WILSON ADVANCE.
1H-BI.1SHEU HVKUY FltlDAY AT .
Wilson, Noiitii Carolina.
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SrBSCUIl'TIoN RATES IN ADVANCE
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, !,-riti-r'(l U-Hi;r at imr nk.
1)KKi'K-'rarlK.ro Str.-ct, in tliu Ol.l - I'ost
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ni-ws of a week
; VTII t I'IIDM AUj PARTS
oi tin: would-
SCS-rULEAXISuS
,-oloicl r.f'ii-.ui
i News."
dropped .lead
t-U. savs the
'p1('!i !''"' ".v""'1 f North
Tin-
r.Udlill.i Ilirf.S
1r 1 1 1 i i All ill!
Wetlue
.Lis I!"1
1 1 of November. .
received. It bids
".slu-dn..!.-!. light. Mayif.lH.
I.iilli.m! :md Idling. .
:M ,'. !.. ui.-l 1.. Wharton, of AVash
a good ,.,.! true. ;.aJj JV
Hlj(led th" conli.Ienee W .""
kli-W him,
tliedcpl. . .
'Senator Colqui
of (
Jer
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preacher -and tatcsiiiji
will
again
of liis
vi- iiiir k-o in- i --
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.1 . . HOC 111
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presence
,lt tlie .stare ran
. T.m.'fiineiiJiil'y ticket; to the
-H.;,if..r '"'' A 1,VAN( K. 1,11(1 wlii'V
ttn I in-
,.,.r,.,.
liu Ii.'iioikI l air lsackiiow
I'he Fair begins Oct, 1st-
All the great New York dailies
"li.-ixe been reduced to two cents.
Hi. "World" started the reduction
iinil (Ik- o hers "tumbled to the
r.icket."
C.ici.i d folks in Texas ;ire here
;il!cr to have equal' accommoda
tions with the whiles on railroads
imli:it State in separate, and ex
clusive cars.
Al.otii bit) prisoners in the Con
i,.:t en: Slate prison were taken
iilthlily sick on the al'tcrnoon of
tin- L'Oi h, having been Kiisoued by
eating canned meat.
The next day of Martin Lutliur
. (November 1)th) will be celebrated
throughout, the country and a
.bronze statue will be erected to his
iiicinois in Washington.
'Ilcll Hole Swamp is the name
fa j laee in ,&jh Caiolina, and
rv r, time U( stranger stops at a
ilw.iy resiatnanr m uuu ntaie ne
ink.; lie's al that pi 'ee.
1,'rv. Dr. M iibnru, "the blind inan
floiiiclit," is to deliver .six lectures
in Norfolk, lie will visii North
Carolina. lie is a lecturer and
n. :ii ln-r oi t he highest order".
The pciiuul crop -in Virginia, ae-i-.ii
ding to latest rejtorts, is a great
l.iiiure. It is la lieved that owning
to .In. iigl.t not much more than a
l uiiili of a ( rop w ill lie made. N.
The I lost on "Star"
says : The
hij'i a newspaper
i.i-i.'lo there : about
is the more
it. What it
iiicatis is. I lie oigger
a bustle is the
h o c newspaper theie is about it.
We liave "received an invitation
aitcn. I the - Weldon Fair which
t.
l'lV.ili; Nov.
.Hilh.'es, of
:.n atl.ll'vss.
r.:h.
ot!i. Hon. 1). w.
Indiana, will deliver
Thursday.' November
The l.'aleigh "Chroiii. Ie," Migge.ts
that Hie next polar expedition be.
r.niiM.sc.l of John Keliey, Ben-' llut
l.i, Dennis Kearney, Pat Wins
bia ami other political "brick-a-hntc,
. '
The treasurer of Jacuson -ounty
Ohio, lia's not only skipped out
with about s,ooo, but has also
jil.ipe.l willi; a pretty girl. The
MHiio mm never does things by
i halves. : ''."-
li cost .lohn Kennedy, of New
Voik "? U'0 'jo kiss a g.i k .This is
ing t he market value lit' I he. rnAV
in.iit-ii.ii b-iid all n-a-iii. '.V .-Vr
iii t i hi- ;i-:ci' is not so .high in
. -lib Can-Una.'
l'.-.-c.i ...v
l lll'l:'M- i 1
David
Dav
s has
I ind
! will
!.!er-
li. -ai 1". s i i i: lb
s,i it 1 :i ..!" ! iii
iiit.'.iiliiig tiie in
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it.
l!:
ill'.-
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S a tilK- '-'- has
-.i I i tilt. A i i it
in. l. .!.( alld li.l. il ,i
a 'ih ui'.ing
b : k iii eie a
i'lCM l Kl
I"' iih;iiiie wit i ii.... ji'i t.-.
ii- al li o! two cmI.Ii en
tii-inc illi; -vs ol others.
!:.N.,li
an I i x-
An ebtoi in (b-oiLna .vss
-Cii il.l is found m thi;tv-sU conn
tics in this State, silver in dree,
diamonds ii twenty-six and whisky
in ::'.! of them, and the last get
iu , with ail the rest."'
King Humbert, of Italy,-has
Hauled Mr. John Y. Gariett.
I'Jisi.l. ul of the lkiltimore Ohio
); 'a. ad. with four white elephants.
lln wen- landed. --'at Baltimore
"'"iMbtN ,.f la
st week, ai.d placed
' H k.
I'vea.l II ill p:ll-k.
Tln first t iiiiii so child ever born
J:V "','igb! was the daughter ot
1iin.K,, Minister, who ap-'-Uhunt
a ,IR):i;ii ago. She
Mi5nuilMi, the first name.
Ml. In.
l,5,"r tt''liU count v.
-l' I IK , Cll'4 1 t V 1
ii.1 1,000 worth of
If i '''iishoro last
eek.
oy. ot th-'Piuriot'
wiM i i . e hope some erne
lii,;,57P.v.- It would do
liso,, ,,. '' '"l about certain
- u"! Aiuianias.
asM'i:.'';1"-1;- Jones, well known
out t rtiv' J"iunalist, has leeji
tile r7iiiu. He says that if
n!i70rniails lived - in- North
ias.sth?n0ar State would far sur
Jiis a(iriqaeeu ot' tll Pacific coast.
rK'it hA-,s lor onr flks ti s.tay
All'ji.tlieold North State,
bush of is the enterprise, and
0llrSfclves Camoniiaus to make
tle Qathe i ,Uost l,losl,ei'ous 1'
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VOLUME 13.--
The 'trial at Concord last week, f
of David ;raiey, lor the murder oi j
ir v Walker, ii rcvenncr nor-nt in
Staalv county, on the 8th of last
,...-- - -
February, resulted in a verdict, of
manslaughter. Fra'ey. gets 12
years in the penitentiary.
Gov. Cleveland, is a bachelor,
pardoned a man convicted of hav
ing four wives, because he was con
victed that "in any event the pun
ishment already suffered by the
convict has fully vindicated the law
and answered-the end of justice."
The Fayettevillc "Sun" says that
the Florence ltaihoad is moving
steadilv southward, and is already
out of sight of town. The con
struction train is carrying material
tbi-'-e-quai ters of a mile beyond the
trestle, and he would be a "doubt
ing Tliomas'' who i.s yet unconvic
ted that the southern extension i.s
an assured fact.
Susan Anthony says that-there
are 1,000 women practicing medi
cine in England, and so far as she
has been able to learn, "they kifl
as large a proportion of their pa
tients, and receive as exordit fees
for so doing as male practitioners."
This is another. illustration that
woman is man's equal.
.The Wilmington "Star'' tells Us
t iiat in that city three are two girls
and a bov who are perfect albinos
and their parents are negroes. The
skin of these children is perfectly
w hite, their eyes a bright blue,' and
their hair and eye-brows of the
color and consistency of sheep's
wool. Another singular thing is
the fourth child who is of a dark
ginger-cake color. '
Sharon, oi Nevada, is sixty-three
years old, has not seen a w ell day
in fifteen years, weighs one hundred
and ten pounds, is worth !?l"i,000,
000, and has a law suit on hand
with a woman who claims him for
a husband but whom he. don't w ant
for a wife. He could get out "of the
scrape probaldy by giving her a
million or pe'rhaps less.
According to the Chatham "lie
cord" a boarding house keeper
adopted' a -novel but effectual
method of collecting a bill out .if
one of his boarders. The boarder
was about--to leave w ithout paying
his bill when the landlord enticed
him into a very' dark cellar and
be was not permitted to "go on his
wav" until the bill was settled.
Young George Vanderbuilf,
fourth .N-n ofthe niilUonaire, wants
to be a newspaper reporter. There,
it crops out again; the natural,
educated and hereditary .greed for
gold; the. insatistiable thirst for
wealth; the p .ssionjor amassing
millions by the easiest and quickest
'methods, and reaching j a. fabulous
competence, by the sluutesit ways.
It's a family trait, ,
A sfoiie was thrown through
the wiinlown of the train on the
A. it U. l. It. one night last week,
says the "Guide," w hichstrnck Mr.
Claud Keith, of Willi.iinston,
knocking him senseless. Two
negroes were convicted and hound
over Jo court for the otleiiee. Let
us make examples of them and
thus deter others from this coward
Iv method of attack.
1 lie .-Diamond .Matc.li I ompany
one of the largest concerns of the
kind in the country, owning facto
ries at ()shkoh and elsew here, has
issued a price list making a sw eep
ing reduction in the wholesale
price of matches, t The reduction
is over .10 per cot. Matches which
have been celling for 8.1.10 per
case now sell for 2.."!) and 2..";j,
with discounts' to large purchasers.
The conclusion reached is that the
gre it match combination h;V been
broken.
A mass convention of the colored
voters of Ohio was held at Colum
bus on the 20th for the purpose of
appointing delegates to a national
colored convention held at Louis
viil'oi!'- the 24th. The convention
S was captured early by Die Demo.
crats, and allerwards leorganizeit
by the Bepublicans, w hen tin foiv
mcr bolted and two co'.ventions
were held. The lvo!li rs . a-ppointed
hiegaleJ the i.at:oiiaI conven
tion, andtd'opted rooiiitiifns en
deiniiing the " Bepn.bhc5uis. Tho
other convention refused. 1o ap
poinr delegates and endorsed the
Be publican ticket.
A .practical Religion.
We waiil a religion that softer
f .
! the step ami tunes the heart to met
I ody, and checks theimpafient e.xcla-
mation and harsh rebuke: a religion
hat is polite., deferential to superi
ors, courteous tu inferiors and eoti
siderate to friends: a religion that
goes into the.family aud keeis the
husband from -.being cross vvheu
dinner is late, ani keeps the wile
from lreltiixv -.when tne husband
ir;u.ks ,- - wd tloor with
: . .. " . ..
this muddy lwiots, and makes-. tne
husband mindful of the scraper and
door mat; keeps the mother patient
when tUj- baby is cross, and amuses
tho children as well as instruct
them; cares for tho servants liesides
paying lliem jvromptly; projects the
honevmoon into the harvestmoou,
and makes the happy home like the
fig tree, In-nring in its bosom at
ouce the Ieauty of its tender blos
soms and the glory of its ripened
fruit. We want a religion that
wie.ll interoose letween the ruts
and gullies imd rocks of the high- j
way of life, and the sensitive souls
that are travelling over them .
A Galveston man, who has a
mule for sale, bearing that a friend
in Houston wanted to buy a mule
ttlegraphed him: "Dear Friend
if you are looking for a No.l muh?
don't forget me."
PH T.iTTf! AT. POTNTlS I
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WHAT TIIE POLITICIANS ARE
TALKING ABOUT.
TIIK 1'OLITICAL CALDR ON.
Johnson county is for honest
Joe Davis, of Franklin for Gover
nor. ''Senator. Yoorhees thinks the
'old ticket'' strong, but prefers
that McDonald lie the nominee.
The Tarboro Southerner" ur
ges Ceo. Howard Esq., o'f that
place, for Supremo- Court Judge.
"Harper's i Weekly," it is said,
concedes Hoadly's election in Ohio.
We'd rather see it than hear tell of
it '' --
Mr. Schuvle'r Colfax is' convinced
that i he ilemocrats this fall will
carry the State of New York by
25,(K)() majority. ;
lleistiie man to laminate and
the democrats of the first, will make
a great .mistake if they lail to give
him theuouiiu itioii.
Fred D.ougla . says Ieu , Butler
would capture -the negro vote of
v .
the d( iiiocrats noiiunate.l him for
1 "resilient. Nonsense; Did i any
of tiieni vote for Horace fJrijely!
Perhaps it may be again New
York and Indiana, as in 1876.
Cleveland and McDonald or
MeDonlald and Cleveland would
cciaitily be a strong , ticket. New
York "Woi hi.
Ohio can go to the deviL' Bos
ton Post. '
It is :j. devilish sight more likely
to go to the Uepublieans. Clalves
ton News.
A distinction without a ditler
en(i Charl itte "Journal "
Senator' Bayard will take part
in the Ohio campaign. Democrats
in that-State write that the dis
sentions in tha party are confined
to Hamilton county, and that the
Democratic prospect; lor carrying
tlm State are bright.
The E. City ."Falcon" gives a
canvass of the votes on the first
ballot, in the first district for Con-g'-ess
as follows: . Moore 111; Lath
am, 108; Shaw, 45 Barnes, 19;
Caho, 14. He thinks Moore will
probably be nominated, and if
nominated will be elected.
Mr. Wendell Phillips can yet
tling an adje:tive with the best of
'em. Hear him: "I distrust and
despise the Republicans as hypo
elites and t iai.i . servers, as double
dealers, as'soirrhs carrion mas
querading in the, grave clothes of
their honored jut (lecessors."
If coming' events cast their
shadows before, say s the Hickory
"Carolinian," does any one see a
solid delegation marching from
Mass. to the Democratic National
.'Convention;, next year with liags
decorated w ith the names of Butler
ami Jams, eternal peace and liar
mony and mutton chops for break-
. A few weeks since we took oc
iuisioii to savin these columns that
owing to Mr. Van's extensive busi
ness engagements he could not
lossibly accept, a nomination tor
Governor or any Other osition iu
lSSl. That statement was true
then and it i true today, never
theless it has not changed the
minds of the people, and thev are
! to-day for Jnaau S. Carr first, last
; and all the time. "Tobacco Plant."
I And thev could not be for a Iw-ttr
man. -
The republicans of Iowa are call
ing upon the churches of the state
for financial aid to carry on the
campaign iu that
State. A circn
eaeh church as-
lar was issue.
,1 to
sessiug against, it 10;
enforced by an appeal
which was
from the
minister in
Charge. Hence last
S inday over
can speeches
five hundred republic
were delivered from
as many pulpits after which collec-
t ions were taken up for the aid of
republican campaigners. Many
democrats, therefore, are with
drawing from the churches, and the
courseof the fanatical ministry is
bit telly condemned.
Tin: Right Way To Put It.
In 1 ' 1
senator iaaru nas oeen inter
viewed in which he gave Ben But-
ler a oiacK eye. ne sam .of hjs
democracy:
Gen. Butler had better confess,
such men as Butler; liave worn the
ass' kin too long -It has grown to
to their bodies. Xo sir 3Ir,
Uiitierwas me oiuerest foe, the
most virulent enemy, the most nn-
compromising opponent that the
Democratic party had in the con -
sti-nefirtn davs. WliatpVPr-ioWn.
... . . .Mttjao
his prostestatiou now, I can never
WILSON ADVANCE.
AM. THE ESDS THOU AIJI'ST AT, BE TUT COmitY'S,
WILSON, NORTH CAROLINA, OCTOBER 5. 1883.
foret "that much. ave.
most of the labor, the anxiety 'of
. . i ' ,1UiJe,,J "
liih nartr tA -v..t. r .
- " "" vy " x oeiong, came
"U1U lu? wicicea base. persist
uuu malicious efforts of
Congress like Butler.
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' &. b
men
have no sympathy with that Phar
isaical class that is opposing him.
If the Republican party of Massa
chusetts can endorse the fraud
which put Hayes into office can
endorse Mahone in Virginia (and
both Dawes and Hoar were Ma
hone's most active friends and snp
porters); if that party can uphold
these wrongs and not blush, then I
say give them Butier, and lots
of Butler, too. It is a poison as an
antidote poison; the hair, of the dog
that may cure the bite. I hope
Mr. Butler will be re-elected Gov
ernor of Massachusetts."
The Old Beast;
When Butler was in command
at New Orleans he issued the for
lowing order.
IlEADQUATEEs
Depaetments op the Gulf,
New Orleans May 15, 18C2.
As officers and soldiers of the
United States have been subject to
repeated insults from women call
ing themselves ladies of New Or
leans, in return fcr the most scrup
ulous noninterference and courte
sy on our part, it is ordered here
alter, when any female shall, "by
mere gesture or movement," insult
or show contempt for any officers
or soldiers of the United States.
sU. shall be regarded and liable
to be treated as" a woman about
town plying uer vocation.
By command of Naj- Gen. Butler.
Geo. C. Strong,'A. A. G.
And desires to be President and
would like to have Southern votes!
No true Southerner would vote for
the detainer. .
Views Of Thomas A- Hendricks
Chicago, September 20. "I have
just returned Irom Iowacampaigne
said ex-Gov. Thomas A. Hendricks
"The Republican party is taking
the prohibition side of the qudstion.
Formerly there was a high tax on
the sale and manufacture of all
liquors except ale, beer and wine.
Now the Kepublicans propose to
extend the tax to ale, wine and
leer. Absolute prohibition is sure
ly its cry in Iowa. The canvass is
being vigorously carried on by
the Democrats, and they feel very
confident of electing Mr. JKinne for
Governor. I went to Iowa to pay
the political debts I. owed. Mr.
Kinue has been very efficient in
Indiana when we have been in po:
litical extremities. He will be
elected beyond a doubt and the
rest of the Democratic candidates
on the State ticket have, I consider
every reason to be confident of elec:
tion."
"What do yon suppose was
Henry L. Pierce's reason .for de
clining the Republican' -nomination
in Massachusetts!
"I really don't know what .about
it. Butl r will be re-elected, I
think He is popular, and gets
the votes of the masses of the peo
ple of both parties. He. is t go-ahead,
dashing, brilliant fellow.
He is abused by almost everybody,
but he keeps right on in his course
without regard to whom he tram
ples on."
"The issue of the Ohio campaign
is to be the tariff question," said
J B. McCnllagh,, ofjSt. Louis, who
was present, "Tantt lor revenue,
Congressman Frank Hurd tells me.
is to lie the slogan in his Sta'e. '
"Tariff lor revenue only," quiet
ly remarked Mr. Hendricks. ,l'You
must not forget that little adverb
....,.i.5,.i. l.ino-es the ffreat issue
between' the two parties."
A Munchausen Story-
We were informed, a few - day
ar,o says tne loisnot ;
.t r - . uCunlil1
Home." by a gentleman ot tins
county of undoubted veracity, that
be once owned a dog that was bit
teu by a snake several times, after
nrltiell lip commenced to dwindle
Tt 'CV"
away and finally died. The gen
tleman said he cut the dog open
aud to his'great surprise, he found
seven snakes, a majority of-.thein
no....i..,i tiii1n doir's liver. The
largest one of the snakes measur
ed 3G inches and the shortest 20
;..iiue Kiinwiusr the author of
lUVUVk't ----- -
this story as we do, we do not
hesitate to say that this is a true
snake story; but if any one doubts
the truth of it, we are requested to
refer them to the author, who says
if it is necesesary, -he will take
i.;., kji.Ia which he some times
reads, and swear to it.
. -a
Snecial from Greensboro to N
Y "Times:" "Greensboro, N, G.
Sent. 23.- A..- nine year old son of
a man named Smith, residing in
the suburbs of the city, yesterday
nttemDte-I to hasten the
lUUIUiug -
preparation of the family breakfast
hv iKiuring petroleum xroiu s"
Ion can into the kitchen fire. There
- ifhI exolosion. and tne
was - '
hnrme was set on fire by the burn
: . Th( liov'a clothing also
! caught fire, and he was Dornea to
Uleath, notwithstanding the efforts
! r u:. hllir to extinguish the
- ilia ujvv "
1 flames.
ABOUT "FARMING:
:o
NOTES GLEANED FROM OUR
EXCHANGES.
A COTTON T I VK Kit.
Mr. S. W. Alison, a millionaire
farmer of Illinoisstakes his reputa
tion as an expert on the prediction,
that the corn crop of this year will
be larger 300,000,000 bushels t ban
it was last. ;
The New Orleans "Times
Democrat" expresses the opinion
that the cotton crop of 1883-84 is
owned by the producers, and wil
leave more surplu s money in th
country than anv cotton
crop or
recent years...
Dr. W. J. Lawrence brings us
the phrasing news that Mr. Benj.
O. Savage's cotton picker is a suc
cess. He has seeu it at work. In
rank cotton lefore the leaves are
off it is at present of little account.
The leaves cover up the bolls so
that the bristles do not reach them
When the leaves are off, the cotton
is piemen out cieaniy. As a pea
picker it is a complete success, i!o-
ing its work rapidly and well. It
can at least five acres of cotton or
peas in a day. Dr. Lawrence now
thinks that it Is only a question of
a short time when it would nick
any kiud of cotton. Mr. Savage
has sent a picker to the Louisville
imposition. He should send one
to Boston. Tarboro "Southerner "
Fwman's Farm,
We find the latest information
from Furman's "intensified" farm
as.it is sometimes called in tne lo
cal columns of the Milledgville
"Union aud Recorder." Two woll
known farmers of the vicinity, Mr.
Obadiah Arnold and Mr. Win.
Sawyer,recently went out to the
famous farm in order to see how
matters are progressing. The re
sult of their observations is that
both agree in estimating that tbe
sixty acre farm if the seasons are fa
vorable, will yield 125 bales of cot
ton of average weight. In addition
to tl'.isthejeotton is absolutely free
from the rust that is to lie seen on
the cotton of some of Judge Fur
man's neighbors.
We have no doubt that there are
many farmers tired of heariugof
the intensive or "intensified" sys
tem of farming, but in spite of this
it is the only system that is worth
considering in connection with the
millious ot acres of worn out cotton
amis to be found in Georgia. It
is probably true tnat many farm
ers who have experience with .the
intensive system have made par.
tialor complete failures. It i
very difficult in such cases to cou-
ince either those who tail or their
friends that the failure is due to
the men themselves and not to the
system- The intensive system is
no more valuable than any other
system or lack of system unless it
is carried on with intelligence.
Judge Furman has discovered the
particular food that cotton requires
on his particular land. Any oth
er farmer, by the exercise of a
ittle patience and intelligence
can do the same thing.
Ater all, farming is pretty much
like other pursuits- Those who
pursue it intelligently succeed,
while those who persue it in the
old fashion w ay will always remain
in comparative poverty.
Yenor's Weathar Predictions.
Be prepared for an early eold-
wintery snap in OctolKj but re
member that the . "winter is not
yet.'" .
Christmas will probably be
"green" ami wet, and the New Year
of 1SK4 balmy and open.
The entry of December will be
v ry cold; its exit just the oppo
site, with scacity of snow in ma
jority of sections.
The up-and-down "e,hop-wavey
condition of the temperature line
is likely to continue through an
tumu months.
There" is considerable warmth
yet due the year 1883 in most quar
ters of the northern hemisphere.
The fore portion of October will
probably be very fine, with warm
weather. Frosts are likely to oc
cur about the 5th and 6th, and
this condition will be followed by
a rather cold, wet and unsettled
period. The latter half of the
month will develop a nam tier of
severe storm peri rds.
A Tennessee Teacner.
Tennessee has at least one pub
lic school teacher who might
dispensed with. He goes to his
school barefooted, in bis shirt
sleeves, without anj- collar on, his
shirt bosom open and his pants
roiled up to bis kees, notwilhstand
the fact he has nearly grown ladies
among his scholars. It is , said
that water has the same effect
upon him as upon a mad dog.
Til V
GOD'S, AND TRUTHS'."
Fred Douglass lints Social Equality.
A colo K ed Man foe Vice Pees
idf.xt oe a Place ix the Cabi
net Recogxitiox to Be Forc-
. " ED."
The following is an extract from
Fred Douglass's sjieech at the ne
gro national convention: "Now
that we are Tree men we must, like
free men, Like the reins in our own
hands and compel the world to
receive us as their equals. This
city, metropolitan 'in size, cosmo
politan in ideas, is 'still not free
and liberal enough in its opinions
to receive us as equals in its pub
lic buildings-ami IrotefeitFbis is why
we are sitting In national conven
tion.. We have been given num
erous platforms, but we are still
in the same condition- What we
want is not' words idle epithets
in our praise but action. ,We
have never been helped, but as
sistance comes from all sides to
help us in our downward course.
If we come as cart-drivers or ser
vants we are received, but when
we come as scholars, as statesmen,
the color line is raised. Tho col
ored man belongs to an oppresed
and abject race in the United
States. The trades unions refuse
him admission, aud mechanics re
fuse him as au apprentice. Our
business is to organize lor our
rights and for the redress of our
wrongs. Some say we should not
hold this convention,for it menaces
the Republican . party. Parties are
made for men, and not men for
parties. If parties do right, stand
by them; but when they do not
uphold the principles laid down
In their platforms, down with them.
Follow no parly blindly. We have
learned how to talk, and let us
speak for ourselves about civil
rights. The stamping out of the
black Republicans of the South
has been done iu the face ol the
Republican party. The conven
tion should implore Congress for
the restoration of justice and for
justice and for the abolition of this
most detestable state of affairs.
The New" York "Evening Post"
makes a great mistake when it
says: 'Be modesty you have been
but tvyenty years out of bondage.'
t hese officeholders are afraid of
our aspirations. We do aspire
and will continue to do so. We
shall never cease being a despised
and excluded class so long as we
are shut out from political prefer
ment. We cannot ignore the fact
that to this is to be attributed the
degradation of our race. Elevate
one of our class to the Vice Pres
hjency or to a positiou in the cab
inet and our equality shall have
been established.
In&rsoil on LoYe
Robert Ingersoll has a
great
amount of pot-try in his composi
tion, and utters gems of thought
as beautiful as tiny any ever. 'spok
en. ' Here are-a few from a recent
lecture.
i "And then you know, I like to
think that love is eternal; that if
you reaiiy love the woman for her
sake, you will her no matter what
she may do; that if she really loves
vou for your sake, the same; that
love does not look at alterations
through the alterations of time.
Through the mask of years if you
really love her, you will always see
the face you loved and loved and
won. And I to thiuk of it. If a
man loves a woman, she does not
ever grow old to him, and the
woman whv really loves a man
does not pee that, he grows old.
He is not decrepit to her; he is not
tremulous; ho is not old, he is not
bowed. She always sees the same
gallant fellow that won her handand
heart. I like to think of it in that
way, and as Shakesphere says,
"Let time reach with bis sickle as
far as he can; although
be can reah rnddy
cheeks and red lips and Hashing
eves, he cannot quite reach love.'
T like to think of it. We will go
down the hill of life together, and
enter the shadow one with the oth
er. As we may go down we may
hear the ripple of the laughter of
our grand children, and the bints
of spring, and youth and love will
siner once more noon the leafless
o
branches of the tree of
love to think it in that way abso
lute eouals. hanm- and free, al
ur own.
DOGS AMONG SHEEP.
Jue Tar I wo "Southerner 7 says
that on the 16th of this month
alout 2 o'clock in the morning, Mr,
Geo. W. Howard discovered some
thing among his sheep, so he took
his gun to investigate matters.
jje found' two dogs with a sheej
apiece. He killed one outright aud
the other was wounded as he ran
beioff - The next day he informed the
owner of the wounded dog what had
happened, and at his request fin
ing was killed. Out of a flock of
twenty-three seven had been killed
and .; wonnded. v We .submit this
proposition to t he voters in tbe State.
Legislators who will not give us a
law to protect sheep, are as mean
as sheep killing dogs. '
THE EXPOSITION.
NORTH CAROLINA EXHIBIT
AT BOSTON.
A TAIt HEEL'S OPINION.
Accompanied by. a party of clever
friends from Wilson, i the writer
had the pleasure., last week ol vis
itiug the e.Ksitious now open and
in full blast, at Boston. . We notice
that very little has been said
throiuh the newspapers alnuit the
Foreign Exposition, .and many be
lieve that the arrangement of the
Exposition is similar to that ob
served at the Philadelphia Centen
nial, .where the main building con
tained the exhibits from every
State and country. But at Boston
this is not so there are two sepa
rate and distinct ExKsitions, the
merican and the Foreien. held
uildings, erected for the pur
pose, several hundred yards apart.
Yt the Foregh Exposition building
we saw exhibits from almost every
foreign country, and What was
qually interesting to an Amercan
iu many instances, representatives
from foreign countries came to look
after their ow n exhibits. Without
attempting . a description of the
many objects of interest to a visi
tor there, we would saj- tnat in our
opinion this ex)Msition is in many
respects, equal to the foreign ex
hibits which attracted so much at
tention at the Philadelphia Centen
nial. - '. ". -.
Going over, to the American Ex
msition building, the first thing
which attracted our attention upon
entering, was the .North Carolina
exhibit. This is in the centre of
the main floor, and the area oceu-
lied by it is 50 x 100 feet. Every
depratnient of the native indus
tries of the State is.arranged with
striking taste, and though sur
rounded by the many -.-evidences
of the iuventive genius, thrift, and
industry of the progressive New
Englanders, while looking through
onr own excellent exhibit we leit
proud here to claim North Carolina
is our native State., The Board of
Agriculture of oar State appropria
ted ten thousand dollars to defray
the expenses of the exhibition and
the labor of making the collection
ind arranging the exhibit at Bos
ton devolved uihii Mont lord.
McGehee Esq., State Commis
sioner ol Agriculture.' and Dr. C.
W. Dobuey Jr., St at e Chem ist . To
them and to their assistants is the
credit, which this excellent exhibit
reflects upon North , Carolina, in a
lame measure due. -
The exhibit of' gems, ores and
minerals from,. North Carolina was
the finest that we ever saw from
any State.
We met, while in Boston, a young
man who wore a beautiful ring set
with a North Carolina Amethyst,
There are about 40 lots or dif
ferent specimens of ore taken from
North Carolina soil and, it is said
that some of the copper ore from
this State is shipped to Swansea
Wales. There were-several lieau
tif ul specimens of Hiddenife- on
exhibition which atttracted much
attention. This is a newly dis
covered green crystal, which nfav
be easily anil beautifully- polished
uid sells, by. weight as high as
diamond. Prof. Wm. E. Hidden?
who gave name to the crystal is
present at the exhibition to en
tertain those seeking mtormatioii
relative to the object of -his discov
ery.
The exhibit of woods and tim
Iter is also excellent. We were in
formed that this department in
cluded 120 varieties of rough tim
ber, upwards of 150 of finished
wood, and more' than 100 done in
varnish. We. noticed a seeiinen
of White oak, cut 17 feet, from the
ground, which measured five and
one half feet in diameter. There
is a large Chestnut log on exhibi
tion whose lower section is hollowed
out. and a Boston paper is authori
ty for the Statement hat this
was used for some time, by a rail
road in North Carolina, as a ticket
office.
The .display of silk worms, raw
silk twine., and threads was suffi
cient to convince the visitor" that
the success of the silk industry
is not only a Jiossibility, but a near
probability in North Carolina.
The display of native wines was
very creditable, ai d the tobacco on
exhibition from Granville,, was the
finest we ever saw.
There are a number of varieties
of granite and marble,' obtaine-
from iliffereut parts
We noticed a fine
of the State,
specimen of
granite lrom V Hsou county.
Considering the short time al-
lotted to the - department for mak
ing the collection and the season
ot the year at which it was made
the display of agricultural
products is very gotxl, though we
have seen this department sur
passeu at our state fairs. "King
voiiou u mere in every Jorm. As
an were looking at the exhibit of
corn wc were very much struck
--NUMBER 34
with the remarks of a gentleman
from one of the Western states
who stood near as. As he picked
up one of those long heavy ears of
corn he said; a state that produced
such corn as this ought not to buy
western meat." We blushed to
concede the justico and Toreo of
the rebuke. We were prepared to
find that the North Caroliua ex
hlbit bad lieen a little exacomrod
in the newspaper accounts through
M'vamj or its friends and
we were all tl,e ,llore gratified
when we saw for ourselves -.that all
that had lieen said 1 in its praise
was .deserved. - That North Caro
lina will le amply repaid for their
exhibit, which in its design and
arrangement is more than mere
show to almost the idle- gaze of
the curious visitor, is, we think be
yoml peradventure. The spirit
and temper or the excellent ad
dress of Governor .larvis who
sjKike for the South, the applause
with which it was received, the
courtesy and delicate atteution
shown to him as the Governor of
North Carolina during his visit to
IJosion all go to show that there
is a Iwimjide reconciliation between
all once hostile sections, and that
the jieopleare dete; mined hence
forth to disregard the sectioual cry
of bliistaiit -demagogues,;'- and de
vote their energies to the' prosperi
ty and welfare of the whole .conn,
try. What North Carolina needs
is that her soil, climate, and re-
Miiiiees snoum tie known to the
world. The object of North Caro
lina's extensive exhibit at Boston
was, as far as tar as oasible, to
meet this necessity by attracting
attention from abroad, displaying
the products of her soil and her
natural resources and thereby en
couraging emmigrants and the in.
vestments offiue capitoI necesary
to fully develop her untold Wealth.
We repeat that the exhibit could
have been left in the handsof notio
who would have shown more zeal,
pride and untiring energy to ac
complish the object for which it
was intended than Mr. McCehee,
Dr. Dabney and their clever as
sistants Prof. Hidden and Mr. W.
H. Kerr, who lias many friends in
Wilson, and T. K. Bru tier, editor
of the Watchman,, a single man
( this for the benefit of North Caro
lina girls who uiay visit Boston
while he is there) and the hand
somest member or the Stated pie'ss
association. The exhibit from
North Carolina was. upon the
whole, very fine, and the statement
that it far surpasses that made by
iinyother state state goes without
contradiction. To attempt tomen
tion everything or interest which
we saw at the Americau Exposi
tion would require more - time,
space, and energy than we have
at our command. Every person
can find something to -interes
him there. After walking .through
the one building-until we were tir
en and weary, we stopped at head
qu uters for North Carolina i infor
mation but we were unable lo as
certain the whereabouts of our
friends. After sauntering around
or some time, we found each one
in different departments indulging
his Strongest pioKMisity George
Green had struck up with a man
w ho had on exhibition an eaty
opening catti.- proof gate and
the gentleman was intently list
ening t he useful improvements sug-
gesied by Mr. Green. Ashley
Young had found something excel
l.jif t.. A.t .....I I..:.
niniii cii iimi nan jMVlllg uh .
hibitor with miinlx-Cei-s quest ion.as
toiiow iH-st to have it prepared
Jim l lark was learning the modus
operandi of spinning y;iins and
remarked, as we walked up, that he
had "got it down fine" but we wig
estel that it would lie In'tter,
lielore couiiiig to a final conclusion
upon the subject, to wait until we
returned home and saw John Sel
uy ami Mr. llainss. We all i left
Hoston, aH r a stay or three day
highly pleased with the visit.
- '.- ' . . w.
A Test of Lots.
In past ages, the Russians were
very much distinguished as wife
ls-aters, and perchance went so far
as to say that, "If in Muscovy the
wome i are Iieatcn once a week
tney w.l! m t le gjod; therefore
they look for it weekly. And the
women say, il their husbands du
not qead them, they should not
love them.", This seems Incredi
bfe ; but singularly enough. Mm,
Alkinson, in one of the most rnient
works on Russia says : "A nurse
maid of mine left me to bo married
A short time after she went to the
Natchalaisk of the place to make a
complaint against her husband
He inquired into the matter, when
she coolly told him that her lioa-
j band did not fore her. He asked
her how she knew he did not lore
her. "Because," she replied, "he
i never whips me. She resented the
- 1 neglect of her husband to give her
; those little attentions cuHtomarj
j Ut ween man and wife."
; --- - '
1 "Spice," of tbe Eostou Commer
icial Bulletin, who deserves to be
j strangled, say: "The veteran who
, has 'smelled powder' is tbe chap
, wbo has waltzel with mature mai
' dens all summer."
WILSON ADVANCE.
:o:
Rates of Advertising.
Op Inch. On Inwruon . 1 00
- On MonUi , J ou
six Mth. : rzri
One 1 rmr ,,- . J
Literal Dtacoc- r win be maJe for Lwwtr
AdTwUtemcnU Mia for Contract by the Yw
Guh mint Bocoatpuy all AilTrtiaementa
Blew tood Mtertno to rtTen.
A CHILD STOLEN.
-:o:
DRAGGED THROUGH THE
WOODS NIGHT AND DAY.
iXESVVKED AT LAST.
A special to the Atlanta "Consti
tution" from. Newiun, G , dated
September ITJnd., says : The geu-
ernl interest excited throughout
the eon nt r by the rnpersof tljjle
tree, the kidunper, led the "Cou
stitutionV representative to seek
an interview with Joe Allen White.
The little boy hits just ecied the
clutches of the demon. Tb little
boy has lieen so much sought after
that it was with great difficulty
that 1 could get him Hway from the
crowd to hear
here follows :
his story, .which
KNTICED AWAY,
My name b Joe Alh-u White, 1
am nine years old, I was hi home
when I first saw the man who stole
me. It was Wednesday, August
28. . He asked me to go down to
the spi ing and show him where
some cows were; aud when we got
there hw picket! me tip and loted
me a halt a mile. He then put me
down and toll me 1 had to go with
him to Tennessee, and work iu a j
sawmill. It ma ulout U tiVloek :
iu the morning. We travelleil '
through the woods most of the tim
and passed through a great many
swamps. Westased in the wo hIs
the first night, and 1 had no) ding
to eat until dinner the next day
after I was stolen. He told me his
name was McBride and that Iim
lived in Tennessee and owned a
saw-mill. He called ine Lee, 1 got
nothing to eat from Thursday at
dinner until Friday at dinner. We
did net sleep in but two white
people's houses all the vest of the
time,
WUPPEDWITH A HK'KOBY.
When I was at Paint Ux-k,
about three miles from home, I got
a little waySjbehlnd and bid. He
came back, found me, and when
we got ou Keel's mountain he out
a hickory and whipiasd me. I had
dinner nearly e eery day when I
was with him, but never had any
thing to eat more than once a day.
Mcliride had five dollars, but paid,
for nothing. He begged every
thing. He got a pair ef shoes aud
a hat. He had no pistol, but talked
about buying oue. j He travelled .
every day and some nights. He
got me a pair of shoes at Si nil
Mountain, ulsiut fifty '.miles from
home but my -feet bad got ho nor
I could not wear them.
IIEA'BD TnK Doiis HA UK. '
We had travelled all d:iy lar
Tueilav and until I o'eloek at
night, and were fixing to lie down
when we heard the dogs bark ou
our tracks. He told me that If the
dogs caught me they would eat fa
up, aud told me Ut follow him. ,
We ran into thenwampMand wihmIs
until 4 oVIh-k Wednesilay eveiiiuit.
when they f uinl me a.i.l he got
. .a 1
away, i nm not uuu autTiuiig io
eat sim Monday, and not rested a
day since 1 was stolen, except a
part of a Sunday at Oak Level. A
food many times when we were
traveling he said he wanted to gut
something to eat for tue and him.
He then tied my hands together
aud tied them to a bush aud weut
aud got something to rat, aud a
great many limes eat it all up and ,
gave me uone. . Aiier i wa louuu
I was takeu to Mr. J.J. Detiui,
and kindly i 'red. for there until .,
to-day. He brought me to New
nan. .
THE KATIIKKM HTOttV.
.C Whit, the lather, aya: "I
will leave for hoaie to-morrow via .
Atlanta and stop at the National j
Hotel. I diseovered that my son
waa gone in lour hour. J knew
by the next morning that he wa
stolen, and have been in purnujrl
eversiuce. I think Chaile Ogle
tree is the thief. I live iu Jackson,
Ala., near-Gurley tank. Tb
jieople there have been kind enough
to contrilnite money to get it home,
but can't know whether enough or
not until I reach Atlanta and as
certain what it will coW
The boy is a timid country child,
aud it is impossible to gt further
details from him.
Cblld Bora WJH Oalj Ose Haul
The Calhoun, Ga, "Timet" ay:
"There is a child in that couuty
which was born with only one hand
Some mouths lie fore his birth a
brother of his mother hail his
hand and a portion of bis fore arm
so badly crushed in a cane mill
that amputation was necessary.
The child's mother aaw the opera
tion performed, and also took hold
of the arm. and the impression
made upon tbe nervous system
was so great that when the child
was born that portion of his arm
was gone. Tbe child is now about
two years old aud is well formed,
with that exception."
t