose Jesus Christ had been ex
tended an invitation to view the drill
of young Baptist "man killers" grow
ing up under' the tentter guidance of
the tender, human and Christ-like
"steerers" for the church.
Bah!
Talk about a- civilization that teache3
boys to murder!
War is murder, pure and simple, and
in the. bright lexicon of our beloved
Christthere is no such, word as war.
"Love one another."
"Do good unto them which evilly and
despitefully use you," etc.
As the editor of this paper, Senor
Don Korker, feels he is not doing his
duty if he does not say that it is no
crime in our estimation to teach boys
to fight England but are these Bap
tist boys being educated in the manual
of arms for that purpose?
We. fancy not.
They are being educated to shoot
down men who go on a strike in the
United States and the Baptist church
to-day, as a whole, is the loyal friend
of Plutocracy.
Wendell Phillips, in his great Boston
speech in 1859 said: "The pulpit, the
press, and the money power are all
against me in my fight against black
slavery."
Phillips told the truth.
The same conditions exist to-day.
And the man who raises his voice
in this age against white slavery is at
once branded an anarchist, a crank,
and a bad man generally. Denver
Road.
RETROACTIVE POLICV.
The
Administration Cannot Stem the
Tide of Adversity.
How to meet the government ex
penses and maintain gold standard and
untaxed millionaires is a perplexing
problem to the present administration.
Each month the government deficiency
is growing larger. The revenue tariff
bill was so changed as to make it"a
mild protective tariff measure, as tha
fact of prospective deficiency
stared
l':o if" "r.vjcratic tariff -for-revenucv
re
fer :.v:: in the face. All promised re
forms have been scratched off and
everything has been swerved to the de
mand, for revenue, and still deficiency
r"0""s.
Despite this growing deficiency, gold
standard must be maintained and the
taxation of the wealthy classes light
ened as far as it is safe to do so and not
suffer utter bankruptcy. The wise
democratic reformers have been inves
tigating the condition and worrying
their brains to evolve some way to
meet increasing debt and let the steal
ing go on. At last the scheme come3
to light, and it is as follows:
Back in Jackosn's time when hon
esty was the policy, the government
revenues far exceeded the expenses.
At that time a public office was a pub
lic trust in fact, and no one robbed the
government. As a result of honest and
economic government under Jackson,
there accumulated several million
dollars in the federal treasury. This
money not being, needed, Gen. Jackson
suggested that it be returned to the
people. This was done, and twenty
five states received from the general
government $28,000,000. The proposi
tion of the goldbug democrats is to
have the states return this sum now to
the government
What a graTnd idea this is! Force the
states to tax their people to pay back
this money! Don't coin moneyas the
constitution provides, but tax the peo
ple! What a handy thing tax is! Tax,
tax, tax, nothing but tax! We are also
told that there is an abundance of
money, and the only real honest and
sound money the country ever had,
yet the government must pursue the
retroactive policy to procure money to
defray current expenses. This all goes
to show that the revolution is coming.
It is only a matter of time until the
people will be forced to rise up in their
might and choke this money oligarchy
that is throttling the government and
robbing the people. It must come
and the sooner it comes the sooner will
just conditions be reached. Southern
Mercury, - .
A DURHAM BLOCK BURNED
$80,000 Worth of Property Wiped Out "
By Fire. -Insurance $80000. '
Xt 1:10 o'clock Friday morning a
fire started in the okl Reams Ware
house, located on Main street, ju6t S
posite the Fidelity Bank, and in a very
short time the entire block was aflame
and before the flames were under con
trol $80,000 worth of property was
consumed. The losses are:
Reams' warehouse 10,000, owned
by I. M. Reams and B. L. Duke. "Mr,
Duke's insurance is $2,000. There
were a number of small Phops. under
the warehouse which were aji a total
loss with no insurance. Saunders &
Co.'s loss $5,000; $1,200 insurance.
R. Blacknall & Sons, drugstore, loss
$4,000; insurance $2,850. A Max,
general: merchandise, loss $25,000; in-:
surance $15,000. Ellis, Stone & Co.,
loss $25,000; insurance $20,000. A. E.
Lloyd, J. M, Wyatt and others, loss
frpm removal of goods, covered by
fjjsurance. Stokes building damaged
$20,000; insurance $U,0pd. Durham
Fertilizer Company, clamago i $300,
covered by insurance.
Tho total loss is fully $80,000, while
the total insurance will amount to
about $00,000.
The Monroe Cotton Mills Boi'ght for
; $2,:JOO.
According to advertisement,- tho
Monroe Cotton Mills were soid Wed
nesday and wero bid off liyMessrs.
Heath for $62,300,. which : is" regarded
by all as a fair price. This will pay
all indebtedness and leave somov for
the stockholders. It is Haid the mill
will resume Monday under the new
mauagement. -- . .
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An Important Derision.
In ahabeas corpus proceedings in
re W. J. Hough, argued by J. D.
Murpby, of Asheville, before Judgo
Simonton on the 21th July, tho court
has decided that Section 25 of tho
Revenue Act requiring piano and
orgnn companies to pay a tax of $250 -is
unconstitutional and void for the.
reason tbafrit is in violation of Article
1, Sectioa6 of tbe Constitution of tho
United States-granting to Congress ex
clusive right to regulate commerce be
tween the States.
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Shot While Asleep.
Near Piney Creek, Alleghany coun
ty, a white man named Huberts went
to sleep in the woods. He was seen by
Floyd Cox, who crept up nnd shot
him dead. Cox took $1'J0 fronvthtf
body ami lied, i He. is htill at Jatge.
i,t .
S:un Mickle, and hisjiephew,- Wil.-
,ium, were in ine voons auoui two
miles from Elkiircutting tre,s when a
limb of the tree which they were cut
ting split off, fulling and hiltiug Sam
ou the head, killing him instantly.
He was about 50 years of age, and
leaves a wife and nine chihl.i.
Governor Carr paid the $200 reward
offered in 1834, during Governor Jar
vis" term, for D. McEachem, the col
ored "murderer, who was only last week
identified and arrested atWilmington,
and who slew his cousin in Cumber
land. The reword goes to . Thorn a?
MeEachern.
A cyclone in Gaston county, on
Tuesday wrecked the largo store oi
Perry Haines, at Henrietta, while
twenty persons were in the building.
None was seriously hurt.- ;The loss is
$1,500; no insurance. The cyclone
camo wilhout warning.
The firt lot of new tobacco was sold
on Winston market Thursday. It was
raised by W. E. Moser, of Rural Hall.
There were 104 pounds, divided into
four grades" and it averaged 0 cents
per pound.
The school census of Wilmington
just finished shows the population of
Wilmington to be 22,027. Of these
9,482 are white and 12,545 colored.
There are 8,855 school children in tho
city.
Deputy Collector S. G. Woods re
ports the seizure of a C5-gnllon illicit
distillery near' Cherry Grove, Person
county." Buck Stadler, the operator,
got away. '
A' little dog at Concord got into a
jan of yeast dough. He ate heartily
of it, and within a few hours had
swollen to almost his natural size: Ho
died. - r
Asbestos has been discovered in pay
ing quantities on the lands of- Mr.
Richard Wilborn near Elkin A force
of hands are now at work getting it
out.
Uncle Sam's Balance Sheet. -
The monthly debt statement shows a net
increase in the public debt less cash in the
treasury, during July of f 38,435,937. ' Tho
interest-bearing debt increased $31,158,340.
Tbe non-interest-bearing' debt decreased
813.025 and cash in tbe treasury decreased
h.0'jO.22. The balances of the severaL cla3
es tit debt at thtf elos3 of business July 31
were: Interest-bearing debt f747,3t;0.400;
debt on which interest has ceased since ma
turity -SI. 693,650; debt bearinp do iDterest
$37'8.'l98.38i. Total f 1,127,258,435. The cer
tificates and treasury notes offset'by an equal
amount of cash in the treasury outstanding
at the end of the month were $581,799,693, aa
increase of $2,591,830. The totai cash ia the?
treasury was 807,397,830. The gold reserve.
was-$ 100.000,000. Net cash balance $87,149,
530. kTbere was-a decrease in gold coin and
bars of $539,865, the total at the close being
$155,354,065. Of silver there was an increase
of $407,399. Of the surplus there was in na
tional bank depositories $ 15,920, 823against
$16,903,120 at the end of the precedinp
months.
A trolley express train is the latest
bidder for pnbKc favor. This is tht
most recent phase of thei competition
between, the steam and electric roada,
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