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BILL ARP'S j LETTER.
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ItiS BUDGET OF WIT AND
COMMON SENSE, j
Mrs, Arp's Fear of Burglars and
the Dogs and Goats. How to
liaise a Hog.The Value of
Habits Acquired in Childhood.
It Wits afier midnight. , About
the time when deep sleep falletu
upon ii.m.in, bat not upon a womau,
tor Mr. Arp's e.irs are always
awake, it seems to tne. I felt a
gentle di in my sido from au el
bow and a whispered voice said:
William. William, don't yon hear
that fl 'What is it ! said I. 'aome-
the front piazza,' said
body
she-.
r U in
"LET ALL THE NJS THOU AIM'ST AT, BE THY COUWTKY'S, THY (JOD'8, A!f I TK17THS
VOLUME 17.-
'Don't you hear, him rocking
in the rocking chair r.- Aud sore
eno.ih I did. The chair woald rock
iiwhle, aud then stop, and then rock
agnu. 'I t lie - gun loaded,' said
ln-; 'They are ro'obieis, but don't
sho -. don't mke .. noise, cau'l
von iifit mr til ttiM . window
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M. rev u us what do they want to
nl m fui 1 : Mav.be they come to
st-eni one of the children. Slip lm
tlif little room and see if Carl is iu
hi iK'd. jLiou c stuinuie over a
ii.nr, may be some uouy is under
the ocd ' The rocker took a new
.start and huad another dig in ,my
si.le. 'It is the wind,' said I. 'No,
jt is not,' said she. 'There is no
wind, the window i -up, aua the
curtaia don't move
birr-, I tell yu, lladent yqn bet-.
teViiiive t lie in some money and tell
theni i-)go T -I haven't got any
money,' saul 1. -It's all gone.'
.Lord have mercy upon us,' . said
she. 'William, yet your gun aud
be ie ul.v.' ' f. ';
I gently slipped out of the bed
and tiutOed to the window and
cautiously peeped out and there
was the pointer puppy ,, sitting
straight up in my wife's rocking
chair and ever and anon he would
, lean forward and backwards and
put it ia motion. I whispered to
Mrs. Arp to come and see he four
legged robber, which she did and
in due time all was calm" and se
rene. ' ' i - : '
Last night there i was another
sensation in the back piazza audit
was sura enough feet this time for
they made a; racket on the floor
and m'ftved around lively, and the
j elbow digs in my side came thick
' ami fast ; took me a minute to get
f.iuly awuKr and after listening
awnile 1 exclaimed in audible lan
guage 'goatsj carl's goats,' , a
.gathered a Drootn and mauled. 'em
u-ttowu the u.ict steps. '1 tola yoa
my dear,' said 1, 'ihat those goats
would give -us trouble, but I can
stand it if you can.' j i
n Carl aud Jesse have heen ,beg-
giug lor goats a good while and I
was hostile, very hostile, to goats
jor I knew how much devilment
.they would do, but the JUlle cUaps
gxjt up ou the weak sidle of their
luot'icr, and she finally hinted that
children were children, that .old
.folks had their dotage and children
had their goa.age and her little
brot hers used to have goati, aud so
the pair 01 goats were bought and
.. iviipu woiKei two aays inaKing a
wagon, aud contrived some harness
our of old bndle-raios and plow
years, ana after j service they lit-:
their cigarettes and went off smok
ing. An old fashioned man looked
at 'em and remarked, 'I wonld give
a quarter to paddle them boys two
minutes. I'll bet their fathers is
afraid of 'em righi now.' The old
fashioned man never was afraid of
his. II worked 'em bard, bat be
gave 'em all reasonable indulgence.
tie kept 'em at home of BigLte, and
he made good men of them. -They
have prospered in business and ac
quired wealth, and are raising
their children the: same way, and
they love and honor the old gentle
man for giving them habits- of in
dustry aud economy.' He was a
merchant and didn't allow his boys
to sweep out a string or a scrap of
paper aa big as your hat. Habits
are the thing, good habits, habits
of industry and economy, when ac
quired in youth j they stick all
through life. i
And the girls need some watch
ing too. Tbey are too fast' nowa
days. Too fond of jfashion, and they
read too much trash. The old
fashion retiring modesty of charac
ter is at a discount. They don't
wait for the boys to come now, they
go after 'em, they i marry in haste
and repent at leisure, they run
round in their new fashioned night
cowns and call it a Mother Hubb
ard party. The newspapers have
got up a sensation about the arm
clutch, well I don't see any differ
ence between that clutch and any
other clutch. The waist clutch in
these round dances is just as bad
or worse. They are all immodest
and there is not a i good mother in
the land that approves of them. A
girl who goes to 4 promiscuous ball
and waltzes around with promiscu-fc
j They are rob- feHovs puts herself in a pro
miscuous ui 10 uo tai&eu auout uy
the dudes and rakes and fast young
men who have encircled her waist
A girl should never waltz with a
y oung ruin whom isbe would not be
willing to marry. I Slander is very
common now, slander of young la
dies, and there are not many,vwho
escape it, the trouble is that it is
not all slander, some of it is truth
lu the olden times when folks got
man ied they stayed married, but
now the courts, are full of divorces
and the laud is spotted with grass
widows, and iu many a household
there is a hidden grief over a !
daughter's shame. It is a good
thing for the girls to work at some
thing that is useful. There is
plenty of home work to do in most
eyery household. If there is not
then .they can try drawing and
sketching and -painting Or music,
something that will entertain them.
There are as man; female dudes as.
males, and they ought to marry I
reckon and go to raising fools for
market. . . i' ,
We have got a cook now and my
folks are taking a rest. She is an
old fashioned darkey and flies
round with a quick step and l'ghtly.
Anybody could tell that 'Sicily' had
had good training: from a white
mistress ; when she gets through
her work she brings op a tub j of
water ana goes k wasning up xne
floors without being told, she
washes the dishes clean and is nice
about the milk -and the churning,
and is good to the children. She
lets them cook a little and make
boys and horses out ot the biscuit
dough. The like of that suits Mrs.
Arp exactly. If I was a darkey
THANKSGIVING DAY
WILSON, NORTH CAROLINA, DECEMBER 1, 1887.
AT ATLANTA.
B.OW IT WAS OBSEBtPD BY
THE BE VOL UTION1STS.
powerful friend among the princes
of the earth, to establish our liber
ty aud independency upon a last
ing foundation, it becomes us to net
apart a day for gratefully acknowl-
edgiDg the Divine Goodness, and
celebrating the important event
fore uongresa assembles, and
the acquaintanceship thus form
ed often ripens into friendship
before there is any thought by
outsiders of canvassing for the
positions, and thus it is that
which we owe to Uia Divine Inter-1 V"CB, ra api 10 do re
elected unless there Is a change
The Hardsliips Suffered at Valley
Forge by the Patriots of a Cen
tury ago. The Effect of tlie
Friendship of France. ;
The most joyous Thanksgiving
recorded in American annals oc
curred in May, 1773, when theiuews
arrived that France had concluded
a treaty of friendship and alliance
with the thirteen- States! ot" the
American Union. It followed the
winter of want and harrowing anx
iety which General Washington
and his army passed .at Valley
Forge, on the banks of the Schuyl
kill, twenty miles above PhijadeU.
phia. ; ; " '' '
Five months Detore, mere naa
been a Thanksgiving which was far
indeed from being a festival ia
Wasuington's camp. f .
l biladelphia had fallen iuto the
hands of the enemy, aud, when
winter aoproi ched, the .American
general knew not What to do with
his shivering troops. There was
no room for them . in the 'country
towns of Peunsylvania, which were
filled to overflowing, with refugees
from the captured capital. Gen.
Washington, after much; reflection,
made up his inind to remain. where
he was, and create a little town of
his own for the troops. i "':
' So, in his -Thanksgiving? Procla
mation of December 17, 1777, he
announced his intention, saying
that, "With activity and diligence,
huts may be erected that will be
warm and dry," in which the troops
''will be more secure against sur
prises and at hand .to protect the
country." But, . first of all, the ar
my must comply with the, call of
the Honorable Congress to render
thanks for the brilliant success of
the recent campaign, which had re
suited in the surrender of Burgoyne.
aud his army. ! i
"The general directs that the ar
my remain in its present quarters,
and that the chaplains perform di
vine service with their several
corps and brigades, and earnestly
exhorts all officers and soldiers,
whose absenee is not indispensably
necessary, to attend with reverence
position. The several brigades are
to be assembled for this purpose at
nine o'clock to-morrow morning,
when their chaplains will commu
nicate the intelligence contained in
the Postscript of t he Pennsylvania
Gazette of the 2nd instant, aud
offer np thanksgiving, aud deliver
a discourse suitable to the occa
sion. " .. .
At half after tea o'clock a can
non will be fired, which is to be a
signal for the men to be under
arms ; the brigade inspectors will
theii inspect their dress and arms,
and form the battalions according
to the instructions given them, and
announce to the commanding offi
cers of the brigade that the battal
ions are formed.
'The commanders of brigades
will then appoint field-officers to
the battalions, after whichieach
battalion will be ordered to load
and ground their arms. At l.alf-
past eleven a second cannon wilijue
fired as a signal for the inarch.
upon which the several brigades
will begiu their march bv wheeling
THE QVEStlON OF I'liOIlI-
Jt I Tl ON IX A TL A X TA .
in party in Congress. Although
there is still much doubt as to
who will tie doorkeeper, it is
thoughtjba the support which
Carlisle,' Iiandall, Mills, Hol
man'; Blount and Springer give
to Donelson will result in his
re-election.- . .
i
In either my next letter, or,
at the latest, the one af ter the
next, I will be able to send you
letters sparkling with news.
II.
After a Strang and Hitter Contest
the City Votes Against Vrohibi.
tion. The Netrly llegUtered
Votes did the Work.
A PAYING CEOP.
to the ri-rht of .platoons, and pro-il,,e
ceed by the nearest way to tie left dan tiuds no difficulty in, selling at
of their ground by the nw posi- ny cents per gallon, pviug au In
tion ; this will be pointed out by come oi one uauclred dollars per
the brigade inspectors. , "Jacie. This laud, Mr. Jordau states,
"A third sigual will then be giv- rue a uue amount of manure
There is !T:aey in a Diversified Farm.
Mr. L. iU". Jordan, of Mullins.
made this year on a half an acre of
land one huudred gallons of molas
ses About f.ne third of the land
planted was a sterile hilNide and
the caue growu on ii was much In
terior to that ou the r maiuder of
land. This molahse.s Mr. Jor
en, on which there will be
charge of thirteeu cannon,
would know exactly how to get
Mrs. Arp's money and her old
dresses and a heap of little things
thrown iu. Yesterday morning
Sicily's husbaud knocked at the
wife
Arp turned over and exclaimed 'Oh
my. I told him to goto the next
room and tell the girls, aud I heard
em groan ana say . 'goodness gra-
but they got up and gave us
a first class breakfast, aud I prais
ed em up lots. I promised to let
'om iin TTk tnxxrrt anil fnmVtla nn ta
new goods and bring back a big lot
en-
How The Brethren Ate.
The Baptist 1 State Convention
was in Durham five days, and from
the grocers and butchers we esti
mate what It took to feed, it. Thir
ty steers at an average weight of
five hundred pounds, one hundred
barrels of flour, city bushels of
meal, one", hundred turkeys, one
thousand chickens, one hundred
ana nity gauons -i ovsrers, one
thousand pounds 1 of butter, two
hundred pounds of mince 'meat
ntty geese, sixty or seventy gum
eas, and hundreds of pounds of
jellies and preserves, and milk by
iue oarrei. ine oactc-varas are
dyed crimbou'by the blood of fowls
slain at the altar j to appease the
god of hunger. Durham Recorder,
lines, and it took all bands to rear
'em ui. aud at the first crack of the door very early and said his
whin tiiev-ixiuiieeii rtirt ff. in t.ha was sick, sick all night, a d- Mrs
ait, aud kept on bouncing, and
jerked Call a rod, aiid got loose
ami run away and turned the wagon
uin.iie dow n, and thev kent on
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ir.iiMiit; iiUU JU1UI'1M IIUIII mev EOl
ail the harness broken' up and got
away. ' It, beat a monkey show. We
all laughed until we cried, but the
. littlt chaos have reorganized on a
more substantial basta. and there of samples. Girls! should be
is another exhibition' to come off couraged when they do well.
soon' T r j .BELT, AEP
. I :
Mr, Shakespeare says that a man
has seven ages, tut to my opinion
a noy nas aoous ten ot Ms own.
llw begins with his first pair I of
breeches and a slick horse, and
climbs up by degrees! to toy guns
aud.hre crackers arid sling shot
and breaking calves and biliy
goats, aud to srie enough guns and
a pointer dog, aud the looLiug
glass age when he admires himelf
and greases his hair; and feels of
his downy beard, and then he joins
a brass baud and toots a horn, aul
then he reads novels and falls iu
love arid rides a prancing horse
aud writes perfumed; notes to his
girl. When his first love kicks him
and begins to ruu with another fel
Ji?w he drops into the age of des
pair, and wants to go4; to Texas or
some other remote re'giou, and sad
ly sings i. -
t
"This world is all a fleeting show."
Boys are mishty smart now
days. They know as much at ten
years as we used to know at
twenty, and it is righi Laid for us
to ke-p ahead of 'em. Parents
used to rule their children but
children' rule their parents now;
There is no whipping at home, and
!l a boy gets a little i at school it
rai.ses a row aud a presentation to
the grand jury. When my teacher
whipped me I never . mentioned it
at home for fear of gettiug another.
I got three whippiugs in one day
when I was a lad ; II had a fight
with another boy and bds whipped
aim me scnool teacher whipped
me tor fighting, aud nm lathe?
'"PINM tmj because the teacher
V, . 1Uilt aA-ful, wasent lit
.'" "" 'ar, aua it aid ,me
y v.ie ot these modern ph. Ian
L ..u.,,cs WW tHhagimy kinsman
u.e o.uer ii.ij how to raise his boy
wu p mm,- said he. J2aise
u.u ou ioe ana kindness and
reason,' and then h4 appealed to
me ror euuorsement; -"And when
that boy is about iwelve years old '
said I, 'do yoa go- and talk to him
aud if Dossible persuade him not to
ma uauuy. xen nim that it
is roug and unHlial, and will in-
,iy reputation iu the comoun.
xne modern boy is entirely too
"ij. l was at church in Kome
'ast Sunday and saw two boys
there aged about ten .and elve
' A : Advertising Pays.
A Georgia exchange says that
the nrst issue of the Broadaxe. in
Blakely, contained an advertise
ment: A Boy Wanted at this
office." The next issue of the Ear
ly.County News, published in Blake
ly, contained the following : 'Born
to Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Jordan, a
bouncing Daoy Doy." VY. A. Jor
dan is editor of j the Broadaxe
borne people pretend to say that
advertising doesn't pay, it does.
Is it Not Singular
lbat consumption, should be the
least apprehensive of tLeir own
condition, while all . their friends
are urging and beseeching them to
be more careful about exposure and
overdoing. It may well be cousid
ered one of the i most alarming
symptoms ot the disease, where the
paiaeub is recKiess ana win not ue
Iieve that he is in danger. Header.
if you are in this condition, do not
neglect tne only means of recovery,
Avoid exposure and fatigue, be reg
uiar iu your u a oils ana use iaicniui
ly of Dr. Pierce's "Golden Medical
Discovery." It has saved thous
ands who were .steadily failing.
Herr Most is again on trial for
using -language -that is, calculat
ed to bring on bloodshed and revo
lution. He is being properly dealt
wicn ny tne court of Hew xort.
the solemnities of the day."
All of which was punctually ob
served by the army on the 18th
day of DeeEiber:v . : i
On the day followieg? the build
ing of log cabins began,! a wbrk as
familiar to the men of that :day as
was ploughing the fields or swing
ing the scythe. All the available
tools iwere brought together, and
then fairly distributed. The! army
was divided into parties of twelve,
and all set at work building huts
designed to lodge that number of
men, so that every soldier had the
feeling that he was building his
own winter home. j
General Washington promised to
to present twelve dollars as a re
ward to the! party in each regi
ment which should finish its' house
in the shortest time, and in the best
manner. He also offered a reward
of a hundred dollars to the officer
or soldier who, in the scarcity of
boards, should invent the best kind
of available roofing for the tablns.
Each cabin was to be fourteen
feet by sixteen, with a good chim
ney and fireplace, and all were to
be couveniently arranged in 'streets.
The coaamandiug general himself
occupied a log cabin diyiug the
winter, as he had' publicly; prom
ised the troops that be wonld "him
self share in the hardships,' and
partake of every inconvenience."
What a scene of activity the
camp must have preseuted during
the next tew days ! Some of the
men bad their cabins habitable by
Christmas, six days after beginning
them, and by Isew Year the ! com
pact town ot log houses was sub
stantially done. j
But then came the starving; time!
The country round about was sup
porting two armies, iu addition - to
its ordinary population, and the
States were backward in sending
supplies. Atone time a part. of
the army -went without meat oi any
kind for a week, those who were
most favored were without,! it for
three or four days, and the : Vhole
army was so short of clothing that
large numbers of the men had not
enough covering for decehcy, to
say nothing of comfort. . ' L
There was f time in. January,
1778, w hen the surgeons reported
three thousand and nineteen men
on the sick list, oat of a total nomi
nal force of eleven thousand.' The
British at Philadelphia, twentv
miles away, were living in luxury.
Washington never exhibited his
eminent qualities in a more strik
ing light than he did during the
winter at , Valley Forge. He was
then wholly the great man. The
patient endurance of the; men was
due in great part tt his presence,
to his manifest sympathy with
them, and his known activity , on
their behalf. The measures which
ended the famine, and brought in
abundaut snpplies of clothing and
food, were directly due to his fore
sight and energy. I .
Later in the winter, when the
men had recovered their health and
spirits, he sent for Mrs. Washing
ton, and then for the first time he
allowed himself the luxury fof an
extra cabin for his ' dining-room.
Mrs. Washington herself reports
that the cabiu in which they slept
was very small and - that things
were greatly mended when the new
room was added. O
At last, the greats and glorious
news announcing that the infant
republic had found a powerful
friepd in Em ope reached the camp,
reached Congress, and filled the
whole land with joy. Gen. Wash
ington received the news about the
2nd of May, and on the 6th he pub
lished the following proclamation :
. - MIt having pleased the Almighty
Enler of the Universe to defend
the cause of the United ' American
States, and finally to raise us up a
which a running fire of the iufautry
will begiu on the right of Wood
ford's, and will continue throughout
the front line; it will then betaken
upon the" left of the second line,
and continue to the right. Upon a
sighal gien, the whole army will
huzza:
' 'Loiig live the King of France!"
"The aitiilery then'bi irins again,
and fires thirteen rounds; this will
be succeeded by a srond ueneral
discharge of the musketry iu a run
ning fire, and huzza :
'''Long live the lri-ui!y Euro
pean Powers !'
"The last discharge cf thirteeu
pieces of artillery will lie given, fol:
lowed by a general running fire,
and huzza :
; u 'The American States!'
This programme was executed
With precision, and the effect wa
brilliant and picturesque iu the ex1
treme. A ' hright May 'sun was
shining overhead, new colors were
flying, and maDy ot the soldiers
were attired in new uniforms. La
fayette and other French officers
were present. Lord Stirling and
General Greene, with their staff
officers, took part in the celebra
tion, aud ladies surrounded Mrs.
Washington, aud viewed the spec
tacle.
In the afternoon General Wash
ington invited the officers and
guests to a banquet, wtich was
greatly celebrated at the time. Aa
eye. witness reports to one of the
newspapers that the officers march
ed to the amphitheatre thirteen
abreast, and arm-in-arm.
Mrs. Washington, Mrs. Greene,
Lady Stirling and her daughter,
with many ladies of the neighbor
hood, graced the sceue. Lafayette
was in the highest spirits, and tri
umphant joy shone in every coun
tedance. All over the laud, as the
news travelled from State to State
and town to town,' similar scenes of
thanksgiving and festivity were re
peated. Youth's Companion.
a dis i "idfc -up useu on ine cane wouia
after meld about lour hundred pounds of
lint cotton per acre. .lr. Jordan is
one of those progressive farmers
who believes in diversifying his
crops. He says that cotton as a
surplus crop can be made profitable
and that his cotton crop this year;
ttiougii small, represents that much
clear proht orer.and above all the
expenses of his tarru. Mr Jordau
uasa small farm,- but he makes
money. Why cannot mauy others
uo unwise I Marion (S. C.) Index
An Honest Physician's Candid
L knowledge-sent
Ac-
:o:-
commeudatiort
message which
December last.
the q aestion of Free
contained in the
wan submitted in
Aa he then saM.
trade is not
Occasionally there are canaid
and fearless men io the medlca
profession who, though strict adhe
rents and expounders of a profes
sional "ethics" are vet too .noble
minded to be hampered by prejudi
Ci-s aud superstitiau about "ethics
wuen suiierm numanity is cou
cerned, men who will speak the
tiuth as they know it in behalf of
anything, and to whom a propricta
ry medicine is not a scarecrow nor
a bugaboo, simply ,oe':auae it goes
by that name, but who investigate
it' merits by experiment!", and
wheu it proves to be what it claims
to be, at once step to the front and
frankly uckuowledge its merits aud
commend it to suffering humanity
everywhere. Such a man is Dr. j.
N. Cheney, au eminent and well
known physiciau living at KHaville,
bchley county, Georgia, who, in a
letter to the Swift Specific Compa
uy. dated March 21, 18S7, says, in
ieff.-reiice to that famous medicine:
"Your S. S. S. medicine has revo
lutionizt'd the old school practice of
medicine, of which I am bold to say
1 am a faithful disciple. The dan
ger of mercurial treatment for blood
poison is known to ail. The pro
fession ha-s for xenturies sought a
harmless cure, but in vain, and it
had be ;ome a settled belief that it
c uld ouly be cured by mineral aud
dangerous treatment. But in your
medicine a safe and harmless med
lcice a safe and harmless cure for
the worst forms cf blood poison has
has been found. . Your S. S. S. is a
ooon io numanuy. I have never
failed to make a safe perfect and
OUS WAStf I1TGT0H LETTE2.
The News Frcm the Nation's Capi
tal as Reported ""by Cur Eegular permanent cure where the patients been sent in each month from cities
. Correspondent.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. UG After
he most heated contest ou record
n the State of Georgia. Atlanta to
day voted against prohibition. The
ugut has been, a peculiarly bitter
oue. I he Piedmont Exposition did
not close until tbe 22ud ofOi'tober,
and both sides agreed that during
the progress ofihe Exposition no
thing whatever should be done by
either side as it would mar the uni
ty of i he citizens in their enthusi
astic support of the Exposition.
This oer. 1m!i sides ulunsred into
the fight with wonderful activity.
lu two days alter the Exposition
had been ,!o-ed, the fibt wa9 on
the city in ail its fury, and excited
interest and activity than had ever
been shown in a campaign before
in this city. For over a month the
citizens have lu en engaged iu the
coutest. MeetiniiH have been held
almof t every night and local epeak
ers and roieign statesmen have
stumped the county fion almost
every curbstone in the city and ev-
ery cros-ioad iu the eouufy. Eatlv
iu the cauiia:gu tlw prohibitionists
leased the largest warehouse in the
city and filled it up with .1 seatiug
capacity for 8,000 iieop'f. Almost
nightly it has been filled, and such
scenes of wild enUm-ia-m iire rare
ly witnessed.
Among the prominent pnihibi
tiou speakers who plunged fearless
ly iu to tbe riiiht early in the cam
paigu were Unite 1 States Senator
A. JI. Colquitt and Hon. II. W.
Grady. These were assicted by al
most every iniuiter In the city.
who pleached prohibition from
their puipits. Sun nay after Sunday,
to deeply interested congiegatious
Prominent among the preachers
who led the prohibition fight in
Atlanta were Uev. Doctors J. I)
Hawthorne, II. C. Morrison and J.
W. Lee. These three ministers en
tered into the fiht with wonderful
zeal, f poke night after night aud
m almost every precinct iu the
county. The most prominent lead
ers of the antiswere Sen a or Joseph
k. Urown, Captain E. P. Howell
anil Cap'ani J. B. Goodwit'e.
i5o;n m is liad iu:i campaign
luul nd manired their respective
causes tor all :,h-v were worth. The
uegro vote whs the bone of conten
tion ami the balance of power.
Each side made the mest strenuous
endeavors to secure it in every way
possible. 1 he negroes were con
siderably divide! on the subject,
though tbe.niajoritv of them voted
with the aati-iirohibitiouists.
Fulton county, in which Atlanta
is located, voted two years ago on
the same question and weut lor
prohibttion by a majority of 228
out of about? 8,000 votes. The reg
istratioc this time exceeds that of
last year by 2,000 votes, and this
excess gave doubtful figures for
either side to estimate ou during
the campaign. The principal fieht
made ou prohibition during the
campaign was that it did not pro
hibit aud that Intoxicating drinks
could bo openly purchased in a
number of places throughout the
city which paid taxes to the United
States povernment for the sale ol
whrsky. Thousands of gallons have
involved." But the fact that our
revenues are "in excess of tbe actu
al needs of an economical adminis
tration of the Government, justifies
a reduction in tbe amount rui'tnl
from the people for its support-"
The President said "that the reduc
tion should be made in the levenue
derived from a tax noon the im
ported necessaries oflife." For"e
thus directly lewn tbe co-t of liv
ing m every Tamilr of the land, and
release to the people in every hum
ble home a larger share of the re
ward of frugal industry." This is
a broad aud strong platform, upon
nicu tne Democratic nartv can
stand and make the tight against tbe
Kepublicxn Senate, and, if necessa.
ry, gainst the Uepublicau party
next year.
Bat we regard it as absolotelv
certain that, unlets tho Democratic
party shall, to the fa'.! extent of iU
Iolitical strength, prove it desire
to lessen the burden of taxation,
in such a manner m to give the
largest beneDt to tbe greatest outu-
oer of people, it will be shorn of
much of its popular strength and
be in considerable danger at tie
polls at next year's election TLe
republicans are positive, bold and
aggressive iu their policy of Lih
taxation. Unless the Democratic
party be equally agreisiv, bold
and positive, it will be regarded an
having no couvtctioot that it is
willing to declare and stand by.
A hegat rre policy attracts no suit
port Ironr the outside, and discour
ages the faithful.
The fighting parties aie the win
ning parties. There cannot b too
much prudence ia determining the
method of tax reduction. Onoe
agreed upon by the majority of tbe
party, the campaign should be pros
ecuted with untiring energy, in
Congress and before the people
Charleston Sews and Courier.
Alcn V
CN S7227
How a
olds
oiiem I.extpapor
2ri Sides.
KUMBER 44.
NEWS OF A WEEK.
IS It A PPEXJNO
HIE U OtLl A RO VXD VS.
.t foiwfHvl r-imtrt ofthner a
ywnerra front th-e columns
' our ctnt,ntHmrU. Stntm
Xititf.'tf.
Washington expects to Lave a
canning factory soon.
Judge Mclla i mentioned for
the Supreme Court Bench. .
TLe Fayettevilta Evenlog News
will be enlarged, to twenty column.
The Bptit State Concntif.
will meet mt Greensboro next year.
A very destructive fir m-nr,i
at Hickory Ust week, canning .
of?lU,0O0.
There are now over one thoan.1
uiea etnphned in the mm. Arci...
ley and Moafgomery counties.
The next vision of the Baptut
Mate Convention will be held kt ,
orwnniKiro to November, lfcvu.
The SiKke and 1 1 a mil
of CliarUtle l said to be tbe bet
paj icj eiublisUment in that cil j.
The first f. male voter of Dover,
N. II., ct her rote on lhe '"nil.
She stucJivl by quoting a dead
letter law.
Il few ek the imliJinl nn
of journal drvo!-d t. tMs tobacco
mieresi or the coovrv will be
comai'Kn d at Durban,
A movement lookir to the con
struction of MQ indep. udent railway
l:r.e Inia V, ..M.lnrn to Charlotte U
iie:ti; .g-utd, m
Ti ivt-t
' 'ui e county
too"; ti e f;-t t.miuia on Cue
wrapj-cisat ll.e D-uvilIe Tobcoo
Fair.
nM.rtk
Tfcrr. M 'mlta.
Om t
UM tarCoBu.
ihiiiiiii.
Messenger ban
u ex-hing.
i jab Unt
The Wilhnington
a long editorial t bowing how a
prominent and influential Oeorgia
journal manages to keep on both
sides of a dangerous local question
Toe Messenger says of the befote
mentioned journal
1 here are three editorial writers
on this journal in questit n. One is
a vigorous reformer, another is
violent anti refo-'ner, whil. t' e
third is distinguished for his ver
able neutrality on the question at
issue. So the neutral man is put
in charge of the editorial page,
with instructions to print notbicg
on either fiide of the question in
this department, where the opt
ions of tho paper are always given
expression. Then the reform edi
tor i1 pi ven, a colamn on one page
in which to advocate his side of tbe
question with all the vigor be can
comm.u.d. The anti-reform editor
is given a column on another page
in which to set foitu the claims of
tbe party he represents. Thus the
problem is solved, but the innova
tion is numit-takably tbe outcome
of cowardice.
tc ti
U i;-tt
': a lob-.;
Dnihwti lire it.ler sa ya that
ti'U i f the ti.euibrrs fifth
t S'tT CjlVetlt IOH. trhirh
iu that plare,
v :nl!rd
D;i . .
wbeo t
year .. ; k
be a. a i 5
knew totul 4 til. , .
end of Lis dars, Le a as ,
ly manly man. not only .
bt ia ic4iu. ine ii i . '
Iiancy of bia eyeaa v, r .
itig. And I do uci U . . .. '
have ever aeen it noticed t .t .
wondeiful eyes, which fv . 5
and eo keenly, wcr a , t.
thoah to a very s'ii i: .....
nearsighted eje. Ve v .' u
eon, even amoog those ), s .
mm wen, were aware .
Dirkena neer used a '
Le conlioal!y exercise: bi -by
looking at distant c
making thrta out aa
could f.bout uy arlii -.
ance. - It waa au in5 .
iotre of iU1o Lim wli . . v
edanxiorally some I . ,
uatne to comfort lte!f . -an
athlete, Mr. ror:T '
avaot Lim: 'Dicken I r
but tiis Lealfh .
entirely true a- i .
oUvrrat ion extend.
era! charm of Lis mano . i
offiripg any idea to '
have Dot seen or koow
m a charms by bo mt -.
deutua Lugenia. lie ,
tbe gre.l vnu-r "
yet not Lave warmed U -mosphere
w Let ever L
with that ammer i
nee mod to attend Lim. I ; -was
brim I at of enjoy id t.
til a peculiar La mot i
it wbf-n recounting orb
thing pecially abur ?
should Kay, -l'on mf t . '
too ndicalouk! Tbi
boaodur and Imrticg
aa ILoujc'j tbe anae of
lou overwhelmed Lim
wticb carried all beam
It, Il4 wbirti I well
111 eotLutum was bo
entered into everything
did. It belonged, (Si
that amazing fertility .
of idea and feeling
gnisbed Li genia. -
Trolly.
t 3
.
a man Innm I
Eis1ih J:ui ' a moic!a!i di. !
The dead ' 1 y f
. . t ..... I a ...
iii.ni-u troiu utrreti circa, a
If and in Wd at iK!el in Charlotte
la-l wrek. . Whiskey. -
' Tin' Gte
TVJ. m T . T-i- - --
The Minnesota Lgi
recently opened with a
praper, compost-d by
member, from which tu
ia an extract : "And
Lord, tie the rc poM
nimble pens catch eve
most before it i utt
fvi!le Bellector uti
tV-re a-.a 21 iumate ia the Pitt
county j-til. Seven new one were
nivea qturer" last week. That is
a l-retty Leavy exnse toja conhly.
Tne peopb. of Xer Berne propose Thyself, tbey are omni
noiuitiga nob ami oyster fair in I almost omnipotent. If
oauuary. Mare immigration Agent
I atrk-k i Lrliiug them get it np
we see .rom. the Baleigb News Ot
server.
t I
Not the ne'art;
Washington D. C. Nov, 28 '87.
Theyweek has been rather an
uneventful one, but that ia usu
ally the case the week or two
before Congress meets, and gen
erally it is only the calm which
preceeds the storm. The hotel
registers and filling np, and the
host of boarding houses are
made conspicuous by the play
cards in the windows 'Furnish
ed Rooms for client.' Every
landlady is very independent
about renting because she hopes
to get a Senator or Member as
a tenant who will pay anywhere
from $75 to 125 a month for a
suit of two or three rooms,when
the whole house rents for ouly
$40 or $50 a month.
have followed your directions faith-
lully."
Treatise on Blood and Skin Dis
eases mailed free. The Swift
Specific Co., Drawer 3, Atlanta,
The mild weather of the past
week has caused the many
statesmen and politicians in the
city to stroll along the Avenue
to the Capitol, and to lounge in
front of the hotels and engage
in discussing the cares of State
which, rests heavily on each, in
dividual " Representative. The
evenings and early mornings
are occupied mostly in framing
bills to be inttroduced the first
opportunity offered in the call
of States. It is expected that
there wl
1 be even a. greater
number qf bills introduced this
than last session, and it being a
short sess ion the lobyist are al
ready at Iwork martialing their
strength for the onslaughter.
'Most of the old employees of
the House are to be seen every
day around the House Post Of
fice and committee rooms, on
the lookout for indications, as
to the outcome of the contest
for the position of doorkeeper.
That official has more patron
age than any other of the offi
cials, and for that reason his
place is more sought after. The
clerk of the House and the em
ployees in his. office, and the
Postmaster, fcao always a fas
ter chance for re-election than
other' officials, for the reason
that their positions bring them
into T personal communicatiofi
witli the new members long be-
THAT ONE-SIDED TRADE.
How the Farmers are Still Dealt
"With ly the "Yankees."
farmers wnat control nave you
over the products of jour labor!
Do you price your com or wheat,
or tobacco or cotton t Ate you not
compeneu to tase just the price
which others see ht to offer yu i
Ilave you any voice in the matter I
An old man named Boark lived up
iu the mountains. He was a great
hore trader, and when, near the
close of ,the war, Stoneman was
making a raid through our western
counties, lioark concluded he would
into out auu make a reconoisance.
Mounting a good fat horse he start
ed, and soon met the raider?, and
the officer promptly ordered the old
fellow to dismount. Boark got
down, and about that time he saw
a Yankee private sliding down oil a
terribly dilapidated animal. The
officer commanded Boark to take
off his saddle and put it on the
Yankee's botse. Eo.irk obeyed.
"Mount! said the ifhcer. Boark
mounted the Yankee's horse. '-Sow
take the road for your home, said
tho oflicer. Dear gathered bis
reins and turned to the officer and
sain : "win you please allow me
one word before you go? Ivc been
a swappin horses for about sixty
year, but darn meet this aint the
hrst time I ever swapped in all my
life and didu't have a word to say
in the trade."
"How mauy of' you are playing
Boark every day in your business
transactions! Get out of debt, or
ganize and take care of yourselves
and your interests." Senator Zeb
Vance in a Speech.
around Atlanta from which it was
almost as easy to get a "hi: as it
was at tho bars in the citv. The
autis claim that prohibition injured
the citv which was yielding :JO.OOO
a year in whisky licenses without
decreasing in the slightest, degree
the amount of whisky sold in the
city, lhe prohibitionists on the
other hand claimed that Atlanta
has never had prohibition ; that
wuue it was ko vottu two years
ago, the licenses then extinguished
did uot expire, some of them, until
aimost a year ago, auu mat since
that time the domestic wine clause
in the local option bill allowed
mauy places in the city by wfiich
the law could be easily evaded.
This wa, however, remedied byjthc
lasi legislature, wmcn put a license
of f 10,000 on all wine loom which
license will go into effect alter Jan
uary 1st next. The -prohibitionists
ciauneu mac witu ine wine rooms
out of the city there would be uo
places for easy evasion of the law
if the officers would properly en
force it.
The citv La? gone wet '.y proba
bly.1,000 majouty,
Clarence exclaimed his mother.
'come to me quickly dear. How
pale you are. How strangely you
look. You are ill. I smell tobacco.
Oi , Clarence, jouhavea tobacco
heart."
Clarence shook his head and
asjied fceblj-. Nome," he said
moving away in the directiou or
the loutly cow baru, "nome, taiu't
my heart." And with white com
pressed lips he was gone behind
the barn; not lo-t but gone behind;
though lost to sight to memory and
other faculties quite altogether per
fectly audible. Licbange.
MUfj PriscilU Grier. ol AllonAala
III., was found dead in toe woods
recently, with the lower extremities
of her body burneO to a cinder.
Two men have been arrested for
the crime.
Fuyettevil'e wtfl nrobablv lia
their water work soon fr r
iel.Is is the contracTr. ami ili
i-.. i i ,i . .
vuwu lunii 4i nis own
charging every oue for i:
of water Used.
FLAITT.
SEDUCE THE TAXES.
The Next Congress Must Take Ac
tion in Soducbg the Tariff cn the
Necessities cf Life.
Esantifollj Descrihci ty TLesxjT?.
Gradj. .
What a royal plant it is! Tbe
worm waits attendance on its
growth. The shower lalls whisper
iug :i if leaves is heard around
the eaitb Tbe sun that shines on
it. is tempered by the prayer of all
people. Tbe frost that chill it and
the dew that descends from tbe
star is noted, aud the trespass of
a little wo. m ou its green leal is
more to England than the advance
of tbe Russian army on her Asian
outpost. It is gold from tbe in
stant that it puts forth its tinv
shoot. Its fibre is ;nrrent id every
bank, and when loosing its Htt ces
to the sun it floats a sunny banner
that glorifies the Geld of ibe bum
bier larmer, tht man is mart-ball
ed under the tlig that will comoel
the allegiaxic of the world, and
wring a subsidy from every nation
on earth. It is the heritage that
God gave to this people forever as
their own when he arched our skies.
established our mountairN, girt as
Col. V. L. Saunders f,;repariDg
lie material for a bis'orv'of Vami.
Carolina, tbe pa i .ers continue to a
sert. There are few fifanrt m.n
the State so well fitted fr tK.
work as our Secretary of State.
t a meet ins of the stock holder .
f the W.S W. II. If I.ir mrofh
tho same ofticer vr- rUu,i
he Hoard or Ii.ree'or were alo,
nthorir.ed tocijj::n,i- th .W'ni
N ck branch tu ur . .r f ;..,. r:.u
Th. ie m c m to be a sort of move.
mex.t in t&vor of so aliering tbe law
as to apply Ilia money now paid
out in peaioi bv this Stat to
the erection and maintenance of a
soldier hoinV, gay the Greensboro
"at no.
Yen "Who Lead Sedentary Lives
Will find relief from constipatioe,
headache and nervousness by tak
log bimmons Regulator. It is a
'simple harmless, vegetable com
pound, sure to relieve you. Persons
of sedentary habits often suffer
with kidney affections. If they
would maintain the strength, of the
digestive'of the digestive oig-ns
and impiove . the quality ol .the
blood by taking the Regulato it
would restore" the kidneys to health
and vigor. -
The simple statemeut that tha
revenue of the Luited btates Tor
the year ending June 30, 18S7, was
more tuan one nunured imlliou dol
lars in excess of the expenditures.,
is au unanswerable argument for a
reduction of the burden of taxation.
The only choice is between a reduc
tion of taxation aud a profligate in
crease of expenditure.
The Republican party, cliugiug to
the effete and un-American
doctrine of Protection, are
prepared to advocate pension
grabs and waterway grabs and
bounty on shipping, which will take
the. money from the treasury, for
the advantage of the classes, as
rapidly as it can be poured into the
treasury from the pockets of the
masses. This is' tbe Kepnblican
plan. The Democratic plan aud
practice must be dire;nt ur the
DeinoeraMo party will d:s-; point
the reasonable expectations oi the
people.
The public "will soon 'knew what
are the recommendations of the
President on the subject of taxa
tion. It is certain that they will
noi vary, in principle lrora the re-
about with the ocean, loosed tbe
the breezes, tempered the sunshine,
and measured the rail. Our s and
our children's lorever. A prince
ly a talent as tver came from His
band to mortal stewardship..
"Here's a Pretty Ilsw-dy-ds."
The Republicans of North Caroli
na are evidently to try Io settl
tneir ainerences or to make a regn
lai Kilkenny tight of it. TLe two
rival state committee", headed by
Dr. Mott and Log Harris, have
been called to meet on December
14th in llalei&i. It will be .inter
eating to observe whether Mott
brains or Harris's bras wUl tri
umph. Neither will have much to
say after the early part of next
November. Shelby New Era. .
wiogs of the morning a '
uttermost parts of the
are there. Tbey meet
jangles of Africa, tbey
the solitary canyon i
and wLea at length
latitude of the magnet -bold
tbey are there,
light and goodness be e
power and in the geucr
of heaven I-t no rep ru
ded.'-St. Paul Globe.
i 1
expense,
amount
cie 2::a to the In
A William bent ov
face Le wbifpred; D
should ask yon in Fn-n
kiss yoa what would yc
She sum mooed op ter n
ele of the French : !!
Burlington Free Pre
We heard al gen tie a.
'-some time since :bat il
was too stingy to advet
ines it was more than
would be too atiogy t
gains.
A Virginia editor was challenged
to figh, a duel the other day. The
editor wm W. S. Matthews, and
the sender of tbe challenge was
Ion. W. AJ French. They.wtre
both placed under a $4,090 bond to
keep the pe ice.
The Greensboro Patriot sars that
commercial people who ate travel.
ing through - the State report
monev easier and tbe ceneral
financial condition of our peo
ple In-ttcr than for six or seven
yeats. .Th it i good news.
Are made pal id and
by functional irregui .
Dr. Pierce's "Kavorit
tion' Will infallibly cc.
and oi testimonial,
gists.
Two Mormon editor
ed from Alabama a fe
It waa with difSmltv U
was prevented from Lat
A man ws acqnitted for morder
inS:itb Caiolin.!, and now tbe
relative of the dead man bave
brought uit against tbe acquitted
man J. vJti.fHto damage. Tbi i
anewac'ioii in law and it will
therefore l washed with interest.
Tbe compositor oa tl
Cbrouic'e did a Lanlo
TLat parer ajs the
emj loved in tbe Cbtou
tered the editorial rooo
and Mr. II V. Mooriog.
poketoan for tbe part) .
Mr. Robinson with a pj
hoed cases, which, otkiti
Tbe L'o"it.iirTimenofea new ! ed. were found to conta
departnrejin i be grand jury in that I ColdjK-n, tbe other a t
county at i I he last terra of" tbe So-1 la tn.klog tbe rreet
perior toart. That pfer savs that I Mooring requested Mr. I
the grand jury instead f roakinc a I anct pt i he gift a a l
large batch of presentiment, I of tbe respect aud estee
sent in regular indictment to the
court.
We see it stated that a number
of uegroes have orgauized a co-operative
society at Wilmington, and
have purchased an extensive rice
plantation near there on the co op
erative plan. It is tbe first in
stance of the sort iu this State.
There U a carried woman living
In Ingram's Township, who fplit
200 rails a day. She also can dip
seven barrel of turpentine as the
same task. When it come to work
ing women, our cob n try "get there
with both feet up. SmithfielJ
Herald. ,
At Ab-v;ii-. . n f ti porta nt ce
was argued. It a a suit brought
by the United State and tbe East
ern Baud ot Cherokee Indians
against parties who cut and remov
ed valuable walnut timber from In
dian land in Jackson and Sw; in
counties,
The Fajettevir.e Observer twya
four miles north of Mt. Airy there
was a muruer. a Jaias Haines was
shot by a man named Bob Lilly,
who endeavored to burn tbe body
oi dm vicum in a log-heap. J'ar
ties were in hot pnrsui and it is
reported that the morderer was
cougnt on oaturuav (veniog near
the top of tbe Blue Bad e In Vir
be i Lt-ld bv tbe emr.1
office. There are few i
Jim Iiolinn. Tbe
whom be is thrown in
always forced. to bave .
regard for Lim.
The New Berne Jour
ed to see tbe farmers
t -n working aa eu r
their farm suck. Tha
everv few we-k we n
val fsotoe bizb brt-d a
I taken to the. farm!r
try and will ia a few
marked i m prove mi-ii', i
ik. Tbe farmer i
mi-lake not to rale th
that can possibly be ses
Tbe great success of ;
employeI by B. F. Jnu o. Ky ,
of Kichmond, is a pietty good evi
dence of the excellence and pof o-'
iarity of tbe book they offVr to
through their agent. Tbi I a re
liable bouse, and ary contract made
with tbem yoa can depend on will
be faithful' carried oat.
j