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TIIK ADVANCE GLEANINGS.
Tin Record says Hour is clieajicr
in Chatham than lpeal. '
Seasonable advice Don't eat
Q cumbers, they'll W up.
President Arthur has lieen made
I.I,. D. byUjnion ('ollege.
Mrs. Garfield lias lieen elected a
trustee of Hiram College.
. A traiu'wa to have been run to
Scotland Neck twice this week. ;
.Mr. Beecherin ." si recent lawsuit
refused to! swear. iijion the Bible.
The -wheat crop in Franklin is
between TiVH.O aiid 100,)00 bushels.
A 'Teiincs&c. dog drinks beer and
i-ht-ws tobacco. Trained by a wo
man. ! .'
Mr. J.,T. Lewis, of Duplin county
made .'H ?Tushels of wheat from II
; i
acres. 1 ,i . i t
j"Vill "-'Prohibition prohibitT" is
the conundrum .soon to .'be solved
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Iowa. ; . .
The trustees of Wake Forest Col
lege decided Jiot to' elect 1 'reside lit
at this tiioe.';
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A sjweSaJ term of Duplin Supe
rior courtr has been ordered. It
will begin .Inly L'ilh'. '.
K. V. 1'erry, of jLouistiurg, lias
invented a machine that will make
10,00 ) cigltret tes a day.
Mr. Samuel Latham, Clerk of the
Court of Washington county, died
at l'l.vniotilh last Wednesday..
.1. .1. La fieri y, the gifted ami witty
editor of .the Ificlnnond Chrixtiitn
Adntriilr Jias leeii made a D. I).
Ex Secretary Blaine has sent, his
check "for I,OoO t(f the sufferers
from t lie recent, eycloues in Iowa.
The property; of the Roanoke
Navagtlinn Company ' at Weldon
will m resold the, first .Monday in
August. ; I
"There js now good reason to be
liei'.e that Ihe crank cjiidemic will
disappear, -or al least become less
t rtiiil ili'some.
The ( 'oinmis.sipiier of Agriculture
:ays that the yield of wheat this
vear will be 1.1 per cent in excess of
former yields.
The Philadclphda - Times nppro
pliately calls it j the "North Caro
lina Indc)endent Di'iiuK-ratic-Ife
publican cheap-whisky -eoal it ion."
Mr. Tf 15. Kingsbury, of the Wil
mington St(tr has leen constituted
an associate member of the Ameri
can . Institution) of Philosophy of
New York. j
OnlvMine address out of three
delivered at commencements is
stolen from old ! icrap hooks. The
remainder are liought. for cash or
composed in the. family. .
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A man up in Ohjo kissed his
neighbor's pretty wije, but went
crazy from thef. effects and killed
-himself. It doifs not. operate this
way oii a North Carolina man.
And now we Shall be wearied for
months by prise essays upon the
struct lire 'of (linteau's brain. The
crack brained juiurderer is dead,
but we have not seen the. last of
him by a great deal.
I'.est came out ahead at the ineet:
"I'g "f the stockholders of Atlantic
and North Carolina Railroads. He
had bought enough stock to control
the meeting." ) He renewed his
promises to build the' road to Salis
bury. ;
Judge Bennett, the Democratic
nominee for Congress man at large,
is said to be; the most magnetic
speaker in the) States, Goodness!
wont he ''make my' sou Oliver"
w ish he had never aspired to a seat
in Congress? T . : - ,
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Sam. Ilradshaw, editor of the
Ashln.ro Courier was j dubbed I'.lue
.b'.tns Willianis, Jr.,1 at the State
Convention says an exchange.
..Does (his meaii tlv.if. Sam is getting
seedy and that his,subscrilers are
not prompt paying: ones?
A ! young lady in lueiiham,
Texas, we are glad to note, killed
'a young man i who liad slandered
her. ! Death s to) giMil for any
foul -niout lied tiend who will sMak'!
slanderingly of a tady,; and we com
mend the a-t of the Texan lady. .
jTwo (ieorgi;i editors started : oiit
on tlie 4th of Jiily to light a duel,
but one of jhein fell into the hands
the oflieers and the affair is indeli
nitely iostH)ned. The celebration
will doubtless take place at some
fill ure date which w ill be announced
later. . ' '-'' - i ;
j The Cireenyille litjkctor notes
that; the store of Mr. tieoryc .M.
Tin ker, at Maul s Point, seven miles
below Crcenville, yas. fitafi- de
stroyed by tVG. oaused iiy the ex
siom of a lamp, last Saturday
uigfit. The. i loss js est imated at
&,iVM, I:siirance 1,G00. ' "
yr. Kingsbury, of the Star, was
in Weldon several days ago and oji
his (return said, ''Weldon shows de
cided improvement. 'There is no
rea.sou why this place shall int le
couie in the future a- ;great manu
facturing centre." It has water
power sunicient to turn the wheels
of a hundred ' factoriesV The time
must come, soon or late, when tin's
vast water power w ill lie utilized to.
a great extent and when the busy
hum of industry w ill be heanl all'
aionsr tne Koauoke. Sliced the
uay: '
VOL, 12.
The charges at the Atlantic
Hotel, Morehead City, for lioard is
12..10 jK'r week,' lifty per cent less
than Old Toint,
. There are four uewspajX'is named
the Enterprise in the State. Some
fellow will remark on reading this
that the press of tho State is enter
priMig. Dr. S 1'. Nash, of ..' Neshoba,
county, Minn., has a cow whose
milk is so rich that when a glass of
it Is set aside there arises on it, in
a few hours, pure1 butter one-fourth
of an inch t hick, which is as firm
and yellow as churned butter.
Mr. Uichard 11. Smith, of Scot
land Neck, has issued a 'pamphlet
entitled, "Organization of Hie I'ro
testaiit Fpiscopal Church of the
Confederate States A. D., l.S01,and
its reunion with the 1'. E. Church
in the rnited States A. D., 1S0.1.
Price tl.l cents a copy.
(Jen. Wm. K. Cox.w as re noini
natcd by acclamation for Congress
of the 4th district in lialeigh last
Friday. (leu. Cox has made a
faithful representative and we are
glad to note that his constituents
are determined to keep him in the
position which he tills with such
honor,
According lo Dr. Lamb "the pia
mater of Cuitean's brain was
ameiiiic anteriority: posterierly
there was slight hypothesis." I!nt
this was not all; '-fhe right pnrital
Imiiii; of his skull was flattened just
back of the frontoparietal strut
tiire, to the right of the interpa
rietal."' Could anything be more
lucid!
The Sayanah Xirs remarks that
if (here be a political martyr in-the
tlesli it is Dezeiidorf, of "Virginia.
A Simon pure Kepublicnn, lie can't
promise: nstituent the smallest
crumb of plunder. Ue sits Morde
cai like at flic gate of the White
Mouse, while Hainan .Mahone srruis
in and out with carle hlaiiehe tothe
got id t hillgs.
A Winston man has tried this
and s.iys the remedy is effectual:
"Take a sprinkling can of water
and pc.ur into it one or two tea
spoonfuls of kertsene oil. Stirwtfl,
'so as to' mix as much as. possible.
Then add a handful of salt., Sprin
kle your 'plants occasionally, ami
vimr nlaiits will soon rid of
i
every bug and insect."
Colonel Noah Orr, the Ohio tiiant,
and ju ide of Union county, died of
iufla minatory rheumatism, in his
forfy-sixth year. Deceased was a
magnificent' specimen of physical
niauhood, beingeight feet in height
anil weitihiui;' .110 pounds. Uissuf-
ferings were so great jfor four weeks
that he lost 210 pounds.
Chatham is a county of nionstrosi,
ties. I.iiudon if- Ihe JU'ri'td never
lets a week pass wit hotit ti lling of
some wonderful tiling that has hap
pened in. his county. Last week lie
told about a woman' blacksmith, a
fourleggctl eliicken, siidtleii deaths
and painful accidents, lnnienanic
of A loiig-siilltaing and patient
reading public we cry "let up."
The following is the constitution
al amendment prohibiting the man
ufacture or sale of intoxicating
beverages, carried at tlie recent
election in Iowa by a majority of
about; 40,000: "Section L'G. No per
son shall niauufacture for sale, sell
or keep for sale as a beverage any
intoxicating liquors whatever, in
cluding ale, -wine and beer. 'Ihe
General Assembly .'shall,-'by law,
prescribe regulations for the en
forcement of the provisions hereiu
contained, and shall thereby pro
vide suitable penalties for violation
of the provisions thereof."
The country- is full of era nks. We
are inclined to believe the state
ment of a sage philosopher who
saitl "the population of the United
States wa.s 40,00f,niostly fools." The
latest, heard from is from a Chicago
ian who was cm route to Washing
ton to kill .-President Arthur. Head
the special: "He saitl he had never
taken" much stock in Guitean until
the night I h' fore he was hanged,
when Cod appeared to him in a vi
sion and commanded; -him to goto
Washington to avengf C.uiteau's
inurtler. As to the manner in w hich
this is to'lie eirctetl ht is in dtmtit
as Citnl intnnised to reveal it to him
upon his arrival in yashillgtol"
A great hue and ei-yis raised
by .the; Uepnblicaiis and Liberals
iM'cause J. ('. McKae, Est).. Demt
cratie candidate' for'- Judge in the
Fourth District was a prohibitionist.
This comes w ith jkhii- grace from
men who support C. C. Pool, lie-,
publican, for Judge in' the First
District. It is a welt known fact
that "Mr. Pool was not only in favor
'of the measure, but that lie 'made a
brilliant and active canvass in its
Itehalf. The important question to
lie decided is, in what way will a
man's position on prohibition aid
him in the discharge of tus judicial
dutiest -
Mr, Qail 15. Johnson,-business
manager of the Houston (Texas)
Pout, has used St. Jacobs Old ith
the greatest benefit for rheumatism
Says the Galveston (Texas) Xeics
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THE CBUSADl FOR SPOILS.
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The following editorial which we,
clip from the idnston Free 7'ms,
so fully expresses bur sentiments in.
regard to tlie coa
ition that we 'give
it place in the c
ilunins of the Al
hearty endorse-
VANCE and our
ment to the honest,
straight-for-'The
Free
ward ideas! advanced:
PreM desiivs to
nit -irself on ret;-
ord as lieing in
Miee. It. lias no
avor of indepehd-
kort of objections
to ideas nor to
ideas. It has as
the expression of
tecial fondness for
men who think ifolbiindly ami act
conscientiously.
It refjartls free
doin and intlepei dence in jMilitical
thought' asi sis th
highest and most
sacred privilege
the citizen, and
it could not by any utterance, how
ever slight, strnje in any' way to
curb such thtuig
it. It deplores, as
one of the greajt
evils of the day,
that we have had
anil still have,
too little of ind
epentlenC thought
by men desirous of thinking cor-
rectly and votiil
g honestly. The
day has come, aiid came too before
the bastard libe
ral party had its
conception, .'win
best Democrats
ii tlie truest anil
encouraged indi
in political q ues-
vidua! thought
Lions because they realized that the
great sum .of Democrat ic votes were
men who could t
iink, and not mere
machines o le Worked without vo
lition; because tliey believed in lead
ing a virtuous, ihiukiug ami intel
ligent party rater than- driving a
band of slaves to the polls ami
lengthening a lease, of power by
means of the corruption ami ignor
ance of 'Democratic voters. The
Di-niocratic jar
y is and will I mi the
party of truo ini
lependenee in Nju t h
Carolina, ami v
much more dill
hile t his makes ' it
cult fo carry elec-
lions it gives lis
a great moral ad
vantage over our only opponent,
fht Kepnblica i party whitHi has
only io crack it lash ami t he entire
force inarches cut in solid phalanx
,11Mj votes,for tl
e devil il'his Satanic
majesty happens, as is fretpienfly
the case, t havi
a representative
on the ticket
party ha to i
If it does not
elect t hem and
itself would be
The Democrrtic
ominate good men.
t cannot e.iect to
this consideration of
sullicient, to secure
such nominations because t he, hon
est and though ful democrat will not
give his support to unworthy can
didates. l.ut W
e are very earnestly
:. this time, to leave
invited, pist a
the Democratic
partv ami enlist
ourselves iindi
the banner of the
d, Anti-Prohibition,
so-called jljiber
An'i I!ourloii party. What that is
iioIhhIv eiactlv
'understands, but as
have been able to
nearly as we
learn it consist! of a small numlier
of disappointed Democratic Milnce-
seekers, quite
collectors and
ting astride ;
i number of revenue
store keepers all sp
k whiskey barrel and
wait ing for Wiv
breath of popular
support io bl
w them into' ofliee.
question, oll'ice! A
the. revenue tleparf
liee, a. 1 1.. S. Senator
old role of Mahone
loaves and fishes. It
Aye, that the
snug place in
ineiit,'a post, o
ship, the saint
in his limit for
is a retrograj
h
movement, from
principle "in the, interest, of that
species fof
political philosophy
whose leading
tenet is that the
h is t he court of last
questions involving
human stomal
resort on all
polifical print
iples. If any Deino
etl with the principles
at ie party, is honestly
crat, dissatistf
of t he Deiuot
convinced t In
ft Democratic . rule is
not the best ule for North Carolina
let .him sav so candidly. Nohody
will censure him, anil then let him
go and join the only other polifical
party in this
lican, but let
country the Kepub-
hiin not think fo de-
ceive a singlt!
inan, a single one of
his neighbors into thinking that he
is doing aught else than making a
dash foj- the commissary tleparf-
inunt when he joins in this eontenip
tible crusatli
for the loaves ami
fishes. Let
every man remember
that this altortive attempt to form
i party out iM negations ami the. re
fuse of fhe two great- political jiart-
ies is a qmx
f ic iiiKlertaking w hich
projictioi-s ridiculous
will make it
in the eyes
and this gre
of the whole 'country,
it farce will at length
pass tiff the
stave amid laughter
long and loujd
Dismantled Republicans.
The coal
tian with the Anti
Prohibit ioni
sts and Liln-rals may
not prove sych a blessing to the lle
publicau pai-ty as has lieen thought.
It may lMvtpat there are some nien
who vtte ti e Republican ticket be
cause they believe they am doin
right. This, class of men will uot
very readily vole fur men like
roiK, lor wiiiun I nev entertain a
lifelong hatred. The Wiustou
ReuuhlieaHi a pape'r that has al
ways oeen a st alwart organ, is very
nnicli ..disgruntled ami in a recent
editorial
.meats euti
rtained by the better
class of 1
iepublicans. It savs
'Many god Uepubliians in this
section of
the State hae already
expressed
their determination to
ig to do with the nnsa-
have not hit
vorv mess
presenteil by the State
Convent ion. lhey say they will
not "vote for Democrats; that they
have been . sold out; ami they use
many otherVmbittcred wonls to ex-
prew thein discontent." It would
seem from this that there is not as
much Uariiiony in the Ilcpublican
ranks :as
Republican organs had
paoclanied.
' LET ALL THE ENDS THOU AIM'ST AT, BE THY COUNTRY'S,
WIL.SOX,
Debt Repudiation.
Tlie broad position may be taken
that no party that seeks to repudi
ate an honest debt ought to! be
given the control of a State. The
disgraceful conduct of Mahone and
his henchmen has illustrated ; this
principle so clearly that it were
futile to elalwrate ou it. W merely
refer to it because Tennessee, North
Carolina's loved, but erring
daughter, threatens to follow' the
broad and destructive road taken
by the Virginia reailjusters. There
w as a split iu the Democrat ic $tate
convention last week a large, ma
jority called the "Low Tax Party"
favored repudiating' the debt j and
paying tin; creditors 50 cents on the
dollar. A minority who call them
selves the "State Credit" party,
withdrew from the convention. A
"split"in the party is the. result
and we greatly fear it will result in
giving the State to the Republicans,
who take the same position as the
"State credit" party holtl. It ; it is
not right for an 'individual fo re
pudiate a debt, it is wrong for a
a State, especially when that State
is abundantly able to pay its debts,
ami is enjoying great prosperity.
Hoi Girls Marry, j
Tun Matrimonial Fkkaks of
Til K (I IHI, OKTHE PRKSENTAGK.
Nearly every girl gets married
some time or other. That is what
she exists for. Half of her early life
is spent in fixing the points of the
wedding, and the young man in the
case is of but secondary importance.
After the girl has decided that she
will sometime be married, and has
poked fun at the wedding of j every
other girl she ever knew, and lias
informed everybody just hov she
will have matte rs arranged when
her turn comes, she is ready for the
young-mini to appear. She. j has a
variety of tastes, tot , and "there is
no' accounting for 'some -of; them.
Now and then she is apparcntly
j
uitentetl to goto the church and
have the minister tie the knot. Put
a proceeding like that is too tame by
half, and frequently she goes up in
balloons, or down into eaves', 'or as
cends high mountains or gets mar
ried by telegraph. Sometimes, how
ever, she isn't allowed to get mar-
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l ied in j ust 1 he way she want s. Then
she runs away. j
Down in Chattanooga, Tennessee
the' other night, (here was j a wed
ding right iu the public street just
as the clock struck 12. It was on a
Sunday night. Miss Katie Morgan
had fallen so completely in love with
a young man that she had planned
an eloncment. Put she couldn't
keep the news to herself, and it be
caniecoinnion property toa pair of
stern parents and a pair -of stern
brothers, who determined, to pre
vent-anything- of the sort. They
kept their eyes on Miss Katie Mm
gnu, ami wjien on the eventful night
she made hall-minute trips t tin
window to catch the' footstep of her
gallant swain they began lopreparc
ftr .emergencies. Just a few 'minu
tes before midnight.' they caught a
glimpse of tlie young man com
up the walk. Katie recognized the
form of her lover just about the same
time 'and rushed out of her room to
the stairway, .lust then the stern
parents anil the stern brothers were
waiting for her. P.utshe never for
an instant minded a little thing liki
that. 'She eluded their grasp, miss
ed her footing and pitched headlong
down the entire fight of steps. Of
course she wasn't hurt, especially
as her lover was at that moment on
the veramla readv to pick her up
and 'bear her off. Put she had di
.taneed her pursuers, whoilidn't pro
pose to undertake any sucji feat as
t hat even to prevent a wedding, and
iM'forethev had recovered from their
astonishment, the. pair bad i cachet
the pavement where -a minis
tcrand a policemen or two and
few stragglers awaited them. Untie
the light pi a street lamp they join
ed hands, and when the stern par
cuts and the stern brothers reachet
the 'spot Miss Katie Morgan had bi
come Mrs. Lee Hall. This wasn
half as exciting a time as that en
joyed by the two young Cincinnati
lovers who tied to Indianapolis and
then to Chicago anil finally to Den
ver ltt'f'ore they were saf'tv Still it
was something to lioast of, and tlie
girl w ho hail planned if was doubt
less satisfied.
Put it isn't always safe to rely
upon runaway matches, j Now and
then thl girl isn't as successful as
was Miss Katie . Morgan. Some,
times she gets captured and brought
back; ami locked up in her room and
fetl on bread and water,: ami that
isn't near as romantic even as get
ting married in church. On the
whole it is liest to discard balloons
ami caves and high mountains and
marriages by telegraph,; and have
the weddings in the customary way.
It cant lie -improved lupo:: vervv
much, not even by an elnieinet.
The Greenville Fjcprttx has seen
some oats raised Uv lr.J. S. Smith
near Ballard's N Roads, the stalk
lieing (J fei-t high,sime of the heads
24 inches long anil containing as
high as 250 grains to the head. Mr.
Smith savs that he sewed one half
bushel of oats, the same kind as the
Sample we saw, ami w ill harvest 15
bnshels. ' I
X. C, FRIDAY TULYV
NOTES FROM THE FABM.
The Crops.
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II
Joyous news cotnes from all
parts of the country, but especi
ally from tlxe outli. The
promises of a bouniif ul harvest
grow more and mdre flattering
with each succeeding week'. In
some of the States the early grain
crops have been gathered in and
found to surpass lall previou9
record. In spite of the cold
spring weather tlie fruits will
be abundant. Thdre are some
fears regarding cotion in certain
sections, but eveii the great
money crop looks fetter than it
did a month ago. j Besides, ex
perience has taught us that the
dark side of a cropj gets an air
ing before the bright side the
reality is always a little better
than the prognostication. In
short, farmers have every rea-i
son to feel elated dyer the pros
pects and to anticipate an abun
dant and joyous harvest-home.
North and flpvtk.
V a n m i n (i a Profession.
Tilling the soil should be
classed among the learned pro
fessions. To knov how to in
crease crops, save labor -and
utilize all the resources to be
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liad at home and abroad requires
4 t '
mind, education, nergy, appli
cation and a lovefxxr the employ
ment. The laws 6f production
and reproduction, are among the
most mysterious of God's laws
and tlie agriculturalist should
understand theip, at least to the
extent of a practical knowledge
of them, their usejs and results,
and as the f anney has to deal
with and live by the use of these
laws he should be; educated in
early life so as to be ena
bled to study tiem in after
years ami give p. reason lor
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all his a"ts and bof the great
est service to maidvind. AVlien
we remember that less than one-
tenth of those Who enter the
learned professions ever attain a
position . of eminence in their
professions it is I strange they
are still crowded, ime-hltn
only of those whofenter the mer
cantile business ever succeed or
remain at it, while speculation
as an employment is generally
very hazardous. Mechanics and
tradesmen get rhfh but often at
the risk of their health and
lives : while farming conducted
with care, diligence and a liber
al expenditure of money will
always secure fori the multitude
more comforts and happiness,
better health a longer life than
most if not all other employ
ments; The niglit-of our agri
culture is rapidly; passing away
and the day of rjrail prosperity
k rln i-ii !?ir liimn ! ". lio inpriran
, i '
of non-pro(luA?rsof the old and
new world mu$k he fed and
clothed. The arts and sciences
are demanding the trathering of
herbs and minerals, the opening
and im)rovemen of water ways,
the building of railroads, mills
and factories schools and col
leges are multiplying, new dis
coveries being made, and conti-
i . .
nents opening tin commerce and
enterprise, all ofwhich will in
crease the demand for the pro
ductions of motlfcer earth, and it
becomes the dutVof agricultur
alist to increase his knowledge
enlarge his viewH, improve; his
means and utilizf? his resources
a
to the greatest extent in order
to keep pace witji the world and
enjoy the first aiid most noble
occupation of jnkn.
John F. FoariJ, in X. C. Far-
i .
mer. j
Reduce as far is you can the
amount of fencing on your farm
and put that whch is necessary
to keep up in gfod substantial
order. Fences at Jiest are dead
capital, a greabjand constantly
recurring exiiene.
i
In agriculture;, giant growth
is due to giant ciilture.
Athens, Ga.,is ellsuiiplied with
water jMiwer lor iiianufactuiing pur
poses, j
dacksoiiville -la&ns to have ship
ix tl aliout LMMMldlMM) omnges this
s'ason. j?
Tiis sugar planters say the out
Imik ftr a splentliil 'ane crop was
never letteritNan this year, j
New Orleans jast year sent to
Knroie 0,000.000 gallons of" pure
rrolive on ' niatie iroin cotton seen.
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The yield f wjieat .-ami oats in
South ('aroliiia hml Georgia will
.lie larger this year than
'
other since the war. ,
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The colored pjeople of Chatta-
nooga, Term., are rapidly acquir
ing property. Several are erect-
inir linnet Piwfintf f rnm firn ft
five thousand dpllars.
i
THY GOD S, AND TRUTH'S."
14, 1888.
State Democratic Platform.
We congratulate the ieopleiof
North Carolina on the era of jieiMe,
prosperity. 'and.- good government,
which has been unbroken siuce. fhe
incoming of a Democratic State ad-
- j
ministration ; upon the pure and im
partial administration of justice and
the honest enforcement of the laws
upon tne efficiency of our common
school system ami great advance
made in education, and the general
improvement and enterprise mani
fested in every part of the State ;
and ev pledge ourselves to exert all
eflbrts to advance the material in
terests of all sections of the State in
t
the future as we have done iu the
past. , And we challenge a compari
son between a Democratic adminis
tration of our State atfairs and the
crimes, outrages and scandals th'at
accompanied republican misrule.
Affirming our adherence, to. Demo
cratic principles as defined in jthe
platform adopted by the National
Democratic Convention, held at Cin
cinnati in 1880 : "
Rewired, That we regard a free
anil . fair expression of the public
will at the ballot Ihx as the only ure
means of preserving our free Anier
ican institutions, and we denoijuce
the republican party and the inter
ference of its federal officials j for
their gross frauds upon the elective
franchise, whereby whole districts,
States and the Union have been de
prived of their just political rights ;
and we believe the corrupt and jcor
rupting use of federal patronage
I and of public, money drawn by taxa
tion from thejieople, in iunuenfciiig
and controlling elections, to lie dan-
gerous to the liliert ies of tht Htate
and the Union.
Resolred, That we are in favor of
the entire and immediate abolition
of the internal revenue system,i ith
its attendant corruptions, andjthat
we denounce the present tariff jaws
as srrosslv unetiual, unjust and vi
cious. We liivor such a revision of
the tariff as will produce a-reveiiue
sufficient for the economical support
of the government, with such inci
dental protection as will srive to
domestic manufacturers.;! fair Com
petition with those of foreign j pro
duction. That there should l,e an
immediate repeal of all laws i impos
ing a direct tax for the. support of
the government of the United
States, but if it should provk. im
practicable to alwilish the internal
revenue system, with all its attend
ant demoralization, fraud audi' cor
ruption, then we urge, uponj our
Senators anil ltepresentatives in
?
Congress the importance pi. so
amending the law that the revenue
officers-, who now receive in salaries
in .North Carolina alone more jtlian
$500,000, shall be elect etl by th peo
ple of the localities to which It hey
are assigned. j
Resolred, That the course ojf the
Democratic party since its accession
to power in North Carolina in fur
therance of popular education is a
sufficient guaranty that, we earnest
ly favor the education of all classes
I of our people, and that we willhdvo
cat e any legislation looking to hn in
crease of the fund for that purpose
that will not materially increase the
present burdens of our peoplei '
Rexohed, 'That, the question of
prohibition is not now, ami liever
has been, a party tpiestion in s'orth
Carolina, and never been endorsed
by the DeiniK-ratic party ; and the
people, of the State at the general
election, in the year 1S.S1, having by
an oyerwhelining. majority voted
against prohibition, ami the Su
preme Court haying decided that
the prohibition act. is not aiuVnever
has been a law, we regard the mat
ter as finally settled, ami any at
tempt to renew the agitation is
merely a weak effort of designing
persons to divert the minds jof the
people from the dangerous juinei
ples nudvcorrujtt practices jof. the
republican party. ' ' I
Resolred, That while we are not
wedded to any particular form of
uninty government, we ieccgni.e
the fact that a large part of the
taxes of the Stat are paid for the
common lienetit by the w hijte ieo
ple of .our eastern counties, ami that
we consider it the iHMinden duty of
the white men of the State to pro
tect tliese eople from the oppres
sive domination of ignorant !lacks,
and pledge ourselves to such legisla
tion as will secure this end.. ?
Aiid, whereas it is seriously sug
gested that a vigorous effort will
.soon le made to compel thti State,
by judicial proceedings, to piiy t he
fraudulent and' unlawful secial tax
lxintls; amounting to .OOOOOO, is
sued under legislation passed by
the -Republican Legislature n 1S0S
and 1H07; therefore,
Rexolred, further, That the Demo
cratic party will resist such .recove
ry and the payment of suchl Itonds
by every lawful means. j
Thealiove resolutions .weije read
seriaHui, and on motion werej adopt
ed as a whole as the platform of the
Democratic party of North! Caroli
na. .
The lienediction of the Biljle iion
: the dead is based iukui the
blesseil-
nessoflife. He may welt Hare to
die who has dared to liv right
- i The blessing of the leail bridges
grave and opens to us th myste-
iesofthe future. It auswers most
unequivocally the question,
Is life
worth living?" Ir. Armitape,
NUMEROUS NEARBY:. NEWS.
Tlie j Wffks Wealth f Nar
Xews Ualherni by Our Re
porters and: Neatly Kipped
from our Nuaterous Neigh
bors. - .-
Iienoir einfnt.y's Superintendent
of Public Instruction is under 21
years ;of age. I
Th4 west win J of the colore.1 la
I
sane Asylum at itloldslniro is near-
ing completion. ! I
'1 i
Th KiHiky Mount Gradetl School
Couimittee will elect a Huperinteud- qUaintd with him, I can troth
ent tomorrow (Saturday.) fullv 8av be ia tiltt ritrht ln. , tllA
Cajit. Whitaker, of Goldsboro, ex-
pects to realize 200 bushels of toma
toes iu his garden this season.
Mr
Nash
.lolin lvarelt s rabbit in
couutv raised two sets of
young)
iu his garden this Spring.
XV in. A. Allen, stj., has sent in
his resignation as Presiding Justice
of the inferior (?ourt of Wayne Co.
TheToiS..ot Sunny Home closed
f
its second volume last week. We
wisn tor it long continueil pros-
Ierity ' . j ,'
The'2Vie says that LouiHburg is
so pleasant that very few will visit
the Springs or watering plaees this
year. -. . ,
laruoro people revel in the antic-
ipatiou's of an excursion to lie given
by thejEtlgecoinlie. Guards to Smith
A ii iiii.-tf 1 ti '
ill, ii,n.-i inn, .
i
l ne jauies oi i oisnot gave a ies
tival Tuesday night for the bene-
tit ..of th Methodist church.- It was"
a most en iovable affair. . '
The Rocky Mount Reporter m;1
I i
fouls tl. ii.airLi. .,f p a ffi, A.
nerto Miss Sarah Iledirneth. June
20th, With of Nash county.
1 ...
? ;
The Roanoke District Grange Ag-
ricultural Fair will be held at Wool-
.a... V, loocr unn,. uii anti - iziu.
H' J il i r... . . -
.e,e,,.i. I'liaiiKs ioi a pieuiiuiii
It.. J . "
im. '
I
Two colored men had a tight in a
1. 1 .ill.".. .. . j. i i a - rwt
itvtv ikiiuiii; esiumisnmeiii in lar-
Ptirti i hiirsiiayol hust week, in wuich
one of them was badly cut by a,leer
bottle
r. j1i
Mr. James. T. Matthews, a giMid
citizen of Black Creek, died Mou
day, Juiie .'rtb, of pneumonia, aged
alHtut lift years. He leaves a wife
and oneJchild.
Uiiltiis Parker, a thritty colored
farmer of Nash county, " threshed
00A bushels .of oats from one acre.
lie also inade 54 bushels of wheat
f
from tv.'6 bushels sown.
i
Mr. Iretlell .Strickland, of this
county,' ft, is said, has a cat that has
furnished him with all the birds and
young ftibbits he
could consume
this Spring aiid Summer.
I ' '
One. by one the oltl lamlmarks are
r
called td their last, restiug place.
Mr. Toni my Joyner, one of the old
est citizens of Nash county died last
week at) the advaneeil age of 85
- - - '
The editor of the Sunny Homem
vertisesifor 500 bushels of Irish Ro-
i ?
totoes, ';autl atlds "highest prices
guarantee!.!' . e ll wager Jiou-
gtMitl has burglarized . a bank, else
where wjould he get the sjions to
buy oOOjbiishels at one time f
I. - - - .
The second session f the John
son 'county Kiinday School Society
of the M. E. Church, South will lie
held at iiolt's Mills July 20th. A
pic nic Kv ill lie given and H. F.
Graingtr, Kst., of GoldslMiro will de
liver a Sunday School address.
: Masm.nii's Township, "i
I ' Nash (Bounty,
'; July 10th, 1 )
Editor! AliVAN'CK: ' '
You are jo distinctly understand
that, tlitv itoi)le of'the, "lrlorified old
Nash" ale not asleep, and you would
1 . . .
I - ,i. . 1 . .
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nil t- otrt triiic k ii ii niiiiit-n nit,
fact hatf you been iu Nashville on
tlie 'HUh iilr. It iimn'urs a for
, - i t u
roue conclusion . that J. S. Battle
Ksti.. will be our next Senator. His
snein h at the lair uiwilue was an
entire success, it had the true ring.
It is in fjie mouths or all, we want
Battle aiid Connor in the Senate.
It is much to lie regretted that the
oltl war horse, Geo, N. Lewis caii
not enter the field on : account of
poor h'ealtlj,, for all that, however.
it will hot (m-a "walk over" for the
uprising; party. i . :
Every farmer is giving his neigh
lor advice to "raise more wheat
ami less cotton." The Agricultural
Department, 'forwarded to J. J.
Mich, Esiii, h
of McGhes
3 i i r it .t a. ...... a
iasi iau aisiui one pun
red w heat which he
raisetlthiSi harv"st from that quan
tity one bushel of the finest wheat
in the wjiole section of country,
weighing 07J ouuds, honest
weight. It requires biit a short
exierieiicfc for any sensible person
to see that we should raise more
wheat.. It can lie easily done, and
we most confidently eiect to see
many of our fanners engaged in raii
ing "this w heat by and by." He will
lie able fo WuppIy many next hari
vest. ;'' :''.',,. .' '. ' ..
Turner jiattle, colored, lost a fine
mule on the morning of jthe 26th ult.
Nashville is unquestionably im
proving rapidly. The Masonic
Lodge is jded in, and i see some
enterprising uiuiviuual has bad a
slab tacked to his walk
me
i
XO.20
w wtertaiued mime time ago of
patch" haa beeu abaudouod.
According to Dr. Drake's ae-
countt there is a good joke on onr
friend W. T. Griffin. There is no
haste in giving it to. the publi.e, it
is one of the kind that f will not
spoil by keeping a while. !;
I liad occasiou to visit Toisnot
PWotl aml that Dr. Her-
1. .1 11 -m ,
I,BB - . V?yM 11 fwua -i"ai
for the I11,-' thing.
' . rroiessor mew a Reboot is pro-
Lj,, and lte ner-Uv ac,
right place. . j
The Methodist church has a tine
organ, Miss Mary Barnes Js organ
ist. I
The Baptist church i nearly
finished, services have already lieeu
held it it. !. "
I was informed that j.l). Williams
designed to imt up a steam mnver
for ginning uear the depot,1! but. the
0WD aut horities wouW noV- V
jiiiii. a EiiuiB oi oase uati; win oe
played in Nash county She 3rd
Sat unlay in August for barbecue
and trimmings, North side of Tar
River agaiust the South side. You
are to lie invited up to eat larle
cue. I will try and; keep !vou in
formed of affairs in this vicinity
during the campaign. More next
time. Democrat
. I..i.
tuo avu luieaugauuu.
The W asuiagton eorresjioudent
of the Charlotte Observer itells of
pome startling and damacriuir de
velopmentj before Vance's commit
mr invesiigating ue Keveiiue
,ra,MW "tno--otu collection JJistni t.
111. .. ,,r TT .1 I .
icajs one vv. n. jvisuer was in
-Ithe service on month anil tliri
are bm,,, on nfi fi ir
tu nav. two ftf ,rMlllillft
.llid livt, orf,M.io A dniili.tM.,iv
7 1--"
jn wj j lenreseiitatioii
i " 1 R
fi.of fi.. I ...... flM...
hiiim fun iHigiuui ioni'. i lie
Dr's cleric, Mr. Joseph Clark, ttok
I 11.:. . 1- 1a 1 I a v
iuis un iiiiiimmi :wt aone wicnour jir.
Mi oil s Knowledge, but alter a
I severe cross examination by' Sen
ator ance, atlmitt ed that Dr
Mott's signature approving the
forget I vouches was genuine Dr
Mott writes the Ohnerrer this evi
dence may be easily explained ami
the' next lay writes that tlie con es
I M)iideut lias numerously lied.! Capt
John A. Ramsey, f Rowan,' is -re
ported to have sworn that he was
employed by Mott at the rate of
$100 per month for 14 mouthR. He
.... . .
sei veil inai tune, recieveu ins pay
for the period mentioned ami signed
blank vouchers for the same, j W hat
was Hiis surin-ise when
Senator
fojirteen
anti ap-
Vance showed witness
vouches signed by hiin
proved by Mott, each for $1.10 '-jer
month. I
If Capt. Ramsey really swore as
rcpres'iited he will 1h lielieved and
the charges of fraud iu the Revenue
Service will lie .proved and the
hitherto undiscovered sources of
sndden wealth will have liefrn dis
Levered
. The Philosopher's Stone.
The eccentric but brilliant; John
Randolph once arose, suddenly ii
the House of Representatives, and
screamed out at the top of his shrill
voice: . T
"Mr. Shaker! I have mscovered
the philosopher's stone. It is pay
as you go!'' i
John Uandolpli dropH'tl many
rich reins lrom his mouth, but
never a richer one than tliatj
"Pay as you go," and you need
not diMlge the siieritl's and con
stables.
"Ray as you go," ami you can
Walk the streets with an erect b:wk
i -. i: 4 ...
il,m ",a,u ,'" '"
have', no
f..... ..i i. ..... ...... ........ x .... ......
1 11.11 til I IIIV 1IU lllfl-t. I ll 1..III
lear oi muse ,uu nieei
i r
ItMik any in the eye without flinch
I '"
You wou't have to cross the
Ingfiway ti avoiil a luii, or look iii-
6 '.
I . into tit uiutik U'ltninu tih
-" - "c -
avoid seeing a creditor
"Pay an you go," and yiai can
snap your fingers at the world, ami
when you laugh it will I si an hearty,
honest one. It seems to us, 'some
times, that we can tell the laugh
of a KKr debtor. He looks as
though he was in doubt whether
the laugh was not the prowrly of
his creditors, and was not included
iu articles "exempted from attach
merit." When he does succeed in
getting out an almrtion he ap
pears frightened and looks as
though lie would lie ounced .iioii
by a constable. 1
"I'ay as yu go," ami yoii will
meet smiling faces at home hap
py, cherry checked children a con
tented wife cheerful hearthstone.
John Randolph .was right,
the philosopher's stone. Ex.
It is
Luu Cunot Describe It,
Mr. Robert Gould, book keeper
for Walker & Maxcy, who are lum
ber dealers, recently said to our
representative: "About one year
ago I was taken with the genuine
Bciantica. I employed tlie best
physicians, but they could only re
lieve me lor the moment Finally
I nsed St. Jacobs Oil and iteffected
a complete mm." Kennebec Reporter.
uanamer, jut. -
Hates OF ADVKKTISINij: .
i .. t ..I. T -4 . .u.
rut? 1 lll'II, VSIiirJ lll'I 11111, - -
" One Month, -
' '""" Three Months,
" " Six Months,
" Ono Year, -
Literal Discounts will
- - i.(K
- - 5.00
. 8.00
. - 15.00
1h Made
for Larger Advertisements and for
Contracts by the Year.
Cash must atiiuupany all AdverT
tbiements unless jftnxl reference is
given.
THE. QUIET HOUR.
Selections for Sunday Reading
' Alms.
,1
- UY IIK.XRY A. I.AVI.KY.
She came to me and asked for' alms
In low and plaintive voice ; I
I gave her from my humble store
; And bade her go rejoice.
She came to me for alms ; 1 gave
Her from my yearning heart
Enough for many days to come
A feast, of life a part.
The cruse may fail, but nevermore
The full ami loyal soul;
For giving to the giver atttls
As years on years do roll.
An every day religionone that
loves the duties of our common walk;
pone that makes an honest man ; one
Hurt accomplishes an intellectual
ami moral growth in the subject ;
one that works in all weather, ,iiml
impniyes all opKirt unit ies, will Ut -ami
most healthily, promote the
growth of a church and the power
of the cMM'l.
A Homk Pk'TI'kk. It is night
now, and here is home. Gathered '
under the quiet roof, elders and
children lie alike at rest. In the
midst of a givat jK-aceaud calm, the
stars look, out from the heavens.
The sileuce is jicoplcd with the past
sorrowful remorses for sins anil short
comings,; memories of passionate
joys and griefs ris out of their
graves, lioth now alike calm ami
sad. Eyes, as I shut mine, look at
me that have long ceasetj to shine.
The town 'and tin laiulseae sleep
under the star light. wreathed in the
autumn mists. Twinkling among
thfi bouses a light keeps watch here
and there, iu what may lie a sick ,
chamber or two. Tlie clock tolls
sweetly in tlie silent, ,uir.' Here is:
night and rest. An awful sense of
thanks makes the heart swell, and
the head how, and 7 1 pass to jn
room through the tdccplng house,
and feel as though a hushed bless.
ing were ujhui it. Thavktrny.
TlIK KKNTUt'KY KVANIiKI.IST.-i,,
One o! the most remarkable men of
the hour is Rev. George O. Barnes,
the Kentucky evangelist, who is
now lalsiring for the church in that
State. He has by the simple power
f his prayer ami elMpience brought J
thousands to repentance, ami not
simply ignorant and unlettered pen .
pie of the country, easily moved by
excitement and susceptible. He
numbers among his flock the gover
nor, lieutenant governor, judges of
the inferior and SuiK-rior Court, of
ficials generally, idlicers of the bid'
Confederacy ami the host tf -ulti a
tetl and refined gentlemen from va
lions walks of life. The preacher is '
described as simply - irresistible ; a
mair thoroughly imbued with truth ;
ami faith in the Kt-riplinrs. His
apjicals are directed at the heart,"
and with what effect may Ik-easily,
itnagiiiril. I'.ut not tothespirit ually
infirm are his laliors conflnetl ; lie :
goes about curing bodily ailinents
and lifting, up tlie atllicfed. His
plan is lies t tlescrilictl in his own."
words. . .. ;-
On ls-iug asked by: a reporter ,
what was meant by t he expressions '
Which arc sometimes used iii reports
of his meetings, "iMinfession to the t
suil" ami "confession to the Is sly,"
he replied :
j "Confession to the Isidy refers to
my healiiig by means ot" anoinl ing.
with oil. Almiit a year ago I liegafn
this in connection with my work in
the moiiutains'of KenlHt k v, and the
tiortl has" blessed my work's wonder
fully. 1 lu'Ver aslra mau w hat ails
liim. The IonI is the tb tor, not I.
I have nothing to do in the mailer
but actus God bills me. I base my
sulioii 011 fourteenth and fifteenth
Verses of James. 1 tlo not know
what good the oil does. I tlo not
stop to inquire anything almut that. ,
Tlie liord bids me to anoint with
ojl anil I do it. I carry a small vial
of oil iu my jss ket and jnst touch
it slightly iimui the forehead of the-,
afflicted. I then pray with 1 hem
earnestly in my simple way as lM-st
I. know how. and leave itdl with
the Ioril, trusting Him for His
word. And as my failh Ix-couifs
simpler ami stronger my kiicccss 1n
comes imue inaikcd. The devil
tempted me strongly when (itsl '
fi rut put it in my mind to tlo this.
The devil saitl I would fail ami that
it would ruin my preaching, but
thanks lie- to God, I liegan it, with
the assistance of my daughter,' in
those mountain disl rifts, and 1 have
since continued it whTever I have,
lieen, audi have never hadafailuie
where nubelief did not interfere. , I
have hail thousands of cases, ami I
know of three or four hundred my
self who have come to me to tell me
that they got welL The ciiim are
uot always immediate. In some .
eases they are instantaneous, and
in others they are not."
" If a canoe 1j connected by a
cord with a distantship, one in the
canoe may draw himself Ut the
ship, if he cannot draw the ship to
himseft. So, as has,leen saitl, is it
with prayer. If it dtss not bring
God to man, it will bring mau to
God. And this is always well for
man. Conscious apjiroach to Gol
lifts man above birnselfj takes him,
for the time, out of this world of
ever-changiDg phenomena and
places his ameng the changeless
verities of eternity.-; If -P. Breed
T