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WILSON . ADVANCE. PrnLlSIIKD EVKEV FKIDAY AT I Wilson, North Carolina, JliStPHtS DAM FLS, - llitr and PrpnVW j ::- srB.sf'Rii'TioN Hates in Advance (mo Y.-ar f Jg ,x Months - 1 w tMonoy can be wsnt by Money Order' or K.-iritonrd letter at our risk. j ,)FFI( FTartM.ro Street, in the-OM Port .,,,. Huil.liiiK NEWS OF A WEEK G vTHKI.'KD FUOM ALL PABTS Ul TlIK WOULD. The are '-Jl." female commercial travelers i thi country. An amateur census-taker says there are ""( babies in llaleigh. 'I',eiv me III widows, out of a Hipulation of'Jnb souls, in the town of Auiira. K.v. The races at the . next Tarboro lair give promise of being exceed ingly interest-rig.. Sji.ir there lias Iteen a decrease of immigration to our ports, as compared with last year. New steel rails nie being put down on the Ninth. Carolina Bail- road between Baleigh and Golds boro. J. C. Price, the colored orator, is lecturing i" Eastern Carolina, upon Hie f'uture of the Negro Knee." . "... Senator Edmunds sa;. s he likes to talk to newspaper men, !eeause lie always learns something:. Sensible-man. Mrs. Allison, wife of " the Iowa Senator, took her own life while insane. She plunged into the Mississippi river. The meanness of this world is helped on by doing unto others as yon t in nk they would do unto you if they had a chance. Kev. G. F. Pound, a Methodist preacher, was married. hist week to Miss Louisa Painter, the celebrated (uaker evangelist. Prof. J. W. MeLcod, who atten ded the Normal school in Wilson has taken charge of a school at Hiittoiiville, West Va. - Kev. 15. York 1. I)., President Kaudleninu High school, has re covered his sight. lie is 7H years old, hale and vigorous. ".Nine young women of limits, villc, Ala., licut nine young men at base halt by a s:-ore of 20 to 11. 'Such is Alabama gallantry. The .laniesville ami' .Washington rail road has been sold under exe cution. Ex-Judge .Moore and Geo." H. Hiown Jr., were the purchasers. Tlie Wilmington "Peview" tells of a boy nine years old iu Duplin county, w hose hair whose hair has turned gray. lie Is as guay as a man of fifty. , She sang 'I want to be an angel,' and he swore that sue was oneal-rcad-'. To this she blnshingly demurred. Then lie married her. Demurrer sustained. Gen. Lewis said at the Texas .Confederate reunion: "Butler is not a Democrat. I am glad lie was not invited. I could never make .peace w'th 'that man." - The Hiitherl'ord "Enterprise' has appeared. Ir is published at Rutherford College by II. M. .lohnsou. V. S. lleuiby, an old amateur, is editor and manager. Williamsport, Pennsylvania, is ery much excited over- the elope ment of a "prominent lawyer, a married man, with a young girl and thirty thousand dollars of his client? money. Edentoii .'-Enquirer:" On Thurs day last the little child of Mr .biines H ire, of P.arnit., Chowan county, fell from the lied, struck its head .on a chair round and was instantly killed. When the young lady who had jilted .lames Buchanan, w as dead, the future -'President asked her lather to "afford ine (him) the mel ancholy pleasure of seeing her ntl before its interment." Two hundred and eighteen thou sand persons lie buried , in Green wood Cemetery, New York, it is the largest city of the dead in the New World ; and about six thou sand are added to it annually. A birih was recorded at Tuscola, HI., in which the physician certified that the 'father, of- the child was eighty-four yens older than the mother, the former being 1 03. and the latter niueteeu years of age.. It'l.n W. Maekay, the -Meat P,o- Hauza' millionaire, -enters the lists against the Western I nion. Ue ' 'Vthe Postal Telegraph compiv " and pioMses to organize a ""'""-"I'lx.'sition against' the first company. 'The SeaU.ard & Hounoke Kail Voftd has determined to make an flubu at IWton during the com ing reposition there,' of all the wod, grains, ,,iailts mine,,,Is ami other products of the sections through which it passes. Our Zeb Vance . is ,assius brough dee,, waters. ,', wife fa .villandhisson, who was cnt .anA.hevillel.ar.keer, is in a V-?. eomiitiou. I,, other davs Lord loveth he chastneth. 1 Jrl IrLi VOLUME 13.-- A Chinaman has applied for a position on the Philadelphia po lice force. He says his couutry meu are -too sharp for the Meliean policeman, and need one of their own kind to keep them in order and ferret out their wickedness. It will doubtless le gratifying to the public to know that Presi dent Arthur is meeting with suc cess as a .trot.it catcher, and that lie is having a good lime generally on his Yellowstone frolic. He is a greater success as a fisherman than president. The Chatham "Becord" has seen, mirabilc diet u, a negro iu Hal eigh w ho is neither deaf nor dumb but yet cannot be jiersuaded to talk. He answers questions "yes" YTr ''no," but further than this he says not a word. Valuable negro! If he were a barber he'd make a fortune. The magistrates of Duplin, on the first Monday of August,inef ae cording. to custom and elected the following officers of the Inferior Court for the ensuing two years: Chairman, A. J. Mosely, Ksi,.;. As sociates. Messrs. G.W. Carroll and I), iiowden; Solicitor, Oliver H. Al len, Fsij.; Clerk, T. M. Mihuc. ' Prother London of the Pittsboro "Itccord" has added a fresh ' wa ter sjionge to his inusenni. It was takeii out of Haw river near Hen sleys mill, is perfectly clear like a lump of ice, and is eight inches thick. lie has also secured a fat boy seven years old who. weighs 84 pounds. " . If there ever was a crank it is the man Grnber who takes his family, around giving musical en tertainments. The old rule "fool for luck" however holds good, lie has been awarded $2,iiH) by the courts because his little daughter Was .scalded by a steamboat in the eastern part of the State. Cp in . Michigan .William Gai- wood, a white Hadicnl niarried a j negro girl, anil, says the dispatch, ua party of Our citizens, all good Republicans, took him from the i bridal chamber in the negro quar ters and treated hi:n to a coat of tar and feathers," and then stoned him out ot town. The absence of telegraph opera tors recalls the story of the old darkey,, who, hearing the instru ment suddenly begin fo click, while the operator was away, step ped uptoit, and putting his mouth close : to it, shouted with all his power of lungs: "De oppahratah isn't h'yar !" In North Prazil, says an ex change, there are no professional .dressmakers, 'the finest ladies usu ally making their own costumes. When a man buys his wife a two dollar dress, he doesu't have to give her ten dollars to gtt it made. There are some things in 'North ! I.riizil worthy of imitation in this! country. - ' JSaseball has Inspired the lawyers i and doctors of Bajtimore with aj sudden desire to be famous. On Monday a match w ill be played le tween a pick nine of the briefs against, n select nine of tlie pills. When" a member of the .briefs' get's a voile pros on the nose the: oppos ing nine w ill operate free of charge. . A woman living on the Coast of Maine went down' to the beach one day to commit suicide. She jump ed into the breakers three.scparate times, but the tide was coming in and each time she was lauded high and dry; upon the shore as alive as ever. After the third time she gave up the idea of suicide in dis gust, and went home' to dry her clothes. - - . General Tom Thumb was bright and vitty to the last. It is said that just as he was getting on the home stetch and .putting iu his pneumatic licks before expiring, he winked at his spiritual adviser, who was a converted barkeeper, ind said : '-If they keep me for a post mortem show for a week I reckon i ll ie as great a iliaw as ever, only do't let P.arnnin get me and advertise me as the biggest thing on ice." Thanks to Senator M. W. Han som for volumes 1 and 2 of the Tenth Census of the United States, The total population of the United States is ;o,l.'ir,77.1; in this number there are 4.,4(-2,!7o whites, 0.07,. 79.1 colored ; the rest being foreign. North Carolina in lSOO contained a population of Jili2,i22:. in 1S70, 1,070,201; in Js8(, l,oii."i,7.'0. Our increase in twenty years has bi en 403,128 the fifth largest increase of the Southern States. The centennial convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the. United States, will convene in Christ Church. Philadelphia, on the .'5rd of October of this, year. it was in this church that the first Episcopal convention in this coun try -.was held one hundred years ago. llisliop White was baptized in ibis church and his remains rest under its chancel. The edifice was erected iu 1737. Washington oc cupied a pew in it when (he seat of government was in Philadelphia. Benjamin Franklin and Robert Morris were amoug its vestrymen when Bishop White was its rector. ABOUT FARMING. :o:- A SENSIBLE AKTICLE ABOUT DEEP PLOUGHING. Hit Y FAItMERSTEXAXTS. Two years ago the prosiects of a good crop were turned to naught by the terrible drought, j The peo ple suffered. Indeed, in this partic ular section the last three years have been remarkable for the drought. This season it appears is not to be exception. From every portion of the State, and in deed from the entire South the news comes that tne drought is severe, and the crops are being greatly damaged. Droughts can not be prevented, but they can generally be 'Hanked.- Their disas trous influences can be lessened. Now is the time for the farmers to realize and to appreciate that they can w hip droughts if they will. It is said that the crops in England are not a fleeted by1 the weather ten per cent any ear. The harvest is often interfered with, and the crops are sometimes lost after they have been made. But so far as the yield is 'concerned, a drought will not vary the harvest much. How do 'i hey become independent, of the seasons i Xow this is the point. They prepare their land with the expectation that there w ill be a drought. To counteract its effects they underdrain so as to mellow the soil deep. They -plough deep. They go down so that in stead of having six inches of mellow soil to hold moisture, they have twelve inches. "Neither droughts nor Hoods make any difference then. We do hot mean that they turn up the poor subsoil, but they break it up, pulverize it, so that a surplus of water will readily peico- late through it, and so that it will absorb and hold moisture against the evil day of drought. We want our friends to learn thfc lesson. These dry times tell who is the good farmer. The fanner who has properly prepared, pulverized ploughed deep,-manured well with home made manure, twenty-live acres of land will make more on it than his neighbor w ho has skim med over a bundled acres. We invite our friends who have any practical experience in this matter who have crops that are nowT giownvg well, despite the drought, to write us about it. Our purpose is to direct attention in this channel. Who will give iu their experience f Who will tell us the facts of this season fHaleigb "News ami Ob- I HE I1)Y FAKMEIi. The boy that commences early in life to practice agriculture for him self, on a small scale, becomes in terested in --obtaining the best re sult with the least expenditure of money, and not only learns many practical lessons which are of great value in after life, but he becomes so strongly attached to the farm that he has no desire to leave it. In fact the boy who begins to gather up practical knowledge re lating to the best method of pro ducing farm crops, and continues it up to- manhood, learns one of the most reliable trades that man has ever yet followed. Give the boy a lew rods of land to cultivate, and then encourage and if necessary, assist him to make it the most pro ductive portion of the farm. In a few years he will begin' to realize that fanning is an occupation which requires quite as high intelligence as any other occupation, and also that the profits of the farin'depeud in a great measure on the intelli gence of the farmer. As soon as he realizes this, he will entertain a higher resect for t he occupation, will feel a desire, not simply to be come a practical fanner, but to be able fo direct the practice w ith the highest scientific intelligence. edi;e omi?e f.ykmeks and tenants.- The TailMiro "Southerner' notes that the fanners of the fine county of Edgecombe are b.V no meaus sat isfied with the preseut system of cutting up farms and renting them to tenants. It has not worked sat. istactorily thus far. A meeting of farmers recently discussed the mat ter. The 'Southerner' says : ; Another fact which , we gladly noted, was the growing satisfac tion with tenant fanning. Ve .heard a gentleman, who has not bought any. corn in eighteen years and scarcely any meat, say that he could ride along the road and pick out the rental laud. Of course in .some case renters have improved their holdings, but these exceptions are few and far between. We could name several farms that have deteriorated astonishiugly within the last half dozen years and which have for that lime been for the most part "rented out." Is it to be wondered at !' ' Wiesom Advance . "LET ALL, THE ESDS THOU AISI'ST AT, BE THY COUNTRY'S, TUT GOD'S, AXD TRUTHS WILSON, NORTH CAROLINA, AUGUST 24. 1883. Alex Step&ens and the . Conntrpan. Soon after the entrance of the train containing the Great Com moner a countryman was sighted on the rear end of the back car, prominently perched on top of the bumper; gazing with a look of min gled admiration and awe into the face of Henry Grady, who was making his exit through the door way. After a minute and gratify ing survey of the noble physique of the Apollo of the local press, he lost all consciousness of his humble station and gave way to the heroic prompting of a patriotic spirit. He ventured; "Governor can I have the honor of shaking hands with you, beein' as I've come a long ways to do it, and might notneve"r have the chance of approachin' you "Certainly, sir; but I am not thL iovernor- -here he comes now." "Is that him!" "That is Gov. Stephens." i "Well, I'll be denied!" "What did you remark!" "I'd hern he was a prodigy; but if that's the biggest man they could trump up for Governor of Georgy, I think we'd better leave the State, for the country's degenerating." "We don't estimate a statesman by hia physical Idevelopment,' U's the brain; the Governor has the greatest brain in Georgia." "I don't care nothin' about brain; but the idea of a man bein' Gov. that's got to be carried aroun' like, a bundle of old clothes." Atlanta, Ga. "Post -Appeal."' - Major Solman's Trick. TIIE ONLY W AY TO BEAT A WOM AN Jfi Ji AGKEElNCr WITH HER. The other day, when old Maj. Solinan announced his readiness to proceed in the , direction of a church, his wife' appeared . wearing a Mother Hubbard dress.' The old man intently regarded her for a few moments and asked:7 : ""Mary, what sort of a coat do you call that!" "It's Mother Hubbard, Jeems." "Air you goin' to wear it to church !" "Why, eertaiury, Jeeins. The Mother". Hubbard is all the fashion now.7 ,'-f i . ; "Well, I'm glad to know it," the old man replied. "Just wait until I get ready, and we'll go." The old man went out into the kitchen took a couple of meal sacks cut the bottoms out, 'sewed the tops together, and put them on in imitation of pautaloons. When he returned his wife uttered a loud crv of astonishment, and exclaim ed: "Great goodness, Jeeins, what's that!" x ' "Father Hubbard,' the old man replied. . - , 'You're not a goin' to wear them sacks, are you!" "I've got to lie fashionable to keep up with you. I've . got as much right to wear these meal lags as you have to go in them' bran sacks." "I'll take it oil.'! "All right; off goes the Father Hubbard;" and turning away, he added to himself: "Only one way to beat a woman, and that 'is by agreein' w it h her. Ef it hadn't been fur the Daddy Hubbard I'd a been in a mighty bad fix." Her Portrait. Adown her brainless forehead hangs A dollar's worth of golden bangs: Her big blue eyes, which opem rare, Gaze at you withja glassy stare; Her funny nose, too small to smell, Of very little scents doth tell; ner pouting rosebud lips scarce hide Tlie rows of pearls and gum inside Her blooming cheeks would tempt a saint To write ou them "Look out for the painh Her waxen arms and shoulders bare Display sweet dimples made with 1 (UL . , .- Her perfect form so plump and round Is .stuffed with cotton by the pound; Her dainty little fairy's feet Might walk, but never on a street; Her taper snowy fingers show I 1 1 1 1,111 lit ,L ni,ii.ir mi v -. Sometimes she'll let a f'.vored chap Hold her for hours on his lap And squeeze her then she'll only ' squeak "Mama!'' for dolls ,vou know can't speak. Senator Eduoi'Htls 'is fo introd .;. next sesiou a bill for the constrncw ; tion of a Federal postal tefegraph system, senator oneim.ui esuma - ted that the go-ermnent might ! - .. .... - i ..- -1 .1. . duplicate all the wires auu mi me means of transportation by elec- trieity. in the country for alout 25,000,b00. " Senator lratt says : "The telegraph toniay is tue ncn man's mail. The time is coming- , identifieJ tue hackman vho marry ft ol)1 ma(1;, said and it is hastening rapidlj -when , fc brought U)e rol)ber to his j Grawlma Winkam at tbe adding, the people s.-all demand that it j removed the aU(L .g hJt yt aml widders u kjn. jKhall be no longer the rich ! actiojr ou thLl clew I soon found j der overrnlin' and upsettin'. Old Uiail, but that it shall orougnt , hM.kmilQ and compelIea bini to maids is kinder thankful and wil within the reach of every idivMla-1 e He admitted tilat ' lin' to please. ,ai in the land." GOV. BEN BUTLER. -:0:- SENATOH TiECK'S VERSION OF THE FAMOUS SPOON. STORY. I&'IT'A VAMfAIGS LIE? Now that Ben Butler is making fight on the i Tewkesbury Alms house platform for the. Democratic nomination for President, a story concerning liis most notorious iib. lie record will be in order. Sena tor Beck of Kentucky, who has a great personal fondness for the Massachusetts statesman, is the authority for it. When Butler was iu Congress he was sent to Nova Scotia, one member of a com mittee to look into fishery ques tion and Heck was a Senate ineui- "tj'roftlie same committee. The trip occupied some weeks and the two became exceedingly friendly so much so in fact that the report of it in Kentucky began to affect Beck's popularity and he arranged te very dramatic quarrel with But.: ler, which was duly reported for Kentucky consumption, and thor oughly cleared Beck's home atmos phere. The personal friendship of the two has never flagged, how ever. On their return from Nova Scotia, Beck stopped at Butler's residence at Newburyport, and there for the first time heard the origin of the famous "spoon story' as related by Butler himself. There is a tinge of romance iu it which is quite creditable to the bet ter feeling of Butler and presents him in the at'itude of having en dured a great deal of opproprium rather than tell the true story, and thus, by acquiting. himself, plunge the family of a neighbor into grief and shame. Senator Beck asked Butler for the origin of the scandal and b was told as follows: THE FAMOUS SPANISH STORY. "While I was in New Orleans there were- a number id' complaints brought to me of private houses being entered by soldiers and pluiir dered of fine plate, pictures, atii any other valuable adornmentS-that the fancy of the maraunders. frfe ferred these complaints to'ayoiulg officer on my staff with orders to investigate them strictly. He re ported to me that the complaints were greatly exaggerated and had originated from the impudence, trespasses of private soldiers. Com plaints continued to ' come in. and on investigation were similarly disposed of. One day, w bile I was in a rather bad humor, a promi nent citizen of New Orleans came to my office and renewed the old cry. His house had been. invaded and stripped of all its valuable ornaments' and he came to me to recover them. -If the United States,' said he, 'has sent an army of robbers down here and robbery is their object, very well; I can. put up with it: but if robliery is not authorized, then I want my proper tv restored.' "Being out of temper I answered him very gruffly and told him I i did not believe a word of this story. That I had numerous cases investi gated without finding any truth in the reports, and that I thought it was a syslem of d dlies to an noy the Union forces and attempt to awaken sympathy. In considera ble passion I ordered him -away and said I did not wan t to hear any more such tales. To my sur prise he said he did not care a d -n jvho I was or what I thought; that his valuables had been stolen and he intended to complain whenever it was necessa ay. He wa so much in earnest that a thought- struck me, and I concluded to test him to the ut most. ' . "Get out of my office,' said I, in feined passion, 'and stop these lying complaints or' I'll have you taken out and shot.' . "You may shoot ami be d d,' respondent the indignant Creole; ;but I shall complain as long as a band of robbers and thieves plan der me-' I "'Orderly!' I cried, an officer an ..eared. 'Take a file of men and shoot this rebel immediately."- i . . . .. . - . . . ..... ..... . I ue onieriy went out ami soon re. turned with a file of men. In themean ! time the Creole was expressing his opinion of the Government, troops and myseii in language so earnest nnd sineere that I could not doubt itbtt truth ot his complaint. : lie - coulinued it even after the orderly roUjWy seized him and was j pushing him ahSng to execu- , in At tliat moment I called Ihioi-back, dismissed the file, and , exi)ainjng the nature of the pre- cee,iug investigations, asked him j oi luinute jetails as to the rob- j t of house and x toJd hij x ; woud investigate it myself. he had driven an officer and soldiers !." 1IUI1IUCI Ul IIUUSC Ull MUUIitl j errands, and finally took me to a house where the plunder was stored It was overflowing with the pictures, plate, silver spoons and valuable ornaments and brie-a brac He then told me who the plunder" ing officer was and to my surprise it was the j-oung staff officer to whom I had entrusted investiga tions and in whom, up to that mo meut, I had reposed every conn dence. He whs the son of a man that I kuew well at Newburyport. I had the plnnder removed to my warehouse nntil it could lie claimed and restored. Then the staff offi cer was arrested, tried, sentenced and shot. I never sent any word home as to the manner of his death, and his people thought he had died or was killed in the service.' "Why have you never told this story before and cleared yourself of the offensive charges?'' asked Sen ator Beck. "Oh," said Butler, relapsing into his usual humor, 4 -they would . get some other d -d lie on nie if I did." How History Is written. The Eastman jfVwjrsandthe Dodije County Journal, give an account of a battle lK'tween a kingsnake and a moccasin. The former states that "the latter had entwined himself arouud the former, just below the head, and was slowly but surely choking it to death, when the lookers-on interfered and killed loth of them," while the latter puts the matter thus: 'The king snake first nailed the moccasin by the jaw, and then tied a sailors knot around him which choked the old fellow to death. At last accounts he was be ing swallowed nothing protrudiug but the tip end of his tail." This d lustrates the great difficulty that even good men meet in getting a, snake story down rigftt. Inconsolable Grief. You'll neber marry agin, Susie, you grieve so arter Izick. Was it twicet you fainted, or free times at de grave V ; ; 'Bless yo' soul, Lary,it was free times I fainted an' de las' time I ueber like to kuni to.' 'Oh, Susie, you neber is gwine to marry agin is you t 'Bless ye soul, Frank Dunn axt me 'bout dis before my husband died; an' I promised, when he died I'd have him. An' I b'longs to de church an' won't tell a lie.' V My Arabeller. "My Arabeller, - So ripe and mellow And, roMliiess! Can't she love a fellei ! Her eyes are black, And pink her smeller And, goodness! Can't she kiss a feller! Her cheeks are red, " Her hair is yeller And, goodness! Can't she bug a fellow! How He Stands It. "Good niornuiug, John,', said one of the .leading Presbyterian pastors in Scrauton, Pa., to a young friend whom he met on the street; the first warm day of the season, "bow does your father stand the heat ?' The young man made no reply,- but went his way with .a clouded brow. And when the gjod pastor learned that the young man's father had died only a week before he under stood why his cordial greeting was met so coldly. "Miss Grundy" writes to the Washington "Star" that Represen tative A. Herr Smith, who is at Saratoga, represents the Lancaster, district of Pennsylvania, the same which James Buchaman andThad deus Stevens once represented in the Federal House of Representa tives. Mr. Smith like his two noted predecessors just named, is a bachelor, wherefore it has been suggested that his should lie called j "t,,e ,listrict djstinguished eligi bilities." I lhe Asbeville "News" says a Sllit lias bw.n i,r0Ught against the ; of commissioners of Bun- COI,nK' county to comiK-I them to g,nt liceii.se to retail liquor in j .AslieTittV-, under tlie act of 183, : which it is claimed leaves the com- . .iin a-;thAnt-ii.w.Mu.. ; ill i.-i.i"iiv n nituvilb ilvrH.inn;il, X IIC commissioners base their refusal ou the act of 172, which gives them a discretion, and which they i say-is not repealed. It is a new ' question and its determination will i be looked to with interest. It is to lie argued before Judge Gndger , at chambers during Madison court. - . ur, Ha.l BiUv had the sense to POLITICAL POINTS -:o:- WHAT THE POLITICIANS ARE TALKING ABOUT. THE POLITIC A L CALDltttX. Prof. K. 1. Greener is of the opin ion, acconllng to a dispatch in tlie ! New York "World", th at there is I ample chance for the DenuKratic party, National and State, to make inroads into the hitherto close col umn of the colored contingent of the republican party. As signs of discontent w ith their present allies, he recalls the threats made iu the call for Fred Douglass' conven tion,, "the inutterings of the late colored convention at, St. Ijouis, and the recent meeting and resolu tions of t'ie colored republicans of South Carolina." The Professor thinks the Colored man is "sick of conventions," as 'they have done him so little- good. Though in alli ance with the party dominant at Washington, he has reaed little benefit from the connection. It re-, mains to be seen whether, he will prove faithful to that party iu the future, when it is in the minority, out of office and in need of friends. It is not improbable that, once fixed iu power,.and possessing aii oppor-. tunity to practice its principles, the democratic party- will Ie found the sympathetic friend oi the colored people, as, 'by traditiou, it always has been of the laboring poor of other colors and antecedents. .IpHX A. GlLMEU. Our sprightly cotemporary, the Milton "Chronicle," in a recent is sue delivers itself ' thiisly: We had the pleasure of an hour's ride from Reidsville to. North Danville with Gilmer of GreetislMiro, las: Monday The Judge changed cars and went pn a visit to New York. John A. Gilmer is an elegant . man. From the day we first knew him as a student at Chapel Hill iu "the auld lang syne" till the days that he led his regiment like a true son .of old Guilford, and bathed iu his blood iu defence of the South and his own state1 wielding a bright and untarnished sword that now scores him one leg f)e has leen the same ever still John Gilmer the soldier, the scholar and the gentle man. He has,-a strong follow ing .great and powerful. Under Presi for Governor neXt year- But like j dent Arthur's control of tlie na the man he -does not want the j tion thus comes to the South an place. He is for Alfred M. .Scales j improved condition of ousiness and for Governor' He said as fol- i political afl'aiis. Party bitterness lows: "Judge," said the reporter, "you promise to. have a trong follow ing for Governor." "Oh, I discourage that. 'lam for Gen. Scales for Governor and I so try to impress my friends. There's but one thing that would make me accept, and that is the unanimous tendering of the State Conventi.ou-f-I am content with mv circuit and am heartily for (Jen. Scales for Governor." - Both Scales and Gilmer are citi zens or Gree.nsb.brp meniliers of the same church lot h Presbytc rians and the word : of each can be taken as his bond . The readers of the Advance know that several months ago we pro posed Judge Gilmer's name . for Governor. Since then., full half a dozen papers have declared for him. THE PRESIDENTIAL OUTLOOK". Mr. Tibleu's anuouueemeut that he would not accept even the Pres- v deucy if offered to him Mr. Wat terson declares to le ' genuine. "He is too old and his health would not permit it," says Mr. Watterson. "When I went to Greystone I xvas genuinely astonished at the im provement in his health, but at no time since 18tC has Mr: Tilde'n been in physical condition to un dertake the strain of a campaign or of office j if elected." Mr. Watterson: admits that it has 'pleased Mr. Tilden to see the nice things printed .about him. "But he is an old man, with plenty; of money, w host chief care is in health and whose chief enjoyments will Iks the ease of old age and the recognition of the fact that it was a blunder not to haire renominated him by acclamation in' 1H4." Mr. Watterson has also stated that Mr. Tilden will aid McDouald for the nomination, and the Tilden j forces will all be f'ocussed on that ! point. "Tilden," he adds, "hates Tom Hendricks like the devil. "McDonald is the legatee of the i Tilden following, said a proini j nent Democrat yesterday. "It is the understanding in the group of i men through whom Tildeu talks, i His campaign is being carefully j manageil. He will' not lie 'boomed' j to death lefore the "battle ofiens. Dana dix-erts attention by naming William. S. Holman, a safe man ! upon whom to centre attention. Holman will not lie hurt by a pre- ! matnro lvwtm. j Mr Wattersoii, however, is out- spoken for McDonald- His tariff ideas have undergone a laoilifica- 1 tion, and now tally with the im- NUMBER 28 pressions: Mr. McDonald lias left upon the public1 .mind: that the tariff policy should bo the wisest the Democracy can agree upon alter having elected a President. When Watterson went East he w as an advocate or out and out free trade, though lie modified it in Ins paper into a "tariff for revenue only," be cause, as he explained, that was in nearly all resjects free trade, and did not scare anybody off." That this is the programme there is no doubt here among those in Mi. Wattcrsou's confidence. That Mr. Watterson can deliver a great deal of strength to McDonald is true. Keutucky and Tennessee will swing iuto line, and, with New York favorable to the arrangement a nucleus would lie established f sufficient strength to control the coimciiiioii. .i.ui, iK'suies these States, McDonald's strength iu the West is almost universal, and he is the only available Democrat AV est on a conservative tariff plat form. TAKKY KOK THE I'UESIDKNT Newspaper - enterprise has re cently been exemplified by the Chicago "New s Iu getting up a lot of cut and dried endorsements r of Preside! tion, when t Arthur's admiuistra- that illustrious individu- il passed through Chicago on his way to Yellowstone Park. United States Mai shal Thos. B. Keogh con tribute dtcJ the batch of endorsc- incuts. Wi tract from tnake the follow ing ev- his letter. "My observation is that under President Lvithur's administration North Carolina luus reached the highest degree of material prosper ity and political tranquility we have known during the past eigh teen years. Everywhere there is ev? idenee of thrift among all classes of both races. North Carolina, rich iu minerals, timber and water-power, with agricultural and manu facturing facilities unsurpassed and a climate unequaled on this continent is rapidly taking her true position among the States of the Union. The completion of the Western -North .Carolina over the Blue Ridge, through our, American Switzerland to Tennessee, gives us an all-rail line from the Atlantic coast to Chicago, .byway of Knox ville and . Louisville. Genius and courage have pierced the Allc ghanies and furnished us an artery through which we hope to draw some of the spirits of enterprisi I which has made the Northwest is giving w ay to friendly olitical relations. Supremacy of law, with the assurance of protection to per son and .property, is an accjoiiiplish e;i fact in this State." - It is true that Xorih Carolina Is niaking rapid progress, but it is only a base attempt to tickle the j vanity of His Accidency to atlri- j bate this ..prosperity to him or his administration. Arthur has not had more to do ii bringing alntut the present condition oft he South than Cetawayo, the late, King of Zulu. And Keough and every other res ident of the State knows it. .Gen. Hampton Interviewed.. ' Gen. Wade Hampton of Soiifli Carolina, has recently' visited Philadelphia, and. of course was Snterviewed by a newsaK'r re. porter. He gave at length his I views cf the situation iu the South- IIi'kuvs 'I in rui (lie hidi road to! ..v -. - - , - success ill material ad'aiiccmeiit ti.: . . i:. :.. .......... i ne wiiues aie iiiii iu jn-.o with the colored race, many whom have accuinulatcd jinqicity and are inakiug themselves reptua ble citizens. Elections have liccii the bane of the Smith. As for pres idential candidates he thinks that Senntoi Bayurd, of Delaware, has a strong hold upon the affections of the people and would le the strongest candidate both North and South. He defended the South when she needed friends, and liesidcs that he is sound upon all national questions which are the foundation of our liberty. A disappointed Little Giul. Hloomington, HI., July 'Si. Two days 8ieiit in this ' bi-autiful city, wheie David 'Davis has filled so much space, has oefied to my ears and eyes a good deal of current history, personal and political. Tfje Hon. John Oberly, editor of The Daily Bulletin, is chairman of the Democratic State Central 'Com-, in it tee, and evidently talks jolitics at home. Some years ago his lit tle daughter, Eunice,, only live years of age, w as taken out walk ing near the Iteautiful home of Judge. David Davis. Wheu die came home she told her father where she had lieen, and he asked her if she had seen Judge Davis. "No," she lisped, "I walkiit all around there and I didn't thee Judge Davis ou the lence." The i story got out, and ever since then t Mr. Oberly has Iteen afraid to call I oil' Judge Davis. Cincinnati "En- j quirer" Qw Senate consist orthir- ty-eight Republicans, thirty -six Democrats and two Readjusters- WILSO.N ADVANCE. -:o: Katf.s of Apvertisim;. One Inch, One Iuortton . " " One Month.. " . Thno Mimiha.-l fa Six Monili " " One Yr l cw . s m h i , (t , u i Lib ml Discounts ill bo n.l.- for Ijtnn-r AtvortlMnenU ami for Contrai t ly the Y ar Cuh miut kcoompaur " AHi.rti. ui,.iii nloas rood reference U ptven. HE WASN'T CHA7A" -tor- Til E A D V EN T V li E O F A ST K W ABD OK THE AvSYLC.M. SUE lilt'T lif;f.jf.i f; .w. Once alweek the mild patients at the Asylum, who arc-so disposed are allowed to have in one of the halls of the building, a dance and one of the attendants usually act as the partner of the patient, to that all thingsgoou siiKKithl.v. L ist week one 'of our young lady, visitoi who had friends among the Siih i inteiident's family, was admitted to one of these dances. She was informed that her pai l tier would bit a young inan who lultoivd under the hallucination that he was Presi dent of the -United States or some member of the Cabinet and . she was instructed to humor him iu this whim and . agree to whatever he might say on the subject. P . some chance the ouiig l.ul. in stead of lieil'g introduced to the . insane jonth was assiued as the partner of the handsome oung Stewart of -the As,lum, but not catching the ii.unc. she labored un der the idea thiit' she was dancing with the imaginative jiiuug man who fancied he was President, so i she said :' "I U'.lieve I have the honor .of dancing with the President ?'' "Oh no main,'' Tie begau,-l am the S .'' "Oh yes, excuse me, the Se.-ret.i ry of War!" said the young lady courtesy ing gracefully ami smiling iH'witchingly. With a still more puz.lcd ex pression .on his face the young man continued, "You you are mis taken, main, I I'm thci Slew ai d." "Steward!" continneM the lulx , "Steward f. Oh yes, you mean I he Treasurer, the Secretary of 'he Treasury. How stupid of ine nj.it to recollect that." What could it mean 1 Peispirn tion waslM'ginniug to Irickle down the brow of the nonplussed Steward and he began to twist his uiiis. tache nervously vud give conviil sive jerks at his cravat. It was nlowly dawning upon him that his part ner was either crazy herself or that she thought he was a lunatic so with one of his most killing smiles he lieaiued on his fair patl ner w ith : "Excuse ine, Miss , but you are laboring under a mistake; I am not crazy, but ' Crazy ! why, on dear old Uiy, .who ever thought you were era..!" i said .Miss , .and she eipiel- tlshly tapped the Steward on the check with her fall, -I didn't mu cra.x, I said .mi were Seciei.n .!. the Trca.siirv!'' That , was a sluiinei. U hat could the uulvrtilimte jonth do but waif till the manager called 'out "promenade all," and then he pro menaded out to gct-tle Superin tendent to make an expl nial n n iu which he hiniscll had so signal ly failed. Morganton Mountaineer.-'' ! Jfjre LayOW j j Here now is the "l:..inf lait.v that will soon, be asking ol lor votes: Tlie l.oss Sheplieii'l ring liailii in the District d' Columbia. 'I'd,! ! " :" I III1 tafe burglary miipiity. whiskey frauds, reaching ifJ to Hie While House. 1 1 III 1- reed ma ii P.. ink -.win- idle. The Belknap impeachment.. .The KoIn-soii naval Innnl-. The Suiiltoi ii frauds. , The Indian Bureau frauds. The Pension Bureau frauds. The I Hack I'riday lasiaiily. The theft of the Presidency in 187. The Indian brilM-ry in lsji . And the star route frauds, int to mention :t long list of othir offenseK,any one of winch ought to and would overthrow aii,. liti cai party that ever existed lu lhis country. Gen. W. ( Wickhaiu, a inemU-r of the straightout Be xiftlicui Stale (Vuiiinittee of Virginia, accepts a nomination to the State . Senate, tendered him ly the llemiM iats t,t Hanover ami Caroline counties. Our Virginian liieuds h,ic made, a great mistake as the wil! lind in the end. If I hey encourage democrat to vote for llepublicaiis for policy, it'will nor Im- long iK-lore many will vole that wax - from preference. Defeat is Udter than victory gained in this. manner, The national party of New .lei sey.Jat their convention t Aslnirv Park, Thursday, control, of rail roads and telegraph lines, demand ing that all money issued should, lie a legal-tender, and favoriug a iostaMcIegrapli service and equal taxation. A section in fa vor of female suffrage wan adopted alter a warm' discussion, but one asking for prohibition laws was voted down. '
The Wilson Advance (Wilson, N.C.)
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