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VOLUME 19.
WILSON, NORTH CAROLINA,: NOV. 21, 1889:
NUMBER 43
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SOU Til WANTS PEACE
John
AND UARMONY.
iis she is Solid and lias
A pologles to Make.
it is the matter now?
fame Campbell to beat
of ? Some say that it was
Mr. Cleveland's tariff
ii policy baa at last taken
vi the people. He sowed
i il aud it is junt beginning
i-.itit. Some say it was tbe
iv laws, some say it was
-bell's personal popularity
ii mnetism ; some say one
: nd some another, but 1
not seen anywhere that
nitli bad anything to do
it. I was in bopes .that
threat victories indicated a
r feeling towards us, for
a nt peace more than any
:. Our Northern nabors are
ious people. They are all
. In spots like the measles.
a rtandurky paper the oth
v thai gave me great hope
iifouragemeni. The editor
.ert the names of all the
ederate dead on Johnson's
1 and gav their rank and
,ient, and made a plat and
el their numbers so that
crave could be identi-
he wrote such kiDd,
idly words about them and
low some good people
: every year and placed
r- on their graven and how
!ifadboards were fast going
cay and that soon, very
their identity would be
unless their Southern
t- took the matter in
1 and had new headboards
There was nojt a word
it treason or traitors or re
; .n, and so we rejoiced that
r.ir was over in Sandusky
it the next day I received
Lieut Col
Wickett.
Here are eighty four names
without company or regiment.
Most ofi them have survivine-
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-AO I IrindpArl a r rl frlanila TirTirk san
place them, and' I hope they
will write at once so that the
record can be made complete
upon thena;ble. Let the old
soldiers who went from Geor
gia look carefully over the list
and see if they cannot recall
a comrade who fell at Fred-
ricksburg. If this is not re
sponded to in a short time
nothing but the name will ap
pear upon the marble.
The South lost all but her
honor in the war, and that we
must preserve; 'In twenty-five
years' she has recovered her
self, and now stands before the
worm erect undaunted, un
subdued.- She has no apologies
to make, but she wants peace
and harmony without abase'
uient. We thank God that she
is solid sona ior ner one pre
survation, ihat is all. She will
remain so until her people
share equally in the favors and
tne protection ot tne govern
ment. 'Mr. Lincoln framed a
bill to pay us four hundred
millions for our slaves, but it
was suppressed. He would
have buried our dead in the
national cemeteries; and would
have pensioned our wounded
soiaiers ana tne widows or our
dead. He would have made
peace had he lived, for he
was large-hearted patriot
But. the Lord loveth whom He
chasteneth, and so our com
fort is that He loves ns amaz
intily. But we will hurrah for
Campbell and Sandusky any
how, Bill Arp.
FOR THE FARM.
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MATTEKS OF INTEREST TO
TILLER OF TUB SOIL.
Original, Borrowed, Stolen and
Communicated Articles on
'Farming.
The Smithfield Herald . re
ports the sweet potato crop as
almost a failure.
tor. Peter Tiger, of Tusquitte,
is the possessor of a large pork
er of the Polapd China breed
that will weigh between GOO
and 700 pounds. Murphy Bul
letin.
Our farmers say that the hay
sayed from their fields i3 as
good, if not better, than North
ern hay. Why not use it alto
gether? There ought to be
enough made at home to supply
the demand.-JSewbern Journal
The great wheat crop in the
United States comes, in a good
time. The Russian crop is 72,-
000,000 bushels" short and that
of Hungray about half as much.
Our crop will reach 500.000,000
bushels or 80,000,000 bushels
more than the crop of last
year.
countrv farmer springs a youth
! of intellect and aspiration. His
natural thirst is for intellectual
environment, and he is going to
have it if he has to flee from
his father's farm to get it. He
goes, and the fields are stripp
ed and the cities are swollen.
Agriculture is to-day more or
less a pursuit of slavery, simply
becanse it does not command
its share of the brain and intel
lect of the governing, thinking
people, and how. to get thinking
men to farm is now the pressing
problem with men of other pur
suits. If other pursuits are to
continue to rob it of its best
brain and blood and only re
turn to it that which they posi
tively refuse to have, it cannot
be anything better than elavery.
Stripping the fields and fill
ing the cities and centres with
their brain treasures is the
darkest shadow that flits across
the horizon of agriculture.
Sanford Express.
HOME CHAT.
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TIIOUGHT FROM OUR
EXCHANGES. I
Comments on currtut Events and
Expressions of Opinions.
Let every cotton farmer re
duce his cctton crop at least
one-third for 1S90, and produce
some feed crop on the land thus
left off, and the two-thirds will,
we believe, yield more clear
profit than is now realized on
the whole crop, and we will
not have to buy so much of
what we use. Ex.
Ill THE MOONSHINEB'S DOMAIN-
IE you canuot procure Meat
for your fowls, buy them some
cotton-seed meal. 'If fed daily,
one pint to a mess of soft food
for two hundred hens is "sufS.-
NO EXCUSE.
; Let an end be made of this idea
that drunkenness is an excuse for
crime Raleigh Evening Visitor.
BELIEVES IN MIXED SCHOOLS.
We believe in raising and edu
cating the sexes together. Uick
or Press and Carolinian.
THE BfiST rLACE.
The calibre of a person's honesty
newspaper
can be obtained at a
office where that person has bad
JEANNIE'S EC172HE ISSAH.
A Vision of Heaver Hut Comforted
a Eying Child.
They sat together on the
warm sparkling eand.the moth
er and child. The tiny golden
head nestled against the pro
tecting breast ; the wan face
was lit by the evening sun ;
the eyes were closed, and a
smile parted the bloodless lips.
The maiden slept.
The mother watched beside
her sleeping child, and she
scarce moie than a child her
selfmurmured a mother's
prayer, 'Lord Jesus, save my
little girl.' Again and again
b person una ami axa wtrtaataA tt u .i.
extensive dealing, perhaps, i "V:; T . . " d,V mjr
auy
with more certainty, willingness
aud accurracy than .t any other
place.
er paper from Alleghany A Saction of North Carolina Where cient. Milk is also an excellent
.hat told how Tost 'No. 88, G'aronimo's Band Will he Welcome, substitute fdr meat, and, in
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A. 11. had unanimously
ed a resolution denouncing
second Maryland regiment
ivcting a monument on the
L tield of Gettysburg where
: comrades are buried, and
a 1 AVJ 1 . .
t-uieieu lueir biuouiu jjiu-
iiTinst this sacrilege and
miiced the intrusion of tra
ainl rebels upon such sa
Hoil and they asked Gov
't Heaver to have said moan
. removed. What kind of
A-i are they do you recon
t ought to be done with
a would it do any good to
r for them, or would it be
harm to curse them out
, . . .
ions son or a way.'
.k I could get a preacher
f. Thev used to do it
hi Bible terms and even
apostles sometimes shook
("l ist off their feet when
v left a mean, malicious
4a who were past praying
I believe that Gettysburg
-' only battlefield on North-
- il where we had to leave
uud unburied. but there
thousands of graveyards on
ithnrn soil where we buried
ir deal, aud their soldiers
!;i't stay to see it done, eith
The valley. of Virginia is
.' .f them. But old Father
will settle it down about
lit utter awhile. Now let U3
-'i :i;e hands with Sandusky
1 fi up the graves on John-.'-
irland. There are only 200
t lie in, and they are from all
liithern States. I see that
mimittee, wltii Captain John
W.i ldel aH Chairman, has
r d the move and asks for
lu'iiitiona to be sent to the
i - hi Telegraph. Four hun
1 dollars will do it. Major
' an 1 I have secured 400
r the Georgia dead at Freder
i-t)urg. aud he can get the
rM-i lor the headstones at 1
ii and the lettering for three
'. a letter; so we are all
i t. If anv more money is
nt I, us we will eivb it to
h;j.-iii's island.
An ! now we ask the press to
I' li-h the list of names that
;!''! rs noon the boards at
r'i'lfricksburg without com
y or regiment so that we can
them correctly chiseled
the marble. The boys who
in
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uri.ii them didn't have time
put anything but the names
f the following soldiers
Representative Ewart, ot
North Carolina, is at the Metro
politan. A peculiar errand has
brought him to Washington. It
will be remembered that some
months ago it was proposed by
the War Department to remove
Geronimo's band of Mescalero
Apaches from Fort Pickens to
a reservation in North Carolina
To this plan Governor Fowle,
of North Carolina, made an em
phatic protest. He curtly ad
vised Secretary Proctor to re
move the pets of tbe War De
partment to Vermont. Wheth
er the Green Mountain Yankees
would enjoy having the vener
able scalp-taker camping
among their midst, so to speak,
was not developed by subse
quent correspondence, but this
much has been learned : The
Tar Heelers are not rallying
with entire unanimity ujjder
Governor Fowle'sanner of ex
clusion. On the contrary, there
are abundant evidences that
the Apaches would be looked
upon with favor as.residents of
North Carolina.
Away up in tne extreme
southwestern corner of North
Carolina lie the counties of
Cherokee and Swain. The old
Cherokee reservation embraced
this region and the weak rem
nants of that once powerful
tribe still roam the Cowee
Mountains. These Cherokees
are anxious mat the Apacues
shall be joined to them, that
intermarriage' may strengthen
and preserve the race. Moreov
er, the white residents of that
region are willing to part With
any number of square miles of
mountain and ravine to uncle
Sam for a consideration, and
look upon an importation of
bloodthirsty savages as a fea
ture of interest, rather than
otherwise.
To forward this scheme of
immolation in behalf of poor
Lo, Congressman Ewart has
come to Washington. It is
understood that his mission
has not been unsuccessful and
that ib the near future the Mes
caleros will be domiciled in the
region of moonshine whisky
ud Miss Murfree's romances.
the Apaches take on a scalp
fact, is considered preferable
by some poultry-keepers. No
matter how well balanced their
ration may be, change it often,
a variety of food gives zest to
the appetite and stimulates
digestion. Ex.
Apple culture ought to be a
great industry in North Caro
lina, and should yield the farm
ers o our State annually many
thousands of dollars, which it
would do if that attention were
triven to it which it deserves.
There is no portion of North
Caiolina from the sea shore to
the mountain tops where the
apple does not grow to perfec
tion and yield abundantly, and
in number of varieties surpass
ed nowhere, from the Siberian
crab to the mammoth, measur
ing fiye or six inches in diame
ter. Wilmington Star.
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A.Urooa,
The Southern farmer, in his
mad rush for cotton, abandoned
the raising of home supplies
and went to the merchant to be
supplied. The merchant in
turn went to the producers in
the North and West. They de
manded that the farmer
should pay as quickly as pos
sible. This he promised to do
and gave a lieu or mortgage to
make good that promise. Re
sult : The cotton was picked
as fast as it opened, was rushed
from the fiaid to the gin, from
the gin to the merchant, and
from the merchant to the manu
facturer and speculator, where
it found a crowded onarket, to
be laid aside until it was need
ed. This early and rapid crowd
ing of the market is to the
detriment of the farmer. Pro
gressive Farmer.
STORING SWEET POTATOES.! i
I have been growing and
sprouting sweet potatoes for
eleven years, and my method
of harvesting, storing, and
keeping them is as follows j
Boxes are made two feet long,
one root wide, and one root
deep. The bottom and ends
are of inch boards, the sides of
slats with-spaces a quarter of
an inch between for ventilation
Each box contains one bushel,
allowing for shrinkage, jThe
dimension of the boxes should
be very exact, so they ma be
set one above another, with
out projecting beyond the gen
eral pile.
The time to harvest th6
sweet potatoes is on dry, sunny
days. Take the boxes to the
field and fill them nearly to the
top, taking care not to let any
project above, so as to become
bruised by a superincumbent
box. They are hauled in and
stored at once. My sweet pota
to house is sixteen feet square
and eight feet high in the clear
of hewn logs, made pefectly
ti ht by being pointed inside
and out with morter. The
ceiling is of dressed and match
ed pine lumber, upon which
is spread a foot of sawdust, to
keep out the frost, There i.s a
fireplace on the north side of
my store room. The potatoes
havintr been sorted in the field
are brought in, and the boxes
are stacked up, the lower one
being a foot -i from the earth
floor. A small hre is Kept up
iu damp and rainy weather, to
dry tne, potatoes thoroughly
before 'winter sets in; and after
tie weather becomes frosty,
sufficient fire is maintained to
preserve a temperature of about
sixty decrees, never allowing
it to go lower than fifty. In
this way I have kept three
hundred bushels of sweet pota
toes, with a loss of less than
one iu twenty. Correspondent
to the South Cultivator.
TBE GEAT REFOBM,
The great reform movement
among the farmers is to correct
that .policy and those syBtetns,
which give the power t the few,
to filch and impoverish Ihe many,
which fosters monopoly and de
stroys our energies. Progressive
Farmer.
BOOM THE EXPOSITION.
Keep the hall rolling for a big
State Exposition in North Carolina
two years from now. Let every
paper in" t lie State take PP the
subject and mould sentiment io
couuiy after county until the whole
commonwealth is aturill with lm
poitance of the grand undertaking.
Durbani Globe.
GIVE US FACTORIES,
There are many thousands of
dollars that ought to be withdrawn
from merchandising, an over
crowded 2nd hard competing busi
ncss, and put into shops and mills
and itnpioved farms. When we
nhow other people of capital, that
we believe what we say and that
we have faith in ourselves, they
cauuot be turned back. -Sanford
Express.
" BE AT THE TOP.
Just think of it. Here is a big
world all 3 our own, if you choose
take it, and with your health,
youth aud strength to start with.
Boy, you are a lucky dog, aad if
yon dont win, and become a tip-top
pain'er before yon are twenty-lire
years old, it will be your own fault.
it's worth something more than
money to he at the top of ioor
trade. - Mt. Olive Telegram.
poor
" hritWMiu. rnrn.nviLKm w na Dy mean'!
a, muuer, ye omna Vi7, ! don'rreckon a man ooghter be ao
; I wose my ainsel. I :::r.; " A I nired to do rlzhc I tell von. Andr.
that I'd like mishtly to let too have
toe letter, for I know to wife
wonia nte to Dear
late.
Ij, hanged ef I wouldn't strain
The Women Praise B- B. B-
Hampton and Wanamaker-
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MunchjJ S Langl'ord,
Geo M Dickens,
J J Godfrey,
C White,
J A lt":i ''ia,
St B F Byrd,
R Simmons,
Jas Eiiroond.'oc,
J D Carter,
(J Thompson,
J II O'Neil,
John Kilpatrick,
J Lee.
F E Lyde,
W li Brown,
J (lend rev,
J 13 Hopkins,
illoway,J F Walters,
Thomas McL.-tur,
A'ldmuton, V M Cole,
"IL J A Johnson,
! II -Mitchel.W S Mora:.,
I'lu-ii, " Asa Far,
Graven, Riley Wilkes.
Danlier, J O Andrews,
W linrks, N Younc;
P O Cockran,
Capt J U Ames,
W Moore,
II Wan',
R J Champion,
O Lazenby,
J Grant,
Caot W A Hill,
J A Warren,
F E ShaunoD
13 Hynes,
CU Ward,
Hunting fever then the moun
taineers will make snort wors
them. As their name indi
tes, this branch of the
naches are Mescal-eros lov
ers of mescal. Unnouptedly
they will take kindly to the
juice of the corn, which is said
to be very fine around Roan
Mountain and south to the
Hackamaxy. Washington Post making
lapping
We were once asked, aud
that very lately, when th& ag
ricultural conditions were as
unfavorable as now, to name
fifty men in Pasquotank county
who were making money farm
ing, and could have named
more than fifty. And we last
week asked the question as to
Currituck county of a Curri
tuckian of intelligent observa
tion and he called over a dozen
scattered over the county who
were making money on differ
ent branches of agriculture. Of
course farming requires brains
to T be mixed with the farm
work but there is a simple pro
cess by which a man can make
farming pay without taxingtoo
heavily his brain force. In
every large neighborhood there
is Rome man or men who i3
A Problem-
'""Ill'lliUld,
Slime,
Uuiisct,
Andrews,
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Will,-;
Sunt!,.
'ipI'dJoiiald,
1 Willis,
HrV A I .nnl.
A careful housewife recom
mends the following arithmetic
lesson to the attention of drink
ing working men: "Two drinks
of whiskey means a pound and
a half of beef steak ; two beers,
a dinner of mutton chops; a
cocktail, an egg plant or a bead
of cauliflower. 'What'll you
tai nharlev V stands for a
nice oyster stew for the whole
family Sunday morning. 'Set
'em up again,' mean3 BUgar in
the house for-a month. Ral
eigh Christian Advocate.
both ends meet and '
over. Just watch
him and do like him. lie's a
manTto be watched. Not for
the evil but for the good that
is in him. Watch him day by
dav. weefi: t V weefe, night by
niirht watcli him and do like
him. 1
Senator Wade Hampton has
displayed a remarkable lack
of appreciation of the finer
features ot statesmenship by
his letter to Postmaster-Gener
al Wanamaker calling that
gentleman a liar. Hampton
nas been in Washington long
enough to know that the ad
ministration of a great Depart
ment cannot be carried on by
the employment of those crude
methods of honesty and
straightforwardness which keep
business men out of jail.
When the head of a Govern
ment Bureau makes an asser
tion or promise he of course
reservej the right to change
his mind if circumstances
should alter in the future By
keeping this reservation to
himself be proves that be is
a man worthy of his place, a
Barnacle who renacts credit
unon tne uircumiocawou oi
f- -
fice.
Senator Hampton seems to
think that a man holding a
high position ini the Govern
ment should be obliged to con
form to the vugar customs
against which Ananias and
Suppira sinned. This is un
worthy of Hamptpn. Can he
not appreciate those fine points
of diDlomancy, tboee aainty
achievement of statesmanship
which left such a man as V ana
maker above the obligations
that are bindinir on our lesser
men ?
The tiuffeiing of women certainly
awakens the sympathy of every
true philanthropist. Their best
friend, however, is B. B. B. (Bo
tanic Blood Ralm) Send to Blood
lsaim t-o, Atlanta, Ua., for proor.
II, L. Cassi.ly, Rennesaw, ua..
writes : "Three botrles of B. li. B
cured my wife of crofula.''
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wiites: nave never used any
thing to equal B. B. B.'"
Mrs C. II. Gay, Rocky Mount,
N. C, write: "Not a day for 15
years was I free from headache. B-
B. B entirely relieved me. I feel
like another person.'
James W. Liccaster, Hawkins-
ville, (ia., writes : "My wife was
iu bad healtu for eight years. Five
doctors and many patent medicines
had done her no good. Six bottles
of B. B. Ii. cured her."
Miss 5. Totnllnson, Atlanta, Ga ,
says: "I'or jears l snfjered with
rheumatism, caused by kidney
trouble and indigestion, l also was
leeble aud nervous, is. B. B. re
beved me at once, althongh several
other medicines had failed."
Itev. J. M. Richardson, Gtarks-
ton. Ark , writes : 'My wife suf
fered twelve years with rheu
mat ism and fem ale complaint. A
lady member of ray church had
been cured by H. B. li. She per
suaded my wife to try it, who now
says, there is nothing lite B. B. B.
as it qi ckly gave her relief."
That was all
O, God ! why are the
porn to be so unhappy ?
buitly she drew the thread
bare tartan shawl around the
tenaer irame. oentle as was
the motion it roused the sleep
er. ihe great blue eyes
opened.
Did I wake ye, Jeannie ?'
No, no
wake me
I had a bonuie dream, mither.
Ay, dearie; what was it T'
Tbe mother looked down
anxiously.
'Afore I went to sleep I was
watohln' the ships wi' their
white sails flittin' owre the
water, an' I wondered whar
they were a' gaun. I looked,
an' looked, an' looued, an' then
I thought I was iu a wee boatie,
wi' white sails, too, wither.
They said it was gaun to heav'n.
The say was black owre my
heid, an' great waves tossed my
boatie to an' fro. But far away
the sun was glintin' on the
water, an' there were steps of
gowd gaun up, op, up. They
said that was the way to heav'n.
Is't no, mither ? Are ye
tot'nin'?' I
The mother'n f.c- .ra3 turned
away.
'Aye, aye, Jeannie, I'm list'-
nin'toye.'
I sailed a lang, lang time. I
was tired; but I came nearer
the steps. I was a'm ut there,
mither. They said: 'Gae,
Jeannie, an' ye'll no be tired
ony mair.' I was gaun, but
they said again : 'No the noo.
Jeanuie, the next time.' Then I
awoke. Was't no a bonnie
dream, mither ?'
My wee lamb was all the
mother could pay. She pressed
tbe frail form to her. The
golden head sank back drowsl-
'The next time.'
The sunset In crimson glory
over the sands and sea ; heavy
purple night clouds over
shadowed the earth. Ere the
glory f"ded the little maiden
was far away on her Journey
up the golden steps. Still the
mother watched and prayed,
Lord Jesus save my little girl.'
uod help those who awake
from sleep.
NOBSON'S P. 0.
ue rax it iiis o rrx WA T
ON B U8INE83 PU IXCIPLE3.
Convinced That Unci Sam Xt
Meant for Him to Lots Money
in His Service.
Several men, dresed In icllow
and brown jeans, X about a fire
omit on the 'dirt floor' of a loir
CAbnf. In appearance thev were
as rude m a scrub calf, and io their
manners tkere could not bare beep
traced tbe slightest remembrance
of a clvilaxtioo that wa put, or of
the fain tee t leaning toward civi
lization to come. Tbe smoke from
the fire was opposed to go oat at a
bole ia tbe root, bat it did not, and
the men were watery-eyed as Ihtj
eat humped over. No neighbor
hood coold have been wilder in as
pectwild without being pictar
esqae ; dreary without that strange
influence which, luiking about a
desolate scene, atimolates a recol
lection of eonrowfal poetry read
long ago. Here and there along a
small cretk fences made of rouud
pole were rotting dowa, and In
o arrow valleys, lying between flint
Iy before they let yoa ofL They
know that I am doing joat a veil
by 'em as I ken afford to do.
Not one of them If be be a maa
woald raise a hand in your de.'eoae,
the inspector declare, bowing to
the men.
Tbey never went back on a
neighbor. Boys, will yoa atand by
me f '
Tea, we will, tbey answered,
Tbe inspector looked about him,
and, teeing a vacant chunk near
lb ore, sat down opon it; and, for
a time, remained silent, bat after a
while be looked op and remarked,
Tblsjbeats anything I ever a v.
Yes, said tbe poet matter, 'boot
what old Mix Praia lowed when
she t romped on a snake and It
rolled oat frora ander ber and let
her down on tbe ground patty
JetT, said Andy, I tell yoa I'd like
mlgbtly to have that letter. Sow,
Ihavej'med tbe boya in declarin'
that Til stand by yoa ia case this
man ri op agio jo' tji uv doiag
blzoe&a, and that I reckon la wnth
act bin.
las, a little sathin. And, bat
not as much as two dollar' wath
or trde. Toa know it woald be
root each other, oat.
A sadden commotion dissolved
thrt OlrlA &KMlf ttm A r. 1 1
- " www uw ui m. n. writ- 1 .nN 1.1.- . r . .
Os:ar Wilda.
He D;es The Work-
Oscar Wilde is described as
naving seuiea aown into a
sedate literary man a strong,
broad-thouldered, athletic fel
low, with no nousense about
him, and an evident determina
tion bis part to make fame and
money. He goes about London
with an armfull of paper
and with a huge blackthorn
stick In his hand. He lectures
now and then, writes steadily
for the magUinea, and edits the
Woman's World. It is said
that he shows positive genius
in managing a large staff of
feminine contributors. As a
reviewer of current literatnre
he is thought to be extremely
cleyer.
1 am looking for Nobson'a Oove
Post Office, said tbe stranger, ap
proaching the fire.
Tbis is tbe place, answered a
tall, gaoot fellow; lifting hit coat
tails and setting himtelf npon a
bewed log counter. My name's
Nobson.
Glad to meet you. Is there a
letter here for J. W. Wbeattv r
That jo name 1
Tee, and knowing that I was
coming thia way 1 requested that
my mail be directed to tbia place.
Wall, tbor'a two letters here for
you. Wauter take 'em oat now f
OI coarre.
Wall, my rale la that Ufo' a
passon ken git a letter oaten this
office be batter bay t lest two dol
lars' wnth oaten my elo. A'nt got
ex big a atooc ea too might a aeed
ia knockiu about the country, bat
what I've got yoa mar coant oa
beio fast das. tYbat do yoa
want, terbacker, cotton bata, bed
tickin', ahoe latber, geeae feathers,
or aome or tbe aweeteat aorgbam
merlasaes yoa ever espped bread
inter 1 Take it all oat in one or
will yoa have It acattered
I don't want anything you've
got, except my letters.
Bat how air yoa going to get 'em
aaless voq come op to my role. 1
kaiot afford to too a post office for
notbin', an I don't reckon tbe
Uov'ment wants to rob a man or
his time.
My der air said the stranger,
I have no money to spue.
Then I ain't got no leitera to
spate.
IUven't you; yoa don't know
who I am.
Don't cats a blame.
I'm a post officio Inspector.
Yoa aiat goin' to inpect mine.
But 1 will have yoa removed.
I reckon not. This boose ia
mine an tbe man that trie to pot
me oat will wish beta he'e through
that be bad a went off down on tbe
creek aomewbar and drowoded bls
self. Tbe bouse may be yours, bat tbe
man does not belong to yoa.
That what comes in here doe,'
I'll aee that it doea not come to
your bouse.
Yoa kaint. My boy letcbea tbe
mail from the railroad, forty odd
miles from bere.
Bat tbe mail aball not be given
to your boy.
All right, tben, none shan't come
Inter this neighborhood.
Jeff, leraarked a yellow, sun -cared
old fellow, addressing tbe post-
master, I wosb mightily that you'd
let me have that letter o' mine.
I woald, Andy, but tbe times -ir
so hard I kaint afford it,
w an, l qou t see now l m ever
p'int an' commerdate too.
Kain'i yoa strain the p'iot any
how f Andy asked.
No, kain't do it, Andy, jeat nach
oily katn't do it. Wife an' chUlin'
at home 'pendiaoa me far to make
'em a lirin' and 1 kaiat find it io
my heart to cheat them jeat to
aatlsfy my own selfish i-lia'a. Say,
now, bold on a tainit. 1 have been
keepin' myae'f ao clue dowa to
btznesa that I aiat bad no toa in, I
dont know bow long, an' 1 think
that 1 augbter have a little mae
ment ef my chillaa ir at bom
Vpectmg melo make Via a livia';
so now ef yoa cai flmg me down
two aateo three, I will give yoa tbe
letters. I would nt 'dalge myae'f
mis way er l badot been aacklla'
down to b'tneas ao cioaalhea
again, I wanter sorter kelp vow
along. What do joa way, Andy f
Andy emu led awhile and tben
taking a qatd of tobacco from him
mouth and placing It on tbe count
er, ao be could get it and retora it
to doty after the performance, aa
awered :
I'll try yoa.
Tbey . t.k hold of each other.
after removing a barrel and aeveral
boxes, and began a acoffia which
seemed likely to end In Utl ia lb
fir oc a a mash against tbe waft.
Andy waa abort mod cfaosky; ta
postmaster was long and exoeod
mgiy lean. It was Andya Idea to
undermine tbe pooimaaier, bat tbe
Government official, foreaeeing lb
intention, picked Andy no and
slamed him oa tbe groand. Aoolbr
fall w4 called for, Andy fell and
tbe postmaster waa declired win
ner.
Its jeat my wife lock.said Andy.
Ever sence she married me abe baa
bad to pat op with disappointment.
Jeff, bow woald yoa like to have a
yonog sbote f
Dont care far him.
Wall, tben. wife Le will jeat
bare to learn to do wi-oot that
letter a few months Ion, t. Ef we
bare rain potty soon and ibe crops
turns oat well I reckon" toebbe I
ken git it.
Stranger, aaid tbe postmaster,
speaking to tbe inspector, 1 rolber
like yo' looks 'an I'm mlabtr
'clmed to be easy with yoa. Ken
yoa raasle I
1 dont know, at it baa beer aome
time aince I tried.
W-a 11, now, as I asld right back
yant,l rntber like you, aa' although
times air bard an trad a scarce, ef
you'll throw me down twice oaten
three lime, I'll give yoa yocr
letters.
All right; aa it ia the only chance
I have, 1'U try yoa.
Tbe inspector took bis coat off
NEWS0F AWEEK
what is iiAfrexixa ix
IBB WORLD A ROUS D US.
A 3ondensed Reuortof the Nets'
From Our Contemporaries.
New Berne wants electric lights.
Tbey are making batter oat if
cocoa n at.
Tbe crop in Edneccmbe county
are aaid to be abort bad.
Tbere are lvhkxi female doctors
ia Ibi country, it is stated.
It it reported that a portion of
tbe coast of North Carolina baa
aettled since the earthquake of last
year.
A bleaching Factory has been
atartrj at Co u cord. That town ia
a bwatler" ao far as munfaclnriea
are concerned.
A eabscribcr to the ewtda Ua-
terprise etopped thatVsper atock
atill becanse 'hides are not quoted
io it at ibe market price I
Tbe Monroe Register aaya a fare
mer of that section told them that
be bad twelve acres in cottoa offcf
which be did not get a bale,
Tbe High I'oiot Machine Work
make 25 beating stoves ir week.
Tbey compare with any mad by
other concern. Asheboro Coariar.
Tbere are three Knrlish
tor in Chattiam county. We hop
toey win te the means of baring
many Enghh dollars tnveated ia
North Carolina.
v lien a West Virginia man
decides to commit suicide be
always finds a way to do it.
Ambrustor, got tired staying in
tne s;ate ana not caring to go
West, took a dose of poison
which tbe doctors pumped out
of him, then he tried hanging,
but wasn't an expert at the slip
knot business, . which did not
work, then he tried cutting his
throat but was deficient in the
knowledge of anatomy, then he
tried perforating himself with
a pair of scissors and finally
went on top of a house and
threw himself off. The eoro
ner'sjury bad some difficulty
deciding exactly what to attri
bute his death to. Wilmington
Star.
He's eat up bis Tag.
'He's eat up his tag.' That
is the very latest in the way of
Blang. Tbe story is that the
express agent of a little rail
road station way up in Maine
was putting into tbe car a lot of
articles. All were (). K. until
he put on a pug dog that failed
to show by I tag or otherwise
what his destination was. The
express agent on being asked
replied that he dida't know.
and added. 'lie s eat up his
tag.' Nashville American.
Two Einia cf Priie.
Losan Sses the Direction in Which
the Oat Hops.
ASP
Sough on the
Citizens-
tear 'er.
mien
Us bVL
J T Garret,
G S Samuel,
If Christ were to re-visit this
globe and hallow Shelby with
His presence as a Teacher,
some few would complain be
cause he did not work nine hours
a day and work for 20 per
month. Shelby Aurora.
"the cities ake swollen-
THE FIELDS ARE STUirPED.'
Not only tbe wealth, but the
talent of 'this country is being
concentrated in the cities. This
is the' most apprehensive fea
ture of centralization. The
talent of the Southern btates
before the war Iwas to be found
on the' plantations, handling
slaves, and enjoying all the
luxuries of culture and refine
ment then to be had anywhere.
The new order of things sends
the educated and ambitious
young meii to the cities, where
now ttie governing, prenomi
nating brain of the nation is
concentrated.
From the loins of a back
Tberi can b( no dobt that the
increased amount of spirits
now required to be made by
whiskey, distil! ers by the Com
missioner of I iternal Revenue,
will work great harm to the
Republican party throughout
the State, unless the whole
system is repealed this winter,
In almost every instance mis
new requirement will have the
effect to cause each distiller to
be assessed for a deficiency in
the amount of spirits produced.
This is very annoying and cause
the distillers to lose money. If
Congress adjourns next year
without having repealed the
whole system, or if that is not
done ?nd the tax on tobacco is
left standing, there will be no
room next year for the Repub
licans to appeal to the people
a3 the enemy of the internal
revenue. Raleigh Signal, Rep.
A Scrap cf Paper Saves Her Life-
It was just an ordinary scrap of
wrapping paier. but it f aved her
life, bhe was iu tbe List stages of
consumption, told by puysicians
that she was incurable and coold
live only a short time; she weighed
le-s thau seventy poiiuds. Ua a
piece of wrapping paper she read
ot Dr. King's New Discovery, and
got a sample bottle ; it helped her,
she bouzht a lirge totile, it helped
her more, bought another and grew
better fast, continued its one and
is now Mrong, ht alt by, rosy, plamp,
weighing 110 noaml. For fuller
particulars send stamp to W. 11
Cole, Brnggist, Fort Smith. Trial
bott'es of this wonderful Discovery
free at A. W. Rowland's Drag
Store.
How we work at cross pur
poses in this world Here is
Mrs. Cleveland spreading her
handsome floors with rag car
pets, and evincing tbe greatest
pride therein, while a woman
in this pection owning yards
and yards, would part with It
all for ,a strip of Ingrain to
decorate the floor of her "best"
room. And is there anything
on earth more depressing than
that room ?
Education.
Where Harriaga is not a Failure"
Education cannot be acquired
without pains and application.
It is troublesome and deep dig
ging for pure water, but when
once you come to the springs,
they rise up and meet you.
Every train helps to fill the
bushel, so does it improve
Marriage Is not a failure In ! every moment an 1 every
Monroe. It is reported that a' opportunity increase kuowl
woman who was divorced at edge. In this day and time
Monroe court was married a ! ignorance may be considered a
few hours after the proceedings I voluntary misfortune. Dor-
closed. Sanford Express. I ham Sun.
goin' to git it, tar i Hint buy no
two dollars' wnth or goods. I'll
split yoa three hundred rails far it.
No; dont b'lieve I want uo rails
split now.
I did 'low to git it at last
month, bat couldn't.
L if month ! the Inspector ex
claimed, bow long has tbe letter
been bere I
'Boat three months, I reckon,
Andy answered, it's from my wife's
daddy 'way back yaoder in East
Teonesy, au' my wife's powerful
anxious to har from him.
Tbis ia an infernal outrage ! tbe
insneotor loudly declared
Tbe postnitster preeed two
fiugess again; bis hairy lip aod
squirted a yellow streak into tbe
fire. W-a II, said be, with a long
drawl, jrtt owui' ter how yoa was
raised, you know, the old fell a r
said wh-'u he eat tbe bouard.
Sorry ILe letter baint been took
oat, bat it ain't my fault.
Jeff, aaid Andy, kaint yoa thick
av no way I ken get that dockt
mentl My wife is patty nigh
'stracted to bar from tbe old man.
lie wasut ao mighty well tbe lat
time we tearo, au'wlle she's afraid
be moot be dead.
W-a II, ef he's dead I doot reck
on the letter's from blm leaatways
dont reckon be writ ir.
weff, let me trade yoa aome algs 1
Dont Orel none, Andy dem
I've got will spile bef-t' I keo get
lid nv'etn Imses folks takes oat
letters -eaiter than I bey do oow.
You are tbe dmI foeliogleaa
wretch 1 ever saw, said tbe iospec
tor, yoa are not a bumn being
you are not a fit compioo for a dog
yoa
Alright then, git oat.
Look here, I want my letters.
AU ngbt. Uooj stock av latber,
geese feathers, bed tickin', cottoa
bate and tbe eweeteit aorgbam mer
lasses yoo ever aapped bread inter,
I would not bar a nickel's
orth of yoa to saveyoar life.
Ain't drumming after yo trade.
Yon give me my letter oe I'll
ban yoa.
W-a 11. I don't wanter to be
hart, bat ef I am I'll have the aat
iafaction uv knowing that these
bere boya will chaw yoa op might'-
and then taking a bottle from bis
hip-pocket, aaid : Got a little liquor
here that I dont want to lose.
Gracious me! exclaimed the
post man ter, gartng with capture,
It's red llckar, boys, the only drop
l'r aee a for years. Plenty of white
lick or, be added, in answer to the
inspectator'a look of astonishment,
bat red lick a r Is li
ne book down with emotion.
ilia com pan ions atood with water
log mootha.
My friend, aaid tbe postmaster,
how much hare yoa got f
Half a pint.
Gito It to me and yoa may bare
the whole postuQie.
Hrre yoo are Tb inspector
banded him tbe bottle
All right; the poatoffioe la roars.
Feller, et yoa win t yo' mail jtH
baiter ceai witb this maa. la
coin' oat now an' set dowa la lb
woods. On a P. UEaD.
Ztpepry.
Tbia is what yoa oogbt to bare,
ia fact, yoo mast bare it, to folly
eojoy life. Tbooaanda are aearcb
ing for it daily, and mooraleg b
caaa tbey find It not. Tbooaaads
npon tboaaaods or dollar are
pent anooalty by oar eopi in lb
hope that tbey may attala tbia
boon. And yet it may be bad br
alb We guarantee that Electric
Bittera, if oaed according to direc
tions and tbe ase persisted to. wiU
bring you Good D gesUoa aod
east tbe demon Drspenaia and
mat all Enpepy. We recommend
Electricl Bitter for Dyspepsia and
all tbe duteaaea of the Urer.
Stomach and Ktdoeya. Sold al
Wc. and 11 oo per bottle by A. W.
uowiand, Druggiat.
Th Wilmington lview un
wire are bring Strang along the
bne ef the C F. a Y. V. IL U. be
tween tbia citv ao.l l"vei!ri!'
Tbe We tern Uutu own lb em.
IV'&Bt a a .
The KiuMtoa Fre PreM retorts
tbe assignment ot J. V.
Lenoir coantj; liabilities fli,003
aaaeta M.OO : Hdlrn & koantr-
of Bells Fery, Put county 910,003
aaata locloddmg aoeounta, UabJ
Itieat l.ooo.
An institution lor t rain in g feeble
minded, idiotic and tdioittibiciLa
Children has t-ra extatliked la
tbe town ol Vbingior., N. by
the tadindoal tfl .it . U eoergy
of that lf-ciiGcicg, taJesu4
above all, Christian lady, Mra. M
B. Brawa. Warreaton Gaatte-
It la aoticeable that the actlrity
of the emigrant paid agents la this
State continue, and mat a few
bnodred additional etodasu-ra, to
qoote a vulgarism, bare left withla
afewdaja. Thry havegotie frtm
tbe Vrii, Kintou, Johnston,
other aecUocs. Wilmington alee
eeger.
The Italeigb crrejae J-nt of the
Wilmington Mewng-r aj it la
aaid that at lrt a bash-l of xrw
gold bsM been tkn (una Ui
fcVaaoder flnd' ia Mottgofcery
ooanty. All work is sti.j.jd
the place is caardel, n licg the .
arrival of the launders l'.rotLers
from Texas. They o an the Uod.
Tbe Boon panger tram je:-r-day
passed through with tune a;s
tera of Saint Joseph on Uiard, who
were traveling dir-t from l lanos
to New Orleans w lure they intend
to establish several vrm n.avenla.
Tbey were in rbrg reorr.
a oie iwr iary Ang . bo ia
their mother Kopermr. j moth
er general of the or l r still at
Aiz ia Cbapelle.
Sheriff MillWr, who baa lately
been McDoaell, t-Ua o that ail
tbe talk op there is aWot th 3
Croaa Uailroad. The i"r Laaoe
aaya that whole line lH-teen Ma
rion and Kathei jordtoa is a coo to
ned strain of working hand, that
ears will oe running to Marion oa
the road by next summer and that
property baa avdva need m Marion
rapid y tnr tie tailtoad work
began. Watch that alvatir ia
property. Ix-aoir Tropic.
The Abbeville llem'wtat a)a
that Teg Leg Ikib Gratiam. of
Mecklenburg, knows bnw to tgtt
a bear. He was lul d fur bar
and bunting in Yauory Irately,
wbeo be came c.-kiti .i,e and
wounded tt. The U--r rukhel
at Peg Lg. who Usui out Lis
wooden leg and al'.uaed the War
to gnaw al it L be t-'.a-led.
Then be stack lh tiiw.;J of bis
gna fa Ibe bears r and got bis
meat.
Dr. It. C. WatVins v-ttitn.:td
suicide at llayg'ol S. C. a few
daya aince. iitHM-1 iw ago be waa
arretted at Caod-u, uti a brg cf
aeiling wbi.Vy r,lut boras,
lie wat r t-l d fu bad atd
shortly aftetasrd u: tlUaW
toa, where be ;. sg n attested
ow a coarg of .!. :ui tig guod
under fale rt"tiM' White be
ta g carried bark ! ttnda be
waa allowed to '.' utf-r at ilay-
good, where be . tioa atl
taded bia earthly cmr.
Aboot six yeats g' - trt
foreign ateamer tetiturod into the
port of W I'm i eg! on la qoesl of
cargo of cotton for Kartp. r-i
foaad what she w at.tcd, and tbe
next year oite a 4 thrw
steamer came in. 1 1 i innr,
baa b--a stead , anJ Inns far,
ia the 8rt it ol the roa,
foorteea of tLrm Le rti'f-J and
loaded. Most of teto Bt ttvh and
two of tht-m JttaaifcU. 1 eflr
baa been to tnVe . i!tu t:gia a
rtry Important .! p f ?. There
ia a markfnl ehabc "' csrrrtt
of trade. tatl ". iu oottoa
Shipments are l.r ,g:; tety l.tlie
eoaslwlKe. AbV4.1 M rru.
All reforms matt be carried
by public sentiment. Persua
sion and argument most via
their way with tbe mime ;
then comes the ballot Poik
ton News. I
Farlor matches mot malcbe
are made io parlors' i a winter. Ia
jammer tbey are made ta the
mountains aod at the aea-sborr.
okmi S.m.
t daogeron d.w. l iotn its
tendency to extent i tb tlrwat.
browchtal tubfs t4 1 f- ir to a
rolve tbe laug an . .tw p"te die-
eae, tt abonid i- ; t t: i- niea,
that tbe rr-- ir.g-t taay I
arerted. S t -.t t. arc the
maaataclorrtsct If -Sin'i t starta
Bemedy of ttx- r 'y toewje
BBOOeasfully iih !t i ! J al
ent disease', that '- tin f'r jears
offered, in gtl I ' u, .. rraard
for a Case of al:iU, t, matter
bow bad c4 cf bow ;ny jears
standing, which t Ley cannot car.
Uetaedy only i3 teuts,ly drwgg s'UL
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