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VOL. 8.
WILSON, N. C.,--FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1878.
NUMBER 17
The,' Wilson Advance.
Wilson
Advance.
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tr it: :
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ir. i;nU'm, Extiact of Mandrake.
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( uriiu-rs Vermi f uge .
Baird's Worm Confections
Baird's Hmse ami faille Powders.
Granger Bitteis. Pis., and tts.
(ii anger Schnapps,
And keep at all times a full line of
ri'KE CHEMICALS for AoiUCl'LTlUAL
purposes at the lowest cash prices.
All f tho alnvgno'l mav hn found at
the Irng Store of A. W. KowL.iNl), and
are fr mile by dealci generally.
J. W. M1LMKK.
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IN
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CERES ami AMAZON WHISKEYS.
Sole Agents Fon
A1TLEWOOD DISTILLERY
ArpLE Grove, Ky.
W. J. HARRISS, Agent for
Wilson, N. C.
Dr- Rictiard H. Lewis.
(Lite Professor of Diseases of the Eye and
Ear in the Sav innah Medical College.)
riietir S.iiuifcd lo J he
EYE and EAR
U tl.MUII, .V V.
'h'ef. r- tle stn'' Meilieal Sm-iety and
l'usl Class Home' Established in 1'.
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I A DWARD MITCHELL & SONS,
Vl!(!.i:SAl.E
Grocers & Liquor Dealers,
00 WEST PRATT STREET,
Jialtimore, Md.
I'AY l'ARTK-CLAU AlTEXTMiX TO THE
Sale -of Cotton.
IUpictt-i.ted hy '
- Geo. H Read
vpt.OM-'m.
New Spring Goods
At Battleboro. N-'C-
I have just received a complete stock of
General Akrchaudiac consistiu- of
m Z'4 Yt if I i r -
FANCY NOTIONS, x , ,
DRY .GOODS, , 1
' GROCERIES. '
HARDWARE.
'" " HATS, SUOES,
TINWARE,
CROCKER Y. and
READY MADE CLOTHING
which I am determined to sell as cheap as
the same quality of good can be bought at
any letail ttore in the Stale. ... i . -
' Tlie attention of CASH BUYERS U especl
allj invited, and If thejr will give me a trial
1 guarantee to give thc..u entire satisfaction
iu both price and quality.
Call and cxamhie aiy stock If you want
good bargains.
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.. a : .' - ) BaUWboro, X. C.
web 22.
PROFESSIONAL.
II. G. CONKOR,
F. A. WOODAKD.
CONNOR & WOODARD.
Attorneys at Law,
WfLSON, N. C.
Will pactlce In Wilson. Nash, IFajTie.
Edgccombe anil Greene Counties.
jan-19-
J AS. S. WOOUAKD, HUGH F. MURRAY.
WOODARD & MURRAY,
Attorneys at Law,
WILSON, X. C.
Pracrlc in the Court of Wilson, IFavnp,
Gre.iic, Nash mid Pit I counties, and in the
Miprttinv Court at Raleigh.
B. D E A N S.
ATTORNEY LAW.
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R . K . G . B A 1! H A M,
WILSON, N.C.
Uesvleru-e. Elder. P. E. Wines'.
OMcc on Nash S reel above Tarboro.
JMtl 2"t!i-tf.
J O I! X. E. W O O 1) A IS I),
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR
AT LAW.
WILSO X. X. C
Pmctices in the Courts of Wilson and
idjoiuiii eoiiutics.
Ollice in the Bank building, Nash Sr,
jan. 12
GEO. V. BLOC XT. JNO. W. BLOCN1
G. W. BLOUNT & BRO..
Attomsys-at-Law,
SOLICITORS Yh" BANKRUPTCY
OFFICES:
Wilson and Nashville North Carolina.
Practice in the Courts of Wilson, Edge
oonibe. X ash mid Franklin, ami in lli
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Collections made in any part of the State
D
R. R. W. JOYNER,
SURGEON DENTIST,
Has prrinatwjtiilr lJca'N it V.".Uow wli.trc j
he can be found at all Hums. If yoti are
desirous of work In his lire call and scr
him. All oppr.itioiis will be ncatlv a id
carefully performed and on terms as rea
sonable a possible. Advicw and Exami
nation fne. Teeth extracted without pain
when desired with Pure Xitroii Oxide Gas.
Office on Tarboro it root next dur to the
PostOHlcc.
NEW
Photograph Gallery.
The undersigned respectfully announces
to the people of Wilson and surrounding
country that he has opened an Art Gallery
in the rooms formerly occupied by iriiit
rhigton & Setszer and is prepared ro furn
ish good pictures of any size or style and on
very reasonable terms.
All work warranted to give satisfaction.
In addition to port rait tire, he will also
furnish land.-cape views or designs of any
kind. SjH'eial attention given to chikircus,
pictures, will also furnish frames, picture
caids SLc.
Old pictures copied and enlarged. Persons
wishing good pictures are respectfully in
vited to call and give me atrial.
J. M. DODSOX, Artist.
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Hoard, " " 12.00
Washi'.iz, " " 1.00
Siiriu" Tel in begins Feb. 4th.
For particulars or circular, address the
principals. aug3
ISM Established in ISI1
JJ U.EISEN BRANDT,
Importer and Manufacturer of
Musical Instruments and
NTHl.MJ OFALLKimS.
78 Baltimore St.,
BALTIMORE, Ml
Sept 2S-12m.
g W. SKLDNER,
Wholesale
LIQUOR DEALER,
No. 21 Roanoke Square, j
NORFOLK, V
Orders promptly attended to and sutisfaC'
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Sep.14-12. '
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MEN'S, YOUTHS' & BOYS? : ;
C L O T H I iil G
1 AT WHOLESALE
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i. -. Oue door Iroui Worth Street,
! NEW YORK,
tuch 1. -If. .
I Mlsa Tbce.
I miss Uiee I miss thee, my darling.
The light in the sky
Is never so golden, my darling.
As when thou art nigh.
Tins tender wild flowers arc springing
All over the earth ; , '
And birds in the woodlands arc singing
With musical mirth ;
But over my spirit la brooding
A sorrow to-day.
The thought is foravcr intruding
That thou art away.
I miss thee, IJmiss thee, my darling,
The bright spring is here ;
But not naif so welcome, my darling,
. As when thou wert near,
With blushes, as rosy as morning,
The peach blossoms glow ;
The wild plum her brow is adorning
H'ltli buds, white' as snow.
The bees o'er the sweet-seen ted flowers "
Delightedly stray ;
But dreary to me arc the hours,
For thou art away.
I miss thee, I miss thee, beloved,
The genial sunshine
Is filling all spirits, beloved.
With gladness, save mine.
The zephyr's light pinions are shaking
The dew from the grass ;
And purple-c3 ed violets waking
Wherever they pass ;
The turtledove coos to her lover,
And chides his delay.
My heart saitlh, over and over.
Thou, t oo, art away.
I mis thee, I miss thee, my dear one ;
The odorous breeze
Is whimpering tenderly, dear one,
His love to the trees.
The hooklet, while madly and fleetly
He rmheih along.
Is chanting, how wildly and sweetly !
A rapturous song.
The great le-art of nature beats gladly
This beautiful day.
While ni ne throbbcth strangely pad sadly.
For thou art away.
WII1T rOXD LILLIES DID.
It is outrageous, positively outrage
ous, and I will never bear it, exclaimed
S te Willis, glancing up from a daint'
note she held i:i her hard, and which
she had been intently perusing with an
angry luok, dying cither cheek and illu
minating a pair of very lovely brown
eyes.
IFhat is the matter, now ? question
ed her sister Mar', re-adjusting the
bunch of pansie3 with which she was
trimming a pretty garden hat.
Why, returned Sue in coutemptuous
terms, if you believe me Joe "ark-
son has taken mo to task for as he
styles it iuy most odious flirtation with
Fred Ellcrs last evening at the church
sociable.
Well, I do think Im attentions were
rather marked and that you were hav
ing a good time generally to the exclu
sion of poor Joe, to whom you are as
good as engaged, as all of the world of
Brookv.lle knows, returned May hold
ing up he." hat to not, the effect of the
drooping pansies.
But thank fortune, we are not en
gaged, as Joe well knows, ; and never
will be. Of that he and every one else
may rest assured, and the angry beau
ty tore into shreds poor Joe's note, and
seizing writing material dashed off a
very hasty reply.
Oh ! dear, sighed May, there is . al-w3-s
something to interfere ' with
one's happiuess. "Just as we have eve
rything arranged for the 'Fond Lily'
party, you aud Joe Parkson must quar
rel. ' -
I do not intend the matter shall in
terfere with my happiness in the least.
I have simply declined accompanying
him upon the pic nic to-morrow and re
quested him in the future to attend lo
his own affairs as I am fully competent
to the adjustment of my own.
Sue you will not send that note ?
I certainly shall and the gentleman
will of course understand that all inter
course between us is at an end.
But how will you go to the pic-nic
without au escort?
I shall accept Fred's very . pressing
invitation. .
O, Sue ! exclaimed May with tearful
eyes. ' ' .
O, May ! returned her sister, with
stars in her own. '
According to : ihe programme, the
young people of Brookville started ear
ly in the bright ' midsummer morning
lo pic-nic upon the banks of lovely
little island lake, to fish and gather
pond lilies, and spend a pleasant day
in a wild and romantic place. "!
"Joe Parkson seemeu to have accep
ted Lis ' dismissal; Very ' plnlbsopically
ind was in attendance upon the stylish
Belle Blanchard, while the elated Fred
Ellcrs was all devotion to Sue,' who ap
peared in the best spirits possible, an'd
bubbled ovej with. fun ? and . repartee ;
with' such' sparkles of Wit," such keen re
plies to the bantering beaux, : and such
a brilliantly beautiful face as she turn
ed toward ' her old flame Joe while
accepting a wreath of the lovely pond
lilies from her new spark, the weak
but devoted Fred, who insisted upon
crowning her as queen of the revels.
Undine herself with envy your maj
esty, said he as be placed it upon her
dark wavy hair. ;
I will have none of it, she replied.
No crown for me. They say there are
always thorns hidden beneath the rose
that twine around the brow of royalty
I lay it at the feet of Belle Blanchard,
she is so meek and lovely that she wiil
not refuse gifts and will accept can-off
ones with gratitude
The little speech was uttered lightly
enough, a ad intended to reach only the
ears of her attendant and those of her
former loVeflrho Bt, od near talking to
a bevy of young ladies engaged in im
provising a tent of shawls and green
boughs.
Joe Parkson liftod his eyes to hers
with one sharp glance of anger,n glance
which Sue knew but too well how to
interpret and to which she returned one
of scorn and defiance, even while think
ing how grand and handsome he was
iu his anger, even if nothing to her any
more. I never saw Sue Willis lookin"
as beautiful as to-day. She is just
1 ivcly iu white, remarked Frank Par
ker.
Joe raised his eyes again to the face
f Su , and echoed ue words within
his heart. At that moment Sue was in
animated conversation with some gen
tlemen. Her eyes were flashing with n
light almost unearthly, her cheeks
glaring in marked contrast to her trans
parent and snowy complexion ; and the
quick, coming siniie radiated her face
parted the carmine lips and disclosed
teeth white and regular as pearls.
Yes, he responded with a smile
and his own lips curled with bitterness
Yes hi beaute du (liable !
Alt ! what did you say ? questioned
Fanny. You kuow I do not under
stand French ?
I do. He said something about the
beauty of his santanic highness. 1
hope he was not speaking of me. inter
posed Belle Blanchard with her silliest
simper.
I ceitainly did not mean you, re
turned the gentlenf)ty and Jowiug, he
walked away, only in time to lunch and
after which there was a general rush
for the boats.
Aren't you going. Sue? caHnd out
May, as the last skiff was being pushed
off.
No. I don't fancy fishing, and the
motion makes me dizzy. Bring me
some lilies Fred, plaase.
Fred Ellcrs, who had been spread
ing shawls upon the scats of one of the
boats'preparatory to banding in the
erratic young lady, sprang lightly again
to the shore say-ing :
I will deputize May to bring the
flowers.
Please go, urged Suo. I will take
lilies from no other hand.
Thank you, but I can fish them out
with my cane. See that point of rocks
and the white and yellow glories at its
base.
She turned her eyes to the spot in
dicated; then, with an exclamation.
die sprang lighlly away, sped with the
feet of the gazelle along the rugged
path, and soon stood upon a cliff pro
jecting out in the lake and overshadow
ing some of the most perfect blossoms
she had ever seen.
u now snail we get. tncin, sue ex
claimed. Artcr all, you cannot leach
them.
1 see no way but to summon one of
the boats, and he acted upon his own
suggestion. '
At his shouting, Joe Farkson, who
was rowing turned, his boat immediate
ly toward the couple on the rocks.
Sue has repented, said May, and
wishes to bo taken with us.
Hardly from that attitude, suggested
Joe bending to the oars. '
Sue was pointing at the lilies below,
and cither growing dizzy or from the
slipping of a stone beneath' her feet
ehe fell over the rocks with a startled
cry of terror, which was echoed by
many voices as her white face and
uplifted hands sank out of sight amid
the snowy blossoms and beneath the
dark water. ' ,
Joe will save her! shouted Fanny
for it was he who had instantly leaped
to her rescue.
1 0 1 May ha's fainted ! cried Belle. , ,
Bat in that moment of surprise and
horror,. all eyes were watching for the
appearance of Joe, who had dived in
search of the lost one. And well was
it for the drowning girl that, animated
by a love which burst anew within his
heart he had resolved to save, or perish
with her ; that, forgiving and forget
ting nil wrongs, he nobly and bravely
searched among the tangles of the lily
stems and at last found, her clinging to
them. Then at last, the moments
might have been counted by heart
beats, but which appeared an age, he
rose to the surface bearing in his arms
a limp and seemingly lifeless bur
den.
r red had clambered down to the
foot of the rocks, and with a stout pole
he drew them ont of the water. They
i j . .
lain poor oue aown upon toe green
and mossy bank as one dead Her
eyes were closed, her lace white as
snow and no breath stole through the
parted livid lips.
She is dead, dead! asserted Fred,
in accents of horror.
Her companions, who had instantly
sought the shore, crowded around her
and dismay and confusion reigned. Joe
lifted his own pallid face to those of
the weeping girls about him and said :
Hush. God be thanked she is not
dead. Her heart is still beatiner.
At his command wine was brought
and shawls to wrap about her and
presently a little breath fluttered
through the white lips, and the answer
ing blood began to tinge ever so faintly
the pallid checks.
More wine Sue. said Joe in tender
accents, as he hel I up the cup to the
trembling lips and a tinge of pain
passed over her face as they moved
her.
See, said Fred she has broken an
arm.
Pring a t ar.iage instantly, co ntr.cn I
cd Joe. She must be gotten home at
once, and he lifted her in his strong
arms.
Then all was bustle and confusion.
The entire party began to gather up
baskets and shawls, for all thought of
pleasuring was over with them for that
day, and soon the lake was sleeping
in its wonted quiet, and the ungather
ed lilies floating upon its bosom to
bloom and fade unthought of by the
3roung folks whose day of happiness
had been so brief and with a tragedy
for a closing.
Poor Sue lay long upon a bed of
torture. For many hours death brooded
with its dark wings by her pillow. Then
fever wrung and racked her delicate
frame, and dehr'-wrt :r'-ped the Urcf
of reason and revealed amid wild fan
cies. She was ever gathering lilies but
they were for May or Joe.
Poor Joe, she shuidcringly whisper
ed; Poor Joe! he is dead. He fell
into the water and was drowned. Here
are the beautiful lilies I gathered to
put upon his coffin, and her little, white
hands would pluck at the bed clothes
for blossoms that she fancied were sur
rounding her.
One night being worn out ; the fami
ly left her with watchers, and, as is of
ten the case, they slumbered at their
post. At the dead hour Sue was seized
with one of the many hallucinations.
She stole from her bed, and crept out
of the window into the street, and one
who had not slept for many nights,and
who kept his restless vigil by pacing in
sight of where the lamp of the watchers
burned, found her. She came to him
in her long white nightdress and- her
tender white feet bare to the hard and
rough pavement For a moment he
believed her dead and this her spirit
coming to breathe farewell.
Sue? O! my God, what can this
mean ? Why arc you here ? he ex
claimed, with his blood almost freezing
within his veins, as he looked into her
eyes, her wild, haggard face and real
ized the truth.
Hush. Joe! Lome with me. 1 am
going for lilies. They are for you
dear Joe because you are dead.
He caught ber in his arms in agony
too deet) for utterance and bore her
back to the housed from which she had
been missed ; and when he again placed
her upon the bed, around which, gath
ered the frightened attendants, she
clung to him to save her as she was
sinking beneath the waters of the
lake.
With tender voice and calm hands
he soothed her into forgetfulness, as
one would an infant, until slumber
came and : blotted out her wayward
fancies. '
Morning found her sane, but so weak
and spent that life hung trembling in
the balance, and it seemed as though
the breath Of a zephyr would put out
the flickering light forever. Her wist
ful glance passed from face to face in
quest of the one that was dearest to
her while ker lips framed the name
though no mortal ear could have heard
But when he knelt beside her . couch
with his face close to hers the smile that
illuminated it was born in Heaven,
and she sofilv breathed the single
word :
Forgive.
His answer was whispered back into
her ear. Her spirit rather than the
flesh caught it, and was at peace and
the kiss he pressed upon her chill lips
appeared to impart new life. - Then
her eyes closed again and the faco look
ed so wan and white as it sank into
the pillow that it was whispered 'she
is dead. A gesture enforced silence
and those of her friends who could
not control their feelings left the
room,
Hours of anxious watching followed
into which were crowded hopes and
fears such as few know. Joe neve4
left the bed side, scarcely changed po
sition and held within his great warm
palm the little snow flake of a. hand.
Another night passed and still he
watched, giving the medicine ordered
by the doctor with the utmost punctu
ality. When the morning dawned in
loveliness, Sue awoke strengthened
and convalescing. She smiled into the
face of her lover, and a faint tinge
crept into her own, as she thanked and
received his congratulations in tone
and words such as only a lover can
command.
They are married now and neither
can look upon pond lilies without a
shudder of paia though they were the
means of bringing reconciliation and
ife's happiness to them.
Peculiarities of speech.
Ic is very easy to acquire, bnt very
difficult to lose a peculiar trick of
spech or manner; and notVtng is more
universal. If we look round among
our ir.cnds and acquaintances, we
shall fiud scarcely one who has not his
favorite word, his perpetual formula,
his automatic action, his unmeaning
gesture all tricks caught when young
and, by being corrected then, next to
impossible to abolish. Who does not
know the familiar 'I say' as the preface
to every remark? and the still more
familiar 'You know,' as the middle
term of every sentence? Who too in
these latter times has not suffered
from the infliction of awful and jolly?
milestones in the path of speech, in.
tersperscd with even uglier and more
obtrusive signs of folly and corrupt
diction milestone's! tha't are forevet
turning up, showing the successive dis
tances to which gHod taste and true
refinement have receded in this hide
ous race after slang to which our youth
is given.
Then there are people who perpe
trate ejaculations, who say 'Goodness!'
ac a mark of surprise and 'Good graci
ous : wnen surprise is a nine m;xcn
with reprobation ; lower in in the so
cial scale it is 'Did you Ever !' and
indifferently 'lo all stations. 'You
do'.'t say so!' or in a voice of demeca-
tion 'No !, and 'Surely not !' To judge
by voice and word, these cjaculatory
people are always in a state of sur
prise. They go through the world in
unending astonishment, and tue ap
peals to their goodness and that hide
tcrmiuate quaality called good graci
ons are incessant.
Iu the generation that died with the
Fourth George the favorite ejaculations
were 'By Jove !' and By George ! with
excursions into the regions of 'Gad !'
and 'By Jmggo!' Before then we
had the bluff and lusty squires who re
joked in 'Odsbodikins!' and Swounds!
with other and uncouth oaths.that were
not meant to offend the hearers, but
were simply tricks of speech caught by
speakers. So, indeed, is the habit of
swearing and using bad words gener
ally. It is emphatically a habit, a
trick of speech, meaning for the most
oart no more than the 'Goodness!'
and "Good gracious !' of the milder fol
How many take a wrong view of life
and waste their energies aud destroy
their nervous system in endeavoring to
accumlate weath, without thinking of
the present happiness they are throw
ing away. It is not wealth or high
station that makes a man happy.
Many of the most wretched b. ings on
earth have both ; but it is a radiant
sunny spirit, which knows how to bear
little trials, enjoy comforts, and thus
extract happiness from every incideut
in life.
A friend asked of a pretty child of 6
vears of aire : ' JFhich do you love
c '
best your cat or your doll ?' The little
girl thought some time before answer
ing, and then whispered iu the car of
the Questioner : I love my cat the
best, but please don't tell my doll."
A man always feels put out when he
has been taken in.
Democratic Address.
To the Vutersofthe Democratic Conser
votive Party of the 2ni Congressional
District.
Fellow Citizens :
In accordance with an act of fcho
last session of the Legislature of this
State, an election will be held on the
first Thursday of August next, at
which will be chosen a Chief Justice
and two Associate Justices of the Su
preme Court, and three Judges of the
Superior Courts, by the people at largo
a Solicitor in each Judicial District;
Senators and Representatives in the
General Assembly, and County of
ficers. , ;
Profoundly impressed with the nec
essity of a thorough organization of
our party, in view of so important an
election, we feel constrained to urge
upon our friends throughout the Dii
trict as early preparation for the work
of tho campaign as car be convenient
ly undertaken.
We shall enter the approaching can
vass under many favorable auspices,
among which we raiv enumerate tho
prestige of the splendid triumph won irT
our last State election ; the wise, just
and economical administration of the
present State Government ;the percept
ible abatement of race hatreds and par
ty bitterness, and the reign of good
order and good will, which has marked
so conspicuously the last year of our
history. All these combine to prove
that the watchwords that beamed from
our banner in that notable contest :
"Reconciliation. Retrenchment and
Reform," were no idle promise or
meaningless devices, but the condensed
creed of a party thoroughly in earnest
We can point you to no example
more powerfully illustrating the great
value of party organization and disci
pline, than the brilliant canvass to
which we have alluded. Never since
the "War" until then had the Demo
cratic Conservative strength of tho
State been fully marshalled, for not
before then had its sources and ele
ments been so carefully canvassed and
actively brought into service. ' "
JFe take occasion at this early day.
fellow citizens, to-cantion- you against
the evil influence of Independent
Candidature f. ' offlcxi ; and wa re
spectfully and earnestly advise the dis
couragement of any efiort, made by
sueh means, to distract our counsels
or divide our strength.
In such a contest as the one in
which we are soon to engago he is the
worst foe to the great principles of our
party, who can lend himself to so sel
fish a method of weakening itsenergies
n its hour of trial and need, Let us
determine, at the outset, that the "In-
idependent Candidate," who put him.
self in opposition to a regular nomi
nee of our party, shall, wherever he
may appear, 'in field or iu covert. bo
treated as not of us, but against us,
and shall receive no comfort coarage-
raent or countenance from any true
professor or follower of our political
faith.
The people of the colored race, who
have so large a preponderance in num
bers in this Congressional District have
had ample opportanies 6ince tho ad
vent of the Democratic party into
power, to tost the integrity of our mo
tives, and the sincerity of our profes
sions. The most ignorant among this
race cannot but see and acknowledge
the zeal and unselfishness, with which
our party has made such greatly in
creased provisions for its moral.mental
and material prosperity and progress.
Without soliciting their political al-'
liance, we leave it to their judgment,'
to compare tho records of the opposing
parties in our State, to ascertain under
whose rule they have found the most
pratical, effective and judicious prelec
tion of their real interests. ' i ""1
This Congressional District has long
been the stronghold of our opponents.
Can they not be destroyed? We be-1
lieve that this is not only possible but
probable, if we but put forth the proper
exertions.
Discretion, zeal and system might
accomplish even a more difficult under,
taking. . ..v -'.
I have the pleasure to report that I
have just attended the meetiug of onr
State Executive Committee and I trust
that all our meetings during the com
ing campaign may be as harmonious.
The ball is in moaon ; keep it rolling
until rolls us up a solid and substantial
majority, in August and November
next-
. Very respectively. . ..
A. J. GALXOWAT,,r
Chairman Democratic Executive Com
mittee, Seco)id Congrebsionol District
of North Carolina.