North Carolina Newspapers

.iff IAS' CAMPAIGN! CAMPAIGN. ' : 1 m vv n 'XT.' THE ADVANCE FROM THE ADVAflC NOW UNTIL jilltlst t4 NOW UNTIL JAN. 1st FOR ONE DOLLAR. FOR ONE DOL1 "LET -ALL THE ES OS THOU AIM'ST AT, BE THY COUNTRY'S, THY GOD'S, AND TRUTHS. :o:- CAMPAIGN- CAMPAIGN. VOLUME 18.-- WILSON, NORTH CAROLINA, MAY-10. 1888. NUMBER-15. r-- I- I v ': 1' ' tr id1 - V. 10 BILL ARP'5 LETjEE -:: a riti i' Timot t SAS, ; WW v " W fW f ' 'O loos. MEe uie iai. Kreacy i J3ut mis country j. nwu, . yy iJjOyli O OUHUvJJ u. cooks of. the olilen tii"es," have some curious people as well as; ." . j . - Vh;ir. little stands at the street big trees.; I had barely arrived' j ;0: miexi where they sell sand-j in a little town and did not; , ) WiCDtw anil - tiuiM-ii p uam n.uuw a tuui, uuu a ouuu 1"uil" f tf ft 1 IS laUti I Utt ltlEi EiDUhR- I uoiieu ea. a.'i ua.y. . n re- I iua.ii mny ui iuciu nucw mc, t i.-iir.l ;fl mo of the old-n time J when a. tall, raw Ixmed indi-i muster davs and court vidual aDDroached ine, with a H'liot It thinks of '''" " ' ' ; '"' Iriive the. in-int lo faints. TION OF. ODR PEOPLE. j Well, I , --, 15 h the I ihoiiiilit rich, fertile latul awa n ber before. but.I :un.froo jt'o I never saw anything in or elsewhere to tHn.! the region I hav jiir over. Going from Me'H Forrest City, a di.-t ; txr milps. the travflifT Wj ... , and wonders if t'li v a more miserable "; not be found. Uit t nl of it. You t' Crowlev 's ridire,' ;w 1 1 i c h 1 northward from i Iit-itaj for a hundred miles, and inark the break between siviiiiiii dnd ta ble land.- I .went iron Forrest City to Helena, a dL-taiirje of 15 mile?, and from ; there, juorth west to Clarendon, a distance of 50 miles, and it is .ill .-ojie' 'un broken area 'of .the, fiinesi lands on the continent , It i; r:ot a urairle. andwiever ha l4ei:, in the memory or man. i that nail oi it nan oeen -clean and the cleared Jam; alternates with the primitive foreitd that stand up , trrand a:nl jiiL'.i and happily have growth. There is about these forests stick hncVer his arm, and said in a very emphatic tone of voice, 'I want to see you, come this way."- 1 followed nun a , rew : steps, wondering who he wa3 and what he wanted. He kept about two steps ahead of me, and gave an occasional glance backward to see if I was follow ing him. Thinkim?; I had gone about far enough, I stopped aud he said, "("'ome rirht alont,', Itwant'to see you at the hotel." So I followed,, and it occurred to me that he was the sheriff or the town marshal, and vvas vroc.i aim election Gays, tne ,fd old woMten. had ginger c i k' s and pies and eiinmon beer and they sat' up in a little one ho:-. I'oveied wasiou. with the iiiiul state let down for a shelf, and tlieyy.res,'iat milled caps an'd'"spwptacle,s and had their kn:,tti::ir.wit-h them and made Hi' needles fly wheii they ; had ii ) (C!i'c:tomer3. How sweet and love i y the ginger cakes were to U- ''liidl'fli. . , ,;. i-):ir old mother Tutton, wlijit a Lroil aiiizel she - was to tho lsttie folks, for if we didn't 3 us. I know i that she is in heav- times make me pay for talking en. lii.tiii.'se cava our smallest out nere. tnen again l tuougni pitce of money was called 'a that perhaps he had heard me ;rin, and when folks spoke of say Arkansas somewhere. jSev- ertheless, I followed aloiig and felt as mean as a- dog, for I did not know what I had been at When he got to the hotel, he took a chair and silently mo tioned me to another. For a mo ment he looked solemnly at me n TI.LT.TIIE VEOPLK O''' THE rori'jy AND SECTION I1A VE HO WE AND Alt B - ' noiNO TO HAVE GOOD SCHOOLS OUli MIDST. m abitrfateinirercakeainonir something, for tliey do some i: luiniscenci s, of the Vast, Facts fl!i(! J' resent and Ilopfs of the Future. morally certain they it is just as shore as anything would ea- i thrip is, for a, ginger cake. i i-e genial Bob Martin, the first reporter of our Supreme Court, sx'.u, 4,Oh, why does old age pa-'-aiv our brightest pleas -niiuose uresv i woula yive nve nunarea ana saia noimug. l couia siana dollars it a ginger cake tasted Jit no longer, and rising up said as .:oo1 to me now as it did wIk-i! 1 was a boy." - ; -irmet Judge oanders at For iv; t C-itV, and took a liking to f,rm rt-5't 1 I no a iti.?uitv j h thnt! I L:ve f. umuer- i:r.im! :l W oar as I discoursed him, e-.i i said Arkansas m- never seen elsewhere..-IpJ bic. trees are not close touif.-'r V.ut stand at a stately di-t.infv. The hnnter can ride all d i;in th.1' 'chase and the ttumVt-ir, wKm hauls logs to the ..av in 111 o; staves to the depot ,dpvs v.b have to cut his way or t i.e rny particular foute. . It, : all a beautiful sylvan scuiue.' f 'The.u lands average a bale oi cotton to the acre without iVtilizer, and with but little, cultivation. From sixty to seventy.-fife .mh'- "vvnat is it yon want witn , me He chewed his tobacco fast an,d hard and said: "I want ed to know if you could play ojn course, lor 1 couia'ni l me planner." e is a learned Judge somebody ought to have ta- T i h-rriaes over that circuit Ken my picture .rigm tnen. dignity and ability, 'l here was mdiemation, vexq.- I was usintc my best tion and relief all mixed up to gether in my countenance. never replied, Put lett nun in ,utter disgust. Another fellow heard it land it was all over town, and! my new found frieuds soon got familiar enough with me to say: "Well, major, can t you give us a tune?" The poor fellow was mentally but not bodily, drunk, ana that was all of it. I learned that he was a most excellent citizen when sober, and was ..rarely, any other way. Bill Akp. ot Arkausaw he looked ed 'and alarmed, "Don't ' any more, Major, if you .: your lite. They kill stran- out here for1 that. In fact, 7 killed so m?.ny that the ii-lature Las passed a law de- true pronunciation, ryhody might know put themselves in Arkausaw Traveller is a part of oar history, our tra ditions, our "'ares and penates,' Tt th . ; 1. not Th n,t the , i :: , .no 1 L,t n.--r? i tl.'.i It ::' the .'. i ri al it peo- els of com is consider crop, though he;u-1 an Mulhattan say that Ui stalks used to grow .-Y; : : !.( that the bears ciiniLeql IL and he had pulled many a c oat of a shuck. Tlipre'isja world of cotton made ou tIip.-;V; h rs'T.-, and ninety percent oi'il nuOle by negralabor. They wof 1; when i please. They w i 11 co 1 . -every Saturday and glory rainy day so that they can o again. They .pay .fivs aoll -rs an acre for the rent of )ie laud, and as there is l.ol.- .d.j v, v io rent It and labor! n,; r.'.n'; dant, they have the.it f- ' . ay pretty much. I tm-atr.: they do not reallr v.ji.i-'a than about four ui'v umH . year. Tha merchant jh-. vk yances to them will fi i: enty-five1 dollar muk 4.- a , dred and take a lien,- ana h hardly ever loes hi:? -jpbt ('ot ton is' everything Irr. Thi nice littl.b' town of tila.: ::ai::,: With only 1,000. ;;,!;. iiunt: handles about tweiv bales, and that iy iu; product of the coun are nice churches ph pie, good, schools afrS .'"iiappy.' prosperous homes. ai'fd 'it nil . comes from cotton- nothing but cotton. The lanaf bird's -"-r.-iost all live in towns or he little villages along,., the irailroada. The negrdes occupy tiio covi;: -try. It is a notable inr that i.o gro labor, unreliable and uncer ' tain as it is, is the source of the wealth of this beautiful .region. Jast let them havo qu exouus all of asudden, and ail ha-.-ln-all property would collapse la :.: a balloon that had brr i. "i e negro is still a grt-at-l i;- t'-ri .7-. southern hornet a---iudustries. He h : t;..l vaot of the white V.ih happy and contend eervlce. They are fat and greasy, and can i er and' show more t e than anybody. The; ' want or suffering, ti pity, and the isommiieratL-.ii of philanthropists for their condi tion is altogether wap-d. i -.isu the white race had j ;o:a jtLlLy of their contentment U; lulness; Now, who generally .-as iraveiler is tolratfcd. it is likel saying "Mihool tutttr" in -thi olden time. It. provokes a dinuculty. i t is lika caying.. 'itiyer and 'nklier. So I thought if would put you on your jiuard.? Well, ect lie saved my life, and :-liail always-: feel grateful to , . 8 iii in. . ' I x;:e. Aikan?as oi to-day is not the same as it was forty and ' fUty years ' ago. Like old to ..-! Xorth Carolina aud Alabama it in a is fa.--t coming to the front. It ii . A TENNESSEE ESSOINS- L Lady's Saring jic:-an:or Wita a . ' Eos. : . 1. .3 i-d. cu avr been cleared; up aud drain - n-e maiarialhas been driv- y. i; :antiiui villages aoi bo il'.i- flnl i-a comin th ;-jt-r- r -and -in in las; :-: ::Kcli i J;' load, ly "ti u:i:w 1,0 Miss Mullie Green is a hero ine in Ferry county, Tenn. She is but IS years old, and teaches school on Cypress creek in Perry county, though her fath er, ttobert ureeu, lives across the Tennessee river in Hick man county. The f little log schoolhouse was quiet aud the Utile children busy with their lessons to-day, when a dug, loammg at tne mouth, snapp ing and biting, dashed in at the" door and sprang towards one of the children. The brave teach er thought only of the children in her care, and sprang between them and the intruder. She told tuem it was a mad dog, and kicked j at it, her skirts protecting her, and, by the aid of a heavy rujler she kept it at bay until all the children had fled. The infuriated animal but -she was too aile to be caught, and resolutely held her ground. When all the I little plenty of game ones were gone she desperately huntinsr parties fousht off the dog hutil'she reacned tne doorr wmcn sue pulled too after heri and fell fainting outside. The cSildren had in the meantinie run to the nearest House, an eigiitn ot a mile distant, and given the alarm. Two men came up and after reviving the teacher with water, killed the dojf. The doir had teen, in the -.neighborhood for a few days. The grateful pa rents of thw children lookup a subscription and will give the younsr lady a fine saddle s and pears are crowding horse. Her clothes were literal ly torn off during the struggle with the dog. If thre is -any one thing looking ! t !u" jdivelo;!ieiit of thi town m wiiu-.h U-.e ADVANCE t:tko- an ab sorhhijt interest, it is the edncatio-.i of tile VisiuK generation. We be lieve that the snbstautial, material prosperity of Wilson has been made largely by the educational ad vantages that the town has enjo.v f d almost from its birth as a town. This paper has ever been an out, spoil-a. earnest ally ot every mtaie- uie-nt looting towards the belt ring of our schools aud it will bo fonml, so lontr :is it is edited bv us, laboi- iug with those who believe in tne iutelh'ctnal development of the people foi better schools" aud a broader and deeper, culture ol the people. . Believing that itiwouki do our readers good to si o what has al ways been the attittnto of our people m regard to the education of Uie people, we asked a gentle man iu everv way litted to give the facts in an inri-resting manner, to itc :n jtrtiele -for the readers of the-ADVANCE on the schools of Wilson in- the past. lVor.w give the article and ominend it to j our rea!?s: 1 To tiik Editor of t;ik Wilson AoY A: CE i-.S". To i ettrem au ui cousiderate jnomise I send yon sc.iiif reminiscences of the Wilson 'ciiools. 1 say inconsiderate prom m because my memory cf eveuts and 'dates in their sequence is so inpt-iieeW.ha: notwitti- lanoing m . - - : u mor paiiist::King I ruaj. mhjwi nvsplf hv this article to the criti cism of uaore lof innate moitals in that reepect. When W'iUm was known a Tuii- not Depot and louff belore tln !h-oile oi this locality were alive to and . s the best tliat could be t.onc at that period there had been sev eral r.ood sCiuwvis in f ite neigliboi- ho.l nsta!ie(l bv nidivid als in which tin ir own aud their neigh hots ehildreu weie taught and trained. Ami tne name oi iiunu aid, McCarrpll, Furman. Younj; anil new schooj building, Messrs. Moses ' lionn tree and Wiley Daniel open ed nesotiations with Eev. Dr. 0. F. Deems, and ' with a generosity nnparalelledrtconslde?ing the cir cumstances, gave hlnj the property to secure his coming to Wilson, wmcn lie uKi very soon with a corp of efflcie it teachers and be also, in connection with Capt. J. D. Rad chffe, opened a military school for boys ; both schools were popular aud secured a large patronage from the begin niug. Measra. Ripley ami Speed are reraemnered among tiie teachers at4tli,hj time and Ur. O'lhims. an Iris4 gentleman whose eccentricities rnerj . a " constant socrce of amu-wjient to th com tn tin lt-y ; Uv, ii not remain long. Dr. Deem being Imoiog preacher of -&t MeToltt elntch it wa- feared y a portion of I he people in audVround Wilson that the schooi would be conducted with a denominational bias not witlistan'diugHSsarances to the.con tray aud it was not long joeiore a part.v of geylemeu reprtwiiing this element purchased the laud and built the ltitstitute iu which Mr. llichanlsou was installed as prin ciple. It was not long after the Institu tion was finished before the war begau with its four years of excite nieiits, horrors and demoralization, during which the- schools were scarcely tLonght of except by those man and he knows bow to teach (a rarer faculty still) and. be knows how lo choose his assistants- Prof. Warreu is remembered by those who knew him at sch xl as a most diligent, earnes intelligent and laborious student, and he baa, siuce be attained the years of manhood continued the strict application or study that he exhibited when at school, and consequently increased his stock of knowledge more than most teachers. He is habitually a student. Prof. Warren has taught in different sections, nd in eery change that be has -made, be has bettered his condition and entered a: , ' : a 'KISS MAMIE 3SEUCXR. Miss 31amie Mercer reaches a pri ate school at the residence of ber parents on Tarboro street. She is a bright young lady and a good teacher. ACT SCHOOL. Mrs. W. II. G. Scott has estab lished an art school in Wilkon that U an .addition to onr educational lusu.atious. She ha quite a num ber of pupils and thj work Ihey have done under the intruetiou of their admirable and excellent in structor will compare favorably wan tne work done by the pnpus TANGLED LIVES HKW JI1 STEIil tS IN TUB DOUBLE HAIIRIAGE, Mr. AUffUMlu Mints Civet fA Vartienlar, of hU ilarriawe to ihe BetU of GafnYnA South Carolina Jtomnncein Real Lift, WILSON COIAKGIATE upon a ; larger field of usefulness. At no place has he taught where the people were not anxioos to have him remain with them. lie does good woik and has pleasant INSTITPTK llllLUIxo. or any -other Institution in the State. Mrs. Scott is a fine artist has taken first premiums on ber work a toe Weldon and Kaleish Fau-a. Tetk Editor of Um Okrlou Chrmicie. Slack's, S. C April SO, 181 Fro 3i the many reports in circa la. ton tbroogh tb Pram aa to marriage to M ias Floreoce Little, am prompted, in j on tie to myself, to make true statement of facta. I bare always known ber, from wtuenmy acoaalutanee riDened an fl matured into love that was no bojtsb whim. Miss little is of rpocAWe family, a woman of beaaty and many'attractiooa. 61m was reared an orpQaa, that heightened and excited mj sympa thy, and from onr engagement, one year there ambush and was a witneas to all tbe proceeding. W bile to tbe boecy. just at dark. Tbe Iter. J. O. Crtcr :-r formed tbe marriare cere nor v letweea ay self aad Alias Florence Little. At tbis moment nature very ap propriately drew its dark curtain around as tbe clandestine znarriaps was periormed, when the qneenlr orh aro in tbe raktrn horizon ami threw Ha ilrrrj rava around our feet and lit our dutmal and r egged way back to lira. Mary IvK kbart'a. I took Ibis as a good otaen.. Alter reachin; Mrs. Lock bart'a 1 aasisied the then ilra. Florence Mlntz to tLc bouse, and after bidding ber good night, drove back to CiatLiey City, be lieving our sacred tiei woa!d bo'.d through life. I)r.AtkiL.ton who had Come at tbe appointed time was till there trot left noon for bla borne. Daring tlU time tbe wires were flashing with inquiries be tween Blacks and Ciaflueys. -Vberetis Gaa, Mis Little and Dr. Atkinson!" Wbkh one did sbemarryn 2?o explanation. All was tn mystery. ben I arrived at lilacks I fond all in wUd cx cdeuient. rnbltc opinion was coming down on me at the rat of one tbonsaod pounds to tie squire manners and euJeafs bimself to She does splendid work and we can iiumederately interested and tbe I those among whom he labors. I cheerfully recommend her to those institute' was dosed tba second year of tbe war -ana the building used as a military hospital. Dr. Deem'a schools had a similar fate. The male school was discontinued almost immediately and after a Tba teachers in the Institute at deBinng good work of this charae- present are ladies ot reput..tmu as ter. instructors. Misa Maggie Hearne, who is known in Wilson, from sev eral years of teaching in our midst, is one ot the best anl most thor- sickly existence for two or three I ough teachers to tie rouno. Sue is years the Seminary was also closed, kind, thoughtful, but a immovable The war over, after a nhort breath-1 as a roc in her discipline. She lug.space, Prof. Arnngton started a Is well gronmled and makes a'ndy school iu the Seminary and was as- plei enie to the children, sisted by his clever bi other-in-law, Mits liouldiu is a young lady of Capt. Averett, who is pleasantly Virgi ita who came to the school remembered not onlr for bis social Highly recommenueu. one nas oten 9 1... m qualities, but nis line music on the Uute. Atter Mr. Arrineton leit Prof. Adams came back to Wilson aud opened a small school bat did not remain long. Pnt. John DeBrruia Uoopei aud his lather-iu-law Kev. Wm. Hooper, L. L I), came to Wilson in 1870 or '71 and opened a school in the Instil ute from which after one or two years they moved to the Seminary and almost immediately alter their removal Prof. Sylvester Ilassel opened the Institute and THE rCBLIC SCHOOLS. The white public town is taught by rarmer ana Airs. W. F. Mercer in tbe old Methodist cLurch. Mr. Far mer is a go.d t.-acber, and our peo ple well know the -x-cii-nt quali ties of Mrs. Mercer as a a Instructor. ago, all went welL and I felt ,nch: lh,t 1 bad OD' f acootnpned 'ii a - brl"nt foturi tJ ml -ocli ; that I bad prevent a which was inspiring aad ao lneea-l Z "J wom, ,r0D raarr-V5D tive to every act of ay hre. Alasl "r: 'w . V V Tr vuafc th. Wrt I i-i;- ..a I boyuh love quick to kindle was gentle, proved fcUe, m mj atory h0011 to d'f rut ltft k"n,r lb " will relate. UotaWord ever fell diaawval of a people wlo were from herb d. nor an at tr. UAl' The colored people have a good me to believe tnv love was not re- scnooi oi i lie ictprocated, and I alwaya felt that .Mr. lleon t . 1 1 was tu thA ODlorm-fit rr that1 eoafidence, and that 1 posseesed toe tove oi one, ot wtiica i was so utile worthy. Doctor Atkinson, tn the mean time, paid, frequent visit to bit uncle, Alien li. Crosby, or Blacks, where Miss Little p-nt part of ber time with her :tr Un J.v.l, R a teah-r tn the school ever since !" hiw, woicn is cou.inc-1 iuish. v !a-n !L y Ucame atoasin ted nis stten'ioi to ber eetued to be no mote than politeness Would teqotie. ua tne xhih ot jaoaary l - re- Above we tive a phort pyuop I oeived a note from Mis Little, the fall of 1886 and has made a fa vorable impression both as a teach ftp and ut a Ixilv. ' v. - j - The Muic an 1 Art department is in charge of M'- - . Sealoru, a teacher of special - . auu repu tation. She is a siend:d musician ana, be. ter still, Wnows how to in struct tn tbis branch of learning. llrr advantages have been tbe very besr, and her at tair men's are of a very high order. She is an -ar tist of superior merit u have seen teU by S. II. ick, who U one of the best teachers of bis race. THE FUTURE OF OfB SCHOOLS, wi ll a geoerous rivaly with such quite a number of her pictures and J m tl . m w.v.a is oi tue Kcuooti oi n li sou as they have been and are to-day. We do this that our readers may see the interest and work the people in tbia community have exhibited in securing good schools and for the pur pose of encouraging them to re- leaders it is not strange that both schools nourished beyond any form er la-riod iu their history. There were iu both together at one time over tnrce nundreu pupils ana at commencement the town was cionded with visitors for a whole week. Dr., Hooper, whose presence was a perpetual ueneuiction and a charm, wis prevented by bis ex treme age from taking an active they show taste and understands instructing others, in deftly plying tbe brush. Tbe Institute building is one of the most commodious and best ar ranged (Miildings for a school pur pose iu the State. It has a large chapel, good sized lecitatiou rooms and a large number ot rooms for tbe boarders. The front yard ia a floral bean iv :u spring time. It is planted iu beautiful flowers and from (iiffuey Citr, taring she maul ee me t once. I oald hot from ber refae ft urn prmtDoii, and on tbe next day I met ber at Mr. Iirjau Uouuri a, and went with ber to Mrs. Mary Lockbart'a, ber nister, wbo lived a lew adle ia the country. She seemed aad all the while: but soon those black new their labor of development levei softened into liquid beau tie, and progress on this line. I ben she sobbed .aloud and aaid: Wilson, educationally has reached a cri iatpnc and mir fntn tr. 1 " keeping gre .norfm.nt f nmOM L.. Sh- again Spoke, MiDg t to an alarmimt extent, upon the ,, nicfXtian whMh h in this line. ben she sobbed .aloud and aaid: ally speaking, 'The task is u at to teir joa. sis iu her ex- X to be married to another T XSeofM? C ((, when htr seeping grew mote bit- ?"rr manner iu which we pus tain the schools - we already Lave and the efforts we make to es tablish other institutions of I held ao sacred that i have felt oar bappinoss auJ success in life de pended upon it f Can I break tbe golden link f Dear Qua. foreive part in the school, consequently I evergreens aoa mates an iir. wuruiuis. iuo luuuuiiwn in ma me. i ouij am hi uuoc iuod i thi entire i-ontrnl of t.ha tnatitnta ive sonearance. There are three growth and progress of ilson I know myself ! My wrong cannot devolved upon Mr. De Bernia other Lwe nicely shadeil yards for I was laid npon her educational I oconnt for. Forgiveness, from Biss are household names, with the Hooper, who was a good manager, I tbe pleasures and recreations of tbe advantages and so long as we oa wil1 n'ke mc again yonr hap- Liiv; rauroafi- aiJL lalong tne line, i:M a' mure chjeeriul healthy people -I never saw. ; Speaking ex tbe -children; -an old settler sai-'i to ine, "Look at their lips l..v.k at tiwir llps-e-don't you .--..-e t;::rt$ is biood in them, but it di'dti't use to be so. You can cA-r-.j-i tall a malaripus country Ly Inokiiig., at the lips of, the ciiiirvti,." At i'orrest City there v.as a, huge black bear that had oo Hi f roi:rat iu from the up iilrv ar.d all the boys in town h vrhie and' black gathered uny! to tea?;; and frolic with :;. Xiiere irf "el ana oHd t port now and then on to tue capital x slopped at another' charming little town' allied Lonoke., It used to L'e cabled Lode Oak be- c::;:5s there was but one there, ; :it the nauiH was abbreviated I Lave forgotten how much cot- toi.- they do r handle there, but iiioxo ia nothing else to handle, aud it eeeina to be all that is wanted' to . esteDi 5sk a thriving s nn-r? 1 i-r 'I- r-i n,l nniI I tWliIUlUUl i . 1 fc 13 U. C1J1CUU1U I climate for -fruit. . Peaches and j i i these i ma live ir4thet-.--i7iis and villages along tot raiiicads own from 1G0 to 2,(X0 acres of land and all they luiyo to lo to watch the labor iiinu either persuade or drive it, and th-;i collect jth'e rents out jof ,the cut- ton.' The merchant who aav; o. ces does the same thing, aud ?o the entire community, thnvrs and prospers. Here in ronx-i t City, which is onlyi KeventeCjii years old and handles ten thou sand bales j and 'evej-ything ia lively. Helena baddies -iSfly thousand bales and lias eleciric lights and oil mills iv.cl an ice factory and a leviithnn mill and other induj-lriej-:, a:.d will soon have a street railway-. This was tne home pf (Jencral Uindman, and Pat Clouni and they are, buried here amotur 'the Confederate dead, j It is a novel sight, to' a Geor gian to fee these tobus on the last day of the week, it is nut the black IVday buJt the blui-k Saturday.' The streets and side walks and stores are crowedd , with negroes. Old negro women the trte?, and jtist eucii gardens s,. 1 see about the.e towns I nevc-r faw anywhere else. The prairie lands' of Texas are rich but Ui i-y ara waxy. The differs enci:-: very striking. These Iai:cl-; -aro -.louse and dry out quiciiiy alter a ram. lhejroads never tret very bad; but the cleaning. away of this heavy limbor fs no small matter. No 'gr-ubbmsr' Las to be done, and but little of the timber is fell ed, it is girdled and killedand iu two or three years is easily zbd'ued to 'the plow. After that Ijo trouble is iu rolling the logs as the big trees decay and fall. generations lii.iL. are iasr, iikikiu; room i-yY tlieir successors. - With the assistance and co-oper atini ol tne now veiieraoie ni-n. .foHhn.i ll.irn- . whose heart an-.t nurse were -alwavs open at the njiht time, the late Col. liols-rt ' nam, L. D. Farmer. Eq , Col. Johr vv . Farmer, tne .ue-srs. kouui.vi-. Wiiie Daniel, W. 1. Myers and otiheis liviug ami ueao, aoout tue ear 1S.13 t o lare and commodi ous bsildings were erected, iu Wii siin for school iui-jses. Tne busld iif tr for the fi -iii-ile .-c -.ool on the lot now O' cupit l "oy T. C. Davis, Esq and the "idle school hou.e, which was accidentally . burned, was on th lur on which the' lesiih-nce of -Mrs. Goilia-n is .situated. The late 1'rof. E. W. Ail ims and his good wife, who stiil lives in 0111 midst to bless the rising generation with her experience and accomplish ments as a teacher, here first ie cured to conduct the school, and their success at once established Wilson as au educational centre. Mr. Adams resigned in lS.i.VaC and was succeeded the male school bv a Mr. llairis's and a I", er wards by Col. John Kenan, --a retired U. 'S. officer who atso-i'dited the Wilson paper, Messrs. Miller and Ksmsay co;id:i '.ted the leinaie s.rle'ol RrfV- i . 1 ' .1 u.i...... .... e;'-l stfasons, ami ;ie uuuotiea e lucnii.eied by all the young people of that peiiod ; they boarded with Mrs. Stephens, the mother of our townsman Mr. K. T. Stephens, who lived at that time iu the house now occupied oy Jir. jouii .-eiuy. :entlenessand simphcity Tn(l , . M 1)enej onr heme schools. TAEB0F.0 HEWS. Gathered From ths Cohsss Southerner. tho' 1'rof. D. S. Itichardson, i whose reputation had preceded bin), came to take eharge ol the school in the latter part of the year 18.' G, and Wilson having grown into a con siderable tow"u, everybody was en- tit th&t is winter work and a -not. interfere with farming uoiis. i speas advisedly r.:id cautiously wheu' I say that thi.sa immense forests are at leasit one third higher , than Iiioho on lue Dest uottoms in cue, jcaeiern & taxes. . lney are visibly uof-.rer the sky. I saw l-.undreos of white oaks that were five to sis feet in diame ..tor at a height of sxty feet iroui the ground.' When they feu them for stocks for the taw mill, four good asmeu at tack ou.e tree at the pine, and sometimes nake a half aday's vtork in throwing iti I meas ured several sticks , at the saw mill that vere five feet in di ameter. Of course the carry logs have to bq large in proportions, I and are generally manned with six yoke pf oxen. - This"-is n. big country this Arkansas and I am told that I Iiave only spen the suburbs, and coat know nothing yet. liev. John lluslce held services at the Episcopal church ou Sunday of last week, lie has been invited to fill the pulpit duiinr the ;;bsenco of Dr. Cheshire. lie could not give the congregation a decided answer until he returned to Buffalo. N. Y. The sermons were good ones and the people were highly pleased. At Mildred last week a nemo was shat through th arm with a pistol by another negro. The. wounded man said that he was in vited by the other to his house, and scarcely hau taKen ins seat when he was ordered away. lie left the house followed by his strangely actinjj host who shot him a few yards from the house. . The union meeting at the Meth odist chnrch has been very success ful. Between twenty five and thirty have been converted, and the in terest instead of waning, has stead ily increased. The Southerner wants t he people ol Tarboro to celebrate the Fourth of July in -big style and to prepare at once to do so. peach .fry, or .The Salisbury Keview says: W. D. Smith a well known tobacco peddler of Francisco, Stokes comity was robbed and shot near Colombia S, C. a few davs azo bv his uerrro driver. Smith is seriously wounded, I iat vear auu. is in uoiamoia. rue negro made his escape with SI35. -which he ?ad. robbed Smith of, and has notet been captured. " ; ! " lr- ' - thusiastie. It was our towu, our school, our people were all filled with boys and girls as boarders and tluy .were not con sidered the least troublesome by the gCod housewives who feasted tbe.m ou the best that could he pro cured, notwithstanding Mr. Kich- ardson insisted that the bovs should live on" their books, with discrimmaring doses ofjhickory tonic and a plenty ofl lick-r for the small regardless ot , the quautity quality of the food they got. Aim (eno knew mom aoouc a boy! It is said that he measured their calibre at a glance and his nto'uldiug is still viaible while his memory is greeu and fresh in the hearts of all. auouc mis nme a lew monies citizens, inspireu oy town nrnle. erected the building so long known as the'Sem'mary and at the preseu ; time being torn down to mak loom ior lnuiusome residence te be smut ou the spot by Jas. Wig gins, Esq. When the Seminary ueared completion a dis.'greeuu-nt occurred between Mr. Richardson and the owners of the property about tiie terms on which it could be occupied wbicli resulted in the removal of Mr. Richardson's school .i... ! . to tin; ouiiuiiij: iaie,iy Known as ' the Albion Hotel which has beeu movea and torn down within the It was here that Miss Prouly died, an event That Ktirr the sympathies of the whole com munity. After the Frof. Itichardson the owners ind with a social and religions cul ture becoming a descendant of Jeremy Taylor he"was endowed by uattire. with a tetuiterameut and taste that peculiarly fitted him to ed tics' v youne ladies and he has ft Ins i npresson all his pupils. Mr. Ilassel, though comparative ly o:iug wheu he came to Wilson. was favorably known as a scholar wrn considerable experience as an educator tor nis ee aim mr nis uuseinsu course tn se curing, regardless of expense, the very west teachers and eouinmeuts for hi school. ' Our s.-hools at. this time with perhaps one or two exceptions, and possibly without any exception were the best in the State. Oir the reorganization of the University Mr. Hooper was elected to a Frofes.oi ship which he accept ed through patriotic motives as he considered the education of girls his special vocation. This brings us to a period so re cent it is hardly worth while to continue further. Mr. Hooper's successor. Prof. J. B. Brewer, had a Que school but was induced to leave us to accept tbe Presidency of Mnrfreeslioro Female College. Then we bad the Graded School witii its new methods and Boval Roads. The town surrendered at once and with delighted wonder ihat absorlied all other thought were entertained for mouths with illustrations oft repeated and with the minutest details of the new sys tem : but inevitable reaction came the schorl closed and tbe people slept. . . . V In 'he meantime Mr. Uassell had quietly removed to Williamstoo and bis loss to the town as an enii- meut scholar and citizen of which any people might be proud, if not felt at the time is now fully ap preciated. The people are again awake and our schools are improving. Mr. Ilassel's successor, Prof. - S. E. Warren reports his school in good coudition, and with bis accomplish ed assistant and new outfit it is be lieved with the generous co-opera tion ot the town by which his pre decessors were so much benefitted our hmt reputation can soon be re stored.. THE SCHOOLS OF .TBE PRESENT pupils. The Institute Is devoted to the edacation of girls aud young ladies and has a very high grade of schol arship. Small boys are taken, how ever. WILSOX UIGU SCHOOL. Prof. Hamilton McMillan, prin ciple of the Wilsou High Seiiool foi males, is oue of the most iuteilli- provide the town with first class schools onr progre?.s ia as sured. Let us become so eco nomical that we dispense with good schools and Wilton's star of progress takes its downwatd y0a are the oldest" course. Our salvation depends I ated. -foreive me. py Florence.7' This was So astounding that it dumfemded me; when I aafflclent ly recovered myself I asked wbo my rival was. She aaid: MDr. Atkinson, of Chester. My ties to She renter 1 liked all tbe advice of Mr. Jooeph Black. wbo advised me to publicly ac knomledge the marriage; that my . oouroe was impractical. I received a note from Miss Little alias Mrs. Mints that be wooUl be at Black" a on tbe UUu 1 met ber at Mrs. R. M. Randalls at a soda! party, after which I escorted ber to the residence of A. li. Crosby's. On tbe way she remarLeh "'o oe baa any idea of onr mamace." . and said "Dr. Atkinson will be nere tomorrow, and bat wilt you do If we tnarrjl' I replied I could not entertain aocb a tboogbt. When e reach ed tbe Crosby residence 1 bid ber good night. On the next day Dr. Atkinson was at h anrle A. B. CrottbjV, where Mim Little, aliaa Mrs. Mintt was pajlngavif.it- I agile sought the advice ot Mr. mack, wbo gave tbe same ad ice. I felt my confidence in ber was ao great that I left for my Lome, last , a few bonts before the marriage between Dr. Atkinson and Miaa Little, alias Mrs. Mintz, wbica oc- cloek a, tn. at the tes- Croatv, in tisx to take the Air Line train via Char- lotto for Chester. The next day at -my coon try borne the nems reached me of tbe marriage, to my aorpnoe and astonUbmmt. 1 opened the secret to my father, mho went with me to tbe Rev. Mr. Carter's who eave a certificate of mine and Miss Little's marriage. In ny dilemma what was to !e done. Tbe Mrs. Mintz vow ap pears in society as Mrs. Atkinson. For ber mysterious course I ata not able to explain it. Here reason fails and mystery wrap ever., tuirg in darkness. It is an ugtn giv en to tbe world wi:b its explana tion, but speculation jt st best. ArcrsTt; nz. upon good schools and the. Ad vance would impress upou its readers the absolute necessty Tue High School was opened Jan. 3d and a very satisfactory male school has been established. The schooll at present conducted over Mr. John T. Barnes' store on Nash street. When the school was started it was impracticable to get a more appropriate place. Mr. McMillan is a thorough teacher be believes that thoroughness is more to be desired than rapidity in going through books. Mr. McMillan propses tn add the military feature to his school. lie is much in lavor of military train ing tor boys. - Besides tbe physical development, boys leara obedience, and unconsciously learn to obey in the schoolroom as well as in the field. The Principal ha experience in drilling boys in tactics, having adopted the military feature in two other schools-with-which he has been connected.- Wilson is con sidered a favorable point to trj the experiment and arrangements are already on foot to secure the neces sary equipments. The Principal is a graduate of our State University and has made teaching his life work, lie spent one year atTrioity College in Connecticut before he entered our University when he eiadnated in a class with Messrs. Bingham, Professor Grady, Capt. John B. Dugger, Professor Wilkin son and others distinguished as teachers, lie comes to ns highly endorsed by those competent to judge of bia merits as a teacher, Educated as a civil engineer, be afterwards practiced -w, and was for a time connected with journal ism but finally adopted teaching as a profession He is giviog very general satis faction aud will -in the not far dis tant future have a male school iu Wilson that our people may feel proud of. There is nothing that onr town needs at present more tban a good male 6cbool and we believe For he blood ne B- B. II. For scrofula, use B. B. B. men that loved." I felt myself knretiz at tbe shrine to pay homage to i e power of love. The link sodden y broken wan suddenly welded in fervent love. I told her he only obstacle that bad been to onr marriage before this, was my youthfulDtss and wan; of completing my edacation We then discassed tbe feasibility of a clandestine marriage, oattl For catarrh, use B. B. B. For rheumatism, nse B. B. B. For kidney troubles, nse B. B. B I tbis could be accomplished, which BIT- For eruption, use B. B. B. . For all blood poison, ue B.. B. B. Ask your neighbor who has used B. B. B. of its merit. Get our book free filled with certificates of won .derful cures. Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. The above gives our readers- an I that be is supplying that need. Tbe insight into tbe schools that Wilson I people of tbe community should has enjoyed in tbe past. . We pro-1 hold up his hands in his effort to pose now to tell tbem somethine ofl rive the town such an Institution of learning as Wilson baa baa anu at ahe must have again. the scuools of to-day: WILSON COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE. Leap Tear Tali ' Wife Wbere have you Iteen? Husband I have just ushered that impertinent' Miss Smytlie lo tbe door. Tbis Is tbe eleveiu time Ibis week she hat called on our and ! have sworn never ber bis hand. Tid Bits. to son. give Tbe Wilmington Review savs tbe country around about r.urgaw will soon be famons lor its biz fruit orchards. We nave spoken pre viously of Mr. J. T. Collins' fruit farm and we now learn that Mr.W. T. Bannerman baa a youne orchard id which there are 1,200 fine fruit trees. These are about three , years old and they promise a fine yield tbis year as nearly all of tbem will bear this' season. The e ich crop around Burgaw promises unusually well. - The Asheville Sun' tells ot a tear ful accident to a negro boy oear that place. The Sun says the boy lost controll of a horse be was rid ing and his foot caught in the stir up and be was dragged for some distance. His sknll was shocking ly crashed hy the horse's boor's, and ba expired in a very abort time. The Wilson Collegiate Institute is au instntion ol learning that has accomplished great good to Wilson and surrounding country. It has from its beginuing been an effect ive and earnest laborer in the ele vation and enlightenment of tbe people in many counties, of this section of the State. It has drawn and still draws patronage from a wida scope ol c'nntry. It is at pres ent under the managemert of Prof. Silas E. Warren, who took charge in the fall of 1886. He is a modest, unassuming gentleman, well edu cated and a teacher of persuasive powers. He knows what he teaches MUS. AJDA3IS SCHOOL. Mrs. E. W. Adams is conducting a primary school on the corner of Tarboro and Spring streets, that ia liberally patronized. Mrs. Adams is a teacher of reputation and many years experience and merits the confidence that sue ehjoya as an instructor of the young. Her manner' is sympathetic and-- ihe knows bow to interest the children in their lessons a few h. Mrs. Adams is ably assisted by Misses Sallie Ellis and Fannie Adams. Miss Lillie (ray lias music school in connect ion. She is a musician of rare talent which V-a frv.n li l fT Vi 1 tilfi--f...l T. . . - - v. - - u I , . t.i.. . . .i i i unto utou .j ... a . breach with j'uku., , uu rias inn i-cuiiy oi D,ea(ie8 n8 to kn0w that she boa iwners of the I 'T . A r w olflera-, n? lDB ' large number of cicmciita oi it euccessiui uusinesa 'pupils. We heartily endore the following from tbe Kinston Free Press: We are gUd to learn that. Mr. T.O. Joyner, formerly of this place and foreman or the newspape printing department of the Fr.ee Tress has secared a position hi the govern ment printing . office. This is A good position and we are particu larly pleased that Mr. Joyner baa neen so fortunate as to seen re it. Tbe Goldsboro Headlight says Mr. Will Grainger has perfected fire alarms, for the benefit of tbe Goldsboro Fire Company NO. 1-, wbicn are now in successful opera tion. These alarms connect with the engine bouse, post office and residences ot the chief of the de paitment, the form an and the en gineer. , . was agreed npon, when 1 rctorued to Black's with the roll purpose of revealing mv plans to my parent. But the idea of consulting tbem on such a course or even of marrying at all at my age, and not at all prepared for tbe ardnooa duties of life, to break such a subject npon tbe kind ears of my parents. weighed ao heavily that mr beart failed within me. Oa tbe 50th ol January IreoeiTed a note again Don my broken-be trted Floreoce; -come, and come at once: Dr. At kinson will be here on tbe evening train." L with my friend J. D. Gofortb, in a vehicle with a splendid pair of horse", drove againt time, re Ach ing Gi fluey City at 10 o'clock a. m. I addressed a note from, from Jno. MeKeon's UoteL to Miaa Lit tie at tbe residence of Mr. Lun den's, saying that 1 woold see ber, When I met ber in tbe parlor at Mrs. Lumdena,wtth a pair of horses at tbe gate. 1 asked ber to take ride with me. Sbe said: Kjuh, I bave just been advised by a lady friend not to ride oat with yoa, bat I will go at all baz- zrds." Seizing ber bat we were soon lo the vehicle and fast left Qaffoey City behind oa We drove tbe classic bills of Limestone Springs, this once beautiful sunv her resort, uutd it grew late, dit- cussing tbe situation, sbe all tbe while avowing br devotion to me and that every tbrob of ber beart give me its genuineness and sin cerely. 8he remarked as we ap proached wbere tbe road separa ted, where tbe final step taken. "This left hand lead to Gaffney City and tbe right to Rev. Mr. Carter'." . I suggested the road to G fluey CUv was tbe Atkinson road and tbe road to tbe Rev. Mr. Carter's was tbe Mintz road, placing tbe ine in ber bands, at tbe same time uayiae: "Drive tbe road of yonr choice," when sbe grace faHy reined tbe team into Uie jiiatx road. After driving a short pace I seized npon tbe lines of tbe Arty teed that then nervously felt tbe bit and see used to be inspired witn that same spirit and determination of the happy con pie behind tbem. aad drove rapidly to tbe Rev. Mr. Carter's, wbere 1 revealed to tie reverend gentleman tbe object f my nnceremonioo call. W ben ne cooseuted, on leaving tbe boose be said to Mrs, Carter: -I ata going oat to kill sake. Tbe old liily having ber suspi cions, followed dose by and lay ia The Advance will Lo pent from now until January l?t for One Dollar. Our object in tnaking this proposition la that we propose Laving considerable t My to the people during the cam paign about the two parties. We propose showing op their rc- orda as clearly as it is possible for os to do and ex-Ung our selves to retain InlLewat of government the leiaxrtic party. We desire a larger audi ence than we now Lave thong b we already Lave a Urgo Hrcu lation and we hoj-e by means ot this proposition to add many new names to our la t. u e ex pect fnitbermore to retain . many ol the subscribers v. -gel from the campaign and it i by this means that we ex.c; to get our money. The Ai v.n c ordinarily goes for fix month for one dollar, but by tbi prop osition it goes about nine for the same money. Will onr corTe:r,onor!t and friends every wbert idci' make this fact generally kf.in in their respective tieigh,.orln.!s? Will not all the frkmli every where, of the pajr.anl the cause, now turn in and do a little solid work for b- lh? Will not the country t-t- tn asters every where r..cd-u- tally remark, ev ry u x and then, in the Leariug of the pat rons of their oEW. that the Advance is jzolrgata dollar . from now until the 1st of Jui-y oary? Will not Democratic I.xera- tlve committeemen, county and township, canvass theix terrltc ry a little and wn1 c a lew clubs? We want a thousand citn - palgn subscribers in id-of a month. We will gvtlbi:i if the present palmn. s. I friends of the paper will help - Hill they? If anybody 5cnd us a chib cf of ten new' eub-rril-r. with the cash", we will K r.dt'i.e j per free to that p' r.- ni t:.ri.n:;ii ont the campaign. No name will I :Acrv :-ii i odds whoee it Is until the money ia paid. We ran ery little more than -zj ejrfen-ew under this offer if v ixt the thousand tnbscril'er-";.rid -v-ry one pays In advance, sr.. I v certainly cajinot alfrrd t hsve any deadheads in tlic ri-e nor and of the psy-rt -a tho fall fraternity. How, then altogether! and ' let's see what can be done.